JP2002352311A - Benefit imparting system, program and information storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a benefit imparting system, a program and an information storage medium capable of improving a purchaser's incentive to purchase by closely relating a purchase, a game and a benefit imparting in an automatic vending machine. SOLUTION: This benefit imparting device 100 is provided with an updating part 116 for updating user data 122 and charging data 124 based on purchase information received from a cellphone, a deciding part for deciding whether a benefit imparting condition is satisfied or not based on the user data 122 and an information forming part 112 for forming game information to impart an electronic benefit in the game to a player operating the cellphone when the benefit imparting condition is satisfied.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a privilege providing system, a program, and an information storage medium used when a privilege is given to a product purchase at a vending machine.

[0002]

Background Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention
The application sticker can be attached to the side of canned juice, etc., and the purchaser of the canned juice, etc. can apply a predetermined number of application stickers to the postcard and send it to the manufacturer, thereby giving the buyer a privilege such as a prize. It was done.

[0003] However, in this method, it takes time and effort to attach an application seal and the like.

[0004] In order to reduce such trouble, a method of prepaying cash with a vending machine, registering a member with a mobile phone, and granting a privilege to a member who is a purchaser according to the result of purchase at the vending machine. Has been proposed by Japan Coca-Cola Co., Ltd. and others.

[0005] However, simply adding points according to the purchase results cannot sufficiently evoke the purchaser's willingness to purchase.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-60256,
A vending machine with a game function has been proposed for the purpose of improving the ability of vending machines to attract customers and increasing sales.

However, the invention described in the above publication is to play a game as a price for the purchase at the vending machine, and is merely a combination of the game and the vending machine.

[0008] In particular, when a plurality of players play a game, the plurality of players become partners,
The players are formed in a predetermined relationship by forming a team or the like. In the conventional privilege giving system, sales to a plurality of players having a predetermined relationship are not considered.

[0009] The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object the purpose of purchasing a vending machine, a game,
An object of the present invention is to provide a privilege granting system, a program, and an information storage medium that can closely relate to privilege granting and improve purchase motivation of a purchaser.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a privilege providing system according to the present invention provides a system in which a player playing a game using a portable terminal device uses a vending machine using the portable terminal device. When purchasing a product, acquiring means for acquiring, via a transmission path, purchase information indicating the purchase status of the product from the portable terminal device or the vending machine, and the acquired purchase information; A determination used to determine whether or not to grant a predetermined privilege to all players having a predetermined relationship with the player in the game, based on attribute data indicating the attributes of the player stored in an area. Updating means for updating application data; and a determination means for determining whether any player satisfies the criteria for granting the privilege based on the determination data. When, wherein the said determination means,
When any one of the players satisfies the criteria for granting the privilege, a predetermined privilege granting unit is controlled so as to grant the privilege to the player.

[0011] The program according to the present invention is a program usable by a computer, wherein a player playing a game using a portable terminal device purchases a product at a vending machine using the portable terminal device. If you do
Acquiring means for acquiring, via a transmission path, purchase information indicating the purchase status of the product from the portable terminal device or the vending machine, the acquired purchase information, and the player stored in a predetermined storage area Updating means for updating determination data used for determining whether or not to grant a predetermined privilege to all players having a predetermined relationship with the player in the game based on attribute data indicating the attribute of And a determination unit that determines whether any player satisfies the criterion for granting the privilege based on the determination data, and causes the computer to implement the determination unit. When a criterion for granting is satisfied, a predetermined privilege granting unit is controlled so as to grant the privilege to the player.

Further, an information storage medium according to the present invention is an information storage medium usable by a computer, and includes a program for causing a computer to realize the above means.

[0013] According to the present invention, it is possible to give a privilege not only to a player at a vending machine by a single player but also to other players having a predetermined relationship in the game. Becomes

[0014] Thereby, the purchase at the vending machine, the game, and the privilege provision can be closely related, and the purchaser's willingness to purchase can be improved.

The predetermined relationship may be, for example,
Alliance relations, hostility relations, lover relations, friend relations, parent-child relations, etc. correspond.

[0016] In addition, the privilege granting system may update the status of the determination data based on the determination data of a player operating the portable terminal, toward the portable terminal identified based on the attribute data. It may include providing means for providing the status information to be shown via a transmission path.

[0017] Further, the program is directed to a portable terminal device identified based on the attribute data, based on the decision data of a player operating the portable terminal device, a status indicating an update status of the decision data. A providing means for providing information via a transmission path may be realized by a computer.

Further, the information storage medium may include a program for causing a computer to realize the providing means.

According to this, the player can check the update status of the determination data. As a result, it is possible to inform the player how much more to purchase and the privilege will be given, so that the player's willingness to purchase can be improved.

[0020] In the privilege providing system, the program, and the information storage medium, the status information is displayed as a sheet on the portable terminal device on which a plurality of numerical values or a plurality of patterns are arranged in a predetermined arrangement. The providing means determines a predetermined numerical value or a predetermined pattern based on the purchase information, and when the determined numerical value or the pattern matches the numerical value or the pattern described on the sheet, the matching is performed. The status information is provided so that a sheet in which a numerical value or a pattern image is changed is displayed, and the determination unit determines, when a predetermined change occurs in the numerical value or the pattern in the sheet, the sheet on which the change has occurred. The privilege granting means may be controlled so as to grant the privilege to a player to which the player is provided.

According to this, the player can feel the pleasure as a game for changing the image on the sheet as compared with the case where the points are simply displayed, so that the player's willingness to purchase can be further improved. . Note that, as the seat, for example, a bingo game seat, a slot game seat, and the like correspond.

In the privilege providing system, the program and the information storage medium, the providing means associates a user of another portable terminal device with the player so as to have the predetermined relationship in the game. May be provided to the other portable terminal device.

According to this, it is possible to give an incentive for another user to participate in the game so that the privilege is more efficiently given to the player. This has the effect of increasing the sales volume due to the purchase of a product by the newly participating user and increasing the sales due to the game fee paid by the newly participating user.

Further, in the privilege providing system, the program, and the information storage medium, the obtaining means obtains operation information indicating an operation permitted by the player to purchase the product, and the updating means The data for determination may be updated based on the operation information.

According to this, since the change of the determination data differs depending on the operation of the player permitted by the purchase of the product, unlike the case where the privilege is simply given by a numerical value, an element as a game is added to the privilege grant. Can be. Thereby, the purchase intention of the purchaser can be improved. In particular, players who have a predetermined relationship in the game can also compete in a game different from the game, so that the purchaser's willingness to purchase can be further improved.

Further, the privilege granting system according to the present invention comprises:
When a player playing a game using the portable terminal device purchases a product at a vending machine using the portable terminal device, the player shows the purchase status of the product from the portable terminal device or the vending machine. Acquiring means for acquiring purchase information via a transmission path; and a predetermined privilege for the player based on the obtained purchase information and attribute data indicating the attribute of the player stored in a predetermined storage area. Updating means for updating determination data used to determine whether to grant, based on the determination data, determining means for determining whether the player has satisfied the criteria for granting the privilege, Toward the portable terminal device identified based on the attribute data, based on the determination data of the player operating the portable terminal device,
Providing means for providing status information indicating the update status of the determination data via a transmission path, wherein the status information includes a plurality of types of numerical values or a plurality of types of predetermined patterns in the portable terminal device. The information is displayed as a sheet arranged in an array, the providing means determines a predetermined numerical value or a predetermined pattern based on the purchase information, and the determined numerical value or the pattern is a numerical value described on the sheet or In the case of a match with a pattern, the situation information is provided so that a sheet in which the image of the matched numerical value or the pattern is changed is displayed, and the determination unit determines that a predetermined change has occurred in the numerical value or the pattern in the sheet. In this case, it is characterized in that a predetermined privilege providing means is controlled so as to grant the privilege to a player to whom the changed sheet is provided.

The program according to the present invention is a program usable by a computer, and a player who plays a game using a portable terminal device purchases a product at a vending machine using the portable terminal device. In this case, acquisition means for acquiring purchase information indicating the purchase status of the product from the portable terminal device or the vending machine via a transmission path, the acquired purchase information, and stored in a predetermined storage area. Updating means for updating determination data used to determine whether to grant a predetermined privilege to the player, based on the attribute data indicating the attribute of the player, based on the determination data, Determining means for determining whether or not the player satisfies the criterion for granting the privilege; and a portable terminal device identified based on the attribute data. A providing means for providing, via a transmission path, status information indicating an update status of the determination data based on the determination data of the player operating the portable terminal device; The status information is information in which a plurality of types of numerical values or a plurality of types of pictures are displayed as a sheet arranged in a predetermined arrangement on the portable terminal device, and the providing unit is configured to determine a predetermined numerical value based on the purchase information. Or, a predetermined pattern is determined, and when the determined numerical value or pattern matches the numerical value or pattern described on the sheet, a sheet in which an image of the matching numerical value or pattern is changed is displayed, and the status information is displayed. When a predetermined change occurs in a numerical value or a pattern in the sheet, the determination means provides the player to whom the sheet in which the change has occurred is provided with the aforementioned And controlling a predetermined privilege granting means to grant Dian.

Further, an information storage medium according to the present invention is characterized in that it includes a program for causing a computer to realize the above means.

According to the present invention, the sheet image displayed on the portable terminal device can be changed with respect to the purchase at the vending machine. This allows the purchaser to determine how much more to purchase based on the change in the sheet image to receive the privilege. In addition, since it is possible to provide the purchaser with more fun as a game for changing the image on the sheet than when simply displaying points, the purchaser's willingness to purchase can be further improved.

[0030] In the privilege providing system, the program and the information storage medium, the privilege may be an electronic privilege relating to the game.

According to this, by giving an electronic privilege relating to the game to the player, the purchase action at the vending machine and the game can be more closely related, and the purchaser's willingness to purchase can be further improved. it can.

The electronic benefits include, for example, permission to execute a game (so-called credit), provision of game items, increase in life parameters of a character, permission to download a character image, and the like.

The determination data may be data provided individually for each player, or may be data common to all players having the predetermined relationship.

[0034]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described by taking an example in which the present invention is applied to a privilege granting system for granting a predetermined privilege to a product purchase at a vending machine by electronic payment using a mobile phone. This will be described with reference to FIG.

(Explanation of the Entire System) FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the entire system according to an example of the present embodiment.

In this system, a mobile phone 200, a vending machine 300, and a privilege granting apparatus 100 are connected via a network 400, which is a transmission path. In practice, the system includes a plurality of mobile phones 200 and a plurality of vending machines 300.

The mobile phone 200 has a game execution function and an electronic payment function. The mobile phone 200 executes a game by exchanging information with the privilege providing device 100 or a predetermined game server.

In this embodiment, when one of a plurality of players having a predetermined relationship in a game purchases a product at the vending machine 300, a privilege is provided not only to the player but also to other players. The privilege granting device 100 is configured to update the determination data for granting.

Next, functional blocks of the mobile phone 200 will be described.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of a mobile phone 200 according to an example of the present embodiment.

The mobile phone 200 transmits an operation unit 230 including character input keys and the like, and distribution request information including operation information from the operation unit 230, and receives game information and privilege information from the privilege granting apparatus 100. Transmitting and receiving unit 290 and a storage unit 220 for temporarily storing received game information and the like.
And a processing unit 210 that performs a predetermined process based on the game information stored in the storage unit 220, an image display unit 260 that displays a game image on a liquid crystal screen, and a sound output unit 262 that outputs a game sound. Have been.

The storage unit 220 stores the authentication data 2
22 are stored. The authentication data 222 is used when the vending machine 300 purchases a product.

Here, the game information is information related to the game, and means, for example, data for executing the game, a program, an object in which the data and the program are integrated, and the like. The game information includes information for reproducing a game sound as well as a game image.

Next, functional blocks of the privilege providing apparatus 100 will be described.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing functional blocks of the privilege providing apparatus 100 according to an example of the present embodiment.

The privilege granting device 100 functions as an acquisition unit that receives (acquires) distribution request information from the mobile phone 200, and transmits status information indicating the update status of the determination data and privilege granting information to the mobile phone 200 ( A transmission / reception unit 190 that also functions as a providing unit, and a processing unit 110 that identifies which mobile phone 200 has transmitted based on the received distribution request information and performs predetermined processing based on the received distribution request information. And a storage unit 120. Although the transmitting / receiving unit 190 has both a providing function and an acquiring function, the transmitting / receiving unit 190 may be divided into a providing unit and an acquiring unit.

The storage unit 120 stores user data 122 including user attribute data and determination data, and billing data 124.

The processing unit 110 includes an information generation unit 112 for generating status information and the like; a determination unit 114 for determining whether or not a player satisfies a criterion for granting a privilege based on the user data 122; Updater 11 for updating user data 122 and billing data 124
6 is included.

In this embodiment, a special character image is given as a privilege. For this reason, the information generation unit 112 also functions as a privilege granting unit that grants a privilege.

The following can be applied to the hardware of each unit. For example, the processing unit 110
U, etc., the storage unit 120 is, for example, a RAM, etc.
Can be realized using, for example, a communication device having a PAD (packet disassembly and assembly) function.

It should be noted that an information storage medium 180 is connected to the privilege providing apparatus 100, and the function can be realized by reading information from the information storage medium 180.

The program stored in the information recording medium 180 may be embodied in a carrier wave. That is, the privilege granting device 100 is not connected to the information storage medium 180,
It is also possible to read the information from a predetermined host device or the like via the 00 to realize the various functions described above.

The information storage medium 180 is, for example, a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, IC card, RO
A storage medium using a laser, magnetism, or the like such as M, RAM, a memory card, and a hard disk can be applied. The method of reading information from the information storage medium 180 may be a contact type or a non-contact type.

Next, the data structure of the user data 122 will be described.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of the user data 122 according to an example of the present embodiment.

The user data 122 is data for managing player information. User data 12
The item 2 corresponds to, for example, “user ID”, “user name”, “group ID”, “numerical value”, “status”, and the like. Among these items, “user ID”, “user name”, and “group ID” are items of attribute data, and “numerical value” and “situation” are determination data for determining whether the privilege grant condition is satisfied. Items.

For example, as shown in FIG.
By referring to "D", it is understood that "Taro Suzuki" and "Jiro Yamada", which are the same group ID "0001", are the same group. The updating unit 116 updates the user data 122 so that players having a predetermined relationship such as an alliance relationship in the game are in the same group.

"Numerical value" indicates an array of numerical values in a sheet image described later. Further, “status” is represented by two values “1” and “0”. “1” indicates that the number matches the numerical value selected by the information generation unit 112, and “0” indicates that the numerical value does not match the numerical value selected by lot. In addition,
Each numerical value of “numerical value” is associated with each numerical value of “status” on a one-to-one basis.

For example, in the case of “Taro Suzuki”, the “numerical value” is “36, 2, 5, 14, 24, 99, 82,...” And the “status” is “1, 1, 1”. , 1, 0, 0,
1, ... ". This is 36, 2, 5, 1
4, 82 and the like indicate that they match, and 24 and 99 indicate that they do not match.

When the pattern of the numerical value of “situation” matches a specific privilege provision pattern, a privilege is provided to the player.

Next, the data structure of the billing data 124 will be described.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the data structure of billing data 124 according to an example of the present embodiment.

The billing data 124 is data for managing billing information for the player. Billing data 124
Are, for example, "user ID", "billing amount", "money", and the like. Note that the billing data 12
The “user ID” of No. 4 is associated with the “user ID” of the user data 122.

(Explanation of Flow of Game Process) Next, a flow of a game process using the above-described units will be described.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing from purchase of a product to grant of a privilege according to an example of the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sheet image according to an example of the present embodiment. FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating a sheet image for the first player, and FIG. It is a figure which shows the sheet image for 2 players.

Note that the sheet image is a type of situation information, and is generated by the information generation unit 112 based on “numerical values” and “status” of the user data 122. Also,
The sheet image is composed of 25 numerical images of 5 rows and 5 columns, and a privilege is awarded when all the numerical values in one of the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal columns match the above-mentioned lottery numerical values. This is based on the rules of the so-called bingo game.

First, the player operates the mobile phone 200 in front of the vending machine 300 to make a purchase request for a desired product. Specifically, the transmitting / receiving unit 2 of the mobile phone 200
90 exchanges information with the transmission / reception unit of the vending machine 300 and acquires purchase information (purchased product name, purchase price, etc.) indicating the purchase status of the product sold by the vending machine 300.

Then, the transmission / reception unit 290 transmits the acquired purchase information and the authentication data 222 stored in the storage unit 220.
The distribution request information including the authentication information based on the request and the request information indicating the purchase request of the specific product from the operation unit 230 is transmitted to the privilege granting apparatus 100 using the transmission / reception unit 290 (step S2).

The privilege granting apparatus 100 updates the billing data 124 by using the updating section 116 based on the distribution request information from the mobile phone 200 obtained by using the transmitting / receiving section 190 (step S4).

Specifically, the updating unit 116 specifies the “user ID” based on the authentication information included in the distribution request information, and refers to the “funded money” of the billing data 124 of the user ID, and refers to the product. It is determined whether or not a product having the price indicated by the information can be purchased. If the product can be purchased, the amount of the product is subtracted from the "pocket money" and added to the "charge amount". It should be noted that if the value of "money held" is equal to or higher than the purchase price of the product, the purchase of the product is possible.

If the purchase is possible, the transmitting / receiving section 190
Transmits the delivery permission information to the vending machine 300 so that the vending machine 300 delivers the product. The vending machine 300 supplies the commodity for which the player has made a purchase request to an external take-out port based on the delivery permission information, and delivers the commodity (step S6).

The information generating unit 112 generates image information for displaying the sheet images shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B on the mobile phone 200. Specifically, the information generation unit 112 randomly determines 25 numerical values from 1 to 99 as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, and determines the determined numerical values in 5 rows and 5 columns. To generate image information for displaying the sheet image displayed by. Transmission / reception unit 190
Transmits the image information to the mobile phone 200 (step S10).

At this time, the updating unit 116 updates the numerical value determined by the information generating unit 112 with the user data 1.
The user data 122 is generated so as to be generated in “numerical value” of “22” and all the numerical values in “status” are initialized to 0.

Then, the information generator 112 determines one of the numerical values 1 to 99 and performs a lottery (step S12). The determination unit 114 determines the “numerical value” of all users having the same group ID as the user who purchased the product.
Among them, it is determined whether or not there is one that matches the lottery value (step S14).

If the numerical values match, the information generation unit 112
Changes the background color of the matched numerical value as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B (see FIGS. 7A and 7B).
Image information is generated as shown in FIG.

When the numerical values match, the updating unit 116
Is set in the user data 122 so that the numerical value in the “situation” at the position corresponding to the numerical value changes from “0” to “1”.
Update the "status" of the player whose value matches.

Then, the determining unit 114 determines whether the numerical pattern of the “condition” matches the specific pattern indicating the privilege provision condition with reference to the “status” of the updated user data 122 (step). S18). For example, if all of the first five are 1, then FIG. 7 (A) and FIG. 7 (B)
Are all gray in the top row, and all the numerical values in a horizontal row are filled (so-called bingo state). That is, by providing a pattern in which the first five numerical values are “11111” as the specific pattern, the determination unit 114 can determine whether the numerical pattern matches the specific pattern.

When the numerical pattern matches the specific pattern, the information generating unit 112 generates image information for displaying a special image of the game character on the mobile phone 200, and the transmitting / receiving unit 190 The image information is transmitted to the mobile phone 200. Thereby, a privilege is given to the player whose numerical pattern matches the specific pattern (step S20).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, 1
For a purchase made by the vending machine 300 by another player, it is possible to give a privilege not only to the player but also to other players having a predetermined relationship in the game.

Thus, the purchase at the vending machine 300, the game, and the privilege provision can be closely related, and the purchaser's willingness to purchase can be improved.

As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the player can check points in a sheet format. This tells the player how much more to buy to get the benefit,
Players' motivation to purchase can be improved.

According to this, the player can feel more enjoyable as a game for changing the image on the sheet as compared with the case where the points are simply displayed, so that the purchase motivation of the player is further improved. Can be.

(Modifications) Although the preferred embodiments to which the present invention is applied have been described, the application of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible.

For example, in order to increase the number of game participants, the information generating unit 112
An e-mail for causing another user to participate in the game may be generated. As the e-mail, for example, if an e-mail containing association information including the address of the site of the game and the group ID of the players who have participated in the game is applied, the players who have joined and the users who have not participated can be identified. Easy to associate. In this case, data indicating the e-mail address of the player may be provided as a part of the attribute data of the user data 122.

Then, when the user newly participates in the game, both the player who has already participated and the player who has newly participated are likely to be given a privilege by the above-described method.

On the other hand, merchandise sellers and game providers also have advantages such as an increase in merchandise sales and an increase in game fee income.

In addition to providing character images, electronic benefits in the game such as permitting execution of a game (so-called credit), increasing the life parameters of the character, and giving special items in the game are given as the benefits. May be provided. It is also possible to give general benefits (for example, giving prizes, etc.) as well as game benefits.

Further, it is also possible to further increase the relevance between the provision of the privilege and the region of the vending machine or the purchased product. For example, if a product is purchased only at a vending machine in Osaka, a product limited to Osaka is granted as a privilege, or even if a privilege is granted to the purchase of canned juice, the product to be granted according to the manufacturer and the product type may be changed. It is also possible to decide.

Further, it is possible not only to give a privilege but also to store the purchase history of the product in the user data 122 and perform marketing.

[0091] The relations that belong to the same group in the game include, for example, alliance relations, hostility relations, lover relations, friend relations, parent-child relations, and the like.

In the sheet images of FIGS. 7A and 7B, the numbers are arranged, but a pattern (for example, a strawberry pattern) may be used instead of the numbers. That is, FIG.
A slot game image or the like may be applied instead of the bingo game sheet image shown in FIG.

The above-described determination data may be data provided individually for each player as shown in FIG. 4, but is data common to all players in a predetermined relationship. You may.

For example, when common data is used as determination data by all players having a predetermined relationship,
Allow the player to operate by purchasing products,
The update unit 116 may update the determination data according to operation information indicating the operation from the mobile phone 200. More specifically, for example, data indicating a numerical value of a playing card or a picture in a place of nervous breakdown can be applied as the data for determination.

[0094] As described above, when common data is used by all the players, or when the privilege provision condition is not satisfied, as in the so-called jackpot method, the score is added to the score after the next time. May be adopted.

Also, as in the present embodiment, by permitting the operation of the player who has purchased the product and allowing the player to play the game, unlike the case where the privilege is simply given in accordance with the numerical value, the game can be executed in response to the bonus. Element can be added. In particular, since players having a predetermined relationship in a game can play in a game different from the game, the purchaser's willingness to purchase can be further improved.

Further, for example, the functions of the privilege providing device 100 may be distributed to a plurality of devices, or may be integrated into one device. For example, the function of the privilege providing device 100 may be included in the vending machine 300.

Further, the portable terminal device for executing the game is not limited to the portable telephone 200, but may be a portable PDA.
(Personal Digital Assista
nts), a portable PC, and various portable terminal devices such as a portable game device having a communication function.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an entire system according to an example of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing functional blocks of a mobile phone according to an example of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of a privilege providing device according to an example of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data structure of user data according to an example of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data structure of billing data according to an example of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing from purchase of a product to grant of a privilege according to an example of the embodiment.

7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating an example of a sheet image according to an example of the present embodiment. FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating a sheet image for a first player, and FIG. It is a figure showing a sheet image for players.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 Privilege granting device 112, 212 Information generation unit 114, 214 Judgment unit 116, 216 Update unit 122 User data 124 Billing data 180, 280 Information storage medium 190, 290 Transmission / reception unit 200 Mobile phone

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Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. When a player who plays a game using a portable terminal device purchases a product at a vending machine using the portable terminal device, the player purchases the product from the portable terminal device or the vending machine. Purchase information showing the purchase status of
Acquiring means for acquiring via a transmission line, based on the acquired purchase information, and attribute data indicating the attribute of the player stored in a predetermined storage area, all of which have a predetermined relationship with the player in the game. Updating means for updating the determination data used to determine whether or not to grant a predetermined privilege to the player, based on the determination data, any one of the players satisfies a criterion for granting the privilege. A determination unit that determines whether or not the player has given the privilege, if any one of the players satisfies a criterion for granting the privilege, the determination unit controls the predetermined privilege providing unit to grant the privilege to the player. The privilege grant system characterized by doing. 2. The update status of the determination data according to claim 1, wherein the determination is made based on the determination data of a player operating the portable terminal device, toward the portable terminal device identified based on the attribute data. A privilege granting system comprising a providing means for providing status information via a transmission path. 3. The providing means according to claim 2, wherein the status information is displayed on the portable terminal device as a sheet on which a plurality of types of numerical values or a plurality of types of pictures are arranged in a predetermined arrangement. Determines a predetermined numerical value or a predetermined pattern based on the purchase information, and when the determined numerical value or the pattern matches the numerical value or the pattern described on the sheet,
The status information is provided so that a sheet in which the image of the matched numerical value or pattern is changed is displayed, and the determination unit determines that when a predetermined change occurs in the numerical value or pattern in the sheet, the change occurs. A privilege providing system for controlling the privilege providing means so as to grant the privilege to a user to whom the seat is provided. 4. The information processing device according to claim 2, wherein the providing unit associates information for associating a user of another portable terminal device with the player so as to have the predetermined relationship in the game. A privilege providing system provided to another portable terminal device. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition unit acquires operation information indicating an operation permitted by the player to purchase the product, and the update unit acquires the operation information. A benefit providing system for updating the determination data based on the data. 6. When a player who plays a game using a portable terminal device purchases a product at a vending machine using the portable terminal device, the player receives the product from the portable terminal device or the vending machine. Purchase information that shows the purchase status of
Acquiring means for acquiring via a transmission line, whether to give a predetermined privilege to the player based on the obtained purchase information and attribute data indicating the attribute of the player stored in a predetermined storage area. Updating means for updating determination data used for determining whether or not, based on the determination data, determining means for determining whether or not the player has met the criteria for granting the privilege, based on the attribute data To the identified portable terminal device, based on the determination data of the player operating the portable terminal device, based on the determination data, providing status information indicating the update status of the determination data, via a transmission path, providing means, The status information is displayed as a sheet in which a plurality of types of numerical values or a plurality of types of patterns are arranged in a predetermined arrangement in the portable terminal device. The providing means determines a predetermined numerical value or a predetermined pattern based on the purchase information, and when the determined numerical value or the pattern matches the numerical value or the pattern described on the sheet,
The status information is provided so that a sheet in which the image of the matched numerical value or pattern is changed is displayed, and the determination unit determines that when a predetermined change occurs in the numerical value or pattern in the sheet, the change occurs. A privilege providing means for controlling a predetermined privilege providing means so as to grant the privilege to a player to which the seat is provided. 7. The privilege providing system according to claim 1, wherein the privilege is an electronic privilege relating to the game. 8. A program usable by a computer, wherein a player playing a game using a portable terminal device purchases a product at a vending machine using the portable terminal device, Acquiring means for acquiring, via a transmission path, purchase information indicating the purchase status of the product from a terminal device or the vending machine; acquiring the acquired purchase information; and the attribute of the player stored in a predetermined storage area. Updating means for updating determination data used to determine whether or not to grant a predetermined privilege to all players having a predetermined relationship with the player in the game based on the attribute data shown in the game. Determining means for determining, based on the determination data, whether any player satisfies the criteria for granting the privilege, Is realized, the determination unit, when a player satisfies the criteria for applying the benefits, programs and controlling a predetermined privilege granting means to grant the privilege to the player. 9. The update status of the determination data based on the determination data of a player operating the portable terminal device, which is directed to the portable terminal device identified based on the attribute data according to claim 8. A program for causing a computer to provide providing means for providing status information via a transmission path. 10. The providing means according to claim 9, wherein the status information is displayed on the portable terminal device as a sheet in which a plurality of types of numerical values or a plurality of types of pictures are arranged in a predetermined arrangement. Determines a predetermined numerical value or a predetermined pattern based on the purchase information, and when the determined numerical value or the pattern matches the numerical value or the pattern described on the sheet,
The status information is provided so that a sheet in which the image of the matched numerical value or pattern is changed is displayed, and the determination unit determines that when a predetermined change occurs in the numerical value or pattern in the sheet, the change occurs. A program for controlling the privilege granting means so as to grant the privilege to a player to whom the seat is provided. 11. The information processing device according to claim 9, wherein the providing unit associates information for associating a user of another portable terminal device with the player so as to have the predetermined relationship in the game. A program provided to another portable terminal device. 12. The information processing device according to claim 8, wherein the acquisition unit acquires operation information indicating an operation permitted by the player to purchase the product, and the updating unit acquires the operation information. A program for updating the determination data based on the program. 13. A program usable by a computer, wherein a player playing a game using a portable terminal device purchases goods at a vending machine using the portable terminal device. Acquiring means for acquiring, via a transmission path, purchase information indicating the purchase status of the product from the device or the vending machine; and indicating the acquired purchase information and the attributes of the player stored in a predetermined storage area. Updating means for updating determination data used to determine whether to grant a predetermined privilege to the player based on the attribute data; and the player granting the privilege based on the determination data. Determining means for determining whether or not a criterion to be satisfied is satisfied; and, toward the portable terminal device identified based on the attribute data, the portable terminal device And providing means for providing, via a transmission path, status information indicating the update status of the determination data based on the determination data of the player making the computer. In the apparatus, a plurality of types of numerical values or a plurality of types of patterns are information displayed as a sheet arranged in a predetermined arrangement, the providing means determines a predetermined number or a predetermined pattern based on the purchase information, If the determined value or pattern matches the value or pattern described on the sheet,
The status information is provided so that a sheet in which the image of the matched numerical value or pattern is changed is displayed, and the determination unit determines that when a predetermined change occurs in the numerical value or pattern in the sheet, the change occurs. A program for controlling a predetermined privilege providing means so as to grant the privilege to a player to whom the seat is provided. 14. The program according to claim 8, wherein the privilege is an electronic privilege relating to the game. 15. An information storage medium usable by a computer, wherein the information storage medium includes the program according to any one of claims 8 to 14.