JP2007151919A - Management device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To compensate a game player for stored balls and stored tokens by reducing the burden of commission on a game parlor. <P>SOLUTION: A commission rate determination part 120 determines a commission rate for the stored ball compensation based on the number of stored balls of the day and stored ball data related to the past stored balls memorized in the stored ball data memory part 150. A commission calculation part 130 calculates the commission for the stored ball compensation based on the commission rate. A commission rate subtraction part 140 subtracts the number of balls equivalent to the commission from the number of stored balls as the object of the commission collection. The stored ball data memory part 150 memorizes the stored ball data such as the total number of stored balls for every member of a game parlor. When the commission is notified, a sales management part 230 adds the commission as the sales of the game parlor. The apparent sales of the game parlor thus increases by the commission collected from the stored balls, the commission added to the sales can be used for payment for the stored ball compensation, and the burden of the game parlor due to the accession to the stored ball compensation system can be reduced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a management device and a management method for managing the number of stored game media deposited in a game store without exchanging prizes, and in particular, reduces the burden on the game store due to fees, and stores and stores medal for players. The present invention relates to a management apparatus and a management method that can realize compensation for the above.

  Conventionally, at a game store such as a pachinko store, when a player acquires a ball as a game medium, the player deposits a part or all of the acquired ball into a personal account opened for each player. In addition, when the customer visits the store after the next time, a storage system may be introduced in which the deposited balls are withdrawn from the personal account and played. In order to use the storage system, the player must become a member of the amusement store and open a personal account. And when storing balls, the player must deposit the ball in a personal account by inserting the membership card into a predetermined position with a counting machine or a prize counter and specifying the number of balls to be stored. Can do. On the other hand, when replaying using stored balls, the player inserts a membership card into a replay ball lending machine attached to each game stand, for example, and withdraws the desired number of balls from his / her personal account. Play games.

  In such a storage system, since a membership card is required for storage and replay, in principle, only the member himself can deposit a ball into his / her own personal account or withdraw a ball from his / her personal account. In addition, for example, in Patent Document 1, a shared account for sharing a stored ball with a group of members such as family members and friends is opened, and a member of the same group can withdraw a ball from the shared account, It is disclosed that the ball is moved between.

  As described above, the storage system can improve the convenience of the player and is also an important means for the game store to obtain a fixed customer.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-166782

  However, in the conventional storage system, for example, when a game store goes bankrupt, there is a problem that it is difficult to return the storage to the player. In other words, if a game store goes bankrupt, the funds for returning the stored balls to the player are depleted, so the stored balls are not compensated by the player, and the player may suffer a great loss. is there. In addition, for example, if the data related to a player's accumulated balls is lost due to an accident, for example, the number of accumulated balls of each player becomes unknown, and the player pulls out the accumulated balls deposited in his / her account. It becomes impossible to do.

  Therefore, in recent years, a third-party organization manages data related to a player's savings by paying a fee to an independent third-party organization, for example, when a game store goes bankrupt, a third party A system for the organization to compensate the player for savings is being developed.

  However, in the above-mentioned compensation system by a third-party organization, each game store arbitrarily joins, so that there remains a problem that the game is not compensated by the player at a game store that is not a member of the compensation system. In addition, the payment of fees to third-party institutions is particularly difficult for small-scale amusement stores, and there are actually amusement stores that cannot be affiliated with the compensation system. Such a problem also occurs with respect to compensation for medals, which are pachislot gaming media.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a management device and a management method that can reduce the burden of a game store due to a fee and can realize compensation of stored balls and stored medals to a player. With the goal.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention is a management device for managing the number of stored game media to be deposited in a game store without exchanging prizes, and acquiring the number of game media newly deposited by a player Means for determining a fee rate of a fee required for a new deposit of the game medium based on the game medium information relating to the game medium of the player, and the acquisition means determined by the determination means And calculating means for calculating a fee by multiplying the number of game media obtained by (1).

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the determining means determines a fee rate according to the number of game media acquired by the acquiring means.

  Also, in the present invention according to the above invention, the determining means determines a fee rate according to a total of the number of game media acquired by the acquisition means and the number of game media deposited by the player in the past. It is characterized by that.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the determining means determines a fee rate according to the number of times the player has played the stored game media.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the determining means includes a determining means for determining whether or not the player pays a fee, and selects that the player does not pay a fee. If it is determined, the fee rate is determined to be 0.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the subtraction means for subtracting the fee calculated by the calculation means from the number of stored game media acquired by the acquisition means, and the number of game media obtained by subtraction by the subtraction means The apparatus further comprises storage means for storing the number of game media actually deposited by the player.

  In the invention described above, the present invention further includes sales management means for managing the fee calculated by the calculation means as sales at a game store.

  The present invention also provides a management method for managing the number of game media to be deposited in a game store without exchanging prizes, the acquisition step of acquiring the number of game media to be newly deposited by a player, and the player A determination step of determining a fee rate of a fee required for a new deposit of the stored game medium based on the stored game medium information on the stored game medium, and the fee rate determined in the determination step is acquired in the acquisition step And a calculation step of calculating a fee by multiplying the number of stored game media.

  According to the present invention, the player obtains the number of game media to be newly deposited, determines the fee rate of the fee required for new deposit of the game media based on the game media information relating to the game media of the player, The fee is calculated by multiplying the determined fee rate by the number of acquired game media. For this reason, it is possible to collect a fee of an appropriate fee rate from the game media that the player deposits and contribute to the compensation of the game media, reduce the burden on the game store due to the fee, and save and store Medal compensation can be realized.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the fee rate is determined according to the number of acquired game media, for example, when the number of game media newly deposited by a player is large, the fee rate is also increased, Appropriate fees can be collected according to the burden of compensation.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the fee rate is determined according to the total of the acquired number of stored game media and the number of stored game media deposited by the player in the past. For example, the total number of stored game media is large. In some cases, the fee rate can be increased to collect an appropriate fee according to the burden of compensation for game media.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the fee rate is determined according to the number of times that the player has played the stored game medium, for example, the higher the number of times, the smaller the fee rate becomes, and the regular player who increases the number of stored game media. Can be reduced.

  Further, according to the present invention, it is determined whether the player has selected whether or not to pay the fee, and the fee rate is determined to be 0 when it is determined that the player has selected not to pay the fee. Therefore, a fee is not collected from the player who has determined that compensation for the stored ball is unnecessary, and the convenience of the player can be improved.

  Further, according to the present invention, the calculated fee is subtracted from the acquired number of stored game media, and the number of game media obtained by the subtraction is stored as the number of stored game media actually deposited by the player. Of the game media that can be deposited, the fee can be managed separately.

  Further, according to the present invention, the calculated fee is managed as the sales of the amusement store, so that the sales of the amusement store apparently increases, and the increased amount is paid to the third-party organization as a fee for savings compensation. be able to.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, a pachinko using balls as a game medium will be described as an example, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a pachislot machine using medals as a game medium.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a storage management system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, two different game stores A and B are connected to a storage management center, which is a third party independent from these game stores, and each game Data related to store balls at the store is managed by the store management center. For example, when a game store is bankrupt, the storage ball management center can notify the member of the number of stored balls of each member of the bank store that has gone bankrupt, or can prove it to other third party organizations.

  Further, in the savings ball management system according to the present embodiment, financial resources (not shown) independent of the amusement store and the savings ball management center are institutionalized. For example, when the amusement store goes bankrupt, for example, the savings are compensated from the financial source to the member by proof of the number of savings by the savings management center.

  Referring to FIG. 1 again, a management apparatus 100 is installed at the storage management center. The management device 100 establishes a communication path with a terminal controller (hereinafter abbreviated as “T / C”) 200 of each game store, and each game is performed once a day at the end of the game store business. Receive a report on the day's savings data from the store.

  In the game store A, a T / C 200, a prize management device 300, a counter 400, an island controller 500, a replay ball lending machine 600, and a pachinko machine 700 are installed. Although omitted in FIG. 1, similar equipment is also installed in the game store B.

  The T / C 200 performs overall control of each device in the amusement store, and manages storage balls and sales in the amusement store based on a report from the prize management device 300 or the like. The T / C 200 communicates with the management device 100 of the savings ball management center at the end of the business of the amusement store, etc., transmits data related to savings on that day, and how much is a fee to be paid to the fund for compensation of savings. Receive fee information indicating what will be.

  The prize management device 300 reads a receipt associated with the number of balls acquired by the player, calculates the number of prizes to be handed to the player according to the number of balls acquired, or receives input of the number of balls to be stored among the acquired balls To do. The counter 400 counts the number of balls acquired by the player and issues a receipt associated with the number of balls acquired. That is, the counting machine 400 issues a receipt on which the number of acquired balls is printed, stores the receipt ID and the number of acquired balls in association with each other in the T / C 200, and issues a receipt on which the receipt ID is printed.

  The island controller 500 manages a plurality of replay ball lending machines 600 for each unit called “island”, and each replay ball lending machine 600 performs a ball lending process or replays a stored ball. In this case, the number of balls is notified to the T / C 200. The replay ball lending machine 600 performs normal ball lending processing with cash or a prepaid card, and when a player inserts a membership card and replay of the stored ball is requested, the requested number of balls is pachinko. Throw to machine 700. The pachinko machine 700 is attached to the replay ball lending machine 600, and the player plays the game by playing the balls lent out from the replay ball lending machine 600 onto the board surface of the pachinko machine 700.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the management device 100 in the storage management center according to the present embodiment, and the T / C 200 and the prize management device 300 in the amusement store. In the figure, one amusement store connected to the savings ball management center is shown as a representative, but actually, a plurality of gaming stores may be connected to the savings ball management center.

  The management device 100 includes a communication interface (hereinafter abbreviated as “communication I / F”) unit 110, a fee rate determination unit 120, a fee calculation unit 130, a fee subtraction unit 140, and a storage data storage unit 150.

  The communication I / F unit 110 establishes a communication path with the T / C 200 of the amusement store, and at the end of the operation of the amusement store, receives the number of accumulated balls for each member from the T / C 200, and determines the number of accumulated balls for the day. The T / C 200 is informed of the calculated fee for savings compensation.

  The commission rate determining unit 120 determines the commission rate for compensation for the stored balls from the number of stored balls on the day and the stored ball data related to the past stored balls stored in the stored ball data storage unit 150. In the present embodiment, fee rate determination unit 120 determines the fee rate only from the number of stored balls on that day. Therefore, in this embodiment, the commission rate determination unit 120 determines the commission rate without using the stored ball data stored in the stored ball data storage unit 150. Specific fee rate determination will be described in detail later.

  The fee calculation unit 130 calculates a fee for saving compensation from the fee rate determined by the fee rate determination unit 120, and outputs it to the communication I / F unit 110 and the fee subtraction unit 140. Specifically, the fee calculating unit 130 calculates the number of balls corresponding to the fee for savings compensation by multiplying the number of stored balls output from the fee rate determining unit 120 by the fee rate. In the present embodiment, fee calculation unit 130 calculates the fee by multiplying the current day's number of balls and the fee rate according to the number of balls stored on that day.

  The fee subtraction unit 140 subtracts the number of balls corresponding to the fee from the number of stored balls that are subject to fee collection, and notifies the stored data storage unit 150 of the number of stored balls after the fee is subtracted. In the present embodiment, the fee subtraction unit 140 subtracts the number of balls corresponding to the fee from the number of balls stored on the day.

  The stored-ball data storage unit 150 stores stored-ball data such as the total number of stored balls for each member of the amusement store. Specifically, the stored ball data storage unit 150 stores, for example, a table as shown in FIG. 3, and the total number of stored balls and the stored ball history (in FIG. 3, the latest stored ball and the previous stored ball two times) are stored in the member ID of each member. ) And a replay history (in FIG. 3, two times of the latest replay and the previous replay) are stored in association with each other. In the present embodiment, the number of stored balls after the fee is subtracted from the number of stored balls on the day by the fee subtracting unit 140 is stored as the latest stored ball in FIG. 3, and the total number of stored balls is also updated.

  The T / C 200 includes a day storage number storage unit 210, a communication I / F unit 220, and a sales management unit 230.

  The day storage amount storage unit 210 stores and updates the number of storage balls for each member transmitted from the prize management device 300, and outputs the number of storage balls for each member to the communication I / F unit 220 when the game shop is closed. .

  The communication I / F unit 220 establishes a communication path with the management device 100 of the storage management center, and transmits the number of stored balls for each member to the management device 100 at the end of the business of the amusement store. Receive notification of fees collected for compensation for savings.

  The sales management unit 230 manages sales at the amusement store. When the communication I / F unit 220 is notified of the fee from the storage management center, this fee is added as the sales of the amusement store. For this reason, at the amusement store, the apparent sales increase by the fee collected from the savings ball, and the fee added to the sales can be used for payment to the financial resources (not shown). The burden on the store can be reduced. Note that the sales management unit 230 may separately manage the fee notified from the storage management center for payment to a financial source (not shown).

  The prize management device 300 includes a membership card reading unit 310, a receipt reading unit 320, a control unit 330, a display unit 340, an input unit 350, a fee provisional calculation unit 360, and a transmission unit 370.

  When the member card is inserted into the prize management device 300, the member card reading unit 310 reads the member ID recorded on the member card and outputs the member ID to the transmission unit 370. The member card reading unit 310 may be configured as a member card reader that can read a member ID from a member card and can input a personal identification number, etc., separately from the prize management device 300.

  The receipt reading unit 320 reads the number of acquired balls printed on the receipt issued by the counter 400 and outputs the read number of acquired balls to the control unit 330. Note that the receipt reading unit 320 may read the receipt ID printed on the receipt and receive the number of acquired balls associated with the receipt ID from the T / C 200.

  The control unit 330 causes the display unit 340 to display the number of acquired balls output from the receipt reading unit 320 and the number of extra balls after calculating the number of prizes. In addition, the control unit 330 receives an input in the input unit 350 relating to the specification of the number of stored balls, such as whether to store all balls or whether to store extra balls, and outputs the number of stored balls to the transmission unit 370 and the provisional fee calculation unit 360. Specifically, when the fact that all balls are to be stored is input to the input unit 350, the control unit 330 outputs the acquired number of balls read by the receipt reading unit 320 to the provisional fee calculation unit 360, and the number of acquired balls After calculating the number of prizes according to the above, when it is input to the input unit 350 that the extra balls are to be stored, the number of extra balls that is less than one prize is output to the provisional fee calculation unit 360.

  The display unit 340 displays the number of acquired balls associated with the receipt according to the control of the control unit 330 and displays the fee output from the temporary fee calculation unit 360. When the player who has confirmed the number of balls acquired on the display unit 340 wishes to store all balls, the input unit 350 receives an input indicating that all the balls are stored by a staff member of the game store, and the display unit 340 displays the remaining number of balls. When the confirmed player wishes to store extra balls, he / she accepts an input to store extra balls by an attendant at the amusement store.

  Temporary fee calculation unit 360 temporarily calculates a fee for savings compensation calculated by management device 100 from the number of stored balls output from control unit 330, and outputs the calculated fee to display unit 340. As described above, in the present embodiment, the fee rate is determined only according to the number of balls stored on the day, so the provisional fee calculation unit 360 assumes the number of balls stored from the control unit 330 as the number of balls stored on the day. The fee rate is determined, and the fee is provisionally calculated by multiplying the number of stored balls by the fee rate. The provisionally calculated fee is displayed on the display unit 340, so that the player can grasp in advance how much the fee for savings compensation is collected when saving. However, if the same player saves balls multiple times during the same day or replays during the same day, the number of balls saved will be updated on the same day, so the provisionally calculated fee will not necessarily be Is not equal to the fee collected.

  The transmitting unit 370 associates the member ID read by the member card reading unit 310 with the number of stored balls output from the control unit 330, and transmits the associated number to the stored number of balls storage unit 210 on the day of the T / C 200.

  Next, determination of the fee rate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the fee rate determination unit 120 in the management apparatus 100 installed in the storage management center. The fee rate determining unit 120 includes a day-of-sales number acquisition unit 121, a fee rate table 122, and a fee rate reading unit 123.

  The number-of-games-acquisition acquisition unit 121 on the day acquires the number of items stored on the day for each member received by the communication I / F unit 110 when the game shop is closed. Here, the number of stored balls on the day is the number of stored balls obtained by subtracting the total number of replays from the total number of stored balls in one business day from the opening of the amusement store to the closing of the store. Therefore, for example, if 5000 balls are stored and 1000 balls are replayed on the same day, the number of balls stored on that day is 4000 balls. The number of stored balls on that day is obtained by storing the change in the number of stored balls by storing and replaying the ball for one day in the T / C 200 of the amusement store.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the fee rate table 122 stores the number of balls stored on the day and the fee rate in association with each other. In the fee rate table 122 shown in FIG. 5, if the number of stored balls received on the day at the communication I / F unit 110 at the end of the game shop operation is, for example, 4000 balls, the fee rate is 5%.

  The fee rate reading unit 123 reads the fee rate corresponding to the current day's stored ball number acquired by the current day's stored ball number acquiring unit 121 from the fee rate table 122 and outputs the same day's stored ball number and the corresponding fee rate to the fee calculating unit 130. That is, for example, 4000 balls on the day and a fee rate of 5% are output to the fee calculation unit 130. As a result, the fee calculation unit 130 multiplies the number of balls on the day of 4000 balls by the fee rate of 5%, and calculates the number of balls corresponding to the fee to 200 balls. Fee information indicating that the fee is 200 balls is transmitted from the communication I / F unit 110 to the T / C 200 of the amusement store.

  Next, the operation of the game shop side (mainly the T / C 200 and the prize management device 300) during the business hours of the game shop will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  During the business hours of the amusement store, the player borrows a ball from the replay ball lending machine 600 and plays a game on the pachinko machine 700. When prize balls are obtained by this game, the obtained balls are counted by the counter 400 and a receipt associated with the number of obtained balls is issued. The player brings the receipt to the prize management device 300 in order to store the earned balls or exchange them for prizes. Below, the case where a player accumulates the acquired balls will be described.

  That is, the member ID read on the player's membership card is read by the member card reader 310 of the prize management device 300 (step S101), and the receipt brought by the player is received by the receipt reader 320 of the gift management device 300. The number of acquired balls read and printed on the receipt is output to the control unit 330. When only the receipt ID is printed on the receipt, the receipt reading unit 320 receives the number of balls acquired corresponding to the receipt ID from the T / C 200 and outputs it to the control unit 330.

  And the number of acquired balls output to the control part 330 is displayed on the display part 340 by control of the control part 330 so that a player can confirm (step S103). When the number of acquired balls is displayed on the display unit 340, the player selects whether or not to store all balls, and in the case of storing all balls, the staff of the amusement store operates the input unit 350, Enter that all balls will be stored. When not storing all balls, the control unit 330 calculates the number of prizes from the number of acquired balls, and displays the number of extra balls on the display unit 340. When the number of surplus balls is displayed on the display unit 340, the player selects whether or not to store the surplus balls, and when the surplus balls are stored, the attendant of the game store operates the input unit 350, Enter that you want to store extra balls. In response to the input indicating that all the balls are stored or the remaining balls are stored, the control unit 330 inputs the number of acquired balls or the number of remaining balls as the number of stored balls to the fee temporary calculation unit 360 (step S104).

  As for the input number of stored balls, the temporary fee calculation unit 360 calculates a temporary fee according to the number of stored balls. Specifically, in this embodiment, since the fee rate is determined according to the number of stored balls on the day, the fee rate when the number of stored balls input to the provisional fee calculation unit 360 is assumed to be the number of stored balls on the day is The number of balls corresponding to the fee is calculated by multiplying the number of stored balls. The provisionally calculated fee is displayed on the display unit 340 (step S105). At this time, the display unit 340 shows the number of stored balls (that is, the number of acquired balls or the number of remaining balls) input to the temporary fee calculation unit 360 and the actual number of stored balls obtained by subtracting the number of balls equivalent to the fee. It may be displayed.

  In addition, the control unit 330 outputs the number of accumulated balls equal to either the number of acquired balls or the number of remaining balls to the transmission unit 370 and associates it with the member ID read by the member card reading unit 310 from the transmission unit 370. It is transmitted to the number storage unit 210 on the day of C200 (step S106). Here, it is assumed that the number of stored balls is transmitted from the transmitting unit 370 as it is. However, after the provisionally calculated fee is displayed on the display unit 340, before the number of stored balls is transmitted, the fee is again input at the input unit 350. You may receive the input to the effect of consent regarding collection.

  The member ID and the number of stored balls transmitted to the T / C 200 are stored in the stored number of balls storage unit 210 on that day (step S107). At this time, if the number of stored balls related to the same member ID has already been stored, the new number of stored balls is added to the number of stored balls and updated. In addition, although omitted in FIG. 2, a processing unit that reflects the number of replays in the number of stored balls is connected to the number of stored balls storage unit 210 on the day, and when the replay of the stored balls is performed on the same day as the stored balls, The replay number is subtracted from the number of stored balls stored in the stored number of balls storage unit 210 on that day. In this way, the number of stored balls for one day from the opening of the amusement store to the closing of the store in the day is updated at any time in the same day, and the number of stored balls for the day is stored at the end of the business of the amusement store. 210 stores the number of balls stored on the day for each member.

  Next, the fee calculation operation by the management device 100 of the storage management center when the game shop is closed will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the amusement store is closed, the communication I / F unit 220 of the T / C 200 of the amusement store transmits the number of stored balls for each member stored in the stored number storage unit 210 for that day to the management device 100 of the storage management center. The The transmitted number of stored balls on the day is received by the communication I / F unit 110 in the management apparatus 100 (step S201) and output to the fee rate determining unit 120. Then, the daily savings number acquisition unit 121 in the fee rate determination unit 120 acquires the received daily savings number for each member, and the commission rate reading unit 123 determines the commission rate corresponding to the number of savings on that day for each member. It is read from the fee rate table 122 (step S202).

  In the commission rate table 122, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a commission rate that increases as the number of stored balls on the day increases is stored. In the case of such a fee rate table 122, a member with a large number of stored balls on the day will have a higher fee rate, and a large amount of fees will be collected. The fee rate read by the fee rate reading unit 123 is output to the fee calculation unit 130 together with the number of stored balls on that day.

  Then, the fee calculating unit 130 multiplies the number of balls saved on the day by the fee rate to calculate the number of balls corresponding to the fee (step S203). The calculated fee is output to the fee subtracting unit 140 together with the number of stored balls on the day, and the fee subtracting unit 140 subtracts the number of balls equivalent to the fee from the number of stored balls on the day to calculate the actual number of stored balls (step S204). . The actual number of stored balls is smaller than the number of acquired balls or the number of remaining balls output from the control unit 330 of the prize management device 300 during the business hours of the amusement store. As a result, the amusement store does not need to bear the fee.

  The actual number of stored balls calculated by the fee subtracting unit 140 is output to the stored ball data storage unit 150, and the stored ball data for each member stored in the stored ball data storage unit 150 is updated (step S205). Specifically, when a table as shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the stored-ball data storage unit 150, for example, the number of stored balls output from the fee subtracting unit 140 is added to the total number of stored balls, and the stored-ball related to the latest stored ball The data is stored ball data related to the previous stored ball, and the number of newly stored balls output from the fee subtracting unit 140 is stored as stored ball data related to the latest stored ball. In this way, each member's stored ball data in the management device 100 of the stored ball management center is updated to the latest state.

  On the other hand, the fee calculated by the fee calculation unit 130 is transmitted as fee information from the communication I / F unit 110 to the T / C 200 of the game store (step S206). The fee information may be information indicating a total value of fees of all members or information indicating a fee for each member. The transmitted fee information is received by the communication I / F unit 220 in the T / C 200, and the fee is reflected in sales management by the sales management unit 230 as sales at the amusement store. As a result, the sales amount of the amusement store increases by the fee calculated by the management device 100 of the savings ball management center, and the amusement store allocates the increased sales amount to payment of the fee to the financial resources that compensate the savings item. be able to.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the number of stored balls for one day is stored and updated at the amusement store, and when the amusement store is closed, the number of stored balls on the day is transmitted to the stored ball management center. The management device calculates the fee according to the number of balls stored on the day, transmits the fee information to the game store, and subtracts the fee from the number of balls stored on the day to obtain the actual number of balls. For this reason, the amusement store can add the commission amount sent from the savings ball management center to sales, and can use the increased sales amount as a fee for compensation for savings balls. , Compensation for savings and medals for players can be realized.

(Embodiment 2)
The feature of Embodiment 2 of the present invention is that the fee is calculated in real time at the amusement store, and the fee rate is determined according to the total number of balls including not only the number of balls stored on the day but also the number of balls stored in the past. is there.

  The outline of the storage management system according to the present embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the T / C 200 and the counter 400 in the game store according to the present embodiment. In this figure, the same parts as those in FIG. In FIG. 8, as in FIG. 2, one amusement store connected to the savings ball management center is shown as a representative, but actually, a plurality of amusement stores may be connected to the savings ball management center.

  The T / C 200 includes a communication I / F unit 220, a sales management unit 230, a reception unit 240, a fee rate determination unit 250, a fee calculation unit 260, a fee subtraction unit 270, and a storage data storage unit 280.

  Communication I / F unit 220 and sales management unit 230 are the same as those in the first embodiment (FIG. 2). The receiving unit 240 receives information on the number of stored balls for each member transmitted from the counter 400 and notifies the fee rate determining unit 250 of the number of stored balls.

  The commission rate determining unit 250 determines a commission rate for compensation for the stored ball from the number of stored balls notified from the receiving unit 240 and stored ball data related to past stored balls stored in the stored ball data storage unit 280. Specific fee rate determination will be described in detail later.

  The fee calculation unit 260 calculates a fee for saving compensation from the fee rate determined by the fee rate determination unit 250, and outputs it to the sales management unit 230, the fee subtraction unit 270, and the display unit 440 in the counter 400. . Specifically, the fee calculation unit 260 multiplies the number of stored balls output from the fee rate determination unit 250 by the fee rate to calculate the number of balls corresponding to the fee for savings compensation. In the present embodiment, the fee calculation unit 260 multiplies the number of stored balls (input number of stored balls) input by the player in the counter 400 by the fee rate corresponding to the total number of stored balls of the player who stores the balls. The fee will be calculated.

  The fee subtracting unit 270 subtracts the number of balls corresponding to the fee from the number of stored balls for which fees are collected, and notifies the stored data storing unit 280 of the number of stored balls after the fee is subtracted. In the present embodiment, the fee subtraction unit 270 subtracts the number of balls corresponding to the fee from the input number of balls.

  The stored ball data storage unit 280 stores stored ball data such as the total number of stored balls for each member of the amusement store. Specifically, the stored ball data storage unit 280 stores the total number of stored balls, the stored ball history, the replay history, and the like in association with the member ID of the member, as in the first embodiment (FIG. 3). In this embodiment, every time the number of stored balls is input in the counter 400, the number of stored balls after the fee is subtracted from the input stored number by the fee subtracting unit 270 is stored as the latest stored ball, and the total number of stored balls is also updated. Is done.

  In the present embodiment, it may be possible that a plurality of savings balls are performed on the same day, or replays are performed on the same day as the savings balls. The number of replays and the number of replays may be totaled, and the commission rate may be determined based on the final number of accumulated balls for one day at the end of the game shop. In this case, the fee subtraction unit 270 subtracts the fee from the final number of stored balls for one day, and the stored ball data storage unit 280 stores the number of stored balls after the fee subtraction as the latest stored ball, and updates the total number of stored balls. . However, the fee calculation unit 260 calculates the fee each time the input number of balls is transmitted from the counter 400 and outputs it to the display unit 440 of the counter 400.

  The counting machine 400 includes a membership card reading unit 410, a counting unit 420, a control unit 430, a display unit 440, an input unit 450, a transmission unit 460, and a receipt issuing unit 470.

  The membership card reader 410 is the same as the membership card reader 310 in the prize management device 300 of the first embodiment (FIG. 2). The counting unit 420 counts the number of acquired balls brought by the player and outputs the number of acquired balls as a counting result to the control unit 430.

  The control unit 430 causes the display unit 440 to display the acquired number of balls output from the counting unit 420. In addition, when the number of stored balls is input to input unit 450, control unit 430 outputs the input number of stored balls to transmitting unit 460. Further, when a fee corresponding to the number of input storage balls is displayed on display unit 440, control unit 430 outputs selection information indicating whether or not there is a fee payment that the player inputs to input unit 450 to transmission unit 460.

  The display unit 440 displays the acquired number of balls counted by the counting unit 420 according to the control of the control unit 430, and displays a fee corresponding to the number of input storage balls output from the T / C 200. The input unit 450 includes, for example, a numeric keypad composed of numeric keys from 0 to 9 and a key that can be used to select whether or not to pay a fee. The input unit 450 can be selected by a player who has confirmed the number of balls displayed on the display unit 440. An input of a desired number of stored balls is accepted, and an input as to whether or not to pay a fee by a player who has confirmed the fee displayed on the display unit 440 is accepted.

  The transmission unit 460 associates the member ID read by the member card reading unit 310 with the number of input storage balls output from the control unit 430, and transmits it to the T / C 200. In addition, the selection information indicating whether or not the fee is paid, which is input to the input unit 450 by the player, is transmitted to the T / C 200. The receipt issuing unit 470 issues a receipt in which the number of acquired balls counted by the counting unit 420 and the number of stored balls input to the input unit 450 are described.

  Next, determination of the fee rate according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the fee rate determination unit 250 in the T / C 200 installed in the amusement store. The commission rate determining unit 250 includes an input stored ball number acquiring unit 251, a total stored ball number calculating unit 252, a fee rate table 253, a fee rate reading unit 254, and a determining unit 255.

  The input storage ball number acquisition unit 251 acquires the input storage ball number transmitted from the counter 400 and received by the reception unit 240 and outputs it to the total storage ball number calculation unit 252.

  The total number of stored balls calculation unit 252 reads the current total number of stored balls (current number of stored balls) of the player who has input the number of stored balls from the stored ball data storage unit 280, adds the current number of stored balls and the number of stored balls, and adds up the total number of stored balls Is calculated. Then, the total number of stored balls calculation unit 252 outputs the calculated total number of stored balls and the number of input stored balls to the fee rate reading unit 254.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the commission rate table 253 stores the total number of stored balls and the commission rate in association with each other. In the commission rate table 253 shown in FIG. 10, if the total number of stored balls, which is the total of the current number of stored balls and the number of input stored balls, is, for example, 8000 balls, the fee rate is 5%.

  The commission rate reading unit 254 reads the commission rate corresponding to the total number of stored balls calculated by the total stored ball number calculating unit 252 from the fee rate table 253, and outputs it to the fee calculating unit 260 together with the input number of stored balls. The fee rate reading unit 254 also outputs the input number of balls and the fee rate to the fee calculation unit 260 even when the determination unit 255 determines whether or not the player pays a fee. At this time, when it is determined that the player pays a fee, the read fee rate is output to the fee calculation unit 260 together with the number of input storage balls. On the other hand, when the determination unit 255 determines that the player does not pay the fee, the fee rate reading unit 254 outputs 0 to the fee calculation unit 260 instead of the read fee rate. That is, for example, when the total number of balls is 8,000 balls, if the determination unit 255 notifies that the fee is to be paid, a 5% fee rate is output to the fee calculation unit 260, and the determination unit 255 notifies that the fee is not paid If so, the fee rate of 0% is output to the fee calculation unit 260.

  The determination unit 255 acquires selection information transmitted from the counter 400 and received by the reception unit 240, and determines whether the player has selected whether or not to pay a fee. In the present embodiment, since the fee calculated by the fee calculation unit 260 is displayed in real time on the display unit 440 of the counter 400, the player determines whether or not to actually pay the fee after confirming the fee. You can choose. The player chooses to pay a fee if he / she wants compensation for savings, and selects not to pay a fee if compensation for savings is not desired.

  Next, operations of the T / C 20 and the counter 400 during business hours of the amusement store will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  A player borrows a ball from the replay ball lending machine 600 and plays a game on the pachinko machine 700. When a prize is obtained by this game, the player brings the acquired ball to the counting machine 400. Then, the membership card reader 410 of the counter 400 reads the member ID recorded on the player's membership card (step S301), and the acquired balls brought by the player are counted by the counter 420 of the counter 400. (Step S <b> 302), the number of balls obtained as a counting result is output to the control unit 430.

  And the number of acquired balls output to the control part 430 is displayed on the display part 440 by control of the control part 430 so that a player can confirm (step S303). When the acquired number of balls is displayed on the display unit 440, the player operates the input unit 450 to input a desired number of stored balls with the acquired number of balls as an upper limit (step S304).

  The input number of stored balls is output to the transmission unit 460 via the control unit 430, and is transmitted from the transmission unit 460 to the T / C 200 in association with the member ID read by the member card reading unit 410 (step S305).

  The member ID and the number of input storage balls transmitted to the T / C 200 are received by the receiving unit 240 (step S401) and output to the fee rate determining unit 250. Then, the input storage ball number acquisition unit 251 in the fee rate determination unit 250 acquires the input storage ball number, and the total storage ball number calculation unit 252 stores the current total storage ball number (current storage ball number) corresponding to the member ID as storage data. It reads out from the memory | storage part 280 (step S402), and is added with the number of input stored balls, and a total number of stored balls is calculated (step S403). The calculated total number of stored balls is output to the fee rate reading unit 254, and the fee rate reading unit 254 reads the fee rate corresponding to the total number of stored balls from the fee rate table 253 (step S404).

  In the commission rate table 253, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, a commission rate that increases as the total number of stored balls increases is stored. In the case of such a commission rate table 253, a member with a large number of input storage balls and the total number of storage balls up to the present will have a higher fee rate and will collect more fees. The fee rate read by the fee rate reading unit 254 is output to the fee calculating unit 260 together with the input number of stored balls.

  Then, the fee calculation unit 260 multiplies the input number of balls by the fee rate to calculate the number of balls corresponding to the fee (step S405). The calculated fee is transmitted to the counter 400 and displayed on the display unit 440 (step S306). At this time, the display unit 440 displays, for example, the number of input stored balls input by the player to the input unit 450 and the actual number of stored balls obtained by subtracting the number of balls equivalent to the fee from the input stored ball number. Also good. Further, the display unit 440 displays a message prompting the player to select whether or not he / she pays a fee for savings compensation by agreeing to collect the fee or whether or not a compensation for savings is unnecessary and no fee is paid.

  When the player selects the presence / absence of fee payment and inputs it to the input unit 450 (step S307), the input selection information regarding the presence / absence of fee payment is transmitted from the transmission unit 460 to the T / C 200 via the control unit 430. (Step S308). After the selection information is transmitted, in the counting machine 400, the receipt issuing unit 470 issues a receipt in which the number of acquired balls and the number of input stored balls are described (step S309).

  The transmitted selection information is received by the receiving unit 240 of the T / C 200 and output to the determining unit 255 in the fee rate determining unit 250. Then, the determination unit 255 determines whether or not the selection information indicates that a fee is to be paid (step S406), and the determination result is notified to the fee rate reading unit 254.

  As a result of the determination by the determination unit 255, if the player has selected not to pay a fee (No in step S406), the fee rate reading unit 254 is notified to that effect, and the fee rate reading unit 254 inputs the number of input storage balls and the fee rate. 0% is output to the fee calculation unit 260. For this reason, the fee calculated by the fee calculation unit 260 is 0, and the number of input storage balls and the fee 0 are output to the fee subtraction unit 270. Then, the fee subtraction unit 270 subtracts the fee from the number of input stored balls to calculate the actual number of stored balls. Here, since the fee is 0, the number of stored balls becomes equal to the number of input stored balls (step S407). The number of stored balls is stored in the stored ball data storage unit 280 (step S409), and the stored ball data is updated.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination by the determination unit 255, when the player chooses to pay a fee (Yes in step S406), the fact is notified to the fee rate reading unit 254, and the fee rate reading unit 254 and the number of input storage balls already The fee rate that has been read is output to the fee calculation unit 260. Therefore, the fee calculation unit 260 calculates the fee by multiplying the number of input storage balls by the fee rate, and outputs the input number of storage balls and the fee to the fee subtraction unit 270. At the same time, the commission is notified to the sales management unit 230, and the commission is added as sales. As a result, the sales of the amusement store increase by the fee calculated by the fee calculation unit 260, and the amusement store can use this increased sales for payment of the fee to the financial resources that compensate for the savings. . Then, the commission subtracting unit 270 subtracts the commission from the input number of stored balls to calculate the actual number of stored balls (step S408), stores the number of stored balls in the stored ball data storage unit 280 (step S409), and updates the stored ball data. The

  The stored ball data in the stored ball data storage unit 280 updated in this way is transmitted from the communication I / F unit 220 of the T / C 200 to the management device 100 of the stored ball management center at the end of business hours of the amusement store. Are also stored and managed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a player who calculates the fee according to the sum of the number of input storage balls input by the player and the current total number of stored balls of the player and agrees to collect the fee. Subtract the commission from the input number of balls to obtain the actual number of balls. For this reason, the amusement store can add the fee calculated in T / C to the sales, and can use the increased sales as a fee for savings compensation, reducing the burden on the amusement store due to the fee. , Compensation for savings and medals for players can be realized. In addition, since the accumulated ball data is stored in the T / C in the game store, the fee rate can be determined in real time from information relating to past accumulated balls.

  In this embodiment, the player is allowed to select whether or not to pay the fee. However, the player may be uniformly charged without selecting the player.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the fee rate is determined from the number of stored balls on the day or the total number of stored balls (the sum of the number of input stored balls and the current number of stored balls). The fee rate may be determined from the number of days elapsed. Furthermore, the commission rate may be determined by combining a plurality of pieces of stored ball information such as the number of stored balls on the day, the total number of stored balls, the number of stored balls, and the elapsed days.

  The present invention is suitable for the case where the burden of a game store due to a fee is reduced and compensation of a stored ball / medal to a player is realized.

It is a figure which shows the outline of the storage management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the storage management system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the storage data based on Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a fee rate determination unit according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the fee rate table which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the T / C and premium management device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a fee calculation operation by the management apparatus according to the first embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the storage ball management system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the fee rate determination part which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the fee rate table which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing operations of the T / C and the counter according to the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

110, 220 Communication I / F part 120, 250 Commission rate determining part 121 Same day stored number acquisition part 122, 253 Commission rate table 123, 254 Commission rate reading part 251 Input stored number acquisition part 252 Total stored number calculation part 255 Judgment part 130 , 260 Fee calculation unit 140, 270 Fee subtraction unit 150, 280 Savings data storage unit 210 Current day storage number storage unit 230 Sales management unit 240 Reception unit 310, 410 Member card reading unit 320 Receipt reading unit 330, 430 Control unit 340, 440 Display unit 350, 450 Input unit 360 Temporary fee calculation unit 370, 460 Transmission unit 420 Count unit 470 Receipt issuing unit

Claims (8)

A management device that manages the number of game media stored in a game store without exchanging prizes,
An acquisition means for acquiring the number of game media to be newly deposited by a player;
Determining means for determining a fee rate of a fee required to newly deposit a game medium based on the game medium information relating to the player's game medium;
And a calculating unit that calculates a fee by multiplying the number of game media acquired by the acquiring unit by the fee rate determined by the determining unit. The determining means includes
2. The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a fee rate is determined in accordance with the number of game media acquired by the acquisition means. The determining means includes
2. The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a fee rate is determined according to a total of the number of game media acquired by the acquisition means and the number of game media deposited by the player in the past. The determining means includes
2. The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a fee rate is determined in accordance with the number of times that the player has played a stored game medium. The determining means includes
Determining means for determining whether the player has selected whether or not to pay a fee, and determining that the fee rate is zero when it is determined that the player has selected not to pay the fee; The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: A subtracting means for subtracting the fee calculated by the calculating means from the number of game media acquired by the acquiring means;
The management device according to claim 1, further comprising storage means for storing the number of game media obtained by subtraction by the subtraction means as the number of game media actually deposited by the player.   2. The management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising sales management means for managing the fee calculated by the calculation means as sales at a game store. A management method for managing the number of game media stored in a game store without exchanging prizes,
An acquisition process for acquiring the number of game media to be newly deposited by a player;
A determination step of determining a fee rate of a fee required for a new deposit of the game medium based on the game medium information relating to the player's game medium;
And a calculating step of calculating a fee by multiplying the fee rate determined in the determining step by the number of game media acquired in the acquiring step.

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