WO2013100383A1

WO2013100383A1 - Method and server for providing a social network service in an online game

Info

Publication number: WO2013100383A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/010036
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김민주; 이용규
Original assignee: (주)네오위즈게임즈
Priority date: 2011-12-29
Filing date: 2012-11-26
Publication date: 2013-07-04
Also published as: KR20130089707A

Abstract

A new form of enjoyment is provided for a game user who can easily and intuitively check other users registered as friends of the user. The method for providing a social network service in an online game according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: using the social network service providing server of an online game to select a list of other users who are registered on a game portal site, which is a site that can provide at least one game play to users connecting through a network, and who are set as friends of the user from a database that manages information on the users; categorizing the other users included in the selected list into each group corresponding to one or more games according to whether each game is being used; setting an area to be allocated to each group on a screen for displaying a list of other users; and controlling the display of user icons so that state information on the use of a game by the other users categorized into groups corresponding to each region can be checked for each set region.

Description

Method and server for providing social network service of online game

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a service providing technology for a network formed between users named by a friend relationship in an online game in which a plurality of users are connected and use a game play service. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technology for increasing an interest in a game by providing a Graphic User Interface (BUI) that can easily check information of other users set as users and friends.

As the technology for online games is developed, users are demanding various contents that can be used in online games. Online game production and service companies are developing technologies for increasing user loyalty to the game by providing various game contents services as well as a mode in which users connect to a game server and play a game.

The general game play types that can be provided in an online game include a single play mode in which a user connects to an online game and plays with an opponent manipulated by an AI inside a game client, and plays with an opponent manipulated by another user through a network. It includes a multiplayer mode.

In particular, the multiplayer mode includes a competitive play against an opponent, a team play mode played in cooperation with an opponent, and the like. Also, in order to play a game, users may form a relationship with other users to play the game together or to exchange information on the game.

In particular, users who have established intimacy through the game may form a network of both parties. In general, a user registered as a friend is a representative example. Services such as multiplayer play with users registered as friends on the game, or a party can be jointly solved by forming a party. Also, it is recognized as an essential technology to provide a friend service in an online game because a friend can easily use a message transmission service.

However, when checking a list of friends in a general game, or receiving information about a friend and a request from a friend, providing a convenient interface is still insufficient. Accordingly, a need for a new friend management technology is pointed out. have.

Accordingly, the present invention is a social network that makes it easy for users to check information on other users with whom they are friends, easily exchanges information between users registered as friends, and gives users aesthetics and interest. The purpose of the service is to increase the utilization and loyalty to the game.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for providing a social network service of an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention is a game portal that is a site that provides a service for playing at least one game to users connected through a network. Selecting, by the social network service providing server of the online game, a list including other users of the friend relationship from a database managing the user's information, for other users registered on the site and set up as friends with the user; Classifying other users included in the selected list into groups corresponding to each of the at least one game according to whether the at least one game is used; Setting an area to be allocated to each group on a screen for displaying a list of other users; And controlling to display a user icon for each of the set areas, which is an interface for checking status information on game use of the other users classified into groups corresponding to the respective areas. .

The setting of the area may include setting the area so that the size of the area of each group is proportional to the number of other users in the group.

The controlling of the display may include: a state in which the other users are currently playing any one of the at least one game, a state in which the at least one game is connected to a game server capable of playing the at least one game, and the at least one state. Determining which one of the game servers is logged off; And controlling to display at least one of a shape and a color of the user icon differently according to the determined state.

The controlling to display the user icon may include receiving one of a game invitation and message transmission information for the user from the other user; And controlling to display one of the game invitation and the message transmission notification on the user icon corresponding to the user who performed the game invitation and the message transmission.

And upon receiving the user's selection input for the area in which the game invitation notification is displayed, outputting a website accessible to a game server to the terminal of the user so as to play the invited game. It is preferable.

It is preferable to further include controlling to display a sharing information selection menu for confirming posts registered by the user and the other users with respect to a game corresponding to the area for each of the set areas.

A game in which the user plays a user information confirmation menu and a user corresponding to the user icon as a menu for confirming identification information of the user corresponding to the user icon upon receiving a user's selection input to the user icon. Controlling to output at least one of a game invitation menu as a menu for inputting a message and a message transmission menu as a menu for inputting a message to a user corresponding to the user icon, in an area adjacent to the user icon; It is preferable to further include.

The classifying may include selecting a game in which the other user has generated a character for playing the game among the at least one game; And determining whether the number of games that generate the character is one.

In the classifying step, when the number of games that generate the character exceeds one, it is preferable to classify the other users so that all the other users belong to each group corresponding to the game that created the character.

In the classifying step, when the number of games that generate the character is greater than one, the group corresponding to the game closest to the execution time of the classifying step among the games in which the character is generated is the execution time of the classifying step. It is also possible to classify the other users.

The social network service providing server of an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention is registered in a game portal site that provides a site for playing at least one game to users connected through a network, and is a user and a friend. A user list extracting unit configured to select a list including other users of the friend relationship from a database managing the user's information with respect to other users set as a relationship; the at least one game of other users included in the selected list Game information analysis unit for determining whether to use each; A user for classifying the other users included in the selected list into a group corresponding to each of the at least one game, depending on whether or not to use each of the at least one game Classification unit; And setting, on a screen for displaying the list of other users, an area to be allocated to each group, and for each of the set areas, status information regarding game use of the other users classified into groups corresponding to the respective areas. And an interface generator for controlling to display a user icon, which is an interface capable of confirming.

The interface generator may set the area so that the size of the area of each group is proportional to the number of other users in the group.

The interface generating unit, when the user icon is displayed, a state of the other users are currently playing any one of the at least one game, a state of being connected to a game server capable of playing the at least one game, and It is preferable to control to display at least one of a shape and a color of the user icon differently depending on whether one of the logged-off states of all the at least one game server is one of the logged off states.

The interface generation unit may control to display a sharing information selection menu for confirming posts registered by the user and the other users with respect to a game corresponding to the area for each of the set areas.

According to the present invention, since the user can check what games are used by other users who are set as their friends and the game using the map icon, the user can easily check the relationship of friends. You can easily use the game service with users set as friends. Therefore, there is an effect that can increase the utilization rate for the game portal site.

1 is a flowchart of a method for providing a social network service of an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 shows a flow of setting an area according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 illustrates a method of displaying a user icon according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates an example of a flow of outputting information to a user icon according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 illustrates the flow of game invitations from other users in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

6 illustrates a flow of displaying sharing information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 illustrates a flow of functions of a user icon according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 illustrates a flow of classifying different users for implementation of one embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a block diagram of a social network service providing server of an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 to 13 illustrate examples of screens displayed on a terminal of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a method and a server for providing a social network service of an online game according to an embodiment 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 embodiments 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 the following description, the same identification symbol means the same configuration, and unnecessary redundant descriptions and descriptions of well-known technologies will be omitted.

In the embodiment of the present invention, "communication", "communication network" and "network" may be used as the same meaning. 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 the following description, a "game server" refers to 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.

In the present invention, sports means sports in a general sense, and means sports of all sports that can be executed as online games. For example, soccer, baseball, basketball, tennis, volleyball, athletics, martial arts, and the like can be included.

In the present invention, the game content refers to a program stored in a memory of the user terminal so that users can download and execute the game in the user terminal through the game server to enjoy the game. Alternatively, game content may be included in game content, in which users access a game server and store and delete only real-time data in the user terminal. The game content can be executed in at least one of a "single play" mode where a user can play against computer AI through a user terminal and a "multiplayer" mode where a user can enjoy a game via a network connection with other users. Can be.

In the present invention, the social network between the users includes a request from one user for a relationship named as a “friend” between the users, either in at least one of the games included in the game portal or in the game portal itself. , A network relationship between users online that is set to accept another user who received the request.

In the present invention, the friend relationship may mean a friend relationship in the game portal itself, or may mean that a friend relationship is established in one game serviced by the game portal.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the method for providing a social network service of an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention, a user connected to a social network service providing server (hereinafter referred to as a server) of an online game via a network is registered. In step S10, selecting a list of other users who are registered as members in a game portal site, which is a site that can play at least one game, and set in a friend relationship with one user from a database for user information Is performed.

Users registered as members in the game portal site can select and play a game. At this time, the users can create a character in the game to play the game, or play the game using the user's game portal ID as the character itself.

In the database for the user information, not only the identification information of the user, but also identification information of other users set in a friend relationship with the user is stored.

When a list of other users is selected, the server groups other users included in the selected list, and groups the groups according to whether each of at least one game serviced by the game portal site is used (S20).

That is, among other users registered in a friend relationship with the user whose friend list display screen is to be displayed, other users who are determined to play one game are grouped together according to whether other users use the game. Classify other users, which are determined to use the network, into another group.

At this time, the group will be created to correspond to each of the at least one game, and other users are classified to belong to the group corresponding to the game determined to be used.

Thereafter, an area to be allocated to each group is set on the friend list display screen, which is a screen for displaying other users (S30).

In the present invention, the friend list display screen is a screen on which an image for an area other than a text list is displayed, and each area is an area corresponding to a group. Accordingly, by setting the area to which each group belongs, each group is imaged and displayed.

Accordingly, in step S30, the friend list display screen is divided into a plurality of areas, and an area to be assigned to each group is set.

Thereafter, as an interface for checking status information regarding game use of other users in an area to be allocated to each group, a step of controlling to display a user icon is performed (S40).

At this time, user icons for other users will be controlled to exist in the classified area. That is, a user icon belonging to a group corresponding to each region will be displayed for each set region. The user icon may display an ID or a name as identification information of each other user.

Accordingly, the user can check at a time through an image of which games are used by other users who are friends with him, and in what state the game is currently used.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, the server classifies users into each group, and then calculates and compares the number of other users belonging to each group for each group (S31). Thereafter, the size of the area of each group is determined to be proportional to the number of other users (S32).

For example, if there are 10 friend users who are determined to play a game A and 20 friend users who are determined to play a game B, the area corresponding to the game B is greater than the area corresponding to the game A. The area is set to be large.

Accordingly, the user may intuitively check which games are mainly used by other users who are friends with him.

Referring to FIG. 3, after analyzing a state of each of the other users, the server matches any one of the three states. That is, the state of the other users is a state in which one of the at least one game is being played, a state in which the user is connected to a game server operating any one of the at least one game so as to play the at least one game, and all It is determined whether one of the states logged off with respect to the game server is present (S41).

At this time, it is preferable that users logged in only to the game portal are determined to be logged off.

Thereafter, the server performs the step (S42) of controlling to implement the effect of the user icon differently according to each state. Implementing the effect of the user icon differently in step S42 means controlling to display at least one of the shape and color of the user icon differently, which is a difference that the user can identify the user icon differently according to the state Means.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, a server transmits a message or a general message for inviting a game from at least one of other users who are friends with the user to a user who displays a friend list display screen. Receiving step (S50) will be performed.

That is, when another user sends an invitation message for a game to play a game together, or a general message, the server detects this.

At this time, the server performs a step of controlling to display an effect that can notify the game invitation or message transmission, to the icon of the user corresponding to the user who sent the game invitation or message (S51). For example, the user icon may be made to shine or the notification information on the game invitation or message transmission may be displayed as a speech bubble image on the user icon.

First, the server controls to display the game invitation notification information on the user icon according to the flow of FIG. 4 (S52).

Subsequently, the user receives a selection input using an input means in an area where the game invitation notification is displayed (S53). That is, in the above example, if the game invitation notification causes the user icon to flash, the user will receive a selection input for the user icon, and if the notification information is displayed in the speech bubble image, the user will receive a selection input for the speech bubble.

At this time, when receiving the user's selection input, the server performs a step (S54) for moving the user to a web site that can access the invited game. In operation S54, the game web site is output to the display unit of the user terminal.

Unlike FIG. 5, a function of directly accessing a game server and executing a game may be performed when a user's selection input is received.

In the present invention, users in a friend relationship may want to share information about the game with each other. Therefore, providing an interface for registering and inquiring videos, link information, game targeting information, and the like as posts among users in a friend relationship, may be related to a sense of bonding and games among users in a friend relationship. It can be expected to increase loyalty.

Therefore, the server may perform an operation S60 of outputting a sharing information selection menu for each region. The sharing information selection menu is a menu for confirming posts registered by users and other users who are friends with respect to a game corresponding to each area.

When the server receives a selection input for the shared information selection menu from the user (S61), the shared information interface is transmitted to the user's terminal as an interface for checking a post or registering a new post (S62). In operation S62, the user may check a post registered for a game corresponding to other users registered as friends. Users can also register posts.

The sharing information interface may be displayed in a popup form on the friend list display screen.

As described above, the user icon may identify information on a game used by another user, and the basic function may be to check status information regarding a user's game use.

In addition, in the present invention, the user icon may serve as an interface capable of performing a predetermined function for another user set as a friend.

The server first performs a step (S43) of receiving a selection input for the user icon from the user's terminal. When receiving the selection input for the user icon, the server displays a separate interface adjacent to the user icon (S44). The separate interface may include identification information of another user corresponding to the user icon, a menu for inviting another user to the game, and a menu for transmitting a message to the other user. Accordingly, the user can click on the user icon to utilize the above-mentioned functions in using the game for another user.

In the present invention, users can simultaneously use a plurality of games among at least one game provided in a game portal site.

Therefore, before classifying the user, the server selects a game that is determined to be used by the user. For example, the server determines that the game in which the user has created a character for game execution is a game used by the user (S21). Will be performed.

In operation S21, when game information of a user that has generated a character is analyzed, the server determines whether two or more games in which the user has generated a character exist in operation S22. If there is only one game in which the user has created a character, the step S24 of classifying the user into a group corresponding to the corresponding game is performed.

If it is determined in step S22 that the user has created more than one game, the server is different from the game that generated the character to a group corresponding to the game closest to the time of classifying the user. The user is classified (S23).

That is, when another user is currently playing a game, the user may be classified into a group corresponding to the game being played. In addition, if the current user is logged off, the user may be classified into a group corresponding to the most recently accessed game site.

Alternatively, unlike FIG. 8, different users may be classified into a plurality of groups so that all other users belong to each group corresponding to the game in which the character is generated.

9 is a block diagram of a social network service providing server of an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, portions overlapping with the description of FIGS. 1 to 8 will be omitted.

9, the social network service providing server 10 of an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user list extracting unit 11, a user classifying unit 12, a game information analyzing unit 13, and the like. It characterized in that it comprises an interface generating unit (14).

The user list extracting unit 11 performs a function of selecting a list of other users set in a friend relationship with the user from a database for user information.

The game information analyzer 13 determines whether each user uses at least one game serviced by the game portal service. At this time, as mentioned above, it can be determined that the game using the game that generated the character.

The user classification unit 12 performs a function of classifying users into groups corresponding to each game. In this case, if there is more than one game determined to be played by the user, the user may be classified into one or more groups in the same flow as described in the description of FIG. 8.

The interface generation unit 14 sets a region to be assigned to each group and controls to display user icons of other users classified into groups corresponding to each region for each region. The friend list display screen including the generated user icon and the area image is transmitted to the game server 30 and transmitted to the user terminal 20.

Of course, the interface generator 14 may additionally perform a function that performs a function corresponding to FIGS. 2 to 7. That is, the user icon can be controlled to have different shapes and colors depending on the user's status, for example, a game playing state, a game server access state, and a logged off state. Can be controlled. When the user clicks on the user icon, a separate interface for checking information of another user corresponding to the user icon, inviting the user to a game, or transmitting a message may be output.

10 to 13 illustrate examples of screens displayed on a terminal of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each of the following screens may be displayed in one area of a screen corresponding to the game portal site.

Referring to FIG. 10, first, the game portal screen 100 may be checked. The game portal screen 100 outputs a link screen 103 for each game site and the user's information 101. Meanwhile, the friend map view menu 102 may be output to display the friend list display screen provided in the present invention.

11 illustrates an example of a friend map screen 110. When the friend map screen 110 is checked, an area 111 corresponding to each game is imaged and displayed, and a user icon 112 is output in each area. The user may check the shape of the user icon and the user status information screen 113 to confirm which game a user who is in a friend relationship with the user is playing, and check whether or not the user is playing the game.

11, it can be seen that the size of each region is set differently according to the number of users.

Referring to FIG. 12, four user icons are output on one region screen 120. At this time, the P3 user is currently logging in and is inviting the user to the game. At this time, the speech bubble 121 is displayed on the icon of the P3 user, and it can be confirmed that the user is invited to the game.

In the case of the P4 user is currently playing the game, it can be confirmed that there is a message sent to the user through the speech bubble 122.

The user may click the user icon 123 corresponding to the P6 user, and a separate interface 124 may be output to check the information of the P6 user, invite the game, or transmit a message to the P6 user. .

On the other hand, there is a sharing information selection menu 125 in the region 120. At this time, "new" is displayed on the speech bubble 126 of the sharing information selection menu 125, which is information indicating that a new post has been registered in the sharing information interface.

Referring to FIG. 13, the sharing information interface 130 outputted when the sharing information selection menu is selected may be checked. The sharing information interface 130 may pop up on the screen on which the region 120 is displayed. Each post 131 may be checked in the shared information interface 120.

In the above-described method for providing a social network service for an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention, an application basically installed in a terminal (which may include a program included in a platform, an operating system, etc., which is basically installed in the terminal) It may be executed by an application (ie, a program) that the user directly installs on the terminal through 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 above-described method for providing a social network service for an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented as an application (that is, a program) that is basically installed in a terminal or directly installed by a user, and can be read by a computer such as a terminal. It can be recorded on the 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 described above, in order to execute the method for providing a social network service of an online game according to each embodiment of the present invention, the above-described program may be executed in a computer language such as C, C ++, JAVA, or machine language, which can be read by a computer processor (CPU). It may include a coded code.

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, at least one of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above, and transmit the result to at least one of the other distributed computers, and transmit the result. The receiving computer may also perform 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 providing a social network service of an online game, according to each embodiment of the present invention, may include an application store server, an application, or a corresponding service. It may be a storage medium (eg, a hard disk, etc.) included in an application provider server such as a related web server, or the application providing server itself.

The computer which can read the recording medium which recorded the application which is the program for implementing the social-network service provision method of the online game which concerns on each embodiment of this invention is not only a general PC, such as a desktop or a notebook, but also a smart phone, a tablet. It may include a mobile terminal such as a PC, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and mobile communication terminals, but also should be interpreted as all computing devices.

In addition, a computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application which is a program for executing a method for providing a social network service of an online game according to an embodiment of the present invention is a smart phone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile communication terminal. In the case of a mobile 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.

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

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

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

Claims

For other users who are registered with the game portal site, which is a site that provides at least one game service to users connected through a network, and has established a friendship with the user, the server for providing the social network service of the online game is Selecting a list including other users of the friend relationship from a database managing the user's information;

Classifying other users included in the selected list into groups corresponding to each of the at least one game according to whether the at least one game is used;

Setting an area to be allocated to each group on a screen for displaying a list of other users; And

And controlling to display a user icon for each of the set areas, the user icon being an interface for checking status information regarding game use of the other users classified into groups corresponding to the respective areas. To provide social network services.
The method of claim 1,

Setting the area,

And setting the area so that the size of the area of each group is proportional to the number of the other users belonging to each group.
The method of claim 1,

The controlling to display the,

The state of the other users is logged off for both the state currently playing one of the at least one game, the state connecting to a game server capable of playing the at least one game, and the at least one game server. Determining which of the states is one; And

And controlling to display at least one of a shape and a color of the user icon differently according to the determined state.
The method of claim 1,

Controlling to display the user icon,

Receiving any one of a game invitation and message transmission information for the user from the other user; And

And controlling to display one of the game invitation and the message transmission notification on the user icon corresponding to the other user who has performed the game invitation and the message transmission. How we deliver the service.
The method of claim 4, wherein

And upon receiving the user's selection input for the area in which the game invitation notification is displayed, outputting a website accessible to a game server to the terminal of the user so as to play the invited game. The social network service providing method of the online game, characterized in that.
The method of claim 1,

And controlling to display a sharing information selection menu for confirming posts registered by the user and the other users with respect to a game corresponding to the area for each of the set areas. How to provide network services.
The method of claim 1,

A game in which the user plays a user information confirmation menu and a user corresponding to the user icon as a menu for confirming identification information of the user corresponding to the user icon upon receiving a user's selection input to the user icon. Controlling to output at least one of a game invitation menu as a menu for inputting a message and a message transmission menu as a menu for inputting a message to a user corresponding to the user icon, in an area adjacent to the user icon; The social network service providing method of the online game further comprising.
The method of claim 1,

The classifying step,

Selecting a game of the at least one game in which the other user has generated a character for playing the game; And

And determining whether the number of games for which the character has been generated is one or more.
The method of claim 8,

The classifying step,

When the number of games that generate the character exceeds one, the social network service of the online game, wherein the other users are classified such that all the other users belong to each group corresponding to the game that created the character. How to Provide.
The method of claim 8,

The classifying step,

When the number of games that generate the character exceeds one, the other user is classified into a group corresponding to a game closest to the execution time of the classifying step of the game in which the character is generated. The social network service providing method of the online game, characterized in that the.
A list including other users of the friend relationship, for other users who are registered with the game portal site provided by the game portal site, which is a site that can play at least one game for users connected through a network A user list extracting unit which selects a user from a database managing information of the user;

A game information analyzer to determine whether to use each of the at least one game of other users included in the selected list;

A user classification unit classifying other users included in the selected list into groups corresponding to each of the at least one game, according to whether the at least one game is used; And

On the screen for displaying the list of other users, an area to be assigned to each group is set, and for each of the set areas, status information regarding game use of the other users classified into groups corresponding to the respective areas is displayed. Social network service providing server for an online game comprising a; interface generation unit for controlling to display a user icon, which is an interface that can be confirmed.
The method of claim 11,

The interface generator,

And setting the area so that the size of the area of each group is proportional to the number of the other users belonging to each group.
The method of claim 11,

The interface generator,

When the user icon is displayed, a state of the other users is currently playing one of the at least one game, a state of being connected to a game server capable of playing the at least one game, and the at least one game. The social network service providing server of the online game, characterized in that the control to display at least one of the shape and color of the user icon differently depending on whether one of the logged off state for all the servers.
The method of claim 11,

The interface generator,

And displaying a sharing information selection menu for confirming posts registered by the user and the other users with respect to the game corresponding to the area for each of the set areas.
For other users who are registered with the game portal site, which is a site for providing at least one game to users connected through a network, and established as friends, the social network service providing server of the online game is Selecting a list including other users of a friend relationship from a database managing the user's information;

Classifying other users included in the selected list into groups corresponding to each of the at least one game according to whether the at least one game is used;

Setting an area to be allocated to each group on a screen for displaying a list of other users; And

And controlling to display a user icon for each of the set areas, which is an interface for checking the status information regarding game use of the other users classified into groups corresponding to the respective areas. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing a method of providing a social network service of a game.