APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING GAME PACKET DATA

• US 20110131404A1
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Published: 06/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: PARK, Chang Joon, SOHN, Kang Min, LEE, Dongchun
• Application Number:
  US12/646,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20110131404A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/150
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/532 using secure communication, e.g. by encryption, authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/028 by filtering

Abstract

An apparatus for visualizing game packet data, includes a packet capturing unit for capturing game packet data transmitted and received during a game service; a decryption unit for decrypting the captured game packet data; and a packet filtering unit for extracting packet data having a valid protocol ID from the game packet data and extracting visualization data from the extracted packet data. Further, the apparatus for visualizing game packet data includes a virtual map creation unit for creating a virtual map using the extracted visualization data; and a visualization unit for displaying the visualization data in the created virtual map.

Claims

1. An apparatus for visualizing game packet data, comprising:

a packet capturing unit for capturing game packet data transmitted and received during a game service;

a decryption unit for decrypting the captured game packet data;

a packet filtering unit for extracting packet data having a valid protocol ID from the game packet data and extracting visualization data from the extracted packet data;

a virtual map creation unit for creating a virtual map using the extracted visualization data; and

a visualization unit for displaying the visualization data in the created virtual map.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the packet capturing unit captures the game packet data and adds corresponding time information to the game packet data.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the decryption unit performs the decryption using a decryption algorithm which is provided in script or plug-in form.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the script form in which the decryption algorithm is provided is Lua script form.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the packet filtering unit comprises:

a valid protocol ID filtering unit for extracting a game packet having the valid protocol ID from a continuous protocol list regarding the decrypted game packet data; and

a visualization data filtering unit for extracting the visualization data from the game packet having the valid protocol ID.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the visualization data comprises location and attribute information of an object.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the virtual map creation unit creates the virtual map using location information of the visualization data.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the visualization unit displays the visualization data in 3D or 2D screen form.

9. A method for visualizing game packet data, comprising:

capturing game packet data transmitted and received during a game service;

decrypting the captured game packet data;

extracting packet data having a valid protocol ID from the game packet data;

extracting visualization data from the extracted packet data;

creating a virtual map using the extracted visualization data; and

displaying the visualization data in the created virtual map.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the packet capturing unit captures the game packet data and adds corresponding time information to the game packet data.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the decrypting the captured game packet data is performed using a decryption algorithm which is provided in script or plug-in form.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the script form in which the decryption algorithm is provided is Lua script form.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the extracting packet data comprises extracting a game packet having the valid protocol ID from a continuous protocol list regarding the decrypted game packet data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the visualization data comprises location and attribute information of an object.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the creating a virtual map is performed using location information of the visualization data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the displaying the visualization data comprises displaying the visualization data in 3D or 2D screen form.