JP2007202692A - Deposition prize exchanging system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a deposition prize exchanging system which enables prizes being provided as awards at a game hall such as a pachinko game hall to be circulated in markets, and can be managed by a computer system. <P>SOLUTION: Deposition prices are offered in response to the number of game mediums which are acquired in the game hall. This deposition prize exchanging system is equipped with a precious metal tag card 10 having a bar 12 and an IC chip 14 made of a previous metal, a server computer having a data base which manages the information based on the information which is recorded in the IC chip 14, and a terminal unit which can electrically communicate with the server computer in both directions. The precious metal tag card 10 is offered as the deposition prize based on the recorded information for each kind of the previous metal of the IC chip 14 and the value information of variable bullion currencies of the precious metal bar of the data base. Thus, the deposition prize exchanging system enables the deposition prize to be deposition-circulated by buying the deposition prize by adding a premium to the buying price in the bullion market as the deposition prize. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a consignment prize exchange system managed by a computer system for enabling a prize provided as a prize in a game hall such as a pachinko hall to be distributed in the market.

  Traditionally, special prizes offered to players as prizes at amusement halls such as pachinko halls can be redeemed at a third-party special prize purchasing place, but there is a difference between the price of the special prize itself and the exchange amount. Because of its large size, there is a need for crime prevention.

  Under these circumstances, in order to prevent damage caused by counterfeiting of special prizes and fraud and to enhance security, IC cards or optical cards are delivered to pachinko halls via manufacturers and distributors, and pachinko hall counters are provided. Using the issuing means, issue IC cards or optical cards with exchange data according to the number of pachinko balls brought by the player as special prizes, and exchange automatic cash payment machines etc. provided in the pachinko hall There is a proposal that pays out cash, gift certificates, etc. when a card in which the data is written is inserted by means (Patent Document 1).

  In order to further improve security, a system using a special prize stored in a container attached with a storage medium that can be read and written as needed is connected to a main server managed by a system management corporation, By reading and writing the identification information of the special prize written on the storage medium with the information reading / writing device of the storage medium attached to the special prize installed at the place designated by the prize distributor, the amusement hall, and the prize purchase facility. It is possible to determine whether the prize is counterfeit or not and to prevent fraud using a counterfeit special prize (Patent Document 2).

  In addition, as a special prize with a data storage IC chip that is effective for improving the processing efficiency in a system for converting special prizes, etc., and for reliability and fraud prevention, a tag having a data storage IC chip and an antenna is attached to the special prize. It is also known that this tag stores unique identification data including an identification number unique to a special prize, and enables data transmission / reception with the outside via an antenna (Patent Document 3).

  Furthermore, in a prize exchange system that reduces the burden of premium inventory in game halls such as pachinko halls and allows players to carry around precious metal bullion prizes that are exchanged for game media, the player can use the precious metal grounds for the game media. Orders for purchasing precious metal bullion according to the quantity of game media to be sent to the precious metal merchant via a telecommunication line when they wish to exchange it for gold prizes, and ordering the purchased precious metal bullion to the player Is transmitted to a precious metal merchant through a telecommunication line (Patent Document 4).

  Also, a plastic card consisting of at least one layer with standardized noble metal lumps embedded and displaying pictograms, with a hologram pasted on one side and laminated on both sides with a transparent oversheet is also used. (Patent Document 5).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-220343 JP 2001-334058 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-320761 JP 2004-016490 A Patent No. 2905252

    However, in the examples of conventional special prizes as shown in Patent Documents 1 to 4 above, since they can only be used for cashing, there is a concern about gambling, and there is a demand for further conversion to healthy entertainment. The introduction of new prize systems such as adopting gold prizes that are distributed in the market as special prizes as general prizes has been attempted, but there is room for further improvement.

  In addition, a plastic card or the like embedded with a precious metal blob as shown in Patent Document 5 can be purchased as a gold bullion by a bullion merchant, but can be distributed to the market as a prize at a game hall such as a pachinko hall. There is room for improvement in order to be managed by a computer system.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and provides a consignment prize exchange system that can distribute prizes provided as prizes in amusement halls such as pachinko halls to the market and can be managed by a computer system. The issue is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 of the consignment prize exchange system of the present invention is a consignment prize provided according to the number of game media acquired in a game hall, and is a precious metal bar. And a noble metal tag card having an IC chip, a server computer having a database for managing information based on information recorded on the IC chip, and a terminal capable of two-way electrical communication with the server computer. By providing precious metal tag cards as consignment premiums based on the record information of each type and the price information of fluctuating precious metal bars in the database, and adding premiums to the purchase price of the consignment premiums bullion price It has a configuration that enables deposit distribution.

In addition to the above-described configuration, the invention described in claim 2 is that the consignment prize can be distributed by a plurality of management companies that operate the consignment prize based on the record information of the manufacturer code provided in the IC chip. It is a feature.
Furthermore, the invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the noble metal bar is any one of gold, platinum, silver, palladium and rhodium.

The invention described in claim 4 is characterized in that the game hall is a pachinko hall and the game medium is either a pachinko ball or a medal.
The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the premium can be changed based on the number of purchased consignment prizes.

  In the consignment prize exchange system of the present invention, the precious metal tag card of the consignment prize has the record information of the noble metal bar and the IC chip, so the noble metal is recorded by the record information of the noble metal type and the price information of the bullion price of the noble metal bar. The tag card can be distributed in the market in real time, for example, as a prize at a game hall such as a pachinko hall, and can be managed by a computer system.

The consignment prize exchange system of the present invention is a consignment prize provided according to the number of game media acquired at a game hall, and includes a noble metal tag card 10 having a noble metal bar 12 and an IC chip 14, and an IC chip 14. Server computer having a database for managing the information based on the information recorded on the terminal, and a terminal capable of two-way electrical communication with the server computer, the record information of the noble metal type of the IC chip 14 and the noble metal whose database fluctuates The precious metal tag card 10 is provided as a consignment prize based on the price information of the bar's bullion market, and the premium is added to the purchase price of the bullion market price of the consignment prize to enable the consignment circulation.
In addition, a code | symbol is shown in below-mentioned FIG.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a consignment prize exchange system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 using substantially the same reference numerals for substantially the same or corresponding members.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a noble metal tag card used in a consignment prize exchange system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) shows a gold tag card of 0.5 g gold lump, and (b) shows 2 Shows a gold tag card of 0.0 g gold lump.

  Referring to FIG. 1, a precious metal tag card 10 according to the embodiment is printed with a character string 2 indicating a product name, a character string 4 indicating a precious metal type and a weight, and a character string 6 indicating a card issuing company. Cardboard 3, plastic card 8, precious metal bar embedded in recess 9 of plastic card 8, for example, gold bar 12 which is a gold glob of 0.5 g, and IC accommodated in plastic card 8 The mount 3 is inserted into the plastic card 8 and a window is opened so that the gold bar 12 can be seen. The mount 3 and the plastic card 8 are detachably stored in the transparent cover case 16. Yes.

  The gold bar 12 is engraved with, for example, a GOLD character string, a London gold market official recognition mark, etc., and the gold bar 12 itself has a value that can be purchased as a gold bullion according to the gold market price as a gold bullion. ing.

Further, a tally is applied across the gold bar 12 and the plastic card 8 so that light is emitted when a black light is applied to the mount 3.
Therefore, in the noble metal tag card 10 according to the present embodiment, even if the noble metal is removed from the noble metal tag card 10 and a fake noble metal is attached, it can be recognized as counterfeit.

As precious metals, as shown in FIG. 2, in addition to gold (Au), for example, platinum (Pt), silver (Ag), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), etc. are distributed in the market as bullion. However, it is preferable that a daily market price is formed.
The amount shown in FIG. 2 is a price that roughly corresponds to the value of the noble metal, but is used as a name indicating the type of card.
In addition, the number in FIG. 2 shows the weight of a gram (g) unit.

  The IC chip 14 is a contact type IC card, a contact type non-contact type IC card, a proximity type non-contact type IC card, a proximity type non-contact type IC tag, a microwave type non-contact type IC tag, and the like. Information is recorded on the IC chip.

  In the case of an IC card, it has a CPU and a ROM so that it can be operated, has a built-in program, and has an authentication function.

  In the case of an IC tag, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, a 64-bit unique ID is assigned to the IC chip 14 of the noble metal tag card 10 at the time of manufacturing one by one, and the first 8 bits are 16 This is a standard code of the decimal number. The next 8 bits are the manufacturer code, and the remaining 48 bits can record information on the prize management number, the precious metal type and the status code.

In the example shown in FIG. 3, GTm1 or AbC5 is used as the manufacturer code, but this indicates the company name GTm1 company or the company name AbC5 company for the sake of convenience, and actually the binary numbers corresponding to these company names are used. The code is recorded. Furthermore, although the company name is given as an example, it may be the name of the company's business store.
The prize management number, the precious metal type, and the status code are also expressed for convenience, and actually binary codes corresponding to these are assigned.

Since the manufacturer code is 8 bits, it can be expressed corresponding to 256 companies or 256 stores. The status code is “1” for the precious metal tag card 10 issued, “2” for inspected, and “3” for purchased.
Furthermore, Au in FIG. 3 is gold, Pt is platinum, Ag is silver, Pd is palladium, Rh is rhodium, and the numbers indicate weight in grams.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a database of a server computer that manages IC tags.
Referring to FIG. 4, in the database 20 of the server computer, in addition to the manufacturing code, free gift management number, precious metal type, and status code for managing and identifying the IC tag, the purchase price of the bullion price corresponding to the precious metal type Is always written in real time, and the issue date and purchase date of the precious metal tag card are recorded.
Furthermore, when issuing the precious metal tag card 10, a premium can be set as an additional amount of processing labor and distribution costs, and can be adjusted as appropriate.

Next, a consignment prize exchange system using such a noble metal tag card 10 will be described.
FIG. 5 is a schematic conceptual diagram showing a consignment prize exchange system according to the present embodiment.
1 and 5, the consignment prize exchange system according to the present embodiment includes a noble metal tag card 10 having an IC tag built in an IC chip 14, a server computer having a database 20 for managing the IC tag, and a card. A terminal (not shown) provided in the issuing company, the game arcade, and the dealer is provided, and the server computer and the terminal are capable of two-way electrical communication.

In the consignment prize exchange system according to the present embodiment, first, the standard code and the noble metal type are recorded on the noble metal tag card 10 manufactured by the noble metal prize production 22.
Next, record the manufacturing code, management number, and code corresponding to the noble metal type in the database (see FIG. 4), the manufacturer code, the prize management number, and the noble metal type in the IC tag of the noble metal tag card 10, Further, by recording a code indicating issued in the status code, the card issuing company registers the system 24 in the database 20 of the server computer as a new issue.

Next, the operation company sets the precious metal tag card 10 registered in the system to a reader / write (not shown), checks whether a status code has been issued, and if it has been issued, the status code has been inspected. To the shipping state 26.
The precious metal tag card 10 in the shipping state is distributed as a prize to be deposited at a wholesaler and a game hall as follows.

  First, each management company deposits the precious metal tag card 10 that can be managed by a computer having the database 20 in each wholesaler 28. You may make it receive a deposit at the time of this deposit.

  Next, each wholesaler 28 puts a margin and wholesales it to each amusement hall such as a pachinko hall.

Next, each game arcade exchanges rates 30 with game media such as pachinko balls, medals and the like, for example, at a variable price based on the floating market price. At this time, a variable price based on the floating market price is displayed on a terminal provided in the game hall and exchanged at a rate unique to each game hall.
It should be noted that the game hall does not have to be equipped with a terminal, and only a variable price may be exchanged by receiving a telephone call in units of days or hours, for example.

In this way, the noble metal tag card 10 of the consignment prize is provided to the player 32.
Then, the player 32 sells the precious metal tag card 10 at the dealer at a price obtained by adding the premium price to the variable price, and the dealer purchases 34.

  This premium price may be changed according to the number of consignment prizes purchased. That is, when the purchase number is large, the premium price may be set large, and when the number of uses at the dealer is large, the premium price may be set appropriately to be increased.

  If the inspection of the purchased precious metal tag card 10 is appropriate, the operating company rewrites the status code with the inspected code, registers it in the database 20 of the server computer, and makes it reusable.

The management company dealer buys the precious metal tag card 10 from the player as follows.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing of the consignment prize exchange system according to the present embodiment at the dealer.
Referring to FIG. 6, first, the dealer sets the precious metal tag card 10 in the reader (step S1), and reads one of the IC tag manufacturer code, premium management number and status code, or a combination thereof. The authenticity is determined by comparing with the database 20 of the server computer (step S2).

  This authenticity determination processing may be determined by, for example, whether or not the prize management numbers match, or is determined to be “true” only when the manufacturer code, the prize management number, and the status code all match. However, if any one of them does not match, it may be determined as “贋”, and is performed by an appropriate determination process.

  Next, when it is determined that it is “true”, the status code is rewritten to the purchased code (step S3), and the number of cards and the rate are calculated (step S4). At this time, calculation is made based on the real-time purchase price and premium in the database 20 of the server computer, and the purchase date is recorded.

  Then, the purchase amount is displayed on the display (step S7).

  If it is determined that the color is “贋”, it is checked for tally printing and an inspection process using black light (step S5). An suspicious object is produced by a fluorescent X-ray device, such as when the marking across the plastic card 8 and the noble metal bar 12 in the noble metal tag card 10 is inappropriate or when the mount 3 in the noble metal tag card 10 is inappropriate. Subject to component analysis.

  If there is no appearance incompatibility, after confirming the presence or absence of re-input, the reading process by the reader is performed again (step S1).

  If not re-input, the purchase price in the case of “true” is displayed on the display together with an error message (step S7).

  Even if the IC tag is “贋”, if the tally printing check and the appearance inspection by the black light are cleared, the purchase is performed and the component is analyzed by the fluorescent X-ray apparatus.

  In the consignment prize exchange system according to the present embodiment having such a configuration, the noble metal tag card of the consignment prize has the record information of the noble metal bar and the IC chip, so the record information of the noble metal type and the bullion of the noble metal bar Based on market price information, precious metal tag cards can be distributed to the market in real time as consignment prizes and can be managed by a server computer system.

  As described above, the consignment prize exchange system according to the present invention is extremely useful as a prize distributed in the market as a general prize.

It is a figure which shows the noble metal tag card used with the consignment prize exchange system which concerns on embodiment of this invention, (a) shows a gold tag card of a 0.5g gold lump, (b) shows 2.0g gold Shows a small gold tag card. It is a figure which shows the card classification of the noble metal tag card based on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the kind of identification code of the IC tag which concerns on this embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the database of the server computer which manages the IC tag which concerns on this embodiment. It is a schematic conceptual diagram which shows the consignment prize exchange system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process of the consignment prize exchange system which concerns on this embodiment in a shop.

Explanation of symbols

2, 4, 6 Character string 3 Mount 8 Plastic card 9 Recess 10 Precious metal tag card 12 Gold bar 14 IC chip 16 Cover case 20 Database 22 Prize production 24 System registration 26 Shipment status 28 Wholesaler 30 Rate exchange 32 Player 34 Purchase

Claims (5)

A noble metal tag card having a noble metal bar and an IC chip, which is a consignment prize provided according to the number of game media acquired at the amusement hall,
A server computer having a database for managing the information based on the information recorded in the IC chip;
This server computer and a terminal capable of two-way electrical communication,
Based on the record information of the precious metal type of the IC chip and the price information of the bullion price of the precious metal bar that fluctuates in the database, the precious metal tag card is provided as a consignment prize, and the bullion price of the consignment prize is purchased. A consignment prize exchange system that enables consignment distribution by adding a premium to the price.   2. The consignment prize exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the consignment prize can be distributed by a plurality of management companies that operate the consignment prize based on recorded information of a manufacturer code provided in the IC chip. .   2. The consignment prize exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the noble metal bar is any one of gold, platinum, silver, palladium and rhodium.   2. The consignment prize exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the game hall is a pachinko hall, and the game medium is either a pachinko ball or a medal.   2. The consignment prize exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the premium can be changed based on the number of the consignment prize purchases.

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