Method for controlling programs of a mobile game client

• US 20060247051A1
• Filed: 04/05/2006
• Published: 11/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sun, Qian, Liu, Qian
• Application Number:
  US11/397,731
• Publication Number:
  US 20060247051A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/40
• 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 13/332 using wireless networks, e.g. cellular phone networks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/552 for downloading to client devices, e.g. using OS version, hardware or software profile of the client device
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5573 player location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting

Abstract

The present invention discloses a program control method for mobile game client, which comprises the steps of: setting one or more active zones in a game map of a mobile game client, and setting a function identity corresponding to an application program for each of said active zones; obtaining and running an application program corresponding to a function identity for an active zone when detecting that a distance between the location of a game role and the active zone is shorter than a preset threshold. By setting active zones in a graphic game map as entrances to various mobile games or other related applications instead of directly integrating various mobile games with a graphic game map, this invention implements the effective calling in of various mobile games or other related applications from a graphic game map under the circumstances of existing mobile terminals.

Claims

1. A method for controlling programs of a mobile game client, comprising:

setting one or more active zones in a game map of a mobile game client, and setting a function identity corresponding to an application program for each of said active zones;

obtaining and running an application program corresponding to a function identity of an active zone when a distance between a location of a game role and the active zone is shorter than a preset threshold.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

dividing said game map into one or more scenes;

wherein

each of said scenes comprises one or more buildings;

said step of setting one or more active zones includes;

setting one or more buildings.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein:

said game map corresponds to a game map data comprising one or more scene records and one or more building records, each of said scene records corresponding to said one or more building records;

each of said scene records comprises a scene identity;

each of said building records comprises a scene identity of the corresponding scene, a display image identity and a location of the building.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein:

each of said building records further comprises a building type and a building parameter;

said step of setting one or more active zones and setting a function identity for each of said active zones includes;

setting the building type of at least one building record so as to indicate said at least one building is an active zone, and setting the building parameter of said at least one building record so as to indicate the function identity for said at least one building.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising before said step of setting said one or more buildings as the active zones:

detecting whether there exists an active zone within a preset distance around a building to be set as an active zone, if exists, prohibiting setting the building as an active zone;

otherwise, allowing setting the building as an active zone.

6. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

dividing each of said scenes into one or more scene blocks;

wherein said step of setting one or more active zones includes;

setting one or more scene blocks as the active zones.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said step of dividing each of said scenes into one or more scene blocks includes:

dividing each of said scenes into one or more scene blocks by two sets of parallel lines.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein:

the game map data further comprises one or more scene block records, and each of said scene block records corresponds to one scene record and one building record;

each of said scene block records comprises a scene block identity, a scene identity in the corresponding scene record and a building identity in the corresponding building record.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein:

each of said scene block records further comprises a scene block type and a scene block parameter;

said step of setting one or more active zones and setting a function identity for each of said active zones includes;

setting the scene block type of at least one scene block record so as to indicate said at least one scene block is an active zone, and setting the scene block parameter of said at least one scene block record so as to indicate the function identity for said at least one scene block.

10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising before said step of setting one or more scene blocks as the active zones:

detecting whether there exists an active zone within a preset distance around a scene block to be set as an active zone, if exists, prohibiting setting the scene block as an active zone;

otherwise, allowing setting the scene block as an active zone.

11. The method according to claim 3, wherein:

each of said building records corresponds to an element record which comprises an element identity;

the display image identity in each of said building records is the element identity in said corresponding element record.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein:

said element record is a graphic element record;

said graphic element record comprises a graphic element identity and a graphic element display image;

the display image identity of each of said building records is the graphic element identity in said graphic element record.

13. The method according to claim 1.1, wherein:

said element record is a building element record corresponding to one or more graphic element records;

each of said graphic element records comprises a graphic element identity and a graphic element display image;

said building element record comprises a building element identity, a corresponding graphic element identity and location information;

the display image identity of each of said building records is the building element identity in said building element record.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of obtaining and running an application program includes:

detecting with the mobile game client whether the distance between the location of the game role and the active zone is shorter than the preset threshold, and if the distance between the location of the game role and the active zone is shorter than the preset threshold, obtaining and running the application program for the active zone.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of obtaining and running an application program includes:

detecting with the mobile game client whether the distance between the location of the game role and the active zone is shorter than the preset threshold, and sending the detecting result to a mobile game server, if the distance between the location of the game role and the active zone is shorter than the preset threshold, instructing the mobile game client to obtain and run the application program for the active zone with the mobile game server.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of obtaining and running an application program includes:

detecting with a mobile game server whether the distance between the location of the game role and the active zone submitted by the mobile game client is shorter than the preset threshold, and if the distance between the location of the game role and the active zone is shorter than the preset threshold, sending the detecting result to the mobile game client with the mobile game server, and obtaining and running the application program for the active zone with the mobile game client upon receiving the detecting result.

17. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing at least one game role attribute record;

said step of setting a function identity for each of said active zones further comprising;

setting a game role attribute activation condition for the function identity;

further comprising before said step of obtaining and running an application program;

determining whether the game role attribute conforms to the game role attribute activation condition, and if the game role attribute conforms to the game role attribute activation condition, obtaining and running with the mobile game client the application program for the active zone.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein said step of setting a game role attribute activation condition for the function identity includes:

setting a game role attribute activation condition for each said application program corresponding to the function identity;

said step of obtaining and running an application program includes;

obtaining and running the application program in which the game role attribute conforms to the game role attribute activation condition for the application program.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising after said step of obtaining and running an application program:

updating the game role attribute record.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein:

said step of storing the game role attribute record includes;

storing the game role attribute record on the mobile game client and the mobile game server;

said step of updating the game role attribute record includes;

making synchronized updating of the game role attribute record on the mobile game server and on the mobile game client.

21. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of obtaining and running an application program includes:

determining whether the application program exists in the mobile game client, if exists, directly running the application program;

otherwise, downloading the application program from the mobile game server and running the application program.

22. The method according to claim 21, further comprising after determining that there exists the application program in the mobile game client:

sending the version information of the application program existing in the mobile game client to a mobile game server, and determining with the mobile game server whether the version of the application program is the latest version, if it is not the latest version, sending a message to prompt the mobile game client to download the latest version of the application program from the mobile game server.

23. The method according to claim 1, wherein said distance between the location of a game role and an active zone being shorter than a preset threshold includes:

the location coordinates of the game role being within the border of the active zone.