KR20060031836A - On-line game invitation system that use sms - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a user playing an online game sends his / her current status and a game invitation message to other users through Call URL SMS to induce the access of the user who received the corresponding message, and whether the receiving party can access it. And game community services and systems that allow you to know information such as access time.

In the process of the service, a text message sent by the sending character is sent to the receiving mobile terminal through the service server, and the user who receives the message accesses the WAP and selects the information of the user who invited the service and responds to the service server. It is sent to the sender character via.

These services mainly use party systems that play in groups with other users in online games. When you want to play these parties, the solution so far is that

a) How to wait for the user to connect

b) direct cell phone calls

C) text messages you write and send

d) invitation messages through messengers such as MSN;

We have taken an indirect way that cannot be solved in online games,

In order to improve the problems caused by this indirect method, it is possible to send the invitation message directly to the user in the online game so that the receiver can easily know whether the receiver is connected and the available time zone according to the response.

The effect of this feature is that you can quickly configure the party play, the user community is smooth, the game can increase the loyalty, as well as use the new revenue model through text messages.

Mobile, online games, text messaging, sms, invitation, game community, friend registration

Description

On-line game invitation system that use SMS}

1 is an overall system configuration for providing a service according to the present invention

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a service according to the present invention.

3 is a sample screen sent in a text message

The present invention is a game community system that induces participation in an unspecified or specific user who can play together in an online game through a text message, and gives feedback directly to the sender when the receiving party expresses his intention to participate.

In traditional online games, in order to play a game with a specific user, the user had to induce access to the game through a separate contact. The system waiting without knowing the access time had to check the user's connection in the game, or induce a game access through a separate method. Therefore, it is difficult for each user to play the game with a specific counterpart, and there is a problem of waiting for the user with a separate contact or a large waiting time from the users. The proposed game community system can be solved. This is because it is possible to induce an in-game connection through a text message service to a user who wants to play together, and the receiving side notifies the sending game character of the sending side of the game in real time. Because I can. This response reduces user latency and facilitates the gaming community.

In order to solve the above conventional limitations, an object of the present invention is to send an invitation message by sending an SMS on an online game and to respond to the response to help users who use the online game service to secure a smooth community. Is to build a system that can receive.

Hereinafter, described in detail by the accompanying drawings as follows.

In the online game invitation system through SMS according to the present invention, a user sends a game invitation message by searching a list of friends registered with his or her ID on a game or a database of a user who plays the online game. Sending an SMS to the receiver of the game invitation message automatically; receiving the invitation message and responding to his / her status and access time through the WAP server of the mobile carrier; Characterized in that it is divided into the step of sending a separate message to the sender through the online game service.

According to the present invention, since it is possible to send an invitation message in the game server to a game user who wants to invite directly rather than a communication method through an indirect telephone or the like, it is easy to search and invite a user who can play together. Functions are given to activate the community, and the loyalty to the game increases, resulting in smooth gameplay, which increases the quality of service for the online game.

Game invitation system according to the present invention is a game server for providing an online game, DB server for storing the data of the online game proceeded by the game server, SMS sending server for SMS transmission, user terminal or SMS sending server through the base station The mobile communication company receiving the SMS from the mobile phone, and configured to include a user terminal capable of receiving the SMS.

The user terminal is a device capable of receiving a Short Message Service (SMS) message by a user's operation, such as a PDA or a mobile phone, and any device capable of receiving an SMS in this manner is not limited.

The mobile communication company is provided with an SMSC (SMS Center) for processing SMS transmitted from a user terminal or an SMS sending server.

DB server is a place where user's data is stored, and user's identification number can be divided into ID (ID, English letters, Korean, numbers, etc.). Numbers (such as 01033332222, etc.) are connected.

A game server is a server that provides a general online game, and is a server on which game software for playing a game according to a predetermined rule is mounted. Game server interacts with user by receiving SMS from user terminal or sending SMS to other users.

In response to the received SMS, the receiving user accesses the call back URL sent by the sender and selects and sends a response.

As described above, the game community system according to the present invention, unlike the conventional online game method, the user can directly select the desired partner, even if you do not know the information about the opponent directly through the SMS sending system You can request to participate. In such a way that the direct participation request is possible, the game community is activated, and differentiation can be made by providing a community system not provided by other companies.

Claims (3)

By inviting friends from the online game server of an online game service company by SMS, it is a system that easily finds co-workers in the game and promotes community activation a) the steps in which the user connected to the online game system finds a friend b) sending an SMS via the carrier to the found friend c) step in which a friend who has received an SMS responds to the SMS by using a WAP; d) accessing the game within the game within the time that the user receiving the SMS response system, characterized in that it comprises Method of inducing the participation of the user by sending an SMS message containing the invitation message in step b) of claim 1 In step c) of claim 1, the receiving user informs the invitee of the online game service using the WAP of the participation intention and the participation time.

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