KR20200019353A - Method and system for providing question and answer service based quiz - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a system for providing a quiz-type question and answer service. A method for providing a question and answer service of the present invention may include: a step of receiving a question from a questioner in a question and answer service; a step of receiving an answer for the question from an answerer; a step of receiving a following for the answer from an answer follower; a step of differentially providing points at a predetermined ratio to the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower once whether the answer is correct is determined; a step of determining a point ranking of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower based on the differentially provided points; and a step of providing rewards for at least some of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower according to the determined point ranking. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a future prediction quiz-type question and answer service which has a correct answer and can verify the same, and in which users directly engage.

Description

Quiz-style question and answer service provision method and system {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING QUESTION AND ANSWER SERVICE BASED QUIZ}

The following description provides a method and system for providing a quiz-based question and answer service.

There are a variety of platforms for sharing knowledge among users. For example, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2010-0079620 relates to a method for providing a question and answer bulletin board service of a community site, and discloses a method for providing a question and answer service in which a knowledge sharing site and a community site are interoperable.

The present invention provides a method and system for providing a question and answer service of a future prediction quiz method in which users have an accurate answer and can verify it.

In a question and answer service, receiving a question from a questioner; Receiving an answer to the question from an answerer; Receiving a following for the answer from an answer follower; If the answer is determined to be correct, differentially providing points to the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower at a predetermined rate; Determining point ranks of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower based on the differential provided points; And providing a reward for at least some of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower according to the determined point rank.

According to one side, the step of differentially providing a point, the linearly increase in proportion as the receiving time of receiving the answer that is the correct answer or the receiving time of the following for the correct answer is farther away from the prediction deadline for the question The method may further include providing additional points to the answerer who provided the correct answer or to the follower who followed the correct answer.

According to another aspect, upon receipt of the answer or receipt of a following for the answer, the point of the answerer or the follower is used to predict the corresponding answer, and the step of differentially providing the point comprises: The faster the prediction order of each point used in the prediction, the point to be provided to the answerer or the answer follower to increase the points obtained as a reward corresponding to the corresponding point may be determined.

According to yet another aspect, the step of differentially providing the points comprises: distributing n (where n is rational)% of the total predicted points for the question in proportion to equity, and remaining (100-n)% in proportion to equity and Distributing according to a linear difference according to the prediction order may determine a point to be provided to the answerer or the answer follower.

According to another aspect, the step of differentially providing the points, rewarding the interrogator with a point of the first predetermined ratio of the total points for the question, excluding the point of the first ratio from the total points Determine a point to be provided to the answerer or the answer follower based on a ratio of the number of correct answers to the number of correct answers, wherein the correct answer number includes the number of answers received for the correct answer and the following number for the correct answer You can do

According to another aspect, the method of providing a question and answer service, the method comprising: freezing at least a portion of the coin of the declarator that declares the correct answer to the question as collateral; Freezing at least a portion of a validator's coin validating the declared answer as collateral; And returning the frozen collateral when the declared correct answer is verified, and providing a coin determined as a reward to the declarer and the verifier.

According to another aspect, providing the declarator and the verifier with the coin determined as the reward, provides the declarator with as many coins as the number corresponding to the second ratio of total points for the question, The number of coins corresponding to the third ratio of the total points to the verifier may be provided to the verifier.

According to another aspect, the question and answer service providing method, a verification system by storing the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) used in the process of validating the validator declared by the declarer, and classifies the content and field of the question It may be characterized in that it further comprises the step of building.

According to another aspect, the method of providing a question and answer service, the method comprising the steps of collecting the correct answer to the question via the Web; And comparing the collected correct answers with the received answers to the question and adopting an answer for classifying the correct answer among the received answers.

According to another aspect, the participant in the question and answer service includes participants in a transaction using a blockchain, wherein at least one of the step of differentially providing the point and the step of providing the reward provides a differential of the point. And a smart contract registered in association with the blockchain to execute a contract condition for at least one of the provision of the reward.

According to another aspect, the reward may be characterized by including the cryptocurrency used on the blockchain.

A computer-readable recording medium is provided which has a program recorded thereon for executing the method on a computer.

A computer device comprising at least one processor implemented to execute computer readable instructions, wherein the at least one processor receives a question from a questioner in a question and answer service, and answers the question from an answerer. Receiving an answer, receiving a follower of the answer from an answer follower, and determining whether the answer is correct, differentially providing points to the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower at a predetermined rate, and providing the differential provided points Determine a point rank of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower based on the, and provide a reward for at least some of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower according to the determined point rank. to provide.

It is possible to provide a future prediction quiz question and answer service that users can participate in, have an accurate answer, and verify it.

In order for collective intelligence to create valuable information, it is possible to provide a question and answer service that rewards collective intelligence contributions to the future by adding fun elements of quizzes and rankings.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating examples of participants of a question and answer service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reward model according to participants' participation in a question and answer service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a question and answer service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a method for declaring and verifying a correct answer through a declarator and a verifier according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating another example of a method for declaring and verifying a correct answer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The question and answer service providing method according to embodiments of the present invention may be performed by at least one computer device to be described later. In this case, a computer program according to an embodiment of the present invention may be installed and run on a computer device, and the computer device may perform a method for providing a question and answer service according to embodiments of the present invention under control of the driven computer program. can do. The computer program described above may be combined with a computer device and stored on a computer readable recording medium for causing the computer device to execute a method according to embodiments of the present invention.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network environment of FIG. 1 illustrates an example including a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140, a plurality of servers 150 and 160, and a network 170. 1 is an example for describing the present invention, and the number of electronic devices or the number of servers is not limited as shown in FIG. 1. In addition, the network environment of FIG. 1 merely illustrates an example of one of the environments applicable to the embodiments, and the environment applicable to the embodiments is not limited to the network environment of FIG. 1.

The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals implemented as computer devices. Examples of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 include a smart phone, a mobile phone, a navigation device, a computer, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a portable multimedia player (PMP). Tablet PC). For example, although FIG. 1 illustrates the shape of a smart phone as an example of the electronic device 1 110, in the embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device 1 110 may use a wireless or wired communication method to substantially connect the network 170. It may mean one of various physical computer devices that can communicate with other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and / or servers 150, 160.

The communication method is not limited, and may include not only a communication method using a communication network (for example, a mobile communication network, a wired internet, a wireless internet, and a broadcasting network) that the network 170 may include, but also a short range wireless communication between devices. For example, the network 170 may include a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a broadband network (BBN). And one or more of networks such as the Internet. The network 170 may also include any one or more of network topologies, including bus networks, star networks, ring networks, mesh networks, star-bus networks, trees, or hierarchical networks, but It is not limited.

Each of the servers 150 and 160 communicates with the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 through the network 170 to provide a command, code, file, content, service, or the like. It may be implemented in devices. For example, the server 150 may be a service (eg, a video call service, a financial service, a payment service, a social network service) with a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 connected through the network 170. , A messaging service, a search service, a mail service, a content providing service, a question and answer service, and the like.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 or each of the servers 150 and 160 described above may be implemented by the computer device 200 shown in FIG. 2. The method according to the above may be performed by such a computer device 200.

In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the computer device 200 may include a memory 210, a processor 220, a communication interface 230, and an input / output interface 240. The memory 210 is a computer-readable recording medium. The memory 210 may include a permanent mass storage device such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), and a disk drive. In this case, the non-volatile mass storage device such as a ROM and a disk drive may be included in the computer device 200 as a separate permanent storage device separate from the memory 210. In addition, the memory 210 may store an operating system and at least one program code. These software components may be loaded into the memory 210 from a computer readable recording medium separate from the memory 210. Such a separate computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, disk, tape, DVD / CD-ROM drive, memory card, and the like. In other embodiments, software components may be loaded into memory 210 via communication interface 230 rather than a computer readable recording medium. For example, software components may be loaded into the memory 210 of the computer device 200 based on a computer program installed by files received via the network 170.

The processor 220 may be configured to process instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input / output operations. Instructions may be provided to the processor 220 by the memory 210 or the communication interface 230. For example, the processor 220 may be configured to execute a command received according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 210.

The communication interface 230 may provide a function for the computer device 200 to communicate with other devices (eg, storage devices described above) through the network 170. For example, a request, a command, data, a file, etc. generated by the processor 220 of the computer device 200 according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 210 may be controlled according to the control of the communication interface 230. 170 may be transferred to other devices. Conversely, signals, commands, data, files, and the like from other devices may be received by the computer device 200 via the communication interface 230 of the computer device 200 via the network 170. Signals, commands, data, and the like received through the communication interface 230 may be transmitted to the processor 220 or the memory 210, and the files and the like may be further included in the storage medium that the computer device 200 may further include. Persistent storage).

The input / output interface 240 may be a means for interfacing with the input / output device 250. For example, the input device may include a device such as a microphone, a keyboard, a camera or a mouse, and the output device may include a device such as a display or a speaker. As another example, the input / output interface 240 may be a means for interfacing with a device in which functions for input and output are integrated into one, such as a touch screen. The input / output device 250 may be configured as the computer device 200 and one device.

Also, in other embodiments, the computer device 200 may include fewer or more components than the components of FIG. 2. However, there is no need to clearly show most prior art components. For example, the computer device 200 may be implemented to include at least some of the above-described input / output device 250 or may further include other components such as a transceiver, a database, or the like.

3 is a diagram illustrating examples of participants of a question and answer service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each participant 300 of the question and answer service according to the present embodiment is the questioner 310, the answerer 320, the predictor 330, the declarator 340, the verifier 350 as shown in FIG. And the content consumer 360. As a more specific example, the participant 300 uses a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 described above with reference to the question and answer service providing system such as the server 150 through the network 170. Access to and receive question and answer services, and through these question and answer services, a questioner 310, an answerer 320, a predictor 330, a declarer 340, a verifier 350, and a content consumer ( 360). For example, participant 1 who registered question A, registered an answer to another question B, and selected a registered answer D for another question C is the questioner 310, the answerer 320, and the predictor 330 at the same time. Can be

The interrogator 310 can be a participant who registers a question with the question and answer service. In one example, M (N is a natural number) questions may be registered from N (N is a natural number) participants. In this case, the question may be, for example, a correct answer exists after at least a certain time, such as a game result of a football game that has not yet ended, and may include a future predictive question capable of verifying the correct answer. The question and answer service providing system may store an identifier of a participant who registers a question as an interrogator 310 in a database in association with a registered question. Such questioner 310 may want reasonable and transparent rewards for more reliable answers and activities.

The answerer 320 may be a participant who registers an answer to a registered question in a question and answer service. In this case, questions registered in the question and answer service by the questioner 310 may be presented to the participants in the form of a quiz through the question and answer service, and the answerer 320 may answer questions selected by the user from among the questions presented. Answers can be registered to the question and answer service. In this case, the future predicted question may be before the correct answer is generated yet, so the answers of the answerers are not yet proven to be correct. The question and answer service providing system may store the identifier of the participant who registers the answer as the answerer 320 in a database in association with the registered answer and the corresponding question. The answerer 320 may want a reasonable reward for the interesting prediction environment and the contribution of the answerer 320.

The predictor 330 may be a participant who selects an answer registered in the question and answer service. For example, the future predicted question may be before the correct answer is generated yet, as described above, and there may be various answers. In this case, the predictor 330 may be participants who predict which of these various answers will be the correct answer. The question and answer service providing system may manage information on which participant selects which answer as the predictor 330. For example, the question and answer service providing system may store an identifier of a participant who selects an answer as the predictor 330 in a database in association with the selected answer. The predictor 330 may also want a reasonable reward for the interesting prediction environment and the contribution of the responder 320 similarly to the answerer 320.

Declarer 340 may be a participant who declares the correct answer to a particular question. For example, as the correct answer to the future predicted question is generated, the declarer 340 may declare the correct answer to the future predicted question. On the other hand, since there is a possibility that the declarator 340 may declare an incorrect answer by malicious intention, the verifier 350 may exist as shown in FIG. 3. The verifier 350 may verify the accuracy of the answer declared by the declarator 340. The declarator 340 and the verifier 350 may desire a reward for generating accurate information and a rational and transparent reward for the activity.

The content consumer 360 may be a participant who consumes content that is generated in the form of a quiz of questions and answers. This content consumer 360 may wish to provide selected, validated and accurate information, informative prediction content for the unknown future (consisting of questions, answers, and choices before the correct answer is generated). Content).

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reward model according to participants' participation in a question and answer service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The question generation process 410 may represent an example of a process in which the questioner 310 registers a question in the question and answer service. In this case, the question and answer service providing system may subtract 411 the points held by the questioner 310. At this time, the point to be subtracted is referred to as smart point A (hereinafter referred to as 'SMP _A '). Here, the 'subtraction' may mean that ownership of a point or coin to be described later is changed (for example, from a participant to a system). The point deducted in the question generation process 410 may be a cost for the questioner 310 to register the question.

The answer registration process 420 may represent an example of a process in which the answerer 320 registers an answer to a question in a question and answer service. In this case, the question and answer service providing system may subtract the points held by the answerer 320 (421). At this time, the point to be subtracted is referred to as smart point B (hereinafter, 'SMP _B ').

The prediction process 430 may represent an example of a process in which the predictor 330 selects an answer registered in the question and answer service. Selecting an answer may be a process of selecting which answer will be the correct answer to the question. In this case, the question and answer service providing system may subtract 431 points held by the predictor 330. In this case, the point to be subtracted is referred to as a smart point C (hereinafter, 'SMP _C ').

The prediction closing process 440 may represent a process until the correct answer to the question is generated and the declarer 340 declares the correct answer generated. Until the prediction deadline for the question, participants can either register an answer to the question as answerer 320 or select an answer registered as predictor 330.

The result registration process 450 may represent a process in which the declarer 340 declares the correct answer to the question. If a correct answer is generated after a certain time has elapsed for the future predicted question, a participant who knows the generated correct answer may declare the answer to the question as the declarator 340. In this case, the question and answer service providing system may hold the coin held by the declarator 340 as the collateral 451. Here, 'collateral' may mean freezing the point or coin so that it cannot be used by maintaining ownership. Thereafter, the frozen point or coin may be freeze-free according to the conditions, and the deduction, return or compensation of the point or coin may be executed. The return may mean the freezing of the point or coin frozen by collateral while the ownership of the point or coin is maintained. This coin collateral 451 may be utilized to prevent the declarer 340 from declaring an incorrect answer for malicious purposes. At this time, the coin to be collateral is referred to as a predictive coin D (forecast coin D, hereinafter 'FRC _D ').

The result verification process 460 may represent an example of a process in which the verifier 350 verifies the answer of the question declared by the declarator 340. For example, despite the collateral 451 of the coin, there may be a declarator 340 for declaring an incorrect answer for malicious purposes or due to mistakes in the answer checking process, so that the verifier 350 checks the result verification process ( At 460, the answer to the question declared by the declarator 340 may be verified. In this case, since the verifier 350 may also verify that the incorrect answer is correct by a malicious purpose or mistake, the coin 350 may be held as a collateral 461 of the verifier 350. At this time, the coin to be collateral is referred to as predictive coin E (hereinafter, 'FRC _E ').

The termination process 470 may represent an example of the process of ending the quiz for the question as the correct answer to the question is declared and verified. In this case, the question and answer service providing system may return the 'FRC _E ' secured to the valid verifier 350, and the reward coin F (hereinafter, 'FRC _F ') to the verifier 350 as a reward according to the verification. Can be provided. In addition, the question and answer service providing system may return the 'FRC _D ' secured to the legitimate declarator 340, and provides the predictor coin G (hereinafter, 'FRC _G ') to the declarator 340 as a reward according to the declaration. can do. In addition, a smart point H (hereinafter, 'SMP _H ') may be provided as a reward to the predictor 330 who selects the answer registered by the correct answer 320 and the correct answer 320. Finally, the smart point I (hereinafter, 'SMP _I ') may be provided to the interrogator 310 as a reward.

The ranking process 460 may be an example of a process of rewarding the predicted coin FRC to the participants from 1st to nth according to the ranking of the smart point SMP of the participants. SMP can be used to register questions, answers, or select answers, and can be used to rank participants. FRCs, on the other hand, can be virtual money of substantial value, for collateral and rewards to induce declarators 340 and verifier 350 to make legitimate declarations and verifications, and for questions, answers, and predictions. It can be used to provide rewards to SMP top rankers contributing to the content generation through.

As described above, the questioner 310, the answerer 320, and the predictor 330 configure the ranking according to the content generation (question / answer / prediction) contribution as described above, and accordingly, rewards (for example, n to 1st) Up to FRC). In addition, the declarator 340 and the verifier 350 may provide contribution rewards (eg, 'FRC _F ' and 'FRC _G ') according to the service contribution (declaration / verification).

In addition, 'SMP _A ', which is deducted when the question is registered by the interrogator 310, may be a value consumed in the form of a fixed amount, and the interrogator 310 may be provided with the fee 'SMP _I ' in the form of a fee at a fixed rate. For example, the compensation 'SMP _I ' may be calculated as in Equation 1 below.

Where pot is the total point accumulated for the question and 'a' can mean a fixed percentage. More specifically, when the pot is 10,000 and a is 5, SMP _I may be 500.

'SMP _B ' and 'SMP _C ' which are subtracted when registering an answer or selecting an answer may be arbitrary values used by the answerer 320 and the predictor 330 for prediction of an answer. In this case, the answerer 320 and the predictor 330 may receive 'SMP _H ' as a reward when registering the correct answer or selecting the correct answer. In this case, the reward 'SMP _H ' may be a value obtained by proportionally distributing the remaining points except for a fee (for example, 'SMP _I ') to be provided to the questioner 310. For example, the compensation 'SMP _H ' may be calculated as shown in Equation 2 below.

Here, the 'fee' is a reward provided to the questioner 310, the number of correct answers is the sum of the number of answerers 320 registered the correct answer and the number of predictors 330 who selected the correct answer, the answer prediction The points used for this may mean an SMP (eg, 'SMP _B ' or 'SMP _C ') as an arbitrary value used by the individual (the answerer 320 or the predictor 330 to be compensated) for the answer prediction. . For example, assuming that the pot is 10,000, the fee is 500, and the number of correct answers is 5, the correct answerer who uses 10 points to predict the answer may receive 19,000 points as a reward. Points do not have an exchange value as a basis for ranking estimates, so there is no need for points to be rewarded in the pot. These points can be used to limit the number of questions / answer registrations or choices of answers, and can be used as a means to remove gambling elements from the use of points for answering questions and selecting answers. Can be.

The reward to be provided by the declarator 340 may be calculated by Equation 3 as an example, and the reward to be provided by the verifier 350 may be calculated by Equation 4 as an example.

This compensation model can be summarized as shown in Table 1 below.

Activity [-] Deduction / collateral [+] Collateral Return / Compensation registrant Ask a question SMP deduction of fixed amount Receive a% of Prediction Pot as Point at the completion of verification and receive FRC reward if it is ranked in the top ranking Answer Register your answer SMP deduction of the amount selected by the respondent at the time of registration The answer / predictor is distributed among the total number of pots, except for the fee (n%), and the reward is received by FRC in the case of the higher ranking. Predictor Predict your answer SMP deduction of user selected amount at forecast time Declarator Declare your answer At the beginning of the declaration, the question Pot's x% FRC collateral Upon completion of verification, return the collateralized FRC + received as b% FRC of the question Pot (risk x%, return b / x times) Validator Verify the authenticity of the correct answer declared At the beginning of the verification, the y% FRC collateral for the question Pot Upon completion of the verification, return the collateralized FRC + receive c% FRC of the question Pot (risk y%, return c / y times)

According to the exemplary embodiment, the question and answer service providing system may have a faster answer or response time when the answerer 320 or the predictor 330 answers correctly or the prediction point is farther from the question closing time (ie, the prediction closing time). Rank points may be further provided linearly proportionally (Rank Point). In some embodiments, rewards for smart points may be provided differentially in the order of prediction. For example, 80% of the forecast pots in a question may be distributed proportionally, and the remaining 20% may be linearly distributed according to the order of the proportions and points used in the forecast. The order of the points used for the prediction is the order of the points. When the total number of points used for the prediction of the correct answer is N, there is an order from the 1st to the Nth.

When the existing odds 'r' is {total prediction pot} / N, points that can be obtained according to each rank may be calculated as shown in Table 2 below.

Order of points used One n N Point details 0.8 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.8 0.2 Earn Point Details 0.8r 0.2 × 2r 0.8r 0.4 × r × [1- (n-1) / (N-1)] 0.8r 0.2 × 0r Sum of points earned 1.2r 1.2r-0.4r × (n-1) / (N-1) 0.8r

In other words, the ranking point that can be obtained as the nth used 1 point may be calculated as in Equation 5 below, and the total acquisition points may be calculated as in Equation 6 below.

In some embodiments, declarations and validations may be automated. For example, a question-and-answer service delivery system can automate declarations and validations by gathering answers from registered questions from the Web and comparing them to registered answers and adopting the most similar answers. You can increase the accuracy. In addition, the question and answer service providing system stores a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) used in the process of declaration and verification, classifies the content and field (hash tag analysis) of the question, and establishes a verification system. Can be. With the built-in verification system, you can automate the verification of answers to questions by rating the validation and applying it to future declaration / verification steps.

In addition, forecast deadlines for registered question events can be automatically calculated and applied through collection of information from the Web. The automatically calculated prediction deadline may be used to block the declarator 340 from declaring the predicted answer rather than the correct answer.

The question and answer service described above may be associated with a blockchain. In one embodiment, the question and answer service may be implemented using a smart contract. Smart contract refers to a computer transaction protocol that executes contract terms, and it can refer to a digital contract-type automated contract system in which contract terms are coded based on blockchain technology, and the contract contents are fulfilled if the terms are met. In other words, the questioner 310, the answerer 320, the predictor 330, the declarer 340, the verifier 350, and the content consumer 360 may be participants in a transaction using the blockchain, and the question and answer. Contract terms for contracts such as deductions, rewards, collaterals, and returns for points and coins in the service can be implemented as smart contracts on the blockchain. In this case, the smart contract may be automatically deducted, rewarded, collateralized, and returned to the point and coin according to the act and contract conditions such as question / answer registration, answer selection, declaration, verification, and the like. The coin may be a cryptocurrency provided by the blockchain, and may be a currency having an exchange value in services related to the blockchain. Points, on the other hand, do not have an exchange value in this case, and may be elements that can be utilized for calculating the ranking and for limiting the number of questions / answer registration or answers. This can be used as a way to remove gambling elements from the use of points for answering questions and selecting answers.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a question and answer service providing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The question and answer service providing method according to the present exemplary embodiment may be performed by the computer apparatus 200 described above. For example, the processor 220 of the computer device 200 may be implemented to execute a control instruction according to a code of an operating system included in the memory 210 or a code of at least one program. Here, the processor 220 causes the computer device 200 to perform the steps 510 to 550 included in the method of FIG. 5 according to a control command provided by a code stored in the computer device 200. Can be controlled.

In operation 510, the computer device 200 may receive a question from an interrogator. The question may be received via various channels (eg, web site, mobile site, application, etc.) for the provision of a question and answer service. In addition, the received question may be provided to users who receive a question and answer service through various channels. The questioner may also be one of the users who receive the question and answer service and may correspond to the questioner 310 described above.

In operation 520, the computer device 200 may receive an answer to a question from an answerer. For example, the answerer may select a question from among questions provided through the question and answer service, and prepare an answer to the selected question. Exposure of the question or reception of the answer to the question may also be made through the various channels described above. The answerer may also be one of the users who receive the question and answer service and may correspond to the answerer 320 described above.

In operation 530, the computer device 200 may receive a following about an answer from an answer follower. The answer follower may correspond to the predictor 330 described above, and may predict an answer that he thinks to be the correct answer among at least one answer registered for one question. Selecting one answer for predicting the correct answer of such an answer may be referred to as "following".

In operation 540, when it is determined whether the answer is correct, the computer device 200 may differentially provide points to the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower at a predetermined rate.

In one embodiment, the computer device 200 increases linearly proportionally as the receiving point of the answer that is the correct answer or the receiving point of the following for the answer that is correct in step 540 moves away from the prediction deadline for the question. An additional point may be further provided to the responder who provided the correct answer or to the follower who followed the correct answer. In other words, the faster the answerer registers the correct answer, the faster the answer follower selects (follows) the correct answer, so that more points can be rewarded.

In another embodiment, when receiving an answer or receiving a follower to an answer, one may consider the form in which the point of the answerer or follower is used to predict the corresponding answer. For example, at least some of the points previously assigned to related participants may be subtracted according to the registration of the questioner's question in the question and answer service, the registration of the answerer's answer, or the following of the registered answer of the follower. To this end, points may be pre-assigned to participants of the question and answer service. In this case, the questioner may register the question using a part of the points assigned to him, and the answerer may register the answer using the part of the points assigned to him. In addition, the answer follower may select at least one answer among the registered answers using a portion of the points assigned to the answer follower. According to an embodiment, the answerer may limit the registration of only one answer to a question or the predictor may select to select only one answer among the registered answers. These points can be used to calculate participants' ranking later without having exchange value. Responders and predictors can use as many points as they want to register and select answers (following), but can eliminate gambling elements because points have no exchange value. In this case, the computer device 200 may provide the responder or the answer follower with an increase in the points earned as rewards corresponding to the points as the prediction order of each point used for the prediction of the correct answer in step 540 increases. The point can be determined. In other words, the faster a responder and / or answer follower performs a prediction (finally registers an answer or follows an answer faster), the more reward points per point used to predict the correct answer. Distributing n (n is rational)% of the total prediction points for the questions registered through Table 2, Equation 5 and Equation 6 according to the proportion of equity, and the remaining 100-n% according to the proportion of equity and the order of prediction. Specific examples of determining points to be distributed to the responder or the follower by distributing the linear difference are described.

In another embodiment, the computer device 200 rewards the interrogator with a predetermined first rate of points for the question at step 540 (see Equation 1), and the first rate at all points. Based on the ratio of the number of points to the number of correct respondents excluding points of, the points to be provided to the responder or the answer follower may be determined. Here, the number of correct answers may include the number of receptions of the correct answer and the number of followings for the correct answer. More specifically, the sum of the number of respondents registering the correct answer and the number of answer followers following the correct answer may be the number of correct respondents.

In operation 550, the computer device 200 may determine the point rank of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower based on the differentially provided points. For example, FIG. 3 illustrates an example of determining an SMP ranking and determining participants included in a predetermined rank in the determined SMP ranking.

In operation 560, the computer device 200 may provide a coin to at least some of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower according to the determined point rank. In one example, after determining the point rank of the questioner, answerer, and answer follower, users within a certain rank may be determined as users to be rewarded. In one example, the reward may be provided in the form of points and / or coins. Points do not have exchange value as already described but can be used to determine the ranking of the participants. In addition, the coin may be provided as a currency having an actual exchange value, unlike the point, and may be variously used as a currency having an exchange value in the question and answer service and / or at least one other related service. For example, a coin may have an exchange value available for purchase of goods and / or services.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a method for declaring and verifying a correct answer through a declarator and a verifier according to an embodiment of the present invention. Steps 610 through 650 of FIG. 6 may be performed between steps 530 and 540 of FIG. 5. In other words, after a question, an answer to a question, and a follow-up that is a choice for an answer, and after a certain amount of time (the deadline), the declarator declaring the answer to the question and the verifier verifying the correct answer declared by the declarator May exist.

In operation 610, the computer device 200 may receive a declaration of a correct answer to the question from the declarator. For example, the declarator may declare a correct answer to a future predicted question in which a correct answer is generated after a certain time, such as the result of an ongoing football game. This declaration of correct answers can also be made through the various channels described above. The computer device 200 may receive a correct answer declaration that is information about a correct answer declared by the declarer.

In operation 620, the computer device 200 may freeze at least some of the declarer's coins as collateral. There may be cases where the correct answer is undeclared unclear or malicious wrong information. To prevent this, computer device 200 may freeze at least some of the declarer's coins as collateral. Coins can be used in the form of exchange-valued currency, as described above, and by freezing these currencies as collateral, inducing the declarers to declare more accurate answers.

In operation 630, the computer device 200 may receive a verification of the correct answer declaration received from the verifier. In other words, verifiers can verify the correct answer declared by the declarator. The verification process of these verifiers may also be performed through the various channels described above. For example, a correct answer declaration may be exposed to users through various channels, and the user who wants to verify the correct answer declaration among the users may provide verification of the correct answer declaration exposed as the verifier.

In operation 640, the computer device 200 may freeze at least some of the validator's coins as collateral. To prevent this, the verifier may also intentionally or mistakenly provide false verification, so that the computer device 200 may freeze at least a portion of the verifier's coins as collateral. Coins can be used in the form of exchange-valued currency, as described above, and by freezing this currency as collateral, inducing validators to provide more verification.

In step 650, the computer device 200 may return the frozen collateral if the correct answer declared is verified, and provide the declared and verifier with the coin determined as a reward. If the declarer's correct answer or the verifier's verification is intact, the collateral may be returned to the declarator and verifier, and the rewards of the declaration and verification may be provided to the declarator and verifier in the form of a coin. For example, computer device 200 provides the declarator with as many coins corresponding to the second rate of total points for the question, and verifies the number of coins corresponding to the third rate of all points for the question. You can give it to him. An example of how to determine compensation for declaration and verification has already been described through Equations 3 and 4. According to an embodiment, step 650 may be performed after any one of steps 540, 550, and 560 described with reference to FIG. 5.

Meanwhile, in order to automate such declaration and verification, the computer device 200 may store a URL used in the process of verifying the correct answer declared by the declarer, and classify the content and the field of the question to build a verification system. have. Once established, the verification system can be used to automate declarations and verifications in the future.

In another embodiment, the computer device 200 may utilize the web for automating declaration and verification.

7 is a diagram illustrating another example of a method for declaring and verifying a correct answer according to an embodiment of the present invention. Steps 710 and 720 of FIG. 7 may be performed between steps 530 and 540 of FIG. 5.

In operation 710, the computer device 200 may collect correct answers to the questions through the web. After some time, the answers to future predicted questions are likely to be published on the web. In this case, the computer device 200 may collect the correct answer to the question through the web.

In operation 720, the computer device 200 may compare the collected answers with the received answers to the question and adopt an answer for classifying the correct answer among the received answers. In other words, the computer device 200 may directly find the correct answer on the web and check the correct answers without a separate declarator or verifier.

Participants in the question and answer service may include participants in a transaction using a blockchain. In this case, the computer device 200 may deduct the points, provide points or coins, rewards to the questioner, answerer or answer follower, freeze the coins of the declarer or verifier as collateral, and secure the collateral of the declarer or verifier. At least one of returning and providing a coin as a reward to the declarator or validator can be done through the contract terms of the registered smart contract in association with the blockchain. More specifically, in the smart contract registered on the blockchain, contract conditions for providing, freezing, and returning points or coins may be set, and the computer device 200 according to the contract conditions established through the smart contract. It can handle the provision, freezing, and return of points or coins. At this time, the coin provided as a reward according to the embodiment may include a cryptocurrency used on the blockchain.

As described above, according to embodiments of the present invention, a user may directly participate in an accurate answer, and may provide a future prediction quiz question and answer service that can verify the same. In addition, it is possible to provide a question and answer service that rewards collective intelligence contribution behavior for the future by adding fun elements of quiz and ranking so that collective intelligence makes valuable information.

The system or apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments are, for example, processors, controllers, arithmetic logic units (ALUs), digital signal processors, microcomputers, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). May be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as 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 the execution of the software. For convenience of explanation, one processing device may be described as being used, but one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the processing device includes a plurality of processing elements and / or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that it may include. For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. In addition, other processing configurations are possible, such as parallel processors.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the above, and may configure the processing device to operate as desired, or process independently or collectively. You can command the device. Software and / or data may be any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device in order to be interpreted by or to provide instructions or data to the processing device. It can be embodied in. The software may be distributed over networked computer systems so that they may be stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable media.

The method according to the embodiment may be embodied in the form of program instructions that can be executed by 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 medium may be to continue to store a computer executable program, or to temporarily store for execution or download. In addition, the medium may be a variety of recording means or storage means in the form of a single or several hardware combined, not limited to a medium directly connected to any computer system, it may be distributed on the network. Examples of media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, and the like. Some may be configured to store program instructions, including ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. In addition, examples of another medium may include a recording medium or a storage medium managed by an app store that distributes an application, a site that supplies or distributes various software, a server, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

Although the embodiments have been described by the limited embodiments and the drawings as described above, various modifications and variations are possible to those skilled in the art from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in a different order than the described method and / or components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. may be combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components or Appropriate results can be achieved even if replaced or substituted by equivalents.

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

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In a question and answer service, receiving a question from a questioner;
Receiving an answer to the question from an answerer;
Receiving a following for the answer from an answer follower;
If the answer is determined to be correct, differentially providing points to the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower at a predetermined rate;
Determining point ranks of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower based on the differential provided points; And
Providing a reward for at least some of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower according to the determined point rank
Question answer service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The step of differentially providing the points,
Answerers or respondents providing the correct answer with additional points that increase linearly proportionally as the time of receiving the correct answer or the following of receiving the following answer for the correct answer increases away from the prediction deadline for the question. A method of providing a question and answer service, characterized in that the answer is further provided to the followers following the correct answer. The method of claim 1,
Upon receipt of the answer or receipt of following the answer, the points of the responder or the follower are used to predict the corresponding answer,
The step of differentially providing the points,
Question and answer service, characterized in that to determine the points to give to the answerer or the answer follower to increase the points earned as a reward corresponding to the point as the prediction order of each point used in the prediction of the correct answer is faster How to Provide. The method of claim 1,
The step of differentially providing the points,
The answerer or the answer by distributing n% of the total predicted points to the question according to the proportion of equity, and distributing the remaining (100-n)% according to the proportional difference and the linear difference according to the prediction order. A method of providing a question and answer service, characterized in that it determines the points to be awarded to followers. The method of claim 1,
The step of differentially providing the points,
Rewarding the questioner with a predetermined first point of the total points for the question, and based on the ratio of the number of correct responders to the number of points excluding the point of the first rate from the total points; Answer Determine the points you want to give your followers,
The number of correct answers includes the number of receiving the correct answer and the number of following for the answer is the correct answer. The method of claim 1,
Freezing at least a portion of the declarer's coins declaring the correct answer to the question as collateral;
Freezing at least a portion of a validator's coin validating the declared answer as collateral; And
Returning the frozen collateral when the declared correct answer is verified, and providing a coin determined as a reward to the declarer and the verifier
Question and answer service providing method characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 6,
Providing the coin determined as the reward to the declarator and the verifier,
Provide the declarer with the number of coins corresponding to the second ratio of the total points for the question, and the number of coins corresponding to the third ratio of the total points for the question to the verifier. How to provide questions and answers. The method of claim 6,
Constructing a verification system by storing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) used in the process of verifying the correct answer declared by the declarer and classifying the content and the field of the question
Question and answer service providing method characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1,
Collecting correct answers to the questions via the web; And
Comparing the collected correct answer with the received answer to the question and adopting an answer to classify as a correct answer among the received answers;
Question and answer service providing method characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 1,
Participants in the question and answer service includes participants in transactions using the blockchain,
At least one of the step of differentially providing the reward and the step of providing the reward is a smart contract registered in association with the blockchain to execute a contract condition for at least one of the differential provision of the point and the provision of the reward A method of providing a question and answer service, which is performed through a smart contract. The method of claim 10,
The reward is a question and answer service providing method characterized in that it comprises a cryptocurrency used on the blockchain. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the method of any one of claims 1 to 11. In a computer device,
At least one processor implemented to execute computer-readable instructions
Including,
By the at least one processor,
In the question and answer service, you receive questions from the questioner,
Respond to the question from the responder,
Receive a follower of the answer from a follower,
If it is determined whether the answer is correct, the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower are given points at a predetermined rate,
Determine the point rank of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower based on the differential provided points,
Providing a reward for at least some of the questioner, the answerer, and the answer follower according to the determined point rank
Computer device characterized in that. The method of claim 13,
By the at least one processor,
Answerers or respondents providing the correct answer with additional points that increase linearly proportionally as the time of receiving the correct answer or the following of receiving the following answer for the correct answer increases away from the prediction deadline for the question. And providing the correct answer to the follower. The method of claim 13,
Upon receipt of the answer or receipt of following the answer, the points of the responder or the follower are used to predict the corresponding answer,
By the at least one processor,
And a point to be provided to the answerer or the answer follower such that a point obtained as a reward corresponding to the point increases as the prediction order of each point used for the prediction of the correct answer increases. The method of claim 13,
By the at least one processor,
The answerer or the answer by distributing n% of the total predicted points to the question according to the proportion of equity, and distributing the remaining (100-n)% according to the proportional difference and the linear difference according to the prediction order. And determine a point to give to a follower. The method of claim 13,
By the at least one processor,
Rewarding the questioner with a predetermined first point of the total points for the question, and based on the ratio of the number of correct responders to the number of points excluding the point of the first rate from the total points; Answer Determine the points you want to give your followers,
The number of correct answers includes the number of receipts of the correct answer and the number of followings for the correct answer.
Computer device characterized in that. The method of claim 13,
By the at least one processor,
Freeze at least some of the declarer's coins that declare the correct answer to the question as collateral,
Freeze at least a portion of the validator's coins validating the corrector declared as collateral,
Returning the frozen collateral when the declared correct answer is verified, and providing the coin and the verifier with the coin determined as a reward
Computer device characterized in that. The method of claim 13,
By the at least one processor,
Collect the correct answers to these questions via the web,
Adopting an answer for classifying the correct answer with the received answer to the question and classifying it as the correct answer among the received answers;
Computer device characterized in that. The method of claim 13,
Participants in the question and answer service includes participants in transactions using the blockchain,
By the at least one processor,
Differentially providing the points or providing the rewards through constraints on a smart contract that is registered in association with the blockchain.
Computer device characterized in that.

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