KR20080050020A - System and method for providing game event all the time for multiple pc service providing store - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for always providing a game event in an Internet cafe are provided to offer a prize to customers in the offline network, and process expenses automatically which are used for providing mileage or the prize by progressing a mission event all day, assigning the mileage according to a mission event result, accumulating/managing the mileage or participation points of the customers, and converting the mileage into another mileage. A client unit(200) of a plurality of Internet cafes is equipped with a management system or program for integrally managing a plurality of PCs(220~223). A service unit(100) includes a link server(110) for always providing a game or an event to the PCs connected through the management system or program by linking with a game server(310), a web server(130) for registering/authenticating a member and providing a website, and a database server(120). The database accumulates mileage provided according to a result of a game or event mission by linking with the mileage provided from the client unit, and settles the provided mileage with the mileage deposited from each Internet cafe. A link unit(300) includes the game server, a VAN(Value Added Network) server(330), and a bank server(340).

Description

System and method for providing game event all the time for multiple PC service providing store}

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system for providing a game at all times in a PC room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a mileage accrual process in a method for providing a regular game event in a PC room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of event execution in a method for providing a regular game event in a PC room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flow chart of compatible use of mileage in a method for providing a regular game event in a PC room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: service unit 110: linked server

120: DB server 130: Web server

200: client 210: control PC

220, 221, 222, 223: user PC 300: linkage

310: game server 320: external point management system

330: VAN server 340: Bank server

350: mall server

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a regular game event through a plurality of PC rooms, and more specifically, the affiliated PC room may grant various game missions to the affiliated PC room customer or create an event for each customer of the affiliated store. Pay the mileage according to the completion of the mission or the result of the event, accumulate the participation point, so that the mileage can be combined with other mileage in or out of the merchant and by using a separate participation score to automatically participate customers The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing an event for a PC room.

As a part of marketing, general PC rooms hold one-time game competitions and give prizes. However, due to the limitation of one-time events, they do not help to strengthen the actual competitiveness.

In addition, a one-time game competition held in a single room does not have enough customer marketing, and there is a problem in that business loss occurs due to confusion of event management.

Therefore, equipped with a regular event system to give customers a variety of game missions, such as StarCraft games between members of other merchants, grant 15 missions in a row, and earn miles if customers achieve missions. If you give 5000 miles to the store or offer a product in a merchant store that can be obtained using the mileage, it will induce a high motivation for the customer to visit the merchant.

In addition, individuals can also activate the game community of the PC room by allowing the game community leader to create a game event by using the mileage owned by himself or a member as a product.

In order to maintain such a constant event, the central server of the service provider must always calculate all data in association with the game server of the game provider and the individual store management server.

In addition, the expenses related to the mission event should be procured by item sales revenue, mission participation mileage, game company's game cost discount, advertisement, etc., and should be automatically managed by the service provider's central server.

The present invention operates a centralized service server that manages all PC room affiliated stores in order to solve the above problems, proceeds 24/7 mission events, and integrates the mileage based on the result of the mission event and the mileage granted to the customer at the affiliated store. And earn and manage the mileage or participation points granted to customers, convert to other mileage, or provide products offline in conjunction with the PC room store management system, and automatically settle the expenses for the mileage or product provision It is to provide an always-on game event providing system and method of the processing room.

System for providing a game room at all times in accordance with the present invention for achieving the above object is a client system of a plurality of affiliated PC room having a management system or management program integrated management of a plurality of PCs, the management system in the client unit Alternatively, a linked server interworking with an external server to provide a game or event to a user PC in a plurality of affiliated PC rooms connected through a management program at all times, accepting service member registration from the user PC, processing login authentication, and registering a member A web server that provides a website where a user or a user group can create an event at all times, and grants mileage for each registered user according to the mission result of the game or event and accumulates the mileage granted from the client unit. While said affiliate The service unit includes a DB server for mileage and settlement processing in advance from the PC room to the service unit, and provides a game to the user PC of the affiliated PC room connected to the service unit by interworking with the interlocking server of the service unit and serving the result. It includes an interlocking unit having a game server for transmitting to the unit and a VAN server for processing service payments from the client unit of the affiliated PC room, the bank server.

In addition, in the game room providing system of the PC room according to the present invention, the mileage for each member user stored in the DB server of the service unit can be moved to another compatible mileage or the other mileage can be earned by moving to the DB server of the service unit. The interlocking unit interlocked with the interlocking server of the service unit may further include an external mileage server.

 In addition, in the game room providing system of the PC room according to the present invention, the mileage for each member user to be accumulated in the DB server of the service unit is the first mileage to be accumulated according to the mission result of the game or event and the member user game or event It is characterized in that it comprises a second mileage earned by granting the participation score according to the degree to participate in and the third mileage given according to the use time of the affiliated store PC room.

In addition, in the game room providing system of the PC room according to the present invention, the interlocking unit interlocked with the interlocking server of the service unit further comprises an online shopping mall server capable of purchasing goods using the accumulated mileage. will be.

On the other hand, the method of providing a regular game event of the PC room according to the present invention, (a) a service subscription member accessing the service unit through the PC of the affiliated PC room, and logging in and updating the login information to the DB server of the service unit, (b) Providing a game in the game server linked to the service unit, the member performs a game mission or an event mission, (c) determine the success of the mission according to the game result transmitted from the game server and designated as a product according to the mission success Accumulating the mileage for each member to the DB server of the service, (d) if the member terminates the member's PC use, additionally accumulating the mileage according to the merchant PC use time in the DB of the service server, and (e) And subtracting the mileage accumulated by the member from the mileage previously deposited by the affiliated member of the PC room used by the member.

In addition, in the method of providing a regular game event of the PC room according to the present invention, the mileage for each member performing the mission subscription in the step (b) is deducted from the DB of the service server as the mission participation cost and collected as a mission success mileage product It is characterized in that it further comprises.

In addition, in the method of providing a regular game event of the PC room according to the present invention, the external mileage by using the accumulated mileage in the online shopping mall server linked to the service unit, or by converting the mileage accumulated in the service unit to a compatible mileage Moving to a server or from the external mileage server to move the mileage and further comprising the step of earning in the DB server of the service.

In addition, in the method of providing a game room at a PC room according to the present invention, a member or a plurality of members connected to a web server of a service unit requesting and generating an event in a service unit, and a member or a plurality of members connected to the service unit. The member of the characterized in that it comprises the step of applying for the event participation.

In addition, the method for providing a regular game event of the PC room according to the present invention, in the step (c), the step of notifying the success of the mission as an SMS to the mobile terminal of the member when the member is successful in the game mission or event mission; It is characterized by.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system for providing a game at all times in a PC room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 1, the game room providing system of the PC room according to the present invention is largely composed of a service unit 100, a client unit 200, and an interlocking unit 300.

In FIG. 1, the service unit 100 corresponds to an affiliated store head office providing a service according to the present invention, and the client unit 200 represents a plurality of PC rooms designated as affiliated stores.

In the client unit 200, a plurality of user PCs 220, 221, 222, and 223 are managed and controlled by the management PC 210. In the management PC 220, a plurality of users are connected to a PC and used. A store management system or management program is provided to manage the status.

Meanwhile, the service unit 100 includes an interlocking server 110, a DB server 120, and a web server 130.

 Here, the interworking server 110 of the service unit 100 is always a game or event to the user PC of a plurality of affiliated PC room connected through the management system or management program of the management PC 210 of the client unit 200. It is linked with an external game server to provide.

Here, the interworking server may be configured as a Daemon server, and the Daemon server may be configured together with the game server.

In addition, the web server 130 receives a service member registration for web access to the user PCs 220, 221, 222, and 223, processes login authentication, and generates an event for the registered member user or user group at all times. It will provide you with a website.

When the registered member user logs in to the management program of the control PC 210 as a member of the affiliated PC room and uses the affiliated PC, the login information is synchronized to the service unit 100 and the login information is recorded in the DB server.

 At this time, the DB server 120 grants mileage for each registered user according to the mission result of the game or event to accumulate in conjunction with the mileage granted from the client unit 200 while the affiliated PC room in the Mileage pre-deposited by the service unit 100 and the settlement process.

In other words, each member's mileage paid as a bonus to the member is integrated and managed by the merchant server (service department). When a member's customer achieves a game mission or an event mission, the member provides the appropriate mileage as a bonus. In order to provide mileage to the member, deposit an appropriate amount in the merchant's head office virtual account and provide mileage when the member achieves the mission, etc., so that the member's deposit is deducted.

The game server 310 to provide a game to the user PC of the affiliated PC room connected to the service unit 100 in connection with the interlocking server 110 of the service unit 100 and transmits the result to the service unit 100. And an interworking unit 320 having a value added network (VAN) server 330 and a bank server 340 for processing a deposit payment of mileage from the client unit of the affiliated PC room.

In addition, referring to FIG. 1, the linking unit 300 moves the mileage for each member user stored in the DB server 120 of the service unit 100 to another compatible mileage or transfers another mileage to the DB server of the service unit. An external mileage server or point management system 320 (eg, an OK Cashbacg server) is further included to move and earn.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the online shopping mall server 350 may further purchase the product using the accumulated mileage in the linking unit 300 linked to the linking server 110 of the service unit 100. May be included.

The online shopping mall server 350 is for interworking when the product is actually purchased using the mileage accumulated for each member in the service unit 100.

Mileage accumulated in the DB server 120 of the service unit 100 may be accumulated three or three times.

First, if the mission of the game or event is successful, there is a mileage directly related to the service department that is accumulated in the form of goods or rewards.

In addition, even if the mission of the game or event is not successful, there is a mileage that is given as a participation score for the user who participates in the mission or the event.

And, the mileage credited according to the use time using the affiliated PC room is credited to the DB server 120 of the service unit 100.

The mileage earned in the first case and the third case can be used for the above-mentioned purposes, and in the second case, it can be used as a standard for automatically selecting members to participate in a separate event prepared by the service unit 100. have.

According to the configuration of Figure 1, as the interlocking server 110, Daemon server, DB server 120, Web server 130 is integrated with the settlement system of each merchant control PC 210 to manage the data integrated game of the affiliate game company In conjunction with the server 310, VAN company server 330 and third-party point management system 320 to enable the constant event.

Services provided according to the present invention can be distinguished as follows.

First, the merchant member customers who visit the merchant 24 hours a day as a regular game system can log in with the registered ID, select a game and a mission, and immediately proceed with the event.

The game completes a given mission through other franchises or unspecified numbers and is rewarded with merchandise or integrated mileage prepared at the store and can be notified by SMS when the mission is completed.

In addition, members or clans (guilds) can create events that invite other customers or clans using the mileage they have as a prize.

For example, 10 missions of StarCraft, 50 levels in 60 hours of MMORPG games, 50 kills in 1 hour of FPS games, game server building, or a variety of missions with affiliated game companies.

In addition, as a member customer point management system, a separate score is given according to the mission completion of the member member merchants so that the selected member customers can be invited to participate in large events by the accumulated score after the season.

In addition, as a clan management system, which is a user group, affiliated member customers join a game club (game clan) centered on the affiliated area and calculate the number of clan members to which they belong based on the mission completion of the clan member.

The clan scores are counted and the selected clan will participate in the season event.

In addition, the clan representative may be able to send a variety of SMS messages, such as clan convocation, with his mileage.

On the other hand, as a mileage conversion and linkage earned, all the mileage paid as a bonus to the member in each merchant is integrated and managed by the service department, and provides the appropriate mileage as a bonus when the member customer achieves the mission.

Each merchant shall deposit the appropriate amount in the head office virtual account to provide the mileage of the service department, and if the member achieves the mission, the mileage will be deducted from the merchant's deposit.

In addition, as an alliance and interworking with game companies, the event system always includes a communication module that can exchange data with various game company servers.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a mileage accrual process in a method for providing a regular game event in a PC room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a service subscription member first accesses a service unit through a PC in an affiliated store's PC room and records and updates login information in a DB server of a service unit (S210).

The customer member who visited the affiliated PC room immediately communicates with the service department by logging into the store management system of the control PC 210 to record and update the login information, and is synchronized with the control PC 210.

When the customer visits the affiliated store and logs in using the affiliated PC by the synchronization of the control PC and the service unit, the control PC 210 of the affiliated store determines whether the member is registered, and the first registered member transmits the member information to the service unit for integrated management. In the case of an existing member, the member's information, such as mileage information, is transmitted to the user's PC through the control PC 210 of the affiliated store so that it can be inquired.

In addition, when a member of a customer logs in newly due to a system change, the member information of the past is received by the merchant's control PC 210 settlement system, and the already registered mileage is accumulated in the new system, and the corresponding amount is the merchant's virtual. Deducted from your account.

Next, the game is provided from the game server 310 linked to the interlocking server 110 of the service unit 100, the member performs a game mission or an event mission (S220).

The logged-in member selects the various missions provided by the service unit to play the game by the game server 310 of the game company linked with the interlocking server 110 of the service unit, and manages the ladder points according to the result of the winning and losing. Is transmitted to the service unit 100.

When the game server 310 transmits the result of winning or losing the game to the service unit 100, the service unit 100 determines the mission success according to the transmitted game result and services the mileage designated as a product according to the mission success. The DB server 120 of the unit 100 is credited for each member (S230).

After determining the success of the mission selected by the member, if the team succeeds, it will provide products such as the mileage presented and calculate and record the points according to the mission completion.

At this time, if the member is joined to the clan, the clan points are provided together, and the result is sent to send an SMS message.

The accumulated mileage can be used in conjunction with the point system of the other company, the member is settled when leaving the affiliated store, and the logout information is sent to the service department by the settlement system of the merchant's control PC to record and manage

In addition, when the member ends the use of the member PC of the affiliated store determines whether the service subscription member in the control PC 210 of the member, if the member earns the mileage according to the use time of the affiliated PC PC DB of the service unit 120 In addition to the additional credit (S240).

Then, the mileage accumulated by the member is deducted from the mileage deposited in advance by the affiliate store of the PC used by the member (S250).

The mileage is added to the member customer in proportion to the time the member used the merchant PC, and the mileage provided by the customer is deducted from the merchant account's virtual account.

Merchants are automatically transferred to the service department through VAN when depositing a deposit in the bank virtual account and the result is automatically updated in the merchant's virtual account.

In addition, when member customers visit and sign in to a member store and apply to participate in a given mission, the participation fee may be paid as a mileage if there is a participation fee in the mission.

In the case of a mission with a participation fee, the participating member pays the participation fee with a predetermined mileage, and the mileage is accumulated by the service department as a mission success product and then credited to the mission successful member.

3 is a flowchart of event execution in a method for providing a regular game event in a PC room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a service subscription member first accesses a service unit through a PC in an affiliated PC room and records and updates login information in a DB server of a service unit (S310).

The customer member who visited the affiliated PC room immediately communicates with the service department by logging into the store management system of the control PC 210 to record and update the login information, and is synchronized with the control PC 210.

Next, a member or a plurality of members connected to the web server 130 of the service unit 100 applies for the event to the service unit 100 to generate an event (S320).

An individual customer member or clan (game club) sets an entry or event condition to create an event for another member or clan who is online.

At this time, the member or the clan may set the event by providing the mileage held as an event product, it is also possible to set the participation cost for the event participation.

The game server 310 linked to the interlocking server 110 of the service unit 100 provides a game for event progression, and an event participating member or participating clan performs an event mission (S330).

The other member or clan participates in the generated event to play a game game, which is a mission, and the result of the event according to the result of the win or loss is transmitted from the game server to the service unit (S340).

 According to the transmission result, the mileage product specified in the event is transferred to the winning member or clan and accumulated in the DB server of the service unit 100 (S350).

In addition, by calculating the participation score and the clan score according to the participation activity of the event and the event result (S360).

In addition, according to the affiliated PC use login information, the mileage according to the affiliated PC use time is additionally accumulated in the DB server 120 of the service unit (S370).

In addition, the mileage credited by the member or the clan from the mileage that the member of the PC visited and used by the member in advance is settled (S380).

4 is a flow chart of compatible use of mileage in a method for providing a regular game event in a PC room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The customer member who visited the affiliated PC room immediately communicates with the service unit by logging into the store management system of the control PC 210, records and updates the login information, and is synchronized with the control PC 210 (S410).

When the customer visits the affiliated store and logs in using the affiliated PC by the synchronization of the control PC and the service unit, the control PC 210 of the affiliated store determines whether the member is registered, and the first registered member transmits the member information to the service unit for integrated management. In the case of an existing member, the member's information, such as mileage information, is transmitted to the user's PC through the control PC 210 of the affiliated store so that it can be inquired.

At this time, the member accesses the DB server 120 of the service unit 100 through the user PC to query and confirm the accumulated mileage accumulated for each member (S420).

Here, the member may use the accumulated mileage in the online shopping mall server linked to the service unit 100 (S431).

In addition, by converting the mileage accumulated in the service unit to another compatible mileage can be moved to the external mileage server and earned from the external mileage server (SS432).

In addition, the mileage may be converted from the external mileage server to be converted into mileage of the service unit, and the mileage may be accumulated in the DB server 120 of the service unit (S433).

As described above, according to the system and method for providing a regular game event of a PC room according to the present invention, it is possible to always interoperate with the game server of the game provider and the individual affiliated management server to comprehensively calculate and process all data, and to process it for 24 hours. By establishing a regular event system that allows participants to participate at all times, it can induce a high motivation for customers to visit the affiliated store.

In addition, it can be applied for the activation of their own game community of the operators of individual game communities, in particular, the content providers entering the market early has the advantage of targeting the advertising effect by assigning new content to various missions.

Although the present invention has been described in detail only in the specific embodiments described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations are possible within the technical spirit of the present invention, and such modifications and modifications belong to the appended claims.

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A client unit of a plurality of affiliated PC rooms equipped with a management system or a management program for integrated management of a plurality of PCs; In order to provide a game or event to a user PC of a plurality of affiliated PC rooms connected through a management system or a management program at the client unit at any time, an interworking server interworking with an external server, and accepts a service member registration from the user PC and performs login authentication. A web server that provides a website where a registered member user or a user group can generate an event at any time, and grants a mileage for each registered user according to the mission result of the game or event and gives the mileage to the client unit. A service unit having a DB server which accumulates in conjunction with the mileage which is to be accumulated and the mileage pre-deposited from the merchant PC room to the service unit; And A VAN server for providing a game to a user PC of an affiliated store PC room connected to the service unit by interworking with the interlocking server of the service unit and processing a mileage deposit payment from a client unit of the affiliated store PC room and a game server for transmitting a result to the service unit; Always-on game event providing system of the PC room including an interlocking unit having a bank server. The method of claim 1, External to the interlocking unit interlocked with the interlocking server of the service unit so that the mileage for each member user stored in the database server of the service unit can be moved to another compatible mileage or the other mileage can be transferred to the DB server of the service unit and accumulated. Always-on game event providing system, characterized in that the mileage server is further included. The method of claim 1, The mileage for each member user accumulated in the DB server of the service unit is the first mileage accumulated according to the mission result of the game or event, and the second mileage earned by granting the participation score according to the extent to which the member user participates in the game or event. And a third mileage granted according to the affiliated PC room use time. The method of claim 1, The interlocking unit interlocked with the interlocking server of the service unit is provided with an online shopping mall server, which can further purchase an online shopping mall server using the accumulated mileage. (a) the service subscription member accessing the service unit through the PC of the affiliated PC room and recording and updating the login information in the DB server of the service unit; (b) providing a game in a game server linked to a service unit, and a member performing a game mission or an event mission; (c) determining the success of the mission according to the game result transmitted from the game server, and accumulating the mileage designated as a product according to the mission success to the DB server of the service unit for each member; (d) if the member terminates the member's use of the PC, additionally accumulating the mileage according to the use time of the affiliated PC in the DB server of the service unit; And (e) a method of providing a game room for a regular game room including the step of deducting the mileage accumulated by the member from the mileage previously deposited by the member of the PC room used by the member. The method of claim 5, wherein The mileage for each member performing the mission subscription in the step (b) is a mission participation fee which is subtracted from the DB of the service server and collected as a mission success mileage product. The method of claim 5, wherein Use the accumulated mileage in the online shopping mall server linked to the service unit, or convert the mileage accumulated in the service unit to another compatible mileage to move to an external mileage server or to move the mileage from an external mileage server to the service. The method of providing a regular game event of the PC room, characterized in that it further comprises the step of accumulating in the secondary DB server. The method of claim 5, wherein Generating an event by a member or a plurality of members connected to the web server of the service unit applying for the event to the service unit; And And a member or a plurality of members connected to the service unit to apply to participate in the generated event. The method of claim 5, wherein In the step (c), And if the member succeeds in the game mission or the event mission, SMS notification of the success of the mission to the mobile terminal of the member.

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