KR20040057424A - Game system for Inseat Video System - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A game system using an IVS(Inseat Video System) of an airplane is provided to make a passenger enjoy a game offered through the IVS by using a mileage of the passenger. CONSTITUTION: A member information database(110) stores the member information including the member ID information and the mileage information of a member. A game executing condition receiver(120) asks the passenger to execute the game by using the mileage and receives a response from the passenger. An ID information receiver(130) requests the passenger to input the ID information and receives the ID information inputted from the passenger. A member certification processor(140) certifies the member by searching that the member matched with the ID information is present in the member information database. A mileage processor(150) executes a game module, and updates the mileage of the passenger depending on the mileage increase/decrease generated by the game module execution when the game is finished.

Description

Game system using passenger video system on board {Game system for Inseat Video System}

The present invention relates to a game system using an in-flight passenger video system, and in particular, when using a passenger video system (IVS: Inseat Video System) installed in an aircraft to provide a game to passengers using the mileage held by the passengers. The present invention relates to a game system using an in-airplane video system for passengers.

At present, various methods for providing a certain mileage point to a member having a credit card in exchange for using various credit cards and exhausting the mileage have been implemented.

Until now, airlines have provided airline mileage to cardmembers who use aircraft through Sky Pass Cards, and when the mileage exceeds a certain amount, they can use it to purchase seats. Mileage exhaustion has been implemented.

However, yearly air mileage provided by airlines is increasing, and the airlines must recognize that the accumulated mileage is a liability, so they have to take proper measures for the accumulated mileage.

In other words, there is a need for a short-term burnout plan that can immediately use up the air mileage caused by the use of the aircraft, rather than a long-term burnout plan for purchasing an aircraft seat using the air mileage above a predetermined amount. Passengers can enjoy games provided through the Inseat Video System (IVS) installed on board the aircraft with the mileage possessed by the passengers, so that passengers can free the long-term travel in the closed spaces of the aircraft. The side has been able to properly spend the mileage recognized as a debt and researched a game system useful for attracting customers.

The present invention has been invented under the above-mentioned aspect, and an in-airport passenger video that allows a passenger to enjoy a game provided through an Inseat Video System (IVS) installed in an aircraft by using the mileage held by an on-board passenger. Its purpose is to provide a game system using the system.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a game system using an in-aircraft passenger video system according to the present invention is an in-aircraft passenger video system (IVS) installed in an aircraft including at least one or more game modules. An game system using Inseat Video System, the game system comprising: a member information database storing member information including member identification information and mileage information of the member; A game execution condition receiving unit for querying whether a game is to be executed using the mileage held by the passenger when a game execution request is made from a passenger, and receiving a response from the passenger; An identification information receiver configured to request the passenger to input identification information and to receive the identification information input from the passenger when the game execution condition receiving unit receives input from the passenger to execute the game using mileage; A member authentication processing unit which searches for whether a member corresponding to the identification information exists from the member information database according to the identification information of the corresponding passenger received by the identification information receiving unit, and authenticates the member; When the member is authenticated by the member authentication processing unit, the game module is executed, and when the game is terminated, the mileage increased or decreased from the current mileage of the member stored in the member information database according to the mileage increase or decrease generated by the game module execution. It characterized in that it comprises a mileage processing module including a mileage processing unit for processing to update the mileage of the member.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, a game system using the in-aircraft passenger video system according to the present invention further includes a portable memory in which the game system stores member information of mileage updated members processed by the mileage processing unit. and; The mileage processing module may further include a portable memory interface unit for interfacing the portable memory.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game system using an in-flight passenger video system, comprising: a member information database storing member information including member identification information and mileage information of the member; A membership registration processing unit for registering a member through a predetermined authentication procedure according to the member registration request information, and storing the registered member information in the member information database to update the member information database; A member information updating unit which reads the updated member information stored in the portable memory and updates the member information database; The apparatus may further include a mileage management server including a portable memory interface unit for interfacing the portable memory.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, a game system using an in-air passenger video system according to the present invention, the mileage management server stores the passenger information of the passenger in the portable memory; The mileage processing module may read member information of passengers stored in the portable memory interfaced through the portable memory interface unit and update the member information database.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, the game system using the in-airplane passenger video system according to the present invention is characterized in that the identification information is access information given by the mileage management server at the time of membership registration.

1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a game system using an in-airplane passenger video system according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a game system using the in-airplane passenger video system according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

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

100: passenger video system in the aircraft 110: member information database

120: game execution condition receiving unit 130: identification information receiving unit

140: member authentication processing unit 150: mileage processing unit

160: portable memory interface unit 200: portable memory

300: mileage management server 310: member information database

320: member registration processing unit 330: member information update unit

340: portable memory interface unit

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily understand and reproduce the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a game system using an in-airplane passenger video system according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, a game system using an in-flight passenger video system according to this embodiment includes an in-flight passenger video system 100, a portable memory 200, and a mileage management server 300. .

The in-flight passenger video system 100 is installed in an aircraft, and has at least one or more game modules installed and executed in the form of software, and a mileage processing module that is in charge of processing mileage increase and decrease caused by the game module execution. It is included.

The game module may include all games of various genres such as high-stop games, Go games, various arcade games, and various role-playing games.

The mileage management server 300 processes member registration according to a predetermined member registration procedure through a network, and stores information such as personal information, access information, and mileage points of the member.

The in-airline passenger video system 100 and the mileage management server 300 is preferably not interlocked through a network in order to prevent accidents caused by radio interference due to the characteristics of the aircraft, therefore, the in-airline passenger video system ( Data exchange between 100 and the mileage management server 300 is possible through the portable memory 200.

The portable memory 200 stores update information on mileage increase / decrease of a passenger member that is changed by a game module of the in-flight passenger video system 100. Therefore, the mileage management server 300 reads the update information stored in the portable memory 200 to update its member information database.

In addition, the portable memory 200 reads out and stores member information of passengers from the mileage management server 300. Accordingly, the in-flight passenger video system 100 reads the passenger's member information stored in the portable memory 200 and updates its member information database.

Specifically, the mileage processing module of the in-flight passenger video system 100 includes a member information database 110, a game execution condition receiving unit 120, an identification information receiving unit 130, and a member authentication processing unit 140. And a mileage processing unit 150 and a portable memory interface unit 160.

The member information database 110 stores member information including member identification information and mileage information of the member.

Members who have issued a card such as a Sky Pass Card in cooperation with an airline member are registered to the mileage management server 300 according to a predetermined membership registration procedure and are given member identification information from the mileage management server 300. Receive. The mileage management server 300 processes the mileage according to the use of the card.

The membership registration can be automatically registered by the card company when the member accesses the network, or issuing the card, the mileage management server 300 is updated from the card company in conjunction with the card company's member management server (not shown) It is preferable to receive and store the member information.

The mileage processing module of the in-flight passenger video system 100 stores the member information stored in the member information database 310 of the mileage management server 300 or the member information of a selected passenger among the member information. The member information is read from the member 200 and stored in the member information database 110 to be updated.

The member information update in the member information database 110 is preferably made through a crew member before every aircraft operation.

The game execution condition receiving unit 120 inquires whether to execute a game using the mileage held by the passenger when a game execution request is made from the passenger, and receives a response from the passenger.

The in-aircraft passenger video system 100 is installed in an aircraft, and the passenger video system 100 of the in-aircraft passenger video system 100 is executed before a predetermined game module selected by a passenger when a passenger wants to enjoy a game using the in-aircraft. The mileage processing module provides a user screen interface that asks the corresponding passenger to execute a game using the mileage held by the passenger through the screen output device (not shown) of the in-flight passenger video system 100 and receives a response. When the corresponding passenger inputs a response through the key input device (not shown) of the in-flight passenger video system 100, the game execution condition receiving unit 120 receives the response. If the passenger does not play the game using the mileage, the game is executed without mileage application.

When the identification information receiving unit 130 receives input from the passenger by the game execution condition receiving unit 120 to execute a game using mileage, the identification information receiving unit 130 requests the corresponding passenger to input identification information and receives the identification information input from the passenger. .

The identification information is unique identification information given to a member registered to the mileage management server 300 according to a predetermined member registration procedure and is preferably access information including an ID and a password of the member.

If the passenger who wants to enjoy the game using the in-flight passenger video system 100 is not a member registered in the mileage management server 300, the in-flight passenger video system 100 may notify the passenger. Provide a screen interface for virtual membership registration to receive information required for membership registration from the passenger, give virtual identification information and store the virtual member information of the passenger in the member information database 110 and then the flight When finished, the virtual member information is stored in the portable memory 200 and the virtual member information stored in the portable memory 200 is read through the mileage management server 300 to perform a predetermined process to formally register the membership. It may be implemented to store the member information of the passenger in the member information database 310.

The member authentication processing unit 140 searches for whether a member corresponding to the identification information exists from the member information database 110 and authenticates the member according to the identification information of the corresponding passenger received by the identification information receiving unit 130. The technology for processing member authentication by searching this member information database is a common technique that is already known and practiced in the art before this application, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The mileage processing unit 150 executes the game module when the member is authenticated by the member authentication processing unit 140, and upon completion of the game, the mileage processing unit 150 enters into the member information database 110 according to the mileage increase or decrease generated by the game module execution. The mileage of the member is renewed by adding or subtracting the mileage increased or decreased from the stored mileage of the member.

Application of the mileage by the mileage processing unit 150 according to the execution of the game module may be implemented to subtract a predetermined mileage from the current mileage of the member for every game execution in the case of a fighting arcade game, or in the case of a high-stop game It may be implemented to add or subtract a predetermined mileage from the current mileage according to the win and lose of each game. This can be variously applied according to the characteristics of the game module.

The portable memory interface unit 160 interfaces the portable memory 200 for storing the member information of the mileage updated member processed by the mileage processing unit 150.

That is, the in-airline passenger video system 100 and the mileage management server 300 is preferably not interlocked through a network in order to prevent accidents caused by radio interference due to the characteristics of the aircraft, the in-flight passenger video system ( Data exchange between 100 and the mileage management server 300 is made through the portable memory 200. The portable memory interface 160 interfaces the portable memory 200 so that the member information of the mileage updated member processed by the mileage processor 150 is stored in the portable memory 200.

The portable memory 200 is a memory means that is easy to carry and interface, such as a floppy disk, an external hard disk.

The mileage management server 300 includes a member information database 310, a member registration processor 320, a member information updater 330, and a portable memory interface 340.

The member information database 310 stores member information including member identification information and mileage information of the corresponding member.

Members who have issued a card such as a Sky Pass Card in cooperation with an airline member are registered to the mileage management server 300 according to a predetermined membership registration procedure and are given member identification information from the mileage management server 300. This member information is stored in the member information database 310. The member information includes member personal information, access information, mileage information, and the like.

The membership processing unit 320 performs a membership registration process through a predetermined authentication procedure according to the membership request information, and stores the membership information processed in the member information database 310 to store the member information database 310. ). The membership can be registered by the member accessing the network or automatically processed by the card company when the card is issued.

The member information update unit 330 reads the updated member information stored in the portable memory 200 and updates the member information database 310. In addition, the mileage management server 300 is linked with the member management server of the card company (not shown) receives the member information including the mileage information of the member is updated from the card company through the member information update unit 330 The member information database 310 is updated.

The portable memory interface 340 interfaces the portable memory 200.

That is, the in-airline passenger video system 100 and the mileage management server 300 is preferably not interlocked through a network in order to prevent accidents caused by radio interference due to the characteristics of the aircraft, the in-airline passenger video system ( The exchange of data between the mileage management server 300 and the mileage management server 300 is performed through the portable memory 200. Thus, the mileage management server 300 is connected to the portable memory interface 340 through the portable memory interface 340. 200) to record or read data.

On the other hand, according to an additional aspect of the present invention, the mileage management server 300 stores the passenger information of the passenger in the portable memory 200, the mileage processing module of the in-flight passenger video system 100 is The member information of the passenger stored in the portable memory 200 interfaced through the portable memory interface unit 160 may be read to update the member information database 110.

That is, the smaller the storage capacity of the portable memory 200 or the storage capacity of the member information database 110 of the in-flight passenger video system 100, the easier the input / output processing speed of the data is. In the member information database 110 of the mileage processing module of the video system 100, it is preferable to implement only the member information of the passenger for every flight.

In the embodiment, the identification information is unique identification information given to a member registered to the mileage management server 300 according to a predetermined member registration procedure and preferably includes access information including an ID and a password of the corresponding member. In addition to the resident registration number or the card number of the member can be applied in various ways.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a game system using the in-airplane passenger video system according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, the operation of the game system using the in-aircraft passenger video system according to the above-described embodiment will be described. First, in operation S110, the aircraft crew uses the portable memory 200 for the portable memory of the mileage management server 300. Interface to the interface unit 340, the member information of the passengers of the aircraft from the member information database 310 is read out and stored. At this time, it is preferable that the mileage management server 300 is linked with the ticket release server of the airline (not shown in the figure) so that the mileage management server 300 knows the passenger list to be boarded in each aircraft.

Next, in step S120, the flight attendant interfaces the portable memory 200 in which the passenger information of the passengers is stored with the portable memory interface 160 of the in-flight passenger video system 100 installed in the corresponding aircraft to carry out the portable memory 200. Member information of the passengers stored in the) is stored in the member information database (110).

In step S130, if a passenger wants to play a game on the in-flight passenger video system 100, the passenger is queried whether the game is to be executed using the mileage held by the passenger, and the response is the game execution condition receiving unit 120. Receive through.

In step S140, when the game execution condition receiving unit 120 receives input from the passenger to play the game using the mileage, the in-airline passenger video system 100 requests the passenger to input identification information, and the identification information. Receives the identification information input from the passenger through the receiver 130.

In step S150, according to the identification information of the corresponding passenger received by the identification information receiving unit 130, the member authentication processing unit 140 searches for whether a member corresponding to the identification information exists from the member information database 110. Membership authentication.

When the user is authenticated by the member authentication processing unit 140 in step S160, the game module is executed through the mileage processing unit 150, and when the game ends, the member information database according to the mileage increase or decrease generated by the game module execution. The mileage of the member is updated by adding or subtracting the increased or decreased mileage from the current mileage of the member stored at 110.

When the operation of the aircraft is finished in step S170, a crew member interfaces the portable memory 200 to the portable memory interface unit 160 to update the mileage updated by the mileage processing unit 150 from the member information database 110. The member information is read and stored in the portable memory 200.

In step S180, the crew member interfaces the portable memory 200 storing the member information of the member whose mileage has been updated to the portable memory interface 340 of the mileage management server 300, and updates the member information update unit 330. By updating the member information database 310 by reading the updated member information stored in the portable memory 200 through the passenger, the passenger generated the game by using the in-air passenger video system 100 installed in the aircraft. The final increase / decrease of the mileage can effectively exhaust the mileage granted to the member.

Thus, by the above it is possible to achieve the object of the game system using the in-airplane passenger video system according to the present invention presented above.

As described above, the game system using the in-air passenger video system according to the present invention can enjoy a game provided through an in-eat passenger video system (IVS: Inseat Video System) installed in the aircraft using the mileage possessed by the passenger. By doing so, passengers can free up the need to travel for long periods of time in closed spaces on board the aircraft, and airlines can adequately consume the mileage credited as debt and have a beneficial effect on attracting customers.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope of the invention, which is covered by the following claims.

Claims (5)

In a game system using an in-air passenger video system (IVS) installed in an aircraft including at least one game module, The game system is: A member information database for storing member information including member identification information and mileage information of the member; A game execution condition receiving unit for querying whether a game is to be executed using the mileage held by the passenger when a game execution request is made from a passenger, and receiving a response from the passenger; An identification information receiver configured to request the passenger to input identification information and to receive the identification information input from the passenger when the game execution condition receiving unit receives input from the passenger to execute the game using mileage; A member authentication processing unit which searches for whether a member corresponding to the identification information exists from the member information database according to the identification information of the corresponding passenger received by the identification information receiving unit, and authenticates the member; When the member is authenticated by the member authentication processing unit, the game module is executed, and when the game is terminated, the mileage increased or decreased from the current mileage of the member stored in the member information database according to the mileage increase or decrease generated by the game module execution. A mileage processing unit for processing and updating the mileage of the member; Game system using an in-airplane passenger video system comprising a mileage processing module comprising. The method of claim 1, The game system further comprises a portable memory for storing the member information of the mileage updated member processed by the mileage processing unit; The mileage processing module further comprises a portable memory interface unit for interfacing the portable memory game system using a passenger video system on the aircraft. The method of claim 2, The game system is: A member information database for storing member information including member identification information and mileage information of the member; A membership registration processing unit for registering a member through a predetermined authentication procedure according to the member registration request information, and storing the registered member information in the member information database to update the member information database; A member information updating unit which reads the updated member information stored in the portable memory and updates the member information database; A portable memory interface unit for interfacing the portable memory; Game system using an in-airplane passenger video system, characterized in that it further comprises a mileage management server. The method of claim 3, wherein The mileage management server stores the passenger's member information in the portable memory; And the mileage processing module reads passenger information of passengers stored in the portable memory interfaced through the portable memory interface unit and updates the member information database. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The identification information is a game system using an in-flight passenger video system, characterized in that the access information provided by the mileage management server at the time of membership registration.