Avatar Part Acquisition via Change Screen Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in acquiring additional parts for their avatar characters, especially those available through gatcha systems, due to low probability rates and limited availability.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that includes a distribution circuit, a determination circuit, an association circuit, a first condition determination circuit, and a change screen display circuit, which allows users to acquire and change avatar parts using a specific electronic medium associated with user information, enabling extended acquisition means.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users acquire parts through gatcha drawing at predetermined probability, then parts are available with variety and excitement, but acquisition difficulty increases and user satisfaction decreases due to extremely low probability rates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a change screen as an intermediary interface between the gatcha drawing function and the avatar customization function. This change screen provides alternative acquisition methods (such as direct selection, purchasing with in-game currency, or exchanging items) that mediate between the random gatcha system and the user's desire for specific parts, thereby reducing acquisition difficulty while maintaining system variety
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by providing multiple acquisition paths before the actual part acquisition. Users are first presented with the gatcha option, but if unsuccessful or desiring certainty, they can access the change screen which prepares alternative acquisition methods in advance, eliminating the need to rely solely on low-probability random drawing
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional parts are made available through gatcha at predetermined probability, then part variety increases, but acquisition reliability decreases due to extremely difficult acquisition rates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts acquisition reliability by providing multiple acquisition modes. The change screen enables users to switch between probabilistic gatcha acquisition and deterministic acquisition methods (direct selection or guaranteed purchase), allowing reliability to be adjusted based on user needs while maintaining part variety through the gatcha system
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the acquisition parameter from fixed probability (gatcha) to controllable selection (change screen). By introducing the change screen, users can alter the acquisition parameter from random probability-based to deterministic selection-based, thereby improving reliability while the system maintains part variety through both mechanisms
3Adaptability or versatility
If users can change predetermined parts to another part with different characteristics, then user customization flexibility increases, but system complexity increases due to additional management requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The change screen serves multiple functions: it displays available parts, enables part selection, manages acquisition transactions, and handles avatar updates. By making the change screen universal and multi-functional, the system avoids adding separate complex subsystems for each function, thereby managing customization flexibility without proportionally increasing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the part display, part selection, and part acquisition functions into a single change screen interface. This consolidation combines multiple operations that would otherwise require separate systems into one unified interface, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive customization flexibility
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AI summary
An improved acquisition means for elements to be displayed in a user terminal, which may include a distribution circuit, a determination circuit configured to determine a predetermined part from a selection thereof, an association circuit, a first condition determination circuit configured to determine whether a first specific condition relevant to a distribution user is satisfied, and a change screen display circuit configured to display a change screen for changing the predetermined part to another part. The predetermined part may be changed on a distribution user terminal of the distribution user when the first condition determination circuit determines that the first specific condition is satisfied. The association circuit may be configured to associate the another part with the user information, and cancel the association of the predetermined part with the user information. The first specific condition may be satisfied when a specific electronic medium is associated with the user information.