JP7660261B2 - Information Providing Device - Google Patents

Description

The present disclosure relates to an information provision device that provides game design elements (i.e., basic components used in gamification) tailored to individual users.

In recent years, "gamification," which applies game elements to things other than games, has been attracting attention as a method for improving user engagement, organizational productivity, flow, learning, crowdsourcing, employee recruitment and evaluation, etc. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technology that employs gamification to stimulate sales representatives' motivation to achieve goals, and to promote the establishment of operations and improvement of utilization.

JP 2014-081852 A

However, current gamification assumes that all game design elements are generally effective, and provides all available gamification elements to all users uniformly, without considering user attributes that may correlate with a user's likes and dislikes, or play style information declared by the user. As a result, it is possible to assume that certain game design elements may not suit individual users, and there is concern that such situations will reduce the effectiveness of gamification, leaving room for improvement.

This disclosure has been made to solve the above problems, and aims to provide game design elements that are tailored to individual users and realize effective gamification.

The information providing device of the present disclosure comprises a selection unit that selects one or more game design elements corresponding to play style information acquired about a user based on correspondence information between play style information and game design elements suitable for each play style, and a providing unit that provides the game design elements selected by the selection unit to the user.

In the above information providing device, the selection unit selects one or more game design elements corresponding to the play style information acquired about the user based on correspondence information between the play style information and game design elements suitable for each play style, and the providing unit provides the selected game design elements to the user. Here, the "acquired play style information about the user" may be play style information declared by the user, or may be play style information obtained by inferring from the user's attribute information. In this manner, game design elements corresponding to the acquired play style information about the user (game design elements suited to the individual user) can be provided to the user, and effective gamification can be realized.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide game design elements that are tailored to individual users, thereby achieving effective gamification.

1 is a functional block diagram of an information providing device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the structure and data of an attribute information database. FIG. 1A is a diagram showing an example of the structure and data of a play style information database, and FIG. 1B is a diagram showing an example in which selected play style information is further stored. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a process executed in the information providing device. A figure showing a first example of correspondence information between play style information (Bartle Test) and game design elements. A figure showing a second example of correspondence information between play style information (Big Five) and game design elements. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process according to a first modified example. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a process according to a first modified example. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process according to a second modified example. FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a process according to a second modified example. FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a hardware configuration of an information providing device.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of an information providing device according to the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing device 10 includes an acquisition unit 11, a selection unit 12, and a provision unit 13. Below, the functions of each unit will be outlined.

The acquisition unit 11 is a functional unit that acquires play style information about a user. The acquisition methods include (1) acquiring play style information by estimating play style information corresponding to the attribute information from the acquired attribute information about the user, and (2) acquiring play style information by accepting play style information input (declared) by the user. More specifically, with respect to (1) above, the acquisition unit 11 constructs a learning model (i.e., a learning model for inputting attribute information and outputting play style information corresponding to the attribute information) from the acquired play style information and attribute information about a large number of users, and inputs the acquired attribute information about the user into the constructed learning model to acquire play style information corresponding to the attribute information as an estimation result. Such an acquisition unit 11 has an attribute information database (DB) 11A, a learning model database (DB) 11B, and a play style information database (DB) 11C built in.

In the attribute information DB11A, attribute information such as gender and age acquired from the user is stored with a user identifier (user ID) as a key, as shown in FIG. 2, for example. In the learning model DB11B, a learning model constructed by the acquisition unit 11 is stored. In the play style information DB11C, various play styles A, B, C, etc. for each user are stored with a user ID as a key, as shown in FIG. 3(a), for example. After play style information is obtained as an estimation result, the obtained play style information is also stored in association with the user ID, as shown in FIG. 3(b). In each play style information shown in FIG. 3(a), (b) and FIG. 8 described later, the "actual value" means the play style information input (declared) by the user, and the "estimated value" means the play style information estimated from the user's attribute information. In addition, a play style of "0" means that the play style does not correspond to the play style, and a play style of "1" means that the play style corresponds to the play style. It is not essential that the acquisition unit 11 constructs and uses a learning model as described above in order to estimate play style information according to attribute information, and other methods (such as a method using a correspondence table between attribute information and play style) may be adopted.

Returning to Figure 1, the selection unit 12 is a functional unit that stores correspondence information between play style information and game design elements suitable for each play style in an internal memory (not shown), and selects one or more game design elements that correspond to the play style information acquired for the user based on the correspondence information.

The provision unit 13 is a functional unit that provides information by outputting the game design elements selected by the selection unit 12 to the user terminal 20.

The "correspondence information" used in the selection by the selection unit 12 is not limited to any specific information, but may include, for example, the correspondence information shown in Figures 5 and 6.

Figure 5 shows an example of correspondence information between the Bartle Test, which is an example of play style information, and game design elements.

Game design elements include points, badges, leaderboards, performance graphs, meaningful stories, avatars, and teammates. Points are generally rewarded for completing specified actions in a gamified environment and serve to quantify a player's progress. Badges are defined as visual representations of achievements and can be earned and collected in a gamified environment. Leaderboards rank players according to their relative success against certain success criteria. Performance graphs provide information on a player's performance in a game compared to their previous performance, and unlike leaderboards, they evaluate the player's own performance over time rather than that of other players. Meaningful stories are game elements that are not related to the player's performance, and the narrative context embedded in gamified applications contextualizes in-game activities and characters, giving them meaning beyond the mere pursuit of points and achievements. An "avatar" is an element of the player's visual representation in a gamified environment, usually chosen or created by the player. A "teammate" is another real-world player or a non-player character (NPC).

The Bartle Test classifies play style information into four categories according to the player's temperament: Achiever, Explorer, Socializer, and Killer. Of these, an "Achiever" is a player type who wants to enjoy the game world individually, while an "Explorer" is a player type who wants to progress through the game while interacting with the characters and players in the game world. A "Socializer" is a player type who wants to cooperate with other players while progressing through the game, and a "Killer" is a player type who challenges other players as an individual.

Figure 5 shows a correspondence table between each play style information and each game design element, where "◯" indicates compatibility and "X" indicates incompatibility. For example, it can be seen that the "game design elements" that match the play style information "Achiever" are points, badges, performance graphs, meaningful stories, and avatars. In other words, if the user's play style information is "Achiever," then points, badges, performance graphs, meaningful stories, and avatars are selected as game design elements.

Figure 6 shows another example of correspondence information, an example of correspondence information between the Big Five, which is an example of play style information, and game design elements. Note that the game design elements are the same as those in the example of Figure 5 described above.

The Big Five is a classification of personality traits based on common language descriptors. As shown in Figure 6, the Big Five personality traits are Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Openness. Among these, Agreeableness reflects individual differences in general interest in social harmony. Conscientiousness is a trait that reflects the tendency to be organized and trustworthy, to show self-control, to act dutifully, to aim for achievement, and to prefer planned actions over spontaneous ones. Extraversion is a trait that reflects energy, excitement, assertiveness, sociability, seeking excitement in interactions with others, and being talkative. Neuroticism is a trait that reflects the tendency to experience negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, and depression. Openness is a trait that reflects a general appreciation of art, emotion, adventure, unusual ideas, imagination, curiosity, and diverse experiences.

Figure 6 shows a correspondence table between each play style information and each game design element, where "◯" indicates compatibility and "X" indicates incompatibility. For example, it can be seen that the "game design elements" that match the play style information "highly cooperative" are points, badges, performance graph, meaningful story, avatar, and teammates. In other words, if the user's play style information is "highly cooperative," then points, badges, performance graph, meaningful story, avatar, and teammates are selected as game design elements.

Next, the processing executed in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow diagram in Figure 4. The processing in Figure 4 is triggered, for example, by a request for provision of game design elements together with user data including at least attribute information being transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the information providing device 10. Of course, in addition to the above trigger, the processing may also be executed at a predetermined start time, or periodically at predetermined intervals.

When a request for providing game design elements is sent from the user terminal 20 to the information providing device 10 together with user data including at least attribute information (step S1), the acquisition unit 11 receives the sent data and determines whether or not it has acquired play style information (i.e., whether the received user data includes play style information) (step S2).

Here, when play style information is acquired, the acquisition unit 11 stores the acquired play style information in the play style information DB 11C as shown by the dashed line in FIG. 1 (step S3). On the other hand, when play style information is not acquired in step S2, the acquisition unit 11 estimates play style information from the acquired attribute information of the user as follows, and stores the acquired play style information in the play style information DB 11C (step S4). In this step S4, the acquisition unit 11 utilizes a learning model (i.e., a learning model for inputting attribute information and outputting play style information corresponding to the attribute information) that was previously constructed using play style information and attribute information related to a large number of users and stored in the learning model DB 11B. Specifically, in step S4, the acquisition unit 11 inputs the acquired attribute information related to the user into the constructed learning model, thereby acquiring play style information corresponding to the attribute information as an estimation result.

Next, the selection unit 12 selects game design elements corresponding to the play style information acquired by the acquisition unit 11 by referring to "correspondence information between play style information and game design elements suitable for each play style" stored in an internal memory not shown (step S5), and further, the provision unit 13 provides the game design elements selected by the selection unit 12 (game design elements corresponding to the user's play style information) to the user terminal 20 (step S6).

By the process of Fig. 4 above, for example, for a user with user ID "1" shown in Fig. 3(b), a "play style B" with a value of "1" is estimated, and one or more game design elements that match the estimated "play style B" are selected from a correspondence table such as Fig. 5 or Fig. 6 and provided to the user terminal 20. As a result, the selected game design elements (i.e., game design elements that match the user's play style information) are displayed, for example, on the display screen of the user terminal 20, allowing the user to recognize the game design elements that match his or her play style information.

With the above-described embodiments, game design elements that are suited to the user's play style information (suitable for the individual user) can be provided to the user, thereby achieving effective gamification.

Next, two variants of the selection process by the selection unit 12 will be explained in order.

(Variation 1)
3(a) and 3(b) show an example in which one user has one play style, but one user may have multiple play styles and the degree of suitability of the user may differ for each of the multiple play styles. In Modification 1, a case in which each user has multiple play styles with different degrees of suitability, as shown in FIG. 8, will be described.

Figure 7 shows the processing in variant example 1. Steps S1 to S4 are the same as in the above embodiment, so duplicate explanations will be omitted. In step S5A, the selection unit 12 selects game design elements according to the play style information related to the user using a predetermined method based on the suitability included in each play style information. Here, as an example, the top two play styles with the highest suitability are estimated for a certain user, and the union of game design elements that suit these two play styles (i.e., all game design elements that suit at least one of the two play styles) is selected. The selected game design elements are then provided to the user terminal 20 by the provision unit 13 (step S6).

Specifically, for the user with user ID "1" shown in Figure 8, the top two play styles A and B with the highest degree of suitability are estimated, and the union of game design elements that suit these play styles A and B is selected and provided to the user. Similarly, for the user with user ID "2", the top two play styles B and C with the highest degree of suitability are estimated, and the union of game design elements that suit these play styles B and C is selected and provided to the user.

In this way, even if there are multiple play styles with different degrees of suitability for each user, appropriate play style information is estimated based on the degree of suitability, and game design elements that suit the individual user and that match the appropriate play style information are selected and provided to the user, thereby realizing the provision of appropriate game design elements that suit the individual user and achieving effective gamification.

(Variation 2)
FIG. 5 shows an example in which the correspondence between play style information and game design elements is expressed as "◯ (100%)" or "× (0%)", but as shown in FIG. 10, the above correspondence may be expressed as a probability such as "50%" or "60%" (i.e., the probability that the game design element is effective) for a target user (e.g., "a person with a user ID of 1"). FIG. 10 shows that the probability that the play style information belongs to "Achiever" for the target user (a person with a user ID of 1) is 40%, and the probability that the game design element "Points" is effective for the play style information "Achiever" is 50%, and similarly, the probability that the play style information belongs to "Explorer" is 30%, and the probability that the game design element "Points" is effective for the play style information "Explorer" is 5%. In the second modification, as shown in FIG. 10, a case will be described in which there are a plurality of play styles with different degrees of suitability for a target user, and the correspondence between play style information and game design elements is expressed as a probability (the probability that the game design element is effective) as described above.

Figure 9 shows the processing in variant example 2. Steps S1 to S4 are similar to those in the above embodiment, so duplicate explanations will be omitted. In step S5B, the selection unit 12 selects game design elements that are compatible with the play style information related to the target user based on the degree of compatibility contained in each piece of play style information, the probability contained in the corresponding information (Figure 10), and a predetermined threshold value.

Specifically, the selection unit 12 multiplies the probability that the target user belongs to a certain play style by the probability that a specific game design element is effective on people who belong to that play style to obtain a sum, and if the sum is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold (e.g., 40%), it determines that the game design element is suitable for the target user and selects it as the game design element to be provided (step S5B).The selected game design element is then provided to the user terminal 20 by the provision unit 13 (step S6).

Explaining this with reference to FIG. 10, for the target user (person with user ID 1), the selection unit 12 calculates the following (1) to (4) from the numerical values shown in the thick lines in FIG. 10, calculates the sum of (1) to (4), and
(1) Probability of belonging to the Achiever category (40%) × Probability of points being effective (50%)
(2) Probability of belonging to the Explorer category (30%) × Probability of points being valid (5%)
(3) Probability of belonging to a socializer (20%) × Probability of points being effective (80%)
(4) Probability of belonging to the killer (10%) × probability of the point being effective (75%)
Since the obtained sum (45%) is equal to or greater than a threshold value (e.g., 40%), the game design element "points" is determined to be a game design element suitable for the target user, and is selected as the game design element to be provided.

In this way, even if there are multiple play styles with different degrees of suitability for a target user and the correspondence between play style information and game design elements is expressed as a probability (the probability that the game design elements will be effective) as described above, the game design elements to be provided are selected and provided to the target user after an accurate determination of whether they are suitable for the target user is made depending on whether the sum of the products of the degrees of suitability and the above probabilities is above a threshold value, thereby enabling the provision of appropriate game design elements that are suitable for each individual user and achieving effective gamification.

The gist of this disclosure lies in the following [1] to [5].
[1] a selection unit that selects one or more game design elements corresponding to play style information acquired about a user based on correspondence information between the play style information and game design elements suitable for each play style;
a providing unit that provides the user with the game design element selected by the selection unit;
An information providing device comprising:
[2] Estimating play style information corresponding to the acquired attribute information of the user from the attribute information; and
By accepting play style information input by the user,
an acquisition unit for acquiring play style information regarding the user;
The information providing device according to [1], further comprising:
[3] The acquisition unit is
Based on the play style information and attribute information acquired for a large number of users, a learning model is constructed for inputting attribute information and outputting play style information corresponding to the attribute information;
inputting the acquired attribute information about the user into the constructed learning model, thereby acquiring play style information corresponding to the attribute information as an estimation result;
The information providing device according to [2].
[4] The acquired play style information about the user includes a plurality of play style information, each of which includes a degree of suitability for the user,
The selection unit is
selecting one or more game design elements corresponding to the play style information related to the user based on the degree of suitability included in each play style information;
An information providing device according to any one of [1] to [3].
[5] The acquired play style information about the user includes a plurality of play style information, each of which includes a degree of suitability for the user;
The correspondence information includes correspondence information between play style information and a probability that each game design element will be effective on a person belonging to each play style,
The selection unit is
selecting one or more game design elements according to the play style information of the user based on the degree of compatibility included in each piece of play style information, the probability included in the correspondence information, and a predetermined threshold value;
An information providing device according to any one of [1] to [3].

(Explanation of terms, explanation of hardware configuration (Fig. 11), etc.)
The block diagrams used in the description of the above embodiments show functional blocks. These functional blocks (components) are realized by any combination of at least one of hardware and software. The method of realizing each functional block is not particularly limited. That is, each functional block may be realized using one device that is physically or logically coupled, or may be realized using two or more devices that are physically or logically separated and directly or indirectly connected (for example, using wires, wirelessly, etc.). The functional blocks may be realized by combining the one device or the multiple devices with software.

Functions include, but are not limited to, judgement, determination, judgment, calculation, computation, processing, derivation, investigation, search, confirmation, reception, transmission, output, access, resolution, selection, election, establishment, comparison, assumption, expectation, regard, broadcasting, notifying, communicating, forwarding, configuring, reconfiguring, allocating, mapping, and assignment. For example, a functional block (component) that performs the transmission function is called a transmitting unit or transmitter. As mentioned above, there are no particular limitations on the method of realization for either of these.

For example, an information providing device in one embodiment of the present disclosure may function as a computer that executes the processing of the present disclosure. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration of an information providing device 10 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The above-mentioned information providing device 10 may be physically configured as a computer device including a processor 1001, a memory 1002, a storage 1003, a communication device 1004, an input device 1005, an output device 1006, a bus 1007, etc.

In the following description, the term "apparatus" may be interpreted as a circuit, device, unit, etc. The hardware configuration of the information providing apparatus 10 may be configured to include one or more of the devices shown in the figure, or may be configured to exclude some of the devices.

Each function of the information providing device 10 is realized by loading a specific software (program) onto hardware such as the processor 1001 and memory 1002, causing the processor 1001 to perform calculations, control communication via the communication device 1004, and control at least one of the reading and writing of data in the memory 1002 and storage 1003.

The processor 1001, for example, operates an operating system to control the entire computer. The processor 1001 may be configured by a central processing unit (CPU) including an interface with peripheral devices, a control device, an arithmetic unit, a register, etc. For example, the above-mentioned baseband signal processing unit 104, call processing unit 105, etc. may be realized by the processor 1001.

The processor 1001 also reads out programs (program codes), software modules, data, etc. from at least one of the storage 1003 and the communication device 1004 into the memory 1002, and executes various processes according to these. As the program, a program that causes a computer to execute at least a part of the operations described in the above-mentioned embodiment is used. For example, the control unit 401 of the user terminal 20 may be realized by a control program stored in the memory 1002 and operating in the processor 1001, and other functional blocks may be similarly realized. Although the above-mentioned various processes have been described as being executed by one processor 1001, they may be executed simultaneously or sequentially by two or more processors 1001. The processor 1001 may be implemented by one or more chips. The program may be transmitted from a network via a telecommunications line.

The memory 1002 is a computer-readable recording medium and may be composed of at least one of, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM), a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. The memory 1002 may be called a register, a cache, a main memory (primary storage device), etc. The memory 1002 can store a program (program code), software module, etc. that can be executed to implement a wireless communication method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Storage 1003 is a computer-readable recording medium, and may be, for example, at least one of an optical disk such as a CD-ROM (Compact Disc ROM), a hard disk drive, a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk (e.g., a compact disk, a digital versatile disk, a Blu-ray (registered trademark) disk), a smart card, a flash memory (e.g., a card, a stick, a key drive), a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a magnetic strip, etc. Storage 1003 may also be referred to as an auxiliary storage device. The above-mentioned storage medium may be, for example, a database, a server, or other suitable medium including at least one of memory 1002 and storage 1003.

The communication device 1004 is hardware (transmission and reception device) for performing communication between computers via at least one of a wired network and a wireless network, and is also called, for example, a network device, a network controller, a network card, a communication module, etc. The communication device 1004 may be configured to include a high-frequency switch, a duplexer, a filter, a frequency synthesizer, etc., in order to realize at least one of, for example, Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD). For example, the above-mentioned transmission and reception antenna 101, the amplifier unit 102, the transmission and reception unit 103, the transmission path interface 106, etc. may be realized by the communication device 1004. The transmission and reception unit 103 may be implemented as a transmission unit 103a and a reception unit 103b that are physically or logically separated.

The input device 1005 is an input device (e.g., a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a switch, a button, a sensor, etc.) that accepts input from the outside. The output device 1006 is an output device (e.g., a display, a speaker, an LED lamp, etc.) that performs output to the outside. Note that the input device 1005 and the output device 1006 may be integrated into one configuration (e.g., a touch panel).

In addition, each device such as the processor 1001 and the memory 1002 is connected by a bus 1007 for communicating information. The bus 1007 may be configured using a single bus, or may be configured using different buses between each device.

The information providing device 10 may also be configured to include hardware such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), or a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and some or all of the functional blocks may be realized by the hardware. For example, the processor 1001 may be implemented using at least one of these pieces of hardware.

The notification of information is not limited to the aspects/embodiments described in the present disclosure, and may be performed using other methods. For example, the notification of information may be performed by physical layer signaling (e.g., DCI (Downlink Control Information), UCI (Uplink Control Information)), higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling, MAC (Medium Access Control) signaling, broadcast information (MIB (Master Information Block), SIB (System Information Block)), other signals, or combinations thereof. In addition, the RRC signaling may be called an RRC message, and may be, for example, an RRC Connection Setup message, an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, etc.

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure is a mobile communication system (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), SUPER 3G, IMT-Advanced, 4G (4th generation mobile communication system), 5G (5th generation mobile communication system), 6th generation mobile communication system (6G), xth generation mobile communication system (xG) (xG (x is, for example, an integer or a decimal)), FRA (Future Radio Access), NR (new Radio), New radio access (NX), Future generation radio access (FX), W-CDMA (registered trademark), GSM (registered trademark), CDMA2000, UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi (registered trademark)), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX (registered trademark)), IEEE The present invention may be applied to at least one of systems using 802.20, UWB (Ultra-Wide Band), Bluetooth (registered trademark), and other suitable systems, and next-generation systems that are expanded, modified, created, or defined based on these systems. In addition, the present invention may be applied to a combination of multiple systems (e.g., a combination of at least one of LTE and LTE-A with 5G, etc.).

The processing steps, sequences, flow charts, etc. of each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be reordered unless inconsistent. For example, the methods described in this disclosure present elements of various steps using an example order and are not limited to the particular order presented.

The input and output information, etc. may be stored in a specific location (e.g., memory) or may be managed using a management table. The input and output information, etc. may be overwritten, updated, or added to. The output information, etc. may be deleted. The input information, etc. may be transmitted to another device.

The determination may be based on a value represented by a single bit (0 or 1), a Boolean (true or false) value, or a numerical comparison (e.g., with a predetermined value).

Each aspect/embodiment described in this disclosure may be used alone, in combination, or switched depending on the execution. In addition, notification of specific information (e.g., notification that "X is the case") is not limited to being done explicitly, but may be done implicitly (e.g., not notifying the specific information).

Although the present disclosure has been described in detail above, it is clear to those skilled in the art that the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments described herein. The present disclosure can be implemented in modified and altered forms without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the claims. Therefore, the description of the present disclosure is intended to be illustrative and does not have any limiting meaning on the present disclosure.

Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, threads of execution, procedures, functions, etc., whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise.

Additionally, software, instructions, information, etc. may be transmitted and received via a transmission medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using wired technologies (such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)), and/or wireless technologies (such as infrared, microwave), then these wired and/or wireless technologies are included within the definition of a transmission medium.

The information, signals, etc. described in this disclosure may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, chips, etc. that may be referred to throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or magnetic particles, optical fields or photons, or any combination thereof.

Note that the terms described in this disclosure and the terms necessary for understanding this disclosure may be replaced with terms having the same or similar meanings. For example, at least one of the channel and the symbol may be a signal (signaling). Also, the signal may be a message. Also, a component carrier (CC) may be called a carrier frequency, a cell, a frequency carrier, etc.

As used in this disclosure, the terms "system" and "network" are used interchangeably.

In addition, the information, parameters, etc. described in this disclosure may be expressed using absolute values, may be expressed using relative values from a predetermined value, or may be expressed using other corresponding information. For example, radio resources may be indicated by an index.

The names used for the above-mentioned parameters are not limiting in any respect. Moreover, the formulas etc. using these parameters may differ from those explicitly disclosed in this disclosure. The various channels (e.g., PUCCH, PDCCH, etc.) and information elements may be identified by any suitable names, and therefore the various names assigned to these various channels and information elements are not limiting in any respect.

As used in this disclosure, the terms "determining" and "determining" may encompass a wide variety of actions. "Determining" and "determining" may include, for example, judging, calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up, searching, inquiring (e.g., searching in a table, database, or other data structure), ascertaining, and the like. "Determining" and "determining" may also include receiving (e.g., receiving information), transmitting (e.g., sending information), input, output, accessing (e.g., accessing data in memory), and the like. In addition, "judgment" and "decision" can include considering resolving, selecting, choosing, establishing, comparing, etc., to be a "judgment" or "decision." In other words, "judgment" and "decision" can include considering some action to be a "judgment" or "decision." Furthermore, "judgment (decision)" can be interpreted as "assuming," "expecting," "considering," etc.

As used in this disclosure, the phrase "based on" does not mean "based only on," unless expressly stated otherwise. In other words, the phrase "based on" means both "based only on" and "based at least on."

Any reference to elements using designations such as "first," "second," etc., used in this disclosure does not generally limit the quantity or order of those elements. These designations may be used in this disclosure as a convenient way to distinguish between two or more elements. Thus, a reference to a first and a second element does not imply that only two elements may be employed or that the first element must precede the second element in some way.

When used in this disclosure, the terms "include," "including," and variations thereof are intended to be inclusive, similar to the term "comprising." Additionally, the term "or," as used in this disclosure, is not intended to be an exclusive or.

In this disclosure, where articles have been added by translation, such as a, an, and the in English, this disclosure may include that the nouns following these articles are in the plural form.

In this disclosure, the term "A and B are different" may mean "A and B are different from each other." In addition, the term may mean "A and B are each different from C." Terms such as "separate" and "combined" may also be interpreted in the same way as "different."

10...information providing device, 11...acquisition unit, 11A...attribute information DB, 11B...learning model DB, 11C...play style information DB, 12...selection unit, 13...provision unit, 20...user terminal, 1001...processor, 1002...memory, 1003...storage, 1004...communication device, 1005...input device, 1006...output device, 1007...bus.

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a selection unit that selects one or more game design elements corresponding to the acquired play style information of the user based on correspondence information between the play style information and game design elements suitable for each play style;
a providing unit that provides the user with the game design element selected by the selection unit;
Equipped with
the acquired play style information about the user includes a plurality of play style information, each of which includes a degree of suitability for the user;
The correspondence information includes correspondence information between play style information and a probability that each game design element will be effective on a person belonging to each play style,
The selection unit is
selecting one or more game design elements according to the play style information of the user based on the degree of compatibility included in each piece of play style information, the probability included in the correspondence information, and a predetermined threshold value;
Information providing device. By estimating play style information corresponding to the attribute information acquired about the user from the attribute information acquired about the user, and
By accepting play style information input by the user,
an acquisition unit for acquiring play style information regarding the user;
The information providing device according to claim 1 , further comprising: The acquisition unit is
Based on the play style information and attribute information acquired for a large number of users, a learning model is constructed for inputting attribute information and outputting play style information corresponding to the attribute information;
inputting the acquired attribute information about the user into the constructed learning model, thereby acquiring play style information corresponding to the attribute information as an estimation result;
3. The information providing device according to claim 2. the acquired play style information about the user includes a plurality of play style information, each of which includes a degree of suitability for the user;
The selection unit is
selecting one or more game design elements corresponding to the play style information related to the user based on the degree of suitability included in each piece of play style information;
2. The information providing device according to claim 1.

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