KR20010103693A - Game system, game information generating device and information storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game system, a game information generating apparatus, and an information storage medium. The present invention relates to a game system, a game information generating apparatus, and an information storage medium. Transmitting and receiving unit 190 for receiving a signal distribution request and transmitting game information, and user data 126 and page related information stored in the storage unit 120 whether or not the signal distribution request is a request following a predetermined image transition. A judging section 114 for judging based on the data 124 and a control section 112 which controls to transmit game information different from the normal game information when the signal distribution request does not follow a predetermined image transition. Characterized in that the game data distribution device 100 having.

Description

Game system, game information generating device and information storage medium {GAME SYSTEM, GAME INFORMATION GENERATING DEVICE AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM}

A game system in which a game is played by displaying a game image on a screen of a so-called mobile phone is realized.

In such a game system, game information for displaying a game image page is distributed from a predetermined signal distribution device to a mobile phone, and the page is updated to play a game.

By the way, when information is transmitted / received through a network including a wireless transmission path such as a cellular phone network system, it may be interrupted during the game due to radio wave conditions. In such a case, the player has no desire to play the game from the beginning.

Also, in games that answer questions, such as quiz games, when a player answers a question and is wrong, the player presses the "back" key on the mobile phone or presses the "back" button on the display of the mobile phone. Press again to display the problem page and sometimes answer again incorrectly. In such a case, the game itself becomes uninteresting and it is impossible to promote the fairness between the unjust player and the other players.

The present invention relates to a game system, a game information generating apparatus, and an information storage medium in which a game is executed based on a predetermined image transition, and the game is executed in the terminal by generating and distributing game information based on a request from the terminal. .

1 is a schematic diagram of a game system according to an example of the present embodiment;

2 is an external view of a mobile phone,

3 is a diagram showing an image transition according to an example of the present embodiment;

4 is a functional block diagram of a game system according to an example of the present embodiment;

5 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of page data, page related data, and user data according to an example of the present embodiment;

6 is a diagram showing an example of a flowchart showing the page processing procedure according to an example of the present embodiment;

7 is a diagram showing an image transition at the time of resuming a game according to an example of the present embodiment;

8 is a view showing an image transition at the time of game restart according to another example of the present embodiment;

9 is a diagram showing an image transition to a confirmed image at the time of resuming a game according to an example of the present embodiment;

10 is a diagram showing an image transition when the return key according to an example of the present embodiment is pressed;

11 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of a save point resume table according to an example of the present embodiment.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is a game system, a game information generating device, and an information memory capable of performing an appropriate image transition when an image transition different from a normal image transition occurs due to line disconnection or the like. To provide the medium.

(1) In order to solve the above problems, the game system according to the present invention generates game information for playing a game on the basis of signal distribution request information from a terminal apparatus transmitted through a transmission path, and transmits it to the terminal apparatus. In a game system comprising a signal distribution device, the game image is displayed based on the game information received from the terminal device, the game is performed with a predetermined image transition,

The signal distribution device

Means for receiving signal distribution request information from the terminal apparatus;

Control means for identifying the terminal device based on the received signal distribution request information and updating the user data for the terminal device stored in a predetermined storage area;

Game information generating means for generating game information for playing the game based on the received signal distribution request information;

Transmitting means for transmitting the generated game information toward the terminal apparatus,

The control means stores as part of the user data identification data for identifying the progress of the game in the storage area.

(2) Further, the information storage medium according to the present invention generates game information for playing a game at a predetermined image transition based on signal distribution request information transmitted from a terminal device through a transmission path, and generates the terminal device. In an information storage medium storing a program for transmitting to the computer, and an information storage medium usable by a computer,

Means for receiving signal distribution request information from the terminal apparatus in a receiving means;

Control means for identifying the terminal device based on the received signal distribution request information and updating the user data for the terminal device stored in a predetermined storage area;

Game information generating means for generating game information for playing the game based on the received signal distribution request information;

A program for causing a computer to realize means for transmitting the generated game information to a transmitting means toward the terminal apparatus;

The control means stores as part of the user data identification data for identifying the progress of the game in the storage area.

(3) The program according to the present invention further includes a program for realizing the respective means on a computer (including a program embodied on an information storage medium or a carrier wave), and includes a module for realizing the respective means on a computer. Characterized in that.

According to the present invention, the game history of the player can be preserved by storing identification data for identifying the progress of the game. Thereby, for example, even when the game is resumed after the interruption, the game can be resumed from the subsequent portion at the time of interruption. Therefore, even when there is an unexpected interruption due to line disconnection or the like, it is possible to appropriately transition the image and continue the game appropriately.

(4) In the game system, the signal distribution device includes determination means for determining whether the received signal distribution request information is a request according to the image transition,

Preferably, the control means controls at least one of the game information generating means and the transmitting means so that game information different from the game information based on the normal image transition is transmitted when it is determined that the image transition is not followed. .

(5) The information storage medium and the program further include a program for causing a computer to realize determination means for determining whether the received signal distribution request information is a request according to the image transition,

Preferably, the control means controls at least one of the game information generating means and the transmitting means so that game information different from the game information based on the normal image transition is transmitted when it is determined that the image transition is not followed. .

The game information different from the game information based on the normal image transition includes, for example, game information for displaying the same image as the image previously distributed from the signal distribution device, game information for displaying an warning image, and the like. do. Therefore, by sending such game information to the terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus can properly resume the game even when the game is interrupted due to a bad radio wave condition.

In addition, when a player answers a question in a quiz game or the like and is wrong, the same problem image is read again by pressing the "Back" key of the terminal device or by clicking the "Back" button displayed on the display of the terminal device. In the case where the display attempts to answer the same problem again, the terminal apparatus displays the same problem image or warning image to prevent fraud. Therefore, it is possible to maintain the fairness between players and to let the player play the game without compromising the interest of the game.

(6) Further, in the game system, the information storage medium, and the program, the image transition is a transition from a presentation image of a plurality of selection items to a response image for player selection, and a plurality of selection items from the response image. It is preferable to include the transition to the presented image.

According to this, it is judged whether or not according to a predetermined image transition such as display of a selected image, selection of a player, and display of a response image to the selection, and appropriately play the game to the player by providing game information suitable for the determination to the terminal device. It can be done.

In the case of a game in which such image transition is performed, there is an important difference in the progress of the game before or after the player selects it. However, according to this, the distributed game information can be kept on the signal distribution device, so that the player It is easy to identify whether is before or after selection.

(7) Further, in the game system, the information storage medium, and the program, the game is performed by the player selecting and replying at least one selection item from a plurality of selection items in a problem image displayed on the screen of the terminal apparatus. It is preferable that the game is a quiz game.

According to this, even in a game system in which the game performance is different depending on whether or not the player has solved the problem, such as a quiz game, the distributed game information can be kept on the signal distribution device, so that it is easy to identify whether the player has solved the problem. can do. This makes it possible to identify the negative even when the user returns to the same problem again with the "Back" button regardless of the answer, so that the player can appropriately play the game.

(8) In the game system, transition data for defining the image transition is stored in the storage area.

Preferably, the determination means performs the determination based on the transition data.

According to this, since the transition data is stored in advance, it can be determined quickly and the game can be smoothly progressed.

(9) Further, in the game system, the information storage medium and the program, the control means stores, in the storage area, information for identifying the game information last transmitted to the terminal apparatus of the destination as the identification data. When it is determined that the image transition has not been followed, it is preferable to transmit the game information last transmitted to the terminal apparatus of the transmission destination to the transmitting means based on the stored identification data.

According to this, even if the game is interrupted due to bad radio waves, the game can be properly resumed. Also, for example, when a player answers a problem in a quiz game and wrongly presses the "Back" button to try to answer the same problem again, information can be prevented by distributing information for displaying the same problem image. have.

(10) Further, in the game system, when it is determined that the control means is not following the image transition, the game information generation means is sent to the game information generating means based on the identification data of the stored game information. It is preferable to generate game information for resuming the game at the base restart point, and to transmit the game information to the transmitting means.

According to this, for example, a selected image such as "from the following part" is displayed in the terminal device, and the player can enjoy the game from the subsequent part.

(11) In the game system, the information storage medium, and the program, the control means preferably stores the identification data in the storage area for each game when a plurality of games are played.

According to this, even when plural games are played, the game can be interrupted in the middle of the game, so that the player can play the game while changing the plural games.

(12) the game system, the information storage medium and the program, wherein the game information generating means includes image generating means for generating image information for displaying a game image in units of pages;

The identification data is a page number of the transmitted game image,

In the terminal device, it is preferable that game images are displayed in units of pages.

According to this, even if the page is retransmitted by memorizing the identification number of the page, the page can be sent immediately.

(13) Further, in the game system, the information storage medium, and the program, the image generating means generates a page for confirming game history information on the basis of the identification data of the stored game information, and upon resuming the game, In the terminal device, the game history information confirmation page is preferably displayed.

According to this, even when the game is interrupted or the game is interrupted by the player, it is easy to enter the game world when the game is resumed because the player can check how far the game has been played.

(14) In addition, in the game system, the information storage medium, and the program, the transmission path preferably includes a wireless transmission path.

According to this, even in a game system in which a transmission path including a wireless transmission path is easy to break, even if the transmission path is interrupted and the game is interrupted, the game can be resumed from the stage before the game interruption, so that the game can be played comfortably.

(15) Further, in the game system, the terminal device

Means for inputting operation information of the player,

Means for transmitting signal distribution request information including the operation information toward the signal distribution device, and receiving the game information from the signal distribution device;

Preferably, the portable communication device includes a display means for displaying a game image included in the received game information.

According to this, in a game system which has a small memory area such as a portable communication device and downloads and executes data almost every time, the game information distributed to the signal distribution device side is retained so that the game can be comfortably carried out without maintaining game information on the terminal side. It can be carried out.

The portable communication device is, for example, a portable information terminal, a portable telephone, a portable game device, a portable personal computer (PC), and the like.

(16) Also, in the game system, the portable communication device is a portable telephone,

The display means

A display integrally formed with the telephone,

It is preferable to include a browser for shaping and displaying the game image on the display.

According to this, a colorful game image can be displayed by a browser, and a player can enjoy a colorful game. As a service for providing information that can be displayed using a browser of such a portable telephone, i mode of NTT Mobile Communication Network Co., Ltd. is realized, for example.

In addition, as a portable telephone, a mobile telephone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a satellite communication telephone, etc. are mentioned here, for example.

(17) The game information generating apparatus according to the present invention further includes a transition from a presentation image of a plurality of selection items to a response image for the player's selection and a transition from the response image to a presentation image of the plurality of selection items. A game information generating device for generating game information for playing a game in which a game proceeds with a predetermined image transition,

Game information generating means for generating game information based on player operation information;

Determining means for determining whether the operation information is a request according to the image transition,

The game information generating means generates game information different from the game information based on the normal image transition when it is determined that the request is not a request due to the image transition.

(18) In addition, another information storage medium according to the present invention includes a transition from a presentation image of a plurality of selection items to a response image to a player's selection and a transition from the response image to a presentation image of a plurality of selection items. An information storage medium storing a program for generating game information for playing a game in which a game is played with a predetermined image transition, and in an information storage medium usable by a computer,

Game information generating means for generating game information based on the player's operation information;

A program for causing a computer to realize determination means for determining whether the operation information is a request according to the image transition,

The game information generating means generates game information different from the game information based on the normal image transition when it is determined that the request is not a request due to the image transition.

(19) The program according to the present invention is also a program (including a program embodied on an information storage medium or a carrier) for realizing the respective means on a computer, and includes a module for realizing the respective means on a computer. It is characterized by.

According to the present invention, for example, when a player answers a question in a quiz game and is wrong, he presses the "Back" key of the mobile phone or presses the "Back" button displayed on the display of the mobile phone. Even when an image is read and displayed on the display to answer, a warning image is generated and displayed on the display to prevent fraud. Therefore, it is possible to maintain fairness among players and to allow the player to play the game without compromising the interest of the game.

(20) In addition, the game information generating apparatus receives signal distribution request information including operation information of a player transmitted from the terminal apparatus having the image through a transmission path, and sends the generated game information toward the terminal apparatus. It is preferred to include means for transmitting.

(21) The information storage medium and the program further include means for receiving, to a receiving means, signal distribution request information including operation information of a player transmitted from a terminal apparatus having the image via a transmission path;

It is preferable to include a program or module for realizing a computer means for transmitting the generated game information to the transmitting means toward the terminal device.

According to this, even when the game is played in a network form, it is possible to maintain the fairness between the players and allow the player to play the game without compromising the interest of the game. In addition, the game can be properly restarted even when the game is interrupted due to a failure of the transmission path or a deterioration of the radio wave condition.

Hereinafter, a case where the present invention is applied to a game system using a mobile phone will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram of a game system according to an example of this embodiment.

The game system generates game information for playing the game based on the mobile phone 200 which is a terminal device and the signal distribution request information transmitted from the mobile phone 200 through the transmission path, and the game is directed toward the mobile phone 200. And a game data distribution device 100 for transmitting information.

Here, the game data distribution device 100 and the cellular phone 200 are connected via a network 300. In addition, the transmission path between the game data distribution device 100 and the mobile phone 200 is configured to include a wireless transmission path 320 and a wired transmission path (310).

In addition, the network 300 includes a packet switching network including the base station for the mobile phone 200, a packet disassembly and assembling device, the Internet, and the like, and in the form of packets, the game data distribution device 100 and the mobile phone ( Data is transmitted and received between 200). In addition, a plurality of mobile phones 200 are actually connected to the game data distribution device 100 via the network 300.

First, the player connects to the network 300 using the mobile phone 200, and the mobile phone 200 transmits the signal distribution request data generated based on the player's operation to the game data distribution device 100. . The game data distribution device 100 generates game information according to the signal distribution request, and transmits the game information toward the mobile phone 200.

The mobile phone 200 receives game information from the game data distribution device 100, displays a game image on the screen, and executes the game.

2 is an external view of the cellular phone 200.

The mobile phone 200 is a plurality of keys functioning as the operation unit 210, a liquid crystal image which is a display integrally formed with the main body of the mobile phone 200 functioning as a part of the display unit 220 on which characters or images are displayed, and transmission and reception. It is comprised including the antenna which functions as the part 290. FIG.

The player presses the numeric keys 211, 212 and 213 or the return key 219 to play the game.

Hereinafter, the transition from the presentation image of the plurality of selection items to the response image for the player's selection, the transition from the response image to the presentation image of the plurality of selection items, that is, the image from the problem image to the solution image and the next problem In the following, a case of playing a quiz game in which a game is performed will be described.

3 is a diagram illustrating an image transition according to an example of the present embodiment.

For example, on the screen of the mobile phone 200, "The first problem is Japan's longest river? (1) Shinano River (2) Tone River (3) Shimanto River. A problem image (400) is presented, and the player selects "1 Shinano River" from the three selection items. Press (211) to reply. As a result, the correct answer image 402 that is displayed as " correct answer " indicating that the player selects " 1 " is transmitted to the game data distribution device 100 and is generated by the game data distribution device 100. The display unit 220 Is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 200.

In addition, when the numeric keys 212 and 213 for selecting 2 and 3 are pressed in the state of the problem image 400, incorrect image 404 and 406 displaying "incorrect" are displayed.

In the correct answer image 402 and the incorrect answer image 404, 406, the player presses the numeric key 211 for selecting? According to the instruction " 1st second question " to display the next problem image 410.

In this way, the game proceeds with a predetermined image transition such as a problem, a correct answer or a wrong answer, or a next problem.

However, depending on the player, the problem image stored in the buffer of the mobile phone 200 is pressed by pressing the return key 219 or pressing the "return" button displayed on the image while the incorrect image 406 is displayed. There is a person who reads the page of 400 again and displays the problem image 400 again to answer.

In such a case, the fairness between the players is not maintained, and the game is bored by impeding the flow of the game.

In the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the image transition is normal, and when it is determined that the image transition is not normal, an image transition different from the normal image transition is performed so as to prevent unintended interruption due to a negative or propagation condition. Appropriate processing is performed.

Next, the functional block of the game system which performs the above-mentioned process is demonstrated.

4 is a functional block diagram of a game system according to an example of the present embodiment.

The mobile phone 200 transmits signal distribution request information including operation information from the operation unit 210 and the operation unit 210 and transmits and receives a game information from the game data distribution apparatus 100 as described above. 290, a storage unit 230 for temporarily storing the received game information, and a display unit 220 for shaping the game information stored in the storage unit 230 using a browser to display the liquid crystal image. It is configured to include. Although the storage unit 230 has a small capacity, since the transmitted game image page can be temporarily stored, the return key 219 makes it possible to return to the previous image and display the game image.

In addition, the game information herein means, for example, a program or module (including data, an object in which data and a program are integrated) for executing a game. In addition, the game information may include not only information for displaying a game image but also information for reproducing game sounds.

On the other hand, the game data distribution device 100 receives the signal distribution request information from the mobile phone 200, the transmission and reception unit 190 for transmitting the game information, any mobile phone 200 based on the received signal distribution request information Control unit 112 for identifying the user's transmission and updating the user data 126 for the mobile phone 200 stored in the storage unit 120, and playing the game based on the received signal distribution request information. And an image generating unit 111 which is game information generating means for generating game information.

In addition, the game data distribution apparatus 100 includes a determination unit 114 that determines whether the received signal distribution request information is a request according to a predetermined image transition, and the controller 112 does not follow the image transition. When it is determined, the image generating unit 111 is controlled so that game information different from the game information based on the normal image transition is transmitted.

The image generation unit 111, the control unit 112, and the determination unit 114 are integrated as the processing unit 110, and the function is realized by, for example, a CPU. In detail, the image generating unit 111 is configured to dynamically generate a game image page by software using a CGI (Common Gateway Interface).

The storage unit 120 is realized by, for example, a RAM, and the transceiver unit 190 is implemented by, for example, a communication device having a PAD (packet disassembly and assembly) function.

In addition, although the transmitter-receiver 190 and the transmitter-receiver 290 have a transmission function and a reception function, it is also possible to form it as a device for each function, such as a transmitter and a receiver.

In addition, the information storage medium 180 is connected to the game data distribution apparatus 100, and it is also possible to configure such a function by reading a program or a module from the information storage medium 180.

Here, as the program, for example, when the transceiver 190, the image generator 111, and the controller 112 are realized, means for causing the transceiver 190 to receive signal distribution request information from the terminal apparatus. Control means for identifying the terminal apparatus based on the received signal distribution request information and updating the user data for the terminal apparatus stored in a predetermined storage area; and for playing a game based on the received signal distribution request information. A program for realizing game information generating means for generating game information and means for transmitting the generated game information to the transmitting and receiving unit 190 toward the terminal device can be applied. In addition, functions of the determination unit 114 and the like can also be realized by reading a program or a module from the information storage medium 180.

The program stored in the information storage medium 180 may be embodied on a carrier wave. In other words, the game data distribution apparatus 100 may read the information from a predetermined host terminal through the network 300, instead of from the information storage medium 180, and realize various functions described above. .

As the information storage medium 180, for example, a storage medium using a laser or a magnet such as a CD-ROM, a DVD-RAM, an IC card, a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk, or the like can be applied.

Since the determination unit 114 determines whether or not the image transition described above has been followed, the page related data 124 is stored in the storage unit 120, and the page data 122 is also stored in the storage unit 120. Remembered.

5 is a schematic diagram showing the data structure of page data 122, page related data 124, and user data 126 according to an example of this embodiment.

The page data 122 functions as transition data for defining image transitions, and is data for managing pages such as "menu", "problem 1", "correct answer", "incorrect answer 1", and the like. In addition, the page related data 124 is data for managing the association of the page, and the association between the request source page and the request page allowed for it is described.

For example, after page "problem 1" is requested to be distributed from the cellular phone 200, only pages for which distribution request is allowed are "correct", "incorrect 1", and "incorrect 2". As a result, if the problem page 400 is requested after the incorrect page 406 as shown in Fig. 3 is requested, it is different from the description of the page-related data 124. It is determined.

In the present embodiment, the request page and the request origin page (identification data of the game information) for easy understanding are shown by the page name of the game image, but the page number of the game image is actually used.

The page related data 124 is preferably stored in the storage unit 120 before the game starts. By adopting a method stored in advance, the page-related consistency determination process can be performed at a high speed as compared with the method of dynamically generating and checking a table related page. In particular, in a game that is easy to define image transitions such as a quiz game, it is easy to apply a method of storing in advance.

In the user data 126, the storage area for the player is secured in the storage unit 120 when the player registers to play the game.

In the user data 126, a user ID and a request source page are managed. The user ID is a user ID registered based on the registration information of the mobile phone 200, and the request source page functions as identification data for identifying the progress of the game, and the game data is excluded with the exception of request fraud. The page number of the game image transmitted from the distribution apparatus 100 toward the mobile phone 200. In addition, in FIG. 5, a request origin page is shown by the page name instead of a page number for clarity.

In this way, the page number of the last transmitted game image is stored using the control unit 112, so that the game can be appropriately continued even when the game is interrupted due to a deterioration of the radio wave condition or when illegality is performed. have.

Next, a page processing procedure and the like will be described using a flowchart.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a flowchart showing the page processing procedure according to an example of the present embodiment.

First, the control part 112 is used to determine whether the page transmission request came from the game data distribution apparatus 100 (step S2).

If it is determined that the page request has come, the control unit 112 obtains the stored page number (identification information) from the user data 126 (step S4).

Next, the determination unit 114 checks the page related data 124 (page related table) (step S6), and determines whether or not the association of the pages is correct, i.e., whether it is a request according to a predetermined image transition. It determines (step S8).

In the case of a correct image transition, the image generating unit 111 performs normal game processing, that is, generation of a game image page, etc. (step S10).

Next, the generated game image page is transmitted toward the cellular phone 200 using the transmission / reception unit 190 (step S18).

After the transmission, the page number of the transmitted page is stored in the user data 126 (step S20).

On the other hand, when the judging section 114 determines that the page association is not correct, that is, not following a predetermined image transition, the judging section 114 determines whether or not the page re-reading request is requested (step S11). ).

In other words, requesting a reread of a page when the page cannot be downloaded well from the mobile phone 200 is not an illegal process. Therefore, the page is sent (step S18) and the page number is the same as the normal processing. Is stored (step S20).

In addition, when determining that it is not a page reread request, the determination part 114 determines whether the requested page is a menu page (step S12).

That is, in the case of a page which may be called up at any stage such as a menu, the game information distribution device 100 performs a special process such as menu processing (step S14). In other words, when the request is a display request of the menu, the game information distribution device 100 allows the page even if the page association is incorrect. Also in this case, after the menu process (step S14), the game information signal distribution device 100 transmits the page (step S18) and saves the page number (step S20).

If the page association is not correct and the requested page is not a menu, the game information distribution device 100 retransmits the correct page (step S16). That is, the game information distribution device 100 retransmits the request origin page stored in the user data 126. In this case, the game information distribution device 100 does not perform page transmission (step S18) and page number storage (step S20).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, for example, the same image as the image distributed last time from the game data distribution device 100 can be transmitted to the cellular phone 200. As a result, even when the game is interrupted in the middle of a radio wave condition, the player can appropriately resume the game.

In addition, in a quiz game or the like, whether the player answers the question or after the answer has an important meaning in the progress of the game. According to the present embodiment, when the player answers the problem and is wrong, pressing the return key again attempts to answer the same problem, thereby distributing the same problem image to prevent fraud. Therefore, it is possible to maintain fairness between players and to allow the player to play the game without compromising the interest of the game.

In addition, when detecting that the page association is not correct, it is also possible to be configured to transmit the warning image instead of the same image as the last transmitted image. In this way, it is possible to more effectively prevent corruption by the player.

It is also possible to transmit a special image once the game is interrupted and resumed. Next, the process of restarting the game will be described.

7 is a diagram showing an image transition at the time of restarting the game according to an example of the present embodiment.

For example, in the menu image 430, the player selects a game from "(1) quiz (2) go (3) casino".

When the player selects "Quiz", normally, only two selection items, "Start quiz ①" and "Return", are displayed. In the image 432 at the start of the game, the "part following ③" also appears. Is displayed.

When the player selects "the part following (3) last time", the image 434 which shows "the 4th problem-" is displayed. This is because the game information distribution device 100 stores the information of the last image transmitted as described above.

In this case, the progress state of each game is stored in the storage unit 120, so that the control unit 112 reads the progress state of the selected game in the storage unit 120 based on the player's selection, from where the game is interrupted. It is possible to resume the game.

In addition, the display process of the menu image 430 and the image 432 which displays the selection of "the part following (3) last time" is contained in the menu process (step S4) shown in FIG.

It is also possible to employ a method of not only storing the progress state of each game but also storing only the progress state of the last game played.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an image transition at game restart according to another example of the present embodiment.

In this example, the menu image 440 displays the section “1. Quiz ② Go ③ Casino ④ Last” and selects “4. Continue to Last” to allow the player to resume the last game played. have.

By selecting " part following last time ", an image 442 of the "fourth question-" of the quiz last played is displayed.

In this case, the control unit 112 stores the progress state of the game in the storage unit 120 when the game is interrupted, and the control unit 112 reads the game progress state of the storage unit 120 when the game is resumed.

Then, the controller 112 generates game information for resuming the game from the request source page last transmitted to the mobile phone 200 as the destination to the image generator 111, and transmits the game to the transceiver 190. The game resume processing can be realized by transmitting the information.

As a result, a selected image such as "from the following part" is displayed on the cellular phone 200, and the player can enjoy the last game played from the subsequent part.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an image transition to a confirmed image at game restart according to an example of the present embodiment.

In the menu image 450, "① quiz ② go ③ casino ④ history check" is displayed. The player selects " 4 " history check ", thereby displaying an image 452 showing " history " quiz fourth problem " 2 " go " In this state, when the player selects " 1 " quiz, an image 454 showing " fourth problem ~ " is displayed.

According to this, by displaying a list of the history of each game, the player can check where he / she has played the game even when the game is interrupted or the game is stopped by himself, so that the game can be continued without discomfort when the game is resumed.

In order to realize such a function, for example, the page number transmitted by the control unit 112 to the user data 126 may be stored for each game.

Then, the image generating unit 111 generates a page for checking game history information based on the stored page number, and transmits the page for checking game history information to the mobile phone 200 when the transceiver 190 resumes the game. This can be achieved.

Similarly, when the player selects the " part following the previous time " shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the image is displayed so as to display an image indicating the current game progress status, such as the last play date, the number of questions in the quiz, and the like. It is also possible to configure the generation unit 111 and the like.

In addition, by storing the page number last transmitted to the cellular phone 200, it is possible to perform a game process different from the normal game process.

10 is a diagram showing an image transition when the return key according to an example of the present embodiment is pressed.

For example, the player asks, "Where do you go to your home? ① "Park ②school ③bookstore" If you select "①park" from image "460", "park Tanaka-kun is there." After that, when the player selects ①, the image 470 corresponding to ① is displayed. When the player selects ②, the image 470 corresponding to ② is displayed.

In addition, when the player selects "② school" in the image 460, an image 464 corresponding to ② is displayed. By the way, when a player selects "3 bookstore" in the image 460, the image 466 which displays "I bought a bookstore book ① reads book standing ② talks with a clerk" is displayed. If the player selects ① in this image 466, the image 472 corresponding to ① is displayed. If the player selects ②, the image 474 corresponding to ② is displayed. However, selection can be made by pressing the "Back" key.

In this case, the player buys a book from the bookstore and returns to his home in the game. Therefore, when the player presses the "Back" key in the image 466, "Where do you go to your home?" ① Park ② School ③ Bookstore ”is displayed, and image 476 is displayed, and when" ① school "is selected," Park Tanaka-kun is there ① talks ② plays ③ shows book "Image 478 is displayed. . That is, a new selection is added as the player buys and returns a book from the game.

By adopting a method of storing the last transmitted page number in this way, it is also possible to increase or change the selection item in a game in which at least one selection item is selected from a plurality of selection items.

In addition, when the player presses the "Back" key in the image 466, the image 476 remains in the storage unit 230, so that the game image of the image 476 can be sent from the game data distribution device 100 again. There is no need to reduce the traffic.

Further, when the player selects ② from the image 476, an image 480 corresponding to ② is displayed, and if the player selects ③, an image 482 corresponding to ③ is displayed.

As mentioned above, although this invention demonstrated the preferable embodiment to which it applied, the application of this invention is not limited to the Example mentioned above.

For example, when the game is progressed by a somewhat linear image transition such as a quiz game, it is also possible to install a predetermined save point as a process of restarting the game and restart the game from the save point.

FIG. 11: is a schematic diagram which shows the data structure of the save point resumption table 127 which concerns on an example of this embodiment.

For example, a storage point resume table 127 having a save point number and a resume page shown in FIG. 11 is provided in the storage unit 120.

The save point number is provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the resume page, and is set so that the value increases one by one as the first resume page becomes one and becomes a resume page in a later step.

When the control unit 112 transmits the page to the cellular phone 200, the control unit 112 stores the corresponding save point number in a predetermined work area of the storage unit 120.

At the time of the storage, the judging section 114 considers it normal if the number newly recorded in the work area is one larger than the number already stored in the work area compared to the save point number currently recorded. Otherwise, it is regarded as negative.

In the save point resume table 127, a resume page indicating which page to resume when exiting from each save point is described. For example, if the save point number ends at 1, it resumes from the menu. If the save point number ends at 2, the game description resumes.

The control unit 112 searches for the save point number of the save point resume table 127 corresponding to the save point number of the work area when the determination unit 114 considers it to be negative, and resumes corresponding to the matched save point number. The page is read from the page data 122 and transmitted to the cellular phone 200 using the transceiver 190. FIG.

For example, in the case of a quiz game, each answer page is assigned a save point, and the next problem page is designated as a resume page corresponding to the save point. Thereby, appropriate image transition control can be performed.

In addition, it may be natural to always restart from the problem page instead of restarting from the answer page.

In such a case, by using the save point resume table 127, it is possible to perform a game resume process without discomfort for the player.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the mobile phone 200 is applied as the terminal device has been described. However, in addition to the mobile phone 200, for example, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) or a satellite communication phone may be used as the mobile phone. In addition to the portable telephone, for example, a personal computer (PC), a portable information terminal, a home game device having a communication function, a portable game device having a communication function, a business game device having a communication function, and the like can be applied. It is also possible.

In addition, the controller 112 controls the image generating unit 111 to generate an image when there is a mismatch in the image transition. However, the control unit 112 controls the transceiver 190 to control game information based on the normal image transition. Other game information may be transmitted, or both the image generating unit 111 and the transmitting and receiving unit 19 may be controlled.

In addition, although the above-described embodiment has described an example in which a packet-switched network is applied as a form of a network, the present invention can be applied to various types of networks such as a circuit communication network such as ISDN and a broadband communication network such as an ATM network. .

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the application form in the network has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to a single game information generating device.

In the above-described embodiment, a quiz game has been described as an example, but in addition to the quiz game, a player such as a dot game selects at least one from a plurality of selection items, and the present invention is applied to various games in which an image corresponding to the selection is displayed. Applicable

Claims (26)

A game distribution device for generating game information for playing the game based on the signal distribution request information transmitted from the terminal device transmitted through the transmission path, and transmitting the game information to the terminal device; and the game information received by the terminal device. In a game system in which a game image is displayed on the basis of, and a game is performed at a predetermined image transition, The signal distribution device Means for receiving signal distribution request information from the terminal apparatus; Control means for identifying the terminal device based on the received signal distribution request information and updating the user data for the terminal device stored in a predetermined storage area; Game information generating means for generating game information for playing the game based on the received signal distribution request information; Transmitting means for transmitting the generated game information toward the terminal apparatus, And said control means stores identification data for identifying the progress of the game as part of said user data in said storage area. The method of claim 1, The signal distribution device includes determining means for determining whether the received signal distribution request information is a request following the image transition, And the control means controls the game information generating means and at least one of the transmitting means so that when it is determined that the image transition is not followed, game information different from the game information based on the normal image transition is transmitted. Game system. The method of claim 2, And said image transition comprises a transition from a presentation image of a plurality of selection items to a response image for the player's selection and a transition from the response image to a presentation image of the plurality of selection items. The method of claim 2, And the game is a quiz game in which a game is played by a player selecting and responding to at least one selection item from a plurality of selection items in a problem image displayed on a screen of the terminal device. The method of claim 2, Transition data defining the image transition is stored in the storage area; And the determining means performs the determination based on the transition data. The method of claim 2, The control means stores, in the storage area, information for identifying the game information last transmitted to the terminal apparatus of the destination as the identification data, and based on the stored identification data when it is determined that the image transition is not followed. And transmit the game information last transmitted to the terminal apparatus of the transmitting destination to the transmitting means. The method of claim 2, The game information for restarting the game from the starting point of the game based on the progress state of the game on the basis of the identification data of the stored game information when it is determined that the control means is not following the image transition. And transmitting the game information to the transmitting means. The method of claim 1, And said control means stores said identification data in said storage area for each game when a plurality of games are played. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, The game information generating means includes image generating means for generating image information for displaying a game image in units of pages, The identification data is a page number of the transmitted game image, The game system, characterized in that for displaying the game image in the page unit. The method of claim 9, The image generating means generates a page for checking game history information on the basis of the page number of the stored game image, And the game history information confirmation page is displayed on the terminal device when the game is resumed. The method of claim 1, And the transmission path comprises a wireless transmission path. The method of claim 1, The terminal device Means for inputting operation information of the player, Means for transmitting signal distribution request information including the operation information toward the signal distribution device, and receiving the game information from the signal distribution device; And a display means for displaying a game image included in the received game information. The method of claim 12, The portable communication device is a portable telephone, The display means A display integrally formed with the telephone, And a browser configured to display the game image on the display. For playing a game in which the game proceeds with a predetermined image transition including a transition from a display image of a plurality of selection items to a response image for the player's selection and a transition from the response image to a presentation image of the plurality of selection items. In the game information generating device for generating game information, Game information generating means for generating game information based on player operation information; Determining means for determining whether the operation information is a request following the image transition, And the game information generating means generates game information different from the game information based on the normal image transition when it is determined that the request is not a request following the image transition. The method of claim 14, Game information comprising means for receiving signal distribution request information including operation information of a player transmitted from a terminal apparatus having the image via a transmission path and transmitting the generated game information toward the terminal apparatus. Generating device. An information storage medium storing game information for playing a game with a predetermined image transition based on signal distribution request information transmitted from a terminal device through a transmission path, and storing a program for transmitting to the terminal device; An information storage medium usable by a computer, Means for receiving signal distribution request information from the terminal apparatus in a receiving means; Control means for identifying the terminal device based on the received signal distribution request information and updating the user data for the terminal device stored in a predetermined storage area; Game information generating means for generating game information for playing the game based on the received signal distribution request information; A program for causing a computer to realize means for transmitting the generated game information to a transmission means toward the terminal apparatus, And the control means stores, as part of the user data, identification data for identifying the progress of the game in the storage area. The method of claim 16, A program for causing a computer to realize determining means for determining whether the received signal distribution request information is a request following the image transition, The control means controls at least one of the game information generating means and the transmitting means to transmit game information different from the game information based on the normal image transition when it is determined that the image transition is not followed. Information storage media. The method of claim 17, And the image transition comprises a transition from a presentation image of a plurality of selection items to a response image to a player's selection, and a transition from the response image to a presentation image of the plurality of selection items. The method of claim 17, And the game is a quiz game in which a game is played by a player selecting and responding to at least one selection item from a plurality of selection items in a problem image displayed on a screen of the terminal device. The method of claim 17, The control means stores, in the storage area, information for identifying the game information last transmitted to the terminal apparatus of the transmission destination as the identification data, and based on the stored identification data when it is determined that the image transition is not followed. And transmitting the game information last transmitted to the terminal apparatus of the transmitting destination to the transmitting means. The method of claim 17, The game information for restarting the game from the starting point of the game based on the progress state of the game on the basis of the identification data of the stored game information when it is determined that the control means is not following the image transition. And transmitting said game information to said transmitting means. The method of claim 16, And the control means stores the identification data in the storage area for each game when a plurality of games are played. The method according to any one of claims 16 to 22, The game information generating means includes image generating means for generating image information for displaying a game image in units of pages, The identification data is a page number of the transmitted game image, Information storage medium, characterized in that for displaying the game image in the page unit in the terminal device. The method of claim 23, wherein The image generating means generates a page for checking game history information on the basis of the page number of the stored game image, And the game history information confirmation page is displayed on the terminal device when the game is resumed. For playing a game in which the game proceeds with a predetermined image transition including a transition from a presentation image of a plurality of selection items to a response image to a player's selection and a transition from the response image to a presentation image of a plurality of selection items An information storage medium which stores a program for generating game information, and which can be used by a computer, Game information generating means for generating game information based on player operation information; A program for causing a computer to realize determining means for determining whether the operation information is a request following the image transition; And the game information generating means generates game information different from the game information based on the normal image transition when it is determined that the request is not a request following the image transition. The method of claim 25, Means for receiving, to a receiving means, signal distribution request information including operation information of a player transmitted from a terminal apparatus having the image via a transmission path; And a program for causing a computer to implement means for transmitting the generated game information to the transmission means toward the terminal device.