KR20060073918A - System and method for sale avata and item through the internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for selling avatars and items through the Internet, which displays and sells avatars and items stored in a database when the user accesses the Internet. A member and administrator authentication procedure is performed with reference, and after the authentication procedure, an avatar desired by the member is searched and provided in the database. Then, a desired avatar and item are sold from the member, the sales amount of the avatar is stored in the sales database, and the price of the avatar and the item is settled. The distribution ratio for the sold avatars and items is determined by referring to the database, and the revenue is distributed according to the determined revenue distribution ratio. In this way, a character, monster, etc. in an online game are created as an avatar, and various weapons, costumes, accessories, and armor-related additional accessories are created as items, and the generated avatars and items are sold to users, and the users You can use your favorite avatars and items.

Internet, Online Games, Avatars, Items

Description

System and Method for sale avata and item through the internet}

1 is a block diagram of a system for selling avatars and items through the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an operation flowchart of an avatar and item selling system through the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a service for selling avatars through the Internet. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for selling avatars and items through the Internet for generating, displaying, and selling characters or monsters of an internet online game as avatars and related accessories. will be.

Nowadays, the Internet is spread in each household, and people are getting various information through the Internet. By using the wired or wireless Internet, content providers provide various services.

Among these various services, e-mail and messenger services are widely used by young people.

On the other hand, people want to display their own unique characteristics when using e-mail or messenger services or doing other tasks, and avatars and the like have emerged due to this need.

However, such avatars are made uniformly by the service provider and supplied, and thus the types of avatars are limited, and the operation is also formalized.

On the other hand, online games are also popularized and widely used, and popular online game characters, non-player characters, monsters, and the costumes, armor, weapons, accessories, and other game items and designs they use have gained considerable popularity. have.

However, in a real game, it may be necessary to pay a considerable amount of money in order to obtain such a thing, and in some cases, such a purchase may not be possible.

In addition, the avatar is a visual image representing an alter ego in a virtual community, and is an animated character replacing a user's role in cyberspace. Thus, users want to have their avatars look cool and like images.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to create characters, monsters, and the like in an online game as avatars, various weapons, costumes, accessories, armors, and the like, as additional items, and generate the avatars and items. It sells them to users so that users can use their favorite avatars and items.

The system for selling avatars and items through the Internet according to one feature of the present invention for solving the above problems,

A database that stores authentication information of members and administrators, items corresponding to avatars, and avatars;

A web server displaying a web page when a user connects and performing member and administrator authentication procedures with reference to the database;

When the user is authenticated by the web server, the controller includes a controller for selecting a desired avatar and items from the member, searching and providing the desired avatar and items in the database, selling the avatars and items to be purchased, and paying the corresponding price.

The database,

A member database storing personal information of the member;

An administrator database for storing authentication information of the administrator;

An avatar database that stores an avatar and an item corresponding to the avatar;

A sales database for recording sales of the avatar;

And a revenue distribution database that stores a revenue distribution rate corresponding to the sales amount for the avatar.

The control unit,

An avatar sales unit for selling a desired avatar and items from the member and storing the sales amount of the avatar in the sales database when the web server is authenticated as a member;

A search unit for searching for and providing an avatar desired by the member in the avatar database;

A payment unit for processing payment for the avatars and items sold by the avatar sales unit;

A profit distribution unit for determining a distribution ratio of the sold avatars and items with reference to the sales database and the revenue distribution database, and distributing the profit according to the determined revenue distribution ratio;

And an e-mail transmitting unit for delivering the avatar and the item sold for the present to the e-mail address of the present recipient.

Method for selling avatars and items through the Internet according to one feature of the present invention for solving this problem,

A method of selling avatars and items through the Internet that displays and sells avatars and items stored in a database when a user connects through the Internet.

A web server displaying a web page when the user connects, and performing member and administrator authentication procedures with reference to the database;

After the authentication process, searching for and providing the avatar desired by the member in the database;

Selling desired avatars and items from a member, and storing sales amount of the corresponding avatar in the sales database;

Payment for the avatar and the item;

Determining distribution ratios for the sold avatars and items by referring to the database, and distributing profits according to the determined revenue distribution ratios;

Delivering the avatar and the item sold for the present to the e-mail address of the present recipient.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention. Like parts are designated by like reference numerals throughout the specification.

1 is a block diagram of a system for selling avatars and items through the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an avatar and item selling system through the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a database 400, a web server 310, and a controller 300. The database 400 stores the authentication information of the member and the administrator, the avatar, and the item corresponding to the avatar. When the user connects, the web server 310 displays a web page and performs a member and administrator authentication procedure with reference to the database. When the controller 300 is authenticated by the web server 310, the controller 300 receives a desired avatar and items from the member, searches for and provides them in the database, sells the avatars and items to be purchased, and pays accordingly. Make a payment.

The database 400 includes a web page unit 410 for storing a web page; An administrator database 421 for storing authentication information of the administrator; A member database 420 storing personal information of the member; An avatar database 430 for storing an avatar and an item corresponding to the avatar; A sales database 440 for recording sales of the avatar; It includes a revenue distribution database 450 that stores the revenue share ratio corresponding to the sales amount for the avatar.

The avatar database 430 designs an online game character, a non-player character (NPC), a monster, and the like as an avatar, and stores costumes, armor, weapons, accessories, and other game items as items.

The controller 300 may include: an avatar selling unit 330 for selling a desired avatar and items from the member and storing the selling amount of the avatar in the sales database when the web server is authenticated as a member; A search unit 320 for searching for and providing an avatar desired by the member in the avatar database; A payment unit 360 for processing payment for the avatars and items sold by the avatar sales unit; A profit distribution unit 340 for determining a distribution ratio of the sold avatars and items with reference to the sales database and the revenue distribution database, and distributing profits according to the determined revenue distribution ratio; The avatar selling unit 330 includes an e-mail transmitting unit 350 for delivering the avatar and the item sold for the present to the e-mail address of the present recipient.

The operation of the avatar and item selling system via the Internet according to the embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration will now be described in detail.

First, create an online game such as Lineage, Mu, Project A3, Ragnarok, or various characters appearing in future online or Internet games, and related costumes, armor, weapons, accessories, and other game items as items. . In order to generate such an avatar, a contract with a game provider is pre-determined to determine profit distribution.

And, when creating avatars and items, it may be a form in which characters in the game are transferred as they are, but the design is slightly modified to make it more colorful or personality.

When the avatar and the item are manufactured by the above process, the avatar and the item are stored in the avatar database 430 for web service.

The user is connected to the Internet using a computer (200) or a mobile phone (210) capable of web surfing, such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc. built in a web browser.

When the user accesses the web server 310 through the Internet network 500, the web server 310 displays the home page of the web page unit 410.

At this time, since the web server 400 is well known in the art for displaying a web page including the home page on the screen of the user system 200, 210, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Then, the web server 310 authenticates the visitor with reference to the member database 420 and the administrator database 421 (S201).

If the authentication result is not a member, the web server 310 receives a member registration (S202).

When the member authentication is completed and logged in, the avatar sales unit 330 of the controller 300 displays a screen for selecting the latest avatar list and search and receives a service (S203).

Then, the avatar selling unit 330 displays information about the avatar and the item as needed. In other words, it explains what role it plays in which game, what features it has, etc.

Subsequently, when the user selects a search to select an avatar or an item desired by the user, the search unit 320 receives a game, an avatar name, and an item name, and sets a period to display the avatar and the item in the avatar database 430. Search at (S204), and provides a search result (S205). In this case, the provided avatar is displayed together with various information such as avatar information, item information, and price.

Then, when the user selects to buy the avatar or item, the avatar selling unit 330 sells the corresponding avatar or item (S206), and makes a payment processing to the payment unit 360.

Then, the payment unit 360 processes the payment from the user with a credit card or other payment means (S207).

In addition, the avatar selling unit 330 determines whether the purchased avatar is a gift (S208), and if not, the avatar selling unit 330 stores the avatar and the item as a member's avatar and items in the member database 420 (S209). The avatar stored in this way is used when using a service such as mail or messenger service on this site or a partner company's site. There are various modifications of such use, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, if a gift is selected, the avatar sales unit 330 receives the gift recipient's member information and stores it in the member database 420 as the avatar and the item of the recipient (S210).

Then, the e-mail transmitter 350 will notify the recipient of this fact.

Thereafter, the receiver can select his or her avatar from the plurality, and can update the receiver if necessary.

On the other hand, the revenue distribution unit 340 periodically distributes the revenue from the sale of avatars and items with reference to the revenue distribution database 450. At this time, the distribution is also made in a variety of ways to deposit to the designated account.

In the login process, when the accessor is an administrator, the avatar selling unit 330 determines whether an avatar or item registration is selected (S211).

When the administrator selects an avatar or item registration, the avatar seller 330 receives only the avatar and its items or items of the avatar from the management system 100 and stores the avatar and the item in the avatar database 430 (S212).

At this time, the avatar sales unit 330 uploads and stores the avatar and avatar related information from the manager system 100. At this time, if necessary, it may be stored in the avatar database 430 using another recording medium or another method.

Then, the avatar sales unit 330 displays the avatar and avatar related information of the avatar database 430 updated by the manager system 100 as a web page (S213).

In the above process, a member may download and use an avatar or an item into his or her system 200 or 210 as necessary.

In addition, in the case of revenue share ratio adjustment, the avatar sales unit 330 adjusts the revenue share ratio stored in the revenue share database 450 (S214).

If necessary, the administrator can modify, modify, delete, and add various kinds of information such as web pages or other databases.

As described above, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a popular character or a favorite character of the online game may be registered as his avatar and used in other services such as an email or a messenger.

These avatars or avatar-related items provide a character and items that are used in or used in games enjoyed by online game enthusiasts.

In addition, by providing it to gamers who are unable to obtain rare items in the game, it can provide surrogate satisfaction at a low cost, and not only provide game providers with the promotion of their own games, but also separate revenues from avatars. I can give it.

In the above process, the search unit, the profit sharing unit, the avatar selling unit, the e-mail transmitting unit, the avatar selling unit, etc. can be implemented in software or hardware.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, a character, a monster, or the like in an online game is generated as an avatar, and various weapons, costumes, accessories, armors, and the like are added as items, and the generated avatar is generated. And sell the item to the users so that the users can use their favorite avatars and items. This allows users to acquire rare items in the game and provide surrogate satisfaction at low cost, and game providers can not only promote their own games, but also earn extra revenue from avatars.

Claims (8)

A database that stores authentication information of members and administrators, items corresponding to avatars, and avatars; A web server displaying a web page when a user connects and performing member and administrator authentication procedures with reference to the database; When the user is authenticated by the web server, the Internet includes a control unit which receives a desired avatar and items from the member, searches and provides them in the database, sells the desired avatars and items, and processes payment accordingly. Avatar and item sales system. The method of claim 1, The database, A member database storing personal information of the member; An administrator database for storing authentication information of the administrator; An avatar database that stores an avatar and an item corresponding to the avatar; A sales database for recording sales of the avatar; A system for selling avatars and items via the Internet, comprising: a revenue distribution database for storing a revenue share corresponding to the sales of the avatar. The method of claim 2, The control unit, An avatar sales unit for selling a desired avatar and items from the member and storing the sales amount of the avatar in the sales database when the web server is authenticated as a member; A search unit for searching for and providing an avatar desired by the member in the avatar database; A payment unit for processing payment for the avatars and items sold by the avatar sales unit; A profit distribution unit for determining a distribution ratio of the sold avatars and items with reference to the sales database and the revenue distribution database, and distributing the profit according to the determined revenue distribution ratio; And an e-mail transmitting unit for delivering the avatar and the item sold for the present to the e-mail address of the present recipient in the avatar selling unit. The method of claim 3, The avatar is designed to create a character in an online game, and the item includes a costume, armor, weapons, and accessory game items used for the avatar. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The avatar sales unit receives new avatars and items from a manager system, stores them in the avatar database, and periodically distributes and sells avatar sales revenues by referring to the revenue distribution database. system. A method of selling avatars and items through the Internet that displays and sells avatars and items stored in a database when a user connects through the Internet. A web server displaying a web page when the user connects, and performing member and administrator authentication procedures with reference to the database; After the authentication process, searching for and providing the avatar desired by the member in the database; Selling desired avatars and items from a member, and storing sales amount of the corresponding avatar in the sales database; Payment for the avatar and the item; Determining distribution ratios for the sold avatars and items by referring to the database, and distributing profits according to the determined revenue distribution ratios; A method of selling avatars and items through the Internet, comprising: delivering the avatars and items sold for gifts in the selling process to an email address of a gift recipient. The method of claim 6, The avatar is designed by creating a character on the online game, and the item comprises a costume, armor, weapons, accessories game items used for the avatar, and the avatar and the item selling method via the Internet. The method according to claim 6 or 7, And receiving new avatars and items from an external manager system and storing the new avatars and items in the database.

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