WO2013100361A1

WO2013100361A1 - Method for displaying attached message together with gift in online game, and online game server for same

Info

Publication number: WO2013100361A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/009826
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김운용; 강승철
Original assignee: (주)네오위즈게임즈
Priority date: 2011-12-28
Filing date: 2012-11-20
Publication date: 2013-07-04
Also published as: KR20130083085A

Abstract

Disclosed is a technique for displaying an attached message together with a gift in an online game. A method for displaying the attached message together with the gift in the online game, which is played by a plurality of users connecting to an online game server through a client, and in which the gift is provided to an online game user as a benefit with respect to either a stat or an item required for playing the online game, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: a gift provider for providing the gift selecting a gift receiver for receiving the gift, and the gift to be provided to the gift receiver; the gift provider sending the attached message along with the gift to a client of the gift receiver; and displaying on the client of the gift receiver the gift and the attached message. According to the present invention, when the gift provider provides the gift to the gift receiver, a title and a brief description of the gift in addition to a message by the gift provider to the gift receiver can be provided together. As a result, the objective of the gift provider providing the gift to the gift receiver can be easily achieved.

Description

Method for displaying an attachment message with a gift in an online game, and an online game server therefor

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to online game services, and more particularly, to an online game system that enables an online game service to display an attachment message with a gift when displaying a gift provided to a gift recipient.

As the network develops, various online game services are provided. In addition, due to the improvement of graphics technology and the performance of game user terminals, high-end game programs are being produced, and game contents that accurately describe the real world or the virtual world are provided.

There are various genres in online games. Among the online games that are typically used by users, there are sports games. Some sports games include video games or computer games that can be played using a single terminal using a user terminal, and there are also online sports games that can be played with other users, such as co-playing their own play. . Such a sports game, in which a user manipulates a coach or a player, plays a game according to the rules of the sport with an opposing team that is played artificially in game contents or is played by other users, copes with the progress of the game, and beats the opponent. Will play for.

On the other hand, in an online game, item contents are essentially used to assist the progress of the game. Users can purchase and use various items necessary for game progress in an item shop on an execution screen of an online game or an item shop of a website for accessing an online game. Items are used to help the game progress depending on the type of item, and depending on the item, for example, the value of the character's ability is improved. Play hard at. In order to be able to compete in the game equally with other users with a certain level of level difference, even a beginner user needs to use an item that improves the ability of the user character. Service such as item image and item sale are becoming an important part.

However, the item does not necessarily have to be purchased. Rather, an item may be presented using the present function between users, and sometimes an online game service provider may present an item to promote an online game or to induce a player's interest. Just as gifts are provided in real life, cooperation in users can be doubled by giving and receiving gifts in online games. In addition, a company providing an online game service can expect a promotional effect of the online game provided by the company.

However, according to the related art, when presenting an item in an online game, the title and brief description of the item to be presented is displayed as to who the gift provider is, and this information alone accomplishes the purpose of providing the gift to the gift recipient. Can't be. That is, when gift provider A presents a particular item to gift recipient B, there may be a variety of reasons for gifting A. That is, A may present a gift to strengthen cooperation with B, or A may give a gift to thank or apologize for B. However, according to the related art, the purpose of providing a gift is not achieved because the present provider does not display the purpose of presenting the gift or detailed information about the gift. In addition, to provide a gift from a company that provides an online game service is to expect a promotion effect, it is necessary to explain in detail the benefits of the gift provided by the company.

Therefore, when providing a gift, not only the title and brief description of the gift, but also the gift provider can provide the message they wish to convey to the recipient of the gift, thereby enabling the gift provider to achieve the purpose of providing the gift. Rather, there is an urgent need for techniques to create a brief channel of communication between gift providers and gift recipients.

It is an object of the present invention, when a gift provider presents a gift to a gift recipient, in addition to the title and brief description of the gift, together with the gift in an online game that allows the gift provider to provide a message with the gift recipient to deliver. It is to provide a method for displaying an attachment message.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an online game server that can create a new channel of communication between a gift provider and a gift recipient by allowing the attachment message to be displayed with the gift.

A method for displaying an attached message together with a gift in an online game according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects is performed by a plurality of users connected to the online game server through a client, to the user of the online game A gift recipient and the gift to receive the gift from a terminal of a gift provider providing the gift by an online game server operating an online game where a gift is provided as a benefit for at least one of the stats and items required to play the online game. Receiving information about a gift to be provided to the recipient; Transmitting an attachment message to the gift recipient's terminal together with the gift according to a transmission input from the terminal of the gift provider; And controlling the gift recipient terminal to display information including the gift and the attached message.

The receiving may include transmitting a recipient input menu for inputting the gift recipient to a terminal of the gift provider; Receiving the gift recipient according to an input to the recipient input menu from a terminal of the gift provider; Determining whether the gift recipient exists according to a user list stored in a database for user information, and if the gift recipient does not exist, receiving the gift recipient information again; Transmitting a gift input menu for inputting information about the gift to a terminal of the gift provider; Receiving the gift according to an input of the gift input menu from the terminal of the gift provider; Determining whether the gift provider can provide the received gift; And if the gift provider cannot provide the input gift, receiving the gift again.

The receiving step may include selecting the gift recipient from a user list stored in a database for user information; And selecting the gift from a list of items stored in a database for item information.

The transmitting may include transmitting information indicating that the attachment message can be input when the gift is transmitted to the terminal of the gift provider; Providing an attachment message input menu which is a menu for inputting the attachment message to a terminal of the gift provider; Receiving the attachment message according to an input of the attachment message input menu from the terminal of the gift provider; Determining whether the received attachment message belongs to a predetermined filtering criterion; And if the attachment message belongs to the filtering criteria, transmitting information indicating that the attachment message should be re-entered to the terminal of the gift provider and receiving the attachment message again.

The determining of whether the filter belongs to the filtering criterion may include: determining whether the received attachment message includes at least one preset text or phrase; And if the received attachment message includes the predetermined at least one letter or phrase, determining that the attachment message belongs to the filtering criterion.

The controlling may include transmitting a gift box display window displaying information on the gift and information on the gift provider to a terminal of the gift recipient; If it is determined that an attachment message received with the gift exists, transmitting an attachment message display menu to a terminal of the gift recipient as a menu capable of displaying the attachment message in the gift box display window; And when the selection input is received from the terminal of the gift recipient for the attachment message display menu, displaying the attachment message.

The controlling may further include displaying a shipment date of the gift in the gift box display window.

An online game server according to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, the terminal of the gift provider to provide a gift as a benefit to at least one of the stats and items required to perform the online game to the user of the online game. A destination determining unit for receiving the gift from the gift recipient and information about the gift to be provided to the gift recipient; An attachment message setting unit for transmitting an attachment message to the gift recipient's terminal together with the gift according to a transmission input from the terminal of the gift provider; And an attachment message display unit for controlling the gift recipient terminal to display information including the gift and the attachment message.

The online game server may further include an interface unit capable of communicating with the client, wherein the target determination unit may input a recipient input menu for inputting the gift recipient to the terminal of the gift provider through the interface unit and the gift. Transmits a gift input menu, receives the gift recipient and the gift according to the recipient input menu and the gift input menu from the terminal of the gift provider, and the gift recipient does not exist or the input gift; If the gift provider cannot provide it, it is desirable to have the gift provider re-enter it.

The subject determining unit preferably allows the administrator of the online game to select the gift recipient from a user list of a database for user information and to select the gift from an item list of a database for item information.

The attachment message setting unit transmits information indicating that input of the attachment message is possible when the gift is transmitted to the terminal of the gift provider, and provides an attachment message input menu that is a menu for inputting the attachment message to the terminal of the gift provider. And receiving the attachment message according to an input of the attachment message input menu from the terminal of the gift provider, and determining whether the received attachment message belongs to a predetermined filtering criterion to filter the attachment message. In case of belonging to the standard, it is preferable to transmit information to the terminal of the gift provider indicating that the attachment message should be re-entered.

The attachment message setting unit determines whether the received attachment message includes at least one preset character or phrase, and when the input attachment message includes at least one preset character or phrase, the filtering criteria. It is preferable to judge that it belongs to.

The attachment message display unit transmits a gift box display window displaying information about the gift and information of the gift provider to a terminal of the gift recipient, and if there is an attachment message received with the gift, in the gift box display window. Send an attached message display menu to the present recipient's terminal as a menu capable of displaying the attached message, and when the selection input from the present recipient's terminal for the attached message display menu is received, display the attached message; It is desirable to control.

Preferably, the attachment message display unit further displays the date and time of sending the gift in the gift box display window.

Another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon for implementing a method for displaying an attached message with a gift in an online game according to an aspect of the present invention. It is about.

According to the present invention, when a gift provider presents a gift to a gift recipient, the presenter can provide not only the title and brief description of the gift, but also a message that the gift provider wishes to convey to the gift recipient. Therefore, the purpose of the gift provider providing the gift to the gift recipient is easily achieved.

In addition, according to the present invention, a new conversation channel can be created between the gift provider and the gift recipient, thereby increasing the intimacy between the users, and as a result, more users are interested in the online game, thereby increasing the sales of the online game. Is increased.

1 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating a method for displaying an attachment message with a gift in an online game according to one aspect of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining a gift and a gift recipient in a method for displaying an attached message together with a gift in an online game according to the present invention.

3 is a flow chart illustrating filtering an attachment message in a method for displaying an attachment message with a gift in an online game according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of displaying an attachment message in a method for displaying an attachment message together with a gift in an online game according to the present invention.

5 is a diagram conceptually illustrating an online game system in which a method for displaying an attached message together with a gift is implemented in an online game according to an aspect of the present invention.

6 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an online game server according to another aspect of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a recipient input menu provided in a method for displaying an attached message together with a gift in an online game according to the present invention.

8 is a diagram illustrating messages provided to a user in a method for displaying an attachment message with a gift in an online game according to the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating a gift box display window displaying gifts presented to a gift recipient according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an attachment message display window provided to a user when an attachment message display menu is selected in the gift box shown in FIG. 9.

Hereinafter, a method and an online game server for displaying an attached message together with a gift in an online game according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following description, in order to clarify the understanding of the present invention, description of well-known technology for the features of the present invention will be omitted. The following examples are detailed description to help understand the present invention, and it should be understood that the present invention is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, equivalent inventions that perform the same functions as the present invention will also fall within the scope of the present invention.

In addition, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on 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, the gift provider determines a gift to be provided and a gift recipient to receive such a gift (S110).

In the present invention, 'gift' means benefits for items, levels, stats, experiences, etc. necessary for playing online games, and 'gift provider' means a person who wants to provide such a gift to another user. In addition, the user receiving the gift as described above is called a 'gift recipient'.

In the present invention, the gift recipient is a user of an online game. However, the gift provider does not necessarily need to be a user of the online game. Rather, a manager or Game Master (GM) who provides online game services may provide gifts to gift recipients as part of a promotion to increase participation in their online games. The process of determining gifts and gift recipients will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. Therefore, duplicate description is omitted for the sake of brevity of the specification.

When the gift and the recipient of the gift are determined, it is determined whether input of an attached message to be provided with the gift is necessary (S130). In the method for displaying an attached message together with a gift in the online game according to the present invention, the attached message may be transmitted and displayed together with the gift, but the attached message is not necessarily attached. Therefore, it is determined whether the gift provider wants to attach the attached message.

If the user wants to send only a gift without an attached message, the gift recipient displays the gift provided to the client and brief information of the gift (S190). However, if the gift provider wants to attach the attachment message, the gift provider is induced to input the attachment message to set the attachment message (S150). The attached message input menu will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 7. Therefore, duplicate description is omitted for the sake of brevity of the specification.

If the attachment message is set, the gift is sent to the gift recipient with the set attachment message (S170).

Then, the attachment message is displayed together with the gift provided to the client of the gift recipient (S190).

As described above, according to the present invention, since the accompanying message is displayed together with the gift to the gift recipient's client, the purpose of providing the gift is more smoothly achieved, and a communication channel between the gift provider and the gift recipient is created.

In the present invention, the online game means game content that can be used by users by accessing the above-mentioned game server. In particular, it refers to a game in which a large number of users can simultaneously access and enjoy the game, and increase the level through actions such as acquiring experience value while nurturing characters through the game. In addition, in order to facilitate the progress of the game on the game, it means a game that can purchase a variety of items.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining a gift and a gift recipient in a method for displaying an attached message together with a gift in an online game according to the present invention. In particular, FIG. 2 illustrates a case where one of the users of the online game selects a gift recipient from among other users.

2, first, the gift provider determines and inputs a gift recipient (S210). If the gift provider is a general user, an identifier such as an alias or ID of the gift recipient may be directly input or selected from an input window. In addition, if the gift provider is a provider of an online game service, a certain object may be selected from among the online game subscribers as a gift recipient.

When the gift provider determines the gift recipient, the gift provider searches to determine whether the gift recipient exists in the database (S220, S230). If the gift recipient inputted by the gift provider does not exist, the gift provider determines that the wrong identifier is input and displays a message to re-enter the gift recipient (S240). If the gift provider selects from the user list instead of directly inputting the gift recipient, it may not be determined whether the gift recipient exists.

If there is a gift recipient input by the gift provider, the gift provider is induced to input a gift to be provided (S250). However, not all gifts that a gift provider wants to offer are available. For example, a gift provider with 1000 points of game money can present an item that can be purchased within the limits of his or her game money. Therefore, if the value of the unit price of the item that the gift provider wants to present multiplied by the quantity exceeds the game money held by the current gift provider, such gift cannot be provided. Also, due to the policy of the online game service, a specific item may be directly purchased, but may not be presented to other users. Therefore, in the present invention, it is first determined whether the gift selected by the gift provider is available (S260).

If it is determined that a gift that cannot be provided is selected, the user is prompted to re-enter the gift (S270) and the user is prompted to input the gift to be provided again. If it is determined that the gift can be provided, the gift provider will provide the gift recipient with the selected gift.

First, an input message to be provided with a gift is received from a gift provider (S310). The received attachment message is not stored directly in the database, but determines whether it passes the predetermined filtering criteria. Then, it is determined whether a character or a phrase which cannot be included in the inputted attachment message is included (S330 and S350).

Characters that cannot be included in the present invention means characters determined as characters that cannot be included in an attachment message, such as special characters or Korean characters. It is determined by the service provider that provides the online game, and does not limit the present invention to determine the characters that can not be included. For example, an online game service provider may determine that special characters such as '@' and '^' may be included, while characters such as '#' and '&' may not be included. . Or, in the case of the alphabet may not be included uppercase.

If the input message does not include a character that cannot be included, this time, the attachment message is scanned in units of phrases to determine whether it includes a phrase that cannot be included. In the present invention, the phrase refers to a string of letters consisting of at least one syllable, and note that one word does not necessarily constitute one phrase. For example, if it is determined as a phrase that cannot include the name 'Phipa', in addition to the case that 'Phipa' constitutes an independent word, 'Phipa Korea', 'Neffipa', etc. Phrases may also be detected as phrases that may not be included.

If the attached message includes a banned word or the like, it is determined that it corresponds to the filtering criteria (S390), and if it is not included a character or phrase that cannot be included, it is determined that it does not correspond to the filtering criteria (S370).

In the present invention, the filtering criterion refers to a criterion for determining whether the received information includes an element which is not allowed. For example, it refers to a criterion used to determine whether the input information includes a specific character or character string. When applying the filtering criteria, only attached messages that have passed the filtering criteria can be registered in the database, so that variable profile information can be managed efficiently.

If the entered attachment message meets the filtering criteria, the attachment message cannot be registered in the database. Therefore, information indicating that the attachment message should be re-entered to the client of the user is displayed, and the attachment message input menu is sent back to the gift provider's client to induce the re-entry of the attachment message.

In the present invention, data fields necessary for delivering information related to a gift are as follows.

-From field

-Subject field: It has a 20 character string property and stores the subject of the attached message.

-Attachment message field: It has a 100-character string property and stores the contents of the attached message.

-Date and time of delivery field: It has the property of date and time and stores the date and time the gift was sent.

In order to display the attached message together with the gift information, the gift information display window is transmitted to the client of the gift recipient (S410). The gift information display window refers to an interface that can display information on a title, a brief description of a gift, and a gift provider.

When the gift information display window is provided, information on the provided gift and the gift provider are displayed on the provided gift information display window (S420).

Then, it is determined whether the attachment message is included in the information delivered to the client of the gift recipient (S430). As mentioned above, it is not necessary for the gift provider to enter an attached message when making a gift. If the attached message was not delivered with the gift, there is no need to create a menu for displaying the attached message. Therefore, in the present invention, the attachment message display menu is activated only when the gift provider sets the attachment message.

If the attached message does not exist, it is terminated because there is no more information to display.

However, if an attachment message exists, it must be displayed. Therefore, the attachment message display menu is transmitted to the gift recipient client so that the attachment message display menu is displayed on the gift information display window (S440).

Then, it is determined whether the user selects the attachment message display menu from the provided gift information display window (S450). If the user selects the attachment message display menu, the attachment message provided from the gift provider is displayed on the client of the gift recipient (S460).

Here, the item means all data that can help the progress of the game and can generally be understood as an item in the game. For example, in a role-playing game, the -experience obtained when a character defeats a monster on behalf of the user, an item that can be obtained more, an item that can change the appearance of the character, etc. This may be the case.

In addition, in sports games, card items that can use the character, items that increase the character's stats for a certain period of time, items that restore the character's condition, and the characters are equipped to improve the game's stats while modifying the appearance. As mentioned above in the game, such as giving items, all items that can be used by the character in the progress of the game, or that can be reflected on the game by the user on the web, will belong to the items in the present invention.

Also, in the present invention, the item may be rated at least one type and at least one rating. That is, even if an item of the same name, for example, the type of item is set to suit a particular event, such as the 'Chuseok Memorial Version', 'World Cup version', the size and type of the effect of the item may vary . For example, for a card item that can use a player in a sports game, the general type can be an item that can use a player that is set by default. On the other hand, if a card item of the 'World Cup version' exists, The stats may have higher stats than the normal type.

In addition, there may be a rating of an item. In general, in an role playing game or a sports game, an effect of an item may be greatly increased through an action of calling the same item as 'enhancement' or 'smelting'. In general, role-playing games can be strengthened by using reinforcement auxiliary items, such as gems or reinforcing materials, that can be equipped with items, and a rating change indication such as '+1' is added to the item's name. do.

Items with a higher grade have a greater effect than the items of the basic grade, so that the price is also greatly increased. In the present invention, the description of the version and the grade of the above-mentioned items will be equally applied in the following description. In the present invention, the effect is different according to the rating, the higher the rating means that the effect of the item is increased. For example, if the item of the 'XX sword' is originally 1, and the effect is 'attack power 24,' it means that as the grade is increased by reinforcement, the effect of 'attack power 24 + n' is added. Here, the value of 'n', which is an added ability value, increases in numerical value as the grade increases. Therefore, when the item having a higher grade is mounted, the effect of the improvement of the capability value will be increased.

In addition, the item may be permanent or limited in duration of use. In this case, the same item but different duration means the same item in the present invention. For example, an item called A that raises a character's stats for one week and an item called A1 that raises two weeks may be recognized as another item in the item database, but will be recognized as the same item.

Referring to FIG. 5, the online game system 500 according to the present invention includes an online game server 550 for providing an online game service, and a plurality of online games connected to the online game server 550 through a communication network 590.

Clients

510, 520, 530, 540. In addition, the online game system 500 further includes a database 580 for storing attachment messages, gifts, and item information, and a gift box management server 560.

In the present invention, a game server or an online game server means a server computer to which users access to use game contents. In the case of a game having a small capacity or a small number of users, a plurality of game programs may be operated in one game server. In addition, in the case of a game having a very large capacity or a large number of real-time access persons, there may be one or more game servers for operating one game depending on the function of the game.

In addition, the game server may be connected to a server that performs middleware or payment processing for the database, the description thereof will be omitted in the present invention.

The

online game clients

510, 520, 530, and 540 include various terminals that can access the online game server 550 through the communication network 590. Although

desktop computers

510 and 520 and

mobile phones

530 and 540 are illustrated in FIG. 5 as online game clients, it should be noted that this is not a limitation of the present invention.

The user connects to the online game server 550 through various

online game clients

510, 520, 530, 540. In particular, with the development of electronic engineering technology, a user may access the online game server 550 anytime, anywhere through various communication networks through various

online game clients

510, 520, 530, and 540. For example, communication network 590 may be the Internet, or may be a mobile communication network such as 2G, 3G, 4G. In this specification, "communication" scene "communication network" and "network" may be used in the same sense. The three terms refer to wired and wireless local and wide area data transmission and reception networks capable of transmitting and receiving files between a user terminal, a terminal of other users, and a download server.

In FIG. 5, the gift box management server 560 implements an operation according to a method of providing an attachment message according to an aspect of the present invention. The configuration and operation of the gift box management server 560 will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 6. Accordingly, repeated descriptions are omitted for simplicity of the specification.

In FIG. 5, the gift box management server 560 is shown as a separate device separate from the online game server 550. However, the gift box management server 560 does not necessarily need to be implemented separately from the online game server 550. Rather, it is noted that the online game server 550 may be implemented integrally incorporating the functionality of the gift box management server 560.

That is, even though all the components constituting the embodiment of the present invention are described as being combined or operated separately, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these 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.

Using the online game system 500 of FIG. 5, a user may send an attached message together with a gift when making a gift. Therefore, the present recipient can easily grasp detailed information on the received gift, and a communication channel is created between the gift provider and the gift recipient.

6 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating a gift box management server according to another aspect of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the gift box management server 660 is connected to the communication network 690 to operate. On the online game client side, it is possible to connect to the gift box management server 660 via the communication network 690. In this case, if the communication network 690 is viewed as a transparent channel, the communication network 690 and the gift box management server ( Any 600 including 660 may be considered a gift box management server.

The gift box management server 660 includes an interface unit 610, a target determination unit 620, an attachment message setting unit 630, and an attachment message display unit 640.

The interface unit 610 is in charge of communicating with the gift box management server 660 and external devices through a communication network.

The destination decision unit 620 allows the gift provider to determine a gift recipient to receive the gift and a gift to present to the gift recipient. To this end, the object determining unit 620 transmits a recipient input menu for inputting a gift recipient and a gift input menu for inputting a gift to the client of the gift provider through the interface unit 610. Then, the object determining unit 620 receives the gift recipient and the gift according to the input of the recipient input menu and the gift input menu. In particular, as described above, the object determining unit 620 determines whether an input gift recipient exists and whether the gift to be provided can be provided.

As such, when the gift recipient and the gift are determined, the attachment message setting unit 630 allows the gift provider to set an attachment message to be provided to the gift recipient with the gift. To this end, the attachment message setting unit 630 displays a message indicating that input of the attachment message is available to the client of the gift provider, and then provides an attachment message input menu which is a menu for inputting the attachment message.

The gift provider then uses the provided attachment message input menu to create the attachment message he / she wants. When the attachment message is set, the attachment message setting unit 630 determines whether the received attachment message belongs to a filtering criterion so as not to include a banned word or the like. Attachments that do not contain a banned word are sent to the gift recipient's client.

The attached message display unit 640 transmits a gift box display window displaying information about the gift and information of the gift provider to the client of the gift recipient. In particular, in the gift box management server 660 according to the present invention, the attachment message display menu which is a menu capable of displaying the attached message in the gift box display window is transmitted.

If a selection signal for the attachment message display menu is received from the client of the gift recipient, the attachment message display unit 640 displays the attachment message. In particular, the gift box display window may also display the delivery date and time of the gift.

Referring to FIG. 7, the gift recipient input menu 700 includes a gift recipient selection section 710, a title input section 720, an attachment message input section 730, and confirm and cancel

buttons

740, 750. .

As illustrated, the gift recipient input menu 700 displays a description phrase that directly enters the nickname of the person who will receive the gift or press the friend input button to select the person to receive the gift. The gift provider may then select a gift recipient from among friends registered with him by pressing the 'friend list' button in the gift recipient selection section 710. Alternatively, the gift provider may directly enter the desired gift recipient in the blank of the gift recipient selection section 710.

When the gift recipient input is complete, the gift provider enters a title in the title input section 720. For example, the title may be set to input text of up to 20 characters.

Once the subject is entered, freely enter the attachment message desired by the gift provider in the attachment message input section 730. For example, the attached message may be input up to 100 characters, and a scroll bar may be displayed if necessary. Attachment message input section 730 is updated in real time each time a character is entered.

The gift provider may press the confirmation button 740 when the user wants to transmit the attachment message input by him or her, and press the cancel button 750 when he wants to cancel the input of the attachment message.

A message 810 such as (a) of FIG. 8 is a message indicating that the gift provider can input an attachment message to be sent with the gift. Through such a message, the user may press the 'confirm' button to activate the attachment message input section included in the recipient input menu as illustrated in FIG. 7, or press the 'cancel' button to compose the gift without creating the attachment message. You can only decide to provide.

If the gift provider includes a character that cannot be included in the attachment message input by the gift provider, a message 830 such as (b) of FIG. 8 is transmitted to the gift provider. The gift provider can then press the confirm button 840 to close the displayed message or press the detail information button 850 to see what characters are not included.

Or, if it includes a phrase that can not be included in the input message, the gift provider is sent a message 870 as shown in (c) of FIG. The gift provider may then press the confirmation button 880 to close the displayed message or press the detail information button 890 to find out which phrase is being filtered.

Referring to FIG. 9, the gift box display window 900 includes a gift information display unit 910 which is a list of one or more gifts.

Although three gifts are displayed on the gift box display window 900 illustrated in FIG. 9, it is noted that this is only to illustrate the present invention. The gift box display window 900 includes gift information display units 910 which respectively display gifts provided to the gift recipient.

Each gift information display 910 includes a title display section 920, a brief information display section 930, a gift provider display section 940, an attachment message display menu 950, and a receive menu 960.

In the title display section 920, the title of the provided gift is displayed. In FIG. 9, it can be seen that the title of the gift illustrated in the gift information display unit 910 is 'magic question mark card plus (purple)'. In addition, in the brief information display section 930, it can be seen that the brief information of the gift is 'a gift that can purchase a magic question mark card plus (purple)'. In addition, referring to the gift provider display section 940, it can be seen that the gift provider is 'promotional payment'. In the present invention, when a gift is sent by the current system, the sender may be displayed as "promotional payment" or "operator payment", each of which may be classified as follows.

-Promotional payment: If the gift provider is an online game service provider

-Operator paid: If the gift provider is a game operator.

The operator payment means that the GM tool pays the item by CSN, which is a customer identifier, and the promotion payment means paying the item by a login event. In general, in the case of a login event, the item is paid at the time the user logs in, but when the login time is before the event start time and the logout time is after the event start time, the item may be paid through a gift box.

When the gift recipient clicks on the attachment message display menu 950, the attachment message display window 1000 as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed.

Also, if the receiving menu 960 is selected, the gift recipient may receive a gift registered in the gift box.

The attachment message display 1000 includes a title display section 1010, a gift provider display section 1020, an attachment message display section 1030, and a confirmation button 1040.

Referring to the title display section 1010, it can be seen that the title 'item paid for promotion event' has been assigned. Looking at the gift provider display section 1020, it can be seen that the gift provider is 'a corner' and 15:32 was sent on September 13, 2011. When a gift's date and time is displayed, it is useful because it quickly tells you how long it is due if the gift is not available after a certain event period.

Referring to the attached message display section 1030, it can be seen that the attachment message that the lottery lottery item was paid as a Lunar New Year promotion event. Through this, the gift recipient can know why the gift provider provided the gift to him. In addition, more detailed information about the attached message can be seen, and the attachment message creates a communication channel between the gift provider and the gift recipient.

The gift recipient may close the attachment message display window 1000 by pressing the confirmation button.

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to the gift provider, an attached message and a delivery date and time are displayed when the gift is sent.

The method for displaying an attached message together with a gift according to an embodiment of the present invention described above, an application basically installed in a terminal (which may include a program included in a platform or an operating system basically loaded in the terminal). It may be executed by the user, or may be executed by an application (ie, a program) directly installed on the terminal by an application providing server such as an application store server, an application, or a web server associated with the corresponding service. In this sense, the method for displaying an attachment message with a gift according to an embodiment of the present invention described above is implemented as an application (ie, a program) which is basically installed in a terminal or directly installed by a user, and read by a computer such as a terminal. Can be recorded on a recording medium.

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 such, in order to execute the method for displaying the attached message together with the gift according to each embodiment of the present invention, the above-described program may be executed by a computer such as C, C ++, JAVA, machine language, etc., which can be read by a processor (CPU) of the computer. It may include code coded in a language.

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, when 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 means that the processor of the computer is a communication module of the computer (eg, a wired and / or wireless communication module). 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.

Examples of recording media that can be read by a computer recording a program as described above include, for example, a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical media storage device, and the like.

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.

In particular, a computer-readable recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method for displaying an attached message together with a gift according to each embodiment of the present invention, may be an application store server, an application, or a corresponding application. It may be a storage medium (for example, a hard disk) included in an application provider server such as a web server related to a service, or the application providing server itself.

A computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method for displaying an attached message together with a gift according to each embodiment of the present invention, is not only a general PC such as a general desktop or a laptop, but also a smart phone. It may include a mobile terminal, such as a tablet PC, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and mobile communication terminals, as well as to be interpreted as any computing device.

In addition, a computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing a method for displaying an attached message together with a gift according to an embodiment of the present invention, is a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile device. In the case of a mobile terminal such as a communication terminal, the application may be downloaded from the application providing server to a general PC and installed on the mobile terminal through a synchronization program.

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.

Claims

An online game server that runs an online game where a plurality of users access and execute an online game server through a client, and a gift is provided to a user of the online game as a benefit to at least one of the stats and items required to play the online game. Receiving information about a gift recipient to receive the gift and a gift to be provided to the gift recipient from a terminal of a gift provider providing the gift;

Transmitting an attachment message to the gift recipient's terminal together with the gift according to a transmission input from the terminal of the gift provider; And

And controlling the gift recipient terminal to display information including the gift and the attachment message.
The method of claim 1,

The receiving step,

Transmitting a recipient input menu for inputting the gift recipient to a terminal of the gift provider;

Receiving the gift recipient according to an input to the recipient input menu from a terminal of the gift provider;

Determining whether the gift recipient exists according to a user list stored in a database for user information, and if the gift recipient does not exist, receiving the gift recipient information again;

Transmitting a gift input menu for inputting information about the gift to a terminal of the gift provider;

Receiving the gift according to an input of the gift input menu from the terminal of the gift provider;

Determining whether the gift provider can provide the received gift; And

If the gift provider cannot provide the received gift, re-entering the gift; the method for displaying an attachment message with a gift in an online game.
The method of claim 1,

The receiving step,

Selecting the gift recipient from a user list stored in a database for user information; And

Selecting the gift from a list of items stored in a database for item information.
The method of claim 1,

The transmitting step,

Transmitting information indicating that the attachment message can be input when the gift is transmitted to the terminal of the gift provider;

Providing an attachment message input menu which is a menu for inputting the attachment message to a terminal of the gift provider;

Receiving the attachment message according to an input of the attachment message input menu from the terminal of the gift provider;

Determining whether the received attachment message belongs to a predetermined filtering criterion; And

If the attachment message belongs to the filtering criterion, transmitting information indicating that the attachment message should be re-entered to a terminal of the gift provider and receiving the attachment message again; in an online game comprising: Method for displaying an attachment message with a gift.
The method of claim 4, wherein

Determining whether it belongs to the filtering criteria,

Determining whether the inputted attachment message includes at least one preset text or phrase; And

Determining that the message belongs to the filtering criterion if the received attachment message includes at least one predetermined character or phrase; and a method for displaying an attachment message together with a gift in an online game. .
The method of claim 1,

The controlling step,

Transmitting a gift box display window displaying information on the gift and information on the gift provider to a terminal of the gift recipient;

If it is determined that an attachment message received with the gift exists, transmitting an attachment message display menu to a terminal of the gift recipient as a menu capable of displaying the attachment message in the gift box display window; And

Displaying the attachment message when a selection input is received from the terminal of the gift recipient for the attachment message display menu; and displaying the attachment message together with the gift in the online game.
The method of claim 6,

The controlling step,

And displaying a delivery date and time of the gift in the gift box display window.
Receive information about a gift recipient to receive the gift and a gift to be provided to the gift recipient from a terminal of a gift provider who wants to provide a gift as a benefit to at least one of the stats and items required to play the online game to a user of the online game. Target determination unit to be;

An attachment message setting unit for transmitting an attachment message to the gift recipient's terminal together with the gift according to a transmission input from the terminal of the gift provider; And

And an attachment message display unit configured to control the gift recipient terminal to display information including the gift and the attached message. A plurality of users access the online game server through a client.
The method of claim 8,

Further comprising an interface unit capable of communicating with the client,

The target determination unit,

Sending the recipient input menu for inputting the gift recipient and the gift input menu for inputting the gift to the terminal of the gift provider through the interface unit, and the recipient input menu and gift input from the terminal of the gift provider Receive the gift recipient and the gift according to an input to a menu, and cause the gift provider to re-enter if the gift recipient does not exist or the gift provider cannot provide the input gift. Game server.
The method of claim 8,

The target determination unit,

Allow the administrator of the online game to select the gift recipient from a user list in a database for user information and select the gift from an item list in a database for item information.
The method of claim 8,

The attachment message setting unit,

And transmits information indicating that input of the attachment message is possible when the gift is transmitted to the terminal of the gift provider, and provides an attachment message input menu that is a menu for inputting the attachment message to the terminal of the gift provider. In response to an input of the attachment message input menu from a terminal, the attachment message is received, and it is determined whether the received attachment message belongs to a predetermined filtering criterion. On-line game server, characterized in that for transmitting the information indicating that the re-entry message to the terminal of the gift provider.
The method of claim 11,

The attachment message setting unit,

Determine whether the inputted attachment message includes at least one preset character or phrase, and if the inputted attachment message includes at least one preset character or phrase, determining that the attachment message belongs to the filtering criteria Featured online game server.
The method of claim 8,

The attached message display unit,

Send a gift box display window displaying information about the gift and information of the gift provider to the terminal of the gift recipient, and if there is an attachment message received with the gift, display the attachment message in the gift box display window. And transmit an attached message display menu to the present recipient's terminal, and when the selection input from the present recipient's terminal for the attached message display menu is received, display the attached message. Online game server.
The method of claim 13,

The attached message display unit,

The online game server, characterized in that further display the date and time of delivery of the gift in the gift box display window.
An online game server that runs an online game where a plurality of users access and execute an online game server through a client, and a gift is provided to a user of the online game as a benefit to at least one of the stats and items required to play the online game. Receiving information about a gift recipient to receive the gift and a gift to be provided to the gift recipient from a terminal of a gift provider providing the gift;

Transmitting an attachment message to the gift recipient's terminal together with the gift according to a transmission input from the terminal of the gift provider; And

And controlling, by the gift recipient terminal, to display the information including the gift and the attached message, a program for implementing a method for displaying an attached message together with a gift in an online game. Computer-readable recording media.