JP2007319529A - Device and method for managing tobacco exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily suppress deterioration in the profit rate of a game parlor by limiting the frequency of tobacco exchange. <P>SOLUTION: The counting part 202 of a tobacco exchange management device counts game media to be discharged from a game medium receiving part 201. A connection part 203 receives a tobacco card ID from a tobacco exchanger 30 and transmits a permission signal to be output from a permission signal generating part 206. A determining part 204 reads a tobacco exchange history corresponding to the tobacco card ID from a tobacco exchange DB part 205 and determines whether the tobacco exchange history satisfies a prescribed condition or not. When the tobacco exchange history satisfies the prescribed condition and also the counting result of the counting part 202 is sufficient for the tobacco exchange, the determining part 204 indicates the permission signal generating part 206 to generate the permission signal. The tobacco exchange DB part 205 stores the tobacco exchange history by each tobacco card ID. When the determining part 204 indicates the generation of the permission signal, the permission signal generating part 206 generates the permission signal that indicates the permission of the tobacco exchange. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cigarette exchange management device and a cigarette exchange management method for managing a cigarette exchange in which a player exchanges valuable value for cigarettes at a game store, and in particular, a cigarette that can easily suppress a profit rate decline at a game store. The present invention relates to an exchange management device and a tobacco exchange management method.

  In recent years, vending machines that sell beverages and cigarettes unattended have been installed everywhere, and users can purchase various products without going to a manned store. ing. While vending machines have the advantage of such ease, it is pointed out that even minors who are prohibited from smoking can easily purchase cigarettes and promote smoking by minors. Has been.

  Therefore, for vending machines with limited sales age, such as cigarettes, when the user's age is verified using a card owned by the user and the user has reached the sales age It is considered that only the sales standby state is set (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  From 2008, an adult identification function is actually provided in a cigarette vending machine. Specifically, a user of a vending machine for cigarettes is issued an IC card for adult identification (hereinafter referred to as a “cigarette card”) by applying to a predetermined organization in advance. When the vending machine is used, the cigarette card is passed over the card reader of the vending machine to authenticate the adult and allow the purchase of cigarettes.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-93648

  By the way, in a game store such as a pachinko parlor, for example, a cigarette changer for exchanging game media such as pachinko balls or pachislot medals with cigarettes may be installed. And since it is generally 18 years old or older that entry into a game store is permitted, some players include minors. Therefore, it is considered necessary to add an adult identification function to a cigarette changer at a game store. If an adult identification function is added, the cigarette changer is a highly convenient device that can exchange cigarettes without a person, and is expected to become increasingly popular in the future.

  However, since tobacco is a bargain for amusement stores, there is a problem that if a player frequently exchanges gaming media such as balls and medals for cigarettes, the profit margin of the amusement store decreases. In particular, in an unmanned cigarette changer, it is difficult for an amusement shop employee to limit the number of cigarettes exchanged, which accelerates a decline in the profit rate of the amusement shop.

  This invention is made | formed in view of this point, and it aims at providing the tobacco exchange management apparatus and tobacco exchange management method which can suppress the profit rate fall of a game store easily.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a cigarette exchange management device for managing a cigarette exchange in which a player exchanges valuable value for cigarettes at a game store, and obtains identification information unique to the player. An acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit that acquires a tobacco replacement history corresponding to the identification information acquired by the first acquisition unit, and whether or not the tobacco replacement history acquired by the second acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined condition. And determining means for permitting the cigarette exchange when the cigarette replacement history satisfies a predetermined condition as a result of the determination by the determining means.

  Moreover, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the first acquisition means acquires the ID of a cigarette card for adult identification possessed by a player as identification information.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the first acquisition means is a receiving means for receiving a member card possessed by a player, a member ID of the member card received by the accepting means and an adult identification possessed by the player. Generating means for generating a unique ID from the cigarette card ID.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the second acquisition means acquires the number of tobacco exchanges that have been exchanged during a predetermined period, and the determination means determines whether or not the number of tobacco exchanges is a predetermined number or less. It is characterized by determining.

  Also, in the present invention according to the above-described invention, the second acquisition unit acquires a tobacco replacement time when the cigarette was replaced, and the determination unit determines whether a predetermined time has elapsed since the previous tobacco replacement time. It is characterized by doing.

  Also, in the present invention according to the above-described invention, the second acquisition unit acquires a type of a member / non-member of a player, and the determination unit determines whether the player is a member or a non-member. It is characterized by applying different conditions to the tobacco exchange history.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, when the cigarette exchange is permitted by the permission means, the present invention further includes a reflecting means for reflecting the cigarette exchange in the cigarette exchange history.

  The present invention also provides a cigarette exchange management method for managing cigarette exchange in which a player exchanges valuable value for cigarettes at a game store, the first obtaining step for obtaining identification information unique to the player, A second acquisition step for acquiring a tobacco replacement history corresponding to the identification information acquired in the one acquisition step, and a determination for determining whether or not the tobacco replacement history acquired in the second acquisition step satisfies a predetermined condition And a permitting step of permitting tobacco replacement when the tobacco replacement history satisfies a predetermined condition as a result of the determination in the determination step.

  According to the present invention, the identification information unique to the player is acquired, the tobacco replacement history corresponding to the acquired identification information is acquired, it is determined whether the acquired tobacco replacement history satisfies a predetermined condition, As a result of the determination, when the tobacco replacement history satisfies a predetermined condition, the tobacco replacement is permitted. For this reason, for example, a player who has exchanged too many cigarettes or who has passed the time since the last cigarette exchange is not allowed to exchange cigarettes even with an unmanned cigarette exchange machine, limiting the frequency of cigarette exchanges. Thus, it is possible to easily suppress a decline in the profit rate of the amusement store.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the ID of the cigarette card for adult identification possessed by the player is acquired as identification information, each player can be identified at the same time that the player is authenticated as an adult.

  Further, according to the present invention, a member card possessed by a player is received, and a unique ID is generated from the member ID of the accepted member card and the ID of an adult identification cigarette card possessed by the player. For this reason, for the player who is a member, a unique ID different from the cigarette card ID owned is registered in the game store, and the added value of the member card can be improved from the viewpoint of protecting personal information.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the number of cigarettes exchanged during a predetermined period is acquired, and it is determined whether the number of cigarettes exchanged is equal to or less than the predetermined number, for example, 1 day or 1 week. It is possible to limit the number of cigarettes exchanged by a human player, and as a result, it is possible to suppress a decrease in profit rate of the game store.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the frequency at which a player exchanges cigarettes is limited in order to obtain a cigarette exchange time at which cigarettes have been exchanged and to determine whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the previous cigarette exchange time. As a result, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the profit rate of the amusement store.

  Further, according to the present invention, the membership / non-member type of the player is acquired, and different conditions are applied to the tobacco exchange history when the player is a member and when the player is a non-member. For example, a member who owns a membership card can be given more restrictive restrictions than a non-member, and the added value of the membership card can be improved.

  Further, according to the present invention, when tobacco replacement is permitted, the tobacco replacement history is reflected in the tobacco replacement history, so that the tobacco replacement history for each player can always be kept up-to-date.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a game shop according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the amusement store shown in the figure, a prize management POS 40, a counter 50, and an island controller 60 are connected to a member management terminal controller (hereinafter abbreviated as “member management T / C”) 10 that manages the members of the amusement store. In addition, the vending machine slave 20 is connected to the prize management POS 40, and the vending machine slave 20 is provided with a cigarette changer 30. A plurality of lending machines 61 are connected to the island controller 60, and each lending machine 61 is provided with a gaming machine 62.

  The member management T / C 10 stores the member ID of a member who has become a member of an amusement store and has received a membership card in association with attribute information such as name and date of birth. In addition, the member management T / C 10 may store the number of game media that the member deposits at the game store, such as a stored ball or a medal for each member.

  In order to exchange game media for cigarettes, the vending machine 20 accepts game media equivalent to cigarettes, confirms that the player is an adult, the number of cigarettes exchanged by the player in the game store, etc. If the predetermined condition is satisfied, a permission signal for permitting the cigarette to be thrown out is transmitted to the cigarette exchanger 30. At this time, the vending machine 20 refers to the cigarette exchange history for each player and stores the cigarette card ID (hereinafter referred to as “cigarette card ID”) notified from the cigarette exchange 30 as a key. The permission signal is transmitted to the cigarette changer 30 only when the history satisfies a predetermined condition.

  When the permission signal is sent from the vending machine slave 20, the cigarette changer 30 waits for the player to select a cigarette brand and throws out the cigarette of the brand desired by the player. Further, when the cigarette card is held over a predetermined position, the cigarette exchange 30 reads the cigarette card ID and notifies the vending machine 20 of the cigarette card ID. In addition, the external appearance and internal structure of the vending machine child machine 20 and the cigarette exchanger 30 will be described in detail later.

  The prize management POS 40 is installed at a prize counter of a game store and manages prize exchange of game media. Specifically, the prize management POS 40 calculates the number of exchangeable prizes from the receipt issued by the counter 50 in which the number of game media is recorded, and notifies the employee of the prize counter of the calculated number of prizes. And issue premiums.

  The counter 50 counts game media such as balls and medals inserted by the player, and issues a receipt on which the counting result is recorded. The number of game media may be printed on the receipt, or may be magnetically stored. Further, only the receipt ID is recorded in the receipt, and the counting result may be stored in association with the receipt ID outside that can be referred to by the prize management POS 40.

  The island controller 60 controls and manages a plurality of lending machines 61 installed in an area called “island”. For example, if a member card is accepted by the lending machine 61, the number of stored balls corresponding to the member ID and the number of savings. The number of medals is read from the member management T / C 10 and the lending machine 61 is instructed to lend gaming media up to the number of stored balls and the number of stored medals.

  The lending machine 61 lends game media such as balls and medals according to instructions from the island controller 60. The gaming machine 62 is a device in which a player plays a game using the gaming medium borrowed by the lending process of the lending machine 61.

  Here, the external appearance of the vending machine slave 20 and the cigarette changer 30 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The vending machine slave 20 has a game medium receiving unit 201 on the front surface that receives game media such as balls and medals. A player who wishes to exchange cigarettes for the game medium inputs a game medium equal to or greater than the number of cigarettes into the game medium receiving unit 201.

  On the other hand, a cigarette card reading unit 301 that reads a cigarette card ID of a cigarette card held by a player is formed on the front surface of the cigarette changer 30, and the cigarette card reading unit 301 reads the cigarette card ID. If the cigarette exchange history stored in association with the cigarette card ID satisfies a predetermined condition and enough game media for cigarette exchange are inserted into the game media accepting unit 201 of the vending machine slave 20, On the display unit 302 of the exchange 30, a selection button for cigarettes of brands that can be exchanged according to the number of game media lights. The player can obtain a cigarette to be thrown out to the cigarette throwing-out unit 303 by pressing a selection button of the desired brand on the display unit 302.

  Next, the internal configuration of the vending machine slave unit 20 and the cigarette changer 30 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the vending machine 20 includes a game medium receiving unit 201, a counting unit 202, a connecting unit 203, a determining unit 204, a tobacco exchange database (hereinafter abbreviated as “cigarette exchange DB”) unit 205, and an permission signal. A generation unit 206 is included. The cigarette changer 30 includes a cigarette card reading unit 301, a display unit 302, a cigarette dispensing unit 303, a connection unit 304, and a control unit 305.

  The game medium receiving unit 201 is composed of, for example, a tray that can hold a game medium. The game medium receiving unit 201 receives a game medium brought by the player and sends it to the counting unit 202. At this time, the game medium receiving unit 201 may not send the received game medium to the counting unit 202 until the adult is authenticated by the cigarette card.

  The counting unit 202 counts the game media sent from the game media accepting unit 201 and notifies the determination unit 204 of the number of game media as a counting result.

  The connection unit 203 is connected to the cigarette exchanger 30 provided together with the connection unit 203 and receives a cigarette card ID from the cigarette exchange 30 or transmits a permission signal output from the permission signal generation unit 206.

  The determination unit 204 reads the tobacco replacement history such as the number of tobacco replacements and the tobacco replacement time corresponding to the tobacco card ID output from the connection unit 203 from the tobacco replacement DB unit 205, and whether or not the tobacco replacement history satisfies a predetermined condition. Determine whether. Specifically, for example, the determination unit 204 determines whether or not the number of cigarettes exchanged on the day corresponding to the cigarette card ID is equal to or less than a predetermined number, or whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the previous cigarette exchange time. To determine. The determination of the cigarette replacement history by the determination unit 204 may be performed not only for one condition but also for two or more conditions (for example, the number and time) at the same time.

  Then, the determination unit 204 generates a permission signal to the permission signal generation unit 206 if the tobacco replacement history satisfies a predetermined condition and the number of game media counted by the counting unit 202 is not sufficient for tobacco replacement. To instruct. Further, when the determination unit 204 instructs generation of the permission signal, the determination unit 204 updates the tobacco replacement history associated with the tobacco card ID notified from the connection unit 203. That is, the number of tobacco exchanges is increased by 1, or the current time is added as the tobacco exchange time.

  The tobacco exchange DB unit 205 stores a tobacco exchange history in association with each tobacco card ID. Specifically, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the tobacco exchange DB unit 205 stores a cigarette card ID in association with the number of cigarettes exchanged on the day and the cigarette exchange time on the day. The tobacco replacement history stored in the tobacco replacement DB unit 205 is not limited to the number of tobacco replacements on the day and the tobacco replacement time on the day, and various tobacco replacement histories are stored according to predetermined conditions for determination by the determination unit 204. good. That is, for example, when the determination unit 204 determines whether or not the number of tobacco replacements per week is equal to or less than a predetermined number, the tobacco replacement DB unit 205 stores the number of tobacco replacements per week as a tobacco replacement history.

  When the permission signal generation unit 206 is instructed to generate a permission signal by the determination unit 204, the permission signal generation unit 206 generates a permission signal for permitting cigarette exchange and outputs the permission signal to the connection unit 203. At this time, the permission signal generation unit 206 generates a permission signal for designating a replaceable brand according to the number of game media counted by the counting unit 202 when the number of game media required differs depending on the brand of tobacco. You may do it.

  Next, the cigarette card reader 301 detects the cigarette card, which is a non-contact type IC card, reads the cigarette card ID unique to the cigarette card, and notifies the connection unit 304 of it.

  The display unit 302 supports a plurality of brands of tobacco samples and has a selection button below each sample. The selection button is turned on under the control of the control unit 305 only when a permission signal is received from the vending machine slave 20, and the cigarette can be exchanged. That is, the player can acquire a desired brand of cigarettes by pressing a selection button that is lit on the display unit 302.

  The cigarette throwing-out part 303 throws out the brand of cigarette corresponding to the selection button which the player pressed down by control of the control part 305.

  The connection unit 304 is connected to the vending machine slave unit 20 and receives a permission signal from the vending machine slave unit 20 or transmits the cigarette card ID notified from the cigarette card reading unit 301 to the vending machine slave unit 20.

  When the permission signal is received by the connection unit 304, the control unit 305 lights the selection button of the display unit 302 so that the cigarette can be exchanged. At this time, when a brand is specified by the permission signal, the control unit 305 lights only the selectable brand selection button. In addition, when the lit selection button on the display unit 302 is pressed, the control unit 305 instructs the cigarette throwing unit 303 to throw out the brand of cigarette corresponding to the selection button.

  Next, the operation at the time of cigarette replacement by the vending machine slave unit 20 and the cigarette exchanger 30 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the player wishes to exchange the cigarette for the game medium, the player brings the game medium and the cigarette card to the place where the vending machine slave 20 and the cigarette changer 30 are installed. Then, the player holds the cigarette card over the cigarette card reading unit 301 of the cigarette exchanger 30 and receives adult authentication. The cigarette card reader 301 is always waiting for adult authentication using a cigarette card (step S101), and even if the player wishes to exchange cigarettes, the cigarette card is not held over or an illegal cigarette card is held over. In such a case, adult authentication is not performed (No in step S101), and error processing such as displaying on the display unit (not shown) of the cigarette exchanger 30 is executed (step S109).

  On the other hand, when a valid cigarette card is held over the cigarette card reading unit 301 and the adult authentication is performed (Yes in step S101), the cigarette card ID is read by the cigarette card reading unit 301, and the cigarette card ID is transmitted from the connection unit 304 to the vending machine. The determination unit 204 is notified via the 20 connection units 203.

  When the player is authenticated as an adult, the game medium input by the player into the game medium receiving unit 201 of the vending machine slave 20 is accepted (step S102), counted by the counting unit 202 (step S103), and the counting result. The number of game media is notified to the determination unit 204.

  Then, the determination unit 204 determines whether or not the number of game media has reached the number necessary for cigarette exchange (step S104). If the number of game media is insufficient (step S104 Yes), the addition of game media is completed. Wait. If the number of game media is not short (No at Step S104), the tobacco replacement history corresponding to the tobacco card ID notified to the determination unit 204 is read from the tobacco replacement DB unit 205 (Step S105).

  When the tobacco replacement history is read, the determination unit 204 determines whether or not the tobacco replacement history satisfies a predetermined condition and the tobacco replacement may be permitted (step S106). Specifically, for example, the determination is made such that the cigarette exchange is permitted only when the number of cigarette exchanges on the day is three or less and two hours or more have passed since the previous cigarette exchange. In such an example, in the example shown in FIG. 4, the conditions for the number of cigarettes exchanged on the same day are satisfied for any cigarette card ID, but if the current time is 17:30, for example, “aaa123” Two hours have not passed since the corresponding previous cigarette exchange time, and the player having this cigarette card ID is not allowed to exchange cigarettes.

  If the cigarette exchange is not permitted (No in step S106), an error process such as displaying on the display unit (not shown) of the cigarette exchange 30 that the cigarette exchange is not permitted is performed, as in the case where the adult authentication using the cigarette card is not performed. It is executed (step S109).

  On the other hand, if the cigarette exchange history satisfies the predetermined condition (step S106 Yes), the adult authentication, the number of game media, and the cigarette exchange history all satisfy the conditions permitting the cigarette exchange. The permission signal generation unit 206 is instructed to generate the permission signal. Then, the permission signal generation unit 206 generates a permission signal indicating that tobacco replacement is permitted, and transmits the permission signal from the connection unit 203 to the cigarette exchanger 30 (step S107).

  The transmitted permission signal is received by the connection unit 304 of the cigarette changer 30, the control unit 305 is notified that the cigarette exchange is permitted, and the control unit 305 turns on the selection button of the display unit 302. When the player presses the desired brand selection button, the control unit 305 issues a cigarette throwing instruction to the cigarette throwing unit 303 and the cigarette throwing unit 303 throws out the cigarette.

  Further, the determination unit 204 reflects in the tobacco replacement DB unit 205 that the number of tobacco replacements is increased by 1 due to the current tobacco replacement, and that the latest tobacco replacement time becomes the current time. That is, at the same time when permission signal generation is instructed from the determination unit 204 to the permission signal generation unit 206, the current tobacco replacement history is additionally registered in the tobacco replacement DB unit 205 (step S108).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the vending machine slave stores the cigarette exchange history corresponding to the cigarette card ID for each player, and is read from the cigarette card when the cigarette exchange is performed. Referring to the cigarette exchange history corresponding to the cigarette card ID, cigarette exchange is not permitted when the number of cigarette exchanges is too large or the elapsed time since the previous cigarette exchange is too short. For this reason, even in an unmanned cigarette changer, it is possible to impose a limit on cigarette exchange to a player who has a large number of cigarette exchanges, and it is possible to easily suppress a decrease in profit rate of the game store.

(Embodiment 2)
The feature of the second embodiment of the present invention is that the cigarette exchange history in the entire amusement store including the prize counter is collectively managed, cigarette exchange in the amusement store is restricted, and the members of the amusement store are distinguished from non-members. This is to improve the added value of the membership card.

  Since the schematic configuration of the amusement store according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment (FIG. 1), description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which a cigarette replacement history for each cigarette card ID is stored in the free gift management POS 40.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the vending machine slave 20 and the cigarette changer 30 according to the present embodiment. In this figure, the same parts as those in FIG. 6 includes a game medium receiving unit 201, a counting unit 202, a connecting unit 203, a permission signal generating unit 206, a member card receiving unit 251, a unique ID generating unit 252, a transmitting / receiving unit 253, and a determining unit 254. have. The cigarette changer 30 has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment (FIG. 3).

  The member card receiving unit 251 has an insertion slot for receiving a member card owned by a player. When the member card is received, the member ID recorded on the member card is output to the unique ID generating unit 252. To do.

  The unique ID generation unit 252 generates a unique ID (unique ID) for the player from the cigarette card ID notified from the cigarette switch 30 via the connection unit 203 and the member ID output from the member card receiving unit 251. . At this time, the unique ID generation unit 252 uses a predetermined algorithm to generate a unique ID from which the original cigarette card ID is not inferred. Then, the unique ID generation unit 252 outputs the unique ID to the transmission / reception unit 253. The unique ID generation unit 252 outputs the cigarette card ID to the transmission / reception unit 253 when the member card is not received by the member card reception unit 251 and the member ID is not output.

  The transmission / reception unit 253 transmits the unique ID or cigarette card ID output from the unique ID generation unit 252 to the gift management POS 40, and inquires about the tobacco replacement history corresponding to the unique ID or cigarette card ID. Further, the transmission / reception unit 253 receives the cigarette replacement history corresponding to the unique ID or the cigarette card ID from the prize management POS 40 and outputs the cigarette exchange history to the determination unit 254. If the cigarette exchange is permitted by the determination unit 254, the transmission / reception unit 253 transmits to the prize management POS 40 that the cigarette exchange is performed together with the unique ID or the cigarette card ID transmitted at the time of inquiry, and the cigarette exchange history Request an update.

  Here, for example, a table as shown in FIG. 7 is stored in the prize management POS 40. In other words, the ID of the unique ID or the cigarette card ID stores a cigarette exchange history such as the type of the member / nonmember of the player, the number of cigarettes exchanged on the current day, and the number of cigarettes exchanged this week. When the unique ID or the cigarette card ID is received from the vending machine slave 20 and the cigarette exchange history is inquired, the free gift management POS 40 transmits the cigarette exchange history corresponding to the ID to the vending machine slave 20. In this embodiment, since the prize management POS 40 stores the cigarette exchange history, even if a plurality of vending machine slave units 20 and cigarette exchangers 30 are installed in the amusement store, all the vending machine slave units 20 and the cigarette exchangers are provided. At 30, the cigarette exchange history for each player can be shared.

  In this embodiment, the membership / non-member type of the player is included in the cigarette exchange history, but the ID transmitted from the vending machine 20 is a unique ID for the member / non-member type. It can be discriminated by whether it is a cigarette card ID or not. That is, if the unique ID is transmitted from the vending machine 20, the membership card is accepted, so the player is a member, and if the cigarette card ID is transmitted, the membership card is accepted. The player is not a member. Therefore, when an unregistered ID is received from the vending machine slave 20 in the prize management POS 40, the member / non-member type is registered depending on whether the ID is a unique ID or a cigarette card ID.

  Referring to FIG. 6 again, determination unit 254 determines whether or not the tobacco replacement history such as the number of tobacco replacements and the tobacco replacement time output from transmission / reception unit 253 satisfies a predetermined condition. Specifically, the determination unit 254 determines, for example, whether or not the number of cigarettes exchanged on the day is equal to or less than a predetermined number, or determines whether or not the number of cigarettes exchanged this week is equal to or less than a predetermined number. However, in this embodiment, the membership / non-member type of the player is included in the tobacco exchange history, and the conditions under which tobacco exchange is permitted differ depending on whether the player is a member or a non-member. ing. Specifically, members are less restricted from changing tobacco than non-members, and more tobacco changes are allowed.

  Then, the determination unit 254 generates a permission signal to the permission signal generation unit 206 if the tobacco replacement history satisfies a predetermined condition and the number of game media counted by the counting unit 202 is not sufficient for tobacco replacement. And the transmission / reception unit 253 is notified that the cigarette exchange is permitted.

  Next, the operation at the time of cigarette replacement by the vending machine slave unit 20 and the cigarette changer 30 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  When the player wishes to exchange tobacco for the game medium, the player brings the game medium, the cigarette card, and the membership card to the installation location of the vending machine slave 20 and the cigarette exchange 30. Then, the player holds the cigarette card over the cigarette card reading unit 301 of the cigarette exchanger 30 to receive adult authentication, and the member player receives the member card in the insertion slot of the member card reception unit 251 of the vending machine slave unit 20. Insert into. In the cigarette card reading unit 301, adult authentication using a cigarette card is always on standby (step S101), and even if the player desires to exchange cigarettes, if adult authentication is not performed (step S101 No), error processing is executed. (Step S109).

  On the other hand, when a valid cigarette card is held over the cigarette card reading unit 301 and the adult authentication is performed (Yes in step S101), the cigarette card ID is read by the cigarette card reading unit 301, and the cigarette card ID is transmitted from the connection unit 304 to the vending machine. The unique ID generation unit 252 is notified via the 20 connection units 203.

  When the player is authenticated as an adult, the game medium input by the player into the game medium receiving unit 201 of the vending machine slave 20 is accepted (step S102), counted by the counting unit 202 (step S103), and the counting result. The number of game media is notified to the determination unit 254.

  Then, the determining unit 254 determines whether or not the number of game media is insufficient (step S104). If the number of game media is insufficient (step S104 Yes), the addition of the game media is awaited. If the number of game media is not short (No in step S104), the unique ID generation unit 252 determines whether or not a member card is received by the member card receiving unit 251 (step S201), and the member card is received. If so (step S201 Yes), a unique ID is generated from the member ID read by the member card receiving unit 251 and the cigarette card ID. The generated unique ID is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 253 to the premium management POS 40 (step S202). If the member card is not received by the member card receiving unit 251 (No in step S201), the cigarette card ID is transmitted from the transmitting / receiving unit 253 to the prize management POS 40 (step S203).

  When the sent unique ID or cigarette card ID is received by the prize management POS 40, the prize management POS 40 returns a cigarette replacement history corresponding to the received ID to the vending machine slave unit 20. That is, for example, when the prize management POS 40 storing the table shown in FIG. 7 receives the ID “CDE135”, the player corresponding to this ID is a member, the number of cigarettes exchanged on the day is two, and the cigarettes for the week are collected. A cigarette replacement history indicating that the number of replacement is 5 is returned to the vending machine slave unit 20. At this time, if the cigarette exchange history corresponding to the received ID is not stored, the prize management POS 40 determines the member / non-member type according to whether the ID is a unique ID or a cigarette card ID, Register the tobacco exchange history corresponding to the new ID. What should be noted here is that for a player who is a member, a unique ID for which the cigarette card ID possessed cannot be inferred is registered, and the added value of the member card is improved from the viewpoint of personal information protection.

  The cigarette exchange history returned from the prize management POS 40 is received by the transmission / reception unit 253 of the vending machine slave unit 20 (step S204) and output to the determination unit 254. Then, the determination unit 254 determines whether or not the tobacco replacement history satisfies a predetermined condition and the tobacco replacement may be permitted (step S205). Specifically, for example, a determination is made such that tobacco exchange is permitted only when the number of cigarettes exchanged on the current day is 3 or less and the number of cigarettes exchanged on the current week is 5 or less. In the case of such conditions, in the example shown in FIG. 7, the conditions for the number of cigarettes exchanged on the same day for all IDs are satisfied, but the number of cigarettes exchanged this week corresponding to “FGH246” is seven, The player corresponding to this ID is not allowed to exchange cigarettes.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, the conditions which permit tobacco exchange can be varied depending on whether the type corresponding to the ID is a member or a non-member. That is, for example, a member permits a cigarette exchange only when the number of cigarettes exchanged during the week is 10 or less, and a non-member permits a cigarette exchange only when the number of cigarettes exchanged during the week is 5 or less. Can be determined. Also in this case, in the example shown in FIG. 7, since the player corresponding to “FGH246” is a nonmember, the cigarette exchange is not permitted. As described above, in the present embodiment, the added value of the membership card is improved with respect to the restriction on tobacco exchange. When the cigarette exchange is not permitted (No at Step S205), the same error process as that when the adult authentication by the cigarette card is not performed is executed (Step S109).

  On the other hand, if the cigarette replacement history satisfies the predetermined condition (step S205 Yes), the determination unit 254 instructs the permission signal generation unit 206 to generate a permission signal. Then, the permission signal generation unit 206 generates a permission signal for permitting the cigarette exchange, and transmits the permission signal from the connection unit 203 to the cigarette exchange 30 (step S107). Tobacco brands are thrown out.

  When the cigarette exchange is permitted by the determination unit 254, the unique ID or cigarette card ID used for the inquiry about the cigarette exchange history is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 253 to the prize management POS 40, and the current tobacco exchange history is given as the prize management POS 40. Are additionally registered in the table (step S206).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the prize management POS stores the cigarette exchange history corresponding to the unique ID or cigarette card ID for each player, and when the cigarette is exchanged, the membership card In addition, when the vending machine slave unit receives the unique ID obtained from the cigarette card or the cigarette exchange history corresponding to the cigarette card ID from the prize management POS and the cigarette exchange history does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the cigarette exchange is not permitted. For this reason, it is possible to impose restrictions on tobacco exchange even in unmanned cigarette changers, and even if there are multiple vending machine slaves and cigarette changers installed in the amusement store, the cigarettes in the entire amusement store including the prize counter Tobacco replacement can be restricted with reference to the replacement history. Furthermore, for members who own a membership card, the tobacco card ID is not registered at the amusement store, and it is possible to differentiate between members / non-members regarding restrictions on tobacco exchange, and the added value of the membership card can be increased. Can be improved.

  In each of the above embodiments, the stored tobacco replacement history and the conditions for permitting tobacco replacement can be variously changed. For example, in the first embodiment, the member / non-member type may be added to the tobacco replacement history, or the tobacco replacement time may be added to the tobacco replacement history in the second embodiment. In each of the above embodiments, the tobacco exchange history may be stored in the tobacco exchange history. In this case, the adult authentication by the cigarette card and the cigarette exchange permission from the cigarette exchange history are executed by the cigarette exchange machine 30, and finally the judgment unit 204 of the vending machine slave machine 20 judges that the number of game media is not insufficient. If allowed, tobacco exchange is permitted.

  Further, in the second embodiment, the member management T / C 10 may store the cigarette replacement history instead of the prize management POS 40. By doing so, for example, even when a plurality of prize counters are provided in a game store, it is possible to refer to the cigarette exchange history for each player at all prize counters and vending machine slaves.

  In the second embodiment, the member / non-member type is added to the cigarette exchange history, but the member / non-member type can be determined based on whether or not the vending machine 20 accepts the member card. The determination unit 254 may be notified of whether the member card has been received by the member card receiving unit 251 instead of as a cigarette exchange history.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, cigarette exchange is performed by the game medium itself. However, for example, if the player can collect valuable value equivalent to the cigarette to be exchanged, It is also possible to collect gaming media for exchanging cigarettes from a stored medal account, or collect valuable value for exchanging cigarettes from value media available at game stores such as electronic money and prepaid cards. Moreover, in each said embodiment, although the vending machine subunit | mobile_unit 20 and the tobacco exchange 30 were comprised as a different body, these may be integrated.

  The present invention can be applied to a case where a profit rate decline of a game store is easily suppressed.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the game store which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the vending machine subunit | mobile_unit and cigarette exchanger which concern on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the vending machine subunit | mobile_unit and cigarette switch which concern on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of tobacco exchange DB which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the vending machine slave according to the first embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the vending machine subunit | mobile_unit which concerns on Embodiment 2, and a tobacco switch. It is a figure which shows an example of the table of the tobacco replacement | exchange history which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the vending machine subunit | mobile_unit which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 201 Game media reception part 202 Counting part 203,304 Connection part 204,254 Judgment part 205 Cigarette exchange DB part 206 Permit signal generation part 251 Member card reception part 252 Unique ID generation part 253 Transmission / reception part 301 Cigarette card reading part 302 Display part 303 Tobacco dispensing unit 305 Control unit

Claims (8)

A cigarette exchange management device for managing cigarette exchange in which a player exchanges valuable value for cigarettes at an amusement store,
First acquisition means for acquiring identification information unique to the player;
Second acquisition means for acquiring a tobacco replacement history corresponding to the identification information acquired by the first acquisition means;
Determination means for determining whether the tobacco replacement history acquired by the second acquisition means satisfies a predetermined condition;
A cigarette exchange management device comprising: permission means for permitting cigarette exchange when the cigarette exchange history satisfies a predetermined condition as a result of the judgment by the judging means. The first acquisition means includes
The cigarette exchange management device according to claim 1, wherein an ID of an adult identification cigarette card possessed by a player is acquired as identification information. The first acquisition means includes
An accepting means for accepting a membership card possessed by a player;
The cigarette exchange according to claim 1, further comprising: generating means for generating a unique ID from the member ID of the member card received by the receiving means and the ID of the tobacco card for adult identification possessed by the player. Management device. The second acquisition means includes
Acquire the number of cigarettes exchanged during the specified period,
The determination means includes
2. The tobacco replacement management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the number of tobacco replacements is a predetermined number or less. The second acquisition means includes
Get the tobacco exchange time when the cigarette was exchanged,
The determination means includes
2. The cigarette exchange management device according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the previous cigarette exchange time. The second acquisition means includes
Get the type of member / non-member of the player,
The determination means includes
2. The cigarette exchange management device according to claim 1, wherein different conditions are applied to the cigarette exchange history depending on whether the player is a member or a non-member.   2. The cigarette exchange management device according to claim 1, further comprising a reflecting means for reflecting the cigarette exchange in the cigarette exchange history when the permitting means permits the cigarette exchange. A tobacco exchange management method for managing a tobacco exchange in which a player exchanges valuable value for tobacco at an amusement store,
A first acquisition step of acquiring identification information unique to the player;
A second acquisition step of acquiring a tobacco replacement history corresponding to the identification information acquired in the first acquisition step;
A determination step of determining whether or not the tobacco replacement history acquired in the second acquisition step satisfies a predetermined condition;
And a permission step of permitting tobacco replacement when the tobacco replacement history satisfies a predetermined condition as a result of the determination in the determination step.

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