JP7170466B2 - Information processing method, information processing device, and program - Google Patents

Description

Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act applies Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd. has created a Chinese version of an online game operated by the applicant (address http://www.hanghai5.com/, https://itunes.apple.com/cn/app /id950921511 and http://sou.9game.cn/tails/azbgw-439731.html), the information processing method and information processing device invented by Gao Mengxin, Liu Zhiping, Wu Yang, Yang Meng and Li Bo, and the program.

Application of Patent Law Article 30, Paragraph 2 Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd. has released a Taiwanese version of an online game operated by the applicant (address http://gv5.wasabii.com.tw/index.aspx, https://itunes.apple.jp). com/tw/app/id896053620 and https://play.googlee.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cayenne.gv5.tw) by Gao Mengxin, Liu Zhiping, Wu Yang, Yang Meng and An information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and a program invented by Li Bo were disclosed.

Application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd., the Korean version of the online game operated by the applicant (address https://itunes.apple.com/kr/app/daehanghaesidae5/id1050520652?mt=8, and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gandromeda.d5m), the information processing method and information processing apparatus invented by Gao Mengxin, Liu Zhiping, Wu Yang, Yang Meng and Li Bo , and the program was published.

The present invention relates to an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and a program.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, so-called online games (network games), in which a terminal such as a smart phone connects to a server device or the like via a network and plays a game online, have become widespread.

In online games and the like, there is known a random type item provision method (gacha (registered trademark)) in which characters, items, etc. that can be used in the online game are randomly determined and provided to the user (for example, Patent Document 1 reference).

Japanese Patent No. 5335969

However, the conventional technology has a problem that it may be difficult to provide the content desired by the user.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a technology capable of increasing the possibility of providing user-desired content.

A computer performs a process of selecting content to be provided to a user from contents to be selected by lottery, and predetermined content already provided to the user is selected by the selecting process, and a predetermined operation is performed by the user. is performed, a process of excluding the predetermined content from the lottery target is executed.

According to the disclosed technology, it is possible to increase the possibility of providing content desired by the user.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an information processing system according to an embodiment; FIG. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example of the server apparatus which concerns on embodiment. 3 is a functional block diagram of a server device according to the embodiment; FIG. It is a sequence diagram showing an example of processing of the information processing system according to the embodiment. It is a figure explaining the display screen of the information terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure explaining the display screen of the information terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure explaining the display screen of the information terminal which concerns on embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of the server device according to the embodiment; It is a figure which shows an example of the lottery information which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the lottery information which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the lottery information which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the content information which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the user information which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the exclusion consideration information which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the exclusion consideration information which concerns on embodiment.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information processing system 1 according to an embodiment. In FIG. 1, an information processing system 1 includes a server device 10, an information terminal 20-1, an information terminal 20-2, . )including.

The server device 10 and the information terminal 20 are connected by a communication network such as the Internet, a mobile phone network, or a wireless LAN (Local Area Network).

The server device 10 is, for example, a server (information processing device) operated by a game provider, and provides the information terminal 20 with an online game (network game). The server device 10 provides content such as characters and items that can be used in the online game to the information terminal 20 by a random item provision method.

The information terminal 20 is, for example, a terminal (information processing device) such as a smart phone, a tablet terminal, a PC (Personal Computer), or a dedicated game machine. The information terminal 20 executes an online game provided by the server device 10 using, for example, a pre-installed web browser. Alternatively, the information terminal 20 may execute an online game application distributed from the server device 10, for example. In addition, the information terminal 20 causes the server device 10 to execute a lottery based on the random type item provision method according to the user's operation, and acquires content that can be used in the online game.

<Hardware configuration>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the server device 10 according to the embodiment. The server device 10 of FIG. 2 has a drive device 100, an auxiliary storage device 102, a memory device 103, a CPU 104, an interface device 105, a display device 106, an input device 107, etc., which are connected to each other via a bus B. FIG.

A recording medium 101 provides an online game program that implements processing in the server device 10 . When the recording medium 101 recording the online game program is set in the drive device 100 , the online game program is installed from the recording medium 101 to the auxiliary storage device 102 via the drive device 100 . However, the online game program does not necessarily have to be installed from the recording medium 101, and may be downloaded from another computer via the network. The auxiliary storage device 102 stores the installed online game program, as well as necessary files and data.

The memory device 103 reads out and stores the program from the auxiliary storage device 102 when a program activation instruction is received. The CPU 104 implements functions related to the server device 10 according to programs stored in the memory device 103 . The interface device 105 is used as an interface for connecting to a network. A display device 106 displays a GUI (Graphical User Interface) or the like by a program. The input device 107 is composed of a keyboard and mouse or the like, or a touch panel and buttons or the like, and is used to input various operational instructions.

An example of the recording medium 101 is a portable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a DVD disk, or a USB memory. An example of the auxiliary storage device 102 is an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or a flash memory. Both the recording medium 101 and the auxiliary storage device 102 correspond to computer-readable recording media.

The hardware configuration of the information terminal 20 may be the same as the hardware configuration example of the server device 10 shown in FIG.

<Functional configuration>
Next, the functional configuration of the server device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the server device 10 according to the embodiment. The server device 10 has a selection unit 12 , a provision unit 13 and an exclusion unit 14 . These units are implemented by one or more programs installed in the server device 10 causing the CPU 104 of the server device 10 to execute the processing.

The server device 10 also has a storage unit 11 . The storage unit 11 is implemented using, for example, the auxiliary storage device 102 or the like. The storage unit 11 stores lottery information 111, content information 112, user information 113, and the like. Each piece of information stored in the storage unit 11 will be described later.

The selection unit 12 randomly selects content to be provided to the user of the information terminal 20 from one or more content items to be selected by lottery.

The providing unit 13 provides the information terminal 20 with an online game. Also, the providing unit 13 provides the information terminal 20 with the content selected by the selecting unit 12 . Note that the content provided by the providing unit 13 can be used in the online game.

When content that has already been provided to the user of the information terminal 20 is selected by the selection unit 12 and the user performs a predetermined operation, the exclusion unit 14 excludes the content from the selection by the selection unit 12. do.

<Processing>
Next, processing of the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 5C. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an example of processing of the information processing system 1 according to the embodiment. 5A to 5C are diagrams illustrating display screens of the information terminal 20 according to the embodiment.

In step S<b>1 , the provision unit 13 of the server device 10 transmits information (announcement) of the lottery event to the information terminal 20 . Subsequently, the information terminal 20 displays an announcement of the lottery event on the screen (step S2). FIG. 5A shows an example of a display screen for notifying a lottery event. In the example of FIG. 5A, the information terminal 20 displays a notification message 501 or the like saying "Limited time! A chance to get a unique character each time! A chance to get a powerful character!"

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 receives from the user an operation to display the winning probability (discharge probability) of each lottery target (step S3). Here, the information terminal 20 accepts, for example, an operation of pressing the "view odds of winning" button 502 in FIG. 5A. Subsequently, the information terminal 20 transmits to the server device 10 a request for acquiring the winning probability of each lottery target (step S4). Subsequently, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 transmits the winning probability of each lottery target to the information terminal 20 (step S5).

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 displays the winning probability of each lottery target on the screen (step S6). FIG. 5B shows an example of the display screen of the winning probability of each lottery target. In the example of FIG. 5B, the information terminal 20, in the pop-up area 511, has a winning probability of 1% for "Character A" with a rarity of "UR", and "Character B" to "Character D" with a rarity of "SR". is 3%, and the probability of winning each of "character E" to "character J" with a rarity of "R" is 15%. The rarity of "UR", "SR", and "R" will be described later.

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 receives an operation for performing a lottery from the user (step S7). Here, the information terminal 20 receives, for example, a pressing operation of the "pull once" button 503 in FIG. 5A. Subsequently, the information terminal 20 transmits a lottery request to the server device 10 (step S8).

Subsequently, the selection unit 12 of the server device 10 executes a lottery (step S9), and transmits the result of the lottery and the like to the information terminal 20 (step S10). In the following description, it is assumed that the same content as the content that the user of the information terminal 20 has already acquired in the previous lottery event or the current lottery event or the like wins the lottery. In this case, the providing unit 13 of the server device 10 may transmit to the information terminal 20 the result of the lottery and the winning probability of each lottery target when the content is excluded.

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 displays the lottery results and the like on the screen (step S11). FIG. 5C shows a display screen example of a lottery result and a confirmation screen for deduplication. Here, since the same content "character E" has been won again, the information terminal 20 displays the "confirm" button 521 and the "deduplication" button 522 in the example of FIG. 5C.

Then, since the user has pressed the "remove duplication" button 522, the confirmation screen 523 for the deduplication prompts, "Consume 5 jewels, exclude this character from the lottery, and draw again from the characters that have not been won? ?”, a “Yes” button 524 and a “No” button 525 are displayed. "Jewel" is an example of the name of currency (in-game currency) that can be used in the game. In-game currency may be purchased for a fee in an online game, for example. Also, the in-game currency may be acquired by the user of the information terminal 20 by, for example, defeating enemies, doing work, selling characters or items in an online game, and the like.

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 receives an operation from the user to exclude the redundantly acquired content from the lottery target (step S12). Here, the information terminal 20 accepts, for example, an operation of pressing the "exclude duplication" button 522 and the "yes" button 524 in FIG. 5C. Note that the information terminal 20 may display the winning probability of each lottery target when the content is excluded in response to the user's operation to display the probability before accepting the operation to exclude.

Subsequently, the information terminal 20 transmits an exclusion request to the server device 10 (step S13). Subsequently, the exclusion unit 14 of the server device 10 excludes the content from the lottery target (step S14). Subsequently, the selection unit 12 of the server device 10 executes the lottery again (step S15), and transmits the result of the lottery to the information terminal 20 (step S16). Subsequently, the information terminal 20 displays the result of the lottery (step S17). Note that when the lottery is repeatedly executed, the processing from step S7 to step S16 may be repeated in response to the user's operation.

≪Lottery processing≫
Next, processing of the server apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 9. FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of processing of the server device 10 according to the embodiment. 7A to 7C are diagrams showing an example of the lottery information 111 according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of content information 112 according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of user information 113 according to the embodiment.

In step S<b>101 , the selection unit 12 receives a lottery request from the information terminal 20 . Here, a predetermined price may be charged to the user of the information terminal 20 . In the example of FIG. 5A, the user of the information terminal 20 is billed for "15 jewels" each time the lottery is drawn.

Subsequently, the selection unit 12 performs a lottery based on the lottery information 111 (step S102). In the example of FIG. 7A, in the lottery information 111, a plurality of sets of content IDs, winning probabilities, and winning flags are set in association with user IDs. The user ID is identification information of the user of the information terminal 20 . The content ID is identification information of content to be selected by lottery. The winning probability is the winning probability of the lottery target content. The winning flag is a flag indicating whether or not the lottery target content has already been won. If it is "0", it has not been won (not won), and if it is "1", it has already been won. Indicates that there is

In the example of FIG. 8, the content information 112 stores the rarity, name, etc. in association with the content ID. The rarity is information indicating how low the winning probability of the content is. A rarity such as (normal) may be defined. The name is the name of the content associated with the content ID.

In the examples of FIGS. 7A and 8, in the case of a user whose user ID is "user 001", the winning probability of "character A" with a rarity of "UR" is as displayed in the pop-up area 511 of FIG. 5B. 1%, 3% probability of winning each of "Character B" to "Character D" with rarity "SR", 15% probability of winning each of "Character E" to "Character J" of rarity "R" It has been shown that Further, in the case of the user whose user ID is "user 001", it is indicated that "character E" whose content ID is "005" has been won.

Subsequently, the selection unit 12 determines whether or not the content won by lottery overlaps (step S103). Here, in the lottery information 111 of FIG. 7A, if the winning flag associated with the user ID of the user of the information terminal 20 and the content ID of the winning content is "1", the selection unit 12 It is determined that the winning contents are duplicated, and when the winning flag is "0", it is determined that the winning contents are not duplicated.

If they do not overlap (NO in step S103), the selection unit 12 allows the user of the information terminal 20 to acquire the winning content through the provision unit 13 (step S104), and ends the process. Here, the selection unit 12 changes the value of the winning flag associated with the user ID of the user of the information terminal 20 and the content ID of the winning content to "1" in the lottery information 111 of FIG. 7A. Further, the selection unit 12 records the user information 113 in association with the user ID of the user of the information terminal 20 . As a result, the user of the information terminal 20 can use the content in a game or the like.

In the example of FIG. 9, the user information 113 stores a set of content ID and the number of possessions, the number of possession jewels, etc. in association with the user ID. The owned number is the number of contents related to the content ID owned by the user related to the user ID.

If duplicated (YES in step S103), the selector 12 determines whether or not the user of the information terminal 20 has performed an operation to exclude the winning duplicate content from the lottery (step S105). ). Here, for example, when the user of the information terminal 20 presses the “deduplication” button 522 and the “yes” button 524 in FIG. 5C (an example of the “first operation”), the selection unit 12 selects It is determined that an operation has been performed to exclude the content from the lottery target. Further, for example, when the user of the information terminal 20 presses the "confirm" button 521 in FIG. 5C (an example of the "second operation"), the selection unit 12 performs an operation to exclude the winning content from the lottery. determined that it was not done.

If the exclusion operation has not been performed (NO in step S105), the process proceeds to step S104. If an exclusion operation has been performed (YES in step S105), the exclusion unit 14 excludes the winning content from the lottery target in the lottery information 111 (step S106). Accordingly, if all contents other than the contents desired by the user are excluded from the lottery targets, it is possible to ensure that the contents desired by the user can be obtained.

Here, for example, the selection unit 12 is set for the content excluded from the lottery based on the attribute of the content excluded from the lottery and the attribute of each other content to be lottery in the lottery information 111. You may distribute the value of the probability that there exists to each other content. Here, the selection unit 12 may use, for example, the rarity of the content and the type of content such as character or item as attributes.

In this case, the selection unit 12 may, for example, evenly assign the value of the winning probability of the excluded content to each other content having the same attribute as the excluded content. In this case, in the lottery information 111 of FIG. 7A, if the content with the content ID "005" is excluded, and the winning probabilities are equally assigned to the other contents having the same rarity in the example of FIG. Modified as 7B. In the example of FIG. 7B, the selection unit 12 changes the winning probability of the content with the content ID "005" from 15% to 0%, and increases the winning probability of each content with the content ID "006" to "010". It increases by 3% and changes from 15% to 18% respectively.

Also, in this case, the selection unit 12 assigns, for example, the value of the winning probability of the excluded content to each other content according to the closeness between the attribute of the excluded content and each attribute of each other content. good too. In this case, in the lottery information 111 of FIG. 7A, the content with the content ID "005" is excluded, and a higher winning probability is assigned to each other content as the rarity is closer to the rarity of the excluded content in the example of FIG. , is changed as shown in FIG. 7C. In the example of FIG. 7C, the selection unit 12 changes the winning probability of the content with the content ID "005" from 15% to 0%. In addition, content with a rarity of ``R'' that is the same as the rarity of the excluded content, content with a rarity of ``SR'' that is one level higher, and content with a rarity of ``UR'' that is two levels higher. and are assigned the winning probabilities of the excluded content in a ratio of 3:2:1, respectively. Therefore, the winning probabilities of the contents whose rarity is "R" and whose content IDs are "006" to "010" are increased by 2.04%. Also, the winning probability of each content whose rarity is “SR” and whose content IDs are “002” to “004” is increased by 1.36%. In addition, the winning probability of the content whose rarity is “UR” and whose content ID is “001” is increased by 0.68%.

It should be noted that the exclusion unit 14 may collect a consideration from the user of the information terminal 20 for exclusion from the lottery target in the process of step S106. Processing in this case will be described later.

Subsequently, the selection unit 12 performs a lottery based on the updated lottery information 111 (step S107), and proceeds to the process of step S104. Here, the selection unit 12 may confiscate the content won in the process of step S102 so that the user of the information terminal 20 does not acquire the content. As a result, the user recognizes that the lottery in step S107 is a redo of the lottery. Alternatively, the selection unit 12 may allow the user of the information terminal 20 to acquire the content won in step S102. As a result, the user recognizes that the lottery in step S107 has been executed twice.

Note that after the process of step S107, the process of step S103 may be performed. As a result, even if duplicate content is won in the second lottery, the content can be excluded.

≪Payment collection process≫
Next, with reference to FIGS. 10A and 10B, the process of collecting from the user of the information terminal 20 a consideration for excluding items from the lottery in the process of step S106 will be described. 10A and 10B are diagrams illustrating an example of excluded price information 114 according to the embodiment.

The excluding unit 14 selects the amount of compensation for excluding the winning duplicate content from the lottery based on the number of types of content selected by the selecting unit 12 and provided to the user of the information terminal 20. may be determined. In this case, the exclusion unit 14 may determine the amount of consideration based on the exclusion consideration information 114 shown in FIG. 10A. In the exclusion price information 114 of FIG. 10A, prices are set in association with the number of unacquired characters. The number of unacquired characters is the number of types of content that have not been provided to the user of the information terminal 20 . In the example of FIG. 10A , the exclusion unit 14 determines such that the larger the number of types of content provided to the user (the number of acquired characters), the larger the compensation for exclusion. In the example of FIG. 10A, for example, when only "character E" has already been acquired by the user of the information terminal 20 among ten contents "character A" to "character J", "character E" It is indicated that the compensation for excluding duplicate winning is "5" jewels. Further, for example, when nine contents from "character B" to "character J" have already been acquired by the user of the information terminal 20, "character B" to "character J" that are not excluded from the lottery It is shown that if any of the above is won in duplicate, the consideration for exclusion is "85" jewels.

Further, the exclusion unit 14 determines the amount of consideration for excluding the winning duplicate content from the lottery based on the number of times the content is excluded from the lottery (the number of contents excluded from the lottery). may In this case, the exclusion unit 14 may determine the amount of consideration based on the exclusion consideration information 114 shown in FIG. 10B. In the example of FIG. 10B , the exclusion unit 14 determines such that the larger the number of contents excluded from the lottery target by the operation of the user of the information terminal 20, the larger the amount of compensation for exclusion. In the example of FIG. 10B, for example, if there is no content that has already been excluded from the lottery target, one of the 10 content items "Character A" to "Character J" that has been won twice is excluded for the first time. The price for doing so is shown to be "5" jewels. Also, for example, if eight contents from "Character C" to "Character J" have already been excluded from the lottery, the compensation for excluding "Character B", which was won twice, is "85" jewels. It is shown that there is

In addition, the exclusion unit 14 selects the winning duplicate content as a lottery target based on the number of times the user of the information terminal 20 has performed the lottery, that is, the number of times the content has been selected by the selection unit 12 for the user. may determine the amount of compensation for removing from In this case, the exclusion unit 14 may determine, for example, such that the more the number of times the user of the information terminal 20 performs the lottery, the smaller the amount of compensation for exclusion. In this case, the excluding unit 14 may determine the amount of consideration, for example, so as to be inversely proportional to the number of times the lottery is performed. As a result, it is possible to reduce the price paid by the user until the content desired by the user is obtained.

Further, the excluding unit 14 provides compensation for excluding the selected duplicate content from the lottery target based on the number of times one content is selected for the user of the information terminal 20 by the selecting unit 12. may determine the amount of In this case, the exclusion unit 14 may determine, for example, that the amount of consideration for exclusion decreases as the number of times the user of the information terminal 20 wins one content such as "character E" increases. good. In this case, the exclusion unit 14 may, for example, determine the amount of compensation for excluding the content so as to be inversely proportional to the number of times the content is won. As a result, the greater the number of times a certain content is acquired in duplicate, the easier it is to exclude that content, so it is possible to reduce the consideration paid by the user until the content desired by the user is acquired. .

<Modification>
Each functional unit of the server device 10 may be implemented by cloud computing configured by one or more computers, for example.

The processing of each functional unit of the server device 10 described above may be executed in the information terminal 20 by installing a program provided from the server device 10 or the like in the information terminal 20 . In this case, processing such as lottery is executed by processing within the user's terminal based on the program.

In the above-described embodiments, characters and items that can be used in online games have been described as examples of content, but the technology disclosed is not limited to online games. The present invention can be applied to systems that provide content (data) desired by users, such as moving images.

<Summary of embodiment>
According to the above-described embodiment, when a content that the user has already acquired is selected by lottery, the user operates the information terminal 20 to exclude that content from subsequent lottery targets. As a result, it is possible to increase the possibility that content desired by the user will be provided.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the gist of the invention described in the claims.・Changes are possible.

1 information processing system 10 server device 11 storage unit 111 lottery information 112 content information 113 user information 114 exclusion price information 12 selection unit 13 provision unit 14 exclusion unit 20 information terminal

Claims (7)

the computer
A process of selecting content to be provided to the user from among the content to be selected by lottery;
a process of excluding the predetermined content from the lottery target when predetermined content already provided to the user is selected by the selection processing and the user performs a predetermined operation;
Information processing method that performs When the user performs a predetermined operation, a process of reselecting content to be provided to the user from among the lottery target content from which the predetermined content has been excluded is executed.
The information processing method according to claim 1 . The excluding process excludes the predetermined content from the lottery target when the user performs a first operation, and excludes the predetermined content from the lottery target when the user performs a second operation. include in
The information processing method according to claim 1 or 2. The selecting process selects content to be provided to the user based on a probability set for each content to be selected by lottery;
In the excluding process, based on the attribute of the predetermined content and the attribute of each content to be selected by lottery, a probability value set for the predetermined content is set to each content to be selected by lottery. distribute by
The information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The exclusion process includes the number of types of content selected for the user by the selection process, the number of times content was excluded from the lottery target, the number of times the selection process was performed for the user, and determining the amount of consideration for excluding the predetermined content from the lottery target based on at least one of the number of times the predetermined content has been selected for the user by the selection process;
The information processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 4. a selection unit that selects content to be provided to the user from the lottery target content;
an exclusion unit for excluding the predetermined content from the lottery target when predetermined content already provided to the user is selected by the selection process and the user performs a predetermined operation;
Information processing device having to the computer,
A process of selecting content to be provided to the user from among the content to be selected by lottery;
a process of excluding the predetermined content from the lottery target when predetermined content already provided to the user is selected by the selection processing and the user performs a predetermined operation;
program to run.

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