WO2005124618A1

WO2005124618A1 - Internet game service system using characters having artificial sensitivity and method thereof

Info

Publication number: WO2005124618A1
Application number: PCT/KR2005/000997
Authority: WO
Inventors: Young Hyuk Ko; Jung Woo Choe
Original assignee: Nhn Corporation
Priority date: 2004-04-07
Filing date: 2005-04-07
Publication date: 2005-12-29
Also published as: KR100471597B1; JP2007531606A

Abstract

Disclosed is an Internet game service system and method using a character with artificial sensitivity. The Internet game service system uses a character that displays different artificial sensitivities according to the game progress status to progress a game with a real user, and includes a character-providing server, a game database, and a game server. The character-providing server generates a character for playing a game with a user and provides the character. The game database stores game logic for controlling the character to play the game with the real user and sensitivity information for expressing sensitivity of the character. The game server progresses the game between the character and the real user by using the game logic stored in the game database, and expresses the character’s sensitivity according to the game’s progress status by using the sensitivity information stored in the game database.

Description

[DESCRIPTION] [Invention Title] INTERNET GAME SERVICE SYSTEM USING CHARACTERS HAVING ARTIFICIAL SENSITIVITY AND METHOD THEREOF

[Technical Field]

The present invention relates to a game service system for playing

games on the Internet. More specifically, the present invention relates to a

system and method for providing Internet games using characters having

artificial sensitivity.

[Background Art]

Various categories of services have been provided through the

medium of the Internet as the use of the Internet has increased. In

particular, many Internet users enjoy game services on the Internet, and

hence, many service providers provide various games to the users. Games

in which game points are given or taken between the gamers by winning or

losing the game are currently being offered. For example, the Korean

traditional Go-Stop game such as Mat-Go of a 1 :1 match and poker are

popular Internet card games. When attempting to perform a desired game through the game

service, the user accesses a corresponding game service server and

selects the desired game through web pages provided by the server. The corresponding server then displays a channel list for using the game to the

user, and displays a list of game rooms belonging to the selected game when selecting a specific channel. The corresponding server displays a game screen so that the user may perform a game with another gamer in a game room selected or generated by the user when the user selects one of game rooms displayed on the user's computer or directly generates a new game room. In general, the user must perform the above-descried process to enjoy the game on the Internet, and the user sometimes receives an Internet game service in which the user fights with a character which is not a real person but is generated by a game server. For example, while two gamers are playing a card game called Mat-Go, a user can be disconnected from the game server and the user can fail to access the game because of a specific user's intentional purpose or an Internet access problem. In this case, the game server generates a specific character instead of the corresponding user to continuously perform the game, and hence, another user can play the game together with the character. Also, when the number of game rooms generated on a specific channel selected by the user is not large, a game room is generated by the character and when the user enters the corresponding game room the user can play the game with the character, and in addition, when the user has generated a game room, and no gamer enters the game room and a long standby time has passed, or when the users desires to play the game with an artificial character other than a person, a character is generated into the corresponding game room to play the game with the user. However, when the user plays the game with the character

generated by the conventional server, the character performs the game

according to a game logic and fails to express sensitivity such as facial

expression, gestures, expression of opinions, and delaying game progress

similar to a person during the game execution, the user cannot be

continuously excited in the game with the character.

[Disclosure] [Technical Problem] It is an advantage of the present invention to provide an Internet

game service system and method using a character having artificial

sensitivity for expressing facial expression, gestures, expression of

opinions through dialog, and delaying game progress, similar to a person.

[Technical Solution]

In one aspect of the present invention, an Internet game service

system in a system for providing a game service to a plurality of users

connected to the Internet comprises: a character-providing server for

generating a character for playing a game with a user and providing the

character; a game database for storing game logic and sensitivity

information, the game logic controlling the character generated by the

character-providing server to play the game with a real user, and the sensitivity information expressing sensitivity of the character; and a game server for progressing the game between the character and the real user

by using the game logic stored in the game database, and expressing the

character's sensitivity according to the game's progress status by using the

sensitivity information stored in the game database. In another aspect of the present invention, an Internet game

service method in a method for providing a game service to a plurality of

users connected to the Internet comprises: a) determining whether a user

and a specific character play a game selected by the user; b) determining

the game progress status when the user and the specific character are

determined to play the game; c) analyzing the determined game progress

status and determining a sensitivity state to be expressed by the character;

d) deciding a sensitivity pattern to be expressed by the character according

to the determined sensitivity state; and e) displaying the character's

sensitivity in the game by using the decided sensitivity pattern. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram for an Internet game service system

using a character having artificial sensitivity according to an exemplary

embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the Internet game service system using a

character having artificial sensitivity includes a web server 100, a channel

database 200, a channel server 300, a character-providing database 400, a

game server 500, and a game database 600.

The web server 100 provides a plurality of services including a

chat service and a shopping mall service in addition to various Internet games including a Mat-Go card game and poker to a plurality of user computers 700-1 to 700-n accessed through the Internet 800. As shown, the users utilize computers 700-1 to 700-n, and other types of terminals, to access the web server 100 through the Internet 800 and play a game. Terminals may include mobile terminals and Internet TVs which may also be available to the users. The channel database 200 stores game room data set to each channel as well as game channel data. The channel server 300 queries the channel database 200 and provides a selected game channel list and a per-channel game room list to the user when the user selects a game through the web server 100. Then, the user can select a channel for game performance and a specific game room belonging to the channel by using the channel list and the game room list provided by the channel server 300. When the user selects a game through the web server 100, the web server 100 initiates a user program for the game pre-installed in the user computer 700-1 to 700-n, and the user computer 700-1 to 700-n is accessed by the channel server 300 through the Internet 800 by the user program, and hence it is not needed to directly couple the channel server 300 to the web server 100. Therefore, the web server 100 is coupled to other components if necessary by the user, which is depicted by dotted lines in FIG. 1. Also, the channel server 300 uses a character to generate a game room when the number of game rooms generated on channels managed for each game is less than a predetermined number, or the channel server

300 controls a character to enter a corresponding game room and play the

game when a user having entered the game room generated on the

channel managed for each game stands by for more than a predetermined

time. In addition, the channel server 300 can provide an additional

dedicated channel for game execution with the character to allow the user

to play the game with the character in the game room on the corresponding

channel.

Also, the channel server 300 can allow new users to enter the

corresponding game room while the users play the game with the character,

and can control the new users to stand by for the game progressed by the character and the user in the observation mode.

Further, the channel server 300 can eliminate the game room

when the character playing the game with the user is left alone in the

corresponding game room. In this instance, the used character is

eliminated and the elimination of character is reported to the character-

providing database 400.

The character-providing database 400 generates a specific

character, provides the same to the channel server 300, and manages the

same when the channel server 300 requests a character for the purpose of

generating a new game room on the channel or requests a character to be

entered into the generated game room. Also, the character-providing

database 400 eliminates information on the corresponding character when it is reported by the channel server 300 that the usage of the character is

terminated and is then eliminated.

In this instance, the character represents an alter ego or an

incarnation and includes an animation character (e.g., an avatar) for replacing the user in cyber space. Therefore, the character-providing

database 400 generates a character and provides the same to the channel

server 300, and the channel server 300 processes the character as a user

controllable by the channel server 300 to generate a game room or control

the character to enter the game room. The character is expressed by using

items (which represent all the components of the character such as faces,

hair styles, eyes, lips, noses, clothes, accessories, and shoes) provided by

the character-providing database 400. Also, the character may include

advertisement information for achieving advertisement effects from the

other gamer. For example, the character may put on clothes on which an

advertisement is printed or may possess a specific product in the game.

Techniques for the character-providing database 400 to provide

various characters for the game are well known to a person skilled in the

art and hence will not be described.

The game database 500 stores game logics for controlling the

character to play the game and sensitivity information for expressing

sensitivity of the character. Expression of sensitivity by the character

includes variations of time delay in the progress of the game, facial expression, or gestures of the character, as well as emotion. The game server 600 provides a game service selected by the user through the channel server 300. That is, the game server 500 progresses the game according to a game logic established for each game. For example, when the user selects the Mat-Go card game, generates or selects a specific game room on a specific channel through the channel server 300, and at least two users enter the game, the game server 600 displays the game, executes the game, and settles game results so that the users may play the Mat-Go game. When the user plays the game with the character according to control by the channel server 300, the game server 600 refers to the game database 500 and uses the logic of the corresponding game to control the character to progress the game, determines the sensitivity state to be expressed by the character as the game is played, decides sensitivity contents to be expressed according to the determined sensitivity state, receives the decided sensitivity contents from the game database 500, and controls expression of sensitivity of the character. In this instance, the game logic represents rules specified for automatic progress of the game according to a predefined rule. For example, the Mat-Go game has logic for the character to select a card to show from among the cards held by the character in its turn. Factors for determining the logic include a card held by the character, a card possessed by the character, a card possessed by the other gamer, a shown card, and achievement states of the various Mat-Go game rules. The game logic establishes default weights to the respective cards and

assigns variable weights to the cards according to logic determination

factors so that the user or the character may select the card with the final

highest weight in its turn. Hence, the sensitivity state of the character

depending on the progress state of the game is determined based on the

game logic.

When a new user enters the game room in which the user and the

character capable of expressing sensitivity play the game, the game server

600 controls the new user to be an observer and watch the current game,

and allows the character to express sensitivity on the new observer. In this

instance, the game server 600 transmits the game screen in progress to

the observer and generates an additional observation window to the

screens of the character and the user to thus notify existence of the

observer. Therefore, if an observer stays in the game in progress, the

game server 600 can terminate the game with the character and start a

new game with the observer after the current game is over.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed block diagram of a game database shown

in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game database 500 includes a game logic

database 510 and a sensitivity database 520. The game database 500 is

one embodiment and can be modified in various manners according to

configurations of the game and the artificial sensitivity of the character.

The game logic database 510 stores game logic information for controlling the character's execution of the game for each game, for

example, game logic for the Mat-Go game and game logic for poker, and

the game server 600 uses the game logic to control the corresponding

character to perform the game. The sensitivity database 520 stores information for expressing the

character's sensitivity. Referring to FIG. 2, the sensitivity database 520

includes a game delay time database 521 for storing information for the

character to vary a progress delay time of the game according to the

progress state of the game, a motion expression database 523 for storing

information on the character's facial expression and gestures according to

the progress state of the game, and a dialog database 525 for storing the

character's dialog according to the progress state of the game. The

sensitivity database 520 may further include a database for storing

corresponding information on information used for expressing the

character's sensitivity.

The game delay time database 521 classifies delay times

according to the progress state of the game and separately assigns

different delay times. For example, when the progress state of the game is

unfavorable for the character, that is, when the user calls the jargon of

"Go" several times or the cards to be shown by the character are all

advantageous for the user in the case of the Mat-Go card game, a long

delay time is assigned in the case of selecting cards to thus indicate the

situation in which the character is disadvantaged, through sensitivity. On the contrary, when the progress state of the game is favorable for the character, that is, when the cards that are advantageous for the character to get a score are displayed in the character's turn and the character has

advantageous cards, a short delay time is assigned in the case of selecting cards to thus indicate the situation in which the character is in an advantageous situation, through sensitivity. The motion expression database 523 classifies motion expressions according to the progress state of the game and separately assigns different motion expressions. For example, the character can express bad facial expression or gestures through sensitivity when the progress state of the game is disadvantageous for the character. On the contrary, the character can express good facial expression or gestures through sensitivity when the progress state of the game is advantageous for the character. Variations of the above-noted facial expressions or gestures of the character are realized by a multi-layered character, which is well known and will not be described. For example, when the character is divided into several parts and the divided parts are superimposed in multiple layers, the facial expression and gesture can be expressed by sliding the parts through different motions. The dialog database 525 classifies dialogs according to the progress state of the game and separately assigns different dialogs. For example, the character can express disadvantageous situations through sensitivity by displaying an interjection of bad feeling in the dialog when the progress state of the game is disadvantageous for the character. On the

contrary, the character can express advantageous situations through

sensitivity by displaying a dialog of good feeling when the progress state of

the game is advantageous for the character. The game server 600 can express sensitivity through the character

by using the respective sensitivity expressions stored in the game delay

time database 521 , the motion expression database 523, and the dialog

database 525, or by combining the sensitivity expressions stored in the same. FIG. 3 shows a detailed block diagram of the game server 600

shown in FIG. 1.

As shown, the game server 600 includes a game status determiner

610, a sensitivity status determiner 620, a sensitivity display decider 630, a

time counter 640, and a game controller 650. The game status determiner 610 determines the game progress

status between the character that plays the game by the game controller

650 and the user. The game status determiner 610 can determine the

same while the game controller 650 controls the character's playing the

game by using the game logic stored in the game logic database 510 of the

game database 500.

The sensitivity status determiner 620 analyzes the game progress

status determined by the game status determiner 610 and determines the sensitivity state to be expressed by the character. For example, the sensitivity status determiner 620 determines whether the game progress

status is advantageous or disadvantageous for the character and

determines advantageous or disadvantageous contents in detail.

The sensitivity display decider 630 decides the sensitivity contents

to be expressed by the character according to the character's sensitivity

state determined by the sensitivity status determiner 620. For example, the

sensitivity display decider 630 decides to change facial expression or

gestures of the character and provide a dialog and thus express bad

sensitivity when the game progress is disadvantageous for the character,

and in another case, the sensitivity display decider 630 decides to control

the game progress delay time to be longer, change facial expression or

gestures, and provide a dialog such as "Which card will I have to show?"

when the character expresses the situation in which the character is in

trouble in selecting an appropriate card from among the cards held by the

character in the Mat-Go card game.

The time counter 640 starts its operation according to control by

the game controller 640 and counts the corresponding delay time when the

contents of sensitivity expressed by the character have changed the delay

time of the game progress. The game controller 650 controls the game progress so that the

users may play the game according to the game rule established for each

game. In this instance, the users can be real users or can be a character

generated by the channel server 300 and real users. The game controller 650 controls the game progress according to the game rule established for each game when the users only include real users, and the game controller 650 controls the game status determiner 610, the sensitivity status determiner 620, the sensitivity display decider 630, and the time counter 640 so that the character may express sensitivity in the game progress while the character and the user play the game when the users include real users or users and a character. Referring to FIG. 4, an Internet game service method using a character having artificial sensitivity according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described. A plurality of users utilize their computers 700-1 to 700-n to execute a user program provided by the web server 100 and access the web server 100 or directly accesses the web server 100 through a web browser and selects a desired game in step S100. In this instance, the user program is assumed to be pre-installed, and in another case, the web server 100 or the channel server 300 determines the installation status and controls installation of the user program for a corresponding game at an appropriate time. When the user selects the desired game, the channel server 300 displays a channel list of the corresponding game stored in the channel database 200 to the user computer 700-1 to 700-n through the web server 100, and the user selects a channel for playing the game from among the channels displayed on the computer 700-1 to 700-n. For example, the user can select a channel suitable for the user's grade when the channel list is

displayed in grades.

When the user selects the channel, the channel server 300

displays a game room list generated to the corresponding channel, stored in the channel database 200 to the user computer 700-1 to 700-n in step

S120, and the user selects one of the game rooms displayed on the

computer 700-1 to 700-n or generates a new game room, and enters the

corresponding game room in step S130.

When the user enters the game room to be ready for the game,

the game controller 650 of the game server 600 controls the character and

starts the game by using the game logic in the game logic database 510 of

the game database 500 so that the other user and the character may play

the selected game in step S140.

When the character and the other user play the game, the game

status determiner 610 determines the game progress situation until the

game is over by control of the game controller 650 in step S150. It is

desirable to classify the game progress situation into various cases for

each game in advance.

The sensitivity status determiner 620 analyzes the game progress

situation determined by the game status determiner 610 according to

control by the game controller 650, and determines the sensitivity state to be expressed by the character in step S160. For example, the sensitivity

status determiner 620 determines whether the game progress situation is advantageous or disadvantageous for the character and determines advantageous or disadvantageous contents in detail. It is desirable to classify the sensitivity state into various cases for each game in advance. The sensitivity display decider 630 decides the sensitivity contents to be expressed by the character according to the character's sensitivity

state determined by the sensitivity status determiner 620 in step S170. For example, the sensitivity display decider 630 decides to express bad facial expression, gesture, or dialog when the game progress is disadvantageous for the character, and the sensitivity display decider 630 decides to express good facial expression, gesture, or dialog when the game progress is advantageous for the character. It is desirable to preset the above- determined sensitivity expression methods according to respective sensitivity states of the character following the progress state of the pre- classified game, and the preset contents are stored in the game delay time database 521 , the motion expression database 523, and the dialog database 525 of the sensitivity database 520. When the sensitivity expression method to be expressed by the character is decided by the sensitivity display decider 630 according to the game progress status, the game controller 650 displays the sensitivity to the other user through the character according to the determined sensitivity expression method in step S180. In this instance, when the sensitivity expression method expressed by the character is a method for changing the game progress delay time, for example, when the character increases a time delay for selecting a card to show in its turn or changes a short delay time, the game controller 650 uses the time counter 640 so as to measure the delay time provided by the game delay time database 521. That is, when it is the character's turn, the game controller 650 transmits a specific

delay time provided by the game delay time database 521 to the time counter 640 to drive the time counter 640 and measure a delay time, and controls the character to play the game when the time counter 640 has counted the specific delay time. The game controller 650 determines whether the game is over in step S190, and when the game is played, the game controller 650 determines the game progress status and repeats the above-noted processes S150, S160, S170, and S180 for expressing the character's sensitivity while the game is played. However, when the game is over, the game controller 650 determines the sensitivity expression method to be expressed by the character through the sensitivity status determiner 620 and the sensitivity display decider 630, and displays the sensitivity to the other user through the character in step S200. For example, the character displays a very pleasant facial expression, gesture, or dialog when the character has won the game with a great score, and the character displays a very disappointed facial expression, gesture, or dialog or provides a congratulation message to the other user when the other user has won the game with a great score. The channel server 300 can control a new user to enter the game

room in which the character and the user play the game. In this instance,

the game server 600 transmits a game screen in progress to the user, the

character, and the observer, and additionally generates an observation

window to the screens of the character and the user playing the game to notify existence of an observer. In this instance, the game controller 650

can display a gesture, facial expression, or dialog for welcoming the

observer to the observer through the character by controlling the sensitivity

display decider 630. It is allowed for the user playing the game with the character to

terminate the game with the character and start a game with an observer

when the observer stays with the game in progress and either the game is

over or the user terminates the game before it is over. When the user

selects playing the game with the character, the observer may observe the

game still as an observer or may leave the corresponding game room.

However, when the user stops playing the game with the character and

selects starting a game with the observer, the user and the observer start

the game and the character leaves the game room and is then eliminated

since the purpose of the character's usage has been achieved. Also, when the character is used to play the game with the user,

the character has advertisement information and the purpose of advertising

the user playing the game with the character is fulfilled. For example, the

character can put on clothes with a specific beverage advertisement to advertise the specific beverage to the user playing the game. Further, the

character can display a dialog including an advertisement while expressing

the character's sensitivity through the dialog.

While this invention has been described in connection with what is

presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it

is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed

embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various

modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and

scope of the appended claims. For example, the channel server 300 has been described to

receive a character from the character-providing server 400 and generate a

game room, or enter a generated game room and play the game with the

real user, and in addition, it is possible for the game server 600 to receive a

character from the character-providing server 400 according to the real

user's request and play the game with the user.

[Advantageous Effects]

According to the present invention, the character can express

sensitivity in various ways in a like manner of a person according to the

game progress situation with the user, so that the user may be

continuously excited in the game with the character.

Further, when the other user fails to recognize the fact that the

other user plays the game with a character that expresses sensitivity similar to that of a person, the other user is controlled to determine that many users play the game and the other user is continuously excited in the game by the generated characters when the number of real users is not great.

[Description of Drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram for an Internet game service system using a character having artificial sensitivity according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 shows a detailed block diagram of a game database shown in FIG. 1 ; FIG. 3 shows a detailed block diagram of a game server shown in FIG. 1 ; and FIG. 4 shows a flowchart for an Internet game service method using a character having artificial sensitivity according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

[Claims]

1. In a system for providing a game service to a plurality of users connected to the Internet, an Internet game service system comprising: a character-providing server for generating a character for playing a game with a user and providing the character; a game database for storing game logic and sensitivity information, the game logic controlling the character generated by the character- providing server to play the game with the real user, and the sensitivity information expressing sensitivity of the character; and a game server for progressing the game between the character and the real user by using the game logic stored in the game database, and expressing the character's sensitivity according to the game's

progress status by using the sensitivity information stored in the game database.

2. The Internet game service system of claim 1 , wherein the

Internet game service system comprises: a channel database for storing a channel list for each game and

data on game rooms generated at the channel; a channel server for providing channels for each game and the

data on the game rooms generated at the channel to the user by referring

to the channel database, and controlling the user to play the game in a

selected specific game room of a specific channel through the game server when the user selects the specific game room; and a web server for providing a web service so that the user may use a game service, the web server being connected to the user.

3. The Internet game service system of claim 1 , wherein the game database comprises: a game logic database for storing game logic for controlling the character to play a game for each game; and a sensitivity database for storing the character's sensitivity

information for each game progress status.

4. The Internet game service system of claim 3, wherein the

sensitivity database comprises: a game delay time database for storing information for the

character to change a progress delay time of the game according to the

game progress status; a motion expression database for storing information on the

character's facial expression and gesture expression according to the

game progress status; and a dialog database for storing the character's dialog according to

the game progress status.

5. The Internet game service system of claim 4, wherein a delay time when the game progress status is disadvantageous for the character is established to be greater than a delay time when the game progress status is advantageous for the character, and the established delay times are stored in the game delay time database.

6. The Internet game service system of claim 1 , wherein the character's facial expression or gesture expression is provided by using a

multi-layered character.

7. The Internet game service system of claim 1 , wherein the game server comprises: a game status determiner for determining the game progress status between the character and the user; a sensitivity status determiner for analyzing the game progress status determined by the game status determiner, and determining the sensitivity state to be expressed by the character; a sensitivity display determiner for determining a pattern for displaying the character's sensitivity state that is determined by the

sensitivity status determiner and is to be expressed in the game; and a game controller for controlling the game progress so that the users may play the game according to a game rule established for each game selected by the user, and controlling the character that plays the game with the real user to express a sensitivity state following the game progress status by controlling the game status determiner, the sensitivity status determiner, and the sensitivity display determiner when the real user plays the game with the character generated and provided by the character-providing server.

8. The Internet game service system of claim 7, further comprising a time counter for counting a corresponding delay time by control of the game controller when the pattern of sensitivity expressed by the character changes the delay time of the game progress.

9. The Internet game service system of one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the game server expresses the character's sensitivity by each one

or combinations of a delay time change of the game progress, the character's emotional state display and dialog display.

10. The Internet game service system of claim 9, wherein the character includes advertisement information.

11. In a method for providing a game service to a plurality of users connected to the Internet, an Internet game service method comprising: a) determining whether a user and a specific character play a game selected by the user; b) determining the game progress status when the user and the specific character are determined to play the game; c) analyzing the determined game progress status and determining a sensitivity state to be expressed by the character; d) deciding a sensitivity pattern to be expressed by the character according to the determined sensitivity state; and e) displaying the character's sensitivity in the game by using the

decided sensitivity pattern.

12. The Internet game service method of claim 11 , wherein in b), the game progress status is determined by using game logic for controlling the character's game progress.

13. The Internet game service method of claim 11 , wherein in d), the sensitivity pattern includes a delay time change of the game progress, the character's facial expression, a gesture change, and the character's

dialog display.

14. The Internet game service method of claim 13, wherein a delay time when the game progress status is disadvantageous for the character is changed to be greater than a delay time when the game progress status is advantageous for the character.

15. The Internet game service method of claim 11 , further comprising, after e): f) determining whether the game is over; g) repeating b) to f) until the game is over when the game is determined to be not over; and g) displaying the character's sensitivity according to the game result when the game is determined to be over.

16. The Internet game service method of claim 11 , wherein the character displays a welcome sensitivity state to an observer when the observer is provided while the character and the real user play the game.

17. In a method for providing a game service to a plurality of users connected to the Internet, an Internet game service method comprising: a) determining whether a user and a specific character play a game selected by the user; b) determining the game progress status when the user and the specific character are determined to play the game; c) analyzing the determined game progress status and determining

a sensitivity state to be expressed by the character; d) deciding a sensitivity pattern to be expressed by the character

according to the determined sensitivity state; and e) displaying the character's sensitivity in the game by using the

decided sensitivity pattern, wherein the character includes advertisement information.