Apparatus and method for providing agent-based game service

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for providing an agent-based game service. The apparatus for providing an agent-based game service includes an input data management unit for collecting pieces of input data from a terminal device of at least one user. A data mining unit analyzes patterns of the pieces of input data and then generates and updates mined data according to the result of the pattern analysis. A game agent processing unit creates, using the mined data, a game agent which will replace the user and play a game instead of the user, and evolves the game agent to correspond to the updated mined data.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2010-0116225, filed on Nov. 22, 2010, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into this application.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Technical Field[0003]The present invention relates generally to an apparatus and method for providing an agent-based game service and, more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing an agent-based game service, which create a Non Player Character (NPC)-type agent based on input data received from the terminal device of a user and apply the NPC-type agent to a game when providing a game service in which a plurality of artificial intelligence NPCs appear, thus allowing the agent to play the game instead of the user.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]With the advancements in Internet and game service technology, game services in which intellectual and complicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) Non Pl...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for providing an agent-based game service, which create an NPC-type agent based on input data received from the te

Problems solved by technology

However, typical game services have the problem of causing users to become addicted to games, so that the users become excessively attached to such a game, greatly reduce their usual activities, and get impatient and feel uneasy unless they can play the game.

A conventional game service such as an online game service is also problematic in that when a game service including intellectual AI game characters is provided, it is difficult to prevent a user from becoming addicted to the game and to continuously switch the game service.

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