JP5284516B2 - Information distribution reservation program and distribution reservation URL generation program - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a stand information distribution reservation program and a distribution reservation URL generation program. More specifically, the present invention relates to a table information distribution reservation program and a distribution reservation URL generation program used in a game table information distribution system for distributing table information by e-mail to portable terminals.

In amusement halls such as pachinko parlors, services are provided to provide players with game machine information (number of jackpots, number of probability fluctuations, number of jackpot continuations, etc.). The service providing this table information is a powerful information source when the player selects a gaming machine.
Conventionally, the table information is provided by a large-sized game table information disclosing device installed near the entrance of the game hall, and the player operates the game table information disclosing device to write down or print out necessary information. Had to get out.
However, in order to obtain the table information from the game table information disclosing device just before the game hall is closed, it often has to be arranged in a line, which is troublesome and inconvenient.

Therefore, an apparatus has been proposed in which the player can easily acquire the table information.
The gaming machine information providing device of Patent Document 1 displays the gaming machine machine information as a two-dimensional code on a display unit of a calling lamp installed for each gaming machine. The player can easily acquire the base information in the mobile phone by reading the two-dimensional code with his camera-equipped mobile phone.

The player wants to acquire the base information of the gaming machine he / she has played after the game is over. This is because it is considered whether to play with the same gaming machine the next day by looking at the table information after the game ends.
However, in the conventional apparatus, the player can only acquire the stand information by operating the game stand information disclosing device near the entrance or reading the two-dimensional code from the display unit of the calling lamp of the gaming machine. . That is, since the player cannot acquire the table information unless he / she visits the business hall during the business hours, it is difficult to acquire the table information after the game is over.

JP 2005-185604 A

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a table information distribution reservation program and distribution used in a game table information distribution system that can acquire the table information after the game is finished without being restricted by business hours and geographical restrictions of the game hall. It is an object to provide a reservation URL generation program.

The stand information distribution reservation program of the first invention is communicable with a portable terminal via a network, a distribution time at which the stand information is distributed to the portable terminal, and a gaming machine targeted for distribution of the stand information at the distribution time A storage unit for storing a gaming machine code of the mobile terminal, a mobile terminal e-mail address of the mobile terminal, a temporary registration flag indicating a registration status of the mobile terminal e-mail address, and member information of a member having the mobile terminal A program for causing a server device to perform processing for distributing table information to the portable terminal, searching the storage unit for a temporary registration flag corresponding to the accessed portable terminal, and the portable terminal If There is a temporary registration, it displays the member information input screen prompting the input of member information to the portable terminal, and registers the member information transmitted from the portable terminal in the storage unit Display stand information distribution reservation screen prompting input of the delivery time to the accessed the mobile terminal, the processing server to be registered in the storage unit and the gaming machine code and the delivery time transmitted from the mobile terminal The apparatus is characterized by being performed.
The stand information distribution reservation program of the second invention is communicable with a portable terminal via a network, a distribution time at which the stand information is distributed to the portable terminal, and a gaming machine targeted for distribution of the stand information at the distribution time The game machine code , the user identification character string unique to the portable terminal, and the server information including member information of the member having the portable terminal is distributed to the portable terminal with the base information A program for performing processing, when a user identification character string corresponding to the accessed mobile terminal is searched from the storage unit, and the user identification character string is not registered, to display the member information input screen that prompts you to enter the membership information to the terminal, registers the member information that has been transmitted from the mobile terminal to the storage unit, prompting the input of the delivery time to the accessed the mobile terminal Display information distribution reservation screen, characterized in that to perform processing of registering in the storage unit and the gaming machine code and the delivery time that has been transmitted to the server device from the portable terminal.
A distribution reservation URL generation program according to a third aspect of the invention is capable of communicating with a portable terminal via a network, a distribution time at which table information is distributed to the portable terminal, and a gaming machine to be distributed as a table information at the distribution time A program for causing a server device including a storage unit to store the gaming machine code to perform processing for distributing the base information to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal being sent by e-mail from the mobile terminal A process of generating a distribution reservation URL for accessing the platform information distribution reservation screen for prompting the input of the distribution time from the mail address and the gaming machine code, and sending the distribution reservation URL to the mobile terminal e-mail address by mail. It is characterized by causing a server device to perform.
Distribution reservation URL generation program of the fourth invention, in the third invention, the storage unit, the a mobile terminal electronic mail address of the portable terminal, and temporarily registered flags stored indicating the registration status of the mobile terminal mail address The mobile terminal e-mail address transmitted from the portable terminal is retrieved from the storage unit, and when the portable terminal e-mail address is not registered in the storage unit, the portable terminal e-mail address is While registering in the said memory | storage part, a server apparatus is made to perform the process which sets a temporary registration flag, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

According to the first invention, since the distribution time and the gaming machine code can be registered from the portable terminal, the player can acquire the base information of the desired gaming machine at the desired time. Therefore, the player can acquire desired table information without being restricted by the business hours of the game hall or geographical restrictions. Further, if the player designates the gaming machine that the player has played, the player can acquire the base information of the gaming machine after the game is over. Further , since the registration status of the accessed mobile terminal is determined and the mobile terminal is temporarily registered, the member information can be input, so that the player's member information can be collected. Also, by registering as a member, it is possible to send advertisement mails to the player, and to collect player trends such as the model of the gaming machine preferred by the player and the frequency of information collection. Furthermore, if the player has already registered as a member, the player does not need to input member information from the next time, and it does not take time to access the stand information distribution reservation screen.
According to the second invention, it is possible to determine the registration status of the accessed mobile terminal and to input the member information when the mobile terminal is not registered, so that the player's member information can be collected. . Also, by registering as a member, it is possible to send advertisement mails to the player, and to collect player trends such as the model of the gaming machine preferred by the player and the frequency of information collection. Furthermore, if the player has already registered as a member, the player does not need to input member information from the next time, and it does not take time to access the stand information distribution reservation screen.
According to the third invention, since the distribution reservation URL is transmitted to the portable terminal by e-mail, the player can easily make the table information distribution reservation only by accessing the distribution reservation URL. Further, since the distribution reservation URL is generated from the mobile terminal e-mail address and the gaming machine code, it is possible to display a device information distribution reservation screen dedicated to the mobile terminal and the designated gaming machine that transmitted the mail. Therefore, the player can easily make a reservation for the distribution of the table information simply by accessing the table information distribution reservation screen and inputting the distribution time.
According to the fourth invention, the mobile terminal e-mail address sent from the e-mail is determined to be registered, and when the mobile terminal e-mail address is not registered, the mobile terminal e-mail address is registered in the storage unit. Since the player is temporarily registered without inputting his / her mobile terminal e-mail address, membership registration is easy. Further, since the temporary registration flag is set, the member information can be input when the table information distribution reservation screen is accessed from the portable terminal that is temporarily registered.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a game machine information distribution system in which a game information distribution reservation program and a distribution reservation URL generation program according to a first embodiment of the present invention are used. FIG. It is a hardware block diagram of Web server WS of the same game stand information delivery system. It is a hardware block diagram of mail server MS of the same game stand information delivery system. It is a hardware block diagram of database server DB of the same game stand information delivery system. It is an example of the character string recorded on the two-dimensional code QR used for the same game stand information delivery system. It is a database block diagram of the same game stand information delivery system. It is a flowchart of the gaming machine registration processing of the same gaming machine information distribution system. It is a flowchart of the stand information registration process of the same game stand information distribution system. It is a flow chart of distribution reservation URL generation processing of the same game stand information distribution system. It is a flowchart of the stand information delivery reservation process of the same game stand information delivery system. It is a flowchart of the stand information distribution process of the same game stand information distribution system. It is a flowchart of the gaming machine reservation processing of the same gaming machine information distribution system. It is an example of the character string recorded on the two-dimensional code QR used for the game machine information delivery system in which the machine information delivery reservation program which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention is used. It is a flowchart of the stand information delivery reservation process of the same game stand information delivery system. It is a whole block diagram of the game machine information delivery system which concerns on other embodiment.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
First, the overall configuration of a game machine information distribution system in which the machine information distribution reservation program and the distribution reservation URL generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention are used will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the game machine information distribution system includes a Web server WS and a mail server MS connected to the Internet, and the Web server WS and the mail server MS are connected by a LAN (Local Area Network). ing. A database server DB is further connected to the LAN, and the Web server WS, the mail server MS, and the database server DB can communicate with each other via the LAN.
A hall computer HC is installed in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor, and the hall computer HC is also connected to the Internet. A plurality of gaming machines P such as pachinko machines and pachislot machines are installed in the amusement hall, and these gaming machines P are connected to the hall computer HC, and the machine information of each gaming machine P (number of jackpots, number of probability fluctuations, jackpots) The number of continuations, etc.) is sequentially collected on the hard disk of the hall computer HC. A hall computer HC is installed for each game hall, and hall computers HC of a plurality of game halls are connected to the Internet.
A computer PC connected to the Internet is also installed in the game hall, and a person in charge of the game hall can operate a Web browser function installed in the computer PC.
A two-dimensional code QR is displayed on each gaming machine P, and different information is recorded for each gaming machine P as described later.
In the present embodiment, a portable terminal MP that can be connected to the Internet and has a mail transmission / reception function, a Web browser function, and a two-dimensional code reading function is used.

Next, the hardware configuration of each device will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the Web server WS mainly includes a CPU 11, a memory 12, a hard disk 13, and communication means 14. In addition to the OS (Operating System), various programs 131 described later are installed in the hard disk 13. The communication unit 14 has a function of connecting to and communicating with the Internet and a LAN.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the mail server MS is also mainly composed of a CPU 21, a memory 22, a hard disk 23, and communication means 24. In addition to the OS, the hard disk 23 is installed with an e-mail transmission / reception program 231 that transmits / receives e-mail via the Internet and an e-mail analysis program 232 that analyzes the received e-mail. A mailbox area 233 for temporarily storing received e-mails and e-mails to be transmitted is secured.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the database server DB is also mainly composed of a CPU 31, a memory 32, a hard disk 33, and communication means 34. In addition to the OS, a DBMS (Database Management System) is installed in the hard disk 33. A data area 332 for storing data is secured. The DBMS has a function of controlling the database, such as updating, searching, adding, and deleting the contents of data stored in the data area 332. Since the database server DB is only connected to the LAN, the communication means 34 only needs to have a function of connecting to the LAN and communicating.

  The hall computer HC is a well-known hall computer used in the game hall, and manages the operation of the game hall by collecting operation status data in addition to the base information from each gaming machine P. In the present embodiment, the hall computer HC is connected to the Internet, and a client side table information registration program to be described later is installed.

The two-dimensional code QR is displayed on a liquid crystal display unit mounted on the gaming machine P, or displayed by pasting a piece of paper printed on a space outside the frame of the gaming machine P.
Here, the two-dimensional code is a code that has information that can be read in two vertical and horizontal directions, thereby increasing the amount of information to be dramatically accumulated as compared to a one-dimensional code (so-called bar code). As the two-dimensional code, for example, QR code (registered trademark), PDF417 (registered trademark), DataMatrix (registered trademark), MaxiCode (registered trademark), and the like are known.

The portable terminal MP has a two-dimensional code reading function, and can recognize it as a character string by reading the two-dimensional code QR with a built-in camera and decoding the captured two-dimensional code.
The two-dimensional code QR includes a server electronic mail address for receiving an electronic mail at the mail server MS, a gaming machine code corresponding to the gaming machine P to which the two-dimensional code QR is attached, and the gaming machine P A game hall code corresponding to the game hall in which is installed is recorded.
Here, the gaming machine code is a code that is uniquely assigned to each gaming machine P in the gaming hall, and the gaming hall code is each gaming hall that distributes the platform information in the gaming platform information distribution system of the present embodiment. This is a uniquely assigned code. Therefore, by designating the game hall code and the game machine code, it is possible to designate a specific game machine P1 of a specific game hall.

For example, a character string as shown in FIG. 5 is recorded in the two-dimensional code QR. A player who operates the portable terminal P reads the two-dimensional code QR in which such a character string is recorded with his / her portable terminal P, thereby receiving an e-mail including a game field code and a gaming machine code in the body text. It can be sent to the server e-mail address with a simple operation.
Note that FIG. 5 is an example of reading with an NTT DoCoMo (registered trademark) mobile phone, and a character string is configured so that it can be read and transmitted by another carrier mobile phone or other mobile terminal. Needless to say, you can.

In this embodiment, the mobile terminal MP reads the two-dimensional code QR and transmits an e-mail, but uses short-range wireless communication such as IrDA or BlueTooth (registered trademark) instead of the two-dimensional code QR. It is good also as embodiment to do.
However, the two-dimensional code QR is suitable because it can be installed without a large-scale capital investment because it is only displayed on the existing equipment.

Next, the database configuration will be described.
As shown in FIG. 6, in the data area 332 of the database server DB, there are a game hall master table M1, a gaming machine master table M2, a member master table M3, a machine information transaction table T1, a distribution transaction table T2, and a reservation transaction table T3. It is remembered.

The game hall master table M1 includes data fields of a game hall ID, a password, and a game hall code. The game hall ID is an ID assigned to the person in charge of each game hall. As will be described later, the game hall person in charge inputs the game hall ID and password and logs into the system to register the game machine. Can do. As described above, the game hall code is a code that is uniquely assigned to each game hall.
The gaming machine master table M2 includes a game field code, a gaming machine code, and a model name data field. As described above, the gaming machine code is a code that is uniquely assigned to each gaming machine. The model name is the model name of the gaming machine P corresponding to the game hall code and the gaming machine code. In addition to the model name, information representing the attribute of the gaming machine P may be registered.
The member master table M3 includes data fields of member ID, mail address, gender, age group, and provisional registration flag. The member ID is an ID assigned to a player who uses the game machine information distribution system of this embodiment. The e-mail address is the e-mail address of the mobile terminal P owned by the player, and corresponds to the “mobile terminal e-mail address” described in the claims. In this embodiment, since the member ID and the mail address are configured to correspond one-to-one, the member ID can be said to be an ID assigned to the mobile terminal MP. The gender and the age group are information of the player who owns the mobile terminal MP, and correspond to “member information” described in the claims. In addition to these, the member information may be configured to register a name and the like. The temporary registration flag is a flag indicating the registration status of the mail address. Its use will be described in detail later.

The table information transaction table T1 includes data fields of a game hall code, a gaming machine code, a jackpot count, a probability variation count, and a jackpot continuation count. The jackpot count, probability variation count, and jackpot continuation count are base information of the gaming machine P corresponding to the game hall code and the gaming machine code, and correspond to “base information” recited in the claims. In addition to the above, a configuration may be adopted in which the probability variation continuation count and the like can be registered as table information.
The delivery transaction table T2 includes data fields of member ID, delivery time, game hall code, and gaming machine code. The distribution time corresponds to the “distribution time for distributing the base information to the portable terminal” described in the claims, and the gaming machine code is “the gaming machine code of the gaming machine that is the distribution target of the base information at the distribution time”. Equivalent to.
The reservation transaction table T3 includes data fields of a game hall code, a gaming machine code, a reservation date and time, and a member ID. The reservation date and time is the date and time when the game machine P is played when the player corresponding to the member ID wishes to play the game machine P corresponding to the game hall code and the game machine code.

Next, the preparation process will be described.
(1) Gaming Machine Registration Processing Information on gaming machines P is registered in the database DB by performing gaming machine registration processing. This process is executed when a new gaming machine P is installed in the game hall or when the gaming machine P is replaced. The gaming machine registration process is mainly executed by a gaming machine registration program installed on the Web server WS.

As shown in FIG. 7, the person in charge at the game hall connects to the URL of the gaming machine registration screen with a Web browser installed in the computer PC (step S111). The game machine registration program is called in the Web server WS by connection from the computer PC, and the Web server WS transmits a login screen to the computer PC in the HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format or the like (step S121). The transmitted login screen is displayed on the Web browser of the computer PC, and the game hall staff can input the game hall ID and password (step S112).
When the game hall staff inputs the game hall ID assigned to him / her and a preset password from the input device of the computer PC, they are transmitted to the Web server WS (step S113). The Web server WS searches the game hall master based on the transmitted game hall ID and password, and performs login authentication by determining that login is successful if there is a matching record and login failure if there is no matching record. (Step S122). If the login authentication is successful, the gaming machine registration screen is transmitted to the computer PC (step S123). If the login is unsuccessful, the login screen is transmitted again (step S121).

If the login is successful, a gaming machine registration screen is displayed on the Web browser of the computer PC (step S114). The game hall staff can enter the game machine code and model name of the newly installed gaming machine P on the gaming machine registration screen, or delete the record of the removed gaming machine P. By confirming the input content, the changed gaming machine code and model name are transmitted to the Web server WS (step S115).
The Web server WS updates the gaming machine master with the gaming machine code and model name transmitted from the computer PC (step S124).
When the game hall person in charge presses the logout button on the gaming machine registration screen (step S116), logout processing is performed in the web server WS (step S125), and the gaming machine registration program ends.

  Thereafter, the game hall staff displays the two-dimensional code QR including the newly registered gaming machine code on the gaming machine P corresponding to the gaming machine code, so that the liquid crystal on which the two-dimensional code QR is mounted on the gaming machine P is displayed. It is set so as to be displayed on the display unit, or the two-dimensional code QR is printed on paper and pasted in a space outside the frame of the gaming machine P.

(2) Device information registration processing The device information registration processing is performed to register the device information of the gaming machine P in the database DB. This process is always executed during business hours of the game hall. The gaming machine registration process is mainly executed by a client side table information registration program installed in the hall computer HC and a server side table information registration program installed in the Web server WS.

As shown in FIG. 8, the hall computer HC determines whether or not the current time matches the default registration time (step S231), and the base information recorded on the hard disk of the hall computer HC when the registration time comes, The gaming machine code of the gaming machine P that is the base information and the gaming hall code of the gaming hall where the hall computer HC is installed are transmitted to the Web server WS (step S232). Here, the registration time is set in advance in the client-side platform information registration program, but it may be set at a predetermined time, a closing time, etc., or may be set at a predetermined time interval. . As will be described later, since the player receives the base information at the delivery time set by the player, the base information with a smaller time lag can be delivered to the player as the time interval of the registration time is shorter.
The Web server WS updates the record corresponding to the transmitted game hall code and game machine code in the table information transaction table T1 with the table information transmitted from the hall computer HC (step S221).
The table information registration process is repeatedly executed unless the client side table information registration program is terminated by the game hall staff at the end of the game hall business hours (step S233).

  Thus, by performing the base information registration process, the base information transmitted from the hall computer HC at a predetermined time interval is registered in the database, so that the base information registered in the database can always be kept up-to-date. it can. Therefore, the stand information distributed to the portable terminal MP can be updated.

Next, the base information distribution process will be described.
(3) Distribution Reservation URL Generation Processing When a player wants to distribute the machine information after playing the gaming machine P at the game hall, the player uses the two-dimensional code QR displayed on the gaming machine P as his mobile terminal. Read with MP. As described above, since the server e-mail address, the game hall code corresponding to the gaming machine P, and the gaming machine code are recorded in the two-dimensional code QR, by reading the two-dimensional code QR, the player An electronic mail including a game hall code and a gaming machine code can be transmitted to the electronic mail address with a simple operation.
When an e-mail is transmitted from the portable terminal MP, the e-mail analysis program is called by the mail server MS, and accordingly, the distribution reservation URL generation program is called by the Web server.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the e-mail transmitted from the portable terminal MP is received by the mail server MS and temporarily stored in the mailbox area 233 secured on the hard disk 23 of the mail server MS (step S341). The mail server MS analyzes the received electronic mail, acquires the mobile terminal electronic mail address, the game hall code, and the gaming machine code of the mobile terminal MP, and transmits those information to the Web server WS (step S342). In the mail server MS, in order to facilitate analysis of the received electronic mail, it is preferable that the electronic mail is described with a game hall code and a gaming machine code according to a predetermined format. Therefore, information is recorded in the two-dimensional code QR so that an e-mail is created according to a predetermined format.

  In the Web server WS to which information such as the mobile terminal e-mail address is transmitted from the mail server MS, the distribution reservation URL generation program is called. The Web server WS searches the member master table M3 based on the transmitted mobile terminal mail address, and if there is a matching mail address, it is registered, and if there is no matching mail address, member authentication is performed. Perform (step S321). As a result of the member authentication, if it is registered, a distribution reservation URL is generated (step S323), and if not registered, member temporary registration is performed (step S322).

If not registered, the Web server WS assigns a new member ID, registers the member ID and the transmitted mobile terminal e-mail address in the member master table M3, and sets a temporary registration flag (step S322). ). Setting the temporary registration flag means updating the temporary registration flag field with “1” if, for example, the temporary registration state is defined as “1” and the main registration state is defined as “0”.
In this way, it is determined whether or not the mobile terminal e-mail address sent by mail is registered, and when the mobile terminal e-mail address is not registered, the mobile terminal e-mail address is registered in the database. Member registration is easy because provisional registration is performed without entering the mobile terminal e-mail address.

Next, the Web server WS generates a distribution reservation URL from the member ID corresponding to the transmitted mobile terminal e-mail address, the game hall code and the gaming machine code, and transmits the generated distribution reservation URL to the mail server MS. (Step S323). Here, the distribution reservation URL is a URL for accessing a stand information distribution reservation screen described later from the Web browser of the portable terminal MP. To generate a URL from a member ID, a game hall code, and a gaming machine code, for example, append a query string using the member ID, the gaming hall code, and the gaming machine code as parameters to the end of the URL that calls the machine information distribution reservation screen. This is realized.
In addition to the member ID as a parameter, the mobile terminal e-mail address may be used as a parameter. “Generate a distribution reservation URL for accessing the information distribution reservation means for prompting the input of the distribution time from the mobile terminal e-mail address and the gaming machine code” described in the claims means the mobile terminal e-mail address Instead of this, generating a distribution reservation URL using a parameter that can uniquely specify the mobile terminal MP, such as the member ID corresponding to the mobile terminal e-mail address, is also included.

  Based on the distribution reservation URL transmitted from the Web server WS, the mail server MS transmits an e-mail containing the distribution reservation URL in the text to the received mobile terminal e-mail address.

(4) Device Information Distribution Reservation Process A player who has received the distribution reservation URL by e-mail simply specifies the distribution reservation URL in the text of the telegram mail, and the Web browser of the mobile terminal MP is launched, and the device information distribution reservation screen is displayed. Can be connected. When the mobile terminal MP is connected to the stand information distribution reservation screen, the stand information distribution reservation program is called on the Web server WS.

  As shown in FIG. 10, when connecting to the distribution reservation URL from the web browser of the portable terminal MP, the member ID, game room code, and game machine code included in the query string are transmitted to the web server WS (step S451). The Web server WS searches the member master M3 based on the transmitted member ID, acquires a temporary registration flag corresponding to the member ID, and confirms the member registration by judging the value of the temporary registration flag ( Step S421). As a result of the member registration confirmation, if it is provisional registration, a member information input screen is transmitted to the portable terminal MP (step S422), and if it is main registration, a table information distribution reservation screen is transmitted (step S424).

In the case of temporary registration, a member information input screen is displayed on the web browser of the mobile terminal MP (step S452). The player can input member information such as sex and age group on the member information input screen. By confirming the input content, the member information is transmitted to the Web server WS (step S453).
The Web server WS updates the member master M3 with the member information transmitted from the mobile terminal MP, and updates the temporary registration flag to the main registration state (step S423).
In this way, the registration status of the accessed mobile terminal MP is determined, and when the mobile terminal MP is temporarily registered, the member information input screen can be displayed, so that the player's member information can be collected. it can. By registering as a member, you can use the member information to send advertising emails to players, and to collect player trends such as the gaming machine model that the player likes and the frequency of information collection. .
In addition, since the member information input screen is displayed only in the temporary registration state, if the player has already registered as a member, it is not necessary to input member information from the next time, and the player can access the device information distribution reservation screen. There is no hassle.

Next, the Web server WS generates a table information distribution reservation screen and transmits it to the mobile terminal MP (step S424). The transmitted computer information distribution reservation screen is displayed on the Web browser of the portable terminal MP (step S454). The player can input a distribution time for distributing the table information on the table information distribution reservation screen. By confirming the input content, the delivery time is transmitted to the Web server WS (step S455). In addition to setting the delivery time in hours and minutes, the delivery time may be set by specifying the closing time of the game hall.
Here, since the distribution reservation URL is generated from the member ID, the game hall code, and the gaming machine code, the machine information distribution reservation screen dedicated to the gaming machine P corresponding to the portable terminal MP and the two-dimensional code QR is displayed. Can do. Therefore, if the player accesses the table information distribution reservation screen, the gaming machine has already been designated, and it is possible to easily make a table information distribution reservation simply by inputting the distribution time.

The Web server WS updates the distribution transaction table T2 with the distribution time transmitted from the mobile terminal MP, the member ID, the game hall code, and the gaming machine code (step S425).
As described above, since the distribution time, the game hall code, and the gaming machine code can be registered from the portable terminal MP, the player can set the platform of the desired gaming machine P at the desired time by the below-described platform information distribution processing. Information can be acquired.

(5) Device information distribution process The device information distribution process is performed to send the device information to the mobile terminal by e-mail. The stand information distribution process is mainly executed constantly by a stand information distribution program installed in the Web server WS.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the Web server WS searches the delivery transaction table T2 at predetermined time intervals, and confirms whether there is a delivery time that matches the current time (step S521). If there is a record whose distribution time matches the current time in the distribution transaction table T2, the process proceeds to the next step as having a distribution destination. Is performed (step S522).

If there is a distribution destination, the Web server WS acquires the game hall code and the gaming machine code corresponding to the distribution time from the distribution transaction table T2, and sets the base information corresponding to the acquired gaming hall code and the gaming machine code as the base information. Obtained from the transaction table T1 (step S523).
Next, the Web server WS acquires a member ID corresponding to the distribution time from the distribution transaction table T2, and generates a gaming machine reservation URL from the acquired member ID, the game hall code, and the gaming machine code. Then, the member ID, the machine information, and the gaming machine reservation URL are transmitted to the mail server MS (step S524). Here, the gaming machine reservation URL is a URL for accessing a gaming machine reservation screen to be described later from the Web browser of the portable terminal MP. To generate a URL from a member ID, a game hall code, and a gaming machine code, for example, append a query string using the member ID, the gaming hall code, and the gaming machine code as parameters to the end of the URL that calls the gaming machine reservation screen. It is realized with.

  The mail server MS searches the member master table M3 based on the member ID transmitted from the Web server WS, and acquires the mobile terminal e-mail address corresponding to the member ID. Then, an e-mail including the base information and the gaming machine reservation URL transmitted from the Web server WS in the body is transmitted to the mobile terminal e-mail address (step S541).

  The stand information distribution program is always executed except for ending the program due to the maintenance of the Web server WS, and the above processing is repeatedly executed (step S525).

  As described above, since the machine information of the designated gaming machine is delivered to the mobile terminal MP at the delivery time designated on the machine information delivery reservation screen, the player is restricted by the business hours of the game hall and geographical restrictions. The desired table information can be acquired without any problem. Further, if the player designates the gaming machine P that the player has played, the player can acquire the base information of the gaming machine after the game ends.

Next, the gaming machine reservation process will be described.
(6) Game machine reservation processing When a player who has received the base information by e-mail looks at the base information and decides to make a reservation for the game of the game machine P, the game machine reservation in the body of the e-mail is made. By simply specifying the URL, the web browser of the mobile terminal MP can be launched and connected to the gaming machine reservation screen. When the Web server WS is connected to the gaming machine reservation screen from the portable terminal MP, the gaming machine reservation program is called.

As shown in FIG. 12, when connecting to the gaming machine reservation URL from the web browser of the portable terminal MP, the member ID, game room code, and gaming machine code included in the query string are transmitted to the web server WS (step S651). . The Web server WS generates a gaming machine reservation screen and transmits it to the mobile terminal MP (step S621). The transmitted gaming machine reservation screen is displayed on the web browser of the portable terminal MP (step S652). The player can input a reservation date and time for playing the gaming machine P on the gaming machine reservation screen. By confirming the input content, the reservation date and time is transmitted to the Web server WS (step S653). The reservation date and time may be set in date units or time zones.
Here, since the gaming machine reservation URL is generated from the member ID, the game hall code, and the gaming machine code, the gaming machine reservation screen dedicated to the gaming machine P corresponding to the mobile terminal MP and the acquired machine information is displayed. Can do. Therefore, if the player accesses the gaming machine reservation screen, the gaming machine has already been designated, and the player can easily make a gaming machine reservation simply by inputting the reservation date and time.

  The Web server WS searches the reservation transaction table T3 with the reservation date and time, the game hall code and the game machine code transmitted from the mobile terminal MP, and reservation is not possible if the same reservation date and time is already registered in the same gaming machine. If such data is not registered, the reservation status is confirmed by making the reservation possible (step S622). If the reservation is possible, the process proceeds to the next step. If the reservation is not possible, the game machine reservation screen is transmitted again to prompt the player to input another reservation date and time (step S623).

  If the reservation is possible, the Web server WS adds the transmitted reservation date and time, the member ID, the game hall code, and the gaming machine code to the reservation transaction table T3 (step S624).

  In this way, since the gaming machine code and the reservation date / time can be registered from the portable terminal MP, the player can reserve the game of the desired gaming machine P at the desired date / time. In addition, since a gaming machine can be reserved, the player does not need to line up at the game hall before business hours, and can play a desired gaming machine at a desired date and time.

(Second Embodiment)
In the first embodiment, the server e-mail address is recorded in the two-dimensional code QR displayed on the gaming machine P. Instead, the URL for calling the stand information distribution reservation screen is recorded. It is good also as a form.
In the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, for example, as shown in FIG. Is added with a query string consisting of parameters for obtaining. By including the user identification character string acquisition parameter in the query string, the Web server WS can acquire the user identification character string of the accessed mobile terminal P. FIG. 13 shows an example of reading with an i-mode (registered trademark) mobile phone.
In the case of this embodiment, a user identification character string is recorded as a member ID registered in the database.

In the present embodiment, the distribution reservation URL generation process in the first embodiment is not necessary, and the process is different in the table information distribution reservation process. Since the other processes are the same, the description thereof will be omitted, and the table information distribution reservation process in the present embodiment will be described below.
When the player wishes to distribute the table information after playing the gaming machine P at the game hall, the player reads the two-dimensional code QR displayed on the gaming machine P with his portable terminal MP. By simply reading the two-dimensional code QR and specifying the URL of the table information distribution reservation screen analyzed as a character string, the Web browser of the portable terminal MP can be launched and connected to the table information distribution reservation screen. When the mobile terminal MP is connected to the stand information distribution reservation screen, the stand information distribution reservation program is called on the Web server WS.

As shown in FIG. 1 4, when connecting from the Web browser of the portable terminal MP trapezoidal information distribution reservation screen URL, and game arcade code and gaming machine code contained in the query string, the user identification string to the Web server WS It is transmitted (step S751). The Web server WS searches the member master M3 based on the transmitted user identification character string. If there is a matching user identification character string, it is registered, and if there is no matching user identification character string, it is not registered. Thus, member authentication is performed (step S721). As a result of the member authentication, if it is registered, the table information distribution reservation screen is transmitted (step S724), and if it is not registered, the member information input screen is transmitted (step S722).

If not registered, a member information input screen is displayed on the web browser of the portable terminal MP (step S752). The player can input member information such as sex and age group on the member information input screen. By confirming the input content, the member information is transmitted to the Web server WS (step S753).
The Web server WS adds the member information and the user identification character string transmitted from the mobile terminal MP to the member master M3 (step S723).

Next, the Web server WS generates a table information distribution reservation screen and transmits it to the mobile terminal MP (step S724). The transmitted stand information distribution reservation screen is displayed on the Web browser of the portable terminal MP (step S754). The player can input a distribution time for distributing the table information on the table information distribution reservation screen. By confirming the input content, the delivery time is transmitted to the Web server WS (step S755).
Here, the stand information distribution reservation screen displayed in the present embodiment is a screen dedicated to the gaming machine P corresponding to the mobile terminal MP and the two-dimensional code QR, as in the first embodiment. Therefore, if the player accesses the table information distribution reservation screen, the gaming machine has already been designated, and it is possible to easily make a table information distribution reservation simply by inputting the distribution time.

  The Web server WS updates the distribution transaction table T2 with the distribution time transmitted from the mobile terminal MP, the game hall code, the gaming machine code, and the user identification character string (step S725).

(Other embodiments)
If the hall computer HC cannot be connected to the Internet, or if the machine information registration program cannot be installed, the machine information registration process described above cannot be performed.
In this case, the game hall staff uses a recording medium such as a USB memory to acquire the stand information from the hall computer HC and upload the stand information from the computer PC connected to the Internet to the Web server WS. It is good also as a form. In order to obtain such an embodiment, it is necessary to install a program capable of receiving a table information file from the computer PC, analyzing the contents, and registering it in the database in the Web server WS.

In the above-described embodiment, the Web server WS, the mail server MS, and the hall computer HC are connected via the Internet. However, as shown in FIG. 15, the Web server WS, the mail server MS, and the database server DB are installed in the game hall. However, an embodiment in which they are connected to the hall computer via a LAN is also possible.
In this case, it is not necessary to connect the hall computer HC to the Internet.

WS Web server MS Mail server DB Database server HC Hall computer P Game machine QR Two-dimensional code MP Mobile terminal

Claims (4)

Can communicate with mobile devices over a network,
A distribution time for distributing the table information to the portable terminal, a gaming machine code of a gaming machine to be distributed as a table information at the distribution time, a portable terminal email address of the portable terminal, and the portable terminal email address A server device comprising a storage unit for storing a temporary registration flag indicating the registration status of the member and member information of the member having the mobile terminal ;
A program for causing the mobile terminal to perform a process of distributing table information,
Search the temporary registration flag corresponding to the accessed mobile terminal from the storage unit,
When the mobile terminal is temporarily registered, a member information input screen for prompting the mobile terminal to input member information is displayed.
Register the member information transmitted from the mobile terminal in the storage unit ,
Display a stand information distribution reservation screen that prompts input of the distribution time on the accessed mobile terminal,
Wherein said delivery time and said gaming machine code and the platform information distribution reservation program that is characterized in that to perform <br/> process for registering in the storage unit in the server apparatus transmitted from the mobile terminal. Can communicate with mobile devices over a network,
A distribution time for distributing the table information to the portable terminal; a gaming machine code of a gaming machine that is a distribution target of the table information at the distribution time; a user identification character string unique to the portable terminal; and the portable terminal In a server device comprising a storage unit for storing member member information ,
A program for causing the mobile terminal to perform a process of distributing table information,
Search the user identification character string corresponding to the accessed mobile terminal from the storage unit,
When the user identification character string is unregistered, a member information input screen that prompts the mobile terminal to input member information is displayed.
Register the member information transmitted from the mobile terminal in the storage unit ,
Display a stand information distribution reservation screen that prompts input of the distribution time on the accessed mobile terminal,
Wherein said delivery time and said gaming machine code and the platform information distribution reservation program that is characterized in that to perform <br/> process for registering in the storage unit in the server apparatus transmitted from the mobile terminal. Can communicate with mobile devices over a network,
In a server device comprising a storage unit for storing a distribution time for distributing table information to the mobile terminal and a gaming machine code of a gaming machine to be distributed as a table information at the distribution time,
A program for causing the mobile terminal to perform a process of distributing table information,
From the mobile terminal e-mail address sent from the mobile terminal and the gaming machine code, generate a distribution reservation URL for accessing the stand information distribution reservation screen that prompts the input of the distribution time,
A distribution reservation URL generation program, which causes a server device to perform processing for sending the distribution reservation URL to the mobile terminal e-mail address. The storage unit also stores a mobile terminal e-mail address of the mobile terminal and a temporary registration flag indicating a registration status of the mobile terminal e-mail address,
From the storage unit, search for the mobile terminal e-mail address that has been mailed from the mobile terminal,
When the portable terminal e-mail address is not registered in the storage unit, the portable terminal e-mail address is registered in the storage unit, and a process for setting a temporary registration flag is performed by the server device. The distribution reservation URL generation program according to claim 3 .

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