JP2008237754A - Saved-game-medium management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the cost and labor for a game parlor using a magnetic saved-game-medium management system to introduce a cellular phone member system. <P>SOLUTION: When a game parlor employs a cellular phone member system instead of replacing the magnetic saved-game-medium management system 1 with an IC card system, the parlor adds an IC card terminal for obtaining a cellular phone ID from an IC chip 110 of a cellular phone 100 and adds a function of replacing the cellular phone ID with a member ID. By these additions, a saved-ball service based on member IDs can be provided without using cellular phone IDs for a member management T/C10. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage medium management device that manages the number of stored game media in association with member identification information recorded by a magnetic-compatible member recording medium and provides a storage medium update service through the member recording medium. The present invention relates to a stored game medium management system.

  Conventionally, at pachinko stores and other amusement stores that provide pachinko games and pachislot games, a membership card is issued to a player who wishes to register as a member, and a pachinko ball or medal acquired by the member is associated with the membership card. A savings or medal service is provided to members.

  Specifically, if the player wishes to register as a member, the clerk of the game store registers the player's personal information in the management device and issues a member card with member identification information recorded to the member. . Each member who has obtained the membership card in this way, as described in Patent Document 1, stores the acquired pachinko balls and medals, and replays the stored balls and medals at a later date. Or can be replaced.

  In this way, at the amusement shops that provide member services, each member's stored balls and medal can be managed by the management device, and the balls and stored medals can be replayed with a ball machine such as a ball lending machine or medal lending machine In many cases, a storage and medal system is introduced.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-210818

  By the way, the membership card issued by the amusement store is intended to differentiate the player registered as a member from other players, but it is not used for other purposes used in the amusement store. Since the connection with individual customers is sparse, the rate of portability by players is not good and the use of membership cards is not promoted.

  For this reason, recently, a mechanism for using a representative mobile phone as a mobile terminal possessed by a large number of players instead of a membership card has been considered. In other words, mobile phone-specific identification information (mobile terminal identification information) stored in an IC chip built into the mobile phone is registered in the management device of the amusement store, and a savings / medal service is provided through this mobile terminal identification information It is a mechanism to do.

  However, in many amusement stores, there is a current situation in which a magnetic card having a magnetic tape affixed to a plastic card is widely used as a membership card for associating savings and medals, and mobile terminals are used in such amusement stores. In order to provide the saved ball / medal service, it is necessary to re-issue the membership card and transfer the member information after introducing a new ball / medal system that supports IC cards. There is a problem that a huge amount of money and labor are required for the store.

  From the above, it is extremely important how to reduce the cost and effort to be borne by the amusement store when adopting the mobile member system in the amusement store that has introduced a magnetic storage ball / medal system. It is a difficult issue.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and in the case of adopting the mechanism of a mobile member in a game store that has introduced a magnetic-compatible game storage system, the cost and labor to be borne by the game store are reduced. An object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium management system that can be reduced.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention manages the number of game storage media in association with member identification information recorded by a magnetic-compatible member recording medium, and through the member recording medium A storage medium management system having a storage medium management device that provides a storage medium update service, and obtains mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal from a mobile terminal with a built-in IC chip owned by a member of the game store And an identification information management device that manages a plurality of identification information including the member identification information, and the identification information management device is a portable terminal possessed by the member for each member identification information of the member Identification information storage means for storing the portable terminal identification information in association with each other, and when the portable terminal identification information is received from the information acquisition device, the identification information storage means is referred to. And an identification information replacing unit that replaces the mobile terminal identification information with the corresponding member identification information, and the game media management device corresponds to the member identification information replaced by the identification information replacing unit. A game storage medium update service is provided.

  Also, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, a valuable value management device that manages a valuable value assigned to a game recording medium includes the identification information management device.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the information acquisition device acquires member identification information from a member recording medium possessed by the member, and acquires the portable terminal identification information from a portable terminal possessed by the member. The obtained member identification information and portable terminal identification information are notified to the valuable value management apparatus, and the valuable value management apparatus associates the information with the corresponding member identification information stored in the identification information storage means. An identification information registration unit for registering the mobile terminal identification information notified by the acquisition device is further provided.

  According to the present invention, an information acquisition device that acquires mobile terminal identification information unique to a mobile terminal from a mobile terminal with a built-in IC chip possessed by a member of a game shop, and an identification that manages a plurality of identification information including member identification information An information management device is arranged, and the identification information management device stores the portable terminal identification information of the portable terminal held by the member in association with each member identification information of the member. When the identification information is received, the mobile terminal identification information is replaced with the corresponding member identification information, and the storage medium management device has a storage medium corresponding to the member identification information replaced by the identification information management device. Since it is configured to provide an update service, the minimum hardware is required when a mobile member system is adopted at a game store that has introduced a magnetic storage game management system. It can be kept only to add and software modification of the E A, it is possible to reduce the cost and effort to be borne in the game store.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since the valuable value management device that manages the valuable value assigned to the game recording medium includes the identification information management device, the magnetic storage game medium management device, the IC When adopting the mechanism of a mobile member at an amusement store that has introduced a chip-compatible valuable value management device, for example, the mobile terminal identification information of the mobile terminal held by the member is replaced with the corresponding member identification information, etc. Therefore, it is possible to reduce only the minimum software modification, and it is possible to reduce the cost and labor to be borne by the game store.

  Further, according to the present invention, the information acquisition device acquires the member identification information from the member recording medium possessed by the member, acquires the mobile terminal identification information from the mobile terminal possessed by the member, and The member identification information and the portable terminal identification information are notified to the valuable value management apparatus, and the valuable value management apparatus is configured to register the portable terminal identification information notified by the information acquisition apparatus in association with the member identification information. Therefore, it becomes possible to easily register the mobile terminal identification information to a member whose mobile terminal identification information is not registered.

  Exemplary embodiments of a game storage medium management system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, the case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko game will be described.

  First, the system configuration of the storage ball management system according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of a storage management system and a prepaid card system according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, in the amusement store, a magnetic storage card management system 1 that issues a magnetic card to members registered in the game store and provides a storage service through the membership card, and an IC card support And a prepaid card system 2 that provides a pachinko ball lending service through a prepaid card. Both of these are configured to be able to communicate with each other via a gateway device (hereinafter referred to as “G / W”) 200.

  Here, in the first embodiment, both the magnetic tape and the IC chip are built in the member card, and both the member ID and the IC card ID are recorded. Is used, the remaining number is added / subtracted using the IC card ID, and when the member card is used in the storage ball management system 1, the storage ball is added / subtracted using the member ID.

  The storage management system 1 includes a member management terminal controller (hereinafter referred to as “member management T / C”) 10, a counter 20, a card reader 30, and an IC chip compatible terminal 90.

  A counter 20 and a card reader 30 are connected to the member management T / C 10, and an IC chip compatible terminal 90 is connected to the card reader 30. The prepaid card T / C 40 is connected.

  The member management T / C 10 is a management device that performs overall management of members registered as members in the amusement store using a member management table described later. This member management table stores a member ID and personal information such as a balance, a name, and an address in association with each other. Then, when a stored ball addition request is received from the card reader 30, the number of stored balls in the stored account corresponding to the member ID included in the stored ball addition request is added.

  The counter 20 is a counter that counts pachinko balls acquired by the player, and outputs the counting result to the card reader 30. In the first embodiment, the counter 20 has only a pachinko ball counting function, a printing function for issuing a counting receipt on which a counting result is bar code printed, and storage management by the member management T / C 10. It is assumed that the card reader 30 described later has a counting and storing ball function for adding a part or all of the counting result to the stored balance.

  The card reader 30 is a magnetic card reader that reads a member ID from a magnetic-compatible member card. In addition, as described above, a receipt issuing function for issuing a count receipt in which the count result of the counter 20 and its related information (for example, the count date and time, a staff member in charge, etc.) are barcode-printed is also added.

  Further, the card reader 30 also has a counting and storing ball function for storing and adding a part or all of the counting results of the counter 20. However, it is assumed that the card reader 30 requests the member management T / C 10 to add the stored balance corresponding to the member ID.

  The IC chip compatible terminal 90 is a terminal that performs counting and saving using the mobile phone 100 owned by a member. Specifically, when the mobile phone 100 is held over the reader / writer 91 of the IC chip compatible terminal 90, the mobile phone ID, which is identification information unique to the mobile phone, is read from the IC chip 110 of the mobile phone 100 and read. The prepaid card T / C 40 is requested to replace the mobile ID with the member ID. Further, the member ID received from the prepaid card T / C 40 is notified to the card reader 30. As the portable ID, various identification information such as “IDm”, which is a manufacturing number of the IC chip, and a manufacturing number and a telephone number of the mobile phone 100 can be used.

  On the other hand, the prepaid card system 2 is provided with a prepaid card T / C 40, a portable registration terminal 50, an island controller 60, a gaming machine 70, and a table machine 80.

  A member management T / C 10 is connected to the prepaid card T / C 40 via a portable registration terminal 50, an island controller 60, an IC chip compatible terminal 90, and a G / W 200. The island controller 60 is connected to a plurality of gaming machines 70 installed on each island, and a pedestal machine 80 provided for each of them.

  The prepaid card T / C 40 is a prepaid card management device that manages the remaining number of prepaid cards using a card data management table 44b described later. The card data management table 44b manages the remaining number of the prepaid card in association with the IC card ID recorded on the prepaid card or the membership card. And when a large bill is inserted by the intermediary machine 80, the amount of the inserted banknote is received from the intermediary machine 80 together with the IC card ID of the built-in card to be issued, and the inserted banknote is inserted into the IC card ID. After the amount has been valued, a “value complete notification” is returned to the inter-machine 80.

  The prepaid card T / C 40 has an ID replacement function for replacing the mobile ID of the mobile phone 100 held by the member with the member ID using an ID management table 44a described later. Specifically, the ID management table 44a manages the IC card ID, the member ID, and the mobile ID in association with each other, and when the IC chip compatible terminal 90 receives a replacement request for replacing the mobile ID with the member ID. Replaces the corresponding portable ID with the member ID and responds to the IC chip compatible terminal 90 with the member ID. In addition, when a mobile ID registration request including an IC card ID (or member ID) is received by the mobile registration terminal 50, a mobile ID registration function for registering the mobile ID in association with the corresponding IC card ID is also provided. ing.

  The mobile registration terminal 50 is a terminal device for registering in the prepaid card T / C 40 the mobile ID of the mobile phone 100 possessed by a member who has not registered the mobile ID. Specifically, when a member inserts a member card into the card reader of the portable registration terminal 50 and the portable telephone 100 owned by the member is held over the reader / writer 51, the IC card ID (or member ID) of the member card and A mobile ID registration request is made by reading the mobile ID of the mobile phone 100 and notifying the read IC card ID and mobile ID to the prepaid card T / C 40.

  The gaming machine 70 is a gaming machine that provides a pachinko game for a player to play a pachinko ball on the board and to pay out a prize ball when winning a prize. In the first embodiment, a so-called CR pachinko machine that supports a prepaid card is used. It is supposed to be.

  The inter-machine 80 is interposed between the prepaid card T / C 40 and each gaming machine 70 and makes an inquiry about the remaining number of prepaid cards and a ball lending request to the prepaid card T / C 40, and there is a remaining number. In this case, the ball lending instruction is given to the gaming machine 70.

  In addition, the inter-machine 80 has a so-called replay function that accepts a member card and withdraws the stored money deposited in the member management T / C 10. More specifically, when a member inserts a membership card into the intermediary machine 80 or performs a replay operation while holding the mobile phone 100, the number of replayed balls is calculated from the stored balance managed by the member management T / C10. While subtracting, a ball throwing instruction is given to the gaming machine 70. As described above, the inter-station machine 80 also supports replay using the mobile phone 100.

  Here, in the first embodiment, an IC chip compatible terminal 90 that obtains a mobile ID unique to the mobile phone from the IC card compatible mobile phone 100 possessed by a member of the amusement shop is disposed, and the prepaid card T / C 40 is provided. Is stored in association with the mobile ID of the mobile phone 100 possessed by the member for each member ID of the member, and when the mobile ID is received from the IC chip compatible terminal 90, The member management T / C 10 is characterized by providing a savings service corresponding to the member ID replaced by the prepaid card T / C 40.

  That is, in the first embodiment, in order to allow the amusement store to adopt the mechanism of a mobile member, the magnetic storage pool management system 1 is not replaced with an IC card compatible system, but the mobile phone 100 can be carried from the IC chip 110. In addition to adding an IC card compatible terminal 90 for acquiring an ID, and adding a function of replacing a mobile ID with a member ID to the prepaid card T / C 40, the member management T / C 10 has a member ID as before. Based on being able to provide a savings service based on.

  Therefore, in the first embodiment, when a mobile member system is adopted in a game store that has introduced a magnetic-compatible storage management system, a minimum amount of hardware is added (IC chip compatible terminal 90 and its card reader) 30 interface) and software modification (addition of ID replacement function to prepaid card T / C40), new IC card compatible storage and storage system, and membership card It becomes possible to eliminate the trouble of reissuing the account or performing the work of transferring member information.

  Next, the configuration of the prepaid card T / C 40 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the prepaid card T / C 40 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the prepaid card T / C 40 includes an input unit 41, an output unit 42, an IF unit 43, a storage unit 44, and a control unit 45.

  The input unit 41 is an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, and the output unit 42 is a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or a display. The IF unit 43 is an interface for performing data communication with the member management T / C 10 via the mobile registration terminal 50, the island controller 60, the IC chip compatible terminal 90, and the G / W 200.

  The storage unit 44 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or a non-volatile memory, and manages various identifiers of members who use the storage service and the remaining number of prepaid cards. The ID management table 44a and the card data management table 44b Have

  The ID management table 44a is a table for managing various identifiers assigned to members of the game shop. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, an IC card ID, a member ID, and a mobile ID are stored in association with each other. In the member management table of the member management T / C 10, member information such as a balance, a name and an address is managed in association with the member ID (see FIG. 4).

  Here, in the ID management table 44a of the prepaid card T / C 40, the reason why the member ID and the mobile ID are stored in association with each other is that the mobile phone 100 is used without modifying the configuration of the magnetic-compatible storage management system 1. This is to provide a storage service, and to make it unnecessary to manage identifiers other than the member ID in the member management table of the member management T / C 10.

  The card data management table 44b manages prepaid card information. Specifically, the cash balance valued to the prepaid card is stored in association with the IC card ID of the prepaid card.

  The control unit 45 is a control unit that controls the prepaid card T / C 40 as a whole, and includes a portable ID registration processing unit 45a and an ID replacement processing unit 45b. Actually, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a ROM or non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded into the CPU for execution, and the portable ID registration processing unit 45a and the ID replacement processing unit 45b. The process corresponding to each is executed.

  The mobile ID registration processing unit 45a is a processing unit that registers a mobile ID of a member who is not registered with a mobile ID. Specifically, when a mobile ID registration request including a mobile ID and an IC card ID (or member ID) is received from the mobile registration terminal 50, the mobile ID is registered in the corresponding IC card ID of the ID management table 44a.

  The ID replacement processing unit 45b is a processing unit that uses the ID management table 44a to replace a mobile ID that has received a replacement request from the IC chip compatible terminal 90 with a member ID. Specifically, when a mobile ID replacement request is received through the IC chip compatible terminal 90, the mobile ID is replaced with a member ID corresponding to the mobile ID stored in the ID management table 44a, and the replaced member ID is replaced with the IC chip. Reply to the corresponding terminal 90.

  Next, a mobile ID registration process using the mobile registration terminal 50 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of mobile ID registration processing using the mobile registration terminal 50 shown in FIG. Here, a case where a member who has not registered a mobile ID performs mobile ID registration will be described.

  As shown in the figure, the mobile registration terminal 50 is in a state of waiting for reception of a mobile ID registration operation by a member (No at Step S501), and when a mobile ID registration operation is received by the member (Yes at Step S501), the member is displayed on the display unit. When a screen for prompting card insertion is displayed and the member card is inserted into the card reader (step S502), the IC card ID (or member ID) is read through the card reader (step S503).

  Thereafter, the mobile registration terminal 50 displays a screen for prompting the user to hold the mobile phone 100 on the display unit. When the mobile phone 100 is held over the reader / writer 51 by a member (step S504), the mobile registration terminal 50 passes through the reader / writer 51. The mobile ID is read from the IC chip 110 (step S505).

  Then, the mobile registration terminal 50 sends a mobile ID registration request including the IC card ID and mobile ID to the prepaid card T / C 40 (step S506), and ends the process. In the prepaid card T / C 40 that has received this mobile ID registration request, the mobile ID is registered in the record storing the IC card ID in the ID management table 44a.

  Thus, the mobile registration terminal 50 acquires the IC card ID (or member ID) from the member card possessed by the member, acquires the mobile ID from the mobile phone 100 of the member, and acquires the acquired IC card ID and The mobile ID is notified to the prepaid card T / C 40, and the prepaid card T / C 40 registers the mobile ID notified by the mobile registration terminal 50 in association with the corresponding IC card ID stored in the ID management table 44a. Thus, the mobile ID can be easily registered by a member who has not registered the mobile ID.

  Next, a detailed description will be given of the counting and storing process by the card reader 30, the IC chip compatible terminal 90, and the prepaid card T / C 40 shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a control sequence among the card reader 30, the IC chip compatible terminal 90, and the prepaid card T / C 40 regarding the counting and storing ball processing according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, the card reader 30 receives the counting result of the acquired balls from the counter 20 (step S601), and if the member wishes to store the acquired balls, if the clerk performs a storing operation ( In step S602), a storage operation signal is transmitted to the IC chip compatible terminal 90 (step S603).

  Subsequently, the IC chip compatible terminal 90 that has received the storage ball operation signal displays a screen for prompting the operation of holding the mobile phone 100 on a predetermined display unit, and enters a state of waiting for the operation of holding the mobile phone 100 (No in step S604). If the cellular phone 100 is held over the reader / writer 91 by the member (Yes at step S604), the portable ID of the IC chip 110 is read (step S605), and the read portable ID is transferred to the prepaid card T / C 40 (step S606). ).

  When the mobile ID is received by the prepaid card T / C 40 (step S607), the ID replacement processing unit 45b uses the ID management table 44a to replace the received mobile ID with the corresponding member ID (step S608). ), The member ID is notified to the card reader 30 via the IC chip compatible terminal 90 (step S609).

  Thereafter, the card reader 30 makes a request to update the stored balance including the counting result received from the counter 20 and the member ID replaced by the ID replacement processing unit 45b to the member management T / C 10 (step S610). In addition, the member management T / C 10 that has accepted the request for renewing the stored ball balance adds the count value to the stored ball balance of the member ID using the member management table.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the IC chip compatible terminal 90 that acquires the mobile phone ID unique to the mobile phone is provided from the IC card compatible mobile phone 100 possessed by the member of the amusement shop, and the member member The mobile ID of the mobile phone 100 possessed by the member is stored in association with each ID, and when the mobile ID is received from the IC chip compatible terminal 90, the mobile ID is replaced with the corresponding member ID. In addition to the prepaid card T / C40, the member management T / C10 is configured to provide a storage service corresponding to the member ID replaced by the prepaid card T / C40, so a magnetic storage management system is introduced. When adopting a mobile membership system at an amusement store, the minimum hardware additions and software revisions Can be kept only in, it is possible to reduce the cost and effort to be borne in the game store.

  By the way, in the first embodiment, a case has been described in which a savings service using a mobile phone 100 owned by a member is provided using a magnetically-supported savings management system 1 in an amusement store. A replay service can also be provided.

  Therefore, in the second embodiment, a case will be described in which a replay service using the mobile phone 100 owned by a member is provided by using a magnetic storage ball management system in an amusement store. In the second embodiment, the system configuration diagram of the storage management system and the functional configuration of the prepaid card T / C 40 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

  First, the replay process by the intermediary machine 80, the prepaid card T / C 40, and the member management T / C 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 7 is a control sequence diagram between the pedestal machine 80, the prepaid card T / C 40, and the member management T / C 10 regarding the replay process according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, the pedestal machine 80 is in a state of waiting for replay operation acceptance by a member (No at step S701), and when the pedestal machine 80 is held up and replayed by the mobile phone 100, (Yes in step S701), the portable ID is read from the IC chip 110 through the reader / writer 81 (step S702), and the read portable ID is notified to the prepaid card T / C 40 (step S703).

  On the other hand, when the prepaid card T / C 40 receives the mobile ID (step S704), the ID replacement processing unit 45b uses the ID management table 44a to replace the received mobile ID with the corresponding member ID (step S705). The member ID is notified to the member management T / C 10 via the G / W 200 (step S706).

  When the member management T / C 10 receives the member ID from the prepaid card T / C 40 (step S707), the member management table subtracts the replay request ball number from the stored balance corresponding to the received member ID using the member management table. (Step S708), a replay permission signal is transmitted to the intermediary machine 80 via the prepaid card T / C 40 (Step S709). Note that if the stored ball balance stored in the member management table is less than the replay request ball count, an error signal is transmitted to the intermediary machine 80.

  After that, the inter-vehicle machine 80 that has received the replay permission signal issues a ball throwing instruction for the number of replay request balls to the gaming machine 70 (step S710), and ends the process. In the gaming machine 70 that has received this ball throwing instruction, pachinko balls for the number of replay requested balls are thrown.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, when replay is performed using the mobile phone 100 owned by the member, the ID replacement processing unit 45b of the prepaid card T / C 40 uses the ID management table 44a to change the mobile ID. Since it is replaced with the member ID and the member ID is notified to the member management T / C 10, the mobile phone 100 can be used by diverting the magnetic storage management system 1 as in the first embodiment. The replay service used can be provided.

  In the first and second embodiments, the case where mobile ID registration is performed using a mobile registration terminal 50 for a member who has not performed mobile ID registration has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, portable ID registration can be performed using the IC chip compatible terminal 90.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, the IC chip compatible terminal 90 is in a state of waiting for a mobile ID registration operation by a member (No in step S801), and performs a mobile ID registration operation on a predetermined display unit. If accepted (Yes at step S801), the member card is inserted by displaying a screen prompting the insertion of the member card, and the member ID is read from the member card through the card reader 30 (step S802).

  Subsequently, the IC chip compatible terminal 90 displays a screen that prompts the user to hold the mobile phone 100 on a predetermined display unit, and waits for a hold operation of the mobile phone 100 owned by the member (No in step S803). When the member holds up the mobile phone 100 (Yes in step S803), the mobile ID is read from the IC chip 110 through the reader / writer 91 (step S804), and a mobile ID registration request including the read mobile ID and member ID is issued. This is performed to the prepaid card T / C 40 (step S805). In the prepaid card T / C 40 that has received this mobile ID registration request, the mobile ID is registered in the corresponding member ID stored in the ID management table 44a.

  In this way, if the IC chip compatible terminal 90 also serves as a portable ID registration process, the portable registration terminal 50 shown in FIG. 1 is not necessary, and a cheaper storage management system can be provided.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the example in which the storage processing using the mobile phone 100 is executed through the card reader 30 is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of counting balls issued by the card reader 30 Using the count receipt on which the information is printed, the count value can be added by a prize management device (not shown). Note that the storage processing can also be performed using a member ID that is read by inserting a member card into the card reader 30.

  In the first and second embodiments, the storage / replay process using the mobile phone 100 with the built-in IC chip is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a medium other than the mobile phone 100 is used. Thus, for example, an IC card equipped with an IC chip that has a function equivalent to that of the IC chip 110 of the mobile phone 100, for example, which is generally used, can be used.

  In the first and second embodiments, the case where the pachinko ball storage / replay service is performed has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the medal storage medal / replay service used in the pachislot game. The present invention can be applied in the same manner when used for the above.

  As described above, the game storage management system according to the present invention is suitable for a case where a mobile member mechanism is adopted in a game store where a magnetic-compatible game storage management system is introduced.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of the storage-ball management system which concerns on Example 1, and a prepaid card system. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the prepaid card T / C shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an ID management table illustrated in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the member management table of member management T / C shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the portable ID registration process using the portable registration terminal shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the control sequence between the card reader, IC chip corresponding | compatible terminal, and prepaid card T / C regarding the count storage process which concerns on Example 1. FIG. FIG. 10 is a control sequence diagram between a table machine, a prepaid card T / C, and a member management T / C related to replay processing according to a second embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the portable ID registration process using the IC chip corresponding | compatible terminal shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Savings management system 2 Prepaid card system 10 Member management T / C
20 Counter 30 Card reader 40 Prepaid card T / C
41 input unit 42 output unit 43 IF unit 44 storage unit 44a ID management table 44b card data management table 45 control unit 45a mobile ID registration processing unit 45b ID replacement processing unit 50 mobile registration terminal 51 reader / writer 60 island controller 70 gaming machine 80 units Inter-machine 81 Reader / writer 90 IC chip compatible terminal 91 Reader / writer 100 Mobile phone 110 IC chip 200 G / W

Claims (3)

A storage game having a storage medium management device that manages the number of stored game media in association with member identification information recorded by a magnetic-compatible member recording medium and provides a storage medium update service through the member recording medium A media management system,
An information acquisition device for acquiring mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal from a mobile terminal with a built-in IC chip owned by a member of the amusement shop;
An identification information management device for managing a plurality of identification information including the member identification information;
The identification information management device includes:
For each member identification information of the member, identification information storage means for storing the portable terminal identification information of the portable terminal possessed by the member in association with each other,
When receiving the mobile terminal identification information from the information acquisition device, with reference to the identification information storage means, having identification information replacement means for replacing the mobile terminal identification information with the corresponding member identification information,
The stored game medium management device comprises:
A game storage medium management system characterized by providing an update service for a game storage medium corresponding to the member identification information replaced by the identification information replacement means.   2. The stored game medium management system according to claim 1, wherein a valuable value management apparatus that manages a valuable value that is valued for a game recording medium includes the identification information management apparatus. The information acquisition device includes:
The member identification information is obtained from the member recording medium possessed by the member, the portable terminal identification information is obtained from the portable terminal possessed by the member, and the obtained member identification information and portable terminal identification information are used as the valuable value. Notify the management device,
The valuable value management device includes:
The identification information registration means for registering the portable terminal identification information notified by the information acquisition device in association with the corresponding member identification information stored in the identification information storage means. Or the game media management system according to 2;

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