KR20240021502A - Apparatus and method for providing patchnotes - Google Patents

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus and method for providing patch notes, the method for providing patch notes comprising the steps of: posting patch notes containing information about one or more game update items; Collecting opinions from game users for each of the game update items and conducting a vote; and providing voting results for each game update item to game users.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing patch notes {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PATCHNOTES}

Embodiments disclosed in this specification relate to an apparatus and method for providing patch notes, and more specifically, quantitatively providing users' opinions or evaluations of game updates through patch notes that post updates applied to the game to game users. This relates to a device and method for providing patch notes that can be collected numerically.

Game users are consumers of the game industry, and their opinions about games are the most important consideration for game providers when developing or operating games. In particular, game communities have become active, creating an environment in which it is easy for a large number of game users to collect and convey their requirements and opinions about game providers.

Accordingly, game providers continuously listen to users' opinions while operating games and reflect them in the game. Game providers frequently patch games, such as creating new game content such as game characters or game spaces that did not exist in the game before and reflecting it in the game, or improving elements that contain errors or disrupt the balance in the game.

At this time, game providers generally provide game users with information about update items on game patches through web pages. Information written by game developers regarding update items on such game patches is called ‘patch notes’. Through patch notes, game developers post items that are updated to the game through patches, the motivation for the update, and specific update details.

However, conventional patch notes generally only post content related to game patches to game users, and do not include a means to collect game users' opinions about game patches. Accordingly, game users could only share their opinions about patches in a separate community, but there was a problem that it was difficult to convey their opinions directly to the game provider. Additionally, from the perspective of game providers, there was a problem in that it was difficult to collect quantitative evaluations, as individual opinions of users related to game update items could only be confirmed through posts or comments in the community.

Accordingly, there is a need for technology to solve the above-mentioned problems.

Meanwhile, the above-described background technology is technical information that the inventor possessed for deriving the present invention or acquired in the process of deriving the present invention, and cannot necessarily be said to be known technology disclosed to the general public before filing the application for the present invention. .

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0095332 (published on August 28, 2012)

The purpose of the embodiments disclosed in this specification is to present an apparatus and method for providing patch notes.

The purpose of the embodiments disclosed in this specification is to present a patch note providing device and method that can collect opinions on update items from game users while providing information on items updated through game patches. there is.

The purpose of the embodiments disclosed in this specification is to present a patch note providing device and method that can collect opinions on game update items into quantitative numbers and provide them to game developers.

The purpose of the embodiments disclosed in this specification is to present a patch note providing device and method that allows users to directly convey their opinions on game update items to game developers.

Embodiments disclosed in this specification allow users to express their opinions on game update items in proportion to the cost or time invested by the user in the game, thereby giving a relatively high proportion of the opinions of users with a high interest in the game. The purpose is to present a device and method for providing patch notes that can be reflected.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, according to one embodiment, a patch note providing method performed by a patch note providing device includes the steps of posting patch notes containing information about one or more game update items; Collecting opinions from game users for each of the game update items and conducting a vote; and providing voting results for each game update item to game users.

According to another embodiment, a patch note providing device includes: a memory for recording a vote count corresponding to game users' opinions on one or more game update items corresponding to patch notes posted to game users; It may include a control unit that posts the patch notes, collects the opinions of game users for each of the game update items, conducts voting, and provides voting results for each game update item to game users.

According to another embodiment, a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing a method of providing patch notes is recorded is disclosed. The method of providing patch notes includes posting patch notes containing information about one or more game update items; Collecting opinions from game users for each of the game update items and conducting a vote; and providing voting results for each game update item to game users.

According to another embodiment, a computer program stored on a medium for performing a method for providing patch notes is disclosed. The method of providing patch notes includes posting patch notes containing information about one or more game update items; Collecting opinions from game users for each of the game update items and conducting a vote; and providing voting results for each game update item to game users.

According to one of the above-mentioned problem solving means, a patch note providing device and method are presented.

According to one of the means for solving the above-described problems, it is possible to provide information about items updated through game patches and at the same time collect game users' opinions about the updated items.

According to one of the means for solving the above-described problem, there is an effect of collecting opinions on game update items into quantitative numbers and providing them to the game developer.

According to any one of the means for solving the above-mentioned problem, there is an effect of allowing the user to directly convey the user's opinion about the game update item to the game developers.

According to one of the means for solving the above-mentioned problem, the opinions of users with a high interest in the game are relatively expressed by allowing users to express their opinions on game update items in proportion to the cost or time invested by the user in the game. There is an effect that can be reflected in a high proportion.

The effects that can be obtained from the disclosed embodiments are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned are clear to those skilled in the art to which the disclosed embodiments belong from the description below. It will be understandable.

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of a patch note providing device according to an embodiment.
Figure 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a patch note providing device according to an embodiment.
Figure 3 is a flowchart showing step by step a method for providing patch notes according to an embodiment.
Figure 4 is an exemplary diagram showing an example of patch notes provided by a method for providing patch notes according to an embodiment.
Figure 5 is a flowchart showing step by step a specific embodiment of step S302 in the patch note providing method shown in Figure 3.
Figures 6 and 7 are exemplary diagrams showing an example of a user interface provided to a game user in step S302 shown in Figure 5.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing step by step another specific embodiment of step S302 in the patch note providing method shown in FIG. 3.

Below, various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. The embodiments described below may be modified and implemented in various different forms. In order to more clearly explain the characteristics of the embodiments, detailed descriptions of matters widely known to those skilled in the art to which the following embodiments belong have been omitted. In addition, in the drawings, parts that are not related to the description of the embodiments are omitted, and similar parts are given similar reference numerals throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a configuration is said to be “connected” to another configuration, this includes not only cases where it is ‘directly connected’, but also cases where it is ‘connected with another configuration in between’. In addition, when a configuration “includes” a configuration, this means that other configurations may be further included rather than excluding other configurations, unless specifically stated to the contrary.

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

Figure 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of a patch note providing device, and Figure 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a patch note providing device according to an embodiment.

The patch note providing device 100 shown in FIG. 1 may include the configuration shown in FIG. 2. Specifically, the patch note providing device 100 may include a server-client system including a game server 10 on which a game server program is executed and a user terminal 20 on which a game client program is installed and executed. Additionally, the patch note providing device 100 may include a service server 30 that provides a game operation service through a web page to the user terminal 20. The service server 30 can provide various information related to the online game provided by the game server 10, especially patch notes, to the game user's user terminal 20 through a web page.

Furthermore, the patch note providing device 100 may further include an operator terminal 40. The operator terminal 40 receives data related to the results of games played for each game user or data related to the game user's account by the game server 10, or game update items related to patch notes from the service server 30. You can receive voting results.

Additionally, the game server 10 and the service server 20 may each communicate with or be configured to include a separate database server (not shown) for sharing data related to game users. For example, the game server 10 and the service server 20 may share information related to goods held by the game user in the game.

Meanwhile, the user terminal 20 and the operator terminal 40 can be implemented as a computer, portable terminal, television, wearable device, etc. that can connect to a remote server through the network (N) or connect to other terminals and servers. You can.

Here, the network (N) refers to Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), Value Added Network (VAN), Personal Area Network (PAN), and mobile communication network. It can be implemented with all types of wired/wireless networks, such as (mobile radio communication network), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), Mobile WiMAX, HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) satellite communication network, and LTE (long term evolution) network.

Such a patch note providing device 100 may be implemented as a server-client system as described above, and the components constituting the patch note providing device 100 do not necessarily have to be configured as illustrated in FIG. 2. Some of the components shown in FIG. 2 may be implemented as a plurality of physically separated servers or may be integrated into one server.

Specifically, the patch note providing device 100 may include a memory 110 as shown in FIG. 1 .

Various types of data, such as files, applications, and programs, may be installed and stored in the memory 110. The control unit 130, which will be described later, may access and use data stored in the memory 110, or may store new data in the memory 110. Additionally, the control unit 130 may execute a program installed in the memory 110. The memory 110 may be installed with a program for performing the patch note providing method, and may store various information for performing the patch note providing method as described above. For example, information about one or more game update items corresponding to patch notes may be stored in the memory 110, and voting results collected in relation to the game update items may be recorded. For example, the results of game users voting in relation to game update items can be recorded as a vote count corresponding to each game update item.

Meanwhile, the input/output unit 120 is a means for interfacing with the game user or game operator, and includes a display for outputting a screen to the game user or game operator, and an input means for receiving data or commands that the game user or game operator wants to input. For example, it may include a keyboard, mouse, touchpad, etc. Furthermore, the input/output unit 120 may be implemented as a touch panel combining a display and an input means. The control unit 130, which will be described later, provides patch notes to the game user through the input/output unit 120, and can select or receive user opinions related to game update items through the patch notes.

Meanwhile, the control unit 130 controls the overall operation of the patch note providing device 100 and may include a processor such as a CPU or GPU. The control unit 130 may control other components included in the patch note providing device 100 to perform operations corresponding to the game user's input. For example, the control unit 130 may execute a program stored in the memory 110, read a file stored in the memory 110, or store a new file in the memory 110.

In addition, when the patch note providing device 100 is implemented with a plurality of independent hardware configurations as shown in FIG. 2, the control unit 130 is provided in each hardware and communicates with each other to cooperatively perform operations to be described later. It may be possible.

The control unit 130 can specifically enable patch notes to be disclosed to game users. When data related to the game update item to be included in the patch note is input from the operator terminal 40, the control unit 130 creates a patch note containing information about the game update item and writes the game update item to the user terminal 20 of the game users. Patch notes can be provided.

At this time, the ‘game update item’ may be an item related to newly applied content to the game, for example, a new item, a new game character, a new game space (map), or a new event. Alternatively, ‘game update items’ may be about correction of errors related to content previously applied to the game, or changes to some characteristic values or calculation methods related to game objects, related graphic elements, etc. Additionally, information about game update items may include text or image data about the subject to which the update is applied and the contents of the update in relation to newly added or changed items.

Meanwhile, the control unit 130 conducts voting for game users who have confirmed information about game update items included in the patch notes for at least a certain period of time. Specifically, the control unit 130 allows game users to vote to express their opinions regarding game update items. At this time, one or more types of opinions that the game user can express may be set in advance.

For example, when satisfied with a game update item or its contents, a type of opinion such as ‘like’ can be set in advance so that the game user can express his/her positive opinion. Additionally, it is possible to allow game users to exercise their voting rights in excess of a predetermined number of units for ‘like’ opinions. For example, game users may be able to vote by more than one vote for ‘Like’, and the number of votes that game users can exercise may be unrestricted or limited to a set maximum number.

Additionally, in another embodiment, the types of opinions that a user can express may be set to two or more. For example, in addition to ‘like’, which expresses a positive opinion, ‘dislike’, which expresses a negative opinion, can be set in advance as another type of opinion. Accordingly, game users can exercise the right to vote more than one unit of opinion for either ‘like’ or ‘dislike’ on game update items.

In other words, the game user selects the game update item on which he or she wishes to express his or her opinion among one or more game update items included in the patch notes, and the game provider is the quantity that exercises the right to vote for the opinion he or she has selected among one or more types of opinions. You can express the opinions you want to convey quantitatively.

At this time, ‘voting rights’ can be granted to each game user in a quantity proportional to the cost or time the game user spends on the game, which will be explained later.

Meanwhile, in order to proceed with voting in the manner described above, the control unit 130 sends a request for voting participation through the input/output unit 120 so that the game user can request voting participation for each game update item corresponding to the patch notes. A user interface can be provided for For example, a voting participation button may be provided on one side for each game update item.

In addition, when the game user requests participation in voting, the control unit 130 may allow the game user to exercise his or her voting right by selecting the number of votes for the opinion selected by the game user. However, if the number of opinions that a game user can express is preset to one, the process of selecting an opinion can be skipped and the number of votes can be selected right away. Accordingly, the control unit 130 may increase the vote count corresponding to the quantity selected by the game user with respect to the opinion selected by the game user in relation to the game update item selected by the game user.

For example, if a specific character is newly updated, game users can express a ‘like’ comment about that character. At this time, the game user can select 100 votes as an expression of his/her opinion of ‘like’, thereby increasing the vote count for positive opinions about the character by 100.

While voting is in progress, the control unit 130 may record the vote count for each game update item according to the voting results of each game user in the memory 110.

Additionally, the control unit 130 can provide the results of the voting process to game users or game operators, respectively. For example, the control unit 130 can provide voting results to game users through patch notes. Alternatively, the control unit 130 may provide voting results for game update items within the game.

Furthermore, the control unit 130 can provide voting results for each game update item corresponding to the patch notes to the operator terminal 40.

At this time, the voting results may include not only the vote count for each game update item, but also the ranking of the game update item according to the vote count. Additionally, the voting results may include information about the vote count by type of opinion for each game update item. For example, in relation to an update of a specific character, information including a vote count of 2850 for positive opinions and a vote count of 12 for negative opinions may be provided as a voting result. However, at this time, the vote count included in the voting result does not have to be a unit of vote quantity, but may be expressed in at least one of the amount of goods in the game or the time unit.

For example, for a specific game update item, game users can purchase goods used in the game, thereby expressing opinions corresponding to the amount of the purchased goods. In this case, the game user's opinion regarding the game update item in question can be expressed. For opinions, the vote count may be increased by an amount corresponding to the amount of the goods in question. Alternatively, game users can express their opinions corresponding to game play time on game update items, and thus increase the vote count by an amount corresponding to the game user's game play time.

For example, if a specific game user played the game for a total of 10 hours within a predetermined period, the game user expressed 6 hours of opinions on game update item A and 4 hours of opinions on game update item B. can be expressed.

Furthermore, depending on the embodiment, the control unit 130 may allow only game users who participated in voting and increased the vote count corresponding to their opinions to enter additional comments. For example, the game user's subjective opinion can be written and delivered using text data. In addition, the control unit 130 may record the game user's comment data in the memory 110 in association with the game update item selected by the game user and information on the vote count increased for the opinion selected by the game user. .

For example, for a game update item for character A, if a game user votes 50 times with a ‘dislike’ opinion, the control unit 130 may allow the game user to selectively input a comment. Accordingly, when the game user inputs a comment such as 'My physical strength is too weak to endure in the beginning!', the control unit 130 stores text data corresponding to the comment in association with the game update item for character A, but says 'I do not like it'. , can be recorded in association with '50'.

Accordingly, the game operator who later receives the voting results will be able to understand why the game user who increased the vote count by '50' to the 'dislike' opinion regarding the game update item in question had a negative opinion.

Meanwhile, the control unit 130 may provide game users with rewards that can be used in the game according to the results of voting on game update items. To this end, the memory 110 may be preset with the conditions that the voting result must satisfy in order to provide a reward for each game update item, and the contents of the reward to be provided to the game user when the condition is completed.

For example, if a specific game space has more than 10,000 positive comments regarding a newly provided game update item, 1,000 gold in game goods will be provided in advance to each user who plays the game within the game space during a certain period of time. You can.

Accordingly, the control unit 130 may monitor whether the voting result satisfies preset conditions in relation to the game update item, and provide a preset reward to the memory 110 when the conditions are completed. In addition, the control unit 130 collects the operator's comments on the game update item when the vote count of the game update item according to the voting result satisfies the set condition or the voting count ranking among a plurality of game update items is higher than the set rank. Thus, operator comments on game update items along with voting results can be provided to game users. To this end, the control unit 130 may provide the voting results to the operator, collect the operator's comments on the highest-ranking game update items among the game update items, and include them in the voting results.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 1, the communication unit 140 can perform wired or wireless communication with other devices or networks. For example, the communication unit 140 can communicate with other terminals or servers to transmit and receive various information to perform the patch note providing method. To this end, the communication unit 140 may include a communication module that supports at least one of various wired and wireless communication methods. For example, a communication module may be implemented in the form of a chipset.

At this time, the wireless communication supported by the communication unit 140 may be, for example, Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, UWB (Ultra Wide Band), or NFC (Near Field Communication). . Additionally, wired communication supported by the communication unit 140 may be, for example, USB or HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface).

Meanwhile, the following will describe in more detail the patch note providing method performed by the patch note providing device 100 described above. Figure 3 is a flowchart showing a step-by-step method for providing patch notes according to an embodiment, Figure 4 is an example diagram showing an example of patch notes provided by a method for providing patch notes according to an embodiment, and Figure 5 is This is a flowchart showing step by step a specific embodiment of step S302 in the patch note providing method shown in FIG. 3. In addition, Figures 6 and 7 are illustrations showing an example of a user interface provided to a game user according to step S302 shown in Figure 5, and Figure 8 shows another specific example of step S302 in the patch note providing method shown in Figure 3. This is a flowchart showing the embodiment step by step.

The patch note providing method described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8 includes time-serial processing steps in the patch note providing device 100 shown in FIGS. 1 to 2. Therefore, even if the content is omitted below, the content described above regarding the patch note providing device 100 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 can also be used in the patch note providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 to 8. You can.

As shown in FIG. 3, the patch note providing device 100 according to one embodiment may first post a patch note containing information about one or more game update items (S301). For example, the patch note providing device 100 may provide patch notes to game users through a web page. At this time, the patch note providing device 100 provides patch notes through a website related to the game service, but may optionally provide the patch notes for viewing only to game users who are connected as members.

According to one embodiment, the patch notes provided by the patch note providing device 100 include the title of the patch note on the web page 401, as shown in FIG. 4, and information about one or more game update items ( 402) may be configured to have the listed format.

Information 402 about each game update item may include a title 403 of the game update item and a description 404 of the game update item.

In particular, information on game update items (402) includes information on the current voting status (405), a button (406) requesting the provision of comments entered by game users who participated in the vote, and a button (407) requesting participation in voting. This can be provided together. At this time, the voting status information 405 represents the voting results of game users who have participated in voting to date. For example, as shown in Figure 3, if only a positive opinion can be expressed, for example, 'cheering' for a game update item, ' The vote count for the 'cheering' opinion may be provided as voting status information 405.

Additionally, when the View Cheering button 406 is selected, comments entered by game users who have participated in voting may be listed.

Furthermore, when the cheering button 407 is selected, the patch note providing device 100 can provide a user interface that allows the game user to exercise the desired amount of votes for the 'cheering' opinion. there is. This will be described in more detail later with reference to FIGS. 5 and 7 .

Meanwhile, again in FIG. 3, the patch note providing device 100 may post the patch notes and then proceed with voting on game update items for game users (S302).

First, referring to FIG. 5, in one embodiment, the patch note providing device 100 may receive a game user's selection input for one of the game update items in step S302 (S501). For example, on the patch notes shown in Figure 4, the game user has 'Patch 1' listed at the top. You can select one of the game update items by clicking the ‘Cheer’ button for the ‘Guild Content Update’ item. Or, game users can use ‘Patch 2. You can also select other game update items by selecting the ‘Cheer’ button for the ‘Add Monster Field’ item.

Subsequently, the patch note providing device 100 may provide a purchase page for the first product to the game user (S502). In step S502, the patch note providing device 100 may provide a user interface 601 for purchasing gold, a first commodity that can be used like cash in the game, as shown in FIG. 6, for example.

At this time, the patch note providing device 100 may provide, for example, two or more options 602 for the quantity of gold that the game user can purchase, and the game user can select one of the options. For example, a game user can purchase ‘1 gold’ or ‘20 gold’. At this time, each purchase option 602 may have a corresponding quantity of voting rights, for example, the number of cheers.

Meanwhile, depending on the embodiment, the patch note providing device 100 allows the game user to select one of two or more different types of opinions. In Figure 4, only the 'cheering' opinion can be selected, but in another embodiment, if one of the 'like' button and the 'dislike' button can be selected for each game update item, the game user can 'like' the specific game update item. By selecting the 'button, you can select the game update item in step S501 and at the same time select the type of opinion you wish to express.

Meanwhile, the patch note providing device 100 may provide a purchase page for the first product in step S502 and receive a request to sell the first product from the game user. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the patch note providing device 100 may provide a purchase button 603 corresponding to each option 602. Therefore, the game user can select one of the options 602 and click the purchase button 603.

When a game user's request to purchase gold is received, the patch note providing device 100 may proceed with a payment procedure for the sale of gold according to the game user's request and pay the corresponding amount of gold to the game user (S504 ).

For example, when a game user purchases 2 gold, the patch note providing device 100 may require the game user to pay 2,000 won and add 2 to the number of gold held associated with the game user's account.

Subsequently, the patch note providing device 100 may increase the vote count corresponding to the quantity of the first good paid to the game user for the game update item selected by the game user (S505).

For example, the patch note providing device 100 may increase the vote count for the ‘cheering’ opinion by 2 when the game user purchases 2 gold. That is, when the game user purchases gold, the patch note providing device 100 can increase the vote count by the amount corresponding to the amount of gold purchased by the game user.

And, as shown in FIG. 7, the patch note providing device 100 provides the payment result 701 of the first good to the game user, a successful payment and gold payment message 702, and a message 702 that the game user receives due to the purchase of gold. A message 703 about the voting results can be provided. At this time, the voting result message 703 may include the name of the voted game update item, information about the type of opinion expressed by the game user, and information about the increased vote count. For example, as shown in Figure 7, a message may be provided: ‘Patch 1. Add +20 cheers to guild content update!’

Furthermore, depending on the embodiment, the patch note providing device 100 also provides a ‘Send Cheering Message’ button 704, through which comments from game users on specific game update items can be collected.

Meanwhile, if the game user does not want to purchase the first good in step S503, the patch note providing device 100 checks the accumulated game play time of the game user (S506) and provides information on the game update item selected by the game user. , the vote count of the type of opinion selected by the game user may be increased by an amount corresponding to the play time (S507). At this time, the accumulated game play time for the game user may be limited to the play time within a certain period of time after the patch notes are posted.

Alternatively, if the game user does not want to purchase the first good in step S503, the game user may be allowed to accumulate play time from that point on and then vote on the selected game update item again.

Through this, the patch note providing device 100 can allow the game user to exercise voting rights proportional to the purchase amount of the first goods to be used in the game or the time the game user played the game.

Meanwhile, in another embodiment of step S302 of FIG. 3, the patch note providing device 100 may manage the quantity of voting rights of game users even before the game users vote, as shown in FIG. 8.

Specifically, the patch note providing device 100 may receive the game user's selection input for a game update item from the game user (S801). For example, in Figure 4, the game user may select one of the ‘Cheer’ button 407 among a plurality of game update items.

Subsequently, the patch note providing device 100 may receive a selection from the game user of the number of voting rights for the opinion to be expressed on the game update item within the range of the number of voting rights held by the game user (S802). For example, the patch note providing device 100 may allow game users to directly input or select the number of votes for the opinion they wish to express.

The patch note providing device 100 checks whether the voting count selected by the game user exceeds the voting rights held by the game user (S803), and then, if the voting rights held are sufficient, updates the game selected by the game user by the voting count selected by the game user. The vote count corresponding to the opinion on the item may be increased (S804).

On the other hand, if the vote count selected by the game user exceeds the quantity of voting rights held, the patch note providing device 100 may allow the game user to reselect the quantity or may receive a request to sell voting rights from the game user (S805 ).

If the game user wishes to purchase additional voting rights, the patch note providing device 100 provides the game user with a purchase page for the first goods (S806), proceeds with payment according to the game user's request, and provides the game user with the requested quantity. The first good can be paid (S807). Subsequently, the patch note providing device 100 may provide the game user with a quantity of voting rights corresponding to the quantity of the first good paid, and then allow the game user to vote again (S808).

Meanwhile, if the game user does not want to purchase the first good, the patch note providing device 100 checks the game user's accumulated game play time (S809) and then provides a quantity of voting rights corresponding to the accumulated game play time. can be paid to the game user (S810).

Through this, the patch note providing device 100 grants the game user voting rights corresponding to the cost spent on purchasing the first good or the time spent playing the game, and allows the game user to count votes within the range of the number of voting rights held. You can choose .

Next, again in FIG. 3, the patch note providing device 100 may collect voting results for each game update item corresponding to the patch note and post them to the game user or game operator (S303).

At this time, for example, the patch note providing device 100 may provide voting results for each game update item included in the patch notes through the patch notes as shown in FIG. 4.

Meanwhile, the patch note providing device 100 can allow voting for game update items to proceed only during a predetermined period, and can finally post the voting results when the period ends.

Furthermore, the patch note providing device 100 may provide rewards to game users while voting is in progress or when voting is completed, in response to game update items whose voting results satisfy preset conditions. In particular, at this time, for example, rewards can be provided to game users related to game objects related to game update items. For example, when a game user purchases a newly updated character for the game, if the voting result for the update for the character satisfies a predetermined condition, the purchase price of the character may be discounted.

Furthermore, when providing voting results to game users or game operators, the patch note providing device 100 can also collect and provide comments from game users.

Through this, game operators can check the opinions of game users on game update items in quantitative numbers. In addition, they can also check the comments of game users who expressed quantitative opinions to understand supplementary qualitative evaluation. Therefore, users' opinions on game update items can be clearly identified and reflected in future updates.

Furthermore, game users can also obtain voting rights and express their opinions simply by purchasing goods to be used in the game or accumulating time by playing the game, and can have their opinions reflected in the game.

The term '~unit' used in the above embodiments refers to software or hardware components such as FPGA (field programmable gate array) or ASIC, and the '~unit' performs certain roles. However, '~part' is not limited to software or hardware. The '~ part' may be configured to reside in an addressable storage medium and may be configured to reproduce on one or more processors. Therefore, as an example, '~ part' refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processes, functions, properties, and procedures. , subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.

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

In addition, the components and 'parts' may be implemented to regenerate one or more CPUs within the device or secure multimedia card.

The method of providing patch notes according to the embodiments described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8 may also be implemented in the form of a computer-readable medium that stores instructions and data executable by a computer. At this time, instructions and data can be stored in the form of program code, and when executed by a processor, they can generate a certain program module and perform a certain operation. Additionally, computer-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media. Additionally, computer-readable media may be computer recording media, which are volatile and non-volatile implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data. It can include both volatile, removable and non-removable media. For example, computer recording media may be magnetic storage media such as HDDs and SSDs, optical recording media such as CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs, or memory included in servers accessible through a network.

Additionally, the method of providing patch notes according to the embodiments described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8 may be implemented as a computer program (or computer program product) including instructions executable by a computer. A computer program includes programmable machine instructions processed by a processor and may be implemented in a high-level programming language, object-oriented programming language, assembly language, or machine language. . Additionally, the computer program may be recorded on a tangible computer-readable recording medium (eg, memory, hard disk, magnetic/optical medium, or solid-state drive (SSD)).

Therefore, the method of providing patch notes according to the embodiments described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8 can be implemented by executing the computer program as described above by a computing device. The computing device may include at least some of a processor, memory, a storage device, a high-speed interface connected to the memory and a high-speed expansion port, and a low-speed interface connected to a low-speed bus and a storage device. Each of these components is connected to one another using various buses and may be mounted on a common motherboard or in some other suitable manner.

Here, the processor can process instructions within the computing device, such as displaying graphical information to provide a graphic user interface (GUI) on an external input or output device, such as a display connected to a high-speed interface. These may include instructions stored in memory or a storage device. In other embodiments, multiple processors and/or multiple buses may be utilized along with multiple memories and memory types as appropriate. Additionally, the processor may be implemented as a chipset comprised of chips including multiple independent analog and/or digital processors.

Additionally, memory stores information within a computing device. In one example, memory may be comprised of volatile memory units or sets thereof. As another example, memory may consist of non-volatile memory units or sets thereof. Additionally, the memory may be another type of computer-readable medium, such as a magnetic or optical disk.

And the storage device can provide a large amount of storage space to the computing device. A storage device may be a computer-readable medium or a configuration that includes such media, and may include, for example, devices or other components within a storage area network (SAN), such as a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, an optical disk device, Or it may be a tape device, flash memory, or other similar semiconductor memory device or device array.

The above-described embodiments are for illustrative purposes, and those skilled in the art will recognize that the above-described embodiments can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical idea or essential features of the above-described embodiments. You will understand. Therefore, the above-described embodiments should be understood in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. For example, each component described as unitary may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope sought to be protected through this specification is indicated by the patent claims described later rather than the detailed description above, and should be interpreted to include the meaning and scope of the claims and all changes or modified forms derived from the equivalent concept. .

100: Patch note provision device
10: Game server 20: User terminal
30: Service server 40: Operator terminal
110: memory 120: input/output unit
130: Control unit 140: Communication unit

Claims (14)

Performed by the patch note provider,
Posting patch notes containing information about one or more game update items;
Collecting opinions from game users for each of the game update items and conducting a vote; and
A method of providing patch notes that includes providing voting results for each game update item to game users. According to claim 1,
The steps for conducting the voting are:
A method of providing patch notes, including the step of increasing the game user's vote count for one or more types of preset opinions with respect to the item selected by the game user among the game update items. According to claim 2,
The step of increasing the vote count is,
A method of providing patch notes, including the step of increasing the vote count corresponding to the opinion selected by the game user when there are two or more types of opinions that the game user can select. According to claim 2 or 3,
The steps for conducting the voting are:
A method of providing patch notes, comprising increasing the vote count of a quantity selected by a game user within a range of a quantity corresponding to at least one of money or time spent in the game by the game user. According to claim 4,
The step of posting the patch notes is,
A method of providing patch notes, comprising providing a voting button requesting provision of a user interface for voting on each game update item on one side of the information about the game update item of the patch notes. According to claim 4,
The steps for conducting the voting are:
Receiving one of the game update items selected from the game user;
Receiving a request to sell a first good in a quantity selected by the game user from a game user, and processing the sale of the first good in a quantity selected by the game user;
A method of providing patch notes, including the step of increasing the vote count corresponding to the quantity of the first goods sold to the game user for the game update item selected by the game user. According to claim 4,
The steps for conducting the voting are:
Receiving one of the game update items selected from the game user;
Receiving a vote count to be increased for the selected game update item from the game user within the range of the voting rights granted to the game user; and
For a selected game update item, increasing the selected vote count,
The step of selecting the voting count is,
If the voting count selected by the game user is greater than the quantity of voting rights granted to the game user, a method of providing patch notes comprising selling a quantity of first goods corresponding to the insufficient number of voting rights to the game user. According to claim 4,
The step of providing the voting results is,
A method of providing patch notes, comprising displaying information on vote counts collected by type of selectable opinion corresponding to each game update item on one side of the information on the game update items of the patch notes. According to claim 4,
The method of providing the patch notes is,
If the voting result for the game update item satisfies a preset condition, providing a reward usable in the game to the game user related to the game object corresponding to the game update item. A method of providing patch notes, further comprising providing a reward that can be used in the game. . In the patch note provision device,
a memory for recording vote counts corresponding to game users' opinions on one or more game update items corresponding to patch notes posted to game users;
A patch note providing device including a control unit that posts the patch notes, collects opinions of game users for each of the game update items, conducts voting, and provides voting results for each game update item to game users. According to claim 10,
The control unit,
For items selected by the game user among the game update items, the game user's vote count for one or more preset types of opinions is increased, but the number of votes corresponding to at least one of the cost or time the game user spends in the game is increased. A patch note providing device that increases the vote count of the amount selected by the game user within a range. According to claim 11,
The control unit,
A patch note providing device that allows rewards usable in the game to be provided to game users related to the game object corresponding to the game update item when the voting result for the game update item satisfies preset conditions. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for performing the method according to claim 1 is recorded. A computer program executed by a patch note providing device and stored in a recording medium to perform the patch note providing method of claim 1.