KR20090126500A - System and method for interworking between on-line game and mobile game using item - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for linking an on-line game with a mobile game by using an item and a method thereof are provided to offer a gain of a game such as new item provisioning or experience value provisioning, thereby inducing the participation of a user in the game. CONSTITUTION: A connection request checking unit(201) confirms a request for the linking between an item of a wired online game and an item of a mobile game. According to the linking request, a gain information checking unit(202) confirms the game gain information corresponding to each item of the games. Based on the game gain information, a gain applying unit(204) applies a corresponding gain to at least one of the wired online game and mobile game.

Description

System and method to link online game and mobile game using item {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERWORKING BETWEEN ON-LINE GAME AND MOBILE GAME USING ITEM}

The present invention relates to a system and method for interlocking an online game and a mobile game using an item, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing a user with in-game benefits through an item on an online game and an item on a mobile game. .

On-line games are games on various networks, and have grown rapidly due to the development of the Internet. You can install programs on your hard disk drive and connect to an Internet server to play MUD (Multiple User Dialogue or Multiple User Dungeon) games, MUG (Multiple User Graphic) games, and web-based games that can be played only with a browser. Games, mobile games using mobile phones or handheld game machines, and the like. Various devices such as computers, mobile phones, and portable game consoles each support various kinds of online games, but generally refer to wired online games played with a computer through the Internet.

The mobile game may include a game executed on a mobile phone or a game executed through a device having a separate platform such as a portable game machine. However, these mobile games are still smaller than wired online games, and due to resource limitations of mobile devices, it is difficult to provide massive contents like wired online games.

In addition, not only mobile games but also newly released wired online games are required to consume huge marketing costs. It's hard to get involved in new wired online games.

Therefore, there is a need to induce user's participation through interworking between mobile games or newly released online games and existing wired online games. In the present specification, a system and method for effectively inducing a user's participation in a mobile game or a newly released online game are proposed.

The present invention provides an in-game benefit, such as providing a new item or experience value through the linkage between an item of a wired online game and an item of a mobile game, thereby effectively inducing a user's participation in the mobile game or in the wired online game. It provides an online / mobile game interworking system and method that can be.

The present invention provides a game benefit such as a new item or an experience value through interworking between items existing in each of a plurality of games, thereby inducing the user's participation in not only the mobile game but also other games such as a new online game. Provides an interlocking system and method.

In an online / mobile game interworking system according to an embodiment of the present invention, an interworking request confirmation unit for confirming an interworking request for an item on a wired online game and an item on a mobile game, an item on the wired online game and the item according to the interlocking request. A gain information confirming unit for checking in-game gain information according to an item on a mobile game, and a gain applying unit for applying a corresponding gain to at least one of the wired online game and the mobile game based on the in-game gain information; .

According to an aspect of the present invention, the linkage request confirmation unit may be connected to the first linkage request message received from the online game server providing the wired online game and the second linkage request message received from the mobile game server providing the mobile game. On the basis of the interworking request can be confirmed.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the first interworking request message and the second interworking request message may be linked to information on one item on the game and one item on the game among the wired online game and the mobile game. It may include at least information about the linked item of the game.

According to one aspect of the invention, the first interlocking request message may be generated through an event according to the item acquisition on the wired online game, the second interlocking request message through an event according to the item acquisition on the mobile game. Can be generated.

According to an aspect of the invention, the online / mobile game interworking system may further include a gain information holding unit for maintaining the gain information according to matching between the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game, in this case The gain information confirming unit may check the gain information by searching the gain information according to matching between items corresponding to the interworking request through the gain information holding unit.

The online / mobile game interworking method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of checking a linking request for an item on a wired online game and an item on a mobile game, and according to the linking request, the item on the wired online game and on the mobile game. Identifying in-game gain information according to an item and applying the gain to at least one of the wired online game and the mobile game based on the in-game gain information.

Game interworking system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a gain information confirmation unit and the game gain information to check the game gain information according to the item in accordance with the occurrence of a request for interlocking between each item existing in a plurality of online games And a gain applying unit configured to apply a corresponding gain to at least one online game of the plurality of online games.

Game interworking method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of checking the in-game gain information according to the item in accordance with the occurrence of the request for interworking between each of the items present in a plurality of online games and on the basis of the in-game gain information And applying a corresponding gain to at least one online game of the plurality of online games.

According to the present invention, through the linkage between the item of the wired online game and the item of the mobile game, by providing a game benefit such as providing a new item or an experience value, the user's participation in the mobile game or the wired online game effectively May cause.

According to the present invention, by providing a game benefit, such as a new item or experience value through the interworking between the items existing in each of the plurality of games, the user's participation in not only the mobile game but also other games such as a new online game can be induced. have.

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

1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of an online game server, a mobile game server, and an online / mobile game linkage system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the online game server 101 shown in FIG. 1, the online / mobile game interworking system 102 and the mobile game server 103 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the online / mobile game interworking system 102 is an online game server. 101 and the mobile game server 103 can be configured to relay. In this case, the online / mobile game interworking system 102 may be connected to the online game server 101 and the mobile game server 103 through a network as a separate system. In addition, the online / mobile game interworking system 102 may be configured to be included in the online game server 101 or included in the mobile game server 103 as shown in the dotted box (104, 105). The online / mobile game interworking system 102 provides a new item through an item of a wired online game provided by the online game server 101 and a mobile game item provided by the mobile game server 103 or experience value. By providing the same in-game benefits, user participation in new or mobile games can be induced.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an online / mobile game linkage system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, in the online / mobile game interworking system 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, the interworking request confirming unit 201, the gain information confirming unit 202, and the gain information maintaining unit 203 are illustrated. And a gain application unit 204.

The interworking request confirmation unit 201 confirms the interworking request for the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game. In this case, the linkage request confirmation unit 201 may be configured based on the first linkage request message received from the online game server providing the wired online game and the second linkage request message received from the mobile game server providing the mobile game. You can check the linking request. Here, the first interworking request message and the second interworking request message may include information about an item on one game of the wired online game and the mobile game and about an interlocking item of another game to be linked with the item on the one game. It may include at least information. The first interworking request message may be generated through an event according to item acquisition on the wired online game, and the second interworking request message may be generated through an event according to item acquisition on the mobile game.

For example, when the user purchases an item through cyber money or the like while playing an online game, or acquires the item through a quest, the online game server may include at least the same information as the identifier of the item. 1 may transmit a linkage request message to the online / mobile game linkage system 200. In this case, the online game server may generate an event regarding whether to link the item to the user so that the user may select whether to link the item. In addition, when the user acquires an item while playing a mobile game, the mobile game server transmits a second interworking request message including information on the item of the mobile game to the online / mobile game interworking system 200. Can be. Accordingly, the linkage request confirmation unit 201 may check the linkage request between the items acquired in the online game and the mobile game through the first linkage request message and the second linkage request message.

The gain information confirming unit 202 confirms in-game gain information according to the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game according to the linking request. That is, there may be different game benefits according to each pair of items on the wired online game and items on the mobile game, and the gain information checking unit 202 may request the first interworking request message and the second interworking request. The information about the items included in the message can confirm the game gain information about the pair of items. To this end, the online / mobile game interworking system 200 may include a gain information holding unit 203. That is, the gain information holding unit 203 maintains gain information according to matching between the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game. In this case, the gain information checking unit 202 may check the gain information by searching the gain information according to the matching between the items corresponding to the interworking request through the gain information holding unit 203.

The gain application unit 204 applies the corresponding gain to at least one of the wired online game and the mobile game based on the game-information gain information. For example, if the item of the wired online game and the gain information for the item of the mobile game are related to the provision of a new item, the wired online is also available through the mobile game by applying the new item to the wired online game. You can make a profit in the game. That is, for example, when it is possible to obtain a new item that cannot be obtained only by playing the wired online game through linkage with the mobile game, the user's participation in the mobile game may be induced. The game benefits may include not only items but also various benefits such as experience or item purchase cost discounts, account cost discounts for paid games, and the like. In addition, the gain applier 204 may allow the user to select a game to which the in-game gain is to be applied.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an online / mobile game linkage method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The online / mobile game linkage method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be performed by the online / mobile game linkage system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the online / mobile game linkage method will be described by explaining a process in which each step is performed by the online / mobile game linkage system.

In step S301, the online / mobile game interworking system maintains gain information according to matching between an item on a wired online game and an item on a mobile game. For example, if items 'A', 'B' and 'C' exist in the wired online game, and items 'D' and 'F' exist in the mobile game, {A, D}, There may be a match between six items, {A, F}, {B, D}, {B, F}, {C, D}, and {C, F}, and if necessary, gain information associated with the match may be obtained. The online / mobile game interworking system may maintain and associate with each other. That is, step S301 may be a preprocessing step for linking items between the online game and the mobile game.

In step S302, the online / mobile game interworking system confirms an interworking request for the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game. At this time, the online / mobile game interworking system is based on the first interworking request message received from the online game server providing the wired online game and the second interworking request message received from the mobile game server providing the mobile game. You can check the linking request. Here, the first interworking request message and the second interworking request message may include information about an item on one game of the wired online game and the mobile game and about an interlocking item of another game to be linked with the item on the one game. It may include at least information. The first interworking request message may be generated through an event according to item acquisition on the wired online game, and the second interworking request message may be generated through an event according to item acquisition on the mobile game. That is, the online / mobile game interworking system may confirm the interworking request by analyzing the first interworking request message and the second interworking request message respectively received from the online game server and the mobile game server.

In step S303, the online / mobile game interworking system checks game-information gain information according to the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game according to the linkage request. In this case, the online / mobile game interworking system may check and verify the gain information corresponding to the item pair corresponding to the interworking request from the gain information maintained in step S301. That is, in the above example, when the item on the wired online game is 'A' and the item on the mobile game is 'D', the online / mobile game interworking system may check the gain information according to {A, D}. have.

In step S304, the online / mobile game interworking system applies the gain to at least one of the wired online game and the mobile game based on the game-related gain information. For example, if the item of the wired online game and the gain information for the item of the mobile game are related to the provision of a new item, the wired online is also available through the mobile game by applying the new item to the wired online game. You can make a profit in the game. That is, for example, when it is possible to obtain a new item that can not be obtained only by playing the wired online game through linkage with the mobile game, the user's participation in the mobile game may be induced. The game benefits may include not only items but also various benefits such as experience or item purchase cost discounts, account cost discounts for paid games, and the like. In this case, the corresponding gain may be applied to the online game or the mobile game according to a predetermined rule, or may be applied to the online game or the mobile game according to the user's selection.

4 is an example for explaining a method of linking an item of an online game with an item of a mobile game. If a user accesses an online game server 402 through a wired terminal 401 and acquires an online game item while playing an online game, will the online game server 402 link the online game item with a mobile game item? Can trigger an event to prompt the user. When the user wants to link the online game item with the mobile game item, the online game server 402 is an online / mobile game interworking system 403 according to an embodiment of the present invention for the online game item. The first interworking request message including the information may be transmitted.

The user may access a mobile game server 404 through a mobile communication terminal 402 to play the mobile game in order to interwork the online game item with the mobile game item, and interoperate with the online game item. When the mobile game item exists or newly acquired, the desired mobile game item may be linked with the online game item. In this case, the mobile game server 404 transmits a second interworking request message including information on the mobile game item to the online / mobile game interworking system 403, thereby allowing the online / mobile game interworking system 403 to perform the first operation. The interworking request message and the second interworking request message may be used to confirm the interworking request between the items.

4 illustrates an example of a configuration in which the online / mobile game interworking system 403 is included in the mobile game server 404. Although described with reference to FIG. 1, the online / mobile game interworking system 403 is included in the online game server 402 or configured as a separate system connected to the online game server 402 and the mobile game server 404 through a network. It may be configured as.

As such, when using the online / mobile game interworking system or method according to an embodiment of the present invention, through the linkage between the item of the wired online game and the item of the mobile game provides a game benefit, such as providing a new item or experience value. Thereby effectively inducing the user's participation in the mobile game or in the wired online game.

The inter-game interworking through the interworking between these items may be applied not only to interworking between online / mobile games but also to interworking between online / online games or interworking between mobile / mobile games. Hereinafter, a game linkage system and a game linkage method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, respectively.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a game linkage system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The game interworking system 500 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a gain information checking unit 501, a gain information holding unit 502, and a gain applying unit 503 as shown in FIG. 5.

The gain information confirming unit 501 confirms game-information gain information corresponding to the item in response to the occurrence of the linkage request between the items existing on the plurality of online games. Here, the linkage request may be generated through a linkage request message received from a plurality of game servers providing each of the plurality of online games. In addition, the interworking request message may be generated through an event provided according to the user's item acquisition, and may include at least information about the corresponding item. In addition, the plurality of online games may include different games or the same game provided through different media. That is, the plurality of game servers transmits an interworking request message according to the acquisition of items generated in the plurality of games, and the gain information confirming unit 501 gains in game in accordance with the interworking request generated through the interworking request message. You can check the information.

To this end, the gain information holding unit 502 may maintain the gain information according to the matching between the plurality of items on the online game, in this case, the gain information checking unit 501 according to the matching between the items corresponding to the linking request The gain information may be searched through the gain information holding unit 502 to confirm the gain information.

The gain application unit 503 applies the corresponding gain to at least one online game of the plurality of online games based on the game-information gain information. In this case, the gain information may include information about which gain to apply to which game. In this case, the gain applying unit 503 may apply the gain to the corresponding game according to the gain information. Alternatively, when the gain information includes only the information on the gain, the user may select a game to apply the gain. The corresponding gains may be taken into account not only in-game gains such as experience and new items, but also all gains that may be offered to the user, such as account cost discounts and giveaways.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a game interworking method according to an embodiment of the present invention. Game interworking method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be performed by a game interlocking system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 6, the game linkage method will be described by explaining a process in which each step is performed by the game linkage system.

In operation S601, the game interworking system maintains gain information according to matching between a plurality of online games. For example, when items 'a1', 'a2' and 'a3' of the game 'a' and items 'b1' and 'b2' of the game 'b' exist, matching between the items {a1, b1}, {a1, b2}, {a2, b1}, {a2, b2}, {a3, b1} and {a3, b2} may be present, and gain information according to matching between the respective items may be set and maintained. Can be.

In operation S602, the game interworking system checks game-information gain information corresponding to the item according to the occurrence of the interworking request between the items existing on the plurality of online games. Here, the linkage request may be generated through a linkage request message received from a plurality of game servers providing each of the plurality of online games. In addition, the interworking request message may be generated through an event provided according to the user's item acquisition, and may include at least information about the corresponding item. In addition, the plurality of online games may include different games or the same game provided through different media. That is, the plurality of game servers transmits a linkage request message according to the acquisition of items generated in the plurality of games, and the game linkage system checks game gain information according to the linkage request generated through the linkage request message. Can be. In this case, the game interlocking system may search for and verify gain information corresponding to the pair of items corresponding to the interlocking request from the gain information maintained in step S601.

In operation S603, the game interworking system applies the gain to at least one online game of the plurality of online games based on the game-gain information. In this case, the gain information may include information about which gain to apply to which game, and in this case, the game linkage system may apply the gain to the corresponding game according to the gain information. Alternatively, when the gain information includes only the information on the gain, the user may select a game for applying the gain. The corresponding gains may be taken into account not only in-game gains such as experience and new items, but also all gains that may be offered to the user, such as account cost discounts and prizes.

As such, using the game interworking system or method according to an embodiment of the present invention, by providing a game benefit such as a new item or an experience value through the interworking between the items existing in each of a plurality of games, as well as the mobile game Other games, such as new online games, can also engage users.

Embodiments according to the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means can be recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, file data, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

In the present invention as described above has been described by the specific embodiments, such as specific components and limited embodiments and drawings, but this is provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations are possible from these descriptions.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, and all the things that are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims as well as the following claims will belong to the scope of the present invention. .

1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of an online game server, a mobile game server, and an online / mobile game linkage system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an online / mobile game linkage system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an online / mobile game linkage method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is an example for explaining a method of linking an item of an online game with an item of a mobile game.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a game linkage system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a game interworking method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (20)

An interworking request confirmation unit for confirming an interworking request for the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game; A gain information confirmation unit for confirming in-game gain information according to the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game according to the linking request; And A gain applying unit that applies the gain to at least one of the wired online game and the mobile game based on the game gain information; Online / mobile game interworking system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The interworking request confirmation unit, An online / mobile game confirming the interworking request based on a first interworking request message received from the online game server providing the wired online game and a second interworking request message received from the mobile game server providing the mobile game; Interlock system. The method of claim 2, The first interworking request message and the second interworking request message may include information about an item on a game of one of the wired online game and the mobile game and information on an interlocking item of another game to be linked with the item on the one game. At least including, online / mobile game interlock system. The method of claim 2, The first interworking request message is generated through an event according to the item acquisition on the wired online game, The second interworking request message is generated through an event according to the item acquisition on the mobile game, online / mobile game interworking system. The method of claim 1, A gain information holding unit for maintaining gain information according to matching between the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game; Further comprising, online / mobile game interworking system. The method of claim 5, The gain information confirmation unit, And searching the gain information according to the matching between the items corresponding to the linking request through the gain information holding unit to check the gain information. A gain information checking unit for checking game gain information according to the item according to generation of a linking request between items existing on a plurality of online games; And A gain application unit for applying a corresponding gain to at least one online game of the plurality of online games based on the game gain information Game interlocking system comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein The linkage request is generated through a linkage request message received from a plurality of game servers providing each of the plurality of online games, game linkage system. The method of claim 8, The linkage request message is generated through an event provided according to the user's item acquisition, and includes at least information on the corresponding item, game interlocking system. The method of claim 7, wherein And the plurality of online games include different games or the same game provided through different media. The method of claim 7, wherein A gain information holding unit for holding gain information according to matching between the plurality of online games More, The gain information confirmation unit, And checking the gain information by searching the gain information according to the matching between the items corresponding to the linking request through the gain information holding unit. Confirming a linkage request for the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game; Identifying in-game gain information according to the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game according to the linking request; And Applying a corresponding gain to at least one of the wired online game and the mobile game based on the in-game gain information Online / mobile game interworking method comprising a. The method of claim 12, The step of confirming the interworking request, Confirming the linkage request based on a first linkage request message received from the online game server providing the wired online game and a second linkage request message received from the mobile game server providing the mobile game; Including, online / mobile game linkage method. The method of claim 12, Maintaining gain information according to matching between the item on the wired online game and the item on the mobile game; Further comprising, online / mobile game linkage method. The method of claim 14, The step of confirming the in-game gain information, Retrieving and checking gain information corresponding to the pair of items corresponding to the linkage request from the retained gain information; Including, online / mobile game linkage method. Identifying in-game gain information according to the item according to generation of a linking request between items existing on a plurality of online games; And Applying a corresponding benefit to at least one online game of the plurality of online games based on the in-game gain information Game interworking method comprising a. The method of claim 16, The linkage request is generated through a linkage request message received from a plurality of game servers providing each of the plurality of online games. The method of claim 16, The plurality of online games include the same game provided through different games or different media. The method of claim 16, Maintaining gain information according to matching between the plurality of online games. More, The step of confirming the in-game gain information, Retrieving and checking gain information corresponding to the pair of items corresponding to the linkage request from the retained gain information; Including, game interlocking method. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 12 to 19.

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