KR20040018661A - Method and System for Providing Point Game Service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a system for a point game service are provided to enjoy a point game of a wireless Internet site by automatically connecting to the wireless Internet site through a portable electronic device without a certification procedure. CONSTITUTION: A user terminal to use the wireless Internet writes a short message or a moving image message, and inputs a telephone number of a receiver receiving the short message or the moving image message. A wireless communication network(120) provides the SMS(Short Message Service) for transmitting the telephone number of the receiver to the wireless Internet site as a game number through the wireless Internet. A point game service center(160) operates the wireless Internet site and provides a number-guessing point game to the user terminal by connecting to the Internet(150) through the wireless communication network. The point game service center informs the user terminal of a drawing result and a premium by comparing the game number with a randomly generated winning number.

Description

Point game service method and system {Method and System for Providing Point Game Service}

The present invention relates to a point game service system using a wireless Internet, and more particularly, a user can automatically access a wireless Internet through a wireless communication network without going through a procedure of accessing the wireless Internet using a portable electronic device and performing member authentication. The present invention relates to a point game service method and system that connects to a site and executes a number matching point game using a product code letter ordering service or a short message service in a wireless communication network, and checks whether a game is won in real time and accumulates points. .

In recent years, with the development of wireless communication technology and the rapid spread of the Internet, users can access the Internet anytime and anywhere using a portable information device such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA). You can move freely wherever you want. This is due to the wireless Internet environment and technology in which a user can receive Internet service through a wireless network while on the move. Due to the limitations of the size and speed of portable information devices, low speed processors, memory, and wireless communication networks, it is difficult to provide various types of information including multimedia, such as in the wired Internet. Most of the services provided by WILL will be available in a wireless environment.

These wireless Internet services include mail service, e-commerce, mobile phone ringing service, wireless payment service, ticket release and reservation service, advertisement service, stock / weather / fortune information service, game service, etc. Game services are in the spotlight as services widely used by both young and old.

Unlike games provided to personal computers via wired Internet, games serviced through wireless Internet services are mainly made up of game services using simple graphics or texts, such as lotto or lottery games, depending on the size of the portable information device itself. have.

The game method through the wireless Internet service uses a user's own portable information device to access the wireless Internet site that provides the game service, authenticates the member at the connected wireless Internet site, and then provides the lottery or the wireless Internet site. A number (or number) is selected according to the screen of the lottery game, and it is checked whether or not the selected number matches the number generated by the wireless Internet site. Most wireless Internet sites pay mileage points for winning lottery or lottery games.

However, the above-described game service method according to the related art has a inconvenience in that the user has to go through a complicated process such as having to directly access the Internet site through the wireless Internet and perform a procedure such as membership authentication at the connected Internet site. .

Therefore, an object of the present invention is a point game service that allows a user to access a wireless Internet using a portable electronic device and automatically access a wireless Internet site without having to perform a member authentication procedure to play a point game serviced at a wireless Internet site. It is to provide a method and system.

1 is a block diagram of a point game system according to the present invention;

2 is a detailed block diagram of a point game service center shown in FIG. 1;

3a is a flowchart illustrating a point game method using a game number transmission service;

3b is a flowchart for explaining a point game method using a short message service;

4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating an interface screen provided in a point game service center of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

110: user terminal 120: wireless communication network

130: game number transmission service center 140: short message service center

150: Internet 160: Point Game Service Center

210: network interface 220: web server

230: control unit 240: point database

250: game management unit 252: data receiving unit

254: real time winning number generation unit 256: winning determination unit

258: winning result notification unit 260: points management unit

According to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the point game system, a wireless terminal capable of creating a short message or a video message and input the phone number of the other party to send the short or video message; A wireless communication network for providing a short message service for transmitting the telephone number of the other party as a game number to an affiliated wireless Internet site through the wireless Internet; And a point game service center which operates the wireless Internet site and is connected to the Internet through the wireless communication network to serve a number matching point game to the user terminal, wherein the point game service center randomly selects the game number. Compared to the generated winning number is characterized in that notifying the winning result and the winnings according to the winning result to the user terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a point game system, a wireless terminal capable of inputting a game code and a carrier identification code for receiving the game code; A wireless communication network providing a game number transmission service for transmitting the game code as a game number to a wireless Internet site having the operator identification code using the wireless Internet; And a point game service center that operates a wireless Internet site having the operator identification code and is connected to the Internet through the wireless communication network to serve a number matching point game to the user terminal. Comparing the number with a randomly generated winning number is characterized in that the user terminal to notify the winning result and the winnings according to the winning result.

According to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, randomly generated in a point game center connected to the Internet through a wireless communication network providing a wireless call service, a short or video message service and a game number transmission service Point game service method of the system for providing a point game for comparing the winning number with the game number input from the user terminal and notifies the user terminal of the winning result and the winning amount according to the winning result, (a) at the user terminal; Inputting a game number as a counterpart phone number using the wireless call service, a short message or a video message service, or a game code using the game number transmission service and transmitting the game number to the wireless communication network; (b) transmitting the game number transmitted from the user terminal in the wireless communication network to the point game service center through the Internet; (c) determining whether to win or lose through the point game service comparing the game number with the winning number in the point game service center; (d) informing the user terminal of the winning or losing in the point game service center; And (e) accumulating the winnings in the user's account according to the winnings in the point game service center.

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

1 shows a block diagram of a point game system according to the present invention.

The user terminal 110 includes a mobile phone or personal digital assistant (PDA) equipped with a WAP browser that can be connected to the point game service center 160 through the wireless communication network 120 and the Internet 150. do. The user is subscribed to a service provider of the wireless communication network 120, for example, 011, 016, 019, and uses the short message service provided by the wireless communication service provider. Take part in the games offered by). In addition, the user terminal 110 directly participates in the point game provided by the point game service center 160 using a game number transmission service applying a product code character order service provided by a wireless communication service provider. . In the point game provided in the present invention, for example, a number of digits randomly selected by a user from 0 to 9, for example, 7 digits and a randomly generated 7 digits are compared to match the digits. Includes a number matching game to get points along.

The short message service allows the user to create a text message to be delivered to the other party using his mobile phone, input the phone number of the other party to which the text message is to be delivered, and press the send button. The service that is sent. According to the present invention, whenever a short message service is used, that is, each time a short message is sent or received using the short message service, the user is given one point game opportunity, and the counterpart phone number included in the short message is a point game. Assign as a number. The present invention randomly draws a winning number in the point game service center 160 for each point game opportunity, compares the game number and the winning number, and informs the result of the hearing as a text message to the user's mobile phone.

On the other hand, the product code text ordering service allows a user to purchase a product on a mobile phone or a PDA by using a code assigned to the product, and finds and inputs a product code given to a product sold in a TV home shopping, catalog, or newspaper advertisement. After pressing the call button, the user can check the order confirmation message displayed on the screen of the mobile phone or PDA and enter the product specification (quantity, color, etc.), delivery address, and card number to purchase the product. This service can be ordered anytime, anywhere, 24 hours a day, regardless of the agent's working hours, and there is little possibility of information leakage by directly entering and ordering without informing others of their personal information. The advantage is that you can check directly with the wireless Internet. In order to receive this commodity code character ordering service, the user must enter, for example, a code of '** 12 * 12345'. In this code, the two digits '**' represent the wireless Internet access code, the next two digits '12' represent the carrier identification code, and the next one digit '*' is the middle delimiter code, The remaining '12345' represents a product code. Therefore, the user can enter the code '** 12 * 12345' into the mobile phone, press the call button can easily purchase a product of the code '12345' of the operator having the operator code '12' through the wireless Internet.

In the present invention, by entering the game number in place of the product code used in the product code character order service described above can participate in the point game provided by the point game service center 160. In the present invention, a service for transmitting a game number by applying a product code character ordering service will be referred to as a game number transmission service.

In the foregoing description, although it has been described as participating in the point game provided by the point game service center 160 using the short message service, all services available to the user through the wireless communication network 120, for example, the most common wireless Even when using a call service or a video message transmission service, the user can participate in the point game provided by the point game service center 160.

Similar to the short message transmission service described above, the video message transmission service uses a user's mobile phone to compose a video message to be delivered to the other party, input a phone number of the other party to deliver the created video message, and then press the send button. By pressing the video message is sent to the other party's mobile phone. In the case of the wireless call service and the video message service, as in the case of using the above-mentioned short message service, the other party's telephone number or his / her telephone number is transmitted to the point game service center 160 through the wireless communication network 120 as a game number. do.

The wireless communication network 120 basically includes a base station, a base station controller, and a wireless switching center (not shown) for providing a wireless communication service to the user terminal 110. In the present invention, the wireless communication network 120 includes a game number transmission service center 130 and a short message service center 140, and is transmitted from the user terminal 110 using a game number transmission service or a short message service. The game number is transmitted to the point game service center 160.

The game number transmission service center 130 provides a game number transmission service through the wireless communication network 120, and writes a short message to inform the user terminal 110 of whether or not the winner is notified by the point game service center 160. .

The short message center 140 provides a short message service through the wireless communication network 120, and writes a short message indicating whether or not the point game service center 160 informs the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication network 120. To provide.

The point game service center 160 has a two or three business operator identification code assigned to the service provider of the wireless communication network 120, for example, '100', in order to receive the aforementioned game number transmission service. It is connected to the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication network 120 and the Internet 150 by. Since the user terminal 110 is automatically connected to the point game service center 160 via the wireless communication network 120, the user does not need to directly access the wireless Internet site using the wireless Internet service, and the user Since it is recognized as a member of a mobile communication network service provider by using the wireless communication network 120 to which the user is subscribed, the user does not need to perform member authentication on a wireless Internet site as in the prior art. In this case, the point game service center 160 may manage the user's account by receiving only the user's information, for example, the user's telephone number information, from the wireless communication network 120.

The point game service center 160 randomly selects a seven-digit number transmitted from the user terminal 110 through the game number transmission service among the numbers 0 to 9, or a seven-digit number as the counterpart phone number input through the short message service. Compares to the winning number generated by the notification in real time to the user terminal 110.

Table 1 below illustrates the winnings paid according to the winning probability, the points earning history, the winning status of the point games serviced by the point game service center 160.

Rank percentage Score earned history 10 point games 50 points games First place 1 / 10,000,000 Match all digits 1,000,000 points 5,000,000 points 2nd 1 / 1,000,000 Match 6 digits from the end 100,000 points 500,000 points 3rd place 1 / 1000,000 Match 5 digits from the end 10,000 points 50,000 points 4th 1 / 10,000 4 digits from the end 5000 points 10,000 points 5th place 1/1000 Match 3 digits from the end 1,000 points 5,000 points 6th place 1/100 Match 2 digits from the end 100 points 500 Points 7th 1/10 Match 1 digit from the end 10 points 50 points

As can be seen in Table 1, the winnings are based on a fixed number, but since the winning number is 7 digits, the probability of winning by 1st is 1 / 10,000,000, 2, etc., the probability of winning by 1 / 1,000,000, The odds of winning 3 place have probability values such as 1 / 1000,000, ....

When a user uses a game number transmission service, he / she voluntarily participates in a 10-point game or a 50-point game, bets 10 points or 50 points, and pays a corresponding prize money as mileage points.

When the user uses the short message service, each time the short message service is used, the user automatically receives a chance to participate in the point game, and may pay as a mileage point for a 10-point game or a one-point game not illustrated in Table 1 without betting. have.

In the point game of the present invention, the points used by the user for betting are the mileage points paid when the member joins the service provider of the point game service center 160 or the wireless communication network 120, and the point game service center 160 wins the points. Accrued mileage points or third-party points earned by users online or offline. Of course, in the case of third-party points will be used to exchange the mileage points used in the point game service center 160 at a predetermined rate, and the detailed description thereof will be omitted since it is commonly known in the art. .

In addition, the winnings paid by the point game service center 160 of the present invention, that is, the mileage points may be provided by the wireless communication service provider in exchange for a short message service or by earning points used for betting. . At this time, the prize money is to pay a certain percentage of the accumulated prize money, for example, 60%, and if the winner of the rank does not continue to occur, the total reserves will continue to accumulate and the prize money for each rank will continue to increase. do.

When a user wins a game provided by the point game service center 160 of the present invention, the point game service center 160 accumulates mileage points corresponding to betting points used for the game in the user's account. When the mileage point reaches a certain level, paid content provided by the point game service center 160 may be used, for example, a mobile ringtone service, a fortune service, a paid game, or the like, and a communication cost of a service provider of the wireless communication network 120. It can be used to deduct the price of a product, or to deduct the price of a product sold online or as a cash back.

In addition, when the mileage points used as betting points are exhausted, the point game service center 160 converts the points acquired from third parties offline or online according to the user's request to the mileage points used by the point game service center 160. Switch.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed block diagram of the point game service center 160 shown in FIG.

The point game service center 160 may be implemented as a personal computer or a workstation computer. The point game service center 160 may include a network interface unit 210, a web server 220, a controller 230, a point database 240, and a game manager 250. Include.

The communication network interface 210 performs a function of connecting with the user terminal 110 online through the Internet 150.

The web server 220 provides various user interfaces to the user terminal 110 connected to the point game service center 160.

The mileage points acquired by the user participating in the point game 240 are accumulated in the point database 240, and the user may participate in the point game by using the mileage points accumulated in the point database 240 as betting points.

As described above, the game manager 250 provides the user terminal 110 connected to the point game service center 160 with a point game that matches 7 digits among the numbers 0 to 9. In this case, the number-matching point game and other games, such as an instant lottery ticket or six numbers selected from FIG. 49 numbers, are compared with six numbers randomly generated by the game manager 250 and matched regardless of the order. It may also include 6/49 lotto games to score points.

The game manager 250 includes a data receiver 252, a real-time winning number generator 254, a winning determination unit 256, a winning result notification unit 258, and a point manager 260.

The data receiver 252 receives data about a game number transmitted from the user terminal 110.

The real-time winning number generator 254 generates a winning number, such as a number, in a number-matching point game or the like, and the winning determination unit 256 is provided to the game number and real-time winning number generator 256 input from the user terminal 110. The winning number is determined by comparing the generated winning numbers.

The winning result notification unit 258 provides the winning result or the winning result determined by the winning decision unit 256 to the user terminal 110, and the point manager 260 controls the increase or decrease of the mileage points of the user who wins the game result. By notifying 230, the mileage points of the user are managed in the point game service center 160.

The controller 230 maintains, manages, and operates the point game service center 160 as a whole, and manages and controls the communication network interface 210, the web server 220, the point database 240, and the game manager 260. It performs the function. In addition, the controller 230 is linked with the wireless communication network 120 to share an account of a user managed by the wireless communication network 120. Accordingly, the controller 230 may perform aperiodic or periodical communication with the wireless communication network 120 whenever a user subscribed to the service provider of the wireless communication network 120 connects or whenever an event for which the connected user requests the exchange of mileage points occurs. By communicating, the mileage points of the user accumulated in the point database 240 is updated.

In connection with the present invention, although described and illustrated as to manage the mileage points of users by building a point database 240 in the point game service center 160, the point database 240 is not point game service center 160 The wireless communication network 120 may be configured to be managed. In this case, the point game service center 160 may have a function of inquiring a point database of the wireless communication network 120 whenever necessary and exchanging points according to a user's request.

Operation performed in the point game system of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B.

First, referring to FIG. 3A, a process in which a user directly participates in a game using a game number transmission service is described.

First, the user has a two-digit wireless Internet access code '**' in his user terminal 110, two or three business operator identification code '100' of the point game service center 160, and the middle of one digit The division code '*' and the remaining seven-digit game number, for example, '1234567' are input (S302).

Next, the game number input as described above is transmitted to the wireless communication network 120 by pressing the call button or the confirmation button in the user terminal 110 by the user (S304).

The wireless communication network 120 is a request for access to the point game service center 160 through the wireless Internet from the two-digit wireless Internet access code '**' and the three-digit operator identification code '100' transmitted from the user terminal 110. The user terminal 110 is connected to the point game service center 160 through the wireless communication network 120 and the Internet 150, and the game number input from the user terminal 110 is used to connect the point game service center 160. Transfer to (S306).

The point game service center 160 receives the game number transmitted through the wireless communication network 120 and the Internet 150, and transmits a betting screen as illustrated in FIG. 4A to the user terminal 110 (S308).

In the betting screen illustrated in FIG. 4A, the phrase "You have selected '1234567'. Please select a betting point" and a selection key to select '10 points 'and '50 points' for betting ( 410 is displayed.

When a user selects a betting point to bet on the user terminal 110 and presses a confirmation button 420 or a call button (not shown) on the user terminal 110, the information of the betting point selected by the user is a point game service. It is delivered to the center 160 (S310).

The point game service center 160 randomly generates a winning number, and determines whether to win by comparing the winning number with the game number transmitted from the user terminal 110 (S312 and S314).

If the point game service center 160 determines whether or not the winning result, one or all of the seven digits in the seventh to the first, such as the first place, the point game service center 160 again the Internet 150 and wireless communication network By transmitting the winning message screen as illustrated in FIG. 4B to the user terminal 110 through 120, the winning details are notified (S316).

The winning message screen illustrated in FIG. 4B is, for example, a winning prize corresponding to the ranking, such as "winning a prize" and "you have won * etc.", for example, "winning prize is *** points." Will be credited to your account. "

Next, the point game service center 160 accumulates the winnings in the user's account of the point database 240 (S318).

However, in the case of a drop in the point game, as illustrated in FIG. 4C, a screen containing the message “Please use the next opportunity” is provided to the user terminal 110 (S320) and the point database 240. ), The mileage points used for betting is reduced (S322).

3B illustrates a process in which a user indirectly participates in a game by using a short message message service.

First, the user selects a short (or video) message service function in his user terminal 110 (S332), and creates a short (or video) message delivered to the other party (S334).

Next, the user inputs the other party's telephone number in the user terminal 110 (S336).

After completing the preparation of the short (or video) message through the above-described process, the short (or video) message is transmitted to the wireless communication network 120 by pressing the confirm button or the transmit button on the user terminal 110 (S338). .

The wireless communication network 120 connects the call path to the mobile phone of the other party having the phone number included in the short (or video) message transmitted from the user terminal 110, while using the other party's phone number as the game number to connect to the Internet 150. Through the point game service center 160 through (S340).

The point game service center 160 compares the game number as the counterpart phone number transmitted from the user terminal 110 with a randomly generated winning number (S342), and determines whether or not to win (S344).

In the point game service center 160, if the result of the determination of winning or winning, the number of one or all seven digits is the same, and the seventh to the first one, and so on, the point game service center 160 again with the Internet 150 By providing the winning message screen as illustrated in FIG. 4B to the user terminal 110 through the wireless communication network 120, the notification of the winning facts and the winnings (S356), by earning the winnings in the account of the user of the point database (S358).

However, in the case of a drop in the game, a drop message "Please use the next opportunity" as illustrated in FIG. 4C is provided to the user terminal 110 (S360). Since the point game using the short message service is automatically performed without betting, there will be no reduction of mileage points in the user account in the point database 240.

When the mileage points accumulated in the point database 240 by participating in the above-described point game reaches a certain level, for example, when the mileage points correspond to 10,000 points, the user is charged for the wireless call serviced by the wireless communication service provider. Can be paid or discounted or redeemed for cash with the accumulated mileage points.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical spirit of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention but to explain, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the present invention should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Therefore, as described above, the present invention provides an effect that a user can enjoy a point game serviced at a point game service center by automatically accessing a wireless Internet site without accessing the wireless Internet using a portable electronic device and undergoing a membership authentication procedure. There is.

In addition, the present invention indirectly participates in the number-matching point game using a short message (or video) message service and a wireless call service of a wireless communication network, or directly participates in the number-matching point game using a game number transmission service, and wins or loses. Check in real time to accumulate more mileage points, using the accumulated mileage points can benefit from the payment or discount of the call cost of the wireless communication service.

Claims (9)

In the point game system, A wireless terminal capable of creating a short message or a video message and inputting a telephone number of a counterpart to transmit the short message or a video message; A wireless communication network for providing a short message service for transmitting the telephone number of the other party as a game number to an affiliated wireless Internet site through the wireless Internet; And A point game service center that operates the wireless Internet site and is connected to the Internet through the wireless communication network to serve a number-matching point game to the user terminal. Including; The point game service center is a point game system, characterized in that to compare the game number with a randomly generated winning number and notify the winning result and the winning amount according to the winning result to the user terminal. In the point game system, A user terminal capable of wireless internet inputting a game code and a carrier identification code to receive the game code; A wireless communication network providing a game number transmission service for transmitting the game code as a game number to a wireless Internet site having the operator identification code using the wireless Internet; And A point game service center which operates a wireless Internet site having the operator identification code and is connected to the Internet through the wireless communication network to serve a number-matching point game to the user terminal. Including; The point game service center compares the game number with a randomly generated winning number and informs the user terminal of the winning result and the winning amount according to the winning result. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The point game service center, A point database for collecting the winnings obtained by participating in the point game as mileage points in a user account of the user terminal; And Game management unit that provides the number matching point game service Including; The game management unit, A data receiver configured to receive a counterpart phone number or a game number related to the game code inputted from the user terminal; A real time winning number generator for randomly generating the winning number; A winning determination unit for determining whether to win or lose by comparing the game number with the winning number generated by the real-time winning number generator; A winning result notification unit configured to provide a winning or failing result determined by the winning determining unit to a user terminal; A point manager for managing mileage points accumulated in a user account of the point database; And Control unit for overall control of the point game service center Point game service system comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The user terminal is a point game service system, characterized in that the mobile phone or personal digital assistant (PDA) equipped with a swap browser that can be connected to the point game service center using the wireless Internet. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The user terminal is a mobile phone that performs a wireless call with the counterpart via the wireless communication network, and the wireless communication network transmits the phone number of the counterpart as the game number to the point game service center to match the number point to the user terminal. Point game service system, characterized in that for servicing. Through a wireless communication network providing a wireless call service, a short or video message service, and a game number transmission service, a randomly generated winning number in a point game center connected to the Internet is compared to a game number input from a user terminal to the user terminal. In the point game service method of a system for serving a point game for notifying the winning result and the winning money according to the winning result, (a) inputting, by the user terminal, the game number as a counterpart phone number using the wireless call service, a short message or a video message service, or a game code using the game number transfer service to transmit to the wireless communication network; (b) transmitting the game number transmitted from the user terminal in the wireless communication network to the point game service center through the Internet; (c) determining whether to win or lose through the point game service comparing the game number with the winning number in the point game service center; (d) informing the user terminal of the winning or losing in the point game service center; And (e) accumulating the winnings in the user's account according to the winnings in the point game service center; Point game service method comprising a. The method of claim 6, The point game service method is characterized in that the point game service is automatically performed every time the user terminal uses the wireless call service, a short message or a video message service. The method of claim 6, Point game service method characterized in that the user terminal directly participates in the point game service using the game number transmission service. The method of claim 6, And the user terminal is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA) equipped with a WP browser accessible to the point game service center connected to the Internet through the wireless communication network.