KR20200080800A - Apparatus and method for manageing game play - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a game play management device and a method thereof. The game play management device according to an embodiment includes: a mission information generation unit that generates mission information related to missions other than the game to be performed by a game user and reward information for the missions; a mission information providing unit that provides the mission information to a manager terminal; and a reward providing unit configured to receive the game user′s mission performance result information for the missions from the manager terminal, and provide a reward according to the reward information to the game user based on the mission performance result information.

Description

Device and method for managing game play{APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGEING GAME PLAY}

The disclosed embodiments relate to techniques for managing game play.

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, as various types of mobile devices and network technologies having high performance, such as smart phones and tablet PCs, have been developed, games are also being developed to be usable in devices such as gaming consoles and desktop PCs. Accordingly, users who use the game can access the game without limitation of time and space.

Due to the improved accessibility of games, game users with insufficient self-control, such as teenagers, have been able to use the game for a long time, and accordingly, game addiction such as poor academic achievement or interpersonal problems due to excessive game use It is emerging as a social problem.

However, since it is impossible for the guardian of the game user to monitor the game use of the game user for 24 hours, a method for effectively controlling the game use of the game user is required.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0022528 (2009.03.04. notice)

The game play management apparatus according to an embodiment includes a mission information generation unit that generates mission information related to missions other than games to be performed by game users and reward information for the missions; A mission information providing unit that provides the mission information to an administrator terminal; And a reward providing unit that receives the mission performance result information of the game user for the mission from the administrator terminal, and provides compensation to the game user according to the reward information based on the mission performance result information.

The mission information and the compensation information may be generated based on information set by the mission provider.

The reward providing unit may provide the mission performance result information to the terminal of the mission provider, and provide compensation according to the reward information when a request for providing a reward is received from the terminal of the mission provider.

The reward information may include information about one or more in-game rewards to be provided to the game user in the game.

The reward information may include information about a game play allowable time of the game user.

A game play management method according to an embodiment includes an operation of generating mission information related to a non-game mission to be performed by a game user and reward information for the mission; Providing the mission information to an administrator terminal; Receiving information regarding the mission performance result of the game user from the administrator terminal; And providing a reward according to the reward information to the game user based on the result of performing the mission.

The mission information and the compensation information may be generated based on information set by the mission provider.

The operation of providing the compensation may provide the result of performing the mission to the terminal of the mission provider, and provide compensation according to the compensation information when a request for providing compensation is received from the terminal of the mission provider.

The reward information may include information about one or more in-game rewards to be provided to the game user in the game.

The reward information may include information about a game play allowable time of the game user.

1 is a block diagram of a game play management system according to an embodiment.
2 is a block diagram of a game play management device according to an embodiment.
3 is a flowchart of a game play management method according to an embodiment.
4 is a diagram showing an example of mission information displayed by the administrator terminal.
5 is a block diagram illustrating and illustrating a computing environment including a computing device suitable for use in example embodiments.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. The following detailed description is provided to aid in a comprehensive understanding of the methods, devices and/or systems described herein. However, this is only an example and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In describing the embodiments, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions, which may vary according to a user's or operator's intention or practice. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout this specification. The terms used in the detailed description are only for describing the embodiments and should not be limiting. Unless expressly used otherwise, a singular form includes a plural form. In this description, expressions such as “including” or “equipment” are intended to indicate certain characteristics, numbers, steps, actions, elements, parts or combinations thereof, and one or more other than described. It should not be interpreted to exclude the presence or possibility of other characteristics, numbers, steps, actions, elements, or parts or combinations thereof.

Hereinafter, "game" means software that one or more gamers can enjoy using an input device mounted or connected to a gaming device. It is usually performed by directly manipulating the player character or by manipulating the movement of objects in the game. Role-playing games (RPGs), massive multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) ), adventure games, arcade games, and other genres.

Hereinafter, "gaming device" refers to hardware that executes game software, performs calculation according to a user's input through an input device, and outputs a result through an output device. For example, personal computers, laptop computers, game consoles, smart phones, tablet PCs, smart bands, smart watches, etc. It may be in the form of a wearable device. In addition, any hardware that satisfies the above definition is interpreted as belonging to a gaming device.

In the following, "online game" means a game that needs to go through a network in order to play the game. It usually means a game where two or more gaming devices at a remote location are connected to each other through a network or synchronized through a server. If it satisfies the above definition, there is no restriction on the type of gaming device that runs the game. In addition to games that run on personal computers or game consoles, games that run on mobiles, such as smartphones, or games where multiple different gaming devices (including different types of gaming devices) are interlocked or run in the cloud also include Anything that satisfies the definition is interpreted as belonging to an online game.

Hereinafter, the term “Input Device” means an apparatus for inputting data to a gaming device. For example, a joystick, a mouse, a keyboard, a touch screen, a hardware button or a steering wheel, a musical instrument, a gun, gloves, and a scaffolding dedicated input device. In addition, various sensors (temperature sensors, infrared sensors, motion sensors, gyro sensors, acceleration sensors, gravity sensors, etc.) mounted on or interlocked with a gaming device, global positioning systems (GPS), indoor positioning systems (Indoor Positioning System) ) May also be an example of an input device.

1 is a block diagram of a game play management system 100 according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, a game play management system 100 according to an embodiment includes a gaming device 110, a mission provider terminal 130, an administrator terminal 150, and a game play management apparatus 170.

The gaming device 110 is an apparatus used by game users for game play. For example, a game user may be provided with a game service through a game application installed on the gaming device 110.

On the other hand, the game user may be, for example, a minor, but a person who plays a game using the gaming device 110 is not necessarily limited to a specific person.

The mission provider terminal 130 is a device used by a mission provider to grant a game user a non-game mission and reward the game user according to whether or not the assigned mission is performed. In this case, the mission provider may be, for example, a guardian who has a support obligation for the game user, such as the parent of the game user, but is not necessarily limited to a specific person.

According to an embodiment, the non-game mission given to the game user may be, for example, obtaining a test score above a certain score, obtaining test score above a certain rank, completing homework, and the like. However, non-game missions are not necessarily limited to the above-described examples, and may include various types of actions that can be performed by game users outside the game and can be confirmed by an administrator to be described later.

On the other hand, according to one embodiment, the mission provider terminal 130 may be installed in conjunction with the game play management device 170, an application for setting a reward for the mission and mission performance to be given to the game user. In this case, the mission provider terminal 130 is a game user to grant a mission through the installed application, the type of mission, mission completion conditions, mission execution period, mission completion compensation, the administrator to check whether the game user's mission, etc. A user interface for setting may be provided, and information set by the mission provider may be provided to the game play management device 170 through the provided user interface.

The manager terminal 150 is a device used by the manager to check whether or not the mission given to the game user is performed by the mission provider. At this time, the administrator may be a person who is in charge of supervising or managing a game user outside the home, such as, for example, a teacher of a game user's school, but must be limited to a specific person if he/she is able to check whether or not the mission assigned to the game user is performed It does not work.

On the other hand, the manager terminal 150 receives the mission information about the mission given to the game user by the mission provider from the game play management device 170, and the game play management device 170 receives the game user's mission execution result information Can provide. To this end, the administrator terminal 150 may be installed with an application for providing mission information to the administrator in connection with the game play management device 170 and receiving the result of the game user's mission execution from the administrator.

The game play management device 170 is a device for providing a reward to the game user according to whether or not a mission given to the game user is performed.

According to an embodiment, the game play management apparatus 170 controls execution of a game application installed on the gaming device 110, such as a game server (not shown), or through an in-game (in) -game) It can be implemented with various types of devices that can provide compensation or with one configuration included therein.

Meanwhile, in the example shown in FIG. 1, the game play management device 170 is illustrated as a separate configuration separated from the gaming device 110, but according to an embodiment, the game play management device 170 is shown in FIG. 1 Unlike the example, it may be implemented with one configuration included in the gaming device 110.

2 is a configuration diagram of a game play management device 170 according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, the game play management apparatus 170 according to an embodiment includes a mission information generating unit 171, a mission information providing unit 173, and a reward providing unit 175.

In one embodiment, the mission information generating unit 171, the mission information providing unit 173, and the compensation providing unit 175 are implemented using one or more physically separated devices, or one or more processors or one or more processors and software It may be implemented by a combination of, and may not be clearly distinguished in the specific operation unlike the illustrated example.

The mission information generating unit 171 generates mission information related to non-game missions to be performed by game users and reward information for non-game missions.

At this time, according to an embodiment of the present invention, mission information and reward information may be generated based on information set by the mission provider.

Meanwhile, the mission information may include information for an administrator to identify a game user to perform a mission and a mission to be performed by the game user, and to determine whether the game user's mission for the mission is completed. For example, the mission information may include at least one of identification information of a game user to which the mission is assigned, a type of mission, a mission completion condition, and a mission execution period.

In addition, the reward information may include information for identifying a reward to be provided to the game user when the performance of the mission given to the game user is completed.

For example, the reward information may include information regarding one or more in-game rewards to be provided to game users in the game. In this case, the in-game reward may include various in-game elements that the game user can use in the game, for example, characters, items, in-game goods, and skills.

As another example, the reward information may include information about a game user's allowable game play time. At this time, the game play allowable time may include information about a time allowed for game play of the game user (eg, a start time and an end time for which the game play is allowed, a total playable time, etc.).

The mission information providing unit 173 provides the mission information generated by the mission information generating unit 171 to the manager terminal 150.

4 is a diagram showing an example of mission information displayed by the administrator terminal 150.

4, the mission information 410 provided to the manager terminal 150 may be provided to the manager in a message format through, for example, an application installed in the manager terminal 150. At this time, the mission information 410 may include a mission performer, a type of mission, content, and a execution period assigned to the mission performer, as illustrated.

Meanwhile, the form of the mission information may be provided to the administrator in various forms in addition to the example shown in FIG. 4. In addition, the contents of the mission information, as described above, in addition to the example shown in FIG. 4, the administrator identifies the game user to perform the mission and the mission to be performed by the game user, and determines whether the game user's mission for the mission is completed It can include a variety of information to do.

The reward providing unit 175 receives, from the manager terminal 150, information about the mission performance result of the game user for the mission given to the game user.

In this case, the mission performance result information may include information on at least one of a game user's mission performance result and whether the mission has been completed.

As a specific example, when the mission given to the game user is 80 or more test scores obtained, the mission execution result information includes at least one of whether the test score acquired by the game user and the test score acquired by the game user is 80 or more. can do.

As another example, if the mission given to the game user is completing homework by a specific date, the mission execution result information may include whether the homework is completed before the date.

As another example, if the mission assigned to the game user is less than or equal to twice the number of class perceptions per week, the mission execution result information is whether the number of class perceptions of the game user per week and the number of perceptions of the game users per week is two or less. It may include at least one of.

On the other hand, the reward providing unit 175 provides compensation according to the reward information to the game user based on the mission execution result information received from the manager terminal 150.

Specifically, the reward providing unit 175 may provide a reward according to the reward information when the game user completes the mission granted by the mission provider based on the received mission performance result information.

At this time, according to an embodiment, the reward providing unit 175 provides the mission performance result information received from the manager terminal 150 to the mission provider terminal 130, and the request for providing compensation is received from the mission provider terminal 130. If it is, it can provide compensation according to the compensation information.

Further, according to an embodiment, when the reward to be provided to the game user is an in-game reward, the reward providing unit 175 identifies the in-game reward to be provided to the game user based on the reward information, and the identified phosphorus -Game rewards can be provided to game users.

As a specific example, when the game play management apparatus 170 is implemented in a game server (not shown) that provides a game service in conjunction with a game application installed on the gaming device 110, the reward providing unit 175 is based on the reward information In-game rewards can be provided to the game user's in-game account.

As another example, when the game play management apparatus 170 is implemented in the gaming device 110, the reward providing unit 175 may install the game application installed in the gaming device 110 so that in-game reward is provided based on the reward information. Can be controlled.

According to another embodiment, when the reward to be provided to the game user is the game user's game play permission, the reward providing unit 175 identifies the game play allowable time based on the reward information, and only within the identified game play allowable time It is possible to allow game play by a game user. In this case, the reward providing unit 175, if the mission performance result information is not received from the administrator terminal 150 or the mission performance result information is received, even if the game user fails to perform the assigned mission, game play by the game user Can not be allowed.

As a specific example, when the game play management device 170 is implemented in the game server, the reward providing unit 175 based on the reward information, the game access time when the game user accesses the game using his/her game account is the game. It is possible to determine whether or not the play time is within. At this time, if the game connection time is outside the game play allowable time, the reward providing unit 175 blocks the game access itself using the account in the game, or is installed in the gaming device 110 so that game play does not proceed after allowing the game access You can control the game application.

As another example, when the game play management apparatus 170 is implemented in the gaming device 110, the reward providing unit 175 determines whether the game application execution time of the game user is within the game play allowable time based on the reward information. can do. At this time, when the game application execution time is outside the game play allowable time, the reward providing unit 175 may block the game application execution itself or control the game application so that the game play does not proceed.

3 is a flowchart of a game play management method according to an embodiment.

The method illustrated in FIG. 3 may be performed, for example, by the game play management device 170 illustrated in FIG. 2.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, the game play management device 170 generates mission information related to a non-game mission to be performed by a game user and reward information for the mission (310).

At this time, according to an embodiment, the mission information and the compensation information may be generated based on information set by the mission provider.

Further, according to an embodiment, the reward information may include information about one or more in-game rewards to be provided to game users in the game.

In addition, according to an embodiment, the reward information may include information about a game play allowable time of the game user.

Thereafter, the game play management device 170 provides the generated mission information to the administrator terminal (320).

Thereafter, the game play management device 170 receives the mission performance result information of the game user from the administrator terminal 150 (330).

Subsequently, the game play management device 170 provides compensation according to the reward information to the game user based on the mission execution result information (340 ).

At this time, according to an embodiment, the game play management apparatus 170 provides the mission performance result information of the game user to the mission provider terminal 130, and when a request to provide compensation is received from the mission provider terminal 130, compensation Compensation according to information can be provided.

Meanwhile, in the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, the method is described as being divided into a plurality of steps, but at least some of the steps are performed by changing the order, combined with other steps, omitted, or divided into detailed steps. Alternatively, one or more steps (not shown) may be added and performed.

5 is a block diagram illustrating and illustrating a computing environment including a computing device suitable for use in example embodiments. In the illustrated embodiment, each component may have different functions and capabilities than those described below, and may include additional components other than those described below.

The illustrated computing environment 10 includes a computing device 12. In one embodiment, the computing device 12 may be one or more components included in the game play management device 170.

The computing device 12 includes at least one processor 14, a computer readable storage medium 16 and a communication bus 18. The processor 14 can cause the computing device 12 to operate in accordance with the exemplary embodiment mentioned above. For example, processor 14 may execute one or more programs stored on computer readable storage medium 16. The one or more programs may include one or more computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by the processor 14, configure the computing device 12 to perform operations according to an exemplary embodiment. Can be.

Computer readable storage medium 16 is configured to store computer executable instructions or program code, program data and/or other suitable types of information. The program 20 stored on the computer readable storage medium 16 includes a set of instructions executable by the processor 14. In one embodiment, the computer readable storage medium 16 is a memory (volatile memory such as random access memory, non-volatile memory, or a suitable combination thereof), one or more magnetic disk storage devices, optical disk storage devices, flash Memory devices, other types of storage media that can be accessed by the computing device 12 and store desired information, or suitable combinations thereof.

The communication bus 18 interconnects various other components of the computing device 12, including a processor 14 and a computer readable storage medium 16.

Computing device 12 may also include one or more I/O interfaces 22 and one or more network communication interfaces 26 that provide an interface for one or more I/O devices 24. The input/output interface 22 and the network communication interface 26 are connected to the communication bus 18. The input/output device 24 may be connected to other components of the computing device 12 through the input/output interface 22. Exemplary input/output devices 24 include pointing devices (such as a mouse or trackpad), keyboards, touch input devices (such as touch pads or touch screens), voice or sound input devices, various types of sensor devices, and/or imaging devices. Input devices and/or output devices such as display devices, printers, speakers and/or network cards. The exemplary input/output device 24 may be included inside the computing device 12 as a component constituting the computing device 12, and may be connected to the computing device 12 as a separate device distinct from the computing device 12. It might be.

On the other hand, according to the disclosed embodiments, it is possible to prevent excessive game immersion by the game user by granting a non-game mission to the game user and allowing rewards to be paid according to whether the game user performs the mission.

Although the present invention has been described in detail through exemplary embodiments above, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains are capable of various modifications to the above-described embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention. Will understand. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims to be described later, but also by the claims and equivalents.

10: computing environment
12: computing device
14: processor
16: computer readable storage media
18: Communication bus
20: Program
22: I/O interface
24: I/O device
26: network communication interface
100: gameplay management system
110: gaming device
130: mission provider terminal
150: administrator terminal
170: gameplay management device
171: mission information generating unit
173: mission information provider
175: reward provider

Claims (11)

A mission information generator for generating mission information related to missions other than games to be performed by game users and reward information for the missions;
A mission information providing unit that provides the mission information to an administrator terminal; And
Game play management including a reward providing unit that receives the mission performance result information of the game user for the mission from the manager terminal and provides a reward according to the reward information to the game user based on the mission performance result information Device.
The method according to claim 1,
The mission information and the reward information are generated based on information set by the mission provider, a game play management device.
The method according to claim 2,
The reward providing unit provides game performance information to the terminal of the mission provider, and provides a reward according to the reward information when a request for providing a reward is received from the terminal of the mission provider.
The method according to claim 1,
The reward information is a game play management device including information about one or more in-game rewards to be provided to the game user in the game.
The method according to claim 1,
The reward information, the game play management device including information about the game user allowable game play time.
Generating mission information related to a non-game mission to be performed by a game user and reward information for the mission;
Providing the mission information to an administrator terminal;
Receiving information regarding the mission performance result of the game user from the administrator terminal; And
And providing a reward based on the reward information to the game user based on the result of the mission performance.
The method according to claim 6,
The mission information and the reward information, the game play management method is generated based on information set by the mission provider.
The method according to claim 7,
The operation of providing the reward provides game result information to the terminal of the mission provider, and provides a reward according to the reward information when a request for providing a reward is received from the terminal of the mission provider.
The method according to claim 6,
The reward information, game play management method comprising information about one or more in-game (in-game) reward to be provided to the game user in the game.
The method according to claim 6,
The compensation information, the game play management method including information about the game user allowable game play time.
One or more processors; And
One or more communication interfaces,
The one or more processors,
Create mission information related to missions other than games to be performed by game users and reward information for the missions,
Provide the mission information to the administrator terminal through the one or more communication interfaces,
The game user's mission performance result information for the mission is received from the manager terminal through the one or more communication interfaces,
A game play management device that provides a reward according to the reward information to the game user based on the result of the mission performance.

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