JP2006149525A - Game medium lending system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly safe game medium lending system for preventing the unauthorized use of storage media for games such as IC coins and accurately managing sales or the like in a game medium lending device adaptive to high amounts for instance. <P>SOLUTION: A logical money management device (200) connected through a network to an inter-stand ball lending machine (100) for lending game media to players is provided with a logical money management DB (201) in which a logical money account is made to correspond to each identification code of the IC coins, and logical money equivalent to a game value possessed by the IC coin fed to the inter-stand ball lending machine is stored in the logical money account based on the identification code and managed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium lending system for lending game media such as game balls or medals used for these games in game stores where game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines are installed.

  Conventionally, game stores that provide games using pachinko machines, slot machines, etc. have been provided with game media lending devices that lend game balls or medals to customers, and the sales of each game medium lending device are aggregated to increase the sales in the store. Recorded results. However, with this method, there is a possibility that sales data may be tampered with illegally by the store operator's arbitrary operation or malicious exploitation of store employees, and there is a lack of accounting transparency in the store. It was.

  Against this background, in recent years, a mechanism has been proposed and widely introduced by third parties (card sales and management companies) to capture sales at each gaming store, using a payment system using prepaid cards as the technical foundation. (See, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). In other words, according to this mechanism, when a card sales / management company sells a prepaid card at a game store, the sales amount is captured by the merchant, and from the game store side, the actual amount of game media lent to the customer By charging the card sales / management company for the amount based on the transaction, the transaction between the two is settled. As a result, accounting for an objective and transparent game store intervening by a third party is performed.

  Recently, as a game storage medium replacing a prepaid card, a system for lending a game medium using an IC coin in which a control circuit capable of reading and writing data by wireless communication is housed in a coin-like case has been proposed. Yes. (For example, refer to Patent Documents 3 and 4). In such a lending apparatus system, a management computer in a game store stores and manages the monetary value of each IC coin (a valuable value that can be used for a game is particularly referred to as “game value”). By checking the consistency with the game value stored in the memory of the IC coin to be used, the transaction security in the rental of the game medium is ensured.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-232008 JP 2000-202144 A JP 2002-18109 A JP 2003-19341 A

  By the way, from the viewpoint of improving convenience in lending operation of game media, there is a need for a game media lending device that can handle high-value bills that are more than the amount required for one lending operation. However, according to the conventional system using a game storage medium such as a prepaid card or IC coin, the game value used for the game is stored in the storage medium itself. Tampering may occur, such as tampering and playing games or cash refunds. In most cases, game stores are aware of the damage due to the difference between the sales revenue of prepaid cards (excluding refunds) and the number of rented game media when the sales balance is calculated after closing. It was difficult to detect the act early, and the damage was serious.

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems. For example, in a high-priced game medium lending device, illegal use of game storage media such as IC coins can be prevented, and accurate sales management can be performed. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a highly secure game medium lending system.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a game medium lending apparatus in which a customer inserts cash or a game storage medium and pays out a game medium, and is capable of mutual communication with the game medium lending apparatus. Logical money that is connected and indicates information that can be used for gaming is stored and managed in a logical money account that is an information storage area whose address is specified from a unique identification code stored in the gaming storage medium. A game media lending system including a logical money management device.

  According to the gaming medium lending system according to claim 1, since valuable data is not stored in the gaming storage medium itself, unauthorized use of the valuable value by falsifying the data on the gaming storage medium is prevented. It is prevented, and the safety in lending transactions of game media or money management is improved. Further, the logical money management device stores and manages the valuable value possessed by the game storage medium in the information storage area in which the address specified from the identification code of the game storage medium is specified. That is, it is possible to safely handle a high monetary value by managing the valuable value possessed by the game storage medium in such a manner that the logical money management device deposits the logical money into an individual logical money account.

  The invention described in claim 2 is the game medium lending system according to claim 1, wherein the game medium lending device reads the unique identification code from the inserted game storage medium. Medium receiving means, cash identifying means for discriminating the authenticity of the inserted cash and identifying the amount, lending operation input means for paying out a predetermined number of game media, and game media payout for paying out game media And a logical money transaction control means for performing transaction control via the logical money management device and the logical money, wherein the logical money transaction control means is an amount of cash that is input and identified in the cash identification means By transmitting a deposit request signal including information and the identification code of the game storage medium read by the game storage medium receiving means to the logical money management device. A logical money account corresponding to the amount information is added to the logical money account corresponding to the credit card, and when the lending operation input means is operated, a withdrawal request signal for requesting withdrawal of logical money in a predetermined transaction unit is sent By transmitting to the logical money management device, the logical money of the transaction unit amount corresponding to the purchase amount of the predetermined number of game media is subtracted from the logical money account corresponding to the identification code, and returned from the logical money management device. A game medium lending system for performing a process of causing the game medium payout means to pay out a number of game media corresponding to the amount indicated by the withdrawal signal when receiving a withdrawal signal including the amount information of the transaction unit. is there.

  According to the gaming medium lending system according to claim 2, the logical money transaction control means of the gaming medium lending device provides the logical money corresponding to the amount of money to the logical money account when cash is inserted into the logical money management device. When the lending operation input means is operated, the transaction unit logical money is withdrawn from the logical money account (withdrawal request), and a withdrawal signal is returned from the logical money management device. The number of game media corresponding to the amount indicated by the withdrawal signal is caused to be paid out by the game media payout means. In this way, the gaming medium lending device and the logical money management device perform logical money transaction processing via the game storage medium, so that a high monetary value can be handled safely and legitimacy in the transaction of logical money. Is secured.

  A third aspect of the present invention is the gaming medium lending system according to the second aspect, wherein the logical money management device lends a gaming medium lending destination together with the amount information each time the dispensing signal is transmitted. Transaction history update means for storing transaction history information including information for identifying the device in the transaction history file, and sales for referring to the transaction history file and totaling sales of the game medium lending device based on the transaction history information And a counting means.

  According to the gaming medium lending system of the third aspect, the sales are accurately managed by preventing unauthorized tampering such as sales of the gaming medium lending device.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the gaming medium lending system according to claim 3, wherein the logical money management device transmits the collected sales data of the gaming medium lending device to the sales counting system of a third party organization. Sales data transmission means.

  According to the game medium lending system of the fourth aspect, the sales counting system of the third party organization can audit the sales of the game medium lending device based on the transmitted sales data.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the gaming medium lending system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the gaming medium lending device totals the amount information indicated by the received withdrawal signal as deposit information, and totals It further includes a deposit data transmitting means for transmitting the received deposit data to a sales counting system of a third party organization.

  According to the game medium lending system of the fifth aspect, the sales counting system of the third party organization can audit the accurate sales of the game medium lending device based on the received payment data.

  A sixth aspect of the present invention is the gaming medium lending system according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, wherein the gaming storage medium includes an IC memory chip that stores the unique identification code. It is an IC coin from which the stored contents are read out by wireless communication.

  According to the gaming medium lending system according to claim 6, the use of an IC coin having high confidentiality of stored data as a gaming storage medium prevents unauthorized use of the gaming storage medium. Rise.

  The invention according to claim 7 is a game medium lending apparatus in which a customer inserts cash or a game storage medium and pays out a game medium, and is connected to the game medium lending apparatus so as to be able to communicate with each other, and can be used for games. A logical money management device for storing and managing logical money, which is information indicating a valuable value, in a logical money account, which is an information storage area whose address is specified based on a unique identification code stored in the gaming storage medium; The game medium lending device includes a step of reading the unique identification code from the inserted game storage medium and determining whether the inserted cash is true or false. If it is determined to be true, sending the deposit request signal including the amount information and the read identification code to the logical money management device; The logical money management device, when receiving the deposit request signal, adding logical money corresponding to the amount information to the logical money account corresponding to the identification code of the inserted game storage medium; The gaming medium lending device is configured to output a withdrawal request signal for requesting withdrawal of logical money in a predetermined transaction unit when a lending operation input means for performing a dispensing operation of a predetermined number of gaming media is operated. And a transaction unit amount corresponding to the purchase amount of the predetermined number of game media from the logical money account corresponding to the identification code when the logical money management device receives the withdrawal request signal. Subtracting the logical money of the transaction, and returning a withdrawal signal including the amount information of the transaction unit to the gaming medium lending device that transmitted the withdrawal request signal , The game media lending apparatus, when receiving the dispensing signal is a sales management method comprising the steps of paying out game media of the number corresponding to the amount to which the dispensing signal indicating the.

  According to the sales management method in the game medium lending system according to claim 7, the logical money management device specifies an address that specifies the valuable value possessed by the game storage medium from the identification code of the game storage medium. Stored in the information storage area. That is, it is possible to safely handle a high monetary value by managing the valuable value possessed by the game storage medium in such a manner that the logical money management device deposits the logical money into an individual logical money account.

  In addition, the game medium lending device, when cash is inserted, sends a deposit request signal to the logical money management device to add logical money corresponding to the amount to the logical money account, and the lending operation input means is operated When the withdrawal request signal is transmitted to the logical money management device, the logical money of the transaction unit is withdrawn from the logical money account, and the withdrawal signal is returned from the logical money management device, the amount indicated by the withdrawal signal The number of game media corresponding to is paid out. In this way, the gaming medium lending device and the logical money management device perform logical money transaction processing via the game storage medium, so that a high monetary value can be handled safely and legitimacy in the transaction of logical money. Is secured.

  The invention according to claim 8 is the sales management method according to claim 7, wherein the logical money management device transmits the withdrawal signal together with the amount information, and transmits the game medium lending device as the transmission destination. Storing transaction history information including information identifying the transaction history file in a transaction history file, and referring to the transaction history file, and totaling sales of the game medium lending device based on the transaction history information. Prepare.

  According to the sales management method in the game medium lending system according to the eighth aspect, the sales are accurately managed by preventing unauthorized tampering such as sales of the game medium lending device.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the sales management method according to claim 8, wherein the logical money management device transmits the aggregated sales data of the game medium lending device to a sales aggregation system of a third party organization. The method further includes a step.

  According to the sales management method in the game medium lending system according to claim 9, the sales aggregation system of the third party organization can audit the sales of the game medium lending device based on the transmitted sales data. Become.

  The invention according to claim 10 is the sales management method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the game medium lending device totalizes the amount information indicated by the received withdrawal signal as receipt information; And a step of transmitting the collected payment data to a sales counting system of a third party organization.

  According to the sales management method in the game medium lending system according to claim 10, the sales aggregation system of the third party organization can audit the accurate sales of the game medium lending device based on the received payment data. It becomes like this.

  The invention according to claim 11 is the sales management method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the game storage medium includes an IC memory chip storing the unique identification code. It is an IC coin whose stored contents are read out by wireless communication.

  According to the sales management method in the gaming medium lending system according to claim 11, illegal use of the gaming storage medium is prevented by using an IC coin having high confidentiality of stored data as the gaming storage medium. , Increase safety.

  As described above, according to the gaming medium lending system of the present invention, in the gaming medium lending device corresponding to the high price, the illegal use of gaming storage media such as IC coins can be prevented, and accurate sales management can be performed. Increased safety in selling game media.

  Hereinafter, as a preferred embodiment to which the present invention is applied, a game medium lending system having a game medium lending machine (between ball lending machine) that lends a game ball used for a pachinko machine to a player will be described as an example. First, based on FIG. 1, the whole structure of the system constructed | assembled in game stores, such as a pachinko hall, is demonstrated. Adjacent to each pachinko machine, there is an intermediary ball lending machine 100, which is a game medium lending machine that lends game balls to players. In the game store, there is a logical money management device 200 that is a computer device that collectively manages the amount of money of IC coins and cash that are inserted into and deposited in each interbank ball lending machine 100 and totals the sales from the purchase of game balls. A deposit exchange machine 500 that issues a new IC coin and sells it to the player, and a deposit return machine 600 that converts the unused balance of the IC coin and returns it to the player via the local communication network 800 They are connected so that they can communicate with each other.

  An IC coin is an example of a game storage medium, and an IC memory and a chip set that controls the stored contents to be readable or rewritable by wireless communication are sealed in a coin shape (disk shape) with a resin material.・ Molded. Here, at least unique identification code data is stored in advance in the IC coin.

  In addition, in this specification, “logical money” means a monetary value that can be used for gaming (hereinafter referred to as “game money”) that can be played on a gaming machine or exchanged for gaming media such as a gaming ball (pachinko ball). This is information handled as coded data indicating "game value").

  In the game room management room, etc., there is a hall computer 400 that centrally manages the game information of each gaming machine, and sales data (payment data or the number of balls paid out) is received from each inter-ball lending machine. Good) is sent and sales in the store are tabulated.

  The router 300 functions as a data transmission relay unit that connects the in-store communication network 800 and the external communication network 900. A data collection system 700 that collects sales information of each gaming store is installed in the data center, which is a third party organization, and is connected to the router 300 of each gaming store via a line via an external communication network 900. The external communication network 900 is preferably a dedicated line from the viewpoint of maintaining the confidentiality of the data contents, but the Internet or the like can be obtained by sufficiently ensuring the safety by performing encryption processing on the transmission data. The public line network may be used.

  Next, details of processing related to lending (transaction) of game balls of the daitama ball lending machine 100 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the lending system according to the present embodiment.

  The interbank ball lending machine 100 is loaded with an IC coin receiving unit 110 that accepts an IC coin inserted by a player, and a cash discriminator 130 that identifies the authenticity of bills or money that is also input to the player. Cash money is once deposited into the logical money management device 200, which is a computer device in the facility, as a logical money, and a transaction processing unit 120 for performing transaction processing to be withdrawn when necessary, and a game ball payout means for paying out a game ball to a player 160 and a payout control board 150 that controls the game ball payout means 160 to control paying out a predetermined number of game balls.

  The IC coin receiving unit 110 is provided with reading means for reading stored information of the IC coin. The IC coin according to the present embodiment stores a unique identification code (hereinafter simply referred to as “ID”). A specific example of the identification information is a serial number assigned in the manufacturing process. The reading means provided in the IC coin receiving unit 110 communicates with electromagnetic waves when an IC coin is inserted, and reads the ID of the IC coin stored in the IC memory. When the IC coin acceptance unit 110 normally reads the ID of the IC coin, the IC coin acceptance unit 110 transmits an IC coin acceptance signal including the ID information to the logical money transaction control unit 120.

  When the cash discriminator 130 for discriminating the authenticity of bills and coins determines that the inserted cash is authentic, it outputs a cash acceptance signal including the amount information to the logical money transaction control unit 120.

  The logical money transaction control unit 120 is a control device formed on the basis of a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and is connected to a logical money management device 200 described later via a communication network 800 in the store. Has been. Data exchanged between the logical money transaction control unit 120 and the logical money management apparatus 200 via the communication network 800 is encrypted, and the contents of these data can be read from other information terminals such as the hall computer 400. I can't do it.

  The game medium payout means 160 is a device that drives a stepping motor and pays out a number of game balls according to the amount of rotation to a pachinko tray. When the payout control board 150 receives a deposit signal, which will be described later, from the logical money transaction control unit 120, the payout control board 150 pays out the number of game balls obtained by multiplying a predetermined conversion rate, which is the number of loans per amount, by the amount indicated by the deposit signal. In order to issue, a payout control signal for controlling the rotation amount of the stepping motor is output to the game ball payout means 160.

  If the target gaming machine from which the game medium is lent is a slot machine, the payout control board 150 increases the credits held by the slot machine by a number corresponding to the amount indicated by the deposit signal, thereby renting out medals. May be performed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the payout control board 150 sends sales data, which is data of a deposit signal from the logical money transaction control unit 120 (or the number of game balls paid out converted by the amount), to the hall computer 400. You may send it. In this case, the hall computer 400 counts the sales data and records the sales in the store.

  As described above, the logical money management device 200 is communicably connected to the logical money transaction control unit 120 of each interbank ball lending machine 100 installed in the gaming store. A storage device such as a disk unit connected to the logical money management device 200 incorporates a logical money account specified from an identification code of each IC coin used in the store. That is, the logical money account means an information storage area (memory area) in which an address is associated with each identification code. The game value possessed by each IC coin is managed by storing the amount information as logical money deposited in the logical money account in the memory area (logical money account) of the address specified by the identification code. The A database in which a logical money account corresponding to such an identification code is incorporated is called a logical money management database (hereinafter referred to as “logical money management DB”) 201.

  In addition, the storage device of the logical money management device 200 stores and manages a transaction history file 202 that records a history of movement (withdrawal / transfer and transfer) of logical money for money transactions in each inter-bank ball lending machine 100. According to this embodiment, if the transaction history recorded in the transaction history file 202 is totaled in the logical money management apparatus 200, the accurate sales of each pedestal ball lending machine 100 can be grasped. Although not shown in FIG. 2, in the operation of the sales management method in the game store, the sales data collected by the logical money management device 200 is transmitted to the hall computer 400, and the hall computer is stored in the store. You may make it manage collectively the sales of the stand machine lending machine 100 other than this.

  Next, the configuration of the logical money transaction control unit 120 provided in the daitama ball lending machine 100 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of the logical money transaction control unit 120. According to the figure, the logical money transaction control unit 120 includes a CPU 1201, an I / O port 1202, a serial communication circuit 1203, a LAN control circuit 1204, for example, a program storage device such as a ROM via an address and data bus. 1205, for example, a microcomputer connected to a data storage device 1206, which is a RAM. The I / O port 1202 includes a lending switch 1211 that is a push switch as a lending operation input means for performing an operation of paying out a predetermined number of game balls, a return switch 1212 for returning IC coins, and 7 segments. A balance display unit 1213 formed by LEDs is connected. The lending switch 1211, the return switch 1212, and the balance display unit 1213 are disposed at appropriate positions on the front surface of the inter-bed ball lending machine 100.

  The IC coin receiving unit 110 and the payout control board 150 are connected to the logical money transaction control unit 120 via a serial communication circuit 1203 so as to be capable of serial communication.

  The storage device 1205 provided in the logical money transaction control unit 120 stores a program that causes the CPU 1201 to execute various arithmetic processes. The main program 1220 is a program for controlling the overall operation of the logical money transaction control unit 120, and activates the following subprograms according to an interrupt signal generated in response to a player's operation or the like. In other words, an IC coin authentication request program 1221 and a logical money transfer request program are executed as subprograms for executing various processes for performing a transaction of logical money (logical money) with the logical money management apparatus 200 through the IC coin. 1222, a logical money deposit request program 1223, a logical money withdrawal request program 1224, a deposit signal generation program 1225, an IC coin return processing program 1226, and a transmission data encryption / decryption program 1227 are provided.

  Next, the logical money management apparatus 200 provided as store equipment will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of the logical money management apparatus 200. In the figure, a logical money management apparatus 200 includes at least a CPU 203, a storage device 204 formed from a RAM or a disk unit, a program storage device 205 such as a ROM, and a LAN control circuit 206. It is a terminal. In the logical money management apparatus 200, the logical money transaction control unit 120 of each interbank ball lending machine 100, a deposit change machine 500, and a deposit return machine 600 are connected via a LAN control circuit 206. .

  In the storage device 204, the above-described logical money management DB 201 and the transaction history file 202 are stored and managed, for example, with the data configuration shown in FIG. That is, in the logical money management DB 201, the ID (serial number) of the IC coin currently inserted in each inter-ball ball lending machine 100 and the game value held by the IC coin are stored in the logical money account as logical money. The deposit deposit balance, the flag indicating whether or not the interbank ball lending machine 100 is in the transaction of logical money via IC coins, and identification information of the interbank ball lending machine 100 if the transaction is in progress. The machine stand number is recorded, and these are recorded in association with each other. That is, the logical money management apparatus 200 manages a logical money account using the ID of each IC coin as an account number (address) using the logical money management DB 201. Then, the amount of logical money deposited in the account is treated as the game value of money held by the IC coin. The deposit balance information recorded in the logical money management DB 201 is not limited to the amount of money, but is converted into cash (points), the number of game media (game balls) to be lent, Or the game value which can be used for the game corresponding to these may be sufficient.

  In the transaction history file 202, every time a transaction between the logical money management device 200 and the daitama ball lending machine 100 is established, the transaction time, the ID of the IC coin indicating the transaction account, and the daima ball lending machine that is the object of the transaction. History information such as the machine number of 100, the amount deposited (or transferred) in the account of the logical money management apparatus 200, or the amount withdrawn from the account is added and updated.

  A storage device 205 provided in the logical money management device 200 stores a program that causes the CPU 203 to execute arithmetic processing. The main program 210 is a program for controlling the operation of the entire transaction using logical money by the logical money management apparatus 200. In addition, the following program is activated in response to a control signal or an interrupt signal from another device and apparatus. That is, the storage device 205 includes a logical money transaction program 220, a sales data totaling program 230, an IC coin issuance processing program 240, a deposit return processing program 250, and a transmission data encryption / decryption program 260. It is done. Further, an IC coin authentication program 221, a logical money transfer program 222, a logical money deposit program 223, a logical money withdrawal program 224, a transaction end processing program 225, etc. that are activated as subprograms of the logical money transaction program 220 are stored in the storage device 205. Is remembered.

  Next, a gaming medium lending transaction method of the daitama ball lending machine 100 using the lending system configured as described above will be described. The lending transaction in the system is realized by the logical money transaction control unit 120 and the logical money management apparatus 200 operating in cooperation via the communication network 800. Here, operation | movement of the logic money transaction control part 120 with which the pedestal ball lending machine 100 is equipped is demonstrated based on the flowchart of FIGS. In addition, each step shown by a flowchart is performed when CPU1201 with which the logic money transaction control part 120 is equipped performs arithmetic processing according to each program mentioned above.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the main program 1220 of the logical money transaction control unit 120. In the main process of the logical money transaction control unit 120, in a standby state, a qualified IC coin that can be used in the game store is inserted by the player into the IC coin receiving unit 110, and the reading means of the IC coin receiving unit 110 reads it. When an IC coin acceptance signal including information on the ID (serial number) of the IC coin is received (step S101: YES), the IC coin authentication request process is performed (step S102).

  Here, the IC coin authentication request process is executed by starting the IC coin authentication request program 1221 shown in the flowchart of FIG. In other words, in FIG. 6, the logical money transaction control unit 120 first acquires the ID of the inserted IC coin from the IC coin acceptance signal (step S121). Then, an IC coin authentication request signal including the ID is transmitted to the logical money management apparatus 200 (step S122).

  When receiving the IC coin authentication request signal, the logical money management apparatus 200 checks whether or not the ID is registered in the logical money management DB 201 in an authentication process (FIG. 14), which will be described later. It returns to the logical money transaction control unit 120 of the lending machine 100. At this time, the logical money management apparatus 200 sends a signal indicating that the ID of the IC coin is authenticated and a secret encryption key not disclosed for encrypting the data to the logical money transaction control unit. 120.

  The logical money transaction control unit 120 receives the response signal from the logical money management device 200 (step S123: YES), and if the IC coin ID has not been registered (step S124: NO), the logical money transaction control unit 120 sends the response signal to the IC coin receiving unit 110. The IC coin is discharged as an unqualified one (step S125). If the ID of the inserted IC coin is already registered (step S124: YES), a master account key is created using the secret encryption key transmitted from the logical money management apparatus 200 (step S126).

  The master account key may be, for example, a code string obtained by encrypting a character string (plain text) having a simple meaning with the secret encryption key, the ID of the IC coin, and Data including a machine stand number may be encoded with a secret encryption key. It is decided in advance what kind of data is encoded and used as a master account key. Since the master account key is encrypted with the secret encryption key of only the logical money transaction control unit 120 with which the IC coin is authenticated, the master account key is transmitted to the logical money management apparatus 200, whereby the electronic signature of the data message is transmitted. Function as. That is, since the logical money management apparatus 200 knows which secret encryption key is provided to which stand lending machine 100, the decryption of the received master account key enables the validity of the data message. Can be determined, and the ID of the IC coin and the machine stand number of the stand lending machine 100 can be specified. If the master account key is valid, the logical money transaction control unit 120 that has transmitted the master account key is authenticated, and requests for various request signals transmitted together with the master account key are accepted. In other words, the logical money transaction control unit 120 can perform transactions such as depositing and withdrawing logical money from the IC coin account by using the master account key of the inserted IC coin. It becomes possible. Then, the logical money management device 200 decrypts the master account key to identify the IC coin ID and the machine stand number, and stores the transaction history in which the legitimacy with these is guaranteed in the transaction history file 202. Can be recorded. Note that the master account key created in step S126 is valid only when the IC coin is authenticated and in a transaction state with the logical money management apparatus 200, and is stored in the storage device 1206, which is a RAM, for example.

  Returning to the main process of FIG. 5, when it is authenticated that the inserted IC coin is registered (step S103: YES), the logical money transaction control unit 120 determines how many of the logical money management device 200 and the IC coin via the IC coin. It becomes the transaction state in which the processing related to the transaction is possible. The transaction process described below is activated by an interrupt process that occurs in the transaction state.

  An IC coin acceptance signal including the ID of the IC coin read by the reading means of the IC coin accepting unit 110, in addition to the IC coin inserted before the start of the transaction, is inserted into the interbank ball lending machine 100. Is received by the logical money transaction control unit 120 (step S104: YES), the transfer request process in step S105 is activated.

  Moreover, when the cash money machine control part 120 receives the cash reception signal which the cash or the coin cash is inserted into the cash discriminator 130 and the cash discriminator 130 outputs the cash as a genuine one (step S106: YES). The deposit request process in step S107 is activated.

  In addition, when there is a deposit balance to the pedestal ball lending machine 100, a lending switch 1211 for lending a predetermined number of game balls is pressed and the logical money transaction control unit 120 detects this switch output ( Step S108: YES), the withdrawal request process of Step S109 is started.

  Further, when the logical money transaction control unit 120 receives a withdrawal signal from the logical money management apparatus 200 (step S110: YES), a deposit signal generation process in step S111 is activated.

  Further, when the return switch 1212 for ending the transaction state via the first inserted IC coin is pressed and the logical money transaction control unit 120 detects this switch output (step S112: YES), the IC coin is returned. The process is started (step S113), and after the transaction is canceled, the main process enters a standby state.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a transfer request process that is activated when another IC coin is additionally inserted in a transaction state in which an IC coin is interposed. The transfer request process is executed according to the logical money transfer request program 1222. First, the logical money transaction control unit 120 acquires the ID of the additionally inserted IC coin from the IC coin acceptance signal (step S131). Then, a logical money transfer request signal including the IC coin ID and the master account key generated in step S126 is transmitted to the logical money management apparatus 200 (step S132).

  When receiving the transfer request signal, the logical money management apparatus 200 executes a transfer process (FIG. 15) described later. That is, an account of an IC coin that is additionally inserted later into an account (this is referred to as a “master account” in this specification) specified based on the ID of the first IC coin that is inserted and authenticated before the start of the transaction. Add the balance of the logical money deposited in.

  The logical money transaction control unit 120 receives a response signal from the logical money management device 200 (step S133: YES), and if the ID of the added IC coin is not registered in the logical money management DB 201 (step S134: NO), The IC coin receiving unit 110 is made to discharge the additionally inserted IC coin as ineligible (step S135). If the ID of the additionally inserted IC coin has already been registered (step S134: YES), whether or not the balance information is included in the response signal is checked. If the balance information is included (step S136: YES), the amount of money Is displayed on the balance display unit 1213 (step S137). Since the balance displayed in the balance display section 1213 indicates the IC coin account that was initially inserted, that is, the balance deposited in the master account, the amount held by the IC coin that was added later will be inserted first. This is added to the amount of money held by the IC coin.

  Next, FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a deposit request process that is started when genuine cash is inserted into the cash discriminator 130 while the logical money transaction control unit 120 is in a transaction state. The deposit request process is executed according to the logical money deposit request program 1223. In the deposit request processing, the logical money transaction control unit 120 transmits a logical money deposit request signal including the amount information indicated by the cash acceptance signal from the cash discriminator 130 and the master account key to the logical money management apparatus 200. (Step S141).

  When receiving the transfer request signal, the logical money management apparatus 200 executes a deposit process (FIG. 16), which will be described later. That is, the amount indicated by the simultaneously transmitted amount information is added to the deposit amount of the master account specified from the received master account key.

  The logical money transaction control unit 120 receives a response signal from the logical money management apparatus 200 (step S142: YES), and checks whether the response signal includes balance information. If the balance information is included (step S143: YES), the amount is displayed on the balance display unit 1213 (step S144). Through the deposit request process, the amount of cash inserted into the cash discriminator 130 is added to the master account, that is, the IC coin that has been inserted and authenticated at the beginning of the transaction.

  Next, FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a withdrawal request process activated when the lending switch 1211 is pressed. This withdrawal request process is executed according to the logical money withdrawal request program 1224. In the withdrawal request process, the logical money transaction control unit 120 transmits a signal requesting withdrawal of a predetermined transaction unit amount to the logical money management apparatus 200 together with the master account key (step S151). The transaction unit amount corresponds to the purchase amount of a predetermined number of game balls that are lent out in response to a single operation of the lending switch 1211 or the insertion of cash.

  When receiving a withdrawal request signal, the logical money management apparatus 200 executes a withdrawal process (FIG. 17) described later. That is, the logical money management device 200 extracts the logical money of the transaction unit amount from the master account specified from the received master account key, and simultaneously obtains the logical money withdrawal signal of the transaction unit amount and the balance information of the extracted master account. The data is transmitted to the logical money transaction control unit 120 of the daitama ball lending machine 100.

  When the logical money transaction control unit 120 receives a logical money withdrawal signal from the logical money management apparatus 200 (step S152: YES), the logical money transaction control unit 120 performs a deposit signal generation process shown in FIG. That is, assuming that the amount of logical money indicated by the withdrawal signal has been deposited, a depositing signal including the amount information is transmitted to the dispensing control board 150 (step S161). As described above, the payout control board 150 controls the game ball paying means 160 to pay out a number of game balls corresponding to the amount indicated by the payment signal. In this way, the game ball lending operation is performed by the pressing operation of the lending switch 1211 in the transaction state via the IC coin.

  Further, it is checked whether or not the balance information is included in the response signal from the logical money management apparatus 200. If the balance information is included (step S154: YES), the amount is displayed on the balance display unit 1213 (step S155).

  Next, FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the IC coin return processing program 1226 that is activated when the return switch 1212 is pressed in the transaction state. When the logical money transaction control unit 120 detects that the return switch 1212 is pressed, the ID of the IC coin waiting for return, the master account key, and the ID acquired from the IC coin receiving unit 110 in advance. An IC coin return request signal including “” is transmitted to the logical money management apparatus 200 (step S171).

  When receiving the IC coin return request signal, the logical money management apparatus 200 returns a return permission signal on the condition that the master account has a balance of logical money by a transaction end process (FIG. 18) described later. The logical money management device 200 transfers the balance of the logical money deposited in the master account to the IC coin account for return when returning a return permission signal.

  When the logical money transaction control unit 120 receives the response signal from the logical money management device 200 and the signal permits the return of the IC coin (step S172: YES), the logical money transaction control unit 120 waits for the IC coin receiving unit 110 to return it. The IC coin being discharged is discharged (step S173).

  Next, the operation of the logical money management apparatus 200 will be described based on the flowcharts of FIGS. Note that these processes are executed by the CPU 203 of the logical money management apparatus 200 performing arithmetic processing according to each program stored in the storage device 205.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the main program 210 in the logical money management apparatus 200. Referring to the figure, in the main process, logical money management apparatus 200 receives an IC coin authentication request signal from any one of pedestal ball lending machines 100 that are communicably connected (step S201: YES). Then, the logical money transaction process related to the IC coin indicated by the request signal is started (step S202).

  In addition, when a timer interrupt set at a predetermined time for totaling sales occurs (step S203: YES), the logical money management apparatus 200 starts sales data totaling processing (step S204).

  When receiving a signal indicating that a new IC coin issuance has been received from the deposit change machine 500 (step S205: YES), the logical money management apparatus 200 activates an IC coin issuance process (step S206).

  When receiving a signal indicating that the settlement of the deposit deposited in the IC coin has been accepted from the deposit return machine 600 (step S207: YES), the logical money management apparatus 200 starts the deposit return process (step S208). ).

  The logical money transaction process (step S202) that is activated in response to an IC coin authentication request will be described in detail. FIG. 13 is a flowchart of logical money transaction processing executed in accordance with the logical money transaction program 220. In the logical money transaction processing, first, in step S211, authentication processing by the IC coin authentication program shown in FIG. 14 is performed.

  In FIG. 14, the logical money management apparatus 200 checks whether or not the ID of the IC coin requesting authentication is registered in the logical money management DB 201, and if not registered (step S221: NO), transmits the authentication request. A response signal indicating that the ID has not been registered is returned to the logical money transaction control unit 120 of the daitama ball lending machine 100 (step S222).

  If the ID is registered (step S221: YES), a response signal for authenticating the IC coin and one secret encryption key are selected, and the interbank ball lending machine 100's logical money is selected. It transmits to the transaction control part 120 (step S223). Then, with reference to the logical money management DB 201, an account based on the ID of the IC coin is set as a master account, and the deposit balance is acquired (step S224). In this case, it is determined whether or not the balance of the master account is greater than or equal to a predetermined transaction unit amount (the amount of game balls lent by one lending operation), and if the balance is greater than or equal to the transaction unit (step S225: YES), The transaction unit amount logical money withdrawal signal and the balance information of the amount obtained by subtracting the transaction unit amount from the balance of the master account are transmitted to the logical money transaction control unit 120 of the daitama ball lending machine 100 that transmitted the authentication request. (Step S226). At this time, the time at which the withdrawal signal is transmitted, the ID of the IC coin, the machine number of the counterpart lending machine 100, and the withdrawal amount are added to the transaction history file 202 and updated (step S227).

  Returning to FIG. 13, if the ID of the IC coin requested for authentication is not registered in step S211, it is determined that the transaction involving the IC coin is invalid (step S212: NO), and the main process is performed. Return. If the ID of the IC coin is registered, it is determined that the transaction with the pedestal ball lending machine 100 in which the IC coin is inserted is valid (step S212: YES). The following various processes are performed according to the request signal transmitted together with the master account key.

  That is, when a logical money transfer request signal is received from the logical money transaction control unit 120 of the pedestal ball lending machine 100 where the transaction is started (step S213: YES), the logical money transfer process is started (step S214).

  Further, when a logical money deposit request signal is received from the logical money transaction control unit 120 (step S215: YES), the logical money deposit process is started (step S216).

  Further, when a logical money withdrawal request signal is received from the logical money transaction control unit 120 (step S217: YES), the logical money withdrawal process is started (step S218).

  In addition, when an IC coin return request signal is received from the logical money transaction control unit 120 (step S219: YES), a transaction end process is started (step S220), and a transaction with the interbank ball lending machine 100 is performed. Terminate.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the logical money transfer program 222 that is activated when the logical money management apparatus 200 receives a logical money transfer request signal. In the logical money transfer process, the logical money management device 200 checks whether or not the ID of the additionally inserted IC coin indicated by the received logical money transfer request signal is registered in the logical money management DB 201 (step S3). (S231: NO), a response signal indicating that the ID is unregistered is returned to the logical money transaction control unit 120 that has transmitted the transfer request (step S232), and the transfer process is terminated.

  If the additionally inserted IC coin is already registered (step S231: YES), as shown in FIG. 19A, the logical money deposited in the account based on the ID of the IC coin is transferred. The master account key received with the request is transferred to the specified master account and added.

  Note that the master account is an account based on the ID of the IC coin that requested authentication in order to start a transaction in the above-described IC coin authentication process. Since the master account key is data encrypted with the secret encryption key associated with the ID of the IC coin authenticated in the IC coin authentication process, the logical money management apparatus 200 decrypts the master account key to authenticate the authenticated IC coin. ID can be confirmed. Thereby, a master account is specified from the master account key.

  In step S234, it is determined whether the added master account balance is equal to or greater than the transaction unit. If the balance is greater than or equal to the transaction unit (step S234: YES), the logical money withdrawal signal of the transaction unit amount and the balance information of the amount obtained by subtracting the transaction unit amount from the added master account balance It transmits to the ball lending machine 100 (step S235). Then, the time at which the withdrawal signal is transmitted, the ID of the IC coin, the machine number of the counterpart lending machine 100, and the withdrawal amount are added to the transaction history file 202 and updated (step S237).

  If the balance is less than the transaction unit (step S234: NO), the balance information of the amount deposited (added) in the master account is transmitted to the inter-bank ball lending machine 100 (step S236).

  Next, FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the logical money deposit program 223 that is activated when the logical money management apparatus 200 receives a logical money deposit request signal. In the logical money depositing process, the logical money management apparatus 200 deposits the amount indicated by the logical money deposit request signal, that is, the amount of cash inserted into the cash discriminator 130 as illustrated in FIG. 19B. It is added to the balance of the master account specified from the master account key received together.

  And it is determined whether the balance of the added master account is more than a transaction unit (step S242). If the added balance is greater than or equal to the transaction unit (step S242: YES), a deposit request for the logical money withdrawal signal of the transaction unit amount and the balance information of the amount obtained by subtracting the transaction unit amount from the added master account balance Is transmitted to the pedestal ball lending machine 100 that has transmitted (step S243). Then, the time at which the withdrawal signal is transmitted, the ID of the IC coin, the machine number of the counterpart lending machine 100, and the withdrawal amount are added to the transaction history file 202 and updated (step S245).

  If the balance is smaller than the transaction unit (step S242: NO), the balance information of the amount deposited (added) in the master account is transmitted to the inter-bank ball lending machine 100 (step S244).

  Next, FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the logical money withdrawal program 224 that is activated when the logical money management apparatus 200 receives a logical money withdrawal request signal. In the logical money withdrawal process, the logical money management apparatus 200 identifies a master account from the master account key received together with the logical money withdrawal request, and acquires the balance of the master account by referring to the logical money management DB 201 (step S251). ). If the balance is equal to or greater than the transaction unit (step S252: YES), the withdrawal request is transmitted with the logical money withdrawal signal of the transaction unit amount and the balance information of the amount obtained by subtracting the transaction unit amount from the balance of the master account. It transmits to the said daitama ball lending machine 100 (step S254). Then, as illustrated in FIG. 19C, the transaction unit amount, that is, the amount corresponding to the logical money withdrawal signal is subtracted from the master account (step S255). At this time, the time at which the withdrawal signal is transmitted, the ID of the IC coin, the machine number of the counterpart lending machine 100, and the withdrawal amount are added to the transaction history file 202 and updated (step S256).

  Next, FIG. 18 is a flowchart of a transaction end processing program 225 that is activated when the logical money management apparatus 200 receives an IC coin return request signal. In the transaction end process, the logical money management apparatus 200 specifies a master account from the master account key received together with the IC coin return request, and acquires the balance of the master account with reference to the logical money management DB 201 (step S261). If there is a balance in the master account (step S262: YES), an IC coin return permission signal is transmitted to the pedestal ball lending machine 100 that transmitted the return request (step S264), as shown in FIG. 19 (d). Then, the logical money of the master account is transferred to an account based on the ID of the IC coin for return (step S265). If there is no balance in the master account (step S262: NO), a signal to the effect that the return of the IC coin is not permitted is transmitted to the pedestal ball lending machine 100 (step S263).

  In the main process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 12, in the sales data totaling process that is started when a timer interrupt set at a predetermined time is generated, the logical money management apparatus 200 refers to the transaction history file 202, The total sales amount is calculated by summing up the withdrawal amount to the machine.

  In the main process of the logical money management apparatus 200, in the IC coin issuance process (step S206) that is started by receiving a signal indicating that a new IC coin issuance has been received from the deposit money changer 500, the logical money management is performed. The apparatus 200 additionally registers an account based on the ID of the newly issued IC coin in the logical money management DB 201. Then, the logical money management DB 201 is updated by depositing (that is, storing) the logical money of the sales amount of the IC coin in an account based on the ID.

  In the main process of the logical money management apparatus 200, in the deposit return process (step S208) which is activated by receiving a signal from the deposit return machine 600 that the settlement of the deposit held by the IC coin has been accepted. Then, the balance of the account based on the IC coin ID to be settled is set to zero, and the logical money management DB 201 is updated.

  According to the game medium lending system of the present embodiment, the daitama ball lending machine 100 temporarily deposits the inserted cash into the logical money management device 200, and a predetermined purchase amount (transaction unit amount) for each game medium lending operation. ) Is withdrawn from the logical money management apparatus 200 so that game balls corresponding to the purchase amount are paid out. In addition, since the money transaction between the daitama ball lending machine 100 and the logical money management apparatus 200 is performed while ensuring safety using an account based on the ID of the IC coin, the logical money management apparatus 200 is accurate. A guaranteed transaction history remains. Thereby, the accurate sales of each inter-ball ball lending machine 100 can be managed.

  Further, as another embodiment of the lending system according to the present invention, a system configuration shown in FIG. 20 may be used. In the present embodiment, the logical money management apparatus 200, for example, sales for one business day totaled based on the transaction history file 202 in response to the occurrence of a timer interrupt set at a predetermined time for totaling sales, for example. Data is transmitted to the sales aggregation system 700 of a third party organization. The logical money management apparatus 200 encrypts the sales data with a public encryption key of a third party and transmits it. This prevents sales data transmitted from the logical money management apparatus 200 from being decrypted by others including the game store.

  The third party sales summary system 700 decrypts and stores the sales data from each game store. Further, the sales counting system 700 may encrypt the received sales data with a public encryption key that can be decrypted only by the gaming store, and transmit the encrypted data to the hall computer 400 of the gaming store. In this case, the hall computer 400 can check the consistency between the sales data from each of the interstitial ball lending machines and the sales data from the sales totaling system 700, and more accurately manage the sales in the store. Can do.

  Further, as another embodiment of the lending system according to the present invention, the system configuration shown in FIG. 21 may be used. According to the present embodiment, the interbank ball lending machine 100 is provided with the depositing signal totaling and transmission means 140 for directly inputting the depositing signal output by the logical money transaction control unit 120. The payment signal totaling and transmission means means 140 transfers the received payment signal to the payout control means 150 without changing it, thereby causing the game ball payout means 160 to pay out the game ball according to the amount indicated by the payment signal. Further, the receipt signal aggregation and transmission means means 140 accumulates the amount information indicated by the receipt signal for a certain period of time (for example, for one business day), and after summing the amount of receipt money, the data is stored in the sales aggregation system 700 of the third party organization. To transmit. The payment data to be transmitted is encrypted with a public encryption key of a third party organization.

  The sales counting system 700 confirms the consistency between the deposit data transmitted from the daitama ball lending machine 100 and the sales data transmitted from the logical money management device 200 of the game store. Thereby, even if the sales information is falsified, the history can be left in a third party. Further, the sales data stored and stored by the sales counting system 700 is guaranteed to be legitimate, so that it can be used as evidence data when the game store reports the sales accounting to the tax office or the like.

It is a network block diagram of the game media rental system constructed | assembled in game stores, such as a pachinko hall. It is a block diagram showing the structure of a game media rental system. It is a block diagram showing the circuit structure of a logic money transaction control part. It is a block diagram showing the circuit structure of a logical money management apparatus. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the main program of the logic money transaction control part in a daitama ball lending machine. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the IC coin authentication request | requirement program of the logical money transaction control part in a daitama ball lending machine. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the logical money transfer request | requirement program of the logical money transaction control part in a lump ball lending machine. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the logical money deposit request | requirement program of the logical money transaction control part in an interbank ball lending machine. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the logic money withdrawal request | requirement program of the logic money transaction control part in an interbank ball lending machine. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the payment signal production | generation program of the logic money transaction control part in a lump ball lending machine. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the IC coin return process program of the logical money transaction control part in a daitama ball lending machine. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the main program of a logic money management apparatus. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the logic money transaction program of a logic money management apparatus. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the IC coin authentication program of a logic money management apparatus. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the logical money transfer program of a logical money management apparatus. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the logical money deposit program of a logical money management apparatus. It is a flowchart showing operation | movement by the logic money withdrawal program of a logic money management apparatus. It is a flowchart showing the operation | movement by the transaction end program of a logical money management apparatus. It is a figure for demonstrating the specific example of transaction operation | movement in a logical money management apparatus. It is a block diagram showing the structure of the game media rental system by other embodiment. It is a block diagram showing the structure of the game media rental system by other embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

100 ... Taima ball lending machine,
110 ... IC coin accepting unit, 120 ... Logical money transaction control unit,
130 ... Cash identification machine, 140 ... Deposit totaling and transmission means,
150 ... Dispensing control board, 160 ... Game ball paying means,
200: Logical money management apparatus 201: Logical money management DB 202: Transaction history file
203 ... CPU, 204 ... storage device, 205 ... storage device,
206: LAN control circuit,
210 ... main program,
220 ... Logical money transaction program, 221 ... IC coin authentication program,
222: Logical money transfer program, 223: Logical money deposit program,
224 ... Logical money withdrawal program, 225 ... Transaction end processing program,
230 ... Sales data aggregation program,
240 ... IC coin issue processing program,
250 ... Deposit return processing program,
260 ... transmission data encryption / decryption program,
300 ... router (data transmission relay means),
400 ... Hall computer,
500 ... Deposit change machine, 600 ... Deposit return machine,
700 ... Sales summary system,
800 ... communication network, 900 ... communication network,
1201 ... CPU, 1202 ... I / O port,
1203 ... Serial communication circuit, 1204 ... LAN control circuit,
1205 ... Storage device, 1206 ... Storage device,
1211 ... Lending switch, 1212 ... Return switch,
1213 ... Balance display section,
1220 ... main program,
1221 ... IC coin authentication request program,
1222 ... Logical money transfer request program,
1223 ... Logical money deposit request program,
1224 ... Logical money withdrawal request program,
1225 ... Payment signal generation program,
1226 ... IC coin return processing program,
1227 ... Transmission data encryption / decryption program

Claims (11)

A game medium lending device in which a customer inserts cash or a game storage medium and pays out the game medium;
Information storage in which logical money, which is connected to the gaming medium lending device so as to be able to communicate with each other and indicates a valuable value usable for gaming, is specified from a unique identification code stored in the gaming storage medium A game medium lending system comprising: a logical money management device that stores and manages a logical money account that is an area. The game medium lending system according to claim 1,
In the game medium lending device, a game storage medium receiving means for reading the unique identification code from the inserted game storage medium;
A cash identification means for discriminating the authenticity of the inserted cash and identifying the amount,
A lending operation input means for paying out a predetermined number of game media;
A game medium payout means for paying out game media;
Logical money transaction control means for performing transaction control via the logical money management device and logical money,
The logical money transaction control means includes a deposit request signal including information on the amount of cash entered and identified in the cash identification means, and the identification code of the game storage medium read by the game storage medium acceptance means. By transmitting to the logical money management device, the logical money corresponding to the identification code is added to the logical money corresponding to the amount information,
When the lending operation input means is operated, a withdrawal request signal for requesting withdrawal of logical money in a predetermined transaction unit is transmitted to the logical money management device, so that the logical money account corresponding to the identification code Decrease the logical money of the transaction unit amount corresponding to the purchase amount of the predetermined number of game media,
When receiving a withdrawal signal including the amount information of the transaction unit returned from the logical money management device, the gaming medium dispensing means pays out the number of game media corresponding to the amount indicated by the withdrawal signal. Game media lending system for processing. The logical money management device stores transaction history information including information for identifying a destination game medium lending device in a transaction history file together with the amount of money information each time the withdrawal signal is transmitted; ,
The game medium lending system according to claim 2, further comprising sales counting means for referring to the transaction history file and totaling sales of the game medium lending device based on the transaction history information.   4. The game medium lending system according to claim 3, wherein the logical money management device further comprises sales data transmission means for transmitting the aggregated sales data of the game medium lending device to a sales aggregation system of a third party organization.   4. The game medium lending device further comprises deposit data transmitting means for counting the amount information indicated by the received withdrawal signal as receipt information and transmitting the collected receipt data to a sales counting system of a third party organization. Or the game media rental system of 4.   6. The game storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the game storage medium is an IC coin that includes an IC memory chip that stores the unique identification code and whose stored contents are read out by wireless communication. The described game media rental system. A game medium lending device in which a customer inserts cash or a game storage medium and pays out a game medium, and logical money that is connected to the game medium lending device so as to be able to communicate with each other and indicates a valuable value usable for a game Sales in a game medium lending system, including a logical money management device that stores and manages the information in a logical money account that is an information storage area whose address is specified based on a unique identification code stored in the gaming storage medium A management method,
The game medium lending device reads the unique identification code from the inserted game storage medium;
Transmitting the deposit request signal including the amount information and the read identification code to the logical money management device when it is determined to be true by determining the authenticity of the inserted cash;
The logical money management device, when receiving the deposit request signal, adding logical money corresponding to the amount information to the logical money account corresponding to the identification code of the inserted game storage medium;
The gaming medium lending device is configured to output a withdrawal request signal for requesting withdrawal of logical money in a predetermined transaction unit when a lending operation input means for performing a dispensing operation of a predetermined number of gaming media is operated. Transmitting to the device;
When the logical money management device receives the withdrawal request signal, the logical money management device subtracts the logical money of the transaction unit amount corresponding to the purchase amount of the predetermined number of game media from the logical money account corresponding to the identification code, Returning a withdrawal signal including amount information of the transaction unit to the game medium lending device that has transmitted the withdrawal request signal;
The game medium lending device, when receiving the withdrawal signal, pays out a number of game media corresponding to the amount indicated by the withdrawal signal. The logical money management device stores transaction history information including information for identifying a destination game medium lending device in a transaction history file together with the amount information each time the withdrawal signal is transmitted;
The sales management method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of referring to the transaction history file and totaling sales of the game medium lending device based on the transaction history information.   The sales management method according to claim 8, wherein the logical money management device further includes a step of transmitting the tabulated sales data of the game medium lending device to a sales counting system of a third party organization. The game medium lending device totalizes the amount information indicated by the received withdrawal signal as deposit information;
The sales management method according to claim 8 or 9, further comprising a step of transmitting the collected payment data to a sales aggregation system of a third party organization.   11. The game storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the game storage medium is an IC coin that includes an IC memory chip that stores the unique identification code and whose stored contents are read out by wireless communication. The sales management method described.

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