KR20020080162A - Method for mobile game - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mobile game method is provided to progress a game by supplying a game service to a mobile communication terminal in a game server as a push method and transmitting response data to the game server from a game participator as an SMS(Short Message Service) method. CONSTITUTION: In a game method through a game server and a mobile terminal, a game participator connects to a game server and requests a game service(S100). A game service environment is set based on a mobile terminal identifier and a game selection item supplied by the game participator(S110). A connection between the game participator and the game server is released(S120). Game data are transmitted from the game server to the mobile terminal as a push method(S130). Response data corresponded to the game data are transmitted to the game server(S140). A point with respect to the response data is embodied(S150). The game server embodies a prize or a penalty to the game participator based on a game result(S160).

Description

Mobile game method {Method for mobile game}

The present invention relates to a mobile game method based on a wireless network, and more particularly, a game service such as a quiz is provided from a game server to a game participant mobile communication terminal, and participates in the game using a mobile communication terminal. It relates to a mobile game method that can be obtained not only entertainment but also educational effect.

The mobile communication industry, which is developing day by day, is diversifying the types of content that can be transmitted by increasing the information transmission speed between a server and a client connected through a wireless network.

In addition, a variety of contents can be downloaded from a wireless Internet server to a mobile communication terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a mobile phone based on a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) protocol for a wireless Internet service. The tendency to use is becoming more and more common.

Content service through the wireless Internet has a great advantage that the user can receive the desired information without restriction of the place because the user is carrying a small, light weight terminal.

At present, the wireless Internet provides contents services in various sectors such as economy, culture, and news. Especially, in the case of game contents such as education, users can use free time or free time efficiently and constructively. It is true that the utility value is high.

In view of this, mobile communication game services (hereinafter referred to as mobile games) of various contents are provided from various wireless Internet sites. However, the existing mobile game method has a disadvantage in that the communication fee is inevitably expensive because a communication channel must always be formed between the game server and the user terminal during game service.

On the other hand, in consideration of the above problem, in the case of a short message service (hereinafter referred to as SMS), it is possible to transmit a short message using an access channel and a paging channel, which are control channels. Regardless, there is a characteristic that data transmission service is available.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned, the game server to provide a game service to the mobile communication terminal of the game participants in the push (Push) method from the game server, by sending the response data to the game server in the SMS method The purpose is to provide a mobile game method for the game to proceed.

In addition, the mobile game method of the present invention, in particular, to achieve the educational effect with interest by making the language quiz game service in particular.

The following drawings attached to this specification are illustrative of preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the invention to serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention is a matter described in such drawings It should not be construed as limited to

1 is a view showing an embodiment of a system configuration for performing a mobile game method according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table included in the member information DB of a game server according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a mobile game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a web page for game service membership in the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message displayed in an information display window of a mobile terminal when a game server is accessed for a game service request according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game mode selection menu window output when the 'game participation' menu is selected in FIG. 5.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a menu window for selecting a game match-up method.

8 is a diagram illustrating an example of game progress information displayed on a display frame according to the present invention.

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5: display frame 10: game participant mobile terminal

20: SMS server 25: network

30: Game Server

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile game method according to the present invention comprises the steps of requesting a game service to a game server connected to a game server; Setting up a game service environment based on a mobile terminal identifier and a game selection provided by the game player; Releasing a connection between the game player and the game server; Transmitting game data from a game server to the mobile terminal in a push manner; Transmitting response data corresponding to the game data to a game server; And assigning points to the response data.

Preferably, the response data is transmitted through a short message service.

The mobile game method according to the present invention can be applied to various game contents, but in particular, when a quiz question is asked in the game server and a game participant inputs an answer in his mobile terminal, the quiz is given with a score in the game server. It is preferably employed in the game.

According to the mobile game method as described above, since a communication channel does not always need to be formed between the game server and the game participant terminal, the game service can be made at a low cost.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, Figure 1 shows an embodiment of a system configuration for performing a mobile game method according to the present invention. Referring to the drawings, the mobile game method of the present invention is implemented through a system including a game server 30 and the mobile terminal 10 of the game participants.

The game server 30 providing the game content is preferably based on WAP as a wireless communication protocol, interworking with the SMS server 20 in the data transmission means, and configured to perform data communication with the mobile terminal 10 of the game participant. do. A wired or wireless network 25 is established between the SMS server 20 and the game server 30. At this time, the WAP gateway (Gateway) to the connection point of the existing Internet network and the mobile communication network must be converted between the WAP and the Internet TCP / IP of course.

The SMS server 20 is a server for providing a short message service, and a server built on the mobile communication company or a server of an SMS provider separately established in connection with the mobile communication company is employed.

On the other hand, the game server 30, including the web server 31, push server 33 and the like to provide a variety of game content to the game participants, as well as transmit the game data to the mobile terminal 10 in a push manner.

The web server 31 is a server for providing a web page including various contents such as a game menu, preferably by means of a WML (Wireless Markup Language) 31a to view a web page through a communication terminal under a WAP environment. Providing written web pages. On the contrary, when a web page is composed of a HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) program, a filter program for converting the web page into a WML page should be provided. In such a web server 31, it is preferable to construct a database 32 including a game contents DB 32a, a member information DB 32b, and the like, which are linked to a retrieval means in order to provide rich content and efficient client management.

Here, the game contents DB 32a stores game contents of various categories to be provided to game participants. For example, in the case of a quiz game, a plurality of question and answer data will be included in the game content DB 32a.

In addition, the member information DB 32b stores member information including personal information and game levels of members when the mobile game method is operated on a membership basis. To this end, the member information DB 32b may include, for example, a table as shown in FIG. 2.

In the mobile game method, the game service is provided to the mobile terminal 10 of the game participant in a push method through the push server 33. That is, once a game participant requests a game service, the game server 30 continuously sends game content, and the mobile terminal 1 manually uses the game content transmitted through a specific channel. Such a push information transmission is implemented by employing a conventional push technology. At this time, the push system, for example, the push server 33, the push server management means 33a for managing the operation of the push server 33, the channel management means 33b for managing the communication channel for data transmission and reception, etc. It may be configured to include.

Here, the push server 33 serves to create, change, or delete a channel for data transmission. In addition, the push server 33 serves to send data to the client, that is, the mobile terminal 10 using the communication module after withdrawing the data from the web server 31 through the data extraction means.

The push server management means 33a serves to perform various configuration functions for operating the push server 33. To this end, the push server management means 33a may preferably include a communication module in charge of communication with the push server 33, a channel management module for performing functions such as channel registration / delete / change, and the like.

The push system is provided with channel management means 33b to send data to the outside via a specific channel. At this time, the channel management means 33b may be adapted to automatically create a channel by adopting a dedicated channel generation program, alternatively, the channel production program is provided so that the push system administrator can configure the channel as necessary. It is possible. The channel management means 33b includes functions such as channel modification / editing, CDF (Channel Definition Format) file generation, and the like.

Game data transmitted from the push system of the game server 30 as described above is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10 of the game participants through the data communication means associated with the mobile communication company, for example, the SMS server 20 described above. Here, the game data transmission means is not necessarily limited to the SMS server 20, and various transmission means having a low communication fee and a high transmission speed may be adopted.

The mobile terminal 10 of the game participant is a mobile communication terminal capable of data communication, and includes a predetermined communication module 10a including a system program, information input means such as a keypad, and an information display window such as a liquid crystal display. do. In particular, when adopting WAP as a wireless communication protocol, it is preferable to mount a document creation program such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) 10c as well as a WAP-only browser 10b. In addition, the push client program (10d) is preferably included to receive the game data provided in the push method from the above-described game server 30 to implement the game. At this time, the push client program (10d) may be provided from the game server 30 when the game service request, or the first game data received. As a mobile terminal of such a game participant, a mobile phone, a PDA, or a terminal exclusively for a game, may be preferably employed.

Then, a process of performing the mobile game method through the system configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

As shown in the figure, a game-wisher who wants to receive a game service through a mobile terminal must first request a game service by accessing the game server 30 (S100). To this end, it is possible not only to search and select a desired game directly on the mobile terminal, but also to select a game that is set in advance when the game service is operated on a membership basis.

Here, if the mobile game method is operated by the membership system, the registration process may include a menu for selecting a desired game service including a personal information input menu as shown in FIG. 4. In this case, there may be various kinds of games that a user who wishes to register may select from puzzles, quizzes, and racing games. In particular, the language quiz game is very useful because it does not have a large capacity to transmit than a game implemented in the form of video and an interesting learning effect can be obtained. That is, a language quiz game that applies a game method such as filling in the blanks, finding a wrong place, and ending-matching to languages of various countries including English, and granting rewards according to scores or game wins and losses is preferably employed.

After selecting a desired game among various types of games, it is desirable to have a rating selection menu in the membership registration process so that a rating can be set according to one of several grades divided into predetermined stages according to the ability. For example, a rating system may be employed that divides the rating into six levels according to the skill and moves up one level from the first level as the game wins a certain number of times.

When connecting to the game server 30 to request a game service, a message window as shown in FIG. 5 may appear on the information display window of the mobile terminal 10. At this time, the game participant selects a desired game, and if the user wants to participate in a game that is already set, the game method is selected through a menu window as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 after pressing the corresponding button. Here, FIG. 6 is a menu window for selecting a game mode, and may include various game mode menus that can be interesting as well as provide learning effects. In addition, FIG. 7 is a menu window for selecting a game confrontation method, as shown in the figure, a game that exchanges information with the game server 30 alone, a game played with one opponent connecting in the game server 30, many It may be desirable to include a game menu and the like of the game participants confront each other.

The game server 30 includes a plurality of game progress programs corresponding to the respective confrontation methods, and each program includes a plurality of factors that allow the game to proceed efficiently. In particular, there is no problem when a game is played alone or when there is only one opponent, but in the case of '1: many' games, if too many game participants are set, the system may be heavily loaded. It is desirable to. In addition, the problem included in one game is appropriately set, for example, about 10 problems so that a participant connected during the game progress can participate in a new game without waiting for a long time.

On the other hand, the game server 30 is a game environment setting is made based on the member information DB (32b) including the identification number (for example, the phone number) of the mobile terminal 10 and the selection of the game participants (S110). ). In other words, the information entered by the game participants along with various game-related information such as game name and game rating is utilized as a resource in an application program that implements a game service.

Subsequently, when the connection between the game server 30 of the game participant and the mobile terminal 10 is released according to the guidance of the game server 30 (S120), the game data is transferred from the game server 30 to the mobile terminal 10. It is sent (S130). That is, the game data of the web server 31 written in WML is continuously transmitted to a predetermined channel through the push server 33, and is transmitted to the mobile terminal 10 of the game applicant through the SMS server 20.

On the other hand, after the connection with the game server 30 is terminated on the mobile terminal 10 side of the game participant, game data is continuously received from the game server 30. As a result, game data will be output to the information display window of the mobile terminal 10, for example, as shown in FIG. At this time, when the game participant inputs the response data by pressing the 'i' button (S140), the response data is sent via the push client program 10d and the communication module 10a provided in the mobile terminal 10. Wireless transmission to the server 20 is delivered to the game server (30). At the same time, the next game data is output to the information display window of the mobile terminal 10.

The game server 30 scores or evaluates the received response data and assigns a point accordingly (S150).

On the other hand, it is preferable to transmit the progress information in the form of, for example, a graphic file (Graphic file) from the game server 30 to the game participant terminal 10 so that the game participants can visually check the progress of the game as described above. Do. That is, the screen including the display frame 5 as shown in FIG. 8 may be displayed on the display window of the game participant terminal 10. As shown in the figure, the display frame 5 displaying the progress information of the game is preferably implemented through a graphic file that visually expresses the passage of time after the quiz question is taken or the rank change among game participants. The graphic file transmitted from the game server 30 is preferably configured to show a stepped or bar graph to enhance the visual recognition effect. Here, the progress information of the game is not necessarily limited to the graphic file type but may be a text file type such as a number. In addition, the data included in the game progress information is not necessarily limited to the elapsed time and ranking. In addition, it should be understood that the graph shown in the display frame 5 is also deformable into various shapes.

As shown in FIG. 8, an information display window of the game participant mobile terminal 10 may be provided with a 'game end' menu as a menu for ending the game proceeding as described above. That is, when the 'game end' button is pressed, the final game result is displayed, and the game end command is transmitted to the game server 30 so that the push server 33 stops transmitting data. After the game is finished, the game server 30 resets the member information of the game participants based on the result of the game, such as the number of wins and losses, and stores it in the member information DB 32b. If the game is operated according to the rating system according to the points, the game result is the basis for adjusting the game rating, and in consideration of the game score or the number of wins, the cyber money or the prize is given or the penalty is imposed. The punishment event may be preferably operated by the game server 30 (S160).

In the above, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Herein, the terms or words used in the present specification and claims should not be interpreted as being limited to the ordinary or dictionary meanings, and the inventors properly define the concept of terms in order to explain their own invention in the best way. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can. Therefore, the embodiments described in the specification and the drawings shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all of the technical idea of the present invention, and various alternatives may be substituted at the time of the present application. It should be understood that there may be equivalents and variations.

In particular, although a mobile English quiz game has been described as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it should be understood that the present mobile game method can be applied to various kinds of games.

In the mobile game method according to the present invention, since a communication channel between the mobile terminal of the game participant and the game server is formed only when data is transmitted and received, the game can be enjoyed at a low communication cost.

In particular, the mobile game method can provide a learning game services such as language quiz game in a push method can reduce the time and effort for data retrieval and can be expected an exciting and efficient learning effect.

In addition, according to the mobile game method, since the game progress information such as game win-related ranking information is displayed in the form of a text or a graphic on the terminal, it is possible to grasp the progress of the game at a glance.

In addition, it is possible to maximize the motivation of participating in the game through reward events such as giveaways based on game scores or winning and losing results.

Claims (6)

In the game method through a game server and a mobile terminal, (a) requesting a game service to a game server by accessing a game server; (b) setting a game service environment based on a mobile terminal identifier and a game selection provided by the game player; (c) releasing the connection between the game player and the game server; (d) transmitting game data from a game server to the mobile terminal by a push method; (e) transmitting response data corresponding to the game data to a game server; And and (f) assigning points to the response data. The method of claim 1, In the step (f), the game server based on the result of the game to give a reward to the game participants; Mobile game method further comprising. The method of claim 1, The response data transmission is a mobile game method, characterized in that through a short message service (SMS). The method of claim 1, Mobile game method characterized in that the game is a language quiz game. The method of claim 1, And transmitting the game progress information from the game server to the mobile terminal so that the game progress information is displayed on the information display window of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 5, Mobile game method, characterized in that the progress of the game consists of a graphic file form.