KR20050107037A - Game service offering system and method using wire/wireless internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a game service through a wired / wireless internet, and in particular, a scenario progression step, a purchase item information, and the like for a game played by a user using a wireless terminal to a wireless terminal through a wired website. The present invention relates to a technology for enabling a user to check a web page or a wired mail composed of multimedia content having a higher quality than that of a checkable state.

According to the present invention, there is provided a game service providing system using a wired / wireless internet, comprising: a subscriber management module; A game server including a game management module, a wireless management module, and a wired management module; A wireless terminal which accesses a game server through the wireless Internet and proceeds with a game or downloads and runs a mobile game in a virtual machine (VM) form; And it proposes a game service providing system comprising a PC that provides a function for the user to receive a game service by accessing the game server through the wired Internet.

Therefore, the present invention can overcome the inconvenience of the existing wireless environment by transmitting the relevant information to the large screen, multimedia, etc. through the wired web page in the use of wireless game services, greatly increasing the customer satisfaction and ease of use have.

Description

Game service provision system and method through wired / wireless internet {GAME SERVICE OFFERING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING WIRE / WIRELESS INTERNET}

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a game service through a wired / wireless internet, and in particular, a scenario progression step, a purchase item information, and the like for a game played by a user using a wireless terminal to a wireless terminal through a wired website. The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a game service through a wired / wireless internet that can be checked by a web page or a wired mail composed of multimedia content having a higher quality than that which can be checked.

Currently, various mobile games can be played using wireless terminals such as mobile phones, PDAs and smart phones. However, the current game using a wireless terminal has a disadvantage that the wireless game users can not provide a satisfactory level of service with a relatively small screen and inconvenient user environment compared to a wired device such as a PC. In addition, users may not use the game continuously due to various environmental constraints.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to upload the data of the game proceeded in the wireless terminal to the game server via the wireless Internet and the game user to the game server over the wired Internet using a wired device such as a PC The present invention provides a system and method for providing a wired / wireless interlocking game that receives the contents in a relatively large and convenient form.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to upload the data of the game proceeded from the wireless terminal to the game server via the wireless Internet and the game user to the contents related to the game progress through a wired mail, etc. in a relatively large and convenient form The present invention provides a system and method for providing a wired / wireless linked game.

As the technical idea for achieving the above object of the present invention

In the game service providing system using wired / wireless internet,

Subscriber management module; A game server including a game management module, a wireless management module, and a wired management module;

A wireless terminal which accesses a game server through the wireless Internet and proceeds with a game or downloads and runs a mobile game in the form of a virtual machine (VM); And

It provides a game service providing system, characterized in that it comprises a PC that provides a function for the user to receive a game service by accessing the game server through the wired Internet.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the configuration and operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 and 2 illustrate a network configuration of a game service providing system via wired / wireless internet according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention. In the following embodiments of the present invention, a mobile phone among user wireless terminals capable of wireless data transmission / reception and wireless Internet access using a wireless mobile communication network and executing a downloaded wireless game program will be described as an example.

1 and 2, the wireless terminal 100 and the game server 300 are connected through the wireless network 400, and the game server 300 and the PC 200 are connected through the wired network 500. .

The game server 300 includes a subscriber management module 310; Game management module 320; Wireless management module 330; Wired management module 340; And the mail sending management module 350 is further provided.

Looking at the operation of each component in more detail, the wireless terminal 100 is connected to the game server 300 via a wireless network (wireless Internet) 400 to play a game or play a mobile game virtual machine (Virtual Machine: It downloads and runs in VM) form.

The PC 200 is connected to the game server 300 through a wired network (wired internet) 500 to provide a function for a user to receive a game service.

The game server 300 includes a subscriber management module 310 that stores and manages subscriber basic information such as service accounts and passwords for each subscriber, and subscriber game information such as game progress steps, character development statuses, and possessed items for each subscriber; A game management module 320 for storing and managing data about the game itself, such as a game scenario, a game character image, and an effect sound, and information such as a VM-type mobile game program driven by a mobile phone; A wireless management module 330 supporting a function of accessing a mobile phone through a wireless internet network, a function of collecting environmental information of a connected mobile phone, and a function of downloading a mobile game of a form suitable for the mobile phone; A wired management module 340 supporting a function of allowing a PC to be connected through a wired Internet network and providing a game-related information to the connected PC in an optimized manner in a wired environment such as an HTML page and Flash content; And an e-mail sending management module 350 that supports e-mail sending regularly or when an event related to a game occurs through the wired / wireless internet network.

3 and 4 are connected to the game server via the wireless Internet according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention to play the game and connected to the game server via the wired Internet, the current status and results of the game progress transmitted via wired mail It shows a flow chart to confirm.

The user accesses the wireless management module 330 of the game server 300 using a mobile phone capable of wireless Internet and inputs an account and a password of the game service.

Game server 300 analyzes the size of the user's mobile phone screen, etc. and provides a game service consisting of graphics and sound effects of the appropriate form (S110).

The game server 300 collects data such as game stages and item holding information that the user has progressed in the subscriber management module 310 so that the user can proceed with the game (S120).

When the user ends the game, information such as the game progress history and the end time is stored in the subscriber management module 310 (S130).

After the game ends, the wireless Internet connection is automatically or manually terminated according to the system environment (S140).

After that, the user accesses the game server 300 through the wired Internet in order to check the progress of the game information to the PC (200) (S200).

After accessing the wired Internet, the user can check various information related to the game such as the state of the game character and the status of the purchased item through large screen images and multimedia contents (S210).

After confirming the desired information, the user ends the connection of the game server 300 (S220).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4 as a second embodiment of the present invention, the mail transmission management module 350 of the game server 300 then sends a mail to the user at the event occurrence or periodically through the wired Internet network ( S200).

Thereafter, the user may check the event-related contents after accessing the game server 300 through the wired Internet network to check the mail information with the PC 200 (S210 to S220).

5 and 6 are examples of the first and second embodiments of the present invention, in which a user who wants to use a mobile game running on a mobile phone accesses a game server through a wireless Internet and then plays a game in a mobile phone state, and then uses a wired Internet or The flowchart shows the progress and result of the game sent via wired mail.

The user is connected to the wireless management module 330 of the game server 300 by a mobile phone capable of driving the wireless Internet and driving the mobile game, and inputs an account and a password of the game service.

The game server 300 analyzes the size of the user's mobile phone screen and shows a list of downloadable mobile game programs consisting of graphics and sound effects in the form suitable for the user. The user selects the desired game program and downloads it to the mobile phone. )

When the download of the selected mobile game is completed, the cellular phone terminates the wireless connection (S320).

The user proceeds with the game by driving the mobile game downloaded and stored in the mobile phone, and as the user progresses the game, game-related data is changed and the character's environment is updated (S330).

When the user ends the game, the user accesses the game server 300 and uploads information such as a game history to terminate the connection.

After that, the user accesses the game server 300 through the wired Internet to check the progress of the game information to the PC 200. (S400)

After accessing the wired Internet, the user can check various information related to the game such as the state of the game character and the status of the purchased item through large screen images and multimedia contents (S410).

After confirming the desired information, the user terminates the access of the game server 300 (S420).

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 6 as a second embodiment of the present invention, the mail transmission management module 350 of the game server 300 then sends a mail to the user at an event occurrence or periodically through the wired Internet network ( S400).

Thereafter, the user may check the event-related contents after accessing the game server 300 through the wired Internet network to check the mail information with the PC 200 (S410 to S420).

In the above description of the present invention as described above, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the claims rather than by the described embodiments.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to overcome the inconvenience of the existing wireless environment by delivering the relevant contents in the wireless game service to a large screen, multimedia, etc. through a wired web page, greatly improving customer satisfaction and convenience of use. There is an advantage to be increased.

1 and 2 is a block diagram of a game providing system network according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention;

3 and 4 are connected to the game server via the wireless Internet according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention to play the game and connected to the game server via the wired Internet, or check the progress of the game transmitted via wired mail Flowchart showing step by step how to

5 and 6 are connected to the game server via the wireless Internet according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention to download the mobile game with a mobile phone and then proceed to play the game using the mobile phone and connected to the game server over the wired Internet, This is a flow chart that shows how to check the progress of the game sent via wired mail.

Claims (7)

In the game service providing system using wired / wireless internet, Subscriber management module; A game server including a game management module, a wireless management module, and a wired management module; A wireless terminal which accesses a game server through the wireless Internet and proceeds with a game or downloads and runs a mobile game in the form of a virtual machine (VM); And Game service providing system, characterized in that it comprises a PC that provides a function for the user to receive a game service by connecting to the game server through the wired Internet. The method of claim 1, wherein the game server A subscriber management module for storing and managing subscriber basic information such as service accounts and passwords for each subscriber and subscriber game information such as game progress steps, character development statuses, and possessed items for each subscriber; A game management module that stores and manages data about the game itself, such as game scenarios, game character images, and sound effects, and information such as a VM-type mobile game program driven by a mobile phone;  A wireless management module supporting a function of accessing a mobile phone through a wireless internet network, a function of collecting environmental information of a connected mobile phone, and a function of downloading a mobile game suitable for a mobile phone to a mobile phone; And It is equipped with a wired management module that supports the function that a PC can access through a wired Internet network, and provide the game-related information to the connected PC in a manner optimized for a wired environment such as HTML pages and Flash contents. Game service providing system characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein the game server Game service providing system, characterized in that it further comprises a mail sending management module that supports sending mail regularly or when events related to the game through a wired or wireless Internet network. In the game service providing method using wired / wireless internet, Accessing the game server with a mobile phone capable of wireless internet by a user and inputting an account and a password of a game service; Analyzing, by the game server, the size of a user's mobile phone screen, and providing a game service including graphics and sound effects in a form suitable for the same; Collecting data, such as a game step and item holding information, performed by the user in the game server to allow the user to proceed with the game; Storing information such as a game progress history and an end time point when the game is ended by the user; And And after the game is terminated, automatically or manually closing the wireless Internet connection according to a system environment. The method of claim 4, wherein the game service providing method Accessing the game server, inputting an account and password of a game service, and displaying a list of mobile game programs in a download form, selecting a desired game program by the user and downloading it to a mobile phone; Terminating the wireless connection of the cellular phone when the download of the selected mobile game is completed; Driving a mobile game downloaded and stored in the mobile phone to play a game, and game related data is changed as the user progresses the game and the character's environment is updated; And The game service providing method further comprises the step of terminating the connection after uploading information such as the game history when the game is terminated by the user. The method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein in the game service providing method After the wireless Internet connection is terminated, accessing a game server through a wired Internet to check game information progressed by a user with a PC; Allowing the user to check various information related to the game, such as the state of the game character and the state of the purchased item, by using a large screen image or multimedia content after connecting to the wired Internet; And And confirming the desired information and terminating the connection of the game server by the user. The method of claim 6, wherein the game service providing method After the connection of the game server is terminated, sending a mail to a user at an event occurrence or periodically through a wired internet network in a game server; And And a step in which the user accesses the game server through a wired internet network to check mail information with a PC, and then checks event-related contents.