JP4570892B2 - Gift exchange management method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a prize exchange management method for managing the purchase of a prize exchanged with a game medium acquired by a player such as a pachinko and the shipment of the purchased prize, and in particular, a prize for countering counterfeit prizes. It relates to the exchange management method.

  Examples of the prize exchange management method as described above include those described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2. Patent Document 1 describes a technique for verifying whether or not a security code read from each prize matches a proper code registered in advance. Patent Document 2 describes a technique for determining the authenticity of a prize based on genuine counterfeit discrimination information read from each prize.

  However, in these techniques, information for authenticity determination such as a security code itself is not effective for a duplicated prize (so-called dead copy). Therefore, the following gift exchange management method has been proposed.

That is, as shown in part of FIG. 1, based on an identification code C that can be identified from each prize and can be identified from each prize,
(A) Purchase confirmation data D1, which is bit data recorded in association with the identification code C for each premium,
(A1) At the time of purchase of each prize, the purchase confirmation data D1 for the prize indicates the purchase state “1”,
(A2) At the time of shipment of all or some of the purchased stock premiums, all purchase confirmation data D1 indicates an unpurchased state “0”.
Rewrite as follows.

If a prize having the same identification code C is brought in even though the purchase confirmation data D1 for the prize having a certain identification code C already indicates the purchase state “1”, the prize is duplicated. It is determined that it is a free gift.
JP-A-8-117430 (abstract, etc.) JP 2000-126439 A (abstract)

  The conventional gift exchange management method using the purchase confirmation data as described above has the following problems.

  That is, for the purpose of operation in actual prize exchange business, when shipping a purchased stock prize, the identification code C of each shipped prize cannot be specified. Therefore, as shown in the above (a2), even if the prize to be shipped is a part of the inventory prize (theoretically one), all the purchase confirmation data D1 is rewritten to the unpurchased state “0”. .

  For this reason, especially when the shipping interval is short, the purchase confirmation data D1 for a prize having a certain identification code C has the same identification code C after being rewritten to an unpurchased state “0” by shipment of another stock premium. Duplicate prizes may be brought in. In this case, the normal purchase process is performed without determining that it is a duplicate prize, and the check function for the duplicate prize does not work.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and in addition to the determination of duplicate prizes using conventional purchase confirmation data, the possibility of duplicate prizes is determined regardless of the shipment of inventory prizes. It is an object of the present invention to provide a prize exchange management method that can be used.

1st invention specifies each prize which is read from each prize in the prize exchange management method for managing purchase of the prize exchanged with the game media which the player acquired, and shipment of the purchased prize Based on possible identification codes,
(A) Purchase confirmation data recorded in association with an identification code for each prize,
(A1) At the time of purchase of each prize, the purchase confirmation data for the prize indicates the purchase status,
(A2) At the time of shipment of all or some of the purchased stock giveaways, all purchase confirmation data indicates an unpurchased state.
And rewrite as
(B) Purchase frequency data recorded in association with an identification code for each prize,
(B1) Within any set period, each purchase of each prize updates the purchase frequency data for that prize to indicate the total number of purchases within the set period.
(B2) When the set period elapses, all purchase frequency data is reset.
The prize exchange management method is characterized by rewriting as described above.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the same identification code is used even though the purchase confirmation data for a prize having a certain identification code already indicates the purchase state by rewriting the purchase confirmation data as in (A). When a free gift is brought in, it can be determined that the free gift is a duplicate gift. In addition, when the purchase number data for a prize having a certain identification code indicates an abnormally large total purchase number by rewriting the purchase number data as shown in (B), it is determined that there is a possibility that the prize is a duplicate prize. can do. In this case, whether or not the total number of purchases is abnormally large is relatively determined in relation to the set period, but the set period can be determined arbitrarily, that is, independently of the shipment of the stock premium.

  Therefore, in addition to determining the possibility of duplicate prizes using conventional purchase confirmation data, it is possible to determine the possibility of duplicate prizes in relation to an arbitrary set period regardless of shipment of inventory prizes. Become.

  According to a second invention, in the first invention, when each premium is purchased, if the total number of purchases indicated by the purchase frequency data for the premium reaches a predetermined reference number, a predetermined notification is given for the premium. Is done.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is a possibility of duplicate prizes by setting the reference number of times of total purchases (in relation to the set period) to the number of times that the possibility of duplicate prizes should be determined. The presence of a prize can be notified at the time of purchase.

  According to a third invention, in the first or second invention, when each premium is purchased, if the total number of purchases indicated by the purchase frequency data for the premium reaches a predetermined reference number, A warning flag is set for the identification code.

  According to the third invention, the reference number of times of total purchase is set to the number of times that it is determined that there is a possibility of a duplicate prize (in relation to the set period), so that there is a possibility of a duplicate prize. For prizes, a warning flag is set for the identification code. As a result, it is not necessary to check the purchase confirmation data or the purchase frequency data (thus, regardless of the shipment of the stock premium or the predetermined setting period), the premium having the identification code set with the warning flag is uniformly copied It can be determined that there is a possibility.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 are diagrams for explaining an embodiment of a gift exchange management method according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the configuration, operational effects, and modifications of the present embodiment will be sequentially described.

[Constitution]
The prize exchange management method of this embodiment is for managing the purchase of a prize exchanged with a game medium acquired by a player such as a pachinko and the shipment of the purchased prize. The prize in this case is, for example, a thick card shape in which predetermined prize data is recorded by a bar code or the like, and is generally called “special prize”. The recorded prize data includes an identification code that can identify each prize in addition to the purchase price of the prize.

  First, a general gift exchange management system to which the method of the present invention is applied will be described with reference to FIG. The premium exchange management system shown in FIG. 2 includes a premium reader 1, a cash dispenser 2, and a management device 3. The prize reader 1 and the cash dispenser 2 are connected to the management device 3 so that they can communicate with each other.

  The prize reader 1 reads the prize data recorded in each prize and tabulates it as prize total data (data including the identification code of each prize and the number counted according to the kind (price) of the prize). 3 to send. The prize reader 1 also has a function of classifying and accumulating each prize according to the type of prize based on the read prize data. The management device 3 manages the prize total data transmitted from the prize reader 1, and transmits a withdrawal instruction for the amount based on the prize total data to the cash dispenser 2 as necessary. Then, the cash dispenser 2 pays out cash according to the withdrawal instruction transmitted from the management device 3.

  Further, the management device 3 has a free gift management database DB, and the following (A) and (B) based on the identification codes of the free gifts included in the free gift total data transmitted from the free gift reader 1 Perform data management.

(A) As shown in FIG. 1, purchase confirmation data D1 recorded in association with the identification code C for each premium is
(A1) At the time of purchase of each prize, the purchase confirmation data D1 for the prize is the purchase state =
Indicating "1"
(A2) At the time of shipment of all or some of the purchased stock giveaways, all purchase confirmation data D1 indicates an unpurchased state = “0”.
Rewrite as follows.

(B) As shown in FIG. 1, purchase number data D2 recorded in association with the identification code C for each prize is
(B1) Within any set period, for each purchase of each prize, the purchase frequency data D2 for that prize is updated to show the total number of purchases within the set period,
(B2) When the set period elapses, all purchase frequency data D2 are reset.
Rewrite as follows.

  Here, the set period for the purchase frequency data D2 can be determined as appropriate in consideration of, for example, the daily business hours, one week, one month, etc., the shipment interval of inventory premiums, and the like. The purchase frequency data D2 is updated so that “000” = 0 at the time of reset is incremented by +1 every time a premium is purchased.

  Further, the management device 3 performs the following data management in relation to the purchase frequency data D2. That is, at the time of purchasing each prize, when the total number of purchases indicated by the purchase number data D2 for the prize reaches a predetermined reference number, the warning data D3 for the identification code C for the prize is in a non-warning state. = “0” is rewritten to warning state = “1” (warning flag is set).

  It should be noted that the reference number of the total number of purchases may be set to the number of times that it is determined that there is a possibility of duplicate prizes in relation to the setting period for the purchase number data D2 in consideration of the actual situation of the gift exchange business. For example, when the set period for the purchase number data D2 is a business day of one day and the average number of purchases of the same prize within that time is about 5 to 10 times, it is determined that there is a possibility of a duplicate prize. It is conceivable that the reference frequency is 20 times.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the management device 3 includes an image display unit 30, a voice notification unit 32, operation keys 34, and a data printer 36. Then, the management device 3 displays an image when the prize is determined to be a duplicate prize (based on the purchase confirmation data D1, the purchase frequency data D2 or the warning flag) at the time of purchase of each prize. Predetermined notification (warning image display, audio output, etc.) is performed by the display unit 30 and the audio notification unit 32.

  More specifically, in the relationship with the identification code C of each prize read by the prize reader 1, for example, prize purchase processing according to the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 is performed. First, in step S1 of FIG. 3, it is checked whether or not the warning data D3 for the prize indicates a warning state “1”. As a result, when the warning state “1” is indicated (step S1: Yes), predetermined notification is performed as warning data NG in step S2.

  On the other hand, if the warning data D3 does not indicate the warning state “1” (shows the non-warning state “0”) (step S1: No), the purchase confirmation data D1 for the prize in step S3. It is checked whether or not indicates a purchase state “1”. As a result, when the purchase confirmation data D1 has already indicated the purchase state “1” (step S3: Yes), predetermined notification is made as purchase confirmation data NG in step S4.

  On the other hand, if the purchase state “1” is not indicated (the unpurchased state “0” is indicated) (step S3: No), the purchase confirmation data D1 is rewritten to the purchase state “1” in step S5. . In step S6, the purchase number data D2 for the prize is updated to indicate the total number of purchases added by +1.

  Next, in step S7, it is checked whether or not the updated purchase count data D2 has reached the reference count. As a result, when the purchase number data D2 has reached the reference number (step S7: Yes), a predetermined notification is made as purchase number data NG in step S8. In step S9, the warning data D3 for the prize is rewritten to the warning state “1”. On the other hand, if the purchase number data D2 has not reached the reference number (step S7: No), the gift purchase process is completed as it is.

  As described above, the purchase confirmation data D1 rewritten to the purchase state “1” in step S5 is all rewritten to the unpurchased state “0” at the time of shipment of all or part of the purchased stock giveaways. The purchase count data D2 is all reset to “000” when the set period has elapsed.

[Function and effect]
Next, the effect of this embodiment which consists of the above structures is demonstrated.

  First, by rewriting the purchase confirmation data D1 as in (A) above, even though the purchase confirmation data D1 for a prize having a certain identification code C already indicates the purchase state “1”, the same identification code C Can be determined to be a duplicate prize.

  Further, by rewriting the purchase number data D2 as in (B) above, the purchase number data D2 for a prize having a certain identification code C indicates an abnormally large total purchase number (the total purchase number has reached the reference number). If it is, the prize can be determined to be a duplicate prize. In this case, whether or not the total number of purchases is abnormally large is determined relatively in relation to the set period (the reference number is determined in relation to the set period), but the set period is arbitrary, that is, inventory It can be determined regardless of the shipment of prizes.

  Therefore, according to the prize exchange management method of the present embodiment, in addition to the determination of the possibility of duplicate prizes using the conventional purchase confirmation data, in relation to an arbitrary set period regardless of the shipment of inventory prizes. It becomes possible to determine the possibility of duplicate prizes.

  In addition, by setting the reference number of the total number of purchases indicated by the purchase number data D2 to the number of times that it is determined that there is a possibility of duplicate prizes (in relation to the setting period, etc.), the possibility of duplicate prizes can be obtained. The warning data D3 for a certain prize is rewritten to the warning state “1”. As a result, it is not necessary to check the purchase confirmation data D1 and the purchase frequency data D2 (thus, regardless of the shipment of the stock premium or the predetermined setting period), and the corresponding warning data D3 is in the warning state “1”. A prize having the code C can be determined to be a possibility of a duplicate prize.

  When each prize is purchased (based on the warning data D3, the purchase confirmation data D1 or the purchase frequency data D2), if the prize is determined to be a duplicate prize (possible), the image of the management device 3 is displayed. By notifying by the display unit 30 or the voice notification unit 32, it is possible to immediately take an appropriate response.

[Modification]
(1) Purchase confirmation data D1, purchase count data D2 and warning data D3 are not limited to the format shown in FIG. 1, and may indicate a purchase / unpurchased state, a total purchase count and a warning / non-warning state, respectively. Any format is possible.

  (2) In the purchase frequency data D2, the amount of data stored is significantly larger than the purchase confirmation data D1, particularly when the set period is long. Therefore, the purchase frequency data D2 may be held in a large-capacity external storage medium different from the storage medium in the management apparatus 3.

The figure which shows the example of a description of the data handled with the prize exchange management method by this invention. The schematic diagram which shows the general prize exchange management system with which the method of this invention is applied. The flowchart for demonstrating the procedure of the prize purchase process using the prize exchange management method by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

C Identification Code D1 Purchase Confirmation Data D2 Purchase Count Data D3 Warning Data 1 Premium Reader 2 Cash Dispenser 3 Management Device 30 Image Display Unit 32 Voice Notification Unit DB Premium Management Database

Claims (3)

In the prize exchange management method for managing the purchase of prizes exchanged for game media acquired by the player and the shipment of the purchased prizes,
Based on an identification code that can be identified from individual prizes and that can identify individual prizes,
(A) Purchase confirmation data recorded in association with an identification code for each prize,
(A1) At the time of purchase of each prize, the purchase confirmation data for the prize indicates the purchase status,
(A2) At the time of shipment of all or some of the purchased stock giveaways, all purchase confirmation data indicates an unpurchased state.
And rewrite as
(B) Purchase frequency data recorded in association with an identification code for each prize,
(B1) Within any set period, each purchase of each prize updates the purchase frequency data for that prize to indicate the total number of purchases within the set period.
(B2) When the set period elapses, all purchase frequency data is reset.
The prize exchange management method characterized by rewriting as follows.   2. At the time of purchase of each premium, when the total number of purchases indicated by the purchase frequency data for the premium reaches a predetermined reference number, a predetermined notification is given for the premium. The prize exchange management method described.   At the time of purchasing each prize, a warning flag is set for the identification code for the prize when the total number of purchases indicated by the purchase frequency data for the prize reaches a predetermined reference number. The prize exchange management method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that:

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