WO2013085172A1

WO2013085172A1 - Method, server and recording medium for providing item enhancement service

Info

Publication number: WO2013085172A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/009822
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이인훈
Original assignee: (주)네오위즈게임즈
Priority date: 2011-12-08
Filing date: 2012-11-20
Publication date: 2013-06-13
Also published as: KR20130064573A; KR101350753B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to game provision technology, and more specifically, to a method, a server, a terminal, and a recording medium for providing an item enhancement service capable of further achieving additional item enhancement according to a user's request after achieving item enhancement once.

Description

How to provide item reinforcement service, server and recording media

The present invention relates to a game providing technology.

Conventionally, there is a game using an item in the game. In such a game, an item necessary for obtaining a better game result or for improving a character's ability is purchased or acquired through a predetermined acquisition procedure.

In games using these items, users have a desire to enhance their own items.

To this end, in the conventional game to provide an item reinforcement function, there has been a problem that the item performance level for the corresponding item falls if the item reinforcement goes through one-time, or failed to enhance the item.

In this background, it is an object of the present invention to provide an item reinforcement service in which additional item reinforcement may be further made at the user's request after the item reinforcement is performed once.

Another object of the present invention is to ensure that item reinforcement is made securely by preventing the item from being broken or the item performance level falling, even if the item reinforcement fails.

In order to achieve the above object, in one aspect, the present invention, in a method for providing an item enhancement service by the server, the use request information for the enhancement item that can be used for item enhancement for a predetermined enhancement effect validity period; Reinforcing item use request received from the terminal; In response to receiving the use request information for the enhancement item, the stored item performance level value for the enhancement target item is changed from a first level value to a second level value which is increased by a basic ascending value, and the item performance level value is set to the first value. An item basic strengthening step of controlling to be maintained at the second level for the enhancement effect validity period; And when the item safety enhancement request information is received from the terminal within the enhancement effect validity period, an item safety enhancement step of controlling the item performance level value to be maintained until the expiration time of the enhancement effect validity period above the second level value. It provides a method for providing an item enhancement service including.

In another aspect, the present invention, if the use request information for the enhancement item available for item enhancement for a predetermined enhancement effect validity period is received from the terminal, the stored item performance level value for the item to be enhanced is a first level value An item basic reinforcement processor configured to change a second level value increased by a base rising value at, and to control the item performance level value to be maintained at the second level value during the enhancement effect validity period; And when the item safety enhancement request information is received from the terminal within the enhancement effect validity period, the item safety enhancement processing unit which controls the item performance level value to be maintained until the expiration time of the enhancement effect validity period above the second level value. It provides a server that provides an item reinforcement service to include.

In another aspect, the present invention, the item basic reinforcement unit for increasing the stored item performance level value for the selected item to be enhanced according to the use request information for the item to be used for the item enhancement purpose by a basic increase value; And an item addition reinforcement unit configured to further increase and change the item performance level value increased by the basic rise value according to the additional reinforcement request information.

In another aspect, the present invention is to increase the stored item performance level value for the selected enhancement target item by a specific increase in accordance with the use request information for the enhancement item available for item enhancement for a predetermined enhancement effect validity period. Item reinforcement unit; And an item reinforcement safety control unit configured to limit an item performance level value raised by the specific increase value to fall below a specific level value during the reinforcement effect valid period.

In another aspect, the present invention, in the method for providing an item enhancement service, the terminal, if the use request information for the enhancement item that can be used for item reinforcement for a predetermined reinforcement effect valid period is input, the item to be enhanced An item basic enhancement that controls the stored item performance level value from the first level value to a second level value that is increased by the base rising value, and controls the item performance level value to be maintained at the second level value for the duration of the enhancement effect. step; And an item safety reinforcement step of controlling the item performance level value to be maintained until the expiration time of the reinforcement effect valid period above the second level value when safety enhancement request information is input within the reinforcement effect valid period. Provide a way to provide services.

In another aspect, the present invention, the input unit for receiving the use request information for the reinforcement items available for item reinforcement for a predefined reinforcement effect valid period; And when the use request information is input, change the stored item performance level value for the item to be strengthened from the first level value to a second level value which is increased by a basic ascending value, and the item performance level value is changed to the second level value. Control to maintain for the enhancement effect validity period, and if the safety enhancement request information is input within the enhancement effect validity period, the item performance level value is controlled to be maintained until the expiration time of the enhancement effect validity period above the second level value Provided is a terminal for providing an item reinforcement service including a game controller.

In another aspect, the present invention, in the recording medium recording a program for executing the method for providing the item enhancement service, the use request information for the enhancement item that can be used for item reinforcement for a predetermined reinforcement effect validity period If it is input, change the stored item performance level value for the item to be strengthened from the first level value to the second level value which is increased by the basic ascending value, and the item performance level value is the second level value during the enhancement effect validity period. And a function of controlling such that the item performance level value is maintained above the second level value until the expiration of the enhancement effect validity period when the safety enhancement request information is input within the enhancement effect validity period. Provides a computer-readable recording medium that records programs to do.

As described above, according to the present invention, after the item reinforcement is made once, there is an effect of providing an item reinforcement service that can be additional item reinforcement according to a user request.

In addition, according to the present invention, even if the item reinforcement fails, there is an effect that the item reinforcement is made securely so that the item is not broken or the item performance level falls.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing an item enhancement service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a server providing an item enhancement service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an item enhancement service by a server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a part of an item display screen displaying enhanced item usage guide information displayed on a terminal according to a method of providing an item enhancement service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an exemplary diagram of an item enhancement function according to a method of providing an item enhancement service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is another exemplary diagram of an item enhancement function according to a method of providing an item enhancement service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a block diagram of a server providing an item enhancement service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a block diagram of a server providing an item enhancement service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a block diagram of a terminal providing an item reinforcement service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an item enhancement service by a terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the components from other components, and the nature, order or order of the components are not limited by the terms. If a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, that component may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but there may be another configuration between each component. It is to be understood that the elements may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

Referring to FIG. 1, a system for providing an item reinforcement service according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a terminal 110 that plays a game, and stores and manages item information about items related to the game, and the terminal 110. And a server 100 for controlling game play in the terminal 110 while communicating with the server 110.

The

terminals

110 and 120 may download and install a game-related program (application) from the server 100 for game play, execute the same, and play a game while communicating with the server 100, or the server 100 The game may be played only by communicating with the server 100 without downloading a game-related program from the server.

The server 100 relays, in real time, execution data of a game application executed in each of the plurality of

terminals

110 and 120 to play a game between users, and plays a game in each of the plurality of

terminals

110 and 120. It is also possible to control the output of the screen or to synchronize the game execution in each of the plurality of

terminals

110 and 120.

In addition, the server 100 is connected to the terminal (110, 120), it is possible to provide a page of the web site to the connected terminal (110, 120). In addition, the server 100 proceeds with the membership registration process and stores and manages various information of the user registered as a member accordingly, and purchases various items (eg, character items, equipment items, function items, etc.) related to the game. And payment function.

In addition, the server 100 may store and manage item information about an item held by a user in a database.

The terminal 110 may include a general PC such as a general desktop or a notebook, and may include a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile communication terminal, and the like. Rather, it should be broadly interpreted as any electronic device that can communicate with the server 100.

The server 100 described above has the same configuration as a conventional web server, a web application server, or a WAP server. However, in software, as described in detail below with respect to FIG. 2, a program module implemented through various languages such as C, C ++, Java, PHP, .Net, Python, Ruby, and performing various functions. (Module) may be included.

In addition, server 100 may be connected to an unspecified number of clients (including terminal 110) and / or other servers via network 120, whereby server 100 performs tasks of clients or other servers. It may also mean a computer system that accepts requests and derives and provides work results for them, or computer software (server programs) installed for such computer systems.

In addition, the server 100 has a broad concept including a series of application programs that operate on the server 100 in addition to the above-described server program, and, in some cases, various databases built inside or outside. It should be understood.

In addition, the server 100 may store and manage content, various information, and data in a database. Here, the database may be implemented inside or outside the server 100.

In addition, the server 100 uses server programs that are variously provided according to operating systems such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, Macintosh, and the like for general server hardware. As a representative example, a web site used in a Windows environment, an Internet Information Server (IIS), and Apache, Nginx, and Light HTTP used in a Unix environment may be used.

Meanwhile, the network 120 is a network connecting the server 100 and the terminal 110, and may be a closed network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or the like. It may be an open network such as). Here, the Internet includes various services existing in the TCP / IP protocol and its upper layers such as HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), Telnet, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Domain Name System (DNS), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), The global open computer network architecture that provides Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Network File Service (NFS), and Network Information Service (NIS).

In addition, when the terminal 110 includes a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile communication terminal, the network 120 includes a wireless access network such as a mobile communication network or a Wi-Fi network. It may further include.

2 is a block diagram of a server 100 that provides an item reinforcement service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the server 100 providing an item enhancement service according to an embodiment of the present invention requests a use of a "enhancement item" that can be used for item enhancement for a predefined "enhancement validity period". When the information is received from the terminal 110, the item performance level value stored for the " enhancement target item " is changed from the first level value to the second level value which is increased by the basic ascension value, and the item performance level value for the enhancement target item. When the item basic reinforcement processing unit 210 and the item item security reinforcement request information are received from the terminal 110 within the reinforcement effect valid period, the item to be strengthened is controlled. Item safety enhancement process that controls the item's performance level value for the "second level value or more" to remain until the expiration date. Part 220 and the like.

The term "item enhancement" described herein means that an item performance level value (also referred to as "enhancement phase"), which is one of item attribute information, is increased. For reference, "item weakening" may mean that the item performance level value decreases, and "item destruction" may mean that the item itself is destroyed.

An item to which item reinforcement is performed as described above is referred to as an "enhancement item", and an item that raises an item performance level value for such an item (that is, an item to be enhanced) is referred to as an "enhancement item".

Such an enhancement item may be a term item whose effect (the effect of raising the item performance level value of the item to be enhanced) can be maintained only for a certain period of time (ie, the enhancement effect valid time) after it is used, It may be a non-term item that continuously strengthens the item to be strengthened without restriction. The reinforcement item used for the item reinforcement service according to an embodiment of the present invention to be described below is regarded as a term item.

The "item additional reinforcement" described herein is a kind of item reinforcement, which is an additional item reinforcement made after the "item base reinforcement" in which the item performance level value of the item to be strengthened increases by a basic increase by the use of the reinforcement item.

In addition, the "item safety reinforcement" described herein, even if the item addition reinforcement fails as described above, or item weakening after the item reinforcement is made, the item performance level value of the item to be strengthened is increased by a basic increase value This is a safety device for item reinforcement that can be maintained below the item performance level value of the item to be strengthened according to the item basic reinforcement or item destruction is not performed.

The aforementioned item safety reinforcement processor 220 simultaneously performs an item addition reinforcement function and an item safety reinforcement function.

The item addition reinforcement function and the item safety reinforcement function performed by the item safety reinforcement processing unit 220 will be described in more detail below.

The item safety reinforcement processing unit 220, after the item basic reinforcement is made by the item basic reinforcement processing unit 210 to change the item performance level value for the item to be strengthened from the first level value to the second level value, the item safety reinforcement When the request information is received, the probability information of the additional ascension is determined by referring to the probability information about the additional ascension possibility, or the probability of the additional ascension is determined by referring to the probability information about the additional ascension. You can decide.

The item safety reinforcement processing unit 220 determines that the item performance level value of the item to be strengthened is equal to or greater than the second level value (item performance level value due to item basic reinforcement) according to the determination result of the possibility of additional ascension or the determination result of the additional ascension value. It can be controlled to be maintained until the expiration date of the enhancement effect defined in the enhancement item.

Since the reinforcement item is a term item, the item reinforcement effect (item basic reinforcement effect or item basic reinforcement effect + item additional reinforcement effect) for the reinforcement item expires when the reinforcement effect expires.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, when the server 100 that provides the item reinforcement service according to an embodiment of the present invention expires, the item performance level value of the item to be reinforced is expired. It may further include an item reinforcement release processing unit 230 for changing to return to the first level value before the item basic reinforcement is made.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 2, the server 100 that provides the item reinforcement service according to an embodiment of the present invention uses a reinforcement item on an item display screen (see FIG. 4) displayed on the terminal 110. The reinforcement item usage guide unit 240 may further control to display the reinforcement item use guide information for indicating that the information is being displayed until the expiration time of the reinforcement effect validity period.

The above-mentioned reinforcement item use guide information may include remaining period information until the expiry of the reinforcement effect valid period.

Meanwhile, the server 100 providing the item reinforcement service according to an embodiment of the present invention may further extend the reinforcement effect valid period for the reinforcement item desired by the user.

To this end, the server 100 providing the item reinforcement service according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, through the deduction process of the predetermined game money information, the reinforcement effect valid period for the reinforcement item It may further include an extension reinforcement validity period extension processing unit 250 to extend.

Hereinafter, a method of providing an item reinforcement service by the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an item enhancement service by the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the method for providing an item enhancement service by the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a request for using a "enhancement item" that is available for item enhancement for a predefined enhancement effect validity period. The item performance level value stored for the " enhancement item " is stored in the first level value according to the enhancement item use request step S302 for receiving information from the terminal 110 and the use request information for the enhancement item. An item basic reinforcement step (S304) for changing to a second level value increased by "base rising value" and controlling the item performance level value for the item to be strengthened to remain at the second level value for the reinforcement effect valid period; When the "item safety enhancement" request information is received from the terminal 110 within the period, the item performance level value for the enhancement target item is "second level value". The "item with enhanced safety step (S306) of controlling to maintain the time to expiration of the validity period buffs, and the like.

Enhancement item use request step (S302) and item basic reinforcement step (S304), in the server configuration of Figure 2, is performed by the item basic reinforcement processing unit 210, item safety reinforcement step (S306) is the item safety reinforcement processing unit ( 220).

Meanwhile, the method for providing the item enhancement service by the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include, from the list of retained items corresponding to the user information according to the user selection information, before the step of requesting the enhanced item use (S302). The method may further include a step of selecting an item to be enhanced (S300).

Although the step of selecting the item to be reinforced (S300) is illustrated in FIG. 3 before the step of requesting to use the item to be reinforced (S302), this is only an example of implementation and for convenience of description, and according to an implementation method. It may be performed after the enhancement item use request step (S302).

In the aforementioned item safety reinforcement step (S306), an item additional reinforcement function and an item safety reinforcement function are simultaneously performed.

The item addition reinforcement function and the item safety reinforcement function performed by this item safety reinforcement step S306 will be described in more detail below.

The additional increase method of the item performance level value for the item to be strengthened in the item safety strengthening step (S306) includes a first method in which the additional increase value is determined in the item stability enhancement request information and only the additional increase is different, and the item stability enhancement request information The additional rise value may not be predetermined, and may be one of the second methods of determining the additional rise value and further raising the determined additional rise value.

First, a description will be given of a case in which an additional performance increase value for an item to be strengthened is further increased according to a first method in which an additional rising value is determined and only the additional rising value is changed.

In the item safety reinforcement step (S306), the item stability reinforcement processing unit 220 refers to the probability information on the likelihood of the additional rise, and determines whether or not the additional rise of the item performance level value of the item to be reinforced.

For example, in the probability information on the possibility of further increase, the probability value of the further increase may be 0.8, and the probability value of the further increase may not be 0.2.

Accordingly, in the item safety reinforcement step (S306), if the item stability reinforcement processing unit 220 determines that the additional rise is possible as a result of the determination of the possibility of the additional rise, the item performance level value is set to the second level value (item basic reinforcement). According to the item performance level value) is changed to the third level value raised by the additional increase value defined in the safety enhancement request information, and control to output the safety enhancement success information from the terminal 110, the item performance level of the item to be strengthened The value may be controlled to be maintained as the third level value until the expiration time of the enhancement effect validity period.

In the item safety reinforcement step (S306), if the item stability reinforcement processing unit 220 is determined that the additional rise is impossible as a result of the determination of the possibility of the additional rise, and controls the safety reinforcement failure guide information is output from the terminal 110, and added Without raising, the item performance level value may be controlled to be maintained as the second level value until the expiration of the enhancement effect valid period.

In the item safety reinforcement step (S306), the item stability reinforcement processing unit 220 controls the safety reinforcement failure guide information to be output from the terminal 110, so that the safety reinforcement retry guide information is output from the terminal 110. When the control is performed, and the safety enhancement retry request information is received from the terminal 110, the subsequent process is performed in the same manner by referring to the probability information on the possibility of the additional ascension and re-determining the possibility of the additional ascension on the item performance level value. .

The first level value is an item performance level value of the item to be strengthened before the item basic enhancement is performed. The second level value is an item performance level value of the item to be strengthened after the item basic enhancement is performed. That is, the second level value is a level value obtained by adding up the first level value and the basic rising value. The third level value is an item performance level value of the item to be strengthened after the item further strengthening is performed. That is, the third level value is a level value obtained by adding up the second level value and the additional rising value.

On the other hand, the second level value is the item performance level value of the item to be strengthened after the item basic enhancement is made, and the item performance level value of the item to be reinforced before the additional item is strengthened. Accordingly, the second level value may have a meaning of a minimum item performance level value guaranteed according to the item safety enhancement function.

Next, a description will be given of the case where the item performance level value for the item to be strengthened is further increased according to the second method of determining an additional rise value and further increasing the determined additional rise value without determining an additional rise value in the item stability enhancement request information. do.

In the item safety reinforcement step (S306), the item stability reinforcement processing unit 220 probabilistically determines the additional rise value with reference to the probability information on the additional rise degree in order to determine how much to increase.

For example, a +1 additional rise probability value is 0.5, a +2 additional rise probability value is 0.3, and a +3 additional rise probability value may be 0.2.

Accordingly, in the item safety reinforcement step (S306), the item stability reinforcement processing unit 220 adds the item performance level value of the item to be strengthened by an additional increase value from the second level value (item performance level value according to the item basic reinforcement). The third level value may be changed to an elevated third level value, and the item performance level value may be controlled to be maintained at the third level value until the expiration of the enhancement effect valid period.

Since the above-mentioned reinforcement items are fixed-term items, the item reinforcement effect (item basic reinforcement effect, or item basic reinforcement effect + item reinforcement effect) for the reinforcement item expires when the reinforcement effect expires.

Therefore, the method for providing the item reinforcement service by the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, after the item safety reinforcement step S306, when the reinforcement effect expiration date expires, reinforcement. The method may further include an item reinforcement releasing step (S308) of returning and changing the item performance level value of the target item to the first level value before the item basic reinforcement is performed.

Meanwhile, in the method for providing the item reinforcement service by the server 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the item displayed on the terminal 110 after the step of using the reinforcement item request (S302). The enhanced item usage guide step S310 may be further controlled to display the enhanced item usage guide information for indicating that the enhanced item is in use on the display screen until the expiration time of the enhanced effect validity period.

The above-mentioned reinforcement item use guide information may include remaining period information until the expiry of the reinforcement effect valid period after the reinforcement item is used.

Meanwhile, in the method for providing the item reinforcement service by the server 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, after the reinforcement item use request step S302, the reinforcement effect expiration date extension processing unit 250 includes predetermined game money information. Through the subtraction process of, the reinforcement effect validity period extension step (not shown) for extending the reinforcement effect validity period of the reinforcement item may be further included.

In the above description, the method for providing an item reinforcement service according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described as being performed by the same procedure as in FIG. 3, but this is for convenience of description only and is not within the scope of the essential concept of the present invention. In this case, the execution procedure of each step may be changed or two or more steps may be integrated, or one step may be separately performed in two or more steps, depending on the implementation manner.

4 exemplarily illustrates a part of the item display screen 400 on which the reinforcement item usage guide information 420 displayed on the terminal 110 is displayed according to a method of providing an item reinforcement service according to an embodiment of the present invention. Drawing.

Referring to FIG. 4, a portion (eg, item inventory) of the item display screen 400 may display enhanced item usage guide information 420 along with the reinforced item image 410 to indicate that the reinforced item is in use. Can be.

The reinforcement item use guide information 420 may be displayed until the expiration time of the reinforcement effect validity period of the reinforcement item.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the enhancement item usage guide information 420 may include remaining period information until an expiration time of the enhancement effect valid period.

Hereinafter, a method of providing an item enhancement service according to an embodiment of the present invention described above will be described by way of example with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

However, in the example to be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, before the item strengthening attempt, the item performance level value (first level value) for the item to be strengthened is “5 strong”, and the basic increase value for the item basic strengthening is Assume "+1 river".

5 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating that an item performance level value for an item to be enhanced is changed as the item enhancement function (item basic enhancement function, item addition enhancement function) is performed.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the first level value, which is the item performance level value for the item to be strengthened before the item enhancement attempt, is 5, when the item basic enhancement 510 is made, the item performance level value for the item to be reinforced is set to zero. It is raised from the 1st level value 5th round by the basic increase value + 1st level to 6th level (2nd level value).

Subsequently, when a request for an additional ascent (item safety reinforcement request information in which an additional ascending value is defined) occurs through exhaustion of the game money, an item additional reinforcement function is performed. In this case, the additional rise may or may not be stochastic.

The server 100 determines whether there is a possibility of further increase with respect to the item performance level value of the item to be reinforced by referring to the probability information about the possibility of further increase. In this case, as an example, the probability value of the additional increase may be 0.8, and the probability value of the additional increase may not be 0.2.

If it is determined that the additional increase is impossible (CASE A), that is, when the additional item enhancement 520 fails, the item performance level value for the item to be strengthened is 6, the second level value according to the item basic enhancement 510. It does not change in the river.

If it is determined that an additional increase is possible (CASE B), that is, if the item addition enhancement 520 succeeds, the item performance level value for the item to be strengthened is 6, the second level value according to the item basic enhancement 510. As a result of the increase in the river by an additional increase (+3), the item additional reinforcement (520) is made to become the 9th (3rd level value).

As in the case of CASE A, even if the item addition reinforcement 520 fails, the item performance level value for the item to be strengthened can be seen that the second level value according to the item basic reinforcement 510 is maintained "secure". have.

In all cases of CASE A and CASE B, when the enhancement effect validity period for the enhancement item expires, the item performance level value for the enhancement target item is returned to the fifth level, which is the first level value before the item base enhancement 510.

6 is another diagram exemplarily illustrating that an item performance level value for an item to be enhanced is changed as the item enhancement function (item basic enhancement function, item addition enhancement function) is performed.

Referring to FIG. 6, when the first level value, which is an item performance level value for an item to be strengthened, is 5, when the item basic enhancement 510 is made, the item performance level value for the item to be reinforced is set to zero. It is raised from the 1st level value 5th round by the basic increase value + 1st level to 6th level (2nd level value).

Subsequently, when a request for additional ascent (item safety reinforcement request information for which additional ascension is undefined) occurs through exhaustion of game money or the like, an item additional reinforcement function is performed. In this case, the additional increase value may be probabilistically determined.

The server 100 probabilistically determines the additional rise value by referring to the probability information on the additional rise degree. For example, a +1 additional rise probability value is 0.5, a +2 additional rise probability value is 0.3, and a +3 additional rise probability value may be 0.2.

If the additional increase value is determined to be +2 steel (CASE C), the item performance level value for the item to be strengthened increases by +2 steel, which is an additional increase determined in the sixth level, which is the second level value according to the item basic strengthening 510. By doing so, item reinforcement 520 is made to become a quarter-round (third level value).

If the additional increase value is determined to be +3 rounds (CASE D), the item performance level value for the item to be enhanced increases by +3 rounds, which is an additional increase determined in the sixth round, which is the second level value according to the item basic enhancement 510. By doing so, item reinforcement 520 is made to become a ninth class (third level value).

In all cases of CASE C and CASE D, when the enhancement effect validity period for the enhancement item expires, the item performance level value for the enhancement target item is returned to the fifth level, the first level value before the item base enhancement 510.

7 is a block diagram of a server 100 that provides an item reinforcement service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the server 100 providing an item reinforcement service according to another embodiment of the present invention may store items stored for the selected reinforcement target item according to the use request information on the reinforcement item that can be used for item reinforcement. The item basic reinforcement unit 710 for increasing the performance level value by the basic increase value, and the item additional reinforcement unit 720 for changing and increasing the item performance level value increased by the additional increase value according to the additional reinforcement request information according to the additional reinforcement request information. And the like.

The item addition reinforcement unit 720 determines whether there is a possibility of further increase with respect to the item performance level value by referring to the probability information about the possibility of further increase, and adds the item performance level value to the additional increase value only when it is determined that there is a possibility of further increase. You can change it as much as you can.

In addition, the item additional reinforcement unit 720 may probably determine the additional rise value by referring to the probability information on the additional rise degree, and further increase and change the item performance level value by the determined additional rise value.

8 is a block diagram of a server 100 that provides an item reinforcement service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the server 100 providing an item reinforcement service according to another embodiment of the present invention may be configured according to the use request information for the reinforcement item that is available for the item reinforcement for a predefined reinforcement effect validity period. The item reinforcement unit 810 increases the stored item performance level value with respect to the selected enhancement target item by a specific increase value, and the item performance level value increased by a specific increase value during a reinforcement effect duration falls below a specific level value. Restricting item enhanced safety control unit 710 and the like.

The aforementioned item reinforcement unit 810 may provide the aforementioned item basic reinforcement function.

In this case, the specific rise is the base rise. The specific level value is an item performance level value raised by the item reinforcement unit 810 by a specific rise value (basic rise value).

In addition, the item reinforcement unit 810 may provide an item basic reinforcement function and an item additional reinforcement function.

In this case, the specific increase is the sum of the base and the additional rise. The specific level value is not an item performance level value raised by the item reinforcement unit 810 by a specific rise value, but is an item performance level value obtained by adding the basic rise value to the item performance level value before the item reinforcement is performed.

In the above, as shown in FIG. 1, when the game is played in the terminal 110 and the server 100 manages necessary item information and the like, the method for providing the item reinforcement service by the server 100 will be described. It was.

Hereinafter, a method of providing an item reinforcement service by the terminal when a game is played in the terminal and necessary item information is also managed by the terminal will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 10. This may be the case with a standalone game.

9 is a block diagram of a terminal 900 for providing an item enhancement service according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the terminal 900 for providing an item enhancement service according to another embodiment of the present invention inputs usage request information for an enhancement item that can be used for item enhancement for a predefined enhancement effect validity period. When the input unit 910 and the use request information about the enhancement item are input, the item performance level value stored for the enhancement item is changed from the first level value to a second level value that is increased by the basic ascension value, and the enhancement item The item performance level value for is maintained at the second level value for the enhancement effect validity period, and if the safety enhancement request information is input within the enhancement effect validity period, the item performance level value is increased to the second level value or more. Game control unit 920 for controlling to maintain until the expiration time of the.

Hereinafter, a method of providing an item reinforcement service by the terminal 900 according to another embodiment of the present invention described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 10.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an item enhancement service by the terminal 900 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, in a method in which the terminal 900 provides an item reinforcement service according to another embodiment of the present invention, use request information on a reinforcement item usable for item reinforcement for a predefined reinforcement effect validity period is provided. If is input, the stored item performance level value for the item to be enhanced is changed from the first level value to the second level value which is increased by the base rising value, and the item performance level value is maintained at the second level value for the enhancement effect validity period. Control item basic reinforcement step (S1006) and, if the safety enhancement request information is entered within the reinforcement effect validity period, the item safety level to control so that the item performance level value is maintained above the second level value until the expiration of the reinforcement effect validity period And a strengthening step (S1008).

Before the item basic reinforcement step S1006, a game program execution step S1000 for executing a game program, a reinforcement target item selection step S1002 for selecting a reinforcement target item, and a reinforcement item use request requesting use of the reinforcement item Step S1004 may be further performed.

In addition, after the item safety reinforcement step (S1008), if the reinforcement effect validity period for the reinforcement item expires, the item reinforcement item to restore the item performance level value of the item to be reinforced to the first level value before the item reinforcement is made The release step S1010 may be further performed.

In the above description, the method for providing the item reinforcement service according to another embodiment of the present invention has been described as being performed by the same procedure as in FIG. 3, but this is for convenience of description only and does not depart from the essential concept of the present invention. Within the implementation method, the execution procedure of each step may be changed or two or more steps may be integrated, or one step may be performed separately into two or more steps.

The method for providing an item reinforcement service according to another embodiment of the present invention described above is an application basically installed in the terminal 900 (which is a program included in a platform, an operating system, etc., which is basically installed in the terminal, or a compatible program). May be directly installed on the terminal 900 and compatible with the operating system of the terminal 900 through an application providing server such as an application store server, an application, or a web server associated with the corresponding service. It may also be executed by an application (ie a program). Here, the operating system of the terminal 900 is an operating system such as a window (Window), Macintosh (Macintosh), etc. installed in a general PC such as a desktop, or iOS, Android (Android) installed in a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, tablet PC, etc. It may also be a mobile-only operating system such as).

In this sense, the method for providing an item enhancement service according to another embodiment of the present invention is implemented as an application (that is, a program) that is basically installed in the terminal 900 or directly installed by a user, and the terminal 900 or the like. Can be recorded on a computer readable recording medium.

If the program implementing the method for providing the item enhancement service according to another embodiment of the present invention, the use request information for the reinforcement item available for item reinforcement for a predefined reinforcement effect valid period, the item to be reinforced An item basic reinforcement function for changing the stored item performance level value from the first level value to the second level value which is increased by the base rising value, and controlling the item performance level value to be maintained at the second level value for the duration of the enhancement effect; When the safety enhancement request information is input within the enhancement effect validity period, an item safety enhancement function for controlling the item performance level value to be maintained until the expiration time of the enhancement effect validity period is greater than or equal to the second level value. In addition, all functions corresponding to the method for providing the item enhancement service according to another embodiment of the present invention described above with reference to FIG. 10 may be executed.

Such a program is recorded on a recording medium readable by a computer and executed by a computer so that the above functions can be executed.

As described above, in order to execute a method for providing an item enhancement service according to another embodiment of the present invention, in which a computer reads a program recorded on a recording medium and is implemented as a program, the above-described program may be executed by a processor (CPU) of the computer. It may include code coded in computer languages such as C, C ++, JAVA, and machine language that can be read.

Such code may include a function code associated with a function or the like that defines the above-described functions, and may include execution procedure-related control code necessary for a processor of the computer to execute the above-described functions according to a predetermined procedure.

In addition, the code may further include memory reference-related code for additional information or media required for a processor of the computer to execute the above-described functions at which location (address address) of the computer's internal or external memory. .

In addition, if the processor of the computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server that is remote in order to perform the above functions, the code indicates that the processor of the computer is a communication module of the computer (eg, a wired and / or wireless The communication code may further include communication related codes such as how to communicate with any other computer or server in the remote, and what information or media should be transmitted and received during communication.

In addition, a functional program for implementing the present invention, codes and code segments associated therewith may be used in consideration of a system environment of a computer that reads a recording medium and executes the program. It may be easily inferred or changed by.

In addition, a computer-readable recording medium having recorded a program as described above may be distributed to computer systems connected through a network so that computer-readable codes may be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In this case, any one or more of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above, and transmit the results to one or more of the other distributed computers, and receive the results. The computer may also execute some of the functions presented above, and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

As described above, a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing a method for providing an item enhancement service according to another embodiment of the present invention may be, for example, a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, Magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical media storage, and the like.

In addition, a computer-readable recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing the method for providing an item enhancement service, according to another embodiment of the present invention, may include an application store server, an application, or a corresponding service. The storage medium (e.g., hard disk, etc.) included in the Application Provider Server, including the associated Web Server, etc., or the application providing server itself, or another computer on which the program is recorded or the storage thereof. It may be a medium.

A computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method for providing an item enhancement service, according to another embodiment of the present invention is not only a general PC such as a desktop or a laptop, but also a smart phone and a tablet. It may include a mobile terminal such as a PC, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and mobile communication terminals, but also should be interpreted as all computing devices.

If a computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method for providing an item enhancement service, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and mobile communication In the case of a mobile terminal such as a terminal, the mobile terminal may download and install the corresponding application from an application providing server including an application store server, a web server, and the like, and in some cases, after downloading from the application providing server to a general PC, It may be installed in the mobile terminal through a synchronization program.

In the above description, all elements constituting the embodiments of the present invention are described as being combined or operating in combination, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to the embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented in one independent hardware, each or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform some or all functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware. It may be implemented as a computer program having a. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. The storage medium of the computer program may include a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, and the like.

In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be included, unless otherwise stated, and thus excludes other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components instead. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Terms commonly used, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be construed in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

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This patent application claims priority to US Patent Application No. 10-2011-0131254, filed in Korea on December 08, 2011, pursuant to Article 119 (a) (35 USC § 119 (a)). All content is incorporated by reference in this patent application. In addition, if this patent application claims priority for the same reason for countries other than the United States, all its contents are incorporated into this patent application by reference.

Claims

In the method of providing an item reinforcement service,

A reinforcement item use request step of receiving use request information on a reinforcement item available for item reinforcement for a predefined reinforcement effect valid period from a terminal;

In response to receiving the use request information for the enhancement item, the stored item performance level value for the enhancement target item is changed from a first level value to a second level value which is increased by a basic ascending value, and the item performance level value is set to the first value. An item basic strengthening step of controlling to be maintained at the second level for the enhancement effect validity period; And

When the item safety enhancement request information is received from the terminal within the enhancement effect valid period, the item safety enhancement step of controlling so that the item performance level value is maintained above the second level value until the expiration of the enhancement effect valid period; How to provide item reinforcement service.
The method of claim 1,

Before or after the request for using the enhanced item,

And reinforcing item selection step of selecting the item to be enhanced from the list of held items corresponding to the user information according to user selection information.
The method of claim 1,

After the item safety step,

And reinforcing an item reinforcement step of returning and changing the item performance level value to the first level value when the enhancement effect validity period expires.
The method of claim 1,

After the step of using the enhanced item,

The item reinforcement item further comprises a reinforcement item use guide step of controlling to display the reinforcement item use guide information for indicating that the reinforcement item is in use on the item display screen displayed on the terminal until the expiration time of the reinforcement effect validity period. How to Provide Services.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The reinforcement item usage guide information,

And providing remaining period information until the expiration date of the enhancement effect validity period.
The method of claim 1,

And a reinforcing effect validity period extending step of extending the reinforcing effect validity period by subtracting predetermined game money information.
When the use request information for the enhancement item that is available for the item enhancement for the duration of the predefined enhancement effect is received from the terminal, the second item of increasing the stored item performance level value for the enhancement item from the first level value by a basic increase value; An item basic reinforcement processor configured to change a level value and control the item performance level value to be maintained at the second level value for the enhancement effect validity period; And

When the item safety enhancement request information is received from the terminal within the enhancement effect valid period, the item safety enhancement processing unit for controlling so that the item performance level value is maintained above the second level value until the expiration of the enhancement effect valid period; A server that provides item reinforcement services.
The method of claim 7, wherein

And an item reinforcement release processing unit for reverting and changing the item performance level value to the first level value when the reinforcement effect validity period expires.
A recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of providing an item enhancement service,

When the use request information for the reinforcement item that is available for the item reinforcement is input during the predefined reinforcement effect period, the second level value which raises the stored item performance level value for the reinforcement target item from the first level value by a basic increase value. And controlling the item performance level value to be maintained at the second level value for the enhancement effect validity period.

When the safety enhancement request information is input within the enhancement effect validity period, a program that implements a function of controlling the item performance level value to be maintained until the expiration of the enhancement effect validity period above the second level value is read by a computer. Recordable media.