KR20080048102A - Sports fantasy game management method that permits real-time trading of players and system implementing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for performing a sports fantasy game permitting real-time trading of players are provided to enable gamers to join in the game anytime/anywhere by using a wired/wireless technology, and enable the gamers to enjoy the game more interestingly by permitting the gamers to trade the players in real-time during the game without restricting the trade during and after the game. A member manager(110) registers a gamer as a member and authenticates the member. A team operator(120) forms a team with players selected by the authenticated members and trades a part of the team players according to direction of the authenticated member regardless of playing of the players. A ranking determiner(130) determines ranking of the members by scoring records of the team players. An annual salary adjuster(150) adjusts an annual salary of the team players by considering the records and provides information of the adjusted annual salary to a game terminal to enable the member to trade the players based on the annual salary information. A record terminal receives and transmits the records of the team players to a game server(100). The game terminal requests authentication and game joining, and the trade of the selected player by connecting to the game server.

Description

Sports fantasy game management method that permits real-time trading of players and system implementing the same}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional virtual sports game method.

2 is a flowchart showing the virtual sports game method of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the virtual sports game system of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram showing a connection route to the virtual sports game system of the present invention.

5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a game server of the virtual sports game system of the present invention.

6A to 6D are table configuration diagrams of a member DB, a team DB, a player DB, and a game result DB provided in the game server of the virtual sports game system of the present invention.

7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method for calculating a player score according to the end of a game in the virtual sports game method of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart specifically showing a virtual sports game method of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method for performing a virtual sports fantasy game and a system for implementing the same, which can perform a trade in real time over the wireless Internet regardless of whether or not during a game.

Sports fantasy game was started by a publisher in the United States in 1979. Based on the idea that if you become a fictitious owner and select and run a player, you can run the team much more efficiently. Draft your active players into an auction to form a fictitious team of their own, and calculate the scores based on their record of actual performances to determine each team's ranking. The game is going on.

However, the conventional sports fantasy game is provided only on the wired internet, and the players can be selected before the start of the game to form their teams, so that members in an environment where the wired internet is not provided can participate unintentionally. There will be no.

In addition, the conventional sports fantasy game is to complete the selection of players before the start of the game to form their own team, so that the active intention of the member about the variables that occur in the game, such as early replacement due to the unexpected injury of the player, non-match The strategy of the game is not diversified due to lack of involvement, fairness in competition among participating members is not secured, and when the infrastructure of sports events is small, such as in Korea, there is less discrimination among team members. Let's go.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a system that can participate in sports fantasy games anytime and anywhere by applying wired and wireless technology.

Another object of the present invention is to allow players to trade in real time during the game without limiting the player's trade opportunities before the start of the game, so that players can use various game strategies to enjoy more exciting sports fantasy games. On the other hand, it is ultimately intended to contribute to sports activation.

One aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a member management unit that performs member registration and integrated authentication through the wired and wireless Internet and IP-TV of the sports fantasy game participants, and the team with one or more players designated by the authenticated member And a team operation unit that trades some players of the team according to the instructions of the member before or during a game, and a ranking determiner that scores the game records of the players belonging to the team to determine the membership rank. A game recording terminal receiving game records of players belonging to the team and transmitting the game records to the game server; And a game terminal connected to the game server to apply for authentication and game participation, and requesting a trade of a player selected by the member.

Here, the team management unit of the game server provides a game situation providing unit to the game terminal so that the member can refer to the player trades, such as the appearance status of the player and the individual game results, during the game received from the game record terminal. It may be further provided.

In addition, the game server adjusts the salary of the players belonging to the team in consideration of at least one of the player's game record, the number of possession team, the transaction volume through the trade, and the salary for providing the adjusted player salary information to the game terminal At least one of the coordinating unit, a reward payment unit for providing a reward to members of a predetermined rank after the end of the game, and a billing unit for allowing at least one of the composition of the team, the participation in the game, and the trade application only for the game terminal that has made a predetermined payment. can do.

On the other hand, another aspect of the present invention, the step of approving a member of the sports fantasy game participants through the wired and wireless Internet and IP-TV, the step of forming a team with one or more players designated by the approved member, and the game start Sports fantasy game method comprising the step of trading some players of the team according to the instructions of the member before or during the game and scoring the game record of the players belonging to the team to determine the rank of the members. It is about.

Here, recording the player's participation status during the game, recording the individual game performance of the player, and providing the recorded information to the game terminal for the member to refer to the player trade, the record of the player game and holding team Adjusting the salary of the players in the team in consideration of the quantity, the amount of trade through the trade, providing a reward to the members of a certain rank after the end of the game, and performing the billing at least one of the participation and trade application of the game At least one of the steps may be further included.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.

2 is a flowchart showing the virtual sports game method of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a virtual sports fantasy game, firstly, by allowing a player to trade at any time during the actual sporting event, thereby broadening the opportunity for the user to intervene in the game, and secondly, regardless of the place. Wireless Internet is included as a gateway for accessing game servers to participate in the game. Third, the duration of the virtual game is varied to weekly / quarterly / monthly / time / specific periods to provide a way to quickly check the results of the efforts. Fourth, it is suggested to adjust the salary of the players from time to time during the game to be referred to the player trade, and fifth, to record the content of the game in detail so that a reasonable game score can be calculated.

Briefly looking at the process of performing the game according to the present invention.

When the season of a particular sport begins, game participants use a virtual money or a cyber coupon to create a virtual club budget, and a draft allows them to stay within their budget. After the team is formed (S201), a desired game period is selected in weekly / monthly / season and the like to participate in the game (S203).

The user can reorganize the team through the player trade even in a situation where the game has not started and has not yet finished or the actual game is in progress, and the player trade can be determined in consideration of the salary adjusted according to the performance of the game (S205). However, these player trades can be directed through the mobile terminal so there is no need to watch the game in progress all the time.

When the game is finished, the scores for each team are calculated using the game results of the players in the course of the game (S207), all teams are ranked, and the game ends (S209). If the season continues, you can rejoin the game you want to fight the rankings.

Hereinafter, after examining the configuration of the virtual sports game system of the present invention in detail, the above-described virtual sports game method of the present invention will be described in detail again.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the virtual sports game system of the present invention.

The virtual sports game system of the present invention is largely composed of a game server 100, a game record terminal 200 and a game terminal 300, the game server 100 belongs to a member DB (10), a team for member management Team DB 20 for the management of the players and the player DB (30) for providing the basic information of the player, the game record terminal 200 is a game result DB (40) for storing the game results of the player It is provided.

Referring to FIG. 4, the game terminal 300 may access the game server 100 through at least one of a wireless Internet, a wired Internet, and an IP-TV network. Therefore, a laptop, a mobile phone, a PDA, a PMP, etc. may be used as the game terminal 300 when accessing through the wireless Internet, and a computer such as a desktop may be used when accessing via the wired Internet. You can also connect using. In particular, the mobile phone can be connected to the Internet via a mobile communication network and a predetermined gateway.

Therefore, the game server 100 preferably has member DBs according to the three access routes separately, and includes a mobile member DB 11 using a wireless Internet, an online member DB 12 using a wired Internet, and an IP-. All TV member DBs 13 will be referred to as member DBs 10.

Hereinafter, each component of the virtual sports game system using baseball as an embodiment will be described in detail.

First, referring to FIG. 5, each configuration of the game server 100 is as follows.

The game server 100 includes a member manager 110, a team manager 120, and a ranker 130. Here, the salary adjuster 150, the reward payer 160, and the biller 170 are included. At least one of) may be further included.

The member management unit 110 provides an interface for inputting personal information such as ID, password, name, social security number, contact number, address, etc. from the virtual game participant, and registers the received information in the member DB 10 in such a manner. And a membership module 111 for performing a subscription. In addition, the game is provided with an integrated authentication module 112 for authenticating whether the user is a legitimate member by receiving an ID and password when a connection request is received from the game terminal through a wired / wireless Internet or an IP-TV network.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the member DB 10 may include a member name field, a member join field, an ID field, a password field, and a member social security number field. Here, the member social security number field is used as a common key with the team DB 20 in the case where the present embodiment adopts a relational database.

When the user enters the team name through the team creation interface provided by the game terminal 300 and designates one or more players through the draft interface, the team manager 120 generates a team DB 20 for the member and the player DB. Obtain the common key information of the selected players from the 30 and register in the generated team DB (20). As shown in FIG. 5, the team DB 20 may also generate two or more for one member according to a sport.

FIG. 6B shows an example of the player DB 30, and FIG. 6C shows an example of the team DB 20. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6B, the player DB 30 includes a player name field, a player resident number field, a salary field, a previous year's batting average field, and the like. As shown in FIG. 6C, the team DB 20 has a team name field, a player name field, and a player recruitment date and time field. And a player release date and time field, a score field, a player, a social security number field, an owner social security number field, and an office type field.

Here, since the player resident number field exists in the player DB 30 and the team DB 20, it can be used as a common key in the relational database. In addition, the service type field distinguishes whether the player is the player currently belonging to the team or the player who previously belonged. In the team DB 20, the recruitment date field is initialized to the composition date and time of the team through the draft, and may be changed as the game progresses along with the release date field and the score field. The initial value of the salary field in the player DB 30 is calculated in proportion to the actual salary of the corresponding player, and may be changed by the salary adjusting unit 150 to be described below as the game progresses. The player recruitment date and time field and the player release date and time field are not updated as the trade for the player is progressed several times, and it is preferable that the player recruitment date and time fields are additionally stored by histories for calculating the game score later.

The score field may be updated in the following manner.

That is, the team manager 120 calculates a game score of each player by using the game result of each player received from the game record terminal 200 to be described later, the recruitment time and the release time of the team DB 20. Specifically, the recruiting time field, the ejection time field of the team DB 20 and the record time field of the game result DB 40 are recorded as 14 digits consisting of year / month day / hour minute seconds, and the recruiting time and ejection of a specific athlete. The performance of the record time included in the time is calculated by quantifying and summing according to the type. An example of game score calculation is shown in FIG. 7.

Assuming that outs are quantified by -2 points, +1 +1 +1 + +1 + +10, and so on, Player A's 1-4 players will be included during Member A's retention period. Member 1 scores 11 points for player A (= 5-2-2 + 10), and member 2 scores 3 points for player A because member 1's 1 and 3 plate appearances are included during member 2's player A holding period. (= 5-2), and member 3 gets 10 points (= 10) for player A because only four at-bats of player A are included during member A's holding period.

In the present invention, several members can hold the same player in duplicate. However, even in such a case, according to the score calculation method, since each member's acquired score may be different, there is no problem of adding duplicates due to duplicate holding, and ranking competition can be performed based on more detailed criteria.

Meanwhile, the team manager 120 trades some players of the team with other players at the request of the game terminal 300 regardless of whether or not the game is actually being played. Specifically, the user can check the player information of the other team that can be traded through the trade interface provided by the game terminal 300, and designates some players of the team that he is operating and some players belonging to the other team. Upon request, the team management unit 120 of the game server 100 marks the player to be traded as a former player in the team DB 20 of the member and the trade player of the other team as the current player. Perform a trade by newly registering. At this time, the discharge date and time of the traded player and the recruitment date and time of the traded player are the trade date and time.

The ranking unit 130 scores the game records of the players belonging to the teams operated by each member and determines the member ranking. Specifically, the ranking determiner 130 updates the score of the player for a specific team every time the scores of the players in the game record terminal 200 is reported to the game server 100, accordingly, The total score is calculated to determine the ranking. Such score update and ranking may be performed in real time whenever a player score is notified from the game record terminal 200, or may be collectively performed after the game ends. Particularly in the former case, the game participant can be more immersed in the game while watching the rankings changing in real time during the game.

The game situation providing unit 140 checks whether the player has participated in the game and replaced it so that the member can refer to the player trade, whether the player is currently participating in the game, and is not yet in the game waiting for the replacement list, According to the progress of the game, the individual player record information, such as one at bat record and two at bat records, is provided to the game terminal 300. Such information is received from the game record terminal 200, through which a member can easily select a trade target player even if the member has not seen the game from the beginning. The game record received from the game record terminal 200 is stored in the game result DB 40, and FIG. 6D illustrates a configuration of the game result DB 40 when assuming that the sport of the present embodiment is baseball. That is, the race result DB 40 includes a player name field, a turn at bat field, a grade field, and a record time field, and the player resident registration field (not shown) may be further included to be used as a common key of the relational database.

The salary adjustment unit 150 adjusts the salary of the corresponding player in consideration of the record of the tradeable players whenever the trade is performed in the team operation unit 120, and the user can refer to the adjusted salary information for the player trade. Provided to the terminal 300. For example, the salary adjusting unit 150 may adjust the salary using Equation 1 to Equation 3 below.

Player's Expected Score = (Average Game Score per Player per Game of the Year * 50%)

+ (Average game score per player last year * 30%)

+ (Average game score per game for the previous year * 20%)

Annual Salary = | Game Scores in Recent Plays-Players' Expected Scores |

             * (Number of players owned / number of players in the game)

* 0.1

Annual Salary = | Game Scores in Recent Plays-Players' Expected Scores |

             * ((Player Recruitment-Player Emission) / Total Transaction Volume)

* 0.1

Here, Equations 1 to 3 assume that the present embodiment is a baseball fantasy game. In particular, Equation 2 is a salary adjustment formula for a pitcher and Equation 3 is an annual salary adjustment formula for a batter. In addition, 0.1 is a constant value for adjusting the salary fluctuation range and may be changed according to a preset salary policy. In addition, if a fantasy score in a recent game is greater than a player's expected fantasy score, the salary increases. If a game score in a recent game is less than the player's expected score, a salary decreases. .

The reward payment unit 160 provides a predetermined reward to users of a predetermined rank after the game ends. As the reward, a virtual currency (cyber money) or a virtual gift certificate (cyber coupon) may be provided, which may be reflected in an asset field (not shown in the figure) for the corresponding member of the member DB 10. In addition, the reward may be provided with real money or gift certificates, for this purpose, the compensation payment unit 160 may request that the predetermined amount to be paid to the member to the financial network.

The charging unit 170 controls to allow at least one of the team configuration, the game participation, and the trade application only to the game terminal that has paid the predetermined amount. Here, the predetermined amount may be an amount of virtual money, a predetermined virtual gift certificate, or may be an actual currency. The user may purchase the virtual money or the virtual gift certificate using a bank account transfer, a credit card, a mobile phone, a point, or various gift certificates, or directly perform payment in real money.

Next, the game record terminal 200 receives the game record of the players working on the game from the stadium management member and transmits to the game server 100. Optionally, the game record terminal 200 may be provided as a component (for example, a game recorder) in the game server 100 itself, in which case the game recorder (not shown in the drawing) may be referred to the player trade by the member. Whether the player has competed in the game and has been replaced, is currently participating in the game, is not yet in the game and is waiting on the replacement list, depending on the player's progress, 1 at-bat record and 2 at-bat records. Receives and stores game records such as individual record information, and the game situation providing unit 140 provides the stored game records to the game terminal 300 for the member to refer to the player trade.

Finally, the game terminal 300 connects to the game server, applies for authentication and game participation, and requests a trade of the player selected by the user. To this end, the game terminal 300, in particular, it is desirable to provide a predetermined interface for the team name input, player information check and player selection, etc. so that the user can easily perform the team configuration and player trade.

Meanwhile, the virtual sports game of the present invention may be performed during at least one of weekly, quarterly, monthly, season, and specific periods. In this case, the start date and the end date may vary depending on the target event, but in general, weekly refers to one week from Monday to Sunday, quarterly refers to two weeks from Monday to the next Sunday, and monthly is on the first day of each month. To 31 days. In addition, the season refers to the official season start date of the sport to the end of the season, the specific period refers to a previously known period.

8 is a flowchart specifically showing a virtual sports game method of the present invention.

As the season begins, the user connects to the game server through the game terminal and joins the membership (S301), and configures the squad through the draft within the given team budget (S303). In this case, it is preferable that a user-friendly interface is provided for the member registration and the composition of the team, and the game terminal is preferably a desktop or laptop having a relatively large screen.

The user accesses the game server through the game terminal to participate in the game, and inputs the ID and password registered at the time of membership registration to perform member authentication (S305).

Whenever an actual match starts and a player who belongs to the team that he / she manages hits, outs, or four-balls in the match, the contents are entered in the match record terminal (match result DB), and the match result and date and time information are entered. Is sent to the game server. The game server temporarily stores the received information and calculates a game score using the stored game scores and date and time information when the player trade is performed in the future, and calculates the player score (player DB of the game server) using the calculated game score. Update (S307).

Optionally, each time a real match starts and a player belonging to the team he manages hits, outs, four-balls, etc. in the match, the corresponding information is entered in the game record terminal, and the input is made only when a player trade is made. The match result and the date and time information may be transmitted to the game server. Thereafter, the game score calculation and update of the player record are the same as described above.

In the case of performing a player trade during the game (S309), the user applies for a player trade using a predetermined interface provided to the game terminal, and uses the information of the tradeable players downloaded from the game server to send the desired trade target player ( Player and the player to receive) to request a trade to the game server.

The game server, which has been requested to trade, recalculates the salary of the player to be traded (or all players who have played the game after the last trade) by a predetermined algorithm in consideration of the game performance of the players, thereby updating the player DB. In addition, the game server updates the team DB by modifying the player being traded to the all-players and newly registering the traded player as the current player (S311).

The steps S307 to S311 are repeated while the game continues (S313).

At the end of the game, the final score is calculated by reference to the scores and date and time recorded since the most recent trade, or the score from the start of the game to the end of the game is finally re-evaluated in consideration of the history of all players by team. S315).

Subsequently, a ranking is assigned to all game participants using the calculated final scores, and rewards of virtual money, virtual gift certificates, real money, etc. are given to participants of a predetermined predetermined ranking (S317).

The steps S305 to S317 are repeated while the season continues (S319).

As described above, various substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention, and thus, the scope of the claims by the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. Is not limited. In particular, the virtual sports game method and system of the present invention can be applied to any sport that can be traded, such as baseball, basketball, volleyball, ice hockey.

According to the present invention, participation in sports fantasy games is not limited to the opportunity to trade players before the start of the season or before the start of the game, thereby encouraging the achievement of game play and the incentive to achieve different game results according to their own efforts. It can increase the degree, and further contribute to the activation of the sport. In addition, various game operation-related instructions including the trade of the player can be performed in real time through the wireless Internet, so you can enjoy sports fantasy games regardless of time and place.

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A member management unit that registers and authenticates virtual game participants; A team management unit which consists of one or more athletes designated by an authorized member and trades some players of the team according to the instructions of the authorized member, whether or not during the game; A game server including a ranking determiner configured to determine a member ranking by scoring a game record of players belonging to the team; A game record terminal for receiving game records of players belonging to the team and transmitting the game record to the game server; And A game terminal that accesses the game server, applies for authentication and game participation, and requests a trade of a player selected by the user. Sports fantasy game system performed by a real-time trade, including. The method of claim 1, wherein the game server Sports fantasy performed by the real-time trade further comprises a salary adjustment unit for adjusting the salary of the players belonging to the team in consideration of the game record, and providing the adjusted salary information to the game terminal for the user to refer to the player trade Game system. The method of claim 2, wherein the salary adjustment unit A sports fantasy game system performed by a real-time trade that adjusts the salary, taking into account at least one of the player's match history, the number of clubs that have the player, and the trade volume of the player. The method of claim 1, wherein the game server Sports fantasy game system performed by a real-time trade further comprises a reward payment unit for providing a predetermined reward to a certain rank of users after the game period ends. The method of claim 4, wherein the game period is Sports fantasy game system performed by a real-time trade, which is at least one of weekly, quarterly, monthly, season and specific time periods. The method of claim 1, wherein the game server The sports fantasy game system performed by the real-time trade further comprises a billing unit that allows at least one of the team configuration, game participation and trade application only for the game terminal that has paid a predetermined amount. The method of claim 1, wherein the game terminal A sports fantasy game system performed by a real-time trade in which the game server is connected to at least one of wired internet, wireless internet, and an IP-TV network. The method of claim 1, The sports fantasy game system performed by the real-time trade further comprises a game situation providing unit for providing the game terminal to the game terminal for the user to refer to the game record received from the game record terminal. Approving membership of the virtual sports game participant; Constructing a club with one or more athletes designated by an approved member; Performing member authentication of a game participant and initiating a virtual sports game; Trading some players of the club according to the instructions of the authenticated member, whether or not during the game; And Sports fantasy game method performed by a real-time trade comprising the step of determining the ranking of the members by scoring the game record of the players belonging to the team. The method of claim 9, And adjusting the salary of the players belonging to the team to allow the authenticated member to refer to the player trade in consideration of a game record. The method of claim 10, And providing the game record information of the players to the member for the authenticated member to refer to the player trade. The method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein The salary is a sports fantasy game method performed by a real-time trade is adjusted in consideration of at least one of the record of the player, the number of teams that have the player, the amount of transactions through the trade of the player. The method of claim 9, And providing a predetermined reward to users of a predetermined rank after the game period ends. The method of claim 13, wherein the game period is A method of sports fantasy game performed by a real-time trade, which is at least one of weekly, quarterly, monthly, season, and specific time periods. The method of claim 9, And performing a billing on at least one of participating in the game and applying for a trade.

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