AMUSEMENT SYSTEM

• US 20140141890A1
• Filed: 07/12/2012
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Nishimura, Yoshitaka, Hayashi, Kazuha, Ishikawa, Takayuki
• Application Number:
  US14/130,768
• Publication Number:
  US 20140141890A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/798 for assessing skills or for ranking players, e.g. for generating a hall of fame computing the game score A63F13/46
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/814 Musical performances, e.g. by evaluating the player's ability to follow a notation
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/558 by assessing the players' skills or ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

This amusement system is provided with: a server storage unit (10) that stores contents (11) submitted over a network (5); a contribution site server (3) that provides a contribution site (13) that receives contribution of contents (11) and utilization of contents (11) over the network (5); and a service provision site server (4) that provides a service provision site (17) that provides, over the network (5), a service associated with a game to a user while managing association with his user ID. The service provision site (17) is provided with a content replay region (SR) that is linked to the contribution site (13) in such a manner that contents (11) can be used, and a ranking information page (RP) that provides information that ranks contents (11) in accordance with its state of use on the contribution site (13).

Claims

1. An amusement system, comprising:

a content storage unit that stores a content which is associated with an amusement supplied to a user, and is submitted via a network;

a contribution site provision server that provides a contribution site that receives, via the network, submission of the content and utilization of the content stored by the content storage unit; and

a service site provision server that provides a service provision site that provides a service associated with the amusement to a user, via the network, while managing association with information required for specifying the user;

wherein

a link unit that links to the contribution site so that the content is used, and a ranking information provision unit that provides ranking information for the content in accordance with a state of use on the contribution site, are provided in the service provision site.

2. The amusement system according to claim 1, wherein:

the contribution site is adapted and configured to provide receipt of at least one of the submission of the content and the utilization of the content while managing association with information required for specifying a user; and

the information for specifying the user of the contribution site and the information for specifying the user of the service provision site are managed as mutually different sets of information.

3. The amusement system according to claim 1, further comprising an association data storage unit that stores association data that is used for making association between the content and the user of the service provision site;

and wherein

the link unit is adapted and configured to link to the content which is associated with the user of the service provision site by the association data.

4. The amusement system according to claim 3, wherein a relationship specification unit that is employed for specifying a correspondence relationship between the user of the service provision site and the content is provided to the service provision site.

5. The amusement system according to claim 1, wherein

a voting unit that receives votes for the content is provided to the service provision site, and

the number of votes via the voting unit is reflected in the ranking information.

6. The amusement system according to claim 5, wherein the voting unit is also provided to the contribution site.

7. The amusement system according to claim 6, wherein the voting unit is provided to the link unit.

8. The amusement system according to claim 5, wherein a voting history unit that provides information about the voting history with the voting unit to the user is provided to the service provision site.

9. The amusement system according to claim 1, wherein a link to the service provision site is provided in the contribution site.

10. The amusement system according to claim 1, further comprising an editing unit adapted and configured to perform editing so as to use at the amusement, the content to which a ranking has been assigned by the ranking information provision unit.

11. The amusement system according to claim 1, further comprising a gaming machine that provides a predetermined game as the amusement, and wherein

the content to which a ranking has been assigned by the ranking information provision unit are employed in the predetermined game.