JP2008086642A - Price setting program, price setting device and price setting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set selling prices of prizes without deteriorating convenience when players exchange even if a unit price of game balls is changed resulting from coping with a consumption tax. <P>SOLUTION: In a prize management device 10, the number C<SB>1</SB>of required balls is calculated to decimal points by dividing a desired selling price A by a ball unit price B. An integer value C<SB>2</SB>(an integer value of required balls) approximate to the number C<SB>1</SB>is determined as the number of required balls, which is used for exchange of prizes at a prize counter. A recommended selling price is calculated by multiplying the integer C<SB>2</SB>by the ball unit price. Thereby, the selling price can be set so as to eliminate the fraction number of balls when balls are exchanged for the prize. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a price setting program, a price setting device, and a price setting method for setting, in a price storage means, a selling price of a prize exchanged in exchange for a game medium.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in game stores that provide pachinko games, pachislot games, etc., a prize exchange service is provided at a prize counter to provide a desired prize in exchange for an acquired ball / acquisition medal acquired by a player. As such “prize”, there are “general prizes” such as daily necessities, foodstuffs and decorations, and “special prizes” that can be purchased at a prize purchase place independent of the amusement store.

  In order to realize such a prize exchange service, as described in Patent Document 1, the number of acquired balls / medal number equivalent to the selling price of the prize is subtracted in exchange for a prize for which an exchange request has been received from a player ( If the type of the prize for which the exchange request has been received is “general prize”, a notification indicating that the prize to be exchanged will be paid out is notified on the predetermined display unit, and the prize for which the exchange request has been accepted When the type is “special prize”, an exchange management device that pays out a special prize through a prize dispenser is well known.

  By the way, at present, a game store generally bears a consumption tax related to a game using game media such as balls and medals from the operating profit. However, if the consumption tax rate rises in the future, the burden on the game shop will increase, so it is considered that the player will bear the consumption tax related to his game.

  At this time, because the denomination of money distributed in the game store is limited, it is necessary to adjust the number of game media lent when renting game media and take consumption tax correspondence to collect consumption tax from the player It is considered realistic. That is, for example, when 25 balls used for pachinko are rented for 100 yen at the current time, 24 balls are rented for 100 yen, so that the tax-included unit price of balls is 4 yen to 4.17 (≒ 100/24) It can be considered to be a circle. By doing so, a part of the consumption tax can be collected from the player at the game store, and a decrease in operating profit can be suppressed.

  When the player pays the consumption tax, the unit price including tax when the game medium is rented increases compared to the current situation, so the unit price of the game medium also increases when the prize is exchanged at the prize counter. In other words, it is currently exchanged for a prize equivalent to 4 yen per ball, but after the above adjustment, it is exchanged for a prize equivalent to 4.17 yen per ball.

  Here, in the game store, when taking the consumption tax corresponding to the above-described game medium unit price, the fixed price of the article to be provided as a prize is set (registered) in the exchange management device as the sale price of the prize, In this exchange management device, the value obtained by dividing the selling price by the changed game media unit price (4.17 yen / piece) is set as the number of game media necessary for exchanging with the prize.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-033824

  However, in the above-described prior art (Patent Document 1), when the consumption tax is taken to change the unit price of the game medium at the game store, the list price of the article provided as a prize is set as the sales price as it is. The number of game media to be exchanged for the prize is often not an integer, and there was a problem that it was only possible to set a selling price that easily generated fractional game media including decimal numbers that were difficult to handle for both the game store and the player. .

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems (problems) of the prior art, and in the case of taking a consumption tax that varies the unit price of the game medium, the exchange convenience of the player is impaired. It is an object of the present invention to provide a price setting program, a price setting device, and a price setting method that can set a non-sale price as a prize.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a price setting program according to the invention of claim 1 is a price setting program for setting a price storage means for a sale price of a prize exchanged in exchange for a game medium. A desired sales price acquisition procedure for acquiring the desired sales price of the prize, and a first required game required for exchanging with the premium from the desired sales price of the prize acquired by the desired sales price acquisition procedure. The first necessary game medium number calculating procedure for calculating the number of mediums, and the first necessary game medium number calculating procedure, the first necessary game medium number calculating procedure includes the first required game medium number. A second required game medium number determination procedure for determining a second required game medium number that is an integer based on the number of game media, and a second required game medium determined by the second required game medium number determination procedure From the number Characterized in that to perform the sales recommended price calculation procedure for calculating the sales recommended price of premium to the computer.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the price setting program according to the second aspect of the present invention, the second required game medium number determining procedure may be configured such that the second required game medium is an integer that approximates the first required game medium number. The number of media is determined.

  The price setting program according to the invention of claim 3 is the above-described invention, wherein the second required game medium number determination procedure is a plurality of second required game media based on the first required game medium number. The recommended sales price calculation step calculates a plurality of recommended sales prices from the plurality of second required game media numbers determined by the second required game media number determination procedure. And

  Further, in the above invention, the price setting program according to the invention of claim 4 is determined by the recommended sales price of the premium calculated by the recommended sales price calculation procedure and the second necessary game medium number determining procedure. The computer is further caused to execute a display control procedure for controlling to display the second required number of game media.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the price setting program according to the above invention, wherein the recommended sales price calculated in accordance with the recommended sales price calculation procedure is associated with the desired sales price of the premium in association with the desired price / recommended price. The desired price / recommended price registration procedure to be registered in the storage means, and the desired sales price of the prize acquired by the desired sales price acquisition procedure in the desired sales price stored in the desired price / recommended price storage means; When the same desired price search procedure for searching whether or not the same price exists and the search result for the same desired price search result is obtained by the same desired price search procedure, the desired price / recommended price storage means is stored. And a price setting procedure for setting the recommended sales price stored in association with the desired sales price in the price storage means as the sales price of the prize. Characterized in that to the row.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a price setting device for setting a price storage means in a price storage means for a prize exchanged in exchange for a game medium, and a sale for acquiring a desired sale price of the prize. The first required number of game media for calculating the first required number of game media required for exchanging with the prize from the desired price acquisition means and the desired sale price of the prize acquired by the desired sale price acquisition means When a decimal number is included in the first required game medium number calculated by the calculation means and the first required game medium number calculation means, a second value that is an integer based on the first required game medium number Second required game medium number determining means for determining the required number of game media, and sales for calculating the recommended sales price of the prize from the second required game medium number determined by the second required game medium number determining means Recommended price calculation method Characterized by comprising a.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a price setting method for setting, in a price storage means, a sales price of a premium exchanged in exchange for a game medium, wherein the sales price for obtaining the desired sales price of the premium is acquired. The first required number of game media for calculating the first required number of game media required for exchanging with the prize from the desired price acquisition step and the desired sale price of the prize acquired in the desired sale price acquisition step A second step that is an integer based on the first required number of game media when the decimal number is included in the first required game media number calculated in the calculation step and the first required game media number calculation step; The second required game medium number determining step for determining the required number of game media and the sales for calculating the recommended sales price of the prize from the second required game medium number determined by the second required game medium number determining step Recommended price calculation process Characterized in that it contains.

  According to the present invention, a desired sales price of a premium is acquired, a first required number of game media required for exchange with the premium is calculated from the acquired sales desired price of the premium, and the calculated first requirement is calculated. When a decimal number is included in the number of game media, a second required number of game media that is an integer is determined based on the first required number of game media, and the prize is sold from the determined second required number of game media Since we decided to calculate the recommended price, it is possible to set a selling price that does not easily generate fractional game media including decimals when exchanging prizes, and exchange of players when consumption tax correspondence that varies the game media unit price is performed There is an effect that a price setting program, a price setting device, and a price setting method capable of setting a sales price that does not impair convenience as a free gift can be obtained.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the integer that approximates the first required number of game media is determined as the second required number of game media, the recommended sales price that is as close as possible to the desired sales price is calculated. The number of balls necessary for exchanging with the prize becomes an integer value, and there is an effect that a price setting program capable of setting a selling price according to the wish of the amusement store is obtained.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of second required game media numbers are determined based on the first required game media number, and a plurality of recommended sales prices are determined from the determined second required game media numbers. Since it was decided to calculate, multiple recommended sales prices can be presented to the operator as sales price setting candidates from multiple angles, and the recommended sales price for the required number of game media required for exchange with prizes is an integer value. There is an effect that a price setting program capable of selecting an optimal selling price from among the above can be obtained.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the control is performed so as to display the recommended sales price of the prize and the second required number of game media, the sales in which the required number of game media necessary for exchanging with the prize is an integer value. There is a price setting program that can set the sales price after the operator confirms whether the recommended price is reasonable including other viewpoints, and can set the sales price of the prize more appropriately. The effect is obtained.

  Further, according to the present invention, the calculated recommended sales price is associated with the desired sales price of the prize and registered in the desired price / recommended price storage means, and the acquired sales price of the prize is stored in the stored desired sales price. When a search is made for whether or not the same price as the desired price exists, and the search result of the desired sales price of the same price is obtained, it is stored in association with the desired sales price in the desired price / recommended price storage means. Since the recommended sales price is set in the price storage means as the sales price of the prize, it is possible to avoid redundant calculation of the recommended sales price and to improve the efficiency of setting (registering) the sales price. There is an effect that a price setting program can be obtained.

  Exemplary embodiments of a price setting program, a price setting device, and a price setting method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, the price setting device (price setting program and price setting method) according to the present invention will be described as a first embodiment, and then another embodiment included in the present invention will be described as a second embodiment.

  In the following first embodiment, an outline and features of a prize management apparatus that also functions as the price setting apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described, and the configuration and processing flow of the prize management apparatus will be described in order. In this embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a game system for pachinko games will be described. However, the present invention is also applied to a game system further including pachislot games or a game system only for pachislot games. The invention can be applied as well.

[Overview and Features]
As described above, the outline and features of the prize management device according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the prize management device 10 according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, the prize management device 10 is installed at a prize counter of a game store and has a prize exchange function for managing prize exchange of game media. In addition, as a pre-process for exchanging the prize, There is also provided a price setting function for setting (registering) the selling price of the premium exchanged in exchange for the medium in the price management table 16a described later. The “prize management device” corresponds to the “price registration device” in the claims.

  Here, the prize management device 10 according to the first embodiment acquires a desired sales price of the prize, for example, “general retail price”, and is necessary for exchanging with the prize from the “general retail price” of the obtained prize. The first necessary game medium number to be calculated is calculated, and when the calculated first necessary game medium number includes a decimal, the second necessary game that becomes an integer based on the first necessary game medium number The main feature is that the number of media is determined, and the recommended sales price of the prize is calculated from the determined second required number of game media.

  That is, in amusement stores, the general retail price of a prize is generally priced as the sales price of the prize, and the required number of balls required for exchange with the prize is the general retail price of the prize. Calculated by dividing the price by the unit price. For this reason, the consumption tax corresponding to the unit price is changed at the amusement store, and the unit price including a decimal number (for example, “4.17 yen / piece”) is set as the unit price, the general retail Since the price is an integer, the integer general retail price is divided by the ball unit price including decimals, and the required number of balls necessarily includes decimals.

  Therefore, in the prize management device 10 according to the first embodiment, an integer value that approximates the required number of balls including the decimal number (first required number of game media) obtained by dividing the general retail price by the unit price of balls is given at the prize counter. It is determined as the required number of balls to be exchanged (second required number of game media), and is calculated by multiplying the integer required number of balls and the unit price of the ball as the recommended sales price. The selling price that does not easily generate balls can be set.

  In other words, in the prize management device 10 according to the first embodiment, instead of setting the selling price of the prize according to the general retail price, the prize of the property that should be sold at a uniform fixed price such as cigarettes, CDs and books. For prizes that can be sold with a wide range of selling prices as market prices, we recommend that the selling price should be an integer with the required number of balls to exchange for prizes at the prize counter. Set a selling price that will not easily cause fractional balls including decimals when exchanging prizes, and set a selling price that does not impair the convenience of exchanging for the player when dealing with consumption tax that fluctuates the unit price. Is possible.

  In addition, when the recommended sales price calculated by the prize management device 10 according to the first embodiment is set as the sales price of the prize, the sales price of the prize and By multiplying the number of exchanged prizes, the issue amount (replacement amount) for each giveaway is calculated, and the receipt management of all the giveaways based on the issue amount of these giveaways (profit management and inventory management by giving out giveaways) ) Will be performed.

[Configuration of the prize management device]
Next, the configuration of the prize management device 10 according to the first embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the prize management device 10 includes a player touch panel 11, an employee touch panel 12, a communication control IF unit 13, a barcode reader 14, a printer 15, a storage unit 16, And a control unit 17.

  Among these, the player touch panel 11 is a display input means for a player configured by a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or a display. For example, the player touch panel 11 displays the number of acquired balls read from the receipt by the barcode reader 14. Or accepting an input of a prize selection on the display screen.

  The employee touch panel 12 is also configured with the same display device, but the display content (for example, display of business instructions) and the input content (for example, summation instructions of a plurality of count receipts, etc.) are not necessarily the same. First, as screen display and operation reception related to the present invention, various information display (for example, display of the confirmation display screen 100 of the sales price setting shown in FIG. 3) is performed when the sales price of the premium is set, or the premium is displayed. When the sales price is set, various input operations (input operation of “Yes” 110 or “No” 120 on the confirmation display screen 100 shown in FIG. 3) are accepted.

  The communication control IF unit 13 includes various devices connected to the prize management device 10 (for example, a terminal controller (hereinafter referred to as “member card T / C”) that manages savings / medal savings, “island”, Island controller with relay function for data exchange of multiple game media lending machines and membership card T / C installed in the called area, ball counter that counts pachinko balls, prize dispenser that automatically dispenses special prizes, etc. It is a processing unit that controls various communications with the device. Note that the “game media lending machine” here can be replayed using the stored balls / stored medals managed by the member management T / C. Although game media can be lent by cash / prepaid card, in this case, it is connected to a card T / C different from the member management T / C and managed by the card T / C. .

  The bar code reader 14 is a bar code reader that reads a bar code. Specifically, the bar code reader 14 reads the number of balls printed on the bar code printed on the counting receipt issued by the counter and outputs it to the control unit 17. In this count receipt, the number of acquired balls may be directly recorded, or only the receipt ID associated with the acquired number of balls may be recorded.

  The printer 15 is a processing unit that prints various types of information on a paper medium. For example, the printer 15 prints and exchanges the contents (for example, items such as the total number of balls and the number of exchanged balls) that have been processed by the prize management device 10. It is issued as a statement, and after the amusement store is closed, information related to prize storage / exit management (profit management and inventory management by prize delivery) is issued as a “final slip”.

  The storage unit 16 is a storage unit (storage unit) that stores data and programs necessary for various processes by the control unit 17, and stores a price management table 16a as information related to the present invention.

  The price management table 16a is a table that stores various prices of prizes handled at the amusement store. Specifically, each prize is associated with a general retail price, a sales price, and a required number of balls for each prize. is doing. For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, a general retail price “210 yen”, a selling price “212.7 yen”, and a required number of balls “51” are given to a free gift “lighter”. The retail price “105 yen”, the sales price “-”, and the required number of balls “-” are stored in association with.

  The control unit 17 stores a control program such as an OS (Operating System), various processing procedures (for example, a prize exchange process for subtracting the number of exchanged prizes from the total number of acquired balls), and necessary data. A processing unit that has an internal memory for executing various processes, and particularly closely related to the present invention, is a desired selling price acquisition unit 17a and a required number of balls calculation unit 17b including decimals. And an integer required ball number determination unit 17c, a recommended sales price calculation unit 17d, and a price setting unit 17e.

  Among these, the sales desired price acquisition unit 17a is a processing unit that acquires a desired price when selling premiums. Specifically, when a request for setting the sales price of a specific prize is received through the employee touch panel 12, the general retail price of the prize is read from the price management table 16a, and the read general retail price is set as the desired sales price A. When the employee's touch panel 12 receives an input operation for approval / disapproval of whether it is acceptable or not, and receives an input operation for confirmation, the general retail price is set as the desired sales price A and the required number of balls calculation unit 17b In addition, when an input operation for not confirming is received, a designated input of the desired sales price A is received from an operator of the game shop as an operator, and the desired sales price A that has received the specified input is a decimal number. It outputs to the required number of balls calculation unit 17b.

Required piece count calculation unit includes fractional 17b is a processing unit which from the sales list price A prize obtained by selling suggested price acquiring unit 17a calculates the required piece count C ₁ includes decimals. More specifically, the desired selling price C ₁ including the decimal number is calculated by dividing the desired selling price A of the prize input by the desired selling price acquisition unit 17a by the ball unit price B.

Integer required piece count determination unit 17c is a processing unit for determining the integer required piece count C ₂ based on the fractional include the necessary number of balls C ₁ calculated by the required ball number calculating unit 17b includes decimals. Specifically, to determine the integer value C ₂ of the number of required ball C ₁ near the upper side comprises fractional calculated by required ball number calculating unit 17b includes decimal as an integer required piece count. Thus, the necessary required to replace the integer value C ₂ of the number of required ball C ₁ near the upper side comprises a decimal to determine the integer required piece count, without dividing the sales price of the consumption tax corresponding front and a prize The recommended sales price where the number of balls is an integer value can be calculated.

Sales Recommended price calculator 17d is a processing unit that the integer required piece count C ₂ determined by the integer required piece count determination unit 17c calculates the selling recommendation price D of the prize. Specifically, we calculate the selling recommended prices D by multiplying the integer required piece count C ₂ and the ball unit price B determined by the integer required piece count determination unit 17c.

The price setting unit 17e is a processing unit that sets the sale price of the premium in the price management table 16a. Specifically, the confirmation display screen 100 (see FIG. 3, including sales recommended price calculator sold recommended calculated by 17d Price D and integer required ball number determination unit integer required piece count C ₂ determined by 17c as display content ) Is displayed on the employee touch panel 12, and after accepting an approval input of “Yes” 110 on the confirmation display screen 100, the recommended sales price D is set (registered) in the price management table 16a as the sales price of the premium. .

In this way, by displaying the screen including the recommended sales price D and the integer required number of balls C ₂ as the display contents, the recommended sales price for which the required number of balls necessary for exchanging with the prize becomes an integer value is also another viewpoint. The sales price can be set after the operator confirms whether or not the price is reasonable, and the sales price of the prize can be set more appropriately. Here, an example in which the recommended sales price D is set as the sales price after confirming whether or not the recommended sales price D is approved as the sales price has been described. However, such a confirmation is not necessarily required. Alternatively, the recommended sales price D calculated by the recommended sales price calculator 17d may be automatically set as the sales price.

[Process flow]
Next, the process flow of the prize management apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure of the sales price setting process of the prize management device 10 according to the first embodiment. In the “sales price setting process”, when a request for setting a sales price of a free gift is received through the employee touch panel 12, an authentication process is performed to determine whether or not the operator has a sales price setting authority. This is a process that is performed only when an authentication result indicating that the sales price setting authority is obtained is obtained.

  When it is confirmed that the operator has the sales price setting authority, as shown in FIG. 4, the desired sales price acquisition unit 17 a accepts selection of a prize for which the sales price is to be set through the employee touch panel 12 (step S101), the general retail price of the prize is read out from the price management table 16a (step S102), and an input operation of whether to approve or not to use the read general retail price as the desired sales price A is performed on the employee touch panel 12. (Step S103).

  For example, when “writer” is selected as a prize for which the selling price is to be set, the general retail price “105 yen” of “writer” is read from the price management table 16a and the general retail price “105 yen” is sold. The employee's touch panel 12 accepts an input operation for determining whether or not the desired price A is acceptable.

  At this time, when an input operation for confirming the general retail price as the desired sales price is received (Yes at step S103), the desired sales price acquisition unit 17a includes the general retail price as the desired sales price A and includes a required number of balls. When it is output to the number calculation unit 17b (step S105) and an input operation for not confirming is accepted (No at step S103), a designated input of the desired sales price A is input from an employee of the amusement shop as the operator. Receiving (step S104), the desired sales price A for which the designation input has been received is output to the required number of balls calculation unit 17b including a decimal number (step S105).

Then, the fraction containing necessary ball number calculating unit 17b, the selling suggested price A prize entered by selling suggested price obtaining unit 17a is divided by the ball unit price B calculates the required number of balls C ₁ includes fractional (step S106 ). For example, in the case where the general retail price “105 yen” is confirmed as the desired sales price A of the free gift “writer”, the desired sales price A ÷ ball unit price B, that is, “105 yen ÷ 4.17 yen / piece”. Calculation is performed to calculate the required number of balls including decimals C ₁ (= 25.2 pieces).

The integer must piece count determination unit 17c determines the integer value C ₂ of the number of required ball C ₁ near the upper side comprises fractional calculated by required ball number calculating unit 17b includes decimal as an integer required piece count (step S107). For example, in the example described above, the integer value C ₂ (= 26) on the upper side in the vicinity of the required number of balls C ₁ (= 25.2) including the decimal is determined as the required number of balls.

Then, sales recommended price calculator 17d calculates the selling recommended prices D by multiplying the integer required piece count C ₂ and the ball unit price B determined by the integer required piece count determination unit 17c (step S108). For example, in the example described above, the recommended sales unit price “108.4 yen” is calculated by calculating an integer required number of balls C ₂ × ball unit price B, that is, “26 × 4.17 yen / piece”.

Here, pricing unit 17e confirmation display screen 100, including sales recommended price calculator sold recommended calculated by 17d Price D and integer required ball number determination unit integer required piece count C ₂ determined by 17c as display content Is displayed on the employee touch panel 12 (step S109), and an input operation for approving whether or not to approve the recommended sales price as the sales price is accepted (step S110). For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a confirmation display screen 100 including a recommended sales unit price “108.4 yen” and an integer required number of balls “26” as display contents is displayed on the touch panel 12 for employees. A pressing operation of “Yes” 110 or a pressing operation of “No” 120 is accepted.

  At this time, when an input operation for approving the recommended sales price D as the sales price is received (Yes in step S110), the price setting unit 17e sets the recommended sales price D as the sales price of the premium and manages the price management table 16a. Is set (registered) (step S111). For example, when a press operation of “Yes” 110 on the confirmation display screen 100 is accepted, the sales price “108.4 yen” and the required number of balls “26” are updated in the price management table 16a shown in FIG. Register (see Figure 2-2). When an input operation not accepting the recommended sales price D as a sales price is accepted, that is, when an operation of pressing “No” 120 is accepted (No at Step S110), the employee of the game shop who is the operator The designation input of the desired sales price A is received from (Step S104), and the processes of Steps S105 to S109 are repeated.

  Thereafter, when the setting of the sales price is continued (No at Step S112), the above-described processing of Step S101 to Step S111 is repeated, and when the setting of the sales price is completed (Yes at Step S112), the processing is performed. Exit.

As described above, according to the prize management device 10 according to the first embodiment, the desired sales price C is calculated by dividing the desired sales price A by the ball unit price B to calculate the required number of balls C ₁ including the decimal. Integer value C ₂ (integer required number of balls) approximating ₁ is determined as the required number of balls to be exchanged for prizes at the prize counter, and the recommended sales price is multiplied by the integer required number of balls C ₂ and the unit price of balls. Since it is configured to calculate, it is possible to set a selling price that does not easily generate fractional balls including decimals at the time of prize exchange, and when exchanging consumption tax that varies the unit price, convenience for exchange of players It is possible to set a selling price that does not impair the price as a prize.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms other than the embodiments described above. Therefore, another embodiment included in the present invention will be described below.

(1) Desired sales price For example, in the above-described first embodiment, an example in which the general retail price is acquired as the desired sales price A by the desired sales price acquisition unit 17a has been described. An arbitrary price may be used. For example, the sale price (service price lower than the general retail price) is further stored as an event price in the price management table 16a, and the sale price is acquired by the sale price acquisition unit 17a as the sale price A. You may make it make it. In other words, even when a special gift exchange service is provided at an amusement store, it is possible to set a selling price that does not impair the exchange convenience of the player, and to efficiently enclose the player. It becomes possible.

(2) Integer required piece count determination mode also determines In the first embodiment mentioned above, the integer value C ₂ of the number of required ball C ₁ near the upper side comprises fractional at integer required piece count determination unit 17c as an integer required piece count an example has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto, for example, the integer value C ₃ of the required piece count C ₁ near the lower side comprises a decimal or an integer required piece count. In the present invention, it is not always necessary to determine the integer value that approximates the required piece count C ₁ includes decimal as an integer required piece count, an appropriate value as compared to the market price, and the number of required ball integers may be determined, it may be determined integer piece count that ensure maximum game arcade profits by prize exchange (outgoing) as an integer required piece count C _2.

Furthermore, in Example 1 described above, the example in which the integer required number of balls is determined by the integer required number of balls determination unit 17c has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the required number of balls including decimal numbers. A plurality of integer required balls C ₂ and C ₃ that approximate C ₁ are determined, and the recommended sales prices D ₁ and D ₂ for the determined plurality of integer required balls C ₂ and C ₃ are calculated. Good. That is, as shown in the candidate selection screen 300 shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of recommended sales prices D ₁ (= 108.4 yen) and recommended sales prices D ₂ (= 104.3 yen) are set as sales price setting candidates. Can be presented to the operator in a multifaceted manner, and the optimum selling price can be selected from the recommended selling prices in which the necessary number of balls necessary for exchanging with the prize is an integer value.

(3) Sales Price Setting Form In the present invention, if the desired sales price A, which is the same as the desired sales price A for which the recommended sales price D was previously calculated, is received when setting the sales price of other prizes. In order to avoid the redundant calculation of the recommended sales price D and improve the processing efficiency, the calculated recommended sales price D may be used and presented / set.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the same pattern search table 16b in which the recommended sales price D calculated by the recommended sales price calculation unit 17d is stored in association with each desired sales price A of the prize is provided. In addition, a search is made as to whether or not a desired sales price A stored in the same pattern search table 16b has the same price as the desired sales price of the premium acquired by the sales desired price acquisition unit 17a. When the search result of the desired sales price of the same amount is obtained, the price management table 16a uses the recommended sales price D stored in association with the desired sales price in the same pattern search table 16b as the sales price of the prize. Set to.

  Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, an example in which a prize for which a selling price is set in the “sales price setting process” is selected, and a recommended selling price D calculated through a series of processes is set as the selling price of the prize. Although described, it is not always necessary to set serial sales prices one by one, and the sales prices of premiums having the same desired sales price (general retail price) A may be registered together.

(4) Others In the above-described first embodiment, the example in which the prize sales price is set by the prize management apparatus 10 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this and is connected to the prize management apparatus. Other devices (for example, a membership card T / C), a desired sales price acquisition unit 17a, a required number of balls calculation unit 17b including decimals, an integer required number of balls determination unit 17c, a recommended sales price calculation unit 17d, and a price setting unit 17e. It is also possible to cause the prize management device 10 to set the sale price of the prize from outside.

  In addition, among the processes described in this embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being performed automatically can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedure, control procedure, specific name, and information including various data and parameters shown in the above-described document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured. Further, all or any part of each processing function performed in each device is realized by a CPU and a program (price setting program) analyzed and executed by the CPU, or hardware by wired logic. Can be realized as

  As described above, the price setting program, the price setting device, and the price setting method according to the present invention give the sales price that does not impair the convenience of exchange for the player when the consumption tax corresponding to the unit price of the game medium is changed. It is suitable for a price setting program, a price setting device and a price setting method that can be set to

1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a prize management device 10 according to a first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in the price management table 16a. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in the price management table 16a. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a confirmation display screen 100. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the sales price setting process of the prize management apparatus 10 which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the application example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the application example of this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Premium management device 11 Touch panel for player 12 Touch panel for employee 13 Communication control IF unit 14 Bar code reader 15 Printer 16 Storage unit 16a Price management table 17 Control unit 17a Desired price income unit 17b Necessary ball number calculation unit 17c including decimals Integer required number of balls determination unit 17d Recommended sales price calculation unit 17e Price setting unit

Claims (7)

A price setting program for setting in the price storage means the selling price of a prize exchanged in exchange for a game medium,
A desired sales price acquisition procedure for acquiring a desired sales price of the prize;
A first required game medium number calculation procedure for calculating a first required game medium number required for exchange with the prize from the desired sale price of the prize acquired by the desired sale price acquisition procedure;
When the first required game medium number calculated by the first required game medium number calculation procedure includes a decimal number, the second required game medium number becomes an integer based on the first required game medium number. A second required number of game media determination procedure for determining
A price setting program for causing a computer to execute a recommended sales price calculation procedure for calculating a recommended sales price of the prize from the second required number of game media determined by the second required game media number determination procedure .   2. The price setting program according to claim 1, wherein the second required game medium number determination procedure determines an integer that approximates the first required game medium number as the second required game medium number. . The second required game medium number determining procedure determines a plurality of second required game medium numbers based on the first required game medium number,
2. The recommended sales price calculation procedure calculates a plurality of recommended sales prices from the plurality of second required game media numbers determined by the second required game media number determination procedure. Or the price setting program of 2.   Display control for controlling to display the recommended sales price of the prize calculated by the recommended sales price calculation procedure and the second required number of game media determined by the second required game media number determination procedure 4. The price setting program according to claim 1, further comprising causing the computer to execute a procedure. A desired price / recommended price registration procedure for registering in the desired price / recommended price storage means in association with the recommended sales price calculated by the recommended sales price calculation procedure for each desired sales price of the prize,
The same request for searching for whether or not the desired sales price stored in the desired price / recommended price storage means has the same price as the desired sales price of the premium acquired by the desired sales price acquisition procedure Price search procedure,
When a search result of the same desired price search result is obtained by the same desired price search procedure, the recommended sales price stored in the desired price / recommended price storage means in association with the desired sales price is the prize. The price setting program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further causing a computer to execute a price setting procedure for setting the price storage means as a selling price. A price setting device for setting in a price storage means a selling price of a prize exchanged in exchange for a game medium,
A desired sales price acquisition means for acquiring a desired sales price of the prize;
First required game medium number calculating means for calculating a first required number of game media required for exchange with the prize from the desired sale price of the prize acquired by the desired sale price acquisition means;
When the first necessary game medium number calculated by the first necessary game medium number calculating means includes a decimal number, the second necessary game medium number becomes an integer based on the first necessary game medium number. Second necessary game medium number determining means for determining
A price setting device, comprising: a recommended sales price calculating means for calculating a recommended sales price of the prize from the second required number of game media determined by the second required game medium number determining means. A price setting method for setting in a price storage means a selling price of a prize exchanged in exchange for a game medium,
A desired sales price acquisition step of acquiring a desired sales price of the prize;
A first required game medium number calculating step of calculating a first required game medium number required for exchange with the prize from the desired sale price of the prize acquired in the desired sale price acquisition step;
When the first required game medium number calculated in the first required game medium number calculating step includes a decimal number, the second required game medium number becomes an integer based on the first required game medium number. A second necessary game medium number determining step for determining
And a recommended sales price calculation step of calculating a recommended sales price of the prize from the second required number of game media determined in the second required game media number determination step.

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