TW201826150A - Method of changing virtual pet characteristics according to keywords in message data to update the image data of a virtual pet according to a characteristic value when an accumulated value exceeds a threshold value - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for changing the virtual pet characteristics according to keywords in a message data, which is applied to a network server. The network server stores an user database and a setting database. The user database has a pet database that includes the image data, characteristic values (such as body shape), and the corresponding accumulated value. The setting database has a plurality of setting data (such as height being associated with the body shape) and keywords (such as: GO! go for it! cheer up!). When a terminal device is connected to the network server, the network server can display the virtual pet on the terminal device according to the image data; The method enables the network server to retrieve the keywords in the message data when receiving a message data, and adjust the characteristic value and the accumulated value, and update the image data (e.g., changing body shape) according to the characteristic value when the accumulated value exceeds a threshold value.

Description

   Method for changing characteristics of virtual pet according to keywords in message data   

The invention relates to a method for changing the characteristics of a virtual pet according to keywords in the message data, in particular to enable a web server to analyze the message data sent by the user, filter out keywords from the keywords, and change the characteristic value of the virtual pet accordingly. The method enables the user to gradually change the characteristics of the virtual pet by interacting with the virtual pet.

According to the increasing popularity of smart phones, "instant messaging software" has become an indispensable important communication tool in people's lives. For example, all people can use their instant messaging software to contact feelings, transfer electronic files, and voice calls. Convenient to implement, and the current instant messaging software is even more controversial. In order to gain more users and increase market share, all major players are racking their brains, hoping to develop more different from other players. Unique technology and user experience to take the lead in the fierce market competition.

The applicant has developed many diversified functions applied to instant messaging software and applied for multiple patent protections. One of the functions is "virtual pet", that is, integrating the "character" and "pet" concepts of online games into instant messaging. In the software, when the user opens the instant messenger software, he can see the virtual pet like his avatar on the screen, and the user can obtain points based on the number of times the instant messenger software is used (such as the applicant's Taiwanese No. 105101835 Patent), to "upgrade" the virtual pet, and even to use the virtual pet as a personal unique sticker (such as the applicant's patent No. 105101836).

After developing the aforementioned functions of the virtual pet, the applicant further considered whether it is possible to make more changes to the "cultivation" function of the virtual pet? For example, the user can have a conversation with the virtual pet, and the virtual pet can make a subtle change according to the content of the user's conversation to increase the interest. Therefore, how to design an operation method so that the web server that provides the "virtual pet" function can adjust the user's virtual pet according to the content of the message sent by the user, so that the virtual pet can generate its own unique style characteristics. That is to say, it becomes an important problem to be solved urgently by the present invention.

In view of the current "virtual pet" network services, the characteristics of virtual pets are preset by the industry. For users, there is a lack of a unique sense of "exclusive". The inventor relies on years of research and development experience After many researches, tests and implementations, a method of changing the characteristics of virtual pets according to keywords in the message data is finally designed in the present invention, in order to provide a more interesting, developmental and topical feature. Virtual pet technology.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for changing the characteristics of a virtual pet according to keywords in the message data. The method is applied to a network system including a network server and a terminal device; the network A user database and a setting database are stored in the server, and a pet database is set in the user database. The pet database includes at least one image data (that is, an image of a virtual pet) and a plurality of characteristic values (such as : Strength / intelligence, optimism / sensibility, etc.) and a plurality of accumulated values, each of which corresponds to each of the accumulated values; the setting database includes a plurality of setting data (such as strength to change body shape), A plurality of keywords (such as "fuel", "why") and a threshold value, each of the setting data can correspond to at least one keyword, and each of the setting data corresponds to each of the characteristic values in the pet database; The terminal device can be connected to the network server through the Internet, so that the network server can display a virtual pet on the terminal device based on the image data. It causes the web server to perform the following steps: first, receiving a message data from the terminal device; 嗣, filtering out keywords contained in the message data according to the setting database; and then according to the filtered keywords , Find the corresponding setting data and characteristic value, and adjust the cumulative value corresponding to the characteristic value; finally, when it is judged that the value of the cumulative value exceeds the threshold value, adjust the corresponding characteristic value, and according to these The characteristic value updates the image data. In this way, the user can gradually change the characteristics of the virtual pet by talking with the virtual pet, so that the user can find more fun from it.

In order that the review committee can have a further understanding and understanding of the technical content, process steps and the purpose of the present invention, the embodiments are described in detail with the drawings, as follows:

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〔this invention〕

1‧‧‧ network system

10‧‧‧Internet

11‧‧‧ web server

111‧‧‧user account

112‧‧‧User Password

12‧‧‧Terminal device

201 ~ 205‧‧‧ steps

D1‧‧‧User Database

D11‧‧‧ Pet Database

D110‧‧‧Image Information

D111‧‧‧Characteristic value

D112‧‧‧cumulative value

D2‧‧‧ Setting Database

D21‧‧‧ Setting data

D22‧‧‧Keyword

D23‧‧‧Threshold

D3‧‧‧ Dialogue Database

D31‧‧‧analysis word

D32‧‧‧ Dialogue

D33‧‧‧Characteristics

3, 3’‧‧‧ virtual pet

31‧‧‧ Avatar

32, 32 ’‧‧‧ limbs

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network system applied by the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart of steps of the method of the present invention; and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a method of the present invention that changes characteristics of a virtual pet.

The present invention is a method for changing the characteristics of a virtual pet according to keywords in the message data. Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a schematic diagram of an application background of the present invention. The method is applied to a network system 1, the network system. 1 includes a network server 11 and a terminal device 12; the terminal device 12 can be connected to the network server 11 through the Internet 10 to display a network server 11 based on information provided by the network server 11. Virtual pet. This virtual pet can be combined with various functions of APP (such as: instant messaging app, community dating app, etc.), or it can be used as a pet breeding game alone.

The network server 11 stores a user database D1 and a setting database D2. The user database D1 stores a complex array of user accounts 111 and user passwords 112 to verify the identity of the user of the terminal device 12, and the user There is also a pet database D11 in the database D1 for generating the virtual pet. The pet database D11 includes at least one image data D110 (that is, an image of the virtual pet) and a plurality of characteristic values D111 (such as weight / height , Enthusiasm value / sensibility value, strength / intelligence, etc.) and a plurality of cumulative values D112, each of which is a characteristic value D111 corresponding to each of the cumulative values D112. The purpose of the present invention is to enable the network server 11 to The content of the dialogue between the user and the virtual pet gradually changes the characteristics of the virtual pet. The cumulative value D112 is the number of virtual pets affected by the user (the calculation method will be described in detail later). The following table shows the characteristic value D111 and each Schematic diagram of the two possible ways of the accumulated value D112:

The setting database D2 includes a plurality of setting data D21 (adjustment rules of the characteristic value D111, for example, "enthusiasm value, the larger the data, the darker the pet's skin tone"), the plurality of keywords D22 (such as "awesome", ""Abominable","Comeon","呸") and a threshold value D23 (such as 5 times), each of the setting data D21 can correspond to at least one keyword D22, and each of the setting data D21 corresponds to the pet database D11, respectively Each of the characteristic values D111 is shown in the following table:

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2, when the terminal device 12 is connected to the network server 11, the network server 11 can display a virtual pet on the terminal device 12 according to the image data D110. In the case of this method, the method enables the web server 11 to perform the following steps: (201) First, receive a message from the terminal device 12, such as: "What news is today?"), The message can be obtained by It is manually input by the user, and it can also be generated by voice input. (202) According to the setting database D2, the keywords included in the message data are filtered, for example: the keyword "what" is found, and a total of "1" appears ; (203) According to the filtered keyword D22, find the corresponding setting data D21 and the corresponding characteristic value D111 (such as intelligence), and adjust the cumulative value D112 corresponding to the characteristic value D111 (such as: from 0 times to (1 time); (204) Determine whether the value of the accumulated value D112 exceeds the threshold value D23 (for example, 5 times)? If yes, go to step (205), otherwise, no change is made and the processing procedure is terminated; and (205) adjust the corresponding characteristic value D111 (such as: intelligence increased from 12 to 13), and according to these characteristic values D111, update the image data D110 (for example, make the fur color of the virtual pet darker or brighter); in addition, the network server 11 can still reset the accumulated value D112 to zero at the same time.

In this way, through the method of the present invention, in the process of cultivating a virtual pet, the user can gradually change the virtual pet by talking with the virtual pet, so as to enhance the fun of cultivation, and the users can share with each other. A way for virtual pets to change for fun. For example: Please refer to Figures 1 to 3, the image data D110 of the virtual pet 3 can be divided into at least two parts: "avatar 31" and "extremities 32". When the user transmits a "this is a sport" to the virtual pet 3 Time, let ’s cheer together ”, the web server 11 will judge the two keywords“ exercise ”and“ come on ”D22, and find the corresponding characteristic values D111“ strength ”and“ agility ”, if the characteristic value The cumulative value D112 corresponding to D111 "Agile" exceeds the threshold value D23. At this time, the network server 11 will regenerate an image data D110 based on the characteristic values D111, and replace the old image data D110. For example: changing the shape of the limbs 32 to become longer and robust limbs 32 ', so that the user can see the changed virtual pet 3'.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the value of the accumulated value D112 exceeds the threshold value D23, the network server 11 can adjust the "color" of the image data D110 according to the characteristic values D111. "Or" Size "to update the image data D110. For example, when the virtual pet is composed of multiple sets of image data D110, the web server 11 can change the coat color of the "mane" part of the virtual pet, or change the length of the "limbs" part. The image data D110 is replaced with a larger size.

In addition, in addition to changing the shape of the virtual pet, the method of the present invention also allows the virtual pet to talk to the user, and the reply message of the virtual pet will be affected by these characteristic values D111. Please refer to FIG. 1 for repetition. The network server 11 also includes a dialogue database D3. The dialogue database D3 stores a plurality of analysis words D31 (eg, "weather") and a plurality of arrays of dialogue data D32 (eg, "It's really cold, Let's go back to the nest "," I'm cold, but I like it "," (sneezing) "), each analysis word D31 corresponds to at least one dialogue data D32.

In the case of receiving the information (such as: "How is the weather today?"), In addition to filtering the keyword D22, the web server 11 will also perform the following steps: First, according to the dialogue The database D3 filters out the analysis word D31 (such as: "weather") in the message data; 嗣, the web server 11 will find the corresponding dialogue data D32 (such as "" (Sneeze) "); Finally, according to the conversation data D32, a reply data (such as a dialogue or an animation) is generated, and the reply data is transmitted to the terminal device 12.

The aforementioned "determine the user's intention based on the analysis word D31 and the dialogue data D32 and compose an appropriate reply sentence" is already the existing technology, so it will not be repeated here; the features of the present invention can be "based on the "Equivalent characteristic value D111", choose to reply to the user in different "tones": please refer to Figure 1 again, the dialogue database D3 still includes a plurality of characteristic labels D33, and each characteristic label D33 corresponds to each The characteristic value D111, and each of the dialog data D32 can correspond to at least one characteristic label D33; as shown in the following table:

In the case where the web server 11 finds the corresponding dialogue data D32 based on the analyzed analysis word D31, the web server 11 can find the characteristic label D33 from the dialogue data D32. The value of the corresponding characteristic value D111 is the highest, and the response data is generated according to the dialogue data D32. For example: The above table is taken as an example. When the web server 11 screens out the user ’s message data with the analysis word D31 "weather", the corresponding dialogue data D32 contains three entries. Therefore, the web server 11 will first Find the characteristic label D33 "sensitive, cautious, exaggerated" corresponding to the three pieces of dialogue data D32, and then judge the value of the three characteristic values D111 corresponding to the virtual pet; if the characteristic value D111 of the virtual pet is, the characteristic value The value of D111 "Exaggeration" is greater than the other two characteristic values D111 "Sensitive and cautious", then the web server 11 will use the corresponding dialogue data of the characteristic label D33 "Exaggeration" D32 "Cold, but I like "To generate response data.

The above are only a few preferred embodiments of the present invention. However, the technical features of the present invention are not limited to this. Those skilled in the relevant art can easily think about it after considering the technical content of the present invention. Equivalent changes should not depart from the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (4)

    A method for changing the characteristics of a virtual pet according to keywords in message data is applied to a network system, which includes a network server and a terminal device; the network server stores a user database and A setting database, the user database is provided with a pet database, and the pet database includes at least one image data, a plurality of characteristic values, and a plurality of accumulated values, each of which corresponds to each of the accumulated values; the setting The database includes a plurality of setting data, a plurality of keywords, and a threshold value, each of the setting data can correspond to at least one keyword, and each of the setting data corresponds to each of the characteristic values in the pet database; the terminal device Can connect to the network server through the Internet, so that the network server can display a virtual pet on the terminal device based on the image data. The method is to make the network server execute the following Steps: Receive a message data from the terminal device; filter out the keywords in the message data according to the setting database; Key to find the corresponding setting data and characteristic value, and adjust the cumulative value corresponding to the characteristic value; and when it is determined that the value of the cumulative value exceeds the threshold value, adjust the corresponding characteristic value, and according to the And other characteristic values to update the image data.         The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the value of the accumulated value exceeds the threshold value, the network server can adjust the color or size of the image data according to the characteristic values to update the image data. Image data.         The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the web server further includes a dialog database, and the dialog database stores a plurality of analysis words and a plurality of arrays of dialogue data, and each of the analysis words corresponds to at least A conversation data; if the message data is received, the web server will still perform the following steps: according to the conversation database, filter out the analysis words in the message data; according to the filtered analysis words, find Generating corresponding dialogue data; and generating a reply data based on the dialogue data, and transmitting the reply data to the terminal device.         The method according to claim 3, wherein the dialog database further includes a plurality of characteristic labels, each of the characteristic labels corresponding to each of the characteristic values, and each of the dialog data can correspond to at least one characteristic label; In the case where the network server finds the corresponding dialog data according to the analyzed words that are filtered out, the network server can find the value of the characteristic value corresponding to its characteristic label from the dialog data as The highest person, and based on the conversation data, generates the response data.