KR20030013147A - An on-line game system and the game method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an online game system and a game method thereof. An online game system according to an aspect of the present invention is a game system for playing one or more online games while maintaining a connection with one or more user terminals connected through a network, and storing information for storing character data accompanying the online game. part; An online game execution unit which calls data stored in the information storage unit to play an online game through the user terminal; And a game relay unit linked with the online game performing unit to relay the online game according to one or more modes selected by a user to express a graphic game screen on the user terminal.

The present invention enables not only a user who participates in a game but also a user who does not participate in a game to play a game online, and a plurality of users can be fostered as a pro gamer of a specific online game.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network game, and in particular, to an online game played by a plurality of users through a network according to a mode according to a user's intention. .

Due to the spread of the Internet, the frequency of network utilization by general users has increased, and the game business and information providing service through the network have also increased.

Among the games using the network, a mud (MUD) game, a mud game is a new type of online computer game played by several users simultaneously connected to the network in the late 1980s. In this mud game, a game that adds graphics in a more advanced form is a MUG (Mug: Multi User Graphic) game. Mug game is a game in which several users collaborate or attack each other through their own characters in a huge cyber virtual space created by a game production company. We grow character. Mug games are mainly made up of RPG games and arcade games. Conventional games have been clearly distinguished from each other, but today, the distinction between types is becoming increasingly ambiguous due to a trend that includes all kinds of characteristics. In addition, the development of such network games has led to the emergence of professional pro-gamers who specialize in certain games, and artificially discover pro-gamers through computer game competitions held offline.

However, most of these network games, especially fighting games, the user focuses only on the game itself, there is a problem that you can not enjoy the game unless the user directly participates in the game for one game.

Recently, a method of allowing a large number of users to enjoy a game through a network has been proposed, but there is also a problem in that a certain number or more may not be able to enjoy a game because there are limitations on the number and duration of participating in the game.

In addition, even if a user wants to participate in a game league as a pro gamer for a specific game, there is a problem that an approach as a pro gamer is difficult unless the user has the active will and ability.

In order to solve this problem, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to enable users to enjoy the game online as well as users who do not participate in the game.

In addition, there is another purpose to enable a pro-gamer to be fostered by game rules without using a non-game method.

In addition, another purpose is to introduce additional service functions to the online game to generate new revenue.

1 is a block diagram showing an online game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view for explaining a gladiator match relay structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating a scene-specific gladiator match scene according to an embodiment of the present invention.

An online game system according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a game system for playing one or more online games while maintaining a connection with one or more user terminals connected through a network,

An information storage unit for storing character data accompanying the online game;

An online game execution unit which calls data stored in the information storage unit to play an online game through the user terminal; And

A game relay unit linked with the online game execution unit for relaying the online game in accordance with one or more modes selected by a user's decision to express a graphic game screen on the user terminal.

It includes.

Online game method according to another aspect of the present invention,

A game method of maintaining one or more online games based on data stored in an information storage medium while maintaining a connection with one or more user terminals connected through a network.

Entering an online game based on unique data of the cyber character selected by the user;

Proceeding with the online game reflecting the result of the growth of the cyber character in the entered online game; And

Relaying the ongoing online game to the user terminal in one or more relay modes;

It includes.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing an online game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the online game system according to an embodiment of the present invention may process one or more web pages displayed on the user computer 100 or 110 by processing a connection of the user computer 100 and 110 connected through the Internet 200. Web server 300 to process the data so that; A game server 400 supporting a plurality of users to play an online game through a gladiator game; A broadcasting server 500 that processes graphics to view a gladiator game according to a user's mode setting; An application server 600 supporting various activities of the user through the Internet 200; And a database server 700 that stores information related to game progress and various activity results performed by the user.

The web server 300 includes a web page support module 310 for displaying a web page corresponding to a selection item on the user computers 100 and 110; An authentication processing module 320 receives authentication data of a user and performs authentication according to a connection request of the user computers 100 and 110.

The game server 400 may include: a game mode processing module 410 for supporting a user to set one or more game modes so that a user can develop a gladiator character or play a game as a fostered gladiator character or watch a game progress; And a game execution module 420 for playing a gladiator match game in a state of being connected through the user computers 100 and 110.

The broadcasting server 500 may include: a competitive mode processing module 510 for graphic processing a screen with a camera view for observing a game development process at a glance when a user participates in a gladiator game and proceeds with a game; A viewing mode processing module 520 for graphically processing a camera view that the user can view in a desired direction when the user selects the viewing mode; And a relay mode processing module 530 which displays a graphic process by displaying the camera as if it is relaying a gladiator match on the TV.

The application server 600 includes a user activity processing module 610 for fostering a gladiator selected by a user and processing data according to one or more user activities on the Internet; It includes an avatar processing module 620 to play a gladiator match game through a specific cyber character.

Each module of the web server 300, the game server 400, the broadcasting server 500, and the application server 600 may be a program or a device storing a program that independently performs each function. It may be a single program or a device in which each function is integrated into one, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

The database server 700 includes a user table 710 for storing detailed information about a registered user who plays one or more gladiator match games or watches a gladiator game; A character table 720 for storing a result of selection of an avatar or a gladiator character by the user and various result data according to the gladiator training of the user; A game results table 730 that stores the gladiator match game results of the user.

Each table of the database server 700 may be an information storage device that stores each information independently, each information may exist as a single database, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings for the operation of the online game device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an online game method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a gladiator match relay structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4A to 4C are embodiments of the present invention. A diagram showing a scene-specific gladiator match scene.

When the user executes a web browser embedded in the user computer (player user computer 100 or viewing user computer 110), the web browser connects the user computers 100 and 110 to the Internet 200 (S100). When a user inputs a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to access an online game system on a web browser of the user computer 100, 110, the user computer 100, 110 may access the web server 300 of the online game system via the Internet 200. Request a connection.

The web page support module 310 displays a web page corresponding to an item selected by the user on the web browser in a web browser of the user computers 100 and 110.

The authentication processing module 320 of the web server 300 receives an ID (ID: identification) and password (password) data input by the user, the user ID stored in the user table 710 by interlocking the database server 700 And the password data is called, and then the login process is checked in comparison with the stored user data (S110).

The authentication processing module 320 checks whether the member is a registered member according to the comparison result (S120), and if not, the web page support module 310 displays a predetermined form on the web browser to register the member ( S121). The user downloads a client program that allows members to register in a registration form on a web browser and input data into a user record area to play an online game. Hereinafter, it is assumed that a user who is already registered as a member stores the client program in the memory of the user computers 100 and 110. A user may download the client program from an online game system, or install and use the client program from a data storage medium such as a CD ROM in which the client program is stored. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

When the user's login process is completed, the web server 300 takes over the data processing authority according to the game progress to the game server 400, the broadcasting server 500, and the application server 600. The user activity processing module 610 of the application server 600 requests to select a gladiator on the screen of the user computers 100 and 110, and the avatar processing module 620 selects an avatar through the user computers 100 and 110. Request to make (S130). Here, the avatar refers to a graphic icon for representing oneself in a 3D or a virtual reality game or a chat on the web. The elaborately generated 3D avatar may change its appearance according to walking or sitting action.

The user selects the user's own avatar and gladiator on the screen (S140).

The game server 400 receives the user's selection result information from the application server 600, and enters the gladiator game mode based on the user's selection information (S150).

The game mode processing module 410 checks the user's mode selection (S160).

The gladiator game mode includes a training / match mode and a watching mode. The training / match mode is a mode in which a user grows a gladiator and a grown gladiator plays a gladiator game. Here, a gladiator is a character generated by a game program that executes a game, and has various numerical data representing physical, mental, and emotional aspects, and a user may use a variety of information such as rest, training, nutrition, and reading to a gladiator character. The method should be used to change the gladiator's numerical data.

The user must compete in a virtual cyberspace called the Colosseum when his or her Gladiator character grows over certain numerical data. There are three stages of gladiator matches: regional league, first division, second division, third division, emperor gladiator league, and so on.

The user activity processing module 610 reflects and stores the data according to the gladiator training result of the user (S170).

The game mode processing module 410 checks whether the user has selected to participate in the competitive mode in order to participate in the match as a grown gladiator character (S180).

If the user selects to participate in the competitive mode, the game execution module 420 converts to a peer-to-peer game format (S190). Here, peer-to-peer refers to a communication model in which each computer has an equivalent capability and can start a communication session from any computer, also referred to as peer-to-peer communication. Peer-to-peer means that all computers connected to the network can share data and peripherals in the same peer position. Contrast this peer-to-peer concept with a client-server model or a master-slave model.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game execution module 420 progresses a gladiator game in a peer-to-peer format and processes progress data (S200). At this time, since two to eight player user computers 100 are connected and play at the same time due to the nature of the gladiator game, the player user computer 100 has a data transfer amount of about 3 to 9 people. The data proceeding through the player user computer 100 is transmitted back to the viewing user computer 110 via the broadcasting server 500 through the Internet 200.

The game execution module 420 checks whether the user has won the gladiator match game (S210). If the user wins in the gladiator match game, the user activity processing module 610 processes the reward data according to the victory (S220). In other words, the player user continues to have a gladiator match with an opponent having similar skills as the gladiator character and the numerical data he has grown, and gradually becomes a high ranking according to the result of the match. Therefore, a player user who has been recognized for his ability can present his gladiator character as an advertisement model. In other words, popular gladiator characters are allowed to advertise their armor, and the advertising revenue earned from them can be distributed at a certain rate, so that the user who fostered the popular gladiator can be discovered as a pro-gamer. have.

When the user loses the gladiator game, the user activity processing module 610 stores the result data in the character table 720 (S230).

In the mode selection check step S160, if the user selects the viewing mode, the broadcasting server 500 relays the user selection game progress (S240).

There are three modes of the gladiator game, the match mode, the watching mode and the TV relay mode according to the relay method. The competitive mode provides a camera view that allows the player users who control the gladiator to observe the game development process at a glance as shown in FIG. 4A, and the viewing mode as shown in FIG. 4B. The camera provides a dynamic camera view so that the user can look in a desired direction, and the TV relay mode provides a camera view that provides a wide field of view at once as a TV broadcast camera relays a gladiator game as shown in FIG. 4C.

It is checked whether the user selects to change the camera position (S250). That is, when the user participates in a gladiator game and proceeds with the game, the competitive mode processing module 510 graphically processes the game development process into a camera view that can be observed at a glance, and when the user selects the viewing mode, the viewing mode processing module 520 graphically processes the camera view that the user can see in the desired direction, and if the TV relay mode is selected, the graphics process the camera view as if it is relaying a gladiator match on the TV.

The broadcasting server 500 renders the graphics at the user-selected camera position (S260). Here, rendering refers to a process of adding realism to computer graphics by inserting three-dimensional textures such as shadows, changes in color, and density.

The user activity processing module 610 checks whether the viewing user has selected betting of the concept of sports lottery (S270). In other words, by allowing the user to buy sports lottery tickets through the user's own cyber money, betting in anticipation of the result of the competition can induce the user's interest. The result of the important game is updated on the web page in real time through the web server 310, so the user can check the result of his bet at any time. The user may also purchase a sports lottery ticket for a fee through the ARS service, at which time the user may conduct a bet and view the result using a PDA or a mobile phone, and the user activity processing module 610 may provide various types of additional services. It may be provided, the present invention is not limited only to the embodiment.

If the user succeeds in betting, the user activity processing module 610 stores the result data according to the successful betting in the user table 710 and processes it (S280).

The embodiments of the present invention are only one embodiment, and many variations and modifications may be made to the type of game and additional service functions without departing from the gist of the present invention, and the present invention is limited only to the embodiments. It doesn't happen.

As described above, the online game system and the game method of the present invention enable not only users who participate in the game but also users who do not participate in the game to play the game online, and a large number of users are pro gamers of a specific online game. To be fostered as

In addition, by introducing an additional service function to the online game can bring new revenue effects.

Claims (13)

In a game system that plays one or more online games while maintaining a connection with one or more user terminals connected through a network, An information storage unit for storing character data accompanying the online game; An online game execution unit which calls data stored in the information storage unit to play an online game through the user terminal; And A game relay unit linked with the online game execution unit for relaying the online game in accordance with one or more modes selected by a user's decision to express a graphic game screen on the user terminal. Online game system that includes. In claim 1, And an application data processing unit for processing the data according to the development of the first character selected by the user and the user activity on the network. The method of claim 1, wherein the information storage unit A user database for storing detailed information about a user who plays or watches the online game; A character database configured to store a selection result of the first character selected by the user or a second character proceeding with the online game and a result according to the first character growth of the user; A game results database for storing the user's online game results Online game system that includes. The method of claim 1, wherein the online game execution unit A game mode processing module supporting one or more game mode settings to play the online game with the first character fostered or fostered by the user or to watch the online game progress; Game execution module to play online games in the set game mode Online game system that includes. The method of claim 1, wherein the game relay unit A competitive mode processing module configured to graphically process a screen with a camera view for observing a game development process at a glance when a game by the user participates in the online game; A viewing mode processing module configured to process a graphic as a camera view for viewing the online game in a direction desired by the user when the user requests the viewing of the online game; Relay mode processing module for graphic processing of the camera view as if relaying a gladiator match on the television and displaying on the user terminal Online game system that includes. The method of claim 2, wherein the application data processing unit A user activity processing module which performs data processing according to the development of the first character selected by the user and at least one user activity on the network; A second character processing module configured to process data to proceed with the online game through the second character; Online game system that includes. In the game method of maintaining at least one user terminal connected through a network and playing one or more online games based on the data stored in the information storage medium, Entering an online game based on unique data of the cyber character selected by the user; Proceeding with the online game reflecting the result of the growth of the cyber character in the entered online game; And Relaying the ongoing online game to the user terminal in one or more relay modes; Online game method that includes. The method of claim 7, wherein the online game entry step Requesting the user terminal to select a first character appearing in a game and a second character performing a specific action to enter the online game; When the user selects the first and second characters, storing the selection result information of the user in the information storage device and entering a game mode based on the selection information of the user; Online game method that includes. The method of claim 7, wherein the online game progress step Checking the user's game mode selection to improve characteristic numeric data of the first character when the user selects the first character development mode; Proceeding to play a game in a cyber space on the network when the characteristic value data of the first character grown by the user becomes equal to or greater than a specific value; If the user selects a competitive mode, switching the online game format to a peer-to-peer method to play a game; Online game method that includes. The method of claim 8 or 9, wherein the first character is The characteristic numerical data improvement step has one or more numerical data representing physical, mental and emotional aspects, and the characteristic numerical data is changed and grows according to the user's reaction. The method of claim 7, wherein the online game relaying step Checking the user's selection of the online game viewing mode, and detecting the user's selection of a camera position among one or more relaying methods to relay the online game; Rendering and relaying the online game progress graphic at the user's selected camera position; Selecting, by the user, an additional service item accompanying the online game, and storing the result in the information storage device to compensate the result; Online game method that includes. The method of claim 11, wherein the relay method A game mode for providing a camera view that allows a user who controls the game progress of the first character to observe a game development process at a glance; A viewing mode relay method for providing a camera view to allow the user to look at a specific position of a place where a match occurs; An on-line game method comprising a television relay mode relay system that provides a camera view that provides a wide field of view at one time as a television broadcast camera relays a gladiator game. The method of claim 11, wherein the additional service item is An online game, comprising: a sports lottery service item for allowing the user to buy a sports lottery to anticipate a match result, and to allow the user to check the result of his bet through the network Way.