KR20050002552A - Game method using wireless terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for playing a game using a wireless terminal through the Internet is provided to increase an AD effect by naturally exposing the AD information included in the game to a user and concentrating user's eyes, and induce voluntary participation by offering diverse gifts as reward. CONSTITUTION: A game event manager is downloaded from an operation server through the Internet(S31). Driving the game event manager, a game event list directly using the AD information is displayed and the desired game is selected from the list(S33). The game is executed in real-time or by downloading a program of the selected game from the operation server. Game result information is checked after finishing the game(S39). An ID of the wireless terminal and the game result information are transmitted by connecting to the operation server(S41). The game result information is stored after the registered member is confirmed by the ID, and a winner is determined by drawing the multiple game result information(S44). The operation server informs the winner of a drawing result through the SMS(Short Message Service) call-back(S45).

Description

Game method using wireless terminal device

The present invention relates to a game method using a wireless terminal device, and more particularly, by using a wireless terminal device, the user performs the game while watching the downloaded advertisement information, and when the conditions are satisfied, the advertisement effect is provided. The present invention relates to a game method using a wireless terminal device that can increase and provide various contents to a user.

It is not very easy to increase the effectiveness of advertisements performed through the wireless terminal device. This is because general users have a strong rejection for advertisements that are provided in a push manner because the wireless terminal device is particularly personal.

In order to eliminate this problem, various methods have been proposed to allow access to advertisement information while playing a game.

However, since the advertisement information is not included in the game itself, there is a limit to exposing the advertisement information and it is insufficient to focus the eyes of the user.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to include the advertising information itself in the game to be naturally exposed to the user and to focus on the eyes to increase the advertising effect and to provide a variety of prizes to the user in return for the wireless to induce voluntary participation It is to provide a game method using a terminal device.

Other objects and features of the present invention will be more clearly understood through the preferred embodiments described below.

1 is a block diagram showing a network to which the present invention is applied.

Figure 2 is a block diagram functionally showing the function of the operating server of the present invention.

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

4 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which a game event manager installed in a user's wireless terminal device is driven and displayed.

According to the invention, the step of downloading the game event manager from the operation server via the Internet; Driving a game event manager to display a list of game events using advertisement information directly, and selecting a desired game from the displayed list; Downloading and executing a program of a selected game from an operation server or performing a game in real time; Checking game result information after the game is completed; Accessing an operation server and transmitting the ID and game result information of the wireless terminal device; Confirming the registered member through the ID of the wireless terminal device, storing game result information, and determining winning according to a predetermined criterion from the plurality of game result information; And after the server determines the winning, the game method using a wireless terminal device comprising the step of notifying the SMS call-back (callback) including the access URL by referring to the ID of the corresponding wireless terminal device is disclosed.

In one embodiment, through the game event manager, the character input game program is downloaded and executed from the operation server or the character input game is executed in real time, and the game is executed by downloading and displaying text information to be input from the operation server, and the text information and Input the characters to match and count the time at the same time, stop the count and calculate the elapsed time when the input of the characters is completed, connect to the operation server and transmit the ID and elapsed time and the entered characters of the wireless terminal device, The registered member is confirmed through the ID of the wireless terminal device, the elapsed time is temporarily stored and the stored elapsed time is compared and the winning time is decided by accessing the smallest elapsed time or accessing the set time. After determining the SMS, the SMS including the access URL by referring to the ID of the corresponding wireless terminal device Notify by call-back.

Preferably, the text information includes advertisement information, and the corresponding advertisement information may be extracted by checking user information or connection location information of the wireless terminal device from the ID checked when the wireless terminal device is connected to the operation server.

Also, preferably, the ID of the wireless terminal device may include a telephone number.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention. For convenience of explanation, this embodiment will be described taking a game of inputting given characters at an earlier time.

1 is a block diagram showing a network to which the present invention is applied.

The wireless terminal device 100 including a mobile phone or a PDA is connected to the mobile communication company server 150 and accesses the operation server 300 via the Internet 200.

The wireless terminal device 100 may download and drive the game event manager in real time from the operation server 300 in real time, or install the game event manager in advance.

Figure 2 is a block diagram functionally showing the function of the operating server of the present invention.

As shown, the control module 310 controls the operation of each module and controls the data input and output to each database.

The database 350 includes a product information database 352 for storing various information related to the prizes paid to the winners, a time information database 354 for storing game-related time information input from each member, and accumulates the winning details. There may be a winning information database 356 for storing, a customer information database 358 for storing personal information of members, and an advertisement information database 359 for storing advertisement information included in the game.

The member identification module 314 checks the ID transmitted from the wireless terminal device 100, for example, a telephone number, and checks whether the registered telephone number is registered in the customer information database 356 and determines whether the registered member is registered. do.

The time check module 316 checks time information transmitted from the wireless terminal device 100, matches the ID, and stores the time information in the time information database 354.

The correct answer checking module 312 checks whether the correct answer is compared by comparing the transmitted text information with the advertisement information stored in the advertisement information database 359 in units of characters.

In addition, the SMS call back module 318 communicates with the confirmed phone number and transmits the URL of the wireless or wired web page to confirm the winning.

The positioning module 317 detects the location of the current wireless terminal device using the location information transmitted from the wireless terminal device 100.

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

The user registered as a member accesses the operation server 300 from the wireless terminal device 100 and downloads the game event manager in real time (step S31). At this time, the game event list is downloaded together with the game event manager to display the game event list on the user's wireless terminal device.

In this case, the displayed games are games that directly use advertisement information. That is, the game refers to the game using the advertisement information itself, not the kind of advertisement information displayed while playing the game.

The user selects a desired game event from the displayed game event list (step S32). In this embodiment, it is assumed that a character input game is selected.

The user then selects a game event type (step S33). That is, the user can select either the download method or the WAP method.

If the download method is selected, the game event manager connects to the download server (step S34) and downloads the game program (step S35). On the other hand, if the WAP method is selected, the game is accessed in real time by accessing the WAP server (step S36).

The download server and the WAP server can be operated as a separate game server to use the common operation server 300 or reduce the load in common, the following description refers to the operation server collectively.

By selecting and downloading a text input game or performing in real time, text information to be input from the connected operating server 300 is downloaded by a user request.

Preferably, the positioning module 317 may extract the most appropriate advertisement information from the customer information database 358 and the advertisement information database 359 by using the ID and the current location information of the wireless terminal device 100 to which it is connected. . For example, if there are twenty users of the wireless terminal device to be connected and the current connection location is adjacent to the theater, the advertisement information of the movie currently being played may be extracted as text information to be input. In this way, the advertising effect can be further increased.

For example, the game event manager may show a screen of the wireless terminal device as shown in FIG. 4.

The downloaded advertisement information is displayed in the advertisement information window 42, and the elapsed time is displayed in the time display window 41 while the input is in progress. In addition, the input window 43, the cursor waits for input, various buttons, the view button 44 showing the prizes paid in accordance with the winning and the input completion button 46 to notify that the text input is completed, the input Send button 45 for transmitting text, time information and ID, and reset button 47 for initializing the input window 43 are arranged.

The member can check the prize provided at the time of winning by pressing the prize view button 44, and checks the start time from the moment the cursor of the input window 43 moves by inputting a character from the keypad of the wireless terminal device (step) S37).

Subsequently, the text is input to the input window 43 at high speed while referring to the text displayed on the advertisement information window 42 (step S38).

When the input of the character is completed, when the input completion button 46 is pressed to notify the end of the character (step S39), the time display window 41 stops the time and displays the time at the final end.

The user then determines whether to continue the new game (step S40), and in order to continue playing the game, as described above, the advertisement information is downloaded from the connected operation server.

If no new game is to be played anymore, the send button 45 is pushed to transmit the text input for each game entered at once (step S41). That is, when the send button 45 is pressed, the game event manager transmits a game identifier, input texts, and time information corresponding thereto to the operation server 300.

The operating server 300 checks the registered member from the ID of the connected wireless terminal device 100, for example, a phone number, and checks the correct answer for each game (step S42).

In this case, the text with a typo may be treated as an incorrect answer, but it may be deducted and processed as a correct answer.

Then, the time check module 316 checks the time information transmitted from the wireless terminal device 100, matches the ID and stores it in the time information database 354, and after a predetermined period of time, compares the stored time information to determine the shortest time. The winner is determined by checking or approaching the set time (step S43).

If the winning is determined (step S44), the SMS callback module 318 communicates with the wireless terminal device of the winning ID and transmits the URL of the wireless or wired web page to confirm the winning (step S45).

The user accesses the web page via the URL of the transmitted web page and browses the prize according to the winning prize (step S46).

In this way, the user of the wireless terminal device can obtain a potentially high advertisement effect by focusing on the text that he / she wants to input, that is, advertisement information.

In addition, a variety of giveaways in return through a simple game can encourage users to participate voluntarily.

Although the above has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above embodiments, but should be determined by the claims described below.

As described above, according to the present invention, the user of the wireless terminal device can obtain a high advertisement effect by being exposed to an advertisement in a potential state by focusing on the text that he / she wants to input, namely, advertisement information downloaded from the operation server. have.

In particular, by using the personal information and the connection location information of the user of the wireless terminal device there is an advantage to increase the effect of the advertisement by providing the optimum advertisement information.

In addition, a variety of giveaways in return through a simple game can encourage users to participate voluntarily.

Claims (5)

Downloading a game event manager from an operation server through the Internet; Driving the game event manager to display a list of game events using advertisement information directly, and selecting a desired game from the displayed list; Downloading and executing a program of the selected game from the operation server or executing the game in real time; Checking game result information after the game is completed; Accessing the operation server and transmitting the ID and game result information of the wireless terminal device; Checking a registered member through an ID of the wireless terminal device, storing the game result information, and determining a winning from a plurality of game result information according to a predetermined criterion; And And determining, by the operation server, an SMS call-back including an access URL by referring to the ID of the corresponding wireless terminal device. Downloading a game event manager from an operation server through the Internet; Downloading and executing a text input game program from the operating server through the game event manager or performing a text input game in real time; Performing the game, downloading and displaying text information to be input from the operation server, and counting time while inputting characters to match the text information; Stopping counting and calculating an elapsed time when the input of the characters is completed; Accessing the operation server and transmitting an ID, an elapsed time, and input characters of the wireless terminal device; Confirming the registered member through the ID of the wireless terminal device, temporarily storing the transmitted elapsed time, comparing the plurality of stored elapsed times, and determining winning by accessing the smallest elapsed time or access to a set time; And And determining, by the operation server, an SMS call-back including an access URL by referring to the ID of the corresponding wireless terminal device. The game method using a wireless terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the text information includes advertisement information. 4. The wireless terminal apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the user information or access location information of the wireless terminal apparatus is checked from the ID checked when the wireless terminal apparatus is connected to the operation server, and the corresponding advertisement information is extracted. How to play. The game method using a wireless terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ID of the wireless terminal device includes a telephone number.