JPS59171573A - Amusement game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an electrical circuit forming a game program and a trigger signal assigned to each participant by at least two game participants to control the progress of the game program. a control device that is operated via a trigger device that generates a signal, an identification device that identifies the trigger device that generates this No. 46 when a trigger signal is generated, and a control device that is operated in accordance with the game program and in response to the operation of the trigger device. The present invention relates to an entertainment game device with a notification device that generates a success signal of cooperation with each individual game participant based on the identification of a trigger device.

PRIOR ART This kind of entertainment game device allows two specific people to participate in a game, and each person operates their own trigger device, so that, for example, in the case of an electronic tennis game, a simulated game can be played.
While controlling the position of the tennis racket, the player can ``hit the ball back'' against the opponent, and the opponent can also manipulate his own trigger device to try to ``hit the ball back'' and become involved in the progress of the game. It is known as a so-called video game.

In such video games, a reporting device is also provided to notify both parties of the outcome of the game, for example, by displaying points, such as 18:5.

Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned entertainment game device in a way that allows a large number of people to participate while keeping the cost of the game itself relatively low. , and to expand it.

Structure and Effects of the Invention In the present invention, in an entertainment game device as described above, a telephone assigned to a telephone subscriber is used as a trigger device, and a telephone line switching device constitutes a part of the control device, - The above object is achieved by configuring the switching center to include at least one switching center having a storage device for storing programs.

An important advantage of the present invention is that, by utilizing existing telephone line switching equipment, each telephone subscriber can participate in this entertainment game, so that, for example, a lottery can be held among a large number of telephone subscribers and their winnings and prizes can be won almost instantly. It is possible to make a report using a reporting device without having to use the information.

In this case, at least the task of examining and identifying individual telephone subscribers who have become winners according to the game program can be carried out by so-called checking circuits. In addition, calls that are determined to be winning in accordance with the game program are connected to telephone lines occupied by game operator personnel, and these personnel are responsible for communicating with the caller who made the call, i.e., the game participant. It is also possible to immediately notify these participants of the type or amount of the prize after obtaining the necessary data.

If the lottery is held as part of a television program, for example,
The telephone number and, if necessary, the name, the type of prize and the prize can be displayed on the screen; in this case it is very advantageous if the relevant data is displayed directly in the drawing scene of the television program being broadcast.

With the configuration described above, it is possible to directly incorporate a large-scale sweepstakes campaign by a company into a commercial.In this case, the advertising effect of the sweepstakes recruitment is that the lottery will be held on the spot and that there will be direct contact with the winners. There is no doubt that this will greatly increase the number of prizes compared to the method used in conventional prize recruitment.

On the other hand, in the case of an entertainment game where you cannot participate unless you pay a wager, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is
The controller is configured to include a rate pulse generator for applying a corresponding number of rate pulses to the rate meters of telephone subscribers participating in the entertainment game.

In particular, this implementation allows bets to be paid out instantly and winners and their prizes to be announced immediately, especially in charity television lotteries. A particularly important benefit is that lottery participants no longer have to go through cumbersome remittance procedures, and can participate in the lottery in an immersive way while immersing themselves in the excitement of the TV show, which is further enhanced by the income generated from the lottery.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Other constituent features and advantages of the present invention will be explained in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A series of telephones 1-6 are shown in the drawing, which telephones are assigned to respective telephone subscribers participating in the game.

A call from one of the telephones 1-6 is received in a known manner at a subscriber line terminal exchange equipped with storage and arithmetic circuitry 10. The game program progresses when a call is received from each of the telephones 1 to 6 to the circuit 10. In the simplest case, this program uses a counter to find the nth call 1 and declare it the winner. It is decided. For example, every 100th caller can be found as a winner.

In the case of a lottery where each participant must pay a wager,
When a telephone subscriber connects to the storage and arithmetic circuit 1o, a signal is first generated which causes a rate meter (not shown) assigned to this subscriber to be assigned a corresponding number of routes, each corresponding to a unit rate. 4', in which the number of rate pulses or computed unit rates corresponds to the contribution of said r-me participant, and we only have to look at the number of calls entered into circuit 1o. The deposit may be settled through the post office (or other telephone network operator) as appropriate.

When the nth caller is selected as a winner according to the game program, the call from circuit 10 is connected to telephone A, B or C by the switching equipment of switching center 8. A cooperator from the game management side is waiting at the telephones A-C and immediately informs the caller of the winning. It's easy to minx. As for the prize amount, a prize plan may be created such that, for example, every 100th caller receives a fixed amount, and every 1000th caller receives 10 times this amount.

A very large number of calls are expected, and naturally there are many call numbers for participants to reach the storage and arithmetic circuit 10.
If done via i, aw, armor, and LW, it may be too costly to connect individual winners directly to the game operator's calling party.

In this case, each telephone subscriber selected as a winner in the circuit 10 is verified by a known check circuit and, if necessary, notified at staggered times. Furthermore, the call number verified by the checking circuit, together with the prize amount awarded to this subscriber, is transmitted via a storage and calculation circuit 10 to a video transmission, which can be connected directly, for example, to a television transmitting station broadcasting the corresponding television prize program. By sending data to line 12, it is also possible to display data regarding the winners and prize amounts directly in the on-air television picture.

As is clear from the above explanation, the memory and arithmetic circuit 10 necessary to determine the winner can be realized at an extremely low cost compared to the expected number of participants, and can be implemented relatively efficiently even if a large number of calls are made. can be processed. This is because any non-winning participant will only have to make contact with the circuit 10 for a very short period of time and the counter in the circuit will activate the arithmetic unit and send a rate pulse to that participant's rate meter. This is because the supply can be activated. If this action is carried out and the corresponding participant is unsuccessful based on the game program and prize plan, the telephone line connection is forcibly established through a disconnection device that generates a call termination signal at the same time as this termination signal is generated. is blocked by.

This frees up at least a large part of the exchange 8 again, so that it is impossible for the telephone lines to become overloaded. As subscriber line terminal exchange 8, a terminal as modern as possible, especially suitable for this purpose, capable of processing calls smoothly, especially if the organizer cooperates with the postal authorities (or equivalent operating companies). Since the switching center can be selected, the above-mentioned overload problem does not occur.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawing is a diagram showing an entertainment game device as an embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 6...Telephone, 8...Subscriber line terminal exchange, 1
0...Storage and arithmetic circuit, 12...Video transmission line, A, B, C...Telephone, VXV, α~LW...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Electric circuit forming game program, game program
assigned to each participant by at least two game participants to control the progress of the program;
a control device operated via a trigger device that generates a trigger signal; an identification device that, when a trigger signal occurs, identifies the trigger device generating the signal; and in accordance with the game program and in response to operation of the trigger device;
In an entertainment game device with a notification device that generates a success signal for cooperation with each individual game participant based on the identification of the operated trigger device, telephones (1 to 6) assigned to telephone subscribers are used as the trigger device. and at least one switching center (8) in which the telephone line switching device is part of the control device and is provided with a storage device (IO) for storing a game program. Device. 2. The entertainment game device according to claim 1, wherein the identification device is configured as a telephone line component having the form of a check circuit. 3. The entertainment game device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the reporting device includes a telephone set (A-C) of a telephone circuit occupied by a staff member on the game management side. 4. The entertainment game device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the notification device includes a video device for displaying a success signal on a screen. 5. The entertainment game device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the success signal can be displayed on the TV receiver screen of the TV viewer via the TV transmitting station. 6. Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the control device includes a device for generating rate pulses and applying the rate pulses to the rate meters of telephone subscribers participating in the entertainment game. The entertainment game device according to any one of the above. 7. Claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the storage device for storing the game program includes a counter and a logic circuit connected to the counter output to form a success belief.
The entertainment game device according to any of the preceding paragraphs. 8. A patent claim characterized in that a disconnection device is provided that can forcibly immediately cut off the connection with a participant who is on a call if it is determined that the participant cannot obtain the prize money according to the stored game program. The entertainment game device according to item 1.