KR20160088451A - Method, device and server to provide premium contents - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a method, a device and a game server for providing a premium item. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method is configured to provide a cash item to a user account in response to a cash item request, corresponding to a premium item during an effective time period pre-determined by the user account. According to the present invention, the method comprises: a step of a request signal; and a step of providing the cash item to the user account.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a server, a device, and a method for providing premium contents.

Hereinafter, a server, an apparatus, and a method for providing premium contents are provided.

On-line game is a network game, and has grown rapidly due to the development of the Internet. MUD (Multiple User Dungeon) games, MUG (Multiple User Graphic) games, and web-based games that can be played only by browsers, which can be installed on a hard disk drive and connected to an Internet server, , And mobile games using mobile phones or portable game machines. It supports online games of various genres in various devices such as computers, mobile phones, and portable game machines, but generally refers to a wired online game which is made by a computer through the Internet.

Demand for online games has increased as demand for online games has increased, and online games have become more affordable. From the viewpoint of the service provider, it is possible to increase the profit through monetization or partial monetization, and from the viewpoint of the user, it is possible to guarantee pleasant game play by consuming a certain amount of money.

In this connection, there is a need to enhance the profitability of the service provider by ensuring more comfortable game play to the user through a charging model more optimized for the user's play pattern.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a cache item may be distributed to a user who purchases a premium item by dividing a predetermined number of items during a specific period.

According to one embodiment, the user who purchased the premium item may be paid additional compensation other than the cache item.

According to an exemplary embodiment, information related to a premium item can be provided to a user who purchased the premium item through an intuitive interface.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a service associated with a premium item can be provided to users of various devices.

According to one embodiment, a game server providing a premium item includes a communication unit; And a processing unit for receiving a request signal for requesting a cache item corresponding to a premium item valid for a predetermined period from a user terminal whose user account is normally authenticated to the game server, In response to the request signal being received during a predetermined valid time period, to control the communication unit to provide the cache item to the user account.

According to another embodiment, a user terminal receiving a premium item includes a communication unit; And a processor, wherein the processor determines whether the user account normally authorized for the game server owns a premium item valid for a predetermined period of time, and in response to the user account having the premium item, A cache item corresponding to the premium item; and a controller for receiving the cache item from the game server in response to the request signal being transmitted during a predetermined valid time period, It is possible to control the communication unit.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a user who purchases a premium item can pay for a cache item, thereby inducing the user to play the game for a valid period of time.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a game player can be guided by paying additional compensation to a user who has purchased a premium item.

According to one embodiment, the information associated with the premium item can be provided to the user through an intuitive interface so that the user can easily grasp the information associated with the premium item.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a service related to a premium item is provided through various devices, so that more users can play the game.

1 is a diagram illustrating a game service system for providing a premium item according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a game server for providing a premium item according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a user terminal providing a premium item according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing a premium item according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary process for providing a premium item according to an embodiment.
6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating an example of a predetermined effective time interval according to an embodiment.
8 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary interface for paying a cache item in accordance with one embodiment.
9 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary purchase interface in accordance with one embodiment.
10 is a diagram illustrating a purchase interface according to an embodiment.
11A is a flow chart illustrating a method for providing an unconnected alarm in accordance with one embodiment.
11B is a diagram illustrating an interface that provides an alarm upon an unconnected event according to one embodiment.
12A and 12B are diagrams illustrating exemplary specific purchase interfaces in accordance with one embodiment.
13 is a diagram illustrating an interface that provides additional compensation associated with a premium item in accordance with one embodiment.
14 is a diagram illustrating an interface that provides a payment status of a cache item in accordance with one embodiment.
15 is a diagram illustrating an interface for providing a repurchase of a premium item according to an embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a game service system for providing a premium item according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The game service system 100 providing a premium item includes a game server 110 and a user terminal 120. [

The game server 110 may receive information associated with the game from the user terminal 120 and may provide information associated with the game to the user terminal 120. [ For example, the game server 110 may acquire user control information indicating a user control for changing objects and environments in the game, as information related to the game from the user terminal 120 . In addition, the game server 110 may provide resources and game data to the user terminal 120 as information related to the game. Here, the game server 110 may be operated by a service provider.

The user terminal 120 can receive user operations from the user. The user terminal 120 may transmit the above-described user operation information or the like to the game server 110 in response to an input of a user operation. In addition, the user terminal 120 may provide the user with a screen associated with the game. For example, the user terminal 120 may be a device capable of playing a game such as a personal computer (PC), a tablet, or a smart phone. The user can proceed to play the game by operating the user terminal 120. According to an exemplary embodiment, a service related to a premium item is provided through various devices, so that more users can play the game.

Bidirectional communication may be established between the game server 110 and the user terminal 120 to provide information related to a game required for game play during game play.

In this specification, a premium item can represent an item that is valid for a predetermined period of time in the game. For example, a user can obtain a premium item by paying a predetermined amount. Premium items can represent monthly subscription. A premium item according to an embodiment may be set such that when a user accesses the game for a predetermined valid time period, the cache item is paid to the user account as an additional reward.

Here, the predetermined period may be defined by at least one of a user and a service provider. For example, if the user sets the start time of the period in which the premium item is valid, the premium item can be provided in a valid state for a time length determined by the service provider from the set start time. For example, if a premium item is provided in the form of a monthly payment, the premium item may be provided to the user who purchased the premium item for 30 days. Hereinafter, the predetermined period in this specification may be used in combination with the valid period.

The cache item may represent an item that is additionally paid to the user account along with the premium item. For example, a cache item is an item that can be obtained primarily by means external to the game, and can represent an item that the user can obtain mainly through cash payment. However, a service provider can provide a cache item as a kind of prize form through an event, and a cache item may be paid to a user account when a certain condition in the game is satisfied. According to one embodiment, when a user purchases a premium item, the above-described cache item may be paid in a user account according to a certain condition during a period in which the premium item is valid.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a user who purchases a premium item can pay for a cache item, thereby inducing the user to play the game for a valid period of time.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a game server for providing a premium item according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The game server 110 may include a communication unit 211, a processing unit 212, and a storage unit 213.

The communication unit 211 can transmit and receive information and data with the user terminal. For example, the communication unit 211 may transmit information related to a game required for providing a game service to the user terminal. In addition, the communication unit 211 may receive user operation information and an authentication request of a user account from a user terminal.

For example, the communication unit 211 may be a hardware module such as a network interface card, a network interface chip, and a network interface port, or a software module such as a network device driver or a networking program.

The processing unit 212 may perform processing for providing a game service. For example, the processing unit 212 may generate information associated with a game required to provide a game service. For example, the processing unit 212 can generate a game resource or the like as information associated with a game. In addition, the processing unit 212 may process the authentication for the user account in response to the authentication request from the user terminal.

In addition, the processing unit 212 can perform processing necessary for the operation of the game server 110. [ Here, the execution of the processing may indicate execution of the program code stored in the game server 110. [

For example, the processing unit 212 may include at least one processor or at least one core within the processor.

The storage unit 213 may store a program including instructions for operating the game server 110. The program stored in the storage unit 213 can be executed by the processing unit 212 described above.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a user terminal providing a premium item according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The user terminal 120 may include a communication unit 321, a display 322, an input receiving unit 323, a processing unit 324, and a storage unit 325.

The communication unit 321 can transmit and receive information and data with the game server. For example, the communication unit 321 can receive information related to a game required for providing a game service from the game server. Also, the communication unit 321 may transmit user operation information and an authentication request for the user account to the game server. For example, the communication unit 321 may be a hardware module or a software module.

The display 322 may provide the user with a screen associated with the game. For example, the display 322 may display a screen based on information associated with the game, in response to control of the processing unit 324.

The input receiving unit 323 can receive a user's operation from the user. For example, the user operation inputted through the input receiving unit 323 can be converted into the user operation information by the processing unit 324. [ For example, the input receiving unit 323 may include a touch sensing device, a touch screen, a mouse, a keyboard, a microphone, and the like.

The processing unit 324 may perform processing for providing a game service. For example, the processing unit 324 may include at least one of a communication unit 321, a display 322, an input receiving unit 323, and a storage unit 325 to provide a game play to the user based on the game association information received from the game server You can control one. The processing unit 324 may directly process the authentication for the user account or transmit the authentication request to the game server through the communication unit 321. [ In addition, the processing unit 324 can perform processing necessary for the operation of the user terminal 120. [ Here, the execution of the processing may indicate execution of the program code stored in the storage unit 325. [

The storage unit 325 may store a program including instructions for operating the user terminal 120. [ The program stored in the storage unit 325 can be executed by the processing unit 324 described above. For example, the storage unit 325 may store a game program.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a process of providing a premium item according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

At least one of the game server and the user terminal according to one embodiment may not provide or provide the cache item 441 accompanying the premium item depending on whether the game connection occurs during the period 410 during which the premium item is valid.

For example, if a game connection occurs during a period 410 during which a premium item is valid 421, a cache item 441 may be paid to the user account 430. In another example, if a premium item is valid for a period of time 410, but no game connection occurs 422, the cache item may not be paid 442 to the user account 430.

In this specification, a game connection may indicate an operation in which a user has successfully completed authentication requested for a user account 430 with respect to a game server using a user terminal.

5 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary process for providing a premium item according to an embodiment.

In step 510, the user terminal 110 may transmit a user authentication request to the game server 120 through the communication unit. For example, when a user inputs security information (for example, an ID and a password) of a user account through the input receiving unit, the user terminal 110 transmits the security information You can request user authentication for your account.

In step 520, the game server 120 may perform user authentication. For example, the game server 120 may determine whether the user authentication request received from the user terminal 110 is normal.

Then, in step 530, the game server 120 may transmit the user authentication result to the user terminal 110. If the user authentication result is normal, the user terminal 110 may access the game server 120 through the corresponding user account and provide the user with game play.

In step 540, the processing unit of the user terminal 110 may determine whether the normally authenticated user account for the game server 120 owns a premium item that is valid for a predetermined period of time. For example, the user terminal 110 may determine whether a premium item has been purchased through an authenticated user account. Also, the user terminal 110 may transmit a request signal in response to a user account being normally authenticated.

However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the game server 120 may determine whether the user account has a valid premium item.

In step 550, the user terminal 110 transmits a request signal for requesting the cache item corresponding to the premium item to the game server 120 using the communication unit in response to the user account having the premium item Lt; / RTI > The request signal may be transmitted to the game server 120 at a point in time when a predetermined object (e.g., a virtual mailbox) in the game is activated, when the user accesses the game, and when the user account is normally authenticated.

In step 560, the game server 120 may determine the validity of the request signal for requesting the cache item. For example, the game server 120 may receive a request signal from the user terminal 110 in step 550 described above. At this time, the game server 120 may determine that the request signal is valid if the request signal is received during a predetermined valid time period.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a predetermined valid time period may represent a period in which a request signal has not yet been received in a predetermined interval in which a predetermined period (for example, a period in which a premium item is valid) have. For example, the predetermined effective time interval may indicate a time interval after a predetermined minimum time has elapsed since the last time the cache request item was provided, as shown in FIG.

Then, in step 570, the game server 120 may provide a cache item to the user account in response to a request signal being received during a predetermined valid time period. For example, the game server 120 may provide a cache item to the user account if the request signal is received after a predetermined minimum time from when the cache item was last provided. As another example, the game server 120 may provide a cache item to a user account in response to a request signal being first received during a predetermined interval in which a predetermined period has been divided.

The above-described flowcharts are illustrative, and the apparatus for executing each step, the execution order of each step, and the like can be changed according to the design.

6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating an example of a predetermined effective time interval according to an embodiment.

FIG. 6 illustrates a case where a predetermined valid interval of time is a period in which a request signal is not yet received in a predetermined interval 620 in which a predetermined period 610 is divided.

For example, if the initial request signals 631 and 632 requesting the provision of a cache item are generated for the first interval 620 in FIG. 6, the request signals 631 and 632 are valid, . ≪ / RTI > Since the request signals 631 and 632 are valid, the game server can pay the cache item to the user account.

In contrast, if the request signal 640 is generated again during the same interval 620 after the initial request signal 632 is generated during one interval 620 in FIG. 6, the request signal 640 generated later is invalid, Can be judged by the server and the user terminal. The game server may pay the cache item to the user account in response to the initial request signal 632 and not pay the cache item for the duplicate request signal 640 during the same interval 620. [

For example, the game server to which the predetermined valid time interval of FIG. 6 is applied may pay a cache item to the user account only for the request signals 631 and 632 initially received during the interval 620 from 0 to 24 hours .

FIG. 7 illustrates a case where a predetermined effective time interval is a time interval after a predetermined minimum time 720 has elapsed from the time when the request signal is lastly provided. 7 may be included in the predetermined time period 710 (for example, a period in which the premium item is valid).

For example, if the request signal 732 is generated after the minimum time 720 has elapsed from the time when the last request signal 731 is generated in FIG. 7, the game server and the user terminal can determine that the request signal 732 is valid It is possible to pay the cache item to the user account.

In contrast, if the request signal 740 is generated before the minimum time 720 elapses from the time when the last request signal 731 is generated in FIG. 7, the game server and the user terminal determine that the request signal 740 is invalid , So that the user can not pay the cache item to the user account.

For example, the game server to which the predetermined valid time interval of FIG. 7 is applied, for a request signal 732 after 24 hours as the minimum time 720 from the last request signal 731, .

8 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary interface for paying a cache item in accordance with one embodiment.

Through the display of the user terminal, the game screen 800 shown in Fig. 8 can be provided. The interface 801 shown in the exemplary game screen 800 shown in FIG. 8 may be for providing a premium item, a cache item, and the like to a user.

A user can receive a cache item corresponding to a premium item in a user account by activating a predetermined object through a user operation in an interface 810 associated with the premium item. For example, the predetermined object may represent an object (e.g., virtual mailbox 821, receive button 822, etc.) configured to request the provision of a cache item. Activation of a predetermined object may include, for example, a user clicking on the mailbox 821 to open it, or touching the receive button 822. At this time, the user terminal can transmit a request signal in response to activation of a predetermined object.

Through the interface 810 associated with the premium item, the display of the user terminal can display information associated with the premium item. The user terminal can receive information related to the premium item from the game server through the communication unit or read from the pre-stored data. The information associated with the premium item may include the type, quantity, remaining time, and price of the premium item.

According to one embodiment, the information associated with the premium item can be provided to the user through an intuitive interface so that the user can easily grasp the information associated with the premium item.

In addition, the interface 810 associated with the premium item may display information associated with the cache item. The user terminal can receive information associated with the cache item from the game server via the communication unit or read from the pre-stored data. The information associated with the cache item may include the type of cache item, the dispensed quantity, and the remaining quantity. For example, in the interface 810 associated with the premium item shown in FIG. 8, the prepaid amount 830 (e.g., "QQQ out of total RRR", where RRR and QQQ can represent any quantity ) Can be displayed.

In addition, the user terminal and the game server may provide additional compensation, in addition to the cache item and the cache item, based on the connection record of the user account that owns the premium item. For example, the user terminal and the game server may determine that the user account that owns the premium item, along with the cache item, has a separate additional compensation distinguished from the cache item, depending on the number of access days accumulated for a particular period of time (e.g., one month) You can pay more for your user account. The above-described cache items and additional compensation may be provided independently of the general attendance check compensation 840 shown in FIG.

For example, the greater the number of cumulative access days for a user account that owns a premium item over a predetermined period of time (e.g., a period during which the premium item is valid), the more the user terminal and game server Or pay a higher amount of additional compensation. Better additional rewards can include rare or better quality items in the game.

In another example, if a user account that owns a premium item has a record of accessing a specific date (e.g., weekends and holidays, etc.) for a predetermined period of time, the user terminal and the game server , Or pay more additional compensation.

However, the present invention is not limited to this. Depending on the design, the configuration of the additional compensation based on the connection record and the number of connection days may be changed.

According to an exemplary embodiment, a game player can be guided by paying additional compensation to a user who has purchased a premium item.

9 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary purchase interface in accordance with one embodiment.

The user terminal can display various kinds of premium items, for example, through the purchase interface 900 shown in FIG. For example, premium items may be sold set to be valid for different periods. 9, a first premium item 910 valid for 90 days, a second premium item 920 valid for 60 days, and a third premium item 930 valid for 30 days may be displayed have. The user can purchase each premium item through a purchase operation (e.g., a user operation to approve the purchase of a specific item) to the user terminal. For a user account that has purchased each premium item, the user terminal or game server may pay a certain amount of cache items (e.g., "cache" in FIG.

In addition, the premium items may be set to pay different amounts of cache items. For example, the first premium item 910 may be set to provide 999 caches to the user account every day for 90 days, and the second premium item 920 may be set to provide 666 caches to the user account every day for 60 days. And the third premium item 930 may be set to pay 333 caches to the user account for 30 days.

However, the type of the premium item, the period in which the premium item is valid, and the amount of the payment are not limited thereto, but may be changed depending on the design.

10 is a diagram illustrating a purchase interface according to an embodiment.

At least one of the game server and the user terminal may differentially set a purchase right for at least one of the plurality of premium items based on the rating of the user account. Here, at least one of the game server and the user terminal may provide at least one premium item from among the plurality of premium items that the user account can purchase, based on the purchase right. For example, the higher the rating of a user account, the more purchasing rights for more kinds of premium items may be allowed for the user account. In other words, the higher the rating of the user account, the more users of the user account can purchase more kinds of premium items through the user terminal.

Here, at least one of the game server and the user terminal can set a purchase right for the premium item of the user account based on the rating of the user account and the purchase grade of the premium item. For example, if the rating of the user account is higher than or equal to the purchase grade of the premium item, the game server and the user terminal may purchase the premium item for the user account so that the corresponding user account can purchase the premium item Can be set. For example, at least one of the game server and the user terminal may set the rating of the user account based on the purchase count of the premium item and the purchase performance of the paid item.

The purchase grade set for each of the plurality of premium items may be determined based on information associated with each premium item. For example, in the purchase interface 900 shown in FIG. 9, a first premium item 910, a second premium item 920, and a third premium item 930 are shown as an example As shown in FIG.

According to one embodiment, in order to purchase a premium item with a longer validity period, a higher level of purchase authority may be required for the user account. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the purchase authority set for each of the premium items may be set based on information (e.g., the number of cache items, etc.) associated with the cache item associated with the premium item. For example, the purchase right of the first premium item 910 shown in FIG. 10 is S rank, the purchase right of the second premium item 920 is A rank, the purchase right of the third premium item 930 is B rank B, A, and S, respectively. However, the number of levels of purchase authority and the rating system may be changed according to the design.

In addition, if the purchasing authority for the rating of the user account is not set for the premium item the user intends to purchase, the game terminal can provide guidance to the user that the purchase authority is limited. For example, when the purchasing authority is set up to the rank A only in the class of the user account and the first premium item 910 of S rank is selected as the premium item the user wants to purchase, May display a guide through the purchase privilege restriction interface 1010 that the user account can not purchase a certain premium item.

11A is a flow chart illustrating a method for providing an unconnected alarm in accordance with one embodiment.

First, in step 1110, the game server 120 can confirm the last authentication time of the user account. For example, the game server 120 may determine whether at least one of a predetermined login period and a predetermined login time has elapsed since the last time the user account was authenticated. However, the user terminal 110 other than the game server 120 may check the last authentication time as described above.

In step 1120, the game server 120 may transmit a login request using a push service method. For example, when the last authentication time of the user account has passed the predetermined login period and the login time, the game server 120 transmits a login request to the user terminal 110 using the push service method .

In the present specification, the push service method is a message delivery method using a push method, and an arbitrary transmission request on a network may indicate an information delivery method starting from a central server. The push technique may represent a technique for transmitting a message corresponding to a desired range predetermined by a user to a user irrespective of whether or not the user desires a target message.

Then, in step 1130, the user terminal 110 may provide an alarm corresponding to the login request. For example, the user terminal 110 may receive a login request from the game server 120 using a push service method. In response to receiving the login request described above, the user terminal 110 may display a push message corresponding to the login request.

And in step 1140 the user terminal 110 may execute the game in response to a user input for the push message. The user input to the push message may be an act of activating the push message, for example, indicating that the user taps or slides the push message displayed on the touch screen display. The user terminal 110 can immediately execute a game corresponding to the push message when a user input for the push message is received.

The user terminal 110 may then send an authentication request for the user account to the game server 120 in response to the execution of the game at step 1150. For example, when the game is executed by the push message, the user terminal 110 may transmit the user authentication request to the game server 120 without any additional user input.

Similar to the step 520 shown in FIG. 5, the game server 120 then transmits an authentication request transmitted from the user terminal 110, in which the game has been executed, according to a user input for a push message corresponding to the login request Can be processed.

11B is a diagram illustrating an interface that provides an alarm upon an unconnected event according to one embodiment.

The game server may transmit a login request to the user terminal 1100 in response to at least one of a predetermined login period and a predetermined login time after the last time the user account is authenticated. For example, the game server may send a login request to the user through a push service or the like.

The user terminal 1100 may provide a login request in response to at least one of a predetermined login period and a predetermined login time since the last time the user account was authenticated. For example, the user terminal 1100 may receive a login request from the game server described above and provide the login request to the user. In particular, the user terminal 1100 may display an interface 1111 that provides an alarm for a login request via the display 1110. In FIG. 11B, the user terminal 1100 may display an interface 1111 through which a mobile device provides an alarm.

For example, the predetermined login period and the predetermined login time can be set by the service provider or the user. Accordingly, the game server and the user terminal 1100 can maximize the profit of the user who purchased the premium item by preventing the user from omitting the cache item accompanying the premium item.

12A and 12B are diagrams illustrating exemplary specific purchase interfaces in accordance with one embodiment.

According to one embodiment, the user terminal 1200 may transmit setting information for setting the provision of the premium item to the game server. The game server may receive the setting information for setting the provision of the premium item from the user terminal 1200, and may provide the premium item based on the setting information. The user terminal 1200 may receive the premium item from the game server based on the setting information.

12A shows an purchase interface 1210 in which a user can set the above-described setting information to purchase a premium item. Here, the setting information may include a payment method of a premium item, a payment date, a kind of a special item, and the like. 12A, a personal computer (PC) may provide the purchase interface 1210 described above as a user terminal 1200 to a user.

A special item may represent an item that is incidentally paid in addition to the cache item. For example, a special item may include an item to assist in game play, such as an action ability, an earned money, a skill point, an experience value, and the like.

For example, the display of the user terminal 1200 can intuitively display a start time and an end time of providing a premium item to a user through the premium item provision date association interface 1211 of FIG. 12A. In addition, the user terminal 1200 can adjust the starting point of providing a premium item based on a user operation received from the user. For example, if the starting point of providing a premium item is changed, the user terminal 1200 can automatically set the end point based on the information associated with the premium item to be purchased.

In addition, the user terminal 1200 may change the configuration of the special item based on user operations on the special item configuration interface 1212 in the purchase interface 1210. [ For example, as shown in FIG. 12A, a selection of "EEEE" in the first option and "FFFF" in the second option is received from the user, and the special item incidentally provided to the premium item is referred to as "EEEE" Quot; FFFF ". This allows the user to select a special item to suit his or her play style.

FIG. 12B illustrates an exemplary purchase interface 1220 that is different from FIG. 12A. For example, FIG. 12B illustrates a case where the first premium item 910 is normally selected in the purchase interface 900 of FIG.

The purchase interface 1220 of FIG. 12B may include a premium item providing date association interface 1221 when the user purchases the premium item. The user can intuitively confirm the service start time and end time of the premium item through the premium item providing date association interface 1221. [

For example, the user terminal 1200 may receive a purchase operation from the user via the purchase interface 1220 to transfer the premium item to the user account. The purchase operation may represent a user operation for invoking purchase interface 1220. [ The attribution of a premium item may indicate that the user account owns the above-mentioned premium item. The user terminal may display a purchase list associated with the premium item in response to receiving the purchase operation. For example, in FIG. 12B, as items of the purchase list, a first premium item 910, a second premium item 920, and a third premium item 930 may be displayed.

The user terminal 1200 may receive a purchase selection input for one item of the purchase list from the user. The purchase selection input may indicate an operation of the user to select an item to purchase. For example, in FIG. 12B, the user terminal 1200 may receive a purchase selection input (e.g., shown as an inverted "select" button) for the first premium item 910.

The user terminal 1200 may display the start time and the end time of the validity period set for the premium item in response to receiving the purchase selection input. Here, the user terminal 1200 may display the start time and the end time of the valid period through the premium item provision date association interface 1221. [ In addition, the user terminal, through the additional interface 1222, can provide detailed information on the payment terms of the rewards and rewards to be paid to the user account upon purchase of the first premium item 910. [

13 is a diagram illustrating an interface that provides additional compensation associated with a premium item in accordance with one embodiment.

The user terminal 1300 and the game server may provide at least one of special content and special items associated with the premium item. For example, the user terminal 1300 may be provided with a dedicated content interface 1311 for providing dedicated content to the user via the interface providing additional compensation, and a special item interface 1311 for providing special items 1312), and the like. To that end, the user terminal 1300 may receive from the game server at least one of information associated with the premium content associated with the premium item and information associated with the special item.

The exclusive content is a content that is provided only to a user account that has purchased the premium item. For example, the exclusive content may include dungeon content that can be entered only by a user account that has purchased the premium item. More specifically, the game server and the user terminal 1300 may allow only the user account that purchased the premium item to access and access the exclusive content.

In addition, the game server may cause the game server to perform an additional compensation, in which at least one of a quantity and a rating is determined based on at least one of connection record information of the user account and connection time information via an interface providing additional compensation, And the user terminal 1300 may receive the additional compensation from the game server. For example, the connection record information may include a date on which a user account has been accessed for a predetermined period, and the connection time information may include a time when the user account is connected.

For example, the user terminal 1300 may provide, via an interface that provides additional compensation, an access-based compensation interface 1313 to provide compensation to the user based on connection record and access time, and so forth. To this end, the user terminal 1300 may receive additional compensation from the game server based on at least one of connection record information and connection time information of the user account.

In FIG. 13, the user terminal 1300 may provide a weekend access compensation to a user account accessed at the weekend via the connection-based compensation interface 1313. For example, the user terminal 1300 and the game server may add (e.g., double) a cache item as an additional reward to a user account accessed on weekends or on certain days (e.g., holidays, etc.) have. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the game server may decide to pay a larger amount of additional rewards or higher rewards to the user account in proportion to the accumulated date of the user account's access for a predetermined period of time have.

In addition, the user terminal 1300 can pay the user account additional compensation based on the rating information of the user account, such as the quantity and the rating. For example, the higher the rating corresponding to the rating information of the user account, the greater the amount of additional rewards or higher rewards may be provided to the user account. Furthermore, if the rating information of the user account is changed for a predetermined period, the game server and the user terminal 1300 can determine and provide additional compensation based on the changed rating information.

The user terminal 1300 can provide information on the number of the cache items 1321 and the remaining cache items 1322 accumulated and paid for the valid period of the premium item through the premium item information interface 1320. [

In addition, the display of the user terminal 1300 may indicate a period 1323 during which the premium item is valid. For example, the user terminal 1300 may extract from the information associated with the premium item a start time and an end time of the predetermined period of time (e.g., valid period 1323) . The user terminal 1300 can visually display the remaining time limit of the predetermined period, as shown in FIG. 13, based on the start time, the end time, and the time when the user account is being accessed. However, the visual display is not limited to the one shown in FIG. 13, but various types of visualizations that allow the user to intuitively recognize the validity period 1323 can be applied.

14 is a diagram illustrating an interface that provides a payment status of a cache item in accordance with one embodiment.

The user terminal 1400 may receive information associated with the premium item and information associated with the cache item from the game server. The user terminal 1400 may extract the number of cache items provided to the user account from the information associated with the cache item and the quantity of cache items set to be provided to the user account for the remainder of the predetermined period. Here, the remaining period may indicate a period from the current time point to the end point of the validity period.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the user terminal 1400 may receive a cache item (for example, a cashier item) provided in the user account from the start time of the predetermined period through the cache item information interface 1410 until the time when the user account is accessed Quot; cache item "). Further, the user terminal 1400 can access the cache item (for example, a cache entry) that is set to be provided to the user account from the time when the user account is connected to the end of the predetermined period through the cache item information interface 1410 Item) can be displayed.

For example, the user terminal 1400 may send the number of cache items dispensed to the user account from the beginning of the validity period through the first cache payment interface 1411 to 999 caches x 9 days (or as a result of the calculation 8991 cache) and the number of remaining cache items as a number, such as 999 cache x 81 days (or 80919 cache as a result of the calculation).

In another example, the user terminal 1400 can visually display the quantity of cache items pending and the quantity of remaining cache items via the second cache payment interface 1412. The second cache payment interface 1412 of FIG. 14 may represent the quantity of cache items in the form of a graph. In addition, the second cache payment interface 1412 of FIG. 14 may also provide the number of pending cache items and the percentage of remaining cache items (10% in FIG. 14).

As another example, the user terminal 1400 can visually provide the date and number of times the cache item was paid via the third cache payment interface 1413. [ For example, the third cache payment interface 1413 may display the date and number of times the cache item was paid, in the form of a calendar with a circle indicating the day the cache item was paid.

Although the first cache payment interface 1411, the second cache payment interface 1412, and the third cache payment interface 1413 described above are shown on one screen, they are shown for the sake of explanation only, It is not. At least one of the interfaces may be selectively provided, and further, the user terminal 1400 may provide another type of interface for providing the above-described information.

15 is a diagram illustrating an interface for providing a repurchase of a premium item according to an embodiment.

According to one embodiment, the game server may provide the user terminal 1500 with information related to the repurchase for a predetermined margin period before the end time of the predetermined period for the user account from the user terminal 1500 . The user terminal 1500 may display an interface for repurchase-related information and a repurchase (hereinafter referred to as a repurchase interface 1510) for a predetermined spare period before the end of the predetermined period. In FIG. 15, the allowance period may be displayed by the user terminal 1500 as a remaining validity period 1511 (for example, 5 days).

For example, the allowance period may indicate a period from a predetermined time point to a finishing point of a predetermined period from a predetermined period. According to one embodiment, the allowance period may be set by the service provider to provide the user with a time for the user to decide to repurchase.

The information related to the repurchase includes information related to repurchase of the premium item, for example, information about the type of the premium item to be repurchased, the start point and end point when the premium item is repurchased at the time of repurchase, .

According to one embodiment, at least one of the game server and the user terminal 1500 may award a bonus when a user consecutively purchases a premium item for the same user account. Here, the continuous purchase of the premium items (hereinafter referred to as a repurchase operation) is a process in which a premium item (for example, the same item as the one already purchased) is paid for the same user account within a predetermined period A premium item of the type or a premium item of the other kind).

For example, the game server may receive a user action for repurchasing an additional premium item from the user terminal 1500, and in response, grant a bonus to at least one of the premium item and the cache item. In another example, the user terminal 1500 transmits a user action, which is input via the repurchase interface 1510, to the game server for further re-purchasing a premium item, A premium item, and a bonus awarded to at least one of the cache items. For example, a user who has previously purchased a premium item may choose to repurchase the first premium item 1512 as shown in FIG.

According to one embodiment, the game server can set the validity period set for the re-purchased premium item by summing a predetermined period of time for the remaining period of the valid period of the previous premium item. The user terminal 1500 may display the validity period 1513 of the re-purchased premium item set by adding a predetermined period to the remaining period of the valid period of the previous premium item. The remaining period may indicate the period from the current time point to the end of the validity period.

For example, in FIG. 15, the validity period 1513 of the re-purchased premium item is the end time of the valid period of the previous premium item (for example, 2015/03/1995, which is the ending point of the first premium item 910 in FIG. 31), a predetermined period of time for the premium item repurchased may be added after the end of the valid period of the previous premium item. Specifically, in FIG. 15, the remaining period of the current premium item is from 2015/03/27 to 2015/03/31, and the predetermined period for the re-purchased premium item is 2015/04/01 to 2015/06/29 , The total validity period 1513 of the re-purchased premium item may be set from 2015/03/27 to 2015/06/29.

For example, if a user purchases a premium item two consecutive times (for example, two months), the amount of the cash item to be paid is 110%, and the premium item is purchased three consecutive times (for example, three months) The amount of cash items can be paid by 120%. However, the bonus items are not restricted to the cache items, and depending on the design, a bonus may be granted to the premium item (for example, the effective period of the premium item is increased at the same price), and a bonus .

For example, the display of the user terminal 1500 may display, via the repurchase interface 1510, a bonus 1514 that a user may receive when purchasing the premium item. In FIG. 15, a 10% additional cache (e.g., 99 caches) may be awarded to the user account as an example of a repurchase bonus 1514.

The names, types, configurations, and the like of the interfaces described in the above-described Figs. 1 to 15 are illustrative and can be changed as needed.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments may be implemented within a computer system, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable array (FPA) A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute one or more software applications that are executed on an operating system (OS) and an operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. Program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

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Claims (26)

1. A game service method for providing a premium item,
Receiving a request signal for requesting provision of a cache item corresponding to a premium item valid for a predetermined period from a user terminal whose user account is normally authenticated to the game server; And
Providing the cache item to the user account in response to receiving the request signal for a predetermined valid time period
And providing a premium item containing the premium item. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the predetermined effective time period is a predetermined time interval,
Wherein the request signal indicates a time interval after a predetermined minimum time elapses from a time point at which the cache item was last provided
And providing a premium item containing the premium item. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein providing the cache item to the user account comprises:
Providing the cache item to the user account in response to the first request signal being received during a predetermined interval in which the predetermined period has been divided
And providing a premium item containing the premium item. The method according to claim 1,
The request signal includes:
At least one of a signal transmitted from the user terminal in response to activation of a predetermined object in the game executed by the user terminal and a signal transmitted from the user terminal at the time when the user account is normally authenticated
And providing a premium item containing the premium item. The method according to claim 1,
Providing at least one of information associated with the premium item and information associated with the cache item to be displayed at the user terminal to the user terminal
And providing the premium item. The method according to claim 1,
Transmitting a login request to the user terminal using a push service method in response to a lapse of at least one of a predetermined login period and a predetermined login time since the last time the user account was authenticated; And
Processing the authentication request transmitted from the user terminal, wherein the game is executed according to a user input for a push message corresponding to the login request
And providing the premium item. The method according to claim 1,
Allowing access to the dedicated content for the user account in response to the user account having a premium item valid for a predetermined period of time
And providing the premium item. The method according to claim 1,
Providing a special item to the user account to assist in game play in response to the user account having a premium item valid for a predetermined period of time;
And providing the premium item. The method according to claim 1,
Providing information related to the user account from the user terminal for a predetermined free period before the end of the predetermined period;
Receiving a user action for further re-purchasing a premium item from the user terminal;
Providing a bonus to at least one of the premium item and the cache item in response to receiving a user action to repurchase the additional premium item; And
Further comprising the step of summing up a predetermined period of time for the remaining period of the valid period of the previous premium item to set the validity period for the re-purchased premium item. The method according to claim 1,
Providing at least one of a quantity and a grade based on at least one of connection record information and connection time information of the user account in response to the request signal
And providing the premium item. The method according to claim 1,
Setting a rating of the user account based on a purchase count of the premium item and a purchase result of the paid item;
Differentially setting a purchase right for at least one of the plurality of premium items based on the rating of the user account; And
Providing at least one premium item from among a plurality of premium items available for purchase by the user account,
And providing the premium item. A game server for providing a premium item,
A communication unit; And
Processing unit,
Wherein,
Receiving a request signal for requesting a cache item corresponding to a premium item valid for a predetermined period from a user terminal whose user account has been normally authenticated to the game server, In response to a request from the user to provide the cache item to the user account,
A game server that offers premium items. A game service method for receiving a premium item,
Determining whether a normally authenticated user account for the game server owns a premium item valid for a predetermined period of time;
Transmitting a request signal requesting provision of a cache item corresponding to the premium item to the game server in response to the user account having the premium item; And
Receiving the cache item from the game server in response to the request signal being transmitted during a predetermined valid time period
And receiving the premium item. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the predetermined effective time period is a predetermined time interval,
Wherein the request signal indicates a time interval after a predetermined minimum time elapses from a time point at which the cache item was last provided
And receiving the premium item. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the receiving the cache item comprises:
Receiving the cache item from the game server in response to the first transmission of the request signal during a predetermined interval in which the predetermined period is divided;
And receiving the premium item including the premium item. 14. The method of claim 13,
The transmitting of the request signal to the game server comprises:
Transmitting the request signal in response to at least one of activation of a predetermined object in the game executed in the user terminal and normal authentication of the user account
And receiving the premium item. 14. The method of claim 13,
Receiving information associated with the premium item from the game server;
Extracting a start time and an end time of the predetermined period from the information associated with the premium item; And
Visually displaying a remaining time limit of the predetermined period based on the start time, the end time, and the time when the user account is being accessed
And receiving the premium item further including the premium item. 18. The method of claim 17,
Receiving information associated with the cache item from the game server;
Extracting from the information associated with the cache item a quantity of cache items provided to the user account and a quantity of cache items set to be provided to the user account for the remainder of the predetermined period; And
Displaying the number of cache items provided to the user account from a start time of the predetermined period to a time when the user account is accessed; And
Displaying the number of cache items set to be provided to the user account from the time when the user account is connected to the end time of the predetermined period
And receiving the premium item further including the premium item. 14. The method of claim 13,
Receiving a login request from the game server using a push service method in response to a lapse of at least one of a predetermined login period and a predetermined login time after the last time the user account is authenticated;
In response to receiving the login request, displaying a push message corresponding to the login request;
Executing a game based on user input to the push message; And
Transmitting an authentication request for the user account to the game server in response to the execution of the game
And receiving the premium item further including the premium item. 14. The method of claim 13,
Providing information associated with the dedicated content that is allowed to access the user account in response to the user account having a premium item valid for a predetermined period of time;
And receiving the premium item further including the premium item. 14. The method of claim 13,
Providing a special item to the user account to assist in game play in response to the user account having a premium item valid for a predetermined period of time
And receiving the premium item further including the premium item. 14. The method of claim 13,
Receiving, from a user, a purchase operation for attributing the premium item to the user account;
In response to receiving the purchase operation, displaying a purchase list associated with the premium item;
Receiving a purchase selection input for one item of the purchase list from the user; And
In response to receiving the purchase selection input, displaying a start time and an end time of a validity period set for the premium item
And receiving the premium item further including the premium item. 14. The method of claim 13,
Displaying an interface for repurchase-related information and repurchase for a predetermined allowance period before the end of the predetermined period;
Transmitting to the game server a user action for re-purchasing a premium item further input through the interface for repurchasing;
Receiving and providing a bonus awarded to at least one of the premium item and the cache item, which is paid to the user account by the game server, in response to a user action to repurchase the additional premium item; And
Displaying a valid period of the remanufactured premium item set by adding a predetermined period to the remaining period of the valid period of the previous premium item
And receiving the premium item further including the premium item. 14. The method of claim 13,
Receiving, from the game server, additional compensation in which at least one of a quantity and a grade is determined based on at least one of connection record information and connection time information of the user account
And receiving the premium item further including the premium item. 14. The method of claim 13,
Setting a rating of the user account based on a purchase count of the premium item and a purchase result of the paid item;
Differentially setting a purchase right for at least one of the plurality of premium items based on the rating of the user account; And
Providing at least one premium item from among a plurality of premium items available for purchase by the user account,
And receiving the premium item further including the premium item. In a user terminal receiving a premium item,
A communication unit; And
Processing unit,
Wherein,
Determining whether the user account normally authenticated to the game server owns a premium item valid for a predetermined period of time,
And transmits a request signal requesting provision of a cache item corresponding to the premium item to the game server in response to the user account possessing the premium item, In response to the event, controlling the communication unit to receive the cache item from the game server,
A user terminal receiving a premium item.

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