KR20080043037A - Method for performing game in communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A game method of a communication terminal is provided to enable the communication terminal to confirm information registered by a user through a game, therefore the user can pleasantly confirm the information registered in the communication terminal. When a game is selected, information registered in a terminal is confirmed(211-221). A quiz is generated and displayed by using the terminal's registered information(223,225). Inputted information is analyzed to decide whether an answer is correct, and the decided results are displayed(227-231). The quiz game is played while the decided results are accumulated, and the accumulated information is displayed when the game is finished(235-241).

Description

METHOD FOR PERFORMING GAME IN COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a game execution procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a game execution screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable terminal performing a character agent function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating another procedure of game execution according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a game device and method of a communication terminal, and more particularly, to a game device and method using information stored in the mobile terminal.

The communication terminal is a terminal having a communication function, and may be a mobile phone, a wireless phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a computer having a communication function, and a portable multimedia player (PMP). The representative terminal of the communication terminal may be the mobile phone. The mobile phone can service various additional functions in addition to the native phone function. The mobile phones having the above additional functions may be a camcorder phone having a camera, a TV phone capable of watching TV, an MP3 phone capable of listening to MP3 music files, a digital broadcasting phone capable of watching satellite and / or terrestrial broadcasting, and the like. have. In other words, current mobile phones are increasing in number of products having additional functions for processing multimedia data.

Therefore, the portable terminal can store various information related to communication and multimedia. At this time, it is difficult for a user to store all the various information stored in the mobile terminal as described above, and thus, the user may not use the stored information efficiently. In this case, it is desirable to allow the user to check the information stored in the portable terminal. The game can be used in a manner to inform the user of the information stored in the mobile terminal. That is, it is desirable to express the information stored in the mobile terminal through the game so that the user can check the information of the mobile terminal stored by the user.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for playing a game using information stored in a mobile terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a quiz game device and method using information stored by a user in a mobile terminal.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for feeding back the execution result of a quiz game using information stored in a portable terminal to a portable terminal and expressing it as a character.

Embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, detailed descriptions of preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same components in the figures represent the same numerals wherever possible.

In the following description certain details such as game scores and character numerical values are presented to provide a more general understanding of the invention. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be readily practiced without these specific details and also by their modifications.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the term "character" will be used as a term including all image data expressed in the mobile terminal, and the character may be an avatar, an item, a wallpaper, a house, or the like. In particular, the term "character" in the embodiment of the present invention will be used as a term that can express the state and / or emotion of the portable terminal. The term "character value" is the result of the event and game execution of the portable terminal, etc. To convert to a number.

The mobile terminal having the character agent function may recommend the execution of a game that can increase the character value (or state) of the character agent system, and is obtained according to the execution result of the game during or after the game is executed. Character values, items, and / or character money may be reflected in the character agent system.

In the following description, first, an operation of executing a game in a general communication terminal will be described, and second, an operation of executing a game in a communication terminal having a character agent function will be described.

First, the operation of executing a game according to an embodiment of the present invention in the general communication terminal will be described.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, showing the configuration of a mobile telephone.

Referring to FIG. 1, the wireless communication unit 110 converts and transmits a transmission signal of the communication terminal into a wireless signal, and converts a received wireless signal into a reception signal. The wireless communication unit 110 may be connected to a public wireless communication network, or may be connected to a local area wireless communication network.

The memory 120 may be composed of a program memory and a data memory. The program memory includes programs for processing a call processing of a portable terminal and a program for generating a quiz problem according to a game menu selected when selecting a game according to an embodiment of the present invention, and processing and expressing a game result according to a user input. Are saving them. The data memory temporarily stores data generated while executing the programs.

The controller 100 performs a function of controlling the overall operation of the communication terminal. In addition, the control unit 100 includes a modem for modulating and demodulating a signal, a codec for decoding / decoding, and encodes and modulates a transmission signal, and performs a function of demodulating and decoding a received signal. The control unit 100 may be an MSM chip. In addition, the controller 100 may independently configure a data processor separating the modem and the codec, and the data processor may be positioned between the wireless communication unit 110 and the controller 100.

The key input unit 130 includes keys for inputting numeric and character information and function keys for setting various functions. The display unit 150 may display menus according to the operation of the communication terminal under the control of the controller 100, and display data according to execution of a specific operation mode such as communication and game. The audio processor 29 processes the audio signal generated in the communication mode under the control of the controller 100 in the communication mode, and processes the audio signal according to the game execution in the game mode.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the type of communication affecting the communication amount is a call and a text message as described above.

The user of the terminal may register subscriber information for communication and text message communication with the terminal. The subscriber information may be a subscriber number (mobile phone number, home phone number, company phone number, etc.), subscriber name, subscriber's birthday, subscriber's incoming ring signal, group number belonging to the subscriber, voice information when voice recognition, and the like. In addition, the subscriber information may include an e-mail address. The subscriber information may be stored in an address book of a terminal, where the address book may be a phone book. The subscriber information may be generated as a problem when the quiz game is executed later.

When the originating or receiving call is generated, the controller 100 performs a call service while transmitting and receiving a voice signal between the calling and receiving subscribers through the wireless communication unit 110, and stores the incoming caller information and the call time according to the call. At this time, the call time is determined using a call start time and a call end time. Here, the subscriber and the communication time generated by the call may be generated as a problem when executing the quiz game.

When the outgoing text message is generated, the controller 100 generates the input text data as a text message and transmits the same through the wireless communication unit 110. When the received text message is generated, the controller 100 receives the received text message through the wireless communication unit 110 and stores the same in the memory 120 and displays the same on the display unit 150. Here, the subscriber and the message contents generated by the text message communication may be generated as a problem when the quiz game is executed later.

The game according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a game that fits information stored on a user's terminal into a quiz game. That is, the information stored in the mobile terminal may be the subscriber information and the result information according to the event execution. At this time, the game that matches the subscriber information may be a quiz-type game that matches the contacts whose contacts stored in the address book. At this time, the subscriber information may be a phone number, name, birthday, group number to which the subscriber belongs, incoming ring sound. In addition, the event result may be a time when a call event occurs (which may be a date), a call duration, and a message content during communication.

As described above, the game according to an embodiment of the present invention is a game that memorizes and matches a phone number of an acquaintance (subscriber) registered in a mobile terminal (hereinafter referred to as a tell me game). Enter the menu. In this case, the tell me game uses a character, and the method of the game matches a subscriber's information questioned by the character or a result value of an event.

2 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of executing a game using subscriber information and processed communication events stored in a mobile terminal in the control unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The subscriber information may be information registered by the terminal user in the address book of the mobile terminal. In addition, the communication event includes a call generated from a mobile terminal, a short message service (SMS), an e-mail message service (EMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), and the like.

Referring to FIG. 2, when a user first selects an Entertainment-> Tell me menu on a menu, the controller 100 detects this in step 211 and displays a game menu in step 213. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the game menu is an address book check quiz and an event processing check quiz as described above. When the user selects a game menu while the game menu is displayed as described above, the control unit 100 detects this in step 215 and checks the type of game selected by the user in step 217. In this case, if the subscriber information confirmation game is selected, the control unit 100 detects this in step 217 and checks the menu including the subscriber information in step 221. Here, the menu including the subscriber information may be a phone book.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the phonebook storing the subscriber information may be a subscriber's telephone number, an email address, a subscriber's name, a group address to which the subscriber belongs, a subscriber's birthday, and a subscriber's ringing information. In this case, a game that matches specific information of subscribers may be selected in the subscriber information confirmation game. That is, in the subscriber identification game, the name of the subscriber is displayed and the game matches the subscriber's phone number, or the subscriber's phone number is displayed, the game matches the subscriber's name, and the subscriber's name (and / or phone number) is displayed. Choose a game that matches the subscriber's birthday, displays the subscriber's name (and / or phone number) and matches the subscriber's ringtone, displays the subscriber's name (and / or phone number), and matches the subscriber's group You can also run

After confirming the information of the subscriber, the controller 100 generates a quiz game using the subscriber information in step 223 and displays the generated quiz game in step 225. At this time, the quiz game represented in step 225 may be displayed in the form shown in FIG. That is, in the embodiment of the present invention, the game can be expressed using a character. Figure 3 shows an example of the representation of a game to match subscriber information according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the game includes a character 300, a problem display area 310, and a user input display area 320. Referring to FIG. 3, the problem is displayed as text in the problem display area 310 displayed as a speech bubble using the character 300, and the answer input by the user is a user input display area 330 located at the bottom of the problem display area 320. Is displayed.

If the user inputs an answer in the state shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 100 detects this in step 227, and displays the input answer in the user input display area 330. After that, the controller 100 checks whether the input answer is a correct answer in step 229, and if it is a correct answer, expresses the correct answer through the character 300 in step 231, and if it is an incorrect answer, in step 233 expresses an incorrect answer through the character 300, in step 235. Accumulates the processing results. In this case, the expression of the character may be expressed in the form of animation, and if the answer is correct, a positive expression (eg, a smiling face) may be used. If the answer is incorrect, a negative expression (eg, a crying face) may be used. , Grimaces etc.). After that, the control unit 100 returns to step 223 again to generate the next quiz question for the subscriber information, and then repeats the above operation.

If the user selects a different game menu while the quiz question is set as described above, the control unit 100 detects it in step 239 and returns to step 213 to display the game menu, and selects a game for the game menu selected by the user. Perform the same procedure as above. In addition, if the user generates a game termination command while playing the game as described above, the control unit 100 detects this in step 237 and displays the result of the game performed in step 241 and ends.

As described above, the game menu may be subscriber information confirmation, subscriber communication confirmation, subscriber personal confirmation, terminal information set by the user, and the like. Herein, the communication confirmation of the subscriber may be a time when the subscriber communicates with a specific subscriber, communication contents (communication contents such as call, SMS, EMS, MMS, etc.). The personal identification of the subscriber is specific information of the subscriber registered in the mobile terminal, and may be various personal information such as birthday, friend relationship, school, hometown, and the like. Terminal information confirmation is an alarm that is registered by the user with various functions. Reservation, schedule information, and the like.

If a game menu other than the subscriber information confirmation game is selected among the game menus as described above, the controller 100 detects it in step 217 and executes the selected game menu in step 219. The game execution process at this time is also performed in a similar procedure to the game of the subscriber information confirmation. That is, only the quiz problem generated in step 223 is different, and the operation procedure is the same as that of the subscriber information confirmation game.

Secondly, the operation of converting communication amount into power and executing a game using the power in a communication terminal having a character agent function will be described.

The communication terminal having the character agent function has the same configuration as that of FIG. 1, and in FIG. 1, the control unit 100 has the configuration as shown in FIG. 4 to perform a character agent function. That is, the controller 100 may express the events generated in the terminal, the event processing result, and the like as the character agent function, and the controller 100 performing the character agent function may be configured as shown in FIG. 4.

Referring to FIG. 4, the event collection part 410 collects events generated by the communication terminal. Here, the event includes all events of the communication terminal, such as a communication event of the communication terminal, an event generated in the communication terminal itself, an event generated by a user request, an event according to the multimedia function of the communication terminal. That is, the events collected by the event collector 410 become events defined in the communication terminal. The event collector 410 extracts information necessary for the generated event when an event occurs, generates an event message, and outputs the event message to the agent controller 430.

The event transmitter 420 delivers the event message collected by the event collector 410 to a corresponding client. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the event message is transmitted only to the agent controller 430. However, if there is another component that requires delivery of the event message, it can also be delivered to this component. In addition to the events collected by the event collector 410, the event transmitter 420 receives user-defined events that are not defined by the communication terminal and transmits them to the agent controller 130. Here, such an event is referred to as an application event, and the application events may be events generated by a game, another application, or a web service program.

When the agent control part 430 receives an event message from the event transmitter 420, the agent control part 430 stores the forwarded event message in an internal buffer, and analyzes the event message to express a corresponding character agent. (user interface) Here, the event delivered from the event transmitter 420 may be events and application events of the communication terminal. The agent controller 430 includes a plurality of specialists therein, and selects a specialist corresponding to an event generated while controlling the specialists to perform an agent control function. When the event is received, the agent control unit 430 notifies the appropriate experts of the occurrence of the event according to the received event, and requests the UI to the agent expression unit 440 to display the agent expression of the finally selected expert. The agent controller 430 processes the user's feedback information on the corresponding event according to the user's feedback information received from the agent expression unit 440.

In addition, the agent control unit 430 according to an embodiment of the present invention performs the above-described character agent function, and also executes a game according to an embodiment of the present invention, and performs a function of reflecting the game execution result to the character agent system do. In this case, when the specific character value is low in the character agent system, the agent controller 430 may recommend execution of a game that can increase the character value. That is, games mounted on the communication terminal having the character agent function include games that can increase a specific character value according to the game execution result, and items and character money that can be used in the character agent system according to the game execution result. There are games that can be obtained. The game executed in the embodiment of the present invention may be a game that increases or decreases the IQ among the character values. The character agent system may reflect the character value obtained after the game execution ends or during the game execution to the character agent system.

The agent expression unit 440 displays a character expression for a corresponding event according to the agent UI information output from the agent control unit 430. In this case, the agent expression unit 440 manages a plurality of avatar UIs to be displayed on the display unit 150, and controls to display a corresponding character according to the UI information requested by the agent controller 430. When the user generates feedback information while displaying the avatar according to the generated event, the agent expression unit 440 transmits the received feedback information to the agent controller 430.

As described above, the event collecting unit 410 collects all events occurring in the communication terminal, and the event transmitting unit 420 transmits them to the agent controller 430. Then, the agent controller 430 receives the event, stores it, selects an appropriate specialist, and outputs a control command (show / hide) to the agent expression unit 440 when it is determined that the event requires a character expression. Then, the agent expression unit 440 outputs a character UI defined for each use case under the control of the agent control unit 430, and accordingly, the character expression is performed on the display unit 150. When the feedback information of the user is generated after expressing the character UI according to the use example, the agent expression unit 440 outputs it to the agent controller 430. Then, the agent controller 430 processes the feedback information and also processes a request for character information. The configuration and operation of the communication terminal having the character agent function as shown in FIG. 4 is disclosed in Korean Patent Application No. 2006-109921 (filed November 8, 2006) filed by the applicant.

As described above, the communication terminal having the character agent function expresses the character according to the use case determined according to the phone event of the communication terminal, and updates the character value to express the state of the communication terminal according to the phone event. . Here, the character agent function refers to a function of expressing the processed events through a character when processing events in a communication terminal. To this end, the communication terminal sets character values in advance for each event processed in the communication terminal, and updates the character values corresponding to the event processed during the event processing to change the character values. Herein, the character value of the communication terminal may be set in plural. To this end, the communication terminal having the character agent function should include a program for performing the character agent function and character databases for expressing it. Here, the character database should include an event character value table for updating character values for events, a state definition table for determining a state model, and character resource tables for representing the determined state model.

The character value may increase or decrease according to a user's feedback result according to usage events of the mobile terminal and the user's agent function. The character value may be composed of a plurality, and in the embodiment of the present invention, the social quotient (SQ), the physical quotient (HQ), the intelligent quotient (IQ), the emotional quotient (emotional quotient): Suppose that it consists of four kinds of EQ). Each of the above character values affects the initial value of the character (at the time of change of the character used) and the width of the numerical value change when the character value increases or decreases according to the characteristics of the character.

The state change of the character differs from a status decision algorithm and status quotient information according to the state change type, and a state change is made through these two factors. In addition, the character may have a unique expression for each state. In this case, the expression may be expressed in text, audio, etc. in addition to the expression of the character.

The character value and character state can also be adjusted by the item. That is, in the embodiment of the present invention, an item for raising the value of the character and items for maintaining a character state for a certain period of time may be provided. The items may be purchased in an item store with a character money obtained through a game or the like, and some items may be obtained without purchasing in an item store. As described above, a method of changing a corresponding character value when a phone event is processed in a communication terminal having a character agent function and expressing the state of the communication terminal by the character value is described in Korean Patent Application No. Is disclosed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an entertainment game in a communication terminal having a character agent function may provide a game so as to obtain an item or a number necessary for use of the character agent system. That is, the communication terminal provided with the character agent system also serves to fill in the insufficient value with the character money or items that can be utilized in the system through a fun game. Therefore, the communication terminal having the character agent function may be provided with a plurality of character games.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of performing a tell me game, which is one of entertainment games according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the tell me game according to an embodiment of the present invention is a quiz form that matches subscriber information such as contact information (telephone number, e-mail, subscriber name, etc.), subscriber's birthday, etc. on a communication terminal. It's a game. 3 shows an example of execution of a tell me game. The tell me game may be selected and executed by the user at the recommendation of the controller 100 when the IQ value is lower than another character value, and may be executed by the user's arbitrary selection. In addition, when reflecting the result of the game execution in the character value, as described above can be immediately reflected during the execution of the game, it is also possible to collectively reflect the character value obtained after the end of the game. 5 illustrates an example of immediately reflecting a character value obtained while executing a game.

The tell me game is a game in which a registered acquaintance's phone number is memorized, and if a certain number (for example, three) is matched in succession, the IQ index is earned by +1. The Tell me game has a menu (Entertainment> Tell me). It can be selected from the menu), and as shown in FIG. 3, the character's information (eg, a phone number) is adjusted. At this time, answer except "??".

First, when the user selects the tell me game on the menu, the control unit 100 detects this in step 511 and displays a game menu that can be executed in the tell me game in step 513. Thereafter, the process for the selected game is executed while performing steps 513 to 527. Herein, the operations 513 to 527 are performed in the same manner as the operations 213 to 227 of FIG. 2.

 In this case, the representation of the game displayed in step 525 may be displayed as shown in FIG. 3. In this case, when the user inputs an answer in the state shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 100 detects it in step 527, and displays the user input in the user input display area 330 of FIG. 3. After that, the control unit 100 checks whether the input answer is a correct answer in step 529, and if it is a correct answer, increases the character value IQ in step 531 and indicates that the answer is correct through the character 310. After expressing a wrong answer through the character 300, in step 535, the processing result according to the character value IQ change is accumulated. In this case, the expression of the character may be expressed in the form of animation, and if the answer is correct, a positive expression (eg, a smiling face) may be used. If the answer is incorrect, a negative expression (eg, a crying face) may be used. , Grimaces etc.). After that, the control unit 100 returns to step 523 again, generates a next quiz question for subscriber information, and repeats the above operation.

If the user selects a different game menu while the quiz question is set as described above, the control unit 100 detects it in step 539 and returns to step 513 to display a game menu, and selects a game for the game menu selected by the user. Perform the same procedure as above. In addition, if the user generates a game termination command while playing the game as described above, the control unit 100 detects it in step 537, displays the game result performed in step 541, and expresses a character animation according to the game result. Then exit.

As described above, the game menu may be subscriber information confirmation, subscriber communication confirmation, subscriber personal confirmation, terminal information set by the user, and the like. Herein, the communication confirmation of the subscriber may be a time when the subscriber communicates with a specific subscriber, communication contents (communication contents such as call, SMS, EMS, MMS, etc.). The personal identification of the subscriber is specific information of the subscriber registered in the mobile terminal, and may be various personal information such as birthday, friend relationship, school, hometown, and the like. Terminal information confirmation is an alarm that is registered by the user with various functions. Reservation, schedule information, and the like.

If a game menu other than the subscriber information confirmation game is selected among the game menus as described above, the controller 100 detects it in step 217 and executes the selected game menu in step 519. The game execution process at this time is also performed in a similar procedure to the game of the subscriber information confirmation. That is, only the quiz problem generated in step 523 is different, and the operation procedure is the same as that of the subscriber information confirmation game.

As described above, information registered by the user in the communication terminal may be confirmed through a game, and thus the user may interestingly check the information registered in the terminal. In addition, in the case of a mobile terminal having a character agent function, it is possible to check the information registered in the terminal through the game in a fun manner, and at the same time change the character value according to the game result, and according to the character value change Emotional expression can be performed in various ways.

Claims (9)

In the game execution method of the mobile terminal, Checking the information registered in the terminal when selecting a game; Creating and displaying a quiz question using the terminal registration information; Analyzing the input information to determine whether the correct or incorrect answer and display; Repeating the above steps, performing a quiz game, accumulating the determination result, and displaying the accumulated information at the end of the game. The game method of claim 1, wherein the terminal registration information is subscriber information. 3. The game method of claim 2, wherein the subscriber information includes a subscriber's telephone number and name. The game of claim 3, wherein the displaying of the quiz problem uses a character, displays the quiz problem in the form of a speech bubble of the character, and displays a user input area. Way. In the game execution method of the mobile terminal having a character value for the event, and having a character agent function to represent the state of the mobile terminal by the operation of the character using the character value, Checking the information registered in the terminal when selecting a game; Creating and displaying a quiz question using the terminal registration information; Analyzing the inputted information to determine whether the answer is correct or incorrect, and changing and displaying the character value according to the determination result; Repeating the above steps, performing a quiz game, accumulating the determination result, and displaying the accumulated information and the changed character value at the end of the game. The game method of claim 5, wherein the character value is increased when the determination result is correct, and the character value is decreased when the character answer is correct. 7. The game method of claim 6, wherein the subscriber information includes a subscriber's telephone number and name. 8. The game method of claim 7, wherein the subscriber information includes a subscriber's telephone number and name. The game of claim 8, wherein the displaying of the quiz problem uses a character, displays the quiz problem in the form of a speech bubble of the character, and has a display area for inputting a user. Way.

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