JP2004242767A - Member management system for game parlor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a member management system for a game parlor managing a balance for every member by obtaining investment information of members in a simple constitution. <P>SOLUTION: When the member provides a spent prepaid card, a clerk in charge inputs a purchase amount of the prepaid card in a POS terminal. When sales data are input (S104: YES), the POS terminal transmits the sales data to a management computer. The management computer gives a point to the member based on the sales data (number of invested balls). The management computer calculates the balance of the member based on the number of the invested balls and the number of balls replaced with prizes. Therefore, the member gets the point by providing the prepaid card to willingly use the prepaid card and surely get the investment information of the member. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a membership management system for a game arcade that manages members using, for example, used prepaid cards.
[0002]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Conventionally, by inserting a membership card into a card reader attached to a ball lending machine or table lamp installed at each gaming table and accumulating the game history during the game, it is possible to collect the winning and losing of the player and the content of the game I have to.
However, such a method has a disadvantage in that the terminals of the system need to be installed in all game consoles, and the investment cost is extremely large.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a membership management system for a game arcade that can obtain investment information of members with a simple configuration and manage the balance of each member. It is in.
[0003]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention provides investment information input means for inputting investment information indicating the amount of investment by the member provided by the member, and collection information collecting means for collecting the recovery information indicating the amount of recovery by the member in accordance with a prize exchange. And a balance calculation means for obtaining a balance for each member by comparing the investment information input to the investment information input means with the collection information collected by the collection information collection information. ).
[0004]
According to such a configuration, in order to manage the investment amount by the member, the investment information indicating the investment amount provided by the member is input to the investment information input means. The collection information collecting means collects collection information indicating a collection amount of money by the member in response to a prize exchange by the member. Then, the income and expenditure calculation means obtains the income and expenditure for each member by comparing the investment information input to the investment information input means with the collection information collected by the collection information collection information. Thus, it is possible to determine the win or loss of each member based on the balance of each member obtained by the balance calculation means. In this case, since the investment information by the member is provided by the member, it is not necessary to provide a special means for collecting the sales by the member, and it can be implemented with a simple configuration.
[0005]
In the above configuration, when investment information is input to the investment information input means, it is desirable to provide a privilege granting means for granting a privilege to the member who provided the investment information (claim 2).
According to such a configuration, when the member provides the investment information, the privilege is given to the member by the privilege granting means, so that the member is willing to provide the investment information.
[0006]
Further, the privilege granting means may grant a privilege to the member according to a prize acquired by the member (claim 3).
According to such a configuration, since a privilege is given to the member at the time of prize exchange, the member can quickly exchange the prize so that the privilege is granted quickly, and the member Can be improved in calculation accuracy.
[0007]
The investment information may be a purchase amount of a valuable medium by a member (claim 4).
According to such a configuration, the member can be provided with the valuable media that has been purchased and used, so that the member's investment information can be input to the investment information input means.
[0008]
Further, the collection information collecting means may be constituted by a counter that counts the inserted game media and issues a storage medium in which the count value is stored, and a terminal that reads the count value from the storage medium. Good (claim 5).
According to such a configuration, when the member counts the valuable medium with the counter, the storage device in which the count value is stored is issued from the counter. The count value is read from the storage medium by the machine. Thus, the collection information collecting means can be configured by using the equipment provided in the game store.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of the present system. In FIG. 1, a POS terminal (corresponding to investment information input means) 1 and a member card reader 2 are installed at a prize exchange counter of a game arcade. The POS terminal 1 is used for inputting data during a prize exchange process, an inventory process, and an inventory process, and is also used as a data input for a member's sales data and point addition and subtraction processes related to the present invention. The input data is transmitted to the management computer (corresponding to the collection information collection means and the balance calculation means) 3. Further, the member card reader 2 transmits the member number read from the member card and the input personal identification number to the management computer 3.
[0010]
The member card reader 2 is used when inputting the member's sales data to the POS terminal 1 or inputting data of point addition / subtraction processing, reading a member card, inputting a personal identification number, communicating with the POS terminal 1, and saving coins. Display the number and points.
[0011]
Based on the data input from the POS terminal 1, the management computer 3 performs, in addition to normal processing such as prize setting management and prize inventory management, member setting information management related to the present invention, member authentication processing, , Sales information, exchange information management, and member balance calculation, and a member balance data file and a prize setting table for performing these operations are set.
[0012]
FIG. 2 shows an example of a member income and expenditure data file, and shows a data file corresponding to each member. In FIG. 2, in addition to the member name, the number of investment balls and the number of exchange balls on the day, the total number of investment balls and the number of exchange balls are set in accordance with the member number, and points are set. The number of investment balls is the number of balls borrowed by the member, and the number of exchange balls is the number of balls exchanged for prizes. The point is a privilege for the member, and is given to the member when the sales information is obtained from the member or when the game medium obtained by the member is exchanged for a premium. The benefits include the right to exchange for special prizes, the right to play a certain amount of games, and the right to change settings.
[0013]
FIG. 3 shows the giving points corresponding to the exchange prizes. In FIG. 3, the management computer 3 stores an exchange unit price corresponding to the type of the gaming table corresponding to the prize and sets an awarded point. When the player exchanges the game medium for the prize, , Points are given to members according to prizes.
[0014]
Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
A player who wants to give a point as a privilege from the pachinko hall registers in advance and has the pachinko hall issue a membership card. The membership card stores a membership number.
In the pachinko hall, when a membership card is issued, the member information is registered in the management computer 3. When the member information is input, the management computer 3 creates the member information in the member income and expenditure data file shown in FIG.
[0015]
When the member plays the game using the prepaid card and the remaining amount of the prepaid card becomes “0”, if the member wants to accumulate the points of the privilege, the member submits the prepaid card to the premium exchange counter.
The staff in charge switches the POS terminal 1 to the sales input mode when inputting the sales of the member.
[0016]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart at the time of the sales input operation of the POS terminal 1. In FIG. 4, when the POS terminal 1 is switched to the sales input mode (S101: YES), the POS terminal 1 transmits a sales input mode switching signal to the member card reader 2 (S102). This sales input mode is switched when only a member is present, and is not executed even if a general non-member submits a used prepaid card.
[0017]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the member card reader 2. In FIG. 5, when the member card reader 2 receives a mode switching signal from the POS terminal 1 (S201: YES), the card reader 2 displays a card insertion standby screen (S202). When the member enters his / her PIN in the state where the member card is inserted (S203: YES), the member reads the member number from the member card and transmits the member number and the PIN to the POS terminal 1 (S204).
[0018]
The clerk inputs the amount of purchase of the prepaid card provided by the member to the POS terminal 1 as sales data. At this time, a non-erasable stamp is stamped or cut so that the used prepaid card is not reused for granting a privilege.
[0019]
The POS terminal 1 acquires the membership number from the membership card reader 2 as shown in FIG. 4 (S103: YES). When the sales data is input (S104: YES), the POS terminal 1 includes the membership number (including the password). ) And sales data are transmitted to the management computer 3 (S105).
[0020]
Here, when the management computer 3 authenticates the member based on the member information transmitted from the POS terminal 1, the management computer 3 updates the number of investment balls in the member income and expenditure data shown in FIG. 2 based on the sales data from the POS terminal 1. I do. In other words, the management computer 3 converts the sales amount into the number of balls to obtain the number of investment balls, and adds the number to the number of investment balls on the day.
[0021]
Further, a point corresponding to the sales is added to the point stored corresponding to the member number, and the result is transmitted to the POS terminal 1 as point update data. In this case, 5 points are awarded for 500 yen, and if the purchase amount of the used prepaid card by the member is 5,000 yen, 50 points are awarded, and if it is 10,000 yen, 100 points are awarded. become.
When receiving the point update data from the management computer 3 (S106: YES), the POS terminal 1 transmits the received number of points to the member card reader 2 (S107).
[0022]
When the member card reader 2 receives the point update data from the POS terminal 1 as shown in FIG. 5 (S205: YES), the member card reader 2 displays the number of received points (S206). Thereby, the member can know the current earned points and try to accumulate more points.
[0023]
When the member in charge presses down the ejection button of the membership card reader 2 (S207: YES), the member card reader 2 ejects the membership card, switches to the standby screen (S208), and outputs a card ejection signal. The message is transmitted to the POS terminal 1 (S209).
When the POS terminal 1 receives the card ejection signal from the member card reader 2 as shown in FIG. 4 (S108: YES), the POS terminal 1 switches to the standby mode (S109).
[0024]
When a member provides a used prepaid card to the prize exchange counter by the above operation, points corresponding to the purchase amount of the used prepaid card are added, so the member can accumulate points quickly. As a result, they will be willing to provide used prepaid cards to game arcades.
[0025]
As described above, although the investment amount (investment information) by the member can be managed, in order to manage the member's income and expenditure, the collection amount (recovery information) corresponding to the prize collected by the member through the prize exchange is provided. It is necessary to know, and in this embodiment, the collected money is collected at the time of exchanging prizes.
[0026]
That is, when the game media obtained by the member is counted by the counting machine, a receipt on which a bar code indicating the counting information is printed is issued from the counting machine. Submit to
When the member submits the receipt, the staff in charge reads the barcode printed on the receipt with the POS terminal 1.
[0027]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart at the time of the prize exchange operation in the POS terminal 1. In FIG. 6, when the POS terminal 1 reads the count information from the receipt (S301: YES), the POS terminal 1 transmits a prize exchange mode switching signal to the member card reader 2 (S302).
[0028]
The member card reader 2 operates in the same way as when inputting the sales data shown in FIG. 5, and displays a card insertion standby screen (S202).
Subsequently, the POS terminal 1 displays the number of replacement balls indicated by the read count information as shown in FIG. 6 (S303).
[0029]
Here, the staff in charge selects the exchange prize desired by the member within the range of the number of exchange balls, and then pushes down the exchange processing confirmation button. Then, when the exchange prize is selected (S304: YES) and the exchange processing confirmation button is pressed down (S305: YES), the POS terminal 1 checks whether the membership card is inserted in the membership card reader 2. Is determined (S306). At this time, when a general player submits a receipt to exchange a prize, the membership card is not inserted (S306: NO), and only the exchange prize information is transmitted to the management computer 3 (S313).
[0030]
When the prize inventory management processing is completed, the management computer 3 transmits a processing completion signal to the POS terminal 1. Therefore, when the POS terminal 1 receives the processing completion signal from the management computer 3 (S314: YES), the POS terminal 1 switches to the standby mode (S312).
[0031]
On the other hand, when the member submits the receipt, since the member card is inserted (S306: YES), when the member number is obtained from the member card reader 2 (S307), the member number and the exchange premium information are exchanged. The data is transmitted to the management computer 3 (S308).
[0032]
Here, when the member is authenticated, the management computer 3 executes a balance process and a point update process.
That is, the number of exchanged balls this time is added to the number of exchanged balls of the day in the member income and expenditure data file shown in FIG. 2, and a point (see FIG. 3) corresponding to the present premium is added to points.
Then, the management computer 3 transmits the update data obtained as described above to the POS terminal 1.
[0033]
When receiving the point update data from the management computer 3 (S309: YES), the POS terminal 1 transmits the received number of points to the member card reader 2 (S310). As a result, the number of points of the member is displayed on the member card reader 2. When the card ejection signal is received from the member card reader 2 (S311: YES), the mode is switched to the standby mode (S312).
As described above, each time a member exchanges a prize, the member's income and expenditure data is updated and points are added, so that the member is willing to exchange prizes.
[0034]
Then, the staff in charge executes a business closing operation on the management computer 3 when the business is closed today.
When the business closing operation is performed, the management computer 3 creates a predetermined form, adds the data of the day to the accumulated data, and resets the data of the day.
[0035]
FIG. 7 shows an example of a form. In FIG. 7, the management computer 3 calculates the member's balance on the day by subtracting the number of investment balls from the number of replacement balls on the day, and calculates the day's balance from the total number of replacement balls obtained by adding the number of replacement balls on the day. The total number of members is calculated by subtracting the number of investment balls to which the number of investment balls is added, and these are created as a form. Therefore, the member's income and expenditure can be managed based on the form created by the management computer 3, so that the winning or losing of the day of each member and the cumulative winning or losing can be grasped, and an appropriate business strategy can be formulated. Can be.
[0036]
According to such an embodiment, a member is provided with a prepaid card used, the purchase amount is input to the POS terminal 1 as investment information, and the number of balls exchanged for a prize by the member is collected as POS information. A system that collects data from the terminal 1 and finally obtains the member's balance by subtracting the number of investment balls from the number of exchanged balls, so that a terminal is installed at each game console and the sales of each member are processed in real time. As compared with, the balance of each member can be managed with a simple system configuration.
[0037]
In addition, as a means to provide the prepaid card used by the member, the member who provided the prepaid card is given points according to the purchase amount, so that the member is willing to provide the prepaid card In other words, it is possible to surely obtain investment information that is not normally provided by a player.
In addition, points are given to members even when members exchange prizes, so members can quickly exchange prizes in order to accumulate points as soon as possible, and to improve the calculation accuracy of member's income and expenditure described above. Can be.
[0038]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows.
The sales may be obtained from terminals provided corresponding to the gaming tables. That is, the staff in charge may confirm the sales information displayed on the terminal at the time of customer change, clear the display, and input the member information and the sales to the management computer 3. Also, at the end of the game, the person in charge may confirm the sales information and issue a ticket.
[0039]
【The invention's effect】
As is clear from the above description, according to the member management system for amusement arcades of the present invention, the member's investment amount is provided, and the member's Since the income and expenditure are obtained, there is an excellent effect that the investment information of the member can be obtained with a simple configuration and the income and expenditure of each member can be managed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a management file of member information by a management computer; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing correspondence between prizes and types of game consoles; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a sales input mode operation of the POS terminal. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of the member card reader. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a prize exchange operation of the POS terminal. Figure [Explanation of symbols]
1 is a POS terminal (investment information input means), 2 is a member card reader, and 3 is a management computer (collection information collection means, balance calculation means).

Claims (5)

Investment information input means for inputting investment information indicating the amount of investment by the member provided by the member,
Collection information collection means for collecting collection information indicating a collection amount by the member in response to a premium exchange by the member;
A member for a game arcade comprising: a balance calculating means for obtaining a balance for each member by comparing the investment information input to the investment information input means with the collection information collected by the collection information collection information. Management system. 2. A member management system for a game arcade according to claim 1, further comprising a privilege granting means for granting a privilege to the member who provided the investment information when the investment information is input to the investment information inputting means. . 3. The member management system for a game arcade according to claim 2, wherein when the collection information collecting means collects the collection information, the privilege granting means grants a privilege to the member whose collection information is collected. . 4. The member management system for a game arcade according to claim 1, wherein the investment information is a purchase amount of a valuable medium by a member. The collection information collecting means,
A counter that counts the inserted game media and issues a storage medium in which the count value is stored;
The member management system for a game arcade according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a terminal for reading the count value from the storage medium.

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