KR20220122399A - Apparatus and method for providing gacha service - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus for providing a Gacha service that can be enjoyed by a plurality of users together, and a method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing a Gacha service comprises: receiving an initiation request for a joint Gacha event from a user terminal of a user; sending a participation request for the joint Gacha event to the user terminal of one or more other users; receiving a response to the participation request from the user terminal of other user who has received the participation request; and based on the response, proceeding with the one or more other users who have accepted the participation request and the joint Gacha event in which the users participate.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing gacha service

The disclosed embodiments relate to a technique for providing a gacha service that a plurality of users can enjoy together.

Many users who play online games enjoy the game by hunting within the game, acquiring skills by selecting a job, and nurturing their own character.

In addition to this, users conduct gacha using gacha items acquired through in-game hunting or shop purchases, and offer gacha services such as trading items or goods obtained as a result of gacha with other users or boasting to the game community. You may also seek additional fun through it.

However, in the conventional gacha service, gacha is performed using individual gacha items for each user, so it was difficult to share with other users the expectation that can be felt during the gacha process and the joy that can be enjoyed when the gacha result is released. .

In some games, a service was provided in which other users watched one user's gacha event, but in this case, other users were merely spectators rather than participants in the gacha event, and could not share a proper user experience. There was not enough incentive to watch the gacha event.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2020-0053999 (published on May 19, 2020)

The disclosed embodiments are for providing a gacha service that a plurality of users can enjoy together.

A method of providing a gacha service according to an embodiment disclosed herein includes: receiving a request to initiate a joint gacha from a user terminal of a user; transmitting a request to participate in the joint gacha to user terminals of one or more other users; receiving a response to the participation request from a user terminal of another user who has received the participation request; and, based on the response, one or more other users who have accepted the participation request and an operation of performing a joint gacha in which the user participates.

The gacha service providing method includes: providing a user list including one or more other users to a user terminal of a user; and receiving selection information for one or more other users selected by the user from the user terminal of the user, wherein the transmitting operation is based on the selection information, the user terminal of one or more other users selected by the user to send a request to participate.

When the number of gachas that can be executed in the joint gacha is one, the proceeding may proceed with the joint gacha under the control of any one of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha.

When the number of gachas that can be executed in the joint gacha is a plurality of times, the proceeding includes: an operation of requesting information on the number of gachas to be distributed to the user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request to the user's user terminal; receiving count information from the user's user terminal; and distributing the number of gachas to user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request, based on the number of times information, and then performing the joint gacha.

When the gacha item to be executed in the joint gacha is in an unpaid or non-owned state, the proceeding may include: receiving a purchase request for a gacha item in an unpaid or non-owned state from a user terminal of the user; an operation of requesting at least a part of goods or items necessary for purchase of a gacha item requested to be purchased from a user terminal of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request; and receiving the requested goods or items from the user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request, and then proceeding with the joint gacha.

The proceeding operation is that one or more users who meet a predefined user interface (UI) control condition among a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha or who meet a predefined target condition use the gachas of other users except themselves. A joint gacha can be performed to perform on behalf of the person.

The gacha service providing method may further include providing the progress of the joint gacha to a plurality of user terminals participating in the joint gacha.

In the operation of providing the progress of the joint gacha, the progress of the joint gacha is provided through a layout in which the number of users participating in the joint gacha is divided into a plurality of user terminals participating in the joint gacha and the gacha is performed for each user. can

A method of providing a gacha service includes: determining a result distribution method of a joint gacha; and distributing the results of the joint gacha based on the result distribution method after the joint gacha is ended.

The determining operation includes a first method of allocating the results of the joint gacha to one user among a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha, a second method of distributing the results of each gacha to each of the plurality of users, a plurality of A third method of distributing the results of the gacha performed in the gacha space assigned to each user, and when each of a plurality of users withdraws goods to purchase a gacha item that is the target of the joint gacha execution, Any one of the fourth methods of distributing the results of the joint gacha based on the ratio may be determined as the result distribution method.

Gacha service providing apparatus according to an embodiment disclosed herein, a memory for storing one or more instructions; and one or more processors executing one or more instructions, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: receive a request to initiate a joint gacha from a user terminal of a user; transmitting a request to participate in the joint gacha to user terminals of one or more other users; receiving a response to the participation request from a user terminal of another user who has received the participation request; and, based on the response, one or more other users who have accepted the participation request and instructions for performing an operation of performing a joint gacha in which the user participates.

The one or more processors may include: providing a user list including one or more other users to the user terminal of the user; and instructions for performing an operation of receiving selection information for one or more other users selected by the user from the user terminal of the user, and the transmitting operation is one selected by the user based on the selection information The participation request may be transmitted to the user terminal of the above other users.

When the number of gachas that can be executed in the joint gacha is one, the proceeding may proceed with the joint gacha under the control of any one of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha.

When the number of gachas that can be executed in the joint gacha is a plurality of times, the proceeding includes: an operation of requesting information on the number of gachas to be distributed to the user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request to the user's user terminal; receiving count information from the user's user terminal; and distributing the number of gachas to user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request, based on the number of times information, and then performing the joint gacha.

When the gacha item to be executed in the joint gacha is in an unpaid or non-owned state, the proceeding may include: receiving a purchase request for a gacha item in an unpaid or non-owned state from a user terminal of the user; an operation of requesting at least a part of goods or items necessary for purchase of a gacha item requested to be purchased from a user terminal of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request; and receiving the requested goods or items from the user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request, and then proceeding with the joint gacha.

The proceeding operation is that one or more users who meet a predefined user interface (UI) control condition among a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha or who meet a predefined target condition use the gachas of other users except themselves. A joint gacha can be performed to perform on behalf of the person.

The one or more processors may further include instructions for performing an operation of providing a progress status of the joint gacha to a plurality of user terminals participating in the joint gacha.

In the operation of providing the progress of the joint gacha, the progress of the joint gacha is provided through a layout in which the number of users participating in the joint gacha is divided into a plurality of user terminals participating in the joint gacha and the gacha is performed for each user. can

The one or more processors may be configured to: determine a method for distributing results of the joint gacha; and after the joint gacha is finished, instructions for distributing the result of the joint gacha based on the result distribution method may further include.

The determining operation includes a first method of allocating the results of the joint gacha to one user among a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha, a second method of distributing the results of each gacha to each of the plurality of users, a plurality of A third method of distributing the results of the gacha performed in the gacha space assigned to each user, and when each of a plurality of users withdraws goods to purchase a gacha item that is the target of the joint gacha execution, Any one of the fourth methods of distributing the results of the joint gacha based on the ratio may be determined as the result distribution method.

According to the disclosed embodiments, by allowing several game users to jointly enjoy the gacha service, it is possible to provide a different user experience and at the same time increase the fun of the game.

In addition, according to the disclosed embodiments, by providing various methods for distributing the results of the joint gacha, it is possible to rationally distribute the results and establish a sound gacha service culture through the coordination of opinions among various game users.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for providing a gacha service according to an embodiment;
2 is a block diagram illustrating and explaining a computing environment including a computing device as a gacha service providing apparatus according to an embodiment;
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a gacha service according to an embodiment;
4 is a flowchart for explaining in more detail an operation of performing a joint gacha according to an embodiment;
5 is a flowchart for explaining in more detail an operation of performing a joint gacha according to another embodiment;
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a gacha service according to an additional embodiment;
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a gacha service according to an additional embodiment;
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a gacha service according to an additional embodiment;
9 is an exemplary view showing a screen on which a gacha service is provided

Hereinafter, specific embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. The following detailed description is provided to provide a comprehensive understanding of the methods, apparatus, and/or systems described herein. However, this is merely an example and the disclosed embodiments are not limited thereto.

In describing the embodiments, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the disclosed embodiments, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. And, the terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the disclosed embodiments, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users and operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the content throughout this specification. The terminology used in the detailed description is for the purpose of describing the embodiments only, and should in no way be limiting. Unless explicitly used otherwise, expressions in the singular include the meaning of the plural. In this description, expressions such as “comprising” or “comprising” are intended to indicate certain features, numbers, steps, acts, elements, some or a combination thereof, one or more other than those described. It should not be construed to exclude the presence or possibility of other features, numbers, steps, acts, elements, or any part or combination thereof.

Hereinafter, "game" means software that one or more gamers can enjoy using an input device mounted on or connected to a gaming device. Usually, it is performed by directly manipulating the player character or by manipulating the movement of objects in the game, and genres such as role-playing, adventure, and arcade are sometimes classified.

Hereinafter, the term "gaming device" refers to hardware that executes game software but performs calculations according to a user's input through an input device and outputs a result through an output device. For example, personal computer (Personal Computer), laptop (Laptop Computer), game console (Game Console), smart phone (Smart Phone), tablet (Tablet) PC, smart band (Smart Band) or smart watch (Smart Watch) It may be in the form of a wearable device. In addition, hardware that satisfies the above definition is interpreted as belonging to a gaming device.

Hereinafter, "online game" means a game that must go through a network in order to play the game. In general, it refers to a game in which two or more gaming devices in a remote location are connected to each other through a network or synchronized through a server. As long as it satisfies the above definition, there is no limitation on the type of gaming device that executes the game. Not only games executed on personal computers or game consoles, but also games executed on mobile devices such as smartphones, or games in which a plurality of different gaming devices (including different types of gaming devices) are linked or executed in the cloud If it satisfies the definition, it is interpreted as belonging to an online game.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a gacha service providing system 100 according to an embodiment.

As shown, the gacha service providing system 100 according to an embodiment includes a gacha service providing apparatus 110 and a plurality of user terminals 120 .

The gacha service providing device 110 refers to a computing device that performs a series of operations for providing a gacha service to a plurality of user terminals 120 playing an online game. Specifically, the gacha service providing device 110 may be a configuration included in a game server (not shown) that provides an online game service to a plurality of user terminals 120 , but is not necessarily limited thereto, and a game server (not shown). city) and may be a separately provided device.

In the following embodiments, 'gacha' refers to a probabilistic service that can acquire any kind of goods, items, or characters within a preset range by using goods or items in an online game. Meanwhile, in the following embodiments, 'joint gacha' refers to a service in which a plurality of users accessing the game can jointly participate and perform such a gacha. In addition, in the following embodiments, a 'gacha item' means an in-game product or item necessary for joint gacha, and the number of gachas that can be executed when paying or using one gacha item is one or multiple times. However, depending on the type of gacha, it may be necessary to pay or use a plurality of gacha items to execute the gacha once.

Specifically, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 receives a start request requesting to start a joint gacha from any one of the user terminals 120 of a plurality of users connected to the game, and then It is possible to identify one or more other users who wish to perform a gacha with the user, and provide a joint gacha service to the aforementioned user and one or more other users.

Meanwhile, the plurality of user terminals 120 means a gaming device used by each of a plurality of users to receive a joint gacha service from the gacha service providing apparatus 110 . A gaming device is a hardware that executes game software but performs calculations according to a user's input through an input device and outputs a result through an output device. Any kind of device can be any kind of hardware that exchanges signals with and runs game software.

Specifically, each of the plurality of users participates in a joint gacha using various types of user terminals such as a smartphone 120-1, a tablet PC 120-2, a personal computer 120-3, and a laptop 120-N. You can participate, and you can participate in the joint gacha through any type of hardware that satisfies the definition of the gaming device described above, but is not limited thereto.

In the above-described embodiments, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 and the plurality of user terminals 120 may exchange signals through a communication network and perform a series of operations necessary for the joint gacha to proceed. In this case, the communication network may include the Internet, one or more local area networks, wire area networks, cellular networks, mobile networks, other types of networks, or a combination of these networks. .

2 is a block diagram illustrating and explaining the computing environment 10 including the computing device 12 as the gacha service providing apparatus 110 according to an embodiment. In the illustrated embodiment, each component may have different functions and capabilities other than those described below, and may include additional components in addition to those described below.

The illustrated computing environment 10 includes a computing device 12 . In one embodiment, the computing device 12 may be the gacha service providing device 110 . Also, the computing device 12 may be any one of the plurality of user terminals 120 .

Computing device 12 includes at least one processor 14 , computer readable storage medium 16 , and communication bus 18 . The processor 14 may cause the computing device 12 to operate in accordance with the exemplary embodiments discussed above. For example, the processor 14 may execute one or more programs stored in the computer-readable storage medium 16 . The one or more programs may include one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor 14, configure the computing device 12 to perform operations in accordance with the 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 form of information. The program 20 stored in the computer readable storage medium 16 includes a set of instructions executable by the processor 14 . In one embodiment, computer-readable storage medium 16 includes 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 It may be memory devices, other forms of storage medium that can be accessed by computing device 12 and store desired information, or a suitable combination thereof.

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

Computing device 12 may also include one or more input/output interfaces 22 and one or more network communication interfaces 26 that provide interfaces for one or more input/output devices 24 . The input/output interface 22 and the network communication interface 26 are coupled to the communication bus 18 . Input/output device 24 may be coupled to other components of computing device 12 via input/output interface 22 . Exemplary input/output device 24 may include a pointing device (such as a mouse or trackpad), a keyboard, a touch input device (such as a touchpad or touchscreen), a voice or sound input device, 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 in 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 . may be

In the illustrated embodiment, each of the components may have different functions and capabilities other than those described below, and may include additional components in addition to those described below.

In addition, in one embodiment, each configuration may be implemented using one or more physically separated devices, or may be implemented by one or more processors or a combination of one or more processors and software. may not be clearly distinguished.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a gacha service according to an embodiment.

The method shown in FIG. 3 may be performed, for example, by the above-described gacha service providing apparatus 110 .

First, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 receives a request to start the joint gacha from the user terminal of the user (310).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 transmits a request to participate in the joint gacha to the user terminals of one or more other users ( 320 ).

In this case, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may select another user to transmit a participation request using one of the following methods.

(1) A user selects another user to send a participation request from among the user list provided by the gacha service providing device 110

Regarding (1), it will be described later with reference to FIG. 6 below.

(2) If the number of people entering the joint gacha room or map reaches the preset number of people, select another user who is entering the joint gacha room or map at that time as the other user to send a participation request to

When the method of (2) is used, operation 310 may be omitted.

(3) In the state where one or more other users have entered the common gacha room or map, according to a request for initiation from the user terminal, other users entering the common gacha room or map are selected as other users to send a participation request

(4) In the game, another user located within a certain distance from the user is selected as the other user to send a request for participation.

(5) Selecting other users who have received invitations to joint gacha from users in the game as other users to send participation requests

(6) The gacha service providing device 110 arbitrarily selects another user to transmit a participation request among other users currently connected

In the above embodiment, the method in which the gacha service providing apparatus 110 selects other users to transmit the participation request is not limited to the above-described (1) to (6), and an additional method may be used depending on the embodiment. It should be noted that there is

Meanwhile, in one embodiment, when the gacha service providing device 110 selects another user through any one of the methods (2) to (4) described above, the gacha service providing device 110 selects the other user. A joint gacha in which the user and selected other users participate may be performed immediately without the need to transmit a participation request to the user terminal or receive a response thereto. That is, in this case, after performing operation 310, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may perform joint gacha by performing operation 340, which will be described later, regardless of the participation request and response. This is because, in the above-described methods (2) to (4), the act of another user entering the common gacha room or map or being located within a certain distance from the user may be viewed as expressing their intention to participate in the joint gacha.

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 receives a response to the participation request from the user terminal of the other user who has received the participation request ( 330 ).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 performs a joint gacha in which one or more other users and users who have accepted the participation request participate based on the received response ( 340 ).

According to an embodiment, when the gacha service providing apparatus 110 accepts the participation request by the user terminal of the selected other user as a result of performing operation 330, the user terminal of the user who transmitted the start request and the user terminal of the selected other user A pop-up window may be generated to confirm again whether to execute the joint gacha. In this case, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may proceed with the joint gacha when the user terminal in which the pop-up window is generated accepts the execution of the joint gacha.

According to another embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 reconfirms whether to execute the joint gacha on the user terminal of the user who transmitted the start request and the user terminal of another user who has accepted the participation request as a result of operation 330 It can cause a pop-up window. In this case, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may proceed with the joint gacha when the user terminal in which the pop-up window is generated accepts the execution of the joint gacha.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may perform a joint gacha such that one or more users among a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha perform the gacha of other users on behalf of the other user.

Specifically, the gacha service providing device 110 may be configured when one or more users among a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha meet a predefined user interface (UI) control condition or correspond to a predefined target condition, A joint gacha may be conducted so that the user performs the gacha on behalf of other users except for himself/herself.

For example, in the gacha service providing apparatus 110, when the layout of the screen is divided for each user on the progress screen of the joint gacha provided to each user terminal of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha, one user When a user clicks or touches a screen area corresponding to a user, one user can perform the gacha on behalf of another user.

Meanwhile, for example, the target condition for the gacha service providing apparatus 110 to cause one user to perform the gacha of another user on behalf of another user may be assumed as follows. However, it should be noted that the above-described target conditions are not limited thereto, and various target conditions may additionally exist.

(1) When one user's own gacha is completed and another user's gacha is in progress

(2) When the number of possible gachas of other users is greater than the number of possible gachas of one user

(3) When one user requests or consents to another user performing his/her gacha on his/her behalf

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment, the gacha service providing device 110 performs the joint gacha, based on the intermediate gacha result of one user participating in the joint gacha, at least some of the other users participating in the joint gacha. You can change the gacha success probability.

For example, in a joint gacha in which user A, user B, and user C participate, it is assumed that each user performs the gacha 10 times. Thereafter, when user A acquires a hero character as a result of performing the fourth gacha, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may increase the probability of obtaining a hero character from the remaining gachas of users B and C by a preset value. .

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment, when the gacha item, which is the execution target of the joint gacha, is in an unpaid or non-owned state, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may query the user's user terminal for an intention to purchase the corresponding gacha item. In contrast, when the user terminal of the user intends to purchase the corresponding gacha item, the user terminal may transmit a purchase request for the corresponding gacha item to the gacha service providing apparatus 110 .

In this case, the purchase request received by the gacha service providing device 110 may be a purchase request according to the user's intention to bear all the goods or items necessary for the purchase of the corresponding gacha item, or the purchase request is shared with other users participating in the joint gacha. It may be a purchase request based on the intention to do so.

Among these, when the user terminal of the user transmits a purchase request according to the intention to bear the goods or items necessary for the purchase of the gacha item together with other users participating in the joint gacha, the gacha service providing device 110 performs a series The operation of will be described later with reference to FIG. 5 below.

4 is a flowchart for explaining in more detail an operation 340 of performing a joint gacha according to an embodiment.

The method shown in FIG. 4 may be performed, for example, by the above-described gacha service providing apparatus 110 . Also, it should be noted that the method shown in FIG. 4 may be performed regardless of whether the above-described gacha service providing apparatus 110 performs operations 320 and 330 of FIG. 3 . However, in this case, 'other users who have accepted the participation request' in the example below related to FIG. 4 should be understood as 'other users participating in the joint gacha'.

First, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 determines whether the number of gachas that can be executed in the joint gacha is one ( 410 ).

Thereafter, when the number of gachas that can be executed in the joint gacha is one, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 proceeds the joint gacha under the control of one of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha ( 420 ).

For example, when a plurality of users jointly perform a gacha for a one-time character drawing gacha item, any one of the plurality of users may perform the gacha.

On the other hand, when the number of gachas that can be executed in the joint gacha is multiple, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 provides information on the number of gachas to be distributed to each user terminal of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request to the user terminal of the user. request (430).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 receives information on the number of times requested from the user terminal of the user ( 440 ).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 performs joint gacha after distributing the number of gachas to the user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request based on the received number of times information ( 450 ).

According to an embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may distribute the number of gachas using any one of the following methods.

(1) Method 1: Allocating all gacha counts to one user among a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha

(2) Method 2: Equally distribute the total number of gachas to each of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha

(3) Third method: When each of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha withdraws goods to purchase gacha items, the number of gachas is distributed based on the ratio of the extracted goods

Meanwhile, according to another embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may distribute the number of gachas based on a preset game setting.

According to another embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may distribute the number of gacha to a number determined according to the agreement of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha. In this case, the consensus of a plurality of users may be made according to the principle of majority vote or only when all users select the same method. However, the method of agreement is not limited thereto.

According to another embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may distribute the number of gachas based on the selection of one of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha.

According to another embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may distribute the number of gachas based on the selection of a user who has transmitted a request to initiate a joint gacha.

5 is a flowchart for explaining in more detail an operation 340 of performing a joint gacha according to another embodiment.

The method illustrated in FIG. 5 may be performed, for example, by the above-described gacha service providing apparatus 110 . Also, it should be noted that the method shown in FIG. 5 may be performed regardless of whether the above-described gacha service providing apparatus 110 performs operations 320 and 330 of FIG. 3 . However, in this case, 'other users who have accepted the participation request' in the example below related to FIG. 5 should be understood as 'other users participating in the joint gacha'.

First, the gacha service providing device 110 receives a purchase request for a gacha item in an unpaid or non-owned state from the user's user terminal when the gacha item to be executed in the joint gacha is in an outstanding or non-owned state (510).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 requests at least a portion of goods or items necessary for purchase of the requested gacha item from the user's user terminal to the user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request (520) .

Specifically, if the store price of the gacha item requested to be purchased from the user's user terminal is 10,000 Aden, if the user can pay 2,000 Aden at the time of the purchase request, the gacha service providing device 110 accepts the participation request The remaining 8,000 Ardens required to purchase a gacha item may be requested from the user terminal of one or more other users.

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 performs a joint gacha after receiving the requested goods or items from the user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request ( 530 ).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a gacha service according to an additional embodiment.

The method illustrated in FIG. 6 may be performed, for example, by the above-described gacha service providing apparatus 110 .

First, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 receives a request to start the joint gacha from the user terminal of the user (610).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 provides a user list including one or more other users to the user's user terminal ( 620 ).

According to an embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 includes users who are accessing an online game at the time the start request is received, among other users who are in a friendship relationship with the user who has transmitted the request to start the joint gacha. The list is configurable.

According to another embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may configure a user list of users who are subscribed to the same party (or clan) as the user who transmitted the request to initiate the joint gacha.

According to another embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may configure the user list with users located within a predetermined distance from the user.

According to another embodiment, when a plurality of users transmit a request to initiate a joint gacha, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may configure a user list with the corresponding users. In this case, it is self-evident that each user can select only other users except himself/herself from the user list.

According to another embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 selects one or more users based on a predefined recommendation algorithm among users who are accessing the online game at the time the start request is received, and selects the users as the corresponding users. You can configure the user list.

On the other hand, according to an embodiment, when the gacha service providing device 110 provides a list of users, ID of other users, character illustration, character type, job type, level, holding material, holding item, popularity, current connection status A user list including at least one of information and friend status may be provided.

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 receives selection information for one or more other users selected by the user from the user's user terminal ( 630 ).

According to an embodiment, when the user who has transmitted the start request selects another user who wants to perform the joint gacha from the user list, touches or clicks a check box or button corresponding to the desired other user, or sends the user terminal to the user's user terminal. Through the included or separately provided input/output device, the identification information of the desired other user may be input by voice, or the other user may be selected according to preset basics.

In this case, the 'preset basic information' may be a filter condition set in advance by the user who sent the start request, or may be another user who previously performed a joint gacha. However, it should be noted that the method in which the user who has transmitted the start request selects another user is not limited thereto, and various methods are possible depending on the user interface provided by the gacha service providing apparatus 110 .

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 transmits a request to participate in the joint gacha to the user terminals of one or more other users selected by the user ( 640 ).

According to an embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 transmits a participation request to each user terminal of each of the selected other users, and selects whether to participate in the joint gacha on a game screen transmitted from the user terminal of each of the selected other users. A pop-up window can be generated.

According to an embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 transmits a participation request in the form of a push alarm to the user terminal of the other user, among the selected other users, who are not currently connected to the online game. can do.

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 receives a response to the participation request from the user terminal of the other user who has received the participation request ( 650 ).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 performs a joint gacha in which one or more other users and users who have accepted the participation request participate based on the received response ( 660 ).

7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a gacha service according to an additional embodiment.

The method illustrated in FIG. 7 may be performed, for example, by the above-described gacha service providing apparatus 110 .

First, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 receives a request to start the joint gacha from the user terminal of the user (710).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing device 110 transmits a request to participate in the joint gacha to the user terminals of one or more other users ( 720 ).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 receives a response to the participation request from the user terminal of the other user who has received the participation request ( 730 ).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 performs a joint gacha in which one or more other users who have accepted the participation request and the user participate, based on the received response ( 740 ).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 provides the progress of the joint gacha to a plurality of user terminals participating in the joint gacha ( 750 ).

According to an embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 provides a progress status including information such as goods, items, or characters obtained as the joint gacha is performed for each user who performed the gacha, or all users participating in the gacha can be provided in the same way.

According to an embodiment, the progress provided by the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may include the following information. However, it should be noted that information that may be included in the progress status is not limited thereto, and new information or processed information may be added according to embodiments.

(1) Information such as goods, items, or characters acquired as the joint gacha progresses

(2) Information on goods or items consumed as the joint gacha proceeds

(3) Time required for the joint gacha to proceed

(4) The number of times the gacha was performed during the joint gacha

(5) Whether goods, items, or characters corresponding to the preset goals have been obtained as a result of the joint gacha

According to an embodiment, the gacha service providing device 110 divides the number of users participating in the joint gacha into a plurality of user terminals participating in the joint gacha, and the progress of the joint gacha through a layout in which the gacha is performed for each user can provide In this regard, it will be described later with reference to FIG. 9 .

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a gacha service according to an additional embodiment.

The method shown in FIG. 8 may be performed, for example, by the above-described gacha service providing apparatus 110 .

First, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 receives a request to start the joint gacha from the user terminal of the user (810).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 transmits a request to participate in the joint gacha to the user terminals of one or more other users ( 820 ).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 receives a response to the participation request from the user terminal of the other user who has received the participation request ( 830 ).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 performs a joint gacha in which one or more other users who have accepted the participation request and the user participate based on the received response ( 840 ).

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 determines a result distribution method of the joint gacha ( 850 ).

According to an embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may determine a result distribution method of the joint gacha in one of the following methods.

(1) Method 1: Allocating the results of the joint gacha to one user among a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha

(2) Second method: Allocating the results of each gacha to each of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha

In this case, one user who performed on behalf of another user's gacha may also receive the results of the other user's gacha performed by himself/herself.

(3) Third method: distribution of gacha results performed in the gacha space assigned to each user to each of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha

In this case, the 'gacha space' means a space for each user created by a layout in which a window for performing a joint gacha is divided for each user.

(4) 4th method: When each of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha withdraws goods for purchasing gacha items, the results of the joint gacha are distributed based on the ratio of the extracted goods

According to an embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may determine a result distribution method of the joint gacha based on a preset game setting.

According to another embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may determine a method determined according to the agreement of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha as the result distribution method of the joint gacha. In this case, the consensus of a plurality of users may be made according to the principle of majority vote or only when all users select the same method. However, the method of agreement is not limited thereto.

According to another embodiment, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 may determine a result distribution method of the joint gacha based on the selection of the user who has transmitted the request for initiation of the joint gacha.

Meanwhile, it should be noted that, according to an embodiment, operation 850 may be performed while performing any one of operations 810 to 840, or may be performed after performing any one of operations 810 to 840.

Thereafter, the gacha service providing apparatus 110 distributes the result of the joint gacha to at least some of the plurality of users participating in the joint gacha based on the determined result distribution method after the joint gacha is terminated ( 860 ).

3 to 8, the method is described by dividing the method into a plurality of operations, but at least some of the operations are performed in a different order, are performed in combination with other operations, or are omitted or divided into detailed operations. Alternatively, one or more operations not shown may be added and performed.

9 is an exemplary diagram 900 illustrating a screen on which a gacha service is provided.

As shown in FIG. 9 , three online game users are currently participating in the joint gacha: 'Kim Crane', 'Power Steamed Bun', and 'Wazangchangchang'.

In the joint gacha of Figure 9, a joint gacha in which the 'advanced transformation item' is drawn 10 times is carried out, and on the ID of each user displayed at the bottom of the screen, the 'OPEN' so that each user can perform one gacha with a touch or click ' button is displayed.

Meanwhile, on the screen of FIG. 9, a divided layout for each user participating in the joint gacha is displayed. Through this, users participating in the joint gacha can easily recognize the progress of the gacha for each user.

Although the gacha screens for each user are separated by a solid line in FIG. 9, the layout provided by the gacha service providing device 110 is not limited thereto. A layout may be provided to switch to another user's gacha screen when users slide the screen of their user terminal, or a layout in which a brief gacha progress status and buttons for performing gacha for each user are displayed in the form of a list may be provided. .

Meanwhile, an embodiment of the present invention may include a program for performing the methods described in this specification on a computer, and a computer-readable recording medium including the program. The computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, local data files, local data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be commonly used in the field of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include hard disks, magnetic media such as floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and program instructions specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROMs, RAMs, flash memories, and the like. Hardware devices are included. Examples of the program may include not only machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

Although representative embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that various modifications are possible within the limits without departing from the scope of the present invention with respect to the above-described embodiments. . Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the following claims as well as the claims and equivalents.

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receiving a request to initiate a joint gacha from a user terminal of the user;
transmitting a request to participate in the joint gacha to user terminals of one or more other users;
receiving a response to the participation request from a user terminal of another user who has received the participation request; and
Based on the response, one or more other users who have accepted the participation request and the operation of performing a joint gacha in which the user participates, a gacha service providing method. The method according to claim 1,
providing a user list including one or more other users to the user terminal of the user; and
Further comprising the operation of receiving selection information about one or more other users selected by the user from the user terminal of the user,
The sending operation is
Based on the selection information, transmitting the participation request to the user terminal of one or more other users selected by the user, gacha service providing method. The method according to claim 1,
If the number of gachas that can be executed in the above joint gacha is one,
The above operation is
A method of providing a gacha service, wherein the joint gacha is performed under the control of any one of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha. The method according to claim 1,
If the number of gachas that can be executed in the above joint gacha is multiple,
The above operation is
requesting information on the number of gachas to be distributed to the user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request from the user terminal of the user;
receiving the number of times information from the user terminal of the user; and
and distributing the number of gachas to user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request based on the number of times information and then proceeding with the joint gacha. The method according to claim 1,
If the gacha item to be executed in the joint gacha is unpaid or unowned,
The above operation is
receiving a purchase request for the unpaid or unowned gacha item from the user terminal of the user;
requesting at least a portion of goods or items necessary for purchase of the requested purchase gacha item to a user terminal of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request; and
and performing the joint gacha after receiving the requested goods or items from user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request. The method according to claim 1,
The above operation is
Among the plurality of users participating in the joint gacha, one or more users who meet a predefined user interface (UI) control condition or meet a predefined target condition perform the gacha of other users other than themselves. A method of providing a gacha service, in which the joint gacha is carried out. The method according to claim 1,
The method further comprising the operation of providing the progress status of the joint gacha to a plurality of user terminals participating in the joint gacha. 8. The method of claim 7,
The operation of providing the progress of the joint gacha is,
A method of providing a gacha service providing progress of the joint gacha through a layout in which a plurality of user terminals participating in the joint gacha are divided by the number of users participating in the joint gacha and the gacha is performed for each user. The method according to claim 1,
determining a result distribution method of the joint gacha; and
and distributing a result of the joint gacha based on the result distribution method after the joint gacha is terminated. 10. The method of claim 9,
The determining action is
A first method of allocating the results of the joint gacha to one user among a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha, a second method of allocating the results of the gacha performed by each to each of the plurality of users, the plurality of users A third method of distributing the results of the gacha performed in the gacha space allocated to each user, and when each of the plurality of users withdraws goods to purchase a gacha item that is the execution target of the joint gacha, the A method for providing a gacha service, wherein any one of the fourth methods of distributing the results of the joint gacha based on the ratio of goods is determined as the result distribution method. a memory that stores one or more instructions; and
one or more processors executing the one or more instructions;
The one or more processors,
receiving a request to initiate a joint gacha from a user terminal of the user;
transmitting a request to participate in the joint gacha to user terminals of one or more other users;
receiving a response to the participation request from a user terminal of another user who has received the participation request; and
Based on the response, one or more other users who have accepted the participation request and instructions for performing a joint gacha in which the user participates, the gacha service providing apparatus comprising. 12. The method of claim 11,
The one or more processors,
providing a user list including one or more other users to the user terminal of the user; and
Further comprising instructions for performing an operation of receiving selection information about one or more other users selected by the user from the user terminal of the user,
The sending operation is
Based on the selection information, the gacha service providing apparatus for transmitting the participation request to the user terminal of one or more other users selected by the user. 12. The method of claim 11,
If the number of gachas that can be executed in the above joint gacha is one,
The above operation is
A gacha service providing apparatus for performing the joint gacha under the control of any one of a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha. 12. The method of claim 11,
If the number of gachas that can be executed in the above joint gacha is multiple,
The above operation is
requesting information on the number of gachas to be distributed to the user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request from the user terminal of the user;
receiving the number of times information from the user terminal of the user; and
and distributing the number of gachas to user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request based on the number of times information, and then proceeding with the joint gacha. 12. The method of claim 11,
If the gacha item to be executed in the joint gacha is unpaid or unowned,
The above operation is
receiving a purchase request for the unpaid or unowned gacha item from the user terminal of the user;
requesting at least a part of the goods or items necessary for the purchase of the requested purchase gacha item to the user terminal of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request; and
and performing the joint gacha after receiving the requested goods or items from user terminals of one or more other users who have accepted the participation request. 12. The method of claim 11,
The above operation is
Among the plurality of users participating in the joint gacha, one or more users who meet a predefined user interface (UI) control condition or meet a predefined target condition perform the gacha of other users other than themselves. A gacha service providing device that proceeds with the joint gacha. 12. The method of claim 11,
The one or more processors,
The gacha service providing apparatus further comprising instructions for performing an operation of providing the progress of the joint gacha to a plurality of user terminals participating in the joint gacha. 18. The method of claim 17,
The operation of providing the progress of the joint gacha is,
A gacha service providing apparatus for providing the progress of the joint gacha through a layout in which the number of users participating in the joint gacha is divided by the number of users participating in the joint gacha to a plurality of user terminals participating in the joint gacha, and the gacha is performed for each user. 12. The method of claim 11,
The one or more processors,
determining a result distribution method of the joint gacha; and
After the joint gacha ends, the gacha service providing apparatus further comprises instructions for distributing the result of the joint gacha based on the result distribution method. 20. The method of claim 19,
The determining action is
A first method of allocating the results of the joint gacha to one user among a plurality of users participating in the joint gacha, a second method of allocating the results of the gacha performed by each to each of the plurality of users, the plurality of users A third method of distributing the results of the gacha performed in the gacha space allocated to each user, and when each of the plurality of users withdraws goods to purchase a gacha item that is the execution target of the joint gacha, the The apparatus for providing a gacha service, wherein any one of the fourth methods of distributing the result of the joint gacha is determined as the result distributing method based on the ratio of goods.

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