JP4538393B2 - Storage ball management system, storage ball management method, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention generally relates to a storage ball management system that manages the stored ball data for each player managed on the game hall side independently of the game hall. The game value that the player has acquired and stored at the amusement hall, for example, balls and medals are “stored balls”, and accumulated data of the stored balls is stored ball data.

In a game hall where game machines such as a pachinko machine, a pachislot machine, and a coin game machine are installed, various services are provided for the purpose of visiting the player. In particular, it is one of the most representative services to exchange game value obtained by a player for a game with a prize in a game hall.
The amusement hall provides a wide variety of prizes for providing prize exchange services, so that a player can select a prize that is equivalent to the prize value obtained and exchange it for a game value. It has become. Since prizes that can be prepared in the amusement hall in advance are limited due to space problems in the amusement hall, etc., efforts are being made to increase the types of prizes by selecting a prize using a catalog or the like.

  Recently, as a service different from the above-mentioned prize exchange service, a savings / replay service that enables replay using the savings data is also operated. The savings / replay service allows a player to play a plurality of games and save a considerable number of savings before exchanging them for higher value prizes. This is presumed to have led to an improvement in the player's willingness to play. Further, since the same player comes and plays many times in order to increase the stored ball data, it is expected that the game venue side will lead to permanent acquisition of the player.

  In the savings and replay service, proper management of savings data is important. Recently, in order to improve the integrity of the stored ball data, the stored ball data is managed by a third party in addition to the amusement hall. By using the stored ball data stored in a third party as a backup, even if a trouble occurs in the stored ball management system in the game hall, the player's stored ball data is guaranteed.

  The player can check the stored ball data, for example, by using a terminal device provided in the game hall. This terminal device can notify the player of the stored ball data managed in the game hall. A player may play a game at a plurality of game halls. In this case, the player has accumulated ball data at each game hall, and the accumulated ball data cannot be confirmed unless he / she visits each game hall. This is very inconvenient for the player.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism capable of appropriately managing stored ball data.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a storage ball management system, a storage ball management method, and a computer program.
The stored ball management system of the present invention stores stored ball data, which is accumulated data of game values acquired by a player at a game hall, in association with player identification information for identifying the player, and stores it in a first database. Management means; and a financial value determined according to the access content for the player in response to an access by electronic message including the player identification information associated with the stored ball data from the terminal device operated by the player Value data management means for providing an opportunity to acquire value data having a value and storing the value data acquired by the player in the second database in association with the player identification information extracted from the message; Is the player's stored ball data specified by the player identification information from the first database when When the access is an inquiry request for the value data, the player's value data specified by the player identification information is extracted from the second database, and the extracted storage data or value data is extracted from the terminal device. Control means for presenting to the player.

  Such a storage management system can be directly accessed from a terminal device operated by a player without using an information processing system on the game hall side, and can receive various services. For example, the player does not need to go to the game hall to check the stored ball data, and can check the stored ball data through the terminal device. At that time, since an opportunity to acquire value data is given according to the contents of access, strong motivation to use the system is also achieved.

  The storage ball management method provided by the present invention is a game field-side information processing system in which storage ball data, which is accumulated data of game values acquired by a player at a game hall, is associated with player identification information for identifying the player. A storage ball management system that exists independently of the information processing system receives the storage ball data associated with the player identification information from the information processing system, and the received storage ball data is stored in the player identification information. And storing in the first database in association with the game; the game is triggered by an access by a telegram including the player identification information associated with the game data from the terminal device operated by the player; Give the player the opportunity to acquire value data having the financial value determined according to the access contents, and thereby the player Storing the acquired value data in a second database in association with the player identification information extracted from the electronic message; and when the access is a request to inquire about the stored data, the storage management system stores the value data from the first database. The player's stored ball data specified by the player identification information is extracted, and when the access is a request for inquiry of the value data, the value of the player specified by the player identification information from the second database. A storage management method comprising: extracting data and sending the extracted storage data or value data to the terminal device; and the terminal device presenting the storage data or value data to the player. .

  The computer program provided by the present invention is a computer having a function of communicating with a terminal device operated by a player; stored data that is accumulated data of game values acquired by the player at the game hall is stored in the game. Stored-ball data management means for storing in the first database in association with player identification information for identifying a player; access by electronic message including the player identification information associated with the stored-ball data from a terminal device operated by the player In response to the game, the player is given an opportunity to acquire value data having a financial value determined according to the contents of access, and the value data acquired by the player thereby is extracted from the message. Value data management means for storing in the second database in association with the person identification information; when the access is a request for inquiry of the stored data The stored data of the player specified by the player identification information is extracted from the first database, and when the access is an inquiry request for the value data, it is specified by the player identification information from the second database. It is a computer program for functioning as a control means for extracting value data of the player and presenting the extracted storage data or value data to the player from the terminal device.

  According to the present invention, the player can check the stored ball data acquired by the player by accessing the stored ball management system through the terminal device without going to the amusement hall. In addition, an opportunity to acquire value data corresponding to the access contents is given from the storage management system, and when winning, the corresponding value data can be acquired, so that the player can be given strong motivation to use the system.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a game management system to which a storage ball management system of the present invention is applied. The game management system 1 is typically a game hall system 10 that is an information processing system installed in each of a plurality of game halls, a storage management system 20 that is installed in a third party different from the game hall operator, And each individual system of the storage ball member terminal device 30 that can be operated by the player. The storage ball member terminal device 30 is installed at an arbitrary place inside or outside the game hall. The plurality of game hall systems 10 and the storage ball management system 20, and the storage ball management system 20 and the plurality of storage ball member terminal devices 30 are respectively connected in a form capable of bidirectional communication through a wide area network.

  In the game management system 1, a player registers a “game hall member” in the game hall, and a savings account is opened in the game hall system 10 of the game hall. The “game hall member identification information” for identifying the game hall member from other players in the registered game hall system 10 is assigned. The game hall member can be specified by the game hall member identification information. The contents of the savings account opened in the game hall system 10, that is, the savings data acquired by the game is also stored in the savings management system 20. The storage management system 20 assigns “game hall identification information” to each game hall in order to identify the game hall system, and the game hall system 10, that is, the game hall can be specified by this game hall identification information. Yes.

A player who has become a game hall member in any of the game halls can register his / her own stored ball data stored in the stored ball management system 20 as a “saving ball member” at any time by further registering in the stored ball management system 20. Can be confirmed.
For example, the player accesses the storage management system 20 through the storage ball member terminal device 30 and performs membership registration. Member registration can also be performed from the game hall system 10. The storage management system 20 assigns unique “system identification information” to each storage member in order to uniquely identify the storage member, and the storage member can be specified by the system identification information.
The storage management system 20 stores “system identification information”, “game hall identification information”, and “game hall member identification information” in association with each other. Identification information can be understood. When the pool member is a game hall member at a plurality of game halls, the game hall member identification information in all the game halls can be known from the system identification information.
Hereinafter, each of these individual systems will be described in detail.

<Amusement hall system>
The gaming hall system 10 manages a plurality of gaming machines (not shown) for providing gaming services to the gaming hall members in the gaming hall, and stores stored ball data stored in the savings account of the gaming hall members. Remember every time. The stored ball data may be exchanged for prizes at a predetermined conversion rate in response to a request from a game hall member, in addition to being used for the stored ball / replay service. The game hall system 10 transmits the stored ball data to the stored ball management system 20 together with the game hall identification information assigned to itself. The transmission of the stored ball data to the stored ball management system 20 is performed, for example, at the timing when the business day of the day ends and the accumulation of the stored ball data of each game hall member is completed in the game hall system 10. Since the management of the gaming machine is not directly related to the present invention, a detailed description is omitted.

  The game hall system 10 is a kind of computer system to which various peripheral devices are connected and has a communication function. As illustrated in FIG. 2, data input for inputting data for authenticating a game hall member is input. Part 11, personal authentication part 12 for confirming whether or not the player is a player registered as a game hall member, game value management part 13 for inputting / outputting the number of stored balls, personal information of a game hall member for use in member authentication Are managed using a game hall member database (hereinafter abbreviated as “DB”) 14, and a game hall member management unit 16 for managing the number of input balls using a ball storage DB 15 for each game hall member, The functional blocks of the data transmission / reception unit 17 for performing two-way encrypted communication with the management system 20, the data output unit 18 for outputting various data, and the control unit 19 are reduced. The phrase configured to include also.

The data input unit 11 includes a card insertion mechanism, which is one of peripheral devices, a function selection or newly generated game value, a ten-key for inputting a withdrawal instruction for savings data and other instructions, a selected function or an input It has at least one of a calculation means for performing various calculations based on data, a known card reader / writer equipped with a data input / output interface with the computer system, and the like.
The game value management unit 13 is an interface between the computer system and a counter (not shown) that counts the game value (the number of balls, the number of medals, etc.) acquired by the game hall member through the game.

The data output unit 18 is an information output unit such as a small liquid crystal display, an audio output device, or a printer, and an interface unit between the computer system.
The small liquid crystal display presents (displays) various data, messages, etc. in a form that can be visually recognized by the person in charge of the game hall or the game hall members, and the voice output device uses a synthesized voice to play the message etc. It is presented (viewed) to the member, and the printer presents (prints out) a message or the like to the game hall staff or the game hall member in the form of receipt printing. It is desirable from the viewpoint of service improvement to provide all the data that is provided and output in various forms, but from the viewpoint that it is sufficient to present the data, etc., it is a configuration that includes any one of them. May be. The data output unit 18 may be integrated with the data input unit 11.

The data transmission / reception unit 17 is mounted on a network product (security router, etc.) for constructing a virtual private line network (VPN) with the storage management system 20 using, for example, a public communication network and the computer system. A communication control program for causing an operating system (hereinafter referred to as “OS”) to control the network product. Regarding the technology for realizing “VPN”, for example, “Nikkei Open System” No. 46 (January 1997) p234 and the like. Since network products and communication control programs for realizing VPN have already been commercialized, it is convenient to use them.
In this embodiment, an encryption communication method is adopted because data that requires security such as data relating to amusement hall members is transmitted / received, but other encryption communication methods other than VPN may be used. Of course.

The game hall member DB 14 stores personal information such as the name and address of a player who has become a game hall member in association with the game hall member identification information. Also, the game history (game date and time) of the game hall members is stored. The contents of the game hall member DB 14 are updated according to new registration, deletion, change of personal information, update of game history, and the like of game hall members. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of such a game hall member DB 14.
The storage ball DB 15 stores the storage ball data of the game hall member in association with the game hall member identification information of the game hall member. The contents of the storage ball DB 15 are updated in accordance with an offer from the amusement hall member regarding the storage and use of the storage balls. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of such a storage ball DB 15.
The game hall member DB 14 and the storage ball DB 15 are formed, for example, in the mass storage device of the computer system.

  The personal authentication unit 12, the game hall member management unit 16, and the control unit 19 are functional blocks formed when the OS of the computer system reads and executes a predetermined (application) program.

  The personal authentication unit 12 authenticates the game hall member by referring to the game hall member DB 14 based on the data input from the data input unit 11. When the authentication is performed, the game hall member can use the accumulated ball data stored in the accumulated ball account of the amusement hall member.

  The game hall member management unit 16 manages the game hall member DB 14 and the storage ball DB 15. More specifically, data is recorded and read from these DBs 14 and 15, and the recorded data is updated. The game hall member management unit 16 also assigns game hall member identification information to personal information input at the time of player member registration, and stores the information in the game hall member DB 14. In addition, when a player registers as a member, a savings account is provided in the savings DB 15 in association with the assigned game hall member identification information.

  The control unit 19 controls the operation of each component of the game hall system 10. In addition, various telegrams to be transmitted from the game hall system 10 to the ball management system 20 are created, the telegram received from the ball management system 20 is decrypted, and each component is caused to execute processing corresponding to the decrypted telegram.

<Storm management system>
The storage management system 20 stores the storage ball data of the game hall members received from the game hall system 10 installed in each of the plurality of game halls, and value data representing the financial value acquired by the player separately from the game. Centralized management. The stored ball management system 20 also has a role as a backup system for stored ball data of each game hall system 10. Usually, the storage management system 20 receives the storage data once a day from each game hall system 10 and updates related data. However, it is also possible to receive the accumulated ball data from each game hall system 10 in real time and update the data.
The game hall member becomes a savings ball member by registering in the savings management system 20. The storage member can receive various services directly from the storage management system 20. The storage management system 20 also gives points as an example of value data to a storage member who satisfies a predetermined condition. Examples of the predetermined condition include use of this system. For example, points corresponding to the use situation are given to the savings member. The handling of this point will be described later.

  The storage management system 20 is also a kind of computer system having a communication function. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the storage management system 20 formed by the computer system reading and executing the computer program of the present invention. The stored ball management system 20 manages the stored ball data using the stored ball DB 24 for each amusement park, the data transmission / reception unit 21, the personal authentication unit 22, the stored ball member management unit 25 that manages the data about the stored ball member using the stored ball member DB 23. The storage ball management unit 26, at least a point management unit 27 that manages points given to the storage ball member using the storage ball member DB 23, a lottery unit 28 that performs lottery, and a control unit 29 are configured.

  The data transmission / reception unit 21 is for performing bidirectional communication, preferably encryption communication, between the game hall system 10 and the storage ball member terminal device 30. The function of the data transmission / reception unit 21 can be easily realized by using, for example, a network product and a communication control program for building a VPN as described above, or an equivalent product.

The storage ball member DB 23 stores attribute information of a player who has become a storage ball member, for example, personal information such as name and address, value data provided, and amusement hall identification information of a game hall in which the storage ball member is a game hall member. The game hall member identification information and the system identification information of the storage member are stored in association with each other.
When the pool member is a game hall member in a plurality of game halls, the game hall identification information and the game hall member identification information of all the game halls are stored. The contents of the stored ball member DB 23 are updated according to new registration, deletion, change of personal information, etc. of the stored ball member. FIG. 6 is an exemplary view of such a storage member DB 23. In the example of FIG. 6, the storage ball member is a game hall member of two game halls, and there are two game hall identification information and two game hall member identification information.

The storage ball DB 24 stores the storage ball data sent from the game hall system 10 for each game hall. FIG. 7 is an illustration of such a storage ball DB 24. In the example of FIG. 7, the game hall identification information for specifying the game hall is stored in association with the stored ball data sent from the game hall. In such a configuration, by specifying the game hall identification information and the game hall member identification information, it becomes possible to specify the game ball member's stored ball data in the desired game hall. The stored ball DB 24 is updated every time the stored ball data is sent from the game hall system 10. If importance is placed on reducing the communication load, the update is performed about once a day. The update when the communication load is not a problem may be several times a day or in real time.
The stored ball data has the same content as the stored ball data recorded in the stored ball DB 15 of the game hall system 10. For example, the storage ball DB 24 can be constructed by copying the contents of the storage ball DB 15 and assigning and managing it to the game center identification number of the acquisition source game hall.

Based on the system identification information of the storage ball member, the game hall identification information and the game hall member identification information of the game hall in which the storage ball member is a game hall member are specified with reference to the storage ball member DB 23. With this game hall identification information and game hall member identification information, the stored ball data of the corresponding stored ball member is specified with reference to the stored ball DB 24. In other words, the stored ball member's stored ball data can be searched based on the system identification information of the stored ball member. Even when the storage ball member is a game hall member of a plurality of game halls, the storage ball data of all the game halls can be searched.
The storage ball member DB 23 and the storage ball DB 24 are formed, for example, in the mass storage device of the computer system.

  The personal authentication unit 22, the stored ball member management unit 25, the stored ball management unit 26, the point management unit 27, the lottery unit 28, and the control unit 29 have a predetermined (application) OS of a computer system for constructing the stored ball management system 20 It is a functional block formed by reading and executing a program.

  The personal authentication unit 22 performs personal authentication for permitting access to the storage management system 20. The personal authentication unit 22 authenticates the stored ball member with reference to the member DB 23 by a message including the system identification information of the stored ball member input from the stored ball member terminal device 30 via the data transmission / reception unit 21. When the authentication is performed, the stored ball member can receive various services provided by the stored ball management system 20 to the member.

The stored ball member management unit 25 manages the contents of the stored ball member DB 23. For example, system identification information is assigned to personal information input at the time of player member registration, and this is stored in the stored ball member DB 23.
For the player registration, for example, the player inputs personal information including the game hall identification information and the game hall member identification information of the game hall system 10 in which the player has the storage ball data by the storage ball member terminal device 30. Is done. Further, when there is a request for confirmation of the storage ball by the storage ball member from the storage ball member terminal device 30, the game hall identification information and the game hall member identification information of the storage ball member are read from the storage ball member DB 23 based on the system identification information. Note that the above-described information on the player may be directly input not only from the accumulated ball member terminal device 30 but also from data input means (not shown) (for example, a numeric keypad, a keyboard, a card reader, etc.).

  The stored ball management unit 26 records, updates, deletes, etc. the stored ball DB 24 based on the stored ball data received from the game hall system 10. Further, when there is a request for a stored ball inquiry from a stored ball member, the stored ball data of the stored ball member is extracted from the stored ball DB 24. As a result, the stored ball member can check the stored ball data managed by the stored ball management system 20.

  The point management unit 27 manages points using the personal information of the stored ball member registered in the stored ball management system 20 as a key. As described above, the points are a kind of value data that is given according to the usage status in response to receiving a service such as a storage ball inquiry provided by the storage management system 20 for the system usage status of the storage ball member. The point may be numerical data when the savings member exchanges prizes, or may be a preferential exchange coupon used by the savings member, and a service provided independently by the system, for example, an autonomous lottery process described later It may be reference data for enabling Point management is, for example, by associating a predetermined service content and the number of points into a table, and assigning the corresponding number of points to the savings ball member based on the identification information of the service used by the savings ball member. Do. The points acquired by the player are stored in the stored ball member DB 23 in association with the system identification information of the stored ball member.

  The lottery unit 28 performs a lottery process for the stored ball member, and at the time of winning (atari), performs a process for giving a special service to the stored ball member and a process associated therewith. The lottery process here is performed based on the lottery result from the lottery part 34 sent from the storage ball member terminal device 30 described later. Special services include, for example, increasing the number of points, or financial information equivalent to increasing points, such as granting free gifts, issuing exchange tickets for free gifts, granting the right to receive preferential coupons, etc. Is to give privilege information. This privilege information is also an example of value data in the same way as points. This privilege information is also stored in the stored ball member DB 23 in association with the system identification information. Further, the accompanying processes are, for example, recording (updating) to the storage ball member DB 23 performed through the member management unit 25, notification processing to related organizations for realizing the above-described privilege information, update of points, and the like. The result of the processing by the lottery unit 28 is sent to the storage ball member terminal device 30 through the control unit 29.

  The control unit 29 controls the operation of each component of the storage management system 20. The control unit 29 also creates various messages to be transmitted from the storage ball management system 20 to each game hall system 10 and the storage ball member terminal device 30, and the messages received from each game hall system 10 and the storage ball member terminal device 30. And the processing corresponding to the decrypted message is executed by each constituent element or the accessing terminal unit 30 for the stored ball member.

<Terminal device for storage ball members>
The storage ball member terminal device 30 is a device for accessing the storage ball management system 20 and is normally operated by a storage ball member of the storage ball management system 20. The above-mentioned access is, for example, input / inquiry / change of member registration information, accumulated ball data about accumulated ball members, inquiry of point or privilege information, instruction for deduction of accumulated ball data or points, and the like. Thereby, the storage ball member can perform member registration, confirmation of his / her own storage data, value data (points, privilege information), etc. at any time from outside the game hall. Regarding the accumulated ball data, even if the accumulated ball member is a game hall member in a plurality of amusement halls, the accumulated ball data in all the amusement halls can be obtained by one of the accumulated ball member terminal devices 30 without visiting each amusement hall. Can be confirmed.

  The storage member terminal device 30 is also a kind of computer system having a communication function. As shown in FIG. 8, the data transmission / reception unit 31, the data input unit 32, the data output unit 33, the lottery unit 34, and the control unit 35 are provided. At least.

  The data transmitting / receiving unit 31 is for performing two-way encrypted communication with the storage management system 20, and is a network product and a communication control program for constructing the VPN as described above, or an equivalent product. .

  The data input unit 32 includes a card insertion mechanism, which is one of peripheral devices, a function selection or a newly-created game value or accumulated data withdrawal, a numeric keypad for inputting value data withdrawal data, a selected function or An arithmetic means for performing various arithmetic operations based on input data, a known card reader / writer equipped with a data input / output interface with the computer system, and the like.

The data output unit 33 is an information output unit such as a small liquid crystal display, an audio output device or a printer, and an interface unit between the computer system.
The small liquid crystal display presents various data, messages, etc. in real time in a form that can be visually recognized by the person in charge at the game hall or the tamatama member, and the voice output device presents messages etc. to the tamatama member by synthesized speech. Yes, the printer prints the stored ball data at that time on the passbook given to the stored ball member. Although it is excellent from the viewpoint of service improvement to have all of these data and different output data etc., from the viewpoint that it is sufficient to present data etc., for example, it is a configuration having only a printer. May be.
The data output unit 33 may be, for example, a touch panel display that is integrated with the data input unit 32.

  The lottery unit 34 and the control unit 35 are functional blocks formed when the OS of the computer system for constructing the storage member terminal device 30 reads and executes a predetermined (application) program.

The lottery unit 34 performs a process for giving a lottery opportunity to the members. For example, when the storage ball member operates the storage ball member terminal device 30, a game screen is formed on the initial screen of the small liquid crystal display. Then, “Atari” or “Lose” is determined with a predetermined probability according to the operation content of the storage ball member on the game screen. "Atari" is the winning prize. The lottery result is sent to the control unit 35 without being immediately displayed on the small liquid crystal display. The lottery unit 34 also performs a lottery result process based on the result of the lottery process received from the storage management system 20.
The control unit 35 controls the operation of each component of the storage ball member terminal device 30. In addition, various telegrams to be transmitted from the storage ball member terminal device 30 to the storage ball management system 20 are created, and the telegram received from the storage ball management system 20 is decrypted to cause each component to execute processing according to the decrypted telegram. .

[Operation form of game management system 1]
Next, an operation mode of the game management system 1 configured as described above will be described. Here, an example of operation when presenting stored ball data to the stored ball member in response to an inquiry request from the stored ball member will be described. As a premise, it is assumed that stored ball data for each game hall is stored in advance in the stored ball DB 24 of the stored ball management system 20. Further, it is assumed that the savings ball member who requests the presentation of savings ball data is a game hall member of one or more game halls and a savings ball member registered in the savings ball management system 20.

FIG. 9 shows the flow of processing when presenting the stored ball data to the stored ball member. Referring to FIG. 9, the storage ball member inputs his / her own system identification information and storage data presentation request from the data input unit 32 of the storage ball member terminal device 30. Thereby, the storage ball presentation process is started in the storage ball member terminal device 30 (step S10).
When the storage ball presentation process is started, the storage ball member terminal device 30 gives the above-mentioned lottery opportunity to the storage ball member by the lottery unit 34, and sends the result to the control unit 35 (step S20).
Based on the system identification information input from the data input unit 32, the request for presenting the stored ball data, and the output result of the lottery unit 34, the control unit 35 creates a “system identification information / stored ball inquiry message”. This system identification information / stored ball inquiry message is transmitted from the data transmitting / receiving unit 31 to the stored ball management system 20 (step S30).

  The storage management system 20 receives the system identification information / storage reference inquiry message transmitted from the storage ball member terminal device 30 by the data transmission / reception unit 21 (step S40). The received system identification information / storage ball inquiry message is decoded by the control unit 29. The control unit 29 controls each component of the storage ball management system 20 according to the contents obtained by decoding the electronic message. Thereby, the storage ball management system 20 starts a storage ball inquiry process.

  In the stored ball inquiry process, first, the personal authentication unit 22 and the stored ball member management unit 25 authenticate and identify the stored ball member (step S50). The personal authentication unit 22 refers to the stored ball member DB 23 based on the system identification information and the system identification information of the stored ball inquiry message, and authenticates the stored ball member corresponding to the system identification information. By referring to the stored ball member DB 23, the stored ball member management unit 25 uses the system identification information to identify the game hall identification information of the game hall in which the stored ball member is registered as a game hall member, and the game of the stored ball member at the game hall. Read site member identification information.

  The game hall identification information and the game hall member identification information read by the storage ball member management unit 25 are sent to the storage ball management unit 26. The stored ball management unit 26 refers to the stored ball DB 24 based on the game hall identification information and the game hall member identification information, and extracts the stored ball data of the stored ball member (step S60).

Next, the control unit 29 confirms “attack” and “losing” of the lottery result included in the received system identification information / storing ball inquiry message. In the case of “Atari”, the lottery unit 28 performs lottery processing (Step S70: Atari, Step S80). That is, value data is attached and processing associated therewith is performed, and the result information is sent to the controller 29. In the case of “losing”, information indicating that is sent to the control unit 29.
The control unit 29 creates the stored ball data / lottery result message including the stored ball data called by the stored ball management unit 26 and the information output from the lottery unit 28, and transmits this to the stored ball member terminal device 30 (step S90). .
When the transmission of the stored ball data / lottery result message ends, the stored ball inquiry processing by the stored ball management system 20 ends (step S100).
At the end of the storage ball inquiry process, the point management unit 27 gives a corresponding point to the storage ball member for the storage ball inquiry. Accordingly, the number of points of the stored ball member in the stored ball member DB 23 is updated.

  The storage ball member terminal device 30 that has received the storage data / lottery result message from the storage management system 20 confirms the lottery result included in the message by the control unit 35 (steps S110 and S120). If the result is “Atari”, processing according to Atari is performed (Step S120: Atari, Step S130). Atari processing is attribution display, giving points or privilege information, and accompanying processing.

  If the end of the hitting process or the lottery result is “losing”, the data output unit 33 displays and records the stored ball data (step S140). With the completion of the bookkeeping, the processing for presenting the stored ball data ends (step S150).

Through the processing as described above, the storage ball member can check the storage ball data of all the game halls for which he / she is a game hall member by using one storage ball member terminal device 30.
The accumulated ball member waits in front of the accumulated ball member terminal device 30 until starting the accumulated ball presentation process and completing the bookkeeping (step S10 to step S150). Therefore, using this interval, the data output unit 33 of the storage ball member terminal device 30 provides advertisement / promotion information (various information such as commercial messages) according to instructions from the system operator or requests from other companies. You may make it do. This advertisement / advertisement information is stored in an advertisement / advertisement DB (not shown), and the control unit 29 performs control for reading and displaying on the storage ball member terminal 30 as appropriate.
Alternatively, as a function of the lottery unit 34 of the storage ball management information terminal 30, a game screen is also displayed on a small liquid crystal display on the standby screen that is on standby, and a lottery opportunity is given to the storage ball members on the standby screen. Also good.

  Note that the lottery by the storage ball member terminal device 30 in step S20 and the lottery by the storage ball management system 20 in step S80 are services from the storage ball management system 20 to the storage ball members registered in the storage ball management system 20, and are a game hall system. In principle, it is performed regardless of 10, but as a result of the lottery, it is also possible to add the accumulated ball data when winning. At this time, a correspondence table between the types of winning prizes and the accumulated ball data to be added may be provided.

  Further, the functions of the lottery unit 28 of the storage ball management system 20 and the lottery unit 34 of the storage ball member terminal device 30 may be different from those described above. For example, the lottery unit 34 provides a lottery item in the menu screen of the small liquid crystal display, and forms a game screen by, for example, letting a savings member pay some of the above points or savings data. May be. In addition, the lottery unit 28 may not be a lottery by which the stored ball member autonomously draws, but may be performed by the system at an arbitrary timing for a stored ball member having a predetermined qualification. The qualification is, for example, one year after member registration, one month of continuous use of the system, acquisition of predetermined points, and the like.

  The storage ball member terminal device 30 may be a dedicated terminal device using an information KIOSK terminal device or the like, but by constructing a WWW (World Wide Web) server in the storage ball system 20, it is more versatile. It can also be realized by a personal computer, a mobile phone or the like.

[Other embodiments]
The game management system described above is an example in the case where there is one storage management system, but a plurality of storage management systems may exist. For example, FIG. 10 shows a configuration example of the game management system 2 in which two storage management systems A and a storage management system B are operated in cooperation.
The relationship between the stored ball management system A40 and the stored ball management system B50 in the game management system 2 is as shown in FIG. In relation to FIG. 5 showing the functional block configuration example of one storage management system 20, the functional blocks 21 to 29 equivalent to the storage management system 20 are provided as functional blocks 51 to 59 of the storage management system B50. However, the storage management unit 56 is provided with a function of constructing a storage DB 54 based on a replica described later and updating it when there is a change.

The storage management system A 40 includes a data transmission / reception unit 41 equivalent to the data transmission / reception unit 21 and a storage DB 44 equivalent to the storage DB 24 among the functional blocks of the storage management system 20. In addition to the function of the storage ball management unit 26, the storage management unit 46 creates a replica having the same content as the storage ball DB 44, and when a change occurs in the recorded content of the storage ball DB 44, it is reflected in the replica in conjunction with the change. It has a function. In addition to the function of the control unit 29, the control unit 49 performs control for causing the replica to be sent to the storage management system B50. The storage ball management system A40 includes a storage ball DB transmission unit 60, and the storage ball management system B50 includes a storage ball DB reception unit 61 for receiving data transmitted from the storage ball DB transmission unit 60.
The stored ball DB 54 is constructed from the stored ball management unit 56 based on the above replica, and whenever the stored ball data of each stored ball member recorded in the stored ball DB 44 changes, the change content is stored via the stored ball DB transmitting unit 60. It is transmitted to the DB receiver 61 and is reflected in the recorded content of the stored ball DB 54 by the stored ball management unit 56 and the control unit 59.

  The game management system 2 configured as described above has a high possibility that the data transmission / reception unit 41 of the storage management system A40 transmits / receives data only to / from the game hall system 10 and is frequently accessed. Therefore, there is an advantage that traffic congestion is avoided and efficient communication is possible. For example, the storage management system A40 handles a large amount of storage data of all storage members in a batch process, while the storage management system B50 communicates with a large number of storage member terminals 30 with a small amount of data. Operation becomes possible. On the contrary, if not separated in this way, if there is an access from the storage ball member terminal device 30 during the communication between the storage ball management system A40 and the game hall system 10, the waiting time to the storage ball member terminal device 30 is very long. May be longer. In addition, a plurality of storage management systems A40 can be centrally managed by a single storage management system B50.

  The game management system 2 can also flexibly cope with detailed operation changes that may occur frequently. For example, since the storage management system A40 handles data limited to the outside, there is almost no change, but the function of the storage management system B50 with the storage ball member terminal device 30 frequently changes in detail. Probability is high. Normally, when a system operation change occurs, confirmation work that does not affect an unchanged part is indispensable, but according to this embodiment, the confirmation work can be reduced. For example, at the time of change, it is possible to debug with the storage ball management system B50 and check only the communication part with the storage ball management system A40. Moreover, since the storage ball management system B50 performs data transmission / reception only with the storage ball member terminal device 30, it is possible to eliminate the room for unauthorized access from the storage ball member terminal device 30 to the storage ball DB 44.

[Other embodiments]
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a modification of the game management system 2 having the configuration illustrated in FIG. This game management system 3 is a terminal device 30 that can be accessed to the storage ball management system B70, in addition to the storage ball member terminal device 30, a terminal device 80 for affiliated corporations deployed in the affiliated corporation, and a management corporation for the terminal device 30 for storage ball members. And a management corporation terminal device 90 provided in FIG. The affiliated corporation terminal device 80 sets privilege information at the time of a lottery prize winning, commercial information for display or printing, and the like in the storage management system B50. The storage ball member terminal device management corporation terminal device 90 sets the lottery prize conditions, the selection information of the benefits at the time of winning, and the commercial information for display or printing in the storage ball management system B50.

  The functional blocks of the storage ball management systems A40 and B70 are as shown in FIG. In comparison with the game management system 2 shown in FIG. 11, the data transmission / reception unit 71 is the data transmission / reception unit 51, the personal authentication unit 72 is the personal authentication unit 52, the stored ball member DB 73 is the stored ball member DB 53, the stored ball DB 74 is the stored ball DB 54, and the stored ball member. The management unit 75 is a storage member management unit 55, the storage unit management unit 76 is a storage unit management unit 56, the point management unit 77 is a point management unit 57, the lottery unit 78 is a lottery unit 58, the control unit 79 is a control unit 59, and a storage ball DB reception unit. 62 has the same function as the storage ball receiver 61. The storage management system B70 is provided with a service DB 63 and a service management unit 64. In the service DB 63, the above-described various information set by the affiliated corporation terminal device 80 and the storage ball member terminal device management corporation terminal device 90 is recorded, and the service management unit 64 performs DB management for that purpose. The service management unit 64 also sets conditions on the providing side, selection conditions on the receiving side, and the like for commercial information to be displayed or printed on the lottery unit 78 or the storage ball member terminal device 30.

  In the game management system 3 of this embodiment, there is an advantage that the lottery mechanism can be used for advertising of the affiliated corporations when the affiliated corporations that provide commercial information share the lottery of the lottery unit 78 and change the winning probability. . Further, apart from the lottery, there is an advantage that the commercial information of the storage ball member terminal device management corporation or the affiliated corporation can be effectively displayed on the initial screen of the storage ball member terminal device 30 or the like.

[Other embodiments]
FIG. 14 shows a modification of the game management system 1 shown in FIG. This game management system 4 provides flexibility in the handling of the storage member attribute information, for example, the registration of personal information and system identification information of the storage member. That is, as described above, the content of the storage ball member DB 23 in the storage ball management system 20 is updated in accordance with new registration, deletion, change of personal information, etc. of the storage ball member. As a route for new registration, deletion, and change, not only the accumulated ball member terminal device 30, but also a plurality of game hall systems 10, a player's personal computer or a portable terminal 100 are added.

  For example, attribute information registered in any of the plurality of player systems 10 and attribute information registered or provisionally registered with a player's personal computer or portable terminal can be newly registered in the savings member DB 23. In addition, the attribute information already registered in the storage ball member DB 23 can be registered in the game hall system 10. At the time of registration, date and time information is also registered. Using this information as a key, a function of always updating attribute information registered at a plurality of locations in synchronization with the latest information is also added. This allows the storage ball member management unit 25 of the storage management system 20 to have a registration function and a synchronous update function, and also allows the control unit 29 to communicate and communicate bidirectional registration contents with all connected terminal devices. This can be realized by adding a function of periodically performing the above.

  Such a function can be added also in the game management system 5 shown in FIG. This game management system 5 has a bi-directional connection relationship between the storage ball management system A40 and the storage ball management systems B50 and B70 in the game management system 2 shown in FIG. 10 or the game management system 3 shown in FIG. The above functions are added to the control units 59 and 79 of the storage ball management systems B50 and B70.

The whole lineblock diagram showing one embodiment of the game management system to which the storage ball management system of the present invention is applied. The block diagram of a game hall system. The illustration figure of game hall member DB. The illustration figure of storage ball DB. The block diagram of a storage management system. The illustration of member DB. The illustration figure of storage ball DB. The block diagram of the storage device member terminal device. The processing flowchart of the process which presents stored ball data. The whole lineblock diagram showing other embodiments of a game management system. The block diagram of the storage ball management system in FIG. The whole lineblock diagram showing other embodiments of a game management system. The block diagram of the storage ball management system in FIG. The whole lineblock diagram showing other embodiments of a game management system. The whole lineblock diagram showing other embodiments of a game management system.

Explanation of symbols

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Game management system 10 Game room system 20, 40, 50, 70 Savings management system 11, 32 Data input part 12, 22 Personal authentication part 13 Game value management part 14 Game room member DB
15, 24, 44, 54, 74 Savings DB
16 Game hall member management part 17, 21, 31, 41, 51, 71 Data transmission / reception part 18, 33 Data output part 19, 29, 35, 49, 59, 79 Control part 23, 53, 73 Storage ball member DB
25, 55, 75 Storage ball member management unit 26, 46, 56, 76 Storage ball management unit 27, 57, 77 Point management unit 28, 34, 58, 78 Lottery unit 30 Terminal unit for storage member 60 Storage ball DB transmission unit 61, 62 Storage DB receiver 63 Service DB
64 Service Management Department 80 Partner Corporation Terminal Equipment 90 Management Corporation Terminal Equipment

Claims (8)

The player can communicate with an information processing system of each game hall that records accumulated data that is accumulated data of game values acquired at each of the one or more game halls. A storage management system that acquires and centrally manages
The貯玉data, as well as accumulating the player who won the貯玉data in the first database in association with the game arcade identification information for identifying the game arcade member identification information and the game arcade to identify in the game arcade , A stored ball data management means for reflecting the change content in the stored content of the first database when a change occurs in the stored ball data in any of the information processing systems ;
The game hall identification information of all the game halls for which the player has accumulated data and the game hall member identification information of the player at each game hall are used as player identification information for identifying the player in the own system. A game hall that is recorded in the storage ball member database together with attribute information that is information related to the player, and when the attribute information is changed, the change is associated with the player identification information attached to the attribute information. A savings member management means for notifying the information processing system of all the game halls identified by the identification information ;
In response to access by a message containing the player identification information from the terminal device operated by the player, the player is given an opportunity to acquire value data having a financial value determined according to the access contents, Thus the value data in which the player has won, and value data management means for storing in the second database in association with the player identification information extracted from the message;
When the electronic statement is an inquiry request for the stored ball data, the player identification information included in the electronic statement identifies the game venue identification information of the game hall in which the player has the stored ball data from the stored ball member database, and the A player's game hall member identification information is specified, and the player's stored ball data is extracted from the first database based on the specified player identification information and the game hall identification information , and the electronic message refers to the value data. when the request, presented to the player extracts the value data of the second from the database those the recreation user by the player identification information included in the message, the extracted貯玉data or value data from the terminal device Control means for causing
A storage management system. The value data management means is configured to be able to register the contents stored in the second database in the information processing system and to update the contents stored in the second database and the contents registered in the information processing system in synchronization. Being
The storage management system according to claim 1 . The value data management means comprises a function of withdrawing part or all of the value data stored in the second database at the request of the player.
The storage management system according to claim 1 . The value data management means includes a lottery means for performing a lottery process for a player who satisfies a predetermined condition, and increases the value represented by the value data when winning by the lottery means, or the value data to be increased Comprising the function of accumulating financial information equivalent to the value data in the second database together with the value data,
The storage management system according to claim 1 . The lottery means autonomously performs the lottery process for a player whose value represented by the value data is equal to or greater than a certain value.
The storage ball management system according to claim 4 . It further includes advertisement / promotion information storage means for storing advertisement / promotion information,
The control unit receives the advertisement / advertisement information read from the advertisement / advertisement information storage unit to the terminal device after receiving an access from the terminal device and before returning a processing result corresponding to the access content. To be presented to the player from the device,
The storage ball management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 . An information processing system on each gaming site side in which accumulated ball data, which is accumulated data of game values acquired by the player at each of the one or more game halls, is stored in association with the game hall member identification information for identifying the player. from貯玉management system existing independently of the information processing system, a貯玉data associated with previous SL game arcade member identification information received together with the game arcade identification information for identifying the game hall, the received貯玉Storing data in the first database in association with the game hall member identification information and the game hall identification information ;
The storage management system reflecting a change in the storage content of the first database when a change occurs in the storage data in any of the information processing systems;
The storage management system identifies the player in the storage management system, the game hall identification information of all the game halls for which the player has storage data, and the game hall member information of the player at each game hall. Recording in the storage member database together with attribute information that is information about the player in association with player identification information for;
When the storage management system changes the attribute information, information about all the game halls identified by the game hall identification information associated with the player identification information attached to the attribute information is displayed. The storage ball management system that notifies the system responds to the access content for the player, triggered by access by a message including the player identification information associated with the storage ball data from the terminal device operated by the player together give an acquisition opportunity value data with goods value which defines Te, the steps of which the value data the player has won, is stored in the second database in association with the player identification information extracted from the message ;
When the message is a request to inquire about the accumulated data, the game management system identifies the game hall identification information of the game hall in which the player has the accumulated data from the accumulation ball member database based on the player identification information included in the message. and to identify the game arcade member identification information of the player at each game hall, extracts貯玉data of the first from the database those the recreation user by specified the player identification information and the gaming facility identification information, If the telegram is query request for the value data, by said player identification information included in the message to extract the value data of the second from the database those the recreation user, extracted貯玉data or the value data Sending to the terminal device;
The terminal device presenting the player data or value data to the player;
A storage management method. An information processing system of each game hall that records accumulated data that is accumulated data of game values acquired by each of the one or more game halls, and a function of performing communication between the terminal device operated by the player. Yes, and the computer for centralized acquires the貯玉data from the game arcade system;
The貯玉data, as well as accumulating the player who won the貯玉data in the first database in association with the game arcade identification information for identifying the game arcade member identification information and the game arcade to identify in the game arcade , A stored ball data management means for reflecting the change content in the stored content of the first database when a change occurs in the stored ball data in any of the information processing systems ;
The game hall identification information of all the game halls for which the player has accumulated data and the game hall member identification information of the player at each game hall are used as player identification information for identifying the player in the own system. In association with attribute information that is information related to the player, it is recorded in the storage ball member database, and when the attribute information is changed, the changed content is associated with the player identification information attached to the attribute information. Storage ball member management means to notify the information processing system of all the amusement halls identified by the identification information;
Value data having a financial value determined according to the content of access to the player, triggered by access by a message including the player identification information associated with the stored ball data from the terminal device operated by the player with an opportunity of acquiring, thereby the value data in which the player has won, value data management means for storing in the second database in association with the player identification information extracted from the message;
When the electronic statement is an inquiry request for the stored ball data, the player identification information included in the electronic statement identifies the game venue identification information of the game hall in which the player has the stored ball data from the stored ball member database, and the A player's game hall member identification information is specified, and the player's stored ball data is extracted from the first database based on the specified player identification information and the game hall identification information , and the electronic message refers to the value data. when the request presented to the player extracts the value data of the second from the database those the recreation user by the player identification information included in the message, the extracted貯玉data or value data from the terminal device Control means to cause;
Computer program to function as.

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