JP2000005429A - Dealing with trouble in game card system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of dealing with the troubles in a game system, capable of efficiently preventing the issue and use of illegal game cards when effecting degenerate operation in the event of troubles in the card management device of the game system. SOLUTION: If a terminal controller TC provided in a game parlor 5 or 6 is down because of some trouble, a security check based on a password imparted by the center computer of a management center 4 is performed, and then, degenerate operation in which validity based on the terminal controller TC is not verified is started. The issuing of game cards by a card issuing machine 13 and the use of the game cards by a card processor 40 are performed during the degenerate operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card management apparatus provided outside a game store and connected to an island controller for managing at least a game card issuance status and a plurality of game units and a card issuing machine. The present invention relates to a method of processing a failure of a game card system provided for each game store, and particularly to a game system capable of efficiently preventing the issuance and use of an illegal game card when performing a degenerate operation due to a failure of a card management device. It relates to a fault handling method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a game system for providing a game using a game card to a player, a card management device (terminal controller) provided in a game store with a card ID of a game card issued from a card issuing machine and its amount (balance). )
When a game card is used by a game unit, it is often determined whether or not the game card can be used using data registered in a terminal controller.

More specifically, a terminal controller serving as a host computer of a game arcade is connected to an island controller for managing an island composed of a plurality of game units including a game console and a card issuing machine via a LAN.
It is connected to the center computer of the management center of the card company outside the store via the ISDN router provided in the AN. Then, in each terminal controller, the issuing of the game card by the card issuing machine and the use of the game card in the game unit are permitted, and the data possessed by each terminal controller is aggregated in the center computer. General management of the usage status of game cards.

[0004] For this reason, when a failure occurs in the terminal controller of each game store, the card issuing machine checks the validity when issuing the game card and the validity when using the game card using the game unit. Confirmation cannot be performed, and as a result, all game cards cannot be used.

[0005] Therefore, when a failure occurs in the terminal controller, the degraded operation mode in which the issuance of the game card by the card issuing machine and the use of the game card by the game unit are permitted without checking the validity of the game card. I have to move to.

[0006]

However, if a failure occurs in the terminal controller, the terminal controller unconditionally shifts to the reduced operation mode, and can issue and use the game card without verifying the validity of the game card. If it does, fraudulent acts related to the issuance and use of gaming cards cannot be prevented.

[0007] In particular, when the time during which the terminal controller is out of order becomes longer, an illegal game card is issued and used during that time, which may result in a huge damage to the game store.

[0008] For this reason, when performing the degenerate operation due to the failure of the terminal controller, it is an extremely important issue how to prevent the issuance and use of an illegal game card.

[0009] In view of the above, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and can effectively prevent the issuance and use of an illegal game card when performing a degenerate operation due to a failure of a card management device of a game system. It is an object of the present invention to provide a failure handling method for a gaming system.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object,
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card issuing machine that issues a game card storing at least valuable information and identification information, and a plurality of island controllers each of which manages an island including a plurality of game units that provide a game using a game card to a player. A card management device that manages issuance and settlement of the game card by data transfer with each island controller is provided in each game store, and card data transmitted from the card management device of each game store is provided outside the game store. In the failure processing method of the game card system in which the management center receives and receives the information at the management center and monitors the normal operation between the card management device and the management center, and the management center manages information related to the game card in a comprehensive manner, The island controller monitors the normal operation of the card management device and detects a failure of the card management device. The validity of the transfer operation to the reduced operation is confirmed using the password given by the management center, and when the validity of the transfer operation to the reduced operation is confirmed, a game card issuance to the card issuing machine is performed. The permission and the use permission of the game card to the game unit are performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the plurality of island controllers receive a password from the management center when the failure of the card management device is detected, and input the password at the time of the shift operation to the degenerate operation. A password is compared with a password received from the management center, and it is determined whether or not the operation for shifting to the reduced operation is valid.

In a third aspect of the present invention, the plurality of island controllers transmit to the management center a password input at the time of an operation for shifting to degraded operation after detecting a failure in the card management device, and Is characterized in that a password received from each island controller is compared with a password held therein to determine whether or not the operation for shifting to the degraded operation is valid.

In a fourth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of island controllers include password confirmation means for confirming the validity of a password assigned by the card management device, and the degraded operation after the failure of the card management device is detected. If a password is input at the time of the shift operation to the password, the validity of the input password is verified by the password confirmation unit.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of island controllers, upon receiving a game card issuance permission request from the card issuing machine under the degenerate operation, send the request to the requesting card issuing machine. Permit the issue of gaming cards,
If the use permission request of the game card is received from the gaming unit under the degenerate operation, it is checked whether the store code included in the use permission request is the store code of the own store,
In the case of the store code of the own store, the use permission of the game card is returned to the requesting game unit.

In a sixth aspect of the present invention, the management center prohibits the provision of the password when a failure of the card management device is not detected when shifting to the degraded operation.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a game card system used in the present embodiment.

The game card system shown in FIG. 1 performs a security check based on a password given by a center computer of a management center 4 when a terminal controller TC provided in a game store 5 or 6 goes down due to some kind of trouble. The terminal controller TC
The system is configured to shift to degraded operation without verifying the validity of the operation.

Specifically, each island controller SC confirms the operation status of the terminal controller TC by a "response signal" returned in response to the operation check notification with the terminal controller TC. If there is no response signal from the controller TC a predetermined number of times, it is determined that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC.

Thereafter, when the clerk performs a predetermined operation for shifting to the degraded operation mode, the password entered by the clerk is compared with the password obtained from the management center 4 and the degraded operation is performed only when the passwords match. Move to operation mode.

As described above, in the game card system according to the present embodiment, the terminal controller T
When a failure occurs in C, instead of unconditionally shifting to the degraded operation mode, a transition is made to the degraded operation mode after passing through a security check based on the password supplied by the management center 4. It is possible to prevent the issuance and use of an illegal game card in the event of a failure.

Next, a schematic configuration of such a game card system will be described. In FIG. 1, this game card system mainly includes a card company 1, a game store 5 (store A) and a game store 6 (store B), and a financial institution 8. In such a gaming card system, in order to facilitate the management of the sales at the gaming stores, the management of the gaming cards used in each of the gaming stores 5 and 6 is performed by the card company 1 independent of each of the gaming stores.

The card company 1 has a customer contact 2, a shipping center 3 and a management center 4, and provides game cards used by each of the game stores 5-6. When the game store 5 (store A) places an order for a game card to the customer contact 2, the customer contact 2
Instructs the shipping center 3 to send the game card.

The shipping center 3 sends out the ordered game cards to the ordering game store 5 by truck or the like according to the shipping instruction. When making this shipment, the gaming card
Valuable information and identification information of the game card are already stored.

Further, the dispatch center 3 sends the gaming card to the game center and sends the dispatch information having valuable information and identification information of the dispatched game card to the management center 4. The valuable information included in the shipping information includes a card amount and the number of cards for each card amount, and the identification information includes a start number and an end number as a card ID of each game card. This card ID is a serial number.

The shipping center 3 has a terminal 9 connected to the center computer of the management center 4 via the communication line L1, and the above-mentioned shipping information is transmitted from the terminal 9 to the management center 4.

The center computer of the management center 4 registers the dispatch information in the dispatch information database 10 for each game store, and transmits the dispatch information to the terminal controller TC of the destination game store.

When the center computer of the management center 4 receives data relating to issuance of a game card from the terminal controller TC of each game store, the center computer stores the data in an issuance card database (not shown) and issues the data. When data relating to the update of the game card is received, the content of the issued card database is updated.

The center computer of the management center 4 has a fault processing unit 11.
1 detects failure of the terminal controller TC based on a message exchange with the terminal controller TC of each game store, and performs failure processing for switching the communication partner to the island controller SC when the occurrence of the failure is detected. Do.

Further, the center computer of the management center 4 has a password assigning unit 12, and the password assigning unit 12 is provided with a password necessary when each of the amusement stores shifts to the degraded operation mode without using the terminal controller TC. Is given.

Each of the amusement stores 5 to 6 has a terminal controller TC, and each terminal controller TC is connected to a center computer of the management center 4 via an ISDN router RT and a communication line L2, respectively. Also,
Each of the terminal controllers TC is connected to a plurality of island controllers SC via a communication line L3 such as a LAN, and issues a game card via the island controllers SC, and a game unit as a game console. 14, and is connected via communication lines L5 and L4 to a card processor 40 that executes various processes on a game card during a game.

When each terminal controller TC receives the dispatch information from the center computer of the management center 4, it registers the dispatch information in the dispatch information database TCa. Note that this terminal controller TC
The reason for holding the shipping information database TCa is to confirm the validity of the game card issued by the card issuing machine 13 in the own game store based on the shipping information.

The terminal controller TC manages the amount of money at the time of issuing the game card and the remaining amount due to the use of the game card in real time, and furthermore, when the game card is inserted into the card processor 40, It is determined whether or not the card is usable in the store.

That is, whether or not the identification information such as the card ID of the inserted game card is registered, and whether or not the balance of the game card is equal to the balance registered in the terminal controller TC. Perform a check. If the judgment or check does not conform, the use of the game card is not permitted.

The payment and settlement of the game card will be described first.
When the game card is received from, the amount of the game card type (for example, 1000 yen, 3000 yen, etc.) is given to the card company 1 ×
Pay the number of sheets + commission (one game card sheet x number of cards).

The game stores 5 and 6 then collect the number of game media borrowed by the game player using the game card, notify the card company 1 of the price, and have the card company 1 pay the card. Is performed.

Normally, the game stores 5 and 6 collect the price of the number of game media used via the game card for each predetermined period, and determine the amount of payment to be paid by the game stores 5 and 6 to the card company 1 and the card company 1 The game stores 5 and 6 pay the credit card company 1 for the difference by offsetting the amount received from the company. For this payment, the financial institution 8 is used.

The terminal controller TC will be described in more detail. The terminal controller TC is a controller that manages at least game cards in the store. The terminal controller TC sends the information from the card processor 40 and the card issuing machine 13 of the game unit 14 disposed in the store. Overall management of data.

The terminal controller TC manages the ID number of the newly issued game card and the data of the balance of the game card updated by the use of the player in the issuance card database TCb, and at the night after the closing of the business day. The information on the trend of the day is totaled, and the result of the totaling is sent to the management center 4 via the communication line L2.

In the daytime, the state is checked between the management center 4 and the terminal controller TC at predetermined time intervals to monitor whether the terminal controller TC is operating normally. The state is also confirmed between the terminal controller TC and the island controller SC, and whether or not the terminal controller TC is operating normally is monitored.

The main functions of the terminal controller TC are as follows: (1) Store the dispatch information received from the management center 4 in the dispatch information database TCa.

(2) If a game card issuance permission inquiry is received from the card issuing machine 13, it is checked whether or not the shipping information having the ID number of the gaming card exists in the shipping information database TCa, and it exists. In this case, issuance is permitted, and the game card is managed in the issuance card database TCb.

(3) When a game card is used by the card processor 40, it is checked whether or not the ID number of the game card is already registered. Manage the balance of game cards. (4) Collection function of sales data, that is, card issuing machine 1
The two types of data, ie, the sales data of the game card issued in step 3 and the usage data of the game card used in the card processor 40 of the game unit 14, are stored in the memory. (5) Output function of management form, that is, card issuing machine 13
Sales data and the card processing machine 4 of the gaming unit 14
Based on the game card usage data updated by 0, a management form required for the operation and management of the game store is output. (6) The function of transmitting the total data, that is, the total data is transmitted to the management center 4.

(7) If the “operation check notification” is periodically transmitted to the management center 4 and the “operation check notification” is received from the island controller SC,
Returns a response signal.

As described above, the terminal controller TC of the game store plays an extremely important role in the game card system. Therefore, if any failure occurs in the terminal controller TC, the entire system will be extremely seriously affected. .

For this reason, in the present embodiment, if the terminal controller TC of a certain amusement store stops functioning due to some kind of failure, the terminal controller TC does not go through the terminal controller TC after a security check based on the password acquired from the management center 4. It is decided to shift to the degraded operation mode. Note that the fault processing unit SC1 of the island controller SC is connected to the terminal controller TC.
And a failure process for shifting to the degraded operation mode.

Next, the failure detection processing and the transition processing to the degraded operation mode performed by the failure processing unit 11 and SC1 will be specifically described.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a failure detection process and a process of shifting to the degraded operation mode when a failure occurs in the terminal controller TC of the game store 6 (B store) shown in FIG.

As shown in the figure, communication addresses of both the terminal controller TC and the management center 4 are registered in the island controller SC in advance (step 201). Then, the island controller SC, for example, periodically sends an operation check notification to the terminal controller TC (step 202), and upon receiving this notification, the terminal controller TC sends the island controller SC
(Step 203). Similarly, the terminal controller TC periodically sends an operation check notification to the management center 4 (step 20).
4), the management center 4 receiving this notification returns a response signal to the terminal controller TC (step 205).

As described above, the operation status of the partner device is checked between the island controller SC, the terminal controller TC, and the management center 4 based on the operation check notification and the response signal for periodically exchanging messages.

If a failure occurs in the terminal controller TC when checking the operation status (step 206), a response signal is returned from the terminal controller TC even if the island controller SC transmits an operation check notification. (Steps 207 to 208),
In addition, the terminal controller T
C does not send an operation check notification (step 2
09) occurs.

For this reason, if the management center 4 does not receive the operation check notification from the terminal controller TC for a certain period of time, it judges that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC (step 210), (Step 211). At the time of inquiries from the clerk, the computer uses the tone transmission function of the telephone to automatically notify the password synthesized by the computer.

On the other hand, if there is no response to the operation check notification three times in a row, for example, the island controller SC determines that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC (step 212), and sets the communication partner to the terminal controller TC from the terminal controller TC. After changing to the management center 4, the management center 4 is inquired of a password (step 213), and a notification of the password is received from the management center.

Thereafter, for example, a store clerk of the game store turns off the power, and then performs a switching operation to a degenerate operation mode in which the power is turned on while pressing a specific key for the degenerate operation (step 214). Is input (step 215), the failure processing unit SC1 of the island controller SC collates the input password with the password acquired from the management center 4, and shifts to the degraded operation mode if they match.

By performing the above series of processing, it is possible to shift to the degraded operation mode after the security check using the password. It is desirable that this password be updated each time it is used to ensure security.

It is desirable that the password input to each island controller SC is different for each island controller. However, a common password can be used as a game arcade in order to avoid the trouble associated with password input.

In this case, each island controller SC
Although the password is separately requested to the management center 4, the island controllers SC representing the plurality of island controllers SC in the game arcade collectively request the password and received the notification from the management center 4. You can also distribute passwords.

In the procedure shown in FIG. 2, the password is checked on the island controller SC side. However, the password can be checked on the management center 4 side.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a password is checked on the management center side.

As shown in the figure, also in this case, similarly to FIG. 2, the island controller SC and the terminal controller TC
In addition, the operation status of the partner device is checked by an operation check notification and a response signal for periodically exchanging messages between the management centers 4, and the management center 4 sends an operation check notification as a message from the terminal controller TC for a certain period of time. If the terminal controller TC is not received, it is determined that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC, and an inquiry for a password from the island controller SC can be received (steps 201 to 211).

On the other hand, if there is no response to the operation check notification three consecutive times, for example, the island controller SC determines that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC (step 312). After the power is turned off, a switching operation to the degraded operation mode is performed, such as turning on the power while pressing a specific key (step 31).
3) At that time, the management center 4 is called and the password received is input (step 314).

The password entered by the clerk is transmitted to the center computer of the management center 4 (step 315), and the password is collated with the password contacted by the clerk at the center computer of the management center 4 (step 316). ). Then, the confirmation result of the password is notified to the island controller SC (step 317), and if the password is valid, the mode is shifted to the reduced operation mode (step 318).

As described above, by transmitting the password acquired from the management center 4 from the island controller SC to the management center 4, the password can be checked on the management center 4 side.

By the way, in the processing procedure shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the password is transmitted and received between the island controller SC and the management center 4, but the password may be checked without transmitting the password. it can. However, in order to omit transmission of the password, the failure processing unit S of the island controller SC determines whether or not the password provided by the password providing unit 12 of the management center 4 is valid.
It is necessary to be able to make a determination with C1.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the password is checked without transmitting the password from the management center 4 to the island controller SC.

As shown in the figure, in this case, similarly to FIGS. 2 and 3, the island controller SC, the terminal controller TC, and the management center 4 use an operation check notification and a response signal for exchanging messages periodically. When the management center 4 does not receive the operation check notification from the terminal controller TC for a certain period of time, the terminal controller TC
Is determined to have failed, and an inquiry about a password from the island controller SC can be accepted (steps 201 to 211).

On the other hand, if there is no response to the operation check notification three times in a row, for example, the island controller SC determines that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC (step 412). After the power is turned off, a switching operation to the degraded operation mode is performed, such as turning on the power while pressing a specific key (step 41).
3) Call the management center 4 and enter the password heard (step 414).

Then, the validity of the password input by the clerk is checked in the island controller SC (step 415), and if the password is valid, the mode shifts to the degraded operation mode (step 416).

By performing the above processing, the validity of the password can be verified without incurring the security risk of transmitting the password.

Next, the degenerate operation when a failure occurs in the terminal controller TC will be specifically described.

FIG. 5 shows the card issuing machine 1 in the degenerate operation.
3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the card 3 issues a card.

As shown in the figure, when the card issuing machine 13 issues a new game card, the card issuing machine 13 sends card data including the card ID, the issue machine and the issue amount to the island controller SC (step 501).

Here, if a failure has not occurred in the terminal controller TC, the island controller SC transfers card data to the terminal controller SC to make an issuance permission inquiry.

In the degenerate operation mode, however, the card data is not transferred to the terminal controller TC and the card data is not checked because the terminal controller TC is down.

That is, the island controller SC sets the date,
Creation and registration of log data including the card ID, issuer number, current amount, and processing category are performed (step 502).
An issuance permission response is sent to the card issuing machine 13 (step 503). Then, the card issuing machine 13 which has received the issuance permission response issues a game card (step 504).

Thus, for example, the card ID “303000”
3 ", the issue machine" space ", the issue amount" 3000 yen ", the card data recorded on the game card of the present amount" space "are the card ID" 3030003 ", the issue machine" 00316 "
0-01-01 ", issue amount" 3000 yen ", current amount" 3000 yen "
Is updated to the card data.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the security check using the password is performed at the time of shifting to the reduced operation mode. Therefore, when issuing the game card, the check of the validity of the card data is omitted. ing.

FIG. 6 shows the gaming unit 1 in the degenerate operation.
4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a game card is used.

As shown in the figure, when the user of the game card inserts the game card into the card processor 40 of the game unit 14, the card processor 40 reads out the recorded contents (card data) of the game card, A use permission inquiry including the card data is transmitted to the island controller SC (step 601).

The island controller SC determines whether or not the store code included in the information relating to the issuing machine of the card data of the use permission inquiry is that of the own store (step 602). For example, the issue machine is “003160-01-01”
In the case of, "003160" indicates the store code, so it is checked whether or not this store code matches the code assigned to the own store.

If the issuing machine is not owned by the own store, the error is shut down. If the issued machine is owned by the own store, a use permission response is sent to the requesting card processor 40 (step 603).

Then, the card processor 40 receiving the use permission response rents the ball (step 60).
4), a subtraction notification is issued to the island controller SC (step 605).

The island controller S receiving the subtraction notification
C determines whether or not the store code of the issuing machine in the card data included in the subtraction notification is that of the own store, and if it is that of the own store, registers it in the log data (step 606). Then, a response signal is returned to the card processor 40 (step 607).

As described above, during the degenerate operation, the card issuing machine 1
When the game card is issued by the card processor 3 or the game card is used by the card processor 40, each log data is sequentially accumulated in the island controller SC.

Next, the processing when the terminal controller TC is restored will be described.

When the terminal controller TC is restored and the power is turned on again, it is determined from the flag whether the operation is to start up in the normal mode or to start up from the accident. In this case, the transmission of log data is requested to each island controller SC.

When the terminal controller TC collects the log data of each island controller SC, the processing division of each log data is referred to, and the processing division is “issue”.
If it is, new issuance data is created on the issuance card database TCb, and if the processing category is "subtraction", it is updated to newer data while comparing with the current amount.

When the storage unit of the terminal controller TC is replaced, before the log data is collected from each island controller SC, the data held by the management center 4 is downloaded and the data is stored until the day before the failure occurs. The card data is generated, and the shipping information database TCa and the issued card database TCb are restored. After that, the log data is collected in the same manner, and the issued card database TC is collected.
Update b.

As described above, in the present embodiment,
When the terminal controller TC provided in the game store 5 or 6 goes down due to some kind of failure, after the security check based on the password given by the center computer of the management center 4, the terminal controller TC does not verify the validity. Since the operation is shifted to the degenerate operation, the following effects can be obtained.

1) The occurrence of a failure in the terminal controller TC is always notified to the management center, and it is possible to suppress fraudulent acts throughout the store.

2) Unauthorized shift to degraded operation can be prevented through the security check.

3) An obstacle can be dealt with without causing a disadvantage to a player using the game card.

[0092]

As described in detail above, the present invention provides
If each island controller detects whether or not a failure has occurred in the card management device based on the status monitoring of the message exchange performed by the card management device or the island controller, and if the failure of the card management device is detected, The validity of the transfer operation to the reduced operation is confirmed using the password given by the management center, and when the validity of the transfer operation to the reduced operation is confirmed, the issuing permission of the gaming card to the card issuing machine and Since the use of the game card is permitted to the game unit, the following effects can be obtained.

1) The occurrence of a failure in the card management device is always notified to the management center, so that fraudulent acts throughout the store can be suppressed.

2) Through the security check, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized shift to the degraded operation.

3) An obstacle can be dealt with without causing a disadvantage to a player using the game card.

Further, according to the present invention, when each island controller receives a game card issuance permission request from a card issuing machine under degenerate operation, the island controller issues a game card issuance permission to the requesting card issuing machine. If a use permission request for a game card is received from a gaming unit under degenerate operation, it is determined whether or not the store code included in the use permission request is the store code of the own store, and the store code of the own store is used. In some cases, the permission to use the game card is returned to the requesting game unit, so that the issuance and use of the game card to the player can be continuously and easily guaranteed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a game card system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a failure detection process and a process of shifting to a degraded operation mode when a failure occurs in a terminal controller of the game arcade shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a failure detection process when a failure occurs in the terminal controller of the game arcade shown in FIG. 1 and another procedure for shifting to a degraded operation mode.

4 is a flowchart showing a failure detection process when a failure has occurred in the terminal controller of the amusement store shown in FIG. 1 and another procedure for transition to a degraded operation mode.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a card issuing machine issues a card in degenerate operation.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a game card is used by a game unit in the degenerate operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Card company, 2 ... Customer window, 3 ... Dispatch center, 4 ... Management center, 5,6 ... Amusement shop, 8 ... Financial institution, 9 ... Terminal, 10 ... Shipment information database, 11
... Failure processing unit, 12 ... Password giving unit, 13 ... Card issuing machine, 14 ... Game unit, 40 ... Card processing machine, TC ... Terminal controller, TCa ... Sending information database, TCb ... Issuing card database, S
C: island controller, SC1: fault handling unit, RT: I
SDN router

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshiaki Yamada 1-3-1 Shimoteno, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture Inside Glory Industries Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Akira Sakakibara 1-3-3 Shimoteno, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture No. 1 Inside Glory Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Akiyoshi Takenaka 1-3-1 Shimoteno, Himeji-shi, Hyogo F-term inside Glory Industry Co., Ltd. (reference) 2C088 BB07 BB43 CA02 CA08 CA31

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A card issuing machine that issues a game card storing at least valuable information and identification information, and a plurality of island controllers each managing an island made up of a plurality of game units that provide a game with a game card to a player, A card management device that manages the issuance and settlement of the game card by transferring data with each island controller is provided at each game store, and card data transmitted from the card management device of each game store is provided outside the game store. A fault management method for a game card system, wherein the plurality of islands are received by a center and while monitoring normal operation between the card management device and the management center, the management center comprehensively manages information relating to the game cards. The controller monitors the normal operation of the card management device, and if a failure of the card management device is detected, , When the management center by using the given password from to confirm the validity of the operation for the transition out of the degenerate operation, confirmed the validity of the operation for the transition out of the fused to the withdrawal operation,
A failure processing method for a gaming card system, wherein the issuing of a gaming card to the card issuing machine and the use of the gaming card to the gaming unit are permitted. 2. The plurality of island controllers, upon detecting a failure in the card management device, receive a password from the management center, and input a password input during a transition operation to the degenerate operation, and The failure handling method for a game card system according to claim 1, wherein the failure operation method determines whether or not the operation for shifting to the reduced operation is valid by comparing the password with a password received from the server. 3. The plurality of island controllers transmit a password input at the time of a shift operation to a degraded operation after detection of a failure of the card management device to the management center, and the management center transmits a password from each of the island controllers. 2. The failure processing method for a game card system according to claim 1, wherein the received password is compared with a password stored therein to determine whether the operation for shifting to the reduced operation is valid. . 4. The plurality of island controllers include password confirmation means for confirming the validity of a password assigned by the card management device, and a password is set when a transition to a degraded operation is performed after a failure of the card management device is detected. 2. The failure processing method for a game card system according to claim 1, wherein when a password is input, the validity of the input password is verified by the password confirmation unit. 5. If the plurality of island controllers receive a game card issuance permission request from the card issuing machine under the degenerate operation, the plurality of island controllers issue the game card issuance permission to the requesting card issuing machine. Performing, if the use permission request of the game card is received from the gaming unit under the degenerate operation, confirm whether the store code included in the use permission request is the store code of the own store,
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the permission of use of the game card is returned to the requesting game unit if the code is the store code of the store. 6. The gaming card system according to claim 1, wherein the management center prohibits the provision of the password when detecting a failure in the card management device when shifting to the degraded operation. Failure handling method.