KR20130047969A - Method for managing game room for waiting persons, device, record media program for implement thereof and game providing system including device for managing game room for waiting persons - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for managing a game room for waiting people, an apparatus, and a game providing system including the apparatus are provided to generate a game room for waiting people, i.e. a game room for waiting people, thereby remarkably reducing wait time of users who wait for joining a game. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus for managing a game room for waiting people manages multiple game rooms(S100), i.e. enables players to generate multiple game rooms and to enter existing game rooms. The apparatus searches waiting people in waiting rooms(S200). If the number of the waiting people reaches the prescribed number for playing a game(S300), the apparatus generates a game room for waiting people(S400) and launches a game for the players in the game room for waiting people(S500). If the number of the waiting people does not reach the prescribed number for playing a game(S300), the apparatus repeats step S200 and S300 until the number of the waiting people reaches the prescribed number. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start; (BB) No; (CC) Yes; (DD) End; (S100) Manage a game room; (S200) Search the number of waiting people in waiting rooms; (S300) Prescribed number of people playing a game <= Number of waiting people; (S380) Request the creation of a game room for waiting people by a specific player; (S390) Approve the participation of the waiting people game room by another player; (S470) Create a waiting people game room for the specific player and another player; (S500) Start a game

Description

Method for managing game room for waiting persons, Device, Record Media program for implement persons and Game providing system including device for managing game room for waiting persons}

The present invention relates to a game providing system comprising a game room management method, apparatus, a recording medium, and a game room management apparatus for the waiter, and more specifically, to participate in a game room where several users can enjoy an online game. A game that includes a game room management method, device, recording medium, and a game room management device for waiters, which can drastically reduce a waiting time for a user to participate in a game by creating a game room (waiting game room) for a busy user. It relates to a providing system.

Recently, due to the development of hardware and game content technology, the number of users who use the game increases regardless of gender and age, and the game industry is rapidly developing.

The game has been developed in the form of an online game that enables users to play with other users by accessing the game server through various communication networks such as the Internet or mobile communication network, instead of allowing the game to be executed independently on a personal computer (PC). Doing.

Online games are taking a large part of the online culture industry recently due to the development of network and computer related information and communication technology, and users are playing various games online by accessing the game server using the user's terminal.

In other words, through detailed graphics and a user-friendly interface, users can enjoy leisure while enjoying fun online games, and the interest in online games is increasing throughout the society due to the diversification of online game contents.

As such, online games provided through a communication network allow a user to play a game alone, but a plurality of users gather together to play a game such as a card game such as a poker game or a go-stop game and a game played by a plurality of users. There are many types of things that need to be done.

In order to start an online game in which a plurality of users must participate, first, a group of users to start the game together must be gathered. To this end, the game providing system provides users with an interface screen so that users who are going to play the game can gather together. The virtual communism where the users gather together is generally called a 'game room'.

That is, the term game room hereinafter does not refer to a realistic space but refers to a virtual space where users connected to a game providing system together to use a game service.

Meanwhile, the game room may be created by the user and wait for other users to gather, or may participate in a game room created by another user. Then, when a game room is filled in a game room, the owner starts the game between users participating in the game room by clicking the game start button.

By the way, in the case of a popular game or a game room that is particularly popular among certain games, the game garden fills up quickly. In addition, in the case of such a game or a game room, a user waits in a waiting room (waiting room) for a long time in a game, and often cannot give a prediction of how long to wait for someone to leave the game room.

This situation causes problems that users who connect to the game server to enjoy the game, especially those who have tried to play games for a short time, can't enjoy the game, and sometimes the user's planting is uncomfortable. have.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, a game room management method, apparatus, recording medium and waiting for the waiter that can significantly reduce the waiting time for a game room where a large number of users can enjoy online games An object of the present invention is to provide a game providing system including a game room management apparatus.

In addition, the present invention can eliminate the inconvenience that users who want to participate in the game to participate in the game quickly, and a game room management method, apparatus, recording medium and the like for waiting for more users to actually participate in the game and An object of the present invention is to provide a game providing system including a game room management device for waiting.

Game room management method for the waiter of the present invention for achieving the above object, the game room management device for waiting, (a) managing a plurality of game rooms so that players can participate in the game and (b) the game room Retrieving a waiting person in the waiting room for participating in the game; and (c) generating a waiting game room for the waiting person when the waiting person reaches the game garden.

Also, in the step (b), the waiting room of the first waiting room for joining the game of the first game room may be searched among the plurality of game rooms, and the waiting game room may proceed with the same game options as the first game room. It is desirable to be.

And, in the step (c), if the waiting number is larger than the game capacity, further comprising the step of arranging the waiting number in the waiting time, the waiting game room in accordance with the order of the player with the high waiting time Can be.

Alternatively, in the step (c), if the waiting number is larger than the game capacity, the method may further include arranging the waiting number by level, and may create a waiting game room according to the sorted levels.

In addition, in the step (c), when the waiting personnel reaches the game garden, a waiting game room may be automatically generated, or when the waiting personnel reaches the game garden, the player belonging to the waiting personnel is authorized to participate in the waiting game room. The method may further include receiving, and creating a waiting game room for the approved player.

Furthermore, in the step (c), when the waiting person reaches the game capacity, receiving a request for creating a waiting game room from a specific player belonging to the waiting person and receiving approval of participation of the waiting game room from another player belonging to the waiting person. It further comprises the step, it is preferable to create a waiting game room for the particular player and the other player.

On the other hand, the game room management apparatus for the waiter of the present invention for achieving the above object, the game room management unit for managing a plurality of game rooms so that players can participate in the game and the waiting room of the waiting room for the game participation of the game room Atmospheric room search unit and the waiting personnel, characterized in that it comprises a waiting room game room generating unit for generating a waiting game room for the waiting personnel.

In addition, when the waiting personnel is larger than the game capacity, it is preferable to further include a waiter alignment unit for sorting the waiting personnel in the order of waiting time or sorting the waiting personnel by level.

The waiting game room generating unit may automatically generate a waiting game room when the waiting personnel reaches the game garden.

In addition, it may further include a waiting approval unit for accepting the participation of the waiting game room to the player belonging to the waiting personnel, the waiting approval unit through the pop-up window displayed on the interface screen whether the waiting game room participating in the waiting player Can be approved.

Furthermore, the waiting personnel further includes a waiting room creation request receiving unit for receiving a waiting game room creation request from a specific player belonging to the waiting personnel, wherein the waiting approval unit participates in the waiting game room to another player belonging to the waiting personnel. Is approved, the waiting game room generation unit may generate a waiting game room for the particular player and the other player.

In addition, the waiting game room generation request receiving unit preferably receives a waiting game room generation request from the player by the "waiting game room creation request" button provided on the interface screen.

On the other hand, the present invention for achieving the above object, the game room management apparatus for waiting, (a) managing a plurality of game rooms so that players can participate in the game and (b) for the game participation of the game room (C) searching for a waiting person in the waiting room and (c) when the waiting person reaches the game garden, a computer readable medium that records a program for executing the step of creating a waiting game room for the waiting person.

In addition, the game providing system comprising a game room management device for waiting of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the game providing system for providing a game service over a network, including a game server, the game server A game room management unit managing a plurality of game rooms so that players can participate in a game, a waiting room search unit searching for a waiting person in the waiting room for participation in the game of the game room, and a waiting game room for the waiting person when the waiting person reaches the game garden. Characterized in that it comprises a waiting game room generating unit.

The game server may further include a game progressing unit which advances various games provided through the game providing system and a game settlement unit which gives a game score according to the result of the game to the winner's game money and subtracts the loser's game money. It may include.

In addition, the game providing system including a game room management device for the waiting may include a web server that provides a game-related web page to provide players with various games over a network.

In addition, the game providing system including a game room management device for the waiter may include a database that stores various information necessary for providing a game to a player and provides the stored information to the game server or the web server. .

According to a game providing system including a game room management method, apparatus, a recording medium, and a game room management device for a waiter according to the present invention, a game room for users who are waiting to participate in a game room where several users gather to enjoy an online game By creating a (waiting game room), there is an effect that can significantly reduce the waiting time for the user to participate in the game.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience that the users who want to participate in the game quickly in a short time can not participate in the game, and more users can actually participate in the game.

1 is a view for explaining a game providing system including a game room management apparatus for waiting according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a view for explaining a game server in a game providing system including a game room management apparatus of the present invention,
3 is a block diagram illustrating a game room management apparatus for waiting according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4 is a view for explaining the game room and the waiting room in the present invention,
5 is an embodiment of an interface screen for checking whether a player participates in a waiting game room,
Figure 6 is an embodiment of an interface screen that allows a player to request to create a waiting game room,
FIG. 7 is another embodiment of an interface screen for allowing a player to make a waiting game room creation request.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a game room management method for waiting according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a game room management method for waiting according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating a game room management method for waiting according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concepts of the terms appropriately The present invention should be construed in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

In addition, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

And in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected,""coupled," or "connected."

In the embodiment of the present invention, "communication", "communication network" and "network" may be used as the same meaning. The three terms refer to wired / wireless short-range and wide-area data transmission / reception networks capable of transmitting and receiving files between a user (player) terminal, a terminal of other users (players), and a download server.

In the following description, "game server" means a server computer to which users (players) are connected to use game contents. In the case of a game having a small capacity or a small number of users, a plurality of game programs can be operated in one game server. In addition, in the case of a game having a very large capacity or a large number of real-time connections, there may be one or more game servers for operating one game depending on the functions of the game.

In addition, the game server may be connected to the server to perform the middleware or payment processing for the database, the description thereof will be omitted in the present invention.

In the present invention, the online game means game content that can be used by users (players) by accessing the above-mentioned game server. In particular, it refers to a game in which a plurality of users (players) can simultaneously access and enjoy the game, and increase the level through an action such as obtaining a game money by proceeding with the game. In addition, in order to facilitate the progress of the game on the game, it means a game that can purchase a variety of items.

In the present invention, the level refers to the level of a character who performs a series of actions on the online game screen on behalf of the user (player) by the operation of the user (player) using the game offline. For example, the level according to the game money possessed by the character operated by the user in the high-stop game, the level of the manager representing the user in the case of a football game, and the like are included in the level meant in the present invention. Levels may be represented by numbers such as "1, 2, 3", but in poker games, such as "flush", "full house", "four card", etc., in shooting games, etc. Depending on the type, it can be expressed with various systems. In addition, in the following description, the expression "level of the user (player)" should be understood as a brief expression of the level of the character on behalf of the user (player) in the game.

1 to 4, a game providing system including a game room management device for a waiter and a game room management device for a waiter will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. 1 is a view for explaining a game providing system including a game room management apparatus for a waiter according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 illustrates a game server in a game providing system including a game room management apparatus of the present invention. 3 is a block diagram for explaining a game room management apparatus for a waiter according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a view for explaining a game room and the waiting room in the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a game providing system 10 including a game room management apparatus for waiting according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected to a player terminal 20 through a wired / wireless network 30.

The player terminal 20 is a terminal for playing a game by a player, and is not only a desktop computer but also a laptop computer, a workstation, a palmtop computer, a personal digital assistant, a web pad, a mobile communication terminal, and the like. It may be implemented as a device that can send and receive information by connecting to the network 30 by wire or wireless.

The player terminal 20 is equipped with a separate program including a function for executing a variety of games transmitted from the game providing system 10 via the network 30, a plurality of player terminals (21, 22, ... .)

The game providing system 10 may include a game server 50 and may include a web server 40 or a database 60 separately from the game server 50.

The web server 40 provides game-related web pages to the player terminals 21, 22, ... in order to provide various games to the player via the network 30. Here, in the web page provided by the web server 40, it is possible to perform operations such as membership registration, user authentication processing, game room selection, and game start, and the player terminal 20 is connected to the game server 50. Can provide necessary information To this end, the game providing system 10 may further include a user authentication server (not shown), a channel server (not shown), and the like. Each of these configuration servers may be physically all contained within one device or may be built separately as a general network server.

Referring to the user authentication process, the web page provided by the player terminal 20 through the web server 40 is provided with a variety of games provided through the game server 50, to perform the user authentication Print a separate text field. When a user (player) inputs authentication data such as an ID and a password into a text field for user authentication, the input authentication data is transmitted to the web server 40 or the user authentication server (not shown), and registered as a member. If it matches each user's ID and password data, it is determined to be a legitimate user and the authenticated web page is sent again. The web server 40, a user authentication server (not shown), etc. may be physically included in the game server 50.

The database 60 stores various information necessary to provide various games to the player, and provides the stored various information to the web server 40 and the game server 50. Here, the various types of information may be game execution related information, game room related information, player information and game information. Here, the player information refers to information related to a player in relation to a game such as a game level, a held game money or a retained point of each player, a whole score, a high or low score, and a win rate.

The game server 50 provides various games to the player terminal 20 when the player terminal 20 is authenticated as a party user through a user authentication process, and opens a game room at the request of the player terminal 20. The game is progressed by supporting various functions in the game room, and a game result is calculated and transmitted to the player terminal 20.

2 to 3, the game server 50 includes a game progress unit 100, a game room management apparatus 200, a game settlement unit 300, and a controller 400.

In the present embodiment, the game room management apparatus 200 is described below as being included in the game server 50. However, the game room management apparatus 200 is configured and configured separately from the game server 50. It may be included in the game providing system 10.

The game progress unit 100 proceeds the game according to the game start request of the player for the game selected by the player from among the various games provided through the game providing system.

The game settlement unit 300 assigns a game score, a chip, an experience value, etc. according to the result of the game to the winner's game money or level, and subtracts the game money or level of the remaining losers to settle the game.

The control unit 400 controls the game progress unit 100, the game room management device 200, and the game settlement unit 300 to progress various games.

The game room management apparatus 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3, and includes a game room management unit 110, a waiting room search unit 130, and a waiting game room generation unit 150. The approval unit 170 and the waiting game room generation request receiving unit 180 may be further included.

The game room management unit 110 manages a plurality of game rooms so that players can participate in the game. The game room management unit 110 manages such as creating and maintaining a plurality of game rooms so that players connected to the game providing system 10 can form a game room or participate in a pre-created game room. .

Referring to FIG. 4, for example, when the game providing system 10 is connected through the network 30 to play a 7-poker game, the game rooms 81, 82,... A list of.) Pops up and you can join the game by clicking the "Join" button formed next to the list of each game room (81, 82, ...). Or by clicking the "watch" button formed next to the list of each game room (81, 82, ...), you can watch the other players currently participating in the game room to play without participating in the game.

A player who "watches" without playing a game like this, or the game garden of the currently formed game room (81, 82, ...) is full, and somebody leaves the game room (81, 82, ...) There may be a player waiting. Such players are shown a list of players 91, 92, 93, ... in the "atmosphere 90".

The waiting room search unit 130 searches for waiting personnel 91, 92, 93, ... of the waiting room 90 for the game participation of the game rooms 81, 82, ....

At this time, the waiting personnel (91, 92, 93, ...) of the waiting room (90) is a waiting personnel (91, 92, ...) to randomly participate in the currently formed game rooms (81, 82, ...) 93, ...), the first waiting room formed to participate in a particular game room, for example, the first game room (in FIG. 4, game room 1 (81) or game room 2 (82) or game room 3 (83)) It may be the waiting personnel 91, 92, 93, ... of (the waiting room formed with respect to a 1st game room, when an waiting room is formed for each game room).

At this time, the first waiting room is a game proceeds with the same game options as the first game room. Here, the game option is a game rule set for each game room, a game method or an expression method set for the game. For example, in the case of a poker game, "card arrangement method", "money expression method", "effect sound" "," Bet Speed "etc. are the game options.

And, there may be a game room that is particularly popular among currently formed game rooms 81, 82, ....

For example, in a poker game, players who are already familiar with the game are often woven into the same game room, and often the player loses a lot of game money after joining such a game room. Even if you wait in the waiting room for a long time, we want to play in a game room that is sure that the game room is not weaving, so many waiting people in the waiting room of the popular game room waits to participate in the game. Or on days when there are many players who want to play games, such as weekends and holidays, the game garden of the currently formed game rooms (81, 82, ...) is full and players (91, 92, 93, ...) are waiting rooms (90). May have to wait to join the game.

Thus, for the players 91, 92, 93, ... waiting in the waiting room 90, the waiting game room generation unit 150 is the waiting personnel (91, 92, 93, ...) When the garden is reached, a waiting game room for the waiting people 91, 92, 93, ... is generated.

At this time, the waiter sorting unit 160 waits for the waiting person (91, 92, 93, ...) when there are more waiting personnel (91, 92, 93, ...) than the game garden. Sort in this long order or sort the waiting numbers 91, 92, 93, ... by level (e.g., "flush", "full house", "four card", etc. for poker games). do.

In this case, the waiting game room generation unit 150 may preferentially generate a waiting game room for waiting people 91, 92, 93, ... having a long waiting time, or by the sorted level (for example, , In the case of a poker game, "wait", "full house", "four cards", etc. may create a waiting game room.

The wait approving unit 170 is approved by the player belonging to the waiting personnel (91, 92, 93, ...) to participate in the waiting game room.

That is, the waiting game room generation unit 150 may automatically generate a waiting game room when the waiting personnel 91, 92, 93, ... reach the game garden, and the waiting personnel in the waiting approval unit 170 may be used. A waiting game room may be created according to a result of having the player belonging to (91, 92, 93, ...) be authorized to participate in the waiting game room.

Here, referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is an embodiment of an interface screen for checking whether a player participates in a waiting game room, and the waiting approval unit 170 displays a popup window 71 displayed on the interface screen 70. Through the waiting people (91, 92, 93, ...) can be confirmed whether the waiting game room participation, the waiting game room generation unit 150 clicks "Yes" in the pop-up window 71 When the player reaches the game garden, a waiting game room can be created.

In addition, a player belonging to the waiting group (91, 92, 93, ...) may request to create a waiting game room, the manner in which the player requests to create a waiting game room can be variously set, the waiting game room creation request The receiver 180 receives a player's waiting game room creation request.

For example, referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is an embodiment of an interface screen that allows a player to make a waiting game room creation request, and a button 710 of “Request waiting room creation request” on the interface screen 70. And a player (eg, 91) belonging to the waiting group (91, 92, 93, ...) at any time by clicking the button 710 to request the creation of a waiting game room, the waiting game room generation request receiving unit 180 ) Receives a waiting game room creation request of such a player.

In addition, FIG. 7 is another embodiment of an interface screen that allows a player to make a waiting game room creation request. As shown in FIG. 7, the number of waiting people 91, 92, 93,... In this case, the popup window 73 may be displayed on the interface screen 70 to allow the player (eg, 91) to click the "wait game room creation request" button 710.

As such, when the waiting game room generation request receiving unit 180 receives a delegate game room generation request from a specific player (eg, 91) in various ways, the waiting approval unit 170 is waiting personnel 91, 92, 93,. Other players (eg, 92, 93, ...) belonging to the waiting game room is approved in the form as shown in Figure 5, the waiting game room generating unit 150 is the specific player (eg, 91) ) And a waiting game room for the approved other players (eg, 92, 93, ...).

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 8, a game room management method for waiting according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a game room management method for waiting according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Game room management method for the waiter of the present invention, the waiting room management unit 110, the waiting room search unit 130 and the waiting room game room generating unit 150 and additionally by the game room management device for the waiter including a waiter alignment unit 160 Is performed.

First, a plurality of game rooms are managed so that players can participate in a game (S100), that is, players who are connected to the game providing system 10 can form a game room or participate in a pre-created game room. Manage, create, and maintain your game room.

Subsequently, the waiting personnel 91, 92, 93, ... of the waiting room 90 for the game participation of the game rooms 81, 82, ... are searched (S200). Here, the waiting room 90 is a player who "watches" without playing a game, or the game room of the currently formed game rooms 81, 82, ... is full and participates in the game rooms 81, 82, .... It is a space where players wait for participation in the game, such as waiting for someone to leave the game room (81, 82, ...).

Next, when the waiting number 91, 92, 93, ... reaches the game garden (including the case where the waiting number is larger than the game garden) (S300), the waiting number (91, 92, 93, ...) Create a waiting game room for the () (S400), and starts the game between the players belonging to the waiting game room (S500).

If the waiting personnel (91, 92, 93, ...) does not reach the game garden (S300), step S200 to S300 until the waiting personnel (91, 92, 93, ...) reaches the game garden Can be repeated

Here, the waiting personnel (91, 92, 93, ...) of the waiting room 90 may be waiting personnel for randomly participating in the currently formed game rooms (81, 82, ...), a specific game room For example, in the first game room (in FIG. 4, the game room 1 (81) or game room 2 (82) or game room 3 (83)) formed in order to participate in the first game room (where each room is formed in the first game room) Waiting room).

At this time, the first waiting room is a game proceeds with the same game options as the first game room. Here, the game option is a game rule set for each game room, a game method or an expression method set for the game. For example, in the case of a poker game, "card arrangement method", "money expression method", "effect sound" "," Bet Speed "etc. are the game options.

And, there may be a game room that is particularly popular among currently formed game rooms 81, 82, ....

For example, in a poker game, players who are already familiar with the game are often woven into the same game room, and often the player loses a lot of game money after joining such a game room. Even if you wait in the waiting room for a long time, we want to play in a game room that is sure that the game room is not weaving, so many waiting people in the waiting room of the popular game room waits to participate in the game. Or on days when there are many players who want to play games, such as weekends and holidays, the game garden of the currently formed game rooms (81, 82, ...) is full and players (91, 92, 93, ...) are waiting rooms (90). May have to wait to join the game.

Thus, for the players 91, 92, 93, ... waiting in the waiting room 90, the waiting game room generation unit 150 is the waiting personnel (91, 92, 93, ...) Upon reaching the garden, a waiting game room for the waiting persons 91, 92, 93, ... is generated (S400).

In addition, in the step S300, if the waiting number is larger than the game capacity, the waiting number (91, 92, 93, ...) is arranged in the order of the longest waiting time (S330), then waiting long waiting time The waiting game room may be preferentially generated to the personnel (S400).

And, in the step S300, if the waiting number is larger than the game capacity, the waiting number (91, 92, 93, ...) by level (for example, in the case of a poker game, "flush", "pool" House "," four card ", etc.) (S340), and then wait by the sorted level (for example, poker game," flush "," full house "," four card ", etc.) waiting room It may be generated (S400).

In addition, the waiting personnel 91, 92, 93, ... can be set to automatically create a waiting game room when the game garden reaches.

Hereinafter, a game room management method for waiting according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 9. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a game room management method for waiting according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The game room management method for the waiter of the present invention, the waiting room management unit 110, waiting room search unit 130, waiting game room generation unit 150 and waiter alignment unit 160 and the waiter including an additional waiter approval unit 170 It is performed by the game room management apparatus for. In the second embodiment of the present invention described below, the description of the same parts as the first embodiment of the present invention described above will be omitted.

In the game room management method for waiting according to the second embodiment of the present invention, steps S100 to S300 are the same as the first embodiment of the present invention described in detail above.

When the waiting personnel 91, 92, 93, ... reach the game garden (including the case where the waiting personnel are larger than the game garden) (S300), the waiting personnel 91, 92, 93, ... The player belongs to the standby game room is approved (S370). Subsequently, according to a result of the approval of the participation of the waiting game room by the player belonging to the waiting personnel 91, 92, 93,..., A waiting game room for the approved player is generated (S450).

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the player belonging to the waiting group 91, 92, 93, ... is connected to the waiting room through the pop-up window 71 displayed on the interface screen 70. If the player who clicks "Yes" in the pop-up window 71 reaches the game garden, the waiting game room may be created.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 10, a game room management method for waiting according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a game room management method for waiting according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

Game room management method for the waiter of the present invention, waiting room management unit 110, waiting room search unit 130, waiting game room generation unit 150 and waiter alignment unit 160 and additional waiter approval unit 170, waiting game room creation The game room management apparatus for the waiter including the request receiver 180 is performed. In the third embodiment of the present invention described below, the description of the same parts as the first and second embodiments of the present invention described above will be omitted.

In the game room management method for waiting according to the third embodiment of the present invention, steps S100 to S300 are the same as the first embodiment of the present invention described above in detail.

When the waiting number 91, 92, 93, ... reaches the game garden (including the case where the waiting number is larger than the game garden) (S300), the waiting number (91, 92, 93, ...) A specific player (eg, 91) to which the player belongs requests for creation of a waiting game room (S380).

In this way, the player may request to create a waiting game room in various ways.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the player belonging to the waiting group 91, 92, 93, ... is provided with a button 710 of "Request waiting room game room" on the interface screen 70. (Eg, 91) may request to create a waiting game room by clicking the button 710 at any time.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, when the waiting numbers 91, 92, 93,... Are more than a preset number, a pop-up window 73 is displayed on the interface screen 70 to display the player ( For example, 91 may be set to allow the user to click the "wait game room creation request" button 710.

As such, when a waiting game room creation request is received from the specific player (eg, 91) in various ways, other players (eg, 92, 93, ...) belonging to the waiting personnel (91, 92, 93, ...) are received. ) Is approved whether or not the waiting game room in the form as shown in Figure 5 (S390).

Next, a waiting game room for a specific player (eg, 91) who has made the request for creating the waiting game room and another player (eg, 92, 93, ...) belonging to the waiting personnel (91, 92, 93, ...). To generate (S470).

The game room management method for waiting according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention may be executed by an application basically installed in the terminal (which may include a program included in a platform or an operating system basically mounted in the terminal). In addition, the user (player) may be executed by an application (ie, a program) installed directly on the terminal through an application providing server such as an application store server, an application, or a web server associated with the corresponding service. In this sense, the game room management method for waiting according to the embodiment of the present invention described above is implemented as an application (that is, a program) that is basically installed in the terminal or directly installed by a user (player), and can be read by a computer such as a terminal. Can be recorded on a recording medium.

Such a program may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium and executed by a computer to execute the above-described functions.

As described above, in order to execute the game room management method for waiting according to each embodiment of the present invention, the above-described program is coded in a computer language such as C, C ++, JAVA, machine language, etc. which can be read by a processor (CPU) of a computer. It may include a code (Code).

The code may include a function code related to a function or the like that defines the functions described above and may include an execution procedure related control code necessary for the processor of the computer to execute the functions described above according to a predetermined procedure.

In addition, the code may further include memory reference-related code for additional information or media required for a processor of the computer to execute the above-described functions at which location (address) of the internal or external memory of the computer.

In addition, when a processor of a computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server, etc., to perform the above-described functions, the code may be stored in a computer's communication module (e.g., a wired and / ) May be used to further include communication related codes such as how to communicate with any other computer or server in the remote, and what information or media should be transmitted or received during communication.

The functional program for implementing the present invention and the related code and code segment may be implemented by programmers of the technical field of the present invention in consideration of the system environment of the computer that reads the recording medium and executes the program, Or may be easily modified or modified by the user.

Examples of the computer-readable recording medium recording the above-described program include, for example, a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, and an optical media storage device.

In addition, the computer-readable recording medium which records the program as described above is distributed to a computer system connected through a network, so that the computer-readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In this case, at least one of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above, and transmit the result to at least one of the other distributed computers, and transmit the result. The receiving computer may also execute some of the functions presented above, and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

In particular, a computer-readable recording medium that records an application, which is a program for executing a game room management method for a waiter, according to each embodiment of the present invention, may include an application store server, an application, or a web associated with a corresponding service. It may be a storage medium (eg, a hard disk, etc.) included in an application provider server such as a server, or the application providing server itself.

A computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a game room management method for a waiter, according to an embodiment of the present invention is not only a general PC such as a general desktop or a laptop, but also a smart phone, a tablet PC, It may include mobile terminals such as PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) and mobile communication terminals, as well as to be interpreted as all computing devices.

In addition, a computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application which is a program for executing a game room management method for waiting according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile communication terminal. In the case of a mobile terminal, the application may be downloaded from the application providing server to a general PC and installed on the mobile terminal through a synchronization program.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to at least one. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. As a storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or the like can be included.

In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be included unless otherwise stated in the present specification, and thus, other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components rather than to exclude them. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas falling within the scope of the same shall be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

10: game providing system 20: player terminal
30: network 40: web server
50: game server 60: database
100: game progression unit 200: game room management device
300: game settlement unit 400: control unit
110: game room management unit 130: waiting room search unit
150: the waiting game room generation unit 160: waiting waiter
170: the wait approval unit 180: waiting game room generation request receiving unit

Claims (20)

The game room management device for the waiter,
(a) managing a plurality of game rooms to allow players to participate in the game;
(b) retrieving waiting personnel in the waiting room for participation in the game of the game room; And
(c) generating a waiting game room for the waiting person when the waiting person reaches the game garden;
Game room management method for a waiter comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
The step (b), the game room management method for a waiter, characterized in that for searching the waiting personnel of the first waiting room for the game participation of the first game room among the plurality of game rooms.
The method of claim 2,
The waiter game room is a game room management method for the waiter, characterized in that the game proceeds to the same game option as the first game room.
The method of claim 1,
In the step (c), if the waiting number is larger than the game capacity, the step of arranging the waiting personnel in the order of waiting time, further comprising:
Game room management method for a waiter, characterized in that to create a waiter game room in the order of the player with a high waiting time.
The method of claim 1,
In the step (c), if the waiting number is larger than the game capacity, sorting the waiting number by level; further comprising:
Game room management method for a waiter, characterized in that to create a waiting game room according to the sorted level.
The method according to claim 1, wherein
In the step (c), when the waiting personnel reaches the game garden, the game room management method for the waiter, characterized in that automatically generates a waiting game room.
The method according to claim 1, wherein
The step (c) further includes, if the waiting personnel reaches the game garden, acknowledging participation of the waiting game room by a player belonging to the waiting personnel;
Game room management method for a waiting, characterized in that for creating a waiting game room for the approved player.
The method according to claim 1, wherein
The step (c) may include: receiving a waiting game room creation request from a specific player belonging to the waiting person when the waiting person reaches the game capacity;
And receiving approval of participation of a waiting game room by another player belonging to the waiting person.
And a waiting game room for the specific player and the other player.
A game room management unit managing a plurality of game rooms so that players can participate in the game;
Waiting room search unit for searching the waiting number of the waiting room for participation in the game room game; And
A waiting game room generator for generating a waiting game room for the waiting person when the waiting person reaches the game garden;
Game room management apparatus for a waiter comprising a.
10. The method of claim 9,
A waiter alignment unit for arranging the wait personnel in order of waiting time or sorting the wait personnel by level when the waiting staff is larger than the game capacity;
Game room management apparatus for the waiter characterized in that it further comprises.
10. The method of claim 9,
The waiting room game room generation unit game room management device for the waiter, characterized in that automatically generates a waiting game room when the waiting personnel reaches the game garden.
10. The method of claim 9,
A waiting approval unit receiving approval of participation of a waiting game room by a player belonging to the waiting personnel;
Game room management apparatus for the waiter characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 12,
The waiter approving unit is a game room management device for the waiter, characterized in that for receiving the participation of the waiting game room to the player belonging to the waiting room through a pop-up window displayed on the interface screen.
10. The method of claim 9,
A waiting room creation request receiving unit which receives a waiting game room creation request from a specific player belonging to the waiting personnel when the waiting personnel reaches the game capacity;
Further comprising:
And the waiter approval unit receives approval of participation of a waiter game room by another player belonging to a waiter, and the waiter game room generator generates a waiter game room for the specific player and the other player.
15. The method of claim 14,
The waiting room game room creation request receiving unit is a game room management device for a waiting room, characterized in that for receiving a waiting game room creation request from the player by the "waiting room game room creation request" button provided on the interface screen.
The game room management device for the waiter,
(a) managing a plurality of game rooms to allow players to participate in the game;
(b) retrieving waiting personnel in the waiting room for participation in the game of the game room; And
(c) generating a waiting game room for the waiting person when the waiting person reaches the game garden;
A computer readable medium having recorded a program for executing the program.
In the game providing system for providing a game service over a network, including a game server,
The game server includes:
A game room management unit managing a plurality of game rooms so that players can participate in a game; and a waiting room search unit searching for waiting people in the waiting room for game participation in the game room; And a waiting game room generating unit generating a waiting game room for the waiting person when the waiting person reaches the game garden.
Game providing system comprising a game room management apparatus for the waiter characterized in that it comprises a.
18. The method of claim 17,
The game server may include a game progress unit which advances various games provided through the game providing system; And a game settlement unit for assigning a game score according to the result of the game to the winner's game money and subtracting it from the loser's game money.
18. The method of claim 17,
The game providing system comprising a game room management device for the waiter, Web server for providing a game-related web page to provide the player with a variety of games over the network; Game providing system that includes.
The method of claim 17 or 19,
The game providing system including a game room management device for the waiter includes a database that stores various information necessary to provide a game to a player and provides the stored various information to the game server or the web server. Game providing system comprising a game room management device for waiting.

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