JP2002123641A - Game gift exchange device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game gift exchange device, with which various kinds of attractive gifts can be provided to players and the gift can be prevented from being illegally provided. SOLUTION: The number of gift balls inputted from a web client 20 (PACHINKO shop side terminal equipment) is stored on ball storage information memory 6e and the balls are stored. Besides, a gift information memory 6f stores the information of gift to be provided to a player and this gift information is provided to the web client 20. When a desired gift is designated out of the provided gift information in the web client 20, the designated gift is stored on an order article memory 6g. Besides, the number of stored balls stored on the ball storage information memory 6e is updated corresponding to the number of stored balls corresponding to the designated gift. Thus, the stored balls stored on the ball storage information memory 6e are exchanged with the gift.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game prize exchange device for exchanging valuable objects as a result of a game, such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine, with a prize desired by a player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game using a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine, a prize ball or a medal obtained in the game can be exchanged for a prize, so that a player obtains a prize in addition to the game property. A game can be played with pleasure. Prizes are usually exchanged at the storefront of the amusement arcade, and the prizes provided to the player are displayed at the store so that they can be seen by the player, and each prize is required to exchange for the prize. The number of prize balls and the number of medals are displayed.

In this prize exchange, first, a prize ball or a medal submitted by a player at the end of the game is counted by a predetermined device. The counted prize balls and medals are printed out by printing and presented to the player.
The player selects a prize that can be exchanged within the presented prize ball count (medal count) using the prize ball count and medal count displayed on each prize as an index, and obtains the selected prize and the player's own gain. Get prizes by exchanging for prize balls (medals).

[0004]

However, in the conventional prize exchange in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor, it is necessary to display the prize to be provided at the store, but in a limited space of the store, a variety of prizes are provided. Cannot be exhibited, and it is not possible to provide a wide variety of prizes that meet the needs of players. On the other hand, if a variety of prizes are displayed at the store as much as possible, and if a wide range of prizes that meet the needs of the players is to be provided, defective inventories of prizes that cannot be exchanged will occur, and a wide variety of prizes will occur. Inventory management is complicated.

[0005] On the other hand, a method has been attempted in which a catalog on which a prize is posted is prepared at a store, and a product described in the catalog is provided to a player as a prize. However, since the catalog is a printed matter, the catalog is updated. Infrequent and fresh products (prizes) cannot be provided. Further, since the number of pages of the catalog is limited, there is a problem that the types of products (prizes) to be posted are small, and it is impossible to provide products (prizes) according to the taste of the player.

Further, since the conventional prize exchange is performed at the store after the end of the game, the player must select the prize at a noisy game hall. In addition, because the player has been enthusiastic about the game, at the end of the game, the closing time or returning home time has come, and the time for the player to be able to stay at the game space is often low, and it takes time. In such a case, there is a problem that time cannot be spent on prize selection at a store.

Therefore, a method has been attempted in which the number of awarded balls and medals obtained by a player are stored on a magnetic card as information without exchanging prizes on the spot. Since the prize exchange is performed based on the information (the number of prize balls and the number of medals) read from the magnetic card, the player can exchange the prize at a convenient date and time. However, since the magnetic card can be easily counterfeited, there is a problem that an improper prize exchange is performed by the forged magnetic card, and there is a risk that the game arcade may suffer a great deal of damage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and can provide a variety of attractive prizes to a player and prevent the prize from being provided unfairly. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game prize exchange device that can perform the game.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a game prize exchange apparatus according to claim 1 is provided for exchanging valuable objects as a result of a game with prizes desired by a player. Storage means for storing information relating to, and receiving means connected to a computer network, for receiving information about the number of valuable objects as a result of a game transmitted from a terminal device connected to the computer network, First updating means for updating the content of the storage means based on the information about the number of valuable objects received by the receiving means, and a terminal connected to the computer network for information about the number of valuable objects stored in the storage means A prize is transmitted by the transmitting device for transmitting the information to the device and the terminal device to which the information on the number of valuable objects is transmitted by the transmitting device. An instruction means for instructing provision of the designated prize when designated, and a second updating means for updating the contents of the storage means in accordance with the prize designated by the instruction means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the information relating to the number of valuable objects as a result of the game transmitted from the terminal device connected to the computer network is received by the receiving means. The information about the number of valuable objects stored in the storage unit is updated by the first updating unit based on the information about the number of valuable objects. The information on the number of valuable objects stored in the storage means is transmitted to the terminal device by the transmission means, and when a prize to be exchanged is specified in the terminal device, provision of the specified prize is instructed by the instruction means, and (2) The content of the storage means is updated by the updating means in accordance with the designated prize.

[0011]

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following description will be made using a web server connected to the Internet as a gaming prize exchange device according to the present embodiment, and a web client as a computer receiving information from the web server as a terminal device. Here, the web client includes a pachinko parlor terminal installed at a pachinko parlor, a convenience store terminal installed at a convenience store, and a user terminal installed at a player's home or the like. . In addition, the stored ball information is information on the number of prize balls (the number of valuable objects) obtained by the player through pachinko, and the prize information is information on a prize provided to the player.

FIG. 1 shows a web server 1 and a web client 2 interconnected via the Internet.
FIG. 2 is an external view showing a connection state with a zero. The Internet is the world's largest computer network in which computer networks are connected to each other to form a network. In addition to the World Wide Web that transmits multimedia information, the Internet, e-mail systems, electronic bulletin board systems, file transfer services, etc. A network system in which services are provided in a complex manner. Here, the web server 1 is a computer that publishes a web page (home page) and has a world wide web server program installed therein, and the home page is transmitted (provided) to each computer on the Internet by the world wide web server program.

The web server 1 according to the present embodiment publishes the information on the stored balls and the prize information as a home page, and provides information to each web client 20 through the home page. In addition, the number of prize balls input from a specific web client 20 installed in a pachinko parlor is stored as a savings ball, and a prize designated by the web client 20 is stored.
This is a device for exchanging prizes by paying with this ball. Further, the web server 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to be able to provide, as a prize, a product purchased by a player at a convenience store. That is, the web client 2 installed in the convenience store
The commodity price transmitted from 0 can be settled by savings.

The web server 1 is composed of a personal computer (hereinafter simply referred to as "PC"), a computer body 2 for performing various processes, a keyboard 10 for inputting data and the like, and various processes for the web server 1. And a CRT display 11 for monitoring the
The prize information and the stocked information provided by the web server 1 are stored in the hard disk 6 of the computer main body 2 (see FIG. 2).

The web server 1 is connected to the Internet via a telephone line 31, and is connected to all the web clients 20 via the Internet. The command transmitted from each web client 20 is received by the web server 1 via the telephone line 31, and information is provided from the web server 1 to the web client 20 based on the received command.

The web server 1 and the web client 20 are connected to each other via the Internet, but in reality, the web server 1 or each web client 20 is not shown on the Internet. There is an Internet connection provider called an unillustrated provider connected to the access point and each access point, and information is transmitted and received (the telephone line 31 is closed) via this provider.

The web client 20 is a web server 1
Is a terminal computer that receives (provides information on) ball-storing information and prize information from the web server 1 by accessing the pachinko parlor, a pachinko parlor terminal installed in a pachinko parlor, and a convenience store installed in a convenience store Side terminal device and a user terminal device installed at the home of the player.

The web client 20 transmits a command to the web server 1 and causes the web server 1 to perform a process based on the command, and is constituted by a PC. The web client 20 is a web server 1
Keyboard 27 for inputting commands to be sent to
And a liquid crystal display (hereinafter, simply referred to as “LCD”) for displaying information (such as information on savings and prizes) provided from the web server 1 based on the command. The web client 20 is a web browser 2
4a, a command is transmitted to the web server 1 by the web browser 24a, and the web server 1 performs processing based on the command. The web browser 24a is software for decoding information provided by the web server 1, and information provided by the web server 1 is decoded by the web browser 24a and displayed on the LCD 28.

Each web client 20 (pachinko store side terminal, convenience store side terminal, user terminal) of the present embodiment specifies a prize based on prize information provided from the web server 1. is there.
Payment of the savings corresponding to the premium specified by the web client 20 is executed in the web server 1. Also,
The web client 20 installed in the pachinko parlor is a specific PC registered in the web server 1 in advance,
The PC is a PC that transmits, to the web server 1, ID information of the player and information on accumulated balls such as the number of prize balls obtained by the player in pachinko. The web client 20 installed in the convenience store is also a PC registered in the web server 1 in advance, and is a PC that transmits to the web server 1 the price of a product purchased by the player at the convenience store.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the web server 1 and a web client 20 connected to the web server 1. The web server 1 includes an MPU 3 that is an arithmetic unit and a ROM 4 that stores various control programs executed by the MPU 3 and fixed value data.
, A RAM 5 for temporarily storing various data, a hard disk 6, an input / output port 1
2, an interface 7, a modem 8, a keyboard 10, and a CRT display 11. FIG.
12 are stored in the hard disk 6.

The RAM 5 has a program load area 5
a, the received data memory 5b, and the data load area 5
c. The program load area 5a
Starting from a control program 6a described later stored in the hard disk 6, an HTTP server program 6b and a CGI
An area for loading a program such as the program 6d from the hard disk 6. By loading the programs 6a to 6d from the hard disk 6 having the slow processing speed to the RAM 5 having the fast processing speed, each program 6a is loaded.
6d are executed at high speed. Receive data memory 5
b is a memory for temporarily storing information such as commands and data transmitted from the web client 20.

The data load area 5c is an area for temporarily storing information (data) to be provided (transmitted) to the web client 20. For example, the command transmitted from the web client 20 is the web server 1
If the command is a prize information request command requesting transmission of prize information stored in the prize information memory 6f described later, the prize information requested to be transmitted is loaded into the data load area 5c. Is done. If the command transmitted from the web client 20 is a pitch information input command or a pitch settlement command, the corresponding pitch information is loaded from the pitch information memory 6e to the data load area 5c. The information loaded into the data load area 5c is then transmitted to the web client 20.
Sent to

The hard disk 6 is a rewritable non-volatile memory, and is a hard disk control program 6a executed by the MPU 3, an HTTP server program 6b, a CGI 6c, and a CGI program 6d.
And memories 6e to 6h for storing various information.

The HTTP server program 6b, which is one of the world wide web server programs, is a program for providing (transmitting) information stored in the web server 1 to the web client 20, and is a Hyper Text Tra.
The web server 1 is controlled according to a program called nsfer protocol (hereinafter abbreviated as "HTTP"). Specifically, the HTTP server program 6b is a program for decoding a command transmitted from the web client 20, and operates based on the decoded command.

The HTTP server program 6b
Is a program described in Hyper Text Markup Language (hereinafter abbreviated as “HTML”). In the HTML language, difficult programs such as processes performed by two-way communication cannot be described. Therefore, the HTTP server program 6b is designed so that an external application such as a CGI program 6d is started as needed. I have. In the present embodiment, the HTTP server program 6b executes the stored ball information processing for providing the stored web information and the prize information to the web client 20.

The CGI 6c is an interface program for executing an external application such as the CGI program 6d on the web server 1. The external application is a program used when information provided to the web client 20 executes a process that cannot be handled by a program described in HTML. The CGI 6c calls this external application HT
Used when activated by the TP server program 6b.

The CGI program 6d is a type of external application started by the web server 1 via the CGI 6c, and is used when it is desired to perform an interactive (two-way) operation that cannot be performed in HTML. It is a program that can exceed the limits of HTML without using it. This CGI program 6d is HT
After being started by the TP server program 6b, a request from the web client 20 (the web browser 24a
Web server 1 according to the command transmitted from above)
Is a program that executes the request and returns the result to the web client 20 or the like. The CGI program 6d according to the present embodiment is a program executed in the information processing of the stored ball information, and is executed in the input processing of the stored ball information (S3), the settlement processing (S5), and the prize information providing processing (S4). This is a program for executing a product order process (S41). The details of these processes (S3 to S5) will be described later.

The ball-storing information memory 6e is a memory for storing ball-storing information, and stores the number of prize balls obtained by the player by pachinko in association with the player ID information (ball-storing).
It is a memory to keep. Each of the stored ball information is stored in the stored ball information input screen 41 by the stored ball information input process (S3) shown in FIG.
The information is input from the player, and the ball information memory 6e stores one ball information in association with one player. The stored ball information includes the player's ID information, the number of prize balls obtained by the player (the number of stored balls), the password required for paying out the stored balls, and the identification information of pachinko parlors serving as customers. And a history of the player accessing the savings information. This stored ball information will be described with reference to FIG.

The prize information memory 6f is a memory for storing prize information to be provided to the web client 20, and prize display screen 57 displays prize information which can be exchanged for a stored ball stored in the stored ball information memory 6e. As a plurality of memories. Also, a prize information memory 6f
Stores category information for displaying the category to which the prize information belongs as a category display screen 56. The category information (category display screen 56) is information serving as an index of the prize information, and is information provided to the web client 20 prior to the prize information (prize display screen 57).

Each piece of information stored in the prize information memory 6f is information generally called a home page described in the HTML language. The HTML document is an ordinary text file, but describes the structure of the document, the arrangement of characters, the arrangement of images, moving images, and sounds (contents of the display screen and the screen configuration) using a mark “tag”. Also,
The HTML language is a language in a hypertext format, and information described in this language has a data structure in which a part of data is linked to other data. That is, if a link is described on a home page which is data described in the language of the hypertext format, a link to another home page (designated data) is displayed at a corresponding position on the display screen of the home page. Is clicked, and the place where the link is set (generally, the display itself on the homepage screen) is clicked (selected).
Then, the linked home page (data) is read and displayed. Further, the HTML language activates a program such as an external application.
A description for linking the programs can be made, and a program such as an external application is started at a corresponding location on the display screen, triggered by a click.

This home page is transmitted to the web client 20 at the request of the web client 20. Then, the content is decoded by the web browser 24a mounted on the web client 20, and is displayed on the LCD 28 of the web client 20 as a display screen on which the contents can be read visually.

In the category information (category display screen 56) which is a homepage stored in the premium information memory 6f of this embodiment, a link to each premium information (prize display screen 57) is described. , The desired prize information can be read out (category search). The prize information (prize display screen 57) is C
The product order processing (S41), which is the GI program 6d, is described so as to be activated. When a premium is specified (clicked) on the premium display screen 57 displayed on the web client 20, the product order processing is performed. (S41) is executed. Further, the product order processing (S
The ID information input screen 61 and the order screen 66 transmitted to the web client 20 when step 41) is executed are information linked to the prize information, and the prize information memory 6f
Is stored in As described above, since the web server 1 can electronically provide the prize information via the web client 20, a variety of prizes can be provided to the player.

The prize information stored in the prize information memory 6f is information provided by each trader who is the orderer (provider) of the prize. This prize information can be obtained by accessing the web server 1 from the Internet by a predetermined method (according to the FTP protocol) on the Internet.
That update can be made. In other words, the provider of each prize information can update (load up) the prize information provided by the company online. For this reason, each prize information is constantly updated by the provider of the prize information, so that the latest prize information can be stored in the prize information memory 6f.

The order memory 6g stores the specified prize together with the orderer's information (player ID information) when a prize order is specified in the prize information provided to the web client 20. This is a memory for storing.
In the order memory 6g, one area is allocated corresponding to one prize information (prize display screen 57, prize information provider), and the prize specified on the prize display screen 57 is placed on the order screen. When an order is made at 66, information on the ordered prize is written in a corresponding area of the order memory 6g.

The information written here is the product name and quantity of the ordered prize, the order date and time, the amount of cash payment, and the ID information of the orderer (player). The orderer's (player's) ID information is information that is read from the ball-storing information memory 6e and written into the order-item memory 6g. , Name, address, and phone number are the ID of the orderer (player)
Written as information. These pieces of information are written in the order memory 6g in the HTML language.

The information stored in each area is provided with a URL, and this URL is notified only to the premium information provider. For this reason, each trader
L can be accessed from the Internet to browse the products ordered by the company, so check the products ordered by the company, and in the specified quantity, the orderer (player)
Can be shipped to Also, as will be described later, when cash is paid at the time of exchanging the prize, the prize price can be requested to the orderer, so that the player exceeds the range of the number of stored balls and the player You can get prizes.

The convenience store terminal memory 6h is a memory for storing the amount to be paid by the game arcade to the convenience store in association with the identification information of the web client 20 installed in the convenience store. The convenience store terminal memory 6h stores, as identification information of the web client 20 installed in the convenience store, the store name of the convenience store and the IP address of the web client 20 installed in the store name. An area is allocated to the convenience store terminal memory 6h for each piece of the identification information.

At the time of executing the payment processing (S5) in which the price of the product purchased in the convenience store is stored in the ball, the IP address of the web client 20 requesting the execution of the payment processing (S5) is read. The number of payable balls is written in the corresponding area of the memory 6h. The information stored in the convenience store terminal memory 6h is read out from the convenience store terminal memory 6h by a predetermined operation and displayed on the CRT 11. Here, CRT11
Displays the identification information (the store name and the IP address) of the web client 20 and the number of paid savings corresponding to the identification information. By performing totaling and executing payment to the convenience store based on the total number of stored balls, actual settlement involving payment of money can be performed.

The pachinko parlor terminal memory 6i is a memory for storing the IP address of the web client 20 installed in the pachinko parlor. The pachinko parlor terminal memory 6i is a memory that is referred to when inputting the number of prize balls (receiving a stored ball information input command).
A memory for determining whether or not the web client 20 that has requested the input of the number of prize balls is a valid web client 20 (a web client 20 installed in a pachinko parlor) capable of inputting the number of prize balls. It is. That is, when the web server 1 receives the pitch information input command transmitted from the web client 20, the web server 1 reads the IP address of the command transmission source and determines whether or not the IP address is stored in the pachinko parlor terminal memory 6i. By confirming this, only the input of the correct number of prize balls is accepted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the above MPU3, R
The OM 4 and the RAM 5 are connected to each other via a bus line 9, and the bus line 9 is also connected to an input / output port 12. The input / output port 12 is connected to the bus line 9
In addition, it is connected to a hard disk 6, an interface 7, a keyboard 10 and a CRT display 11.

The interface 7 is for connecting the MPU 3 and the modem 8, and uses RS-232C. An interface is a definition of the point of contact in data communication between different devices,
C is an electrical standard for connection between the modem 8 and the MPU 3. Since the RS-232C is a serial interface, data transmission between the MPU 3 and the modem 8 is performed one bit at a time.

The modem 8 is a transmission / reception means for transmitting and receiving commands and various data. When executing data communication such as the Internet via an analog communication line (telephone line 31), the modem 8 transmits and receives a digital signal and an analog signal. This is a modulation / demodulation device that performs conversion. Specifically, when transmitting data from the web server 1, the modem 8 performs modulation for converting a digital signal of the web server 1 into an analog signal so as to be put on the telephone line 31. The demodulation converts an analog signal transmitted by the telephone line 31 into an original digital signal.
The modem 8 is a network control unit (hereinafter simply referred to as "NC") for controlling a telephone line.
U ”), and the web server 1 is connected to the telephone line 31 via the modem 8 (NCU).

The web client 20 includes an MPU 21,
A ROM 22, a RAM 23, a hard disk 24, an input / output port 26, a keyboard 27, an LCD 28, an interface 29, and a modem 30 are provided. The MPU 21
It controls each unit connected to the bus line 25 based on a program or a fixed value stored in the ROM 22. The ROM 22 stores a control program 22a for controlling system operations executed by the web client 20.
It is a non-rewritable memory that stores such information.

The RAM 23 is a memory for temporarily storing various data and the like, and includes a load area 23a of a web browser and a reception data memory 23b. The web browser load area 23a is an area for loading a web browser 24a, which is a program for browsing information (homepage) provided (transmitted) from the web server 1. The web browser 24a loaded into the load area 23a is stored on the hard disk 24.

The reception data memory 23b stores the telephone line 31
Is a memory for temporarily storing data received via the. The stored ball information and premium information stored in the reception data memory 23a are decoded by the web browser 24a, displayed on the LCD 28, and viewed on the web client 20. The information stored in the reception data memory 23b is deleted from the reception data memory 23b when new information is received.

The hard disk 24 is a rewritable nonvolatile memory and has a web browser 24a. The data stored in the hard disk 24 is retained even after the power is turned off. The web browser 24a is general-purpose software for browsing home pages such as information on savings information and prizes transmitted from the web server 1,
This is a program for decoding a home page described in the HTML language transmitted from the web server 1 and displaying it on the LCD 28. Also, various commands are transmitted to the web server 1 from the displayed home page (display screen),
This is a program that causes the web server 1 to execute a process based on the command.

Specifically, the web client 20
The web browser 24a requests the web server 1 to transmit the prize information, and further decodes the prize information transmitted from the web server 1 to display the prize display screen 57 as an LC.
Display at D28. Furthermore, from this premium display screen 57,
A product selection command for selecting a desired prize is transmitted to the web server 1, and a product order process is performed on the web server 1 (S41).
Is executed. Further, by transmitting a stored ball information display request command (together with the ID information and the password) to the web server 1 by the web browser 24a, the number of stored balls that the player currently has and the past progress (the pachinko parlor where the prize ball has been input, , The number of entered prize balls, etc.) can be browsed.

In the pachinko parlor side terminal device among the web clients 20, the web browser 24a transmits a stored ball information input command for executing the input of stored ball information to the web server 1 and stores the command in the web server 1. The ball information input process (S3) is executed. Further, in the convenience store terminal device, the web browser 24a
Thereby, the savings settlement command is transmitted to the web server 1, and the web server 1 can execute the settlement process (S5).

As shown in FIG. 2, the above-mentioned MPU 21
The ROM 22 and the RAM 23 are connected to each other via a bus line 25, and the bus line 25 is also connected to an input / output port 26. The input / output port 26 is connected to a hard disk 24, a keyboard 27, an LCD 28, and an interface 29 in addition to the bus line 25. Also, the web client 20 is provided with an interface 29 and a modem 30 similarly to the web server 1, and the web client 20
0 (built-in NCU) is connected to the telephone line 31.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a stored-ball information list 32 in which the stored-ball information stored in the above-described stored-ball information memory 6e is displayed on the CRT 11 in the form of a list. The stored ball information list 32 can be displayed on the CRT 11 by performing a predetermined operation on the web server 1, and is displayed over a plurality of pages on the screen of the CRT 11. In the stored ball information list 32, other information (ID information other than the player's name and the number of prize balls obtained by the player (the number of stored balls)) corresponding to the name of one player And a password required for paying out the ball, identification information of a pachinko parlor serving as a customer, and a history of the player accessing the ball saving information.

At the left end of the stored ball information list 32, the player's I
An ID information column 33 for displaying D information is provided. I
The D information column 33 has a more detailed "name" column 33a and "address".
Column 33b, "Phone number" column 33c, "Date of birth" column 33
d, and are displayed in the order described above in order from the left end of the ID information column.

The "name" column 33a is a column in which the name of the player is displayed. "Address" column 33b is the "Name" on the left
This is a column for displaying an address corresponding to the name displayed in the column 33a. Similarly, the "phone number" column 33c and the "birth date" column 33d are columns for displaying the telephone number and the date of birth corresponding to the name displayed on the left side.
That is, the ID information of one player is the name of the player,
The information is composed of an address, a telephone number, and a date of birth, and such a series of information is stored in the pitch information memory 6e as ID information corresponding to one player.

"Password" is on the right of the ID information column 33.
A column 34 is provided, and the password set by the player is displayed. The displayed password is information that forms a pair with the ID information displayed on the left side thereof, and one password corresponds to one piece of ID information. For this reason, the password is related to the 1 ID information displayed on the left side,
It is stored in the pitch information memory 6e.

This password is recitation information, and is information that only the set player knows (recites). This password is information to be collated at the time of executing a prize exchange in the web client 20 or when inputting the information of the savings. If the password input in the web client 20 is incorrect, the product order processing is performed. (S41) or the settlement process (S5) is not executed, and no prize exchange is performed. In addition, the update of the stored coins by the stored coin information input process (S3) is not executed. Note that the password is information known only to the player who has set it.
The original information input is not displayed in the column 34, but a symbol "****" indicating that the password is stored in the pitch information memory 6e is displayed.

The "number of stored balls" column 35 provided to the right of the "password" column 34 is a column for displaying the number of stored balls owned by the player. In the “number of stored balls” column 35, the number of stored balls corresponding to one piece of ID information displayed in the ID information column 33 displayed on the left is displayed. The number of stored balls is the number of balls that can be exchanged for a prize by the player, and is added by the stored ball information input process (S3), and the product ordering process (S41).
And information to be subtracted by the settlement process (S5). In the present embodiment, the I
Only when the D information and the password are input, the number of stored balls and the prize are exchanged, and unless the ID information and the password are correctly input, the number of stored balls is not updated.

The “recognition number” column 36 provided to the right of the “number of stored balls” column 35 is a column for indicating pachinko parlors where the player is managed as a customer, and distinguishes a plurality of pachinko parlors. This is a column in which identification numbers assigned to pachinko parlors are displayed. Since the player is managed as a pachinko parlor customer who has registered his / her ID information, the identification number assigned to the pachinko parlor is displayed in the “recognition number” column 36 corresponding to the ID information. .

To the right of the “recognition number” column 36, “history”
A column 37 is displayed. In the “history” column 37, the file name of a history file in which the putting in and out of the stored balls performed by the player during a predetermined period (for example, the past year) is displayed. The player can access the file in which his / her own banknotes are recorded and received by sending a webpage information display request command requesting transmission of this history file from the web client 20 to the web server 1. As a result, the player can know the current number of stored balls owned by the player and the past progress (pachinko shops that have input prize balls, and information on stored balls such as the input number of prize balls).
Note that the history file is provided with ID information as header data, and when the player inputs the ID information in the web client 20, the stored ball stored in the history file is based on the ID information attached to the history file. Is read from the pitch information memory 6e. Further, only when the password corresponding to the ID information has been correctly input, the information on the stored ball read from the history file is transmitted to the requesting web client 20.
Sent to

Here, when the ball storage information stored in the pitch information memory 6e is provided to the web client 20, each information is converted into an HTML language and transmitted to the web client 20 by the HTTP server program 6b. .

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a stored-ball information input screen 41 which is a screen for inputting stored-ball information (new registration and update of registered stored-ball information), and a stored-ball display screen 46. is there. The stored ball information input screen 41 and the stored ball display screen 46 are screens for inputting a command that causes the web server 1 to execute the stored ball information input process (S3), and the web client 20 installed in the pachinko parlor is provided. 6 is a screen transmitted from the web server 1 to the (pachinko parlor side terminal device).

The pitch information input screen 41 is a screen for reading the pitch information from the pitch information memory 6e, and is transmitted from the web server 1 to the web client 20 based on the pitch information input command. A “new registration” button 44 and a “registration change” button 45 are provided above the screen of the ball information input screen 41. The “new registration” button 44 and the “registration change” button 45 are command transmission buttons for transmitting to the web server 1 a command for requesting the transmission of the pitch information stored in the pitch information memory 6e. Here, the “new registration” button 44 is a button for causing the web server 1 to register new savings information, and the savings display screen 4 for inputting new savings information.
No. 6 is a button for requesting the web server 1 to transmit. When the button 44 is clicked, a stored-ball display screen 46 for inputting new stored-ball information is transmitted from the web server 1 and displayed on the LCD 28.

The "change registration" button 45 is a button for causing the web server 1 to update the previously stored coin information, and the previously stored coin information is displayed. A button for requesting the web server 1 to transmit the saved ball display screen 46. When the button 45 is clicked (input), the web server 1 is requested to transmit a pitch display screen 46 in which pitch information corresponding to the ID information input in the input field 42 is displayed.

Below the “change registration” button 45, the ID
An information input field 42 is provided. This input field 42
Is composed of three fields for inputting a name, a date of birth, and a telephone number. The ID information input in the input field 42 is information that serves as an index when reading the stored ball information from the stored ball information memory 6e. The ID information is transmitted to the web server 1 when the “change registration” button 45 is clicked,
The stored ball information corresponding to the ID information is read from the stored ball information memory 6e.

A password input field 43 is provided below the ID information input field 42. The password input to the input field 43 is information that forms a pair with the ID information, and is information unique to one player. This password is
If the password is transmitted to the web server 1 together with the ID information input in the ID information input field 42 and matches the password (the password registered together with the ID information) stored in the pitch information memory 6e, the password is registered based on the ID information. The stored ball information read out is transmitted to the web client 20.

An "end" button 39 is displayed on the right side of the input field 43.
Is provided. The “end” button 39 is a command transmission button for transmitting a command to the web server 1,
When this “end” button 39 is clicked (input),
Stored ball information input processing (S
3) is ended, and the display of the accumulated ball information input screen 41 is ended.

The savings ball display screen 46 is a savings information input screen 4
1 is a screen transmitted from the web server 1 to the web client 20 based on a request from the web server 1 (input of the “change registration” button 45 or input of the “new registration” button 44). It is a screen on which the stored ball information corresponding to the ID information is displayed. On the ball display screen 46, each ID information and password stored as ball information are displayed in a table format. This table is provided with a display column 47 for ID information and a display column 48 for password, and the columns 47 and 48 respectively display ID information and a password. Since the password is recitation information, the password actually set is displayed in the display field 48.
Is not displayed on the screen and "****" is displayed.

The number of stored balls owned by the player is displayed below the ID information display column 47, and the number of prize balls obtained in the game is input to the right of the displayed number of stored balls. Ball number input field 4
8 are provided. When the ball number input field 48 is clicked, the input is in a state of accepting the input. When the number of prize balls obtained by the player is inputted from the keyboard 27, the numerical value is displayed. To the right of the ball number input field 48, "Add"
A button 49 and a “subtract” button 50 are displayed, and these buttons 49 and 50 include selection buttons 49 a and 5.
0a. The selection button 49a provided on the "add" button 49 is used to change the numerical value (the number of prize balls) displayed in the ball number input field 48 to the corresponding number of stored balls stored in the stored ball information memory 6e. This button is used to specify addition. The selection button 50 a provided on the “subtract” button 50 is a ball number input field 48.
Is a button for designating the subtraction of the numerical value (the number of prize balls) displayed from the corresponding number of stored balls stored in the stored ball information memory 6e. When the selection buttons 49a and 50a are clicked, they become selected, and black circles are displayed to indicate that they are selected. In the figure, the selection button 49
a is selected, and the addition of the numerical value (the number of award balls) displayed in the ball number input field 48 is designated.

Above the ID information display column 47, an "update" button 51 and a "cancel" button 52 are displayed. The “update” button 51 is a command transmission button for transmitting to the web server 1 an update request command for requesting the update of the stored ball information. When the “update” button 51 is clicked (input), the web server 1 is requested to update the stored ball information, and the content input (displayed) on the stored ball display screen 46 corresponds to the content of the stored ball information memory 6 e. The savings information is updated.

A “cancel” button 52 is displayed to the right of the “update” button 51. The “cancel” button 52 is a command transmission button for transmitting a cancel command for notifying the web server 1 of the end of the ball display screen 46. When the “cancel” button 52 is pressed, a cancel command is transmitted to the web server 1. Then, the display of the stored ball display screen 46 is terminated, and the stored ball information input process (S3) is terminated.

Here, when the "new registration" button 44 is input on the pitch information input screen 41, there is no pitch information stored in the pitch information memory 6e. A stored ball display screen 46 displayed in a blank space (no stored ball information is displayed) is displayed. In such a case, the information can be input to the columns 47 and 48 by operating the keyboard 27 of the web client 20, and the input information is transmitted to the web server 1 when the “update” button 51 is input. Then, it is stored (newly registered) in the pitch information memory 6e as new pitch information.

FIG. 5 shows that, in the prize information providing process (S4), the web server 1 sends the web client 20 based on the command transmitted from the web client 20.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a prize information providing screen 55, a category display screen 56, and a prize display screen 57 which are transmitted to the LCD 28 and displayed on the LCD 28. The prize information providing screen 55 is a screen on which index information of each prize information stored in the prize information memory 6f is displayed, and a prize category is displayed. Each category has a category name (music CD, video, DVD,
Sports, living, etc.), and below each category name, a prize belonging to that category is displayed. For example, “Clock”, “Accessory”, “Bag” and the like are displayed below the category name “Life”.

Each category name is a category designation button 55a for designating the category. The category designation button 55a is a link button to a category display screen 56 for displaying a more detailed category. Therefore, when the category designation button 55a is clicked (input), a command for requesting transmission of the corresponding category display screen 56 is transmitted to the web server 1. As a result, the corresponding category display screen 56 (index information) is read from the prize information memory 6f, transmitted to the web client 20, and displayed on the LCD.

Above the prize information providing screen 55, an "end" button 55b is displayed. The “end” button 55b is a command transmission button for transmitting an end command to end the premium information providing process (S4) to the web server 1. When the "end" button 55b is clicked (input), an end command is transmitted to the web server 1, and the display of the premium information providing screen 55 is ended.
The prize information providing process (S4) ends. In FIG. 5, "life" is input as the category designation button 55a.

The category display screen 56 is a screen in which a detailed category (prize index information) corresponding to the category designation button 55a is displayed based on the category designation button 55a input on the premium information provision screen 55. . In FIG. 5, a category display screen 56 is displayed on the premium information provision screen 55 when a category designation button 55a “life” is input.

The category display screen 56 displays detailed categories such as "clock", "accessory", "bag", "fashion", and the like. The prize is displayed by the prize name. For example, below the detailed category “Clock”, it is displayed that specific prizes are “Watch”, “Table clock and others”. The display of each premium name is a premium specifying button 56a for specifying a premium. The prize designation button 56a is a button for designating (notifying the web server 1) the prize corresponding to the displayed prize name as a desired prize. The prize designation button 56a (display of the prize name) is clicked (input). Then, in the web server 1,
The corresponding prize information (prize display screen 57) is read from the prize information memory 6f and transmitted to the web client 20, and the prize display screen 57 is displayed.

Further, a “cancel” button 56 b which is a command transmission button for transmitting a cancel command is provided in an upper right portion of the category display screen 56. When the "cancel" button 56b is clicked (input), the input on the category display screen 56 is canceled, and the premium information providing screen 55 is transmitted from the web server 1 to the web client 20.

The prize display screen 57 is a screen on which prize information (prize information screen 57) stored in the web server 1 is displayed. Server 1
This is a screen on which the premium information (prize display screen 57) transmitted from is displayed. The prize display screen 57 is a screen for specifying a prize that is desired to be exchanged for savings, and executing the order, and displays a list of prizes exchanged for savings.

In the upper part of the prize display screen 57, the name of the provider of the prize information (the supplier to whom the prize is ordered) <
XX store> is displayed, and below the display of the trader name <XX store>, it is displayed that the category of the prize displayed on the screen is a wristwatch. Below the category display of such prizes, a prize list 58 is displayed in which prizes exchanged for savings are displayed. At the left end of the premium list 58, a "product name" column 58a for displaying the product name of the premium (watch) is provided. This "product name" column 58
Each product name displayed in a is a product selection button, and the display of each product name (product selection button) is clicked (input).
Then, the product (prize) corresponding to the clicked product name is designated as a prize to be exchanged for savings. . In the prize designation by this click, the prize designation can be performed by one click, and the prize designation can be canceled by double-clicking. By clicking a plurality of product names, a plurality of prizes can be designated.

To the right of the "product name" column 58a, there is provided a "maker" column 58b in which the manufacturers of the products displayed in the "product name" column 58a are displayed. Further, a "ball count" column 58c is provided to the right of the "maker" column 58b. In the "number of balls" column 58c, the number of stored balls (the number of award balls) required for exchange with the product displayed in the "product name" column 58a on the left side is displayed. "Number of balls" column 58c
The remarks column 58d displays the size, capacity, material, etc. of the product of the product displayed in the "product name" column 58a to the right of.
Is provided. In the remarks column 58d, information serving as an index for selecting a prize to be exchanged is displayed.

At the upper right side of the premium list 58, "Order"
A button 59 and a “cancel” button 60 are provided. Each of the buttons 59 and 60 is a command transmission button for transmitting a command to the web server 1, and the “order” button 59 is a button for transmitting an order command for ordering a prize specified in the prize list 58 to the web server 1. is there. When the "order" button 59 is clicked (input), an order command is transmitted to the web server 1, and the commodity order processing (S41) is started.

On the other hand, the “cancel” button 60 is a command transmission button for transmitting a cancel command for canceling the display of the premium display screen 57 to the web server 1. When the “cancel” button 60 is input, the web server 1 , The display of the premium display screen 57 is ended, and the previously displayed category display screen 56 is again displayed on the web client 2.
0, and the display screen of the LCD 28 is switched.

In the premium display screen 57 shown in FIG. 5,
The product name "XXX-1" is clicked and the product "XXX
-1 "is designated as a prize, and an" order "button 59
Is clicked (input), and the designated prize "X
An order command for ordering “XX-1” has been transmitted to the web server 1.

FIG. 6 shows that when the “order” button 59 is clicked on the premium display screen 57 of FIG. 5 to execute the commodity order processing (S 41), the commodity is transmitted from the web server 1 to the web client 20, and the LCD 28 is displayed. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an ID information input screen 61 and an order screen 66 displayed in FIG. The ID information input screen 61 is a screen for confirming whether or not the player is a registered player,
An ID information input field 62 and a password input field 63 are provided. The ID information input field 62 includes a name input field 62a for inputting a name, a date of birth input field 62b for inputting a date of birth, and a telephone number input field 62 for inputting a telephone number.
c. In the input fields 62a to 62c,
Characters (corresponding ID information) are input by input from the keyboard 28. In the password input field 63, a password is input by input from the keyboard 28, but characters input to maintain the confidentiality of the password are not displayed, but a symbol "*" indicating the input is displayed.

Below the password input field 63, an "authentication" button 64 for transmitting the information input in the ID information input field 62 and the password input field 63 to the web server 1 is displayed. "Authentication" button 64 is clicked (input)
Then, the information input to each of the input fields 62 and 63 is transmitted to the web server 1. Thereby, the web server 1
In, the ID information and the password input on the ID information input screen 61 are verified, and when the validity is verified as a result of the verification, the order screen 66 is transmitted to the web client 20.

At the top of the ID information input screen 61,
A “Cancel” button 65 is displayed. The "cancel" button 65 is a command transmission button for transmitting a cancel command to the web server 1. When the "cancel" button 65 is clicked (input), the commodity order processing (S41) is terminated, and the web server 1 The prize information providing screen 55 is transmitted.

An order screen 66 is displayed on the LCD 28 when the “authentication” button 64 is input on the ID information input screen 61 and the input ID information and password are authenticated in the web server 1. It is. The order screen 66 is a screen for executing the order (prize exchange) of the prize specified on the prize display screen 57. Above the order screen 66, a stored ball information display field 67 for displaying stored ball information is provided. In the stored ball information display column 67, among the stored ball information read out from the stored ball information memory 6e based on the ID information input on the ID information input screen 61, the name of the player “XX XX”,
The number of stored balls "15000" owned by the player is displayed. As a result, the player can check the number of stored balls that the player has.

[0086] An order commodity display field 68 is provided below the ball storage information display field 67. This order product display column 6
Reference numeral 8 denotes a column in which information of a prize designated on the prize display screen 57 is displayed. This order product display column 68 is a "product name" column 68a in which the product name of the designated premium is displayed.
And a "quantity" field 68b for specifying the quantity of the designated prize
And a "number of balls" field 68c in which the number of balls (the number of stored balls) required for the exchange of the designated premium is displayed. The “product name” column 68a displays a product name “XXX-1” which is a premium specified on the premium display screen 57.

The “quantity” column 68b is provided in the “product name” column 68a.
Is a field for designating the quantity of goods (prizes) to be exchanged for savings. Although "1" is displayed in the "quantity" column 68b in the initial state, the numerical value can be input from the keyboard 28 so that the player can specify a desired quantity. It has become. The “number of balls” column 68c contains the number of stored balls required to exchange one product (prize) displayed in the “product name” column 68a for the stored balls (the number of balls displayed on the premium display screen 57). ) Is displayed in the initial state. The number of balls displayed in the “number of balls” column 68c is linked to the numerical value in the “quantity” column 68b. The number of balls (multiplied) is displayed in the "number of balls" column 68c.

Below the ordered product display field 68, a price payment field 69 for designating a payment method is displayed. The payment column 69 includes a ball storage column 69a and a cash column 69b. The ball storage column 69a is a column provided for paying out the designated premium by the ball storage. When the ball storage box 69a is clicked, the state becomes ready to receive an input.
Is displayed in the ball storage field 69a. The numerical value displayed in the ball storage column 69a is stored in the ball storage information memory 6e.
Is the number of paid savings to be paid from the number of stored savings.

The cash column 69b is a column provided for paying a designated premium in cash. Like the storage field 69a, when clicked, the state is entered,
The numerical value input from the keyboard 27 is displayed in the cash column 69b as the payment amount. This storage field 69a and cash field 6
An arbitrary numerical value can be input to 9b, but an error is displayed if the sum of the number of saved balls and the cash does not match the amount that can be exchanged for a prize. Since the cash column 69b is provided, the exchange of the prize can be performed not only with the savings but also with the savings and the cash.
The player can obtain a desired prize by paying the shortage in cash, even if the number of the stored balls of the player is less than the number of prizes to be exchanged.

At the top of the ball information display field 67, "Order" is displayed.
A button 70 and a “cancel” button 71 are displayed. The buttons 70 and 71 are command transmission buttons for transmitting a command to the web server 1.
When the buttons 0 and 71 are clicked (input), a command corresponding to each button is transmitted to the web server 1.

[0091] The "order" button 70 is a button for instructing the web server 1 to place an order (prize exchange) for the specified prize in the quantity and the payment method specified on the order screen 66. When the "order" button 70 is clicked (input), an instruction command for ordering is transmitted to the web server 1 and the information displayed on the order screen 66 (bank information, product name of prize, The quantity, the number of paid balls, and the amount of cash paid) are transmitted to the web server 1, and then the order screen 66 is terminated.

The “cancel” button 71 is a command transmission button for transmitting a cancel command to the web server 1. When the "cancel" button 71 is input, the commodity order processing (S41) is terminated, and the premium information providing screen 55 is displayed from the web server 1 to the web client 20.
And the display screen of the LCD 28 is switched.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a payment screen 75 transmitted to the web client 20 and displayed on the LCD 28 of the web client 20 when the web server 1 receives the savings settlement command. This payment screen 75
Is a screen for executing a payment process (S5) in which a player pays for a product purchased at a convenience store through a savings ball. The payment screen 75 is provided with an input field 76 for inputting information of a product purchased by the player from the upper side to the lower side of the screen.

In the input field 76, the name of the product purchased by the player 76a is displayed on the left side in order, and the price of each product (the price of the product 76b) is displayed on the right side of the product name 76a. Have been. Each product name 76a and the product price 76b are input from the keyboard 27 and displayed in the input field 76. Below the commodity price 76b, a total amount 76c of each commodity price is displayed. The total amount 76c is the amount to be paid in the savings, that is, the settlement amount.

Below the total amount 76c, a name column 77 and a password column 78 are provided. The name column 77 is a column for inputting a name, which is ID information of the player, and the password column 78 is a column for inputting a pre-registered password (recited by the player). The name column 77 and the password column 78 are in a state of accepting input by clicking, and characters input from the keyboard 28 are input into the columns 77 and 78.

Also, on the payment screen 75, in order to maintain the confidentiality of the password, the entered characters are not displayed in the entered password column 78, and a symbol "*" indicating that the password has been entered is displayed. Is displayed. The name entered in the name field 77 and the password entered in the password field 78 are transmitted to the web server 1 when the enter key is entered after both are entered. At the time of transmission, the total amount 76c is also transferred to the web server 1
Is sent to the web server 1 to request payment by the savings.

The deposit 7 is located below the password field 78.
9 is displayed. The deposit 79 is the amount of money paid by the player for goods purchased by the player. The deposit 79 is determined by the name and password transmitted to the web server 1 to be legitimate for the player who has requested the payment of the commodity price from the web client 20, and the player's savings possessed by the player This is displayed when the number (the number of stored balls stored in the stored-ball information memory 6e) exceeds the number of stored and paid balls, and notifies that the payment processing (S5) is completed in the web server 1. It is a display.
That is, when the deposit 79 is displayed on the payment screen 75, the merchandise has been paid by the player's stock. Since the deposit 79 is settled at the same amount as the total amount 76c, no change is given and received, and change 0 is displayed on the screen. Here, if the number of stored balls stored in the stored ball information memory 6e has not reached the number of stored balls corresponding to the total amount 76c, the commodity price (total amount 7
9) can not be paid by savings, deposit 79
Is not displayed on the payment screen 75, but an error message is displayed.

[0098] A "cancel" button 80 is displayed to the right of the deposit 79. The "cancel" button 80 is a command transmission button for transmitting a cancel command to the web server 1. When the "cancel" button 80 is clicked (input), the settlement processing (S5).
Is aborted.

Next, with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 8 to 12, each processing executed by the web server 1 configured as described above will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the stored ball information processing executed by the web server 1. The stored ball information processing decodes the command transmitted from the web client 20, and inputs or provides stored ball information according to the decoded command (S3).
A prize information providing process (S4) for providing prize information to the web client 20 to execute designation of a prize, and a settlement process (S5) for executing payment of merchandise purchased at a convenience store at a savings ball. is there.

In this stored-ball information processing, first, it is confirmed whether or not an information transmission request command transmitted from the web client 20 has been received (S1), and if the information transmission request command has not been received (S1). : No), and ends the stored-ball information processing. Also, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S1, if the information transmission request command has been received (S1: Y
es), it is confirmed what the received information transmission request command is (S2). As a result of the confirmation, if the received information transmission request command is the stored ball information input command, the stored ball information input processing is executed (S3), and the stored ball information processing ends. Also, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S2, if the received information transmission request command is a prize information request command, a prize information provision processing is executed (S4), and the stored-pickup information processing is ended. On the other hand, as a result of the confirmation in the process of S2, if the received information transmission request command is the stored ball settlement command, the payment process is executed (S5), and the stored ball information processing is ended.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the stored ball information input processing (S3) executed in the stored ball information processing of FIG. The savings information input process (S3) is a process executed by a command transmitted from the web client 20 installed in the pachinko parlor and registered in the web server 1 in advance. In this process, the number of prize balls obtained by pachinko is associated with the ID information of the player and written as ball storage information in the ball storage information memory 6e. A command for executing the stored ball information input process (S3) is input on the stored ball information input screen 41 and the stored ball display screen 46 transmitted to the web client 20. In addition, since the stored ball information input in the stored ball information input process (S3) needs to be updated each time a player obtains a prize ball in a pachinko game, the stored ball information input process (S3) is performed each time. Is executed.

In the pitch information input processing (S3), first, the IP address of the web client 20 that has transmitted the pitch information input command is confirmed (S11). Then
It is checked whether or not the IP address is stored in the pachinko parlor terminal memory 6i (S12). If the IP address is not stored (S12: No), the save information input processing (S3) is ended. On the other hand, as a result of checking in the processing of S12, if the IP address of the web client 20 that has transmitted the pitch information input command is stored in the pachinko parlor terminal memory 6i (S12: Yes), the pitch information input screen 41 ( 4 (see FIG. 4) to the web client 20 that is the command transmission source (S13), and this stored-ball information input processing (S13).
Continue with 3).

After transmitting the pitch information input screen 41, the processing is executed based on the input in the pitch information input screen 41 transmitted to the web client 20. And
It is confirmed what the button input on the pitch information input screen 41 transmitted to the web client 20 is (S14), and when the button is the "end button" 39 (S14: "end" button) ), And ends the stored ball information input process (S3). In addition, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S14, the input button is changed to the “change registration” button 45.
If it is (S14: “change registration” button), the ID information (name, date of birth, telephone number), password, and It is confirmed whether or not all have been input (S1
5).

Here, if the ID information and the password to be inputted have been completely entered (S15:
Yes), the input password and the input ID information are stored in the pitch information memory 6e, and it is further confirmed whether or not the input password is a valid password corresponding to the ID information (Yes). S16). As a result, when the password is not a valid password (S16: No), the savings information input process (S3) ends. On the other hand, S16
As a result of the confirmation in step S15, if the password is valid (S16: Yes), the ID received in step S15
The stored ball information corresponding to the information is read from the stored ball information memory 6e, and the stored ball display screen 46 displaying the stored ball information is transmitted to the web client 20 (S17). After the transmission of the accumulated ball display screen 46, the process is executed based on the input on the accumulated ball display screen 46 transmitted to the web client 20.

Then, the “cancel” button 5 is displayed on the pitch display screen 46 transmitted to the web client 20.
2 is input (S18), and if the "cancel" button 52 is input (S18: Ye
s), the stored ball information input processing (S3) is ended. On the other hand, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S18, if the “cancel” button 52 has not been input (S18: No), it is further confirmed whether or not the “update” button 51 has been input on the ball display screen 46 (S19). If the "update" button 51 has been input (S19: Yes), it is confirmed whether or not a numerical value (the number of spheres) has been input in the sphere number field 48 (S20).

Here, if the number of balls has been input (S2
0: Yes), it is confirmed whether or not designation has been made to subtract the number of balls from the number of stored balls stored in the stored ball information memory 6e (whether or not the selection button 50a has been selected) (S21). If the subtraction is designated (S2
1: Yes), the number of balls confirmed to be input in the processing of S20 is subtracted from the number of stored balls stored in the stored ball information memory 6e, and the stored ball information stored in the stored ball information memory 6e is updated (S2).
2), the stored coin information input processing (S3) is terminated. If the result of the check in S21 indicates that the subtraction has not been specified (S21: No), the addition has been specified, and the number of balls whose input has been confirmed in the process of S20 is stored in the pitch information memory 6e. Stored information memory 6 by adding to the number of stored balls
The stored ball information stored in e is updated (S23), and the stored ball information input processing (S3) ends.

On the other hand, as a result of checking in the processing of S14, if the button input on the pitch information input screen 41 is the "new registration" button 44 (S14: "new registration" button), the new pitch information is displayed. This is a registration request, and the process is executed to write new pitch information in the pitch information memory 6e. In such a case, first, the identification number of the web client 20 is read out with reference to the pachinko parlor terminal memory i, and the pitch display screen 46 displaying the identification number is transmitted to the web client 20 (S2).
4). Next, it is determined whether or not the “cancel” button 52 has been input on the pitch display screen 46 transmitted to the web client 20 (S25). If the “cancel” button 52 has been input (S25: Yes) Then, the savings information input processing (S3) is ended.

If the result of the check in S25 is that the "cancel" button 52 has not been entered on the accumulated ball display screen 46 (S25: No), it is further confirmed whether or not the "update" button 51 has been entered. (S26), if the "update" button 51 has been input (S26: Yes)
s) It is confirmed whether or not information has been entered in all of the ID information display field 47 and the password display field 48 of the pitch display screen 46 (S27). As a result of the confirmation, information has been entered in all fields. If it is (S27: Yes), the input information is written into the pitch information memory 6e as pitch information (S2).
8), the stored-ball information input process (S3) ends.

Further, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S26, when the "update" button 51 is not inputted (S2
6: No), the process proceeds to S25, and the input of the “cancel” button 52 or the “update” button 51 is awaited. Further, even if the input of the "update" button 51 is confirmed in the processing of S26, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S27, the information is displayed in all of the ID information display field 47 and the password display field 48 of the ball display screen 46. If is not entered,
The process moves to S25.

In addition, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S15, I
If all the D information and the password have not been received (S1
5: No), the process of S16 waits until all the ID information and password to be received are received. In addition, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S19, the “update” button 51
If has not been input (S19: No), the process proceeds to S18, and waits for the input of the "cancel" button 52 or the "update" button 51 on the ball display screen 46. Further, even if the input of the "update" button 51 is confirmed in the processing of S19, if the number of balls is not inputted as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S20, the processing is repeated in S1.
Move to 8.

Note that registering the player's own ID information in the web server 1 in order to store a ball is new registration (input of the “new registration” button 44). May have won a prize ball. In this case, first, new registration (input of the “new registration” button 44) is performed on the savings information input screen 41, and then registration is updated again (“registration updating” button 45) on the savings information input screen 41.
), The number of prize balls is input.

By this pitched ball information input process (S3), the prize ball obtained by the player in the pachinko is stored in the web server 1 as electronic information, that is, the prize ball obtained in the game is stored on the spot. Instead of exchanging prizes, it can be stored in the web server 1 as a storage ball.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the prize information providing process (S4) executed in the information processing of the stored balls. The prize information providing process (S4) transmits the prize information stored in the prize information memory 6f to the requesting web client 20, based on the request from the web client 20,
When a prize is specified in the transmitted prize information,
Product order processing for ordering the specified premium (S4
This is a process for executing 1). This prize information providing process (S
4) can be executed irrespective of the specific web client 20 (such as a pachinko parlor terminal device or a convenience store terminal device), and the prize information provision screen 55 and the category display screen 5 transmitted to the web client 20 are transmitted.
6. This is executed based on the input on the premium display screen 57.

In the prize information providing process (S4), first, the web client 20 that has transmitted the prize information request command
The prize information providing screen 55 is transmitted to (S31). After transmitting the prize information providing screen 55, the process is executed based on the input on the transmitted prize information providing screen 55.
Then, in the premium information providing screen 55 transmitted to the web client 20, it is confirmed whether or not the "end" button 55b is inputted (S32). As a result of the confirmation, if the "end" button 55b is inputted ( S32: Ye
s), the prize information providing process (S4) ends.

On the other hand, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S32, if the “end” button 55b is not input on the premium information providing screen 55 (S32: No), the category designation button 55a is further input on the premium information providing screen 55. It is checked whether or not the category designation button 55a has been input (S33: Yes). If the category designation button 55a has been entered (S33: Yes), the category display screen 56 corresponding to the entered category designation button 55a is read from the premium information memory 6f. And sends it to the web client 20 (S34).

The category display screen 56 is a screen for designating a premium. After transmission of the category display screen 56, based on the input on the transmitted category display screen 56,
Execute the processing. And the web client 20
It is confirmed whether or not the “cancel” button 56b is input on the category display screen 56 transmitted to (S3).
5) If the "cancel" button 56b has not been input (S35: No), it is confirmed whether or not the premium designating button 56a has been input (S36). As a result of the confirmation, if the premium specifying button 56a has been input (S36: Yes)
s) The prize display screen 57 corresponding to the inputted prize designation button 56a is read from the prize information memory 6f and transmitted to the web client 20 (S37).

The prize display screen 57 is a screen on which specific commodities regarding the prize are displayed, and is a screen for designating a prize (product name) to be ordered. After transmitting the prize display screen 57, the processing is executed based on the input on the transmitted prize display screen 57. Then, it is confirmed whether or not the “cancel” button 60 is input on the premium display screen 57 transmitted to the web client 20 (S
38) As a result of the confirmation, if the “cancel” button 60 has not been input (S38: No), the “order” button 5
It is confirmed whether or not 9 has been input (S39). If the "order" button 59 has been input here (S39: Ye
s) Further, it is confirmed whether or not a product selection button is input (S40). If the product selection button is input (S40: Yes), a product ordering process is executed (S4).
1). After executing the commodity order processing (S41), the processing shifts to S31, and the premium information provision screen 55 is transmitted to the web client 20 again. Prize information provision processing (S
4) is continuously executed until the "end" button 55b is input from the screen of the premium information provision screen 55 in the process of S32.

If the result of the check in S33 shows that the category designation button 55a has not been entered on the prize information provision screen 55 (S33: No), the process is repeated in S3.
The process then proceeds to step S2, and waits for input of the "end" button 55b or the category designation button 55a. Also, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S35, if the "cancel" button 56b is input on the category display screen 56 (S35: Ye
s), the process proceeds to S31. Further, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S36, if the prize designation button 56a is not input on the category display screen 56 (S36: N
o), the process proceeds to S35 and waits for input of a "cancel" button 56b or a prize designation button 56a. Also, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S38, if the "cancel" button 60 is input on the premium display screen 57 (S38: Yes), the processing shifts to S34. As a result, the category display screen 56 is transmitted to the web client 20, and the display screen of the LCD 28 is switched from the premium display screen 57 to the category display screen 56. In addition, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S39, if the “order” button 59 is not input on the premium display screen 57 (S39: No), the processing shifts to S38,
It waits for the input of the "cancel" button 60 or the "order" button 59. Also, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S40,
If the product selection button has not been input on the premium display screen 57 (S40: No), an error message is transmitted to the web client 20 (S42), and the process proceeds to S38.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the commodity order processing (S41) executed in the premium information provision processing (S4). The commodity order processing (S41) is performed on the premium display screen 57.
In the above, based on the order of the prize designated by the web client 20 (ordering to the designated prize trader) and the number of accumulated balls corresponding to the prize, the stored ball information stored in the stored ball information information 6e This is the process of executing the update.
Thereby, the prize is paid in the storage of the ball, and by the commodity order processing (S41), the player can exchange the prize ball obtained in the pachinko with the desired prize. The product order processing (S41) is executed based on a command input in the web client 20, and the command is input in the ID information input screen 61 and the order screen 66 transmitted to the web client 20.

In this product order processing (S41), first,
The ID information input screen 61 is transmitted to the web client 20 (S43). The ID information input screen 61 is a screen for inputting ID information and a password for confirming whether or not the player is a valid player who can exchange prizes. After transmitting the ID information input screen 61,
The process is executed based on the input on the ID information input screen 61 transmitted to the web client 20.

Then, on the ID information input screen 61 transmitted to the web client 20, it is confirmed whether or not the "cancel" button 65 is inputted (S44), and if the "cancel" button 65 is inputted (S44). : Y
es), the commodity order processing (S41) ends. If the result of the check in S44 shows that the “Cancel” button 65 has not been input (S44: No), the “Authentication” button 64 is further displayed on the ID information input screen 61.
Is confirmed (S45).

Here, if the "authentication" button 64 has been input (S45: Yes), the ID information input on the ID information input screen 61 is stored in the pitch information memory 6e with reference to the pitch information memory 6e. Then, it is confirmed whether the input password is a valid password corresponding to the ID information (S46). As a result of the confirmation, the input ID information is stored in the pitch information memory 6e, and if the input password is a valid password (S4
6: Yes), among the stored ball information corresponding to the ID information, the name and the number of stored balls are read from the stored ball information memory 6e and written into the data load area 5c (S47). Then, in addition to the name and the number of stored balls written in the data load area 5c, the product name of the prize selected (designated) by the product selection button is written on the ordering screen 66, and the ordering screen on which each information is written is written. 66 to the web client 20
(S48).

The order screen 66 is displayed on the web client 20
Is a screen for executing a prize order (prize exchange) designated by the web client 20.
After the transmission to the web client 20, the processing is executed based on the input on the order screen 66 transmitted to the web client 20. Then, on the order screen 66 transmitted to the web client 20, it is confirmed whether or not the "cancel" button 71 is input (S49). If the "cancel" button 71 is input here (S49: Yes)
s), the commodity order processing (S41) is terminated.

On the other hand, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S49, if the “cancel” button 71 is not inputted (S4
9: No) Further, it is confirmed whether or not the “order” button 70 has been entered on the order screen 66 (S50). If the result of the confirmation is that the “order” button 70 has been entered (S5),
0: Yes), the number of stored balls (number of paid stored balls) input in the stored ball field 69a of the order screen 66 is within the number of stored balls read out in the processing of S47 (the number of stored balls held by the player). It is checked whether or not there is (S51). As a result, when the number of paid savings is within the number of savings held by the player (S51: Ye
s) It is checked whether or not the sum of the number of stored savings and the cash paid entered in the savings field 69a and the cashing field 69b of the order screen 66 matches the designated premium amount (S52). .
As a result of the confirmation in the processing of S52, if the sum of the inputted number of paid savings and the paid cash coincides with the designated premium amount (S52: Yes), the cash paid is entered in the cash column 69b. Is confirmed (whether to pay cash) or not (S53).

Here, if there is an input of cash to be paid in the cash column 69b (S53: Yes), the amount of cash to be paid is confirmed.
In addition to the amount and the number of stored and saved balls, the product name and quantity read from the order screen 66 and the number of stored balls corresponding to the designated prize,
The corresponding ID information stored in the pitch information memory 6e and the order information memory 6g are written (S54). Then
The number of paying balls is subtracted from the corresponding number of stored balls stored in the ball information memory 6e, and the number of saved balls is subtracted from the number of stored balls.
e to update the number of stored balls (S55), and the commodity order processing (S41) ends.

Further, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S46, the ID
If the ID information input on the information input screen 61 is not stored in the pitch information memory 6e (S46: N
o) After transmitting the error message to the web client 20 (S56), the process proceeds to S43. Furthermore, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S50, if the “order” button 70 is not input on the order screen 66 (S5).
0: No), the process proceeds to S49, and waits for input of a “cancel” button 71 or an “order” button 70. In addition, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S51, when the number of saved balls input on the order screen 66 exceeds the number of accumulated balls held by the player (S51: No), and as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S52, If the sum of the number of paid savings and the cash paid entered on the order screen 66 does not match the designated premium amount (S52: No), an error message is sent to the web client 20. ,
The process shifts to S49. On the other hand, as a result of the confirmation in the S53 process, if there is no input of the cash to be paid in the cash column 69b of the order screen 66 (S53: No), the number of the stored savings, the product name and quantity of the prize, and the savings corresponding to the designated prize Is written in the order memory 6g (S58).
Go to 55.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the settlement process (S5) executed in the stored-ball information processing. In the settlement processing (S5), the web client 20 (convenience store side terminal device) installed in the convenience store
This is a process executed by a command input from the customer to pay for the goods purchased at the convenience store at the ball. By this settlement processing (S5), the price of the product purchased at the convenience store is paid (paid) by the coin based on the coin information stored in the coin information memory 6e. In other words, the settlement processing (S5)
Is a process for providing, as a prize, a product purchased by a player at a convenience store, not a prize prepared at the game hall. This payment processing (S5) is executed based on the input on the payment screen 75 (see FIG. 7) transmitted to the web client 20.

In the settlement process (S5), first, the payment screen 75 is transmitted to the web client 20 (convenience store side terminal device) that has transmitted the save ball settlement command (S5).
61). After transmitting the payment screen 75 to the web client 20, the processing is executed based on the input on the payment screen 75 transmitted to the web client 20.
Then, on the payment screen 75 transmitted to the web client 20, it is confirmed whether or not the “cancel” button 80 has been input (S62), and the “cancel” button 80
Is input (S62: Yes), the settlement process (S5) is ended. On the other hand, if the “cancel” button 80 is not input as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S62 (S62: No),
It is checked whether the information and the password have been input (S6).
3) As a result, if the ID information and the password have been input (S63: Yes), whether the input ID information and the password are stored in the pitch information memory 6e, and whether the password is the ID It is confirmed whether the password is a valid password corresponding to the information (S64). As a result of the confirmation, the ID information and the password input on the payment screen 75 are stored in the pitch information memory 6e, and if the password is a valid password (S64: Ye
s) The total amount 76c displayed on the payment screen 75 is read as the settlement amount and converted into the number of stored balls (S65).

Next, the I entered on the payment screen 75
The stored ball information corresponding to the D information is read out from the stored ball information memory 6e, and the number of stored balls stored as the stored ball information is equal to S6.
It is checked whether or not the number is equal to or greater than the number of stored balls converted in the process of S5 (S66). As a result, if the number of stored balls read from the stored ball information memory 6e is equal to or larger than the number of stored balls converted in the process of S65 (S66: Yes), the IP address of the web client 20 is read and the convenience store terminal memory 6h Is written in the area corresponding to the IP address in step S65 (S6).
7). Then, the number of stored balls written in the convenience store terminal memory 6h is subtracted from the number of stored balls of the corresponding stored ball information stored in the stored ball information memory 6e, and the number of stored balls after subtraction is stored in the stored ball information memory 6e. Write and update the savings information (S6
8). Then, the total amount 76 read in the processing of S65
c is sent to the web client 20 as the deposit 79, and the web client 20 is notified that the savings settlement (payment of the purchased goods by the savings is completed) is notified to the web client 20 (S
69), and ends the settlement processing (S5).

If the ID information and the password have not been entered on the payment screen 75 as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S63 (S63: No), the processing shifts to S62, and the input of the “cancel” button 62 or , Waiting for input of ID information and password. Furthermore, as a result of the confirmation in the processing of S64, the ID input on the order screen 75
If the information and the password are not stored in the pitch information memory 6e, or if the password is not a valid password corresponding to the ID information (S64: No), an error message is transmitted to the web client 20 (S64).
70), the process proceeds to S62. As a result of the confirmation in the processing of S66, if the number of stored balls stored in the stored ball information memory 6e is less than the number of stored balls converted in the processing of S65 (S66: No), an error message is sent to the web client 20. After the transmission (S71), the settlement processing (S5) is completed.

As described in the above embodiment, according to the web server 1 which is the game prize exchange device of the present invention, the player can use the web client 20 to specify a desired prize and to Of the prize ball corresponding to the prize of the player, the player can exchange the obtained prize ball and the prize at a desired place at a desired time. Also, the number of prize balls input from the web client 20 (pachinko store side terminal device) is stored as ball save information in the ball save information memory 6e, and further, the ball save information is transmitted from the web client 20 (pachinko store side terminal device). Therefore, the number of award balls obtained by a plurality of games can be totaled and stored in the pitch information memory 6e. Players are the total number of prize balls (balls)
And prizes can be exchanged, so that expensive and attractive products can be selected. In addition, since the prize information stored in the prize information memory 6f can be provided, a wide variety of prizes can be provided to the player.

In the above embodiment, the processing of S20 in the flowchart of FIG. 9 corresponds to the receiving means of the present invention. As the first updating means according to the first aspect, FIG.
Correspond to the processing of S22 and S23 in the flowchart of FIG. The transmission means described in claim 1 corresponds to the processing of S17 in the flowchart of FIG. 9 and the processing of S48 in the flowchart of FIG. The instruction means according to claim 1 includes:
The processing of S54 and S58 in the flowchart of FIG. As the second updating means according to claim 1, FIG.
12 corresponds to the processing of S55 in the flowchart of FIG. 12 and the processing of S68 in the flowchart of FIG.

Although the present invention has been described based on the embodiments,
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment at all, and it can be easily inferred that various improvements and modifications are possible without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, the present embodiment has been described using the HTTP server program 6b as the world wide web server program. That is, the description has been given of the transmission of the information stored in the web server 1 to the web client 20 equipped with the web browser 24a by the program for controlling the web server 1 according to the HTTP protocol. However, the World Wide Web server program does not necessarily use HTTP
The program is not limited to the server program 6b, and another program such as JAVA (registered trademark) may be used as long as the program can be processed on a world wide web system.

A line interconnecting the web server 1 and the web client 20 of this embodiment is a telephone line 31.
Instead, a cable TV line or a line using ADSL or an optical fiber network may be used. Thereby, information can be provided from the web server 1 at high speed and at low cost.

Further, it is not always necessary to store the number of valuable objects in the ball storage information memory 6e of the present embodiment. For example, the number of valuable objects may be converted into a predetermined numerical value and stored.

Hereinafter, modified examples of the present invention will be described. 2. The game prize exchange device according to claim 1, wherein said storage means stores information on the number of valuable objects in association with player information of a player who owns the valuable objects. Premium exchange device 1. As player information,
An example is an identification number of the player. According to this, since the information on the number of valuable objects is managed by the player information which is the individual information of the player, the information on the number of valuable objects corresponding to each player can be provided without the information of many players being mixed. Information can be provided accurately.

[0138] In the gaming prize exchange device or the gaming prize exchange device 1 according to the first aspect, the storage means includes a recitation information storage means for preliminarily storing recitation information arbitrarily set by a player. Instructing means, when reciting information is transmitted from the terminal device, based on the reciting information stored in the reciting information storage means, determining means for determining whether the reciting information is valid, and the determining means And a command execution means for instructing the terminal device to provide a prize specified when the recitation information is determined to be valid. Based on this recitation information, it is possible to determine whether the operator of the terminal device is a valid recipient of the prize,
It is possible to prevent a prize exchange by a person other than a legitimate player (a legitimate recipient of the prize).

[0139] In the game prize exchange device according to claim 1, or in the game prize exchange device 1 or 2, the first prize exchange device.
An updating unit configured to store information on the terminal device in advance, and determine whether the terminal device is a legitimate terminal device based on information on the terminal device stored in the terminal information storage unit. A terminal determining means for determining whether the terminal device is legitimate, and an update executing means for executing the first updating means when the terminal device is determined to be legitimate by the terminal determining means. Premium exchange device 3. Based on the information of the terminal device stored in the terminal information storage means, only the legitimate terminal device can input the information on the number of valuable objects, so that only the information on the number of valuable objects legally obtained by the game is obtained. No information about the number of valuable objects is input.

A prize information storage means for storing prize information of a prize designated by a player in the terminal device, in the game prize exchange device according to claim 1, or in any of the game prize exchange devices 1 to 3, A prize information providing means for providing the prize information stored in the prize information storage means to the terminal device; and, when a prize is designated based on the prize information provided by the prize information providing means, the designated prize is provided. A game prize exchange device 4 comprising order processing means for ordering a game. Since the prize information is provided to each terminal device via the network, there is no need to display the prize at the store. Therefore, a wide variety of prizes can be provided to the player, and defective inventories of the prizes do not occur in the game hall.

In the game prize exchange device 4, the prize information stored in the prize information storage means is stored in the computer
A prize which is transmitted from a terminal device connected to the network and updates the prize information stored in the prize information storage means to new prize information when new prize information is transmitted from the terminal device. A game prize exchange device 5 comprising information updating means. Since the prize information is updated by the prize information transmitted from the terminal device, it is possible to always store new prize information and provide a fresh and attractive prize that meets the needs of the player.

In the game prize exchange device 4 or 5, the prize information providing means, based on the information on the number of valuable objects stored in the storage means, the prize exchangeable by the number of valuable objects owned by the player. A game prize exchange device 6 comprising mark display means for displaying a mark on the prize information. By the displayed mark, the player can be notified at a glance of the prizes that can be exchanged for the number of valuable objects owned by the player.

[0143] In any one of the game prize exchange apparatus and the game prize exchange apparatus 1 to 6, the instruction means may include a prize exchange among the number of valuable objects corresponding to the prize designated by the player. A game prize exchange device 7 comprising a setting means for arbitrarily setting the number of valuable objects to be applied to the game. Since the number of valuable objects used for prize exchange can be set arbitrarily, for example,
Even if the number of valuable objects possessed by the player is insufficient for the desired prize, the shortage can be compensated with cash or the like to obtain the prize.

[0144]

According to the gaming prize exchange device of the present invention,
Since the player can use the terminal device to specify a desired prize and pay a valuable object for the desired prize, the player can obtain his / her valuable value at a desired place at a desired time. There is an effect that an object and a prize can be exchanged. In addition, the information relating to the number of valuable objects input from the terminal device is stored in the storage means, and the information is updated by the input from the terminal device. Therefore, the information relating to the number of valuable objects obtained by a plurality of games (valuable object (Sum of numbers) can be stored. Therefore, prizes can be exchanged according to the total number of valuable objects,
There is an effect that a player can obtain an expensive and attractive product. Further, since the information on the number of valuable objects is stored in the storage means of the game prize exchange device, it is possible to suppress a fraudulent act of illegally rewriting the information as compared with a case where the information is directly stored on a magnetic card or the like. There is an effect that can be. In addition, since the prize information can be provided electronically via the terminal device, there is an effect that various prizes can be provided to the player.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a state of a game prize exchange device in which a pachinko parlor terminal device, a convenience store terminal device, and a user terminal device, which are web clients, are connected to a web server according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming prize exchange device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the stored-ball information stored in the stored-ball information memory.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a stored ball information input screen and a stored ball display screen displayed on an LCD of a web client.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a prize information providing screen, a category display screen, and a prize display screen displayed on the LCD of the web client.

FIG. 6 shows the I displayed on the LCD of the web client.
It is the figure which showed the D information input screen and the order screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a payment screen displayed on the LCD of the web client.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of the stored ball information processing executed by the web server.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a stored ball information input process executed by the web server.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a prize information providing process executed by the web server.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a product order process executed by a web server.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a settlement process executed by a web server.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Web server (game prize exchange device) 6e Savings information memory (storage means) 20 Terminal device (web client)

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A game prize exchange device for exchanging valuable objects as a result of a game for a prize desired by a player, comprising: storage means for storing information on the number of valuable objects; Receiving means for receiving information on the number of valuable objects as a result of a game transmitted from a terminal device connected to the computer network; and the storage means based on the information on the number of valuable objects received by the receiving means First updating means for updating the content of the information; transmitting means for transmitting information on the number of valuable objects stored in the storage means to a terminal device connected to the computer network; and information on the number of valuable objects by the transmitting means. When a prize is specified by the terminal device to which the prize was transmitted, the provision of the specified prize is designated. An instruction means for, game prize exchange apparatus characterized by and a second updating means for updating the contents of said storage means in response to the indicated prize by the instruction means.