KR20050093038A - A registration system for game item sale and a method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a game item sales registration system and a game item sales registration method for locating item data to a sales storage area of a predetermined inventory assigned to an operation character, such that sales registration for a corresponding game item is performed.

The game item sales registration system according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises: inventory means for maintaining at least one storage area for storing item data relating to a game item held by an operation character, and at least a portion of the storage area; Area defining means for defining a sales storage area, and linking the sales storage area to a sales field of a predetermined exchange database, and responsive to the positional movement of the item data in the sales storage area to transfer the game item to the sales database. Transaction registration means for controlling to be recorded in the sales field, and operation control means for controlling a predetermined effect to be added to the operation character in accordance with the movement of the position of the item data, wherein the effect is a position of the item data. D on the move It is characterized by the display information.

According to the present invention, a game item sales registration system and a game item sales registration method enabling sales registration of a corresponding game item by moving item data corresponding to a game item to be held in a sales storage area defined on an inventory. There is an advantage that can provide.

Description

Game item sales registration system and game item sales registration method {A REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR GAME ITEM SALE AND A METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a game item sales registration system and a game item sales registration method. More particularly, the present invention relates to a game item sales registration system and a game item sales registration method. This invention relates to a game item sales registration system and a game item sales registration method.

In a general role-playing game (RPG, ARPG) game, each game character is assigned an inventory for holding an item, and temporarily stores items acquired during the game. The items stored in the inventory are limited to a limited number of items that can be carried by the game character during the game, so that only a limited number of items are stored in the inventory.

In order to overcome the limitation of the number of items stored, a service for providing a predetermined gamer safe that greatly enlarges the limited number of items to be stored is operated, but it is also true that it is impossible to store an unlimited number of items. Accordingly, there is a case where the item is inevitably sold / exchanged according to the needs of the gamers or due to the lack of space to store all the items to be held. For this purpose, in the existing game service, for example, a market place ) Has a dedicated sales location to support the sale / exchange of items.

However, when a plurality of game characters are concentrated on a stage where a market place is located for the sale / exchange of an item, there is a disadvantage in that an overload may occur in the game server in charge of the stage. In other words, in the item selling / exchanging method, when a large number of game characters that exceed the capabilities of the game server are concentrated in a narrow place (the stage where the market place is located), the amount of polygons of each game character to be processed is increased. Therefore, there is a problem that the signal processing for the game progress can not be smooth.

Moreover, it is also true that text message exchange is typically used between game characters for item exchange, and that overloading of the game server may occur more easily due to the support of a chat mode, which uses a lot of system resources. This overload of the game server may adversely affect the game progress of a normal game character not for the purpose of selling or exchanging items. For example, simply passing through a stage where a market place is located, There is also a problem that causes a delay such as 5 minutes).

In addition, the item sales / exchange method using the market place may need to move the game characters in the market place and the remote place to the stage in order to sell / exchange items, which causes the gamers to concentrate on the game progress and There is also concern about a sharp drop in interest.

Therefore, for the sale / exchange of items, there is a demand for the emergence of a new concept of game item sales registration model that enables sales registration of real-time and convenient items in a place where a game character is located without deliberately moving to a market place. In addition, there is a demand for a game item sales registration model that allows a game player having a sale registered item to have a predetermined effect effect so that a gamer's intention to sell and detailed information of a sale registered item can be conveniently provided to a purchaser.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, a game that enables the sales registration of the game item by moving the item data corresponding to the game item to the sales storage area defined on the inventory An object is to provide an item sales registration system and a game item sales registration method.

Further, an object of the present invention is to make it possible for a game service user who is willing to purchase a game item to visually easily display an operation character having a game item registered for sale by allowing an effect to be added to the operation character that has registered and sold the game item. A game item sale registration system and a game item sale registration method for recognizing are provided.

Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a game item that visually provides fact information about the game item sale registration of the game character by rendering an image item in the appearance predetermined position of the operation character holding the game item that has been registered for sale. A sales registration system and a game item sales registration method are provided.

In addition, the present invention can be connected to a certain sales field regardless of the game service access of the game characters registered for sale, as well as to ensure the active selection of gamers for the sale price of the game items registered for sale through price comparison. Another object is to provide a game item sales registration system and a game item sales registration method that enable economical game item purchase.

The game item sales registration system according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises: inventory means for maintaining at least one storage area for storing item data relating to a game item held by an operation character, and at least a portion of the storage area; Area defining means for defining a sales storage area, and linking the sales storage area to a sales field of a predetermined exchange database, and responsive to the positional movement of the item data in the sales storage area to transfer the game item to the sales database. Transaction registration means for controlling to be recorded in the sales field, and operation control means for controlling a predetermined effect to be added to the operation character in accordance with the movement of the position of the item data, wherein the effect is a position of the item data. D on the move It is characterized by the display information.

In addition, as a technical implementation method for achieving the above object, the game item sales registration method includes the steps of maintaining at least one storage area for storing item data about the game item held by the operation character, and at least one of the storage area; Defining a portion as a sales storage area, linking the defined sales storage area to a sales field of a predetermined exchange database, and placing the game item in response to the movement of the item data to the sales storage area. Recording in the sales field of the database, and controlling a predetermined effect to be added to the manipulation character according to a positional movement of the item data, and controlling to add a predetermined effect to the manipulation character. The step of doing, the relative Detecting a relative position of the manipulation character with respect to the character; and if the relative position of the manipulation character with respect to the relative character is less than or equal to a predetermined value, adding the event to the manipulation character, and the effect And in response to the click selection of the predetermined second gamer for the added manipulation character, connecting the second gamer to the exchange database.

Hereinafter, a game item sales registration system and a game item sales registration method will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The game item used in the present specification may mean an item that can be used while the game is progressed by being mounted on the operation character controlled by the first gamer, and according to the determination of the first gamer, The game progress element may be referred to as a sale registration on the exchange database of the present invention and transferred to another character (relative character) through a predetermined payment process. In addition, by rendering an image item in the form of a 'sales box' in a predetermined position of an operation character holding a game item that has been registered for sale, a second gamer who is willing to purchase the predetermined game item is rendered. It is possible to visually provide information about the game item sales registration of the character.

1 is a view for explaining the schematic operation of the game item sales registration system according to the present invention.

The game item sale registration system 100 receives item sale information about a game item to be sold in accordance with the determination of the first gamer 130, but specifies a specific storage area of a predetermined inventory (item storage place) assigned to each operation character. By locating the item data, it controls the sale registration for the game item, that is, the game item recording to the sale field of the predetermined exchange database 120. In the present embodiment, the game item sales registration system 100 will be described only for operation in an online based game, in particular, an online RPG game in which an exchange of game items is actively performed. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the technical idea of the present invention can be applied to not only online-based games but also personal computer-based games and video console-based games.

First, the online game server 110 is connected to the predetermined terminal means 135 and 145 of the first gamers 130 or the second gamers 140 through the communication network 150, and the first gamers 130 or the second gamers 140. ) May refer to, for example, a multiple user dialogue (MUD) game service server or a multiple user graphic (MUG) game service server. In the game service provided by the online game server 110, when the first gamer 130 or the second gamer 140 having installed a game-related program in the terminal means 135 and 145 connects to the online game server 110, Predetermined game progress data or game patches required for the game are transmitted to the terminal means 135, 145, and the game progress is performed using game characters (operation character, opponent character) controlled by the gamers 130, 140.

The exchange database 120 is a recording device that registers and sells a game item to be sold by selection of the first gamer 130. In particular, the item data corresponding to the game item held by the operation character is transferred to a specific recording area of the inventory. As the location moves, the game item may be recorded in the sales field of the exchange database 120. That is, the exchange database 120 registers a game item to be sold and provides information about the item to the second gamer 140 who wants to purchase the item. It has a role to be performed.

The first gamer 130 has a first terminal means 135 for connecting to the communication network 150, and receives game progress data or game patches for game play from the online game server 110 in a predetermined contract relationship. By receiving, it may mean an Internet user who is provided with a predetermined game service. In addition, the first gamer 130 controls the operation character for the game progress, and by placing a part of the item data corresponding to the game item in the predetermined area of the inventory allocated to the operation character to be registered sales of the game item do.

In addition, the second gamer 140 has a second terminal means 145 for connection with the communication network 150, the game service user having a willingness to purchase a game item for sale registered in the exchange database 120 As a result, the purchased game item may be utilized while the game is in progress by locating the game item purchased through a predetermined payment process in the inventory of the opponent character that is controlled in motion.

The terminal means (135, 145) is a device that maintains the connection state with the online game server 110 through the communication network 150, such as the Internet, telephone lines, such that the online game is implemented, for example a personal computer, a handheld computer (handheld computer) , A PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone, a smart phone, and the like having a predetermined memory means and equipped with a predetermined microprocessor is a concept that collectively refers to a terminal having a predetermined computing power.

The game item sales registration system 100 causes an effect to be added to an operation character who has registered and registered a predetermined game item, thereby causing the second gamer 140, that is, a game service user who is willing to purchase the game item, It serves to visually recognize the operating character having the game item registered for sale. In particular, the game item sale registration system 100 renders the image item having the meaning of "holding the game item which has been registered for sale" along with the sale registration of the game item by rendering the image item on the operation character appearance to process the information on the sale registration. Allows you to check whether the item is rendered. Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of the game item sales registration system 200 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a block diagram showing a game item sales registration system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The game item sales registration system 200 of the present invention includes an inventory means 210, an area defining means 220, a transaction registration means 230, an operation control means 240, and an information display means 250. As the item data of the game item is moved to the predetermined storage area by the first gamer 130, the first gamer 130 registers the game item for sale.

First, the inventory means 210 is a device that maintains one or more storage areas for storing item data corresponding to a game item held by an operation character, and stores information about a game item acquired by the operation character through game play. It also plays a role in making related skills and equipments available during the game. That is, the storage of the item data in the inventory means 210 may mean storage of acquired game items or mounting of game items utilized by the current operating character during the game. In particular, when the item data is recorded, the storage area for specifying the corresponding game item to be mounted on the operation character can be controlled so that the corresponding game item is shaped on the appearance of the operation character in connection with the appearance rendering process of the operation character. Here, the item data includes an item name corresponding to the game item, predetermined capability value information assigned to the game item, and the like, and includes, for example, the item data in an icon imaged of the game item, and the storage area of the inventory means 210. By placing the icon, the item data can be easily stored. This is to provide a user interface for conveniently recognizing the storage status of the game item and moving the position of the item data. Hereinafter, a storage area constituting the item data and the inventory means 210 will be described with reference to FIG. 3A. Explain.

3A is a view showing an example of the configuration of the inventory means according to the present invention.

The inventory means 210 of FIG. 3A can be largely composed of 'archive inventory' and 'equipped inventory', and 'equipped' the item data of some game items stored in the 'archive inventory' according to a random selection of gamers 130 and 140. It can be implemented to be available during the game by moving to the 'inventory'. That is, the 'storage inventory' is a device that stores the item data of the game item acquired by the operation character during the game progress, and the 'mounting inventory' stores the item data of the game item directly used by the operation character during the game progression. Device. As described above, the item data stored in the inventory means 210 may be included in, for example, an icon associated with the game item, and the position movement of the gamers 130 and 140 with respect to the icon (eg, click selection using a command input tool). Post-drag movement), thereby enabling mutual movement between the storage areas. In addition, the inventory means 210 may be partitioned into one or more storage areas for storing one item data independently, and one icon may be stored in each of the partitioned storage areas. For example, the game item 'Burning Heart' acquired by the operation character during the game is moved and stored from 'Storage Inventory' to 'Installation Inventory' by a random selection of predetermined gamers 130 and 140, and is positioned as 'Installation Inventory'. Corresponding to the movement, an armor-based game item "burning heart" as shown in FIG. 3A is rendered to the manipulated character appearance. In addition, the item data for the game item 'burning heart' is stored on the storage area occupied by an icon related to 'burning heart', for example, when the command input tool is located, the gamers 130 and 140 are sent to the gamers 130 and 140 through a predetermined message window. To be provided. Here, the command input tool may be a computer keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen panel, a pen mouse, and the like, and the game item sales registration system 200 of the present invention is located on an icon where points of these command input tools are stored in a storage area. Control to provide item data related to the game item on the user interface.

In the present exemplary embodiment, one item data (icon) is stored in one storage area. For example, one item data is stored in two or more storage areas in consideration of the importance or volume / weight of a game item. Of course, it can be recorded. The number of necessary storage areas for each game item can be flexibly set by the operator of the online game system according to the present invention in consideration of the system environment.

The area defining means 220 is a device that defines at least a portion of the storage area as a sales storage area, and specifies a storage area in which the item data of the game item to be sold is located among the game items held by the first gamer 130. It plays a role. The sales storage area is a storage area in which the icon to be sold is stored. In this embodiment, the sales storage area to be set is not particularly limited, but the sales storage area is set appropriately to sufficiently accommodate the icon to be sold. It is desirable to. In FIG. 3A, seven storage areas are set as a sales storage area among a plurality of storage areas constituting the 'archive inventory'.

The transaction registration means 230 links the sales storage area to the sales field of the predetermined exchange database 120, and connects the game item to the sales field of the exchange database 120 in response to the movement of the item data to the sales storage area. It is a device for recording. That is, the transaction registration means 230 corresponds to only the movement of the item data (icon) position in the inventory means 210 without moving the operation character or the opponent character to a specific market place for the transaction of the game item to be sold. It serves to enable sales registration of game items. For example, FIG. 3A illustrates a case where an icon corresponding to a game item 'in herbal medicine' and 'sword' is moved to a storage area defined as a sales storage area and stored. The transaction registration means 230 may include a game item ' Among the herbs, 'Sword' can be registered for sale in the sales field of the exchange database 120 to exchange game items for sale with the opponent character.

The motion control means 240 is a device for controlling a predetermined effect to be added to an operation character as the positional data of the item data is moved. The operation control means 240 enables visual information to be provided for the operation character holding a game item registered for sale. Will be performed. That is, the motion control means 240 effects the operation character to correspond to the positional movement of the item data so that the second gamer 140 who is willing to purchase the game item holds the game item for sale. Make it easy to recognize. In this case, the effect refers to display information on the movement of the position of the item data, and the display information may be provided to the second gamer 140 who is willing to purchase by image processing or appearance of a message window on the appearance of the manipulation character. Can be. For example, an operation character whose position movement of predetermined item data (icon) is moved to the sales storage area may display an aurora-shaped image around the appearance of the operation character as an effect, or, upon sale of the operation character, The message window including the text / image information relating to the second gamer 140 (or the first gamer 130) may be displayed. In the present embodiment, only the display information that can be visually recognized by the second gamer 140 is described as an effect, but this is only an embodiment of the present invention, and the sensory information about the audio information or the command input tool is described. (Eg, vibration) or the like can be provided, of course.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effect of providing a convenient user interface that enables sales registration of the game item by moving the item data corresponding to the game item to be held in the set sales storage area. .

In particular, the motion control means 240 determines the position of the operation character and the opponent character in the game, and controls the effect to be added to the operation character when the relative position of the operation character with respect to the opponent character is below a predetermined value. That is, the motion control means 240 adds an effect to the operation character to provide to the second gamer 140 so that when the operation character approaches the opponent character's field of view, information about the sale registration of the game item can be provided. do. Accordingly, the second gamer 140 may quickly recognize whether the corresponding game character has a game item that is registered for sale only by confirming an effect that is easily visually identified. In addition, the present invention may be implemented to minimize the system load due to the effect addition by allowing the effect to be added to the manipulation character only when approaching the field of view of the opponent character without continuously adding the effect.

The information display means 250 is an apparatus for displaying the game item recorded in the sales field of the exchange database 120 to the second gamer 140 of the opponent character in response to the occurrence of a predetermined information providing event. That is, the information display means 250 serves to provide information to the second gamers 140 with respect to the game items that are registered for sale by the one or more first gamers 130, where the information providing event provides the information. It may be a kind of command that allows the second gamer 140 to request information about the intention to request the game item sales registration system 200 of the present invention. The informational event may be generated, for example, according to a click selection of the second gamer 140 for a predetermined short cut related to a link connection with a sales field, or an impacted manipulation character. The shortcut may be a command shortcut provided to the second gamer 140, and may generate an information providing event by clicking selection using a command input tool. In addition, an information providing event may be generated when the second gamer 140 clicks on an operation character to which an effect is added on the game screen by selecting the command using a command input tool. In addition, the information display means 250, if the point of the command input tool approaches or the command input tool is in contact with the operation character within a predetermined range on the game screen occupied by the operation character to which the effect is added, the game that the operation character is registered for sale Item information about the item may be provided to the second gamer 140 as notification information. For example, when a point of the command input tool of the second gamer 140 contacts the game screen occupied by the operation character, the game item registered and sold with the character information (gamer ID, ability value information, etc.) of the operation character is displayed. Item data can be provided. Hereinafter, the item data provided by the information display means 250 will be described with reference to FIG. 3B.

3B is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a sales field provided to a second gamer according to the present invention.

In FIG. 3B, the game items 'Sword Lv4', 'Medicinal Herbs Lv2', 'Cold Wand Lv3', and the like registered by the first gamers 'paladin' and 'Dark Wizard' are recorded. As described above, the first gamers 'paladin' and 'dark wizard' are sold by locating icons related to the game items 'Sword Lv4', 'herbal Lv2', and 'cold wand Lv3' to a predetermined sales storage area. You will be registered for sale in the field. The game item recorded in the sales field is provided to the second gamer 140 by the information display means 250 according to the information providing event, and waits for the purchase selection of the second gamer 140. In particular, the sales field includes data on identifier information (gamer ID), name information (game item or icon), and sales price information (item price) of the first game player registered for sale, and thus the second gamer 140. It is possible to make the status information according to the purchase of the game item at a glance.

As another embodiment of the present invention, a description will be given of rendering a predetermined image item for notifying the sales registration fact of the game item to the operation character appearance.

As a configuration for rendering a game item, the game item sales registration system 200 of the present invention may further include an item information database 260 and rendering processing means 270.

First, the item information database 260 is a device for storing a predetermined image item that is visually displayed on the display data of the operation character, wherein the image item is a kind of notification display item that is rendered to the game character in conjunction with game item registration. Can be. That is, the image item is an image of the information of "retaining game items registered for sale" and may be, for example, a sales box in the form of a bag that is rendered to be carried by a game character. In addition, the item information database 260 serves to store a game item acquired by the operation character while the game is in progress, and is acquired when predetermined conditions are satisfied (when the item data corresponding to the above-described mounting inventory is moved in position). Stores rendering related data for allowing the game item to be mounted and displayed of the operating character. In addition, the display data may refer to information data that allows the appearance (appearance) of the operating character in the game to be imaged, and the image item may be combined with the display data to be implemented on the screen.

The rendering processing means 270 is an apparatus for extracting an image item from the item information database 260 and combining the extracted image item with the display data of the operation character as the item data moves. That is, the rendering processing unit 270 performs a role of allowing an image item such as a sales box to be implemented on the appearance of the game character along with the sale registration of the game item. Accordingly, an image item is rendered to a game character that has registered and sold a predetermined game item, and for example, the second gamer 140 may show information indicating that there is a game item that has been registered for sale to the corresponding game character only by confirming the image-implemented image item.

In the present exemplary embodiment, an image item such as a sales box is rendered on the appearance of a game character having a game item registered for sale. However, this is only an embodiment of the present invention. Of course, there may be a method of notifying the fact that various sales registration facts of the game item are implemented such as an image directly displayed on the character appearance. For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, when the game items 'Sword Lv4' and 'Medicinal Herb Lv 2' move to the sales storage area, the rendering processing unit 270 may display a predetermined 'sales box' as the appearance of the manipulation character. To render (image of a sales box), and extract rendering data of game items related to 'Sword Lv4' and 'herbal Lv 2' from the item information database 260 to be rendered into the 'sales box'. Can be. Although the rendering processing means 270 according to the present embodiment has been described to illustrate that game items extracted in a specific 'sales box' are rendered, the rendering position is flexibly changed by an operator of the system in consideration of the system environment. The setting may be appropriate to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains.

As another embodiment of the present invention, the purchase processing for game items accumulated in the sales field of the exchange database 120 will be described.

The game item sale registration system 200 of the present invention may further include an item sale providing means 280 for the purchase processing, and the item sale providing means 280 may include a second gamer 140 for the sale field. According to the selection signal of the) to provide a predetermined transaction-related user interface.

That is, the item sales providing means 280 is a device for providing a transaction related user interface to the second gamer 140 in response to a predetermined selection signal of the second gamer 140 for the game item. In other words, the item sales providing means 280 may be selected from the second gamers 140 who are willing to purchase a specific game item among the game items registered for sale (eg, for a specific game item recorded in the provided sales field). If a selection click, etc.) is input, the user interface necessary for the purchase process is transmitted to the second gamer 140. The user interface is for inputting information of the second gamers 140 required for payment processing for the corresponding game item. For example, financial payment means information (e.g., use of owned game money, cash transfer, credit card) for purchasing a game item Payment), payment processing period information (eg, instant payment, reservation payment), and the like. In addition, the above-described motion control means 240 controls a predetermined payment module (not shown) to perform payment processing for a game item in response to input of information of the second gamer 140 on a transaction related user interface. do. The payment module allows payment processing to be performed on the billing payment amount generated as the game item registered for sale is transferred to the game item of the opponent character. The billing processing in the game item sales registration system 200 of the present invention may take into account the payment of a predetermined game money held by the second gamer 140, and only when the game money is insufficient, the cash and account may be set by a predetermined procedure. Additional game money can be secured by exchanging with any means that include currency values, such as transfers or credit card transactions.

Therefore, in the present invention, in the purchase process for the sale-registered game item, the convenience of performing a simple purchase / payment process is performed only by input to a user interface provided according to the selection click of the second gamer 140 for the game item. The effect of providing can be obtained.

Hereinafter, as another embodiment of the present invention, the item sale information transmitted for sale registration according to the positional movement of the item data will be described.

4 is a block diagram showing a game item sales registration system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The game item sales registration system 400 of the present invention includes an inventory means 410, an area defining means 420, a sales information generation means 430, and a transaction registration means 440. As the item data of the game item is moved to the sales storage area, the predetermined item sales information is transmitted to the exchange database 120.

The inventory means 410 is an apparatus for maintaining at least one storage area for storing item data about game items held by the operation character, and the area defining means 420 defines at least a portion of the storage area as a sales storage area. Device. That is, the sales storage area defines a portion of the plurality of storage areas included in the inventory means 410 in the area defining means 420, and the detailed description thereof is replaced with the above description and is omitted here (see FIG. 3A). .

The sales information generating means 430 is an apparatus for generating predetermined item sales information in response to the positional movement of the item data in the defined sales storage area. Here, the item sale information is information about the sale of the game item and includes identifier information corresponding to the first gamer 130 that controls the operation character, name information of the game item, sale price information, and the like. The item sales information may be generated by the sales information generating means 430 in association with the movement of the item data location to the storage area defined as the sales storage area, for example, the movement of the icon. 5A and 5B, the generation of item sales information will be described in more detail.

5A is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating item sales information by the sales information generating unit of the present invention.

The sales information generating means 430 identifies the game item of the item data in which the position movement has been performed, and extracts identifier information or name information from a predetermined information database (not shown) with reference to the identified game item (S510). This step (S510) recognizes the intention to sell the game item of the first gamer 130, the identification data (user ID) of the first gamer 130 to register the sale or identification of the game item to be sold registration It may be a process of extracting data (item name). The information database is a user database that stores personal information of the first gamers 130 who are in a contract relationship with the online game server 110 for providing a game service, or a game that stores material information about all game items occurring during the game. It can refer to a server database. That is, in step S510, as the first gamer 130 moves the item data to the sales storage area, the identifier information or the name information of the corresponding item data is extracted from the sales information generating unit 430. It will be included in the item sales information. In this embodiment, the extraction of only the name information of the game item has been described as an example, but this is an embodiment of the present invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that it is possible to selectively extract various related information included in the item data. will be.

In addition, the selling information generating means 430 receives the selling price information on the identified game item from the first gamer 130 (S520). This step (S520) is a process of receiving information on the selling price of the game item registered for sale from the first gamer 130, and generates sales price information of the corresponding game item according to a random selection input of the first gamer 130. Done. Accordingly, even the same game item may have a difference in selling price according to the input of information of the first gamer 130 who has registered to sell the same game item, and the purchase of the second gamer 140 may be performed through a price comparison which will be described later. have.

Therefore, according to the present invention, not only the information on the game item to be registered for sale can be organized at a glance, but also the concentration of game progress is improved by ensuring the active selection of the first gamers 130 with respect to the sale price of the game item. And it is possible to obtain an effect that allows the second gamer 140 to purchase more economical game items.

The transaction registration means 440 is a device for transmitting the generated item sale information to a predetermined exchange database 120 and controlling the transmitted item sale information to be recorded in a sale field of the exchange database 120. That is, the transaction registration means 440 controls to accumulate one or more item sales information transmitted in the sales field, and in response to the information providing event of the second gamer 140 described above, 2 terminal means 145 serves to provide the cumulative recorded item sales information. In addition, the transaction registration means 440 sorts the item sales information accumulated and accumulated in response to an alignment signal from the second gamer 140 based on one of identifier information, name information, and sale price information. You can. The alignment signal is a signal for processing the cumulatively recorded item sales information. For example, the second gamer 140 clicks on an index for a sales field with a command input tool to sort letters, sort numbers, Various sorting can be performed, such as sorting of the registration order. In particular, in the sorting based on the selling price information, the selling price may be sorted by high or low ranking, thereby allowing the second gamer 140 to purchase a cheap game item through price comparison. Hereinafter, a sales field for storing item sales information will be described with reference to FIG. 5B.

5B is a view for explaining an example of the configuration of a sales field according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5B illustrates a sales field provided to the second gamers 140 in response to occurrence of an information providing event from the second gamers 140. Numerical rank high order (high price order) is shown for the information. For example, the second gamer 140 who wants to purchase the game item 'Sword Lv4' may input a click on a predetermined sorting function key provided in the index of the sales field, and the transaction registration means 440 may sort the sorting function key. Processing of the item sales information is performed according to the click input of. Through the information by this processing, the game item sale registration system 400 of the present invention causes the second gamer 140 to display a sale price for the same game item 'Sword Lv4' by the first gamer 'warrier'. It can be recognized that it is cheaper. That is, the sales field provided to the second gamers 140 is provided in order of sales price for each game item registered for sale, thereby providing information, thereby allowing the second gamers 140 to purchase game items by comparing prices. It can be done.

Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to register a sale by moving a game item to be sold to a specific storage area in the inventory, thereby preventing the inconvenience of moving the operation character to a predetermined game stage for sale of the game item. Can be obtained. In addition, the second gamer 140 who wants to purchase the game item has an advantage of simplifying the procedure according to the game item purchase by easily providing information on the game item for which sales registration has been made regardless of whether the operation character is connected. You can get it.

Although not shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the game item sales registration system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a database management module for managing the above-described item information database 260. have. The database management module of the game item sales registration system 200 according to the present invention is a relational database management system (RDBMS) such as Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, DB2, or Gemston. By using an object-oriented database management system (OODBMS) such as Orion, O2, etc. can be implemented according to the purpose of the present invention.

The workflow of the game item sales registration system 200 according to the present invention having such a configuration will be described in detail.

6A is a flowchart illustrating a game item sales registration method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail.

The game item sales registration method according to the present embodiment is performed by the game item sales registration system 200 described above.

The game item sales registration system 200 maintains one or more storage areas for storing item data about game items held by the operation character (S610). This step (S610) is a process of maintaining the inventory means 210 for independently storing the item data of the game items acquired during the game in the storage area, a portion of the item data to be stored as a specific storage area (mounted inventory) As it moves, it can be used immediately during game play (see FIG. 3A).

In addition, the game item sales registration system 200 defines at least a portion of the storage area as a sales storage area (S620). This step (S620) is a process of defining a storage area in which item data of a predetermined game item to be sold is to be located. For example, the predetermined number of storage areas of the 'storage inventory' are defined by the area defining means 220 as the sales storage area. Definition (see FIG. 3A).

Next, the game item sales registration system 200 links the defined sales storage area to the sales field of the predetermined exchange database 120 (S630). In operation S630, the game item is recorded in the sales field of the exchange database in response to the movement of the item data into the sales storage area. Accordingly, the game item sales registration system 200 faithfully transfers the game items to be sold for the purpose of the present invention so that sales registration is performed only by moving the related item data to the sales storage area. To get

In addition, the game item sales registration system 200 controls the predetermined effect to be added to the operation character in accordance with the positional movement of the item data (S640). This step (S640) is a process for generating an additional game effect to visually recognize the operation character having a game item registered for sale among the game items to be held, where the effect to the second gamer 140 of the operation character In order to recognize the appearance, it may be a kind of notification signal generated according to a series of rendering processes. Such effects may include, for example, flashing of brightness of the manipulation character, forming an aurora in the appearance of the manipulation character, opening a notification message, and the like. This effect ensures that the second gamer 140 recognizes the appearance of the manipulated character at the place where the game is played, and obtains information necessary for purchase from the manipulated character to which the effect is added. Hereinafter, the effect addition will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6B.

6B is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method for adding an effect to an operation character according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the game item sales registration system 200 detects a relative position of the manipulation character with respect to the opponent character (S641). This step S641 is a process of determining whether an operation character having a game item that is registered for sale on the game service screen provided to the second gamer 140 appears. For example, the motion control means 240 determines whether the second gamer ( The appearance of the manipulated character is judged by the field of view of the opponent character controlled by operation 140).

If the detected result (S641), the relative position of the operation character relative to the opponent character is less than a predetermined value, the game item sale registration system 200 adds an event to the operation character (S642). This step (S642) is a process that the effect is added to the operation character only when the operation character appears in the field of view of the opponent character, to display the fact that the operation character sales game registration to the second gamer (140) It becomes possible.

In addition, the game item sales registration system 200 connects the second gamers 140 to the exchange database 120 in response to the selection of the predetermined second gamers 140 with respect to the manipulated character to which the effects are added (S643). ). In the step S643, the second gamer 140, who is willing to purchase, clicks on an effect-added operation character that appears in the game screen, and accordingly, the second gamer 140 connects to the exchange database 120 for purchase. It is a process to make it possible.

Thereafter, the game item sale registration system 200 performs a predetermined payment process for the game item registered for sale, and controls the game item registered for sale to be transferred to the opponent character of the second gamer 140 who has paid the appropriate purchase price. The description thereof will be replaced with the above description. However, the game item sales registration system 200 performs the connection with the exchange database 120 for the payment processing of the second gamer 140 by clicking on the operation character of the second gamer 140 so as to perform the connection. The effect is to maximize convenience. In addition, by using a shortcut key provided to the second gamer 140, for example, a shortcut, the second game player to the exchange database 120 may be connected to the exchange database 120 regardless of the appearance of the operating character's field of view or whether the first gamer 130 is connected to the online game server. (140) By making the connection smoothly, the effect of eliminating the time and space constraints of the payment process can be obtained.

Embodiments of the invention include a computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions are included. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

7 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to perform the method for registering game item sales in accordance with the present invention.

Computer device 700 includes one or more processors 710 connected to a main memory device including random access memory (RAM) 720 and read only memory (ROM) 730. The processor 710 is also called a central processing unit (CPU). As is well known in the art, the ROM 730 serves to transfer data and instructions to the CPU unidirectionally, and the RAM 720 typically transfers data and instructions bidirectionally. Used to. RAM 720 and ROM 730 may include any suitable form of computer readable media. Mass storage 740 is bidirectionally coupled to processor 710 to provide additional data storage capabilities, and may be any of the computer readable recording media described above. The mass storage device 740 is used to store programs, data, and the like, and is typically an auxiliary memory device such as a hard disk which is slower than the main memory device. Certain mass storage devices such as CD ROM 760 may be used. The processor 710 may include one or more input / output interfaces, such as video monitors, trackballs, mice, keyboards, microphones, touchscreen displays, card readers, magnetic or paper tape readers, voice or handwriting readers, joysticks, or other known computer input / output devices. 750 is connected. Finally, the processor 710 may be connected to a wired or wireless communication network through the network interface 770. Through this network connection, the procedure of the method described above can be performed. The apparatus and tools described above are well known to those skilled in the computer hardware and software arts.

The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention.

While specific embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the claims below, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

As can be seen from the above description, according to the present invention, a game item that enables sales registration of the game item by moving the item data corresponding to the game item to be held in the sales storage area defined on the inventory. A sales registration system and a game item sales registration method can be provided.

Further, according to the present invention, the effect is added to the operation character who registered and sold the game item, so that a game service user who is willing to purchase the game item visually recognizes the operation character having the game item registered and sold. A game item sales registration system and a game item sales registration method can be provided.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, a game item sales registration system for visually providing information on game item sales registration of a corresponding game character by rendering an image item at a predetermined position of an appearance of an operation character holding a game item for which sales registration has been made. And a game item sale registration method.

In addition, according to the present invention, a price comparison can be performed by not only allowing access to a predetermined sales field regardless of access to a game service of a game character registered for sale, but also ensuring a gamers' active selection of the sale price of a game item registered for sale. A game item sale registration system and a game item sale registration method for enabling economical game item purchase through the present invention may be provided.

1 is a view for explaining the schematic operation of the game item sales registration system according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing a game item sales registration system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3A is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an inventory means according to the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a sales field provided to a second gamer.

4 is a block diagram showing a game item sales registration system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5A is a flowchart illustrating a method of generating item sales information by the sales information generating unit of the present invention, and FIG. 5B is a view for explaining an example of a configuration of a sales field according to another embodiment.

FIG. 6A is a flowchart illustrating a game item sales registration method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail. FIG. 6B is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method of adding an effect to a manipulation character.

7 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to perform the method for registering game item sales in accordance with the present invention.

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200: game item sales registration system 210: inventory means

220: area definition means 230: transaction registration means

240: operation control means 250: information display means

260: item information database 270: rendering processing means

Claims (1)

In the game item sales registration method, Storing one or more items held by a predetermined manipulation character; Receiving a sale request signal for sale registration of at least some of the stored items from a gamer; In response to the sale request signal, registering the item in a predetermined sale field; And When the purchase payment signal of a predetermined purchase character is generated, transferring the sale registered item to the purchase character; Game item sales registration method comprising a.