JP2001096054A - Replay system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize replay system on each machine utilizing CR prepaid card system at amusement arcade. SOLUTION: A reusable medium is used as CR prepaid card at amusement arcade. By recording a number to identify a member on the CR prepaid card, the card can be commonly used for system of ball point accumulation and member control as an amusement arcade members card. A ticket machine and the system of ball point accumulation and member control are online connected each other. Inserting the members card into the ticket machine and entering a code number with keypad, ball point information is obtained from the system of ball point accumulation and member control. After transfer the ball point information to CR card control system for continual play, the members card is inserted into a CR card unit to refund ball point accumulated from the CR pachinko machine, then player can replay at each machine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system in which a player deposits a winning ball obtained as a result of a game at a game arcade as a ball and plays the ball again at the game arcade using the ball.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game arcade equipped with gaming machines such as pachinko machines and pachislot machines, various services are provided for the purpose of returning players to the game arcade and retaining players.
Among them, a system has been introduced in which a winning ball obtained by a player is deposited in a game arcade as a ball and the ball is played again with the ball.

Various systems have been proposed as a conventional replay system using the accumulated coins. FIG. 4 shows a configuration diagram of a typical replay system. As shown in FIG. Is acquired, the winning ball can be electronically deposited in the gaming hall 1 by the membership card in the game hall 1 using the membership card. After depositing the ball, the member places a member card (not shown) on the island end replay ball dispensing machine 91 or each unit replay ball dispensing machine 92 connected to the ball storing and replaying system 10 in the game hall 1. By inserting and performing a predetermined operation, the payout of the coins is obtained from each payout machine, and the game of replay can be enjoyed with the balls.

On the other hand, according to an example of a CR pachinko machine 61 shown in FIG. 4, a player puts a game price into a ticket vending machine 40, obtains a CR prepaid card 41, and obtains a CR. The prepaid card 41 is inserted into the CR card unit 60, and a game ball can be lent out from the CR pachinko machine 61 to enjoy the game. Also, the conventional CR prepaid card 41 is a disposable type that cannot be used again when the prepaid amount is used up. However, in order to reduce the running cost, the CR prepaid card 41 can be used repeatedly to operate the card. A proposal has been made to reduce the running cost by using an IC card with a built-in IC chip so that the IC card can be repeatedly used as the CR prepaid card 41. Further, by adding a membership number to the CR card and using it as a membership card, inserting the membership card into the ticket vending machine 40 and inserting a game price, it is possible to perform an operation capable of adding a CR prepaid function, A system has been proposed in which the CR card management system 50 can manage the game information according to the use status of the member card.

[0005]

However, in order to introduce this replay system, a game arcade manager has to use an island end replay ball dispensing machine 91 or a replay system for each unit as shown in FIG. Since it is necessary to install the play ball dispensing machine 92, a large investment in replay equipment is required,
It was necessary to secure space for installing the dispensing machine. In particular, when the replay ball dispensing machine 92 is installed, the replay ball dispensing machine 92 is arranged on the left side of the CR card unit 60 in addition to the space between the normal CR pachinko machine 61 and the CR card unit 60. Is necessary,
Moreover, since the number of CR pachinko machines 61 is required, the number of CR pachinko machines 61 has to be reduced by the space, and ball replenishment work is required for each replay ball dispensing machine 92. A huge amount of capital investment was required. In addition, for the game arcade manager, since the online connection for information exchange is not made between the savings / member management system 10 and the CR card management system 50, even if the member cards can be used in common, they are different from each other. Member management and usage information management are required, and management of ball savings / replay and member information on the ball savings / member management system 10 side,
It was difficult to link the members' use information on the CR card management system 50 side.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and is an island end replay ball dispensing machine 9 connected to a conventional ball storage / member management system 10.
It is not necessary to install one or each replay ball payout machine 92, and the ball and member management system 10 and the CR card management system 5
This system provides a system in which each of the CR card units 60 and the CR pachinko machine 61 can use the membership card to replay the game by exchanging information on the accumulated ball through the ticket vending machine 40. . Accordingly, since it is not necessary to install the replay ball dispensing machine 92 for each unit, capital investment can be reduced, and the number of CR pachinko machines 61 does not need to be reduced. To provide.

[0007]

According to the replay method provided by the present invention, as a medium of a CR prepaid card in a game arcade, an IC card, a magnetic card, a bar code card,
Use a reusable medium such as an OCR card, record the member identification number on a CR prepaid card using this medium, and use it as a membership card for a game arcade. So that it can be used for

The ball and member management system used in the present invention can deposit a winning ball as a ball in a game arcade using a membership card, and further transmits this ball management information to a ballpark third party guarantee management company via a communication line. It is configured to be managed.

[0009] A ticket vending machine used in the present invention is a member card or CR card management system when a cash prepaid card is issued by issuing cash, and a member card is inserted into the ticket vending machine and cash is inserted. Can be added with a CR prepaid amount. Further, the ticket vending machine is provided with a coin storage unit for mutually communicating information with the ball storage / member management system and a numeric keypad for inputting a member's password, and a member card is inserted into the ticket vending machine and a password is input with the numeric keypad. Thereby, it is possible to obtain the ball information from the ball / member management system, and to transfer the management of the ball information to the CR card management system as a ball for replay.

[0010] The CR card management system used in the present invention can manage the usage information of the ticket vending machine connected to the CR card management system and the CR prepaid card of the CR card unit, and further sends the management information to the CR card management company. It is configured to be transmitted and managed by a communication line. Furthermore, a CR prepaid card or a membership card for general customer gaming is inserted into the CR card unit provided in the CR pachinko machine, and as a lending ball when using cash from the CR pachinko machine, as a replay ball when replaying. It is configured so that it can be managed and a ball can be paid out to play again.

As another configuration example of the ticket vending machine in the present invention, a ball storage communication unit for mutually communicating information with a ball storage / member management system and a numeric keypad for inputting a personal identification number of a member are placed in separate housings. The ticket vending machine having the above configuration may be configured so as to be used as an option.

[0012] In addition, when there is a replay remaining due to the savings and a lending remaining due to the deposit as the use value of the member card, the CR card management system is provided with a managing function so that the payout is preferentially paid out from the savings. Thereby, the CR card unit and the CR pachinko machine can be configured so that a part of a conventionally used device can be changed and used.

[0013] Information on the member's replay and the member's C
The usage information of the R card and the usage information of the general player's CR card are interconnected by connecting the CR card management system and the ball and member management system to each other online, so that either the CR card management system or the ball and member management system can be used. It is also possible to configure the system so that the data can be totaled and centrally managed.

The ball information in the ball / member management system and the ball information for replay managed by the CR card management system are connected online by connecting the ball / member management system and the CR card management system to each other, Centrally manage the total number of members remaining in the member management system,
It is also possible to configure such that the savings information is managed by a savings third party assurance management company.

[0015] The ball saving information in the ball saving / member management system and the ball information for replay managed by the CR card management system can be mutually communicated between the ball saving third party guarantee management company and the CR card management company. Using a telecommunications line, the system is designed so that the information on the replayed ball information on the CR card management system and the information on the member's ball information on the ball / member management system can be summed up and managed by a third-party guarantee company. Can also.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a replay system by a CR pachinko machine 61 to which the present invention is applied. This replay system is composed of a ball storage / member management system 10 and a ticket vending machine 40 installed in the game arcade 1.
Is connected online and the CR card management system 50
And the ticket vending machine 40 and the CR card unit 60 are connected to another online, and the CR card unit 60
It is connected to an R pachinko machine 61. Also, the ticket vending machine 40 inserts each card into the CR card unit 60 after the issuance of the CR prepaid card 41 and the registration of the game price on the membership card 42 so that the ball can be paid out from the CR pachinko machine 61. It is configured. Further, the ball savings / member management system 10 transmits the ball saving information to the ball savings third party guarantee management company 3 through the ball savings guarantee management communication line 31, and the CR card management system 50 transmits the CR prepaid card communication line 2.
1, the usage information of the CR prepaid card 41 is transmitted to the CR card management company.

Next, an example of the embodiment of the ball storage system will be described step by step with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 3. When a player makes a membership application with a membership application form in advance as a member of the game hall 1, the member registration machine After reading the new membership card 42 by 17 and inputting the personal identification number to be used for the authentication of the member himself, the member number and the personal identification number are registered in the coin storage / member management control unit 11 as a new member of the amusement arcade 1, and this registration is performed. The used member card 42 is delivered to the player, that is, the member. This member card 42 includes an IC card, a magnetic card,
Using a reusable medium such as a barcode card, an OCR card or the like, the member identification number is recorded on a card of the same medium as the CR prepaid card 41, and the member card 42 is constituted. The ticket vending machine 40 and the CR card unit 60 are also used. It is configured to be commonly used. Further, in the amusement arcade 1, when attribute information such as the address and the name of the member is input based on the membership application form using the member management terminal 13 or the like, the coin saving
It is stored in the member management control unit 11 and is used as information material for member management.

When a general player plays a game with the CR pachinko machine 61 in the amusement arcade 1, when a game price is inserted into the ticket vending machine 40, the ticket vending machine 4 shown in FIG.
Issue a CR prepaid card 41 from which a lending ball equivalent to the deposit amount can be obtained from zero. When a general player inserts the issued CR prepaid card 41 into the CR card unit 60 and presses the ball lending button of the CR pachinko machine 61,
A game pachinko ball is paid out from the CR pachinko machine 61 as a lending ball, and the game can be enjoyed with the CR pachinko machine 61. The CR prepaid card 41 issued from the ticket vending machine 40 is composed of the same medium as the membership card 42,
The difference from the member card 42 is a card in which a member identification number for identifying a member is not registered. The CR card management system 50 collects and manages the usage status of the ticket vending machine 40 and the CR prepaid card 41 of the CR card unit 60 online, and sends it to the CR card management company 2 through the CR prepaid card communication line 21. C
The sales information of the R prepaid card 41 and the usage information of the CR prepaid card 41 are transmitted, and used for the settlement of the sales of the CR card management company 2 and the amusement arcade 1.

[0019] A member enters the CR pachinko machine 6 at the game hall 1.
In the case of playing with cash in 1, when the member card 42 issued to the member is inserted in advance into the ticket vending machine 40 and the game price is inserted, the value of the game price is registered in the member card 42 or the CR card management system 50. Then, the member card 42 is returned from the ticket vending machine 40. When the member inserts the returned member card 42 into the CR card unit 60 and presses the ball lending button of the CR pachinko machine 61, the game pachinko ball is paid out from the CR pachinko machine 61 as a lending ball.
The game can be played by the R pachinko machine 61. The usage status of cash by this member card 42 is also the CR of general players.
Like the prepaid card 41, it is managed by the CR card management system 50 and the CR card management company 2.

When the member wins the ball as a result of the game, FIG.
Ball counting machine 1 showing the configuration of a ball storage / member management system 10
When the winning ball is counted in step 6 and the member card 42 is inserted into a member card reader (not shown) provided in the ball counter 16 to perform the ball storage process, the ball storage / member management control unit 11 sets the ball as a member ball. be registered. As another method, a ticket (not shown) in which the counting result of the winning ball is recorded by the ball counting machine 16 is issued, and the fractional winning ball after the exchange for a predetermined premium at the counter POS 14 is also registered as a ball by the ticket. it can. Information accumulated in this way is
Stored and managed by the member management control unit 11 and transmitted to the third-party guarantee management company 3 via the ball-guarantee management communication line 31.
The third party guarantee management company 3 is designed to compensate members for savings.

Next, the replay system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. The ticket vending machine 40 is online with the ball storage / member management system 10 by a ball storage communication unit 82 constituting a part thereof. They are connected so that they can communicate with each other. The member who holds the coins inserts the member card 42 into the card reader / writer 78 of the ticket vending machine 40 and inputs a password using the numeric keypad 81 for personal authentication. Inquiring the member number and PIN of the member card 42, and if the registered PIN and authentication are obtained, the authentication response of information such as the number of remaining coins of the member and the number of replays to the ticket vending machine 40, The result is displayed on the display unit 76.
The member can use the numeric keypad 81 or operation key 75 based on the display.
To register the replayed ball in the CR card management system 50. By registering, the designated ball is deducted from the ball and member management system 10 and the member's ball is transferred to the CR card management system 50 as a replay ball and managed, and then the member card 42 is returned to the member. I do.

When the member inserts the member card 42 into the CR card unit 60, the member's accumulated ball data registered in the CR card management system 50 is received, and the fact that replay is possible is displayed on the CR pachinko machine 61. When the ball lending button of the pachinko machine 61 is pressed, a game pachinko ball is paid out as a replay ball from the CR pachinko machine 61, and the CR is played.
The game of replay can be enjoyed with the pachinko machine 61. In addition, the game information of the member's replay by this savings,
The CR card management system 50 is configured to manage the game like cash games. In this manner, by playing the ball again, the pachinko game can be enjoyed even if there is no game fund, so that the member is expected to return to the store and the player can be fixed.

Next, another preferred embodiment of the ticket vending machine used in the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 5. The conventional ticket vending machine to which the present invention is not applied has a conventional structure shown in FIG. This structure can be used in the CR card management system 50 by this configuration when the operation is not generally performed in conjunction with the member management and the ball storage system. Therefore, the numeric keypad 81 and the coin storage unit 82 constituting the replay adapter 80 required in the present invention are formed in a separate housing from the conventional ticket vending machine 70, and the replay method of the present invention is applied. Only if, Figure 5
The replay adapter 80 is replaced with a conventional ticket vending machine 70 as shown in FIG.
The present invention can also be realized by a configuration in which connection can be made in addition to the above.

In the operation of the present invention, when the member card 42 has a remaining amount of the CR prepaid amount due to the deposit and the remaining coins for replay, when the member card 42 is inserted into the CR card unit 60, the CR card unit 60 The management system 50 is inquired of information available to the member. When the inquiry is responded to, the rebate information for replay is preferentially sent, so that the game can be used first from the game of replay by the rebate, and After the remaining ball has been exhausted, the system operation is constructed so that players can play with the remaining amount of the CR prepaid amount, so that replay balls that do not consume the prepaid amount are automatically used by members Is very convenient
The game of the R pachinko machine 61 can be enjoyed.

Further, the CR card management system 50 and the coin storage / member management system 10 are connected to each other online, so that information on replay of the member, information on the use of the CR card system of the member, and the CR prepaid card of the general player are provided. The member management, the member's use information of the CR pachinko machine 61, and the replay use can be performed by totalizing and managing the use information of the member 41 in either the CR card system 50 or the coin saving / member management system 10. Situation and CR prepaid card 41 for members and general players
And the like, so that the unified management of the information of the two systems can be constructed.

Also, as described in the preceding paragraph, the CR card management system 50 and the ball and member management system 10 are connected to each other online, and the remaining ball for replay managed by the CR card management system 50 and the ball storage・ The number of remaining members of the member on the member management system 10 is saved. ・ Member management system 1
In addition to managing the total number of remaining coins as 0, the information is transmitted to the third-party assurance management company 3 and managed. Members will be able to receive compensation for the number.

Further, the ball saving information in the ball saving / member management system 10 and the ball information for replay managed by the CR card management system 50 are transferred to the ball saving third party assurance management company 3
And the CR card management company 2 using an information communication line capable of communicating with each other, and summing up the management information of the re-played balls of the CR card management company 2 by the third-party guarantee company 3 Accordingly, in the event of an accident in the amusement arcade 1, the member can receive compensation for the number of balls saved including the number of remaining balls for replay.

Although the description has been made on the basis of the example of the CR pachinko machine, it goes without saying that replay with medals in a pachislot machine can be similarly used.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, the member card can be inserted into the CR card unit without inserting a replay ball dispenser at the island end or a replay ball dispenser for each unit. Replaying can be realized, so that the number of CR pachinko machines can be reduced, the investment amount for additional equipment, construction and equipment costs of the amusement arcade can be reduced, and the effect of replaying on each machine can be obtained. it can.

In addition, when there is a replayed ball and a lending ball due to cash deposit, the CR card management machine manages the payout so as to give priority to the replayed ball, so that the CR card unit and the CR pachinko machine are used. It is possible to obtain an effect that can be realized only by adding a part of functions without changing a conventional device without adding a display unit or a switching button to the device.

Further, in addition to the centralized management of the management information, it is possible to obtain the effect of realizing the third-party compensation management for the ball for re-playing the ball, thereby increasing the effect that the re-play by the ball saving can be realized extremely conveniently. Things.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a replay system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a ticket vending machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a ball savings / member management system.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a replay system according to a conventional system.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of another replay system to which the present invention is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Amusement arcade 2 CR card management company 3 Third-party savings management company 10 Savings / member management system 11 Savings / member management control unit 12 Data transmission / reception unit 13 Member management terminal 14 Counter POS 15 Medal counter 16 Ball counter 17 Member registration machine 21 CR prepaid card communication line 31 Savings guarantee management communication line 40 Ticket vending machine 41 CR prepaid card 42 Membership card 50 CR card management system 60 CR card unit 61 CR pachinko machine 70 Conventional vending machine 71 For ticket vending machine Control unit 72 CR communication unit 73 Deposit unit 74 Change unit 75 Operation key 76 Display unit 77 Card issue unit 78 Card reader / writer 80 Replay adapter 81 Numeric keypad 82 Storage unit for ball storage 91 Island replay ball dispenser 92 Play ball dispenser

Claims (6)

[Claims] An IC card, a magnetic card, a barcode card, an OCR card, etc., which can be used repeatedly as a medium of a CR prepaid card in a game arcade, and a member identification number is recorded on a CR prepaid card using this medium. The membership card can also be used as a membership card for a game arcade, and this membership card is also configured to be commonly used in a ballpark / member management system. The deposit management information is transmitted to the third party guarantee management company via a communication line, and is managed. The ticket vending machine, when cash is inserted, a CR prepaid card for general customer gaming Is issued, the member card is inserted into the ticket vending machine and cash is inserted. A repaid amount can be added, and this ticket vending machine has a ballparking communication unit that performs information communication with the ballparking / member management system, and a numeric keypad for inputting a member's password, and inserts a membership card into the ticket vending machine. By inputting a PIN with a numeric keypad, it is possible to obtain ball savings information from a ball savings / member management system, and to transfer the management of this ball savings information to a CR card management system as a replaying ball, The card management system can manage the usage information of the CR card unit including the information on the accumulated coins of the connected ticket vending machines and the replay, and the management information is transmitted to the CR card management company via a communication line and managed. Yes, Insert a CR prepaid card or membership card for general customers into the CR card unit, and use cash from the CR pachinko machine. As rental ball if, as a re-play ball in the case of re-play Replay system capable of performing re-play to give a payout of balls. 2. A ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein
The feature is that the communication unit for coin storage that exchanges information with the member management system, and the numeric keypad for inputting the member's password are placed in separate housings, and are arranged and used as options on conventional ticket vending machines. The replay system according to claim 1, wherein 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein when there is a replay remaining due to the savings and a remaining lending due to the cash as the use value of the member card, the payout is performed preferentially from the savings.
Alternatively, the replay method according to claim 2. 4. The replay method according to claim 1, wherein information relating to replay of the member and CR of the member are provided.
The usage information of the card system and the usage information of the general player's CR prepaid card are put online so that the CR card management system and the coin-saving / member management system can communicate with each other. 4. The replay system according to claim 1, wherein the data can be totaled and managed in a unified manner by any one of the systems. 5. The replay method according to claim 4, wherein the information of the accumulated coins managed by the accumulated coins / member management system,
The ball information for replay managed by the card management system is put online so that the ball / member management system and the CR card management system can communicate with each other.
5. The replay method according to claim 4, wherein the member management system manages the total number of remaining coins of the members in a unified manner, and the information is managed by a third party guarantee management company. 6. The replay method according to claim 1, wherein the information on the ball information stored in the ball and member management system and the information on the ball information for replay managed by the CR card management system are guaranteed by a third party for the ball game. The management company and the CR card management company are configured to be able to communicate with each other using the information communication line, and the re-playing ball information for the CR card management system and the member's ball for the ball / member management system. 5. The replay method according to claim 1, wherein the information is totaled and managed by a third party guarantee management company.