CN1862548A - Fight inviting method for internet game and system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of networked games, and discloses a method and system for inviting a game in a networked game, so that both parties inviting a game can invite a game more conveniently. In the present invention, users who meet the requirements of the inviter are searched through the user search engine, group invitation requests are sent to the found users, and approved users are directly added to the game unit where the inviter is located. When sending out a battle invitation request, the game unit where the inviter is located is locked, and other users in the game unit are cleared except for the inviter. The unlock password is sent to the qualified users along with the invitation request. The password is unlocked to enter the game unit. The inviter can send a delayed invitation request to other users, in which the future game time is agreed; if the invitee agrees, the timer will be started, and the timer will trigger a timeout event at the agreed game time, and the agreed users will join the game same game unit.

Description

Invitation method and system in networked game

technical field

The invention relates to the field of online games, in particular to the technology related to invitation to battle in online games.

Background technique

Along with the development of networked game technology, its attractiveness is strengthened day by day, is subjected to liking of more and more people. With the increase of online game users and the enhancement of their taste, they pay more and more attention to the opponents in the game. Playing games with opponents who share the same interests or are of the same level will experience more excitement and excitement. Therefore, in online games, the invitation to battle function is becoming more and more important.

Currently known online games usually use the following methods to invite battles:

Log in to the game platform through the client on the game terminal and enter the game hall;

Find the right game in the game lobby;

Entering this game, you can see a large number of game rooms;

Choose a suitable game room and enter, you can see a large number of game tables;

After choosing an empty game table to sit on, start sending messages to the invited players, telling the other party that they are on a certain game table in a certain game room in a certain game, so that the other party can find themselves;

After the invitee receives the message, if he decides to accept the invitation, he must go through the same steps as the inviter to enter the game table where the inviter is located, and then he can start the game.

There are at least the following disadvantages in the above-mentioned invitation process:

First of all, the invited player must go through many steps in order to find the invited player, and since online games generally have a large number of game rooms, and there are a large number of game tables in the game room, this increases the difficulty of finding and time.

Secondly, since the game platform is an open platform, anyone can sit at the same table as the inviter, which is contrary to the original intention of the inviter. At this time, in order to achieve the purpose of playing the game against the invitee, the inviter has to use the function commonly found in the current networked game: use the identity of the table owner (usually the person who first enters the game table as the table owner) to send other non- The table owner kicks out the game table. But this also has a problem, that is, when there are a lot of such users, the inviter will lose the opportunity to play against the invitee because he is too busy.

Thirdly, the inviter and himself must first enter a game table or game as the table owner, and then he can send out an invitation and tell the invitee where he is, so that the invitee can find this position.

In addition, invited fighters must immediately decide whether to be invited. At present, this kind of invitational battle is very restrictive for users. If the invitee is playing games with other people or doing other things at this time, he cannot be invited temporarily, or if he just wants to play this game with other people, he will be invited. , obviously this traditional method cannot meet the demand.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and system for inviting a game in an online game, so that both parties inviting a game can invite a game more conveniently.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for inviting a game in an online game, which includes the following steps:

Navigator sends search conditions to the network side through the user terminal;

The network side searches for qualified users based at least in part on the received search conditions, and sends a request for a challenge to a user terminal where the qualified user is located, which includes information about the challenger;

After receiving the invitation request, the user terminal outputs the information of the invitation to the user, and responds to the network side according to the input of the user;

If the network side receives a response from the user terminal indicating that it agrees to join, it will directly add the user using the user terminal to the game unit where the challenger is located.

Wherein, before sending the invitation request, the network side locks the game unit where the inviter is located, sets a key for this invitation, and sends the key along with the invitation request to the eligible game unit. The user terminal where the user is located;

The user terminal receiving the invitation request carries the key in the response to the network side, and the network side uses the key to unlock the game unit where the inviter is located, and joins the user who agrees to join the game unit.

In addition, in the method, the key can be randomly generated by the system or set by the user.

In addition, in described method, also comprise following steps:

When the game unit where the challenger is located is locked, other users except the challenger are cleared from the game unit.

In addition, in described method, also comprise following steps:

Before locking the game unit where the challenger is located, if the challenger has not entered the game unit, the network side allocates an idle game unit and adds the challenger to the game unit.

In addition, in the method, the search condition can be one of the following or any combination thereof:

User ID or its fuzzy matching formula, user nickname or its fuzzy matching formula, gender, age, level, points, online status, communication quality, credit degree.

Also in the method, the gaming unit is a gaming table.

The present invention also provides a battle invitation system in a networked game, which includes a user terminal and a game platform, the game platform is used to process commands from the user terminal, provide game services for the user terminal, and also includes a warfighting management subsystem for searching for eligible users based at least in part on the search criteria from the user terminal where the challenger is located, and instructing the game platform to send a request for invitation to the game to the user terminal where the qualified user is located, which includes information about the challenger, And, when the game platform receives a response from the user terminal indicating that it agrees to join, instruct the game platform to directly add the user using the user terminal to the game unit where the inviter is located;

The user terminal is also configured to output the information of the challenger to the user when receiving the challenge invitation request, and respond to the challenge invitation management subsystem according to the user's input.

Wherein, the battle invitation management subsystem includes:

The interface module is used to provide a unified external interface for the invitation management subsystem to communicate interactively with the game platform;

The invitation database is used to save the data related to the invitation;

The user search engine is used to search for eligible users at least partially according to the search conditions, and save the search results to the invitation database for the game platform to send invitation requests to corresponding user terminals according to the search results.

In addition, in the system, the battle invitation management subsystem also includes:

A lock management module, configured to lock the game unit where the inviter is located before the game platform sends the invitation request, and when the game platform needs to add a user to the game unit where the inviter is located Unlock the game unit;

A key management module, configured to generate a key for locking for the lock management module, and verify the key when the lock management module is unlocked.

In addition, in the system, the battle invitation management subsystem also includes:

The timer manager is used to save the future game time agreed between the user terminals, and call the interface module to notify the corresponding user terminal to join the same game unit when the agreed game time arrives.

The present invention also provides a method for inviting a game in a networked game, which includes the following steps:

The first user terminal sends a delay invitation request to the second user terminal, with an agreed future game time;

If the second user terminal replies with an acknowledgment indicating agreement, then start a timer, and the timer times out at the agreed game moment;

When the timer expires, the users of the first and second user terminals are added to the same game unit.

Wherein, before adding the user to the game unit, the following steps are also included:

The first and second user terminals also respectively output to the user information asking whether to enter the game as agreed, if the input of the user's consent is obtained, the user is added to the game unit, otherwise the user terminal at the opposite end is notified to cancel the agreement game.

In addition, in the method, the delayed challenge invitation request can be used as a response to the challenge invitation request previously made by the second terminal to the first terminal.

In addition, in the method, the first user terminal may also send the same delayed challenge request to at least one other user terminal, and each other user terminal that agrees to the delayed challenge request when the timer expires join the same game unit together with the first and second user terminals.

Furthermore, in the method, before the agreed game time arrives, the timer is terminated if the first and second user terminals start the agreed game in advance.

Furthermore, in the method, the timer can be located at the network side or the user terminal side.

Through comparison, it can be found that the main difference between the technical solution of the present invention and the prior art is that users who meet the requirements of the inviter are searched through the user search engine, and the found users are sent mass invitation requests, and the approved users are directly added to the inviter The game unit on which it is located.

When sending out a battle invitation request, lock the game unit where the inviter is located, and clear other users in the game unit except the inviter, and the unlock password will be sent to qualified users along with the invitation request. The password is unlocked to enter the game unit.

If the challenger has not entered a game unit at the time of the lock, he is assigned a free game unit.

The inviter can send a delayed invitation request to other users, in which the future game time is agreed; if the invitee agrees, the timer will be started, and the timer will trigger a timeout event at the agreed game time, and the agreed users will join the game same game unit. The user's willingness to enter the game may be asked again before joining.

This difference in technical solutions has brought obvious beneficial effects, that is, both sides of the invitation to fight can quickly find a suitable opponent and enter the same game unit. Because of the use of the user search engine, all the users found are suitable opponents who meet the conditions of the inviter, which greatly saves the time for the inviter to find opponents and analyze whether they are suitable. Because of the adoption of the method of mass-sending flying battle requests, the efficiency of inviting battles is greatly improved; because the agreed users are directly added to the game unit where the flying fighters are located, the invited fighters can easily locate the inviters, and can use the fastest Enter the game at a fast speed.

Effectively restricting access to game units by non-invitees. By clearing idle users when locked, the game unit where the challenger is located can be kept in a "clean" state when locked. Because after locking, only the key can be used to unlock and join, and only the user who has received the invitation request has the key, so it can be guaranteed that all users who enter the game unit are qualified invitees.

When one or both parties in the battle cannot enter the game immediately, they can agree to postpone the game. By introducing a timing mechanism, the invitation to battle is no longer bound by time. Invited users can send a request to play the game together at a certain time without immediately agreeing to play the game together; during the invitation process, they can directly send a timed invitation to play the game together after a certain period of time or at a certain point in time ; Before the scheduled time arrives, you can start the game instead of having to wait until the scheduled time before you can play together.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an invitation system in a networked game according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the timing manager according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a method for inviting a game in a networked game according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic flow diagram of a delayed invitation to battle according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic flow chart of a delayed challenge invitation according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the object, technical solution and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The system structure of the present invention is firstly introduced. FIG. 1 shows the system structure of the invitation to battle in the online game according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The main innovation of the present invention is to add a battle invitation management subsystem, which is connected with the game platform, and the game platform can be accessed by multiple user terminals.

The basic functions of the game platform and the user terminal are the same as known technologies. Specifically, the game platform is mainly used to process commands from user terminals and provide game services for user terminals. The user terminal is mainly used to provide the user with a game interface, and is a tool for accessing the game platform.

The challenge management subsystem further includes an interface module, a user search engine, a lock management module, a key management module, a timing manager and a challenge database. in:

The interface module is used to provide a unified external interface for the invitation management subsystem, and to communicate interactively with the game platform. Other modules in the battle invitation management subsystem can interact with other devices only through the interface module.

The user search engine is used to search for qualified users according to the search conditions, and save the search results to the invitation database for the game platform to send invitation requests to corresponding user terminals according to the search results.

The lock management module is used to lock and unlock the designated game unit. Specifically, before the game platform sends the invitation request to lock the game unit where the inviter is located, the game platform needs to add the user to the inviter's When the game unit is unlocked, the game unit is unlocked. The game unit in the present invention refers to a collection of many people who directly participate in the game. The typical representative is a game table, and all users in a game table directly participate in the same game.

The key management module is used for generating a key for locking for the lock management module, and verifying the key when the lock management module is unlocked.

The challenge database is used to save data related to the challenge, such as the search results of the user's search engine. The invitation to battle database can also be combined with the database of the game platform or other databases, and does not necessarily appear in an independent form.

The timer manager is used to save the future game time agreed between the user terminals, and when the agreed game time arrives, call the interface module to notify the corresponding user terminal to join the same game unit. The timing manager can be implemented in various manners, and the structure shown in FIG. 2 is adopted in this implementation manner. Timing manager includes timing device calling interface, timing module and timing task list. in:

The calling interface of the timing device is an interface implemented for the user, and the user decides the specific operation to be performed after the timing time is up;

The timing module implements the logic inside the timer module;

The scheduled task list maintains a list of timers and manages each scheduled task.

In the following multiple process implementations, it will be explained how the above-mentioned modules cooperate to complete the challenge.

Fig. 3 shows the flow of the method for inviting a game in an online game according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

In step 301, the challenger sends search conditions to the challenge management subsystem through the user terminal. Specifically, the user terminal where the inviter is located sends a request to the game platform to search for game partners, and the game platform forwards it to the interface module in the invite management subsystem.

Then enter step 302, the interface module invokes the user search engine to search for users meeting the search conditions, and the search results are saved to the invitation database. Search criteria can be one or any combination of the following:

User ID or its fuzzy matching formula, user nickname or its fuzzy matching formula, gender, age, level, points, online status, communication quality, credibility, etc.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that any information related to the user can be used as a search condition, and is not limited to the information listed above.

Then enter step 303, the lock management module locks the game unit where the challenger is located, and clears other users in the game unit. Specifically, the lock management module first calls the interface module, and modifies the value in the attribute field of the game unit where the inviter is located in the database of the game platform through the interface module, so as to lock the game unit where the inviter is located, ensuring Before an inviter enters the game unit, the game unit is in a "clean" state. Moreover, after the lock management module locks the game unit, the lock management module also needs to call the interface module to remove other users in the game unit except the inviter from the game unit. This is because, between the time when the inviter enters the game unit and when the inviter sends the search conditions to the inviter management subsystem, other users may have entered the game unit. Therefore, other users except the inviter need to be cleared Take out the game unit to ensure that the game unit where the challenger is located is in a "clean" state.

It should be noted that if the caller has not entered the game unit before the lock management module locks the game unit where the caller is located, the network side will allocate an idle game unit and add the caller to the game unit, Then the game unit is locked by the lock management module. For example, the inviter directly starts the user search engine in the game lobby or game room to search for users to initiate the invitation, or directly clicks the user icon to initiate the invitation after seeing a user in the game room, because the The inviter has not yet entered a specific game unit. Therefore, the network side allocates an idle game unit and adds the inviter to the game unit, and then the lock management module locks the game unit.

Then enter step 304, where the challenge management subsystem instructs the game platform to send a challenge request to the users in the search result set. Specifically, after the lock management module in the invitation management subsystem locks the game unit where the inviter is located, it first calls the key management module through the interface module to generate a key for this invitation, and the key can be randomly selected by the system. Generated or set by the user, and store the key and the ID (identification number) that uniquely identifies the invitation to the invitation database in the invitation database, where the ID of the invitation is uniquely stored in the invitation database A set of results based on the search criteria entered by the challenger. Then, the invitation management subsystem sends the invitation request including the ID of this invitation, the key of this invitation, the information of the inviter, and the game unit where the inviter is located to the game platform by calling the interface module . After receiving the invitation request, the game platform can find the corresponding result set in the invitation database according to the invitation ID, that is, all user information that meets the search criteria of the inviter, and will include the information of this invitation. The ID, the key of the invitation to the battle, the information of the inviter, and the game unit where the inviter is located are sent to the user terminals where all qualified users are located.

Then enter step 305, the invited user who has received the battle invitation request decides whether to accept the battle invitation according to the information of the inviter in the battle invitation request output by the user terminal, and inputs the decision into the user terminal. If it is received, then enter step 306, and respond to a response representing agreement; if not, then enter step 307, respond to a response representing rejection, that is, send a message of rejection to the game platform, and the game platform will forward it to the game platform after receiving the message of rejection. The inviter shall notify the inviter that the opponent has rejected the invitation and end this process.

In step 306, the invited user responds to the game platform with a response representing agreement, and the response carries information such as the ID of the invitation to the competition, the key of the current invitation to the competition, and the like. After receiving the response message, the game platform responds the response message to the invitation management subsystem.

Then enter step 308, unlock the game unit where the inviter is located through the lock management module, and join the user who agrees to the invite request. Specifically, after receiving the consent response sent by the invited user, the battle invitation management subsystem invokes the lock management module through the interface module to unlock the game unit where the inviter is located. The lock management module first calls the key management module to judge the key information in the consent response sent by the invited user. The key management system finds the corresponding challenge key in the challenge database according to the challenge ID in the consent response, and compares it with the key in the consent response. If the invitation key found in the invitation database is consistent with the key in the consent response, then the lock management module will perform an unlock operation on the game unit where the inviter is located; if not, the user who sent the consent response Feedback unlock failure message. After the game unit where the inviter is located is successfully unlocked, the game platform will directly add the user who agrees to the invitation request to the game unit.

In this embodiment, users who meet the requirements of the inviter are searched through the user search engine, and a group invitation request is sent to the found users, and the approved users are directly added to the game unit where the inviter is located, so that both parties to the inviter can quickly find suitable opponents and enter the same game unit. Due to the use of the user search engine, all the users found are suitable opponents who meet the requirements of the fighter, which greatly saves the time for the inviter to find the opponent and analyze whether it is suitable. In addition, due to the adoption of the method of mass invitation to battle invitations, the efficiency of battle invitations has been greatly improved. And because the war inviter sends out the war inviter's request, while locking the game unit where, removes other users in the game unit except the war inviter. It effectively restricts non-invitees from entering the game unit, and by removing idle users when locking, the game unit where the inviter is located is in a "clean" state when locked. Since it can only be unlocked and joined with a key after being locked, and only the user who has received the invitation request has the key, it can be guaranteed that all users who enter the game unit are qualified invitees.

Fig. 4 shows a flow chart of a delayed invitation to battle in a networked game according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

In step 401, the inviter enters the game lobby.

Afterwards, enter step 402, where the inviter searches for a user who wants to fight together through a user search engine or specifies a user who wants to fight together.

Then enter step 403, after the inviter finds the user who wants to fight together, he sends a request for invitation to the mobile terminal of the user through the game platform.

Then enter step 404, when the invited user responds to the invitation request sent by the inviter, he asks whether the inviter agrees to fight together at a certain time in the future, and the response message contains the specific details of the agreed future game. time. If the challenger agrees, go to step 405; otherwise, end this process.

In step 405, the timing manager saves the agreed game time carried in the response message, and starts the timer. When the timing time is up, enter step 406. When the timer expires at the agreed game time, then enter step 407. The game platform inquires through the user terminals of the two parties, that is, the inviter and the invitee. Whether the two parties enter the game as agreed. If the user inputs information indicating consent to the user terminal, the user is added to the game unit; if the user inputs information indicating disapproval to the user terminal, the user terminal at the opposite end is notified to cancel the agreed game. That is to say, if both parties to the battle agree to enter the game according to the agreement, then enter step 408, add both parties to the same game unit, and start the game; if both parties to the battle agree to enter the game according to the agreement, then End this process.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the inviter and the invitee may also terminate the timer before the timer times out, and start the agreed game in advance. In addition, the timer can be located at the network side or at the user terminal side.

When the inviter sends an invitation request to the invitee, the invitee can ask the inviter in the response message whether they agree to fight together after a certain time, and the response message contains the agreed future At the specific moment of the game, if the inviter agrees, the timer will be started, and the timer will trigger a timeout event at the agreed game moment, and each user participating in the agreement will join the same game unit. Therefore, in this embodiment, even if the party or both parties who invite the game cannot immediately enter the game, they can agree to postpone the game, so that the invitation to the game is no longer bound by time.

Fig. 5 shows a flow chart of a delayed invitation to a game in a networked game according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

In step 501, the inviter enters the game lobby.

Afterwards, enter step 502, where the inviter uses the user search engine to search for users who want to fight together or designate users to fight together.

Then enter step 503, after the inviter finds the user who wants to play together, he asks the user whether he accepts to play together at a certain time in the future, that is, sends a delay invitation request to the user's mobile terminal through the game platform, and the invitation A specific moment in the future game is specified in the request. If the user, that is, the invitee accepts the invitation request, go to step 504 and start the timer; otherwise, end this process.

In step 504, the timing manager saves the agreed game time in the invitation request and starts the timer. When the timing time is up, enter step 505. When the timer times out at the agreed game time, then enter step 506. The game platform inquires through the user terminals of the two parties, that is, the inviter and the invitee. Whether the two parties enter the game as agreed. If the user inputs information indicating consent to the user terminal, the user is added to the game unit; if the user inputs information indicating disapproval to the user terminal, the user terminal at the opposite end is notified to cancel the agreed game. That is to say, if both parties to the battle agree to enter the game according to the agreement, then enter step 507, add the two parties to the same game unit, and start the game; if both parties to the battle agree to enter the game according to the agreement, then End this process.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the inviter and the invitee can also terminate the timer before the timer times out, and start the agreed game in advance. The timer can be located on the network side or on the user terminal side. In addition, the inviter can also send the same delayed battle request to at least one other user terminal, and when the timer expires, the inviter will join the same game unit with all user terminals that agree to the delayed invite request.

Since the inviter can send a delayed invitation request to other users, in which the future game time is agreed; if the invitee agrees, the timer will be started, and the timer will trigger a timeout event at the agreed game time, and each user will participate in the game. join the same game unit. Therefore, in this embodiment, even if the party or both parties who invite the game cannot immediately enter the game, they can agree to postpone the game, so that the invitation to the game is no longer bound by time.

Although the present invention has been illustrated and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the present invention. The spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims (17)

1. A method for inviting a battle in a networked game, comprising the following steps: The challenger sends the search conditions to the network side through the user terminal; The network side searches for qualified users based at least in part on the received search conditions, and sends a request for a challenge to a user terminal where the qualified user is located, which includes information about the challenger; After receiving the invitation request, the user terminal outputs the information of the invitation to the user, and responds to the network side according to the input of the user; If the network side receives a response from the user terminal indicating that it agrees to join, it will directly add the user using the user terminal to the game unit where the challenger is located. 2. The method for inviting a battle in a networked game according to claim 1, wherein the network side locks the game unit where the inviter is located before sending the invitation request, and sets Determine a key, and send the key to the user terminal where the qualified user is located along with the invitation request; The user terminal receiving the invitation request carries the key in the response to the network side, and the network side uses the key to unlock the game unit where the inviter is located, and joins the user who agrees to join the game unit. 3. The method for inviting a game in an online game according to claim 2, wherein the key can be randomly generated by the system or set by the user. 4. The method for inviting a game in an online game according to claim 2, further comprising the following steps: When the game unit where the challenger is located is locked, other users except the challenger are cleared from the game unit. 5. The method for inviting a game in an online game according to claim 2, further comprising the following steps: Before locking the game unit where the challenger is located, if the challenger has not entered the game unit, the network side allocates an idle game unit and adds the challenger to the game unit. 6. The method for inviting a game in an online game according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the search condition can be one of the following or any combination thereof: User ID or its fuzzy matching formula, user nickname or its fuzzy matching formula, gender, age, level, points, online status, communication quality, credit degree. 7. The method for inviting a game in an online game according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the game unit is a game table. 8. A battle invitation system in a networked game, comprising a user terminal and a game platform, the game platform is used to process commands from the user terminal and provide game services for the user terminal, and is characterized in that it also includes a battle invitation management subsystem, It is used to search for eligible users based at least in part on the search criteria from the user terminal where the challenger is located, and instruct the game platform to send a request for invitation to the game to the user terminal where the qualified user is located, which includes the information of the challenger , and, when the game platform receives a response from the user terminal indicating that it agrees to join, instruct the game platform to directly add the user using the user terminal to the game unit where the inviter is located; The user terminal is also configured to output the information of the challenger to the user when receiving the challenge invitation request, and respond to the challenge invitation management subsystem according to the user's input. 9. The battle invitation system in online games according to claim 8, wherein the battle invitation management subsystem comprises: The interface module is used to provide a unified external interface for the invitation management subsystem to communicate interactively with the game platform; The invitation database is used to save the data related to the invitation; The user search engine is used to search for eligible users at least partially according to the search conditions, and save the search results to the invitation database for the game platform to send invitation requests to corresponding user terminals according to the search results. 10. The battle invitation system in online games according to claim 9, wherein the battle invitation management subsystem further comprises: A lock management module, configured to lock the game unit where the inviter is located before the game platform sends the invitation request, and when the game platform needs to add a user to the game unit where the inviter is located Unlock the game unit; A key management module, configured to generate a key for locking for the lock management module, and verify the key when the lock management module is unlocked. 11. The battle invitation system in online games according to claim 9, wherein the battle invitation management subsystem further comprises: The timer manager is used to save the future game time agreed between the user terminals, and call the interface module to notify the corresponding user terminal to join the same game unit when the agreed game time arrives. 12. A method for inviting a game in a networked game, comprising the following steps: The first user terminal sends a delay invitation request to the second user terminal, with an agreed future game time; If the second user terminal replies with an acknowledgment indicating agreement, then start a timer, and the timer times out at the agreed game moment; When the timer expires, the users of the first and second user terminals are added to the same game unit. 13. The method for inviting a game in a networked game according to claim 12, characterized in that before adding the user to the game unit, the method further comprises the following steps: The first and second user terminals also respectively output to the user information asking whether to enter the game as agreed, if the input of the user's consent is obtained, the user is added to the game unit, otherwise the user terminal at the opposite end is notified to cancel the agreement game. 14. The method for inviting a game in an online game according to claim 12, characterized in that, the delayed game invitation request is a response to a game invitation request previously made by the second terminal to the first terminal. 15. The method for inviting a game in a networked game according to any one of claims 12 to 14, wherein the first user terminal also sends the same delay invitation request to at least one other user terminal. When the timer expires, other user terminals that agree to the delay invitation request will join the same game unit together with the first and second user terminals. 16. The method for inviting a game in a networked game according to any one of claims 12 to 14, characterized in that, before the agreed game time arrives, if the first and second user terminals start The agreed game then terminates the timer. 17. The method for inviting a game in an online game according to any one of claims 12 to 14, wherein the timer can be located at the network side or the user terminal side.

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