WO2023013863A1

WO2023013863A1 - Metaverse-based electronic commerce system

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Publication number: WO2023013863A1
Application number: PCT/KR2022/007422
Authority: WO
Inventors: 옥재윤
Original assignee: 옥재윤
Priority date: 2021-08-06
Filing date: 2022-05-25
Publication date: 2023-02-09

Abstract

An electronic commerce system is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention relates to a metaverse-based electronic commerce system for providing, through a treasure hunt, a product, cryptocurrency or the like in a predetermined time and area within a virtual space provided on a metaverse platform. The metaverse-based electronic commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention implements a virtual target object corresponding to a product, cryptocurrency and the like in a virtual space provided on the metaverse platform, has an operating side that notifies users visiting the virtual space of an event period and area, and then causes the target object to appear at a random location in the event area of the virtual space during the event period, so as to provide the product or cryptocurrency corresponding to the target object if the users visit the event area at the corresponding point of the users accessing the virtual space and find and acquire the hidden target object, and thus the corresponding product or cryptocurrency can be promoted and electronic commerce in the virtual space can be stimulated.

Description

Metaverse based e-commerce system

The present invention relates to an electronic commerce system, and more particularly, to a metaverse-based electronic commerce system that provides products or cryptocurrencies in a treasure hunt method at a certain time and in a certain area within a virtual space provided by the metaverse platform.

Metaverse is a combination of 'meta', which means processing and abstraction, and 'universe', which means the real world, and means a three-dimensional virtual world. This metaverse combines the virtual world and the real world implemented on the web and the Internet based on existing virtual reality technology, and currently, Naver Z's Zepeto and Second Life are being commercialized.

According to this metaverse platform, it is possible to provide various experience solutions based on virtual reality, and within the metaverse platform, users acquire and sell their own items without limitations based on offline space, time, age, and gender. An ecosystem can be built in the network space.

Accordingly, technology is being researched to provide various experience services that cross online and offline within the metabus platform. In particular, if a user wants to directly visit an offline restaurant, store, or exhibition hall, various application services such as visiting the corresponding virtual space through the Metaverse platform before visiting or making an offline visit reservation online It can be provided, and a method for more convenient access has been proposed.

As a form of experiential service based on the metaverse, an e-commerce service in which users of the metaverse platform enter their stores in virtual space and sell products sold in the real world in virtual space is also under development. According to this e-commerce method, as an example, consumers purchase products in the virtual space in the same way as purchasing products in a store in the real world in virtual space, and then receive products delivered in the real world, which is a feature of the metabus service. It can be said to be an innovative service as it breaks down the boundary between the world and the real world.

However, although these services have the advantage of being able to give consumers newness, there is a limitation that they are insufficient to arouse interest that can attract even users who have not yet used the metaverse.

[Prior art]

(Patent Document 1) Patent Publication No. 10-2008-0035932 (published date: 2008.04.24.)

The present invention has been devised to overcome the above-mentioned limitations, and the present invention is based on a metaverse platform that can provide services such as online and offline e-commerce, which arouses users' interest and promotes e-commerce The challenge lies in providing an attractive means of attracting

In order to solve the above problems, the metaverse platform-based e-commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of areas that can be visited by avatars corresponding to users of one or more user terminals accessed through online, and each area A virtual space providing unit that provides a virtual space containing a number of general objects located within the virtual space, receiving event information including the event period and area from the system administrator and targeting a specific product or cryptocurrency as an event target. An event registration unit registering an event to be held, an event progress unit generating a target object matching the event object according to the event information, and appearing a plurality of target objects at an arbitrary location in the event zone at the start of the event; and When an avatar visiting the event area within a period finds the target object, a reward payment unit may be included to provide a reward including a product or cryptocurrency according to a designated rate to the corresponding user.

When the system receives a request to open a virtual store that sells products subject to the event from a plurality of company terminals connected to the virtual space online, the virtual store corresponding to the offline store of the corresponding company receives product information. It may include a store opening unit that creates and places in one or more zones.

When one or more products are sold by an avatar who has entered the virtual store, the store opening unit may report product sales details to a corresponding company terminal and request delivery of actual products.

When the system receives a request for advertising for a specific product or cryptocurrency from one or more company terminals or advertiser terminals, the system receives advertisement information and creates an advertisement posting object in which the advertisement content is expressed in one or more of video, sound source, and text. , may include an advertisement accepting unit placed in one or more zones.

The event progress unit grants the right to participate in the event by receiving payment of either legal currency or cryptocurrency from the user who wants to participate in the event, and among the plurality of avatars who have visited the event area during the event period, those who have not been granted the right to participate in the event For the avatar, the target object may be blinded.

The virtual space providing unit provides a waiting screen or waiting space where an avatar waits before entering the virtual space to the user terminal, and a conversation function supporting a conversation with another user including an advertisement banner on the waiting screen or waiting space. In addition, one or more of a bulletin board function through which users can write and post opinions and a connection function to a customer center may be further provided.

The shopping mall virtual space providing unit may further provide a real-time multilingual translation function for conversation sentences progressing in a conversation window by machine learning.

The target object may be created in the same or similar form as the product or cryptocurrency that is the event target, fixed at the initially placed location, or moved to an arbitrary location at any time.

The event progressing unit may provide a hint about the location of the target object to an avatar located in a corresponding area when a target object is not found at a predetermined rate or more even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed while the event is in progress.

The metaverse platform-based e-commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention implements virtual target objects corresponding to products, cryptocurrencies, etc. on the virtual space provided by the metaverse platform, and provides information to users visiting the virtual space from the operating side. After announcing the event period and area, by making the target object appear at an arbitrary location in the event area of the virtual space during the event period, users accessing the virtual space visit the event area at that time to find and obtain the hidden target object. By providing a product or cryptocurrency corresponding to the target object, there is an effect of promoting the product or cryptocurrency and activating electronic commerce in the virtual space.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a metaverse-based electronic commerce system and its overall connection structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing the structure of a metaverse-based electronic commerce system in detail according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a metaverse-based electronic commerce method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating a virtual space provided by the metaverse-based electronic commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This means that other components may be further included, rather than excluding other components, unless otherwise stated. In addition, terms such as "...unit", "...server", and "...system" described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation. and may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software.

In addition, the term "embodiment" in this specification means to serve as an illustration, example, or illustration, but the subject matter of the invention is not limited by such an example. Also, while "comprising", "comprising", "having" and other similar terms are used, when used in the claims as an open transition word that does not exclude any additional or different elements, " Used generically in a similar way to the term "comprising".

The various techniques described herein may be implemented with hardware or software, or a combination of both, where appropriate. As used herein, the terms "...Unit", "...Server", "...System", etc. are similarly referred to as computer-related entities, that is, hardware , a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. In addition, each function implemented in the system of the present invention may be composed of a module unit program, and may be recorded in one physical memory or distributed between two or more memories and recording media.

In the following description, the term 'electronic commerce system based on metaverse' of the present invention may be abbreviated as 'electronic commerce system' or 'system'.

Hereinafter, a metaverse-based electronic commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, the metaverse-based e-commerce system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention accesses the metaverse-based e-commerce system of the present invention through a web browser or a dedicated application to create an avatar, and One or more user terminals (10) using metaverse-based services through a virtual space provided by the system and a business terminal (20) used by a company operating a virtual store similar to an offline store in the virtual space provided by the system. can be connected with

The user terminal 10 is a terminal device possessed and used by a user who wants to access the metaverse-based e-commerce system of the present invention through an information and communication network, and a smartphone and a stationary PC equipped with a microprocessor may be used, and the user executes a web browser or dedicated application to access the system, creates and registers an avatar that replaces itself in the virtual space, and then accesses the virtual space through the avatar.

The virtual space is a virtual 3D space where a number of background objects are located, and the user's avatar can move around in each area of the permitted virtual space according to the user's authority granted at the time of registration and can interact with the avatars of other users. A user can visit a virtual store located in a virtual space and purchase a product at the virtual store, just like offline shopping. If the product purchased in the virtual space is digital content, it can be registered and used in the user account, and if it is a real product, it can be delivered by courier from the corresponding company.

The company terminal 20 is a terminal device used by a company that wants to operate a store in the metaverse virtual space provided by the system of the present invention to establish and operate a virtual store by accessing the system, a smartphone equipped with a microprocessor and A stationary PC or the like may be used, and a business manager may execute a web browser or a dedicated application to access the system, register a business, and create and operate a virtual store at one point in the virtual space according to the authority of the business.

The company terminal 20 may receive a product purchase notification from the virtual store when a product purchase is requested by a user who has visited the operating virtual store. At this time, if the product is a real product, it receives a delivery request from the system so that the company manager can actually To prepare goods for shipment.

In particular, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a company operating a virtual store in a virtual space requests the system operator to post advertising content capable of promoting its online/offline store, products, and services. According to the content, the system may post advertisement contents in the virtual space or hold an event for products requested by the corresponding company. Details of these events will be described later.

As the above-mentioned user terminal 10 and company terminal 20, PCS (Personal Communication System), GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), PDC (Personal Digital Cellular), PHS (Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) ), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT)-2000, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)-2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wireless Broadband Internet (Wibro) terminal, smartphone, smart pad ( All kinds of handheld-based mobile terminal devices such as smartpads, tablet PCs, and the like, as well as laptops, as well as various well-known computing devices such as stationary PCs, may be used.

The metaverse-based e-commerce system 100 is a metaverse platform that implements a virtual space online and provides a variety of online/offline services in the virtual space, and can be built on a server device on a cloud computing system. The metaverse service can be provided to a plurality of user terminals 10 and company terminals 20 accessed through an information communication network.

The aforementioned information communication network may be a wired telephone network such as a public switched telephone network (PSTN), as well as a closed network such as a local area network (LAN) and a wide area network (WAN) as an example of a data communication network, An open network such as the Internet may be used. The Internet is based on the TCP/IP protocol and several services that exist on its upper layer, such as HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), Telnet, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), DNS (Domain Name System), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), SNMP ( It may mean a worldwide open computer network structure that provides Simple Network Management Protocol (NFS), Network File Service (NFS), and Network Information Service (NIS). In addition, as an example of the wireless communication network, technical standards or communication methods for mobile communication (eg, GSM (Global System for Mobile communication), LTE (long-term evolution), LTE-A (LTE Advance), CDMA (code division multiple access), WCDMA (wideband CDMA), UMTS (universal mobile telecommunications system), WiBro (Wireless Broadband), or GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), 5G, etc., any one may be used, but is limited to this it is not going to be

In addition, as a metaverse service provided by the system of the present invention, a plurality of users in a virtual space, such as a known open world game, explores various areas where virtually implemented terrain, roads, buildings, etc. exist, or other In addition to providing a virtual space where users can interact through conversations, etc., by allowing companies to operate multiple virtual stores in the virtual space, users can enjoy shopping in the virtual space as if they were in an offline store. There are e-commerce services, etc.

In particular, the system according to an embodiment of the present invention holds a treasure hunt-type event targeting users at the request of advertisers, companies, etc. for products and cryptocurrencies, thereby promoting not only the relevant companies but also the metaverse. It can provide a function to promote the platform itself.

These events can be conducted for a specified period in a zone within a designated range in the virtual space provided by the system, and a plurality of target objects corresponding to goods or cryptocurrency appear in random locations within the zone to make users using the service avatars. It may be a treasure hunt type event in which a target object is searched for by exploring a virtual area.

When the event is registered, the system notifies the user terminal 10 of the product or cryptocurrency, the total prize money (product), the start date and time of the event, the event area, etc. before the event date, and when the event start date arrives, A set number of target objects are created in the corresponding zone, and the target object appears in an arbitrary position. Accordingly, the user terminal 10 enters the event zone through the avatar and picks up the target object through exploration, thereby providing goods or cryptocurrency. can be obtained.

According to the above-described structure, the metaverse-based e-commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention allows users to freely move in the virtual space through their avatars and use the same e-commerce service as in the real world, and the system operates in the virtual space. By holding an event in the form of a treasure hunt, allowing users to voluntarily participate in the metaverse and inducing them to find products or cryptocurrencies in each area of the virtual space, interest in the metaverse service is maximized while advertisements that exist in the virtual space Content can be naturally exposed to users.

Referring to FIG. 2, the metaverse-based e-commerce system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of areas that can be visited by an avatar corresponding to a user of one or more user terminals 10 accessed through online, and , The virtual space providing unit 110 that provides a virtual space including a plurality of general objects located in each zone, receives event information including the event period and zone from the system manager, and selects a specific product or cryptocurrency as an event target. The event registration unit 120 registers an event held in the virtual space, creates a target object that matches the event subject according to event information, and sets a plurality of target objects at an arbitrary location in the event zone at the start of the event. An event progressing unit 130 that appears, and a reward payment unit 140 that, when an avatar visiting the event area within the event period finds the target object, provides a reward including a product or cryptocurrency according to a designated rate to the corresponding user . When a request is received for opening a virtual store that sells a product subject to the event from a plurality of company terminals 20 connected online in the virtual space, product information is received and a virtual store corresponding to the company's offline store is opened. When a store opening unit 150, which is created and placed in one or more zones, receives a request to conduct an advertisement for a specific product or cryptocurrency from one or more company terminals or advertiser terminals, advertisement information is transmitted and the contents of the advertisement are video, sound, and text. An advertisement accepting unit 160 that creates an advertisement posting object expressed by one or more of and places it in one or more zones, and a database that stores various data for building a virtual space, information related to registered users and companies ( 170) may be included.

The virtual space provider 110 may provide the virtual space 200 of the metaverse platform of the present invention to one or more user terminals 10 accessed through an information communication network. This virtual space 200 is a virtual 3D space in which an avatar corresponding to a user can freely explore and interact with avatars of other users, and the avatar is a user terminal ( 10), and can interact with various virtual roads, buildings, trees, etc. implemented as background objects in the virtual space 200. In particular, among the background objects, a virtual store generated at the request of a business may exist, and the avatar may visit the virtual store to perform electronic commerce such as checking and purchasing products.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the virtual space providing unit 110 provides a waiting screen or waiting space 111 in which an avatar waits before entering the virtual space 200 to the user terminal, and One or more of a conversation function supporting conversation with other users including advertisement banners in the waiting space 111, a bulletin board function for users to write and post opinions, and a connection function to a customer center may be provided. there is.

Multiple users can access the virtual space 200, and the system 100 allows the user terminal 10 to select an avatar and perform various setting tasks such as avatar setting and decorating before entering the virtual space 200. It is possible to provide a waiting space 111 that can be. In particular, in this waiting space 111, a user can have a conversation with other currently connected users using a chat window, and the system 100 of the present invention facilitates smooth communication between users who use different languages in a chat function. An automatic translation function can be provided for To this end, the chat window may include a banner advertisement according to an advertiser's request and a button to connect to a customer center for consultation with a system operator rather than other users.

In particular, in providing the aforementioned automatic translation function, the virtual space providing unit 110 may machine-translate conversations between users line by line. It can be translated in real time by machine learning models. In addition, in the case of a conversation with a customer center, not only a direct conversation function with a manager but also a conversation function by a chatbot derived by a machine learning model can be provided.

The event registration unit 120 receives an event request for one or more products or cryptocurrencies requested from the company terminal 20, processes a registration procedure with the company, and generates event information when event registration is completed.

An advertiser or company that wants to promote its products/stores or cryptocurrency through the system 100 of the present invention inputs event information including advertisement contents into the system 00 through the company terminal 20 Registration is requested, or event-related information is delivered to the system manager to be input into the system 100 through the manager terminal 50 . Also, the event registration unit 120 may store in the database 170 related information, including advertisement information, for cases in which the registration process is normally completed.

The event progressing unit 130 may refer to the event information for the registered event case to determine the area within the virtual space 200 where the event is progressing and the event period, and proceed with the event when the event start date arrives.

In particular, the event progress unit 130 may create a target object in the form of a 3D object capable of replacing a product or cryptocurrency that is an event target in the virtual space 200 by referring to event information for a case where an event starts, , At the start date of the event, a request can be made to the virtual space providing unit 110 so that a plurality of them can appear at the same time in the designated event zone.

Here, the target object may be an object that is created in the same or similar form as the product or cryptocurrency that is the event target, is fixed to an initially arranged position in the virtual space 200, or moves to an arbitrary position at any time. .

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the event of the present invention can be conducted in a free or paid manner, and in the case of a free event, there is no restriction on participation, but in the case of a paid event, the event progress unit 130 participates in the event. The right to participate in a separate event can be granted by receiving payment in either legal currency or cryptocurrency from the user who wants to participate.

If, among the plurality of avatars who visited the event area during the event period, the target object is blinded to avatars who have not been granted the right to participate in the event, so that the specific area of the virtual space 200 is closed by the event so that only restricted avatars can enter. Instead, it operates as usual, but events can be processed to proceed normally for that period.

A user participating in the event may access the event area at any time during the event period and pick up a target object through an avatar.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the event progressing unit 130 sends information about the location of the target object to an avatar located in the corresponding area if the target object is not found at a certain rate or more even after a certain amount of time has elapsed during the event. You can provide hints. This hint informs the avatar entering the event area directly of the approximate x, y, z coordinates within the area for a predetermined target object through a notification window, or provides indirect information for estimating the coordinates ( eg near a green roof building located to the east and west) can be provided in a variety of ways.

In addition, the event advancing unit 130 may further distribute additional target objects when less than 5% remaining in the event zone in a state where the event period remains for a considerable period of time.

After the event period ends, the reward payment unit 140 may pay a product or a prize money for a target object found by the user within the event period according to a designated rate.

In particular, when the event target is cryptocurrency, the company can utilize the event service of the present invention as an air drop of cryptocurrency, and pay cryptocurrency at a one-to-one or one-to-many rate in response to the number picked up by each user. can do.

Meanwhile, the metaverse-based e-commerce system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further provide a virtual store opening service for businesses in addition to providing the aforementioned metaverse virtual space and event services.

As a configuration for this, the store opening unit 150 sells one or more products, in particular, the same product as the product handled in the offline store operated by the company, according to the request of the company terminal 20 operated by the company that sells the product. You can open a virtual store that

The company terminal 20 may input information on the virtual store to be opened and the products it handles into the system 100, and the store opening unit 150 is approved to open the store according to the review result of the registration requirements, A virtual 3D store corresponding to the store information may be created and placed in one or more zones within the virtual space 200 according to the approved content.

In such a virtual store, one or more products set by the company are implemented and displayed in 3D graphics, and the avatar of a user who visits the area can freely enter and exit the area and proceed with shopping as if purchasing products offline.

In particular, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when one or more products are sold by an avatar who has entered the virtual store, the store establishment unit 150 can report product sales details to the corresponding company terminal and request delivery of actual products. .

In addition, if the product is digital content such as a sound source or VOD, the system may grant the purchaser's account permission to download or stream the corresponding digital content upon completion of the product purchase process.

The advertisement accepting unit 160 may receive and process an advertisement request in the waiting space 111 or the virtual space 200 for a predetermined product or cryptocurrency from the company terminal 20 or an external advertiser.

The system 100 of the present invention is characterized by providing a virtual space 200 where avatars of a plurality of users can freely visit online. As the virtual space 200 is designed to allow avatars to interact with background objects such as virtual buildings, signboards, stores, etc. built therein, in particular, a number of texts and images that can provide text and images, such as signboards and banners. By using the background object as an advertising means, the commissioned advertising content can be posted or played.

Accordingly, the advertisement commissioning unit 160 receives advertisement information including images and texts for goods, services, cryptocurrency, etc. that advertisers or companies want to promote, and based on this, the background object in the virtual space 200. It can be converted into a form applicable to and reflected in the virtual space 200.

The database 170 may store various data for the operation of the metaverse-based electronic commerce system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Information stored in this database 170 includes customer-related information including accounts, avatars, and personal information of registered users, and information related to registered companies, products, and stores, as well as information related to building a virtual space. It may include a map for background objects, graphic sources for background objects, and 3D engine data.

According to the structure described above, the system of the present invention provides a virtual space service and holds a treasure hunt-type event in the virtual space to induce users to sign up for and use the service.

Hereinafter, a metaverse-based electronic commerce method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

3 is a diagram illustrating a metaverse-based electronic commerce method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, the execution subject for each step is the system and its components of the present invention, unless otherwise specified.

Referring to FIG. 3, according to the metaverse-based e-commerce method according to an embodiment of the present invention, first, as a step (S100) of the system providing a virtual space where the avatar can visit, online through prepared computer resources. This is a step of posting a virtual space in which a plurality of 3D-based background objects are implemented, generating an avatar corresponding to the user according to a request of a user terminal registered as a member, and allowing the user to use the virtual space through the avatar.

Next, the system may register an event held in the virtual space according to a request of a registered company or the like (S110). The system manager can utilize products or cryptocurrency distributed online/offline for events in the virtual space, and can register the event by inputting event information such as event period, area, and target into the system.

Next, the system can generate a plurality of target objects according to the event information and make them appear at an arbitrary location in the virtual space (S120). When the start date of the registered event arrives, the system can create target objects corresponding to the event subject according to the event information, and arrange a plurality of target objects in an arbitrary location within the event zone of the designated virtual space. This target object may be fixed to the initially arranged position or may be moved arbitrarily.

Next, when the target object is picked up by the avatar who visited the virtual space within the event period, the system may provide a reward to the user who found it (S130).

After the event starts, avatars of users participating in the event can search for target objects in the event area in a treasure hunt method, and users are accumulated as much as the number of target objects found. Then, when the event is over, the system pays the designated product or cryptocurrency according to the quantity of the target object found by the users.

Hereinafter, the technical idea of the present invention will be described in detail through a schematic diagram of a virtual space provided by a metaverse-based e-commerce system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 4, the virtual space 200 provided by the system of the present invention is implemented in the form of a 3D virtual map and can be divided into a plurality of zones A to D, and a plurality of background objects are the topography 210 ) can be arranged accordingly.

On the topography 210, various objects that exist in the real world, such as roads (obj2), buildings/trees (obj3), streams, and mountains, can be placed in the form of 3D objects, and between the objects, users accessing online Corresponding avatars obj1 may perform interactions.

Avatar (obj1) can freely move between background objects in each zone (A to D), and interacts with the real world, such as conversation between avatars (obj1), moving/running on a road (obj2), and moving inside a building (obj3). can perform similar actions.

In particular, in the virtual space 200, in addition to objects prepared by the system operator, a virtual store obj5 created at the request of a registered company may exist. It is possible to purchase one or more commodities or cryptocurrencies.

Accordingly, a user who wants to purchase a product or cryptocurrency in the virtual space 200 may enter the virtual store obj5, check the product or cryptocurrency implemented as a 3D object, and proceed with the purchase process. If the purchased product is an object that actually exists offline, the company will deliver it to the user after payment is completed, and in the case of digital content, the right to use it is acquired. In addition, when the product purchased by the user is a cryptocurrency, the amount purchased is transferred to the cryptocurrency wallet registered in the user information.

Also, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an event registered by a system operator may proceed in the virtual space 200 . This event is a treasure hunt-type event that finds a target object corresponding to a product or cryptocurrency that is subject to the event during the event period in one or more zones (A to D) partitioned within the virtual space 200, and the avatar (obj1) Rewards can be obtained by moving to the set event zones (A to D) and picking up the target entity.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the system according to an embodiment of the present invention may create a target object obj7 corresponding to an event subject at an arbitrary location in an event zone of a virtual space during an event period.

As illustrated in the drawing, a user who wants to participate in an event can apply for participation in the event, visit an event area in the virtual space at the start of the event, and participate in treasure hunting.

A background object including a road obj2 and a plurality of buildings/trees obj3 may be placed in the event area, and a target object obj7 may be placed on an arbitrary space between the background objects. , The avatar obj1 may acquire a reward by moving along the road obj2 and finding and picking up the target object obj7 hidden between or above the buildings/trees obj3.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, advertising content requested by advertisers, companies, etc. may be provided separately from the event on the aforementioned virtual space. Such advertisement contents are provided by using background objects in virtual space. As virtual spaces partially reproduce the environment of the real world through background objects, advertisement contents can be implemented using various background objects.

As an example, as a background object for advertising content, the system may provide a virtual display object obj4 existing in a virtual space. The display object obj4 corresponds to the DID (Digital Information Display) of the real world, and the display object obj4 implemented in the virtual space transmits the text/image of the registered advertising content 230 to the DID of the real world. By reproducing as described above, the advertising content 230 is exposed to the user's line of sight by moving the avatar obj1 or changing the viewpoint, thereby providing an advertising service in a virtual space.

Although many details are specifically described in the above description, this should be interpreted as an example of a preferred embodiment rather than limiting the scope of the invention. Therefore, the invention should not be defined by the described examples, but should be defined by what is equivalent to the claims and claims.

*Description of code*

10: user terminal 20: company terminal

30: manager terminal

100: Metaverse based e-commerce system

110: virtual space provision unit 111: waiting space

120: event registration unit 130: event progress unit

140: Reward payment department 150: Store opening department

160: database 200: virtual space

210: virtual space area 230: advertising content

obj1: avatar obj2: (virtual) road

obj3: background object obj5: (virtual) store

obj7: target object

Claims

a virtual space providing unit that provides a virtual space including a plurality of zones that can be visited by avatars corresponding to users of one or more user terminals accessed through online, and a plurality of general objects located in each zone;

an event registration unit for receiving event information including event period and area from a system manager and registering an event held in the virtual space for a specific product or cryptocurrency as an event target;

an event progressing unit that creates a target object that matches the event subject according to the event information and makes a plurality of target objects appear at an arbitrary location in an event area at an event start time; and

If an avatar visiting the event area within the event period finds the target object, a reward payment unit that provides a reward including a product or cryptocurrency according to a designated rate to the corresponding user.

A metaverse-based e-commerce system that includes.
According to claim 1,

Upon receipt of a request to open a virtual store that sells the product subject to the event from a plurality of terminals of companies accessing the virtual space online, product information is received and a virtual store corresponding to the offline store of the corresponding company is created; Store openings placed in one or more zones

A metaverse-based e-commerce system that includes.
According to claim 2,

The store opening department,

When one or more products are sold by an avatar who has entered the virtual store, a metaverse-based e-commerce system that reports product sales details to the corresponding company terminal and requests delivery of actual products.
According to claim 1,

When a request for advertising for a specific product or cryptocurrency is received from one or more company terminals or advertiser terminals, advertisement information is received, an advertisement posting object in which the advertisement content is expressed in one or more of video, sound source, and text is created, and one or more zones are displayed. Posted in Advertising Mandate

A metaverse-based e-commerce system that includes.
According to claim 1,

The event department,

The user who wants to participate in the event receives payment in either fiat currency or cryptocurrency and grants the right to participate in the event, and among the many avatars who have visited the event area during the event period, avatars who have not been given the right to participate in the event are given a target object. Blind, metaverse-based e-commerce system.
According to claim 1,

The virtual space providing unit,

A conversation function that provides a standby screen or waiting space where an avatar waits before entering the virtual space to the user terminal, supports a conversation with other users including an advertisement banner on the waiting screen or waiting space, and allows the user to write an opinion. And a bulletin board function that can be posted, and a connection function to a customer center, which further provides one or more, a metaverse-based e-commerce system.
According to claim 6,

The shopping district virtual space provision department,

A metaverse-based e-commerce system that further provides a real-time multilingual translation function for conversational sentences progressing in a conversation window by machine learning.
According to claim 1,

The target object,

A metaverse-based e-commerce system that is created in the same or similar form as the product or cryptocurrency that is the subject of the event, is fixed to the initially placed location, or moves to an arbitrary location at any time.
According to claim 8,

The event department,

During the event, if the target object is not found at a certain rate or more even after a certain amount of time has elapsed, a metaverse-based e-commerce system that provides a hint about the location of the target object to the avatar located in the corresponding area.