APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SIMPLE AUCTION SCHEME AMONGST ONLINE GAME PARTY MEMBERS

摘要

A method and system for providing a simple auction among party members in an online game is disclosed. According to the present invention, it is possible to redistribute items given as a reward for collaborative play when gamers form a party in a massively multiplayer online game (MMO) and collaboratively play the MMO. Especially, the system displays a simple auction window in a form of popup during the game when the gamers gain items satisfying predetermined conditions and allows party members to simply progress an auction procedure through the simple auction window, thereby easily achieving the proper redistribution of the items without communication or a separate procedure for item trading among the gamers, not disturbing collaborative play with more urgency. [Reference numerals] (AA) Start;(BB) End;(S110) Allow an online game server to generate a party including two or more player characters in an online game under the control of any one game client;(S120) Set the acquisition rights of a specific item or the simple auction of a specific item for player characters belonging to the party under the control of the game client who generates the party;(S130) Allow the online game server to dipslay a simple auction window on a screen of a game client who controls each of the player characters belonging to the party as a player character having the acquisition rights among the player characters belonging to the party obtains a specific item during a collaborative play of the player characters belonging to the party and to start a simple auction of the item for each of the game clients during the collaborative play;(S140) Collect bid information for the item from each game client;(S150) As the simple auction for the item is finished, pay the bid of the simple auction to the player character who obtained the item instead of cancelling the possession of a relevant item of the player character who obtained the item and provide the item for a player character who bought the item in the simple auction instead of collecting the bid thereof