Game System, Game Platform, Game Server, Game User Terminal And Method For Applying Location Information In Game

• US 20070167237A1
• Filed: 12/27/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sun, Qian, Liu, Qian, Wang, Shengqiong, Xing, Lianjun
• Application Number:
  US11/616,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20070167237A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• 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 13/332 using wireless networks, e.g. cellular phone networks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5573 player location
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A game system and a game platform include a location inquiry unit that may request and obtain location information of a game user terminal from a positioning system. A method for a game system obtaining location information includes: a game user terminal sending a location inquiry request to a positioning system, obtaining location information from the positioning system and returning the location information to a game server. A method for applying location information in a game includes: a game server obtaining location information of a game user terminal, implementing a game according to the location information and a game configuration. A game server and a game user terminal are also provided. Through the above mentioned, it is possible to inquire location information of a game user terminal, and apply the location information in the game so as to provide various game services related to location information to users.

Claims

1. A game system, comprising a game user terminal and a game server, wherein the game system further comprises a location inquiry unit for sending a location request message to a positioning system when receiving a location inquiry request sent from the game user terminal or the game server, obtaining location information of the game user terminal from the positioning system, and returning the location information to the game user terminal or the game server.

2. The game system of claim 1, wherein the location inquiry unit is located in the game server or the game user terminal.

3. The game system of claim 1, wherein the location inquiry unit sends a location request message containing game user information to the positioning system and receives the location information of the game user terminal returned from the positioning system.

4. The game system of claim 3, wherein the game user information comprises a game user terminal number.

5. The game system of any of claims 1, wherein the location information of the game user terminal comprises one or more of longitude and latitude, altitude, geographic information and additional information of a location of the game user terminal, and motion velocity and motion direction of the game user terminal.

6. A method for obtaining location information, comprising:

sending, by a game user terminal, a location inquiry request to a positioning system;

receiving, by the game user terminal, location information returned from the positioning system, and sending the location information to a game server.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

sending, by the game server, the location inquiry request to the game user terminal before sending by the game user terminal the location inquiry request to the positioning system.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

sending, by the game server, the location inquiry request to the game user terminal if the load of sending by the game server the location inquiry request to the positioning system exceeds a threshold value before sending by the game user terminal the location inquiry request to the positioning system.

9. A game platform, comprising:

a processing unit,

a location inquiry unit;

wherein

the processing unit is used for sending a location inquiry request to the location inquiry unit;

the location inquiry unit is used for receiving the location inquiry request from the processing unit, sending a location request message to a positioning system, obtaining location information of a game user terminal, and returning the location information to the processing unit.

10. The game platform of claim 9, further comprising:

an internal location interface unit, for receiving the location inquiry request sent from a game module supported by the game platform, sending the location inquiry request to the processing unit, and returning the location information received from the processing unit to the game module.

11. The game platform of claim 10, wherein the location inquiry request comprises an account number of the game user or a game user terminal number.

12. The game platform of claim 9, further comprising:

an external location interface unit, for receiving the location inquiry request sent from the game user terminal, sending the location inquiry request to the processing unit, and returning the location information received from the processing unit to the game user terminal;

or receiving the location information that the game user terminal obtains from the positioning system, and sending the location information to the processing unit.

13. The game platform of claim 9, further comprising:

an external location interface unit, for receiving the location information that the game user terminal obtains from the positioning system, and sending the location information to the processing unit.

14. The game platform of claim 9, wherein the location inquiry unit sends a location request message containing game user information to the positioning system and receives the location information of the game user terminal returned from the positioning system.

15. A method for applying location information, comprising:

obtaining, by a game server, location information of a game user terminal according to game user information when a game starts or is running;

implementing the game on the game server according to the location information and a game configuration related to location.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the game configuration related to location comprises one or more of a configuration for starting different games according to different location information, a configuration for performing different game logics according to different location information, and a configuration for performing different game charging rates according to different location information;

said implementing the game comprises one or more of starting a game, changing a game logic or charging for a game.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the game logic comprises one or more of a game scenario, a game scene, and a game site.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein said obtaining the location information of the game user terminal according to the game user information comprises:

sending, by the game server, a location inquiry request containing the game user information to a positioning system and obtaining the location information of the game user terminal from the positioning system.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein said obtaining the location information of the game user terminal according to the game user information comprises:

estimating, by the game server, current location information of the game user terminal according to the location information f the game user terminal obtained from a positioning system last time.

20. The method of any of claims 15, wherein the game user information comprises a game user terminal number.

21. A game server, comprising:

a game platform,

a game module;

wherein

the game platform is used for receiving a location inquiry request from the game module or a game user terminal, sending a location request message to a positioning system, obtaining location information of the game user terminal, and returning the location information of the game user terminal to the game module or the game user terminal;

the game module is used for sending the location inquiry request.

22. A game user terminal, comprising:

a location inquiry unit, for sending a location request message to a positioning system, and obtaining location information of the game user terminal from the positioning system.