JP2018037054A - Unit price management system and unit price management method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a unit price management system, a collection terminal and a management server that are capable of easily grasping variation in past records of plays in each game machine in accordance with the history of variation of the unit price per play.SOLUTION: An embodiment comprises: a unit price acquisition unit 111 associated with an apparatus 10 and configured to acquire a unit price per use of the apparatus 10; a past record creation unit 112 to create data on past records of uses including the unit price per use upon payment of the unit price per use through electronic money; a past record collection unit 121 to collect the data on past records of uses created by the past record creation unit 112; a details transmitting unit 122 to create sales details data including the collected data on past records of uses and transmit the sales details data; and a management server 32, which has a details receiving unit 322 to receive the sales details data transmitted from the details transmitting unit 122, and a history recording unit 321 to record the history of variation of the unit price per use.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a unit price management system, a collection terminal, a management server, a unit price management method, and a program for managing a unit usage price of a device.

  Conventionally, devices such as arcade game machines (hereinafter referred to as game machines) distributed at game centers, medal lending machines and card vending machines are set by the store staff for each device, and the type of coins inserted and Depending on the number, the user is allowed to use the device, for example, if the device is a game machine, play the game. The play unit price is often changed to a special price in addition to the normal general price, for example, the date of the event, the day when the month is 5th, and every Monday. In this case, if the change operation is manually performed on each of the large number of game machines, the burden on the staff is large, and setting errors or frauds are likely to occur.

  Under such circumstances, for example, Patent Document 1 proposes a game system in which a game terminal with an electronic money payment terminal periodically accesses a store server and obtains unit price information according to a unit price schedule.

JP 2007-44290 A

By the way, since the player's behavior can change in accordance with the change in the game unit price, this also affects the sales performance of the store.
However, it is difficult to evaluate the influence of such a change in the play unit price, and it is difficult for the administrator to set an appropriate unit price schedule.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a unit price management system, a collection terminal, and a management server that can easily grasp the change in the usage record for each device according to the change history of the usage unit price.

The unit price management system according to the present invention is associated with a device, a unit price acquisition unit that acquires a unit price of the device, and a record of creating usage record data including the unit price when the electronic unit money is used A creation unit, a result collection unit that collects the usage record data created by the record creation unit, a sales detail data that includes the collected use record data, and a detail transmission unit that transmits the sales detail data; A detail receiving unit that receives the sales detail data transmitted from the detail transmitting unit, and a management server having a history recording unit that records a change history of the usage unit price;
Is provided.

  In the unit price management system according to the invention, the management server further includes a unit price setting unit that accepts the reservation setting of the usage unit price and records the received usage unit price as a history in the history storage unit, and the unit price acquisition unit includes: It is preferable that the accepted usage unit price is acquired from a unit price setting unit or the history recording unit.

  In the unit price management system according to the invention, a unit price management unit that stores reservation data of a unit price used corresponding to the device, and the unit price acquisition unit that associates the unit price of the device with the device. A management terminal having a unit price notification unit for notifying, and when the unit price management unit receives a change input of the reservation data, the unit price management unit updates the reservation data and transmits the update data to the history recording unit It is preferable.

  In the unit price management system according to the invention, a unit price change unit that receives a change input of the usage unit price, and a change notification unit that notifies the unit price acquisition unit and the history recording unit of the changed usage unit price are further provided. It is preferable.

  In the unit price management system of the above invention, the system further comprises a management terminal having a unit price management unit for storing reservation data of the usage unit price set corresponding to the device, wherein the change notification unit includes the unit price acquisition unit and the history The changed unit price is notified to the unit price management unit in place of the recording unit, and the unit price management unit updates the reservation data to reflect the change information of the usage unit price notified from the change notification unit. It is preferable to do.

  In the unit price management system according to the invention, the device stores the unit price of the device, and is connected to the device storing the unit price so that information can be transmitted and received. It is preferable that a unit price switching unit that acquires a unit price and substitutes the acquired usage unit price for the usage unit price acquired by the unit price acquisition unit is further provided.

  In the unit price management system of the above invention, a medium information acquisition unit that acquires medium information that can identify an individual medium attached to the electronic money medium used for the settlement is further provided, and the detailed transmission unit includes: It is preferable that the medium information is acquired from the medium information acquisition, and the acquired medium information is added to the sales specification data.

In the unit price management system according to the invention, it is preferable that the usage unit price is set corresponding to a usage type in the device, and the usage record data includes the usage type.
In the unit price management system according to the invention, it is preferable that the result collection unit collects the use result data based on the inserted coins from the device.

  In the unit price management system according to the invention, it is preferable that the detail transmission unit adds at least one of the date and time information at the time of settlement and the device identification information related to the usage record data to the sales detail data.

  In the unit price management system of the above invention, the unit price acquisition unit and the result creation unit are provided in a payment terminal installed for each device, and the result collection unit and the detailed transmission unit are provided in the collection terminal. Is preferred.

In the unit price management system according to the invention, it is preferable that the unit price acquisition unit, the result creation unit, the result collection unit, and the detailed transmission unit are provided in one terminal.
The collection terminal according to the present invention collects usage record data including the usage unit price created by the performance creation unit at the time of payment by electronic money based on the usage unit price acquired by the unit price acquisition unit associated with each device. And a detail transmission unit that creates sales detail data including the collected usage record data and transmits the created sales detail data to the management server.

  The management server according to the present invention includes a history recording unit that records a change history of a play unit price for each device, and a unit price setting that accepts the reservation setting of the usage unit price and records the received usage unit price as a history in the history storage unit. And sales specification data created based on usage record data including the usage unit price created at the time of settlement with electronic money based on the usage unit price acquired by the unit price acquisition unit installed for each device. A receiving unit.

  The unit price management method according to the present invention includes a unit price acquisition step of acquiring a usage unit price in a device, a payment information acquisition step of acquiring settlement information by electronic money based on the acquired usage unit price, and usage record data including the usage unit price Usage record data creation step, a collection step for collecting the created use record data, a sales detail data creation step for creating sales detail data including the collected use record data, and the created sales detail Transmitting the data to the management server.

  The program according to the present invention includes a unit price acquisition function for acquiring a unit usage price in a device, a payment information acquisition function for acquiring settlement information by electronic money based on the acquired unit price, and a usage record including the unit price. Realize usage record data creation function to create data.

  In the program of the above invention, a collection function for collecting the usage record data created by the use record data creation function in a computer and a sales detail data creation function for creating sales detail data including the collected use record data And a transmission function for transmitting the created sales detail data to the management server.

  According to the unit price management system, the collection terminal, the management server, the unit price management method, and the program of the present invention, it is possible to easily grasp the change in the usage record for each device according to the change history of the unit price.

It is a figure showing the whole unit price management system composition concerning an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the unit price management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the collection process of the sales specification including the setting of the play unit price which concerns on embodiment, and the set play unit price. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process according to the unit price change in the management terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process according to the unit price change in the payment terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the unit price management system which concerns on the modification of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other functional structure of the unit price management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows other whole structure of the unit price management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the whole structure by which the information processing terminal was added to the unit price management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other whole structure to which the information processing terminal was added to the unit price management system which concerns on embodiment.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a unit price management system 1 according to the present embodiment.
The unit price management system 1 is installed in a plurality of game machines (equipment) 10, a payment terminal 11, a collection terminal 12, a payment device 21, a management terminal 22, a relay server 23, and an external data center installed in a game center store. An electronic money management server 31 and a sales management server (management server) 32 installed, and a user terminal 40 are provided.

  The payment terminal 11 is associated with the game machine 10. The payment terminal 11 reads the card information recorded on the electronic money card of the player by non-contact wireless communication, and outputs it to the payment device 21 together with information about the set play unit price (use unit price). The payment information settled at 21 is also received. The received payment information is transmitted to the electronic money management server 31. The payment terminal 11 may be associated with the game machine 10 on a one-to-one basis, or one payment terminal 11 may be associated with a plurality of game machines 10, or one game machine 10. A plurality of payment terminals 11 may be associated with each other.

  As a method of associating the payment terminal 11 with the game machine 10, the payment terminal 11 may be installed integrally with the game machine 10, or the payment terminal 11 and the game machine 10 are installed separately, and payment is made. Information unique to an individual such as a serial number capable of identifying the terminal 11 and information unique to an individual such as a serial number capable of identifying the game machine 10 may be associated with each other.

  The payment terminal 11 and the payment device 21 may be arranged such that one payment terminal 11 and one payment device 21 are associated with each other, or a plurality of payment terminals 11 and one payment device 21 are arranged. A plurality of payment terminals 11 and a plurality of payment devices 21 may be arranged in association with each other.

The payment terminal 11 may also have the function of the payment device 21. Moreover, the payment apparatus 21 may be provided as an external server (for example, the electronic money management server 31).
The collection terminal 12 is associated with the game machine 10. The collection terminal 12 receives a pulse signal output from a coin mech that selects coins inserted into the game machine 10 as play result data (use result data) based on cash settlement. In addition, play result data based on payment by electronic money is received from the payment terminal 11. The collection terminal 12 may be associated with the game machine 10 on a one-to-one basis, a plurality of collection terminals 12 may be associated with one game machine 10, or a plurality of game machines 10 may be associated with each other. One collection terminal 12 may be associated with each other.

  In response to receiving these play record data, the collection terminal 12 generates a pulse signal for instructing the game machine 10 to start playing the game, and the generated pulse signal is output from the collection terminal 12. The

  Moreover, the collection terminal 12 creates sales detail data based on the received play record data. The created sales detail data is transmitted from the collection terminal 12 to the sales management server 32 via the relay server 23. Here, the relay server 23 transmits the sales detail data received from the collection terminal 12 to the sales management server 32.

  The management terminal 22 manages the unit price of play set in the settlement terminal 11 associated with the game machine 10, and returns the unit price of play in accordance with, for example, access every business day from the settlement terminal 11. is there. This play unit price is acquired as reservation data from the sales management server 32 and managed. Further, the management terminal 22 is connected to the payment apparatus 21 so as to be able to transmit and receive information related to payment.

  The user terminal 40 performs registration of the game machine 10 and registration of reservation data of a play unit price for each game machine 10 by executing an application that accesses the sales management server 32.

  Further, the user terminal 40 inquires about the sales details data provided by the sales management server 32, and acquires various management data in association with the history of the unit price of play.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of each device in the unit price management system 1 according to the present embodiment. This functional configuration indicates a functional unit for realizing the processing of the present embodiment, and does not limit the mounting of other functional blocks in each device.

  The settlement terminal 11 is an information processing apparatus having a CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM, RAM, an input / output interface, and the like. The control program stored in the storage device such as the above-described ROM mainly includes the unit price acquisition unit 111 and the result transmission unit (result creation unit) by cooperating the CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output interface, and the like. 112, a unit price change unit 113, a change notification unit 114, a unit price switching unit 115, and a card information acquisition unit (medium information acquisition unit) 116.

  The unit price acquisition unit 111 acquires the unit price of play for each game machine 10 from the sales management server 32 via the management terminal 22. Specifically, the unit price acquisition unit 111 accesses reservation data of the play unit price managed in the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 described later, and plays the current play unit price or, for example, play for the current day or several days. The unit price schedule is acquired and stored. The schedule of the unit price of play may be set finely by specifying the time every day or even within one day (for example, from ○ hour Δminute to □ hour).

  The performance transmission unit 112 creates play performance data including a play unit price at the time of settlement at the time of settlement of electronic money, and transmits the created play performance data to the performance collection unit 121 of the collection terminal 12 described later. is there.

  Here, a plurality of play unit prices are associated with unit prices (for example, 100 yen once, 300 yen once, etc.) set in correspondence with the play type (use type) set in the game machine 10 itself. For example, a maximum of 6) is set. The play performance data is information (pulse number) indicating, for example, how many play unit prices corresponding to the unit (for example, 100 yen) of the input amount of the game machine 10 have been settled as information corresponding to the play type. including. For example, when the play unit price “250 yen” and the number of pulses “3” are associated with each other, three pulse signals corresponding to 300 yen are transmitted to the game machine 10 by settlement of 250 yen with electronic money. , "5 times 300 yen" play is allowed.

  The unit price changing unit 113, for example, reading a management card, in response to a predetermined operation input, for a combination of the unit price of play and the number of pulses received and set from the unit price notification unit 222 of the management terminal 22 described later. The change input on the day is accepted.

The change notification unit 114 notifies the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 of the combination of the unit price of play and the number of pulses for which the change input has been accepted by the unit price change unit 113.
The unit price switching unit 115 receives a preset initial play unit price (charge amount for starting a game) from the game machine 10 in a predetermined operation mode such as a device-linked mode directly connected to the game machine 10. The received initial play unit price is set as an alternative to the play unit price acquired by the unit price acquisition unit 111. In this device-linked mode, the payment terminal 11 can handle various charges such as an item charge in the game in addition to the charge for starting the game.

  In the case of this device-linked mode, the result transmission unit 112 creates play record data including the play unit price at the time of settlement at the time of settlement of electronic money, transmits the created play record data to the collection terminal 12, and settles the payment. Is notified to the game machine 10.

  The card information acquisition unit 116 is an individual given for each card used as an electronic money medium (for example, an IC card used for a prepaid electronic money service such as Edy (registered trademark) or a transportation IC card). Media information that is identification information is acquired. The acquired medium information is sent to the detailed transmission unit 122 via the actual result transmission unit 112 and the actual result collection unit 121 described later, and is included in the sales detailed data generated by the detailed transmission unit 122.

  In this embodiment, when the medium information is sent via the result transmission unit 112, the medium information is applied to an example of being included in the play result data in a state linked to other information related to the settlement. explain. In the case where the media information is not included in the play record data, when the sales detail data is created in the detail transmission unit 122, the media information is associated with other information related to the settlement.

  In this way, the media information is linked to other information related to payment and included in the sales statement data, thereby more precisely analyzing the variation of the play performance for each game machine according to the change history of the play unit price. Is possible. That is, by using the medium information, it is possible to extract a play record for an individual who owns the electronic money card. Thereby, for example, it becomes possible to analyze a change in the tendency of the game machine played by an individual due to a change in the unit price of play.

  The card used as a medium for electronic money may be used when using transportation facilities, may be used for payment at convenience stores, supermarkets, etc. It may be available only in Further, what is used as a medium for electronic money is not limited to the above-mentioned card, but may be formed in various known shapes, or incorporated in other devices such as a mobile phone. It may be. Further, it may be a medium used for postpaid electronic money services other than prepaid electronic money services.

  It should be noted that a known terminal can be used as a terminal (not shown) used for information acquisition from a card used as a medium for electronic money, in other words, a terminal to which the card can be brought close during settlement. Moreover, this terminal may be arrange | positioned so that it may become integral inside the payment terminal 11, and may be arrange | positioned so that it may become a different body outside the payment terminal 11.

  The management terminal 22 is an information processing apparatus having a CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM, RAM, an input / output interface, and the like. The control program stored in the storage device such as the ROM described above functions as the unit price management unit 221 and the unit price notification unit 222 by cooperating the CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output interface, and the like.

  The unit price management unit 221 stores reservation data that is received from the sales management server 32 and includes a combination of a unit price of play and a pulse number set in correspondence with the game machine 10. The unit price management unit 221 updates the reservation data and transmits the update data to the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32 when receiving an input for changing the reservation data from a store manager or the like. .

  Further, the unit price management unit 221 updates the change information of the combination of the unit price of play and the number of pulses notified from the settlement terminal 11 by reflecting the stored reservation data, and transmits the update data to the sales management server 32. To do.

  The unit price notification unit 222 notifies the combination of the unit price of play and the number of pulses of the game machine 10 in which the settlement terminal 11 is installed in response to access from the unit price acquisition unit 111 of the settlement terminal 11.

  The unit price notification unit 222 may omit these notifications for the game machine 10 in which the combination of the unit price for play and the number of pulses is not changed. In this case, the unit price notification unit 222 may determine that there is no schedule change based on the accumulated reservation data, or receives the current play unit price from the payment terminal 11 and does not change the schedule. You may judge that. Thereby, in the unit price management system 1, batch distribution or individual distribution of play unit prices can be set as appropriate, and the distribution process is made efficient.

  The collection terminal 12 is an information processing apparatus having a CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM, RAM, an input / output interface, and the like. The control program stored in the storage device such as the ROM described above functions as the result collection unit 121 and the detail transmission unit 122 by cooperating the CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output interface, and the like.

  The achievement collecting unit 121 receives and collects play achievement data from the transmission / reception with the payment terminal 11. The achievement collecting unit 121 also receives and collects play achievement data based on inserted coins by performing transmission / reception with the game machine 10.

  Upon receiving the play record data, the record collecting unit 121 transmits a pulse signal corresponding to the play type to the game machine 10 as a settlement result, and the transmitted pulse signal corresponds to the number of pulses in the received game machine 10. The game of the selected play type is started. In the case of the above-described device linkage mode, the payment result is transmitted from the payment terminal 11 to the game machine 10, and thus is not transmitted from the collection terminal 12 to the game machine 10.

  The detail transmission unit 122 creates sales detail data in which payment date / time information and identification information of the game machine 10 are added to the received play performance data, and is created in the sales management server 32 via the relay server 23. The sales details data is transmitted.

  The sales detail data also includes information for identifying whether payment by cash including payment by electronic money or payment by coin insertion was performed in the device-linked mode or in any other mode. By including in the sales statement data information that identifies whether payment was made in the device-linked mode or in any other mode, the usage status of the game machine 10 can be grasped in more detail, and the usage record It becomes easy to improve the analysis accuracy.

  Here, the identification information of the game machine 10 may be, for example, the ID of the collection terminal 12 installed in the game machine 10. In this case, the sales management server 32 manages the ID and the identification information of the game machine 10 in association with each other.

  The sales management server 32 is an information processing apparatus having a CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM, RAM, an input / output interface, and the like. The control program stored in the storage device such as the ROM functions as a unit price setting unit (history recording unit) 321 and a specification receiving unit 322 by cooperating the CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output interface, and the like. It is something to be made.

  The unit price setting unit 321 accepts a reservation setting of data (number of pulses) indicating the unit price of play and the corresponding play type from the user terminal 40. For the combination of the received unit price of play and the number of pulses, the future schedule and the past It is also a record of the change history.

  The detail receiving unit 322 receives the sales detail data transmitted from the detail transmitting unit 122, and records the sales detail data in association with the change history of the play unit price and the play type. For example, the sales detail data is divided and managed for each duration of the same play unit price.

  Next, the setting of the play unit price according to the present embodiment and the sales details collection process including the set play unit price will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing the setting of the play unit price and the sales details collection process including the set play unit price according to the present embodiment.

  In step S <b> 1, the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32 generates unit price reservation data that is reservation data of a play unit price for each game machine 10 based on an input from the user terminal 40. When the unit price reservation data is generated, the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32 transmits the generated unit price reservation data to the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 in step S2.

  In step S <b> 3, for example, the unit price acquisition unit 111 of the plurality of settlement terminals 11 inquires the unit price notification unit 222 of the management terminal 22 about the play unit price at a predetermined timing, for example, before the daily business start of the store.

  In step S4, the unit price notification unit 222 of the management terminal 22 transmits the play unit price reserved for each game machine 10 to the unit price acquisition unit 111 in response to the inquiry (unit price acquisition step). In step S <b> 5, the unit price acquisition unit 111 of the payment terminal 11 updates the current setting with the play unit price received from the unit price notification unit 222.

  In step S6, the payment terminal 11 executes payment by electronic money according to the play type selected by the player, and acquires payment information by electronic money (payment information acquisition step). At this time, the card information acquisition unit 116 also acquires medium information of a card used as an electronic money medium.

  In step S <b> 7, the result transmitting unit 112 of the payment terminal 11 generates play result data including the unit price of play and medium information for which payment was made (use result data generation step), and the generated play result data is the result of the collection terminal 12. Transmit to the collection unit 121. The achievement collection unit 121 receives and collects the transmitted play achievement data (collection step).

  In step S8, the detail transmission unit 122 of the collection terminal 12 adds the date / time information and the identification information of the game machine 10 to the play record data, and creates sales detail data (sales detail data creation step). In step S9, the detail transmission unit 122 of the collection terminal 12 transmits the sales detail data to the sales management server 32 via the relay server 23 (transmission step).

  Next, processing according to the unit price change in the management terminal 22 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing processing according to the unit price change in the management terminal 22 according to the present embodiment.

  In step S11, the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 receives an input of a unit price change and updates reservation data. In step S <b> 12, the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 transmits update data of the reserved play unit price to the sales management server 32. In step S13, the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32 updates and records the play unit price history based on the received update data.

  In step S14, the unit price acquisition unit 111 of the payment terminal 11 inquires the unit price notification unit 222 of the management terminal 22 about the unit price of play at a predetermined timing. In step S15, the unit price notification unit 222 of the management terminal 22 transmits the play unit price reserved for each game machine 10 to the unit price acquisition unit 111 in response to the inquiry (unit price acquisition step). In step S16, the unit price acquisition unit 111 of the payment terminal 11 updates the current setting with the received play unit price.

  In the present embodiment, the processing from step S12 and step S13 to the processing from step S14 to step S16 is described as being applied. However, the processing from step S14 to step S16 is performed. After that, the processing of step S12 and step S13 may be performed.

  Next, processing according to the unit price change in the payment terminal 11 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing processing according to the unit price change in the payment terminal 11 according to the present embodiment.

  In step S <b> 21, the unit price changing unit 113 of the settlement terminal 11 accepts a change input for the play unit price for each game machine 10. The unit price of play set by the reservation data received from the unit price notification unit 222 is updated to the unit price of play for which the unit price changing unit 113 has accepted the change input. In step S <b> 22, the change notification unit 114 of the payment terminal 11 transmits the updated play unit price to the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22.

  In step S23, the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 receives the updated play unit price, and updates the stored reservation data to add the received updated play unit price.

  In step S <b> 24, the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 transmits the updated reservation data to the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32. In step S <b> 25, the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32 updates and records the play unit price history based on the received updated reservation data.

  According to the present embodiment, the unit price management system 1 can distribute the play unit price set for each game machine 10 in the sales management server 32 to the game machine 10 in the store. Furthermore, the sales management server 32 can receive and manage the sales detail data obtained by collecting the game play results by the set play unit price.

  As a result, the unit price management system 1 can manage the change history of the play unit price and the sales details data in association with the sales management server 32. As a result, the administrator can easily grasp the change in the play performance for each game machine according to the change history of the play unit price, for example, how the sales have changed or how the play type and the play frequency have changed.

  Therefore, the administrator can reserve the play unit price while referring to the sales details by accessing the sales management server 32, and can easily grasp the influence of the unit price change. Can be set.

  The unit price management system 1 accepts an input for changing the play unit price from the management terminal 22 or the payment terminal 11 at each store. The change in the play unit price is notified to the sales management server 32 via the management terminal 22, and the change on the day at the site is also managed as a history.

  Therefore, the unit price management system 1 can centrally manage the change history while enabling flexible change of the play unit price. As a result, the administrator can easily find an incorrect setting of the play unit price or an illegal setting with reference to the management data of the sales management server 32.

  In addition, even if the play unit price changes during the day, such as linked to an event or discounted just before closing, sales details data based on the changed play unit price and the change history of the play unit price information and game information Corresponding with the identification information of the machine 10, it can be easily referred to.

  The unit price management system 1 can set a play unit price corresponding to a play type for each game machine 10. Thereby, the convenience of setting the unit price can be improved, and it can be easily grasped how the play type in the sales details has changed with the change of the unit price of play.

  The unit price management system 1 can collect play record data by coin insertion in the collection terminal 12 in addition to play record data by electronic money. Therefore, the sales management server 32 can acquire the sales details that do not depend on the settlement method and the sales details for each settlement method.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. Further, the effects described in the present embodiment are merely a list of the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are not limited to those described in the present embodiment. For example, the apparatus configuration described in the present embodiment and the apparatus configurations of the embodiments described later may be appropriately combined.

  The above-described apparatus configuration is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the unit price management system 1, the payment device 21 and the management terminal 22 may be provided in a store as shown in FIG. 1, or the payment device 21 and the management terminal 22 are provided in a data center as shown in FIG. It may be done. Although FIG. 6 illustrates an example in which the relay server 23 is not provided, the relay server 23 may be provided.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the unit price management system 1A includes a plurality of game machines 10, terminals 11A, a payment device 21, a management terminal 22, a relay server 23, an external data center, and the like installed in a game center store. A configuration including the electronic money management server 31 and the sales management server 32 installed in the user terminal 40 and the user terminal 40 may be adopted. The terminal 11A shown here has the functions of both the payment terminal 11 and the collection terminal 12 shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, the process of outputting a coin pulse toward the game machine 10 at the time of electronic money settlement performed in the result collection unit 121 of FIG. May be processed by an integrated circuit or the like provided on a different substrate.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the unit price management system 1B is different from the unit price management system 1 of FIG. 1 in that the settlement apparatus 21 and the management terminal 22 are separately provided, and the settlement apparatus in which both are integrated. 21B and a configuration in which the settlement apparatus 21B is arranged in the data center. The settlement apparatus 21B is the same as the settlement apparatus 21 and the management terminal 22 including the arithmetic processing performed there, except that the settlement apparatus 21 and the management terminal 22 in the unit price management system 1 in FIG. is there.

  Alternatively, the settlement apparatus 21B may be one in which the settlement apparatus 21 and the management terminal 22 are integrated as described above, or may have only the function of the settlement apparatus 21. In this case, update data that is a combination of the unit price of play and the number of pulses output from the change notification unit 114 in the payment terminal 11 is input to the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32.

  Further, the unit price management system 1B is different from the unit price management system 1 of FIG. 1 in that the sales details data is transmitted from the collection terminal 12 to the sales management server 32 without the relay server 23 being provided. In the unit price management system 1B, the relay server 23 may be provided between the collection terminal 12 and the sales management server 32, or the unit price management in the single management system 1, the unit price management system 1C or the unit price management system 1D described later. Similarly to the system 1B, the relay server 23 may not be provided.

  In the unit price management system 1B, the payment apparatus 21B and the electronic money management server 31 are described as being applied separately. However, the payment apparatus 21B and the electronic money management server 31 are integrated. It may be a configuration. Furthermore, in the unit price management system 1B, the unit price management system 1C and the unit price management system 1D, which will be described later, the electronic money management server 31 may not be provided.

  In addition, in the present embodiment, the device installed in the store in the unit price management system 1 is the game machine 10, the usage unit price is the play unit price, and the usage record data is the play record data. However, the equipment installed in the store may be a medal lending machine, a card vending machine, or a toy vending machine with capsules (capsule toy). When the device is a medal lending machine, the usage unit price is the rental unit price, and the usage record data is the loan record data. When the device is a card vending machine or a vending machine, the unit price is the sales unit price, and the usage record data is the sales record data.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the device installed in the store in the unit price management system 1C may be the information terminal 10C. In addition to the game machine 10, the information terminal 10C includes a medal lending machine, a card vending machine, and a toy vending machine with capsules (capsule toy).

  The information terminal 10C is connected to the payment terminal 11 so as to be able to transmit payment information of electronic money. When payment information, which is information indicating that payment by electronic money has been performed, is input from the payment terminal 11, the information terminal 10C performs control to perform an operation corresponding to payment. For example, in the case of the game machine 10, a control for starting a game is performed. In the case of a medal lending machine, a control for discharging a medal is performed. Control to discharge the toy.

  In addition, the information terminal 10 </ b> C can also output to the settlement terminal 11 the play unit price when lending the game machine 10 with time. When the player pays with electronic money, the payment terminal 11 makes a payment based on the unit price of play acquired from the information terminal 10C.

  The connection method between the information terminal 10C and the payment terminal 11 may be a connection method that performs information communication using wired communication, a connection method that performs information communication using wireless communication, or a storage medium. The connection method for performing information communication may be used.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the device installed in the store in the unit price management system 1D may be the information terminal 10D. In addition to the game machine 10, the information terminal 10D includes a medal lending machine, a card vending machine, a capsule toy vending machine (capsule toy), a laptop computer (notebook computer), a tablet computer, and the like. It may be.

  The information terminal 10D is connected to the collection terminal 12 so as to be able to transmit information, and is connected to the payment terminal 11 via the collection terminal 12 so as to be able to transmit payment information of electronic money. When payment information, which is information indicating that payment by electronic money has been performed, is input from the payment terminal 11, the information terminal 10D performs control to perform an operation corresponding to payment.

  The information terminal 10 </ b> D can also output to the settlement terminal 11 the unit price of play when lending the game machine 10 with time via the collection terminal 12. When the player pays with electronic money, the payment terminal 11 makes a payment based on the unit price of play acquired from the information terminal 10D.

  When the player pays the unit price of play at the time of lending to the store side in cash, the amount paid in cash is input to the information terminal 10D. The information terminal 10 </ b> D outputs information on the amount paid with the input cash to the collection terminal 12.

  In addition, as mentioned above, the game machine 10 may be used as an object for lending, and the equipment installed in the store is a medal lending machine, a card vending machine, or a toy vending machine with a capsule. There may be.

  Further, the management terminal 22 and the relay server 23 installed in the store of FIG. 1 may be omitted, and the settlement terminal 11 and the collection terminal 12 may be directly connected to the sales management server 32. Further, for example, a parent terminal that is wirelessly connected to the plurality of collection terminals 12 may be provided, and further connected to the sales management server 32 via the relay server 23.

  The unit price management method by the unit price management system 1 is realized by software. When realized by software, a program constituting the software is installed in an information processing apparatus (computer). These programs may be distributed by being recorded on a removable medium such as a CD-ROM, or may be distributed by being downloaded to a computer via a network. Further, these programs may be distributed as a hardware module (chip set).

1,1A, 1B, 1C, 1D Unit price management system 10 Game machine (equipment)
10C, 10D information terminal (equipment)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Payment terminal 11A terminal 12 Collection terminal 21, 21B Payment apparatus 22 Management terminal 23 Relay server 31 Electronic money management server 32 Sales management server (management server)
40 User terminal 111 Unit price acquisition unit 112 Result transmission unit (result creation unit)
113 Unit price change unit 114 Change notification unit 115 Unit price switching unit 116 Card information acquisition unit (medium information acquisition unit)
121 result collection unit 122 detailed transmission unit 221 unit price management unit 222 unit price notification unit 321 unit price setting unit (history recording unit)
322 Detail receiving unit S4 Unit price acquisition step S6 Settlement information acquisition step S7 Usage result data creation step, collection step S8 Sales detail data creation step S9 Transmission step

The present invention relates to a bid management system and bid management how to manage the utilization unit price of the equipment.

An object of this invention is to provide the unit price management system and unit price management method which can grasp | ascertain easily the fluctuation | variation of the utilization performance for every apparatus according to the change log | history of a usage unit price.

According to bid management system and bid management how the present invention can easily grasp the change of the use record of each device in accordance with the change history of the utilization unit price.

Claims (17)

A unit price acquisition unit that is associated with a device and acquires the unit price of the device;
At the time of settlement with electronic money of the usage unit price, a result creation unit that creates usage result data including the usage unit price;
A result collection unit that collects the use result data created by the result creation unit;
A detail sending unit that creates sales detail data including the collected usage data and transmits the sales detail data;
A detail receiving unit that receives the sales detail data transmitted from the detail transmitting unit, and a management server having a history recording unit that records a change history of the usage unit price;
Unit price management system with The management server further includes a unit price setting unit that accepts the reservation setting of the usage unit price, and records the received usage unit price as a history in the history storage unit,
2. The unit price management system according to claim 1, wherein the unit price acquisition unit acquires the accepted usage unit price from the unit price setting unit or the history recording unit. A unit price management unit for storing reservation data of the usage unit price set corresponding to the device;
A unit price notification unit that notifies the unit price acquisition unit associated with the device of the usage unit price of the device;
A management terminal having
2. The unit price management system according to claim 1, wherein, when the change input of the reservation data is received, the unit price management unit updates the reservation data and transmits the update data to the history recording unit. A unit price changing unit for receiving a change input of the usage unit price;
2. The unit price management system according to claim 1, further comprising a change notification unit for notifying the unit price acquisition unit and the history recording unit of the changed usage unit price. A management terminal having a unit price management unit for storing reservation data of the usage unit price set corresponding to the device;
The change notification unit notifies the usage unit price changed to the unit price management unit instead of the unit price acquisition unit and the history recording unit,
5. The unit price management system according to claim 4, wherein the unit price management unit updates the reservation data to reflect the change information of the usage unit price notified from the change notification unit. The unit price of the device is stored in the device,
It is connected to the device in which the usage unit price is stored so as to be able to transmit and receive information. The unit price management system according to claim 1, further comprising a unit price switching unit as an alternative. A medium information acquisition unit for acquiring medium information capable of identifying an individual medium attached to the electronic money medium used for the settlement;
The unit price management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the detailed transmission unit acquires the medium information from the medium information acquisition, and adds the acquired medium information to the sales specification data. The usage unit price is set corresponding to the usage type in the device,
The unit price management system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the usage record data includes the usage type.   The unit price management system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the result collection unit collects the use result data based on the inserted coins from the device.   The said detailed transmission part adds at least one of the date information at the time of the said payment, and the identification information of the said apparatus relevant to the said usage record data to the said sales detailed data. Unit price management system. The unit price acquisition unit and the result creation unit are provided in a payment terminal installed for each device,
11. The unit price management system according to claim 1, wherein the record collection unit and the detailed transmission unit are provided in a collection terminal.   The unit price management system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the unit price acquisition unit, the record creation unit, the record collection unit, and the detailed transmission unit are provided in one terminal. . A performance collection unit that collects usage result data including the usage unit price created by the result creation unit at the time of settlement with electronic money based on the usage unit price acquired by the unit price acquisition unit associated with each device;
A collection terminal comprising: a detail transmission unit that creates sales detail data including the collected usage record data and transmits the created sales detail data to the management server. A history recording unit for recording a change history of the unit price of play for each device;
A unit price setting unit that accepts the reservation setting of the usage unit price, and records the received usage unit price as a history in the history storage unit;
A detail receiving unit that receives sales detail data created based on usage result data including the usage unit price created at the time of settlement with electronic money based on the usage unit price acquired by the unit price acquisition unit installed for each device; A management server. A unit price acquisition step of acquiring a unit usage price in the device;
A payment information acquisition step of acquiring payment information by electronic money based on the acquired usage unit price;
A usage record data creation step of creating usage record data including the usage unit price;
A collection step of collecting the created usage record data;
Sales statement data creation step for creating sales statement data including the collected usage data;
A transmission step of transmitting the created sales details data to a management server;
The unit price management method characterized by having. On the computer,
A unit price acquisition function for acquiring a unit price for use on the device;
A payment information acquisition function for acquiring payment information by electronic money based on the acquired unit price;
A usage record data creation function for creating usage record data including the unit price;
A program characterized by realizing. On the computer,
A collection function for collecting the usage record data created by the use record data creation function;
Sales detail data creation function for creating sales detail data including the collected usage data;
A transmission function for transmitting the created sales statement data to a management server;
The program according to claim 16, further realizing the above.

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