CN100415331C - A method and system for an invitational competition for a game - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a game invitation method for games. The game field hides the assigned game field, and sends the assigned game field identification to the predetermined terminal; the game terminal directly goes to the assigned game field to play games according to the game field identification. The invention also discloses a game invitation competition system, which includes a reservation terminal, a game server and a communication network. According to the present invention, the success rate of the invitation game can be guaranteed, and a guarantee is provided for the game of the predetermined players.

Description

A method and system for an invitational competition for a game

technical field

The present invention relates to a communication technology, in particular to a method and system for game invitation competitions.

Background technique

With the development of online games, many online games at present, especially those with game rooms and game tables, can allow multiple people to compete, such as go, chess and military chess, which allow two people to compete, tractor, arch pig and other poker games Four players are allowed. Before playing these games, when a certain player needs to invite others to play games.

In the prior art, one of the methods for inviting an opponent to play a game is that after a certain player enters the game, he sends a request to the online players he can see to invite him to join the game, and the player who receives the request either refuses or accepts it, but in In the process of waiting for these players to respond, the player who initiated the invitation will always occupy a certain game seat, so that the player who initiated the invitation will always occupy the seat and wait for the inconvenience; another method is to discuss in advance, a certain time together Go to a specific game table to play games, but at this time someone has already occupied it, so these players have to keep looking for other game tables, or build a new game table, because there are many players in the game hall. People can enter at random, therefore, at this moment still may be preemptively occupied seat by the people who do not wish, make the predetermined contestant can not carry out the match as scheduled.

Contents of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a game invitation competition method and system, which can guarantee the success rate of the invitation competition and provide a guarantee for the predetermined player's competition.

The present invention provides a method for inviting a game, including:

A. The reservation terminal sends a reservation game field request to the game server, and the reservation game field request includes the game playing time and the game identification;

B. The game server allocates the game field according to the predetermined game field request, hides the allocated game field, and sends the allocated game field identification to the predetermined terminal;

C. The game terminal goes to the assigned game field according to the game field identification to play the game.

The predetermined terminal includes a game client, a mobile station and/or a fixed telephone.

Said step A further includes: the reservation terminal can send a request for reservation of the game field to the game server through the game page, short message, email or/and the portal of the game server.

The request for a reserved game field also includes a player identification.

The step B further includes: the game server checks the validity of the request for the predetermined game field, and if it is legal, allocates the game field; otherwise, performs error handling.

Said step C further includes: the game terminal uses the game venue ID to log in to the game server, if the login is successful, then the game terminal is sent to the assigned game venue for game competition, otherwise, error handling is performed.

The present invention also provides an invitation competition system for games, including:

The reservation terminal is used to send a request for reservation of a game field to the game server, and receive the game field identification sent by the game server;

The game server is configured to receive the reservation terminal's request for a predetermined game field, allocate the game field according to the predetermined game field request, and hide the allocated game field.

The predetermined terminal includes a game client, a mobile station and/or a fixed telephone.

The game server includes: a communication unit for receiving a request for a predetermined game field, and sending the assigned game field identification to a predetermined terminal; an authentication unit for authenticating the request for a predetermined game field; an allocation unit for Field request to allocate a playing field.

The system further includes: a communication network, used for communication between the game server and the predetermined terminal, and the communication network includes a wired network and/or a wireless network.

According to the present invention, the success rate of the invitation game can be guaranteed, and a guarantee is provided for the game of the predetermined players.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 shows the flow chart of the invitation competition method of the present invention;

Fig. 2 shows a schematic diagram of the invitation game system of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make it easier for those skilled in the art to understand and realize the present invention, the embodiments of the present invention are described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The basic idea of the present invention is that the player sends a reservation game field request to the game server through the reservation terminal; Mark to the predetermined game venue for game competition. The process of the invitation match for the game of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 .

As shown in Fig. 1, in step 1, the player sends the reserved game field request to the game server through the predetermined terminal, and the reserved game field request includes the time of playing the game, the game identification, the number of players and/or the player identification; The reservation terminal includes a game client, a mobile station and/or a telephone, etc. The reservation terminal can send a reservation game field request to the game server through the game page, text message, email or/and PORTAL (portal) of the game server. The game server can be a single game system or a multi-game system.

In step 2, the game server allocates the game field according to the reserved game field request. According to the present invention, after the game server has allocated the game field, the game server can hide the allocated game field to prevent others from entering and occupying the seats therein.

In step 3, the game server sends the assigned game field ID to the predetermined terminal, so that the player can go to the predetermined game field to play the game through the game client according to the assigned game field ID.

The invitation competition method of the present invention is described below through two embodiments.

Example 1

After player A and player B agree on a certain time (such as: 16:00 on August 1, 2005) to play a certain game (such as: gameR), the invitation competition can be carried out by the invitation competition method of the present invention.

One of the players (such as player A) sends a reservation game site request to the game server through the reservation terminal, and the game site reservation message includes the time of playing the game, the game ID, and the player A ID. The predetermined terminal includes a game client, a mobile station and/or a telephone, etc., and the predetermined terminal can send a request for a predetermined game venue to the game server through a game page, a text message, an email or/and a PORTAL (portal) that logs in to the game server.

After the game server receives the request for the reserved game venue, it first identifies the content of the reserved game venue, that is, obtains the content such as the time to play the game, the game ID, and the player A ID in the reserved game venue request, and then judges the legality of the player according to the player A ID. sex,

If player A’s identification is legal, then according to the time of playing the game and the game identification, a qualified game field (such as: game table No. 3 in game room No. 2) is allocated to player A, and then the game server sends the game field identification to the player A. Player A notifies player B of the game venue ID, so that player A and player B can play games through the game client to the game server according to the game venue ID.

If the player A's identification is illegal, error handling is performed, such as notifying player A of the failure to reserve the game venue this time, or ignoring it.

When players A and B obtain the assigned game field ID and log in to the game, they send the game field ID to the game server through the game client. The game field (such as: the No. 3 game table in the No. 2 game room), that is, what the client sees is that he is already in the predetermined game field, so as to carry out the game competition.

Example 2

After player A and player B agree on a certain time (such as: 16:00 on August 1, 2005) to play a certain game (such as: gameR), the invitation competition can be carried out by the invitation competition method of the present invention.

One of the players (such as player A or player B) sends a reservation terminal request to the game server through the reservation terminal, and the reservation game venue message includes the time of playing the game, the game ID, the player A and the player B ID. The predetermined terminal includes a game client, a mobile station and/or a telephone, etc., and the predetermined terminal can send a request for a predetermined game venue to the game server through a game page, a text message, an email or/and a PORTAL (portal) that logs in to the game server.

After the game server receives the reserved game venue request, it first identifies the content of the reserved game venue, that is, obtains the content of the game playing time, game ID, player A and player B ID in the reserved game venue request, and then according to player A and player B Logo to judge the legitimacy of the player,

If the identification of player A and player B is legal, then according to the time of playing the game and the game identification, a qualified game venue (such as: game table No. 3 in game room No. 2) is allocated for player A and player B, and then the game server will The game field ID is sent to player A and player B, so that player A and player B can carry out the game competition through the game client to the game server according to the game field ID.

If the identifiers of player A and player B are illegal, error handling is performed, such as notifying player A and player B of failure to reserve the game venue, or ignoring it.

When player A and player B obtain the assigned game field ID and log in to the game, they send the game field ID to the game server through the game client. The assigned game field (such as: No. 3 game table in No. 2 game room), that is, what the client sees is that he is already in the predetermined game field, so that the game can be played.

Example 3

After player A and player B agree on a certain time (such as: 16:00 on August 1, 2005) to play a certain game (such as: gameR), the invitation competition can be carried out by the invitation competition method of the present invention.

One of the players (such as player A) sends a reservation game site request to the game server through the reservation terminal, and the game site reservation message includes the time of playing the game, the game ID, and the player A ID. The predetermined terminal includes a game client, a mobile station and/or a telephone, etc., and the predetermined terminal can send a request for a predetermined game venue to the game server through a game page, a text message, an email or/and a PORTAL (portal) that logs in to the game server.

After the game server receives the request for the reserved game venue, it first identifies the content of the reserved game venue, that is, obtains the content such as the time to play the game, the game ID, and the player A ID in the reserved game venue request, and then judges the legality of the player according to the player A ID. sex,

If player A’s identification is legal, then according to the time of playing the game and the game identification, a qualified game field (such as: game table No. 3 in game room No. 2) is allocated to player A, and then the game server sends the game field identification to the player A. Player A notifies player B of the game venue ID, so that player A and player B can play games through the game client to the game server according to the game venue ID.

If the player A's identification is illegal, error handling is performed, such as notifying player A of the failure to reserve the game venue this time, or ignoring it.

After players A and B obtain the assigned game field identification, they know the specific location (such as: No. 3 game table in No. 2 game room) through the game field identification. After logging into the game and passing the game server authentication, the game field including the game field logo will be visible to player A and player B, and player A and player B will choose the field to enter in order to play the game.

As shown in Figure 2, the present invention also provides a system for game invitation competitions, including: a reservation terminal, used to send a reservation game field request to the game server, and receive a game field identification issued by the game server. The terminal includes a game client, a mobile station and/or a telephone; the game server is used to receive a predetermined game field request from a predetermined terminal, and allocates a game field according to the predetermined game field request; a communication network is used for communication between the game server and the predetermined terminal. Communications, including wired and/or wireless networks. The game server includes: a communication unit for receiving a request for a predetermined game field, and sending the assigned game field identification to a predetermined terminal; an authentication unit for authenticating the request for a predetermined game field; an allocation unit for Field request to allocate a playing field.

According to the present invention, the success rate of the invitation game can be guaranteed, and a guarantee is provided for the game of the predetermined players.

Although the present invention has been described by the embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art know that, without departing from the spirit and essence of the present invention, the present invention can have many modifications and variations, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended rights Requirements to limit.

Claims (10)

1. an invitation match method that is used to play is characterized in that, comprising:

A, predetermined terminal send the request of predetermined games place to game server, and the place request of described predetermined games comprises the time of playing games and game identifier;

B, game server distribute playground according to the request of predetermined games place, hide the described sports ground that distributes, and the playground sign of distributing is issued predetermined terminal;

C, game terminal carry out competition game according to the playground that playground is identified to distribution.

2. invitation match method according to claim 1 is characterized in that described predetermined terminal comprises game client, travelling carriage and/or landline telephone.

3. invitation match method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described steps A further comprises: predetermined terminal can be issued game server or/and land the door of game server with the request of predetermined games place by games page, note, mail.

4. invitation match method according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the place request of described predetermined games also comprises player identification.

5. invitation match method according to claim 4 is characterized in that, described step B also comprises: game server carries out validity checking to the request of predetermined games place, if legal, then distributes the sports ground field, otherwise, carry out error handling processing.

6. invitation match method according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described step C further comprises: game terminal uses playground to be identified to game server and logins, if login successfully, then make game terminal arrive the playground of distribution, so that carry out competition game, otherwise, carry out error handling processing.

7. a challenge system that is used to play is characterized in that, comprising:

Predetermined terminal is used for sending predetermined games place request to game server, and receives the playground sign that game server sends;

Game server is used to receive the predetermined games place request of predetermined terminal, and distributes playground according to the request of predetermined games place, hides the described sports ground that distributes.

8. challenge according to claim 7 system is characterized in that described predetermined terminal comprises game client, travelling carriage and/or landline telephone.

9. challenge according to claim 7 system is characterized in that described game server comprises: communication unit is used to receive the request of predetermined games place, and the sports ground sign of distributing is issued predetermined terminal; Authentication unit is used for the request of predetermined games place is authenticated; Allocation units are used for distributing playground according to the request of predetermined games place.

10. challenge according to claim 8 system is characterized in that described system also comprises: communication network, be used for communicating by letter between game server and the predetermined terminal, and described communication network includes spider lines and/or wireless network.

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