JP2006314701A - System for lending game medium, and method for charging negotiable value - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform the lending processing of game media, based on electronic money by efficiently utilizing the electronic money charged in a portable telephone terminal as the negotiable value of a card for a game. <P>SOLUTION: The portable telephone terminal 90 previously stores the electronic money 91a and an electronic prepaid card 91b. When the degree of the electronic prepaid card 91b is charged by using the electronic money 91a, the electronic money corresponding to the degree for charging is subtracted from the electronic money 91a and also degree addition request data are transmitted to a T/C 10. The T/C 10 which receives the degree addition request data adds the degree for the portion of the electronic money to be subtracted to the electronic prepaid card 91b. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium lending system in which each lending processor provided in each of a plurality of gaming machines provided in a game store performs a lending process of a game medium based on electronic money stored in a mobile phone terminal, and valuable With regard to the value charging method, in particular, electronic money charged in a mobile phone terminal can be efficiently used as the valuable value of a gaming card, thereby efficiently performing gaming medium lending processing based on electronic money. The present invention relates to a game medium lending system and a valuable value charging method.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for paying a game medium such as a ball used on a pachinko machine or a medal used on a pachislot machine using a debit payment system is known. For example, in Patent Document 1, an IC card reading unit is provided in a card processing unit, and data in an IC chip arranged on an IC member card, which is a member card adopting an IC card, is read, so that the member card is played in a game hall. Technologies for sharing with other cards such as credit cards and debit cards other than the above are disclosed.

  In recent years, so-called electronic money has become widespread, and a model that can charge this electronic money has also appeared in mobile phone terminals. For this reason, the payment amount obtained using the debit payment system is charged as electronic money in the mobile phone terminal, the player purchases a prepaid card using the charged electronic money, and uses the purchased prepaid card. A mechanism for borrowing game media can be considered.

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  However, if it is decided to purchase a prepaid card each time using electronic money charged in the mobile phone terminal, the player will have a double effort of purchasing a prepaid card and borrowing a game medium. It becomes a hindrance to smooth games.

  In particular, although electronic information called electronic money is stored in a mobile phone terminal, it is efficient to temporarily replace this electronic information with a physical medium called a prepaid card. Absent.

  For this reason, it is important how to realize efficient gaming media lending using electronic money charged in a mobile phone terminal, and how electronic money can be efficiently used as the valuable value of each card. It has become a challenge. Such a problem is not only a prepaid card in which the frequency is associated as a valuable value, but also a common problem in a member card or the like in which the number of stored balls is associated as a valuable value.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems (problems), and enables electronic money charged in a mobile phone terminal to be efficiently used as a valuable value of a gaming card, and thereby based on electronic money. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming medium lending system and a valuable value charging method capable of efficiently performing a gaming medium lending process.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides a gaming medium lending process based on electronic money stored in a mobile phone terminal by each lending processor provided in each of a plurality of gaming machines provided in a gaming store. A gaming medium lending system, wherein the mobile phone terminal stores a gaming electronic card obtained by digitizing a gaming card used for gaming, and electronic money valued in the mobile phone terminal; A subtraction processing means for subtracting the electronic money corresponding to the charged amount from the electronic money when charging the valuable value associated with the gaming electronic card using the electronic money, and a subtraction target by the subtraction processing means Instructing the management device for managing the valuable value of the gaming electronic card to charge the gaming electronic card with the valuable value of the electronic money to be Charge management means, and when the management device accepts a charge instruction of a valuable value corresponding to the electronic card for gaming from the mobile phone terminal, the electronic money for the electronic money to be subtracted by the mobile phone terminal Charge processing means for charging the valuable value as the valuable value of the gaming electronic card is provided.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the charge instructing unit instructs the management device of a valuable value for electronic money to be subtracted by the subtracting unit using the wireless communication function of the mobile phone terminal. It is characterized by doing.

  In the above invention, the present invention further includes a server device that accepts a charge instruction of a valuable value for the gaming electronic card via a network, wherein the charge instruction means is an electronic money to be subtracted by the subtraction processing means. And the charge processing means confirms that there is a charge instruction for the valuable value corresponding to the gaming electronic card from the server device. The value of electronic money subtracted by the telephone terminal is charged as the value of the gaming electronic card.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the storage means stores a game electronic prepaid card associated with a frequency as the game electronic card, and the management device is associated with each game electronic prepaid card. The frequency is managed, and the valuable value is a frequency.

  Also, in the present invention according to the above-mentioned invention, the storage means stores a gaming electronic membership card associated with the number of stored balls as the gaming electronic card, and the management device is associated with each gaming electronic membership card. The number of stored balls is managed, and the valuable value is the number of stored balls.

  Further, the present invention provides a gaming medium lending system in which each lending processing machine provided in each of a plurality of gaming machines disposed in a gaming store performs a gaming medium lending process based on electronic money stored in a mobile phone terminal. The method for charging a valuable value of the game, wherein the mobile phone terminal stores a game electronic card obtained by digitizing a game card used for a game and electronic money valued in the mobile phone terminal in a storage unit. And when charging the valuable value associated with the gaming electronic card using the electronic money, the electronic money corresponding to the charged amount is subtracted from the electronic money and the amount of electronic money to be subtracted A charge instruction step for instructing a management device for managing the valuable value of the gaming electronic card to charge the gaming electronic card with the valuable value When the management device receives a charge instruction of a valuable value corresponding to the electronic card for gaming from the mobile phone terminal, the valuable electronic money value subtracted by the mobile phone terminal is given to the gaming electronic card. And a charge processing step for charge processing as a valuable value of the card.

  According to the present invention, a mobile phone terminal stores a game electronic card obtained by digitizing a game card used for a game and electronic money valued in the mobile phone terminal, and associates it with the game electronic card. When charging the valuable value using electronic money, the management device is configured to subtract the electronic money corresponding to the charged amount and charge the gaming electronic card with the valuable value for the electronic money to be subtracted. When the management device accepts a charge instruction for the valuable value corresponding to the gaming electronic card from the mobile phone terminal, the valuable value for the electronic money subtracted by the mobile phone terminal is stored in the gaming electronic card. Since it is configured to be charged as a valuable value, the electronic money charged in the mobile phone terminal can be used as the valuable value of the gaming card efficiently. As available, which makes it possible to perform a lending process of game media based on the electronic money efficiently. In particular, the valuable value of the electronic card for gaming can be increased freely from a mobile phone terminal regardless of inside or outside the game store, which can contribute to planned investment management by the player.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since the management device is instructed to use the wireless communication function of the mobile phone terminal to instruct the valuable value for the electronic money to be subtracted, the original function of the mobile phone terminal can be easily achieved. It is possible to charge valuable value using wireless communication.

  In addition, according to the present invention, a server device that accepts a charge instruction of a valuable value for a gaming electronic card via a network is provided, and the mobile phone terminal also provides the server device with a valuable value for electronic money to be subtracted. When the management device confirms that the server device has received a charge instruction for the valuable value corresponding to the electronic card for gaming, the electronic card for gaming uses the valuable value for the electronic money subtracted by the mobile phone terminal. Since the charge processing is performed as the valuable value, the valuable value can be easily charged from the mobile phone terminal by an operation of accessing a homepage on the Internet.

  Further, according to the present invention, the game electronic prepaid card associated with the frequency is stored as a game electronic card, and the management device is configured to manage the frequency associated with each game electronic prepaid card. Therefore, the frequency can be easily charged from the mobile phone terminal as in the case of the frequency charge of the prepaid card with cash.

  According to the present invention, the gaming electronic membership card associated with the number of stored balls is stored as a gaming electronic card, and the management device manages the number of stored balls associated with each gaming electronic membership card. Since it is configured, the number of stored balls can be increased efficiently. In particular, considering the fact that, in the past, there was no way to increase the number of balls directly, and it was not possible to save balls until after the game medium was acquired, it was possible to contribute to the spread of membership cards and the spread of mobile phone compatible electronic membership cards. .

  Exemplary embodiments of a game medium lending system and a valuable value charging method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, a case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko ball lending process is shown.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a game medium lending system using the mobile phone terminal 90 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of pachinko machines 40 are arranged in parallel in groups called “islands” in the game store according to the first embodiment, and a card processing unit 50 and a card issuing machine 60 are arranged on each island. Etc. are provided.

  The card processing unit 50 is connected to a terminal controller (T / C) 10 that manages the number of prepaid cards and the number of stored membership cards via an island controller that manages the entire island. Connected to T / C10. The T / C 10 is connected to a communication terminal 70 for communicating with the mobile phone terminal 90 via the public communication network 80.

  The mobile phone terminal 90 is formed by a storage unit 91 such as an IC memory that stores electronic money 91 a and an electronic prepaid card 91 b described later, and various applications that are executed on the mobile phone terminal 90. In addition to the charging application 92 according to the first embodiment, this application includes a communication application (not shown) that enables a mobile phone terminal 90 to make a wireless call.

  Here, in the gaming medium lending system according to the first embodiment, an electronic prepaid card is stored in the storage unit 91 of the mobile phone terminal 90, and the frequency of the electronic prepaid card is electronically stored on the mobile phone terminal 90 by wireless communication. This is characterized in that it can be charged directly from money 91a.

  Conventionally, when playing a pachinko game using the mobile phone terminal 90 having the electronic money 91a, it is necessary to purchase a prepaid card as a physical storage medium by the card issuing machine 60 using the electronic money 91a. In addition, in order to newly associate the frequency with the prepaid card using the electronic money 91a, it is necessary to add a function for adding the frequency to the card issuing machine 60 in the amusement store.

  However, it is not efficient to purchase a prepaid card, which is a physical medium, using electronic money 91a, which is electronic information, and to manage the frequency of this prepaid card as electronic information again. It is desirable to associate a new frequency with the card.

  For this reason, in the first embodiment, an electronic prepaid card is held on the mobile phone terminal 90, and the T / C 10 can be directly accessed from the mobile phone terminal 90, and a predetermined amount of electronic money 91a is stored in the electronic prepaid card 91b. It is configured so that it can be charged as a frequency. The electronic money 91a can be charged using a payment system such as debit payment or a multi-payment network (MPN), and can be converted from various points such as a store visit point to the electronic money 91a.

  Next, each device arranged in the amusement store shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. The pachinko machine 40 is a device in which a player plays a game by firing a pachinko ball into the game area. In addition, although the first embodiment is intended for the pachinko machine 40, it can be similarly applied to a pachislot machine and other game machines.

  The card processing unit 50 performs a pachinko ball lending process with the remaining number of times associated with the prepaid card or the electronic prepaid card 91b (hereinafter referred to as “remaining number of times”) or the number of stored balls associated with the member card as an upper limit. It is. That is, the card processing unit 50 acquires from the T / C 10 the remaining frequency corresponding to the identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card 91b read from the storage unit 91 of the adjacent mobile phone terminal 90, and the acquired remaining frequency It also supports the function of lending pachinko balls based on the above. This card processing unit 50 is prepared so as to be paired with each of the plurality of pachinko machines 40 installed in the amusement store, and is installed so as to be sandwiched between the pachinko machines 40.

  The card issuing machine 60 has, as main functions, a prepaid card issuance process associated with a valuable value (frequency) according to the amount of money deposited and an addition process for the frequency associated with the prepaid card when cash is deposited. There are several units installed at amusement stores.

  The card issuing machine 60 also has a function of issuing an electronic prepaid card 91b. When the card issuing machine 60 can communicate with the mobile phone terminal 90, an electronic prepaid card issuance operation is performed by a player. The electronic prepaid card issuance process. That is, an area for the electronic prepaid card 91b is provided in the storage unit 91 of the mobile phone terminal 90 by such an electronic prepaid card issuance operation. However, the area of the electronic prepaid card 91b only stores data such as identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card 91b, and the remaining frequency of the electronic prepaid card is T / Managed by C10.

  The player inserts the prepaid card issued from the card issuing machine 60 into the card processing unit 50, or lends a pachinko ball while holding the mobile phone terminal 90 containing the electronic prepaid card 91b over the card processing unit 50. By doing so, the player can borrow a pachinko ball and thus can play a pachinko game.

  At least one T / C 10 is installed in an amusement store, and performs overall management of the installed amusement store, for example, card management, member management, sales management, etc. It is a device that stores and manages valuable value, that is, information on the frequency and the number of stored balls.

  The communication terminal 70 is a terminal device (data termination device) having a communication function for exchanging data with the mobile phone terminal 90, and is connected to the public line network 80 and the T / C 10.

  Next, frequency addition of the electronic prepaid card 91b by communication between the mobile phone terminal 90 and the T / C 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining frequency addition of the electronic prepaid card 91b by communication between the mobile phone terminal 90 shown in FIG. 1 and the T / C 10, and FIG. 3 is a mobile phone terminal shown in FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows the frequency addition process procedure of the electronic prepaid card 91b by communication with 90 and T / C10.

  The charging application 92 of the mobile phone terminal 90 shown in FIG. 2 is an application for converting the electronic money 91a on the mobile phone terminal 90 into the frequency of the electronic prepaid card 91b for charging. When the charging application 92 is activated, an input menu for inputting the amount of the electronic money 91a to be converted into the frequency of the electronic prepaid card 91b is displayed, and a predetermined input is performed on the input menu to perform a charge instruction operation. Apparently, the amount of electronic money 91a to be converted is converted to the frequency of the electronic prepaid card 91b.

  However, since the frequency of the electronic prepaid card 91b is actually managed on the T / C 10, after the electronic money 91a is subtracted, the mobile phone terminal 90 issues a frequency addition request to the T / C 10 via the communication line. Do. Specifically, the cellular phone terminal 90 transmits the frequency addition request data to the T / C 10 using the original wireless communication function. This frequency addition request data includes the identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card 91b and the frequency to be added.

  The T / C 10 that has received this frequency addition request performs a process of adding the frequency requested to be added to the frequency of the electronic prepaid card 91b in the prepaid card data held therein, and carries the addition completion notification after the addition process is completed. This is performed for the telephone terminal 90.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the mobile phone terminal 90 first activates the charging application 92 and displays an input menu on the display screen (step S101), and receives the desired addition frequency from the player (step S102). ). Thereafter, if a charge instruction input is accepted (step S103), it is confirmed whether or not the electronic money 91a corresponding to the desired addition frequency exists in the storage unit 91, and if present, the electronic money 91a is subtracted (step S103). Step S104).

  Thereafter, the charging application 92 generates frequency addition request data including the desired addition frequency and identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card 91b (step S105), and transmits the generated frequency addition request data to the T / C 10. (Step S106). The frequency addition request data is transmitted through the communication terminal 70 using wireless communication that is the original function of the mobile phone terminal 90.

  The T / C 10 that has received the frequency addition request data performs a frequency addition process for adding the desired addition frequency included in the frequency addition request data to the identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card 91b (step S107). An addition completion notification is sent to the telephone terminal 90 (step S108). The mobile phone terminal 90 that has received the addition completion notification displays the addition completion on the display unit (step S109), and ends the process.

  By performing the above-described series of processing, a frequency addition request can be made directly to the T / C 10 from the mobile phone terminal 90, and the frequency addition can be performed on the electronic prepaid card 91b to which the T / C 10 that has received this request. Although the case where the frequency addition request data is transmitted to the T / C 10 using data communication has been described here, the frequency addition request data can also be transmitted to the T / C 10 by e-mail or the like.

  However, if the above-described series of processing is performed, since the T / C 10 cannot confirm whether or not the mobile phone terminal 90 has actually subtracted the electronic money 91a, fraud by the user of the mobile phone terminal 90 is caused. there is a possibility. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, when the mobile phone terminal 90 subtracts the electronic money 91a, the mobile phone terminal 90 issues an electronic money subtraction notification to the electronic money management center 100 that manages the electronic money data 101, and the T / C 10 It is also possible to configure the frequency addition processing after confirming that the electronic money 91a of the mobile phone terminal 90 has been deducted by the desired addition frequency by accessing the money management center 100. In such a case, the electronic money management center 100 holds the same amount of the electronic money 91 a as the electronic money 91 a on the mobile phone terminal 90 as the electronic money data 101.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, when the electronic money 91a and the electronic prepaid card 91b are stored in the mobile phone terminal 90 and the frequency of the electronic prepaid card 91b is charged using the electronic money 91a, The electronic money corresponding to the frequency of the charge is subtracted from the electronic money 91a and the frequency addition request data is transmitted to the T / C 10, and the T / C 10 that has received the frequency addition request data receives the electronic money for the subtraction target. Since the frequency is added to the electronic prepaid card 91b, the electronic money 91a charged in the mobile phone terminal 90 can be efficiently used as the frequency of the electronic prepaid card 91b, and the pachinko ball lending process based on the electronic money 91a Can be performed efficiently.

  In the first embodiment, the case where the frequency addition request data is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 90 to the T / C 10 is shown. However, the frequency addition request can also be made using the Internet. For this reason, in the present Example 2, the case where a frequency addition request is performed using the internet is shown.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a game medium lending system using the mobile phone terminal according to the second embodiment. As shown in the figure, in the second embodiment, a hall web server 200 functioning as an HTTP (Hiper Text Transfer Protocol) server is arranged on the Internet 210 outside the amusement store, and on the mobile phone terminal 90. A web browser 220 is installed.

  The hall web server 200 is an HTTP server that provides a homepage that can be browsed by the mobile phone terminal 90. Specifically, a charging page for charging the frequency of the electronic prepaid card 91b using the electronic money 91a, etc. The homepage including is provided.

  Specifically, the charging page is provided with an input frame for inputting identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card and an input frame for inputting the desired addition frequency to be added to the electronic prepaid card 91b. When the player inputs necessary data in such an input frame and designates an OK button, addition request data including identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card and the desired addition frequency is generated, and T is transmitted via the communication terminal 70. / Sent to C10. Note that an input frame for inputting the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 90 may be provided instead of the input frame for inputting the identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card. It is necessary to provide a table in which the identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card is associated with the hall web server 200 or the T / C 10. Further, the telephone number may be added when accessing the hall web server 200 without inputting the telephone number.

  The web browser 220 functions as a browser for accessing the homepage established by the hall web server 200, and performs a subtraction process for the electronic money 91a when an OK button is designated on the charging page. It also has. This is because if the electronic money 91a is not subtracted, an illegal frequency addition is performed by the player.

  The T / C 10, the island controller 30, the gaming machine 40, the card processing unit 50, the card issuing machine 60, the communication terminal 70, etc. are substantially the same as those shown in FIG. Is omitted.

  Next, the frequency addition processing procedure of the electronic prepaid card 91b by communication between the mobile phone terminal 90 and the T / C 10 shown in FIG. 5 will be described. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a frequency addition processing procedure of the electronic prepaid card 91b by communication between the mobile phone terminal 90 and the T / C 10 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when the web browser 220 is activated on the mobile phone terminal 90 and the web page provided by the hall web server 200 is accessed via the Internet 210 (step S201), the hall web server 200 The page data for charging is transmitted (step S202).

  After that, when the player inputs the identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card and the desired addition frequency into the input frame of the charging page and performs a charging operation for instructing the OK button (step S203), the mobile phone terminal 90 The web browser 220 performs a subtraction process for subtracting electronic money for the desired addition frequency from the electronic money 91a on the storage unit 91 (step S204), and then uses the input data input in the input frame as a frequency addition request for the hall web. It transmits to the server 200 (step S205). The web browser 220 does not make a frequency addition request to the hall web server 200 when the electronic money 91a cannot be subtracted due to a shortage of the electronic money balance or the like.

  Thereafter, the hall web server 200 transfers a frequency addition request including the identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card and the desired addition frequency to the T / C 10 (step S206), and the T / C 10 that has received this frequency addition request Then, a frequency addition process for adding the desired addition frequency included in the frequency addition request to the identification information (ID) of the electronic prepaid card 91b is performed (step S207), and the addition is made to the mobile phone terminal 90 via the hall web server 200. Completion notification is performed (steps S208 to S209). The mobile phone terminal 90 that has received the notification of completion of addition displays the completion of addition on the display unit (step S210) and ends the process.

  By performing the above-described series of processing, the mobile phone terminal 90 issues a frequency addition request to the T / C 10 via the home page provided by the hall web server 200, and the T / C 10 that receives this request receives the corresponding electronic prepaid card. The frequency can be added to 91b.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, when the electronic money 91a and the electronic prepaid card 91b are stored in the mobile phone terminal 90 and the frequency of the electronic prepaid card 91b is charged using the electronic money 91a, The web browser 220 of the telephone terminal 90 is activated to access the hall web server 200 and input to the charging page. Thereafter, the electronic money corresponding to the frequency of the charge is subtracted from the electronic money 91a and the frequency addition request is sent to the T / C 10, and the T / C 10 received from the hall web server 200 receives the frequency addition request. The electronic money 91a charged in the mobile phone terminal 90 using the Internet can be efficiently used as the frequency of the electronic prepaid card 91b. Pachinko ball lending processing based on money 91a can be performed efficiently.

  In the first and second embodiments, the case where the electronic prepaid card 91b is used has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an electronic membership card obtained by digitizing a physically existing membership card is used. It can also be applied to cases. Here, the frequency can be associated with this member card in the same manner as the prepaid card, but in this case, the processing is the same as in the case of the electronic prepaid card 91b.

  In addition, the member card may be associated with a stored ball. In such a case, the first and second embodiments described above can be applied to an electronic member card by replacing the frequency with the number of stored balls. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the mobile phone terminal 90 is provided with an electronic membership card 300 instead of the electronic prepaid card 91b, and the number of stored balls is managed as membership card data on the T / C 10, When a charge instruction for adding the number of balls to be added from the money 91a to the electronic membership card 300 is received, the charging application 92 performs a subtraction process for the electronic money 91a, and then requests the T / C 10 to add the number of balls. What is necessary is just to comprise so that T / C10 may add the number of stored balls in response to the request for adding the number of stored balls. Since the details are the same as those in the first and second embodiments, the detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  Further, in the first and second embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to the pachinko ball lending process has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the lending process of other game media such as pachislot medals. It can be similarly applied to.

  The gaming medium lending system and the valuable value charging method according to the present invention make it possible to efficiently use the electronic money charged in the mobile phone terminal as the valuable value of the gaming card, thereby renting the gaming medium based on the electronic money. This is useful for efficient processing.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a game medium lending system using a mobile phone terminal according to a first embodiment. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the frequency addition of the electronic prepaid card by communication with the mobile telephone terminal shown in FIG. 1, and T / C. It is a sequence diagram which shows the frequency addition process procedure of the electronic prepaid card by communication with the mobile telephone terminal shown in FIG. 1, and T / C. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating another example of the frequency addition of the electronic prepaid card by communication with the mobile telephone terminal shown in FIG. 1, and T / C. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the frequency addition of the electronic prepaid card by communication with the mobile telephone terminal which concerns on the present Example 2, and T / C. It is a sequence diagram which shows the frequency addition process procedure of the electronic prepaid card by communication with the mobile telephone terminal which concerns on the present Example 2, and T / C. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the addition of the number of balls at the time of applying this invention to an electronic membership card.

Explanation of symbols

10 Management device (T / C)
10a prepaid card data 30 island controller 40 gaming machine 50 card processing unit 60 card issuing machine 80 public line network 90 mobile phone terminal 91 storage unit 91a electronic money 91b electronic prepaid card 100 electronic money management center 101 electronic money data 200 hall web server 210 Internet 220 Web browser 300 Electronic membership card 310 Membership card data

Claims (6)

A gaming medium lending system for lending processing of gaming media based on electronic money stored in a mobile phone terminal by each lending processing machine provided respectively in a plurality of gaming machines arranged in a gaming store,
The mobile phone terminal
A gaming electronic card obtained by digitizing a gaming card used for gaming, and storage means for storing electronic money valued in the mobile phone terminal;
Subtracting means for subtracting electronic money corresponding to the charged amount from the electronic money when the electronic money is used to charge the valuable value associated with the gaming electronic card;
Charge instruction means for instructing a management device for managing the valuable value of the gaming electronic card to charge the gaming electronic card with the valuable value of the electronic money to be subtracted by the subtracting processing means,
The management device
When the charge instruction of the valuable value corresponding to the electronic card for gaming is received from the mobile phone terminal, the valuable value for the electronic money subtracted by the mobile phone terminal is charged as the valuable value of the gaming electronic card. A game medium rental system comprising charge processing means for processing.   The charge instruction means instructs the management device of the valuable value for the electronic money to be subtracted by the subtraction processing means using the wireless communication function of the mobile phone terminal. The described game media rental system.   A server device that accepts a charge instruction of a valuable value for the gaming electronic card via a network, wherein the charge instruction means sends the valuable value for the electronic money to be subtracted by the subtraction processing means to the server device; The charge processing means, when confirming that the server device has received a charge instruction of a valuable value corresponding to the gaming electronic card, the electronic money amount to be subtracted by the mobile phone terminal The gaming medium lending system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the valuable value is charged as the valuable value of the electronic card for gaming.   The storage means stores a gaming electronic prepaid card associated with a frequency as the gaming electronic card, the management device manages the frequency associated with each gaming electronic prepaid card, and the value is a frequency. The game medium rental system according to claim 1, 2, or 3.   The storage means stores a gaming electronic membership card associated with the number of stored balls as the gaming electronic card, and the management device manages the number of stored balls associated with each gaming electronic membership card, and The game medium lending system according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein is a number of stored balls. A method for charging a valuable value of a game medium lending system in which each lending processor provided in each of a plurality of gaming machines disposed in a game store performs a lending process of a game medium based on electronic money stored in a mobile phone terminal. There,
A storage step in which the mobile phone terminal stores a gaming electronic card obtained by digitizing a gaming card used for gaming and electronic money valued in the mobile phone terminal in a storage unit;
When the valuable value associated with the gaming electronic card is charged using the electronic money, the electronic money corresponding to the charged amount is subtracted from the electronic money, and the valuable value for the electronic money to be subtracted A charge instruction step for instructing a management device that manages the valuable value of the gaming electronic card to charge the gaming electronic card;
When the management device accepts a charge instruction of a valuable value corresponding to the gaming electronic card from the mobile phone terminal, the gaming electronic card displays the valuable value for the electronic money subtracted by the mobile phone terminal. And a charge processing step for charge processing as the valuable value of the game medium.

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