KR20170014040A - Apparatus for providing game and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a game providing apparatus, and a game providing method. According to a first aspect of the present invention, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the game providing apparatus comprises: a position information obtaining unit obtaining position information of a terminal playing a game; a local information obtaining unit obtaining weather information corresponding to the location information; and a data treatment unit treating game data based on local information.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME AND METHOD THEREOF [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for providing a game, and more particularly, to a game providing apparatus and method for providing game data processed based on position information of a game user.

With the development of the Internet, online games have grown rapidly. MUD (Multiple User Dungeon) games, MUG (Multiple User Graphic) games, and web-based games that can be played only by browsers, which can be installed on a hard disk drive and connected to an Internet server, And mobile games using mobile phones.

However, since such an online game is based on a virtual space, there is a problem that it is different from the environment where the user who plays the game is located, and the reality is not good.

In this regard, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2011-0103665, which is a prior art document, discloses a technique in which a shape of a user input through a camera is applied to a game to make a user feel a sense of reality.

However, such prior art technology only gives a sense of reality through reflecting the user's behavior on the game, and thus does not reflect the environment of the area where the user is playing the game.

Accordingly, a technique for reflecting the environment of the place where the user is located in the game and giving a high reality to a user who plays the game is needed.

On the other hand, the background art described above is technical information acquired by the inventor for the derivation of the present invention or obtained in the derivation process of the present invention, and can not necessarily be a known technology disclosed to the general public before the application of the present invention .

An embodiment of the present invention is directed to a game providing apparatus and method.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game providing apparatus including a position information obtaining unit obtaining position information of a terminal on which a game is played, obtaining weather information corresponding to the position information, And a data processing unit for processing game data based on the area information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a method of providing a game to a terminal by a game providing apparatus includes the steps of acquiring position information of a terminal where a game is played, obtaining weather information corresponding to the position information, And processing the game data based on the information.

According to any of the above-mentioned objects of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention can provide a game providing apparatus and method.

Further, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, a game providing apparatus and method capable of reflecting the environment of the place where the game is played in the game and giving the user a sense of reality can be presented.

Further, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, even if a game is played through a fixed terminal, location information of a user's mobile terminal can be acquired and more accurate position information can be acquired.

Further, according to any one of the tasks of the present invention, game data is processed so as to adjust factors in the game in accordance with the changed game background, thereby providing a higher sense of reality when the user plays the game.

The effects obtained by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description will be.

1 is a configuration diagram of a game providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a game providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 6 are diagrams for explaining a game providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of a game providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The network N may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value added network (VAN), a personal area network (PAN) mobile radio communication network, Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), Mobile WiMAX, HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) satellite communication network, LTE (Long Term Evolution) network and the like.

Each of the terminals 200 and 300 can be implemented as a computer, a portable terminal, a television, a wearable device, or the like, which can be connected to the remote server 100 through the network N, have. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and the like, each of which is equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), and the portable terminal may be a wireless communication device , Personal Communication System (PCS), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), Smart Phone, Mobile WiMAX (Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) (Handheld) based wireless communication device. In addition, the television may include an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), an Internet television (TV), a terrestrial TV, a cable TV, and the like. Further, the wearable device is an information processing apparatus of a type that can be directly worn on a human body, such as a watch, a pair of glasses, an accessory, clothes, shoes, etc. and is connected to a server 100 at a remote place via a network, Or may be connected to other terminals.

The server 100 provides game data to each of the terminals 200 and 300 and provides a game service to a user or user of each terminal 200 and 300. [ The user may be provided with the game service provided by the server 100 through the fixed terminal 200 such as a desktop or may receive the game service provided by the server 100 through the mobile terminal 300 such as a smart phone It is possible.

Hereinafter, it is assumed that the game providing apparatus is the server 100. [

Next, with reference to FIG. 2, each configuration of the game providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a game providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The game providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a communication unit 110 that communicates with at least one of the terminals 200 and 300. [ The communication unit 110 may receive location information from at least one of the terminals 200 and 300. Also, the communication unit 110 may receive the local information together with the location information from at least one of the terminals 200 and 300. The local information according to an embodiment of the present invention may include information about a weather, a state, or an event in the corresponding area. For example, local information may include weather information of the area, event information of the area, population of the area, information about a business located in the area, building information of the corresponding area, land information of the corresponding area, .

The game providing apparatus 100 may further include a position information obtaining unit 120 for obtaining position information of at least one of the terminals 200 and 300. The location information according to the embodiment of the present invention may be information indicating a location where each of the terminals 200 and 300 is located.

In the case of the fixed terminal 200, the location information obtaining unit 120 may obtain the IP of the fixed terminal 200 as location information. However, the present invention is not limited to the case where the location information obtaining unit 120 obtains IP from the fixed terminal 200, and the location information obtaining unit 120 obtains the location information of the fixed terminal 200 from the fixed terminal 200 It is possible to apply any method in the case of acquiring specific information that allows the user to judge whether or not the user can judge the user. Also, the location information acquisition unit 120 may acquire location information from the mobile terminal 300 of the user connected to the fixed terminal 200. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the location information obtaining unit 120 may obtain location information from the mobile terminal 300 of the user connected to the fixed terminal 200 to obtain more accurate location information.

In the case of the mobile terminal 300, the location information obtaining unit 120 obtains the location information of the base station communicating with the mobile terminal 300, the GPS information of the mobile terminal 300 or the base station information communicating with the mobile terminal 300, . However, the present invention is not limited to the case where the location information obtaining unit 120 obtains the GPS information from the mobile terminal 300 or the base station information in communication with the mobile terminal 300, It is possible to apply any method in the case of acquiring the specific information enabling the terminal 300 to determine the location of the fixed terminal 200.

When a code corresponding to a specific place is distributed to a terminal 200 or 300 in the form of a printed matter or on the web, the location information obtaining unit 120 obtains a code The location of the terminal can be determined as a specific place corresponding to the code. And the specific place corresponding to the code and the code may be matched and stored in the game providing apparatus 100 in advance.

The game providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a local information obtaining unit 130 for obtaining local information corresponding to the location information of the terminals 200 and 300. [

The local information obtaining unit 130 obtains local information of the area corresponding to the position of the terminal 200 or 300 determined based on the location information.

The local information obtaining unit 130 obtains the local information corresponding to the position of the terminal 200 or 300 judged based on the position information by connecting to a specific website (for example, "weather agency homepage" in the case of weather information) , And acquire local information corresponding to the location of the terminals 200 and 300 through a separately provided device (weather observation device in the case of weather information).

The local information acquisition unit 130 may acquire local information corresponding to the location of the terminals 200 and 300 from the terminals 200 and 300. [ At this time, local information corresponding to the current location may be stored in the terminals 200 and 300. [

Also, when the location information of the local information obtaining unit 120 is requested to the terminals 200 and 300, the terminals 200 and 300 collect local information corresponding to the location of the terminal 200 and the local information obtaining unit 130 At this time, the collected local information can be obtained.

The game providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a data processing unit 140 for processing the game data by reflecting the collected local information. In addition, the data processing unit 140 may process the game data so as to adjust the parameters in the game in accordance with the change of the game background.

The game providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention can process the game data so as to adjust factors in the game in accordance with the changed game background so that the user can provide a higher sense of reality when playing the game.

The data processing unit 140 according to the embodiment of the present invention may process game data through a method of processing data in the game providing apparatus 100. [ In this case, the game data may include data regarding game background and in-game factors.

The data processing unit 140 according to another embodiment of the present invention may be configured such that when an image, moving image or various data for playing a game is stored in the terminals 200 and 300, To be processed in accordance with the game data. At this time, the game data generated by the data processing unit 140 may include an instruction to control the terminals 200 and 300. In this case, since the game providing apparatus 100 does not have to store a lot of data by itself, the game providing apparatus 100 can be economical because it has a small burden on the storage space.

The process of processing the game data by reflecting the collected local information by the data processing unit 140 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below.

Next, a game providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3 to FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The game providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 includes the steps of the game providing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. Therefore, even though omitted from the following description, the above description regarding the game providing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 2 can also be applied to the game providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

4 to 6 are diagrams for explaining a game providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The game providing apparatus 100 may acquire position information of the user terminals 200 and 300 connected to the game service provided by the game providing apparatus 100 (S301). The user can access the game service through the fixed terminal 200 or the mobile terminal 300.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the user accesses the game service through the mobile terminal 300, the game providing apparatus 100 may acquire the location information of the mobile terminal 300 from the mobile terminal 300 .

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the game providing apparatus 100 may acquire position information from the fixed terminal 200 or the mobile terminal 300 when the user accesses the game service through the fixed terminal 200 have.

The game providing apparatus 100 can acquire positional information from the mobile terminal 300 of the user accessing the game service even if the user accesses the game service through the fixed terminal 200 for more accurate position information acquisition . In this case, the location information obtaining unit 120 obtains the location information of the mobile terminal 300 based on the identification number of the user previously stored in the game providing apparatus 100 (for example, the phone number of the mobile terminal of the user accessing the game service) Information can be requested to be transmitted. The mobile terminal 300, which is requested to transmit the location information, may transmit the location information of the mobile terminal 300 to the game providing apparatus 100.

The game providing apparatus 100 can acquire the local information corresponding to the location information (S303).

The game providing apparatus 100 may process game data by reflecting local information (S305).

A specific embodiment in which game providing apparatus 100 processes game data by reflecting local information will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the game providing apparatus 100 can process the game data so that the game background corresponding to the area where the terminal is located is reflected in the local information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the game providing apparatus 100 may be configured to determine a weather condition of a user's terminal (a terminal where position information is acquired, hereinafter referred to as a terminal) The game data can be processed so as to be reflected in the game background.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the user's terminal is located in a region where the user is located, the game providing apparatus 100 can process the game data so that the game background to be played by the user is also reduced. At this time, the game providing apparatus 100 may process the game data so that the factors in the game are adjusted in accordance with the change of the game background.

The parameters in the game according to the embodiment of the present invention may include elements constituting the game except for the game background such as the status, appearance, costume, biorhythm, or character movement of the game character.

For example, when game data is processed such that the game background is rained, the game providing apparatus 100 may process the game data such that the movement of the players in the game is slowed down in the case of a soccer game. Also, in the case of racing games, the game data can be processed so that the car slides better. In addition, in various kinds of games, game data can be processed so that the characters in the game wear clothes.

Also, the game providing apparatus 100 can process the game data such that the status of the game character varies according to the game background. For example, when game data is processed so as to cause a rainfall on the game background, the game providing apparatus 100 can process the game data such that the biorhythm or mental of the game character changes badly.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the game providing apparatus 100 may process the game data by reflecting the state of the area where the terminal is located. The game providing apparatus 100 may determine the state of the area where the terminal is located based on the area information. For example, the game providing apparatus 100 may process the game data so that the game background corresponding to the area where the user terminal is located is reflected in the game played by the user. In the game providing apparatus 100, the game background corresponding to the region where the terminal is located and the terminal position may be matched and stored in advance.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, if the area where the user terminal is located is not an urban area, but an inter-mountain area or a rural area, the game providing apparatus 100 determines that the location of the terminal is mountainous or rural, The game providing apparatus 100 can process the game data such that the background of the game provided to the user is the mountainous area or the rural area. If the user accesses the game service to play the racing game in the mountainous region or the rural area, the game providing apparatus 100 may process the game data so that the user-adjusted car can run on the unpaved road instead of the pavement road have.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the game providing apparatus 100 may process the game data so that the game background corresponding to the position of the user terminal is reflected only at the designated place of the user terminal. The game background corresponding to the position of the user terminal may be pre-set. More specifically, when it is determined that the location of the user terminal is located at the pre-designated location based on the received location information, the game providing apparatus 100 provides the game background corresponding to the location of the user terminal to the user terminal .

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when the user terminal is disposed inside a specific cafe, the game providing apparatus 100 can process the game data so that the background of the game provided to the user is the inside of the specific cafe have. If the user plays the FPS game in a certain cafe, the game providing apparatus 100 may process the game data such that the background of the game becomes a specific cafe. That is, the game providing apparatus 100 can provide the background of the predetermined game to the user terminal only when the user plays the game in a state where the user terminal is disposed at a specific place.

In this case, a business agreement may be concluded in advance between the operator operating the designated place and the provider of the game service. In other words, when the user terminal is located in a business site operated by a business entity that has entered into an agreement with a provider of the game service, the game providing device 100 can provide the business site operated by the business partner to the user terminal as a game background.

Also, in this case, the user must go to the designated place and play the game, so that the user can play the game in the specific space. Therefore, since the user who is operating the predetermined place is guided to the business site for game play, the advertisement effect on the business site can be enjoyed.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the game providing apparatus 100 may process data such that, when an event occurs in an area where the user terminal is located, the same event is also generated in the background of a game played by the user. Here the event may include local festivals, elections and local events.

Referring again to FIG. 3, a game providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The game providing apparatus 100 can provide the processed game data to the terminals 200 and 300 (S307). When the terminals 200 and 300 receive the game data provided by the game providing apparatus 100, the terminals 200 and 300 provide the game to the user based on the game data.

If the user is playing a game through the fixed terminal 200 but the location information is obtained through the mobile terminal 300, the communication unit 110 provides the game data to the fixed terminal 200.

When each user located in a different area accesses a game provided by the game providing apparatus 100 via another terminal and cooperates or plays a game with each other, May provide different game data to each terminal. That is, the background of the game played on each terminal may differ depending on the location of each terminal to be played. In this case, the parameters in the game can be changed according to the game background. Accordingly, the factors in the game can be changed advantageously for a specific user, unfavorably for a specific user depending on the place where the game is played. For example, in the case of a sports game, when a user plays a game in a rainy region, and a user plays a game in a non-rainy region, the character of the user in the rainy region has a mental or biorhythm , The character of the user in the non-remembering area may be mental or biorhythm.

In addition, the game providing apparatus 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention can provide the same game data to each terminal. That is, the background of the game played on each terminal may be the same. In this case, the game providing apparatus 100 may process the game data based on the position information of the specific terminal. At this time, a selection criterion of a specific terminal, which is a basis for background selection, may be preset. For example, the game providing apparatus 100 may process game data based on location information of a terminal located in an area having a higher population density. In addition, the user who plays the game provided by the game providing apparatus 100 may process the game data based on the location information of the terminal located in more areas.

The term " part " used in the present embodiment means a hardware component such as software or a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an ASIC, and 'part' performs certain roles. However, 'part' is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. &Quot; to " may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to play one or more processors. Thus, by way of example, 'parts' may refer to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, and processes, functions, , Subroutines, segments of program patent code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.

The functions provided within the components and components may be combined with a smaller number of components and components or separated from additional components and components.

In addition, the components and components may be implemented to play back one or more CPUs in a device or a secure multimedia card

The game providing method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3 may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium can include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

Also, the game providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented as a computer program (or a computer program product) including instructions executable by a computer. A computer program includes programmable machine instructions that are processed by a processor and can be implemented in a high-level programming language, an object-oriented programming language, an assembly language, or a machine language . The computer program may also be recorded on a computer readable recording medium of a type (e.g., memory, hard disk, magnetic / optical medium or solid-state drive).

Thus, a game providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by a computer program as described above being executed by a computing device. The computing device may include a processor, a memory, a storage device, a high-speed interface connected to the memory and a high-speed expansion port, and a low-speed interface connected to the low-speed bus and the storage device. Each of these components is connected to each other using a variety of buses and can be mounted on a common motherboard or mounted in any other suitable manner.

Where the processor may process instructions within the computing device, such as to display graphical information to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) on an external input, output device, such as a display connected to a high speed interface And commands stored in memory or storage devices. As another example, multiple processors and / or multiple busses may be used with multiple memory and memory types as appropriate. The processor may also be implemented as a chipset comprised of chips comprising multiple independent analog and / or digital processors.

The memory also stores information within the computing device. In one example, the memory may comprise volatile memory units or a collection thereof. In another example, the memory may be comprised of non-volatile memory units or a collection thereof. The memory may also be another type of computer readable medium such as, for example, a magnetic or optical disk.

And the storage device can provide a large amount of storage space to the computing device. The storage device may be a computer readable medium or a configuration including such a medium and may include, for example, devices in a SAN (Storage Area Network) or other configurations, and may be a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, Or a tape device, flash memory, or other similar semiconductor memory device or device array.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

100: game providing apparatus 110: communication unit
120: position information obtaining unit 130: weather information obtaining unit
140: Data processing unit 200: Fixed terminal
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Claims (11)

A location information obtaining unit for obtaining location information of a terminal where a game is played;
A local information obtaining unit for obtaining local information corresponding to the location information; And
And a data processing unit for processing the game data based on the area information. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the position information obtaining unit obtains,
Acquires location information based on at least one of IP, GPS of the terminal, and base station information communicating with the terminal. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the position information obtaining unit obtains,
And acquires location information of a mobile terminal of a user playing the game with the fixed terminal when the terminal is a fixed terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the data processing unit comprises:
And processes the game data so that a game background corresponding to an area where the terminal is located is reflected in the game based on the area information. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the data processing unit comprises:
And processes the game data so that the weather condition of the area where the terminal is located is reflected in the game. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the data processing unit comprises:
And processes the game data so that factors in the game are adjusted according to the game background. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the data processing unit comprises:
Wherein the game processing unit processes the game data so that the business place becomes a game background in the game if the place where the terminal is located is a business site operated by a business entity that has entered into an agreement with a provider who provides the game. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the data processing unit comprises:
And processes the data so that the event is generated in the background of the game when an event occurs in an area where the terminal is located. A method for providing a game to a terminal by a game providing apparatus,
Obtaining location information of a terminal where a game is played;
Obtaining local information corresponding to the location information; And
And processing the game data based on the area information. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for carrying out the method according to claim 9 is recorded. A computer program stored in a recording medium for performing the method according to claim 9 performed by a game providing apparatus.

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