KR20150136192A - Method for providing bingo and poker hybrid game - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for providing a game. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises the following steps: providing a bingo matrix including mutually different elements to a terminal of a game player; exposing card information to the terminal when an input for the elements exists in accordance with a predetermined method; judging whether the exposed card information belongs to predetermined poker hands or not in response to a reception of a bingo event signal; and providing a reward point to an account information of the game player based on the judgment.

Description

BINGO AND POKER HYBRID GAME {METHOD FOR PROVIDING BINGO AND POKER HYBRID GAME}

The following embodiments relate to a method for providing a game in which a bingo game and a poker game are mixed.

Online games can be divided into arcade games, simulation games, and role playing games. An arcade game is played by the game player by adjusting the objects displayed on the display and picking points. Online arcade games include cyberbog, chess, poker, and battle-like board games such as hit-and-run.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2013-0107899 discloses an online poker game providing method and a poker game providing server therefor. In particular, the above-mentioned patent discloses a game system comprising: (a) providing at least one game room for a plurality of game clients connected to a poker game providing server, using virtual game money according to a predetermined poker rule using the at least one game room (B) if the first game client participates in the first game room, it is checked whether the first game room is a game room to which the jackpot mission is applicable, and if the game room is applicable, And controlling the first game client to apply an external jackpot interface projected to the first game client.

The game provided according to the embodiment can enjoy the bingo game and the poker game at the same time, and can provide the game player with different kinds of fun.

The game provided according to an embodiment may provide a reward to the game player according to the game result to induce the game player to continuously participate in the game.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game providing method comprising: providing a terminal of a game player with a bingo matrix including different elements; Exposing card information to the terminal if there is an input to the element according to a predetermined manner; Determining whether the exposed card information belongs to a predetermined poker hands in response to receiving a bingo event signal generated based on the element; And providing reward points to account information of the game player based on the determination.

The step of exposing the card information to the terminal may include: confirming whether the input to the element is a legitimate input; And providing the card information to the terminal based on the confirmation.

The step of exposing the card information to the terminal may include controlling at least one of visual feedback and auditory feedback to reverse the place where the element is displayed.

The game providing method according to one aspect includes: checking whether a bingo event is true in response to receiving the bingo event signal; And controlling to output at least one of a visual message and an auditory message indicating occurrence of the bingo event.

The game providing method according to one aspect may further include providing an element interface that displays the element input from the game player on the bingo matrix.

The game providing method according to another aspect includes: providing a terminal of each of a plurality of game players with a bingo matrix including a plurality of elements; Exposing card information to the bingo matrix provided to each terminal according to a predetermined method; Receiving an event signal generated based on whether a condition to win in a game is satisfied; Determining whether the card information exposed in the bingo matrix of the terminal that transmitted the event signal belongs to poker hands; And providing additional reward points as account information of the game player winning the game based on the determination.

The game providing server according to one side includes a database for storing account information of the game player; A communication unit for connecting with the terminal of the game player using the account information; A user interface providing unit for providing the terminal with a bingo matrix including different elements based on execution of the game; In response to receipt of a bingo event signal generated on the basis of the element, when the input card information is input to the terminal in accordance with a predetermined method, the exposed card information is transmitted to a predetermined poker hands ), And provides a reward point to the account information based on the determination.

At this time, the display unit may display the card information at a place where the element is displayed.

The game providing server according to one side may further include a feedback signal unit for transmitting a feedback signal so that at least one of visual feedback and auditory feedback to reverse the place where the element is displayed is provided.

The game providing server according to one side may further include a message output signal unit for transmitting a message output signal so that at least one of a visual message and an auditory message indicating the occurrence of the bingo event is provided.

The user interface providing unit may include an element interface for displaying the element input from the game player on the bingo matrix.

The game providing server according to another aspect includes: a database storing account information of a plurality of game players; A communication unit for connecting to terminals of the plurality of game players; A user interface providing unit for providing a bingo matrix including a plurality of elements to terminals of each of the plurality of game players; And a controller for exposing the card information according to a predetermined method to the bingo matrix provided to each terminal, and responsive to receipt of an event signal generated as a condition for winning the game is satisfied, And a control unit for determining whether the card information exposed to the matrix belongs to poker hands and providing reward points as account information of the game player winning the game based on the determination.

The game provided according to one embodiment can provide a bingo game and a poker game at the same time, thereby providing a different fun to the game player.

The game provided according to an embodiment may provide a reward to the game player according to the game result to induce the game player to continuously participate in the game.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a game providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a game providing server according to an embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a bingo matrix displayed by a game providing server according to an embodiment.
4 is a flowchart illustrating operations between a game providing server and a terminal in a game providing method according to an embodiment.
5 is a flowchart for explaining a game providing method according to another embodiment.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation between a game providing server and a plurality of terminals in a game providing method according to another embodiment.
7 is a diagram for explaining a screen displayed on a display of a terminal of a game player in a game providing method according to another embodiment.
8 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a game providing server according to another embodiment.

In the following, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

Various modifications may be made to the embodiments described below. It is to be understood that the embodiments described below are not intended to limit the embodiments, but include all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives to them.

The terms used in the examples are used only to illustrate specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the embodiments. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like refer to the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this embodiment belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

In the following description of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and redundant explanations thereof will be omitted. In the following description of the embodiments, a detailed description of related arts will be omitted if it is determined that the gist of the embodiments may be unnecessarily blurred.

A terminal of a game player to be described below may include a fixed terminal and a mobile terminal. The fixed terminal may mean a terminal that the game player can not carry. For example, a fixed terminal may include a desktop. The mobile terminal may mean a terminal that a game player can carry. For example, the mobile terminal may include a smart phone, a notebook, a tablet, and the like.

<Blended with bingo and poker games hybrid  game- Pingo Mode >

1 is a flowchart illustrating a game providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The game providing method according to one embodiment may be performed by a game providing server.

Referring to FIG. 1, a game providing server may provide a bingo matrix to a terminal of a game player (110). The bingo matrix may contain different elements. Here, the element may be a number or a letter. A bingo matrix in which numbers or characters are displayed is displayed on the terminal of the game player.

The game providing server may randomly select the element and provide a bingo matrix containing randomly selected elements. The game providing server may randomly select numbers or characters within the element pool. For example, a game provisioning server may randomly select 25 numbers in an element pool containing numbers 1 through 75.

The game providing server may cause the game player to select an element. The game providing server may provide an element interface so that the game player can select an element. The game providing server can provide the element pool through the element interface. For example, the element interface consists of an element pool containing numbers 1 through 75, and the game player can select 25 numbers from 1 to 75. In addition, the game player may randomly select an element via the element interface.

If there is an input to the element according to a predetermined method, the game providing server may expose the card information to the terminal (120). Here, the card information may be information of a playing card used in a poker game. The information of the playing cards may include suits, numbers (e.g., 2 to 10), pictures, and alphabets (e.g., A, J, Q, K). Suits include spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs.

A bingo matrix containing different elements is displayed on the terminal of the game player. The terminal of the game player can receive the game start input from the game player. The terminal can transmit the game start input to the game providing server, and the game using the bingo matrix can be started.

In step 120, the predetermined method may mean a rule of the bingo game. More specifically, when the game is started, the game providing server can select the lottery element from the above-described element pool. If the element contained in the bingo matrix matches the lottery element, the game player may apply the input to the element that matches the lottery element. The terminal may receive an input to the element from the game player. For example, a game player may mark an element that matches a lottery element, and the terminal may sense marking for the element. The terminal may send an input to the element to the game providing server.

In step 120, the game providing server may verify that the input to the element is a legitimate input. The game player may apply input to an element that does not match the lottery element. That is, the terminal can receive unjustified input and can transmit the input to the game providing server. When receiving the input, the game providing server can determine whether the input is a legitimate input. In the case of receiving an unjustified input, the game providing server may not provide the card information to the terminal. Alternatively, the game providing server may provide the card information to the terminal when the input to the element is a legitimate input. The provided card information may be displayed on the display of the terminal.

Further, in step 120, the game providing server may cause at least one of visual feedback and auditory feedback to be provided to reverse the place where the element is displayed. The game providing server may transmit a signal related to providing feedback to the terminal. In response to receiving the signal, the terminal may provide visual feedback to overturn the displayed element and display the card information in an inverted position.

If the game providing server selects the lottery element and the game player repeats the process of applying the input to the element matching the lottery element, a bingo event may occur. When a bingo event occurs, the terminal can transmit a bingo event occurrence signal to the game providing server.

Alternatively, the terminal may receive an input indicating that a bingo event has occurred from the game player, even though the bingo event has not occurred. For example, a game player may inadvertently generate a bingo event occurrence signal. The game providing server can confirm whether or not the bingo event is generated in response to reception of the bingo event occurrence signal. The game providing server can confirm whether or not the bingo actually occurred. When the occurrence of the bingo event is correct, the game providing server can control at least one of the visual message and the auditory message indicating the occurrence of the bingo event to be output from the terminal. For example, when a bingo event occurs, a "bingo" message may be displayed on the display of the terminal of the game player. In addition, an effect sound may be output at the same time that the "bingo" message is displayed.

In response to receiving the bingo event occurrence signal, the game providing server may determine whether the exposed card information belongs to predetermined poker hands (130).

The poker hands are one pair, two pairs, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, , And a straight flush. The ranking of poker hands is the one with the lowest pair and the straight flush the highest. In other words, the ranking of poker hands increases from one-pair to straight-flush. The game providing server can compare the rank of the poker hands displayed in the displayed card information with the rank of the predetermined poker hands.

For example, let's say the card information shown is Heart 3, Spade 3, Club 3, Spade 2, and Diamond 2. The game providing server can use the displayed card information to determine that the poker hands obtained by the game player are full houses. Here, when the predetermined poker hands are flush, since the full house acquired by the game player is higher than the flush, the game providing server can determine that the displayed card information belongs to the predetermined poker hands. If the poker hands obtained by the game player are two-paired, the game providing server can determine that the displayed card information does not belong to the predetermined poker hands.

Further, the game providing server can display the poker hands acquired by the game player on the terminal of the game player.

If the game providing server determines that the displayed card information belongs to the predetermined poker hands, the game providing server may provide the reward point to the account information of the game player (140). A reward point may mean a reward that is provided to a game player. For example, a reward point may include a game money or a game point where a game item can be purchased. The game providing server can control the message associated with the provision of the reward point to be displayed on the terminal of the game player. For example, the game providing server may control to display a congratulatory message indicating that a reward point has been received and a reward point to be provided to the terminal.

According to one embodiment, the game providing server can match a middle element of the bingo matrix with a joker in a playing card. When a bingo event occurs on a row, column, or diagonal line that includes the middle element, the game providing server must determine whether there are poker hands using the four card information and the joker.

The game providing server can confirm the poker hands that can be generated using the four card information. In addition, the game providing server can confirm the poker hands that can be completed using the four card information and the joker. The game providing server may compare the ranking of the poker hands to select the poker hands having the highest ranking.

For example, suppose a joker, a spade 3, a heart 3, a diamond 3, and a diamond 8 are displayed. There are triple poker hands that can be created using four card information. There are full house and four cards of poker hands that can be completed using joker and 4 card information. The game providing server can regard the joker as the heart 8 and confirm that the full house is in the card information indicated by the card. Further, the game providing server may regard the joker as Club 3, and confirm that the displayed card information includes the bogey card. That is, the game providing server can check triple, full house, and four cards. Here, since the rank of the four-card is the highest, the game providing server can determine that there is a four card in the displayed card information.

According to an embodiment, even if a bingo event does not occur, the game player can receive a reward point if the displayed card information has predetermined poker hands. When the game providing server receives an input indicating that there is a predetermined poker hand in the displayed card information, the game providing server can provide a reward point to the account information of the game player. For example, if there is spade 10, spade J, spade Q, spade K, and spade A in the displayed card information, the game player can check that there is a royal straight flush. The game player inputs the completion of the poker hands and the game providing server can provide the reward point corresponding to the acquisition of the royal straight flush with the account information of the game player based on the input.

According to one embodiment, the game providing server may select a lotto element for winning the lottery of the game player. The game player can check the Lotto element during the game. If the element in which the bingo event of the game player occurs and the lotto element match, the game providing server can provide the reward point to the account information of the game player. Reward points can be provided differentially according to the number of elements matching the Lotto element. For example, if the element in which the bingo event occurs and the lottery element are both coincident with each other, the reward points provided by the game player may be different.

According to one embodiment, the game providing server may display a bingo matrix including different elements on the terminal of the game player. Further, the game providing server may provide a predetermined number (e.g., three) of playing cards to the game player while displaying the bingo matrix.

The game providing server can select lottery elements for bingo event occurrence from the element pool. The game providing server can display the lottery element on the terminal of the game player. If the element corresponding to the lottery element is in the bingo matrix, the game player may select any of the provided playing cards. The game player may place the chosen playing card at the location of the element that matches the lottery element. The game providing server can display the playing game selected by the game player at the position of the element corresponding to the lottery element. The game providing server can retrieve the remaining playing cards except for the selected playing cards. After the collection, the game providing server can again provide a predetermined number of playing cards to the game player.

When a bingo event occurs, the game providing server can determine whether the card information displayed in the row, column, or diagonal line where the bingo event occurred belongs to predetermined poker hands. When belonging to a predetermined poker hands, the game providing server can provide a reward point to the account information of the game player.

2 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a game providing server according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, the game providing server 200 includes a database 210, a communication unit 220, a display unit 230, and a control unit 240.

The database 210 may store account information of the game player. The account information may include an ID of a game player, a rating, a number of games, a game total, a game winning rate, a point, and the like.

The communication unit 220 may be connected to the terminals 250 to 270 of the game player using the account information. The terminal of the game player may be a mobile terminal or a fixed terminal. The communication unit 220 may be connected to a terminal of a game player through a wired network or a wireless network.

The user interface providing unit 230 may provide a terminal with a bingo matrix including different elements based on execution of the game. In addition, the user interface providing unit 230 may provide the terminal with an element interface for displaying the element input from the game player on the bingo matrix. The game player can select an element through the element interface.

The control unit 240 may expose the card information to the terminal when there is an input to the element according to a predetermined method. Here, the predetermined method may mean a rule of the bingo game. In response to the reception of the bingo event occurrence signal, the control unit 240 can determine whether the exposed card information belongs to the predetermined poker hands. Also, the control unit 240 may provide the reward points to the account information of the game player based on the determination.

The game providing server 200 may include a feedback signal portion for transmitting a feedback signal to a terminal of the game player. The terminal of the game player may provide at least one of visual feedback and auditory feedback to the game player to reverse the place where the element is displayed based on the feedback signal.

In addition, the game providing server 200 may include a message output signal unit for transmitting a message output signal to the terminal of the game player. The terminal of the game player may provide at least one of a visual message and an audible message indicating the occurrence of a bingo event based on the message output signal.

In addition, the game providing server 200 may include an interface providing unit. The interface providing unit may provide an element interface for displaying the element input from the game player on the bingo matrix. The interface providing unit may provide a card information interface that associates the card information selected from the game player with the input element.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a bingo matrix displayed by a game providing server according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, the bingo matrix 310 includes different elements. The bingo matrix 310 may include 25 elements randomly selected by the game providing server from among the element pools including the numbers 1 through 75. For example, the first column of the bingo matrix 310 may be arbitrarily selected from 1 to 15, and the second column may be any number within the range of 16 to 30. The third column may be any number within the range of 31 to 45, the fourth column may be any number within the range of 46 to 60, and the last column may be any number within the range of from 61 to 75.

The game providing server can make the middle element of the bingo matrix 310 correspond to the joker. The middle element of the bingo matrix 310 may be provided to the terminal in a marked state. The marking may include displaying the figure in the area where the element is displayed, such as the middle element shown in Fig. Alternatively, the marking may include a change in the graphic attribute of the area in which the element is displayed. For example, the color, shading, etc. of the area in which the center element is displayed may be expressed differently from the color, shade, etc. of the area in which the other element is displayed. The example of the marking described above is only an example according to the embodiment, and the marking is not limited to the example described above.

The game providing server may select the lottery element from the element pool for the occurrence of the bingo event. Here, the predetermined number of lottery elements can be selected. The game providing server can display the lottery element on the terminal of the game player.

Looking at the bingo matrix 320, a bingo event 321 occurs. The game providing server selects 66, 74, 72, 73, and 67 in the element pool, and a bingo event 321 occurs. The game providing server selects the lottery element. If there is an element matching the lottery element, the card information corresponding to the element is displayed. 66 corresponding to diamond 2 is displayed, and diamond 10 corresponding to 74 is displayed.

When a bingo event occurs, a message 322 indicating the occurrence of a bingo event may be output. Along with the visual message 322, an audible message may be output.

When the bingo event 321 occurs, the game providing server judges whether the displayed card information belongs to the predetermined poker hands. That is, the game providing server can check whether or not there is poker hands in the card information displayed in the row, column, or diagonal line where the bingo event 321 occurred. For example, in the bingo matrix 320, the game providing server can confirm that there is a flush among poker hands.

The game providing server can determine whether the card information indicated based on the confirmation belongs to the predetermined poker hands. For example, if the predetermined poker hands are flush, the game providing server may determine that the poker hands indicated in the bingo matrix 320 belong to predetermined poker hands.

4 is a flowchart illustrating operations between a game providing server and a terminal in a game providing method according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4, the game providing server 420 may provide the terminal 410 with a bingo matrix (421). The bingo matrix may contain different elements. The game providing server 420 may provide the terminal 420 with a bingo matrix including an arbitrarily selected element. Terminal 410 may display the bingo matrix on the display.

The game providing server 420 may generate a random ball (422). Random balls may be displayed with numbers or letters. In other words, the game providing server 420 may select a specific element from the element pool. A random ball or a specific element may mean, for example, a number or character that the moderator calls in an offline bingo game. The game providing server 420 may provide the random ball to the terminal 410 (423).

The terminal 410 may display a number or letter displayed on the random ball on the display. The game player can find the elements of the bingo matrix that match the numbers or characters displayed on the random ball. If there is a matching element, the game player can apply input to the element. For example, a game player may mark an element via a mouse or touch.

Terminal 410 may receive an input for an element from a game player (411). The terminal 410 may generate an input signal for the input and transmit the input signal to the game providing server. The input signal may include information of the marked element. The game providing server 420 receives the input signal (424) and can determine whether the input of the game player is a legitimate input based on the input signal (425). When the number or character described in the random ball matches the marked element, the game providing server 420 can confirm the input of the game player with a legitimate input.

If it is a legitimate input, the game providing server 420 may transmit arbitrarily selected card information to the terminal 410. If not, the game providing server 420 may generate a random ball 422 and provide a random ball to the terminal 410 (423).

The terminal 410 provided with the card information can display the card information in place of the element marked by the game player (412). Terminal 410 may display the card information while providing visual feedback to reverse the place of the element. In addition, the terminal 410 can output the sound effect while displaying the card information.

If the game providing server 420 provides a random ball (423), and the process of marking the element whose game player matches the number or character of the random ball is repeated, a bingo event may occur. If a bingo event occurs on a row, column, or diagonal of the bingo matrix, the game player may authorize input indicating that a bingo event has occurred. That is, the terminal 410 may receive an input indicating the occurrence of a bingo event from the game player (413). The terminal 410 can generate a bingo event occurrence signal for the input, and can transmit a bingo event occurrence signal to the game providing server 420.

When the game providing server 420 receives the bingo event occurrence signal (427), it can check whether the bingo event has actually occurred (428). The game providing server 420 may determine whether the bingo event occurrence signal is a legitimate signal or an erroneous signal. If the game player does not actually receive the bingo event, the game providing server 420 may determine that the bingo event occurrence signal is an erroneous signal. The game providing server 420 receiving the erroneous signal may generate a random ball 422 and provide a random ball to the terminal 410. When the bingo event is actually generated and the game player inputs an input indicating the occurrence of the bingo event, the game providing server 420 may determine that the bingo event occurrence signal is a valid signal. If it is determined that the received signal is a valid signal, the game providing server 420 may determine whether the exposed card information belongs to predetermined poker hands (429).

The game providing server 420 may identify the card information exposed in the row, column, or diagonal where the bingo event occurred. The game providing server 420 can check whether poker hands are generated based on the identified card information. If there is poker hands, the game providing server 420 can compare the ranking of the predetermined poker hands and the ranking of the poker hands determined. If the predetermined ranking of the poker hands is high, the game providing server 420 may provide a reward point for the occurrence of the bingo event. If the confirmed poker hands have a high ranking, the game providing server 420 may provide a reward point for the occurrence of the bingo event and a reward point for the occurrence of the poker hands.

Operations between the terminal and the game providing server shown in FIG. 4 can be applied as they are in FIGS. 1 to 3, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

<Blended with bingo and poker games hybrid  game- Pingo Battle Mode >

5 is a flowchart for explaining a game providing method according to another embodiment. The game providing method according to another embodiment may be performed by the game providing server.

Referring to FIG. 5, the game providing server may provide a bingo matrix to terminals of each of a plurality of game players (510). The bingo matrix may include a plurality of elements, and the elements may be numbers or letters. For example, the game providing server can arbitrarily select 25 numbers from the numbers 1 to 75, and provide the terminal with the bingo matrix including the 25 numbers. As another example, the game providing server may allow the game player to select a number. That is, the game player can select 25 numbers from 1 to 75 in the bingo matrix, and the game providing server can provide the terminal with the bingo matrix in which the number selected by the game player is recorded.

The game providing server may expose the card information according to a predetermined method to the bingo matrix provided to each terminal (520).

The game providing server can determine a line start player that is a game player who can select an element. For example, the game providing server may arbitrarily determine a line start player. Line start The player can select the elements contained in the bingo matrix within a predetermined time (for example, within 12 seconds). If the line start player fails to select an element within a predetermined time, the elements included in the bingo matrix of the line start player may be arbitrarily selected. The game providing server can receive selection information generated based on the element selected by the line start player. The game providing server may expose the card information to the element selected by the line start player in response to receiving the selection information. That is, the card information can be displayed in the area of the element selected by the line start player.

The game providing server can transmit the selection information to the terminals of the remaining game players. That is, the terminal of a plurality of game players may be displayed with selection information indicating an element selected by the line starting player. For example, when the line start player selects "3 ", the display of the terminal of the remaining game players may display" 3 " The next game player can also choose an element from his bingo matrix. The last game player selects the element and the element selected by the last game player may be displayed on the display of the terminal participating in the game.

When the last game player selects an element, the game round ends. The game provided by the game providing server may include a plurality of game rounds, and the game providing server may determine a line start player of the next game round. The line start player in the next game round may be different from the line start player in the previous game round. As the game round progresses, the card information is exposed in the bingo matrix of the game player participating in the game. If there is an exposure of card information in a row, column, or diagonal of the bingo matrix, a bingo event occurs. A row, column, or diagonal line where a bingo event occurs is called a bingo line.

The game providing server can receive the event signal generated as the condition for winning the game is satisfied (530). For example, suppose a game player that raises three bingo events qualifies to win (ie, a game player with three bingo lines can win). When the game player A generates three bingo events, the terminal of the game player A can generate an event signal indicating the winning of the game based on the input of the game player A. The terminal of the game player A can transmit an event signal to the game providing server.

In response to receiving the event signal, the game providing server may control the terminal of the game player that has transmitted the event signal to provide at least one of a visual message and an auditory message indicating winning of the game.

The game providing server can determine whether the card information exposed in the bingo matrix of the terminal that transmitted the event signal belongs to poker hands (540). The game providing server can determine whether the card information exposed on the bingo line belongs to poker hands. Alternatively, the game providing server can determine whether the card information exposed in the bingo line establishes poker hands. In the above example, the game providing server can determine whether the card information exposed in each of the three bingo lines belongs to poker hands.

If the card information exposed in the bingo line belongs to the poker hands, the game providing server may provide additional reward points (550) with account information of the winning game player in the game.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation between a game providing server and a plurality of terminals in a game providing method according to another embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 6, the game providing server 610 may provide a bingo matrix to a plurality of terminals 630 and 650 (611). The bingo matrix may include a plurality of elements.

The game provided by the game providing server 610 may include a plurality of game rounds. The game providing server 610 may determine a starting player to start the game in the first game round. For example, the game providing server 610 may determine the game player 1 playing the game through the terminal 1 as the starting player (612). The game providing server 610 may provide information of the starting player to the plurality of terminals 630 and 650. [ All game players participating in the game know the information of the starting player.

The game player 1 can select the element through the terminal 1 630. [ That is, the terminal 1 630 can generate the first selection information based on the element selected by the game player 1 (631). The game providing server 610 may receive the first selection information (614) and may transmit the first selection information to the remaining terminal (650) (615). The element selected by game player 1 may be disclosed to the remaining game players. The game providing server 610 can expose the card information to the area of the element selected by the game player 1. [ The game providing server 610 can transmit the card information to the first terminal 630, and the first terminal 630 can visually display the received card information in the area of the element (632).

The game player 2 that plays the game through the second terminal 650 can select the element. That is, the terminal 2 650 can generate the second selection information based on the element selected by the game player 2 (651). The game providing server 610 may receive the second selection information (616) and may provide the second selection information to the remaining terminals (610). The game providing server 610 can expose the card information to the area of the element selected by the game player 2. The game providing server 610 may transmit the card information to the second terminal 650 and the second terminal 650 may visually display the received card information in the area of the element (652).

The first game round ends. Thereafter, as the second game round starts, the game providing server 610 can determine the starting player of the second game round. As the game proceeds, a lot of card information is exposed to the bingo matrix, and bingo events may occur as the card information is exposed (633).

The terminal 1 630 can generate a bingo event occurrence signal based on the occurrence of the bingo event. That is, the game providing server 610 may receive the bingo event occurrence signal (618) and update the number of occurrences of the bingo event based on the bingo event occurrence signal. The game providing server 610 may transmit a control signal to the terminal to display the updated number of occurrences on the display of the terminal participating in the game. The plurality of game players can confirm the number of times of the bingo event of the opponent game player. Although not shown in FIG. 6, the terminal 2 (650) can also transmit a bingo event occurrence signal to the game providing server 610 based on the occurrence of the bingo event.

As the game progresses, a predetermined number of bingo events may occur (634). The predetermined number of times is a condition to win the game. When a predetermined number of bingo events are generated among the game players participating in the game, the player can win the game. When the condition to win the game is satisfied, the terminal 1 630 can generate a game winning signal and can transmit a game winning signal to the game providing server 610. [ That is, the game providing server 610 can receive the game winning signal.

The game providing server 610 can determine whether the card information exposed in the bingo matrix of the terminal that transmitted the game winning signal belongs to poker hands (621). The game providing server 610 can determine whether the card information exposed in the above-described bingo line belongs to poker hands. When belonging to the poker hands, the game providing server 610 may provide a reward for the generation of the poker hands together with the reward for the game winning (623). If it does not belong to the poker hands, the game providing server 610 may provide only the reward for the game win (622).

1 through 5 can also be applied to the method of FIG. 6, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

7 is a diagram for explaining a screen displayed on a display of a terminal of a game player in a game providing method according to another embodiment. The screen 700 is a screen displayed on the display of the terminal of the game player 1.

Referring to FIG. 7, five game players (game players 1 to 5) participate in the game. The number of persons participating in the game is only an example according to the embodiment. Five game players begin their first game round. Five game players may be identified through the game player objects 701 through 705. [ The game player plays the game with the opponent game player to win the game. Here, the opponent game player refers to the game player except for himself / herself among the game players participating in the game.

In the game player objects 701 to 705, an ID of the game player, an avatar of the game player, or a picture of the game player may be displayed. Through the game player object 701, it can be seen that the ID of the game player 1 is "prussian ". In addition, game money held by the game player may be displayed on the game player objects 701 to 705. [ A bingo line may be displayed at the top of the game player objects 701 to 705. If the game player generates a bingo event, the number displayed on the bingo line may be updated. The game player can see how many bingo lines the opponent player has completed.

A bingo matrix 710 may be displayed on the right side of the screen 700. The bingo matrix 710 may include a plurality of elements. The bingo matrix 710 shown in FIG. 7 includes numbers. The bingo matrix is also displayed on the display of the terminal of the opponent game player. The bingo matrix provided by the game player is not the same.

"3 LINES to BINGO" is displayed at the top of the bingo matrix 710. "3 LINES to BINGO" is a condition to win the game. In other words, a game player who completes three bingo lines wins the game. When the game player completes three bingo lines, the check button 713 is activated. The terminal receives an input for the activated check button 713 from the game player, and can generate the aforementioned game winning signal based on the input.

The game providing server can determine a starting player among game players 1 to 5. For example, a game providing server may randomly determine a starting player. Let the game providing server determine game player 1 as the starting player. After the determination, the game providing server can advance the game in the order of game player 2, game player 3, game player 4, and game player 5.

Numbers are displayed at the lower right of the game player objects 701 to 703. The number displayed on the lower right side indicates an element selected by the game player. Game Player 1 selects "4" in the Bingo Matrix, Game Player 2 selects "18" in the Bingo Matrix, and Game Player 3 selects "31". On the screen 700, an element list 730 indicating a list of elements selected by the game player in the first game round is displayed. "4", "18", and "31" selected by the game player 1 or the game player 3 are displayed in the element list 730. When the first game round ends and the next game round begins, the element list 730 is initialized. In the next game round, the element selected by the game player is displayed in the element list 730.

After the game player 1 selects "4" in the bingo matrix 710, the game providing server can expose the card information in the area where "4" is displayed. "Club K" is displayed on the element 711 in the bingo matrix 710. "4" is displayed in the element 711 in the bingo matrix 710, but "Club K" is displayed in the element 711 by the selection of the game player 1. The game player 1 can not mark the bingo matrix 710 because the game player 2 has selected "18" and the "18" is not in the bingo matrix 710. Game player 3 has selected "31", and "31" is element 712 included in the bingo matrix. The terminal may receive an input for the element 712 from the game player 1 and the game providing server may expose the card information to the area where the element 712 is displayed.

At the top of the bingo matrix 710, a list 720 of card information to be exposed may be displayed. When the game is started, the list 720 displays "Club K", "Heart K", and "Spade K" in that order. When game player 1 selects element "4 "," club K "is exposed to the bingo matrix, and" heart K " If the card information displayed in the list 720 is exposed to the bingo matrix, the list 720 is updated. The same card information is not displayed in the list 720. Although not shown in FIG. 7, the card information 721 to be exposed may be displayed differently from other card information in the list 720. For example, the scale of the card information 721 may be changed. In addition, the card information 721 can be displayed more clearly than other card information in the list 720. [

Each time a game player selects an element, a reward 750 may be earned. Reward 750 is provided to the game player who won the game.

In the screen 700, the game player 4 is in turn selecting the element. Although not shown in FIG. 7, the graphics attribute of the game player object of the game player in turn may be changed. For example, the color of the border of the game player object 704 may vary. The game player can know which player the player is in when to select the element.

The game player 1, the game player 2, the game player 3, and the game player 5 can know that the game player 4 has selected the element "25" in the bingo matrix through the element object 740 displayed on the screen 700. The terminal can transmit the selection information generated based on the "25" selected by the game player 4 to the game providing server, and the game providing server can display the selection information on the screen of the terminal of the game player participating in the game.

A turn timer 760 may be displayed on the upper right side of the game player object 704. The turn timer is the time for the game player to select an element.

At the top 770 of the screen 700, game money and points of the game player 1 may be displayed.

An end button 780 that can end the game may be displayed on the upper right side of the screen 700.

The game player may have a turn in that game round. Here, turn means an opportunity to select an element within the turn timer. The game player can choose an element in his turn. In addition, the game player may mark an element that matches the element displayed in the element list 730 on its turn. Marking refers to applying an input to an element using an input means (e.g., a mouse or a finger). The game player can complete the bingo line and the poker hands while checking the element list 730 and the list 720 of card information. That is, the game player can strategically play the game using the element list 730 and the list of card information 720 to acquire more rewards.

If the game player marks an element that is not displayed in the element list 730 in his / her turn, the marked element may be regarded as selected by the game player.

A game player who completes a royal straight flush among the game players 1 to 5 can win the game irrespective of the number of times the bingo line is completed.

Joker can be included in the bingo line. The game providing server can identify the card information exposed on the bingo line and grasp the poker hands that can be completed by a combination of the joker and the identified card information. For example, suppose a joker, spade 3, heart 3, diamond 3, diamond 8 is exposed to the bingo line. There are triple poker hands that can be created using four card information. There are full house and four cards of poker hands that can be completed using joker and 4 card information. The game providing server may consider the joker to be a heart 8 and that the full house is on the bingo line. Also, the game providing server regards the joker as club 3, and can confirm that there is a bokeh card in the bingo line. That is, the game providing server can check triple, full house, and four cards. Here, since the ranking of the four-card is the highest, the game providing server can judge that there is a four-card in the bingo line.

If the number of bingo lines completed by the game players participating in the game in the middle of the game is equal to or greater than a predetermined number (for example, seven), the game providing server can terminate the game. At the end of the game, the game providing server can confirm whether or not poker hands have been established in the bingo line. Based on the above confirmation, the game player having the highest ranking poker hands can be selected as the winner.

8 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a game providing server according to another embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8, the game providing server 800 includes a database 810, a communication unit 820, a user interface providing unit 830, and a controller 840.

The database 810 may store account information of a plurality of game players. For example, the database 810 may store personal information, win / loss, odds, and the like of a plurality of game players.

The communication unit 820 can connect the game providing server 800 with terminals 850 to 870 of a plurality of game players. The communication unit 820 can connect the game providing server 800 and the terminals 850 to 870 via a wired or wireless network.

The user interface providing unit 830 may provide a terminal of each of the plurality of game players with a bingo matrix including a plurality of elements.

The control unit 840 may expose the card information to the bingo matrix according to a predetermined method. The control unit 840 may expose the card information to the bingo matrix provided to the terminal of one of the game players in response to receiving the selection information generated based on the element selected by one of the plurality of game players. The control unit 840 may control the communication unit 820 to transmit selection information to the remaining terminals. The remaining game players other than the one game player can confirm the element selected by the one game player.

Bingo events may occur when card information is exposed in rows, columns, or diagonals of a bingo matrix. In other words, the bingo line can be completed. The controller 840 may update the number of occurrences of the bingo event based on the reception of the bingo event occurrence signal indicating the occurrence of the bingo event. The updated number of occurrences can be displayed on the display of the terminals of a plurality of game players, and the game player can check how many bingo events (or completed bingo lines) generated by the opponent game player.

The controller 840 can determine whether the card information exposed in the bingo matrix of the terminal that transmitted the event signal belongs to the poker hands, in response to receiving the event signal generated when the condition for winning the game is satisfied. Here, the control unit 840 may control the terminal of the game player that has transmitted the event signal to provide at least one of a visual message and an auditory message indicating victory of the game. If the card information exposed to the bingo matrix belongs to the poker hands, the controller 840 may provide additional reward points for the occurrence of the poker hands to the account information of the winning player in the game.

In addition, the control unit 840 can control to display the card information corresponding to the order of exposure among the card information allocated to the game player. The game player can strategically identify the poker hands by checking which cards will be exposed to the Bingo Matrix.

1 to 7 may be applied to the block shown in FIG. 8, so that a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments may be implemented within a computer system, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) , A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media 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 machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI &gt; or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

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Claims (19)

Providing a terminal of a game player with a bingo matrix containing different elements;
Exposing card information to the terminal if there is an input to the element according to a predetermined manner;
Determining whether the exposed card information belongs to a predetermined poker hands in response to receiving a bingo event signal generated based on the element; And
Providing a reward point to account information of the game player based on the determination;
And a game server for playing the game.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of exposing the card information to the terminal comprises:
Confirming that the input to the element is a legitimate input; And
Providing the card information to the terminal based on the confirmation;
And a game server for playing the game.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the step of exposing the card information to the terminal comprises:
Controlling at least one of visual feedback and auditory feedback to reverse the place where the element is displayed
And a game server for playing the game.
The method according to claim 1,
In response to receiving the bingo event signal, confirming that the bingo event is correct; And
Controlling at least one of a visual message and an auditory message to indicate the occurrence of the bingo event to be output
Wherein the game server further comprises:
Providing a terminal of each of a plurality of game players with a bingo matrix comprising a plurality of elements;
Exposing card information to the bingo matrix provided to each terminal according to a predetermined method;
Receiving an event signal generated as a condition for winning in a game is satisfied;
Determining whether the card information exposed in the bingo matrix of the terminal that transmitted the event signal belongs to poker hands; And
Providing additional reward points as account information of the game player winning the game based on the determination
And a game server for playing the game.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the step of exposing the card information to each terminal according to the predetermined method comprises:
Receiving selection information generated based on an element selected by one of the plurality of game players;
Exposing the card information to the bingo matrix provided to the terminal of the one game player in response to receiving the selection information; And
Providing the call information to terminals of the remaining game players except for one terminal of the game player
And a game server for playing the game.
6. The method of claim 5,
Receiving a bingo event occurrence signal indicating occurrence of a bingo event according to the exposure; And
Updating the number of occurrences of the bingo event based on the bingo event occurrence signal
Wherein the game server further comprises:
6. The method of claim 5,
A step of controlling to display card information corresponding to the order of exposure among the card information allocated to the game player
Wherein the game server further comprises:
6. The method of claim 5,
In response to receiving the event signal, controlling the terminal of the game player that has transmitted the event signal to provide at least one of a visual message and an audible message indicating winning of the game
Wherein the game server further comprises:
A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
A server for providing a game,
A database for storing game player account information;
A communication unit for connecting with a terminal of the game player;
A user interface providing unit for providing the terminal with a bingo matrix including different elements based on execution of the game; And
In response to receipt of a bingo event signal generated based on the element, the exposed card information is transmitted to a predetermined poker hands hands, and providing a reward point to the account information based on the determination,
And a game server.
12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein,
Determining whether an input to the element is a legitimate input and providing the card information to the terminal based on the confirmation;
Game provisioning server.
12. The method of claim 11,
A feedback signal portion for transmitting a feedback signal such that at least one of visual feedback and auditory feedback is inverted,
Further comprising:
12. The method of claim 11,
A message output signal portion for transmitting a message output signal so that at least one of a visual message and an auditory message indicating occurrence of the bingo event is provided;
Further comprising:
A database for storing account information of a plurality of game players;
A communication unit for connecting to terminals of the plurality of game players;
A user interface providing unit for providing a bingo matrix including a plurality of elements to terminals of each of the plurality of game players; And
In response to receipt of an event signal generated when a condition for winning in a game is satisfied, exposes card information according to a predetermined method to the bingo matrix provided to each terminal, And a control unit for providing reward points to account information of the game player winning the game based on the determination,
And a game server.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein,
In response to receipt of selection information generated based on an element selected by one of the plurality of game players, exposes the card information to the bingo matrix provided to the terminal of the one game player, To transmit the selection information to the remaining terminals,
Game provisioning server.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein,
Updating the number of occurrences of the bingo event based on the reception of the bingo event signal indicating the occurrence of the bingo event,
Game provisioning server.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein,
And controls to display card information corresponding to the order of exposure among the card information allocated to the game player,
Game provisioning server.
16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein,
In response to receiving the event signal, control to provide at least one of a visual message and an auditory message to the terminal of the game player that transmitted the event signal,
Game provisioning server.

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