System and method for providing game on network

• US 20090005174A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Younhee, Joo, Seongyoun
• Granted Patent: US 8,131,797 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions

Abstract

A system and a method for providing and distributing a game widely on a network are disclosed. The method includes: creating and storing game platform data which load a game to be distributed; providing a copy function that allows source address information of a game platform, corresponding to the game to be distributed, to be copied; downloading the game platform data in response to a request for the game platform from a client using the source address information of the game platform; and downloading the game to be distributed and additional information in response to an activation of the downloaded game platform data, wherein the game platform provides the copy function that allows the source address information of the game platform to be copied in response to a request from the client.

Claims

1. A system for providing and distributing a game, comprising:

a game server for providing at least one game content to a connected client;

a game platform address generating unit for generating a network address of a game platform which loads a game to be distributed;

a database server for storing data of the game platform, data of the game to be distributed and additional information provided by the game platform; and

a request unit for requesting the data of the game to be distributed and the additional information to the database server in response to a request from the game platform installed in the client.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the client is allowed to copy the network address of the game platform through the game server or the game platform.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the additional information includes related game information or advertisement information.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the related game information or the advertisement information is dynamically updated.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the related game information includes link information of a page which provides a game having a similar genre as the game to be distributed.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the game platform address is provided in an html tag format.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the game platform requests the data for the game to be distributed and the additional information when a document including the html tag is activated on a web.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the game platform allows the game platform address to be copied on the web where the game platform is activated.

9. A method for providing and distributing a game, comprising:

creating and storing game platform data which load a game to be distributed;

providing a copy function that allows source address information of a game platform, corresponding to the game to be distributed, to be copied;

downloading the game platform data in response to a request for the game platform from a client using the source address information of the game platform; and

downloading the game to be distributed and additional information in response to an activation of the downloaded game platform data.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the game platform provides the copy function that allows the source address information of the game platform to be copied in response to a request from the client.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the step of creating and storing the game platform data includes:

creating data for the game to be distributed;

matching the game to be distributed with a related game;

matching the game to be distributed with advertisement information data;

creating the source address information of the game platform; and

creating the game platform data providing the data for the game to be distributed, the related game, the advertisement information data and the source address information of the game platform.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the related game includes at least one of a game having a similar genre as the game to be distributed, a recommended game and a popular game.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the game platform includes link information of a related game.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising a step of providing a page which provides the related game in response to a request for the related game from the client.

15. A computer readable storage medium in which a program for providing and distributing a game is recorded, wherein the program includes instructions for performing each step as claimed in claim 9.

16. A computer readable storage medium in which a program for providing and distributing a game is recorded, wherein the program includes instructions for performing each step as claimed in claim 10.

17. A computer readable storage medium storing therein a data structure for a game platform for providing and distributing a game, the data structure comprising:

game platform skin data for designing an outer appearance of the game platform;

source address data for a game to be distributed which is loaded on the game platform;

related game link data for displaying link information of a game related to the game to be distributed;

advertisement information data; and

game platform source address information data.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the game platform data are designed by using Flash software.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein a source for the game to be distributed is designed by using Flash software.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the game platform source address information data are formed by using an html tag.