JP2009153567A - Game premium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems that an exchange rate is low for general premiums provided from a game hall since there are a few kinds and most of them are not attractive, some of special premiums for the purpose of cashing do not have values equivalent to a cashing amount in a premium purchase store and are just the premiums for the purpose of cashing as a matter of convenience, problems remain in the justification of a purchase price, there are problems of forgery and fraudulence, etc., and confirmation work can not be performed when a communication trouble occurs in a special premium with a built-in IC chip. <P>SOLUTION: A player can receive the provision of an attractive equivalent premium incorporating digital contents in a memory card, a portable premium can be standardized and made common further, and the game premium capable of operation processing without problems even when a trouble occurs can be provided. Thus, the exchange rate of the general premiums is improved and a premium purchase system is made healthy and justified. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention provides equivalent and attractive general prizes for various prizes offered to players at general playgrounds and amusement facilities, and as a special prize for redemption for the purpose of partial redemption. The present invention relates to prizes that can be used, and is intended to promote the provision of prizes in the general amusement park industry, promote information, and improve the exchange rate of general prizes.

In the general playground, pachinko balls and medals earned by players can be exchanged for general prizes according to the quantity.
In addition, in the exchange of prizes for the purpose of cashing, it is prohibited to provide securities to amusement customers as prizes in accordance with Article 23, Paragraph 1-1 of the Rules on Customs Sales and Business Optimization As a result, prizes other than securities are being offered to players as cash prizes. In order to distinguish cash prizes from general prizes, they are called special prizes and are managed and managed. Gamers bring cash special prizes provided from amusement halls etc. to a gift shop that operates nearby and sell the special prizes for cash. However, special prizes for cash that can be cashed may be counterfeited or fraudulent, so as a preventive measure, IC chips that have become popular in recent years are embedded in a rectangular synthetic resin plate to identify unique prizes. The actual situation is changing to a method of storing data and managing and discriminating it by communication with the outside.

In addition, purchase of prizes provided to gamers is prohibited under Article 23, Paragraph 1-2 of the Law Concerning Customs Business and Optimization of Business, etc., so use the following distribution method. Yes.
(B) Amusement halls provide special prizes for cash exchange to gamers, and the gamers bring the provided special cash prizes to a gift shop that operates nearby and sell them for cash. It has become. In order to avoid selling special prizes for cash purchased from amusement players to amusement halls or the like again, the prize purchase store sells them through premium wholesalers.
(B) In addition, the premium wholesaler has established a cooperative, and has established one premium manufacturing and recycling company for several amusement stores where the cooperative operates in the same region. A premium wholesaler that is a member of the association collects special prizes for cash exchange provided by amusement parks operating in the same region to the amusement company from the premium store. In addition, the cash prize special prizes of each amusement park are made compatible so that the collected cash prizes are not sold again to the amusement park that provided the cash prizes to the game players. As a result, each amusement hall prevents the purchase of special cash prizes provided to gamers prohibited by law from direct game players, and special cash prizes are distributed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-320761 JP-A-8-301379 JP-A-9-185692

However, the general prizes provided from such a conventional amusement park and the special prizes for the purpose of cashing have the following problems.
(B) General prizes provided to amusement players are prizes that do not take up so-called inventory space, such as general goods, accessories, and CD / DVD software, and are limited to prizes that are displayed or stocked at each amusement park. Most of them were few and lacking charm.
(B) In addition, special prizes for the purpose of redemption should have a value equivalent to the redemption amount at a gift purchase store, as in the case of general prizes. It was just a gift for convenience, and there was almost no value as much as the amount obtained by cashing, and there was a problem with the fairness of the purchase price. Therefore, since this difference is large, there is a problem such as forgery of prizes.
(C) In addition, it was difficult to detect fraudulent acts in which special prizes that were leaked due to theft during the distribution process were brought into gift shops.
(D) In special prizes for the purpose of redemption with a built-in IC chip or IC tag, the storage location of the IC chip / tag is different from the storage location of the premium, so the function of the IC chip / tag is destroyed or stopped. There is a problem that the built-in prize can be exchanged for a fake prize.
(E) In addition, all the special prizes for the purpose of redemption with a built-in IC chip or IC tag are counterfeited and fraudulent by comparing with the unique identification data stored in the special prize by external communication with the host computer. Although measures have been taken to prevent it, there was a problem that the confirmation work did not work at all when trouble occurred on the host computer and communication line.
As described above, most of the general prizes provided to gamers are limited in attractiveness that is provided by the amusement park, so most of the players will receive special prizes for cashing purposes. The current situation is that it is forced to operate an industry-specific gift purchase system.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.
According to the prize of the present invention, it is possible to provide various equivalent and attractive prizes by incorporating various digital contents in a memory card that has become popular in recent years. In addition, the player who has been provided can freely select and exchange other various contents by connecting and authenticating the player ID and the general prize ID through the communication network via the Internet. It becomes possible to receive a more attractive equivalent prize.
In addition, by adopting a memory card as a prize, there is no need to manufacture a prize whose size and weight are changed according to the number of prizes, and there is an advantage that standardization and standardization of portable prizes can be achieved.

  The memory IC chip used in the present invention is equipped with a data area in which a communication history can be directly written, and has a structure capable of collating with internal data even in an online or offline state. It has the feature that it can be operated and processed without any problems even when it occurs.

  By attaching holograms and barcodes inside or outside the prize storage case of the present invention, it is possible to secure higher security, so it is possible to prevent fraud such as forgery and theft / reuse of prizes. .

The present invention is for the purpose of improving the exchange rate for general prizes by providing equivalent digital contents built in a portable memory card or providing equivalent prizes such as precious metals. The purpose is to provide attractive general prizes that can be operated even on a stand-alone basis, by preventing the counterfeiting and fraud, by fairing and optimizing the purchase price.
As a result, the provision of non-equivalent special prizes for the purpose of cashing can be abolished, and the prizes provided to gamers prohibited by Article 23, Paragraph 1-2 of the Act on Customs Business, etc. A complex special gift distribution system for avoiding purchases can also be drastically revised, and the purchase system can be made sound and fair.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail according to illustrated embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a typical conventional amusement prize (special prize).
General prizes such as general goods and CD / DVD software are not equipped with anti-theft tags,
An IC chip is incorporated in a special prize for cashing for the purpose of cashing to prevent counterfeiting.
Of the synthetic resin plates with integrated IC chips, products that are used as cash prizes that are provided to customers by the amusement store are stored in portions where the IC chips are not integrated, and covered with a transparent film. It is a special gift for cashing. The identification data unique to the prize is written on the IC chip by using the writing device of the management computer system. Next, the authenticity of the cash prize is determined by reading the written data using the reading device of the management computer system installed at each merchant of the gift shop involved in the distribution of the cash prize. It will be cashed. Here, as the special prize for cash exchange, a precious metal plate plated or a relatively small one such as a lighter stone or stationery is used.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the play prize according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 2, the amusement prize includes a sheet-like memory card case 4 for storing a memory card 1 containing digital contents and a card adapter, and a rectangular synthetic resin storage case 3 for storing these prizes. The IC chip 2 that can store the history of communication data online or offline, the case sheet 5 having an antenna function, the hologram 6 and a sticker 7 on which a special barcode is printed, and a lower sheet 8 are included. Yes. As in the prior art, the identification data unique to the prize, the communication history in this chip, and the like are written in the memory IC chip 2 incorporated in the prize by a dedicated writing device. In normal online operation, the issuance, operation, confirmation, and purchase of prizes are performed based on identification data unique to the prize through communication with the management computer system. Communication cannot be performed, and the identification data unique to the prize cannot be confirmed. However, according to the prize of the present invention, since it is possible to collate with the internal data of the memory IC chip 2 even in the offline state, it is possible to smoothly perform the authenticity determination work in the prize issue / operation and confirmation / purchase system business. is there.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the play prize according to the present invention.

  FIG. 4 is a perspective sectional view of the play prize according to the present invention.

  FIG. 5 is an external view of the play prize according to the present invention.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the play prize according to the present invention.

  Next, the operation of this play prize will be described.

The amusement store displays and stocks general goods such as general merchandise and CD / DVD software in one corner of each amusement park and provides them to the players. As usual, no such anti-theft tag is attached to this type of general prize. However, the general prize of the present invention incorporates a memory IC chip 2 for the prevention of counterfeiting and fraud, and uses the writing device (not shown) of the management computer system in the memory IC chip 2 to provide the general prize. Write information such as the store name and date and time. In addition, even when this general prize is provided to a player as a special prize for redemption, the memory type IC chip 2 attached to the special prize for redemption is made full use of the writing device of the management computer system. Similarly, information such as the name of the store providing the premium and the date and time of supply is written.
By reading the information written in each memory IC chip 2 using the reading device of the management computer system, it is possible to confirm the amusement shop that provided the general prize or the special prize for partial cash exchange. Become. Therefore, if this general prize is offered to a player as a special prize for cashing in part, in order to prevent an amusement shop prohibited by law from purchasing prizes provided to the player, The special prizes for cash exchange at each amusement store are easily and surely exchanged.

  The identification data unique to the prize is written into the memory IC chip 2 attached to the general prize or the special prize for partial cashing of the present invention by using the writing device of the management computer system. In the event that some special cash prizes are provided to players, or those offered as general prizes are used as special cash prizes, they will be installed at a gift shop that is involved in the distribution of special cash prizes. By using the reading device of the management computer system, the written identification data unique to the prize is read, so that the authenticity determination of the general prize or the special prize for cash exchange can be easily and reliably performed.

  By removing or cutting the case sheet 5 bonded or fused to the synthetic resin case 3 when taking out the prize 1 such as a memory card stored in the general prize or the special prize for partial cashing of the present invention. The antenna function is destroyed, and the external transmission / reception function of the communication data storage IC chip 2 is stopped. Therefore, even if counterfeits as special cash prizes are mixed in during the distribution process of special prizes for cash, special prizes for cash can be obtained by reading the identification data unique to the prize using the reader of the management computer system. As a result, the authenticity can be easily and reliably determined.

  In the general prize of the present invention or the special prize for partial exchange, the special barcode seal 7 and the lower sheet 8 are bonded and fused to the lower surface side of the synthetic resin case 3 for storing the prize, and the barcode data unique to the prize is stored. Write to the mold IC chip 2. When the stored prize 1 such as a memory card or a precious metal plate is taken out from the lower surface of the case without destroying the antenna function of the case sheet 5 bonded and fused to the upper surface of the synthetic resin case 3, the special bar code seal 7 and the lower part are removed. The sheet 8 is destroyed, and it becomes impossible to collate the data unique to the prize by the special barcode reader installed in the prize purchase shop involved in the prize distribution and the reading device of the management computer system. Therefore, it is impossible to replace the synthetic resin case 3 with a counterfeit prize without damaging it, or to sell it again as a special prize for cash exchange after use of the prize, and forgery and fraud can be easily and reliably prevented.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 6 is a configuration block diagram showing the embodiment. The application of the present invention is used as a general prize or a special prize for partial cash exchange provided to a game player by an amusement store. A memory IC chip 2 attached to the prize 1 is installed in a gift purchase shop, a prize manufacturing / reproducing company, a prize wholesaler, and an amusement shop related to the distribution work, respectively, and a management computer (not shown), a reading device, It is utilized as an information transmission medium between computer systems configured by a writing device (not shown).
Next, we will explain how to obtain free gifts such as memory cards for use in the free gift 1 and the distribution methods and distribution management methods carried out by the free gift manufacturing / recycling company, free gift wholesaler, free gift store and amusement store. Illustrated and explained in the order of distribution as a prize.

  The premium production and reproduction company purchases a free gift 1 such as a memory card used for the general free gift or the special free gift for the present invention from a merchandise sales company, and each component such as the synthetic resin case 3 and the memory IC chip 2 is obtained. Purchase from a parts manufacturer. First, a memory card is inserted into the memory card case 4, and the memory card or the like is stored in the storage place of the synthetic resin case 3. Further, a forgery preventing hologram seal 6 and a special bar code seal 7 are stored. In addition, the memory IC chip 2 is mounted on the antenna built-in case sheet 5. Next, the upper surface of the synthetic resin case 3 is covered with the antenna built-in case sheet 5 and the lower surface is covered with the lower sheet 8 and bonded and fused to manufacture the prize of the present invention. Thereafter, the memory IC chip 2 attached to the general prize or the special prize for partial cashing of the present invention manufactured as described above is initialized. Using the writing device of the management computer system, the date of manufacture of the general prize or the special prize for partial redemption and the name of the gift wholesaler to be delivered are written on the initialized memory IC chip 2. Further, in order to prevent fake prizes from being mixed in during the distribution process of general prizes or special prizes for partial cash exchange, the memory type IC chip 2 attached to the prize 1 is used to make a general prize or cash exchange. Write identification data unique to the prize for determining the authenticity of the special prize. After that, in order to redeem general prizes or special prizes for partial redemption and to make the distribution business fair, the manufacturing date written on the memory IC chip 2 attached to the prize 1 and the name of the prize wholesaler and the prize are given. After recording information such as unique identification data, the general gift or the special gift for cashing is delivered to a premium wholesaler.

  A premium wholesaler purchases a general prize or a special prize for redemption from a prize manufacturing and recycling company and sells it to an amusement store. 1 is used for the memory type IC chip 2 attached to 1 and for which the prize-specific identification data is written and the distribution information is recorded. By using the writing device of the management computer system to the memory IC chip 2 attached to the prize 1, the delivery date of the general prize or the special prize for cashing is written and provided to the amusement store.

  The amusement store lends pachinko balls and medals used for amusement machines installed in the store to game players for a fee. A player who is rented a pachinko ball or medal plays with the pachinko ball or medal, and at the end of the game, receives a general prize or a special prize for partial redemption according to the number acquired. At this time, the amusement store calculates the number of prizes provided, uses the memory device of the management computer system to the memory type IC chip 2 attached to the prize 1, and provides the name and date of offer of the general prize or the special prize for cash exchange. Provide to writers.

A game player can enjoy a game play or music / video on a home personal computer with a general gift such as a memory card with built-in digital contents provided by an amusement store. Also,
By authenticating the player ID and the general prize ID via the Internet, other various contents can be freely selected and exchanged, and a more attractive equivalent prize can be provided.
When using it as a special gift for cashing, you can bring it to a gift shop that operates in the vicinity of an amusement store and sell it for cashing.

  The gift purchase store is a gift written by the gift manufacturing and reproduction company on the memory IC chip 2 attached to the gift 1 when the player purchases a general gift or a special gift for cash exchange provided by the amusement store. The unique identification data is read using the reader of the management computer system, and after authenticating the general prize or the special prize for cashing, the general prize or the special cashing prize brought by the player is purchased.

The prize manufacturing and reproduction company purchases all the general prizes or special prizes for cash that the prize purchase shop purchases from the player, and manages the identification data unique to the prize written in the memory IC chip 2 attached to the prize, as a management computer system Using the reading device, the authenticity of the general prize or the special prize for cashing is determined. Next, the prize manufacturing / reproducing company conducts a product inspection of the prize 1 that has finished the authenticity discrimination inspection, and initializes the memory IC chip 2 attached to the prize after the inspection is completed. In addition, by using the writing device of the management computer system to the initialized memory type IC chip 2, a new gift production date, the name of the gift wholesaler to be sold, and the unique identification data are written. It is sold again to a premium wholesaler as a general prize or a special prize for cash.
In the distribution process of the general prize or the special prize for partial redemption configured as described above, the memory IC chip 2 attached to the prize 1 of the present invention is used as an information transmission medium between computer systems and is a fake prize. It is also used to prevent contamination.
In addition, in dealings with special prizes for cash that are highly likely to be counterfeited or fraudulent, the distribution information can be managed by interposing a premium manufacturing and recycling company in the distribution process, and special prizes for cash Will be fair and computerized.
Further, in the distribution process of the general prize or the special prize for partial redemption according to the present invention, it is possible to set the price that the prize purchase shop purchases from the player in several types. In this case, the prize used for the general prize or the special prize for cashing is changed to an equivalent prize according to the purchase price set for each type, and the color of the synthetic resin case 3 of the prize 1 is changed according to the type. One classification can be performed. In addition, the prize used for the general prize or the special prize for partial cash exchange can use equivalent prizes such as other precious metals in place of the gold plate used for the conventional cash prize.
According to the play prize according to the present invention, the exchange rate for the general prize can be improved by providing equivalently digital contents or the like built in the portable memory card. In addition, when used as a special gift for partial cash exchange, the purchase price at the time of gift purchase and sale is fair and appropriate, and counterfeits and fraud are prevented. Can be provided.
As a result, the provision of non-equivalent special prizes for the purpose of cashing can be abolished, and the prizes provided to gamers prohibited under Article 23, Paragraph 1-2 of the Law on Customs Business etc. and the Optimization of Business Operations, etc. A complex special gift distribution system for avoiding purchases can also be drastically revised, and the purchase system can be made sound and fair.

It is a block diagram of the conventional play prize (special prize). It is a block diagram of the play prize according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the play prize which shows one embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective sectional view of the play prize which shows one embodiment of this invention. It is an external view of the play prize which shows one Embodiment of this invention. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Real prize (memory card)
2 ... Memory IC chip
3 ... Synthetic resin case 4 ... Memory card case 5 ... Antenna built-in case sheet (sheet-like RFCPU)
6 ... Hologram sticker 7 ... Special bar code sticker 8 ... Lower sheet

Claims (8)

  Among prizes offered at general playgrounds and amusement facilities, small and portable prizes provided to customers, a synthetic resin storage case for storing the prizes, and communication data history are stored even when online or offline It is a general prize characterized by a possible IC chip and a case sheet (sheet-like RFCPU) having an antenna function, and has a function that can be used as a cash prize for the purpose of cashing. It is characterized by.   A general prize comprising a memorized IC tag and a synthetic resin sheet, instead of the memorable IC chip and the case sheet having an antenna function.   When taking out the prize from the storage case, the antenna function is destroyed by peeling or cutting the case sheet or the synthetic resin sheet adhered or fused to the case so as to cover the upper part of the prize. 3. The general prize according to claim 1, wherein the external transmission / reception function of the IC chip is stopped.   4. The general prize according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a digital content in which a game software or music / video / book is stored in a memory card is provided as the prize.   5. In the provision of the prize, the player ID and the general prize ID are connected and authenticated through a communication network, and the player and the general prize to be provided are specified and managed. The general prize described.   A general prize, wherein the prize is provided with an equivalent precious metal or the like according to a game result.   A hologram or a barcode is attached inside or outside the storage case according to claim 1 or 2 to improve security for preventing counterfeiting and fraud. General giveaways.   The general prize according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a plurality of contents of the communication data storage IC chip attached to the prize can be simultaneously transmitted to and received from the outside.

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