JP4183866B2 - Database update method and storage medium - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention includes a database update method comprising text data, an output unit capable of outputting text, and an input unit for inputting text, such as a game machine, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, a personal computer, etc. The present invention relates to a text communication system including a device capable of transmitting and receiving text to and from the Internet.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as this type of text communication system, for example, there is a system in which a personal computer and a host computer are connected via the Internet and a game is played on the personal computer. In such a text communication system, first, according to a set story, text as a question from the host computer and text as a plurality of answers to the question are displayed on the display of the user's personal computer. Here, when the user selects and inputs an appropriate one from a plurality of answers, the information is transmitted to the host computer side, and the text corresponding to the selected answer and the plurality of answers are extracted. It is displayed again on the display of the user's personal computer. In this way, the game progresses as text is transmitted and received between the user and the host in an interactive manner.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a system, according to a combination of texts prepared according to the story, he or she will interact with other characters as a character selected by himself or herself. There was a strong sense of dialogue and lack of reality.
[0004]
In addition, since the story also progresses by exchanging text selected from a predetermined number of text groups set in advance, the variety of development is limited, and tiredness is caused by repeating the number of times.
[0005]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a database and a text communication system capable of developing stories that are full of reality and never get tired. .
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention updates a database comprising a plurality of text data having a hierarchical structure in which a parent-child relationship between text data is defined so as to move between hierarchies as a story develops. The method is capable of communicating with a text communication device via a network, and the host communication device including the database reads first text data read from the database to the text communication device. Transmitting and outputting; receiving second text data input in the text communication device from the text communication device; and sending the second text data as a child of the first text data to the database. Registering and a third text approximating the second text data Retrieving the over data from the database, retrieving the fourth text data to parent third text data retrieved from the database, the fourth text data retrieved Not only a child of the third text data Child of the second text data Also Thus, there is provided a database updating method for executing the step of changing the definition of the parent-child relationship between the second text data and the fourth text data in the database. Here, the host communication device transmits the second text data to another text communication device different from the text communication device and outputs the second text data, and the fifth text data input in the other text communication device. The step of receiving text data from the other text communication device and the step of registering the fifth text data as a child of the second text data in the database may be executed. In addition, the host communication device may send the fifth text data Not only a child of the second text data Child of the third text data Also It is good to perform the step which changes definition of the parent-child relationship between the 3rd text data and the 5th text data in the database.
[0007]
In this way, the first text data is output, and second text data that can be defined as a child with respect to the first text data only after it is actually input is newly input. By defining this text data as the parent of any text data, newly entered text data can be taken into the database. Since the captured text data is actually input by a specific person, it has reality. In addition, since the newly imported second text data is not already defined as a child with respect to the first text data, the story can be enriched and the user will not get bored.
[0009]
Here, the closeness of the text data can be determined based on various conditions such as the number of matches with the keyword extracted from the text data or the number of co-occurrence words, but is not limited thereto.
[0011]
Also, the text data May constitute a message exchanged in a dialogue between a plurality of characters in a game.
[0012]
In this way, when the present invention is applied to a game message database in which messages are exchanged between a plurality of characters, the message presented from the character to the player is text data previously input by another player. Since there is a possibility, the character's reality increases. In addition, since unique text data input by players with various sensibilities can be captured, the story development can be abundant and a game that never gets tired can be realized.
[0013]
The present invention also provides a method for updating the database. Each step in the host communication device A computer-readable storage medium that stores a program to be executed by the computer.
[0014]
Here, the storage medium includes an FD (flexible disk), a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, an HD (hard disk), and the like, but is not limited thereto as long as the program can be stored or retained.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0017]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a main part of the text communication system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
[0018]
First, the text communication system mainly includes an input / output device 1 and a calculation device 2. The input / output device 1 only needs to be capable of inputting / outputting text (sentences). For example, the display unit 11 such as a display for displaying text, an input unit for performing text selection or character input, and a program are provided. ROM (Read Only Memory) for storing data, RAM (Random Access Memory) for storing data, etc., and CPU (Central Processing Unit) for performing various operations, logic judgments and control, and communications such as modems It can be configured by a game machine, a personal digital assistant, a personal computer, a mobile phone, or the like having a communication function connected to the device via an interface. The calculation device 2 only needs to extract text corresponding to the text input from the input / output device 1 and output it to the input / output device 1. For example, the calculation device 2 includes a storage unit such as a ROM, a RAM, and an HD (hard disk). And a computer that is connected to a communication device such as a terminal adapter via an interface. Here, the input / output device 1 corresponds to a text communication device, and the calculation device 2 corresponds to a host communication device. The display unit 11 corresponds to a question display unit and an answer display unit. Further, input units not shown correspond to an answer input unit, a selection input unit, and a free input unit.
[0019]
The input / output device 1 and the calculation device 2 may be connected by a wired communication network such as a public telephone line, an ISDN line, a cable television communication line, a dedicated line, or a wireless communication network such as a mobile phone network. It may be connected by. Moreover, you may be connected with the internet via these networks.
[0020]
The calculation device 2 is mainly composed of an input type determination device (input text determination unit) 3, a natural language analyzer 4, a connection data changer (text relation change unit) 5, a text data storage device (text holding unit) 6, connection data It comprises a storage device (text relation holding unit) 7 and an output sentence creation machine (question extraction unit, answer extraction unit) 8. Here, the connection data change machine 5 includes a connection data change machine 1 and a connection data change machine 2 as described later.
[0021]
A case where a game is played using such a system will be described as an example.
[0022]
The story of the game is, “A big incident happened on the Internet yesterday. It was reported extensively in the morning news the next day, and the woman who was one of the masterminds of the incident suffered. It is a setting that "I met a woman" triggered by a mistaken email. " The player is jealous of “man” or “woman” on the story. When the player selects “male”, a mail from “female” is displayed on the display unit 11 of the input / output device 1, and a message option for replying from the “male” is displayed. Is displayed. When the player selects one of the options, an option for a message from “woman” and a message for replying from “male” is further displayed. In this way, the game progresses by exchanging e-mails between “male” and “female”. Similarly, when the player selects “female”, the game proceeds in a form in which “male” and “female” are interchanged.
[0023]
(Overall flow)
FIG. 2 shows the overall flow of the game.
[0024]
First, the player selects whether he / she is “male” or “female” (step 1). The selection of the character is performed, for example, by operating the input unit such as displaying “male” and “female” characters on the display, moving a pointer such as a cursor to one of the display areas, and pressing a button. On the calculation device 2 side, the information selected by the player is defined as mychar_no, the information of the other party not selected is defined as youchar_no, and when the player selects a man, mychar_no = 0, youchar_no = 1 Is selected, mychar_no = 1 and youchar_no = 0.
[0025]
Next, the calculation device 2 calculates a question to be displayed and options for the question (step 2).
[0026]
Next, it is determined whether or not the player gives an instruction to end the game (step 3). When the end is not instructed, the question and the option calculated by the calculation device 2 are transmitted to the input / output device 1 and displayed on the display unit 11 (step 4). The options include one for selecting one of the messages displayed on the display unit 11 and the option for free mail input that allows the player to freely enter characters alongside or in place of the message display. is there. The player looks at the question displayed on the display unit 11 and selects one of the displayed messages or inputs a free mail (step 5). The calculation device 2 further calculates questions and options to be displayed in accordance with player input.
[0027]
In step 3, when the player instructs the end of the game, an end screen is displayed on the display unit 11 (step 6), and the game is ended.
[0028]
FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the “male” and “female” messages displayed on the display unit 11 of the input / output device 1 when the player selects “male”. The “male” and “female” messages are represented in a tree diagram that reflects the hierarchical structure, and in this hierarchical structure the messages are related to move down between the tree diagram hierarchy as the game story develops. It has been.
[0029]
For example, the display unit 11 of the input and output device 1 of the player, as an email from the "man,""Hello! Your hobby?" And "is a mail beginner. You have a little nervous." Two choices display of Is done.
[0030]
When the player selects the message "Hello! Is your hobby?", The display section 11, "it sing my hobby. Karaoke love!" As an email from the "woman" is in a "hobby? Hmm, sleep Is selected and displayed using random numbers, statistics, or the like.
[0031]
On the other hand, when the player selects the message “I am a beginner in mail. I am a little nervous.”, The display unit 11 is set as an email from “woman” corresponding to the message from “man”. One of the two messages, “I'm new to me” and “I love email! Nice to meet you” is selected and displayed using random numbers, statistics, and so on. When the message “I ’m new to you” is selected as the email from “Woman”, the reply message from “Man” is “What are you usually doing?” And “What are you doing?” An option for inputting “free mail”, which is an arbitrary message within an arbitrary or certain constraint, is displayed. When the player chooses “What are you usually doing?”, As a mail from “Woman,” I like watching TV on a busy day, this morning's NEWS, it was amazing! One of the two messages “... isn't anything” is selected using random numbers and statistics and displayed on the display unit 11.
[0032]
FIG. 4 shows a similar tree diagram of the “woman” and “male” messages displayed on the display unit 11 of the input / output device 1 when the player selects “woman”.
[0033]
Here, as a message from the "man", "Hello! Your hobby?" And "is a mail beginner. You have a little nervous." One of the two messages is to use a random number, statistics, etc. Are selected and displayed on the display unit 11 of the input / output device 1.
[0034]
When "I am new to mail. I am a little nervous." Is selected and displayed, "I am also new to me" and "I love e-mail! Two messages are displayed and the player can select one of the messages.
[0035]
When the player selects “I am also new”, one of the two messages, “What are you usually doing?” And “What are you?” As a reply email from “Man” is random number, statistics Etc. are selected and displayed.
[0036]
Similarly, when the player selects “male” and “female”, the game progresses in such a way that the mail sent from the other party to himself and the mail sent from the other party to the other party are in reverse Go.
[0037]
(Processing in calculation device)
A processing procedure in the calculation device 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the calculation device 2 investigates data input (step 11).
[0038]
Next, processing of an input type determination machine is performed (step 12). Here, it is determined whether the input from the input / output device is a choice selection or a free mail input. The input type determination machine is constituted by, for example, a ROM, a RAM, and a CPU. The determination program stored in the ROM is developed on a register, the input data held in the RAM is read, and executed by the CPU.
[0039]
If it is determined in step 12 that the input type is an option, the process proceeds to step 19 where the processing in the output sentence creator 8 is performed. On the other hand, if the input type is free mail input in step 12, the system waits for a predetermined time (step 13), and the natural language analyzer 4 performs a natural language analysis process described later (step 14).
[0040]
In the natural language analyzer 4, it is determined whether or not the input data is an error (step 15). Here, if it is determined that there is an error, the process proceeds to step 19 where the processing in the output sentence creation machine 8 is performed. On the other hand, if it is not determined to be an error, the analysis result is sent to the connection data changer 1, and connection data change processing described later is performed (step 16). After the process in the connection data changer 1, it waits for a fixed time (step 17), and the connection data changer 2 performs a connection data change process to be described later (step 18). After the process in the connection data change machine 2, the output sentence creation process in the output sentence creation machine 8 is performed (step 19).
[0041]
(Processing in the output sentence creation machine)
Here, output sentence creation processing in the output sentence creation machine 8 will be described. The output sentence creation machine is composed of, for example, ROM, RAM, HD, and CPU.
[0042]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an output sentence creation processing procedure.
[0043]
First, the output sentence creation machine 8 receives either the sentence number or the error code for the input free mail and names it StrAnsNo (step 21).
[0044]
Here, with reference to FIG. 7, the processing of step 21 will be described in detail by taking as an example a case where the player selects “I am a beginner in mail. I am a little nervous” in the tree diagram shown in FIG. To do. FIG. 7 shows a format of sentence data stored in the sentence data storage device 6. Referring to FIG. 7, the sentence number “0002” is assigned to the sentence data of “Email beginner. I am a little nervous” selected by the player. Therefore, in this case, StrAnsNo = 0002. As shown in FIG. 7, the sentence data serving as the above-mentioned “male” and “female” messages are assigned sentence numbers, and CHAR_No indicating the gender distinction of the character is registered (CHAR_No = 0 indicates male, CHAR_No = 1 indicates female.) The question and answer are switched according to the character selected by the player.
[0045]
If the sentence number is received in step 21 (step 22), the next question corresponding to StrAnsNo is listed from the connection data storage device 7 (step 23), and a random number is selected from the listed sentences. The next question corresponding to StrAnsNo is determined using a generator or the like and named StrNextQuesNo (step 24).
[0046]
The processing of step 24 will be specifically described based on the above example. Here, FIG. 8 shows a format of connection data stored in the connection data storage device 7.
[0047]
Referring to FIG. 8, the next question corresponding to 0002 is sentence data of sentence numbers “0016” and “0017”. Referring to FIG. 7, it is understood that the sentence numbers “0016” and “0017” are assigned to the sentence data “I am new to me for the first time” and “I love e-mails! Here, when “I am new for the first time” is selected by a random number or the like, StrNextQuesNo = 0016.
[0048]
Following step 24, the next answer corresponding to StrNextQuesNo is listed from the connection data storage device 7, and the set thereof is named StrNextAnswers (step 25).
[0049]
The processing of step 25 will be specifically described based on the above example.
[0050]
Here, referring to FIG. 8, the next answers corresponding to StrNextQuesNo = 0016 are the sentence numbers “0018”, “0019”, and “9999”. Therefore, in this case, StrNextAnswers = 0018,0019,9999.
[0051]
Subsequent to step 25, the sentence corresponding to StrNextQuesNo is used as the next question, and the sentence corresponding to StrNextAnswers is prepared as the next answer option to be prepared for display on the input / output device 1 (step 26). finish.
[0052]
The processing of step 26 will be specifically described based on the above example.
[0053]
As described above, StrNextQuesNo = 0016 and StrNextAnswers = 0018,0019,9999. Therefore, the sentence number “0016” “I am also new for the first time” is the next question. The sentence numbers “0018”, “0019”, “9999” are “What are you usually doing?” ”And the option for inputting a free mail are displayed on the display unit 11 as the next answer option.
[0054]
If an error code is received in step 21, StrNextQuesNo is set to 10000 + youchar_no (step 27), and the process proceeds to step 25.
[0055]
The processing of step 27 will be specifically described based on the above example.
[0056]
Since the player has selected “male”, youchar_no = 1. Therefore, if the free mail text entered by the player is determined to be an error, StrNextQuesNo = 100 0 1 Referring to FIG. 7, the message “Hey, hey. What's your favorite story but what do you like?” Is displayed on the display unit 11 as the next question.
[0057]
(Processing in a natural language analyzer)
Next, natural language analysis processing in the natural language analyzer 4 will be described.
[0058]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of natural language analysis processing.
[0059]
The natural language analyzer 4 is composed of, for example, a ROM, a RAM, an HD, and a CPU, expands an analysis program stored in the ROM on a register, and stores input data held in the RAM and an analysis table stored in the HD. The analysis process is performed by reading and executing by the CPU.
[0060]
First, the natural language analyzer 4 analyzes a sentence input as a free mail (step 31). Next, it is determined whether or not the analysis result is an error (step 32). If there is no error, the message input to the text data storage device 6 is accumulated (step 33), the text number of the message is determined (step 34), and the text number is output (step 35). If there is an error, an error code is determined (step 36), and the error code is output (step 35).
[0061]
Here, the natural language analysis processing will be specifically described based on the above-described example.
[0062]
In Fig. 3, the player who selected "I am a beginner in mail. I am a little nervous" selected and entered a free mail in response to the mail from "Woman" saying "I am also new to you." Is shown in FIG. The player has entered the sentence “Yesterday's case is your mischief?” As a free mail.
[0063]
In step 31, the sentence is analyzed, that is, whether or not the input character string constitutes a sentence. Since the character string input by the player constitutes a sentence as described above, the process proceeds to steps 33 and 34, where it is stored in the sentence data storage device 6 and the sentence number is determined. FIG. 11 shows the format of text data in the text data storage device 6. A sentence number “0300” is assigned to the sentence input by the player, and is registered as a message of “male”. Accordingly, in this case, in step 35, the corresponding sentence number “0300” is output.
[0064]
(Processing in the connection data change machine 1)
Next, the connection data change process in the connection data change machine 1 is demonstrated. The connection data changing machine 1 is composed of, for example, a ROM, a RAM, an HD, and a CPU.
[0065]
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the connection data change processing procedure.
[0066]
First, the connection data changer 1 receives the sentence number given to the input data and names it StrAnsNo (step 41).
[0067]
Next, in the format of the connection data, StrAnsNo is added to the options before StrAnsNo, and the free mail input options are deleted (step 42). That is, here, the choice of free mail input and the StrAnsNo are interchanged.
[0068]
Next, in the connection data format, free mail input options are registered as question data following StrAnsNo (step 43).
[0069]
Next, the processing of a free mail area (free mail input option) creation machine, which will be described later, is executed (step 44), and the processing of the connection data changing machine 1 is terminated.
[0070]
Here, the connection data change processing will be specifically described based on the above-described example.
[0071]
Step 4 In the process No. 1, since the sentence number input as the above-mentioned free mail is “0300”, StrAnsNo = 0300.
[0072]
Since the sentence before the sentence number “0300” is “I am also new” and the sentence number is “0016”, the options before StrAnsNo are the sentence numbers “0018”, “0019”, “9999”. (See FIG. 8). Therefore, step 4 In the process 2, the options of the sentence number “0016” are set to “0018”, “0019”, “0300”. FIG. 13 shows a tree diagram corresponding to FIG. 3 in such a changed state. The text entered by the player is registered as an option for email from “male” corresponding to the email from “woman” “I am also new”.
[0073]
Next steps 4 As the third process, a sentence number “9999” indicating a free mail input option is registered as question data following the sentence number “0300”. FIG. 14 shows a connection data format indicating the state changed in this way, and FIG. 15 shows a tree diagram.
[0074]
Next, the process of the free mail area preparation machine mentioned later is performed as step 44, and the process of the connection data change machine 1 is complete | finished.
[0075]
(Processing in free mail area creation machine)
Next, free mail area creation processing in the free mail area creation machine will be described. The free mail area creation machine is composed of, for example, ROM, RAM, HD, and CPU.
[0076]
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a free mail area creation processing procedure.
[0077]
First, in order to read the data in the connection data storage device 7 one by one from the head, the read pointer is set to 0 (step 51).
[0078]
Next, an array variable fmn [] is prepared and initialized (step 52).
[0079]
Next, one piece of data in the connection data storage device 7 is read from the position of the read pointer (step 53), and it is determined whether or not 9999 (that is, a free mail area) exists in the answer number (step 54).
[0080]
Step 5 4, if 9999 exists in the answer number, the depth of the read data is calculated to be sel_number, 1 is added to fmn [sel_number / 5] (step 55), and 1 is read pointer of the connection data storage device 7. Add (step 56). Here, the data depth is information indicating the number of choices that appear from the beginning of the data in the connection data storage device.
[0081]
In step 54, if 9999 does not exist in the answer number, the process proceeds to step 56.
[0082]
Step 5 After adding 1 to the read pointer of the connection data storage device 7 in step 6, it is determined whether or not the data in the connection data storage device 7 has been read to the end (step 57). If the data has not been read to the end, the process returns to step 53 to read the next data and perform the same processing. On the other hand, if the data has been read to the end, the read pointer sk is set to 0 in order to read the array variable fmn [] one by one from the first element (step 5 8).
[0083]
Next, data is read from fmn [sk] (step 59), and it is determined whether or not the data read from fmn [sk] exceeds a certain value (step 60).
[0084]
In step 60, if the data read from fmn [sk] does not exceed a certain value, the connection data depth is n, sk × 5 ≦ n <(sk + 1) × 5, and the response number is 9999. One is randomly selected from the set of connection data having no, and 9999 is added to the answer number, and 1 is added to the number of answers (step 61).
[0085]
If the data read from fmn [sk] exceeds a certain value in step 60, it is determined whether or not fmn [] has been read to the end (step 62). Similarly, after the process of step 61 is completed, the process proceeds to step 62.
[0086]
In step 62, if fmn [] has been read to the end, the free mail area creation processing is terminated. If fmn [] has not been read to the end, 1 is added to sk (step 63), and the process returns to step 59. The next data is read and the same processing is performed.
[0087]
In the above-described processing, the connection data is roughly divided into several data groups, and a free mail area is newly set for a data group with a small free mail area. Therefore, the free mail area can be automatically generated equally, and the player's interest can always be attracted, and the increase in reality and the richness of story development can be ensured.
[0088]
(Processing in the connection data change machine 2)
Next, the connection data change process in the connection data change machine 2 is demonstrated. The connection data changing machine 2 is composed of, for example, a ROM, a RAM, an HD, and a CPU.
[0089]
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a connection data change processing procedure.
[0090]
First, the connection data changer 2 receives the sentence number given to the input free mail and names it StrAnsNo (step 71).
[0091]
Next, the sentence data storage device 6 is searched for a sentence having a content similar to the StrAnsNo sentence, and is named StrLike (step 72).
[0092]
In step 72, if a sentence similar to the sentence of StrAnsNo is found, the option following StrLike is added to the option following StrAnsNo (steps 73 and 74). Next, the option following StrAnsNo is added to the option following StrLike (step 75), and the process returns to step 72 to repeat the search.
[0093]
If at least one sentence similar in content to the StrAnsNo sentence has been found in step 72 (step 76), the connection data change process is terminated.
[0094]
In step 72, if no text having a content similar to the text of StrAnsNo is found (step 76), it is determined whether or not there is a valid option for StrAnsNo (step 77).
[0095]
If there is a valid option for StrAnsNo in step 77, the connection data change process is terminated.
[0096]
In step 77, if there is no valid option for StrAnsNo, an error code is output (step 78), and the connection data change process is terminated.
[0097]
Here, the connection data change processing will be specifically described based on the above-described example. As shown in FIG. 5, since it waits for a certain period of time between the processing of the connection data change machine 1 and the connection data change machine 2, for the free mail input options set as the question data following the sentence number “0300” (See step 43 in FIG. 12), another player who has selected “woman” may input a free mail. Below, it demonstrates along with the example expanded in this way.
[0098]
First, FIG. 18 shows the play contents of other players according to FIG. 4 which is a tree diagram seen from the player who selected “woman”. The player selects “I am also new for the mail” from the “man” who is “Beginner of mail. I am a little nervous.” Is your mischief? "Is displayed on the display unit 11 as an email from" Man ". As an answer to this e-mail, there is an option to enter a free e-mail, so the player enters “How much do you know about me? Yesterday ’s case, I do n’t know anything!” is doing. Processing of the natural language analyzer 4 and the connection data changer 1 is performed on the input data. That is, it is stored in the text data storage device 6 and is given a text number 0301, 0301 is added to the 0300 option, the free mail input option is deleted, and the free mail input option is set as question data following 0301. Has been. The sentence data format of the sentence data storage device 6 and the connection data format of the connection data storage device 7 thus changed are shown in FIGS. In the process of the connection data changing machine 2 in this case, in the process of step 71, StrAnsNo = 0300.
[0099]
In the processing of the subsequent step 72, since the sentence with the content similar to the sentence with the sentence number “0300” corresponds to “Yes, yesterday's case is your hobby?” As a result of the search, StrLike = 0007 It becomes.
[0100]
Step 7 4 In the above process, the options following the sentence number “0007” are sentences of the sentence numbers “0011” and “0012” with reference to FIG. Therefore, the sentences with the sentence numbers “0011” and “0012” are added to the options of StrAnsNo = 0300. Step 7 5 In this process, the sentence number “0301” which is an option following StrAnsNo = 0300 is added to the option of StrLike = 0007. The format of the connection data changed in this way is shown in FIG. 21, and a tree diagram showing the relationship between messages for the player who selected “male” is shown in FIG.
[0101]
Since the sentence having the content similar to the sentence having the sentence number “0300” is only the sentence having the sentence number “0007”, the determination in step 76 is “No”, and the connection data changing process is ended.
[0102]
As described above, the text communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described by taking as an example a game in which “male” and “female” advance by exchanging mail. A sentence input by a player who selects “male” for the free mail input option (same when “female” is selected) is captured as one of sentence data output as the game progresses. In other words, newly input text data is registered in a database of output text data and related to other text data, thereby updating the database and creating a story including the newly input text data. The The text data captured in this way is output as an email to the player who has selected “man” from “man” or as an email option from the player who has selected “man” to “woman”. . In this way, the player can receive the text actually entered by other players as an email from the other party, and depending on the deployment, the player can also enter the email freely, so that the player can also exchange emails with the actual partner. You can feel as if you are doing, and the reality of the game increases. In addition, since text data and stories are proliferated by the player's input, the player is not bored even when the game is repeated. In the above example, two characters are set. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to a setting in which a conversation is performed between three or more characters.
[0103]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, text data that is actually input freely in a database having a hierarchical structure made up of text data that are related to each other so as to move between levels as the story develops. It is possible to capture a story that is full of reality and never gets tired.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of main parts of a message communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the overall flow of the game.
FIG. 3 is a card diagram showing a relationship between “male” and “female” messages displayed on the display unit 11 of the input / output device when the player selects “male”;
FIG. 4 is a card diagram showing the relationship between the “female” and “male” messages displayed on the display unit 11 of the input / output device when the player selects “female”.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure in the calculation apparatus.
6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the output sentence creation machine of FIG. 6;
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a text data format stored in a text data storage device.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a connection data format stored in a connection data storage device;
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in a natural language analyzer.
FIG. 10 is a card diagram showing the play contents of the player.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a structure of a text data format stored in a text data storage device.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the connection data changer 1;
FIG. 13 is a card diagram showing a state changed by processing of the connection data changing machine 1;
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration of a connection data format showing a state changed by the processing of the connection data change machine 1;
FIG. 15 is a card diagram showing a state changed by the processing of the connection data change machine 1;
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the free mail area creation machine.
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the connection data changer 2;
FIG. 18 is a card diagram showing the play contents of the player who has selected “female” in FIG. 18;
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a structure of a text data format changed by processing of the connection data changer 2;
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a configuration of a connection data format changed by the processing of the connection data changer 2;
FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the configuration of the connection data format changed by the processing of the connection data changer 2;
FIG. 22 is a card diagram showing the relationship between messages for a player who has selected “male”.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 I / O device
2 calculator
3 Input type judgment machine
4 Natural language analyzer
5 Connection data change machine
6 Text data storage device
7 Connection data storage device
8 output sentence making machine

Claims (5)

A method for updating a database composed of a plurality of text data having a hierarchical structure in which a parent-child relationship between text data is defined so as to move between hierarchies as a story develops,
A host communication device capable of communicating with a text communication device via a network and comprising the database,
Sending and outputting the first text data read from the database to the text communication device;
Receiving second text data input in the text communication device from the text communication device;
Registering the second text data in the database as a child of the first text data;
Searching the database for third text data approximating the second text data;
Searching the database for fourth text data having the searched third text data as a parent;
The second text data and the fourth text data in the database are such that the retrieved fourth text data is not only a child of the third text data but also a child of the second text data. Changing the definition of the parent-child relationship between text data;
How to update the database to execute. The host communication device is
Transmitting and outputting the second text data to another text communication device different from the text communication device;
Receiving fifth text data inputted in the other text communication device from the other text communication device;
Registering the fifth text data in the database as a child of the second text data;
The method for updating a database according to claim 1, wherein: The host communication device is
The third text data and the fifth text data in the database so that the fifth text data is not only a child of the second text data but also a child of the third text data. The database updating method according to claim 2, wherein the step of changing the definition of the parent-child relationship between the two is executed.   4. The database update method according to claim 1, wherein the text data constitutes a message exchanged in a dialogue between a plurality of characters in a game. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing the host communication device to execute each step in the database update method according to claim 1.

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