Game accessing method and processing method, server, terminal, and system

• US 10,065,119 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2017
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Yan, Min, Guo, Yiping, Zhu, Jianghao, Chen, Siquan, Zhang, Jun, Fan, Yong, Yuan, Jun, Zhang, Xin
• Primary Examiner(s): Renwick, Reginald
• Application Number:
  US15/791,363
• Publication Number:
  US 20180043264A1
• Time in Patent Office: 316 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• 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 13/533 for prompting the player, e.g. by displaying a game menu
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/71 using secure communication between game devices and game servers, e.g. by encrypting game data or authenticating players
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 999/99 dummy group

Abstract

A method including generating, by a terminal, a creation request containing game information, sending, by the terminal, the creation request to a game server, receiving, by the terminal, a graphic information code generated by a management server according to the game information, and displaying the graphic information code on the terminal.

Claims

1. A game assessing system, comprising:

a game server; and

a management server,

wherein;

the game server is configured to;

receive a creation request containing game information from a first terminal logged in with a user identification of a creating user, wherein the game information includes;

a game identifier indicating a type of a game that the first terminal requests to create, and a game address that uniquely identifies a location of the game assigned by the management server to the creating user;

create the game indicated by the game information and connect the creating user to the created game;

generate a notification message carrying the user identification of the first terminal and the game information; and

send the notification message to the management server, and

the management server is configured to;

generate a graphic information code according to the game information specified in the notification message; and

send the graphic information code to the first terminal according to the user identification, wherein the graphic information code is displayed by the first terminal after the creating user is connected to the created game.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein:

the graphic information code displayed on the first terminal is scanned by a second terminal to join the game indicated by the game information.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the game server is further configured to:

receive, from the second terminal, an access request corresponding to the game information to join the game, wherein the second terminal is configured to display a game access interface including a first option of creating a game and a second option of joining an existing game, and the access request is generated in response to the second option being selected and the graphic information code displayed by the first terminal being scanned by the second terminal; and

facilitate the second terminal to access the game based on the access request.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the management server is further configured to:

receive an initial creation request from the first terminal, the initial creation request carrying the game identifier;

generate the game information associated with the game indicated by the game identifier according to the initial creation request, the game information includes the game identifier and the game address; and

send the game information to the first terminal, wherein the game information is included in the creation request sent from the first terminal to the game server.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein:

the first terminal is configured to display a game access interface including a first option of creating a game and a second option of joining an existing game; and

the initial creation request from the first terminal is sent to the management server in response to the first option being selected on the game access interface.

6. The system according to claim 4, wherein:

the game address includes at least one of a virtual room number or a virtual table number assigned to the creating user.

7. The system according to claim 4, wherein the game server is configured to create indicated by the game information by:

allocating hardware and software resources; and

finalizing a creation operation of the game.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable program that, when being executed by a processor, implementing a game assessing method, the method comprising:

receiving a creation request containing game information from a first terminal logged in with a user identification of a creating user, wherein the game information includes;

a game identifier indicating a type of a game that the first terminal requests to create, and a game address that uniquely identifies a location of the game assigned to the creating user;

creating the game indicated by the game information and connect the creating user to the created game;

generating a notification message carrying the user identification of the first terminal and the game information;

generating a graphic information code according to the game information in the notification message; and

sending the graphic information code to the first terminal according to the user identification, wherein the graphic information code is displayed by the first terminal after the creating user is connected to the created game.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the graphic information code displayed on the first terminal is scanned by a second terminal to join the game indicated by the game information.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, from the second terminal, an access request corresponding to the game information to join the game, wherein the second terminal is configured to display a game access interface including a first option of creating a game and a second option of joining an existing game, and the access request is generated in response to the second option being selected and the graphic information code displayed by the first terminal being scanned by the second terminal; and

facilitate the second terminal to access the game based on the access request.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

before receiving the creation request from the first terminal,

receiving an initial creation request from the first terminal, the initial creation request carrying the game identifier;

generating the game information associated with the game indicated by the game identifier according to the initial creation request, the game information includes the game identifier and the game address; and

sending the game information to the first terminal.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable program that, when being executed by a processor of a first terminal, implementing a game assessing method, the method comprising:

generating, by the first terminal logged in with a user identification of a creating user, a creation request containing game information, wherein the game information includes;

a game identifier indicating a type of a game that the first terminal requests to create, and a game address that uniquely identifies a location of the game assigned to the creating user;

sending the creation request to a game server to create a first game corresponding to the game information, wherein the creating user is connected to the first game when the game server creates the first game;

receiving a first graphic information code generated by a management server according to the game information; and

displaying the first graphic information code on the first terminal after the creating user is connected to the created game.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the first graphic information code displayed on the first terminal is scanned by a second terminal to join the first game indicated by the game information.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

sending an initial creation request to the management server, the initial creation request carrying the game identifier;

receiving the game information generated by the management server, wherein the game information is associated with the first game indicated by the game identifier, and includes the game identifier and the game address.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying a game access user interface including a first option of creating a game and a second option of joining an existing game,

wherein the initial creation request is sent in response to the first option being selected.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying a game access user interface including a first option of creating a game and a second option of joining an existing game, and

when the second option is selected, prompting to scan a second graphic information code displayed on a third terminal to join a second game.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

when detecting that the second option is selected, initiating a camera to scan the second graphic information code.