Method and system for renewing screen using mechanics information

• US 20070167231A1
• Filed: 02/06/2007
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Dae
• Granted Patent: US 9,545,577 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/30
• 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 13/358 Adapting the game course according to the network or server load, e.g. for reducing latency due to different connection speeds between clients
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/57 Simulating properties, behaviour or motion of objects in the game world, e.g. computing tyre load in a car race game A63F13/56 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/534 for network load management, e.g. bandwidth optimization, latency reduction
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/64 for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/66 for rendering three dimensional images
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/807 Role playing or strategy games

Abstract

A screen update method and system is provided. The game server performs the steps of: receiving dynamics information from a first gamer'"'"'s terminal; and transmitting the received dynamics information to at least one second gamer'"'"'s terminal. The first gamer'"'"'s terminal performs the steps of: performing dynamics computation by using the dynamics information; and updating a display screen displayed on a display unit of the first gamer'"'"'s terminal provided by the game server by using result information of the dynamics computation. The second gamer'"'"'s terminal performs the steps of: performing dynamics computation by using the received dynamics information; and updating a display screen displayed on a display unit of the second gamer'"'"'s terminal provided by the game server by using result information of the dynamics computation performed in the second gamer'"'"'s terminal.

Claims

1. A method of updating a screen in a computer network, the method comprising:

receiving motion information of an object from a first terminal communicating with the computer network; and

transmitting the received motion information to a second terminal communicating with the first terminal, wherein the first terminal is configured to perform motion computation based at least in part on the motion information, and configured to update the display screen of the first terminal, the display screen being associated with a game provided by a server in communication with the computer network, said updating being based at least in part on the motion computation, and wherein the second terminal is configured to perform motion computation based at least in part on the transmitted motion information, and configured to update the display screen of the second terminal, the display screen being associated with the game provided by the server, said updating being based at least in part on the motion computation.

2. A computer readable recording medium comprising a program for executing the method of claim 1.

3. A method of updating display screens of at least one of first and second terminals communicating with a server over a computer network, the method comprising:

receiving motion information of an object from the first and second terminals;

adjusting a first motion information received from a first terminal such that the received motion information is substantially compatible with the motion information received from the second terminal; and

transmitting to the second terminal at least a part of the received motion information received from the first terminal and the adjusted motion information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the motion information comprises mechanics information, and which comprises dynamics information and statics information of the object.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the dynamics information comprises attack point, magnitude of force, direction of force, effect of attack, and counter force of the object.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the motion information comprises dynamics information of the object interacting with a background.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein adjusting is performed periodically.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

transmitting the motion information of the first and second terminals to a third terminal communicating with the server; and

generating a display screen for the third terminal.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein the object comprises a rigid object, and wherein adjusting is based at least in part on geostatics.

10. A computer readable recording medium comprising a program for executing the method of claim 3.

11. A method of updating a display screen of a first terminal communicating with a server and at least a second terminal over a computer network, the method comprising:

receiving motion information of an object in the second terminal from the server;

performing motion computation to produce computed motion information based at least in part on the first terminal'"'"'s motion information and based at least in part on the received motion information; and

updating the display screen based at least in part on the first terminal'"'"'s motion information and the computed motion information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the motion information of the first terminal comprises motion information generated by a plurality of control commands executed at the first terminal for the object in a background.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the motion information comprises dynamics information and statics information of the object.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the dynamics information comprises attack point, magnitude of force, direction of force, effect of attack, and counter force of the object.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the object comprises a rigid object, and wherein adjusting is performed based at least in part on geostatics.

16. A computer readable recording medium, comprising a program for executing the method of claim 11.

17. A system for updating a screen of a plurality of terminals communicating with a computer network, the system comprising:

a motion information receiver circuit configured to receive motion information from a first terminal;

a motion adjuster circuit configured to adjust a first motion information received from the first terminal such that the received motion information is substantially compatible with the motion information received from a second terminal communicating with the first terminal; and

a motion information transmitter circuit configured to transmit the received motion information to at least one second terminal communicating with the first terminal.

18. A system of updating a screen of a plurality of terminals communicating with a computer network, the system comprising:

a first motion processor circuit configured to perform motion computation based at least in part on motion information;

a first screen update circuit configured to update a display screen of a first terminal, the display screen being associated with a game provided by a server, said updating being based at least in part on the motion computation; and

a motion adjuster circuit configured to adjust a first motion information received from the first terminal such that the received motion information is substantially compatible with a second motion information received from a second terminal communicating with the first terminal, wherein the second terminal comprises a second motion processor circuit configured to perform motion computation, said motion computation being based at least in part on the received motion information, and the second terminal further comprises a second screen update circuit configured to update a display screen of the second terminal, said display screen being associated with the game.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein one of the first terminal and the second terminal further comprises a server communicator configured to transmit the result of the motion computation to the server.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the motion information comprises mechanics information, and wherein the mechanics information comprises dynamics information and statics information of the object.