JP5123359B2 - Player information processing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium stored by a player registered in advance as a member (hereinafter referred to as “member”) at a game hall, that is, a so-called accumulated ball, and corrects the number of accumulated balls when an error occurs in the accumulated ball number. It is related with the player information processing apparatus which performs.

  In recent years, game media acquired by a player as a result of a game, so-called holding balls, are counted by a counter, and the counting result is converted into data and managed as a number of balls information by a server which is a management device. If the player is a member who is registered as a member at the amusement hall, the number-of-balls information relating to the player must be managed by the server in association with member identification information for identifying each member. There is.

  In addition, when a member leaves the amusement hall, he / she can exchange his / her own balls managed by the server for prizes at the POS of the prize counter, or add to his / her own number of stored balls. By doing so, the number of possessions is adjusted to “0”.

  On the other hand, there are members who rarely leave the game hall without performing such processing. In such a case, as shown in Patent Document 1, a technique for performing automatic storage ball processing is known in order to reduce troubles between members and amusement halls.

  Specifically, the management device of the amusement hall identifies the presence or absence of a ball stored in the member's own ball management table for managing the member's own ball in the closing process or the opening process of the next business day. Check in order of information (= card ID). Then, when the corresponding coin balance exists in the card ID to be checked, the management device adds and updates the coin balance to the savings balance corresponding to the card ID in which the possession balance exists.

  By the way, there is a case where communication is interrupted (becomes offline) between a unit, which is a pedestrian machine installed in a game arcade, and the management device for some reason. Even if this situation occurs, in order to continue the same business as when online and not to confuse the player, at the end of the game (= card return operation means such as a card return button by the player) It is possible to write the number of balls in the membership card when the operation is performed. In this way, even when a player moves a table or exchanges prizes, a player can play a game on another gaming machine using the number of balls stored in the membership card ejected from the offline unit. The game hall can operate almost the same as when online, and the player can enjoy the game and exchange the prizes without being confused. .

JP 2010-17348 A

  However, in the case of a game arcade that allows the same business as when online even when the unit and the server are offline, the automatic storage ball processing shown in Patent Document 1 has the following problems, for example: Occurs.

(Case 1)
As a result of playing the game with the gaming machine in which the member A is arranged corresponding to the unit while the unit and the server are online, the member A has 10,000 balls. At that time, Member A pulled the member card from the unit and moved to another game machine. The movement-destination unit arranged corresponding to the movement-destination gaming machine and the server are offline. Member A inserted a member card into the destination unit and played with a gaming machine. As a result, the number of balls held by Member A decreased to 500 at the end of the game. Note that the destination unit was in an offline state at the end of the game.

  After the game is over, the member A returns home without paying out, and when the game hall closes, when the store closes or the store opens, the server's stored ball processing means stores it in the server possession number information storage means. An automatic storage ball processing is performed in which the number of balls held by member A is added to the number of balls stored by member A. The number of balls to be added at this time is 10,000 pieces that are sent online to the server when the transfer source unit ejects the membership card. Accordingly, there is a divergence between the correct number of balls (500) at the end of the game of the destination unit.

(Case 2)
Case 2 is a case in which the system is offline from the beginning of the game hall opening, and all units in the game hall and the server are offline and are not recovered all day. As a result of the member B playing a game on a gaming machine, the number of possession was 10,000.

  Then, after the game is over, the member B returns home without paying out, and when the game hall closing time has passed, the server's stored ball processing means is stored in the server number-of-balls information storage means at the time of closing or opening. Performs automatic saving ball processing that adds the number of balls held by member B to the number of balls stored by member B. Since the unit does not transmit the number of members' balls to the server in the online state, the number of balls to be added at this time is zero. Therefore, there is a large divergence from the correct number of balls (10,000) at the end of the game.

  As exemplified above, even when the ball is managed by the server, it is held by the server in the game hall that allows almost the same business as when online when the unit and the server are offline. If there is a discrepancy between the number of balls and the actual number of balls, and if automatic storage processing is performed, the number of balls that should be automatically stored and the number of balls that have been processed automatically There is a problem that an error occurs during this period, resulting in an error in the number of stored balls.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to correct the number of stored balls, to which an incorrect number of balls are added, to the number of stored balls that should be originally, in order to cope with the above-described problem.

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 1, a member storage medium distributed in advance to a member who is a player registered as a member in a game hall,
Counting the game media acquired by the member as a result of the game, and a counter arranged corresponding to the gaming machine;
The intercom machine connected to the management device and the counter so as to be communicable and arranged corresponding to the gaming machine,
It consists of a management device that is communicably connected to each inter-vehicle machine in the game hall,
The member storage medium is
Member identification information storage means for storing member identification information;
The number-of-balls information storage means for storing the number of balls, which is the number of game media obtained by the member as a result of the game and obtained as a counting result of the counting means;
State information storage means for storing communication state information between the inter-machine and the management device;
Update date and time information storage means for storing the date and time when the number of possession balls is stored and updated in the number of possession balls information storage means ,
The inter-machine is
Read / write means for reading information from the member storage medium and writing information to the member storage medium;
The number of pedestrians in the table, which stores the number of balls in the member,
Communication state monitoring means for monitoring the communication state between itself and the management device,
The management device
In association with the member identification information, the number of stored balls that stores the number of stored balls, which is the number of game media deposited by the member in the game hall, for each member;
A management device number-of-balls information storage means for storing the number of balls received from each pedestrian machine for each member in association with the member identification information;
A storage ball processing means for performing processing for adding the number of balls held by the member stored in the management device holding ball number information storage means to the number of stored balls of the member stored in the storage ball number storage means;
A storage processing history storage means for storing a history of the processing performed by the storage processing means;
A time measuring means for measuring the current date ,
The communication status information stored in the status information storage means is information indicating an incommunicable state, and the update date stored in the update date information storage means, and the current date called from the timing means, Are different ,
A player information processing apparatus is provided in which the storage processing means performs a correction process for correcting the number of stored balls of the member.

In the invention of claim 2, a member storage medium distributed in advance to a member who is a player who is registered as a member in a game hall;
Counting the game media acquired by the member as a result of the game, and a counter arranged corresponding to the gaming machine;
The intercom machine connected to the management device and the counter so as to be communicable and arranged corresponding to the gaming machine,
It consists of a management device that is communicably connected to each inter-vehicle machine in the game hall,
The member storage medium is
Member identification information storage means for storing member identification information;
The number-of-balls information storage means for storing the number of balls, which is the number of game media obtained by the member as a result of the game and obtained as a counting result of the counting means;
State information storage means for storing communication state information between the inter-machine and the management device;
Update date and time information storage means for storing the date and time when the number of possession balls is stored and updated in the number of possession balls information storage means ,
The inter-machine is
Read / write means for reading information from the member storage medium and writing information to the member storage medium;
The number of pedestrians in the table, which stores the number of balls in the member,
Communication state monitoring means for monitoring the communication state between itself and the management device,
The management device
In association with the member identification information, the number of stored balls that stores the number of stored balls, which is the number of game media deposited by the member in the game hall, for each member;
A management device number-of-balls information storage means for storing the number of balls received from each pedestrian machine for each member in association with the member identification information;
A storage ball processing means for performing processing for adding the number of balls held by the member stored in the management device holding ball number information storage means to the number of stored balls of the member stored in the storage ball number storage means;
A storage ball processing history storage means for storing a history of the processing performed by the storage ball processing means,
The management device possession ball number information storage means is configured to store in association with the stored date and time when storing the number of possession balls received from each inter-vehicle machine,
The communication status information stored in the status information storage means is information indicating an incommunicable state, and the update date and time stored in the update date and time information storage means, and the management device possession number information storage means If the date and time of calling from is different ,
A player information processing apparatus is provided in which the storage processing means performs a correction process for correcting the number of stored balls of the member.

In the invention of claim 3, the correction process is:
The difference between the number of possessed balls added to the number of accumulated balls of the member in the processing history stored in the stored ball processing history storage means and the number of retained balls stored in the retained ball number information storing means The player information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the player information processing device calculates and adds or subtracts the difference number to the member's stored ball number stored in the stored ball number storage unit.

In the invention of claim 4, the correction process is:
In the processing history stored in the storage ball processing history storage means, the number of possessed balls added to the number of stored balls of the member is subtracted from the number of stored balls of the member stored in the storage number storage means, The player information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the number of possessed balls stored in the retained ball number information storage means is added to the number of accumulated balls after subtraction.

In the invention of claim 5, the correction process is:
When the update date / time information stored in the update date / time information storage means and the processing date / time information indicating the storage ball processing date / time stored in the storage ball processing history storage means are compared, and the update date / time information is newer, 3. The player information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the number of balls stored in the number-of-balls information storage unit is added to the number of balls stored in the member stored in the number-of-balls storage unit. did.

In the invention of claim 6 , an information processing device other than the inter-vehicle machine connected to be communicable with the management device is further provided.
The information processing apparatus, a read means for reading information from the member storage medium further comprises, was player information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1-5.

According to the first to sixth aspects of the invention, it is possible to correct the number of stored balls to which the wrong number of balls has been added to the number of stored balls that should be, and to reduce troubles between the player and the game hall. .

In particular, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the storage ball correction processing is performed after confirming that the date on which the storage ball correction processing is performed and the date when the number of possessed balls is written on the member storage medium are different. For example, a member who has played a game machine moves to another game machine, and a pedestrian machine arranged corresponding to the destination game machine reads the member's member storage medium. In such a case, it is possible to avoid a situation where the stored ball correcting process is mistakenly performed, and the stored ball correcting process can be performed more carefully, which is convenient.

In particular, according to the invention of claim 6 , it is possible to carry out the savings correction process from other information processing devices in the game hall such as a POS other than the intermediary machine, a payment machine, and a client computer, which is convenient. .

Member storage media distributed in advance to members who are players registered as members at the game hall and game media acquired by the members as a result of the game are counted and arranged corresponding to the gaming machine. A counter, a management device and a counter connected to be communicable with the counter and are arranged corresponding to the gaming machine, and a management device connected to be communicable with each inter-device in the game hall The member storage medium includes member identification information storage means for storing member identification information, and the number of game media obtained by the member as a result of the game and obtained as a counting result of the counting means. The number of balls is stored in the number-of-balls information storage unit that stores the number, the state information storage unit that stores communication state information between the inter-machine and the management device, and the number of balls in the number-of-balls information storage unit with the update date and time information storage means for storing the updated date and time, the The stand machine reads information from the member storage medium and reads / writes information to the member storage medium, and a stand machine number information storage means for storing the number of balls of the member And a communication status monitoring means for monitoring the communication status between itself and the management device, wherein the management device is associated with member identification information and is a storage ball that is the number of game media deposited by the member in the game hall The number of stored balls for each member, a management device for storing the number of balls received from each inter-vehicle machine in association with the member identification information, and for each member, and the management Storage ball processing means for performing processing for adding the number of balls held by the member to the number of balls stored for the member stored in the storage ball number storage means, Remembers the history of the processing performed by And貯玉processing history storing means, and a counting means for counting the current date, the communication state information stored in said status information storing means is information indicating the communication disable state, and the update date information storage When the update date stored in the means is different from the current date called from the timing means , the storage processing means performs a correction process for correcting the number of stored balls of the member. The number of stored balls to which the number of balls is added can be corrected to the number of stored balls that should be originally.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the entire player information processing apparatus A. The player information processing apparatus A includes a membership card 1 as an example of a member storage medium, a unit 2 as an example of a table machine, a counter 3 disposed corresponding to the unit 2, and a management device. And a server 4 as an example. The unit 2 and the server 4 are connected through a communication line, and can exchange information and signals with each other in a normal online state.

  The membership card 1 distributed to a member who is a player who has registered as a member at the amusement hall may be any medium that can write information therein and read information stored therein. It can be realized with an integrated IC card or a magnetic card using magnetic tape. The member card 1 has member identification information storage means 5, possession number information storage means 6, and status information storage means 7. The member identification information storage means 5 stores member identification information for identifying a member. This member identification information consists of unique characters, figures, symbols, or combinations thereof assigned to each member card 1. The number-of-balls information storage means 6 stores and updates the number of balls of the member at the end of the game. Specifically, the member card 1 is ejected from the unit 2 at the end of the game, so that when the member performs a return operation of the member card 1 such as pressing a card return button, The number of balls is memorized.

  In the status information storage means 7, when the member performs the return operation of the membership card 1, if the communication between the unit 2 and the server 4 is in an offline state where communication is not possible, the communication impossible information such as an offline flag is stored. Remembered.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the unit 2 is a pedestrian machine provided corresponding to each of the gaming machines 9 provided in the game hall, and rents a certain gaming medium when cash is inserted. It has a function as a lending machine and a function that a player acquires as a result of the game and counts out the game medium counted by the counter 3, that is, a so-called ball. In addition, the IC coin (not shown) is built in the unit 2 in advance, and the visitor (= the person who plays the game without registering as a member at the game hall) finishes the game, and the IC coin discharging operation means (not shown) ) Is operated, the number of balls held by the player and other necessary information are written into the IC coin and discharged.

  The unit 2 is connected to a counter 3 as shown in FIGS. The counter 3 counts the game media paid out from the gaming machine 9 and transmits the counting result to the unit possession number information storage means 12 of the unit 2 at a predetermined timing. The unit possession number information storage means 12 These count results are sequentially received, and the number of balls is accumulated. Similarly, these counting results are transmitted to the server possession number information storage means 24 of the server 4 at a predetermined timing, and the number of possessions of each unit 2 is also stored in the server possession number information storage means 24. Has been.

  The unit 2 includes a read / write unit 11, a unit possession number information storage unit 12, a communication state monitoring unit 13, a card return operation unit 14, a display unit 15, a unit control unit 16, a card discharge control unit 17, and a payout number input. Means 18 and a ball payout control means 19 are provided.

  The read / write means 11 performs wired or wireless communication with the member card 1 to read information stored in the member card 1 or write predetermined information to the member card 1. Specifically, the member identification information is read from the member identification information storage means 5, the number of possession balls information stored in the possession number information storage means 6 is read, and the incommunicable information is stored in the state information storage means 7. If it is, the incommunicable information is read. In addition, the number of balls possessed by the member is written in the number-of-balls information storage unit 6, and incommunicable information such as an offline flag is written in the state information storage unit 7.

  As the unit possession number information storage means 12, for example, a storage device such as a hard disk (HD) or a nonvolatile memory that functions as a large-capacity memory can be used. The unit possession number information storage means 12 is a member identification that the member has acquired as a result of the game with the gaming machine 9 and the number of game media counted by the counter 3 and the so-called number of possession of the member are read from the member card 1. The information is cumulatively updated in association with the information. Further, the number of possessed balls read from the possessed ball number information storage means 6 of the member card 1 is stored in association with the member identification information. Furthermore, when the number of possessed balls is paid out from the unit 2, the number of retained balls after subtraction by subtracting the number of possessed balls corresponding to the paid-out coins is stored and updated. When the card return operation unit 14 is operated, the card return operation unit 14 transmits a card discharge signal to the unit control unit 16. The unit control means 16 that has received the card ejection signal performs control to write the number-of-balls information through the read / write means 11 and the incommunicable information if the unit 2 and the server 4 are in an offline state. The means 17 is controlled to eject the membership card 1 from the unit 2 and is also controlled to reset the number of balls stored in the unit possession number information storage means 12 to “0”.

  The communication state monitoring unit 13 can be configured by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). Therefore, the communication state monitoring unit 13 stores programs corresponding to functions to be described later in a ROM or a nonvolatile memory (not shown), and the communication state monitoring unit 13 loads and executes these programs. It becomes. The communication state monitoring unit 13 receives a communication confirmation signal periodically transmitted from the server 4. When reception of the communication confirmation signal is interrupted for a predetermined time, the communication state monitoring unit 13 determines that the unit 2 and the server 4 are in an offline state, and holds this determination. On the other hand, if a communication confirmation signal is received when it is determined to be offline, it is determined to be online and this determination is retained.

  The card return operation means 14 is configured by an input device such as a card return button, a lever, a numeric keypad, or a touch panel that accepts a member card return operation from a player, a member, or the like. When the card return operation unit 14 receives a return operation of the member card 1 from the member, the card return operation unit 14 transmits a card discharge signal to the unit control unit 16.

  The display means 15 can be composed of a display device such as a CRT, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, a monitor, or a 7 segment. Then, the display means 15 controls the unit 2 such as the number of possessed balls, the number of accumulated balls, the information relating to the member's game, the operation information of the gaming machine 9, and the processing completion or error stored in the unit possession number information storage means 12. Displays command and response output.

  The unit control means 16 can be constituted by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). Therefore, the unit control means 16 stores programs corresponding to functions to be described later in a ROM or a nonvolatile memory (not shown), and the unit control means 16 loads and executes these programs. . Upon receipt of the card insertion signal, the unit control means 16 reads the member identification information and the number of balls held by the member from the member card 1 inserted into the card discharge control means 17 through the read / write means 11, and the server 4 The number of possessed balls is stored in the unit possessed ball count information storage means 12 in association with the member identification information.

Moreover, the unit control section 16, upon receiving the card ejection signal, checks whether the communication state monitoring unit 13 is receiving the communication confirmation signal, that is not the receiving, via a read / write unit 11 Then, control is performed to write incommunicable information such as an offline flag in the status information storage means 7 of the member card 1. Further, when the unit control means 16 receives the card ejection signal, the unit possession number information storage means 12 at the time when the number of possessed balls of the member held by the unit 2 at that time, that is, the card ejection signal is received. The number of possessed balls stored in the card is controlled to be written in the number of possessed balls information storage means 6 of the membership card 1 through the read / write means 11. Further, when the card discharge signal is received, the number of balls currently stored in the unit possession ball number information storage means 12 is controlled to be transmitted to the server 4 together with the member identification information. Further, the unit control means 16 performs control to transmit a card discharge signal to the card discharge control means 17.

  Further, when the unit control means 16 receives the payout signal, the unit control means 16 performs control to transmit the payout signal to the ball payout control means 19. Also, the number of possessed balls stored in the unit possession number information storage means 12 is called, the number of payout game media included in the payout signal is subtracted from the number of possessed balls, and the number of possessed balls after subtraction is determined as a unit. Control to update and store the number of possessed balls information storage means 12 is performed.

  The card ejection control means 17 is a mechanism that accepts and holds the insertion of the membership card 1 and ejects the membership card 1 when a card ejection signal is received from the unit control means 16. Further, the card discharge control means 17 is provided with a sensor (not shown) for detecting the insertion of the member card 1, and when the sensor detects the insertion of the member card 1, the card insertion signal is sent to the unit control means 16. Control to send to.

  The number-of-payout input means 18 accepts the input of the number of game media to be paid out and the input of the payout from the member up to the number of possessed balls currently stored in the unit number-of-balls information storage means 12, for example, a numeric keypad. And input devices such as a touch panel. When the payout number input means 18 receives the input of the number of game media to be paid out and the input of the payout execution, the payout number input means 18 transmits a payout signal including the number of payout game media to the unit control means 16.

  The ball payout control means 19 is a mechanism for receiving a payout signal from the unit control means 16 and paying out a specified number of balls.

  The server 3 is a computer that operates by program control, and includes member information storage means 20, stored ball number storage means 21, stored ball processing means 22, stored ball processing history storage means 23, server possession number information storage means 24, server control means 25. It has.

  As the member information storage means 20, for example, a storage device such as a hard disk (HD) or a non-volatile memory that functions as a large-capacity memory can be used. The member information storage means 20 is classified according to member identification information, and stores information related to members, such as member name, address, date of birth, gender, age, number of visits, number of points visited. Therefore, based on the member identification information, the member information of the member can be searched and called.

  For example, a storage device such as a hard disk (HD) or a non-volatile memory that functions as a large-capacity memory can be used as the storage number storage means 21. The stored ball number storage means 21 stores the number of players registered as a member at the game hall, that is, the number of stored balls of the member in association with the member identification information. If searching based on the member identification information, the stored ball number of the member is stored. Number can be called. In addition, the number of stored balls storage means 21 stores the number of stored balls classified according to game medium types such as “balls” and “medals”, and rental rates such as “1 ball = 1 yen” and “1 ball = 4 yen”. .

  The storage ball processing means 22 can be constituted by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). Accordingly, the storage ball processing means 22 stores programs corresponding to functions to be described later in a ROM or a nonvolatile memory (not shown), and the storage ball processing means 22 loads and executes these programs. . When the storage processing unit 22 receives member identification information and a storage processing signal from, for example, a POS (not shown), based on the member identification information, the member's internal ball stored in the server number information storage unit 24 is stored. The number and the number of stored balls of the member stored in the stored number of storage means 21 are specified and called. Then, the number of balls held by the member is added to the number of balls stored by the member, and the storage ball processing for updating the number of balls stored in the storage number storage means 21 is performed. And the process which resets the number of balls of the said member memorize | stored in the server possession number information storage means 24 to "0" is performed.

  Further, even after the closing time has elapsed, the storage ball processing means 22 performs automatic storage ball processing for adding the number of balls held by the members stored in the server number-of-balls information storage means 24 to the number of stored balls of the corresponding members. This will be specifically described below. The stored-ball processing means 22 searches the server number-of-balls information storage means 24, and calculates the remaining number of balls that have not been set to “0” by the time of closing of the game hall, for example, at the time of closing processing. Alternatively, the member identification information extracted during the store opening process and stored in association with the extracted number of holding balls is specified. Next, based on the specified member identification information, the stored ball number storage means 21 is searched to search for matching member identification information. If matching member identification information is found, the number of stored balls stored in association with the member identification information is called. Then, the extracted number of possessed balls is added to the called number of stored balls, and the extracted number of retained balls and member identification information are deleted from the server possessed ball number information storage means 24. The above storage processing is repeated for each extracted number of possessed balls. When member identification information is not associated with the extracted number of balls (when visitor identification information is associated), the extracted number of balls is deleted from the server possession number information storage unit 24. .

  Moreover, when the storage ball processing means 22 receives a storage ball correction signal to be described later, the stored ball number storage means 21 is searched based on the received member identification information to search for matching member identification information. If matching member identification information is found, the number of stored balls stored in association with the member identification information is called. Further, the stored ball processing history storage means 23 is searched to search for matching member identification information. When matching member identification information is found, the stored ball processing history stored in association with the member identification information is called, and the number of stored balls processed balls is the number of balls that have been stored from the stored ball processing history. call.

  Then, the called number of processed balls is subtracted from the received number of balls (= originally the number of balls to be stored), and if the difference is a positive value, the difference is added to the number of stored balls called. On the other hand, if the difference is a negative value as a result of the subtraction, the difference is subtracted from the number of stored balls called. Thereafter, a storage ball correction completion signal is transmitted to the server control means 25.

  For example, a storage device such as a hard disk (HD) or a non-volatile memory that functions as a large-capacity memory can be used as the storage processing history storage means 23. The stored ball processing history storage means 23 stores the history of the stored ball processing performed by the stored ball processing means 22 (including the history of canceling the stored ball processing) together with date / time information and member identification information.

  For example, a storage device such as a hard disk (HD) or a non-volatile memory that functions as a large-capacity memory can be used as the server possession number information storage means 24. The server possession number information storage means 24 stores the number of possessions of the member of the game hall in association with the member identification information, and if the search is made based on the member identification information, the number of possession balls of the member is called. Can do. In addition, about the memory update of the number of balls currently memorize | stored in the server number-of-balls information storage means 24, the server control means 25 mentioned later receives member identification information and the number of balls at a predetermined timing from the unit 2. To do. For example, in this embodiment, the member identification information and the number of possessions are received from the unit 2 at the timing when the card return operation means 14 for discharging the member card 1 from the unit 2 is operated.

  The server control means 25 can be constituted by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), for example. Therefore, the server control unit 25 stores programs corresponding to functions to be described later in a ROM or nonvolatile memory (not shown), and the server control unit 25 loads and executes these programs. .

  The server control means 25 determines whether or not communication disabled information such as an offline flag is included in the information received from the unit 2 when the stored ball correcting process is performed. If communication incompetence information such as an offline flag is included, a stored ball correction signal is transmitted to the stored ball processing means 22. The above control is performed.

  Further, when the server control means 25 receives the storage ball correction completion signal, the server control means 25 transmits to the unit 2 the processing completion notification and “0”, which is the number of possessed balls after the storage ball correction, and the corrected number of stored balls.

  Next, a specific processing flow of the player information processing apparatus A will be described with reference to FIGS. It should be noted that here, the member who has left the amusement hall without paying his own balls and has been automatically stored and visited the store on or after the next day, and the device on which the member card 1 was processed for the first time after visiting the store is the unit 2 It is assumed that

  First, as shown in FIG. 3, when the member card 1 is inserted into the card discharge control means 17 of the unit 2 by the member (S301), a sensor (not shown) provided in the card discharge control means 17 is inserted. And a card insertion signal is transmitted to the unit control means 16. The unit control means 16 refers to the communication status information held by the communication status monitoring means 13 and, when it is online, the member identification information stored in the membership card 1 through the read / write means 11. Then, the incommunicable information such as the number of balls and offline flag is read (S302), and the information is transmitted to the server 4 (S303). On the other hand, when the communication state monitoring unit 13 refers to the communication state information and is in the offline state, the card discharge control is transmitted to the card discharge control unit 17 and the card discharge signal is received. The means 17 discharges the membership card 1.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the server control unit 25 determines whether or not the information received from the unit 2 includes communication disable information such as an offline flag (S401). If communication incompetence information such as an offline flag is included, the server control unit 25 transmits a stored ball correction signal to the stored ball processing unit 22. The storage ball processing means 22 that has received the storage ball correction signal searches the stored ball number storage means 21 based on the received member identification information (S402) and searches for matching member identification information. If matching member identification information is found, the number of stored balls stored in association with the member identification information is called. Further, the stored ball processing history storage means 23 is searched (S403) to search for matching member identification information. If matching member identification information is found, the latest stored ball processing history stored in association with the member identification information is extracted (S404), and the number of balls that have been stored from the stored ball processing history Call a certain number of processed balls.

  Next, subtract the number of balls that have been called up from the received number of balls (= the number of balls that should be stored), and if the calculated difference (S405) is a positive value, The difference is added (S406). On the other hand, if the difference is a negative value as a result of the subtraction, the difference is subtracted from the called number of stored balls (S406).

  In addition, although the structure which subtracts the stored ball processing number of balls called from the received number of balls (= originally the number of balls to be processed), the number of received balls ( (Originally, the number of balls to be stored) may be subtracted. In this case, if the difference is a positive value, the difference is subtracted from the number of stored balls called. If the difference is a negative value, the difference is added to the called number of stored balls.

  Then, the storage ball processing means 22 transmits a storage ball correction completion signal to the server control means 25.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the server control means 25 that has received the storage ball correction completion signal indicates to the unit 2 the processing completion notification and “0” that is the number of possessed balls after the storage ball correction, (S304). The display means 15 of the unit 2 that has received the processing completion notification, the corrected number of balls, and the corrected number of stored balls displays the processing completion, the corrected number of balls, and the corrected number of stored balls (S305).

  Thus, by configuring the player information processing apparatus A, it is possible to correct the number of stored balls to which the wrong number of held balls is added to the number of stored balls that should be originally.

  In this embodiment, in order to correct the stored ball, the configuration using the difference between the received number of held balls and the number of processed balls is shown, but the number of stored balls processed is subtracted from the number of stored balls of the member. It is good also as a structure which adds the received number of balls to the number of stored balls after.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the case where prizes are exchanged based on the number of possessed balls counted by the counter 3 has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to a so-called enclosed game machine. Further, in the above embodiment, a pachinko ball is taken as an example of the game medium, but the present invention can also be applied to a case where prizes are exchanged based on a slot machine medal. In the above embodiment, each storage means is provided in one apparatus. However, one storage means is provided in one apparatus, and each storage area is provided in one storage means. good. In the above embodiment, the member card 1 is provided with a plurality of storage means. However, one storage means may be provided, and each storage area may be provided in this one storage means.

  In this embodiment, the communication state monitoring unit 13 is provided. The communication state monitoring unit 13 detects the presence or absence of a communication confirmation signal from the server 4 and determines whether the unit 2 and the server 4 are online or offline. The unit 2 determines whether the unit 2 has transmitted the member identification information stored in the member card 1, the incommunicable information such as the number of balls, the offline flag, and the update date to the server 4. 2 and the server 4 may be configured to determine whether they are online or offline.

  Further, in this embodiment, the unit 2 is configured to be able to pay out the balls when lending the ball, but the ball payout at the time of lending the ball is a so-called CR unit that uses a ball discharge port (not shown) of the gaming machine. Also good. Further, the unit 2 may be provided with a so-called storage ball replay function.

  In the present embodiment, the card return operation means 14 for discharging the member card 1 inserted into the unit 2 is provided in the unit 2, but this is not a limitation, and the game machine 9 and the call lamp ( (Not shown) may be provided.

  Further, in the present embodiment, it is configured that the specified number of balls is paid out by inputting the number of balls to be paid out to the payout number input means 18, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a payout execution input means (not shown) is provided, and while accepting this input, a payout signal for paying out the ball is continuously transmitted to the unit control means 16, or a payout payout by one operation is performed. When the number of balls is set in advance and the payout execution input means accepts the input, a payout signal is transmitted to the unit control means 16, and the unit control means 16 that receives this payout signal sends the payout payout control means 19. The bead payout control means 19 may be configured to pay out a predetermined number of balls.

  In the present embodiment, the member information storage unit 20 and the stored ball number storage unit 21 are separately configured. However, the stored member number storage unit 21 is not provided, and the member information stored in the member information storage unit 20 is provided. It is good also as a structure which memorize | stores the number of stored balls as a part of.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a case where a member who has been automatically stored is coming to the store on or after the next day and the device in which the membership card 1 is processed first after visiting the store is the unit 2 is described. When the device in which the membership card 1 is processed is an information processing device that can read information stored in the membership card 1 and is connected to the server 4 so as to be able to communicate with each other, such as a POS, a payment machine, or a client computer The same correction process is performed for. The basic flow in this case is as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, but it is not necessary to display the number of possessed balls after correction of the stored ball (S305) by the information processing apparatus that has been processed. .

  In the first embodiment, as a condition for starting the storage ball correction process, only the case where there is communication disabled information such as an offline flag in the information received from the membership card 1 has been described. In addition, a configuration example for determining whether or not to start the storage ball correction process with reference to date information is also shown.

  FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing the entire player information processing apparatus B. The player information processing apparatus B includes a membership card 31 as an example of a member storage medium, a unit 32 as an example of a table machine, a counter 3 disposed corresponding to the unit 32, and a management device. And a server 34 as an example. The unit 32 and the server 34 are connected via a communication line, and can transmit and receive information and signals to each other in a normal online state.

  The membership card 31 distributed to a member who is a player who has registered as a member at the amusement hall may be any medium that can write information therein and read information stored therein. It can be realized with an integrated IC card or a magnetic card using magnetic tape. The member card 31 includes member identification information storage means 5, possession number information storage means 6, status information storage means 7, and update date / time information storage means 8.

  The update date / time information storage unit 8 stores the date and time when the number of possessed balls is stored and updated in the number-of-balls information storage unit 6.

  The unit 32 includes a read / write unit 41, a unit possession number information storage unit 12, a communication state monitoring unit 13, a card return operation unit 14, a display unit 15, a unit control unit 46, a card discharge control unit 17, and a payout number input. Means 18 and a ball payout control means 19 are provided.

  The read / write unit 41 performs wired or wireless communication with the member card 31 to read information stored in the member card 31 or write predetermined information to the member card 31. Specifically, the member identification information is read from the member identification information storage means 5, the number of possession balls information stored in the possession number information storage means 6 is read, and the incommunicable information is stored in the state information storage means 7. If so, the communication disabled information is read, and the update date information stored in the update date information storage means 8 is read. Also, the number of balls held by the member is written in the number-of-balls information storage unit 6, the incommunicable information such as an offline flag is written in the state information storage unit 7, and the number-of-balls information storage is performed in the update date / time information storage unit 8. The date and time when the number of possessed balls is stored and updated is written in the means 6.

  The unit control means 46 can be constituted by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). Therefore, the unit control means 46 stores programs corresponding to functions to be described later in a ROM or nonvolatile memory (not shown), and the unit control means 46 loads and executes these programs. . The unit control means 46 writes the number-of-balls information, the update date / time, and the communication disable information if the space between the unit 32 and the server 34 is offline through the read / write means 41 that has received the card ejection signal from the card return operation means 14. Control is performed so that the card ejection control means 17 ejects the member card 31 from the unit 32, and the number of possessed balls stored in the unit possession number information storage means 12 is reset to "0". Take control.

  Upon receipt of the card insertion signal, the unit control means 46 reads the member identification information and the number of balls held by the member from the member card 31 inserted in the card discharge control means 17 through the read / write means 41, and the server 34 The number of possessed balls is stored in the unit possessed ball count information storage means 12 in association with the member identification information.

Moreover, the unit control section 46 receives the card ejection signal, checks whether the communication state monitoring unit 13 is receiving the communication confirmation signal, that is not the receiving, via a read / write unit 41 Then, control is performed to write incommunicable information such as an offline flag in the status information storage means 7 of the member card 31. Further, when the unit control means 46 receives the card ejection signal, the unit possession number information storage means 12 at the time when the number of possessed balls held by the unit 32 at that time, that is, the card ejection signal is received. The number of possessed balls stored in is stored in the number-of-balls information storage unit 6 of the member card 31 through the read / write unit 41. When the card discharge signal is received, control is performed to transmit the number of balls currently stored in the unit possession ball number information storage unit 12 to the server 34 together with the member identification information. Further, the unit control means 46 performs control for transmitting a card discharge signal to the card discharge control means 17.

  Further, when the unit control means 46 receives the payout signal, the unit control means 46 performs control to transmit the payout signal to the ball payout control means 19. Also, the number of possessed balls stored in the unit possession number information storage means 12 is called, the number of payout game media included in the payout signal is subtracted from the number of possessed balls, and the number of possessed balls after subtraction is determined as a unit. Control to update and store the number of possessed balls information storage means 12 is performed.

  The server 34 is a computer that operates under program control. The member information storage means 20, the stored ball number storage means 21, the stored ball processing means 22, the stored ball processing history storage means 23, the server possession number information storage means 24, and the server control means 55. The timer means 26 is provided.

  The server control means 55 can be constituted by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), for example. Therefore, the server control unit 55 stores programs corresponding to functions to be described later in a ROM or a nonvolatile memory (not shown), and the server control unit 55 loads and executes these programs. .

  The server control means 55 determines whether or not communication disabled information such as an offline flag is included in the information received from the unit 32 when the stored ball correcting process is performed. If communication incompetence information such as an offline flag is included, the current date is called from the time measuring unit 26 described later, and is compared with the received update date and time. Specifically, it is verified whether the dates match. If the dates do not match as a result of the collation, a stored ball correction signal is transmitted to the stored ball processing means 22. The above control is performed.

  In addition, when the storage control correction signal is received, the server control unit 55 transmits a processing completion notification, “0”, which is the number of possessed balls after correction of the storage ball, and the corrected number of storage balls to the unit 32.

  The clock means 26 is a clock device that clocks the current date.

  Next, a specific processing flow of the player information processing apparatus B will be described.

  First, when a member card 31 is inserted by the member into the card discharge control means 17 of the unit 32, a sensor (not shown) provided in the card discharge control means 17 detects the insertion and outputs a card insertion signal. It transmits to the unit control means 46. The unit control means 46 refers to the communication status information held by the communication status monitoring means 13 and, when it is online, the member identification information stored in the member card 31 through the read / write means 41. Then, the communication failure information such as the number of balls, the offline flag, and the update date / time are read, and the information is transmitted to the server 34. On the other hand, when the communication state monitoring unit 13 refers to the communication state information and is in the offline state, the card discharge control is transmitted to the card discharge control unit 17 and the card discharge signal is received. The means 17 discharges the membership card 31.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the server control unit 55 determines whether or not the information received from the unit 32 includes incommunicable information such as an offline flag (S601). If communication incompetence information such as an offline flag is included, the current date is called from the time measuring means 26 and collated with the received update date (S602). Specifically, it is verified whether the dates match.

  If the dates do not match as a result of the collation, the server control means 55 transmits a storage ball correction signal to the storage ball processing means 22. The storage ball processing means 22 that has received the storage ball correction signal searches the stored ball number storage means 21 based on the received member identification information (S603) and searches for matching member identification information. If matching member identification information is found, the number of stored balls stored in association with the member identification information is called. Further, the stored ball processing history storage means 23 is searched to search for matching member identification information. When matching member identification information is found, the latest stored ball processing history (the number of processed balls and the processing date and time that is the number of balls that have been stored) is extracted and stored in association with the member identification information ( S604), the processing date / time of the latest storage processing history is compared with the date / time of the received update date / time information (S605).

  In this comparison, if the processing date and time of the latest storage ball processing history is newer than the date and time of the received update date and time information, from the received number of balls (= the number of balls that should be stored), If the calculated difference (S606) is a positive value, the difference is added to the called number of stored balls (S607). On the other hand, if the difference is a negative value as a result of the subtraction, the difference is subtracted from the called number of stored balls (S607). The stored ball processing means 22 transmits a stored ball correction completion signal to the server control means 55.

  On the other hand, when the date / time of the update date / time information received is newer than the processing date / time of the latest stored ball processing history in the comparison (S605), a process of adding the received number of balls to the number of stored balls called in step S603 is performed ( S608).

  In this way, by configuring the player information processing apparatus B, the number of stored balls to which the wrong number of balls is added can be corrected to the number of stored balls that should be originally. In addition, since it is configured that the storage ball correction processing is performed after confirming that the day when the storage ball correction processing is performed and the date when the number of possessed balls is written on the member card 31 are different, for example, a game was played on a certain gaming machine. When the member moves to another gaming machine and the unit 32 arranged corresponding to the destination gaming machine reads the member card 31 of the member, the stored ball correcting process is erroneously performed. This is convenient because it can avoid the situation of being lost, and can be more careful in correcting the savings.

  Further, in this embodiment, in order to confirm the necessity of the storage ball correction before performing the correction of the storage ball, it is determined whether or not there is incommunicable information such as an offline flag, and the received update date and time are compared with the current date in order. However, the order of these processes is random, and a configuration in which they are performed in parallel may be used.

<Modification of Example 2>
Further, in the present embodiment, the automatic ball storage processing is configured to delete the internal ball number information (including date and time information) in the server internal ball number information storage unit 24 that has performed the storage processing in the automatic storage ball processing when the automatic storage ball processing ends. It can be configured not to be deleted even when the automatic storage ball processing is completed. In this case, the server possessed ball number information storage means 24 of the server 34 stores the date and time when the retained ball number information is stored in association with the retained ball number information. The date and time information in the means 8 is compared with the date and time information stored in the server possession number information storage means 24 together with the member identification information stored in association with the number of possessions.

  That is, if the unit 32 and the server 34 are in an online state at the end of the game of the member, the date / time information stored in the membership card 31 and the date / time information in the update date / time information storage means 8 stored in the member card 31 are stored. Will match. However, if the unit 32 and the server 34 are offline, they will not match. Therefore, in the stored ball correction process shown in FIG. 7, the update date / time information received from the unit (= update date / time information in the update date / time information storage means 8 of the member card 31) and the number of balls held in the server possession number information storage means 24 -It collates with the date information memorize | stored with member identification information (S702), and when it does not correspond, it comprises so that it may progress to step S603. It is also possible to implement in this manner during the storage correction process. When the stored ball correcting process is completed, the number of possessed balls information (including member identification information and date / time information) in the server possessed ball number information storage unit 24 is deleted. In the case of such a configuration, the time measuring means 26 of the server 34 is not necessary.

  The other configurations and operations of the player information processing apparatus B are the same as those of the player information processing apparatus A of the first embodiment.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the whole structure of the player information processing apparatus A of Example 1 which concerns on this invention. It is a front view which shows the unit, game machine, and counter of Example 1 which concern on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the player information processing apparatus A of Example 1 which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the player information processing apparatus A of Example 1 which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the whole structure of the player information processing apparatus B of Example 2 which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the player information processing apparatus B of Example 2 which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the modification of Example 2 which concerns on this invention.

A: Player information processing device, B: Player information processing device 1: Member card, 2: Unit, 3: Counter, 4: Server, 5: Member identification information storage means, 6: Number-of-balls information storage means, 7: Status information storage means, 8: Update date / time information storage means, 9: Game machine, 11: Read / write means, 12: Unit possession ball number information storage means, 13: Communication status monitoring means, 14: Card return operation means , 15: display means, 16: unit control means, 17: card discharge control means, 18: payout number input means, 19: possession ball payout control means, 20: member information storage means, 21: storage number storage means, 22: Storage processing means, 23: Storage processing history storage means, 24: Server number information storage means, 25: Server control means, 26: Time measuring means, 31: Member card, 32: Unit, 34: Server, 41: Lead / Light means 46: Unit control means, 55: a server control means

Claims (6)

Member storage media distributed in advance to members who are players registered at the playground,
Counting the game media acquired by the member as a result of the game, and a counter arranged corresponding to the gaming machine;
The intercom machine connected to the management device and the counter so as to be communicable and arranged corresponding to the gaming machine,
It consists of a management device that is communicably connected to each inter-vehicle machine in the game hall,
The member storage medium is
Member identification information storage means for storing member identification information;
The number-of-balls information storage means for storing the number of balls, which is the number of game media obtained by the member as a result of the game and obtained as a counting result of the counting means;
State information storage means for storing communication state information between the inter-machine and the management device;
Update date and time information storage means for storing the date and time when the number of possession balls is stored and updated in the number of possession balls information storage means ,
The inter-machine is
Read / write means for reading information from the member storage medium and writing information to the member storage medium;
The number of pedestrians in the table, which stores the number of balls in the member,
Communication state monitoring means for monitoring the communication state between itself and the management device,
The management device
In association with the member identification information, the number of stored balls that stores the number of stored balls, which is the number of game media deposited by the member in the game hall, for each member;
A management device number-of-balls information storage means for storing the number of balls received from each pedestrian machine for each member in association with the member identification information;
A storage ball processing means for performing processing for adding the number of balls held by the member stored in the management device holding ball number information storage means to the number of stored balls of the member stored in the storage ball number storage means;
A storage processing history storage means for storing a history of the processing performed by the storage processing means;
A time measuring means for measuring the current date ,
The communication status information stored in the status information storage means is information indicating an incommunicable state, and the update date stored in the update date information storage means, and the current date called from the timing means, Are different ,
The player information processing apparatus, wherein the storage processing means performs a correction process for correcting the number of stored balls of the member. Member storage media distributed in advance to members who are players registered at the playground,
Counting the game media acquired by the member as a result of the game, and a counter arranged corresponding to the gaming machine;
The intercom machine connected to the management device and the counter so as to be communicable and arranged corresponding to the gaming machine,
It consists of a management device that is communicably connected to each inter-vehicle machine in the game hall,
The member storage medium is
Member identification information storage means for storing member identification information;
The number-of-balls information storage means for storing the number of balls, which is the number of game media obtained by the member as a result of the game and obtained as a counting result of the counting means;
State information storage means for storing communication state information between the inter-machine and the management device;
Update date and time information storage means for storing the date and time when the number of possession balls is stored and updated in the number of possession balls information storage means ,
The inter-machine is
Read / write means for reading information from the member storage medium and writing information to the member storage medium;
The number of pedestrians in the table, which stores the number of balls in the member,
Communication state monitoring means for monitoring the communication state between itself and the management device,
The management device
In association with the member identification information, the number of stored balls that stores the number of stored balls, which is the number of game media deposited by the member in the game hall, for each member;
A management device number-of-balls information storage means for storing the number of balls received from each pedestrian machine for each member in association with the member identification information;
A storage ball processing means for performing processing for adding the number of balls held by the member stored in the management device holding ball number information storage means to the number of stored balls of the member stored in the storage ball number storage means;
A storage ball processing history storage means for storing a history of the processing performed by the storage ball processing means,
The management device possession ball number information storage means is configured to store in association with the stored date and time when storing the number of possession balls received from each inter-vehicle machine,
The communication status information stored in the status information storage means is information indicating an incommunicable state, and the update date and time stored in the update date and time information storage means, and the management device possession number information storage means If the date and time of calling from is different ,
The player information processing apparatus, wherein the storage processing means performs a correction process for correcting the number of stored balls of the member. The correction process includes
The difference between the number of possessed balls added to the number of accumulated balls of the member in the processing history stored in the stored ball processing history storage means and the number of retained balls stored in the retained ball number information storing means The player information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the player information processing unit calculates and adds or subtracts the difference number to the member's stored ball number stored in the stored ball number storage unit. The correction process includes
In the processing history stored in the storage ball processing history storage means, the number of possessed balls added to the number of stored balls of the member is subtracted from the number of stored balls of the member stored in the storage number storage means, The player information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the number of possessed balls stored in the retained ball number information storage means is added to the number of accumulated balls after subtraction. The correction process includes
When the update date / time information stored in the update date / time information storage means and the processing date / time information indicating the storage ball processing date / time stored in the storage ball processing history storage means are compared, and the update date / time information is newer, The game according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the number of balls stored in the number-of-balls information storage unit is added to the number of balls stored for the member stored in the number-of-balls storage unit. Information processing device. An information processing apparatus other than the inter-machine is connected to the management apparatus so as to be communicable,
The information processing apparatus, a read means for reading information from the member storage medium, and further comprising, a player information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1-5.

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