KR20180009488A - System and method for providing tolocation game service using game card(or tag - Google Patents

Abstract

A location-based game information (or game) service method using a game card (or TAG) according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method of providing location information to a user having a camera, an NFC reader, READING and / or TAGGING a game card (or TAG) in which the game information is stored as a game and a game through a terminal, and displaying an item menu of the game information classified by the game and the game on a screen, Transmitting a game service according to a request menu selection to a game server, receiving a game service transmitted from the user terminal, receiving and transmitting location information of the user terminal transmitted from the GPS server, Based on the location information of the user terminal and the location-based game services requested from the user terminal Type and includes the step of transmitting, if the user terminal, the step of displaying the location-based game service information transmitted from the game server, a search result that location-based game service information is not present, not present.
In order to achieve the above object, a location based game information (or game) service system using a game card (or TAG) includes a game card (or TAG) in which game information provided at a specific place is stored by game, A user terminal for READING and / or TAGGING the game card (or TAG) to a camera, an NFC reader or the like and requesting a game service, a GPS server for checking the location of the user terminal, And a game server for transmitting the location information of the user terminal and the location based game information service according to the requested game service search to the user terminal.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a location-based game information service system using a game card (or TAG)

(Or TAG) in which game information provided by a user at a specific place is stored as games and games, READING and / or TAGGING the game card (or TAG) with a camera, an NFC reader, A GPS server for checking the location of the user terminal and providing the checked location information, a GPS server for receiving the location information of the user terminal and a location based game information service according to the requested game service search, To a game server.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various communication technologies such as IrDA (Infrared Data Association), RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Bluetooth, and NFC (Near Field Communication) have appeared.

Among them, Near Field Communication (NFC) is a non-contact communication technology using a frequency band of 13.56 MHz as one of radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies. As NFC technology has become popular recently, it has been combined with smartphones, resulting in huge momentum of mobile payment. It provides a cost-generating market for mobile operators and provides various services and convenience to users such as games and IOT And business models and products based on the technical feasibility and specifications are being developed.

In order to receive game information provided at a specific place by a user, the game card (or TAG) storing the game information as a game and a game through a user terminal equipped with a camera, an NFC reader, TAGGING, and displays an item menu of game information classified by game and game, and requests the game server according to the user's request menu selection.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a location-based game service providing system that checks a current location of the user terminal when a user requests a game service from a user terminal, To display the information service.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned objects, and other objects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to achieve the above object, a location-based game information service system using a game card (or TAG) according to the present invention includes a game card (or a game card A user terminal for READING and / or TAGGING the game card (or TAG) to a camera, an NFC reader or the like and requesting a game service; and a controller for checking the position of the user terminal and providing the checked position information A GPS server, and a game server for transmitting the location information of the user terminal and the location based game information service according to the requested game service search to the user terminal.

The game card (or TAG) is a TAG in which game information provided by a user at a specific place is stored as games and games.

The TAG may be a bar code, a two-dimensional code, a QuickRese code, a Microsoft tag, a Bluetooth, a Zigbee, a PDF417, a Data Matrix, a Maxi Code, RFID, an NFC, an NFC card, A recognition code, a serial character directly input from the user, and the like.

The GPS server may include at least one of the world geodetic (WGS84 ellipsoid, GRS80 ellipsoid) coordinates, regional geodetic Bessel ellipsoid) coordinates, and the like.

Further, a location-based game information (or game) service method using a game card (or TAG) according to another embodiment of the present invention includes a camera, an NFC reader, and the like in order to receive game information provided at a specific place READING and / or TAGGING a game card (or TAG) in which the game information is stored as a game and a game through a provided user terminal, and displaying a menu item of game information classified by the game and the game on a screen Transmitting a game service according to a user's request menu selection to a game server, receiving a game service transmitted from the user terminal, receiving location information of the user terminal transmitted from the GPS server, and transmitting , Location information of the user terminal, presence of location-based game services requested from the user terminal If the detection step and the user terminal, the step of displaying the location-based games, information services transmitted from the game server, a search result that location-based games, the information service is not present, which includes the step of transmitting not present.

The game information includes information on a game such as a lottery, a casino, a sport, and the like, which are classified into a game based on a location-based game and a game, and information necessary for executing a game such as a game character, a game level, stage, an item, an application, and the like.

The user terminal can access the server via an application and the Internet.

The game service includes a game service such as a lottery game, a casino game, a sports game, and the like, a game point service, a game member service, and other A / S services provided at a specific place.

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

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. It is intended that the disclosure of the present invention be limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

According to the location-based game information service system and method using the game card (or TAG) of the present invention, one or more of the following effects can be obtained.

First, READING and / or TAGGING a game card (or TAG) in which the game information is stored as a game and a game through a user terminal equipped with a camera, an NFC reader, etc., Is displayed on the screen so that the game server can request the game server according to the user's request menu selection.

Second, when the user requests the game service to the user terminal, the current position of the user terminal is checked, and based on the checked position information and the game service requested from the user terminal, .

1 is a block diagram of a location based game information service system using a game card (or TAG) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an internal block diagram of a user terminal in a location based game information system using a game card (or TAG) according to another embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an internal block diagram of a game server in a location-based game information service system using a game card (or TAG) according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a location-based game information service using a game card (or TAG) according to another embodiment of the present invention. Will be described in parallel.
[Description of Main Parts of Drawings]
100: Game card (or TAG)
110: Near field wireless tag
120: antenna
200: User terminal
300: game server
400: GPS server

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar components, and the same reference numerals are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. The detailed description of the function will be omitted if it is determined that the detailed description of the function may obscure the gist of the present invention.

Near field communication (NFC) is a non-contact communication technology using a frequency band of 13.56 MHz, and is one of wireless RFID (radio frequency identification) technologies. Starting from RFID technology (wireless identification), it uses NFC devices with contactless communication interface (contactless data transmission / reception) and several operating modes: reader mode, card emulation mode, and device mode. In the reader mode, that is, the active mode, the NFC element operates like a conventional RFID reader to access to an RFID chip (especially a chip card or a non-contact tag) when reading from or writing to it. In addition, the technology using RF (non-contact type) has USIM similar to the NFC method.

The NFC card is a built-in NFC microcontroller (USIM) chip inside a small credit card. The NFC card can be used for short-range wireless communication (NFC), so if a smartphone with a built-in USIM It is possible to receive the information.

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

1 is a block diagram of a location based game information service system using a game card (or TAG) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, a location based game information service system using a game card (or TAG) according to the present invention includes a game card (or TAG) 100, a user terminal 200, a game server 300, a GPS And a server (400).

In general, Near Field Communication (NFC) service is a type of RFID and uses a frequency range of 13.56 MHz. Therefore, NFC service is currently used mainly in electronic payment and data communication in Europe. The present invention implements data communication with various advantages by applying NFC service to communication between a tag (game card (or TAG) 100) type device and a user terminal rather than electronic payment. The tag (game card (or TAG) 100) -type apparatus is implemented as a SIM or the like as a memory which is detachably attached to the user terminal 200. In order to perform the NFC service, the user terminal 200 is equipped with an NFC reader, and the NFC reader is installed in the user terminal 200 or when a tag (game card (or TAG) (Unique Identifier: UID) or service data (NFC Data Exchange Format: NDEF data) from the tag (game card (or TAG) 100) The tag (game card (or TAG) 100) device is a kind of memory such as a SIM. The tag data read from the tag (game card (or TAG) 100) device includes a first service identifier (UID) and a second service identifier (UID + NDEF). If only the first service identifier (UID) is stored in the tag (game card (or TAG) 100) device, the user provides the corresponding UID to the other user, and the other user sends the NDEF data corresponding to the UID to the NFC server (60).

The game card (or TAG) 100 is a TAG in which game information provided by a user at a specific place is stored as games and games.

The TAG 100 may include a bar code, a two-dimensional code, a QuickRese code, a Microsoft tag, a Bluetooth tag, a Zigbee tag, a PDF417, a Data Matrix, a Maxi code, an RFID tag, an NFC tag, A recognizing object recognizing code, a serial character directly input from the user, and the like.

The game card (or TAG) 100 includes an antenna 120 for transmitting and receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal of 13.56 MHz and a short range radio tag 110 (UID), a second service identifier (e.g., ID, password, character, game level, stage, item, etc.) do. Meanwhile, the game card (or TAG) 100 is a TAG capable of READING and / or TAGGING information stored in the short range wireless tag 110 to a mobile terminal 200 having a camera, an NFC (Radio Tag) , A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag or a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag, a bar code, a two-dimensional code, a QuickRese-Code, a Microsoft tag, a Bluetooth, a Zigbee, a PDF417, a Data Matrix, , An IOT, an object recognition code for recognizing an image as text, and a serial character directly input from a user.

The user terminal 200 includes an NFC reader for reading the first unique identification information (UID) and the second service identifier (UID + NDEF) from the game card (or TAG)

In addition, the user terminal 200 may include a camera, an NFC reader, and the like to receive game information provided at a specific place, and may read and transmit a game card (or TAG) Or TAGGING and requests the game server 200 to receive the game service, the game server 200 receives the corresponding location based game information service transmitted by the game server 200 according to the request.

The game information includes information on a game such as a lottery, a casino, a sport, and the like, which are classified into a game based on a location-based game and a game, and information necessary for executing a game such as a game character, a game level, stage, an item, an application, and the like.

The game service includes a game service such as a lottery game, a casino game, a sports game, and the like, a game point service, a game member service, and other A / S services provided at a specific place.

The user terminal 200 according to the present invention is a terminal having an NFC function and may be a mobile phone, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a portable multimedia player (PMP) ), And the like. In the following description, it is assumed that the user terminal 200 is a smart phone.

The user terminal according to the present embodiment can access the server through an application and the Internet.

The game server 300 receives a signal of the user terminal 200 and transmits a request for searching for a location of the user terminal 200 that has transmitted a signal to the GPS server 400 when the received signal is a signal requesting a game service Based game information service corresponding to the game service requested by the user based on the location information of the user provided according to the request, and transmits the search result to the user terminal 200.

The GPS server 400 checks the location of the user terminal 200 at the request of the game server 300 and provides the checked location information to the game server 300.

Also, the GPS server 400 checks the location of the user terminal 200 and acquires the checked location information. Here, the GPS server 400 may include a GPS module. In this manner, when the GPS server 400 includes a GPS module, the GPS server 400 may check the position of the user terminal 200 through the GPS module and obtain the checked position information. The method of acquiring the position information through the GPS module will be obvious to those skilled in the art, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Also, the GPS server 400 checks the location of the user terminal through the mobile communication system using the identification information of the wireless repeater (for example, wifi AP) to which the user terminal 200 is connected, The method for acquiring the information is also obvious to those skilled in the art, so a separate explanation will be omitted.

The GPS server 400 according to the present embodiment may include at least one of the world geodetic system (WGS84 ellipsoid, GRS80 ellipsoid), regional geodetic Bessel ellipsoid) coordinates.

2 is an internal block diagram of a user terminal in a location based game information system using a game card (or TAG) according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The user terminal 200 includes a transceiver unit 210, an input unit 220, a recognition unit 230, a display unit 240, and a controller 250.

The transmission / reception unit 210 receives a game card (or a TAG), which stores the game information as a game and a game through a user terminal 200 having a camera, an NFC reader, and the like, ) 100, and transmits the game service according to the menu selection of the user in the game information menu, and receives the location-based game information service transmitted from the user terminal 200.

The input unit 220 receives a key input from the user. For example, when the user selects a numeric key, a menu key, and a direction key, the key signal generated according to the selection is input.

For example, when requesting the game service signal, the input unit 220 receives the game service signal generated by the user.

The recognition unit 230 recognizes the type of the key selected by the user (for example, a numeric key, a menu key, a direction key, etc.) and its function by recognizing a signal input by the input unit 220. [

For example, the input unit 220 receives the game service signal generated by the input unit 220, and the recognition unit 230 recognizes the inputted game service signal and transmits the recognized game service signal to the control unit 250. The control unit 250 transmits the game service signal to the game server 300 through the transmission / reception unit 210.

The display unit 240 displays item menus of game services classified by game and games when the user selects the menu, and also displays the location-based game information service according to the region transmitted from the game server 300.

Here, the item menu of the game service divided into the game and the game according to the menu selection of the user can be understood as an item menu such as a lottery game, a casino game, a sports game, and the like, As shown in FIG. For example, when a user selects a horse race item among game-specific service items, an item such as fasting, doubling, and twinning is displayed as an item for the selected horse race item.

When the input unit 220 receives the key signal generated by the user, the control unit 250 requests the recognition unit 230 to recognize the key signal generated through the recognition unit 230. If the key signal value recognized by the request is a game service menu And controls the display unit 240 to display the game service items classified into the game and the game, if the selected key signal value is the selected key signal value.

In addition, the control unit 250 controls the display unit 240 to display the location-based game information service when the transmitter-receiver unit 210 receives the location-based game information service transmitted by the game server 300.

3 is an internal block diagram of a game server in a location-based game information service system using a game card (or TAG) according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The game server 300 includes a transmitting and receiving unit 310, a location information requesting unit 320, an information searching unit 330, a storage unit 340, and a control unit 350.

The transmission / reception unit 310 receives the game service request signal transmitted from the user terminal 200 and the position information transmitted from the GPS server 400, and transmits the position-based game information service according to the position searched by the user terminal 200 send.

The location information requesting unit 320 requests the GPS server 400 to search for the location of the user terminal 200 that generated the signal when the user terminal 200 requests the game service.

The GPS server 400 according to the present embodiment checks the location of the user terminal 200 and acquires the checked location information. Here, the GPS server 400 may include a GPS module. In this manner, when the GPS server 400 includes a GPS module, the GPS server 400 may check the position of the user terminal 200 through the GPS module and obtain the checked position information. The method of acquiring the position information through the GPS module will be obvious to those skilled in the art, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The information searching unit 330 combines the location information provided by the GPS server 400 and the game service requested through the user terminal 200 to search for a location-based game information service according to the location.

The storage unit 340 stores game service information and user information. Here, the storage unit 340 includes a service information storage unit 342 and a user information storage unit 344.

The service information storage unit 342 stores service information according to games and games. Here, the game star may be understood as each game such as a lottery game, a casino game, a sports game, etc. provided at a specific place, and the service information according to the game may include, for example, a horse race position, horse race information, , Twinning, horse racing betting, rate of each betting, whether a surprise event, and surprise event contents.

The user information storage unit 344 stores information such as user's personal information using the user terminal 200, a winning point, and a winning history.

When the transmitter / receiver 310 receives the game service request signal generated from the user terminal 200, the control unit 350 transmits the game service request signal to the user terminal 200 that generated the corresponding signal to the GPS server 400 through the location information request unit 320 200) in response to a search request.

The control unit 350 also requests the information search unit 330 to search for the location-based game information service according to the location information provided by the GPS server 400 and the game service requested from the user terminal 200 Based game information service retrieved through the transmission / reception unit 310 to the user terminal 200.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a location-based game information service using a game card (or TAG) according to another embodiment of the present invention. Will be described in parallel.

First, a game card (or TAG) 100 storing the game information as a game and a game through a user terminal 200 provided with a camera, an NFC reader, etc., in order to receive game information provided at a specific place, (S100). Then, when the game menu item of the game information classified by the game and the game is displayed on the screen and the game service according to the user's request menu selection is transmitted, the input unit 220 displays And the recognition unit 230 recognizes the input signal and transmits the recognized signal to the control unit 250. [ The control unit 250 transmits the game service request signal to the game server 300 through the transceiver unit 210 (S110). Here, the game information may include a game such as a lottery, a casino, a sport classified by location-based games and games, information necessary for executing a game, for example, a game character, a game level, A stage, an item, a connection application, and the like.

The user terminal according to the present embodiment can access the server via an application or the Internet.

Next, the transmission / reception unit 310 of the game server 300 receives the game service request signal transmitted from the user terminal 200 (S120), and transmits the received game service to the control unit 350. [

The control unit 350 then requests the GPS server 400 to search for the location of the user terminal 200 that generated the game service request signal through the location information request unit 320. [

Next, the GPS server 400 searches for the location of the user terminal 200 according to a request from the game server 300, and transmits the retrieved location information to the game server 300,

Next, the transmission / reception unit 310 of the game server 300 receives the location information of the user terminal 200 transmitted from the GPS server 400 and transmits the received location information to the control unit 350 (S130) .

Accordingly, the information searching unit 330 searches the location information of the received user terminal 200 and whether the location-based game information services satisfying the condition in the game service requested by the user terminal 200 exists (S140).

If the game service exists, the control unit 350 transmits the information (location-based game information service) retrieved through the transmission / reception unit 310 to the user terminal 200 as a search result.

Next, the transmitter / receiver 210 of the user terminal 200 receives the location-based game information service transmitted from the game server 300, and the controller 250 controls the location of the user received through the display unit 240 Based game information service according to the location information (S150).

If the location-based game information service does not exist, the controller 350 transmits the location-based game information service requested by the user terminal 200 to the user terminal 200 (S160).

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

Claims (1)

A game card (or TAG) in which game information provided at a specific place is stored as games and games;
A user terminal for READING and / or TAGGING the game card (or TAG) with a camera, an NFC reader or the like and requesting a game service;
A GPS server for checking the location of the user terminal and providing the checked location information;
Based game information service system using a game card (or TAG) that transmits location information of the user terminal and a location-based game information service according to a requested game service search to a user terminal.

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