WO2017169671A1

WO2017169671A1 - Online game providing apparatus and program

Info

Publication number: WO2017169671A1
Application number: PCT/JP2017/009841
Authority: WO
Inventors: 孫　正義; 筒井　多圭志; 康介朝長
Original assignee: ソフトバンク株式会社
Priority date: 2016-03-30
Filing date: 2017-03-10
Publication date: 2017-10-05
Also published as: JP6012898B1; JP2017176479A

Abstract

It is desirable for an online game to be provided that is engrossing without having to employ a system for in-game purchases of items. For that reason, the present invention provides an online game providing apparatus for providing a game over network, said apparatus comprising an object information transmission unit for transmitting, to a communication terminal of a user playing the game, object information indicating a physical object to which identification information required for triggering a specific event in the game is allocated and a location at which the communication terminal should acquire the identification information; an identification information reception unit for receiving, from the communication terminal, identification information acquired by the communication terminal from the physical object and the location at which the identification information was acquired by the communication terminal; and an event triggering unit for triggering a specific event in the game when the identification information and the location received by the identification information reception unit match the identification information and location required for triggering the specific event in the game.

Description

Online game providing apparatus and program

The present invention relates to an online game providing apparatus and program.

An online game that employs an item billing system that sells currency and items that can be used in the game to users who play the game is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[Prior art documents]
[Patent Literature]
[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2012-235871

Challenges to be solved

It is desirable to be able to provide attractive online games without using the item billing system.

General disclosure

According to the first aspect of the present invention, an online game providing apparatus that provides a game through a network is provided. The online game providing device is identification information necessary for causing a communication terminal of a user who plays a game to generate a specific event in the game, and the identification information commonly given to the same type of physical object You may provide the object information transmission part which transmits the object information which shows the allocated object. The online game providing apparatus may include an identification information receiving unit that receives identification information acquired from a physical object by the communication terminal from the communication terminal. The online game providing device includes an event generating unit that generates a specific event in the game when the identification information received by the identification information receiving unit matches the identification information necessary for generating the specific event in the game. You may prepare.

The online game providing apparatus may further include a condition storage unit that associates and stores identification information necessary for generating each of the plurality of events in association with each of the plurality of events in the game. The object may be a product, and the identification information may be a common product code. The object information transmission unit may transmit the object information indicating a position where the communication terminal should acquire the identification information and the object, and the identification information reception unit may acquire the identification information from the communication terminal. The position and the identification information may be received from the communication terminal, and the event generation unit generates the specific event in the game based on the identification information and the position received by the identification information reception unit. In the case where the identification information and the position necessary for this match, the specific event may be generated in the game.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, an online game providing device that provides a game through a network is provided. The online game providing apparatus includes a physical object in which identification information necessary for generating a specific event in the game is assigned to a communication terminal of a user who plays the game, and a position where the communication terminal should acquire the identification information. May include an object information transmission unit that transmits object information indicating. The online game providing apparatus may include an identification information receiving unit that receives, from the communication terminal, the identification information acquired from the physical object by the communication terminal and the position from which the communication terminal has acquired the identification information. The online game providing apparatus generates a specific event in the game when the identification information and the position received by the identification information receiving unit match the identification information and the position necessary for generating the specific event in the game. An event generation unit may be provided.

The online game providing apparatus further includes a condition storage unit that associates each of the plurality of events in the game with each other and stores identification information and a position necessary for generating each of the plurality of events in association with each other. Good. The object may be a receipt, and the identification information may be a barcode included in the receipt. The object may be an object arranged in a store, and the identification information may be a barcode described in the object.

The object information transmission unit may transmit object information indicating the object, the position, and a time at which the communication terminal should acquire the identification information to the communication terminal, and the identification information reception unit may transmit the communication information. The terminal may receive the identification information acquired from the physical object and the position and time at which the communication terminal has acquired the identification information from the communication terminal. The event generation unit may be received by the identification information reception unit. If the identification information, the position, and the time match the identification information, position, and time required to generate the specific event in the game, the specific event is generated in the game. Good. The object information transmission unit may transmit the object information indicating the time different for each of the plurality of communication terminals to the plurality of communication terminals. The event generation unit may generate the event related to the object. The online game providing device transmits a counting unit that counts the number of receptions for each type of the identification information received by the identification information receiving unit, and the number of receptions that the counting unit counts for each type of the identification information. A reception frequency transmission unit may be further included.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for causing a computer to function as the online game providing device.

Note that the above summary of the invention does not enumerate all the necessary features of the present invention. In addition, a sub-combination of these feature groups can also be an invention.

An example of online game providing device 100 is shown roughly. An example of the flow of processing by online game providing device 100 is shown roughly. An example of condition table 110 which online game providing device 100 stores is shown roughly. An example of functional composition of online game providing device 100 is shown roughly. An example of the total table 120 totaled by the total part 142 is shown schematically. An example of the flow of processing by online game providing device 100 is shown roughly.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. In addition, not all the combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential for the solving means of the invention.

FIG. 1 schematically shows an example of an online game providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment. The online game providing apparatus 100 provides a game through the network 10 to the communication terminal 200 of the user 30 who plays the game. The network 10 includes, for example, the Internet and a telephone network.

The communication terminal 200 is, for example, a mobile phone such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a PC (Personal Computer), or the like. The communication terminal 200 may be a game dedicated terminal having a communication function.

The communication terminal 200 downloads and executes game programs such as a game application and a browser game from the online game providing apparatus 100, for example. The communication terminal 200 may download and execute a game application and a game program from other than the online game providing apparatus 100. The communication terminal 200 may install and execute a game program recorded on a recording medium such as a USB memory or a DVD-ROM. Further, when the communication terminal 200 is a game dedicated terminal, the communication terminal 200 may execute a game program in the attached physical game software. And the communication terminal 200 may advance a game, communicating with the online game provision apparatus 100 suitably.

The online game providing apparatus 100 generates an event according to the condition while the game is in progress. In the present embodiment, an event is any event that occurs in the game, such as an event for obtaining an item, an event for clearing a stage, an event for obtaining a new stage, and an event for improving the ability of a game character. It may be.

Here, in an online game that adopts a conventional item charging system, such an event is charged. On the other hand, for example, the online game providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment first presents information on real-world products necessary for generating a specific event in the game. And the online game provision apparatus 100 generate | occur | produces the said specific event, for example, when the user 30 purchases the said goods in a store and receives the information which read and transmitted the barcode of the said goods with the communication terminal 200 Let

For example, the online game providing apparatus 100 is configured to read a bar code of a new product cola at a convenience store as a condition for generating an item acquisition event. Thereby, the user 30 who wants to generate the item acquisition event can be guided to the convenience store, and the cola of the new product can be picked up. As a result, the number of visitors to the convenience store can be increased, and the cola of the new product can be advertised.

Also, for example, the online game providing apparatus 100 is based on the condition that a bar code written on a receipt for purchasing a new product cola is read at a convenience store as a condition for generating an item acquisition event. As a result, the user 30 who wants to generate an item acquisition event can purchase the cola of the new product, which can contribute to the sales of the cola.

In this way, the game company having the online game providing device 100 can obtain a reward from the convenience store and the cola sales company because it can contribute to the improvement in the number of visitors and sales of the convenience store and the sales increase of the cola sales company. In addition, it is possible to realize a business that replaces item billing.

Here, it is necessary to pay the game company and associate the product of the company that wants to make the product the target of the event in the game with the event in the game. The online game providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment receives product information directly from such a company, for example, and registers it in association with event information. Further, the online game providing apparatus 100 may receive product information from the management server 300 that manages such product information.

The management server 300 manages information on products applied by companies such as convenience stores and cola sales companies that wish to make products subject to event occurrence. The product information includes, for example, product identification information and product description information describing the product. Further, the information such as the product may further include information on a position where the communication terminal 200 should acquire the identification information. For example, when it is desired to target a product arranged in a specific store, information indicating the location of the store is included in the information on the product. Further, the information such as the product may further include information on the time when the communication terminal 200 should acquire the identification information.

The management server 300 stores these pieces of information in association with each other. Information that becomes a condition for generating an event in this way may be referred to as condition information. The online game providing apparatus 100 may receive the condition information registered in the management server 300 and store it in association with each of a plurality of events in the game.

FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of the flow of processing by the online game providing apparatus 100. In step (step may be abbreviated as S) 202, the online game providing apparatus 100 receives condition information from the management server 300. The online game providing apparatus 100 stores the condition information and the event in the game in association with each other. The association between the condition information and the event is performed by, for example, an employee of a game company having the online game providing apparatus 100.

In S204, the online game providing apparatus 100 provides a game to the communication terminal 200. The communication terminal 200 advances the game while communicating with the online game providing apparatus 100 as appropriate. In order to generate the event stored in association with the event when the stage for determining whether or not to generate the event is reached as the game progresses, the online game providing apparatus 100 stores the event in association with the event. The object information indicating the object to which the necessary identification information is assigned is transmitted to the communication terminal 200 (S206).

The object may be, for example, a product, and the object information includes, for example, product description information that describes the product, product identification information, position information where the communication terminal 200 should obtain the identification information, and the position. Position explanation information to be explained may be included. The position information may be, for example, latitude / longitude information or an address. The position explanation information is, for example, the name of the place indicated by the position. When the position indicates a store, the position explanation information may be the name of the store.

In S208, the user 30 browses the object information received in S206 by the communication terminal 200, and moves to the store 40 indicated by the position explanation information of the position where the identification information should be acquired. Then, the user 30 reads the barcode of the product indicated by the product description information at the store 40 using the communication terminal 200.

In S210, the communication terminal 200 transmits the product identification information acquired by reading the product barcode and the position information of the communication terminal 200 when the product barcode is read to the online game providing apparatus 100. In S212, the online game providing apparatus 100 determines whether the identification information and position information received in S210 match the identification information and position information included in the object information transmitted in S206, and determines that they match. A corresponding event is generated according to the result.

In S214, the online game providing apparatus 100 transmits the identification information received in S210 to the management server 300. The management server 300 aggregates the identification information received from the plurality of communication terminals 200, thereby grasping the number of customers in the store 40, the number of product advertisements, the number of product sales, etc. contributed by the online game providing device 100. .

FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of the condition table 110 stored in the online game providing apparatus 100. In the condition table 110, a plurality of event information and condition information corresponding to the event information are registered. Here, an example in which the online game providing apparatus 100 registers event information and condition information in the condition table 110 will be described. However, the data format is not limited to this, and other data formats may be used. Good.

The condition table 110 illustrated in FIG. 3 includes an event column 112, an identification information column 114, a position column 116, a time column 118, and a frequency column 119. In the event column 112, the contents of the event are registered.

In the identification information column 114, identification information necessary for generating the event registered in the event column 112 is registered. In the identification information column 114, text describing the identification information and the value of the identification information may be registered. The text describing the identification information may include the name of the physical object to which the identification information is assigned.

The value of the identification information is, for example, a value indicated by a barcode assigned to the object. The barcode assigned to the object is, for example, a common product code such as a JAN code (Japanese Article Number), an EAN code (European Article Number), or a UPC (Universal Product Code). As described above, the identification information may be identification information commonly given to the same type of physical object.

Further, the barcode assigned to the object is, for example, a barcode described in a receipt. The bar code described in the receipt may include information indicating the purchased product and the position where the product is purchased. For example, the barcode described in the receipt includes information on the store that issued the receipt and information on the purchased product.

Further, the barcode assigned to the object is, for example, a barcode described in the object arranged in the store or the like. An object arranged in a store or the like is a poster or the like, for example. The barcode may include information that can uniquely identify the store.

Further, the barcode assigned to the object is a barcode described in the object presented to a person who has received services such as massage and haircut. The object presented to the service recipient is, for example, an object presented from the service provider to the service receiver after receiving the service. A specific example is a card or the like on which a two-dimensional barcode is written.

Also, the bar code assigned to the object is a bar code written on the object presented to the person who performed the activity such as volunteer. The object presented to the person who performed the activity is, for example, an object that the activity requester presents to the activity performer after the activity ends. A specific example is a card or the like on which a two-dimensional barcode is written.

Also, the value of the identification information is, for example, information recorded on the IC chip attached to the object. The IC chip attached to the object may store identification information commonly assigned to the same type of object. In addition, the IC chip attached to the object may store information that is different in content even for the same type of object, that is, information that can uniquely identify the object. In FIG. 3, the identification information value is omitted.

In the position column 116, the position information of the position where the identification information registered in the identification information column 114 should be acquired and the position explanation information describing the position are registered. In FIG. 3, the position information values are omitted. In the time column 118, a time for acquiring the identification information registered in the identification information column 114 is registered. In the number-of-times column 119, an upper limit number of times for generating the event registered in the event column 112 is registered.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, “item juice (small recovery drug)” is registered in association with “bar code of XX juice” and “other than △ Δ store”. In addition, “Item Juice Bar Code” and “△△ Near Store” are registered in association with “Item Acquisition (During Recovery Drug)”, which is a higher-ranking event than “Item Acquisition (Recovery Drug Small)”. Has been. In addition, “item acquisition (recovery drug large)”, which is a higher-ranked event than “item acquisition (recovery drug large)”, is associated with “XX juice receipt barcode” and “△△ store”. It is registered.

As described above, when the online game providing apparatus 100 reads the “XX juice barcode” at any place other than the Δ △ store, the online game providing device 100 reads the “XX juice barcode” at the Δ △ store. In this case, when “XX juice” is purchased, events having higher ranks may be associated in this order. That is, the online game providing apparatus 100 may associate a higher-rank event with a more severe condition.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, “item acquisition (recovery drug size)” is registered in association with “10 o'clock to 14 o'clock” and “10 times”. The online game providing apparatus 100 may generate an event according to the time and the number of times registered in association with the event. In this example, the online game providing apparatus 100 generates an event of item acquisition (recovery medicine large) up to 10 times when XX juice is purchased at △△ store between 10:00 and 14:00.

Further, in the example shown in FIG. 3, “addition of new stage” is registered in association with “bar code written on the poster in the hall”, “□□ commercial facility”, and “10:00 to 19:00”. Here, a case where □□ a commercial facility is a newly opened commercial facility will be described as an example. The online game providing apparatus 100 associates visiting a newly opened □□ commercial facility with an event “add new stage”. As described above, the online game providing apparatus 100 may register the event in association with the identification information for identifying the object related to the content of the event.

Moreover, the online game providing apparatus 100 may be configured to limit the time for reading the identification information as registered in the time column 118. When the online game providing apparatus 100 transmits object information indicating identification information, position, and time necessary to generate an event “add new stage” to the plurality of communication terminals 200, the plurality of communication terminals 200 Object information indicating a different time every 200 may be transmitted.

For example, when the online game providing apparatus 100 transmits object information corresponding to the event “add new stage” to 9000 communication terminals 200, the object indicating 10:00 to 13:00 in the first 3,000 is displayed. The object information indicating 13:00 to 16:00 is transmitted to the next 3000 units, and the object information indicating 16:00 to 19:00 is transmitted to the next 3000 units. This can alleviate congestion in □□ commercial facilities and in-house posters.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, “item acquisition (strengthening agent)” and “◎◎ water receipt barcode” and “xx net store” are registered in association with each other. As described above, the online game providing apparatus 100 may be able to register not only products in the actual store but also products in the net store.

FIG. 4 schematically shows an example of the functional configuration of the online game providing apparatus 100. The online game providing apparatus 100 includes a condition information receiving unit 132, a condition storage unit 134, an object information transmitting unit 136, an identification information receiving unit 138, an event generating unit 140, a totaling unit 142, and a totaling information transmitting unit 144. Note that it is not essential that the online game providing apparatus 100 has all of these configurations.

The condition information receiving unit 132 receives condition information from the management server 300. Each time new condition information is added, the management server 300 may transmit the added condition information to the condition information receiving unit 132, and periodically transmit new condition information to the condition information receiving unit 132. May be.

The condition storage unit 134 stores the condition information received by the condition information receiving unit 132. The condition storage unit 134 may store each of the plurality of condition information in association with each of the plurality of events. The condition storage unit 134 stores, for example, the condition table 110 illustrated in FIG.

The object information transmission unit 136 transmits object information to the communication terminal 200. For example, when the object information transmission unit 136 reaches the stage of determining whether or not to generate an event in a game that is progressing with the communication terminal 200, the object information transmission unit 136 displays the condition information corresponding to the event. It transmits to the communication terminal 200.

For example, when the condition storage unit 134 stores the condition table 110 shown in FIG. 3, the object information transmission unit 136 determines whether or not to generate the event “item acquisition (in recovery drug)”. When it reaches, the object information including “Bar code of XX juice” and “Near △ Δ store” is transmitted to the communication terminal 200. Accordingly, by reading and transmitting the bar code of XX juice in the vicinity of the △△ store, it is possible to notify the user 30 that an event “item acquisition (in recovery drug)” occurs.

The object information transmission unit 136 may collectively transmit object information for events related to each other. For example, when the stage for determining whether or not to generate an event “item acquisition (in recovery drug)” is reached, “item juice (recovery drug small)” and “XX juice barcode” and Object information including “△△ not store”, “item acquisition (in recovery medicine)”, object information including “XX juice barcode” and “△△ store neighborhood”, “item acquisition (recovery medicine large) ) ”, Object information including“ XX juice receipt barcode ”,“ ΔΔ store ”,“ 10:00 to 14:00 ”and“ 10 times ”is transmitted to the communication terminal 200. Thereby, for example, the user 30 generates “item acquisition (recovery medicine small)” by reading and transmitting the bar code of XX juice at home, or moves to the △△ store, and △△ store The bar indicated on the receipt can be obtained by reading and sending the bar code of the juice displayed on the store to generate “item acquisition (in recovery drug)” or purchasing the juice from the store. By reading and transmitting the code, it is possible to select whether to generate “item acquisition (recovery drug size)”. The association between events may be registered in advance.

Further, when the object information transmission unit 136 reaches the stage of determining whether or not to generate an event “item acquisition (enhancing agent)”, for example, “◎◎ Bar code of water receipt” and “× The object information including “X net store” is transmitted to the communication terminal 200. User 30 purchases water at XX net store, generates "item acquisition (strengthening agent)" by reading and sending the barcode on the receipt included with the product. Can be made.

In addition, the object information transmission unit 136, for example, when reaching the stage of determining whether or not to generate an event “addition of a new stage”, “bar code written on the in-house poster”, “□□ commercial facility” ”And“ 10:00 to 19:00 ”are transmitted to the communication terminal 200. In this way, the object information transmission unit 136, the physical object to which the identification information necessary for generating the event in the game is assigned, the position where the communication terminal 200 should acquire the identification information, the communication terminal 200, May transmit object information indicating the time at which identification information should be acquired.

The identification information receiving unit 138 receives the identification information acquired from the physical object by the communication terminal 200 from the communication terminal 200. The identification information receiving unit 138 may receive the identification information acquired from the physical object by the communication terminal 200 and the position from which the communication terminal 200 has acquired the identification information from the communication terminal 200. The communication terminal 200 transmits, for example, identification information read by a camera, a barcode reader, an IC reader, and the like and position information acquired by the GPS function when reading the identification information to the communication terminal 200. Further, the identification information receiving unit 138 includes the identification information acquired from the physical object by the communication terminal 200, the position at which the communication terminal 200 has acquired the identification information, and the time at which the communication terminal 200 has acquired the identification information. You may receive from the communication terminal 200. FIG.

The event generation unit 140 determines whether or not to generate an event based on the object information transmitted from the object information transmission unit 136 to the communication terminal 200 and the information received by the identification information reception unit 138. The event generation unit 140 includes, for example, identification information necessary for generating an event in the object information transmitted by the object information transmission unit 136, a position where the communication terminal 200 should acquire the identification information, and the communication terminal 200 Including the time when the identification information is to be acquired, an event is generated when the identification information, position, and time received by the identification information receiving unit 138 all match.

In addition, the event generation unit 140 includes, for example, the identification information necessary for generating the event and the position where the communication terminal 200 should acquire the identification information in the object information transmitted by the object information transmission unit 136. In this case, an event is generated when the identification information and the position received by the identification information receiving unit 138 all match. Further, for example, when the object information transmitted by the object information transmitting unit 136 includes only identification information necessary for generating an event, the event generating unit 140 matches the identification information received by the identification information receiving unit 138. If an event occurs, an event is generated.

The totaling unit 142 totals the number of receptions for each type of identification information received by the identification information receiving unit 138. The total information transmitting unit 144 transmits the number of receptions for each type of identification information totaled by the total unit 142 to the management server 300.

FIG. 5 schematically shows an example of the tabulation table 120 tabulated by the tabulation unit 142. The tabulation table 120 includes an identification information column 122, a position column 124, and a frequency column 126. Here, an example in which the counting unit 142 and the number of receptions for each type of identification information are registered in the counting table 120 will be described. However, the data format is not limited to this, and other data formats may be used.

Identification information is registered in the identification information column 122. In the position column 124, the position where the identification information of the identification information column 122 is acquired is registered. In the number-of-times column 126, the number of receptions for each type of identification information received by the identification information receiving unit 138 is registered.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, “10,000” is registered for “bar code of XX juice” and “other than △△ store”. Thereby, in order to generate the event in a game, the number of people who saw at least XX juice can be grasped. In addition, “5,000” is registered for “Bar code of XX juice” and “Near △ Δ store”. As a result, it is possible to grasp the number of people who have visited the ΔΔ store and the number of people who have seen at least XX juice in order to generate an event in the game. In addition, “3,000” is registered for “Bar code of receipt of XX juice” and “ΔΔ store”. Thereby, in order to generate the event in a game, it can grasp | ascertain the sales number of (circle) juice in (triangle | delta) store.

Also, “12,000” is registered for “Barcode on the poster in the hall” and “□□ Commercial facility”. Thereby, it is possible to grasp the number of people who visited “□□ Commercial facilities” in order to generate an event in the game. In addition, “8,000” is registered for “◎◎ Bar code of water receipt” and “XX net store”. Thereby, in order to generate the event in a game, it can be grasped | ascertained how many ◎ * water was purchased in xx net store.

When the online game providing apparatus 100 transmits the aggregation table 120 shown in FIG. 5 to the management server 300, the management server 300 counts the number of times each product is touched by the user 30 and the number of times each product is purchased by the user 30. The number of users 30 visiting the vicinity of each store can be grasped.

FIG. 6 schematically shows an example of the flow of processing by the online game providing apparatus 100. The process illustrated in FIG. 6 will be described with a state where the communication terminal 200 has started a game as a start state. Each process shown in FIG. 6 is executed mainly by a control unit included in the online game providing apparatus 100.

In S602, the communication terminal 200 and the online game providing device 100 advance the game. In step S604, it is determined whether it is a stage for determining whether or not to generate an event. If it is determined that it is a determination stage, the process proceeds to S606. If it is determined that it is not a determination stage, the process proceeds to S608. In step S <b> 606, the object information transmission unit 136 transmits object information corresponding to an event for determining whether to generate the object information to the communication terminal 200.

In S608, it is determined whether or not the identification information receiving unit 138 has received the identification information from the communication terminal 200. If it is determined that it has been received, the process proceeds to S610. If it is determined that it has not been received, the process proceeds to S614.

In S610, the event generating unit 140 determines whether the identification information received in S608 matches the object information transmitted in S606. If it is determined that they match, the process proceeds to S612. If it is determined that they do not match, the process proceeds to S614. In S612, the event generation unit 140 generates an event determined to match.

In S614, it is determined whether or not an instruction to end the game has been received. If it is determined that it has not been received, the process returns to S602, and if it is determined that it has been received, the process ends.

As described above, the online game providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment generates an in-game event on the condition that a visit to a real store, a view of a product in a real store, a purchase of a product in a real store, etc. Let Thereby, it is possible to realize a game business replacing item billing. Moreover, since the user 30 can be moved to the actual store or the user 30 can purchase the product at the actual store on the condition that an event in the game occurs, it is possible to support the increase in the number of visitors and the sales increase in the actual store. It can contribute to the revitalization of the economy. Further, for example, the user 30 who is staying at home and playing an online game can be guided outside the home.

In the above description, each unit of the online game providing apparatus 100 may be realized by hardware or may be realized by software. Further, it may be realized by a combination of hardware and software. Further, the computer may function as the online game providing apparatus 100 by executing the program. The program may be installed in a computer constituting at least a part of the online game providing apparatus 100 from a computer-readable medium or a storage device connected to a network.

A program that is installed in a computer and causes the computer to function as the online game providing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment works on a CPU or the like to cause the computer to function as each part of the online game providing apparatus 100. Information processing described in these programs functions as a specific means in which software and hardware resources of the online game providing apparatus 100 cooperate with each other by being read by a computer.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

The execution order of each process such as operations, procedures, steps, and stages in the apparatus, system, program, and method shown in the claims, the description, and the drawings is particularly “before” or “prior”. It should be noted that it can be realized in any order unless the output of the previous process is used in the subsequent process. Regarding the operation flow in the claims, the description, and the drawings, even if it is described using “first”, “next”, etc. for the sake of convenience, it means that it is essential to carry out in this order. is not.

10 networks, 30 users, 40 stores, 100 online game providing devices, 110 condition table, 112 event column, 114 identification information column, 116 position column, 118 time column, 119 times column, 120 count table, 122 identification information column, 124 Location column, 126 times column, 132 condition information receiving unit, 134 condition storing unit, 136 object information transmitting unit, 138 identification information receiving unit, 140 event generating unit, 142 counting unit, 144 totaling information transmitting unit, 200 communication terminal, 300 Management server

Claims

An online game providing device that provides a game through a network,
An object that is identification information necessary for causing a communication terminal of a user who plays the game to generate a specific event in the game, and assigned identification information commonly assigned to the same type of physical object And an object information transmitting unit that transmits object information indicating a position where the communication terminal should acquire the identification information;
An identification information receiving unit that receives from the communication terminal the identification information acquired from the physical object by the communication terminal and the position from which the communication terminal has acquired the identification information;
If the identification information and the position received by the identification information receiving unit match the identification information and position necessary for generating the specific event in the game, the specific event is generated in the game. An online game providing apparatus comprising an event generating unit.
The online game providing device according to claim 1, further comprising: a condition storage unit that associates and stores identification information necessary for generating each of the plurality of events in association with each of the plurality of events in the game. .
The object is a product,
The online game providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information is a common product code.
An online game providing device that provides a game through a network,
A physical object to which identification information necessary for generating a specific event in the game is assigned to a communication terminal of a user who plays the game, and a position where the communication terminal should acquire the identification information are indicated. An object information transmission unit for transmitting object information;
An identification information receiving unit that receives from the communication terminal the identification information acquired from the physical object by the communication terminal and the position from which the communication terminal has acquired the identification information;
If the identification information and the position received by the identification information receiving unit match the identification information and position necessary for generating the specific event in the game, the specific event is generated in the game. An online game providing apparatus comprising an event generating unit.
The online game according to claim 4, further comprising: a condition storage unit that associates and stores identification information and positions necessary for generating each of the plurality of events in association with each of the plurality of events in the game. Providing device.
The object is a receipt;
6. The online game providing device according to claim 4, wherein the identification information is a barcode included in the receipt.
The object is an object placed in a store,
The online game providing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the identification information is a barcode described in the object.
The object information transmission unit transmits object information indicating the object, the position, and a time when the communication terminal should acquire the identification information to the communication terminal,
The identification information receiving unit receives the identification information acquired from the physical object by the communication terminal and the position and time at which the communication terminal has acquired the identification information from the communication terminal,
The event generation unit is configured such that the identification information, the position, and the time received by the identification information receiving unit coincide with the identification information, position, and time necessary for generating the specific event in the game. The online game providing device according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the specific event is generated in the game.
9. The online game providing device according to claim 8, wherein the object information transmitting unit transmits the object information indicating the time different for each of a plurality of communication terminals to a plurality of communication terminals.
10. The online game providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the event generating unit generates the event related to the object.
A counting unit that counts the number of receptions for each type of the identification information received by the identification information receiving unit;
The online game providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising: a reception frequency transmission unit that transmits the reception frequency totalized by the aggregation unit for each type of the identification information.
A program for causing a computer to function as the online game providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 11.