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- the present invention relates to a (video) game machine that is connectable to an information service system such as a server via a communications network, and preferably applicable to receiving various information services from the server, and also relates to an information service system, an information service method and a recording medium associated with the video game machine.
- the online games include games a user plays individually, and games a group of users participate in like competing games.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a game machine, a server system, an information service method and a recording medium allowing a user to look for peer users easily to share an information service with them such as in an online game.
- a server system which is connected to a group of video game machines via a communications network, and includes a profile server for storing personal information on each user, and an information providing server for providing at least one information service, the server system includes a registration system that selects and records at least one second user in the profile server to allow a first user to check personal information about the second user a system that causes, when the video game machine sends a request for providing an information service, the information providing server to notify the profile server of the request sent from the video game machine.
- the server system also includes an update system that updates personal information on the user of the game machine that issues the request in the profile server; and a transmitter that transmits personal information on the second user to the game machine of the first user.
- a game machine connected to a server system that includes a profile server for storing personal information on each user, and an information providing server for providing at least one information service, wherein personal information that includes a utilization state of the information service by at least one second user selected by a first user in advance is recorded in the profile server, and the personal information recorded is updated at predetermined intervals and transmitted to the game machine regularly.
- the game machine includes a display controller the displays the personal information transmitted.
- the game machine further may also include a setting system that sets a correspondence list used for displaying the utilization state of the information service by the second user in a predetermined format.
- the display controller may display the utilization state of the information service by the second user in the predetermined format using the correspondence list.
- the predetermined format may include icons.
- a recording medium that records a program executed by a game machine connected to a server system including a profile server for storing personal information of each user, and an information providing server for providing at least one information service.
- Personal information includes a utilization state of the information service by at least one second user selected by a first user in advance is recorded in the profile server.
- the recorded personal information is updated at predetermined intervals and transmitted to the game machine regularly.
- the program includes displaying the personal information transmitted.
- the video game machine since the video game machine allows its user to obtain personal information on other users, the user can look for users connected to the information service system easily.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a system in accordance with an aspect of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the content of the information processing of the embodiment in accordance with an aspect of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the content of the information processing on a server side according to an aspect of the present invention
- FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the content of the information processing on the profile server side according to an aspect of the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the content of the information processing on a client side according to an aspect of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen on the client side according to an aspect of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a configuration of an entire network system of the present embodiment.
- the network system comprises a communications network 101 , a server group 102 of a provider, and clients 103 a, 103 b, 104 a and 104 b, for example, connectable to the server group 102 via the communications network 101 to be used by a group of users.
- the server group 102 , and the clients 103 a, 103 b, 104 a and 104 b each consist of a computer system.
- the server group 102 has its internal servers cooperate to provide various information services.
- An information service system consisting of a set of the servers in the server group 102 is installed in various countries all over the world, configuring the server group 102 .
- the information service system includes authentication servers 111 , contents servers 112 , message servers 113 , mail servers 114 , game A servers 116 a, game B servers 116 b and profile servers 115 .
- the authentication servers 111 manage accounts of member users (user IDs (identifiers)) and passwords.
- the authentication servers 111 can also manage the connection states (online/offline) of the users and the addresses of the client machines of the users in the online state.
- the contents servers 112 provide various pieces of information about sports, music, comics, shopping and the like.
- the message servers 113 provide an environment for real-time message exchanges between users. Specifically, they provide an environment for the users to activate a messenger application and chatting application on the client machine. The message servers 113 also perform routing (establish destinations and routes) for delivering messages exchanged by the messenger application and chatting messages of the chatting application.
- the mail servers 114 provide an E-mail exchange service between users.
- the game A servers 116 a and game B servers 116 b provide online games.
- the user activates an online game in the game server from a viewer to play it.
- the online game is a role-playing game (game in which the user participates as a character of the game), he or she can play the role-playing game with other member users.
- the profile servers 115 store a status file in a memory to manage for each user'account the profile of the user associated with the account, and status information, short messages and the like, which will be described later. Using the viewer the user can record to the profile server 115 his or her own profile, a short message and information indicating whether the user is a child.
- the clients 103 a and 103 b may be a home video game machine such as a PlayStation II (trade mark) of Sony Corp.
- the clients 104 a and 104 b may be a general purpose personal computer (called PC from now on).
- the clients can load programs that relate to the present invention and will be described later from a recording medium such as a CDROM, and execute them.
- the clients 103 a , 103 b , 104 a or 104 b will be simply referred to as a client below.
- the communications network 101 interconnects the server group 102 and the clients 103 a , 103 b , 104 a and 104 b and the like.
- the present embodiment supposes the Internet as the communications network 101 that can use such common protocols as TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/Internet protocol), HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol), SMTP(simple mail transfer protocol) and FTP(file transfer protocol) for the data transfer.
- TCP/IP transmission control protocol/Internet protocol
- HTTP hypertext transfer protocol
- SMTP simple mail transfer protocol
- FTP file transfer protocol
- the description is made when the client is the home video game machine 103 a.
- the client 103 a comprises at least a main unit of the game machine, a television set, a CDROM driver and a controller.
- the main unit of the game machine activates the viewer, and accesses the server group 102 .
- the television set outputs video and sound data supplied from the main unit of the game machine.
- the controller supplies the main unit of the game machine with a command from the user.
- the viewer is installed from the CDROM to the main unit of the game machine.
- the viewer incorporates the program of FIG. 5 so that the CPU in the main unit of the game machine executes the program, thereby carrying out the information processing of the present invention.
- the user can find the status (utilization status) of other member users of the information service system on the display screen of FIG. 6 using the game machine 103 a .
- Each status indicates whether the member user is connected to the information service system, and when connected, the type of the information service used, and whether he or she is a child or not.
- each user records the names of other users whose status he or she wishes to be noticed of from his or her client to the profile server 115 .
- the file listing the names of the registered users is prepared for each user. In the present embodiment, the file is called a friend list.
- the names of other users whose status the user does not wish to be noticed of can also be recorded from the client to the profile server 115 in the present embodiment.
- the file of the user names registered in this way is called a black list in the present embodiment.
- the black list is also prepared for each user.
- the authentication server 111 permits the access to the game server 116 a.
- the game server 116 a supplies the profile server 115 with the name of the user who starts the game (“akiko” in this case), the game name and the status, that is, the status information that indicates the start of the game in this case.
- the user name and the status information are stored in the profile data memory area along with the user name “akiko”.
- the profile server 115 regularly transmits the client'status recorded in the friend list to the client A. Accordingly, as illustrated in FIG. 2, a message “enjoying adventure” indicating that “akiko” starts the game is displayed on the right of the user name [akiko] on the screen of the client A.
- the message “enjoying adventure” is a message assigned to a particular game, and when the user B starts another game, a message indicating its content is displayed instead.
- the message is prepared by the profile server 115 , and is sent from the profile server 115 to the client 104 a .
- the message on the upper left of the user name is a message the user of the client gives, which is called a short message in the present specification.
- the client 104 a since the user'own status information is also sent from the profile server 115 to the client 104 a along with his or her status information and the short message, the client 104 a displays the status information and short message.
- the client 104 b of the user B displays on its screen the status information of the clients of the users recorded in the friend list.
- FIGS. 3 to 5 illustrate the contents of the information processing of the game server (an example of a server that provides the information service), the profile server and the client for executing such information processing, respectively.
- FIGS. 3 to 5 The procedures as illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5 are stored in hard disks in the apparatuses in the form of an object typified by a markup language document such as a computer executable program, script, or HTML document, so that they are loaded in the system memories to be executed by the CPUs.
- a markup language document such as a computer executable program, script, or HTML document
- the program refers to an object described in a machine language a CPU can execute straightforwardly.
- the script refers to an object that defines the contents of the information processing so that the CPU can execute the contents through an interpreter, a program for translating the script into a machine language.
- the markup language document is analyzed by a program called a browser that executes operation instructions (called a “tag”) defined in the markup language document.
- the game server 116 a transfers to the profile server 115 the client name and information service name, the type name of the online game in this case, which are sent from the client. Subsequently, it starts the designated information service (S 15 ).
- the game server 116 a repeats the procedure of start ⁇ step S 10 ⁇ S 20 ⁇ S 25 ⁇ END as in the conventional information service, thus, providing an online game for a group of users.
- information indicating the completion is sent to the profile server 115 (step S 30 ⁇ S 50 ).
- the step S 25 is a step for provide various information services.
- the step S 30 is a step for determining whether an instruction or data related to the information service is inputted. The processing excepting for the above is performed in a step S 40 .
- the profile server 115 waits for information received from the information providing server or the client of the user.
- the profile server 115 writes the status information into the status information memory area (status file) corresponding to the user name (step S 100 ⁇ S 105 ).
- the client of the user transmits a status information request at fixed intervals while it is connected to the information service system.
- the profile server 115 extracts the status information, short message and the like from the user list corresponding to the user name of the client, and transmits them to the client that sent the request (step S 110 ⁇ 115 ).
- the processing excepting for the above is performed in a step S 130 .
- a user search function is provided by the profile server 115 .
- the profile server 115 searches status information of all the users, and transmits the status information meeting the search condition given by the client that sent the search request to that client.
- the search results includes the number of users satisfying the search condition.
- the user status information obtained as the search result exceeds a predetermined number, say 20, the status information is sent to the client 20 pieces of information at a time in response to the request from the client side (step S 120 ⁇ S 125 ).
- the status information associated with user names listed in the black list is removed from the transmitted information.
- an internal timer or the like continues to count 10 second intervals after the connection of the information service system, so that the status information request is sent to the profile server 115 at every 10 seconds interval.
- the profile server 115 sends the user status information described in the friend list.
- the client displays the status information on its screen (step S 210 ⁇ S 215 ).
- FIG. 6 illustrates the status information on the search screen of the user.
- the reference numeral 1005 designates an icon indicating whether the client is connected to the information service or not by different shapes of the icon.
- the reference numeral 1009 designates the user name; 1010 designates information indicating a child; 1011 designates the type of the information service, the name of the online game, here; and 1012 designates a status (operation state).
- the user inputs the category using a search condition input screen not shown. For example, when the user inputs a particular online game as the category (YES in step S 200 ), the client send the inputted information as a request of search to the profile server 115 (step S 201 ). The profile server 115 sends the user status information associated with the input category back to the client that sent the search request. Then, the client displays the status information in the fashion as illustrated in FIG. 6 (step S 202 ).
- the display screen of FIG. 6 will be described briefly.
- the reference numeral 1001 designates an area for displaying the category search condition.
- 1002 designates a category type;
- 1003 designates the number of users satisfying the search condition;
- 1004 designates a short message, a message registered by the user with the user name displayed.
- TABLE 1 ID utilization states short messages 1 Let's enjoy adventure party 2 enjoying adventure enjoying adventure 3 item is on sale item sell
- the short message corresponding to the user utilization state is set in advance as shown in Table 1, so that the user can find the utilization state at a glance.
- the short messages corresponding to the utilization states are displayed on the side of the user names in the form of icon (e.g., balloon) as illustrated in FIG. 6.
- icon e.g., balloon
- the server side can record correspondence between the “utilization states (objects)” and the short messages in advance, so that the short messages can also be transmitted from the server to the client as the personal information. In this way, the client can display the short messages without setting them by itself.
- the profile server has a friend list registered by each user, which includes personal information of his or her friends.
- the personal information which includes the utilization states of the information server, is transferred from the information server to the profile server when the utilization state varies, so that the personal information is updated.
- the profile data is regularly transmitted to the client.
- the client can check the condition of each friend on the screen.
- displaying the short message the user registered in advance according to the “object” can facilitate checking the conditions of the friends.
- the reference numeral 1005 designates an icon indicating whether the user is registered (connected) to the information service system, in which different icons are displayed depending on whether the connection is established or not.
- the images of the icons are prepared on the client side, so that the client can select the icon to be displayed in response to the status information sent from the profile server 115 .
- the reference numeral 1009 designates a user name of a member of the information service system.
- 1011 designates an information service name in use.
- the reference numeral 1010 designates an icon showing that the user is a kid and 1012 designates the operation state of the client of the user.
- the reference numeral 1006 designates a button (called “BACK button” from now on) for returning the display of the search result to a preceding screen.
- 1007 designates a sort button for rearranging the search results so that the display is rearranged in each predetermined field in response to the manipulation of the button.
- 1008 designates a button (called NEXT button from now on) to proceed to the next search result screen.
- the profile server 115 in response to the search condition the user sends to the profile server 115 , the profile server 115 transmits the short message, information about connection/disconnection to the information service system, information on whether the user is a child or not, and the message indicating the operation state to the client as the status information satisfying the search condition, so that they are displayed on the client as illustrated in FIG. 6.
- the sort instruction is sent from the client to the profile server 115 , so that the profile server 115 carries out the sorting and sends the results back to the client.
- the client displays the sorting result on its screen (step S 220 ⁇ S 225 ).
- the request for the preceding 20 pieces of the status information in the search result is sent from the client to the profile server 115 , so that the status information is sent to the client.
- the client displays the status information on its screen (step S 230 ⁇ S 235 ).
- the request for the next 20 pieces of the status information in the search result is sent from the client to the profile server 115 , so that the status information is sent to the client.
- the client displays the status information on its screen (step S 240 ⁇ S 245 ). Processing excepting for the above is performed in a step S 250 .
- the information service is not limited to the online game.
- the notification of the status information can take various shapes such as icons, characters, and figures.
- the video game machine includes a dedicated video game machine, general-purpose personal computer, mobile phone, mobile information terminal and all other information processing devices available for receiving the information services from the information service system.
- the communications network can include a LAN, public telecommunications network, and other communications networks.
- the information services provided by the information service system refer to various services such as an online game, chatting (electronic forum), message communication, E-mail, transmitting and receiving services, etc.
- the game server and the like detects the utilization state of the user, and the profile server notifies the client of the utilization state in the foregoing embodiment, the same server can detect the utilization state and notify of it.
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