JP2016005638A - unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the operation of a player from being disturbed by enabling the player to perform play as in the case of a normal online state even in the case that an offline state of communication between a unit and a server occurs.SOLUTION: In a unit 3 which can communicate with a server 5 for managing a game house, the unit 3 is arranged in correspondence with a game machine 2 to be able to detect a member card 1 on which prescribed information can be written, includes a state determination part 3f for determining a communication state with the server 5, and an information holding part 3i for holding information, holds information of the member card 1 in the information holding part 3i, and allows a game using owned ball information held by the information holding part 3i in the case that communication with the server 5 is impossible in a determination result of a communication state by a state determination part 3f.

Description

The present invention relates to a unit relating to a player management system, which makes it possible to prevent a player from having trouble with a game by a player even in a state where communication between a server and a unit of a game center is impossible. .

In a conventional game hall system, a server installed in a game hall is generally communicable with a unit arranged corresponding to each of a number of game machines. Unit operations by players are accepted while communicating. However, in this conventional system, if a unit and a server are offline (cannot communicate) due to a communication failure such as disconnection, the unit cannot perform the required operation such as ball lending and the unit cannot be used. It was.

On the other hand, as shown in Patent Document 1, there is a technique that allows ball lending under a specific condition even when offline, so that a game by a player is not interrupted.

JP 2007-144027 A

However, what is shown in Patent Document 1 is to lend a ball by performing a deposit operation when offline, so that a player can play a game. However, it is not possible to play with the player's own ball. In this way, the player's operation is restricted due to offline circumstances on the game hall side.

The present invention considers such a conventional technique, and even when an offline state of communication between the unit and the server occurs, the player can play a game in the same manner as in the normal online state. It is an object of the present invention to provide a unit relating to a player management system that does not hinder the player's operation.

Therefore, the invention of claim 1 is a unit that can communicate with a server that manages a game arcade,
The unit is arranged corresponding to the gaming machine and can detect a recording medium for a player capable of writing predetermined information.
A state determination unit that determines a communication state with the server;
An information holding unit for holding information,
The information of the player recording medium is held in the information holding unit, and held in the information holding unit when communication with the server is impossible in the determination result of the communication state by the state determination unit. It is a unit that allows a game using the information of the possessed ball.

Further, in the invention of claim 2, the unit further includes a discharge command detection unit that detects a discharge command of the player recording medium,
When the discharge command detection unit detects the discharge command and communication with the server is impossible in the determination result by the state determination unit, the place where the player recording medium is discharged is The unit according to claim 1, wherein the unit is recorded on the player recording medium as being a unit and the ball information held in the information holding unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the discharge command is detected and communication with the server is impossible, the history information including the identification information related to the player recording medium and the holding information is stored. The unit according to claim 2, wherein the history information is transmitted to the server when communication with the server becomes possible while the information is held in the information holding unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the unit further includes a discharge command detection unit that detects a discharge command for the player recording medium,
When the discharge command detection unit detects the discharge command and the determination result by the state determination unit is in a state where communication with the server is possible, the identification information related to the player recording medium and the possession information are stored. The unit according to claim 1, wherein history information including ball information is transmitted to the server.

According to the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, even when a state where communication between the unit corresponding to the gaming machine and the server is impossible occurs, as in the case where the unit and the server can communicate with each other. The player can play the game and does not hinder the operation of the player.

It is a schematic block diagram of Example 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart figure of Example 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart figure of Example 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart figure of Example 3 of this invention.

The present invention is a unit that can communicate with a server that manages a game hall, the unit being arranged corresponding to a gaming machine, and capable of detecting a player recording medium in which predetermined information can be written, A state determination unit that determines a communication state with the server; and an information storage unit that stores information. The information storage unit stores information on the player recording medium. When communication with the server is not possible in the determination result of the communication state according to the above, the game using the ball information held in the information holding unit is allowed.

Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the present invention.

The player management system of the present invention corresponds to a membership card 1 which is a player recording medium in which predetermined information can be written, and a gaming machine 2 in which a plurality of membership cards 1 can be inserted and arranged in a game hall. A unit 3 which is a recording medium processing device to be arranged, and a member card discharge command means 4 which is arranged corresponding to the unit 3 and which can input a command to discharge the member card 1 from the unit 3 to the unit 3; A server 5 that is communicable with the unit 3 and a management device of the game room, can communicate with the unit 3, can be read with each counter 6 arranged corresponding to the gaming machine 2, and the membership card 1. The unit 3, the server 5 and the POS 7 are connected to each other via a network 8 and can communicate with each other.

The membership card 1 includes an identification information recording unit 1a for recording information for identifying a player who is the member, and the player's internal ball when the unit 3 receives a discharge command from the member card discharge command means 4. The ball information recording unit 1b for recording the ball information held as the member card, the member card discharge location information recording unit 1c, and the communication for recording the communication state between the unit 3 and the server 5 when the member card 1 is discharged. A state recording unit 1d and a communication unit 1e are provided.

The unit 3 includes a card detection unit 3 a that detects insertion of the member card 1, a card ejection command detection unit 3 b, a number-of-balls calculation unit 3 c, a writing / reading unit 3 d for the member card 1, and a server 5. A communication unit 3e that performs transmission / reception, a state determination unit 3f that determines a communication state with the server 5, a disabling control unit 3g that performs a process of disabling an operation by a player, and a notification / display unit 3h when an abnormality is detected And. When the inserted member card 1 is ejected, if the unit 3 and the server 5 are in a communicable state, the history information such as identification information and possession information of the member card 1 is transmitted to the server 5, If communication is impossible, history information is held in the information holding unit 3i that temporarily holds information in the unit 3, and information is held at a predetermined timing when communication with the server 5 is possible. A function of transmitting history information held in the unit 3 i to the server 5 is provided.

The server 5 also includes a communication unit 5a that performs transmission and reception with the unit 3, a member identification information, member name, and other member information storage unit 5b, a control unit 5c that performs various controls, and operations for each unit 3. The history information storage unit 5d that stores the history and the unit 3 that has discharged the member card 1 from the member card discharge location information received from the unit 3 are specified and stored in the history information storage unit 5d for the unit 3. And a collation unit 5e that collates the history information with the player identification information and the ball information received from the unit 3. The history information storage unit 5d stores the history information received from the unit 3 for each unit 3.

The POS 7 notifies the reading unit 7a for reading information recorded on the membership card 1, the gift exchange processing unit 7b, the storage unit 7c, the communication unit 7d for transmitting / receiving to / from the server 5, and an abnormal state or the like. And a notification unit 7e.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, when the card detection unit 3a detects that the member card 1 has been inserted (step S1), a card detection signal is transmitted from the card detection unit 3a to the writing / reading unit 3d. Upon receiving this card detection signal, the writing / reading unit 3d reads the information recorded on the member card 1 and transmits it to the information holding unit 3i. The information holding unit 3i holds the received information. The card detection signal is also transmitted to the state determination unit 3f, and the state determination unit 3f determines the communication state between the unit 3 and the server 5 (step S2). If it is determined in this determination that communication is impossible (step S3), a game using the ball information (step S4) held in the information holding unit 3i is permitted.

When the player who has played this game stops playing the game on the gaming machine 2, the player performs the discharging operation of the membership card 1. When the member card discharge command unit 4 detects this operation, the member card discharge command unit 4 transmits a card discharge command to the unit 3. When the card discharge command detection unit 3b detects this card discharge command, the state determination unit 3f of the unit 3 determines the communication state between the unit 3 and the server 5. If it is determined that the communication is impossible by this determination, the unit 3 operates the writing / reading unit 3d and the communication status recording unit 1d of the member card 1 cannot communicate with the unit 3 and the server 5. Is recorded in the member card discharge location information recording unit 1c to the effect that the device that has written the information on the member card 1 is the unit 3, and the coin holding information held in the information holding unit 3i of the unit 3 If the number of possessed balls specified from is more than zero, information identifying the number of retained balls is recorded in the retained ball information recording unit 1b.

The configuration of the player management system of the second embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, but the second embodiment is a case where the player or the like changes the gaming machine 2 on the way, and the first gaming machine 2 before the replacement. When the first unit 3 corresponding to the server 5 cannot communicate with the server 5 and the second unit 3 corresponding to the second gaming machine 2 after the replacement is communicable with the server 5 It is.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, when the first unit 3 receives the discharge command from the member card discharge command means 4 (step S11), the member card 1 indicates that the discharge location is the first unit 3. Are recorded in the member card discharge location information recording unit 1c (step S12) and discharged (step S13). The player moves to the second gaming machine 2 with the discharged membership card 1. The card detection unit 3a detects that the discharged member card 1 has been inserted (step S14). The second unit 3 reads the member identification information, the ball information read from the member card 1, and the member card discharge. Predetermined information such as location information is transmitted to the server 5 (step S15), and the server 5 specifies the first unit 3 ejected from the received membership card ejection location information (step S16) and stores history information. The history of the identified first unit 3 is referred to from the unit 5d (step S17), and the history information is compared with the received identification information and possessed ball information (first verification, step S18).

If there is a mismatch as a result of the first collation (step 19a), a history information transmission request signal is sent to the first unit 3 (step S20), and a response from the first unit 3 (step S21). ), An inquiry end signal is transmitted to the second unit 3 (step S24), and the second unit 3 that has received this inquiry end signal sends it to the possession information recording unit 1b of the inserted membership card 1. A game using the recorded ball information is allowed. If they match in the first collation (step S18) (step S19b), an inquiry end signal is issued (step S24). This is because the first unit 3 is back online until the player moves to the second unit 3, and the history information held in the first unit 3 has already been sent to the server 5, As a result, there is a case where consistency is obtained during the first collation.

On the other hand, in the same manner as described above, the result of the first collation does not match (step S19a), a history information transmission request signal is sent to the first unit 3 (step S20), and the first unit 3 When the history information is received (step S21) and the history information is received, the second verification (step S22) is performed between the history information and the received identification information and ball information. If they match (step S23), an inquiry end signal is transmitted to the second unit 3 (step S24), and the second unit 3 that has received the inquiry end signal receives the holding card of the inserted membership card 1. A game using the ball information recorded in the information recording unit 1b is allowed (step S25).

Further, if the result of the second collation (step S22) is inconsistent (step S26), an abnormality detection signal is transmitted to the second unit 3 (step S27), and the second error detection signal is received. The unit 3 operates the disabling control unit 3g to disable the player's operation (step S28), and notifies and displays an abnormal state by the notification / display unit 3h (step S29).

The configuration of the player management system of the third embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG. 1, but the third embodiment is a case where the player finishes the game and exchanges prizes or accumulates balls.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the unit 3 receives the discharge command from the member card discharge command means 4 (step S31), the unit 3 indicates that the discharge location is the unit 3, and the member card discharge location information recording unit 1c of the member card 1 (Step S32) and discharged (step S33). The player goes to POS 7 with the discharged membership card 1. When the recorded information of the member card 1 is read by the reading unit 7a of the POS 7 (step S34), the POS 7 transmits the read member identification information, holding ball information, membership card discharge location information and other predetermined information to the server 5. (Step S35), the server 5 identifies the unit 3 ejected from the received membership card ejection location information (Step S36), and refers to the history of the identified unit 3 from the history information storage unit 5d ( In step S37), the history information is compared with the received identification information and possessed ball information (first verification, (step S38)).

As a result of the first collation, if there is a mismatch (step S39a), a history information transmission request signal is sent to the unit 3 (step S40). If there is no response from the unit 3 (step S41), POS7 The POS 7 that has received the inquiry completion signal transmits a reference exchange signal by the prize exchange processing unit 7b using the read information of the membership card 1 or a storage by the storage processing unit 7c. Is permitted (step S45). If they match in the first collation (step S38) (step S39b), an inquiry end signal is issued (step S44). This is because the unit 3 comes back online before the player comes to the POS 7, and the history information held in the unit 3 has already been sent to the server 5. As a result, consistency is maintained at the time of the first verification. This is the case.

On the other hand, when the result of the first collation does not match as described above (step S39a), a history information transmission request signal is sent to the unit 3 (step S40), and there is a response from the unit 3 (step S39a). S41) When the history information is received, a second collation is performed between the history information and the received identification information and holding ball information (step S42). If the results of the second collation match (step S42) S43), an inquiry end signal is transmitted to the POS 7 (step S44). Upon receiving this inquiry end signal, the POS 7 uses the read information on the membership card 1 to exchange the prize or store the prize by the prize exchange processing unit 7b. The storage processing by the unit 7c is allowed (step S45).

Further, when the result of the second collation (step S42) is inconsistent (step S46), an abnormality detection signal is transmitted to the POS 7 (step S47), and this abnormality detection signal is received (step S48). The abnormal state is notified by the notification unit 7e (step S49).

In each of the above embodiments, the player recording medium is the membership card 1, but the player recording medium is not limited to the membership card 1, and includes other types of recording media. For example, IC coins that are discharged when a player who is a non-member puts cash into the unit 3 and receives a ball loan, or when he / she holds a ball acquired in a game and stops the game This is also applicable when playing with the remaining balance or money.

Further, in each of the embodiments described above, the gaming machine 2 and the unit 3 have a one-to-one correspondence, but it is also possible to configure the unit 3 for the two gaming machines 2. At this time, the unit 3 is provided with a gaming machine selection operation unit (not shown) for selecting which gaming machine 2 is to be processed, either before or after insertion of the membership card 1 into the unit 3. At this timing, the gaming machine selection operation unit is operated.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Member card 1a Identification information recording part 1b Mochitama information recording part 1c Member card discharge location information recording part 1d Communication status recording part 1e Communication part 2 Game machine 3 Unit 3a Card detection part 3b Card discharge | emission command detection part 3c Unit 3d writing / reading unit 3e communication unit 3f state determination unit 3g disabling control unit 3h notification / display unit 3i information holding unit 4 member card discharge command means 5 server 5a communication unit 5b member information storage unit 5c control unit 5d history information storage unit 5e Verification unit 6 Each counter 7 POS
7a Reading unit 7b Premium exchange unit 7c Saving unit 7d Communication unit 7e Notification unit 8 Network

Claims (4)

A unit that can communicate with the server that manages the amusement hall,
The unit is arranged corresponding to the gaming machine and can detect a recording medium for a player capable of writing predetermined information.
A state determination unit that determines a communication state with the server;
An information holding unit for holding information,
The information of the player recording medium is held in the information holding unit, and held in the information holding unit when communication with the server is impossible in the determination result of the communication state by the state determination unit. The unit is characterized by allowing a game using the information of the possessed ball. The unit further includes a discharge command detection unit that detects a discharge command of the player recording medium,
When the discharge command detection unit detects the discharge command and communication with the server is impossible in the determination result by the state determination unit, the place where the player recording medium is discharged is 2. The unit according to claim 1, wherein the unit is recorded on the player recording medium as being a unit and the ball information held in the information holding unit.   While detecting the discharge command and when communication with the server is impossible, the identification information related to the player recording medium and the history information including the ball information is held in the information holding unit, 3. The unit according to claim 2, wherein when the communication with the server becomes possible, the history information is transmitted to the server. The unit further includes a discharge command detection unit that detects a discharge command of the player recording medium,
When the discharge command detection unit detects the discharge command and the determination result by the state determination unit is in a state where communication with the server is possible, the identification information related to the player recording medium and the possession information are stored. The unit according to claim 1, wherein history information including ball information is transmitted to the server.

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