METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ITEM LOTTERY SERVICE

• US 20140309009A1
• Filed: 10/26/2011
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Woon Yong, Jang, Ki Cheol
• Granted Patent: US 9,342,960 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/18
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/34 Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

Provided is a technique which can increase user utilization of an item lottery service by providing users with an intuitive screen for the item lottery service, and, at the same time, a new source of fun. A method for managing an item lottery service in accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: displaying at least one item lottery apparatus for drawing lots for at least one item among the usable items in an online game on one part of an item lottery service screen of a user terminal; displaying an information screen with information regarding the usage of the item lottery service on one part of the item lottery service screen, other than the part where the item lottery apparatus is displayed; sensing usage input of at least one drawing of a lot from the user terminal for any one item lottery apparatus among at least one item lottery apparatus; and displaying, within the information screen, information for at least one item determined to be the winning item, according to the usage input, from among at least one winnable item from any one item lottery apparatus.

Claims

1. A method for managing an item lottery service, the managing method comprising:

displaying at least one item lottery apparatus for drawing lots for at least one item among usable items in an online game on one part of an item lottery service screen of a user terminal;

displaying an information screen with information regarding the usage of the item lottery service on a part of the item lottery service screen, other than a part where the item lottery apparatus is displayed;

sensing a usage input of at least one drawing of a lot from the user terminal for any one of the at least one item lottery apparatus; and

displaying, within the information screen, information of at least one item determined as being wined, according to the usage input, from among at least one winnable item from any one item lottery apparatus.

2. The managing method of claim 1, wherein ranking predetermined according to the effect of items is set in at least one item that is winnable in each of the at least one item lottery apparatus, and

the displaying of the at least one item lottery on the part includes displaying identification information related to an item having the highest ranking among at least one item that is winnable in each item lottery apparatus, on a representative item display screen provided at the each item lottery apparatus, when the item lottery apparatus is displayed.

3. The managing method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the at least one item lottery on the part includes displaying information related to a remaining available number of the lots at a part of a display region of the at least one item lottery apparatus until the item lottery apparatus is reset for each of the at least one item lottery apparatus.

4. The managing method of claim 1, wherein the sensing of the usage input includes updating number information of lottery items held by a user as a number obtained by deducting a number of the lots for items by the user from a number of the available lottery items held by the user.

5. The managing method of claim 4, wherein the sensing of the usage input includes updating number information of the lottery items held by the user as a number obtained by deducting a number of the lots for items by the user from a number obtained by adding a number of free lottery items that are supplied to the user by a predetermined number at every a period, into the number of the lottery items held by the user.

6. The managing method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the information within the information screen includes displaying information of at least one item determined as being wined per item lottery result corresponding to a number of the lots included in one usage input within the information screen along therewith.

7. The managing method of claim 1, further comprising

displaying an item information display menu at a part of a display region of each item lottery apparatus for each of the at least one item lottery apparatus.

8. The managing method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving a selection input for the item information display menu from the user terminal; and

displaying a pop-up screen with identification information of an item that is winnable in an item lottery apparatus including the item information display menu to which the selection input is applied.

9. The managing method of claim 1, further comprising

registering the at least one item determined as being wined in a holding item database of a user.

10. A method for managing an item lottery service, the managing method comprising:

receiving a usage input of at least one drawing of a lot for at least one item lottery apparatus for drawing lots for at least one item among usable items in an online game;

extracting information related to a number of the lots from the usage input;

performing item lottery by as many as the number of the lots;

extracting predetermined ranking information according to an item effect per item by analyzing information of at least one kind of item determined as being wined among the at least one item that is winnable in the item lottery apparatus as a result of performing the item lottery; and

enumeratively displaying the information of the at least one kind of item determined as being wined on a wined item display screen in the order of higher ranking.

11. The managing method of claim 10, wherein the enumeratively displaying includes displaying identification information and ranking information related to an item having the highest ranking among at least one kind of item determined as being wined at a part of the wined item display screen, and the identification related to the item having the highest ranking is different from that of items other than the item having the highest ranking.

12. The managing method of claim 10, wherein the enumeratively displaying includes determining whether there is an item having a predetermined ranking range of the ranking information.

13. The managing method of claim 12, wherein the enumeratively displaying further includes, when there is the item having the predetermined ranking range, displaying a pop-up screen with winning information of the item having the predetermined ranking range.

14. The managing method of claim 10, wherein the enumeratively displaying includes displaying the information of the at least one item determined as being wined on the wined item display screen at every result of performing the item lottery by as many as the number of lots included in one usage input.

15. The managing method of claim 10, further comprising

registering the at least one item determined being wined in a holding item database of a user.

16. An apparatus for managing an item lottery service, the managing apparatus comprising:

a lottery apparatus display unit configured to display at least one item lottery apparatus for drawing lots for at least one item among usable items in an online game on one part of an item lottery service screen of a user terminal;

a lottery input sensor configured to sense a usage input of at least one drawing of a lot from the user terminal for any one of the at least one item lottery apparatus;

a wining determiner configured to determine a winning result of at least one item that is winnable in the any one item lottery apparatus by performing item lottery by as many as the number of the lots;

a wining information generator configured to generate information of at least one item determined as being wined based on the winning result; and

an information screen display unit configured to display the information of the at least one item determined as being wined at a part of the item lottery service screen, other than a part where the item lottery apparatus is displayed.

17. The managing apparatus of claim 16, wherein ranking information predetermined according to an item effect is set in at least one item determined as being wined in each of the at least one item lottery apparatus.

18. The managing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the information screen display unit displays the information of the at least one item determined as being wined on the information screen in the order of higher ranking.

19. The managing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the information screen display unit displays identification information and ranking information related to an item having the highest ranking among at least one kind of item determined as being wined at a part of the information screen, and the identification related to the item having the highest ranking is different from that of items other than the item having the highest ranking.

20. The managing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the information screen display unit, when an item having a predetermined ranking range is determined as being wined, displays a pop-up screen with winning information of the item having the predetermined ranking range.

21. The managing apparatus of claim 17, wherein the lottery apparatus display unit displays, at a part of a region at which each item lottery apparatus is displayed, identification information of an item having the highest ranking among at one item that is winnable in each of the item lottery apparatus.

22. The managing apparatus of claim 16, wherein the lottery input sensor updates number information of lottery items held by a user as a number obtained by deducting a number of the lots for items by the user from a number of the available lottery items held by the user.

23. The managing apparatus of claim 22, wherein the lottery input sensor updates number information of the lottery items held by the user as a number obtained by deducting a number of the lots for items by the user from a number obtained by adding a number of free lottery items that are supplied to the user by a predetermined number at every a period, into the number of the lottery items held by the user.

24. The managing apparatus of claim 16, wherein the lottery apparatus display unit displays an item information display menu at a part of a display region of each item lottery apparatus for each of the at least one item lottery apparatus.

25. The managing apparatus of claim 24, wherein the lottery apparatus display unit, when receiving a selection input for the item information display menu from the user terminal, displays a pop-up screen with identification information of an item that is winnable in an item lottery apparatus including the item information display menu to which the selection input is applied.

26. The managing apparatus of claim 16, further comprising

an item supply controller configured to register the at least one item determined as being wined in a holding item database of a user.

27. A computer readable recording medium recorded with a program for executing a method for managing an item lottery service,

wherein the managing method includes:

displaying at least one item lottery apparatus for drawing lots for at least one item among usable items in an online game on one part of an item lottery service screen of a user terminal;

displaying an information screen with information regarding the usage of the item lottery service on a part of the item lottery service screen, other than a part where the item lottery apparatus is displayed;

sensing a usage input of at least one drawing of a lot from the user terminal for any one of the at least one item lottery apparatus; and

displaying, within the information screen, information of at least one item determined as being wined, according to the usage input, from among at least one winnable item from any one item lottery apparatus.

28. A computer readable recording medium recorded with program for executing a method for managing an item lottery service,

wherein the managing method includes:

receiving a usage input of at least one drawing of a lot for at least one item lottery apparatus for drawing lots for at least one item among usable items in an online game;

extracting information related to a number of the lots from the usage input;

performing item lottery by as many as the number of the lots;

extracting predetermined ranking information according to an item effect per item by analyzing information of at least one kind of item determined as being wined among at least one item that is winnable in the item lottery apparatus as a result of performing the item lottery; and

enumeratively displaying the information of the at least one kind of item determined as being wined on a wined item display screen in the order of higher ranking.