KR20030072066A - Hand-held terminal contents providing method through game - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for offering contents through a game is provided to induce a user's interest by offering the contents of a portable terminal to a winner according to a game result and offering a disadvantage to a loser. CONSTITUTION: A user terminal selects the desired contents(S12). The user terminal selects a desired sort of the game(S14). Respective game pieces are inputted from the user terminal and a confronting user terminal(S20). Victory or defeat is decided by processing the game pieces(S24). According to the game result, the winner receives the selected contents(S26) and the loser receives the disadvantage related to the selected contents(S28).

Description

HAND-HELD TERMINAL CONTENTS PROVIDING METHOD THROUGH GAME}

The present invention relates to a method for providing contents for a portable terminal through a game, and more particularly, to a method for providing contents for a portable terminal through a game for providing contents for the portable terminal to a winner according to the result of the game.

Currently, portable communication terminals (hereinafter collectively referred to as "mobile terminals"), such as cellular phones, PCS phones or PDAs with voice communication functions, are widely used in Korea. Among young people who have a strong desire to pursue new things and express their own personalities, it is becoming fashionable to decorate their mobile devices as if they were their own.

On the other hand, like a landline telephone, a portable terminal generates a ring tone to notify the user when there is an incoming call. To this end, the manufacturer carries dozens of melodies so that the user can arbitrarily select a ring tone desired when the portable terminal is released. It is built into the terminal. Here, the term "melody" is used as a concept encompassing a ringtone, melody, or words used to inform the user of an operation state of the mobile terminal, such as a ringing tone and a disconnected call, in addition to the ringing tone.

However, the built-in melody is arbitrarily selected by the manufacturer and cannot satisfy the self-expression desire of the younger generation. Accordingly, a melody providing business that downloads various melodies such as the latest fashion songs on the mobile terminal is in progress. In addition, as the Internet environment is widely established, it is also becoming fashionable to display a character desired by the user on the LCD screen of the mobile terminal. Since the character also functions as an avatar representing himself during the chat, the chat is active. The more you use it, the more likely this character provider will expand.

However, in the conventional method of downloading contents for a mobile terminal, when the user of the mobile terminal selects a desired content, the user downloads the content to the user's mobile terminal immediately after the user authentication, and thus adopts a monotonous method of performing the billing process. There is a problem that does not cause the interest, and thus the content providing market is not expanded as expected.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, while providing contents for a portable terminal to a winner according to the result of a game, while inducing a user's interest in a manner in which a loser is given a disadvantage. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a content providing method for a mobile terminal through a game so as to create a new demand in the content providing market.

A content providing method for a mobile terminal according to the present invention for achieving the above object includes a user terminal, a mobile communication company that processes voice and data communication between the mobile terminal and a mobile terminal, and a game and content. A content providing method through a game performed by the content provider while the content provider being linked is linked by a wired / wireless communication network, the method comprising: (a) receiving a desired content from the user terminal; (b) receiving a selection of a desired game type from the user terminal; (c) receiving a game hand from the user terminal and the terminal of the other counterpart of the game when the game counterpart exists; (d) processing the game hand received in step (c) to determine whether or not to win or not; and (e) as a result of determining whether or not to win in step (d), the winner is given a predetermined profit with respect to the selected content provision. In addition, the loser may be provided with a predetermined disadvantage associated with the selected content.

In the above-described configuration, the predetermined benefit in relation to the selected content may be free provision of the selected content, and the predetermined disadvantage in relation to the selected content may be billing processing for the selected content.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network in which a content providing method through a game is realized according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method through a game according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3A to 3C are exemplary screens displayed on a mobile terminal while a user accesses a service server of a content provider according to the present invention;

4A to 4C are exemplary screens displayed on a mobile terminal in a process of a user selecting a type of content and a game;

5a to 5e are exemplary screens displayed on the mobile terminal during the selection of the game opponent and the game process;

6A to 6D illustrate example screens displayed during a game progress when a user selects a game reservation;

7A to 7C are exemplary screens displayed during a process in which a user selects content stored in a content warehouse and downloads the content to his or her portable terminal.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100: mobile terminal, 200: mobile carrier,

210: WAP gateway, 220: character / melody server,

230: subscriber information DB, 240: billing server,

250: SMS server,

300: content provider, 310: service server,

311: authentication module, 312: customer care module,

313: content management module, 314: game management module,

315: download processing module, 320: database,

321: user DB, 322: content DB,

323: game management DB, 324: download operation DB

Hereinafter, a content providing method through a game according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to the description, melody and characters used in a mobile terminal are collectively referred to as "content for a mobile terminal". The provider of such contents for the mobile terminal is referred to as a "content provider."

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration in which a method for providing content for a mobile terminal through a game according to an embodiment of the present invention is realized. As shown in FIG. 1, a network configuration in which a content providing method through a game of the present invention is realized is largely connected by a mobile terminal 100, a mobile terminal 100, and a wireless communication network 110 to download content. Or a content provider 300 connected to the mobile communication company 200 and the mobile communication company 200 for receiving data through a dedicated line.

In the above-described configuration, the mobile communication company 200 connects the Internet connection through the mobile terminal 100, in particular, the character / melody server 220, the mobile communication network 110, and the Internet network to relay the Internet connection with the content provider 300. WAP gateway 210 responsible for the conversion of the protocol between the interconnect, that is, the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) standard and the Internet standard protocol, the subscriber information database 210 that stores various kinds of information of the subscriber and the subscriber SMS for billing processing, for example, processing of short messages to be received between the billing server 240 and the mobile terminal 100 in charge of billing by processing usage history, billing history, overdue history or payment account information, etc. (Short Message Service) server 250 may be included.

The content provider 300 may largely include a service server 310 and a database 320, and the service server 310 may further include an authentication module 311 which performs user authentication for a customer, and various kinds of customers. Customer management module 312 for managing information, the content that can provide their own, that is, the content management module 313 for managing melodies and characters, the game management module 314 for managing the overall contents of the game and the carrying of content It may include a download processing module 315 responsible for the download processing to the terminal, and the like.

Meanwhile, the database 320 may include a user information database 321 which stores various types of information about a customer, a content database 322 which stores contents owned by itself, various kinds of information related to a game, for example, a game player. And a game management database 323 for storing game results or reserved player information, and a download operation database 324 for storing various kinds of information related to the download operation of contents.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing content for a mobile terminal through a game according to an embodiment of the present invention, and unless otherwise stated, the service server 310 is mainly described. As shown in FIG. 2, in a method for providing content for a mobile terminal through a game according to an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile communication company to which a user who wants to download content first operates his mobile terminal 100 and subscribes to his / her mobile terminal 100. The program is started by accessing the service server 310 of the content provider 300 through the character / melody server 220 built in the wireless portal site operated by the step 200 (S10).

3A to 3C are exemplary screens displayed on a portable terminal while a user accesses a service server of a content provider. As shown in Fig. 3, the user first selects the item “Mail / Character / Melody” from the menu shown in Fig. 3A, and then selects the item “emelody / character” again from the screen of Fig. 3B. As a result, the main page of the service server 310 may be accessed by selecting the “Carrier” item again from the screen of FIG. 3C.

In this state, the user can perform step S12 to select 'content wager', and if the user selects 'content wager' in this step S12, the program proceeds to step S14, otherwise the other selected by the user Follow the procedure according to the item. In step S14, the desired content is selected by the user, and in step S16, a game to be played is selected for the content selected in step S14.

4A to 4C are exemplary screens displayed on a portable terminal in a process of selecting a content and a type of a game by a user. First, in the page screen as illustrated in FIG. 4A, the user selects the item "eat the character", and as a result, in the screen of FIG. The game proceeds from step S18 or below by selecting an item and then selecting the "Challenge! Mukchippa" item as the desired game type on the screen of FIG. 4C, which results in a special restriction. You won't have to.

In step S18, it is determined whether there is an opponent of the game. If there is an opponent of the game in step S18, the flow proceeds to step S20, and the respective hand or answer from each game opponent (hereinafter, collectively referred to as "loss"). Is inputted, and in step S24, the winning or losing is determined based on the received hand. In this case, an appropriate time limit may be set in step S24, and if the hand is not input within that time, the invalid or time hand process may be performed. However, the game counterpart in step S18 may be not only the user of the other portable terminal but also the service server 310 itself according to the user's selection.

On the other hand, if the game opponent does not exist in step S18, the user may make a game reservation, it is determined in step S30. As a result of the determination in step S30, when the game reservation is selected, the process proceeds to step S32, after receiving the game hand from the player, and in step S34, it is registered in the waiting list for selection by the game opponent.

5A to 5E are exemplary screens displayed on the mobile terminal during the selection of a game opponent and a game process. First, in the example screen of FIG. 5A which is continued from FIG. 4A, the user “give me a present!” Selecting one of the other users and service servers (in this example screen, "Mr. Carry-Pori") 310 who wants to play the same game with the user with the character, the information of the game opponent is shown as illustrated in FIG. 5B. You will be asked whether you want to start or cancel the game. In this screen, when the user selects the "Cancel" item, the user returns to the previous state, that is, the screen illustrated in FIG. 5A. When the "Start" item is selected, the user can present a hand according to the game selected by the user. Listed as illustrated in FIG. 5C, the example screen of FIG. 5C will be provided to the game opponent as it is.

In this state, if a hand is input from both parties of the game, the game management module 314 of the service server 300 processes the winning or losing of the hand presented by the game party and delivers the result to both parties of the game. FIG. 5D is an example screen displaying a result of the user himself winning the game opponent, and FIG. 5E is an example screen displaying a result of the losing.

Returning to FIG. 2 again, in step S24, it is determined whether the game has been won or not, the selected content is provided to the winner (S26), and the loser is charged for the winner content (S28).

6A through 6D are exemplary screens displayed during a game progress when a user selects a game reservation. First, when a user selects a "game reservation" item on the example screen of FIG. 5A, the example screen of FIG. 6A is displayed. Again, if the user selects the item “mook” with his hand on this screen, a guide phrase to send a text message of the match result is output on the screen of FIG. 6B. In this state, if a hand is input from the opponent of the game over time, the service server 310 processes the winning and losing and transmits a text message as shown in FIG. 6C or 6D to the user's portable terminal 100 according to the result. .

On the other hand, the method of providing the selected content in step S26 is not limited to the download immediately to the user's mobile terminal, it is presented to the mobile terminal of the other person selected by the user or stored in his or her content warehouse when necessary or You can also download it to someone else's mobile terminal.

7A to 7C are exemplary screens displayed during a process in which a user selects content stored in his or her content warehouse, and in fact, the content database 322 and downloads it to his or her mobile terminal.

The content providing method of the mobile terminal through the game of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be variously modified and implemented within the range allowed by the technical idea of the present invention. For example, a game may be covered by a plural rather than a single game, and the benefits to the winners and the disadvantages to the losers may be transformed into something other than the above. In addition, instead of immediately receiving and saving the user's hand in the game reservation process, only the game waiter is registered and notified as a game's opponent at the time of selection through the text message to inform the progress of the game to increase the excitement of the game Could be The present invention may also be carried out by a user who is a mobile terminal holder, rather than through a mobile terminal as a user terminal, by connecting to a service server through an internet network through his computer.

According to the method for providing a content for a mobile terminal through a game of the present invention as described above, the content is provided to the winner by inducing the user's interest through the game method while providing content to the winner while incurring a predetermined disadvantage to the loser. By inducing, there is an effect that can create a new demand in the content providing market for mobile terminals.

Claims (2)

A user terminal that wants to receive content for a mobile terminal, a mobile service provider that processes voice and data communication between the mobile terminal, and a content provider having games and content are linked by the wired / wireless communication network by the content provider. In the content providing method through the game is performed, (a) receiving a desired content from the user terminal; (b) receiving a selection of a desired game type from the user terminal; (c) receiving a game hand from the user terminal and the terminal of the other counterpart of the game when the game counterpart exists; (d) processing the game hand received in step (c) to determine the winning and losing; and (e) as a result of the determination of the outcome of the step (d), giving the winner a predetermined profit in connection with the provision of the selected content, and giving the loser a predetermined disadvantage in relation to the selected content. Content providing method through the game. The content of the game of claim 1, wherein a predetermined benefit in relation to the selected content is free provision of the selected content, and a predetermined disadvantage in relation to the selected content is billing processing for the selected content. How to Provide.