CN1831883A - Gaming management system - Google Patents

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CN1831883A
CN1831883A CN200610065703.8A CN200610065703A CN1831883A CN 1831883 A CN1831883 A CN 1831883A CN 200610065703 A CN200610065703 A CN 200610065703A CN 1831883 A CN1831883 A CN 1831883A
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A gaming management system is established by means of interconnecting a plurality of gaming machines, each of which is provided with a card unit, a member management server, and an insurance management server. An ID number of a membership card read by means of a reader/writer of the card unit is transmitted from the gaming machine to the insurance management server. Moreover, the insurance management server determines whether or not coincidence exists between a security code transmitted from the gaming machine by means of buttons of the card unit and the security code that has been read from information about details of insurance stored in the insurance management server by reference to the ID number, to thus determine whether or not a person who has inserted the membership card into a card slot of the card unit is a insurant of the game insurance.

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Game management system
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of game management system, the game result that this game management system utilizes member card to use the insurance management server to manage with game machine insures as the recreation of object.
Background technology
The game machine of prior art for example comprises the slot machine that is provided with insurance function.Before starting recreation, will insure coin (being used for activating the coin of insurance function) when dropping into game machine in advance, the quantity of coin has reached to a certain degree and the player fails to obtain win even the recreation that consumes starts, also pay of dividend (insurance dividend coin) the loss (for example, see JP-A-4-244178) to alleviate player of the coin of specified quantity as insurance.
Yet the insurance function that realizes by the insurance coin is subjected to setting in advance the restriction of the business in slot machine (the insurance coin will be dropped into wherein), as start the insurance dividend coin of coin quantity payment specified quantity according to the recreation that consumes.Therefore, can only provide unified insurance business, and when the miscellaneous service of the request of satisfying the player is provided, run into obstacle.
Summary of the invention
A target of the present invention provides a kind of game management system, and it can be the miscellaneous service that the recreation insurance of object provides the requirement of satisfying the player explicitly with the game result with game machine.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of game management system, it comprises: the game machine that recreation is provided to the player; Be connected to the member management server of this game machine by computer network; And the insurance management server that is connected to this game machine and member management server by computer network.This game machine comprises: the card unit that reads the id number of member card; Authenticate device is used for permitting when this card unit detects member card and plays games on game machine; Generating apparatus is used to generate the game information relevant with game result; And be arranged on input media on the described card unit.Described member management server comprises the member management memory storage that is used to store the membership information that is associated with the id number that is read by described card unit.Described insurance management server comprises: insurance management memory storage, the player identification information that is used for store insurance information and is associated with the insurer's who insures as recreation player; The player identification device, be used for by the information that determine to rely on the input media input whether consistent with the player identification information that is stored in the insurance management unit, with the insurer of player identification for the recreation insurance; Specified device is used for when the player identification device is the insurer with player identification, specifies the insurer based on the membership information that is stored in the member management memory storage with by the id number that described card unit reads; And device is determined in recreation insurance payment, be used for game information that generates based on described generating apparatus and the insurance information that is stored in described insurance management memory storage, determine whether that the insurer to described specified device appointment pays the insurance compensation gold of recreation insurance.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of game management system, it comprises: the game machine that recreation is provided to the player; Be connected to the member management server of this game machine by computer network; And the insurance management server that is connected to this game machine and member management server by computer network.This game machine comprises: the game processing equipment that is used for providing to the player recreation; Read the card unit of the identifying information that is stored in the member card, it is unique that this identifying information is configured to for every member card; Generating apparatus is used to generate the game information relevant with game result; And be used to make that the player can input command and the input media of information.Described member management server comprises the member management memory storage that is used to store the membership information that is used to discern the player, and membership information is associated with identifying information.Described insurance management server comprises: the insurance management memory storage is used to store the insurance information as the insurer's of recreation insurance player; Specified device is used for specifying the insurer based on membership information and identifying information; And the definite device of insurance payment of playing, be used for game information that generates based on described generating apparatus and the insurance information that is stored in described insurance management memory storage and determine whether that the insurer to described specified device appointment pays the insurance compensation gold of recreation insurance.This game management system also comprises the player identification device, and whether this player identification device is used for by determining by the information of described input media input consistent with the player identification information of previous registration with the insurer of player identification for the recreation insurance.When described player identification device was the insurer with player identification, described specified device was specified the insurer.
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Fig. 1 shows the example game management system according to an embodiment, wherein, by computer network insurance management server, member management server and many game machines is coupled together;
Fig. 2 is the block diagram that illustrates according to the control circuit of the insurance management server of this embodiment;
Fig. 3 is the block diagram that illustrates according to the control circuit of the member management server of this embodiment;
Fig. 4 is the stereographic map that illustrates according to the game machine of this embodiment;
Fig. 5 is the block diagram of governor circuit that is used to control game machine that illustrates according to this embodiment;
Fig. 6 is the block diagram that illustrates according to the display controller of the game machine of this embodiment;
Fig. 7 is that illustrate can be by the figure of the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment of carrying out according to the game management system of this embodiment;
Fig. 8 is that illustrate can be by the figure of the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment of carrying out according to the game management system of this embodiment;
Fig. 9 is that illustrate can be by the figure of the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment of carrying out according to the game management system of this embodiment;
Figure 10 is that illustrate can be by the figure of the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment of carrying out according to the game management system of this embodiment;
Figure 11 is that illustrate can be by the figure of the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment of carrying out according to the game management system of this embodiment; And
Figure 12 is that illustrate can be by the figure of the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment of carrying out according to the game management system of this embodiment.
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Followingly embodiments of the invention are described with reference to accompanying drawing.At first, the summary to the game management system of an embodiment is briefly described.Game management system according to this embodiment comprises many game machines (every game machine all is equipped with the card unit), member management server and insurance management server, and the mode by computer network all is connected with each other all these parts.
The term here " recreation insurance " is meant a kind of like this mechanism: wherein, under the losing situation of recreation, a large number of player waits the disbursement insurance expense, but and by this insurance premium is paid for gold to the given redemption value of player pays (comprising the game medium that will describe after a while) that has suffered loss in recreation as insurance as fund.The player can be by the form disbursement insurance expense of cash or game medium, and can pay for gold to the player pays insurance by the form of cash or game medium.
Each blocks the unit and reads the id number that is stored in the member card.With the player who holds member card (member) id number that is stored in the member card is set correspondingly.Therefore, can identify the player who on the game machine that is equipped with the card unit, plays games according to the id number that is stored in the member card.
Member management server store about with the corresponding member's of this id number (player) membership information (for example, account number of name, address, birthday, life-information (biological attribute data), member etc.).Be each member (player) management membership information.
The insurance management server is used to manage member's (player) recreation insurance.The recreation insurance is following a kind of mechanism: it is used for having paid under the situation of insurance premium member (player), utilizes insurance to pay for the loss that the gold reparations causes owing to recreation in each game machine.In many cases, insurance business (comprising such as the automatic more private agreement of new business) changes according to the details of the insurance contract of each member (player) formulation.Therefore whether, insurance management server and id number are stored each member (player's) insurance details accordingly, comprise the information of the disbursement insurance expense about and be used to discern the insurer's of recreation insurance the information of security code.Therefore, manage the details of insurance by the member (by the user).
In addition, in the insurance management server, carry out automatically from a series of processing of the relevant recreation insurance of the payment that receives insurance premium of contract.At this moment, obtain from each card unit id number with the details of the recreation insurance that obtains each member (player), member's account number (from account extract insurance premium maybe will insure pay for the gold account of transferring accounts) and the game result of game machine (this game result by recreation insure accept insurance).By using the ID numbering to obtain membership information, obtain game result from game machine from member management server.
As the example game machine, the present embodiment illustration such game machine: wherein, play by the recreation that is presented on the image display device (as LCD screen).Yet present embodiment is not limited to the game machine of the type.For example, also can use the slot machine, pachinko game machine etc. of a plurality of mechanical rotating cylinders that are equipped with truly rotation.
Present embodiment uses " coin " as the game medium that will use in game machine.Term " coin " is included in the strong currency (coin metal) that circulates in the economy of putting into practice country of the present invention and the game money or the token of unique use in putting into practice amusement arcade of the present invention, and the currency that the player puts into practice country of the present invention by exchange can obtain this game money or token.
Except coin, can use the game medium of game ball (as the marble dribbling) as game machine (as the pachinko game machine).Store in the game machine of the magnetic card of the numeric data converted or IC-card in use, can use this numeric data to substitute coin by game medium (as coin) amount.
The overall arrangement of game management system
Fig. 1 shows the example game management system, wherein, by computer network insurance management server and member management server is connected to many game machines as communication terminal.
As shown in Figure 1, in game management system 500, insurance management server 1 and member management server 300 are connected to many game machines 2 by the network N that constitutes by communication line.Insurance management server 1, member management server 300 and game machine 2 are arranged such that and can exchange various information by this network N.
In this, insurance management server 1 and member management server 300 and many game machine 2 exchange messages.Each game machine 2 is equipped with unique identification number.By this identification number, the transmit leg of the data that identification sends from each game machine 2, and the destination of the identification data that will send from game machine 2.
The configuration of insurance management server
Fig. 2 is the block diagram that the configuration of above-mentioned insurance management server 1 is shown.
Insurance management server 1 has central processing circuit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 10, and this CPU10 is connected to input/output bus 12.Be configured and make to CPU 10 input data signals or from CPU 10 OPADD signals.
Also input/output bus 12 is connected to ROM (ROM (read-only memory)) 14 and RAM (random access memory) 16.ROM 14 stores the control program that is used to control the insurance management server 1 that will describe after a while.RAM 16 stores mark or the variable that uses in said procedure.In addition, RAM16 stores temporarily: the id number that sends from the card unit that will describe after a while 400 of game machine 2; The membership information that sends from the member management server that will describe after a while 300; The game information that transmits from the game machine that will describe after a while 2; And with the hard disk drive 18 that will describe after a while in the relevant information of insurance details.
Also input/output bus 12 is connected to hard disk drive 18 and communication interface circuit 22.Hard disk drive 18 comprises database etc., wherein stores information about insurance details accordingly with member's (player) id number.As shown in Figure 1, by the mode that can communicate by letter communication interface circuit 22 is connected to many game machines 2 and member management server 300 by network N (it is a communication line, as public switched telephone network (PSTN) or Local Area Network).
In the present embodiment, hard disk drive 18 usefulness are acted on the memory storage of the storage information relevant with the details of insuring etc.Yet this memory storage is not limited to hard disk drive.Can use any device, as long as this device is non-volatile rewritable mass storage device, as flash memory.
Also display monitor 24 and input media 26 are connected to input/output bus 12.Display monitor 24 can show as the various types of data of database storing in hard disk drive 18, as the information relevant with insurance details.Input media 26 can send order that is used for display message on display monitor 24 (as insurance details) and the order that is used to make the hard disk drive 18 storages fresh information relevant with insurance details to insurance management server 1.
The configuration of member management server
Fig. 3 is the block diagram that the configuration of above-mentioned member management server 300 is shown.
Member management server 300 has CPU 310, and this CPU 310 is connected to input/output bus 312, thereby data-signal is inputed to CPU 310 or from CPU 310 OPADD signals.
Also input/output bus 312 is connected to ROM 314 and RAM 316.ROM 314 storages are used to control the control program of the member management server 300 that will describe after a while.Simultaneously, RAM 316 is stored in mark or the variable that uses in the said procedure.In addition, the id number that sends from the insurance management server that will describe after a while 1 is stored in the RAM 316 with the membership information relevant with the hard disk drive that will describe after a while 318 temporarily.
Also input/output bus 312 is connected to hard disk drive 318 and communication interface circuit 322.Hard disk drive 318 stores database etc., and the id number of member's information (for example, name, address, birthday, life-information (biological attribute data), member's account number etc.) with member (player) is stored in this database accordingly.As shown in Figure 1, by the mode that can communicate by letter communication interface circuit 322 is connected to many game machines 2 and insurance management server 1 by network N (it is a communication line, as public switched telephone network (PSTN) or Local Area Network).Insurance management server 1 serves as the main website of these many game machines 2, and the identification number that is used to communicate by letter is set to " 0000 ".
In the present embodiment, hard disk drive 318 usefulness are acted on the memory storage of canned data (as membership information).Yet this memory storage is not limited to hard disk drive.Can use any device, as long as this device is the Nonvolatile rewriteable mass storage device, as flash memory.
Also input/output bus 312 is connected to display monitor 324 and input media 326.Display monitor 324 shows various data, for example as the membership information of database storing in hard disk drive 318 (for example, name, address, birthday, life-information (biological attribute data), member's account number etc.).In addition, input media 326 can send the order that is used to make the order of display monitor 324 demonstration membership informations and is used to make hard disk drive 318 storage recruit information to member management server 300.
The configuration of game machine
Fig. 4 is the stereographic map that illustrates according to the example game machine 2 of present embodiment.
Game machine 2 is equipped with rack 30.The front middle part of rack 30 is tilted to recede slightly with respect to vertical direction.Be provided with main display device 32 on the top of this dip plane.Main display device 32 shows game information and the game process about each recreation on display device.
Position above the main display device 32 in the front of rack 30 is provided with secondary display device 34.Secondary display device 34 shows the information that can not be presented on the main display device 32 and the rule relevant with the recreation of carrying out etc. on main display device 32.
In addition, between main display device 32 and secondary display device 34, be provided with card unit 400.Card unit 400 has a plurality of buttons 401, card inserting mouth 402 (member is blocked insertion wherein), display monitor 403 etc.Described a plurality of button 401 is used to import the relevant instruction of withdrawing from the input of security code or member card.Display monitor 403 is used to the order of pointing out the user to import security code or withdrawing from member card.Because member card stands by reading and write operation that card reader/writer 404 (see figure 5)s that will describe are after a while carried out, therefore use IC-card.Yet member card can be by can the storage representation id number and the information of the signature/signature (whether having formed the contract of recreation insurance) of recreation insurance and be configured to therefrom the arbitrary medium of sense information (for example, magnetic card) and realize.
Be provided with notice lamp 56 at the top of rack 30.
Below main display device 32, be provided with the seat portion 50 of approximate horizontal.Upper left quarter in this one 50 is provided with a plurality of switches 40 and crossbar switch 42.These switches are used for being emitted in the order that game process is selected or determine.
The upper right surface of present portion 50 is provided with coin slot 44 and bank note inserts mouth 46.As inserting the result that mouth 46 dropped into or inserted coin or bank note, can play to coin slot 44 or bank note.
Near coin slot 44, also be provided with payment switch 48.As the result who pushes payment switch 48, mouthful coin that 52 payments are inserted of the coin payment from the preceding bottom that is formed on rack 30.Zhi Fu coin is accumulated in the coin acceptance division 54 thus.
Position above the coin of the bottom that is arranged in rack 30 payment mouthfuls 52 is provided with another secondary display device 38, and it is used to show various types of information.
The configuration of the controller of game machine
Fig. 5 is the block diagram of configuration that the control section of above-mentioned game machine 2 is shown.
The already mentioned switch 40 in front and crossbar switch 42 are connected to the interface circuit group 62 of main control circuit 60.This interface circuit group 62 is connected to input/output bus 64.As the result who pushes corresponding switch, generate corresponding prearranged signals and it is offered input/output bus 64.Input/output bus 64 is arranged such that data-signal can be imported CPU 66 or from CPU 66 OPADD signals.
Also above-mentioned interface circuit group 62 is connected to coin detecting sensor 58.When coin being dropped into coin slot 44 or bank note has been inserted bank note when inserting mouthfuls 46, the information translation relevant with the type of coin that inserts or bank note or quantity become signal, and this signal is offered interface circuit group 62.
Also above-mentioned interface circuit group 62 is connected to payment switch 48.When the player has pushed payment switch 48, prearranged signals is offered input/output bus 64, and according to coin payment mouthful the coin that 52 payments insert of this signal from describing after a while.
Be provided with identification (ID) number that is used to communicate in described many game machines 2 each.Thus, insurance management server 1 or member management server 300 identification game machines.
Also input/output bus 64 is connected to ROM 68 or RAM 70.ROM 68 stores the control program of the flow process of the total system that is used to control game machine.In addition, ROM 68 stores the control program that is used to carry out the demonstration that is used to control main display device 32 grades or the primary data of program part.RAM 70 stores above program and mark or the variable that uses in the games that will describe after a while.
Also above input/output bus 64 is connected to hard disk drive 74.
In the present embodiment, hard disk drive 74 usefulness act on the memory storage of storage games etc.Yet this memory storage is not limited to hard disk drive.Can use any memory storage, as long as this device is non-volatile rewritable mass storage device, as flash memory.
Also interface circuit group 72 is connected to input/output bus 64.This interface circuit group 72 is connected to loudspeaker 80, notice lamp 56 and payment mechanism 82.This interface circuit group 72 provides drive signal and driving electric, controls above-mentioned each device with the result of the arithmetic processing carried out according to CPU 66.
When game machine 2 detects when unusual, notice lamp 56 is lighted or is glimmered to call out the waiter of amusement arcade, notifies the waiter of amusement arcade to detect unusually thus.
Also input/output bus 64 is connected to the random number generating apparatus 78 that generates random number.When CPU 66 when random number generating apparatus 78 has sent the order that generates random number, random number generating apparatus 78 generates the random number of preset ranges, and will represent that the signal of the value of this random number sends to input/output bus 64.CPU 66 determines the state of game progress by the random number of generation like this.To be stored in from the random number that random number generating apparatus 78 sends the RAM 70, as expression raffle result's data.
Also input/output bus 64 is connected to communication interface circuit 76.Communication interface circuit 76 is used for communicating by letter with insurance management server 1, member management server 300 etc. by network N (it is communication line, as public switched telephone network (PSTN) or Local Area Network) foundation.
Also interface circuit 405 is connected to input/output bus 64.Interface circuit 405 is connected to card reader/writer 404, button 401 and display monitor 403, this three all is arranged in the card unit 400.According to the result of the arithmetic processing operation of being carried out by CPU 66, interface circuit 405 provides drive signal and driving electric, to control above-mentioned each device.
When inserting member's card (IC-card) in the card inserting mouth 402, the information (as id number) that card reader/writer 404 will be stored in this member card converts signal to, and this information is offered interface circuit 405.Point out in passing,, card reader/writer 404 can be replaced into the magnetic card readout device in that magnetic card is used as under the situation of member card.
As the result who pushes each button 401, generate prearranged signals and provide it to interface circuit 405.
The display command that CPU 66 is sent by interface circuit 405 offers display monitor 403, and this display monitor shows the image corresponding to this order.
Also interface circuit group 72 is connected to display controller 200.Display controller 200 sends drive signal according to the video display command that main control circuit 60 sends, and this drive signal is used to drive main display device 32 and the secondary display device 34,38 that is connected to display controller 200.
The configuration of the display controller of game machine
Fig. 6 shows the block diagram of the circuit that is used to illustrate above-mentioned display controller 200.
Interface circuit 202 is connected to input/output bus 204, will offers input/output bus 204 by the video display command that main control circuit 60 sends by interface circuit 202.Input/output bus 204 is arranged such that data-signal can be imported CPU 206 or from CPU 206 OPADD signals.
Also input/output bus 204 is connected to ROM 208 or RAM 210.ROM 208 stores display control program, and this display control program is used for generating drive signal of giving main display device 32 to be supplied according to the video display command that is sent by main control circuit 60.Simultaneously, RAM 210 is stored in mark or the variable that uses in the program.
Also video data processor (hereinafter referred to as " VDP ") 212 is connected to input/output bus 204.VDP 212 is the processors that comprise a plurality of circuit (as so-called sprite circuit (sprite circuit), picture circuit (screen circuit) and palette circuit (palette circuit)), and it can carry out the various types of processing that are used for display image on main display device 32.
VDP 212 is connected to video-ram 214 that is used to store the corresponding to view data of sending with main control circuit 60 of video display command and the view data ROM 216 that is used to store background image data, pictorial image data, character image data etc.In addition, the driving circuit 222 that also VDP 212 is connected to the driving circuit 218 that is used to send the drive signal that is used to drive main display device 32, is used to send the driving circuit 220 of the drive signal that is used to drive secondary display device 34 and is used to send the drive signal that is used to drive secondary display device 38.
By reading and carry out the display control program that is stored among the ROM 208, CPU 206 makes video-ram 214 storages treat to be presented at view data on the main display device 32 according to the video display command from main control circuit 60.Video display command from main control circuit 60 comprises background display command, pattern displaying order, character display command etc.
As mentioned above, view data ROM 216 storage: view data, as with the relevant pictorial image data of pattern image (it is the identifying information image); With the relevant character image data of role (as animal) that are shown as the performance picture; And the background image data that is used to form the background of main display device 32 etc.
Pictorial image data is used for variable demonstration or static display pattern on main display device 32 grades.Pictorial image data comprises the view data of various display modes, for example, and enlarged image, downscaled images, modification image etc.The character image data comprise the required view data of demonstration a plurality of patterns (wherein the role carries out a series of actions).
Below with reference to Fig. 7 to being described by the control operation of carrying out according to the game management system 500 of present embodiment.Fig. 7 shows can be by the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment of carrying out according to the game management system 500 of present embodiment.
As shown in Figure 7, in S201, at first wait for the member blocked according to the game management system 500 of present embodiment and insert the card inserting mouth 402 belong to card unit 400.When determining by card reader/writer 404, the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 the member has been blocked ("Yes" in S201) when inserting in the card inserting mouth 402, to insurance management server 1 send by card reader/writer 404 that read from member card with the member whether signed the relevant information of recreation insurance and by card reader/writer 404 that read from member card with recreation insurance still effective relevant information whether, proceed to the S401 that relates to insurance management server 1 with aftertreatment.
In the S401 that relates to insurance management server 1,, determine whether the player has signed the recreation insurance based on the information of the signature of insuring about playing that sends from the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400.
At this moment, when the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines that this member does not sign the recreation insurance ("No" in S401), handle and proceed to the S202 that relates to card unit 400, and determine whether to fetch member card.Be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 make the display monitor 403 of card unit 400 show for example expression " fetching your member card? " character information, point out the player to determine whether to fetch member card thus.As the result that the player pushes the button 401 of card unit 400, determined whether the player is to fetching determining of member card.
At this moment, when the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines not fetch member card ("No" in S202), handle proceeding to the S101 that relates to game machine 2.CPU 66 feasible recreation the (recreation of accepting insurance that it is not the recreation insurance) of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 are equipped with in S101.Subsequently, handle and get back to the S401 that relates to insurance management server 1, repeat above-mentioned processing operation thus.
When the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines to fetch member card ("Yes" in S202), withdraw from member card from card inserting mouth 402 by card reader/writer 404.Subsequently, this control and treatment finishes.
When the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 among the S401 that is relating to insurance management server 1 has determined that the member has signed the recreation insurance ("Yes" in S401), handle proceeding to S402.Request is sent the signal that is stored in the id number in this member card send to the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400.Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S203 that relates to card unit 400.
In the S203 that relates to card unit 400, be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 will send to insurance management server 1 by the id number that card reader/writer 404 reads from member card.Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S403 that relates to insurance management server 1.
In the S403 that relates to insurance management server 1, when insurance management server 1 when the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 receives id number, processing proceeds to S404, and the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 sends the signal that request sends the membership information of distributing to this id number to member management server 300 in S404.Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S301 that relates to member management server 300.
In the S301 that relates to member management server 300, the membership information that the CPU310 of member management server 300 sends by reading from hard disk drive 318 with reference to this id number to insurance management server 1 about this id number.Then, processing proceeds to the S405 that relates to insurance management server 1.
When insurance management server 1 in S405 when the member management server 300 that relates to insurance management server 1 receives membership information, processing proceeds to S406, and the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 is by determining with reference to this id number and based on the information relevant with the insurance details that reads from hard disk drive 18 whether the member (player) who identifies by this id number has paid the insurance premium of recreation insurance in S406.
At this moment, when the CPU of insurance management server 1 10 definite members (player) that identify by this id number do not finish the insurance premium of payment recreation insurance as yet ("No" in S406), handle and get back to S406.CPU 10 waits for such determining: for example as from member's account number (from the number that has obtained account by the relevant membership information of the member (player) of this id number appointment) extract the result of insurance premium or member (player) the direct payment insurance premium by this id number identification, paid and the insurance premium by the relevant recreation insurance of the member (player) of this id number identification.
When the CPU of insurance management server 1 10 definite members (player) by this id number identification have finished the payment of the insurance premium that recreation is insured ("Yes" in S406), handle proceeding to the S102 that relates to game machine 2.
In the S102 that relates to game machine 2, be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 that the recreation that is in by the state of recreation insurance underwriting is provided.Subsequently, handle and proceed to the S204 that relates to card unit 400, in S204, determine whether to fetch member card.Be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 make the display monitor 403 of card unit 400 show for example expression " fetching your member card? " character information, point out player (member) to determine whether to fetch member card thus.As the result that the player pushes the button 401 of card unit 400, determined that whether the player to fetching determining of member card.
At this moment, when the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines not fetch member card ("No" in S204), handle turning back to the S102 that relates to game machine 2, and repeat the above operational set of handling.
When the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines to fetch member card ("Yes" in S204), withdraw from member card from card inserting mouth 402 by card reader/writer 404.Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S103 that relates to game machine 2.
In the S103 that relates to game machine 2, be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 to send the relevant game information of result with recreation (recreation of accepting insurance that it insures for recreation) to insurance management server 1.Then, processing proceeds to the S407 that relates to insurance management server 1.
In the S407 that relates to insurance management server 1, the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines whether reached the condition that insurance is paid by the member (player) of id number identification based on the game information that sends from the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 with the information relevant with the insurance details that reads from hard disk drive 18 by id number, that is, whether want disbursement insurance to pay for gold.
At this moment, when the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines that disbursement insurance is paid for gold ("Yes" in S407), processing proceeds to S408, in S408, upgrade insurance compensation gold explicitly and pay tabulation with the payment of insurance compensation gold, that is, by id number rewrite with hard disk drive 18 in the relevant information of insurance details.Subsequently, this control and treatment finishes.Simultaneously, when the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines that gold is paid in the nonpayment insurance ("No" in S407), under the situation of not carrying out any other processing, finish this control and treatment.
In the game management system 500 of present embodiment, insurance management server 1 determines whether from the player of the card inserting mouth 402 insertion member cards of card unit 400 are insurers of recreation insurance.So far, carry out control and treatment shown in Figure 9 at the moment W1 place that is right after after having carried out the processing that relates to the S403 (it is in the process of control and treatment shown in Figure 7) relevant with insurance management server 1.Below control and treatment shown in Figure 9 is described.Fig. 9 shows the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment that can be carried out by the game management system of present embodiment.
In the game management system 500 of present embodiment, carry out control and treatment shown in Figure 7.At the moment W1 place that is right after after having carried out the processing that relates to the S403 relevant, handle proceeding to control and treatment shown in Figure 9 with insurance management server 1.At first, in the S2401 that relates to insurance management server 1, the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 sends the signal that request sends security code to the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400.Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S2201 that relates to card unit 400.
In the S2201 that relates to card unit 400, carry out input and transmission to security code.Be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 to make the display monitor 403 of card unit 400 show the character information that for example " please import security code ", point out the player to import security code thus.When the result of the button 401 of pushing card unit 400 as the player has imported security code, be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 that the security code of being imported is sent to insurance management server 1, handle proceeding to the S2402 that relates to insurance management server 1 then.
In the S2402 that relates to insurance management server 1, when insurance management server 1 when the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 receives security code, handle proceeding to S2403.The CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines the security code unanimity whether the security code that sends from the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 information relevant with the insurance details that is included in and read from hard disk drive 18 by the reference id number.
At this moment, when the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines that these two security codes are consistent ("Yes" in S2403), handle the S404 that relates to insurance management server 1 that proceeds to by control and treatment shown in Figure 7.Simultaneously, when the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines that these two security codes are inconsistent ("No" in S2403), handle the S202 that relates to card unit 400 that proceeds to by control and treatment shown in Figure 7.
Determine that when insurance management server 1 from the player that the card inserting mouth 402 of card unit 400 inserts member card be ("Yes" among S2403 shown in Figure 9) when playing the insurer who insures, the player can proceed to the recreation (S102 in Fig. 7) of object for appreciation by the recreation insurance underwriting.When insurance management server 1 when to determine from the people that the card inserting mouth 402 of card unit 400 inserts member cards be not the insurer of recreation insurance ("No" among S2403 shown in Figure 9), the player can proceed to not the recreation (S101 shown in Figure 7) by the recreation insurance underwriting.
As mentioned above, when the game management system 500 of present embodiment has been carried out control and treatment shown in Figure 7, if withdraw from member card (promptly from the card inserting mouth 402 of card unit 400, if the player stops to play the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400) ("Yes" in S204), then the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines whether to want disbursement insurance to pay for gold (S407).
With control and treatment shown in Figure 7 contrasts be, when CPU10 that can insurance management server 1 determines whether that the time of wanting disbursement insurance to pay for gold is set to finish the every innings of recreation that is arranged on the game machine 2 (for example, when the rotating cylinder of slot machine stops the rotation), rather than when having finished the whole wheel recreation that is arranged on the game machine 2 (for example, when the player stops recreation on the Play Station games 2).
With reference to Fig. 8, such control and treatment to the game management system 500 of present embodiment is described below, and the CPU 10 that this control and treatment is used to be provided with insurance management server 1 when having finished the every innings of recreation that is arranged on the game machine 2 determines whether that disbursement insurance pays for the time of gold.Fig. 8 shows can be by the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment of carrying out according to the game management system of present embodiment.
As shown in Figure 8, in the S1201 that relates to card unit 400, the game management system 500 of present embodiment is waited for the member is blocked insertion card inserting mouth 402.When the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines the member have been blocked ("Yes" in S1201) when inserting in the card inserting mouth 402 by card reader/writer 404, send by card reader/writer 404 is that read from member card whether signed the relevant information of recreation insurance with the player to insurance management server 1.Proceed to the S1401 that relates to insurance management server 1 with aftertreatment.
In the S1401 that relates to insurance management server 1, determine based on the information of the signature of insuring about playing that sends from the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 whether the player has signed the recreation insurance.
At this moment; When the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines that this member does not sign the recreation insurance ("No" in S1401), handle and proceed to the S1202 that relates to card unit 400, in S1202, determine whether to fetch member card.Be equipped with that the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 makes that the display monitor 403 of card unit 400 for example shows " fetching your member card? " character information, point out the player to determine whether to fetch member card thus.As the result that the player pushes the button 401 on the card unit 400, determined that whether the player to fetching determining of member card.
When the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines not fetch member card ("No" in S1202), handle proceeding to the S1101 that relates to game machine 2.Be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 that recreation by the recreation insurance underwriting is provided.Subsequently, handle and get back to the S1401 that relates to insurance management server 1, and repeat above-mentioned processing.
When the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines to fetch member card ("Yes" in S1202), withdraw from member card from card inserting mouth 402 by card reader/writer 404.Subsequently, control and treatment finishes.
In the S1401 that relates to insurance management server 1, when the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines that the member has signed the recreation insurance ("Yes" in S1401), handle proceeding to S1402.Request is sent the signal that is stored in the id number in this member card send to the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400.Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S1203 that relates to card unit 400.
In the S1203 that relates to card unit 400, be equipped with the CPU66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 will send to insurance management server 1 by the id number that card reader/writer 404 reads from member card.Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S1404 that relates to insurance management server 1.
In the S1403 that relates to insurance management server 1, when insurance management server 1 when the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 receives id number, handle proceeding to S1404.The CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 sends the signal that request sends the membership information of distributing to this id number to member management server 300.Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S1301 that relates to member management server 300.
In the S1301 that relates to member management server 300, the CPU310 of member management server 300 sends the membership information about this id number that reads from hard disk drive 318 by using this id number to insurance management server 1.Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S1405 that relates to insurance management server 1.
In the S1405 that relates to insurance management server 1, when insurance management server 1 when member management server 300 receives membership information, handle proceeding to S1406.The CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines based on the information relevant with the insurance details that reads from hard disk drive 18 by this id number whether the member (player) who identifies by this id number has finished the payment to the insurance premium of recreation insurance.
At this moment, when the CPU of insurance management server 1 10 definite members that identify by this id number do not finish the insurance premium of payment recreation insurance as yet ("No" in S1406), handle and get back to S1406.CPU 10 waits for such determining: for example as from member's account number (from the number that has obtained account by the relevant membership information of the member (player) of this id number appointment) extract the result of insurance premium or member (player) the direct payment insurance premium by this id number identification, paid and the insurance premium by the relevant recreation insurance of the member (player) of this id number identification.
When the CPU of insurance management server 1 10 definite members (player) by this id number identification have finished the payment of the insurance premium that recreation is insured ("Yes" in S1406), handle proceeding to the S1102 that relates to game machine 2.
In the S1102 that relates to game machine 2, be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 that recreation by the recreation insurance underwriting is provided.Subsequently, handle to proceed to S1103, in S1103, be equipped with card unit 400 game machine 2 CPU 66 to insurance management server 1 send with by the relevant game information of the result of the recreation of the insurance underwriting of playing (one innings play result).Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S 1407 that relates to insurance management server 1.
In the S1407 that relates to insurance management server 1, the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines whether reached the condition that insurance is paid by the member (player) of id number identification based on the game information that sends from the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 with the information relevant with the insurance details that reads from hard disk drive 18 by id number, that is, whether want disbursement insurance to pay for gold.
At this moment, when the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines that disbursement insurance is paid for gold ("Yes" in S1407), processing proceeds to S1408, in S1408, upgrade insurance compensation gold explicitly and pay tabulation with the payment of insurance compensation gold, that is, by use id number rewrite with hard disk drive 18 in the relevant information of insurance details.Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S1204 that relates to card unit 400.Simultaneously, when the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines that gold is paid in the nonpayment insurance ("No" in S1407), under the situation of not carrying out any other processing, handle and proceed to the S1204 that relates to card unit 400.
In the S1204 that relates to card unit 400, determine whether to fetch member card.Be equipped with that the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 makes that the display monitor 403 of card unit 400 for example shows " fetching your member card? " character information, point out the player to determine whether to fetch member card thus.As the result that the player pushes the button 401 on the card unit 400, determined that whether the player to fetching determining of member card.
At this moment, when the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines not fetch member card ("No" in S1204), handle and get back to S1102, repeat above-mentioned processing operation.
When the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines to fetch member card ("Yes" in S1204), withdraw from (ejection) member card from card inserting mouth 402 by card reader/writer 404.Subsequently, control and treatment finishes.
In the game management system 500 of present embodiment, insurance management server 1 determines whether from the player of the card inserting mouth 402 insertion member cards of card unit 400 are insurers of recreation insurance.When having carried out control and treatment shown in Figure 8, carry out control and treatment shown in Figure 10 at the moment W2 place that is right after after having carried out the processing that relates to the S1403 (it is in the process of control and treatment shown in Figure 8) relevant with insurance management server 1.Below control and treatment shown in Figure 10 is described.Figure 10 shows the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment that can be carried out by the game management system of present embodiment.
In the game management system 500 of present embodiment, carry out control and treatment shown in Figure 8.At the moment W2 place that is right after after having carried out the processing that relates to the S1403 relevant, handle proceeding to control and treatment shown in Figure 10 with insurance management server 1.At first, in the S3401 that relates to insurance management server 1, the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 sends the signal that request sends security code to the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400.Subsequently, processing proceeds to the S3201 that relates to card unit 400.
In the S2201 that relates to card unit 400, carry out input and transmission to security code.Be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 to make the display monitor 403 of card unit 400 show the character information that for example " please import security code ", point out the player to import security code thus.When the result of the button 401 of pushing card unit 400 as the player has imported security code, be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 that the security code of being imported is sent to insurance management server 1, handle proceeding to the S3401 that relates to insurance management server 1 then.
In the S3402 that relates to insurance management server 1, when insurance management server 1 when the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 receives security code, handle proceeding to S3403.The CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines the security code unanimity whether the security code that sends from the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 information relevant with the insurance details that is included in and read from hard disk drive 18 by the reference id number.
At this moment, when the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines that these two security codes are consistent ("Yes" in S3403), handle the S1404 that relates to insurance management server 1 that proceeds to by control and treatment shown in Figure 8.Simultaneously, when the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines that these two security codes are inconsistent ("No" in S3403), handle the S202 that relates to card unit 400 that proceeds to by control and treatment shown in Figure 8.
Determine that when insurance management server 1 from the player that the card inserting mouth 402 of card unit 400 inserts member card be ("Yes" among S3403 shown in Figure 10) when playing the insurer who insures, the player can proceed to the recreation (S1102 in Fig. 8) of object for appreciation by the recreation insurance underwriting.When insurance management server 1 when to determine from the player that the card inserting mouth 402 of card unit 400 inserts member cards be not the insurer of recreation insurance ("No" among S3403 shown in Figure 10), the player can proceed to not the recreation (S1101 shown in Figure 8) by the recreation insurance underwriting.
Therefore, when the game management system 500 of present embodiment had been carried out control and treatment shown in Fig. 7 to 10, the CPU 66 of each game machine 2 served as " generating apparatus " when execution relates to the processing of S103 shown in Figure 7 or relate to the processing of S1103 shown in Figure 8; Perhaps when execution relates to the processing of S204 shown in Figure 7 or relate to the processing of S1204 shown in Figure 8, serve as " authenticate device ".When execution related to the processing of S406 shown in Figure 7 or relates to the processing of S1406 shown in Figure 8, the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 served as " specified device ".When execution related to the processing of S407 shown in Figure 7 or relates to the processing of S1407 shown in Figure 8, CPU 10 served as " device is determined in recreation insurance payment ".When execution related to the processing of S2403 shown in Figure 9 or relates to the processing of S3403 shown in Figure 10, CPU 10 served as " player identification device ".
As describing in detail, in the game management system 500 of present embodiment, recreation insurance for the game result of protecting every game machine 2, in S408 shown in Figure 7 or S1408 shown in Figure 8, the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determines whether that based on the game information that sends from each game machine 2 insurance of paying the recreation insurance pays for gold in S407 shown in Figure 7 or S1407 shown in Figure 8.Even the variations in detail of the insurance contract of each player signature can provide the miscellaneous service of the requirement that has realized the player by the information relevant with the insurance details in the hard disk drive 18 that is stored in insurance management server 1.
In the game management system 500 of present embodiment, in S2403 shown in Figure 9 or S3403 shown in Figure 10, the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 determine in S2201 shown in Figure 9 or S3201 shown in Figure 10 security code that button 401 by card unit 400 sends from game machine 2 with by the reference id number from the hard disk drive 18 that is stored in insurance management server 1 the security code that reads of the relevant information of insurance details whether consistent.Thus, determine that the people who inserts member card from the card inserting mouth 402 of card unit 400 is the insurer of insurance.Therefore, can provide the system that has shown remarkable security.
In the game management system 500 of present embodiment, in S408 shown in Figure 7 or S1408 shown in Figure 8, the CPU 10 of insurance management server 1 is identified as insurer that recreation insure from the membership information that member management server 300 sends with member (player) by hard disk drive 318 based on the id number of the member card that sends from card unit 400 by game machine 2 with among S301 shown in Figure 7 or S1301 shown in Figure 8 in S203 shown in Figure 7 or S1203 shown in Figure 8.Even the variations in detail of the insurance contract of each player signature is stored in the miscellaneous service that membership information in the hard disk drive 318 of member management server 300 can provide the requirement that has realized the player by use.
The present invention is not limited to the above a plurality of embodiment that provide, but can carry out various modifications under the situation that does not break away from main idea of the present invention.
For example, for the game management system 500 of present embodiment, can conceive the pattern of following situation as signature recreation insurance.Specifically, member (player) (it is the insurer of recreation insurance) makes card unit 400 can determine the id number of member card, and make the main display device 32 of game machine 2 or secondary display device 34,38 show a picture, the player is by this picture deduction (take out) insurance.When the member has carried out the operation of deduction insurance on game machine 2, make member management server 300 send the membership information that is associated with the id number of this member card to insurance management server 1.Thus, insurance management server 1 extracts insurance premium from the account number that has obtained its number from membership information, and will make the execution of contract of recreation insurance thus about the information stores of insurance details in hard disk drive 18.Alternatively, also can carry out payment, and can written form make the execution of contract of recreation insurance by cash to insurance premium.Insurance management server 1 can will be about the information stores of insurance details in hard disk drive 18 by input media 26.
In the game management system 500 of present embodiment, security code is stored in the member card in advance.When carrying out control and treatment shown in Figure 7, proceeding in the processing procedure of the S401 that relates to insurance management server 1 from the S201 (it is the process of control and treatment shown in Figure 7) that relates to card unit 400, can carry out control and treatment shown in Figure 11, whether the people who makes the game machine 2 definite card inserting mouths 402 from card unit 400 that are equipped with card unit 400 insert member cards thus is the insurer of recreation insurance.Below control and treatment shown in Figure 11 is described.Figure 11 shows the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment that can be carried out by the game management system of present embodiment.
In the game management system 500 of present embodiment, carry out control and treatment shown in Figure 7.Proceeding to the processing procedure of the S401 that relates to insurance management server 1 from the S201 that relates to card unit 400, handling and jump to control and treatment shown in Figure 11, making in the S4201 that relates to card unit 400, the people to be authenticated.Be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 to make the display monitor 403 of card unit 400 show the character information that for example " please import security code ", point out the player to import security code thus.When the result of the button 401 of pushing card unit 400 as the player has imported security code, be equipped with card unit 400 game machine 2 66 pairs of inputs of CPU security code with by the card unit 400 card reader/writer 404 compare from the security code that member card reads.At this moment, when the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines that these two security codes are consistent ("Yes" in S4201), handle the S401 that relates to insurance management server 1 that proceeds to by control and treatment shown in Figure 7.Simultaneously, when the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines that these two security codes are inconsistent ("No" in S4201), handle the S202 that relates to card unit 400 that proceeds to by control and treatment shown in Figure 7.
Determine that when game machine 2 from the player that the card inserting mouth 402 of card unit 400 inserts member card be ("Yes" among S4201 shown in Figure 11) when playing the insurer who insures, the player can proceed to the recreation (S102 in Fig. 7) of object for appreciation by the recreation insurance underwriting.When game machine 2 when to determine from the people that the card inserting mouth 402 of card unit 400 inserts member cards be not the insurer of recreation insurance ("No" among S4201 shown in Figure 11), the player can proceed to not the recreation (S101 shown in Figure 7) by the recreation insurance underwriting.
In the game management system 500 of present embodiment, when being stored in security code in the member card in advance and carrying out control and treatment shown in Figure 8, proceeding in the processing procedure of the S1401 that relates to insurance management server 1 from the S1201 (it is the process of control and treatment shown in Figure 8) that relates to card unit 400, carry out control and treatment shown in Figure 12, be equipped with the game machine 2 of card unit 400 can determine whether the player that the member is blocked in the card inserting mouth 402 that inserts card unit 400 is the insurer of recreation insurance.Below control and treatment shown in Figure 12 is described.Figure 12 shows the process flow diagram of the example control and treatment that can be carried out by the game management system of present embodiment.
In the game management system 500 of present embodiment, carry out control and treatment shown in Figure 8.Proceeding to the processing procedure of the S1401 that relates to insurance management server 1 from the S1201 that relates to card unit 400, handling and jump to control and treatment shown in Figure 12, making in the S5201 that relates to card unit 400, the people to be authenticated.Be equipped with the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 of card unit 400 to make the display monitor 403 of card unit 400 show the character information that for example " please import security code ", point out the player to import security code thus.When the result of the button 401 of pushing card unit 400 as the player has imported security code, be equipped with card unit 400 game machine 2 66 pairs of security codes of being imported of CPU with by the card unit 400 card reader/writer 404 compare from the security code that member card reads.At this moment, when the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines that these two security codes are consistent ("Yes" in S5201), handle the S1401 that relates to insurance management server 1 that proceeds to by control and treatment shown in Figure 8.Simultaneously, when the CPU 66 of the game machine 2 that is equipped with card unit 400 determines that these two security codes are inconsistent ("No" in S5201), handle the S1202 that relates to card unit 400 that proceeds to by control and treatment shown in Figure 8.
Determine that when game machine 2 from the player that the card inserting mouth 402 of card unit 400 inserts member card be ("Yes" among S5201 shown in Figure 12) when playing the insurer who insures, the player can proceed to the recreation (S1102 in Fig. 8) of object for appreciation by the recreation insurance underwriting.When game machine 2 when to determine from the players that the card inserting mouth 402 of card unit 400 inserts member cards be not the insurer of recreation insurance ("No" among S5201 shown in Figure 12), the player can proceed to not the recreation (S1101 shown in Figure 8) by the recreation insurance underwriting.
In the above-described embodiments, be insurer's player identification information with security code with acting on player identification.Yet, any information (as the password that constitutes by combined digital and letter) that can be used for player and other player identification are opened can be used as player identification information.
Describe in detail as the reference present embodiment, according to an aspect, (for example provide a kind of game management system, game management system 500), it (for example has one or more game machines, game machine 2), member management server (for example, member management server 300) and the insurance management server (for example, insurance management server 1) also (for example by network, network N) with these game machines (for example, game machine 2), member management server (for example, member management server 300) and the insurance management server (for example, insurance management server 1) interconnects, wherein, described game machine (for example, game machine 2) has: (for example be additionally provided on game machine, game machine 2) goes up and reads the card unit (for example, card unit 400) of the id number of member card; Authenticate device (for example, CPU 66, S204 and S1204) is used for allowing playing games on game machine (for example, game machine 2) under card unit (for example, card unit 400) detects the condition of member card; Generating apparatus (for example, CPU 66, S103 and S1103) is used for generating the relevant game information of game result with game machine (for example, game machine 2); And be arranged on input media (for example, button 401) on the card unit (for example, card unit 400).Described member management server (for example, member management server 300) (for example has the member management memory storage, hard disk drive 318), this member management memory device stores (is for example distributed to game machine, the membership information of the id number that card unit game machine 2) (for example, card unit 400) reads; And described insurance management server (for example, insurance management server 1) has: insurance management memory storage (for example, hard disk drive 18), its storage allocation are given the insurance information and the player identification information of the object of recreation insurance; The player identification device (for example, CPU 10, S2403 and S3403), be used for by determining (for example to be stored in the insurance management memory storage, hard disk drive 18) player identification information in from the card unit (for example, whether the information of input media (for example, button 401) input card unit 400) the consistent insurer who discerns the recreation insurance; Specified device (for example, CPU 10, S407 and S1407), (for example be used at the player identification device, CPU 10, S2403 and S3403) when having determined the insurer of recreation insurance based on (for example being stored in member management server, member management server 300) member management memory storage (for example, hard disk drive 318) membership information in and (for example by game machine, game machine 2) card unit (for example, card unit 400) id number that reads is specified any one in a plurality of objects that insure of playing; And recreation insurance payment (is for example determined device, CPU 10, S408 and S1408), it is based on from the generating apparatus of game machine (for example, game machine 2) (for example, CPU 66, S103 and S1103) game information and be stored in insurance information in the insurance management memory storage (for example, hard disk drive 18), (for example determine whether to specified device, CPU 10, S407 and S1407) insurance money of the object payment recreation insurance of the recreation of appointment insurance.
In game management system of the present invention, for the game result with game machine is the recreation insurance of object, and the insurance management server is based on determining whether that from the game information of game machine output with from the insurance information of insurance management server output the insurance of paying the recreation insurance pays for gold.Therefore, by being used to provide the miscellaneous service of the demand that satisfies the player from the insurance information that insures management server.
In game management system of the present invention, the insurance management server by from the information of the input media input of the card unit of game machine with confirm that from the consistance between the player identification information of insurance management server the player is the insurer that recreation is insured.Therefore, can provide the system that has shown remarkable security.
In game management system of the present invention, the insurance management server is specified the insurer of recreation insurance based on id number and the membership information in the member management server that the card unit by game machine reads.Therefore, by being used to provide the miscellaneous service of the demand that satisfies the player from the membership information of member's management server.
Can apply the present invention to such game management system, that is, its execution is paid for golden a series of processing from the contract of setting up the insurance of playing to passing through use member card disbursement insurance.
Provided above-mentioned explanation with illustrative purposes presented for purpose of illustration to embodiments of the invention.Be not intended to exhaustive or limit the invention to disclosed precise forms, can carry out variants and modifications according to above-mentioned instruction, perhaps can be by practice of the present invention is obtained variants and modifications.To embodiment to choose with purpose of description be to explain principle of the present invention and practical application thereof, thereby make those skilled in the art to use the present invention in various embodiments and with the various modifications that are suitable for desired concrete application.Scope of the present invention is limited by claims and equivalent thereof.

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1, a kind of game management system, it comprises:
The game machine of recreation is provided to the player;
Be connected to the member management server of game machine by computer network; And
Be connected to the insurance management server of game machine and member management server by computer network,
Wherein, described game machine comprises:
Read the card unit of the identification number of member card;
Authenticate device is used for permitting when this card unit detects member card and plays games on game machine;
Generating apparatus is used to generate the game information relevant with game result; And
Be arranged on the input media on the described card unit,
Wherein, described member management server comprises the member management memory storage that is used to store the membership information that is associated with the identification number that is read by described card unit, and
Wherein, described insurance management server comprises:
The insurance management memory storage is used to store insurance information and the player identification information that is associated with the insurer's who insures as recreation player;
The player identification device, be used for by determining by the information of input media input whether consistent with the player identification information that is stored in the insurance management memory storage, with the insurer of player identification for the recreation insurance;
Specified device is used for specifying the insurer based on the membership information that is stored in described member management memory storage with by the identification number that described card unit reads when described player identification device is the insurer with player identification; And
Definite device is paid in the insurance of playing, and is used for game information that generates based on described generating apparatus and the insurance information that is stored in described insurance management memory storage and determines whether to pay the insurance compensation gold that recreation is insured to the insurer of described specified device appointment.
2, a kind of game management system, it comprises:
The game machine of recreation is provided to the player;
Be connected to the member management server of game machine by computer network; And
Be connected to the insurance management server of game machine and member management server by computer network,
Wherein, described game machine comprises:
Be used for providing the game processing equipment of recreation to the player;
Read the card unit of the identifying information that is stored in the member card, it is unique that this identifying information is configured to for every member card;
Generating apparatus is used to generate the game information relevant with game result; And
Be used to make that the player can input command and the input media of information,
Wherein, described member management server comprises the member management memory storage that is used to store the membership information that is used to discern the player, and this membership information is associated with identifying information,
Wherein, described insurance management server comprises:
The insurance management memory storage is used to store the insurance information as the insurer's of recreation insurance player;
Specified device is used for specifying the insurer based on membership information and identifying information; And
Definite device is paid in the insurance of playing, and is used for game information that generates based on described generating apparatus and the insurance information that is stored in described insurance management memory storage, determine whether to pay the insurance compensation gold that recreation is insured to the insurer of described specified device appointment,
Wherein, this game management system also comprises the player identification device, whether this player identification device is used for by determining by the information of described input media input consistent with the player identification information of previous registration, with the insurer of player identification for the recreation insurance, and
Wherein, when described player identification device was the insurer with player identification, described specified device was specified the insurer.
3, game management system according to claim 2 wherein, is arranged on described player identification device in the described insurance management server.
4, game management system according to claim 2 wherein, is arranged on described player identification device in the described game machine.
5, game management system according to claim 2 wherein, is stored in described player identification information in the described insurance management memory storage.
6, game management system according to claim 2 wherein, is stored in described player identification information in the described member card.
7, game management system according to claim 2, wherein, described card unit is making described game processing equipment to provide recreation to the player when described member card has read identifying information.
8, game management system according to claim 2, wherein, described game processing equipment provides the recreation of state that is in by the recreation insurance underwriting when described specified device is appointed as the insurer with the player, and the recreation that is in not by the state of the insurance underwriting of playing is provided when described specified device is not appointed as the insurer with the player.
9, game management system according to claim 2, wherein, described card unit reads described identifying information when member card is inserted into described card unit.
10, game management system according to claim 9, wherein, described card unit remains on described member card in the described card unit in described game processing equipment provides the process of recreation.
11, game management system according to claim 10, wherein, described card unit ejects this member card when having imported the order of ejecting member card by input media.
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