JPH08194786A - Prepaid card unauthorized use preventing system in pinball saloon - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To effectively prevent a prepaid card duplicated illegally from being used. CONSTITUTION: This system is provided with a card issuing machine providing an identification code including identification information on series of consecutive number and saloon number for the prepaid card, a ball renting machine reading the identification code of a used prepaid card and a host computer 13 storing identification information sent from a tabulating computer 18 at its own saloon and those at the other saloons through the use of the prepaid card. The identification code of the prepaid card used for renting balls is read and only when the name of the saloon is not its own saloon or the issuing date is not the day, read identification information is inquired to the host computer 13 so that the host computer 13 compares it with identification information stored in advance and at the time of collating the same consecutive number and detecting illegal use, sends the result to the totalizing computer 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention determines whether a prepaid card used for ball lending in an amusement store, particularly a pachinko parlor, is an authentic one, or a modified or forged fraudulent one. It relates to a fraud prevention system for.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the increase in the size of pachinko parlors, systems have been developed that can use not only cash but also prepaid cards purchased in advance.

In the prepaid card used in such a system, as shown in FIG. 3, the set amount, the store name, and the date of the initial amount at the time of issuance are shown on the front side of the prepaid card body 1. An initial code area 2 having a two-dimensional code 2a is formed, and a remaining code area 3 having a two-dimensional code 3a showing the remaining amount of money used, the name of the store used, and the date. ,
The amount of money corresponding to these codes is displayed numerically.

In such a prepaid card, when issued by a ticket issuing machine, a code corresponding to the amount information of the first amount, together with the name of the store at the time of issuance, the date, and the like, are shown in the initial code area 2. Number (10000 in the example in the figure)
0 yen) is written. When this prepaid card is used by a ball lending machine for ball lending, a code indicating the amount of money used by subtracting the amount used from the initial amount together with the name and date of the store used and the corresponding number are the balance code area. It is recorded in 3.

As a code indicating the amount of money, for example, as shown in the drawing, a segment obtained by dividing one rectangle into four in a square shape is set as one digit of a binary number, and a four-digit hexadecimal number is represented as this rectangle. Data code is available.

[0006]

In the prepaid system having such a configuration, there is little problem if only the prepaid card issued at the store on the day is used, but it is not necessary to use the prepaid card issued on another day or at a pachinko parlor. If it becomes possible to use prepaid cards issued at other stores as well as prepaid cards issued at the store in response to the conversion to a large-scale chain store, it becomes difficult to prevent illegal use.
That is, since the codes provided in the initial code area 2 and the balance code area 3 of this type of prepaid card are visible information, a card copied by a copying machine onto an appropriate card substrate cannot be distinguished from the original, and many The risk of duplicate fraud cards cannot be avoided.

If an invisible ink is used as the code or a magnetic recording is applied to make it invisible,
Although it is possible to avoid the duplication as described above to some extent,
For that purpose, not only a ticket issuing machine but also a lot of ball lending machines must be provided with a mechanism for writing or reading the information, which causes a significant increase in cost. Moreover, in any of the methods, it is possible to determine whether or not it is illegal use.
It should be done immediately after use.

It is an object of the present invention to effectively prevent the use of an illegally duplicated prepaid card by using only a visible code and to promptly determine whether or not the illegal use is made. The present invention is to provide a fraud prevention system for prepaid cards in an amusement store.

[0009]

A fraud prevention system for a prepaid card in an amusement store according to the present invention is an initial code consisting of a two-dimensional code of the amount of money when the prepaid card is issued, the name of the store, and amount information indicating the date. In the area, a prepaid card issued for each store is provided with an identification code consisting of a series of serial numbers and a two-dimensional code including identification information of the store number, and a prepaid card issued by the ticket issuing machine of its own store or another store. While lending a ball using a card, a ball lending machine that reads the identification code of the used prepaid card, identification information that the ticket issuing machine gave to each prepaid card when the prepaid card was issued, and the ball lending machine A counting computer that receives the identification information read from the prepaid card, and a prepaid card issued by the ticket issuing machine at your store or another store. And a host computer for storing the identification information sent from the own store aggregate computer and other stores aggregate computer using Dokado,
Read the identification code of the prepaid card used for ball lending, if the store name is other than your own store, or only when the issue date is other than the current day, inquire the read identification information to the host computer, in the host computer, In comparison with the identification information stored in advance, when the same serial number is collated and an unauthorized use is detected, the result is sent to the counting computer.

[0010]

In the fraud prevention system for the prepaid card in the amusement store according to the present invention, the conventional initial code area is further provided with an identification code consisting of a two-dimensional code including identification information indicating the serial number and the store number at each issuing store. Tickets are issued,
When a prepaid card is used, the prepaid card is issued at another store, or only when the issue date is other than the current day, the host computer is inquired as to whether the prepaid card is genuine.

Therefore, by checking the serial number identification code of the prepaid card used in the ball lending machine with the serial number identification code at the time of issuance, if an illegal act such as using a duplicate prepaid card is made, Can be reliably detected. Moreover, this verification is not performed for prepaid cards issued at the shop or for prepaid cards issued on the day of the day, and is only performed when other prepaid cards are used, so the total number of verifications is the number of prepaid cards in use. The number is small compared with the number, and a large number of inquiries are not flooded to the host computer at the same time, and it is possible to perform a quick process.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing a prepaid card fraud prevention system in a pachinko parlor, which is an amusement store of this embodiment. In the figure, 11 is an own store, 12 is another store of the same series as the own store 11, and the same prepaid card can be used in the own store 11 and the other store 12. Other store 1
2 also has a device having the same configuration as that of its own shop, and is connected via a common host computer 13. The number of other stores may be two or more.

The own store 11 is provided with a ticket issuing machine 14 for issuing a prepaid card, a pachinko machine 16 provided with a ball lending machine 15, a hall computer 17 for controlling the ball lending machine 15, and a counting computer 18, which are used for counting. Computer 18
Exchanges necessary information with the above-mentioned host computer 13.

Next, the operation will be described. Ticket issuing machine 14
In the same manner as in the past, by inserting cash from the cash insertion slot 21, a prepaid card corresponding to the amount of money is sent out from the issuing slot 22. The issued prepaid card is shown in FIG. In the system of the present invention, the prepaid card issued from the ticket issuing machine 14 has a two-dimensional code of the amount at the time of issuance, the name of the store, and the amount information indicating the date, in the initial code area 2 of the prepaid card. Along with the code 2a, an identification code 2b indicating a series of serial numbers and store numbers for each issuance of each prepaid card is provided. Then, the information included in the identification code 2b is sent to the host computer 13 via the counting computer 18 of the own store 11 and sequentially stored in the storage device.

On the other hand, the customer who obtains the prepaid card from the ticket issuing machine 14 inserts the prepaid card into the card insertion slot of the ball lending machine 15 provided on each of the pachinko machines 16 and sets the amount of money by the usual procedure. Then, borrow a ball corresponding to the amount of money and play the game. The ball lending machine 15 calculates the amount obtained by subtracting the usage amount from the remaining amount, records the code corresponding to this amount as the remaining amount code 3a in the remaining amount code area 3 of the prepaid card, together with the store name and date, and also this amount. Is recorded as a number, and the card is ejected from the card insertion slot 23.

The ball lending machine 15 also reads the identification code 2b provided in advance in the initial code area 2 of the prepaid card inserted in the card insertion slot 23 and sends the information to the counting computer 18.

The counting computer 18 determines from the sent identification code 2b whether the prepaid card is issued at its own store or is issued on the same day, and this condition is satisfied. Regarding the prepaid card corresponding to (1), it is determined whether or not the prepaid card is a proper one based on its own record stored when the prepaid card is issued.

If the prepaid card is issued at another store or is issued on a day other than the same day, the host computer 13 is inquired for its identification information and it is checked whether or not there is the same serial number. And check for unauthorized use. If it is determined that the prepaid card has been illegally used, the totaling computer 18 is notified that the prepaid card is illegal.

When the counting computer 18 or the host computer 13 determines that the prepaid card is illegal, it is normally adopted by displaying which ball lending machine 15 the illegal prepaid card is inserted into. Fraud prevention measures can be taken.

Alternatively, each pachinko machine 16 may be provided with an alarm device 24 at a position invisible to the user to display that an illegal prepaid card has been inserted into the ball lending machine 15.

[0021]

As described above, according to the prepaid card fraud prevention system in the amusement store of the present invention, since the prepaid card has a serial number, the fraud caused by copying the prepaid card can be surely ensured. Can be prevented. In addition, the inquiry to the host computer is made only at other stores or when the prepaid card issued other than the day is used, so the amount of data processed by the host computer is extremely small, which enables swift processing. You can Moreover, since there is no need to use invisible ink or magnetic information, the device is simple,
There is also an effect that the cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing a fraud prevention system for a prepaid card in an amusement store according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a prepaid card used in the fraud prevention system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a conventional prepaid card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 card body 2 initial code area 2a amount code 2b identification code 3 balance code area 3a balance code 11 own store 12 other store 13 host computer 14 ticket issuing machine 15 ball lending machine 16 pachinko machine 17 hall computer 18 counting computer 21 cash insertion slot 22 issuing port 23 card insertion port 24 alarm

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A series of serial numbers and a store number for each prepaid card issued in each store in an initial code area consisting of a two-dimensional code of the amount of money when the prepaid card is issued, its store name, and date information. A ticket issuing machine provided with an identification code consisting of a two-dimensional code including the identification information of the ticket and a prepaid card issued by the ticket issuing machine of the own store or another store, and the prepaid card used is identified. A ball lending machine that reads a code, a counting computer that receives the identification information given to each prepaid card by the ticket issuing machine at the time of issuing the prepaid card, and an identification computer that receives the identification information read by the ball lending machine from the prepaid card, and its own store or another store Sent from the counting computer of own store and the counting computer of other store using the prepaid card issued by the ticket issuing machine of A host computer for storing the identification information stored in the prepaid card used for lending the balls, and only if the store name is other than the store itself or the issue date is other than the current day, the host computer Inquires about the read identification information, compares it with the identification information stored in advance in the host computer, and sends the result to the counting computer when the same serial number is collated and illegal use is detected. A prepaid card fraud prevention system in an amusement store characterized by being configured.