KR20140095630A - System and Method on Information Processing of Game Service for Social Collaborative Network Games - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a game service system for social collaborative network games capable of generating a ranking according to a result of a game cooperatively played by several users, and an information processing method of the game service system. The game service system processes information by performing steps: (A) receiving a game play result of a first user; (B) receiving a game play result of one or more second users; and (C) generating ranking information by connecting the game play result of the one or more second users and the game play result of the first user in generating pre-set ranking information reflecting the game play result of the one or more second users. Utilizing the present invention, since a ranking is calculated by adding up scores, obtained points, items, and the like, of users belonging to the same social group, interest of games can be doubled through generation of a new ranking, competition between the same social groups can be increased, cooperation between users in the same social group can be increased, a game usage time can be increased, a game play result of other people belonging to the same social group can be utilized to use a higher game level or more game items to thus increase the interest of games, and a user can help other persons play games with his or her game play result , and since a game usage time is increased, sales of games can be increased to contribute to activation of the game industry.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a game service system for a social cooperative network game and a method for processing information of the game service system,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game service system and an information processing method of the game service system, and more particularly, to a game service system for a social cooperative network game that generates rankings as a result of cooperative game execution of several users, And an information processing method of the game service system.

The various ways of generating ranking in online and offline games have been a subject that has been with the birth of the game. Given the ranking in the game, it can double the fun of the game, increase the immersion in the game, and increase the game sales and game use time, which contributes to the revitalization of the game industry as a whole.

Recently, a game using a social concept such as any pang is popular. Such a social game is a service in which a phone number included in a phone book of a smartphone user is used as a medium for creating a social network and a score of a game result of a specific game is compared among the neighbors have. These social games are making fun of the game even more fun by comparing and changing the rankings.

However, there is no concept of collaboration in such a social game. Especially, in the ranking generation, there is no service or system that provides a game ranking generation method incorporating the concept of collaboration and a game ranking service generated by such a method, It is necessary to develop a ranking service targeting network games.

The first problem to be solved by the present invention is to present a game service system in a game for a social cooperative network game.

A second problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method of processing information of a game service system in a game for a social cooperative network game.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method of a game service system for managing social ranking by integrating game results of at least two users, the method comprising: (A) Obtaining a game execution result of the game; (B) receiving a game execution result of at least one or more second users, and (C) when generating the predetermined ranking information by reflecting the game execution result of the second user, Wherein the first user and the second user have at least one social group, and the social group includes at least one of the first user and the second user, And the second user belongs to the second user.

The method may further include receiving agreement information for creating a social group from the first user and the second user before the step (A).

Before the step (B), (B01) transmitting to the second user terminal the consent request information about whether to play using the game execution result of the first user; And (B02) transmitting the game execution result information of the first user to the second user terminal when the game acceptance information is received from the second user terminal.

The ranking information in step (C) is preferably generated for each social group.

The ranking information in the step (C) may be obtained by summing the game execution result of the first user and the game execution result of the second user using a preset summing method, and then generating the ranking information as a result of the summed game execution .

Preferably, at least one of the first user and the second user belongs to at least one other social group.

Wherein the first user terminal and the second user terminal are smartphones and the game service system obtains information from the first user terminal about at least one or more second user terminals that the first user desires to establish a social group Acquiring social group formation agreement information from the second user terminal, transmitting the social group formation agreement information to the second user terminal based on the social group formation agreement information, It is preferable that a social group including the first user and the second user is formed.

Wherein the first user terminal and the second user terminal are smartphones and the game service system receives social group identification information associated with the first user from a second user terminal and the first user and the second user It is desirable to form a social group to be included.

(D) receiving ranking inquiry request information from the first user and / or the second user; (E) obtaining ranking information for at least one or more social groups to which the first user and / or the second user belongs; And (F) transmitting the ranking information to the first user terminal and / or the second user terminal.

Before the step (E), (E01) inquiring whether the first user and / or the second user belongs to two or more social groups; (E02) If the first user and / or the second user belongs to two or more social groups, the first user and / or the second user belongs to the first user and / or the second user terminal Transmitting social group list information; And (E03) obtaining the social group selection information of the first user and / or the second user from the first user terminal and / or the second user terminal

Preferably, the obtaining of the ranking information in the step (E) is only for the social group from which the social group selection information is received.

Before the step (B), transmitting to the second user terminal (B11) consent request information about whether to play using the value of the first user; And (B12) transmitting the value information of the first user to the second user terminal when the acceptance information is received from the second user terminal.

Preferably, the value information is digital information that generates a point, a game item, a game level, and an advantageous effect on the game of the user providing the game service system.

The game execution result is a score, and the ranking information is generated for each social group using a score.

Preferably, the ranking information is generated for each social group using the value information.

Storing the game execution result of the first user in association with the game account of the second user after the step (A).

It is preferable that the game execution result is at least one of a score, a linkage point, and an acquisition item.

And the second user can be identified by an identifier stored in a telephone directory of the first user terminal.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game service system for implementing the method of any one of the above aspects. The game service system includes a game result management unit for managing game results for each user; A user management unit for managing information on at least one or more social groups to which the user belongs for each user, and a social rank generator for each social group for generating the ranking information for each social group.

Utilizing the present invention has the following effects.

First, since ranking is calculated by summing scores, acquisition points, items, and the like of users belonging to the same social group, it is possible to double the fun of the game through generation of new ranking.

Second, competition between the same social groups can be expanded, cooperation among users in the same social group can be increased, and game use time can be increased.

Third, it is possible to utilize the results of the game performed by others belonging to the same social group, so that it is possible to use a high game level or a large number of game items to increase the fun of the game, There are advantages to be able to.

Fourth, the game use time is increased, which can contribute to the increase of game sales and the revitalization of the game industry.

Fifth, there is a social effect that the family members can participate in the game as a social group shared by the members of the family, thereby forming a bond of family, and the communication with the family far away from the game is increased through the game.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a game service system according to the present invention; FIG.
2 is a block diagram of an information processing method of a game service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of an information processing method of a game service system of the present invention relating to obtaining a consent for a game using a result of a first user's game to a second user terminal.
4 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of an information processing method of a game service system of the present invention for forming a social group.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another embodiment of the information processing method of the game service system of the present invention for forming a social group.
6 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of an information processing method of a game service system according to the present invention in connection with processing of a social ranking inquiry request.
7 is a diagram illustrating another exemplary embodiment of a method of processing information of a game service system of the present invention related to processing of a social ranking inquiry request.
8 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of an information processing method of a game service system of the present invention that utilizes values among social groups.

Hereinafter, a more detailed description will be given with reference to the drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of a game service system 1000 according to the present invention. The game service system 1000 of the present invention includes a game result management unit 1200 for managing game results, a query unit 1300 for performing ranking inquiry information processing, a user management unit 1400 for managing game execution information of the user, A user DB 1500 for managing game result information of a user, a transmission unit for transmitting information processing results of the game service system 1000 to a user terminal 2000 or other system connected to a wired / wireless network 5000 1600). Meanwhile, the game service system 1000 can perform the game service itself. In this case, the game management unit 1100 manages a game service for at least one game served by the game service system 1000 . Meanwhile, the game service system 1000 may receive a game use result for each user from a game providing system 3000 connected to a wired / wireless network 5000, The ranking information for each social group of the invention may be transmitted to the game providing system 3000.

Therefore, the game execution result provided by the game providing system 3000 is obtained through the game management unit 1100 of the present invention, and the acquired game usage result is stored in the user DB 1500 of the present invention. Meanwhile, in this specification, the user terminal 2000 receives the ranking information for each social group through the game service system 1000, and the ranking information for each social group is transmitted to the user through the game providing system 3000, And may be transmitted to the terminal 2000 as well.

The game result management unit 1200 includes a social ranking generation unit 1210 for each social group to generate a social ranking for each social group, and a social value management unit 1220 for each social group to manage social values for each social group . Meanwhile, the user management unit 1400 includes a social group generation unit 1410 for generating at least one social group including at least two users. The user management unit 1400 may further include a user game monitoring unit 1420 for monitoring whether a new game execution result is received from a user.

The user DB 1500 includes a user information DB 1510 that stores all information related to a user and a user game result DB 1520 that stores a user's game execution result. And a user value value DB 1530 for storing star value (points, game items, etc.). The transmitting unit 1600 may further include a ranking transmitting unit 1610 for providing social rankings for each social group and a value transmitting unit 1620 for transmitting information about the valuables.

The present invention makes the creation and service of social rankings for each social group the essence of invention. First, I will explain the social ranking.

Assume that there is game result data as shown in Table 1 below.

User ID Member ID Game results Earned Item ID U1 SG1 50 I1 U2 SG1 20 I2 U3 SG1 30 I2 U4 SG1, SG2 40 I1 U5 SG2 50 I2 U6 SG3 60 I3 U7 SG3 50 I1 U8 SG4 40 I2 U9 SG4 30 I3 U10 SG5 30 I4

In the case of Table 1, in the case of a general game performance result, the user U6 is ranked first, and U2 is ranked last. At this time, if U1, U2, U3, and U4 are one social group (SG1) as in the family, and the rule for assigning ranking is to add the game execution results of the users belonging to the social group, the total score of the SG1 social group 120 (= 50 + 20 + 30 + 40), and the SG3 group becomes the total score 110 (= 60 + 50). At this time, when U5 newly joins the SG3 social group, the total score of the SG3 social group becomes 160 (= 50 + 60 + 50), and the SG3 group becomes the first place. On the other hand, if a new user named U11 plays the game and the new user joins the SG2 group and scores 80 points, the total point of the SG2 social group becomes 170 (= 40 + 50 + 80) It becomes the stomach.

In this way, it is advantageous to build a large number of social networks by applying social rankings, and advantageous effects are obtained as the number of social groups is increased by securing a large number of new participants. Therefore, each game user will try to expand his / her network (such as recommending game use and participating in his or her social group), which will lead to expansion of the game user group.

One user may belong to two social groups, such as U4. In this case, a method of calculating rankings is a method of independently calculating and summing up for each social group of users belonging to the two or more social groups (U4, (40 points for SG1 and 40 points for SG2), and the method of dividing by the number of affiliated groups, U4 belongs to two social groups, so each social group has 40 points / 2, A method in which 20 points are contributed to SG1, and 20 points are contributed to SG2) and the like can be used. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention will be described mainly with reference to the former method, but the latter method can also be applied.

FIGS. 4 to 5 are diagrams illustrating an exemplary configuration of an information processing method of the game service system 1000 of the present invention for forming a social group. There are many ways to form social groups. In the present invention, two methods are disclosed as representative methods.

The social group generation unit 1410 of the present invention obtains information about at least one second user terminal 2000 that the first user desires to establish a social group from the first user terminal 2000 in step S31. For example, in order for the user U1 to participate in his / her family brother U2 as a social group of his / her family, identification information of U2 such as a smart phone number of U2 is transmitted to the social group generation unit 1410. [

The social group generation unit 1410 may confirm whether U2 is an existing member by using the telephone number of U2 as an identifier or may generate an account of U2 in advance if it is an unincorporated member. The social group generation unit 1410 transmits the intention of the first user's social group formation to the smartphone of U2, which is the second user terminal 2000 obtained by utilizing the smart phone number information of the U2 (S32) do.

The intention of the social group formation may be a message that U1 wants to join U2 to his or her social group, and information requesting consent thereof. Of course, if the U2 is a member already subscribed to the game service system 1000, the subscription request information may be sufficient. If the U2 is an unincorporated member, the subscription information may be provided.

The social group creation unit 1410 obtains the social group formation agreement information from the second user terminal 2000 in step S33 and creates a social group including the first user and the second user based on the social group formation agreement information, (S34).

In step S34, if the U2 is an unincorporated member, the process of step S34 may be processed by waiting for completion of membership, but a smartphone phone number of U2 is formed as an identifier of U2 to form a social group And then wait for U2's membership.

The social group generation unit 1410 transmits the social group participation request information of U1 to the registered U2, receives the agreement of U2, and transmits the U1 and U2 to the same social group (SG1) so that U1 and U2 And assigns the social group ID SG1 as the relationship information for the social group ID. Through this relationship information, U1 and U2 become members of the social group SG1 of the present invention.

Meanwhile, the social group generation unit 1410 of the present invention transmits a social group SG1 to which at least one user U1 belongs by using the telephone number information designated by U1 or received from U1, You will be able to expand the social groups of SG1 by collecting consenting users.

At this time, the information about the SG1 is transmitted from the game service system 1000 to the smartphone of the U1, and the U1 transmits (a subscription message to the SG1) to a plurality of users to which the U1 wants to subscribe, If the consent of the user of U1 is indicated by consent, the consent of the consent (the act of clicking the consent clicking on the subscription message to SG1) is transmitted to the social group generation unit 1410 (SG1 The information of U2 is automatically transmitted to the social group generation unit 1410 when the agreement is clicked on the subscription message of U2, or with the consent of U2).

The social group generation unit 1410 obtains the information of U2 and associates U1 and U2 in a social group called SG1. That is, the social group generation unit 1410 receives the social group identification information related to the first user from the second user terminal 2000 (S41), forms a social group including the first user and the second user S42).

Next, a method of processing social ranking information of the game service system 1000 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an exemplary configuration of an information processing method of the game service system 1000 of the present invention.

The game service system 1000 obtains the game execution result of the first user S11, obtains the game execution result of at least one or more second users S12, reflects the game execution result of the second user When generating the predetermined ranking information, ranking information may be generated by connecting the game execution result of the second user and the game execution result of the first user (S13). Of course, the game service system 1000 may generate the ranking information including the game execution result of the second user when generating the ranking information of the first user.

The method of connection may vary. Sum only, summing up only when belonging to a specific time zone (same date, same week or special event period / time interval, etc.), summed weighting (in case of specific condition achievement, sum weighting is different) A restriction that restricts the maximum number of users of simple aggregation, conditional summation, and weighted summation to n users or n acquires the highest score among users belonging to a social group), and the like can be utilized.

In the above description, the game service system 1000 has been described based on a score in terms of an information processing method, but points, game items, game levels, and the like may also be utilized. Particularly, in the case of a specific point, or in the case of a specific game item, the point may become an important value when a specific step or a specific game content is provided. At this time, when U2 is able to utilize points, game items, or game levels acquired by U1 at the time of game, U2's game performance will more closely match the intention of U2, or U2's satisfaction with joining a social group will be high.

The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of an information processing method of the game service system 1000 according to the present invention, which is related to obtaining agreement on whether to play a game by using the game execution result of the first user in the second user terminal 2000 Fig.

The game result management unit 1200 transmits the consent request information about whether to play the game to the second user terminal 2000 using the game execution result of the first user S21, The game execution result information of the first user is transmitted to the second user terminal 2000 (S22). At this time, the game result management unit 1200 may store the game execution result of the first user in association with the game account of the second user. At this time, the game execution result may be at least one of a score, a link point, and a game item.

Utilizing the present invention, U2 can enjoy his / her game more funly by utilizing the game execution result of U1, which will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary configuration of an information processing method of the game service system 1000 of the present invention that utilizes values among social groups.

The social value management unit 1220 for each social group transmits to the second user terminal 2000 the consent request information about whether to play the game using the value of the first user S71, (S72), and transmits the value information of the first user to the second user terminal 2000 (S73) through the value water transfer unit 1620. [ If the game result of U1 is stored in U2, when U2 plays the game, the game can be performed using the score, point, and game item of U1.

Points, game items, game levels, etc. associated with U1 and U2 may be stored in the user value database 1530. In Table 1, U2 can use the item ID I1 acquired by U1, and U1 can utilize the item I2 acquired by U2 in his game. In this manner, the game service system 1000 of the present invention supports the use of game items, points, game levels, etc. acquired by others in the same social group.

Next, the information processing of the inquiry unit 1300 of the game service system 1000 of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 6 and 7. Fig. 6 and 7 are diagrams showing an exemplary configuration of an information processing method of the game service system 1000 according to the present invention in connection with processing of a social ranking inquiry request.

The inquiry unit 1300 of the game service system 1000 obtains ranking inquiry request information from the first user and / or the second user when the ranking inquiry request is received by the user (S51), and transmits the ranking inquiry information to the first user and / (S52) to at least one or more social groups to which the second user belongs (S52), and transmits the ranking information to the first user terminal (2000) and / or the second user terminal (2000) (S53). At this time, if there are a plurality of social groups to which the user belongs, the social ranking may be provided for each of the plurality of social groups.

The generation of the ranking information of the first user or the second user is performed by the social ranking-based social ranking generating unit 1210 of the present invention. The social ranking-based social ranking generating unit 1210 generates a social ranking based on the social rankings of each user in real time every time a game execution result of each user is obtained, or every predetermined period (every 5 minutes, etc.) .

The social ranking generation method of the social group-specific social ranking generator 1210 may include 1) a first rank generation method for generating social rankings for all users in real time or every predetermined period, 2) And a second ranking generating method for generating a social ranking of the social group to which the user belongs, in real time.

When the plurality of social groups to which the user belongs, the inquiry unit 1300 may be provided with social ranking for each social group that receives the selection information of the user. If the user belongs to one social group, the inquiry unit 1300 inquires whether the first user and / or the second user belongs to two or more social groups (S61) , When the first user and / or the second user belongs to two or more social groups, the first user and / or the second user terminal 2000 may receive the social group list information to which the first user and / (S62) and obtains the social group selection information of the first user and / or the second user from the first user terminal 2000 and / or the second user terminal 2000 (S63), and then transmits the selection information You will only be able to provide social ranking information for the social groups you receive.

In the present invention, the social cooperative network game is a game that can utilize the game execution result of another person, which is one of the ideas of the present invention, in performing his / her own game, or can be ranked according to the social group when ranking the game execution result.

The present invention can be widely used in the game industry.

1000: Game service system
1100: Game management section
1200: game result management unit
1210: Social Ranking Generation Unit by Social Group
1220: Social Value Water Management by Social Group
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1310: User Social Ranking inquiry part
1320: User social value inquiry part
1400:
1410: Social group generation unit
1420: User game monitoring section
1500: User DB
1510: User information DB
1520: User Game Result DB
1530: User value water DB
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1610:
1620: Value water transfer part
5000: wired and wireless network
2000: User terminal
3000: Game delivery system

Claims (18)

An information processing method of a game service system for managing social ranking by integrating game execution results of at least two users,
(A) receiving a game execution result of a first user;
(B) receiving a game execution result of at least one or more second users; and
(C) generating ranking information by connecting the game execution result of the second user with the game execution result of the first user when generating the predetermined ranking information by reflecting the game execution result of the second user; / RTI >
Wherein the first user and the second user have at least one social group, and the first group and the second user belong to the same social group. The method according to claim 1,
Before the step (A)
(A0) receiving agreement information for creating a social group from the first user and the second user. The method according to claim 1,
Prior to step (B)
(B01) transmitting, to the second user terminal, consent request information about whether to play using the game execution result of the first user; And
(B02) receiving game acceptance information from the second user terminal, and transmitting the game result information of the first user to the second user terminal when the game acceptance information is received from the second user terminal Processing method. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the ranking information in the step (C) is generated for each social group. The method according to claim 1,
The ranking information in the step (C) may be obtained by summing the game execution result of the first user and the game execution result of the second user using a preset summing method, and then generating the ranking information as a result of the summed game execution The information processing method of the game service system. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein at least one of the first user and the second user belongs to at least one other social group. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first user terminal and the second user terminal are smartphones,
Wherein the game service system obtains information about at least one second user terminal from which the first user desires to establish a social group from the first user terminal and transmits the information about the first user to the acquired second user terminal, Communicating the intention of forming a social group, obtaining the social group formation agreement information from the second user terminal, and forming a social group including the first user and the second user based on the social group formation agreement information The information processing method of the game service system. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first user terminal and the second user terminal are smartphones,
Wherein the game service system receives the social group identification information associated with the first user from the second user terminal and forms a social group including the first user and the second user. / RTI > The method according to claim 1,
(D) receiving ranking inquiry request information from the first user and / or the second user;
(E) obtaining ranking information for at least one or more social groups to which the first user and / or the second user belongs; And
(F) transmitting the ranking information to the first user terminal and / or the second user terminal. 10. The method of claim 9,
Prior to the step (E)
(E01) inquiring whether the first user and / or the second user belongs to two or more social groups;
(E02) If the first user and / or the second user belongs to two or more social groups, the first user and / or the second user belongs to the first user and / or the second user terminal Transmitting social group list information; And
(E03) obtaining the social group selection information of the first user and / or the second user from the first user terminal and / or the second user terminal
Wherein the obtaining of the ranking information in the step (E) obtains only the social group from which the social group selection information is obtained. The method according to claim 1,
Prior to step (B)
(B11) transmitting, to the second user terminal, consent request information about whether to play using the value of the first user; And
(B12) receiving the acceptance information from the second user terminal, and transmitting the value information of the first user to the second user terminal Way. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the value information is digital information that generates a point, a game item, a game level, and an advantageous effect on the game of the user provided to the game service system. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the game execution result is a score, and the generation of the ranking information is performed for each social group using a score. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the generating of the ranking information is performed for each social group using the value information. The method according to claim 1,
After the step (A)
And storing the game execution result of the first user in association with the game account of the second user.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the game execution result is at least one of a score, a link point, and an acquisition item.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the second user is identified by an identifier stored in a phone book of the first user terminal. 15. A game service system for implementing the method of any one of claims 1 to 14,
The game service system
A game result management unit for managing game results for each user;
A user management unit for managing information on at least one or more social groups to which the user belongs;
And a social ranking-by-social group generating unit for generating the ranking information for each of the social groups.

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