KR20240082453A - System for creating virtual world - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a virtual society construction service that implements a virtual society in which games are operated in a manner similar to the real world by trading and distributing virtual currency according to the needs of users, instead of obtaining the necessary virtual currency through repetitive hunting or battle. We propose a system. For this purpose, the present invention includes a connection module that connects to a network with a plurality of user terminals, and a game progress module that differentially distributes land, cyber money, and resources for the planet to the user terminals according to the occupation selected by each user terminal, and then proceeds with the planet development game. , We support transactions so that land and resources can be traded with cyber money, and when each user terminal requests the purchase of offline products with cyber money acquired while developing the planet according to the selected occupation, the cyber money is cashed out and the goods are purchased. When at least one of the on-off transaction modules purchased and provided to the address set in the user terminal and each user terminal conducts a transaction for land on the planet, a transaction tax on the transaction amount is collected, and the activity score among the user terminals is calculated with the transaction tax. It can include a real estate transaction module that feeds cyber money back to the account of a large user terminal.

Description

Virtual society construction service system {System for creating virtual world}

The present invention relates to a service system for building a virtual society. More specifically, rather than an online game that relies on repeated hunting or battles, a large number of users build a virtual society and engage in economic activities within the virtual society to create added value. It is about a service system for building a virtual society that can be used for goods or services in the real world.

The existing virtual society in the form of a game is largely composed of a method in which multiple users obtain virtual currency through battles or hunting in an online space and use it to acquire items distributed within the online space.

This type of game is usually called MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game), and the game system is mostly based on combat and hunting. In order to obtain the necessary items or virtual currency, you rely on hunting in the beginning, and once you accumulate a certain amount of virtual currency distributed in the game through hunting, you rely on the structure of obtaining weapons, armor, shields, medicine, etc. required in online games and putting them into battle. do.

Previously, virtual societies implemented in the form of games were fundamentally dependent on violence, and in order to use violence, items had to be obtained by acquiring virtual currency that had meaning only within the game.

The fact that MMORPG games require cooperative play is actually just to implement and enjoy large-scale battles, and is nothing more than an expansion of the fighting instinct between users into the struggle of groups gathered according to their roles.

In response, there are non-violent games such as SimCity where a single user or multiple users compete to build a city based on the theme of city construction by era.

However, games such as SimCity are games in which a single user wins by building a city faster and more efficiently than other competing users. It is based on competition between users rather than requiring cooperation and collaboration between users. However, compared to previous games that build virtual societies, only direct violence between users is excluded.

Existing online games that build virtual societies are based on violence or are focused solely on competing to see which user can reach the goal first. Accordingly, the present applicant recognizes that games implemented in existing virtual societies are based on violence, and seeks to provide a system for building a virtual society that can be implemented through cooperation and cooperation between users.

- Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0042121 (Method and device for providing online games) - Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2006-0042363 (Virtual asset trading service system and method using network-based game competition)

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a virtual society construction service system that allows a virtual society implemented in the form of an online game to be built through the cooperation and collaboration of a large number of users, creates added value in the process, and utilizes the added value in offline spaces as well. It is in

According to the present invention, the above object includes a connection module connected to a network with a plurality of user terminals; a game progress module that differentially distributes land, cyber money, and resources for the planet to the user terminals according to the occupation selected by each user terminal, and then proceeds with a planet development game; Transactions are supported so that the land and resources can be traded with the cyber money, and when each user terminal requests the purchase of offline products with cyber money acquired while developing the planet according to the selected occupation, the cyber money is cashed out. Then, an on-off transaction module that purchases the product and provides it to the address set in the user terminal; And when at least one of the user terminals conducts a transaction on land on the planet, a transaction tax is collected on the transaction amount, and the transaction tax is used to feed cyber money back to the account of the user terminal with the highest activity score among the user terminals. This is achieved by the real estate transaction module;

Here, the cyber money can be exchanged for cash at the user terminal.

Here, the planet is the moon, and the surface area of the moon can be divided and allocated as land to each user terminal.

Here, the resources allocated to the user terminal are determined as one of land, cyber money, and resources according to the occupation, and each user terminal can proceed with construction on the planet using the allocated resources.

Here, the time required for the construction may be determined according to the topographical information of the space where the construction is taking place and the number of user terminals participating in the space.

Here, the cyber money is the activity time accessed to the game progress module, the amount of movement within the planet, the amount and number of transactions using the cyber money, and the score based on participation in the mini game provided by the game progress module. The reward amount is converted into numbers, and the converted reward amount can be fed back to the account of each user terminal.

Here, the coordinates of the land are set through the latitude and longitude of the planet, the land with the coordinates is processed as an NFT for each user of the plurality of user terminals, and a unique serial number and ownership is given to the land, and the real estate The transaction module preferably processes transactions between the plurality of user terminals with the NFT-processed land.

Here, the game progress module provides an inventory for each user terminal within the game, and the inventory includes items belonging to the user terminal, cyber money, and land information about the NFT-processed land, The user terminal transmits any one of the item, cyber money, and land designated through the inventory to the on-off transaction module, and the on-off transaction module transmits the item, the cyber money, and the item delivered from the game progress module. Any one of the lands can be converted into cyber money distributed within the game and physical money for any one of the lands.

Here, the game progress module provides an inventory between groups within the game, and through the inventory, land and goods can be traded between the groups, and the group is a race within the game, a society within the game, and a group within the game. It can be any one of them.

Here, the game progress module preferably represents the shape of the building to be used by the user in the game in 3D by referring to the building image provided by the user terminal.

The virtual society construction service system according to the present invention,

- Instead of obtaining the necessary virtual currency through repetitive hunting or battles, it is possible to create a virtual society in which games are operated in a similar way to the real world by trading and distributing virtual currency according to the needs of users.

- By breaking away from the struggle between users and groups and building a virtual society through mutual cooperation and cooperation between users, a sense of cooperation can be fostered instead of instilling violence in users.

- Based on a planet like the moon, resources are distributed differentially according to the user's occupation, and through the process of exchanging differentially distributed resources with each other, users can build a virtual society similar to the real world. in other words. The game system does not provide a specific purpose, but allows users to build a virtual society created by themselves. This means that the user's degree of gaming freedom is greatly increased compared to existing games.

Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a virtual society construction service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows a reference diagram of how planet development progresses by a user.
Figure 3 shows a reference diagram of a method for cyber money to trade offline products through an on-off transaction module.
Figure 4 shows a reference diagram according to an example of a process in which planet development is performed through cooperation and collaboration of each user.
Figure 5 shows a conceptual diagram of a method of collecting taxes through a real estate transaction module and providing feedback to users who contributed to the virtual society with the collected taxes.

The virtual society referred to in this specification corresponds to an “autonomous virtual society” in which the goals and direction of the game are set according to the interaction and will of users.

While existing violence-based games aim to catch boss mobs, the virtual society mentioned in this specification is differentiated in that it is an autonomous virtual society in which users exchange what they need with each other and create a planet in the desired form. do.

Unlike existing cyber money, cyber money mentioned in this specification can be linked to real money. This means that cyber money can be used to purchase products or services in actual online and offline stores.

However, in terms of being able to purchase products or services in online and offline stores, cyber money mentioned in this specification does not mean blockchain-based virtual currency such as Bitcoin.

The user terminal referred to in this specification may refer to terminal devices such as smartphones, personal computers, servers, tablets, and laptops. In addition, if a device equipped with a processor, RAM, and input/output device can access the virtual society construction service system mentioned in this specification and execute the client program provided by the applicant, the terminal can also become a user terminal. However, it is not limited.

The user terminal referred to in this specification refers to a terminal operated by a user. Therefore, when describing the user's actions, the user may be described, and within this specification, the terms user and user terminal may be used interchangeably for convenience of explanation and understanding.

The resources mentioned in this specification correspond to a concept that includes all land, cyber money, and resources of the planet (moon).

Land refers to the division of the surface area of the planet (the moon), resources can refer to materials or products distributed in the virtual world, and cyber money can refer to the currency used for transactions on the planet (the moon).

In addition, the land divides the planet (moon) into latitude and longitude, the location and area can be defined by the divided latitude and longitude, and it can be processed as a non-fungible token (NFT) to secure unique ownership for each user. there is.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a virtual society construction service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the virtual society construction service system 100 according to the embodiment includes a connection module 110, a game progress module 120, a chat module 130, an on-off transaction module 140, and a real estate transaction module ( 150) and a database 160.

Unlike the game progress module 120, chat module 130, on-off transaction module 140, and real estate transaction module 140, the connection module 110 may be implemented as one or more independent servers. The connection module 110 performs network communication with the user terminals 10a to 10n on which the client program is installed, and transmits game data between the game progress module 110 and the user terminals 10a to 10n on which the client program is installed. do.

At this time, a client program must be installed in the user terminals 10a to 10n.

The client program can be installed by downloading the client program stored in the database 160 after the user terminals 10a to 10n perform a membership registration and login process through the connection module 110.

When the client program is installed in the user terminals (10a to 10n), 3D images, videos, voices, sound effects, and other graphic effects required by the user terminals (10a to 10n) are installed in the clients installed in the user terminals (10a to 10n). As the program processes the user terminals 10a to 10n and the game progress module 120, the game can be played by exchanging only essential data required for the game.

The game progress module 120 uses game data transmitted from the user terminals 10a to 10n to place each user terminal (10a to 10n) on the online map in the game and allows the user terminals 10a to 10n to execute each other in real time. You can proceed with the game by processing commands.

In addition, when the game progress module 120 requests inventory from the user terminal (at least one of 10a to 10n) on the online map in the game, the game progress module 120 provides inventory allocated to the user terminal (at least one of 10a to 10n) in response. Data is loaded from the database 160 and fed back to the user terminal (at least one of 10a to 10n), and the client program installed on the user terminal (at least one of 10a to 10n) sends inventory data to the user terminal (at least one of 10a to 10n). can be displayed in one).

At this time, information about items, cyber money, and land may be displayed in the inventory displayed on the monitor of the user terminal (any one of 10a to 10n), and the items, cyber money, and land are NFT processed to have a unique identification value. It can be configured to have.

Meanwhile, one inventory is provided for each user terminal (10a to 10n), but if the game is played in groups, it may be provided to the head of each group.

For example, when a game is divided into multiple countries or races and is played in groups, a group inventory may be provided to the head of each group, and the inventory of users belonging to the group may also be subordinated to the group head.

In this case, transactions such as sale, lease, and exchange of land and goods between groups can be made through the group inventory paid to the head of one of the races, societies, and groups in the game.

In addition, when a building image is provided from the user terminals 10a to 10n, the game progress module () forms a building on the land in a 3D shape that is the same as or similar to the provided building image, allowing the user to create a building of the desired shape. Build a building and make it usable.

Meanwhile, when the user terminal (any one of 10a to 10n) requests to convert cyber money owned by the user into physical currency, the game progress module 120 transmits the request details to the on-off transaction module 140, and The off-transaction module 140 can convert the cyber money delivered from the game progress module 120 into physical money and deposit it into a physical account set in the user terminal (any one of 10a to 10n).

Likewise, when the user terminal (any one of 10a to 10n) requests to convert land or items into spot currency, the game progress module 120 transmits this to the on-off transaction module 140, and the on-off transaction module 140 (140) can be converted into physical money and deposited into a real account set by the user, just as cyber money is processed.

Here, NFT processing refers to data processed with a non-fungible token, and is one of the certificates for digital assets (including programs and items created by programs, virtual land, and cyber money), the creator of the digital asset, It may include information about transaction history, creation date and location.

Here, the land may correspond to any one of the planets (moon) divided by latitude and longitude. Using the latitude and longitude of a planet (moon), the surface of a planet (moon) can be expressed in thousands of coordinates. Using the partitioned coordinates, the land owned by each user terminal (10a to 10n) can be defined as shown in Table 1 below.

Referring to Table 1, assuming that the coordinates of an area divided by latitude and longitude are (10,5), (10,6), (11,5), (11,6), the land is divided by latitude and longitude. It is located within a square formed by the coordinates ((10,5), (10,6), (11,5), (11,6)). If we want to define land (A1), it can be expressed as (+1, 0) at coordinates (11,5) expressed in latitude and longitude. This means that at coordinates (11,5), there is one space (+1) to the right and zero spaces (0) to the top.

Likewise, land (A2) can be expressed as (+3,0) based on the coordinates of (11,5), and land (A3) can be expressed as (+4,+1) based on the coordinates of (11,5). ) can be expressed as

As explained in Table 1, when dividing a planet (moon) into latitude and longitude to form coordinates, the coordinates themselves are inappropriate for expressing land. Accordingly, the present applicant seeks to specify the location of the land by using latitude and longitude as a reference point and adding the distance from the corresponding coordinates to the coordinate value.

In other words, the location of land can be defined as “coordinates (latitude, longitude) + separation value.”

The chat module 130 forms a communication channel with the user terminal (the other one of the user terminals 10a to 10n) of the account designated by one of the user terminals (10a to 10n), and the two user terminals Text data or voice data can be transmitted between them.

The chat module 130 supports two or more user terminals 10a to 10n having a conversation with a designated party. In the virtual society construction service system 100 according to the embodiment, two or more user terminals 10a to 10n It can be used by users to buy and sell resources, cyber money, or land with each other.

The chat module 130 is operated by specifying an ID through a client program, or displays a chat window when touching or clicking another user's character displayed on the user terminals 10a to 10n by a client program. It may be possible. This may be determined depending on whether the user terminals 10a to 10n use a touch input method such as a smartphone or a mouse operation method such as a personal computer.

Accordingly, the client program can determine in what format to display the chat window in the user terminals 10a to 10n through either touch input or mouse click input depending on the type of the user terminal 10a to 10n. , for this purpose, when the client program is first installed on the user terminals (10a to 10n), it is necessary to determine how the chat window is displayed by referring to the terminal type of the user terminals (10a to 10n).

The on-off transaction module 140 supports each user terminal 10a to 10n to trade land or resources using cyber money and allows users to make mutual payment. Cost payment is made with cyber money, and the transaction can be made by approving the method in which the user terminal 10b provides the mutually agreed upon information to the user terminal 10a through the chat module 130.

Here, users connected through each user terminal (10a to 10n) can register as a member through the connection module 110, select an occupation when starting the game, and resources distributed according to the occupation can be differentiated. .

For example, if the user's occupation is related to construction-production, the resources allocated to the user may be provided for construction equipment such as tractors, excavators, and bulldozers necessary for construction-production. In this case, the user may be provided with land or cyber money. may not be paid, or may be paid very less than other users.

If the user's job is related to distribution, the user can select and receive cyber money needed for distribution or equipment such as trucks needed for distribution. If you choose one, the other may not be paid or may be paid very less than other users.

If the user's job is related to sales, the user may be provided with products needed for sale, and land or cyber money may not be available or may be very small compared to other users.

These differences can be the driving force for each user to earn cyber money, build a building on a planet (moon), or conduct a trade or business. This will be explained with reference to Figure 2.

Figure 2 shows a reference diagram of how planet development progresses by a user.

Referring to FIG. 2, as an example of planet development, procedures according to the following items may be performed.

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1) User 1 provides cyber money to User 2 (after agreeing to give cyber money agreed upon in advance through a chat window) and purchases land in the desired location,

2) User 1 pays cyber money to User 3 (a user with construction equipment), then builds the desired building.

3) If User 1 is in the sales business, the game can be played in a way that generates rental income by selling the building to User 4.

As described above, it can be seen that the processes 1) to 3) are a method in which each user (User 1 to User 4) takes what each other wants through interaction, and in return, builds a building on the desired land and conducts a rental business. This is something that is normally done in the real world, and is not done through battle or hunting, but has the characteristic of being closer to everyday life in which User 1 and User 4 trade and provide services using the resources they each have.

At this time, the time it takes for User 3 to use construction equipment to build the building that User 1 wants can be determined depending on the size and capability of the construction equipment and whether the land in question is flat, mountainous, or highland. The time required to develop land may increase or decrease, and the total construction time may increase or decrease depending on the time it takes for User 3 to move to User 1's land.

Meanwhile, the on-off transaction module 140 can link cyber money with spot money so that it can be used to purchase offline products or services. This will be explained with reference to FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 3, the on-off transaction module 140 receives applications for products or services designated by user terminals 10a to 10n and converts the cyber money paid by user terminals 10a to 10n into real currency according to a preset exchange rate. After exchanging money, an order can be placed at an offline store and the product can be delivered to the user by referring to the user information (name, contact information, and address) entered in advance on the user terminals 10a to 10n.

At this time, the on-off transaction module 140 can exchange real currency (cash) provided by the user terminals 10a to 10n into cyber money according to a predetermined exchange rate.

User terminals 10a to 10n exchange real currency (cash) into cyber money, secure additional resources using the exchanged cyber money, and use the secured resources to develop land, build buildings, and purchase products. You can purchase and trade products with other users. Accordingly, the on-off transaction module 140 has the characteristic of linking cyber money and real money (cash).

In addition, the on-off transaction module 140 obtains activity history information about the activity details of each user terminal (10a to 10n) through the game progress module 120. Cyber money is calculated by referring to the acquired activity history information, the user's activity score for each user terminal (10a to 10n), and the in-game score or development history included in the knowledge sharing and virtual society construction service system 100, Cyber money can be provided to each user terminal (10a to 10n). This will be explained with reference to Figure 4.

Figure 4 shows a reference diagram according to an example of a process in which planet development is performed through cooperation and collaboration of each user.

Referring to Figure 4,

- The activity score is calculated for each account of each user terminal (10a to 10n) and stored in the database 160, and the value is calculated according to the access time of each user terminal (10a to 10n) and the amount of movement on the planet (moon). become,

- Knowledge sharing is a value calculated based on how much chat volume there is.

- In-game is provided by the game progress module 120 and is about a simple mini-game that allows users to acquire cyber money for free.

- Development history is the history of planet (moon) development for each user terminal (10a to 10n) (e.g., how many buildings were built on the planet, how many real estate transactions were made, the number of product transactions and how much the transaction amount was) It's about.

The real estate transaction module 150 supports each user terminal (10a to 10n) to mutually trade land on the planet.

The real estate transaction module 150 collects a transaction tax at a predetermined rate on the transaction amount of the land (cyber money transaction amount) when at least one of the user terminals 10a to 10n sells land. You can. Transaction tax can be levied on both the side that sold the land and the side that purchased the land, and the collected transaction tax is distributed according to the points earned according to activity points, knowledge sharing, development history, and in-game points, as explained in Figure 4. It can be used as cyber money that is fed back to user terminals 10a to 10n. This will be explained with reference to Figure 5.

Figure 5 shows a conceptual diagram of a method of collecting taxes through a real estate transaction module and providing feedback to users who contributed to the virtual society with the collected taxes.

Referring to FIG. 5, assuming that User 1 sells land and User 2 buys land, the real estate transaction module 150 sells the land that User 1 and User 2 requested to sell. When approving and approving a transaction, a portion of the cyber money held by User 1 and User 2 can be deducted as tax from the user accounts of User 1 and User 2.

Figure 5 illustrates a transaction tax of 1% as a tax. The transaction tax shown is just a figure for convenience of explanation and understanding, and this value may be less or more than 1%.

The real estate transaction module 150 can feed back cyber money according to the level of contribution to the accounts of users who contributed to building a virtual society according to the example shown in FIG. 4 with taxes collected as transaction tax. That is, the virtual society establishment service system 100 does not randomly generate cyber money as needed and provide it to the user terminals 10a to 10n.

This means suppressing inflation or deflation in cyber money circulating in a virtual society based on the planet (moon). Rather than arbitrarily issuing infinite amounts of cyber money, the real estate transaction module 150 is used to reclaim the cyber money accumulated in users' accounts in the form of taxes, and to circulate the cyber money to other users' accounts so that the cyber money has a certain value. to maintain it.

The real estate transaction module 150 can operate in the same way for buildings as well as land, and taxes can also be applied to cyber money obtained through activities in the virtual world by users with each user terminal (10a to 10n).

In addition, in order to maintain the value of cyber money, the real estate transaction module 150 can increase or decrease the amount of cyber money distributed according to the activity score, development score, knowledge sharing, and in-game score described in FIG. 3, and tax Some or a significant portion of the cyber money recovered in the form of may be retained.

The database 160 may include data necessary for game execution, including client programs, account information of the user terminals 10a to 10n, user status information included for each account, resource information, and map data of the game map.

100: Virtual society construction service system 110: Connection module
120: Game progress module 130: Chat module
140: On-off transaction module 150: Real estate transaction module
160: database

Claims (10)

A connection module connected to a plurality of user terminals and a network;
a game progress module that differentially distributes land, cyber money, and resources for the planet to the user terminals according to the occupation selected by each user terminal, and then proceeds with a planet development game;
Transactions are supported so that the land and resources can be traded with the cyber money, and when each user terminal requests the purchase of offline products with cyber money acquired while developing the planet according to the selected occupation, the cyber money is cashed out. Then, an on-off transaction module that purchases the product and provides it to the address set in the user terminal; and
When at least one of the user terminals conducts a transaction on land on the planet, a real estate agent collects transaction tax on the transaction amount and feeds cyber money back to the account of the user terminal with the highest activity score among the user terminals using the transaction tax. A virtual society construction service system comprising a transaction module. According to paragraph 1,
The cyber money is,
A virtual society construction service system characterized in that currency can be exchanged through cash at the user terminal. According to paragraph 1,
The planet is the moon,
A virtual society construction service system characterized by dividing the surface area of the moon and allocating it as land to each user terminal. According to paragraph 1,
Depending on the occupation, the resources allocated to the user terminal are determined as one of land, cyber money, and resources,
A virtual society construction service system, wherein each user terminal proceeds with construction on the planet using allocated resources. According to clause 4,
The time required for the above construction is:
A virtual society construction service system, characterized in that it is determined according to the topographical information of the space where the construction is taking place and the number of user terminals participating in the space. According to paragraph 1,
The cyber money is,
The reward amount is converted by quantifying the activity time spent by accessing the game progress module, the amount of movement within the planet, the volume and number of transactions using the cyber money, and the score based on participation in the mini game provided by the game progress module. ,
A virtual society construction service system, characterized in that the converted reward amount is fed back to the account of each user terminal. According to paragraph 1,
The coordinates of the land are set through the latitude and longitude of the planet,
The land for which the coordinates are set is processed as an NFT for each user of the plurality of user terminals, giving a unique serial number and ownership to the land,
The real estate transaction module is a virtual society construction service system characterized in that it processes transactions between the plurality of user terminals with the NFT processed land. In clause 7,
The game progress module is,
An inventory is provided for each user terminal within the game, and the inventory includes items belonging to the user terminal, cyber money, and land information about the NFT-processed land,
The user terminal transmits any one of items, cyber money, and land designated through the inventory to the on-off transaction module,
The on-off transaction module is,
A virtual society construction service characterized by converting any one of the item, the cyber money, and the land delivered from the game progress module into physical currency for one of the cyber money distributed within the game and the land. system. According to paragraph 1,
The game progress module is,
Provide inter-group inventory within the game,
Through the inventory, land and goods can be traded between the groups,
A virtual society construction service system, wherein the group is one of a race within the game, a society within the game, and a group within the game. According to paragraph 1,
The game progress module is,
A virtual society construction service system characterized in that the shape of the building to be used by the user in the game is expressed in 3D by referring to the building image provided by the user terminal.