JP2007296017A - Prize exchange system and prize exchange method, which have pawnshop-like function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve healthiness of a transaction system in pachinko industry. <P>SOLUTION: The system is composed of a game parlor terminal 11 for a game parlor 1, a main office server 41 of an ASP business main office 4 under a gold commission sale contract with a gold trader 5, a wholesaler server 31 of a prize wholesaler 3, and an agent terminal 21 for an ASP business agent 2, so that prizes gained by a customer using a game machine can be exchanged for the customer. When the game parlor terminal 11 counts the number of balls gained by the customer to record gold data as converted into weight of gold in an IC card 13, the main office server 41 sells gold based on the notified gold data to notify the selling, and determines the amount of lent money for the pawn of the gold after transferring the gold data to the main office server, and confirming that the gold data is true when the IC card is brought by the IC card to the agent terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a prize exchange system and a prize exchange method having a pawnshop function in a game hall (hereinafter also referred to as a “hall”) such as a pachinko or pachislot specialty shop, or a store adjacent to both, and in particular, prize exchange and The present invention relates to a prize exchange system and a prize exchange method having a pawnshop function capable of soundly exchanging the prize for cash.

  Pachinko balls, coins, and medals after a game of pachinko, pachislot, etc. (hereinafter collectively referred to as “pachinko”) are referred to as “the Act on the Regulation of Customs Business, etc. .) ”In accordance with Article 23 (prohibited acts of game hall operators), Paragraph 1, Item 3, customers will receive balls, medals and other similar items (hereinafter collectively referred to as“ balls ”) for use in games. It is forbidden to be taken out of the office. That is, it is prohibited to take them out of the hall. For this reason, conventionally, the customer counts all the balls obtained and exchanges them for a limited number of general prizes in the hall corresponding to the number of balls. Or they are exchanged for so-called special prizes such as pens and lighter stones.

  In addition, it is prohibited for the amusement hall operators to provide cash or securities as prizes in Article 23, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the Wind Law, and to purchase prizes provided to customers in Paragraph 2, Item 2. Since it is specified as an act, when the customer wishes to exchange cash, it is exchanged for a special prize as described above, and the special prize is exchanged for cash at a purchase place outside the hall. Here, the “buying place” is a place where a customer obtains a prize and gives cash to the customer, and is managed by another company that has no capital relationship with the hall. In this case, the company is called a shopkeeper.

  This prize purchase system according to the prior art is a system that is operated among three traders of an amusement hall business operator, a purchase place trader, and a prize trader, and is called a so-called three-store system. In this prize purchase system, the customer counts the obtained balls with a ball counter, and takes the receipt printed out from the ball counter to the game counter, and exchanges it for a prize equivalent to the number of balls. Get it. However, since there are only a limited number of general prizes in the hall, and the general prizes are not attractive to customers, many customers want to exchange cash. For this reason, in most cases, the counter clerk gives the customer a special prize. Next, the customer obtains cash by taking the received special prize to the shop and having the shop dealer buy the special prize.

  In this case, the shop vendor in the gift purchase system sells the special gift purchased from the customer to the gift dealer, and collects the sale price from the gift dealer. The prize trader sells the special prize purchased from the shop vendor to the amusement hall business operator and collects the sale price from the game hall business operator. Furthermore, the amusement hall business operators secure a premium purchase price and an operating profit with a ball rental fee to customers.

  As described above, various prohibited acts are clearly defined by the appropriate wind law as described above, and in this industry, the convenience method such as the three-store method is widely adopted, and cash is handed to customers at the store. ing.

In addition, in order to improve the trading system of the pachinko industry, a prize-gray exchange system and a prize-price exchange method that reduce the cash exchange rate by improving the general prize exchange rate by resolving the legally gray trade of special prize cash exchange. Is disclosed by the following patent document. In the technology described in this patent document, a detailed receipt corresponding to a product on the Internet selected by a customer is issued, and an ASP business agent serving as a proxy for the quality acceptance work using this detailed receipt is provided to the customer. It states that you will receive a prize exchange or cash loan.
JP 2003-62318 A

  However, the above-mentioned prize purchase system is a technique that circumvents the above-mentioned wind law, by simply circulating special prizes among the three operators of the amusement hall operator, the purchaser, and the giver, There is a disadvantage that there is a gray zone called gray in the legal of cash exchange for special prizes.

  In addition, special prizes that have no marketability and no commercial value are simply circulating between the three traders. In other words, the prize purchase system for prizes has a disadvantage that special prizes for the purpose of avoiding wind law are interposed. Furthermore, because there is a limited space at the counter of the amusement hall, there is also a limit to the number of general prizes prepared in that space, and the cash exchange rate is high because there are few things that customers want with that few general prizes. There was an inconvenience. In addition, in some traders, the so-called “self-purchase” act in which the amusement hall operators buy special prizes directly from the buy-in traders (violates Article 23, Paragraph 1, Item 2 of the Wind Law) There was a legal grayness in the act of being, and there was an inconvenience.

  In the past, there were three industries that could not be listed on the stock market: the consumer finance industry, the commodity futures trading industry, and the pachinko industry. Among these, the former two manufacturers and pachinko industry manufacturers of pachinko machines, issuance of pachinko prepaid cards, and sales companies have already been listed, but cash exchange using special prizes is legally grayed out. However, there was a disadvantage that the amusement hall management company still could not go public. Considering that manufacturers and others are listed, this can be solved by the above-mentioned conventional gift purchase system, although it is incomprehensible and unfair even though it belongs to the same pachinko industry. There wasn't.

  Furthermore, the technology described in the above-mentioned patent document issues a detailed receipt corresponding to a product on the Internet selected by the customer, and an ASP business agency serving as a proxy for the quality acceptance work using this detailed receipt to the customer. In exchange for prizes or cash lending, we can resolve legally gray transactions such as cash exchange for special prizes, and raise the general prize exchange rate to lower the cash exchange rate, but on the Internet There is a problem that the customer's Internet operation is complicated to handle the merchandise, and it is difficult to sufficiently attract the interest of the customer who wants to exchange cash.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a prize redemption system and a prize redemption method capable of improving the disadvantages of the conventional example and improving the soundness of a trading system in the pachinko industry. Specifically, it solves the legally gray transaction of cash exchange for special prizes, raises the general prize exchange rate and lowers the cash exchange rate, and exchanges cash at an ASP business agent equivalent to a conventional purchase place. It is an object of the present invention to provide a prize exchange system and a prize exchange method having a pawnshop function in which the above-mentioned inconveniences and problems are eliminated.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a game hall dedicated terminal installed in a game hall, a headquarters server installed in an ASP business headquarters contracted with a precious metal contractor and a precious metal consignment sale, and a premium wholesaler. A wholesaler server, a dedicated agent terminal installed at an ASP business agency, and a precious metal supplier business server that sells precious metals, based on products acquired by customers using amusement machines A prize exchange system having a pawnshop function for exchanging prized precious metals to customers,
The amusement hall dedicated terminal counts the number of items acquired by the customer and converts it into the weight of the precious metal based on a predetermined conversion unit price, and the precious metal data including the weight of the converted precious metal is IC A function of recording on a card, and a function of notifying the wholesaler server of the precious metal data recorded on the IC card,
The function that the headquarter server notifies the premium wholesaler server that the precious metals were sold to the premium wholesaler based on the precious metal data notified from the wholesaler server, and the IC card transferred to the central server by the agency server A function for confirming the authenticity of the precious metal data recorded in the information and notifying the agency server of the authenticity of the precious metal data,
The wholesale server has a function of transmitting precious metal data to be purchased to the headquarters server based on the precious metal data notified from the amusement hall dedicated terminal, and a precious metal based on the precious metal data notified from the headquarters server. With the function of notifying the amusement hall dedicated terminal that the game has been sold to the amusement hall,
The agent dedicated terminal transfers the precious metal data recorded on the IC card to the headquarters server, and when the headquarters server confirms that the precious metal data is correct by the transfer, the precious metal included in the precious metal data The first feature is that it has a function of calculating a lending money amount using the noble metal as a quality based on the weight of the class and a function of issuing a quality tag of the calculated quality.

  Further, the present invention provides the precious metal that has issued the quality tag from the data of the IC card when the agency dedicated terminal executes a function of issuing the quality quality tag of the calculated quality in the prize exchange system having the characteristics described above. A second feature is that it has a function of deleting data, and in the prize exchange system of any of the above features, the agent-dedicated terminal designates the weight of the precious metal when the loaned money is returned When having a function of issuing a voucher and a function of notifying the headquarters server that the voucher has been issued, and the headquarters server is notified that a voucher has been issued from the agency dedicated terminal The third feature is that it has a function of notifying the noble metal person of the issuance of the voucher and instructing the delivery of the noble metal.

Furthermore, the present invention relates to a game hall dedicated terminal installed in a game hall, a headquarters server installed in an ASP business headquarters that has contracted a precious metal consignment sale with a precious metal supplier, a wholesaler server installed in a gift wholesaler, An award-winning precious metal based on the products acquired by customers using amusement machines, consisting of a dedicated agent terminal installed at an ASP business agency and a precious metal supplier's server that sells precious metals A prize exchange system having a pawnshop-like function to exchange customers for customers,
The amusement hall dedicated terminal counts the number of items acquired by the customer and converts it into the weight of the precious metal based on a predetermined conversion unit price, and the precious metal data including the weight of the converted precious metal is IC A function of recording on a card, and a function of notifying the wholesaler server of the precious metal data recorded on the IC card,
The function that the headquarter server notifies the premium wholesaler server that the precious metals were sold to the premium wholesaler based on the precious metal data notified from the wholesaler server, and the IC card transferred to the central server by the agency server A function for confirming the authenticity of the precious metal data recorded in the information and notifying the agency server of the authenticity of the precious metal data,
The wholesale server has a function of transmitting precious metal data to be purchased to the headquarters server based on the precious metal data notified from the amusement hall dedicated terminal, and a precious metal based on the precious metal data notified from the headquarters server. With the function of notifying the amusement hall dedicated terminal that the game has been sold to the amusement hall,
The agent dedicated terminal transfers the precious metal data recorded on the IC card to the headquarters server, and when the headquarters server confirms that the precious metal data is correct by the transfer, the precious metal included in the precious metal data A function of issuing a voucher of the precious metal based on the weight of the class, and a function of notifying the headquarters server that the voucher has been issued,
When the headquarters server receives a notification that a voucher has been issued from the agent-dedicated terminal, the headquarters server has a function of notifying a precious metal supplier of the issuance of the voucher and instructing delivery of the precious metal. The fourth feature.

In the prize exchange system according to any one of the above features, the agency-dedicated terminal issued the exchange ticket from the data on the IC card when the agency dedicated terminal has executed a function of issuing the noble metal exchange ticket. In the prize exchange system according to the fourth or fifth feature, the precious metal data is a gold bullion, and the precious metal data has a predetermined conversion unit price. A sixth feature is that the data is gold bullion data including the weight of the gold bullion converted into the weight of the gold bullion.
Furthermore, the present invention relates to a game hall dedicated terminal installed in a game hall, a headquarters server installed in an ASP business headquarters that has contracted a precious metal consignment sale with a precious metal supplier, a wholesaler server installed in a gift wholesaler, An award-winning precious metal based on the products acquired by customers using amusement machines, consisting of a dedicated agent terminal installed at an ASP business agency and a precious metal supplier's server that sells precious metals A prize exchange method of a prize exchange system having a pawnshop function for exchanging the goods to customers,
The game hall dedicated terminal counts the number of items acquired by the customer and converts it to the weight of the precious metal based on a predetermined conversion unit price, and the precious metal data including the weight of the converted precious metal is IC Performing a step of recording on a card and a step of notifying the wholesaler server of the precious metal data recorded on the IC card,
The step of the main server notifying the premium wholesaler server that the precious metals were sold to the premium wholesaler based on the precious metal data notified from the wholesaler server, and the IC card transferred to the central server by the agency server And confirming the authenticity of the precious metal data recorded in the above, and notifying the agency server of the authenticity of the precious metal data,
The wholesale server transmits the precious metal data to be purchased to the headquarters server based on the precious metal data notified from the amusement hall dedicated terminal, and the precious metal based on the precious metal data notified from the headquarter server. Performing a process of notifying a dedicated terminal for a game hall that the game has been sold to a game hall,
The agent dedicated terminal transfers the precious metal data recorded on the IC card to the headquarters server, and when the headquarters server confirms that the precious metal data is correct by the transfer, the precious metal included in the precious metal data The seventh feature is that a step of calculating a loan amount using the noble metal as a quality based on the weight of the class and a step of issuing a quality tag of the calculated quality are executed.

  Further, the present invention provides the prize exchange method, wherein when the agency dedicated terminal executes a function of issuing the calculated quality tag, the precious metal data that issued the quality tag from the IC card data is obtained. According to an eighth feature of the present invention, in the prize exchange method according to any one of the above features, when the rented money is returned by the agency dedicated terminal, the exchange specifying the weight of the noble metal Executing a step of issuing a voucher and a step of notifying the headquarter server that the voucher has been issued, and when the headquarter server receives a notification that a voucher has been issued from the agency dedicated terminal, A ninth feature is that a precious metal supplier is notified of the issuance of the voucher and instructed to hand over the precious metal.

Furthermore, the present invention relates to a game hall dedicated terminal installed in a game hall, a headquarters server installed in an ASP business headquarters that has contracted a precious metal consignment sale with a precious metal supplier, a wholesaler server installed in a gift wholesaler, An award-winning precious metal based on the products acquired by customers using amusement machines, consisting of a dedicated agent terminal installed at an ASP business agency and a precious metal supplier's server that sells precious metals A prize exchange method with a pawnshop function to exchange
The game hall dedicated terminal counts the number of items acquired by the customer and converts it to the weight of the precious metal based on a predetermined conversion unit price, and the precious metal data including the weight of the converted precious metal is IC Performing a step of recording on a card and a step of notifying the wholesaler server of the precious metal data recorded on the IC card,
The step of the main server notifying the premium wholesaler server that the precious metals were sold to the premium wholesaler based on the precious metal data notified from the wholesaler server, and the IC card transferred to the central server by the agency server And confirming the authenticity of the precious metal data recorded in the above, and notifying the agency server of the authenticity of the precious metal data,
The wholesale server transmits the precious metal data to be purchased to the headquarters server based on the precious metal data notified from the amusement hall dedicated terminal, and the precious metal based on the precious metal data notified from the headquarter server. Performing a process of notifying a dedicated terminal for a game hall that the game has been sold to a game hall,
The agent dedicated terminal transfers the precious metal data recorded on the IC card to the headquarters server, and when the headquarters server confirms that the precious metal data is correct by the transfer, the precious metal included in the precious metal data A process of issuing a voucher for the precious metal based on the weight of the class, and a step of notifying the headquarters server that the voucher has been issued,
When the headquarters server receives a notification that a voucher has been issued from the agency-dedicated terminal, the step of notifying the precious metal supplier of the issuance of the voucher and instructing delivery of the precious metal is performed. A tenth feature is provided.

  Further, in the prize exchange method according to any one of the above-mentioned features, the agency-dedicated terminal issued the exchange ticket from the data of the IC card when the agent-dedicated terminal executes a process of issuing the noble metal exchange ticket According to an eleventh feature of executing the step of deleting noble metal data, in the prize exchange method of any one of the above characteristics, the noble metal is a gold bullion, and the noble metal data is based on a predetermined conversion unit price. The twelfth feature is that the bullion data includes the weight of the bullion converted to the weight of the bullion.

  The prize exchange system and prize exchange method having a pawnshop function according to the present invention uses precious metals such as gold bullion with a commercial value and enables cash exchange based on the pawnshop business law. It is possible to solve the trade in the gray zone close to black by the store system, thereby building a playground that can be enjoyed mainly by entertainment, and also opened to society instead of the closed prize market in the pachinko market You can build a new free gift market with market distribution.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a prize exchange system and a prize exchange method having a pawnshop function according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a prize exchange system for lending according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining loan return and prize reception processing of the prize exchange system according to the first embodiment. FIGS. 3A and 3B are diagrams for explaining a gold bullion spot exchange process of the prize exchange system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a configuration of a data table of the IC card according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the data table stored in the database table of the game terminal dedicated terminal according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 6 is stored in the database table of the ASP business headquarter server according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the data table, FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the data table of the database table stored in the premium wholesaler server, 8 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of a data table stored in the database table ASP business distributors.
[Configuration of the prize exchange system of the first embodiment]

  As shown in FIG. 1, a prize exchange system having a pawnshop function according to the present embodiment includes a game hall 1 in which a customer such as a pachinko plays a game, and precious metals such as gold bullion, which are prizes for games at the game hall 1. Application service provider (hereinafter referred to as “ASP”) business headquarters 4 to be handled, a prize wholesaler 3 that mediates the amusement hall 1 of prizes (prize) provided by the ASP business headquarters 4 and applications necessary for prize exchange It consists of an ASP business agency 2 that acts as a business agent using software. For example, in the present embodiment, a gold bullion that is a kind of precious metal is used as a prize, and the game hall 1 calculates a prize amount in terms of a game (for example, 4 yen per ball) as a prize for the game. Calculate the prize conversion amount after subtracting fees, etc., calculate the gold bullion weight value based on the previous day's gold price closing price (price) from this prize conversion amount, and use the gold bullion data including this gold bullion weight value on the IC card The data is stored in the data table and delivered to the customer, and the customer who receives this data is configured to lend money to the customer using the gold bullion data stored in the IC card in the ASP business agency 2 as a material.

In this specification, a prize exchange system using a gold bullion will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to a gold bullion, but is a precious metal such as platinum that can objectively evaluate the equivalent exchange value. In the present invention, those capable of objectively evaluating such equivalent exchange value (amount) are called noble metals.
<Description of amusement hall 1>

  The gaming hall 1 constituting the prize exchange system includes a gaming machine 15 in which a customer 14 who is a player plays a game, a gaming hall dedicated terminal 11, and the number of grams of the gold bullion under the control of the gaming hall dedicated terminal 11. And a card reader / writer 12 for recording gold bullion data including the data on the IC card 13. The amusement hall dedicated terminal 11 converts the number of balls acquired by the customer 14 (including pachinko balls and pachislot coins and medals) based on the number of balls counted by a ball counter (not shown). Based on the step of calculating the prize amount (for example, 4 yen per ball), the step of calculating the prize-converted amount by subtracting the commission from this prize amount, and the closing price (price) of the previous day from the prize-converted amount Application software for executing the step of calculating the gold bullion weight value and the step of storing the gold bullion data including the gold bullion weight value in the data table of the IC card 13 is stored.

  The IC card 13 has a built-in memory composed of a non-volatile semiconductor memory element. As shown in FIG. 4, the memory generates a management number and a date (including time) to which the management number is assigned. Day, the number of grams of gold bullion (weight value), the number of the game hall uniquely assigned to the game hall where the game was performed, and the customer 14 who received the loan with the number of grams of gold bullion as a grass The ASP business agency number, which is the number assigned to each ASP business agency 2, and the IC data deletion date, which is the date when the number of bullion gram is deleted due to the loan, the member number and other data Although it is configured to be stored, it is not limited to these data configurations. The IC card 13 is purchased by the customer after presenting an identification card at the amusement hall / ASP business headquarters / ASP business agency or the like. May be provided to customers. Further, the IC card 13 presents an identification card at the time of purchase or the like, and stores the customer's face photo, personal information, etc. in the IC card 13, thereby identifying the driver's license at the ASP business agency 2. Can be used instead of presenting a certificate. In addition, from the viewpoint of protecting personal information, the IC card stores only necessary minimum information such as a membership number for personal information, and the ASP business headquarters 4 manages information such as the customer's address / name / photo. The identity verification in the ASP business agency 2 may be performed by the ASP business agency 2 based on personal information from the ASP business headquarters 4.

  The game hall dedicated terminal 11 includes a database table (not shown). As shown in FIG. 5, this database table is a date when data is newly written to the IC card 13 (the same date as the information in the IC card). ), The number of balls obtained by the customer, the gold price closing price (gram unit price) on the day before the counting date, the number of grams of gold bullion (weight value), and the management written in the IC card 13 described above Number, the written IC card number, the customer's membership number, and the ASP business headquarters report date, which is the date when the management number and the number of grams of gold bullion were written to this IC card. The wholesale server of the free gift wholesaler 3 includes gold bullion data, which is composed of gold bullion data and includes information when the management number and the number of grams of gold bullion are written on the IC card 13. By transmitting to 1, provided with a function of transmitting the purchase of gold bullion corresponding to bullion data it received the headquarters server 41 of the ASP Division 4. Note that the data structure of the database table of the amusement hall dedicated terminal 11 shown in FIG. 5 is not limited to that shown in the figure, and the gold bullion data is not only the number of gold bullion grams in the present invention, It may include necessary information in addition to the management number / IC card number / ASP business headquarter report date / membership number.

Further, the above-mentioned gaming hall dedicated terminal 11 has a communication function for accessing the closing price (price) of the gold price, which is the calculation standard of the above-mentioned prize converted amount, via an Internet network (not shown), the prize wholesaler 3 and the ASP business headquarter 4. Etc. have a data communication function.
<Description of ASP Business Agency 2>

  The ASP business agency 2 operates a pawn shop business based on the pawn shop sales law, and the management number of the IC card 13 in which the customer 14 records the gold bullion data including the number of grams of the gold bullion at the amusement hall 1. Whether or not the information is correct based on the information such as the card reader / writer 21 that reads the number of bullion bullion and the like, and the management number / the number of bullion gram / game hall number read using the card reader / writer 21 (True / false) is inquired to the headquarters server 41 of the ASP business headquarters 4 and compared with the management number / membership number / IC card number / gold gram number / game hall number registered in the headquarters server 41. Is correct, the customer's identification card based on the pawn shop business law is confirmed (the IC card 13 may perform this function), and the gold bullion data recorded on the IC card 13 is used as the pawn. An agent-dedicated terminal 20 that issues a quality tag for lending to the customer 14 the amount of money converted based on the number of bullion gram is provided, and based on the bullion gram number together with the quality tag issued by the agency-specific terminal 20 The amount converted into is lent to the customer 14 and is executed by an application program having a built-in operation for reporting these lent data to the server 41 of the ASP business headquarters 4.

  The series of operations from reading the information in the IC card to lending to the customer and issuing the quality tag is performed by a person working at the ASP business agency 2 having the qualification of the pawn shop business as the lending (handing of cash) business and A program that is handed over to a customer of a pledge card, and that is stored in the agency dedicated terminal 20 using the same function as an ATM of a financial institution under the control of an administrator who has the qualification of a pawn shop business, and the customer identity The certificate may be configured so that a practitioner who obtains a pawn shop business license performs online identification. The ASP business agency 2 corresponds to a purchase place in comparison with the conventional one.

As shown in FIG. 8, the agent-only terminal 20 of the ASP business agency 2 inputs the management number / data generation date / number of bullion grams / game hall number / member number, etc. read from the IC card 13. Data consisting of a membership number and a plurality of items for registering the quality setting date when the customer 14 has been registered and loaned by quality, the due date of the quality, and the quality date when the quality has flowed Provide a table.
<Description of free gift wholesaler 3>

The prize wholesaler 3 according to the present embodiment purchases gold bullion from the ASP business headquarters 4 and sells it to the game hall 1, which is input from the server 41 of the ASP business headquarters 4 at the game hall dedicated terminal 11. Data (management number shown in FIG. 7 / data generation date / number of bullion gram / game hall number / date of purchase of gold bullion from ASP business headquarter 4 / date of sale of gold bullion to amusement hall 1 / sales price, etc. Data store) including a wholesaler server 31, which performs a business of selling gold bullion purchased from the ASP business headquarters 4 to a designated amusement hall 1, and these operations are stored in the wholesaler server 31. Is done by. These businesses may be performed manually by the contractor.
<Description of ASP Business Headquarters 4>

The ASP business headquarters 4 according to the present embodiment has previously partnered with a gold bullion supplier 5 for a gold bullion consignment sale, etc., and with the premium wholesaler 3, gold bullion data (management number / number of bullion gram / game hall number) The bullion is sold by a program that responds when the headquarters server 41 receives the bullion data from the wholesaler server 31. . Note that the contract between the ASP business headquarters 4 and the gold bullion trader 5 is not limited to the gold bullion consignment sales contract, and a prize option transaction contract may be associated when performing a prize option transaction.
<Operation of First Embodiment>

  Now, in the prize exchange system according to the first embodiment configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 1, a customer 14 brings a game ball using a gaming machine 15 to a gaming hall dedicated terminal 11 in a gaming hall 1. (A in the figure) When the amusement hall dedicated terminal 11 calculates a prize amount for payout conversion (for example, 4 yen per ball) based on the count value of the ball that is counted using a ball counter A step of calculating a prize converted amount obtained by subtracting a fee from the prize amount, a step of calculating a gold bullion weight value based on the closing price (price) of the previous day from the prize converted amount, and a weight of the gold bullion By executing the step of storing the gold bullion data including the value in the data table of the IC card 13, the gold bullion data including the management number / data generation date / game place number / gram number of the gold bullion is stored in the IC card 13. Record ( Issue b1) as well as to send the recorded bullion data to the server 31 of the prize wholesaler 3 (code b5). The server 31 of the premium wholesaler 3 that has received the gold bullion data transfers the gold bullion data to the server 41 of the ASP business headquarter 4 (reference symbol b6).

  Upon receiving this transfer, the headquarters server 41 transfers the gold bullion sales data to the wholesaler server 31 of the gift wholesaler 3 based on the received data (symbol b3), and performs the sales transaction of the gold bullion. The wholesaler server 31 of the gift wholesaler 3 operates so as to perform a gold bullion sales transaction (symbol b4) to the game hall dedicated terminal 11 of the game hall 1 included in the data. The headquarter server 41 also reports the issuance of the gold bullion voucher to the server of the gold bullion trader 5 (symbol o).

  That is, almost simultaneously with the input of the gold bullion data to the IC card 13, a transaction is performed in which the gold bullion sells to the amusement hall 1 designated via the ASP business headquarters 4-premium wholesaler 3.

  On the other hand, in this system, when the customer 14 brings the IC card 13 to the ASP business agency 2, the ASP business agency 2 reads the above data using the card reader / writer 21, and the ASP business headquarter 4 Transfer to server 41 (symbol n1), determine the authenticity of the gold bullion data, and if the data is correct (symbol n2), hand the pledge to the customer 14 (symbol e1) and lend the cash (Symbol e2) can be performed. Next, the present system deletes the gold bullion data in the IC card 13 simultaneously with the lending. The handing of the bills and the lending of the cash may be performed by an automatic machine or a semi-automatic machine by online connection.

  In addition, the sale of gold bullion between the ASP business headquarter 4-the premium wholesaler 3-the amusement hall 1 is not a transaction of exchanging the actual thing but a transaction as data, but this transaction is a normal transaction. There is no problem in the commercial law, and there is no legal problem for the ASP business agent to lend money to customers through the pawnshop business based on the pawnshop business law, and so-called “self-buying” and “return” in the pachinko industry In addition, because it uses valuable gold bullion as a medium, it does not fall under the “equivalent exchange violation”, and it also complies with the laws and regulations in the “Act on Regulations on Customs Businesses and Optimization of Business”.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, the operation when the customer 14 wants the actual gold bullion is as follows. When the customer pays the pledge with the money borrowed by the customer 14 to the ASP business agent 2 (reference symbol f1 / f2), When the agent 2 passes the voucher of the gold bullion to the customer 14 (reference f3) and transfers that the voucher is transferred to the server 41 of the ASP business headquarter 4 together with the data (reference g1), the server 41 The server of the gold bullion trader 5 (not shown) notifies the issuance of the voucher (symbol h1) and transfers the price of the gold bullion (symbol h2). Send the bullion to the customer 14 (symbol i1: including courier service), or notify the customer 14 of the bullion taking store (symbol i2) and the takeover notification to the taker store (symbol i3). 14 is the receipt of gold bullion i4) can be carried out.

As described above, the prize exchange system according to the present embodiment intervenes the pawn shop business based on the pawn shop business law, and does not infringe on the “commercial law” / “the law on customs business business regulations and the like”. The current pachinko industry trading system can be soundened.
[Configuration of Prize Exchange System of Second Embodiment]

  Next, in the prize exchange system according to the present invention, an embodiment in which a customer exchanges a gold bullion acquired by a game as a prize will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the prize exchange system according to the present embodiment is similar to the above-described embodiment, and includes a game hall 1, an ASP business headquarter 4 that handles gold bullion, and a prize (prize) game provided from the ASP business headquarter 4. A prize wholesaler 3 that acts as an intermediary for the venue 1 and an ASP business agency 2 that acts as a proxy for business using application software necessary for prize exchange. In this embodiment, a gold bullion is used as a prize, and the amusement hall 1 calculates a prize amount calculated as a prize for a game (for example, 4 yen per ball) and subtracts a fee from the prize amount. Calculate the amount of money, calculate the gold bullion weight value based on the gold price closing price (price) of the previous day from this prize converted amount, and store the gold bullion data including this gold bullion weight value in the IC card data table The customer who has received it receives the voucher for exchanging with the gold bullion based on the gold bullion data stored in the IC card at the ASP business agency 2, and obtains the gold bullion based on the voucher Is configured to do.
<Description of amusement hall 1>

The gaming hall 1 constituting the prize exchange system includes a gaming machine 15 in which a customer 14 who is a player plays a game, a gaming hall dedicated terminal 11, and the number of grams of the gold bullion under the control of the gaming hall dedicated terminal 11. And the card reader / writer 12 that records the gold bullion data on the IC card 13, and the game terminal dedicated terminal 11 has a ball (a pachislot ball in addition to a pachinko ball) that is acquired by the customer 14 as in the above-described embodiment. A step of calculating a prize amount in terms of payout (for example, 4 yen per ball) based on the number of balls counted by a ball counter (not shown) and a fee from the prize amount A step of calculating a prize converted amount by subtracting etc., a step of calculating a gold bullion weight value based on the previous day's gold price closing price (price) from this prize converted amount, and a gold bullion data including the gold bullion weight value IC Is stored application software to perform the step of storing in the data table of the de 13, data recorded in the IC card 13 is shown in FIG. 4 as in the embodiment. The amusement hall dedicated terminal 11 includes the database table shown in FIG. 5 and has a function of transmitting information when a management number or the number of grams of gold bullion is written to the IC card 13 to the prize wholesaler server 31, and the prizes described above. It also has a communication function for accessing the closing price (price), which is the basis for calculating the converted amount, via an Internet network (not shown), and a data communication function with the premium wholesaler 3 and the ASP business headquarters 4. This is the same as the above embodiment.
<Description of ASP Business Agency 2>

The ASP business agency 2 includes a card reader / writer 21 that reads the management number, the number of grams of gold bullion, etc. of the IC card 13 on which the customer 14 has recorded the number of grams of gold bullion at the game hall 1, and the card reader / writer 21. The server 41 of the ASP business headquarter 4 is inquired as to whether or not the information is correct based on the information such as the management number / the number of grams of bullion / amusement hall number read using the An agent terminal 20 having a program for reporting the gold bullion data recorded on the card 13 to the server 41 of the ASP business headquarter 4 and issuing a voucher for the gold bullion is provided. The data stored in the database table 20 is replaced with “date of quality setting” as “date of custody” as compared with that shown in FIG. Is a period of custody replaced with "date", "Nagareshitsu date" is equivalent to what you delete.
<Description of free gift wholesaler 3>

The prize wholesaler 3 according to the present embodiment includes a wholesaler server 31 for purchasing gold bullion from the ASP business headquarters 4 and selling it to the game hall 1 as in the above-described embodiment. In this purchase or sale, when the wholesaler server 31 receives the gold bullion data input from the amusement hall dedicated terminal 11, the ASP business headquarter 4 orders the gold bullion weight included in the gold bullion data. An application program having a function, a function of selling gold bullion sent from the ASP business headquarters 4 as data to the game hall 1 and a function of notifying this sale to the game hall dedicated terminal 11 of the game hall 1 Is what you do.
<Description of ASP Business Headquarters 4>

The ASP business headquarters 4 according to the present embodiment has previously collaborated with a gold bullion trader 5 on a gold bullion contract sales contract, etc., and based on an order from the wholesaler server 31, a gold bullion with a specified weight is sent to the gold bullion trader 5. The headquarters server 41 is purchased for selling to the premium wholesaler 3. The purchase or sale is performed when the headquarter server 41 receives gold bullion data from the wholesaler server 31 and has a function of placing an order of gold bullion contained in the gold bullion data with the gold bullion trader 5, and a gold bullion trader. The headquarter server 41 having an application program having a function of selling gold bullion purchased from 5 to the gift wholesaler 3 as data and a function of notifying the wholesaler server 31 of this sale is provided. The ASP business headquarter 4 may stock a predetermined amount of gold bullion and sell this stock to the premium wholesaler 3.
<Operation of Second Embodiment>

  Now, in the prize exchange system according to the second embodiment configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 3, the customer 14 brings the game balls using the gaming machine 15 to the gaming hall dedicated terminal 11 in the gaming hall 1. (A in the figure) When the amusement hall dedicated terminal 11 calculates a prize amount for payout conversion (for example, 4 yen per ball) based on the count value of the ball that is counted using a ball counter A step of calculating a prize converted amount obtained by subtracting a fee from the prize amount, a step of calculating a gold bullion weight value based on the closing price (price) of the previous day from the prize converted amount, and a weight of the gold bullion By executing the step of storing the gold bullion data including the value in the data table of the IC card 13, the gold bullion data including the management number / data generation date / game place number / gram number of the gold bullion is stored in the IC card 13. Record ( Issue b1) as well as to send the recorded bullion data to the server 31 of the prize wholesaler 3 (code b5). The server 31 of the gift wholesaler 3 that has received the gold bullion data transfers the gold bullion data to the server 41 of the ASP business headquarter 4 (reference numeral b6), and the headquarter server 41 uses the received data as a gold bullion. By transferring the sales data to the wholesaler server 31 of the premium wholesaler 3 (reference symbol b3), the sales of the gold bullion is performed, and the wholesaler server 31 of the premium wholesaler 3 receives the sales transaction of the amusement hall 1 included in the data. By operating so as to conduct a gold bullion sales transaction (symbol b 4) to the amusement hall dedicated terminal 11, the gold bullion enters the ASP business headquarters 4-premium gift store 3 simultaneously with the input of the gold bullion data to the IC card 13. A transaction for selling to the amusement hall 1 designated through the game is performed.

  On the other hand, in this system, when the customer 14 brings the IC card 13 to the ASP business agency 2, the ASP business agency 2 reads the aforementioned data using the card reader / writer 21, and the ASP business headquarter 4 When it is transferred to the server 41 (code n1), the authenticity of the data is determined, and the data is returned (code n2), a voucher is issued (code k) to the customer 14 and the IC card 13 The gold bullion data is deleted and the fact that the voucher is issued is reported to the ASP business headquarters 4 (reference numeral n1). The IC card after issuing the voucher is returned to the customer after deleting the data in the card.

  The ASP business headquarter 4 reports the issuance of the gold bullion voucher to the server of the gold bullion trader 5 by the report (symbol n1), so that the server of the gold bullion trader 5 Similarly to the embodiment using FIG. 2, the customer 14 can receive the gold bullion by mail, courier service or pick-up store.

  As described above, in the prize exchange system according to the present embodiment, the customer can receive a gold bullion according to the prize acquired by the customer at the amusement hall 1 as a prize (prize). The current pachinko industry trading system can be sounded without any conflicts with the “Regulations on Business Regulations and Business Optimization”.

  As described above, the prize exchange system and the prize exchange method according to the present invention are configured so as to pour gold bullion with a commercial value as a prize for cash exchange. It is possible to resolve gray law-related transactions and to eliminate special prizes with no commercial value. This makes it possible to build a new free gift market that is open to society and is not a closed free gift market in the pachinko market.

  In addition, since there is no special prize like the conventional example and the data of gold bullion is used as a quality grass, there is no stock of special prizes in the amusement hall so far, and a wide variety of general prizes can be provided to customers. The counter clerk can eliminate the possibility that the quantity of giveaways to the customer is wrong.

  Furthermore, it is possible to legally exchange cash at the so-called shopping area and to prevent “self-buying”, and to eliminate the inconveniences and defects as in the conventional example, and to improve the soundness of the trading system in the pachinko industry. it can. And a prize exchange system and prizes that have an unprecedented superior pawnshop function that can be an industry that is truly recognized by society as a pachinko industry consisting of amusement halls, pachinko / pachislot makers and other companies belonging to the industry A redemption method can be obtained.

The figure which shows the structure of the prize exchange system which has a pawnshop function by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The figure for demonstrating the quality return request | requirement process by this 1st Embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the metal bullion spot exchange process of the prize exchange system by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The figure for demonstrating the structure of the data table of the IC card by this embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the structure of the data table stored in the database table of the game hall exclusive terminal by this embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the structure of the data table stored in the database table of the ASP business headquarters server by this embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the structure of the data table of the database table stored in a prize wholesaler server. The figure for demonstrating the structure of the data table stored in the database table of an ASP business agency.

Explanation of symbols

1: amusement hall, 2: business agency, 3: premium wholesaler, 31: wholesaler server, 4: ASP business headquarters, 41: headquarters server, 5: gold bullion trader, 11: amusement hall dedicated terminal, 12: card reader / writer , 13: gaming machine, 14: customer, 21: card reader / writer.

Claims (12)

Amusement arcade terminal installed in the amusement hall, a headquarters server installed in the ASP business headquarters that has signed a contract with precious metals contractors, a wholesaler server installed in a gift wholesaler, and an ASP business agency It consists of a dedicated agent terminal installed in the company and a precious metal supplier's server that sells precious metals, and uses the machine to redeem the precious metals for the prize based on the products acquired by the customer. A prize exchange system with a pawnshop function,
The amusement hall dedicated terminal counts the number of items acquired by the customer and converts it into the weight of the precious metal based on a predetermined conversion unit price, and the precious metal data including the weight of the converted precious metal is IC A function of recording on a card, and a function of notifying the wholesaler server of the precious metal data recorded on the IC card,
The function that the headquarter server notifies the premium wholesaler server that the precious metals were sold to the premium wholesaler based on the precious metal data notified from the wholesaler server, and the IC card transferred to the central server by the agency server A function for confirming the authenticity of the precious metal data recorded in the information and notifying the agency server of the authenticity of the precious metal data,
The wholesale server has a function of transmitting precious metal data to be purchased to the headquarters server based on the precious metal data notified from the amusement hall dedicated terminal, and a precious metal based on the precious metal data notified from the headquarters server. With the function of notifying the amusement hall dedicated terminal that the game has been sold to the amusement hall,
The agent dedicated terminal transfers the precious metal data recorded on the IC card to the headquarters server, and when the headquarters server confirms that the precious metal data is correct by the transfer, the precious metal included in the precious metal data A prize exchange system having a pawnshop function, characterized in that it has a function of calculating a lending money amount using the precious metal as a quality based on the weight of the class and a function of issuing a quality tag of the calculated quality .   The agent-dedicated terminal has a function of deleting precious metal data issued from the IC card data from the IC card data when the agent dedicated terminal executes a function of issuing the calculated quality tag. An award exchange system having a pawnshop-like function according to Item 1. When the lending money is returned, the agency dedicated terminal has a function of issuing a voucher specifying the weight of the precious metal, and a function of notifying the headquarters server that the voucher has been issued. ,
When the headquarters server receives a notification that a voucher has been issued from the agent-dedicated terminal, the headquarters server has a function of notifying a precious metal supplier of the issuance of the voucher and instructing delivery of the precious metal. A prize exchange system having a pawnshop function according to claim 1 or 2. Amusement arcade terminal installed in the amusement hall, a headquarters server installed in the ASP business headquarters that has signed a contract with precious metals contractors, a wholesaler server installed in a gift wholesaler, and an ASP business agency It consists of a dedicated agent terminal installed in the company and a precious metal supplier's server that sells precious metals, and uses the machine to redeem the precious metals for the prize based on the products acquired by the customer. A prize exchange system with a pawnshop function,
The amusement hall dedicated terminal counts the number of items acquired by the customer and converts it into the weight of the precious metal based on a predetermined conversion unit price, and the precious metal data including the weight of the converted precious metal is IC A function of recording on a card, and a function of notifying the wholesaler server of the precious metal data recorded on the IC card,
The function that the headquarter server notifies the premium wholesaler server that the precious metals were sold to the premium wholesaler based on the precious metal data notified from the wholesaler server, and the IC card transferred to the central server by the agency server A function for confirming the authenticity of the precious metal data recorded in the information and notifying the agency server of the authenticity of the precious metal data,
The wholesale server has a function of transmitting precious metal data to be purchased to the headquarters server based on the precious metal data notified from the amusement hall dedicated terminal, and a precious metal based on the precious metal data notified from the headquarters server. With the function of notifying the amusement hall dedicated terminal that the game has been sold to the amusement hall,
The agent dedicated terminal transfers the precious metal data recorded on the IC card to the headquarters server, and when the headquarters server confirms that the precious metal data is correct by the transfer, the precious metal included in the precious metal data A function of issuing a voucher of the precious metal based on the weight of the class, and a function of notifying the headquarters server that the voucher has been issued,
When the headquarters server receives a notification that a voucher has been issued from the agent-dedicated terminal, the headquarters server has a function of notifying a precious metal supplier of the issuance of the voucher and instructing delivery of the precious metal. Prize exchange system with a pawnshop-like function.   The agent-dedicated terminal has a function of deleting the precious metal data that has issued the exchange ticket from the data of the IC card when the agency dedicated terminal executes the function of issuing the precious metal exchange ticket. 4. A prize exchange system having a pawnshop-like function according to 4.   The precious metal is gold bullion, and the precious metal data is gold bullion data including the weight of gold bullion converted to the weight of gold bullion based on a predetermined unit price. 5. A prize exchange system having a pawnshop function according to any one of 5 above. Amusement arcade terminal installed in the amusement hall, a headquarters server installed in the ASP business headquarters that has signed a contract with precious metals contractors, a wholesaler server installed in a gift wholesaler, and an ASP business agency It consists of a dedicated agent terminal installed in the company and a precious metal supplier's server that sells precious metals, and uses the machine to redeem the precious metals for the prize based on the products acquired by the customer. A prize exchange method for a prize exchange system having a pawnshop function,
The game hall dedicated terminal counts the number of items acquired by the customer and converts it to the weight of the precious metal based on a predetermined conversion unit price, and the precious metal data including the weight of the converted precious metal is IC Performing a step of recording on a card and a step of notifying the wholesaler server of the precious metal data recorded on the IC card,
The step of the main server notifying the premium wholesaler server that the precious metals were sold to the premium wholesaler based on the precious metal data notified from the wholesaler server, and the IC card transferred to the central server by the agency server And confirming the authenticity of the precious metal data recorded in the above, and notifying the agency server of the authenticity of the precious metal data,
The wholesale server transmits the precious metal data to be purchased to the headquarters server based on the precious metal data notified from the amusement hall dedicated terminal, and the precious metal based on the precious metal data notified from the headquarter server. Performing a process of notifying a dedicated terminal for a game hall that the game has been sold to a game hall,
The agent dedicated terminal transfers the precious metal data recorded on the IC card to the headquarters server, and when the headquarters server confirms that the precious metal data is correct by the transfer, the precious metal included in the precious metal data Prize exchange with a pawnshop function characterized by executing a step of calculating a loan amount using the noble metal as a quality based on the weight of the class and a step of issuing a quality tag of the calculated quality Method.   When the agent dedicated terminal executes a function of issuing the calculated quality tag, the step of deleting the precious metal data that issued the quality tag from the data of the IC card is executed. A prize exchange method having a pawnshop function according to claim 7. When the rented money is returned, the agency dedicated terminal executes a step of issuing a voucher specifying the weight of the precious metal and a step of notifying the headquarter server that the voucher has been issued. ,
When the headquarters server receives a notification that a voucher has been issued from the agency-dedicated terminal, the step of notifying the precious metal supplier of the issuance of the voucher and instructing delivery of the precious metal is performed. 9. A prize exchange method having a pawnshop function according to claim 7 or 8. Amusement arcade terminal installed in the amusement hall, a headquarters server installed in the ASP business headquarters that has signed a contract with precious metals contractors, a wholesaler server installed in a gift wholesaler, and an ASP business agency It consists of a dedicated agent terminal installed in the company and a precious metal supplier's server that sells precious metals, and uses the machine to redeem the precious metals for the prize based on the products acquired by the customer. A prize exchange method having a pawnshop function,
The game hall dedicated terminal counts the number of items acquired by the customer and converts it to the weight of the precious metal based on a predetermined conversion unit price, and the precious metal data including the weight of the converted precious metal is IC Performing a step of recording on a card and a step of notifying the wholesaler server of the precious metal data recorded on the IC card,
The step of the main server notifying the premium wholesaler server that the precious metals were sold to the premium wholesaler based on the precious metal data notified from the wholesaler server, and the IC card transferred to the central server by the agency server And confirming the authenticity of the precious metal data recorded in the above, and notifying the agency server of the authenticity of the precious metal data,
The wholesale server transmits the precious metal data to be purchased to the headquarters server based on the precious metal data notified from the amusement hall dedicated terminal, and the precious metal based on the precious metal data notified from the headquarter server. Performing a process of notifying a dedicated terminal for a game hall that the game has been sold to a game hall,
The agent dedicated terminal transfers the precious metal data recorded on the IC card to the headquarters server, and when the headquarters server confirms that the precious metal data is correct by the transfer, the precious metal included in the precious metal data A process of issuing a voucher for the precious metal based on the weight of the class, and a step of notifying the headquarters server that the voucher has been issued,
When the headquarters server receives a notification that a voucher has been issued from the agency-dedicated terminal, the step of notifying the precious metal supplier of the issuance of the voucher and instructing delivery of the precious metal is performed. A prize exchange method having a pawnshop-like function.   When the agency dedicated terminal executes a step of issuing a voucher for the noble metal, the step of deleting the noble metal data for which the voucher is issued from the data of the IC card is executed. Item 11. A prize redemption method having a pawnshop-like function according to Item 10.   7. The precious metal is gold bullion, and the precious metal data is gold bullion data including the weight of the gold bullion converted to the weight of the gold bullion based on a predetermined conversion unit price. 11. A prize exchange method having a pawnshop function according to any one of 11 above.

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