WO2013085176A1

WO2013085176A1 - Method for operating game on basis of region or closeness and system for same

Info

Publication number: WO2013085176A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/009865
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김운용
Original assignee: (주)네오위즈게임즈
Priority date: 2011-12-09
Filing date: 2012-11-21
Publication date: 2013-06-13
Also published as: KR101254282B1

Abstract

A method for operating a game according to one embodiment of the present invention is run from a game operating system which can connect to a game client installed on a first user terminal and which can provide a game environment to the game client. The method for operating a game comprises the steps of: (a) when a game client connects, determining a connection region of the game client, and generating regional group information by including at least one other user connected from the same connection region as a corresponding connection region; (b) when a close event occurs between a first user and a second user, assigning a closeness value therefor and generating or updating closeness information; and (c) providing a game or a means to operate a game on the basis of at least one from among the regional group information and the closeness information or a combination thereof.

Description

Regional and intimate game operation method and system

The present application relates to a game providing technology, and more particularly, to a game operation method and system that can provide customized game provision based on intimacy for users in the same region.

With the development of computing devices and network environments, online-based games have been greatly developed. Such online-based games have been rapidly developed in recognition of their distinctiveness from off-line games that perform certain actions on conventional programs, in that interactions among users occur.

However, such a conventional online-based game was very vulnerable to forming a community or human network between various access users. In other words, unless a plurality of games are performed together to identify the opponent's ID or the like, the game is simply performed with a single person of the public and has no relation with the opponent of the game. Therefore, it is difficult to activate the secondary community based on the game, and there is no secondary community to compensate for when the game itself begins to lose interest. For this reason, it is difficult to prevent customer churning, such as providing new contents through large-scale development, in order to prevent customer churning, from the standpoint of the game management subject, and there is a problem in that a large cost is required to prevent such churning.

The present application is to provide a technology that can play a game between users located in the same region.

In addition, the present application provides an affinity value as a gift, etc., to provide a technology for providing a more intimate game environment between users by using both local information and intimacy.

In addition, the present application is to automatically set the region and familiar users as a party, a game target, etc., to provide a technology that provides a more convenient interface.

Among the embodiments, the game operating method is performed in a game operating system connectable to a game client installed in a terminal of a first user and providing a game environment to the game client. The game operating method may include: (a) identifying the access region of the game client when the game client accesses and generating region group information including at least one other user connected in the same access region as the access region, (b) generating an intimacy information by adding an intimacy value between the first and second users when an intimacy event between the first user and the second user occurs; and (c) the area group information and the intimacy. Providing at least one of the information or a combination thereof to provide a game or game operation.

Among the embodiments, the game operating method is performed in a game operating system connectable to a game client installed in a terminal of a first user and providing a game environment to the game client. The game operating method may include: (a) identifying an access region of the game client and generating region group information including at least one other user connected in the same access region as the access region, (b) the first Generating an intimacy information by adding an intimacy value between the first and second users when an intimacy event between the user and the second user occurs; and (c) using at least one of the local group information and the intimacy information. Providing a user to play a game with the first user.

Among the embodiments, a game operating system is capable of simultaneously connecting with at least one game client and providing a game environment to the game client. The game operating system includes a connection area determining unit, an intimacy management unit and a control unit. The access area manager determines an access area of a game client connected to the game operating system based on an IP address. When an intimacy event occurs between users of the game operating system, the intimacy management unit adds an intimacy value between the users to generate or update the intimacy information. The controller provides a game or game operation to users using at least one of the access area and the intimacy information.

Among the embodiments, the recording medium is a recording medium recording a program for executing a game method, the program is connectable to the game client installed in the terminal of the first user, the game operation to provide a game environment to the game client A program that can be run on the system. The recording medium includes: (a) a function of identifying the access region of the game client when the game client accesses and generating region group information including at least one other user connected in the same access region as the access region, (b A function of generating or updating intimacy information by adding an intimacy value between the first and second users when an intimacy event between the first user and the second user occurs; and (c) of the area group information and the intimacy information. Record a program comprising at least one or a combination thereof to provide a game or game operation.

Among the embodiments, the recording medium is a recording medium recording a program for executing a game method, the program can be connected to at least one game client at the same time, and run in a game operating system that provides a game environment to the game client It can be a program. The recording medium may be configured to (a) identify the access region of the game client and generate region group information including at least one other user connected in the same access region as the access region, (b) the first user; A function of generating or updating intimacy information by adding an intimacy value between the first and second users when an intimacy event between the second users occurs; and (c) using the at least one of the region group information and the intimacy information. Record a program that includes a function for providing a user to play a game with a first user.

According to the disclosed technology of the present application, it is possible to play a game together between users located in the same area (space), there is an effect that can promote the activation of the secondary community with locality in the game.

In addition, according to the disclosed technology of the present application, by giving an affinity value as a gift, etc., it is possible to provide a more close game friends by using both the local information and intimacy to provide a more enjoyable game environment to the user have.

In addition, according to the disclosed technology of the present application, since a user having a high locality and familiarity is automatically set as a party, a game target, and the like, there is an effect of providing a more convenient interface for playing a game together.

1 is a reference diagram for explaining an embodiment of a game operating system.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a game operating system according to the disclosed technology.

3 is a reference diagram illustrating an example of an interface for providing a list of friends connected in the same region provided by a game operating system.

4 to 5 are reference diagrams illustrating an example of a friend recommendation interface.

6 is a reference diagram illustrating an example of an automatic party configuration function.

7 is a reference diagram illustrating another example of an automatic party configuration function.

8 is a block diagram illustrating another embodiment of a game operating system according to the disclosed technology.

9 to 10 are reference diagrams illustrating one embodiment of an interface for sending and receiving such gifts.

11 is a configuration diagram illustrating another embodiment of a game operating system according to the disclosed technology.

12 is a reference diagram illustrating an interface of an embodiment of a game operating method provided by the game operating system 100.

13 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a game operating method performed in a game operating system according to the disclosed technology.

14 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a game operating method performed in a game operating system according to the disclosed technology.

Description of the disclosed technology is only an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the disclosed technology should not be construed as limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, since the embodiments may be variously modified and may have various forms, the scope of the disclosed technology should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea.

On the other hand, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

Terms such as "first" and "second" are intended to distinguish one component from another component, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be named a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" to another component, it should be understood that there may be other components in between, although it may be directly connected to the other component. On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between. On the other hand, other expressions describing the relationship between the components, such as "between" and "immediately between" or "neighboring to" and "directly neighboring", should be interpreted as well.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and terms such as "comprise" or "have" refer to features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or parts thereof described. It is to be understood that the combination is intended to be present and does not exclude in advance the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof.

In each step, an identification code (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) is used for convenience of description, and the identification code does not describe the order of the steps, and each step clearly indicates a specific order in context. Unless stated otherwise, they may occur out of the order noted. That is, each step may occur in the same order as specified, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the reverse order.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Generally, the terms defined in the dictionary used are to be interpreted to coincide with the meanings in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted as having ideal or excessively formal meanings unless clearly defined in the present application.

In the disclosed invention, the game operating system 100 may provide a game by connecting to at least one user (game client) through an online network environment. The game operating system 100 may maintain a connection with at least one game client 200 at the same time to provide a game.

The game provided by the disclosed game operating system 100 is a game based on multiple users. For example, it is possible to provide a soccer game, a baseball game based on at least some real-time data exchange. In addition, it is obvious that a multiplayer online role playing game (MORPG) or a massive multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) may be provided in which competition between multiple users may be performed.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a game operating system according to the disclosed technology. According to an embodiment of the game operating system illustrated in FIG. 2, a game providing service may be provided to a user who accesses a game based on intimacy between the access region and the users. For example, an embodiment of a game operating system may set intimacy for users connected from the same PC room and provide various game providing services based on the familiarity. Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of an embodiment of the game operating system 100 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The game operating system 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 may include a communication unit 130, a connection area determination unit 140, a user database 110, an intimacy management unit 120, and a game providing control unit 150.

The communication unit 130 may set or maintain a communication environment for providing or executing a game with a game client of the user under the control of the game providing control unit 150.

The connection area determination unit 140 may determine the connection area of the user who is connected to the game operating system 100. The access area determining unit 140 may determine the users as at least one group based on the determined access area. For example, the access area determining unit 140 may view an area that can be connected to the intranet as one same access area, such as the same PC room, the same building, and determine users connected in the same access area as a group. have. In the following, the function of determining such a connection user as a specific group, which is performed by the connection area determination unit 140, is referred to as "grouping".

The access area determining unit 140 may generate or update the area group information as a result of the grouping. The region group information may include access region information and at least one user information accessed from the access region. For example, the area group information may be composed of an access area ID and a user ID connected in the access area, such as (PC Bang_1011, User_0011, User_0140, User_1521). For another example, the area group information may include address information of the access area, such as (Samseong-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Speed PC Room, User A, User B, User D). In this case, the access area determination unit 140 may obtain the affiliated PC room address, the trade name, and the user information from the user database 110 of the game operating system 100.

In one embodiment, the access area determination unit 140 may perform grouping based on the access IP address of the user. For example, if the first three octets of the IP addresses are the same, the access area determination unit 140 may determine that the IP addresses transmitted in the same area are grouped as one group.

In another embodiment, the access area determination unit 140 may perform grouping based on the registered IP address group information. In the current example of game publishing, a PC room paying a fee is managed as an affiliate PC room and IP address information included in the affiliate PC room is managed. Therefore, in the case of this example, the access area determination unit 140 may group IP addresses corresponding to the affiliated PC room that is already managed as the same area.

In one embodiment, when the user initially connects (logs in) to the game operating system 100, the access area determining unit 140 may check the access IP address of the accessing user and perform grouping. That is, even if the user performs login only without performing any action (event) in the game operating system 100, the access area determining unit 140 may group the connected user. To this end, the access zone determination unit 140 may analyze the login data of the access user to confirm the access IP address and perform grouping on the corresponding user using the confirmed IP address. This means that even if a user accesses the game operating system 100 and does not perform any event, the game operating system 150 provides an operation service (add friend, competition, etc.) with other users belonging to the group to the connected user. To do that.

In one embodiment, the access area determination unit 140 may perform grouping to update the area group information periodically or whenever a user accessing the game operating system 100 occurs.

According to an embodiment, the access area determining unit 140 may provide information about other users corresponding to the area group to which a specific user belongs according to a request of the game providing control unit 150.

The intimacy manager 120 may set and manage intimacy between users. The intimacy management unit 120 may generate or update intimacy information by adding an intimacy value to the corresponding users based on an intimacy event.

Here, the intimacy event may be at least one of i) playing a game together, ii) providing a game cache, or iii) presenting an item. Here, the game cache means the currency used in the game. According to the operation policy, the game cache may be divided into one that can be obtained through play or the like within the game and one that can be purchased in cash. An item means a term item or a permanent item that can be used in a game. For example, there may be an item of equipment such as sneakers, uniforms, etc. that can be worn by a player in a soccer game, or there may be an item that may add skill or experience to a specific character.

The intimacy management unit 120 may configure intimacy information (eg, an intimacy table) for each user to store or update in the user database 110. Here, the intimacy information is a value expressed as a numerical value of the intimacy between at least two users, the two users may have the same intimacy with each other, or may have different intimacy values. For example, one of the intimate events provides an item, a game cache, or the like to the other, so that the intimacy management unit 120 can impose a higher intimacy on the donor and a lower intimacy on the donor. Accordingly, the intimacy information may include (i) an intimacy value for one other and (ii) an intimacy value for one other.

In one embodiment, the intimacy management unit 120 may generate intimacy only for intimacy events of users determined to be connected in the same area by the access area determination unit 140. For example, when users who are determined to be connected in the same PC room play games or give gifts to each other, the intimacy management unit 120 may generate or manage intimacy information by assigning intimacy values to the users.

User database 110 may store individual records for game users. For example, the user database 110 may store user information, a gaming history, a game cumulative score, a game grade, and the like, for each individual user generated by the game providing controller 150.

The user database 110 may store information about affiliated PC rooms. The affiliated PC room may mean an affiliated store for the game service. The information on the customer PC room may include at least one IP address and an affiliated PC room identifier used in the affiliated PC room, and may further include address information, mutual information, affiliate related information, and the like. .

In one embodiment, the user database 110 may store intimacy information for each user provided by the intimacy manager 120.

In an embodiment, the user database 110 may store friend list information provided by the game provision controller 150.

The game providing control unit 150 controls other components of the game operating system 100 to provide a game providing service.

In one embodiment, the game providing control unit 150 may generate and manage friend list information. The game providing controller 150 may store or update the generated friend list information in the user database 110. For example, upon receiving a friend add request for user B from user A's game client, game providing control unit 150 may set user A and B as a friend relationship and generate friend list information for it. Here, according to an embodiment, the game providing control unit 150 may confirm to the user B whether to accept a friend relationship with the user A. To this end, the game providing controller 150 may provide a friend list application interface and a friend acceptance confirmation interface to the game client.

In one embodiment, the game providing control unit 150 may provide friend information connected to a specific user in the same region by using friend list information and local group information. That is, when a specific user requests a friend list, the game providing control unit 150 provides a list of other users who are in a friend relationship with the specific user, and in particular, distinguishes whether the group is grouped in the same region as the specific user. Can provide. 3 is a reference diagram illustrating an example of an interface for providing a friend list, and the game providing controller 150 may provide a friend list interface to the game client as shown in FIG. 3. In the illustrated example, the friend list 300 provides a list of all friends regardless of the region, and at least a portion 310 of the illustrated friend lists 310 and 320 separated by a different background color is the same region group (e.g., , Friends belonging to the same PC room). That is, through the friend list interface shown, the user indicates that "Juan Sauna" is currently connected in the same area (same PC room) as the user, while "Friendly Jang Geum" is connected in a different area. Able to know.

In one embodiment, the game providing controller 150 may provide intimacy information about a friend connected to a specific user in the same region by using friend list information, local group information, and intimacy information. In more detail, the game providing controller 150 may classify friends belonging to the same local group as the access user, check intimacy information about friends of the same local group, and provide the same to the game client. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the game providing controller 150 may display the familiarity value assigned to each user by the intimacy management unit 120 as a smile icon 311. That is, the game providing control unit 150 may classify the familiarity values into predetermined categories, and provide the user with different colors (for example, green-yellow-orange-orange) or other icons for each category.

In one embodiment, the game providing controller 150 may provide a friend recommendation for users grouped to the same access area. In more detail, when the specific user A accesses the game operating system 100, the game providing controller 150 may recommend other users belonging to the same local group as the user A as friends of the corresponding user. To this end, when the user A accesses the game operating system 100, the game providing control unit 150 requests the access area determining unit 140 of the access area of the connected user A, and is included in the provided access area. You can check other users. Thereafter, the game providing control unit 150 deletes the users corresponding to the current user A's friends among the identified other users, and then provides the game client with information about the other users to add as a friend. Can be provided.

4 to 5 are reference diagrams illustrating an example of such a friend recommendation interface. In more detail, the friend recommendation interface illustrated in FIG. 4 provides a check box interface 410 for adding, as a friend, other users connected in the same access area by the game provision controller 150, and illustrated in FIG. 5. In the friend recommendation interface, the game providing controller 150 provides a list of other users connected in the same access area to provide a manual input interface 510.

In an embodiment, the game providing controller 150 may provide the friend recommendation interface shown in FIGS. 4 to 5 as a popup interface. For example, the game providing controller 150 may provide related data to the game client so that when the user performs initial login or enters the game progress interface, the friend recommendation interface shown in FIGS. 4 to 5 appears as a popup. Can be.

In one embodiment, the game providing controller 150 may associate and provide a friend recommendation interface and a user information providing interface shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. For example, when a mouse right click event occurs in an area of a user name or stat, the game providing controller 150 may perform association between interfaces to provide a user information providing interface.

In one embodiment, when the user requests the start of the game, the game providing control unit 150 may automatically determine a friend of the user as a player who will play the game to start the game. In more detail, when the user A requests to start the game, the game providing control unit 150 may select at least one friend currently connected from the user A's friend list and determine the player as a player in the game opened by the user A. . For example, in the case of a soccer game, when a game is requested to be created in a 1: 1 match between users, the game providing controller 150 checks a friend list of the user who requested the game creation and is currently connected among friends included in the friend list. After separating friends, one of the friends may be selected to start a 1: 1 match game with the corresponding user. Here, the game providing control unit 150 may select any one of the friends who are connected using the familiarity information. That is, the game providing control unit 150 may determine a friend having the highest intimacy value as the opponent of the 1: 1 match game of the user.

In another embodiment, when the user requests to start the game, the game providing control unit 150 may automatically determine another user who belongs to the same local group as the user who will play the game together to start the game. have. In more detail, when the user A requests to start the game, the game providing controller 150 checks whether there is at least one other user grouped with the same local group as the user A, and if so, among the other users. At least one can be determined as a user to play together in a game that user A establishes. In the case of the above-described soccer game, when a game generation request is made in a 1: 1 match between users, the game providing control unit 150 checks other users connected in the same area as the user who requested the game creation, for example, in the same PC room. Any other user can be selected to start a 1: 1 match game with the user. Here, the game providing control unit 150 may select any one of the friends who are connected using the familiarity information. That is, the game providing control unit 150 may determine a friend having the highest intimacy value as the opponent of the 1: 1 match game of the user.

In one embodiment, when the user requests the start of the party play game, the game providing control unit 150 automatically determines at least one of other users connected in the same region as the user as a player who will form a party together to play the party play. You can start the game. Here, party play means that a plurality of players are formed as one group (party, team, etc.) and play to achieve the same purpose. FIG. 6 is a reference diagram illustrating an example of such an automatic party configuration function. Referring to FIG. 6, the game providing controller 150 receives a request from a user A to start a party play game. Other users grouped with the same local group may be identified and the at least one identified other user may be determined to party with User A. Here, if there are more other users of the same group than the members of the party (or vice versa, the need for party configuration is more than that of other users of the same group), the game providing control unit 150 uses the intimacy information. Therefore, at least one other user who may form a party with user A may be determined in the order of intimacy. That is, in the case of the example of FIG. 7, when the user C accesses, the game providing controller 150 may check the local group information of the user C to confirm that the user C is the same grouped user as the users A and B. Subsequently, when both user A and B are waiting for the start of party play, as illustrated, when the game providing controller 150 checks the intimacy information of the user C and confirms that the user A has a higher intimacy than the user B, The user C may be automatically configured as the same party as the user A. In the present embodiment, the game provision control unit 150 may provide the party member user with information about the automatically configured party to perform the confirmation of the party configuration. Some automatic party configuration interface may be provided.

In another embodiment, when the user requests to start a party play game, the game providing controller 150 may automatically determine at least one of the friends of the user as a player who will form a party together. Detailed description thereof corresponds to the above description, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted herein.

In another embodiment, when the user requests to start a party play game, the game providing controller 150 may automatically determine at least one of friends connected in the same region as the user as a player who will form a party together. Detailed description thereof corresponds to the above description, and thus detailed description thereof will be omitted herein.

8 is a block diagram illustrating another embodiment of a game operating system according to the disclosed technology. Another embodiment of the game operating system shown in FIG. 8 is an embodiment in which a predetermined means for managing gift providing is further added to the embodiment of FIG. 2. Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of another embodiment of the game operating system 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 8, but a description of the configuration corresponding to FIG. 2 will be omitted.

The gift providing management unit 160 may provide a gift, such as a game cache, an item, between users. According to the specific game system, although the object of the gift may be different, the gift providing management unit 160 is a predetermined management means for presenting a game cache, an item, etc. provided in the game between users. In the following description, it is assumed that the object of a gift is assumed to be a game cache or an item for convenience of explanation.

The gift providing management unit 160 may provide an interface for sending gifts and an interface for receiving gifts to the game client of the user. 9 to 10 are reference diagrams illustrating one embodiment of an interface for sending and receiving such gifts. 9 shows an interface for sending gifts. In the example shown in FIG. 9, i) daily free gift offering and ii) gift offering according to level and intimacy are shown. The gift providing management unit 160 may display the

gifts

910 and 930 to be provided to the user under the control of the game providing control unit 150 to perform the gift providing. In addition, the gift providing management unit 160 may display a condition 920 for providing a gift. 10 illustrates an interface for receiving a gift. The example shown in FIG. 10 shows an interface for i) receiving gifts and ii) return gifts.

The gift providing management unit 160 may provide an interface for sending or receiving gifts independently of the game operating interface. For example, it may be provided as a pop-up interface for receiving or sending gifts on the screen for game operation.

The gift providing management unit 160 may provide an interface for receiving a gift in real time. To this end, when the predetermined gift sending event is completed through the gift sending interface, the gift providing managing unit 160 checks whether the target user of the gift receiving event related thereto is connected to the game providing control unit 150 and is connected. The present gift receiving interface can be provided to the target user to receive the gift in real time.

The gift providing management unit 160 may manage history information regarding the provision or receipt of a gift. For example, as shown in the example of FIG. 9, when a gift from user A is granted to user B, the gift providing information for this is recorded and the receipt of the gift is checked, and if not received, user B enters the game operating system 100. When notified of the access box from the game providing control unit 150 may provide an interface for receiving the gift.

The game providing control unit 150 may provide the information to the gift providing management unit 160 when the requirement of the gift providing event is satisfied using a predetermined rule for providing a gift. Here, the rule for providing a gift is not particularly limited since it may be set differently according to the game operation policy. In the example of FIG. 9, it is understood that the policy for providing gifts includes (1) providing one gift every day and (2) a specific user reaching a predetermined level and having a certain number of intimacies with a specific user. Can be. Here, (1) a simple repetitive gift providing event, such as providing a daily gift, may allow the gift providing management unit 160 to provide a gift by itself without the control of the game providing controller 150. When a predetermined condition such as (2) is required, the game providing control unit 150 notifies the gift providing management unit 160 that a gift providing event has occurred when the corresponding condition occurs and performs gift providing according to the corresponding event. You can do that.

9 to 10 illustrate an example of an item used in a game, the game cache may be a gift. When the requirement for the game cache gift is satisfied, the game providing control unit 150 notifies the gift providing management unit 160 that an event of the corresponding game cache gift providing has occurred, including the game cache information of the gift donor, and the gift providing management unit ( 160 may provide the user's game client with information that may provide the game cache to other users based on such information and an interface for presenting such a game cache.

11 is a configuration diagram illustrating another embodiment of a game operating system according to the disclosed technology. Another embodiment of the game operating system shown in FIG. 11 is an embodiment in which a predetermined means for managing the whole game is added to the embodiment of FIG. 2. Hereinafter, a detailed configuration of another embodiment of the game operating system 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 11, but a description of the configuration corresponding to FIG. 2 will be omitted.

The record recorder 170 may store or provide a result of game content made between users. For example, when a game (competition game) against another user is performed between users, such as 1: 1 competition or party competition, the result of such a game may be stored. To this end, when the competitive game is performed in the game operating system 100, the recorder 170 may generate and manage game competitive data including at least one of a user who participated in the corresponding competitive game, game contents, and a game result. . In one embodiment, the record recorder 170 may generate and provide competitive game history information of a specific user according to a request of the game providing controller 150.

The record recorder 170 may provide statistics about the game record by being divided into predetermined performance units such as leagues or tournaments. For example, if a game is played in a league unit in which user A and user B each participate, each game ends and statistics about game achievement such as win rate, opponent record, etc. are generated for each user. It may be provided to the game providing control unit 150.

12 is a reference diagram illustrating an interface of an embodiment of a game operating method provided by the game operating system 100. The game providing interface illustrated in FIG. 12 collectively illustrates the above-described embodiments. The game providing control unit 150 may provide at least some information about the illustrated interface to the game client of the user A to provide the illustrated interface to the user.

The game operating method shown in FIG. 12 provides a party league game. Here, the party league is a game providing method in which one party performs the league as a game player (team).

When the game providing control unit 150 receives a game start request for the party league from the user A, the game providing control unit 150 may configure the party league including the user A. Here, the game providing control unit 150 may automatically determine a user who will form a party with User A. Herein, assuming that a party is automatically configured using the same local group information among the above-described embodiments, a user C playing a game in the same PC room as user A may configure a party with user A. FIG. In addition, the game providing control unit 150 may determine a user B having a low intimacy with the user A while playing a game in the same PC room as the opposing team party member. The game providing controller 150 may provide information about users of the party league configured as described above as part of the interface 1210 of the screen.

The game providing controller 150 may provide information 1220 about another user constituting a party with the user A. FIG. In the example illustrated in FIG. 12, it can be seen that intimacy information 1221, total history information 1222, and gift providing information 1223 are displayed. In addition, it can be seen that an interface for providing a gift is provided. To this end, the game providing control unit 150 may request information about the user A from the intimacy management unit 120, the record recorder 170, and the gift providing management unit 160, respectively.

13 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a game operating method performed in a game operating system according to the disclosed technology. According to an embodiment of the game operating method illustrated in FIG. 13, a game or a game operation may be provided to a user who accesses the game based on an intimacy between the access area and the users. Since an embodiment of a game operating method to be described below is performed in the game operating system described above, the contents corresponding to each other will not be redundantly described, but will be understood from the foregoing description.

Referring to FIG. 13, when the game client connects (step S1310), the game operating system 100 may check the access region of the game client (step S1320). If there is another user who can be grouped (step S1330), the game operating system 100 may perform grouping with other users in the same access area as the user A (step S1340). That is, the game operating system 100 may generate region group information including at least one other user connected in the same access region as the corresponding access region. When an intimacy event between the first user and the second user occurs (step S1350), the game operating system 100 may generate or update intimacy information by adding an intimacy value between the first and second users (step S1360). . Thereafter, the game operating system 100 may provide a game or game operation by combining at least one or a combination of the regional group information and the intimacy information (step S1370).

In operation S1330 to operation S1340, the game operating system 100 checks the IP address of the game client using the login data of the game client, and logs in at the same access region as the access region to which the game client's IP address belongs. It can be performed by identifying other users of the.

In operation S1340, the game operating system 100 may select an affiliate PC room corresponding to the IP address of the game client and determine at least one IP address included in the affiliate PC room as the same access area.

Here, the intimacy event includes (i) the first user and the second user playing the same game together, (ii) the provision of a game cache between the first user and the second user, and (iii) the first user. It may be at least one of a gift of the item between the second user and the made. In addition, the intimacy information includes (i) an intimacy value for the second user of the first user and (ii) an intimacy value for the first user of the second user, wherein the intimacy values of (i) and (ii) are May differ from one another.

In operation S1350 to operation S1360, when the first user provides or receives a game cache or item for the second user, the game operating system 100 may be performed by adding an intimacy value between the first and second users. .

The intimacy calculated in step S1360 may be performed only between users logged in in the same access area.

In operation S1360, the game operating system 100 may perform a step of providing information about at least one other user connected in the same access area as the game client as a friend relationship with the first user. Here, the provided information may include intimacy information.

In operation S1360, the game operating system 100 may recommend a user having an intimacy value equal to or greater than a predetermined value among at least one other user as a friend of the first user.

In operation S1360, when the requirement of the present event is satisfied for the first user, the game operating system 100 may provide an interface for presenting the present to the first user.

14 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a game operating method performed in a game operating system according to the disclosed technology. According to an embodiment of the game operating method illustrated in FIG. 14, the user who is connected to the game may recommend another user to play the game together to the user based on the connection area and the intimacy between the users. Since another embodiment of the game operating method to be described below is also performed in the game operating system described above, the contents corresponding to each other will not be duplicated, but will be understood from the above description.

Referring to FIG. 14, when the game client connects (step S1410), the game operating system 100 may check an access region of the game client (step S1420). If there is another user who can be grouped (step S1430), the game operating system 100 may perform grouping with other users in the same access area as the user A (step S1440). That is, the game operating system 100 may generate region group information including at least one other user connected in the same access region as the corresponding access region. When an intimacy event between the first user and the second user occurs (step S1450), the game operating system 100 may generate or update intimacy information by adding an intimacy value between the first and second users (step S1460). . Thereafter, the game operating system 100 may select a user who will play the game with the first user using at least one of the regional group information and the familiarity information (step S1470).

In operation S1470, the game operating system 100 may check an intimacy value between at least one other user and the first user, select a user whose identified intimacy value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and perform a game with the first user. Can be.

In operation S1470, the game operating system 100 may check an intimacy value between at least one other user and the first user, select a user having the highest intimacy value with the first user, and play the same game as the first user. can do.

In step S1470, upon receiving a game start request having n persons as one party, the game operating system 100 checks an intimacy value between at least one other user and the user, and at least n having a high intimacy value with the user. One other user may be selected and set as the same party as the first user.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present application, those skilled in the art various modifications and changes to the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application described in the claims below I can understand that you can.

Claims

In the game operating method that can be connected to the game client installed in the terminal of the first user, the game operating system to provide a game environment to the game client,

(a) when the game client accesses, identifying an access region of the game client and generating region group information including at least one other user connected in the same access region as the access region;

(b) generating an intimacy information by adding an intimacy value between the first and second users when an intimacy event between the first user and the second user occurs; And

(c) providing a game or game operation by combining at least one or the combination of the area group information and the intimacy information.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (a)

(a-1) confirming the IP address of the game client using the login data of the game client; And

(a-2) identifying at least one other user logged in in the same access region as the access region to which the IP address of the game client belongs.
The method of claim 2, wherein step (a-2)

Selecting an affiliated PC room corresponding to the IP address of the game client; And

And determining at least one IP address included in the affiliated PC room as the same access region.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (b)

And adding an intimacy value between the first and second users when the first user provides or receives a game cache or item for the second user.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (b)

And confirming whether the second user is connected in the same access area as the first user.
The method of claim 1, wherein the intimacy information is

(i) an intimacy value for the first user of the first user and (ii) an intimacy value for the first user of the second user, wherein the intimacy values of (i) and (ii) may differ from each other. Game operating method, characterized in that.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (c)

(c-1) providing information on at least one other user connected in the same access area as the game client as a friend relationship with the first user.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (c)

(c-1) recommending a user having an intimacy value equal to or greater than a predetermined value among the at least one other user as a friend of the first user.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (c)

And providing a user to play a game with the first user using at least one of the area group information and the intimacy information.
The method of claim 9, wherein step (c)

(c-1) checking an intimacy value between the at least one other user and the first user; And

(c-2) selecting a user whose determined intimacy value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value to play the game with the first user.
In the game operating system that can be connected to at least one game client at the same time, providing a game environment to the game client,

An access region determination unit determining an access region of a game client accessing the game operating system based on an IP address;

An intimacy management unit for generating or updating intimacy information by adding an intimacy value between the users when an intimacy event occurs between users of the game operating system; And

And a controller configured to provide a game or game operation to users using at least one of the access area and the intimacy information.
The method of claim 11, wherein the connection area determination unit

When the game client of the first user accesses, the game operating system of the present invention identifies the access region of the game client and generates region group information including at least one other user connected in the same access region as the corresponding access region. .
The method of claim 12, wherein the control unit

Confirming an intimacy value between the at least one other user and the first user, and playing the same game as the first user with another user having the highest intimacy value with the first user; .
The method of claim 12, wherein the control unit

Selecting at least one second user belonging to the same local group information as the first user, and recommending the selected at least one second user as a friend to the first user.
In the recording medium recording a program for executing the game operating method,

The program may be connected to a game client installed in a terminal of a first user, and may be run in a game operating system that provides a game environment to the game client.

(a) when the game client connects, checks an access region of the game client and generates region group information including at least one other user connected in the same access region as the access region;

(b) generating an intimacy information by adding an intimacy value between the first and second users when an intimacy event between the first user and the second user occurs; And

(c) a recording medium having recorded thereon a program including a function of providing a game or game operation by combining at least one of the area group information and the intimacy information or a combination thereof.