JP2004016490A - Prize exchange system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a prize exchange system making it possible to relieve a game parlor of the burden of stocking prizes, while keeping players from exchanging gained game media with unwanted prizes and carrying around noble metal pieces for which the game media are exchanged. <P>SOLUTION: When a player desires to exchange game media with noble metal pieces, an order to purchase noble metal pieces in an amount matching the number of the game media is transmitted to a bullion dealer through an electronic communication line and an order to deliver the purchased noble metal pieces to the player is transmitted to the dealer through the electric communication line. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a prize exchange system for exchanging gaming media obtained by a player by playing a game with a gaming machine for precious metal bullion prizes.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, game media such as balls or medals obtained by a player by playing a game with a gaming machine such as a pachinko or pachislot machine are counted by a pachinko ball counting machine or a medal counting machine, and a clock, a writer, etc. , CD, food, and various prizes such as precious metal ingots having a predetermined weight as one unit.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor or a pachislot shop, it is necessary to purchase and store precious metal bullion prizes in advance in exchange for the above precious metal bullion prizes most requested by players. There is a problem that a burden of inventory of precious metal prizes corresponding to sales of ball charges or sales of rental medal charges occurs.
[0004]
In addition, there is a problem that a fraction of the game media remaining after the player exchanges the game media for the desired premium must be exchanged for confectionery or the like that the player does not particularly desire. Further, when the player exchanges the game medium with the precious metal prize, it may not be safe to carry the precious metal prize around.
[0005]
In view of the above-described problems, the present invention can reduce the burden on the prize inventory of a game arcade, and can eliminate the need for exchanging game media obtained by a player with undesired prizes. It is an object of the present invention to provide a prize exchange system which does not need to carry precious metal prizes exchanged for game media.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention includes a counting means for counting the number of game media obtained by a player by playing a game with a gaming machine, and a part or all of the counted game media is reduced to the number. A prize exchange system for exchanging a noble metal prize according to the amount of the noble metal prize when the player desires to exchange the game medium for the noble metal prize. A purchase order transmitting means for transmitting an order for buying gold to a precious metal maker through a telecommunication line; and a delivery order transmitting means for transmitting an order for delivering the purchased precious metal bullion to a player via a telecommunication line to the precious metal merchant. It is characterized by.
[0007]
According to this, each time a player desires to exchange a game medium for a precious metal prize, a purchase order is transmitted to the precious metal merchant each time, so that the amusement arcade stores the inventory of the precious metal prize in advance. There is no need to secure it, and inventory burden is reduced. In addition, since a purchase order for a precious metal bullion corresponding to one game medium can be made, the player does not have to exchange the acquired game medium for an unwanted prize.
[0008]
Further, the purchase order transmitting means and the delivery order transmitting means transmit the purchase order and the delivery order simultaneously with each other, and when the purchase and delivery of the precious metal bullion according to these orders are completed, the precious metal to that effect. It is preferable to include a completion notification receiving means for receiving a notification from the quotient through a telecommunication line.
[0009]
Further, a purchase order receiving means provided on the precious metal merchant side for receiving the purchase order, and a purchase price previously concluded between the game hall and the precious metal merchant when the purchase order receiving means receives the purchase order. By providing the payment settlement means for debiting the purchase price from the financial institution account of the game arcade to the financial institution account of the precious metal dealer based on the transfer contract, the purchase price can be settled immediately and smoothly.
[0010]
Further, a delivery order receiving means provided on the precious metal merchant side for receiving the delivery order, and a precious metal land previously concluded between the player and the precious metal merchant when the delivery order receiving means receives the delivery order. If there is provided a delivery means for storing the purchased precious metal bullion in a precious metal merchant account under the player's name based on the gold protection custody contract, the player may carry the precious metal prize exchanged for the game medium with him. You don't have to.
[0011]
An exchange rate display means for displaying the type and amount of precious metal bullion exchanged for one unit of game medium, and an exchange for displaying the type and amount of precious metal bullion exchangeable for the game medium counted by the counting means. It is preferable to provide an amount indicating means. Further, there is provided precious metal bullion selecting means for selecting the type and amount of the precious metal bullion to be purchased by the player, and the purchase order transmitting means includes a kind of precious metal bullion selected by the player by the precious metal bullion selecting means. It is preferable to transmit the purchase order including the data of the purchase order and the amount of data and the playground data that can identify the playground from which the purchase order is transmitted. Further, it is preferable that a player identification means for identifying a player is provided, and the delivery order transmitting means transmit a delivery order including player data of the identified player.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
[0013]
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a prize exchange system according to the present invention, which is a pachinko machine for counting the number of pachinko balls obtained by a player by playing a game with a pachinko gaming machine. A ball counter 1 is provided, and a POS register 2 connected to the pachinko ball counter 1 for managing prizes and the like.
[0014]
The pachinko ball counter 1 is of a jet counter type, and when a player puts a pachinko ball into the pachinko ball counter, the number of the pachinko balls is automatically counted. This count data is displayed on a count counter 11 provided in the pachinko ball counter 1 and transmitted to the POS register 2.
[0015]
The POS register 2 manages lending ball sales and premiums, and is connected via a computer network to a precious metal merchant terminal 4 installed at a predetermined precious metal merchant. Can send and receive various data.
[0016]
The POS register 2 has an exchange rate display section 21 for displaying the type and amount of precious metal ingot that can be exchanged for one pachinko ball, and can be exchanged for the number of pachinko balls counted by the pachinko ball counter 1. An exchange fee display section 22 for displaying the type and amount of precious metal bullion, and an exchange selection section for the player to select the type of precious metal bullion desired to be exchanged for pachinko balls and the quantity of pachinko balls desired for exchange. 23, and a replacement end display section 24 for displaying the type and amount of the replaced precious metal ingot after exchanging the pachinko balls for the precious metal ingot.
[0017]
The exchange rate display unit 21 displays the type of precious metal ingot that can be exchanged for one pachinko ball, for example, gold (Au), silver (Ag), platinum (Pt), etc., and corresponds to the type of these precious metal ingots. The amount that can be exchanged for one pachinko ball to be replaced is displayed in weight units. The data for this display is updated at predetermined time intervals based on the noble metal market data transmitted from the connected noble metal quotient terminal 4 via the computer network.
[0018]
The exchange amount display unit 22 displays the quantity counted by the pachinko ball counter 1 calculated based on the count data transmitted from the pachinko ball counter 1 and the data displayed on the exchange rate display unit 21. Displays the amount of precious metal ingots that can be exchanged for pachinko balls in weight units.
[0019]
The exchange selection unit 23 includes a type selection unit 231 that selects the type of precious metal bullion that the player wants to exchange, and a ball number selection unit 232 that selects the number of pachinko balls that the player wants to exchange with the precious metal bullion. Have.
[0020]
The POS register 2 is connected to a card reader 3 for issuing and reading a membership card for a player using the premium exchange system. When issuing the membership card, the player concludes a precious metal bullion protection custody contract with the predetermined precious metal merchant and opens a precious metal merchant account. When the member card is inserted into the card reader 3, the player data written on the member card is read and transmitted to the POS register 2, and the player is identified.
[0021]
As described above, the precious metal merchant has the precious metal merchant terminal 4, and can transmit and receive various data to and from the POS register 2 of the pachinko parlor connected via a computer network.
[0022]
Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the processing flowchart of the pachinko parlor side shown in FIG. 2 and the processing flowchart of the precious metal dealer side shown in FIG.
[0023]
First, when a player inserts pachinko balls obtained by playing a game with a pachinko gaming machine into the pachinko ball counting machine 1 (S1), the pachinko ball counting machine 1 automatically counts the number of inserted pachinko balls. The count data is displayed on the count counter 10 (S2) and transmitted to the POS register 2 (S3).
[0024]
The POS register 2 that has received the count data displays the kind and amount of the precious metal ingot that can be exchanged for one pachinko ball on the exchange rate display unit 21 and exchanges the pachinko ball according to the count data on the exchange amount display unit 22. The types and amounts of possible precious metal ingots are displayed (S4).
[0025]
When the player wishes to exchange the obtained pachinko balls for the precious metal prize, the player inserts his / her own membership card into the card reader 3 (S5), and then displays each of the display sections 21 and 22. While checking, the user operates the type selection unit 231 and the number of balls selection unit 232 of the exchange selection unit 23 to select the type of precious metal bullion and the number of pachinko balls to be exchanged (S6).
[0026]
When this selection is made, the POS register 2 stores the type of the selected precious metal bullion and the number of pachinko balls, the exchange rate at the time of the selection (the weight of the precious metal bullion that can be replaced with one pachinko ball), and Then, the weight of the precious metal ingot that the player wishes to exchange is calculated. Then, the purchase order data including the selection data composed of the weight and the type of the selected precious metal bullion, and the game hall data capable of identifying the game hall in which the POS register 2 is installed. Is generated, and transfer order data including the player data of the member card read by the card reader 3 is generated (S7). The generated order data is simultaneously transmitted to the precious metal merchant terminal 4 via the computer network (S8).
[0027]
When the precious metal merchant terminal 4 receives the order data (S21), the precious metal merchant purchases the precious metal based on the selection data included in the purchase order data (S22) and concludes in advance between the game arcade and the precious metal merchant. Based on the purchase price transfer contract, the purchase price is deducted from the financial institution account of the game arcade identified by the game arcade data included in the purchase order data to the precious metal dealer's financial institution account (S23).
[0028]
Subsequently, the precious metal maker stores the purchased precious metal bullion in the precious metal merchant account of the player identified by the player data included in the delivery order data (S24).
[0029]
When the purchase and delivery of the precious metal bullion are completed, the precious metal dealer terminal 4 transmits a notification to the effect that the purchase and delivery have been completed to the POS register 2 of the pachinko parlor via the computer network (S25). This notification includes the type and weight data of the precious metal bullion transferred to the player's precious metal merchant account.
[0030]
Upon receiving the notification (S9), the POS register 2 displays the type and weight of the precious metal bullion transferred to the precious metal merchant account of the player included in the notification to the exchange end display unit 24, The type and weight of the amount of precious metal ingot that has been exchanged for pachinko balls, ie, transferred to the precious metal trading account of the player, are displayed (S10).
[0031]
In the present embodiment, the case where the gaming machine is a pachinko gaming machine and the gaming medium is a pachinko ball has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the gaming machine is a pachislot gaming machine. However, the game medium may be a medal.
[0032]
【The invention's effect】
As is clear from the above description, the present invention transmits a purchase order to a precious metal merchant whenever a player desires to exchange a game medium with a precious metal prize, so that There is no need to secure the inventory of precious metal prizes in advance, and the inventory burden is reduced. In addition, since a purchase order for a precious metal bullion corresponding to one game medium can be made, the player does not have to exchange the acquired game medium for an unwanted prize.
[0033]
If the purchased precious metal bullion is stored in a precious metal merchant account in the name of the player, the player does not need to carry the precious metal prize exchanged for the game medium.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing processing on the pachinko parlor side. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processing on the precious metal merchant side.
1 Pachinko ball counter 2 POS register 4 Precious metal merchant terminal

Claims (8)

A game machine is provided with a counting means for counting the number of game media obtained by a player by playing a game, and for exchanging a part or all of the counted game media with a precious metal prize according to the number. A prize exchange system, wherein when a player desires to exchange game media for a precious metal prize, an order to purchase an amount of precious metal bullion in accordance with the quantity of the game media is transmitted via a telecommunication line to a precious metal trading system. A prize exchange system, comprising: a purchase order transmitting means for transmitting a purchase order to a player; and a transfer order transmitting means for transmitting an order for transferring a purchased precious metal bullion to a player via a telecommunication line to a precious metal merchant. The purchase order transmission means and the delivery order transmission means transmit the purchase order and the delivery order simultaneously with each other, and when the purchase and delivery of the precious metal bullion according to these orders are completed, the precious metal trader to that effect. 2. The prize exchange system according to claim 1, further comprising a completion notification receiving unit that receives the notification of the completion via a telecommunication line. A purchase order receiving means provided on the precious metal merchant side for receiving the purchase order, and a purchase price transfer contract previously concluded between the game arcade and the precious metal merchant when the purchase order receiving means receives the purchase order. 3. The prize exchange system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a payment means for debiting a purchase price from a financial institution account of a game arcade to a precious metal dealer's financial institution account based on the above. A delivery order receiving means provided on the precious metal merchant side for receiving the delivery order, and a precious metal bullion previously concluded between the player and the precious metal merchandise when the delivery order receiving means receives the delivery order. The prize exchange system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: delivery means for storing the purchased precious metal bullion in a precious metal merchant account in the name of a player based on a protection custody contract. The prize exchange system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising an exchange rate display means for displaying a type and an amount of the precious metal bullion exchanged for one unit of the game medium. 6. A prize exchange according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising exchange amount display means for displaying the type and amount of precious metal bullion exchangeable with the game medium counted by the counting means. system. A precious metal bullion selecting means for selecting a type and an amount of the precious metal bullion to be purchased by the player, wherein the purchase order transmitting means includes a kind and an amount of the precious metal bullion selected by the player by the precious metal bullion selecting means; The prize exchange system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the prize exchange system transmits the purchase order including the data of the game and the game hall data capable of identifying the game hall from which the purchase order is transmitted. 8. A system according to claim 1, further comprising player identification means for identifying a player, wherein said delivery order transmitting means transmits a delivery order including player data of said identified player. A prize exchange system according to the section.

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