KR20180004689A - System for providing online game to mobile device and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing an online game. The system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first terminal which is controlled by a user; a second terminal which is controlled by the user, and is different from the first terminal; and a game server which communicates with the first and second terminals through a network. The game server includes a user authentication unit which processes login of the first terminal and the second terminal with an user ID of the user, a game processing unit which transmits game processing information for each of a plurality of characters stored in the user ID, and a control unit which controls the game processing unit to transmit game processing information for an action of a first character included in the plurality of characters to the first terminal, and to transmit game processing information for a second character included in the plurality of characters and being different from the first character to the second terminal. Accordingly, it is possible to maximize the level of fun of the online game.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing an online game using a mobile communication terminal,

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing an online game, and more particularly, to a system and method for providing an online game to the mobile communication terminal so that a user can play an online game through the mobile communication terminal .

An online game is a game in which an online function is added through a wired or wireless network. For example, a multiplayer online role playing game (MORPG) is a game in which a plurality of users access a game through a network and play a game according to their own role ). The recent trend of such an online game is that a plurality of users participate in a game at the same time so that interaction among a large number of users is generated, and graphics requiring high-level system resources are used. Therefore, such an online game is generally installed and executed on a wired terminal such as a PC capable of providing sufficient system resources. However, since the wired terminal has a disadvantage in that the portability is poor, when users play an online game through a wired terminal, they are limited by time and place.

On the other hand, a wireless mobile game includes a game to be mounted and executed on a mobile communication terminal such as a game executed in a mobile phone or a mobile game machine in which mobility is emphasized. Such a wireless mobile game uses a simple graphic or the like and requires a smaller amount of system resources than an online game. Therefore, such a wireless mobile game is generally installed and executed on a mobile communication terminal. That is, in order to maximize portability, a wireless mobile game is generally installed in a mobile communication terminal having a small system resource compared to a wired terminal, and it is difficult to execute an online game that provides vast contents.

Therefore, the user has to use the wired terminal to enjoy the online game, and there is a problem that there is a time and place limitation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an online game in accordance with an action of a user character.

The present invention also aims at preventing the user from being restricted in the time and place of playing an online game.

It is another object of the present invention to make it possible for a user to duplicate access to his / her user account, and to allow a game to proceed with a plurality of characters.

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing online games.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising: a first terminal controlled by a user; A second terminal controlled by the user and different from the first terminal; And a game server communicating with the first and second terminals via a network, the game server including: a user authentication unit for processing login of the first terminal and the second terminal with the user account of the user; A game progress unit for transmitting game progress information for each of a plurality of characters stored in the user account; And transmitting the game progress information on the action of the first character included in the plurality of characters to the first terminal, and at the same time, transmitting the game progress information included in the plurality of characters and different from the first character And transmitting game progress information on the second character to the second terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a communication system including a first terminal controlled by a user; A second terminal controlled by the user and different from the first terminal; And a game server communicating with the first and second terminals via a network, the game server including: a user authentication unit for processing login of the first terminal and the second terminal with the user account of the user; A game progress unit for transmitting game progress information for each of a plurality of characters stored in the user account; An action determination unit that determines whether a system resource required for an action of the first character is less than a system resource available for the first terminal based on action information of a first character included in the plurality of characters; And if the system resource required for the action of the first character is less than a system resource available for the first terminal as a result of the determination by the action determination unit, the game progress unit causes the first terminal to perform an action And transmits the game progress information for the second character included in the plurality of characters to the second terminal at the same time.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an online game providing method performed in a game server communicating with a first terminal and a second terminal, which are different terminals controlled by the same user, Processing a login of the first terminal and the second terminal with an account; And transmitting game progress information on a first character included in the user account to the first terminal and simultaneously transmitting game progress information on a second character included in the user account and different from the first character, 2 < / RTI > terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an online game providing method performed in a game server communicating with first and second terminals, which are different terminals controlled by the same user, Processing a login of the first terminal and the second terminal with an account; Determining whether a system resource required for an action of the first character is less than a system resource available for the first terminal based on action information of the first character included in the user account; And transmitting the game progress information for the first character included in the user account to the first terminal if the system resource required for the action of the first character is less than the system resources available for the first terminal And simultaneously transmitting game progress information for a second character included in the user account and different from the first character to the second terminal.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an online game providing method performed in a game server communicating with a plurality of different terminals controlled by the same user, Processing each login; And providing a terminal selection window for presenting and selecting a terminal capable of providing a system resource required for an action of the first character based on action information of the first character included in the user account.

According to the present invention, an online game can be provided differently according to an action of a user character, thereby maximizing the fun of an online game.

In addition, according to the present invention, by extracting an action requesting a small system resource from an action of a user character in an online game, and allowing the action to be played through the wireless terminal, . ≪ / RTI > As a result, many users can be attracted to play online games.

In addition, according to the present invention, the user can play the game with a plurality of characters by allowing the duplicate access to the same account. This can maximize the fun of playing the game and increase the revenue of the game provider.

1 is a schematic block diagram of an online game provision system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an online game from a game server 120 to a terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the game server 120 while the game server 120 transmits game progress information to the first terminal 102 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing a state in which game progress information is displayed on a display unit of a first terminal 101 and a second terminal 102, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

A user controls an action of a user character while playing an online game. Of the character's actions, there is an action that requires less system resources. Such an action is defined as a "repeat action" below for the sake of convenience.

That is, when the user plays an online game through the terminal, the action of the user character consuming less system resources of the terminal (i.e., the terminal requests less system resources than the available system resources An action of the user character) may be an action that does not require interaction with a character of another user, such as an item creation action in an online game, or an action such as a collecting action in an online game, It can be an action that repeats a certain pattern of actions a specified number of times.

1 is a schematic block diagram of an online game provision system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

An online game providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes terminals 101 and 102, a game server 120, a user information database 131, and a game progress database 132.

The terminals 101 and 102 are installed with a game client having a game program for communicating with the game server 120 through a wired or wireless network 110 and performing an online game. The terminals 101 and 102 are controlled by the same user, and the user can freely control his / her player character through the terminals 101 and 102 while proceeding with the game.

The terminals 101 and 102 include a display unit (not shown) and an input unit (not shown). The display unit is an interface for processing the received information and displaying the information to the user. For example, the display unit may be implemented by a monitor screen, a touch screen, Display progress information to the user. The input unit is an interface for receiving input from a user and may be implemented by, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, a gyro sensor, etc. For example, And transmits the received input information to the game server 120.

The terminals 101 and 102 may be, for example, a wired terminal that communicates with the game server 120 via a wired network. The wired terminal may be a system environment in which high-definition wired game clients can be installed and executed As an established terminal, for example, it may be an electronic terminal including a personal computer (PC) or the like.

The terminals 101 and 102 may be, for example, wireless terminals that communicate with the game server 120 via a wireless network. Such a wireless terminal may include a system environment capable of providing portability and mobility The term " mobile communication terminal " refers to the same entity as the mobile communication terminal. The wireless terminal may be, for example, an electronic terminal including a smart phone, a notebook, a personal digital assistants (PDA), a game machine, and the like.

Meanwhile, the user information database 131 and the game progress database 132 may be embodied as a normal database system (DMBS) or a data structure stored in a normal storage medium.

The user information database 131 stores user information for playing a game provided by the game server 120 through the terminal. The user information is information for identifying each user. The user information includes, for example, user identification information such as ID, account information of the user (user-possessed character information, user's cache information, possessed item information, holding point information, etc.) And a terminal identifier information for identifying a game client to be executed on the game server.

The user information database 131 is referred to when the game server 120 determines whether or not to authenticate the terminal and is also referred to when the game server 120 stores user information in the user account, ) Is also referred to for obtaining user information.

The game progress database 132 stores game progress information for proceeding with an online game.

The game progress information includes all data and commands necessary for the progress of the online game. The game progress information includes, for example, game map information and game scenario information, and character position information, character movement information, item learning information, and monster information that are changed in accordance with input information received from the terminals 101 and 102 Location information, quest information, sound information, and chat information.

In addition, the input information includes all data and commands input by the user through the terminals 101 and 102 for the progress of the game. The input information includes, for example, position movement information of a character controlled by the terminals 101 and 102, action information of the character, possessed item use information of the character, chat information, and the like.

The game progress database 132 is referred to when the game server 120 transmits the game progress information to the terminals 101 and 102 and also includes game progress information corresponding to the input information received from the terminals 101 and 102 Generated and transmitted.

The game server 120 includes a control unit 121, a user authentication unit 122, a game progress unit 123, an action determination unit 124, and a billing unit 125. The game server 120 also includes a communication unit (not shown) that enables communication between external and internal components, and a storage unit (not shown) that stores all information necessary for the action of the game server 120 do.

The control unit 121 controls all operations of the game server 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The control unit 121 instructs the user authentication unit 122, the game progress unit 123, the action determination unit 124, and the billing unit 125 to operate, which are constituent elements of the game server. For example, the control unit 121 extracts information on the action of the user character from the input information received from the user, and determines whether or not the action determination unit 124 determines that the character action is a repeated action requiring less system resources And the game progress unit 123 can simultaneously transmit game progress information for each of a plurality of characters to each of the plurality of terminals.

In addition, the control unit 121 provides the user with options for controlling various operations of the respective components of the game server 120 and receives the selected information. That is, the control unit 121 provides a terminal selection window or a character selection window to the user, and receives and processes the selection of the user.

When there are a plurality of terminals that are controlled and authenticated by the user and there are a plurality of terminals capable of providing the system resources necessary for the action of a specific character, Which allows the user to select which terminal to play the game. The control unit 121 receives the selection of the terminal from the user by providing the terminal selection window, and allows the game progress unit 123 to provide the game progress information to the selected terminal. As a result, the user can broaden the selection range of the terminal

The character selection window is a selection window that allows the user to select which character to proceed with when there are a plurality of characters possessed by the user (i.e., characters stored in the user account). For example, the character selection window may be configured to inquire which character among a plurality of characters possessed by the user will play an online game. The control unit 121 receives a selection of a character from a user by providing a character selection window, and allows the game progress unit 123 to transmit game progress information for the selected character. As a result, the user can play the game with his / her selected character.

The terminal selection window and the character selection window described above may be presented to the user or the terminal or character may be set to the default by the game server 120 so that the terminal selection window and the character selection window may not be presented to the user.

The user authentication unit 122 refers to the user information database 131 when the terminal 101 or 102 requests authentication of the user (or the terminal) controlling the terminals 101 and 102 Authenticates the user (or the terminal), and handles login of the terminals 101 and 102 to the user account of the user.

The game progress unit 123 generates game progress information corresponding to the character and scenario in each game with reference to the information of the game progress database 132 and the input information transmitted from the terminal, ). The user can proceed to the online game by receiving the game progress information through his / her terminal and inputting the input information for the game progress information.

The action determination unit 124 determines whether or not the action of the user character is a repeat action requiring a system resource less than the system resource of the terminal to be played based on the action information of the character received from the terminal do.

That is, the action discrimination unit 124 stores a plurality of action information and resource information corresponding to each of the plurality of action information. When the action discrimination unit 124 receives the action information of the user character, The system resource required for the action of the user character can be confirmed.

Accordingly, for example, the action determination unit 124 can determine that the specific action is a repeat action if the resource required for the specific action of the character is less than a predetermined value. Any person skilled in the art can appropriately select the predetermined value and implement the present invention.

In addition, for example, in addition to a plurality of action information and resource information corresponding to each of the plurality of action information, the action discrimination unit 124 also stores system resource information according to the terminal type, Acquires the system resource information of each of the terminals based on the terminal identifier information of the terminal held by the user and if the user holds a terminal having resources larger than the resources required for the specific action, It can be determined that this is a repeated action. If there are a plurality of terminals having a system resource capable of processing the repeat action, a terminal selection window may be provided to the user to select a terminal to play the character among the plurality of terminals.

On the other hand, the billing unit 125 calculates the billing amount while charging the billing amount to the user account of the user while the user accesses the game server through the terminal and proceeds with the game. For example, when the user has paid a flat fee, the payment amount information is stored in the user account. Then, while the user is playing the game, the billing unit 125 calculates the billing amount, The charge is calculated by subtracting the charge amount.

The billing amount may be otherwise calculated according to various criteria. For example, it is possible to calculate the billing amount by setting different ratios to be calculated for each terminal, or to calculate the billing amount in proportion to the time when the user accesses the game server through the terminal and plays the game. For example, the first terminal can be calculated as a billing amount of 1,000 won per hour, and the second terminal can be calculated as a billing amount of 2000 won per hour.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an online game in the game server 120 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, for convenience, it is assumed that two terminals 101 and 102 are included, and the first terminal 101 may be a wireless terminal such as a smart phone, It is assumed that the second terminal 102 is a wired terminal such as a PC, and the first terminal is a terminal having less system resources than the second terminal.

When the first terminal 101 and the second terminal 102 access the game server 120, the game server 120 performs authentication for the users of the first terminal 101 and the second terminal 102 And processes login of the first terminal 101 and the second terminal 102 with the user account of the user (S210).

Then, it is determined whether the action of the character to be played by the user (hereinafter referred to as 'first character' for convenience) is a repeat action (S220). That is, it is determined whether or not the system resource necessary for processing the action of the first character is available in the first terminal having a small system resource.

If the action of the first character is not a repeat action, that is, if the system resource required for the action of the first character is not available in the first terminal, Since the character needs to be played, the game progress information for the first character is transmitted to the second terminal (S230).

However, when the action of the first character is a repeat action, that is, when the first terminal can sufficiently provide the system resources necessary for the action of the first character, the second terminal having a system resource larger than that of the first terminal Available. The game server 120 provides the terminal selection window to the user to select one of the first and second terminals and receives the selection of the terminal (S240).

For example, when the first character continuously performs the 'item making action', the game server 120 corresponds to the repeated action that the item making action can be performed by repeated clicking of the user without interaction with another user It can be determined that the system resource is consumed less. That is, the character action may be performed through a first terminal (which is a wireless terminal) or through a second terminal (which is a wire terminal). At this time, the game server 120 may provide a user with a terminal selection window for inquiring whether the first terminal (or the second terminal) is to proceed with the online game using the first character. The selection window may be provided to the user through the first terminal or may be provided to the user through the second terminal.

Hereinafter, it is assumed that the user has selected the first terminal through the terminal selection window.

The game server 120 transmits game progress information on the first character to the first terminal, and the user can play the game while controlling the first character through the first terminal (S250).

As a result, the user can play the online game using the first terminal (which is a portable wireless terminal). As a result, the user may be out of the constraints of time and place to play an online game.

3 illustrates an operation of the game server 120 while the game server 120 transmits game progress information for the first character to the first terminal 101 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

The user can play the game with the first character using the first terminal and at the same time the user can play the game with the character different from the first character through the second terminal.

First, when the game server 120 is requested to play a game using a character different from the first character (S310), the game server 120 displays a list of characters excluding the first character among the characters included in the user account of the user, Provides it to the user as a selection window, and receives the selection of the character (S320). The game server 120 provides the game progress information for the selected character (hereinafter referred to as 'second character' for convenience) to the second terminal so that the user can play the game through the second terminal with the second character (S330).

Accordingly, the game server 120 allows the user to play the game through the first terminal with the first character, and at the same time allows the user to play the game with the second character through the second terminal. In addition, the game server 120 may charge the user account for a predetermined billing amount for the second terminal while charging the user account for the predetermined billing amount for the first terminal.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a user playing a game using a first terminal 101 and a second terminal 102 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The game progress information for the second character is transmitted to the second terminal while the game progress information for the first character is transmitted to the first terminal. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a user may cause a first character to perform a monster action through the first terminal 101, and at the same time, a second character And to perform an item making action. Thus, the user can simultaneously play an online game using a plurality of characters.

Further, when a plurality of characters are simultaneously played using a plurality of terminals, the total amount of the predetermined charging amount for each of the plurality of terminals is calculated as a charging amount, and the summed charging amount is charged to the user account. As a result, an increase in the billing amount can be expected, leading to an increase in the profit of the game provider.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both. In order to clearly illustrate this alternative possibility of hardware and software, various exemplary steps have been described above primarily in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented in hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

The foregoing examples are only illustrative of the present invention in detail, and the present invention is not limited to these examples. Additions, omissions, substitutions, and other modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The present invention is not limited by the foregoing description, but is limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

101, 102: terminal
110: Network
120: game server
121: control unit 122: user authentication unit
123: game progress section 124: action discrimination section
125: charge part
131: User information database
132: Game progress database

Claims (4)

A first terminal controlled by a user;
A second terminal controlled by the user and different from the first terminal; And
And a game server for communicating with the first and second terminals via a network,
The game server includes:
A user authentication unit for processing login of the first terminal and the second terminal with the user account of the user;
A game progress unit for transmitting game progress information for each of a plurality of characters stored in the user account; And
And a controller for controlling the user authentication unit and the game progress unit,
When the controller receives the login request of the user account from the second terminal while the game progress information on the first character among the plurality of characters is being provided to the first terminal logged into the user account Displaying the remaining characters of the plurality of characters stored in the user account excluding the first character for the second terminal,
Wherein the game progress information for the first character is provided to the first terminal and the game progress information for the second character is provided to the first terminal when receiving from the user a selection of a second character that is at least one of the remaining characters, 2 terminal of the online game providing system. The method according to claim 1,
And a charging unit for charging the user account,
When the game progress unit transmits game progress information for each of the first character and the second character to each of the first and second terminals, the charging unit sets the amount set for each of the first terminal and the second terminal, An online game delivery system that charges the account. 1. An online game providing method performed in a game server communicating with a first terminal and a second terminal, which are different terminals controlled by the same user,
Processing a login of the first terminal and the second terminal with the user account of the user;
When receiving the login request of the user account from the second terminal while the game progress information for the first character among the plurality of characters included in the user account is being provided to the first terminal logged in by the user account Displaying the remaining characters except for the first character among the plurality of characters stored in the user account for the second terminal; And
Wherein the game progress information for the first character is provided to the first terminal and the game progress information for the second character is provided to the first terminal when receiving from the user a selection of a second character that is at least one of the remaining characters, 2 to the terminal. The method of claim 3,
Further comprising the step of charging the user account for the amount set for each of the first terminal and the second terminal when the game progress information for each of the first and second characters is transmitted to the first terminal and the second terminal, , An online game providing method.

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