Game system, server, and game control method

• US 20060003838A1
• Filed: 07/01/2005
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Takahiko, Kogo, Junichi
• Application Number:
  US11/171,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20060003838A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/29
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/352 involving special game server arrangements, e.g. regional servers connected to a national server or a plurality of servers managing partitions of the game world
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/49 Saving the game status; Pausing or ending the game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/50 characterized by details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/513 server hierarchy, e.g. local, regional, national or dedicated for different tasks, e.g. authenticating, billing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/554 by saving game or status data
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5546 using player registration data, e.g. identification, account, preferences, game history
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/65 for computing the condition of a game character

Abstract

A game system in which a plurality of terminal devices 1, an arcade server 2, and a center server 3 are connected with one another via a communication line 4, and in which a plurality of players can execute a game by operating the plurality of terminal devices 1, respectively. In the game system, the game histories of the players, which comprise a plurality of types of elements, are used to generate evaluation messages for game results corresponding to the game histories, the plurality of evaluation messages are then edited in accordance with a time axis in the game to generate an evaluation message group, and an image representing the evaluation message group is displayed.

Claims

1. A game system in which at least a plurality of terminal devices are connected to servers via a communication line, and which can execute a game which a plurality of players play by operating each of the terminal devices, the game system comprising:

a game history storing unit which can store a plurality of game histories of a player, which comprise a plurality of types of elements;

a game history setting unit which sets the game histories comprising the plurality of types of elements on the basis of a game result of the player, and stores the game histories in the game history storing unit after relating the game histories to the time in the game;

an evaluation message generating unit which generates an evaluation message for the game result corresponding to the game histories by means of the plurality of types of elements of the game histories for each game history stored in the game history storing unit;

an evaluation message group generating unit which edits the plurality of evaluation messages generated in the evaluation message generating unit in accordance with the time axis in the game, and generates an evaluation message group which represents a game process of the player; and

a displaying unit which generates an image constituted by the evaluation message group representing the evaluation message group generated by the evaluation message group generating unit, and displays the image constituted by the evaluation message group.

2. The game system according to claim 1, comprising an evaluation message erasing unit for erasing the evaluation message which is generated by the evaluation message generating unit, in accordance with an operation of the player.

3. The game system according to claim 1, comprising:

a condition setting unit which sets a condition to be cleared for a player; and

a condition achievement determination unit which determines whether or not the player clears the condition,

wherein, when the condition achievement determination unit determines that the player clears the condition, the game history setting unit sets a game history comprising a plurality of types of elements on the basis of a result of clearing the condition, and stores the game history in the game history storing unit after relating same to the time in the game.

4. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the server comprises an arcade server connected communicably to the plurality of terminal devices via dedicated lines, and a center server connected communicably to the plurality of arcade servers via communication lines.

5. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the game history comprises at least two elements of the elements of a date and hour of participation, a participating player, the level of the participating player at the time of participation, a clearing time, and a reward acquired.

6. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the displaying unit is provided in the terminal device or a card machine.

7. The game system according to claim 4, configured such that the game history is once stored in the memory of the arcade server, and the game history stored in the memory of the arcade server is transmitted to the center server when the game ends.

8. The game system according to claim 4, wherein the evaluation message generating unit is provided inside the center server.

9. The game system according to claim 4, wherein calculation of a time of the time axis in the game is performed based on a timer value provided in the center server.

10. The game system according to claim 4, wherein the game history setting unit is provided in the arcade server, the game history storing unit is provided in the arcade server or the center server, and the evaluation message generating unit and the evaluation message group generating unit are provided in the center server.

11. The game system according to claim 2, wherein the server comprises the arcade server connected communicably to the plurality of terminal devices via dedicated lines, and the center server connected communicably to the plurality of arcade servers via communication lines, and the evaluation message erasing unit is provided in the center server, in which, on the basis of a request signal for erasing an evaluation message transmitted to the center server, erasing processing is performed on the evaluation message.

12. A server, which is connected to at least a plurality of terminal devices via communication lines, and configures a game system in which a plurality of players can execute a game by operating the terminal devices respectively, the server comprising:

a game history storing unit in which a plurality of game histories of the players, which comprise a plurality of types of elements, are stored;

a game history setting unit which sets the game histories comprising the plurality of types of elements on the basis of a game result of the player, and stores the game histories in the game history storing unit after relating the game histories to the time in the game;

an evaluation message generating unit which employs the plurality of types of elements of the game histories to generate evaluation messages for game results corresponding to the game histories, for each game history stored in the game history storing unit; and

an evaluation message group generating unit which edits the plurality of evaluation messages generated by the evaluation message generating unit in accordance with a time axis in the game, and generates an evaluation message group representing the game processes of the players.

13. A game control method, which causes a server to function as:

a game history storing unit in which a plurality of game histories of the players, which comprise a plurality of types of elements, are stored;

a game history setting unit which sets the game histories comprising a plurality of types of elements on the basis of a game result of the player, and stores the game histories in the game history storing unit after relating the game histories to the time in the game;

an evaluation message generating unit which employs the plurality of types of elements of the game histories to generate evaluation messages for game results corresponding to the game histories, for each game history stored in the game history storing unit;

an evaluation message group generating unit which edits the plurality of evaluation messages generated by the evaluation message generating unit in accordance with a time axis in the game, and generates an evaluation message group representing the game processes of the players; and

a displaying unit which generates an image configured by the evaluation message group representing the evaluation message group which is generated by the evaluation message group generating unit, and displays the image configured by the evaluation message group,

wherein the server is connected to at least a plurality of terminal devices via communication lines, and configures game system in which a plurality of players can execute a game by operating the terminal devices.