WO2013100526A1

WO2013100526A1 - Method, server, and recording medium for providing online game character lease service

Info

Publication number: WO2013100526A1
Application number: PCT/KR2012/011405
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이경남
Original assignee: (주)네오위즈게임즈
Priority date: 2011-12-30
Filing date: 2012-12-24
Publication date: 2013-07-04
Also published as: KR20130089784A

Abstract

A method for providing an online game character lease service includes: a first step of the server outputting the UI of the lease zone when receiving an input signal entering the lease zone of a server from a client; a second step of the server posting the notice on the lease zone when the notice to lease at least one of a character or an item is input from the client; a third step of the server retrieving the leased character and/or item from the other client to transfer the retrieved character and/or item to the client when the character or the item is leased to another client, and controlling the character or the item to be used by the other client during the lease period.

Description

How to provide online game character rental service, server and recording media

The present application relates to a method, a server, and a recording medium for providing an online game character rental service, and more specifically, to allow expensive items or characters to be temporarily leased between users to solve the limitations of play and various needs at the same time. It relates to a method, a server and a recording medium for providing an online game character rental service.

In general, online games are real-time games using the Internet, and online games have been rapidly growing due to the development of the Internet, and MUD (Multiple), which can be installed on a hard disk drive and connected to an Internet server, can be enjoyed. These include User Dialogue (MUG) games, MUG (Multiple User Graphic) games, Web-based games that can be played only with a browser, and mobile games using mobile phones.

With the world's best broadband and mobile phones, the gaming industry, including online and mobile games, is more than twice the size of the combined film and music market, and is growing in size. It is also highly regarded as the world's strongest online game player, exporting games to China, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, the United States, and Europe.

Online games played through the Internet are becoming more popular mainly among the youth, and users can download and play game programs provided on the web on their PCs or play games online.

In the method of buying and selling game items, the most reliable method is that the subject of the game service operation (game service provider) becomes an intermediary, deletes the seller's game items from the seller's DB, adds them to the buyer's DB, and sells them from the buyer. After receiving the payment, it is provided to the seller. In such a method, the game server must be shut down to update the DB, and then the data must be reflected in the DB while the game service is stopped.

This violates the game service operation principle that must be provided in real time continuously, and it is practically impossible to discontinue the game service for DB work for each individual sale. After agreeing to the sale through the game space, set the time and place to meet and give items directly.

This type of trading requires a compromise process in which both parties set an appointment time and place, and even after the appointment is made, the transaction is not guaranteed. For example, if the seller loses money, the buyer passes the game item and confirms it. He promises to pay the bill, and has a third party pass him the game item and deny that he has not received the game item.

On the contrary, the buyer is injured when the buyer trusts the seller first and then pays the price and then waits for the seller at the promised place in the game space, but the seller does not deliver the item.

In the event of such an incident, the damaged seller or buyer must first report to the game site to certify the facts, which must be in response to a user's personal request irrelevant to the original game service provision provided by the game site. Business loss occurs.

Once the sale is established, the seller's obligation to deliver the item and the buyer's obligation to pay for it are in the same relationship, but in reality, it is impossible for both parties to fulfill their obligations at the same time, so either party fulfills its obligations but the other responds. As a result, sometimes professional scams can damage a large number of users and turn into social problems, causing losses not only to users but also to game operators.

Therefore, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2008-0081212 discloses a game item trading brokerage site in game item trading between the seller and the buyer, and the game characters provided by this site broker the sale to continuously provide game services for game servers. The technology of the game item trading service which guarantees and at the same time guarantees the stability of a transaction is published.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a game item trading system according to the prior art. Referring to FIG. 1, the game item trading system 1 establishes a trading brokerage site 200 to broker a game trading transaction between a seller and a buyer, and a seller or buyer of a wired / wireless network. And a game server 4 that provides game services to the user terminal 3 and users who access the trading brokerage site 200 and the game site 400 and transfers ownership of game items in the game space. do.

The game item trading service provided by the game item trading system 1 provides a game character when the brokerage server 2 becomes an intermediary and the buyer's settlement is completed, the game item is acquired from the seller, and the seller's game item is provided to the buyer. After the payment, the remaining payment, except for the prescribed fee, will be transferred to the seller.

However, for users who do not have enough money to buy the desired character, and want to experience various characters and items, the system for buying and selling these characters is not suitable, and the problems of online games such as workplaces and illegal account transactions continue to occur. There are many users who want to buy after experiencing the character and game characteristics, and may be inactive account for leaving or playing other games while playing online games. In the case of trading, the number of plays by the buyer may increase, but the number of plays by the seller may be close to zero, which may disrupt the revenue structure of the game company by reducing the number of concurrent users or visitors. .

The present application has been made to solve the above problems, the character of the dormant account to promote a steady development through lease, and prevents the user becomes a dormant account for leaving the other game or other reasons do not become a dormant account, The object of the present invention is to provide a method, a server, and a recording medium for providing an online game character rental service that can prevent a raised character from affecting a dormant and useless character.

In this application, the character raised by the user in the rental zone (Zone) as a rental product, it is possible to see what the option or configuration, so that a new user pays a certain amount of rent by another existing user to the character during the lease period It is possible to play, but it is impossible to buy, sell, or modify the equipment or abilities of the rented character, and it is possible to accumulate some rewards, thereby providing an online game character rental service that can be win-win for both parties. To provide a method, a server and a recording medium.

In order to see the true play of a new character, the present application does not reinvent it from the beginning, but it can be easily enjoyed by the character raised by other users, thereby lowering the initial barrier to entry for new users and increasing game continuity. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method, a server and a recording medium for providing an online game character rental service.

In this application, the character of the dormant account promotes steady development through lease, so that even if the user does not make efforts, the user can develop additional income and develop his own character, and overcome the handicap coming from the stats or items. To provide a method, a server and a recording medium for providing an online game character rental service that can prevent the early departure of new users.

This application can activate the community with a rental zone where users can soon become sellers and purchasers who use them, and can induce existing users' character reinforcement and long time play to get rent. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method, a server and a recording medium for providing an online game character rental service.

The present application can publicize their performance value through the sale of the highest price, the character can steadily grow even if he does not play, the lease period exists to return the user who was able to dive into the dormant account back to the game It is an object of the present invention to provide a method, a server and a recording medium for providing a game character rental service.

The present application provides a continuous interest to the existing user, can try to play consistently to receive a high amount of rent, and provide a game character rental service that can overcome the ability balancing of the existing high-performance existing users and new users To provide a method, a server and a recording medium.

In order to achieve the above object, the present application provides, among embodiments, a first step of receiving, from a client, an input signal to enter a rent zone of a server, the server outputting a UI of the rent zone; A second step of posting, by the server, the post to the rental zone when a post for renting at least one of a character and an item is input from the client to the rental zone; When at least one of the characters and items posted in the lease zone is leased to another client, the server collects the chime from another client and delivers it to the client, and transmits at least one of the characters and items to the client during the lease period. A third step of controlling the client to be usable; It is made to solve the problem by using a method for providing an online game character rental service comprising a.

Among the embodiments, in a recording medium recording a program for executing a method for providing an online game character rental service, when the server receives an input signal to enter the zone of the server from the client, the server is the lease zone The ability to output a UI; If a post for renting at least one of a character and an item in the rental zone is input from the client, the server posts the post in the rental zone; When at least one of the characters and items posted in the lease zone is leased to another client, the server collects the chime from another client and delivers it to the client, and transmits at least one of the characters and items to the client during the lease period. Controlling the client to be usable; It is possible to solve the problem by using a computer-readable recording medium recording a program to implement the.

Among the embodiments, the communication unit for transmitting and receiving data; A control unit for controlling each component; If at least one of the character, the item of the client is posted in the rent zone (Zone), and if at least one of the character, the item posted in the rent zone is leased to another client, the chime from the other client is recovered and the lease period is A lease manager for controlling at least one of a character and an item to be used by the other client; A storage unit for storing a user account of the client, a user account of another client, a character, an item, a chime, a lease period; It is made to solve the problem by using a server providing an online game character rental service.

As described above, the disclosed technology of the present application having the configuration as described above: ① The character of the dormant account promotes steady development through lease, and the user becomes a dormant account by leaving the other game or other reasons. It can prevent a character from raising a difficult and affectionately into a dormant state and uselessly. ② By displaying a character raised by a user in a rental zone as a rental product, it is possible to read the situation of an option or composition. The new user can play with the character during the lease period while other existing users pay a certain amount of rent, but it is impossible to buy or sell the equipment or stats of the rented character, or modify it for sale. By accumulating, both sides of the sale can win-win, and the new character's true In order to see the ray, instead of regrowing from the beginning, it is easy to have fun with characters raised by other users, which lowers the initial barrier to entry for new users and increases game continuity. As the character promotes steady development through leasing, even if the user does not make any effort, the user can develop additional income and develop his character at the same time, and overcome the handicap coming from the stats or items, leaving new users early. ⑤ enable the community with a rental zone where users can soon become sellers and purchasers who use it, and strengthen the character of existing users to play for a long time, and therefore play for a long time. ⑥ their performance through the highest price for sale, etc. PR can be used, characters can grow steadily even without their own play, and the lease period allows users to dive into dormant accounts to return to the game, ⑦ provide continuous interest to existing users, You can try to play a steady amount to get the rent, and can overcome the effects of balancing the abilities of the existing high-performance characters and new users.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a game item trading system according to the prior art.

2 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing an online game character rental service according to the technology disclosed in the present application.

3 is a diagram illustrating a server providing an online game character rental service according to the technology disclosed in the present application.

4 is a diagram illustrating an online game character rental service according to the technology disclosed in the present application.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an online game character rental service according to the technology disclosed in the present application.

6 is a screen of an embodiment to which the online game character rental service according to the technology disclosed in the present application is applied.

Description of the disclosed technology is only an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the disclosed technology should not be construed as limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, since the embodiments may be variously modified and may have various forms, the scope of the disclosed technology should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, the objects or effects presented in the disclosed technology does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all or only such effects, and thus the scope of the disclosed technology should not be understood as being limited thereto.

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

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

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

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

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

The disclosed technology can be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium, and the computer readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data can be read by a computer system. . Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like, and are also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). It also includes. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

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

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing an online game character rental service according to the technology disclosed in the present application. 2, a system 100 for providing an online game character rental service according to the technology disclosed in the present application includes a server 1 and a terminal 2, and a plurality of clients are connected to the server 1. The server 1 receives data for updating a game program, a game-related patch, or the like, and the server 1 transmits data to a client requesting a patch or the like.

In the present application, the client is defined as the opposite concept of the server that refers to a computer that supplies information, the user is defined as a natural person who performs the operation of the client, the client is a concept corresponding to the server, the terminal is a computer that the user operates As defined in the same concept, the client and the terminal may be used interchangeably.

The server 1 grasps data and programs stored in the server 1 and provides a sale of the lease when a user who operates the client tries to proceed with a lease, in order to give an answer to an operation required by the client. Level, the amount of the game money, items, and abilities obtained by raising the item or character, controlling the tenant to use at least one of the item or character during the lease period. For example, some or all of the money may be returned to the landlord, or in such a case, a discount may be given or not received.

The server 1 may serve as an intermediary site. The server 1 may receive a rental request from a landlord and provide one or more of a game item or a character to be rented to a plurality of users. It may be provided to a number of users desired.

When the server 1 rents or leases the game item from the opponent in the game space, the server 1 may authenticate the game item and the opponent character to ensure a valid safe transaction, and the item is a published price at which the server 1 determines the price. It may be traded by at least one or more of the price method, which is determined by the method, the lessor or lessee, or the free price method that is determined by both parties.

The game item may be traded in at least one of game money, cyber money, bank transfer, mobile phone payment, and credit card payment.When a purchase request for a specific game item is received from a tenant terminal, a payment window is provided to input payment information. Receipt, payment processing can be performed, and if the game item is confirmed to be safely delivered to the tenant character, the item can be transferred to the lessee from the payment amount of the lessee a predetermined fee to perform the settlement settlement process.

In the settlement process, the server 1 may be prepaid before the delivery of a game item, which is built on a trading brokerage server, or prepaid when a game item is leased on a game server, and such fees may be paid by the landlord. It can be decided by side burden.

3 is a diagram illustrating a server providing an online game character rental service according to the technology disclosed in the present application. Referring to FIG. 3A, a server 1 for providing an online game character rental service disclosed in the present application includes a communication unit 10, a control unit 30, a storage unit 50, and a rental management unit 70.

The communication unit 10 is connected to a plurality of clients by wire or wirelessly, receives an operation such as a keyboard of each client, and when information related to a lease is input, transmits data through wire or wireless to each of the plurality of clients. Is done.

The control unit 30 is configured to control each component, and not only is an input / output path of data output from each component, but also stores data when data output from a plurality of clients is input through the communication unit 10. When the game is controlled due to the control to store in the unit 50 and the user's operation and control of a plurality of clients, the lease data input through the communication unit 10 is received, and through the lease management unit 70. Each output data is controlled to be output to each client through the communication unit 10, and the lease-related data is stored in the storage unit 50, respectively.

The storage unit 50 includes a user information storage unit 51, a possession storage unit 53, a rental storage unit 55, a rental storage unit 57, the user information storage unit 51 A unique identification number such as ID 51a is received and stored so as to distinguish a user who operates the client, and a level 51b which is an ability value to grasp how much level the user has is stored.

The possession storage unit 53 is a place for storing a character, an item, etc. held by each user in association with the user's account, and how much the possession character 53a has grown and at what level. The item possessed by the character can store a variety of information about what, etc., the item 53b is a social game, a multiple user dialog game, a mug (multiple user), even if not an online character-oriented game Graphic) It can be used for an item applied to at least one of a game, a web-based game, a mobile game, a racing game, and thus, the reserved item 53b can be stored.

The rental storage unit 55 may store the rented character 55a, which is a rented character, or a rented item 55b, which is a rented item, after the lease is made. Revenues from this increase in value can be divided according to the lease, and in the case of sharing, the rent paid by the tenant can be discounted.

For example, if the lease period has expired, at least one or all of the game money and item level values acquired by other clients may be paid to the client. It may be set lower than if some or all of them are not paid, and such chime may be stored in the rent storage unit 57, and these contracts may vary depending on the choices made by each of the leases.

Here, a part or all of at least one of game money, items, and level values acquired by other clients may be paid to the client. When the part is paid, at least one of linear, stepped, and exponential functions may be provided according to the ratio. The chime may be lowered in proportion to one, because the landlord's additional income from leasing may reduce the chime for it.

Such storage information may be stored in association with a user's account or ID 51a. This method may be a structure method, which is shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1

ID	Landlord	lessee	term	rent
TVXQ!	Yunho Yunho	Hero		1 week	10 won

When the lease period expires, the lease management unit 70 returns at least one of the character and the item to the client's user account, and maintains the original user account of the client if at least one of the character or the item is damaged or lost. .

Alternatively, when at least one of the character or item is upgraded, the original user account of the client may be maintained or upgraded, and the chime payment rate may be lowered even when the original is upgraded, because the reason for If an effort is made to upgrade the landlord's character, the upgrade is an additional revenue generated by the lease, thereby reducing the chime for it.

The lease management unit 70 may recover the brokerage fee from the client, and if the client's user account is dormant, and another client rents at least one of these characters or items, the dormant account may be reactivated. , When the landlord posts a post, includes at least one data of New, Popular, Satisfaction, Price, Name, Seller, Reliability, Discount, and so that at least one icon of New, Popular, Trusted, or Discounted can be mounted. do.

When the client wears the icon, the post is ranked higher according to the icon's fee, and the icon mounting fee may be recovered from the client.

The driving operation will be described below with the above configuration.

Referring to Figure 3b, ① If the landlord to register for sale, the lease in the present application, ② the control unit 30 stores the input for such a registration in the

storage unit

50, ③ the control unit 30 ) Outputs the data to the rental management unit 70 in order to post the property in the rental zone (Zone).

④ When the lease management unit 70 generates a user interface (UI) to generate data for uploading the property and outputs the data to the control unit 30, ⑤ the control unit 30 displays the property in the rental zone (Zone). 10) to be displayed to the user.

⑥ When another user purchases the property as a tenant through the communication unit 10, that is, rents it, ⑦ the controller 30 sends the property rental information to the lease management unit 70, ⑧⑨ lease information related to the lease management unit ( 70) to generate and upload the data that the lease is terminated for the property to the control unit 30, the control unit 30 uploads the data that the lease is completed through the communication unit 10 to the corresponding post or the corresponding post To eliminate it.

That is, upon receiving an input signal for entering the lease zone of the server 1 from the client, the UI of the lease zone is output, and when a post for renting at least one of a character or an item is leased from the client to the lease zone, the post is displayed. In the lease zone, if at least one of the characters and items posted in the lease zone is leased to another client, a chime is collected from the other client and delivered to the client, and at least one of the characters and items is transferred to the other client during the lease period. Is to make it available.

In the present application, the client and the other client are defined as different entities, how to distribute the revenue from the lease during the lease period, how the structure of the storage is formed, how the fees for the related lease are handled, Since the detailed description of how the chime is determined is as described above, overlapping contents will be omitted, and the above description and repeated contents in the present method will be omitted since they are duplicated.

4 is a diagram illustrating an online game character rental service according to the technology disclosed in the present application. Referring to FIG. 4A, an online game encounters a play limit for various reasons, and if there is no way to solve it, the game is dormant user, which grows the character to the highest level and there is no level to grow anymore. There are no more quests to proceed, or you want to get a unique item, but you don't have time to play, or you have a high level but lack of control, so you can't do any quests.

Therefore, as the game progresses, various needs are created. If you want to experience Manrep characters and game characteristics, or you are currently Healer, you want to experience the warrior character and know the Heal timing. She wants to make a party, or unit, with her, but they both want to make a monk character or earn money, that is, game money.

The online game character rental service according to the present application can solve the limitations and needs of the online game at the same time, the client (2) as the landlord registers the character encountered the limit in the rental zone (Zone), and the character with the other needs The client 2 can establish a first legitimate character transaction system by searching in the zone and mutually contracting.

Referring to FIG. 4B, the landlord can obtain the basic rent, additional income of the game money, obtain or distribute items, obtain unique items according to the terms of the contract, and do not have to own quests. By clearing this, the quest can be achieved.

Tenants can experience high-level characters, experience different races and professions, earn faster profits from high-level rewards, ie earn money from game money, and quickly earn higher items from high-level rewards.

That is, the landlord rents a character, a part of inventory, additional equipment for replacement, and rents an item, such that the tenant pays the rent, and all or part of the game money acquired in progress, the injection roll or the distribution of the agreed item, etc. Through each other can be win-win.

Therefore, it is possible to legally solve the problems of online games such as workplaces and illegal account transactions, and to conveniently support them.The community can be activated by the addition of interactive elements with other users, and the level of needs is increased by increasing the utilization of characters. It can be strengthened, add new game economy model through lease, and produce the possibility of various business models accordingly, through which the user's convenience of character transaction is maximized with the legal character rental transaction system. You will be able to create new communities and business models.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an online game character rental service according to the technology disclosed in the present application. Referring to FIG. 5A, when a sale is registered in a rent zone (S10), the lease management unit generates a UI for the sale and stores it from the control unit to a storage unit (S20), and if there is a buyer of the sale (S30). Save the lease data (S40), and control to recover the rent from the tenant and pay it to the landlord (S50), and if the lease expires (S60), compensate according to the lease data, and the additional income of the tenant with the landlord; Compensation for division is made (S70), and returns to step S10 until the user withdraws, circulates and repeats (S80).

Referring to FIG. 5B, the reward according to the lease data is when the tenant acquires an item (S51), distributes according to the contract condition (S52), and when the tenant raises the level (S53), the original level is used. In other words, the landlord may or may not reflect on the character or item that the landlord has (S54).

If the tenant decreases the level or damages the item (S55), the original cannot be damaged, so the reduction or damage to the item is not reflected in the original (S56), and the tenant obtains the game money. (S57), the distribution is carried out in accordance with the terms of the contract (S58), the compensation may be performed after the end or each time the compensation occurs, which will be variously changed.

Here, in the case of compensation, the chime may be reduced, since the landlord is basically paid rent, and because the value of the character's lease has been obtained, the tenant's efforts are recognized for other additional income. It can be variously distributed, and it will be apparent that it can be set to be fairly distributed according to data such as difficulty, time investment, etc. according to at least one of how hard the level, item, game money, etc.

6 is a screen of an embodiment to which the online game character rental service according to the technology disclosed in the present application is applied. Referring to FIG. 6, the landlord is Yuno Yunho, the tenant is Shia Junsu, and Xiah Junsu goes out to hunt with the character borrowed from Yunoyunho.

The remaining time, earned items, and earned game money can be displayed at the bottom, so you can see at a glance how much you have achieved compared to your investment, and if you haven't crossed the break-even point, It can also determine whether or not it should be, and can be set to play in consideration of the remaining time.

The present invention is not limited to such a graphic or design, and various display and setting may be apparent, and modifications and variations may be obvious.

The method for providing an online game character rental service according to the present invention as described above may be executed by an application (which may include a program included in a platform or an operating system, etc., which is basically installed in the terminal). In addition, the application may be executed by an application (ie, a program) installed directly on the master terminal through an application providing server such as an application store server, an application, or a web server related to the corresponding service.

In this sense, the method for providing the above-described online game character rental service is implemented as an application (i.e., a program) that is basically installed in a terminal or directly installed by a user, and is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium such as a terminal. Can be.

The program that implements the method for providing the online game character rental service is a recording medium on which a program for executing the method for providing the online game character rental service is input. Receiving a signal, the server outputs the UI of the lease zone; If a post for renting at least one of a character and an item in the rental zone is input from the client, the server posts the post in the rental zone; When at least one of the characters and items posted in the lease zone is leased to another client, the server collects the chime from another client and delivers it to the client, and transmits at least one of the characters and items to the client during the lease period. Controlling the client to be usable; And so on.

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

As described above, in order to execute a method in which a computer reads a program recorded on a recording medium and provides an online game character rental service implemented as a program, the above-described program may be read by C, C ++, Code may be coded in a computer language such as JAVA or machine 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.

Such code may further include memory reference related code for additional information or media required for a processor of the computer to execute the above functions at which location (address address) of the computer's internal or external memory should be referenced.

If the processor of the computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server that is remote in order to carry out the functions described above, the code means that the processor of the computer is responsible for the communication module of the computer (e.g. wired and / or wireless communication module). It may further include communication-related code, 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.

Functional programs for implementing the present invention, code and code segments related thereto, by the programmers of the technical field to which the present invention belongs, in consideration of the system environment of a computer that reads a recording medium and executes the program. It may be easily inferred or changed.

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.

The computer-readable recording medium which records the program as described above is distributed to computer systems connected by a network, so that the computer-readable code can 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 the method of providing the online game character rental service, may be an application such as an application store server, an application, or a web server associated with the service. It may be a storage medium included in an application provider server (eg, a hard disk) or an application providing server itself.

The computer which can read the recording medium which recorded the application which is the program which implements the method of providing this online game character rental service is not only a normal PC, such as a desktop or a notebook, but also a smart phone, a tablet PC, a PDA (Personal Digital) It may include mobile terminals such as assistants) and mobile communication terminals, as well as to be interpreted as all computing devices.

When a computer capable of reading a recording medium recording an application, which is a program for executing the method of providing the online game character rental service, is a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile 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.

Embodiments according to the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means can be recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, file data, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

This application ① ① the character of the dormant account to promote the steady development through lease, and prevents the user who is full of the replies to other games or dormant account for other reasons, difficult to raise the character and put the affection into dormant obsolete It is possible to prevent it from being made, and ② by displaying the character raised by the user in the rental zone (Zone) as a rental product, it is possible to see what the option or configuration is, so that the new user pays a certain amount of rent by another existing user. During the period, you can play with the character, but you can not buy or sell the equipment or stats of the rented character, or modify the sale and the like, and accumulate some reward, so that both sides of the sale can win-win, ③ In order to see the true play of the new character, it is not raised from the beginning, but by other users. Through the raised character, you can easily enjoy fun, lowering the initial barrier of entry for new users and increasing the game continuity. ④ The user of the dormant account promotes steady development through lease, so the user himself Even if you don't make an effort, you can develop your own character at the same time as you earn additional income, overcome the handicap coming from stats or items, and prevent new users from leaving early. ⑤ You can become a seller soon, In addition to rent zones that can be used by buyers (Zone), you can activate the community, and in order to receive rent, you can induce existing users to strengthen their characters and play for a long time. Chi can be promoted, and the character will grow steadily without playing The lease period allows users to dive into the dormant account to return to the game, ⑦ to provide a constant interest to existing users, to try to play consistently to receive a high amount of rent, high performance It can overcome the balancing of characters of existing users and stats of new users.

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

Claims

A first step of the server outputting a UI of the lease zone upon receiving an input signal from a client to enter the lease zone of the server;

A second step of posting, by the server, the post to the rental zone when a post for renting at least one of a character and an item is input from the client to the rental zone;

When at least one of the characters and items posted in the lease zone is leased to another client, the server collects the chime from another client and delivers it to the client, and transmits at least one of the characters and items to the client during the lease period. A third step of controlling the client to be usable;

How to provide an online game character rental service comprising a.
The method of claim 1, wherein the third step

When the lease expires, the server returning at least one of the character and the item to a user account of the client;

Method for providing an online game character rental service, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 2,

And if at least one of the character or item is damaged or lost, the server maintains an original of the client's user account.
The method of claim 2,

And when at least one of the character and the item is upgraded, the server maintains or upgrades the original of the user account of the client.
The method of claim 1, wherein the third step

When the lease expires, the server paying the client some or all of at least one of game money, items, and level values acquired by the other client;

Method for providing an online game character rental service, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 5,

And when paying the part or all to the client, the chime is lower than when not paying the part or all.
The method of claim 5,

And when paying the portion, the server further comprises reducing the chime according to the ratio of the portion to the whole.
The method of claim 1, wherein the third step

The server recovering an intermediary fee from the client;

Method for providing an online game character rental service, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 1, wherein the third step

When the user account of the client is dormant and the other client rents at least one of the client's character or item, the server releasing the dormant state;

Method for providing an online game character rental service, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 1, wherein the post

An online game character rental service comprising at least one data of new, popular, satisfaction, price, name, seller, reliability, discount, and at least one icon of the new, popular, reliability, discount. How to give.
The method of claim 10,

When the client is wearing the icon, the post is ranked in the upper position according to the fee of the icon, the server provides the online game character rental service, characterized in that the icon to recover the icon mounting fee from the client .
The method of claim 1, wherein the item is

Providing an online game character rental service, characterized in that the item is applied to at least one of social games, multiple user dialog games, multiple user graphic games, web-based games, mobile games, and racing games. Way.
A recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method for providing an online game character rental service,

Receiving a user input signal from a client to enter a zone of a server, the server outputting a UI of the rented zone;

If a post for renting at least one of a character and an item in the rental zone is input from the client, the server posts the post in the rental zone;

When at least one of the characters and items posted in the lease zone is leased to another client, the server collects the chime from another client and delivers it to the client, and transmits at least one of the characters and items to the client during the lease period. Controlling the client to be usable;

A computer-readable recording medium that records a program that implements the program.
Communication unit for transmitting and receiving data;

A control unit for controlling each component;

If at least one of the character, the item of the client is posted in the rent zone (Zone), and if at least one of the character, the item posted in the rent zone is leased to another client, the chime from the other client is recovered and the lease period is A lease manager for controlling at least one of a character and an item to be used by the other client;

A storage unit for storing a user account of the client, a user account of another client, a character, an item, a chime, a lease period;

Server providing an online game character rental service comprising a.