GAME TERMINAL, COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREWITH

• US 20100041455A1
• Filed: 01/17/2008
• Published: 02/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Marufuji, Yohei, Kura, Shuichi
• Application Number:
  US12/523,399
• Publication Number:
  US 20100041455A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/9
• 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 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6009 for importing or creating game content, e.g. authoring tools during game development, adapting content to different platforms, use of a scripting language to create content
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8064 Quiz
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/18 Question-and-answer games
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

The present invention provides a game terminal (10). Game terminal (10) has a processor (150) and a terminal storage device (160). Stored in terminal storage device (160) for each quiz question is keyword group data representing a keyword group including plural keywords. Processor (150) uses a computer program P1 stored in terminal storage device (160), to perform a process (SC3) of dynamically specifying one search keyword, a process (SC5) of selecting plural quiz questions for which keyword group data representing a keyword group that includes the specified search keyword is stored in terminal storage device (160), and a process (SB4A, SD6A) of giving a player the selected plural quiz questions in one quiz game.

Claims

1. A game terminal for enabling a player to play a quiz game including plural quizzes, comprising:

a questioner that gives a player a quiz question in each of the plural quizzes;

a receiver that receives an answer from the player in the each quiz;

a determiner that determines whether the answer received by the receiver is correct in the quiz in which the quiz question has been given by the questioner;

a keyword group storage device that stores keyword group data representing a keyword group that includes plural keywords;

a keyword specifier that dynamically specifies at least one of the plural keywords; and

an association-based selector that selects plural quiz questions that are in association with one another, by selecting the plural quiz questions for each of which keyword group data representing a keyword group that includes the keyword specified by the keyword specifier is stored in the keyword group storage device,

wherein the questioner gives the player the plural quiz questions selected by the association-based selector in one quiz game.

2. A game terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the keyword group storage device further stores, for each quiz question, quiz question data representing a quiz question and correct answer data representing a correct answer in addition to the keyword group data;

wherein the questioner gives the player a quiz question using the quiz question data representing the quiz question;

wherein the determiner determines whether the answer received by the receiver in the quiz in which the quiz question was given by the questioner is correct based on the correct answer data representing a correct answer of the quiz question.

3. A game terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the keyword group corresponding to the quiz question includes a keyword that is related to the correct answer of the quiz question.

4. A game terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a type selector,

wherein there are plural types of keyword groups corresponding to each quiz question;

wherein the plural types of keyword groups each includes keywords that are related to a quiz element that is different from group to group;

wherein the type selector selects at least one of the plural types of keyword groups; and

wherein the association-based selector selects the quiz questions for each of which keyword group data representing a keyword group that includes the keyword specified by the keyword specifier is stored in the keyword group storage device, with the keyword group being the type of keyword group selected by the type selector.

5. A game terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the keyword group storage device further stores, for each quiz question, genre data representing a genre of the quiz question in addition to the keyword type data,

the game terminal further comprising:

a genre specifier that specifies one genre; and

a genre-based selector that selects plural quiz questions for each of which genre data representing the genre specified by the genre specifier is stored in the keyword group storage device,

wherein the questioner gives the player a quiz question selected by the genre-based selector in one quiz game.

6. A computer program executable on a computer which enables a player to play a quiz game including plural quizzes and which has stored, for each quiz question, keyword group data representing a keyword group including plural keywords, the computer program, when run on the computer, at least including computer readable instructions for performing the steps of:

questioning by giving a player a quiz question in each of the plural quizzes;

receiving an answer from the player in the each quiz;

determining whether the answer received in the receiving step is correct in the quiz in which the quiz question has been given in the questioning step;

dynamically specifying at least one of the plural keywords; and

selecting plural quiz questions that are in association with one another, by selecting the plural quiz questions for each of which keyword group data representing a keyword group that includes the keyword specified in the specifying step is stored in the computer,

wherein the questioning step includes giving, in the quiz game, the player plural quiz questions selected in the selecting step.

7. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program executable on a computer that enables a player to play a quiz game including plural quizzes and that has stored, for each quiz question, keyword group data representing a keyword group including plural keywords, the computer program, when run on the computer, at least including computer readable instructions for performing the steps of:

questioning by giving a player a quiz question in each of the plural quizzes;

receiving an answer from the player in each quiz;

determining whether the answer received in the receiving step is correct in the quiz in which the quiz question has been given in the questioning step;

dynamically specifying at least one of the plural keywords; and

selecting plural quiz questions that are in association with one another, by selecting the plural quiz questions for each of which keyword group data representing a keyword group that includes the keyword specified in the specifying step is stored in the computer,

wherein the questioning step includes giving, in the quiz game, the player plural quiz questions selected in the selecting step.