APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BOARD GAME SERVICE IN MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20110195763A1
• Filed: 07/23/2009
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kang, Sung-Wouk, Gong, Na-Yeon, Park, Hyun-Sun
• Application Number:
  US13/055,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20110195763A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/6
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/00662 with an electric sensor for playing pieces A63F2009/2444 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2435 using a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00643 Electric board games; Electric features of board games electric word or number games A63F3/0421; computer chess G06F; electric raffle games A63F3/081
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for providing a board game in a mobile terminal of a mobile communication system. An apparatus for providing a board game service in a mobile terminal, said apparatus comprising: a display means for displaying a game progress status; a sensing means for sensing a piece, a game board on which said piece moves and a location of the piece movement on said game board; a memory storing a game program and algorithm for said board game service; and, a controller for controlling said sensing means to sense the location of the piece movement according to the game program stored in said memory, producing game progress information about the location of the piece movement, and controlling said display means to display game results having said game progress information applied.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing a board game service in a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a display means for displaying a game progress status;

a sensing means for sensing a piece, a game board on which said piece is moved, and a location corresponding to movement of the piece on the game board;

a memory storing a game program and an algorithm for the board game service; and

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a controller for controlling the sensing means to sense the movement according to the game program stored in the memory, producing game progress information corresponding to the location of the movement, and controlling the display means to display a game result in which the game progress information is applied.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a network connecting means for communicating with an other mobile terminal,

wherein said controller transmits/receives said game progress information to/from the other mobile terminal and further applies the game progress information to the game result.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing means senses a recognition code in at least one of the game piece and the game board.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing means senses a recognition item in at least one of the game piece and the game board.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing means senses a sensing material in at least one of the game piece and the game board.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing means is a digital camera.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the piece is a virtual game piece.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the game board is a virtual game board.

3. A method for providing a board game service in a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

generating random number information for moving a piece while the board game is performed;

sensing a location of movement of the piece on a game board according to the generated random number information according to a predetermined sensing means; and

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producing first game progress information about the piece location and applying the first game progress information to the board game.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising, if a number of users join the board game, connecting to other mobile terminals corresponding to the users through a network;

transmitting the first game progress information to the other mobile terminals; and

applying second game progress information to the board game upon receiving the second game progress information from the other mobile terminals.

11. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein sensing the location of the movement includes sensing a recognition code in at least one of the game piece and the game board.

12. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein sensing the location of the movement includes sensing a recognition item in at least one of the game piece and the game board.

13. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein sensing the location of the movement includes sensing a sensing material in at least one of the game piece and the game board.

14. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the location of the movement is sensed by a digital camera.

15. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the piece is a virtual game piece.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the game board is a virtual game board.