JP2002177651A - Game matchup system, its server, its terminal, game matchup method and board-phase-displaying method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game matchup system with which a board game can be easily played even using a handy terminal without using a single-purpose software. SOLUTION: In this system, a server 20 is given a changing program 22 for changing phase data (e.g. data representing a game board phase of the game of go) according to a player's move and a transmitting program 24 for transmitting these phase data to terminals 30 and 40, to be memorized in its storage. In the server 20, the phase is represented in character-type data. Between the server 20 and the terminals 30 and 40, only character-type data are transmitted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game battle system in which a plurality of players start a game in sequence by using a communication line to advance a game, a server used in the game battle system, and a game battle system. The present invention relates to a terminal device, a game battle method for proceeding with the above-described game, and a battle surface display method for displaying a battle surface of the game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the advancement of the Internet technology, two people who are separated from each other can play a battle game such as Go, Shogi, and Othello using a communication line. became. In such a fighting game, each of the players (players) uses a terminal device such as a personal computer to progress the fighting game via an Internet server (hereinafter, referred to as a server).

[0003] As a technique for proceeding with a fighting game, dedicated software for displaying the phase of the fighting game is installed in each terminal of the players, and the players start data (for example, Go) via a server. There is known a technique of exchanging data representing "one move" with each other, changing the phase of the battle game based on the start data, and displaying the changed game on the terminal of the player.

As another technique for advancing a battle game, image data representing a phase of the battle game is transmitted and received between the terminal of each player and the server without using the dedicated software described above ( The technique of giving and receiving is also known.

[0005]

Among the above two technologies, the technology in which dedicated software is incorporated in a terminal is as follows.
The use of special software limits its spread. In addition, it is difficult to incorporate the above-mentioned dedicated software into an Internet-compatible mobile phone or mobile terminal (hereinafter, referred to as a mobile terminal). Therefore, a competitive game cannot be easily performed using such a portable terminal.

On the other hand, of the above two techniques, in the technique of transmitting and receiving image data between the terminal of the player and the server, the time for transmitting and receiving the image data is long because the capacity of the image data is large. . Therefore, when image data is transmitted and received using a general telephone line, the communication time is lengthened, and communication costs are correspondingly increased. In addition, when the phase data (data representing the battle phase of the game) is composed of image data, the server changes this image data on another computer, stores it on a predetermined homepage, and stores the address of this homepage. Is sent to the player by e-mail, so that the server cannot process the situation data sequentially. As a result, when using the aspect data composed of image data, the user must disconnect the connection to the server for each start and inform the user by e-mail of the home page address where the aspect data is stored. Therefore, the user needs an inconvenient operation such as using an e-mail, and it is impossible to perform a perfect match.

[0007] In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a game battle system, a server, a terminal thereof, and a game battle method, which can easily perform a battle game even without using the above-mentioned dedicated software and using a portable terminal. , And a battle situation display method.

[0008]

According to a first game battle system of the present invention for achieving the above object, a plurality of persons sequentially start using a communication line, or one or more persons and a computer In a game battle system in which a game is advanced by sequentially starting using a communication line, (1) a phase in which a battle phase of the game is represented using at least one of character format data and table format data Data, a change program for changing the phase data based on predetermined start data,
And a server storing a transmission program for transmitting the phase data, and (2) receiving the phase data transmitted from the server using the transmission program and transmitting the next start data to the server; And a terminal connected to the server.

A second game fighting system according to the present invention for achieving the above object provides a system in which a plurality of persons start in sequence using a communication line, or one or more persons and a computer establish a communication line. In a game battle system in which a game is advanced by sequentially starting the game, (3) using at least one of character format data and tabular format data to change the phase data representing the battle phase of the game. And (4) receiving the change program and the start data from the server, and transmitting the change data and the start data to the server based on the received change program and the start data. A terminal for changing and displaying the data and transmitting the next start data to the server. It is characterized in.

The first server of the present invention for achieving the above object may be arranged such that a plurality of persons sequentially start using a communication line or that one or more persons and a computer use a communication line. In a server used in a game battle system in which a game is advanced by starting in order, (5) phase data representing a battle phase of the game using at least one of character format data and table format data; (6) a change program for changing the position data based on start data transmitted from a predetermined terminal; and (7) a transmission program for transmitting the position data to the terminal. It is assumed that.

A second server according to the present invention for achieving the above object may be arranged such that a plurality of persons start in sequence using a communication line, or that one or more persons and a computer use a communication line. In a server used in a game battle system in which a game is advanced by starting in order, (8) at least one of character format data and table format data is used to convert phase data representing a battle phase of the game. A change program for changing is transmitted to a predetermined terminal, and predetermined start data is transmitted and received to a predetermined terminal.

A first terminal according to the present invention for achieving the above object provides a method in which a plurality of persons sequentially start using a communication line, or one or more persons and a computer use a communication line. (9) A terminal representing a battle phase of the game by using at least one of character format data and table format data. Data is received and the next start data is transmitted to a predetermined server.

A second terminal according to the present invention for achieving the above object is that a plurality of persons start in sequence using a communication line or that one or more persons and a computer use a communication line. (10) A phase representing a battle phase of the game by using at least one of character format data and table format data. A change program for changing data, and a predetermined start data are received from a predetermined server, and based on the received change program and the start data, the phase data is changed and displayed, and the next start data is displayed. Is transmitted to the server.

[0014] The game battle method of the present invention for achieving the above object may be arranged such that a plurality of persons start in sequence using a communication line, or that one or more persons and a computer use a communication line in order. In the game battle method in which the game is advanced by starting the game, (11) phase data representing a battle phase of the game using at least one of character format data and table format data, A change program for changing based on the start data and a transmission program for transmitting the aspect data are stored in a predetermined server, and (1)
2) using the transmission program, transmitting the aspect data from the server to a predetermined terminal and displaying the same,
3) transmitting the next start data based on the situation data displayed on the terminal from the terminal to the server, (14)
New aspect data is created based on the next start data transmitted from the terminal to the server and by changing the aspect data using the change program.

[0015] In addition, according to the game battle method of the present invention for achieving the above object, a plurality of persons start in sequence using a communication line, or one or more persons and a computer can start in order using a communication line. (15) forming at least one of character data and tabular data to form phase data representing a battle phase of the game, A) transmitting a signal carrying the phase data to a predetermined first terminal at a predetermined timing and prompting the next start; (17) based on the next start data transmitted from the first terminal; Forming new position data by changing the position data,
(18) The new situation data is transmitted to a predetermined second terminal at a predetermined timing, and the next start is further promoted to advance the game.

A method for displaying a battle situation according to the present invention for achieving the above object is characterized in that a plurality of persons start in sequence using a communication line or that one or more persons and a computer use a communication line. In a competitive phase display method for displaying a competitive phase of a game in a game progressed by sequentially starting, (19) the competitive phase of the game is determined by using at least one of character format data and table format data. Is displayed.

Here, the character format data is data described in a so-called text file used in a computer, and is at least one kind of characters such as kanji, hiragana, katakana, numbers, symbols, alphabets, and Greek characters. Data.

The tabular data is data used by a computer, and is data in a format in which the above-mentioned character data is arranged and displayed in vertical columns and horizontal rows. In some cases, a ruled line is arranged between a column and a row to divide the column and the row, and data in which character format data is arranged in the section is also used.

Further, the phase data refers to at least one of the character format data and the table format data, such as the status of the phase immediately before the start of the game or the status of the phase during the progress of the game. This refers to data described using the data, and data representing a battle phase of the game.

The communication line is a line for communicating various data regardless of whether it is wired or wireless. This communication line includes, for example, a line provided by NTT, KDD
And private lines.

The server is one or more computers that provide services to users of the Internet.

The above-mentioned game includes a game in which a person and a computer compete in addition to a game in which a person and a person compete.

By the way, in creating the above-mentioned invention, as a result of various studies, the present inventor first focused on a chat widely performed using the Internet. The chat refers to a conversation using characters that is performed between an unspecified number of people on the Internet. In this chat, data transmitted and received (transferred) by a participant in a conversation is composed of only character format data. Therefore, since the capacity of the data to be transmitted and received is small, it is possible to communicate very lightly.

The above-described character format data requires 1-2 bytes per character, while the above-described image data requires at least several thousand bytes. For this reason, the capacity of image data is orders of magnitude larger than that of character format data. As a result, even when a terminal such as a personal computer has relatively high display performance and communication performance, the burden of transmitting and receiving image data is large. Therefore, when a mobile phone having low display performance and communication performance is used, a battle game for transmitting and receiving image data is not practically performed.

As described above, when the above-mentioned chat is used, the data transmitted and received by the participant in this chat is only character format data. Because of this, chat
It is easily realized by using a mobile phone. The problem to be solved is how to apply chat technology to realize a competitive game.

The present inventor has made various studies on this point.

The inventor first examined whether or not aspects such as Go, shogi, and Othello can be represented by characters. Go, Othello, and Gomoku's black stone can be represented by ●, and Shiraishi can be represented by ○. These “●” and “○” are present in the shift JIS code, and can be displayed on any personal computer or portable terminal. Furthermore, we focused on the fact that the grids of the board used for Go and Gomoku can be represented by ten types of characters as shown in FIG. (A) to (j) shown in FIG. 1 are explanatory diagrams showing ten types of characters constituting a cell.

The characters shown in FIG. 1 also exist in the shift JIS code. Each of the above-mentioned characters is a double-byte character, and has a size of only 2 bytes per character.

As described above, aspects are represented using character format data. Here, the inventor studied how to reproduce the actual game situation using such characters organically.

First, the present inventor has described a Javascript language, a visual basic script language, and a Javascript language used for constructing a dynamic homepage on the Internet.
And the Pearl language.

The Javascript language and the Visual Basic script language are languages described as a part of a file described in an HTML language which is a language for describing a homepage. In addition, the above two languages are transferred from the Internet server to the user's terminal together with the file described in the HTML language.
The PU is used to realize dynamic processing such as displaying characters and images.

On the other hand, the Perl language is a language for describing a file called a CGI script housed in an Internet server. This Perl language performs processing within the Internet server according to instructions sent from the user's terminal, and returns information for realizing dynamic processing such as characters and image display to the user's terminal. Things.

Each of the above three languages has a powerful function of processing and converting character strings, that is, a series of character data. By the way, the above-mentioned chat is generally realized by a CGI script described in a Perl language. However, in the chat, only a simple process is performed, in which a character input by a user is simply passed and displayed on a terminal of another user. Therefore, in the chat, technically, the above 3
It is hard to say that the powerful features of two languages are fully utilized.

The present inventor has made intensive studies to realize a communication game by utilizing the powerful character string processing functions and conversion functions of the above three languages. The inventor tried to express a board used for Go or Gomoku with the above-mentioned characters. This is shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a go board used for go and gomoku.

As shown in FIG. 2, a go board 10 is described (expressed) from numbers 1 to 9 and characters shown in FIG. Therefore, here, the go board 10 is represented only by character format data.

In Go, black stones (●) or white stones (○) are sequentially added with the progress of the start. Therefore, the progress of the game can be expressed by replacing these stones with characters appropriate for the go board 10. During the game, depending on the situation, the starting stone may be picked up. In this case, the characters representing the go board 10 are rearranged in place of the picked-up black stone (●) and white stone (（).

FIG. 3 shows a board used in the Othello game.

As shown in FIG. 3, the board 12 used in the Othello game is represented only by tabular data. In the Othello game, black stones (●) and white stones (○) are set not in the intersections of the squares formed on the board 12 but in the squares. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the situation can be represented by black stones (●) and white stones (（) in the table. As described above, since these black stones and white stones are represented by character format data, the progress of the Othello game is represented by character format data and table format data.

Also, the Othello game can be represented only by character format data.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the Othello game using only character format data.

When the Othello game is represented only by character format data, the inside of the cell is represented by a "+" character. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the board 14 is composed of numbers 1 to 8 and "+" characters arranged regularly. In this board 14, the unstarted point (the position where the black stone or the white stone is not placed) is represented by the character “+”. As described above, the data volume of the Othello game represented only by the character data can be reduced as compared with the Othello game represented by the character data and the tabular data.

In the Othello game, black stones (●) or white stones (○) are sequentially added as the game progresses.
In this case, the black stone (●) changes to a white stone (○) or vice versa. Therefore, by utilizing the powerful character string processing function and conversion function of any program description language such as the above-mentioned Perl language, Javascript language, Visual Basic Script language, etc., the progress of the phase in the Othello game can be easily expressed. .

As described above, the initial state of the board used in a competitive game such as Go or Othello is expressed using at least one of character format data and table format data. Stones and pieces placed on the go board (or board) as the game progresses (starts progress) can be represented only by character format data. Therefore, the battle phase of the battle game can be represented by at least one of character format data or table format data. As described with reference to FIG. 1, the squares on the board used for Go and Gomoku are 10
It is represented by different types of characters. However, it is not limited to these ten types of characters, and any similar characters may be used.

Next, a procedure for advancing the game (realizing a communication game) by a plurality of persons starting sequentially using a communication line will be described. Here, Go is taken as an example.

As a Go board, a 9-way board, a 13-way board, and a 19-way board are known. Here, for the sake of simplicity, a procedure for realizing a communication game will be described with an example of the smallest nine roadbed.

First, the initial state of the go board is shown in FIG.
It is expressed as shown in FIG. 2 using 0 types of characters. There are various methods for storing data representing the initial state of the go board. One method is to save a continuous non-breaking character string in the form of a text file. As another method, there is a method of saving in the form of a multi-line text file in which a new line is inserted for each line next to the go board. The size of the text file used by these two methods is only about 200 bytes.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 5, when nine roadbeds are formed into a graphic data file, the size of this file is about 50,000 bytes. Therefore, when the initial state of the nine roadbeds is represented using the graphic format data, the initial state is represented by 200 when the initial state is represented using the character format data.
More than twice the capacity is required. In this case, not only the file size of the situation data becomes large, but also the graphic format data cannot be easily changed using the above-mentioned CGI script, so that processing on a dedicated computer other than the Internet server is required. For this reason, quick processing becomes impossible, and inconvenient operations such as disconnecting the Internet line for each start and waiting for the next start sent by e-mail are required. However, by expressing the situation data as a text file, not only the file size is reduced, but also the situation data can be easily changed using a CGI script. Can progress smoothly.

The storage location of the text file representing the initial state of the go board is the server. The server can be accessed by an Internet-compatible mobile phone, a mobile terminal, a personal computer, or the like (an example of the terminal according to the present invention, hereinafter referred to as a terminal).

Here, FIG. 6 schematically shows a server and a terminal.

The server 20 has a change program 22 for changing the phase data (for example, data representing the battle phase of Go) based on the start data described below, and a program for transmitting the phase data to the terminals 30 and 40. Both transmission programs 24 are stored.

A person who wants to play a game of Go (referred to as a user or a player) accesses the server 20 using the terminals 30 and 40 such as a portable terminal and a personal computer.
On the screens of the terminals 30 and 40 owned by the user, columns for inputting the user's name, Go level (skill), simple self-introduction, and the like are displayed. The user inputs data appropriately in these fields, and transmits the data to the server 20.

The data transmitted to the server 20 is processed by the server 20, and the processed data is stored in the form of a game applicant information file. In addition, data representing other users who desire to play a communication is transmitted from the server 20 to the user terminals 30 and 40. The transmitted data is displayed on the screens of the user terminals 30 and 40. The user refers to the screen, selects an appropriate game partner, and starts the game. Here, it is assumed that the owner of the terminal 30 and the owner of the terminal 40 play a game.

When the communication game starts, the server 20 reads a text file storing data representing the initial state of the go board (phase data of the initial state), and uses the transmission program 24 described above to execute the terminal 30 of both players. , 4
Send to 0. The transmission function in this case utilizes a function that the server 20 generally has.

Next, one of the players transmits the position (start data) of the first start from the terminal 30 to the server 20. As a method of expressing the starting position, for example, in the case of Go, the position of each intersection of the square is determined in advance,
There is a method of expressing the position of the first start using two numbers expressing the horizontal position and the vertical position. In this way, the position of the first start is represented by character format data, and this data is transmitted to the server 20. This transmission method may be any method.

The server 20 having received the character format data representing the first starting position adds black stone (or white stone) to the text file storing the initial state data based on the received character format data. Change data. At the time of this change, the change program 22 is used, and the above-mentioned Perl language or the like is used as this program.

The changed situation data is written to a second text file for recording new situation data. The updated situation data is transmitted to both players as small-capacity character format data, that is, text data. The other player who has confirmed the situation data to which the first move has been added uses the terminal 40 to specify the second move in the above-described manner, and transmits it to the server 20.

As described above, one player transmits character format data indicating the starting position to the server 20, and the server 20 receiving the character format data uses the change program 22 based on the character format data. The phase data is changed, and the changed phase data is transmitted to the terminals 30 and 40 of both players using the transmission program 24, and the other player indicates the starting position by looking at the changed phase data. By transmitting the character data to the server 20 repeatedly, the game proceeds without disconnecting the connection between the server and the terminal.

The technique described above is the basic one of the present invention. Further, other functions may be added in order to make the game proceed smoothly and comfortably. For example, when starting a game, a chat function may be added in order to introduce the players themselves and to determine who starts first. This chat can take advantage of the methods implemented on many Internet sites.

By the way, when ending the game, both players may confirm the victory or defeat before ending the game.
The server 20 is described in a programming language.
The game may be ended by automatically judging the win or loss by the win / loss judgment function installed in the game.

Although the communication game can be performed as described above, it is more convenient if the record of the progress of the game and the record of the win / loss information are stored in the server 20 so that they can be freely referred to as necessary. Further, when the aspect of the communication game is constituted by only at least one of the character format data and the table format data as described above, the amount of data to be communicated between the server 20 and the terminals 30 and 40 of the players. This is preferable because it can be minimized, but depending on the case, there is no problem even if it is partially composed of image format data.

[0062]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. [First Embodiment]

Here, a description will be given using Go as an example.

In order to realize a Go communication game, first,
The home page shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is created in a well-known HTML language. The home page shown in FIG. 7 is an HTML file 1 and the home page shown in FIG. Also,
This server has the following CG written in Pearl language
I scripts 1 to 4 are also provided. The player A and the player B access the HTML file 1 with their respective Internet-compatible mobile phones (one example of the first and second terminals according to the present invention), and display the screens of the respective Internet-compatible mobile phones in FIG. Display the homepage of. The player A presses (selects) the "game start number" button, and displays the homepage of FIG. 8 on the screen of the Internet-compatible mobile phone.

On the other hand, the player B presses (selects) the "game start white number" button to activate the CGI script 1 installed on the server, and the CGI script is displayed on the screen of the player B's Internet-compatible mobile phone. 9 is displayed. The CGI script 1 activated by the "game start white number" button pressed by the player has contents indicating the initial board state of the game, and the contents are the same as those shown in FIG. Also,
The CGI script 1 reads the text file installed on the server and displays the content on the screen of the player B's Internet-compatible mobile phone.

The player A enters the horizontal start position 7 and the vertical start position 3 in the start position designation field of the second homepage (see FIG. 8).
Enter (starting data) and select (press) the "Start Sending" button. By this selection, the CGI script 2 described in the Perl language (installed on the server) is started. As a result of this activation, the fourth line (the first line indicates the horizontal position (numerical value)) of the screen (the screen shown in FIG. 2) representing the initial Go board state of Go is read, and the eighth character “+” Is replaced (updated) with “●”. The replaced "●" is written, along with the other lines, in a text file representing the state of the board being played. The written content is transmitted to the player A's Internet-compatible mobile phone, and the screen state shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the screen.

Thereafter, the player B sees the time and "updates"
Press a button (not shown). As a result, the CGI script 3 (installed on the server) described in the Perl language is activated. With this activation, the board state (the screen in FIG. 10) updated based on the start data of the player A is read, and the board state is displayed on the screen of the player B's Internet-compatible mobile phone.

As shown in FIG. 11, the player B inputs the horizontal start position 3 and the vertical start position 7 (to be start data) in the start position designation field on the screen of the Internet-compatible mobile phone.
Press the "Send" button. By this operation, the CGI script 4 described in the Perl language (installed on the server) is started. Thus, the text file representing the board state updated based on the player A's start data is read, and the eighth line of the text file is also read.

Next, based on the start data, the fourth character “+” in the eighth line of the text file is replaced with “○” (updated). The replaced “○” is written in a text file representing the state of the board being played along with the other lines. The written content is transmitted to the player B's Internet-compatible mobile phone, and the screen state shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the screen.

Thereafter, the players A and B alternately input the horizontal start position and the vertical start position in the start position designation field, and click "Send".
Press the button and the "Refresh" button to repeatedly send the start and update the screen. Thereby, the game proceeds.

In the above example, the players A and B use the Internet-compatible mobile phones. However, the game can proceed in exactly the same manner when accessing the Internet using a personal computer. When ending a Go game,
Both players confirm the outcome and end the game. Further, a win / loss determination function described in a programming language and installed in the server may automatically determine a win / loss and end the game. [Second embodiment]

Here, an explanation will be given using Othello as an example.

In order to realize Othello's communication game, first, the homepages shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 were created using a well-known HTML language. The home page shown in FIG.
ML file 1 and the home page shown in FIG.
These are installed on the server as the ML file 2. The server also has the following CGI scripts 5 to 8 described in the Perl language. The player A and the player B access the HTML file 1 with their respective Internet-compatible mobile phones (one example of the first and second terminals according to the present invention), and change the homepage shown in FIG. Display on the phone screen.

The player A selects (pushes) the "game start destination number" button, and displays the home page shown in FIG. 13 on the screen of the Internet-compatible mobile phone.

On the other hand, the player B activates the above-mentioned CGI script 5 by pressing the “game start white number” button, and the game B generated by the CGI script 5 is displayed on the screen of the player B's Internet-compatible mobile phone as shown in FIG. Display the screen of. The CGI script 5 activated by the “game start number” button pressed by the player B has the contents representing the initial board state of Othello, which is shown in FIG.
5 is the same as that shown in FIG. Also, CGI script 5
Reads the text file installed on the server and displays the contents on the screen of the player B's Internet-compatible mobile phone.

The player A plays the second home page (FIG. 13)
The horizontal start position 6 and the vertical start position 5
Enter (beginning data) and press the "send" button (select). By this selection, CGI script 6 written in Perl language (installed on the server)
Starts. As a result of this activation, the sixth line of the screen (the screen shown in FIG. 15) representing the initial board state of Othello is read, the "+" of the seventh character is rewritten to "●", and the sixth line is read. The sixth character “○” is replaced with “●”. This rewritten content is written into a text file representing the state of the board being played, along with the other lines (the portions that have not been rewritten). The written content is transmitted to the player A's Internet-compatible mobile phone,
On the screen, the board state shown in FIG. 16 is displayed.

Thereafter, the player B presses an "update" button (not shown) at an appropriate time. As a result, the CGI script 7 described in the Perl language (installed on the server) is activated. With this activation, a text file representing the board state (the screen shown in FIG. 16) updated based on the start of player A is read, and this board state is displayed on the screen of player B's Internet-compatible mobile phone. .

As shown in FIG. 17, the player B inputs the horizontal start position 4 and the vertical start position 6 (to be the start data) in the start position designation field on the screen of the Internet-compatible mobile phone, and then “transmits”. I press the button. By this operation, the CGI script 8 (installed on the server) described in the Perl language is started. Thus, the text file representing the board state updated based on the player A's start data is read, and the sixth and fifth lines of the text file are also read.

Next, based on the above start data, the fourth character “+” in the sixth line of the text file is rewritten to “○”, and the fourth character “●” in the fifth line is changed to “○”. Replace with The rewritten contents are written, together with the other lines, in a text file representing the state of the board being played. The written content is transmitted to the player B's Internet-compatible mobile phone, and the screen state shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the screen.

Thereafter, the players A and B alternately input the horizontal start position and the vertical start position in the start position designation field, and click "Send".
Press the button and the "Refresh" button to repeatedly send the start and update the screen. Thereby, the game proceeds.

In the above example, the players A and B use the Internet-compatible mobile phones. However, the game can proceed in exactly the same manner when accessing the Internet using a personal computer. When ending the Othello communication game, both players confirm the outcome and end the game. In addition, a win / loss determination function described in a programming language installed in the server may automatically determine a win / loss and end the game.

In the two examples described above, the present invention is applied to a game of communication between Go and Othello, but the present invention is not limited to these, and can also be applied to shogi and mahjong. [Third embodiment]

A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing a game battle system according to the third embodiment.

The feature of the game battle system of the third embodiment is that the start data transmitted (received by the server) transmitted from the first terminal (or the second terminal) to the server is used as it is by the second terminal (or the first terminal). Terminal), and a server sends a change program for changing the phase data representing the battle phase of the game using at least one of the character format data and the table format data from the server to the terminal. There is a feature. The change program is written in an arbitrary script language such as a well-known Java language or a Java script language.

The game battle system 50 of the third embodiment
Is a server 60 in which the following programs are stored.
And two terminals 70 and 80 for transmitting and receiving start data to and from the server 60. The server 60 has a first
A transmission program 62 for transmitting the start data transmitted from the terminal 70 (or the second terminal 80) to the second terminal 80 (or the first terminal 70), and a phase based on the transmitted start data. A change program 64 for changing data (for example, data representing a battle phase of Go) is stored. Here, the phase data represents a battle phase of the game using at least one of character format data and table format data.

For example, when the start data is transmitted from the first terminal 70 to the server 60, the server 60 does not change the phase data using the change program 64, and the change program 64 is transmitted together with the transmitted start data. Transmit to the second terminal 80. The second terminal 80 creates new aspect data 82 based on the change program 64 and the start data transmitted from the server 60, and displays this. The user of the second terminal 80 determines the next move based on the new situation data 82, and transmits start data carrying this move to the server 60.

The server 60 having received the start data from the second terminal 80 sends the change program 6 together with the start data.
4 is also transmitted to the first terminal 70. In the first terminal 70,
New situation data is created based on the change program and start data transmitted from the server 60, and displayed. The user of the first terminal 70 determines the next move based on the new situation data, and transmits start data carrying this move to the server 60.

As described above, the game is advanced by transmitting and receiving the start data and the change program between the server 60 and the first and second terminals 70 and 80. In addition,
Since the change program is transmitted only once at the beginning and stored in the terminals 70 and 80 during the battle, only the start data may be transmitted thereafter. When ending the game, as described above, both players may confirm the win or loss and end the game, or may automatically perform the win / loss determination function described by a programming language installed in the server 60. It is also possible to determine the win or loss and end the game. Note that, in the above example, two players played, but the game may be advanced by one or more players and the server 60 (computer) starting sequentially using a communication line.

[0090]

As described above, according to the present invention, at least one of character format data and table format data is used to represent aspect data, so that the amount of data transmitted and received is small. Further, it is not necessary to install the above-mentioned dedicated software in the portable terminal. Therefore, the battle game can be easily performed even by using the portable terminal.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing ten types of characters constituting a cell.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a go board used for go and gomoku.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a board used in the Othello game.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an Othello game using only character format data.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing nine roadbeds represented by graphic format data.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a server and a terminal.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a Go game initial screen displayed on an Internet-compatible mobile phone.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a Go game screen displayed on an Internet-compatible mobile phone.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a Go game screen displayed on an Internet-compatible mobile phone.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a Go game screen displayed on an Internet-compatible mobile phone.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a Go game screen displayed on an Internet-compatible mobile phone.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an Othello game initial screen displayed on an Internet-compatible mobile phone.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an Othello game screen displayed on the Internet-compatible mobile phone.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an Othello game screen displayed on an Internet-compatible mobile phone.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an Othello game screen displayed on the Internet-compatible mobile phone.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an Othello game screen displayed on an Internet-compatible mobile phone.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing an Othello game screen displayed on the Internet-compatible mobile phone.

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram illustrating a game battle system according to a third embodiment.

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Claims (9)

[Claims] A game battle system in which a game is advanced by a plurality of persons starting in sequence using a communication line, or by one or more persons and a computer starting in sequence by using a communication line. A change program for changing the position data based on predetermined start data, the position data representing the battle phase of the game using at least one of the format data and the tabular data, and the position data. A server storing a transmission program for transmission, a terminal connected to the server, receiving the aspect data transmitted from the server using the transmission program, and transmitting next start data to the server; A game battle system comprising: 2. A game battle system in which a plurality of people start a game in sequence using a communication line, or one or more people and a computer start a game in sequence using a communication line to progress a game. The server, using at least one of character format data and tabular format data, expresses the phase data representing the battle phase of the game, and the phase data based on the start data transmitted from a predetermined terminal. A server storing a change program to be changed and a transmission program to transmit the aspect data to the terminal. 3. A game fighting system in which a game is advanced by a plurality of persons starting in sequence using a communication line, or by at least one person and a computer starting in sequence by using a communication line. In the terminal, using at least one of the character format data and the table format data, receives the phase data representing the battle phase of the game, and transmits the next start data to a predetermined server. Terminal to do. 4. A game battle method in which a game is advanced by a plurality of persons starting in sequence using a communication line, or by at least one person and a computer starting in sequence by using a communication line. Using at least one of the format data and the tabular data, phase data representing a battle phase of the game, a change program for changing the phase data based on predetermined start data, and transmitting the phase data The transmission program is stored in a predetermined server, the situation data is transmitted from the server to a predetermined terminal using the transmission program and displayed, and the next start based on the situation data displayed on the terminal is performed. Transmitting data from the terminal to the server; and transmitting the next start data transmitted from the terminal to the server. Game competition method characterized by creating a new phase data by changing the phase data using the modified program with based data. 5. A game battle method in which a game is advanced by a plurality of persons starting in sequence by using a communication line, or by at least one person and a computer starting in sequence by using a communication line. Using at least one of the format data and the tabular data to form phase data representing a battle phase of the game, and transmitting a signal carrying the phase data to a predetermined first terminal at a predetermined timing And prompting for the next start, forming new phase data by changing the phase data based on the next start data transmitted from the first terminal, and setting the new phase data at a predetermined timing. The second given
A game battle method, wherein the game is transmitted to a terminal device and the next start is further promoted to advance the game. 6. A game battle phase in a game in which a plurality of persons start in sequence by using a communication line, or in which one or more persons and a computer start in sequence by using a communication line. And displaying the battle phase of the game using at least one of character format data and table format data. 7. A game battle system in which a plurality of persons sequentially start using a communication line, or one or more persons and a computer sequentially start using a communication line to advance a game, A server that transmits a change program for changing phase data representing a battle phase of the game using at least one of the format data and the tabular data, and that transmits and receives predetermined start data; and A terminal for receiving the program and the start data from the server, changing and displaying the aspect data based on the received change program and the start data, and transmitting the next start data to the server. A game battle system characterized by the following. 8. A game battle system in which a game is advanced by a plurality of persons starting in sequence using a communication line, or by at least one person and a computer starting in sequence by using a communication line. In the server, a change program for changing the phase data representing the battle phase of the game using at least one of the character format data and the table format data is transmitted to a predetermined terminal, and a predetermined start is performed. A server for transmitting and receiving data to and from a predetermined terminal. 9. A game competition system in which a game is advanced by a plurality of persons starting in sequence using a communication line, or by at least one person and a computer starting in sequence by using a communication line. In the terminal, a change program for changing phase data representing a battle phase of the game using at least one of the character format data and the table format data, and receiving predetermined start data from a predetermined server And a terminal that changes and displays the aspect data based on the received change program and the start data and transmits the next start data to the server.