JP2011115426A - Game system, management device, and game device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system for improving sales. <P>SOLUTION: The game system 100 includes a management device 10 and a game device 20. The management device includes: a recognizing part 11 for recognizing identification information for specifying a token purchaser and purchase information including information on the number of purchased tokens; a privilege content determining part 12 for determining privilege information indicating the content of the privilege to be the profit of the purchaser, based on the purchase information; and a management part 13 for associating the identification information with the privilege information and allowing a management storage part 14 to store the identification information and the privilege information as valid privilege awarding object data. The game device includes: a terminal side reception part 21 for receiving the input of the identification information for confirmation; a privilege information acquiring part 23 for acquiring from the management device, the privilege information corresponding to the identification information which coincides with the identification information for confirmation; and a privilege awarding part 24 for awarding a privilege corresponding to the privilege information acquired by the part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game system, a management device, and a game device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game system including a plurality of game devices and a management device connected to be communicable with these is provided. In this game system, there is known a game system that requires insertion of medals in order to play a game provided by the game device. In this case, the user needs to obtain a medal in advance for cash or the like, but the game system may include a medal payout device for that purpose as a component. In addition, the game system may include a medal depositing device so that the medal deposited when the user visits the store next time can be reused by depositing the remaining medal at the store side.
As such a game system, in particular, a medal payout device as disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, is known.

Japanese Patent No. 2860818

By the way, the game system as described above has the following problems.
That is, in the game system, only the act of purchasing medals from the medal payout device contributes to the sales to the store side, and the act of the user playing the game using the purchased medals itself is the sales to the store side. Does not contribute to anything. In other words, in order to increase sales, it is necessary to consider some measures to promote the purchase of new medals for the next time. Conventionally, a service is provided in which a medal is paid out to a user at a rate exceeding the standard according to the size of the cash amount paid, while the payment amount for one medal is set as a temporary standard. was there. For example, although the basic idea is that 20 medals are paid out for a purchase amount of 200 yen (ie, 10 yen / card), 65 for 500 yen, 150 for 1000 yen, For 2000 yen, it seems to pay out 350 sheets, etc., respectively. However, this alone will encourage the purchase of medals, but for users who have acquired more medals, as long as the game is played at the same medal consumption pace as before, new purchases will be made next time. On the contrary, the period until becomes longer. In other words, by simultaneously promoting the purchase of medals and the consumption of medals by playing games, it is possible to effectively enjoy the sales increase effect for the first time.

  In addition, as described above, a conventional game system may include a medal payout device and a medal deposit device as a set. In this case, after purchasing a predetermined number of medals from the medal payout device, There is a possibility of playing games exclusively using medal deposit devices. In such a usage mode, the medals can be obtained without using the medals deposited in the medal depositing device if the user is merely given an opportunity to select the medal obtaining device or the medal depositing device. There is no reason to purchase a medal from the payout device, and it does not have a very good influence on the purpose of improving the sales increase effect. This is because an operator / administrator of the game system wants to have a constant use of the medal payout device.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the situation mentioned above, and makes it a subject to provide the game system, management apparatus, and game device which can aim at a sales improvement.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a game system according to a first aspect of the present invention is a game system including a management device and a game device, wherein the management device includes identification information for specifying a purchaser of medals. A recognition unit for recognizing purchase information including at least one of the number of purchased medals and purchase amount information, and privilege information indicating the content of the privilege to be profitable for the purchaser based on the purchase information. A privilege content determination unit to be determined, and a management unit that associates the identification information and the privilege information with each other and stores them in the management storage unit as valid privilege grant target data. A terminal-side receiving unit that receives input, a privilege information acquisition unit that acquires privilege information corresponding to identification information that matches the identification information for confirmation from the management device, and the privilege information acquisition unit. ; And a privilege granting unit to grant a privilege corresponding to the obtained benefit information.

According to this invention, the privilege according to privilege information is provided to a user. Here, since the privilege information is determined based on the purchase information, it is necessary to purchase a medal in advance if the user wants to receive a privilege. That is, according to the present invention, the user is prompted to purchase a medal with the provision of a privilege as an attraction factor. In addition, since the privilege is provided by the privilege providing unit provided in the game device, as a suitable example, the content of the privilege is substantially acquired by the user for the first time by playing a game, for example. It is possible that it is possible and is given in association with the contents of the game. According to this, the user is not only prompted to purchase medals, but also has the motivation to consume more purchased medals for playing the game for the purpose of substantially acquiring the granted benefits. Will be given.
As described above, according to the present invention, the sales improvement effect of the game system can be effectively achieved.

In the present invention, the “terminal side reception unit” includes all means for acquiring identification information for confirmation. For example, a reader that reads the identification information for confirmation from a recording medium that electrically or magnetically records the identification information for confirmation, a reader that optically reads the identification information for confirmation printed on the reading surface, and a user operation An input device for inputting identification information for confirmation, and a reader for reading biological information such as a user's human phase, voice print, fingerprint, iris, vein pattern, etc. are included in the concept of “terminal side reception unit”.
In addition, each element and each term defining the present invention will be described in more detail in a later embodiment in accordance with one specific example. In particular, regarding the significance of “privilege” and “purchase”, refer to the description in the later embodiments.

In the invention according to the first aspect, the management unit invalidates the privilege grant target data corresponding to the privilege in the management storage unit when the privilege is granted by the privilege granting unit. It may be configured.
According to this aspect, since the privilege grant target data is invalidated after the privilege is once granted, an inconvenient situation such as double grant of the privilege is avoided in advance.

In the invention according to the first aspect, the recognition unit recognizes the same identification information as the identification information that is already stored in the management storage unit as valid privilege grant target data associated with the privilege information. In this case, the privilege content determination unit newly determines the content of the privilege information based on the new purchase information recognized at the time of recognition of the same identification information, and the management unit associates with the identification information. It may be configured to update the privilege information that has been updated to the privilege information related to the new determination.
According to this aspect, when the identification information associated with the privilege is recognized again by the recognition unit before the privilege is granted, the content of the privilege can be upgraded, for example. In this case, since the total purchase amount of medals is appropriately reflected in the content of the privilege, a user who purchases a medal for the purpose of the privilege does not hesitate to purchase a new medal. Therefore, the effect according to the present invention described above, that is, the sales improvement effect can be more effectively achieved.
In this embodiment, “the content of the privilege information is newly determined based on the new purchase information”, and the previous privilege information is thereby “updated to the privilege information related to the new determination”. In this case, the privilege information related to the new decision or renewal (hereinafter referred to as “updated / privilege information” in this paragraph) is the previous privilege information or the purchase information on which the premise is determined. Needless to say, the content is determined after taking into account the content of “Old / Purchase Information” in this paragraph. For example, if the “purchase information” includes the number of purchased medals, if the old purchase information is 100 and the “new purchase information” is 400, the updated purchase information is set to 100 + 400 = 500, etc. As a result, the updated / privilege information is determined based on the number of purchased medals 500.

  A game system according to a second aspect of the present invention is a game system including a management device and a game device in order to solve the above-described problem, and the management device includes identification information for specifying a medal purchaser, A recognition unit for recognizing purchase information including at least one of the number of purchased medals and purchase amount information, and storing the identification information and the purchase information in association with each other in the management storage unit as valid privilege grant target data The game device acquires from the management device purchase information corresponding to the identification information that matches the identification information for confirmation, and a terminal-side reception unit that accepts input of identification information for confirmation A privilege information determination for determining privilege information indicating the content of the privilege to be profitable for the purchaser, based on the purchase information acquired by the purchase information acquisition unit and the purchase information acquired by the purchase information acquisition unit And parts comprises a privilege granting unit to grant a privilege corresponding to privilege information determined by the privilege content determination section.

In the invention according to the first aspect described above, the “privilege content determination unit” is included in the “management device”, whereas the “privilege content determination unit” is included in the “game device”. Except for the differences, the invention is essentially not different from the invention according to the first aspect. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to enjoy the effect described above, that is, the sales improvement effect.
The difference in the arrangement of the “privilege content determination unit” between the present invention and the invention according to the first aspect described above is a difference in that information exchanged between the management device and the game device is different. Although a point also arises, the point is demonstrated in (1) of the modification in embodiment mentioned later.

In the invention according to the second aspect, the management unit invalidates the privilege grant target data corresponding to the privilege in the management storage unit when the privilege is granted by the privilege granting unit. It may be configured.
According to this aspect, since the privilege grant target data is invalidated after the privilege is once granted, an inconvenient situation such as double grant of the privilege is avoided in advance.

Moreover, in the invention which concerns on this 2nd viewpoint, the said recognition part recognizes the identification information same as the identification information currently memorize | stored in the said management memory | storage part as effective privilege provision object data linked | related with privilege information. In this case, the management unit may be configured to update the content of the purchase information associated with the identification information based on the new purchase information recognized when recognizing the same identification information. Good.
According to this aspect, when the identification information associated with the privilege is recognized again by the recognition unit before the privilege is granted, the content of the privilege can be upgraded, for example (this book) In the aspect, for example, when the purchase information includes the number of purchased medals, the purchase information is updated to a larger number of purchased medals than before, and the content of the privilege determined based thereon is upgraded than before. And so on.) In this case, since the total purchase amount of medals is appropriately reflected in the content of the privilege, a user who purchases a medal for the purpose of the privilege does not hesitate to purchase a new medal. Therefore, the effect according to the present invention described above, that is, the sales improvement effect can be more effectively achieved.
In the present invention, when “the contents of purchase information are updated based on new purchase information”, the updated purchase information is the previous purchase information (hereinafter referred to as “old purchase information” in this paragraph). Needless to say, it will be decided after taking into account the content of For example, if the “purchase information” includes the number of purchased medals, if the old purchase information is 100 and the “new purchase information” is 400, the updated purchase information is 100 + 400 = 500, etc. It will be.

In the invention according to the first or second aspect, the state as the privilege granted by the privilege grant unit is continued, and the identification information for confirmation is not input in the terminal-side reception unit. When it becomes a state, the privilege granting unit may be configured to invalidate the state as the privilege.
According to this aspect, when a privilege is continuously given as a kind of “state” in a predetermined period, it is not related to a player who is qualified as a recipient of the privilege (that is, a medal purchaser). The possibility that the user will receive the benefit of the privilege can be avoided in advance (this possibility occurs when the player stops playing the game within the predetermined period and leaves the game device). It is conceivable.) This is because in this case, the state as the privilege is invalidated in such a case.
In addition, in this aspect, “when the identification information for confirmation is not input at the terminal-side receiving unit” is more specifically, for example, when the terminal-side receiving unit includes a card holding unit. Corresponds to the case where the player pulls out the card held in the card holding unit.
Further, when the terminal side reception unit does not include the card holding unit, as another method for determining the player leaving the game device, for example, the game device is not played for a certain period of time. Judgment criteria may be used.

In the invention according to the first or second aspect, the game system includes a medal payout device for paying out a medal by receiving payment of cash consideration by the purchaser, and information on the number of medals while receiving the medal. And a medal depositing device that stores the number of medals accepted by the game device itself as a second credit number. The management device further includes a transition control unit that shifts the credit number from the first credit number to the second credit number, and the recognition unit includes the credit number transferred by the transition control unit. When the content of the purchase information is based on a medal payout from the medal payout device. Determining that the privilege is to be granted by determining the content of the privilege, and determining that the privilege is not to be granted when the content of the purchase information is based on a shift in the number of credits by the migration control unit, You may comprise as follows.
According to this aspect, the user can enjoy the convenience provided by the medal depositing apparatus. In other words, when a user has deposited a medal in the medal depositing device, the user can leave the medal depositing device through the operation of the game device without having to go to the place where the medal depositing device is installed to pull out the medal. It is possible to transfer the number of credits of a certain medal to the storage unit of the game device.
Nonetheless, in the present invention, in the first place, it is premised on a configuration that gives a privilege to the `` purchaser '' of the medal, and in this aspect, based on the transition of the number of credits as described above, The privilege is not given. Therefore, even with the configuration of this aspect, the user is given a strong incentive to use the medal payout device, and the sales improvement effect according to the present invention is also exhibited in this aspect.
In summary, in summary, this aspect provides one of the most preferable aspects that can still enjoy the sales improvement effect despite giving a certain convenience to the user (or in other words, In other words, it is said that the interests between the two are well balanced.

In the invention according to the first aspect, there are a plurality of the game devices, and the privilege content determination unit determines the content of the privilege according to the purchase information and for each game device. .
According to this aspect, an appropriate privilege can be determined for each game device. In addition, for example, although the user is qualified to purchase a medal and enjoy the privilege, the game system cannot determine which game device to play, so for the time being, the content of the privilege to be granted This means that it is determined for each game device. If such processing is performed, the privilege to be granted can be determined more accurately. In addition, if the content of the privilege to be granted for each game device is determined in advance, it is possible to present the content to the user in advance, so that the selection of the game device that gives each user a different privilege Opportunities can be given, and the user's willingness to purchase medals can be stimulated more effectively.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the management device of the present invention includes a terminal-side receiving unit that receives input of identification information for confirmation, and a privilege granting unit that grants a privilege corresponding to the identification information for confirmation. A management device that communicates with a gaming device that recognizes identification information that identifies a purchaser of medals and purchase information that includes at least one of the number of purchased medals and purchase price information A privilege grant that is associated with the recognition unit, the privilege content determination unit that determines the privilege information indicating the content of the privilege to be profitable to the purchaser, and the identification information and the privilege information based on the purchase information. A management unit that is stored in the management storage unit as target data, and the management unit corresponds to identification information that matches the identification information for confirmation as information indicating a privilege corresponding to the identification information for confirmation. The that privilege information, notifying the game apparatus.

  The present invention is an invention that captures the above-described game system according to the first aspect of the present invention from a viewpoint centering on a management device that constitutes the game system. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to enjoy the effect according to the present invention, that is, the sales improvement effect.

  In addition, in order to solve the above-described problem, the game device of the present invention recognizes identification information for identifying a medal purchaser and purchase information including at least one of the number of purchased medals and purchase amount information. And a management unit that associates the identification information and the purchase information with each other and stores them in the management storage unit as effective privilege grant target data, the game device comprising: Acquired by the terminal-side receiving unit that receives input of identification information for confirmation, purchase information corresponding to identification information that matches the identification information for confirmation, a purchase information acquisition unit that acquires from the management device, and the purchase information acquisition unit Based on the purchased information, the privilege content determination unit that determines privilege information indicating the content of the privilege that should be the benefit of the purchaser, and the special content determined by the privilege content determination unit It includes a privilege granting unit to grant a privilege corresponding to information.

  The present invention is an invention that captures the above-described game system according to the second aspect of the present invention from a viewpoint centered on a game device that constitutes the game system. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to enjoy the effect according to the present invention, that is, the sales improvement effect.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game system 100 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the table used in order to determine privilege content. It is a figure which shows an example of the privilege provision object data which the management memory | storage part 14 memorize | stores. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process in connection with privilege content determination processing. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example (the 1) of invalidation of privilege provision object data. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example (the 2) of invalidation of privilege provision object data. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example (the 3) of invalidation of privilege provision object data. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process in connection with a medal depositing apparatus. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an operation / display unit 221 in the operation unit 22. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the game system which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the modification of FIG. It is a figure which shows the modification of FIG.2 and FIG.11.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.
As shown in FIG. 1, the game system 100 includes a management device 10, a game device 20, a medal payout device 30, and a medal deposit device 40. Of these, the game device 20 is composed of a plurality of game devices 20A, 20B, 20C,... As shown in the figure, but the suffixes A, B,. C,... May be omitted if it is not necessary to distinguish these game devices.

The game apparatus 20 includes various elements such as a terminal-side reception unit 21, an operation unit 22, an information acquisition unit (privilege information acquisition unit) 23, a privilege grant unit 24, a storage unit 25, a communication unit 27, and a control unit 29.
Among these, first, the control unit 29 includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like (not shown), and directly and indirectly controls other various elements so that the game device 20 as a whole operates in a harmonious manner.

The operation unit 22 is a device for allowing the user to perform a game while receiving a direct operation by the user (= player). The “game” can be, for example, a slot game, a puzzle game, a pusher game, a horse racing game, a mahjong game, or the like, and the type is not particularly concerned in the present invention. The operation to be performed by the user on the operation unit 22 depends on the type of game. The specific form of the operation unit 22 also depends on the type of game. For example, if the game is a slot game, various buttons or the like for instructing to stop electromagnetic or mechanical reels constitute the operation unit 22. It becomes a specific device.
In the present embodiment, in order for a user to participate in a game developed on the game apparatus 20, it is required to physically insert a medal (not shown) into a predetermined slot (not shown) included in the operation unit 22. (However, in this embodiment, game play based on credit transfer is also permitted, and in this case, insertion of medals is not required. This credit transfer will be described later). Depending on the type of game, for example, in the case of a pusher game, the insertion of a medal means acquisition of the qualification for participation as a player, and at the same time leads to the game itself. In addition, a player who achieves a certain score in the game result is usually paid more medals depending on the number of inserted medals.
In the present invention, each of the game devices 20A, 20B, 20C,... May correspond to the type of game, but all or some of them provide the same type of game. Do not actively eliminate.

The terminal-side receiving unit 21 receives input of identification information for confirmation. In this embodiment, in particular, for this input, a card C (see FIG. 1) acquired in advance by each user using the game system 100 is used. In the card C, a card ID number as the identification information for confirmation, which is uniquely assigned to each card C, is recorded. The recording method may be basically any method, and electrical or magnetic recording, bar code recording, writing into a pre-embedded IC chip, or the like can be used.
Further, the terminal-side receiving unit 21 includes a card holding unit 21C as shown in FIG. Upon receiving the insertion of the card C, the card holding unit 21C accepts the input of the card ID number recorded on the card C. At this time, the information input / acceptance or reading method corresponds to the difference in the recording method of the information on the card C described above (for example, optical reading for bar code recording, etc.).
In particular, the card holding unit 21C according to the present embodiment can continuously hold the card C main body, and in the case of such a continuous holding state, the card ID number recorded on the card C is continued. Reading is possible.

The information acquisition unit 23 acquires privilege information corresponding to the card ID number read by the terminal side reception unit 21 from the management device 10. Since the information acquisition unit 23 is an element having a strong cooperative relationship with the management device 10 as described above, the privilege content determination unit 12, the management unit 13, or the management storage unit 14 constituting the management device 10 will be described later. Again, I will explain in more detail. The meaning of “privilege information” described immediately before will also be explained.
Moreover, the privilege provision part 24 provides the privilege which has specific content based on the privilege information acquired by the information acquisition part 23. FIG. This point will also be described later because it is more appropriate to explain it with the significance of “privilege information”.

  The storage unit 25 stores and manages the number of stored credits representing the number of medals. As apparent from FIG. 1, the storage unit 25 is also an element having a strong cooperative relationship with the management apparatus 10 (particularly, the transition control unit 15), and therefore, the control unit 15 will be described later. This will be explained in more detail once again. The meaning of “credits” mentioned immediately before will also be explained.

  The communication unit 27 is an interface for performing predetermined communication with the management apparatus 10. The communication content may include a card ID number received from the information acquisition unit 23 described above or a response to this (this is communication from the management device 10 to the game device 20).

On the other hand, the management device 10 includes various elements such as a recognition unit 11, a privilege content determination unit 12, a management unit 13, a management storage unit 14, a transition control unit 15, a communication unit 16, and a control unit 19.
Of these, first, the control unit 19 includes a CPU, RAM, ROM, and the like (not shown), and directly and indirectly controls other various elements so that the entire management apparatus 10 or the entire game system 100 operates in a harmonious manner. To do. The communication unit 16 is an element to be paired with the communication unit 27 of the game device 20 described above, and is an interface for performing predetermined communication with each game device 20.

As shown in FIG. 1, the recognition unit 11 receives a card ID number and purchase information from the medal payout device 30 and recognizes it.
Here, the medal payout device 30 is a device for paying out medals in response to supply of consideration such as cash. As shown in FIG. 1, the medal payout device 30 also has a receiving unit 31 similar to the terminal-side receiving unit 21C described above. That is, the receiving unit 31 receives the card C and reads the card ID number. Thereby, the medal payout device 30 can pay out medals after specifying who is the user who has requested the medal payout. And the recognition part 11 of the management apparatus 10 receives the report of the card ID number read by the said reception part 31, and recognizes this as identification information. Note that the card ID number recorded on the card C is referred to herein as “identification information” and is referred to as “identification information for confirmation” in relation to the terminal-side receiving unit 21. Format information.
The recognizing unit 11 receives a notification of the card ID number and also receives a notification of purchase information from the medal payout device 30. The “purchase information” includes at least one of information on the number of medals paid out and purchase amount. In addition, in some cases, accompanying information such as a payout time may be included. In any case, the purchase information preferably includes information that accurately represents the degree of sales contribution by the user in the game system 100. This purchase information can be associated with a specific card ID number, that is, a specific user, by the operation of the receiving unit 31.

Strictly speaking, the medal payout is not “buying and selling” medal, but “lending” medal. More precisely, the user acquires the right to play the game provided by the game system 100 (= buy = purchase) as consideration for cash or the like, and the medal represents the user in order to represent the right (The ownership of the medal is on the administrator side of the game system 100 only).
However, since there is no practical advantage that categorizes this point with respect to the description of the present invention, the term “payout” is used uniformly throughout the present specification to include the loan. Further, terms such as “purchase”, “purchaser” and “purchase information” used in claims and the like need to be interpreted as terms having the above background.

  The privilege content determination unit 12 receives the purchase information notified from the recognition unit 11, and determines the privilege content according to the purchase information. Here, the privilege refers to a general item that should benefit the medal purchaser. More specifically, it is preferable that the “privilege” according to the present embodiment is closely related to the content of the game provided by the game device 20, and more specifically, for example, a game device. When 20A is a pusher game machine, it seems to be “to supply medals to the pusher table” or “to drop a so-called jackpot ball onto the pusher table”. Further, when the game apparatus 20B is a role-playing game machine, “to give a player a powerful item that cannot be given in a normal time” or the like.

The privilege content determination unit 12 has a table as shown in FIG. This table includes game devices 20A, 20B,..., 20F along the vertical direction (for the sake of simplicity of explanation, it is assumed that there are six game devices 20 below, and each provides a different type of game. And the number of medal payouts included in the purchase information are arranged in a predetermined rank along the horizontal direction. And each column located in these crossings means the contents of privilege. For example, when the medal payout number is from 1 to 100, the privilege content related to the game apparatus 20A is named “TA1”. That is, “TA1”, “TA2”,..., “TE1”,..., “TF3” respectively represent specific meaning contents such as “item addition” as described above.
In FIG. 2, for example, the content of the privilege may not be determined as in the case of the game apparatus 20B in the case where the number of medals paid out is from 1 to 100. That is, when this is the case, no privilege is given.
Further, as described above, in the present embodiment, the contents of the privilege are determined for each of the game devices 20A,..., 20F that provide different types of games. In the present invention, the phrase “determining the content of a privilege for each game device” (particularly “for each game device”) typically provides each game device with a different type of game. Assume that you want to.
Furthermore, in the present invention, the “purchase information” can include not only the number of medals purchased but also information on the purchase amount, so the rank can be determined based on the amount of purchase amount.

  The privilege content determination unit 12 according to the present embodiment determines the content of the privilege based on such a table and according to the purchase information notified from the recognition unit 11. Of course, at the time of medal payout, since it is not known which game device the user starts the game on, the privilege content determination unit 12 selects a group of privilege groups according to the rank category (the medal payout number category). Are determined as the contents of the privilege to be applied. This is “privilege information” (see the names “SE1,” “SE2,” and “SE3” shown in FIG. 2). For example, when a certain user purchases 150 medals, the privilege content determination unit 12 determines the privilege group name “SE2”, that is, the privilege TA2, no privilege, and privilege for each of the game devices 20A to 20F. A group of privilege groups defined as TC2, no privilege, privilege TE2, and privilege TF2 is determined as the content of the privilege to be applied.

The management unit 13 stores and manages the privilege information determined by the privilege content determination unit 12 and the card ID number and purchase information as identification information recognized by the recognition unit 11. At that time, the management unit 13 uses the management storage unit 14 or the like. The management storage unit 14 associates the card ID number and privilege information with each other, and stores this as privilege grant target data.
The state is as shown in FIG. 3, for example. As shown in FIG. 3, the privilege information determined according to the card ID number pointing to a specific user and the number of medals (purchase information) paid out with the input of the card ID number are: They are stored in pairs. In this embodiment, the card ID number has the format “CxxxxxxxxY” (x is 0, 1, 2,..., 9, Y is “A” or “B”. Each value has various meanings. It is possible to put it in.) Moreover, the substance of the privilege information in this embodiment is a group of privilege groups (see FIG. 3 and FIG. 2 comparison) as already described.
The management unit 13 instructs the management storage unit 14 to store the card ID number and the privilege information in accordance with such criteria. And in this embodiment, the management memory | storage part 14 has memorize | stored each privilege provision object data as shown in FIG. 3 itself that the said each privilege provision target data is "valid". It means (in the figure, “invalid privilege information”, this point will be described later).

  In the present embodiment, the management storage unit 14 constitutes a part of the management apparatus 10, but the present invention is not limited to such a form. The management storage unit 14 may be prepared as a completely separate element from the management device 10 or as an external device of the management device 10.

  In relation to the above, the information acquisition unit 23 of the game device 20 described above notifies the management device 10 side of the card ID number read by the terminal-side reception unit 21 and also receives the privilege information as described above corresponding thereto. (Of course, only when the privilege information exists). Moreover, the privilege provision part 24 provides the privilege based on the privilege information acquired in that way actually. In this case, since the game apparatus 20 to which the privilege grant is to be executed is naturally specified, if the game apparatus 20 (for example, the game apparatus 20 that has received the insertion of the card C is the game apparatus “20F”), The “game device 20F”) selects the content of the privilege corresponding to itself from the privilege information, and executes the provision of the privilege corresponding to the content.

The transfer control unit 15 controls the transfer of the number of credits from the number of credits stored / managed in the medal depositing device 40 to the number of stored credits stored / managed in the storage unit 25 of the game apparatus 20. The number of credits to be transferred is directly specified by the user, for example. Typically, for example, when the card C is inserted into the terminal-side receiving unit 21 and the user instructs the transfer of a specific number of credits using the operation unit 22, the transfer control unit 15 uses the card holding unit 21C. Using the read card ID number as a key, the designated credit number is transferred from the deposited credit number corresponding to the card ID number to the stored credit number (note that FIG. It will be explained again with reference.)
First, the number of credits is synonymous with “the number of medals”.
Further, the medal deposit device 40 receives a medal from the user, and stores the medal number received as the number of deposit credits in association with the user. Although not shown, this medal depositing apparatus 40 also has a receiving unit similar to the terminal-side receiving unit 21C described above. That is, the reception unit reads the card ID number when the card C is inserted. Thereby, the medal depositing apparatus 40 can associate the specific user with the number of deposit credits based on the card ID number. This association makes it possible to determine whether the user who deposited the medal, that is, the creditor himself or herself, is withdrawn from the card ID number when the deposited credit is withdrawn later.
On the other hand, the storage unit 25 of the game apparatus 20 stores and manages the credit number transferred from the deposited credit number as the stored credit number (see the arrow from the medal depositing apparatus 40 to the recognition unit 11 in FIG. 1). When the value of the number of stored credits is greater than 0, the user or player inserts a medal into the slot in the operation unit 22 in the sense that the game apparatus 20 is in a state where it can actually play a game. The same situation occurs.

  The game system 100 according to this embodiment having the above-described configuration operates as described below. Hereinafter, this will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and subsequent drawings in addition to FIGS. 1 to 3 already referred to. Note that in the game system 100 according to the present embodiment, various processes such as a game execution process in the game apparatus 20 can be performed in parallel, but in the following, processes that are particularly relevant to the present invention for the sake of simplicity. We will focus on the explanation.

First, how the process related to the privilege content determination process is performed in the present embodiment will be described. Each process described below is executed according to a program stored in the RAM or ROM in the control unit 19 of the management apparatus 10 or the control unit 29 of the game apparatus 20.
In this process, as shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that a medal payout process from the medal payout device 40 is executed. In other words, the medal payout device 40 reads the card ID number recorded on the card C inserted by the user, and pays out a medal in response to payment of a consideration such as cash (step S201 in FIG. 4). The medal payout device 40 notifies the management device 10 of the card ID number and purchase information obtained in this process (step S202 in FIG. 4).

  Next, the recognizing unit 11 of the management apparatus 10 recognizes the card ID number and purchase information that have been notified in this way (step S301 in FIG. 4). Subsequently, the management device 10 confirms that the recognized purchase information is based on the medal payout (step S30A in FIG. 4; YES), and the privilege content determination unit 12 determines the privilege based on the purchase information. The contents are determined (step S302 in FIG. 4) (note that step S30A will be described again in the description of FIG. 8 to be referred later). In this case, the content of the privilege is determined based on the table described with reference to FIG. 2 as described above. That is, any one of the privilege groups SE1, SE2, SE3,... According to the number of medals paid out is determined as the privilege information to be applied. The privilege information determined in this way is associated with the card ID number recognized at the same time when the purchase information that is the basis for the determination is recognized. As a result, the management unit 13 of the management device 10 associates the card ID number with the privilege information, and stores them in the management storage unit 14 as privilege grant target data (step S303 in FIG. 4). The situation is as shown in FIG. 3 already referred to. At this time, the management storage unit 14 also stores purchase information corresponding to each privilege grant target data (not shown).

Next, when the user who has paid out medals inserts the card C into any of the game devices 20A, 20B, 20C,..., 20F, the game device 20 that has received the insertion inserts into the management device 10. An inquiry is made as to whether there is privilege information corresponding to the card ID number, and if it exists, the privilege information is acquired (step S401 in FIG. 4).
Upon receiving the above inquiry, the control unit 19 of the management device 10 checks whether or not a card ID number that matches the card ID number notified from the game device 20 is stored in the management storage unit 14 (see FIG. 4 step S304). Here, when such a card ID number does not exist (step S304 in FIG. 4; NO), the process related to the privilege content determination process ends. However, the management device 10 may notify the game device 20 that such a card ID number does not exist. In any case, when the result of the determination in step S304 of FIG. 4 is negative, the game apparatus 20 does not acquire the privilege information from the management device 10, and thus the grant of the privilege is not executed.

  On the other hand, when such a card ID number exists (step S304 in FIG. 4; YES), the privilege information corresponding to the card ID number is notified to the game device 20 that is the inquiry source (FIG. 4). Step S305). In response to this, the privilege granting unit 24 of the game apparatus 20 actually grants a privilege according to the content of the privilege information (step S402 in FIG. 4). As already described, the privilege information includes a group of privilege groups in which the content of the privilege individually determined for each game device 20 is one set. Therefore, the game device 20 that has requested the privilege information executes only the provision of a privilege that matches the user itself from the privilege group.

When grant of a privilege is actually executed in a certain game device 20, that is, when privilege information that is the basis of the privilege is notified to the game device 20, the management unit 12 of the management device 10 receives the notification. The privilege grant target data is invalidated (step S306 in FIG. 4). The state of the invalidation is symbolically expressed in the fifth column from the top in FIG. 3 already referred to. This avoids an inconvenient situation such as double provision of benefits.
In addition, in FIG. 3, although the example which invalidates the said privilege provision object data by invalidating "privilege information" is shown, this invention is not limited to this form. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, contrary to FIG. 3, the privilege grant target data is invalidated by invalidating the identification information, or both the identification information and the privilege information are displayed as shown in FIG. 6. The configuration in which the privilege grant target data is invalidated by invalidation or the valid / invalidity of the privilege grant target data is determined by raising or lowering the valid / invalid discrimination flag as shown in FIG. It may be adopted. Either case is included in a specific example of “invalidation” in the present invention.

  Note that, in the above case, it is necessary to pay some attention to the fact that the contents of the privilege may not be defined for a specific game device 20 as described above (see FIG. 2). In such a case, even if such a game device 20 receives the privilege information, the game device 20 does not execute the provision of the privilege. Alternatively, in such a case, the privilege information may not be notified to the game apparatus 20 in the first place. In this case, the above-described privilege grant target data is not invalidated. The flowchart of FIG. 4 (particularly, step S402 or step S306) is drawn assuming a normal case where the provision of a privilege is actually executed when the game apparatus 20 acquires the privilege information.

  Incidentally, although omitted in the above description, the management device 10 has a card C in which different card ID numbers are recorded in two or more of the plurality of game devices 20A, 20B, 20C,. In this case, the privilege information transmission requests requested from the two or more game devices 20 are handled in parallel or in sequence.

In this embodiment, a user who has already acquired a position that can receive a privilege before the privilege grant in step S <b> 402 in FIG. 4 is executed again is a medal from the medal payout device 30. However, in this case, the following processing is performed in this embodiment.
That is, in this case, there is a pair of card ID number and privilege information that is already stored in the management storage unit 14 and has not been invalidated (that is, privilege grant target data). The recognizing unit 11 recognizes again the same card ID number as the card ID number (see step S301 in FIG. 4). At this time, there is also new purchase information recognized at the time of re-recognition of the card ID number, but purchase information obtained by adding this new purchase information to the purchase information recognized and stored earlier is: According to the table of FIG. 2, it may belong to a different rank. For example, if a person who first purchased 150 medals purchases 200 more medals, the total will be 350, and the rank in FIG. 2 will be shifted to the right by one. In such a case, the privilege content determination unit 12 re-determines the privilege information corresponding to the new rank as new privilege information to be applied (that is, the privilege information is updated). (See S302 and S303.)
In this way, it is possible to give a privilege that accurately corresponds to the number of medals purchased by the user.

According to the game system 100 according to this embodiment having the above-described configuration and operating, the following effects are exhibited.
First, according to the game system 100 of the present embodiment, only a person who has purchased a medal from the medal payout device 30 is given an attractive privilege related to the game device 20, and therefore the game system 100 is used. In general, the user is given an incentive to use the medal payout device 30. In particular, in the game system 100 of the present embodiment, unlike the service such as an increase in the purchase rate according to the amount of cash input, as described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention, a privilege related to the game itself is provided. Since it is given to the user, the effect of prompting the user to play the game is strong. Therefore, according to the game system 100 of the present embodiment, the sales improvement effect can be achieved extremely effectively.
In addition, according to the present embodiment, as described above, when a medal is newly purchased before execution of privilege grant, the content of the privilege is upgraded so to speak. Further stimulated.

In relation to this, processing related to the medal depositing apparatus 40 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, when the user deposits a medal into the medal depositing apparatus 40 (see step S211 in FIG. 8), the game execution itself is basically performed simply by inserting the card C into the game apparatus 20. (It goes without saying that the real game is allowed only after the credit transfer described later occurs). This is because the transfer control unit 15 can issue a credit transfer command that prompts the transfer of the credit number from the deposited credit number to the stored credit number of the game device 20 based on an instruction of the user using the operation unit 22 or the like. (See steps S411, S311, S212, and S412 in FIG. 8. In this credit transfer process, the key is “Card ID” as shown in the figure. Number ").
Such processing related to the medal depositing apparatus 40 is closely related to the determination in step S30A of FIG. 4 described above. That is, as described immediately above, when the credit amount is transferred, the recognition unit 11 of the management apparatus 10 recognizes the transferred credit number as purchase information (step S312 in FIG. 8). However, since the purchase information having such contents is not based on medal payout, it is determined to be negative in step S30A in FIG. 4 (see connection symbol A in FIG. 8 and FIG. 4). Neither determination nor, of course, is given (step S30A in FIG. 4; NO to END).
For this reason, the user is more strongly motivated to use the medal payout device 30 than to use the medal depositing device 40.

In this regard, it is more preferable that the configuration described below is adopted.
That is, as can be seen from the above, as long as the value of the number of credits deposited in the medal depositing device 40 is greater than 0, the user can perform the game itself by breaking down the number of credits deposited. is there. However, if this is easily allowed, the usage frequency of the medal payout device 30 may be reduced. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, when the operation unit 22 of the game apparatus 20 has an operation / display unit 221 such as a touch panel, a command screen 221 </ b> A for commanding the transfer of the credit amount is presented at the same time. It is preferable to adopt a configuration in which the user is also presented with a privilege information display screen 221 </ b> B that represents the content of the privilege that can be enjoyed in the game device 20. In other words, it does not reverse the number of credits deposited, but appeals to the user that advantageous benefits can be obtained by purchasing medals. According to this, the motivation to use the medal payout device 30 is further enhanced.
Note that FIG. 9 has an example of the operation / display unit 221 on the operation unit 22 in a specific game device 20 in mind, and thus privilege information to be displayed is limited to only information related to the game device 20. Good (see contrast with FIG. 2. The operation / display unit 221 shown in FIG. 9 is the one on the game device “20A” in FIG. 2). However, it is of course possible that a privilege for another game device 20 may be displayed.
Further, in the above description, an example in which the privilege information display screen 221B is displayed on the operation / display unit 221 on the game apparatus 20 has been described. However, the screen 221B has elements other than the game apparatus 20 (FIG. 1). Etc.) may be displayed. In particular, the management device 10 has, for example, a point management function (a function for giving individual users points according to the game play frequency, etc.), a store visit authentication function (a service such as the above point grants unique to each user) If the user has a function to authenticate the card ID number of the user when the user visits the store, etc., the management apparatus 10 confirms the number of points acquired or performs the authentication. In order to perform this, an operation / display unit (not shown) that directly receives a user operation may be provided. In such a case, if the privilege information display screen 221B as described above is displayed on the operation / display unit, a greater appeal effect can be expected.
Further, the instruction screen 221A will be briefly described. The numeric keypad AA1 is used for designating the credit amount AA2 to be transferred, and the withdrawal button AA3 is used to instruct the transfer from the deposited credit number to the stored credit number. For this reason, the deposit button AA4 is used for an instruction of the reverse transition. As for the direction of the arrow AA5, if the entire operation / display unit 221 is a liquid crystal display or the like, the display content can be freely changed according to which one of the drawer button AA3 and deposit button AA4 is pressed (that is, the direction can be changed). Can be displayed).

  As mentioned above, although embodiment which concerns on this invention was described, the game system which concerns on this invention is not limited to the form mentioned above, Various deformation | transformation are possible.

(1) In the said embodiment, although the privilege content determination part 12 has demonstrated the example which comprises some management apparatuses 10, this invention is not limited to this form.
For example, as shown in FIG. 10, an example in which the privilege content determination unit 28 constitutes a part of the game apparatus 20 is also within the scope of the present invention. In such a case, since the management device 10 does not have “privilege information”, the privilege information is not given from the management device 10 to the game device 20 as in the above embodiment. In FIG. 10, “purchase information” is given instead, as shown in FIG. The changes for that are as follows.
(I) The management storage unit 14 stores privilege grant target data as a pair of card ID number and purchase information, not privilege grant target data as a pair of card ID number and privilege information.
(Ii) The information acquisition unit 23 of the game apparatus 20 makes a purchase information transmission request instead of a privilege information transmission request (corresponding to step S401 in FIG. 4). Further, the management apparatus 10 transmits purchase information in accordance with this (this point is shown in FIG. 10, which corresponds to step S305 in FIG. 4).
(Iii) The privilege content determination unit 28 of the game device 20 determines the content of the privilege, that is, the privilege information, based on the purchase information acquired as described in (ii).
Thus, in the case of the example of FIG. 10, since determination of the content of a privilege will be performed uniquely in each game device 20, the group of privilege groups which were demonstrated in the said embodiment are made into the content. There is no need to form privilege information. In accordance with FIG. 2, each game device 20 need only have a table for one horizontal line related to itself in the table. And "privilege information" in this case will show the content of the privilege applicable to the column according to the purchase information of any one rank among the tables for the said horizontal line.
(Iv) Further, in the case where a privilege is given, the purchase information, the identification information corresponding to the purchase information, or both are invalidated (corresponding to step S306 in FIG. 4). (See also FIGS. 3 and 5 to 7). In addition, when a medal purchase is made anew before granting a privilege, the target updated in the management storage unit 14 is purchase information (in the above embodiment, the update target is “privilege information”). .
Incidentally, in such a form, the information acquisition unit 23 shown in FIG. 10 corresponds to the “purchase information acquisition unit” according to the present invention.

(2) Although the above embodiment has already described that the content of “privileges” can be various, the present invention is particularly continuous in a predetermined period as a kind of “state”. This includes cases where it can be granted. For example, when the game device 20 provides a mahjong game, as long as the player continues the game, it is said that “the player's game always includes two or more games” for a predetermined period. is there.
However, in this case, if the player stops playing the game, if the state as the privilege is still maintained, an unrelated person may receive the benefit of the privilege. . Therefore, in such a case, more specifically, for example, when the player extracts the card C held in the card holding unit 21C, the card ID number as identification information for confirmation is displayed in the terminal side receiving unit 21. It is preferable that the privilege grant unit 24 is configured to invalidate the state as the privilege when the state is not input.
In the case where the game apparatus 20 does not include the card holding unit 21C as in the above-described embodiment, the bonus is determined based on the judgment criterion that the game apparatus 20 has not played a game for a certain period of time. It may be determined whether or not to invalidate the state.

(3) In the above embodiment, the table described with reference to FIG. 2 is described as being fixed, but the present invention is not limited to such a form.
For example, based on the state of FIG. 2, the administrator of the game system 100 may freely set or change the contents of the table. Thereby, for example, tables as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 can be formed. In FIG. 11, the content TB1 for two cases of the medal payout numbers “1-100” and “over 100-300” relating to the game apparatus 20B that was applicable when no privilege is given in FIG. And it is changed so that the privilege set to TB2 may be given. In FIG. 12, the rank of the purchase information itself is changed. That is, in FIG. 12, the rank that was “over 100-300” in FIG. 2 was changed to “over 100-500”, and the rank that was “over 300-500” It can be seen that “over 500 sheets—700 sheets” is changed (FIG. 12 is based on FIG. 11; see “TB1” and “TB2” in these drawings).
In the present invention, the “purchase information” can include not only the number of purchased medals but also information on the purchase amount. Therefore, the rank can be determined based on the purchase amount.
Thus, if it is assumed that the contents of the table can be set freely, the administrator of the game system, for example, about the game device 20 unpopular with the user than the game device 20 that is not so. It is possible to set a more advantageous privilege. According to this example, it becomes possible to invite the user to the unpopular game device 20 with the content of the privilege as an attraction factor, so that the distinction between the popular model and the unpopular model that can occur for each game device 20 is resolved, Uniform consumption of medals in the entire game system 100 is realized, and the sales improvement effect can be enjoyed more effectively.

(4) In the above embodiment, the card ID number corresponds to “identification information” or “identification information for confirmation” in the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to such a form.
For example, “identification information” according to the present invention may include biological information such as a human phase, a voiceprint, a fingerprint, an iris, and a vein pattern. The “identification information” may be a unique password. Here, the unique password is not a password that is allowed to be shared by certain persons, but is a term that means a password that allows each person to use only one password.

(5) In relation to (4), the card holding unit 21C in the above embodiment can hold the card C continuously, and is recorded on the card C in such a continuous holding state. However, the present invention is not limited to such a form. In other words, the “terminal side reception unit” according to the present invention can take various specific forms.
For example, the “terminal-side receiving unit” is configured such that the input of “confirmation identification information” is realized not by holding the card C but by bringing the card C into contact with the reading unit instantaneously (more specifically, Is assumed that the card C is a non-contact type IC card (contact type, proximity type, proximity type, etc.), and the input is performed using biological information as in (4) above. And a configuration performed using the unique password.
Of course, the above matters also apply similarly to the “accepting unit 31” according to the present embodiment and the “accepting unit” provided in the medal depositing apparatus 40.

  Incidentally, in connection with this, when the “identification information for confirmation” is input using a non-contact IC card or a unique password as described above, a privilege is given in a certain game device 20. May be executed even in other game devices 20 (if the content of the privilege is continuously given as a kind of state as described above, this is the case. There is a greater risk of anything happening.) This is because the contactless IC card can be lent to another person, or a unique password can be taught to another person. In such a case, the present invention does not abandon the option of permitting execution of privilege granting in either of these two game devices 20, but preferably only in one of the game devices 20. A mode in which execution of grant is permitted may be employed. In this way, redundant provision of benefits is prevented in advance, and in particular, illegal privilege enjoyment is prevented. In this aspect, it is necessary to determine one game apparatus 20 that should be allowed to execute the privilege granting, but it is basically free to determine what standard it is based on (for example, temporal) As a result, the game device that received the input of identification information for confirmation first, etc.).

(6) In the above embodiment, the card ID number recorded on the card C is used for each process in the game system 100, but the present invention is not limited to such a form.
For example, a form in which other identification information associated with the card ID number (hereinafter referred to as “reference identification information”) is used for each process in the game system 100 instead of the card ID number can be employed. Specifically, for example, an ID management server (not shown) associates and manages the reference identification information and the card ID number given to the user, and processes in the management device 10, the game device 20, or the medal payout device 30 In this case, reference identification information specified by the ID management server 36 according to the card ID number received from the user is applied instead of the card ID number in the above-described embodiment.
According to this, for example, the “card ID number” shown in FIG. 3 can be replaced with the reference identification information, or exchanged among each of the medal payout device 30, the management device 10, and the game device 20 in FIG. The “card ID number” can also be replaced with the reference identification information.
According to the above configuration, even when the user loses the card C, for example, the newly issued card C is associated with the reference identification information, so that the privilege information corresponding to the card C lost by the user is newly The card ID number of the card C can be specified.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Game system, 10 ... Management apparatus, 11 ... Recognition part, 12 ... Bonus content determination part, 13 ... Management part, 14 ... Management memory part, 15 ... Transition control part, 16 ... Communication , 19... Control unit, 20 (20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 20E, 20F) ... Game device, 21 ... Terminal side reception unit, 21C ... Card holding unit, 22 ... Operation unit, 221 ... ... operation / display unit, 23 ... information acquisition unit, 24 ... privilege granting unit, 25 ... storage unit, 27 ... communication unit, 28 ... privilege content determination unit, 29 ... control unit, 30 ... medal Dispensing device, 31 …… Reception unit, 40 …… Medal deposit device, C …… Card

Claims (11)

A game system including a management device and a game device,
The management device
A recognition unit for recognizing identification information for identifying a purchaser of medals and purchase information including at least one of the number of purchased medals and purchase price information;
On the basis of the purchase information, a privilege content determination unit that determines privilege information indicating the content of the privilege to be profitable for the purchaser;
A management unit that associates the identification information with the privilege information and stores it in a management storage unit as valid privilege grant target data;
Comprising
The game device includes:
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives input of identification information for confirmation;
A privilege information acquisition unit that acquires privilege information corresponding to identification information matching the identification information for confirmation from the management device;
A privilege granting unit that grants a privilege according to the privilege information acquired by the privilege information acquisition unit,
A game system characterized by that. The management unit
When a privilege is granted by the privilege granting unit,
The privilege grant target data corresponding to the privilege is invalidated in the management storage unit,
The game system according to claim 1. In the case where the recognition unit recognizes the same identification information as the identification information stored in the management storage unit as valid privilege grant target data already associated with the privilege information,
The privilege content determination unit
Based on the new purchase information recognized when recognizing the same identification information, the content of the privilege information is newly determined,
The management unit
Update the privilege information associated with the identification information to the privilege information related to the new decision,
The game system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein A game system including a management device and a game device,
The management device
A recognition unit for recognizing identification information for identifying a purchaser of medals and purchase information including at least one of the number of purchased medals and purchase price information;
A management unit that associates the identification information with the purchase information and stores it in a management storage unit as valid privilege grant target data;
Comprising
The game device includes:
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives input of identification information for confirmation;
A purchase information acquisition unit for acquiring purchase information corresponding to the identification information matching the identification information for confirmation from the management device;
Based on the purchase information acquired by the purchase information acquisition unit, a privilege content determination unit that determines privilege information indicating the content of the privilege to be profitable for the purchaser;
A privilege granting unit that grants a privilege according to the privilege information determined by the privilege content determination unit,
A game system characterized by that. The management unit
When a privilege is granted by the privilege granting unit,
The privilege grant target data corresponding to the privilege is invalidated in the management storage unit,
The game system according to claim 4. In the case where the recognition unit recognizes the same identification information as the identification information stored in the management storage unit as valid privilege grant target data already associated with the privilege information,
The management unit
Based on the new purchase information recognized when recognizing the same identification information,
Update the contents of the purchase information associated with the identification information,
6. The game system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein: It is a case where the state as the privilege granted by the privilege granting unit is continued,
In the case where the confirmation identification information is not input in the terminal-side receiving unit,
The privilege granting unit invalidates the state as the privilege.
The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein The game system
A medal payout device for paying out a medal in response to payment of cash consideration by the purchaser;
A medal depositing device for receiving a medal and storing information on the number of the medal as a first credit number;
And further comprising
The game device further includes:
A storage unit for storing information on the number of medals accepted by the game device itself as a second credit number;
Comprising
The management device further includes:
A transition control unit for transferring the credit number from the first credit number to the second credit number;
Comprising
The recognition unit recognizes the number of credits transferred by the transfer control unit as the purchase information,
The privilege content determination unit
When the content of the purchase information is based on the medal payout from the medal payout device, it is determined that the privilege is granted by determining the content of the privilege,
When the content of the purchase information is based on the transition of the number of credits by the transition control unit, it is determined that the privilege is not granted.
The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein There are a plurality of the game devices,
The privilege content determination unit
The content of the privilege is determined according to the purchase information and for each game device,
The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: A management device that communicates with a game device including a terminal-side receiving unit that receives input of identification information for confirmation and a privilege granting unit that grants a privilege corresponding to the identification information for confirmation,
The management device
A recognition unit for recognizing identification information for identifying a purchaser of medals and purchase information including at least one of the number of purchased medals and purchase price information;
On the basis of the purchase information, a privilege content determination unit that determines privilege information indicating the content of the privilege to be profitable for the purchaser;
A management unit that associates the identification information with the privilege information and stores it in a management storage unit as valid privilege grant target data;
Comprising
The management unit
As information indicating the privilege corresponding to the identification information for confirmation,
The privilege information corresponding to the identification information matching the identification information for confirmation is
Notifying the game device;
A management device characterized by that. A recognition unit for recognizing identification information for identifying a medal purchaser and purchase information including at least one of the number of purchased medals and purchase price information, and an effective privilege associated with the identification information and the purchase information A game device that communicates with a management device comprising: a management unit that is stored in the management storage unit as data to be granted;
The game device
A terminal-side receiving unit that receives input of identification information for confirmation;
A purchase information acquisition unit for acquiring purchase information corresponding to the identification information matching the identification information for confirmation from the management device;
Based on the purchase information acquired by the purchase information acquisition unit, a privilege content determination unit that determines privilege information indicating the content of the privilege to be profitable for the purchaser;
And a privilege granting unit that grants a privilege according to the privilege information determined by the privilege content determination unit.

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