TW202001709A - Program, recording medium and management system - Google Patents

Abstract

To make easy inventory management of an article to be provided on the basis of actual sales information. As an article to be provided to a user with a requirement for payment, this program manages a provision situation for articles respectively corresponding to types pertaining to games. The program executes in a computer: a process for acquiring first article information pertaining to an article provided to the user; a process for deriving second article information pertaining to an article that has not been completely provided to the user; and a process for presenting the first article information and the second article information for each type associated with the article.

Description

Programs, recording media and management systems

The present invention relates to a program, a recording medium, and a management system, and in particular to a technology for optimizing the manufacturing and supply of articles.

In order to reduce the manual operation of the total sales of entertainment machines, there is a device that totals the sales data such as the number of times the machine is used. In Patent Document 1, a sales data totaling device is disclosed. For an entertainment machine installed in a store, etc., the identification number of the machine, the number of game coins invested, and information on the date and time of collection of such information are printed out for sale. Information subpoena. [Prior Technical Literature] [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-47480

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, the sales document totaling device of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 is only a person who aggregates the sales of entertainment devices and prints them, and cannot use the sales data to realize effective article manufacturing and supply.

The object of the present invention is to provide a program, recording medium and management system that facilitate inventory management of provided items based on actual sales data. [Technical means to solve the problem]

The program of the present invention is for items that provide consideration payment as a necessary condition to the user, that is, the category of the game creates corresponding items respectively, and manages the provision status, it causes the computer to perform the following process: obtaining the provision to the user has ended The first item data of the item; based on the obtained first item information, derive the second item information of the unfinished item provided to the user; and according to each category corresponding to the item, prompt the first item information and the first item 2 Item information. [Effect of invention]

With such a configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily perform inventory management of provided items based on actual sales data.

[Embodiment 1] Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, one embodiment described below describes a system and an application of the present invention as an example of a management system that manages the number of cards provided to users by using a game device, and the number of cards that do not exist. Examples of application software to realize it. However, the present invention can be applied to any system that manages the number of items provided to users and the number of items not provided for specific game items, and can prompt such information.

"Composition of Management System" FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing the system configuration of the management system of this embodiment. As shown in the figure, the management system is configured to manage each of the server 100 and the plurality of game devices 200 via the network 400, and the management server 100 can communicate with each of the one or more user terminals 300.

In the management system of this embodiment, the game devices 200 can be configured to provide game play experience with different or different game contents, and to provide consideration items as a necessary condition to provide game items related to the game. The game device 200 may be, for example, a person who is placed in a game center, a shopping mall, a home appliance store, or a toy store.

The management server 100 is configured to obtain information of game items provided in the game device 200 connected by communication, and can manage the number of items actually provided to the user (the actual number of items provided). In addition, the management server 100 is configured to manage the current inventory number after the provision of each game device 200 is completed based on the inventory number information of the game items stored in advance and the actual provision number information. The information managed by the management server 100 is sent to the user terminal 300 according to a prompt request from the user terminal 300, and can be configured to prompt the display device provided in the user terminal 300.

In addition, by executing an application (management application) of the management system, the user terminal 300 can prompt the display device with various kinds of information on the management of game items and present it to the user of the user terminal 300. In this embodiment, by executing the management application, the user terminal 300 can provide not only the actual supply number and inventory number of game items for each game title, or each store in which the game device 300 is arranged, etc. Management also performs various functions used by users of the management source of the game device 200, such as order management or sales forecasting of game items. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the user who uses the management application is the user who is the management source of the game device 200. However, in the implementation of the present invention, the user terminal 300 does not need to provide all the functions described below by executing the management application, and can also provide some of the functions described later for using the information managed in the management server 100, such as configuring a game device A terminal used for order management at 200 stores.

The game article provided by the game device 200 of this embodiment will be described as a card associated with game content in the game device 200 that provides a play experience. The card is provided with information, so that it can be used as an element that can be used to obtain information when playing the game and does not affect the game in any game device 200 that provides the same gaming experience as the provided game device 200 By. Alternatively, the card is not the provided game device 200, but can also be used in the game device 200 that provides a play experience of other games, or it can be a so-called simulated table card gamer that can be used to play games without a game device. In short, in order to manage the management classification of the system, the card of the present invention corresponds to game categories such as game content (game title) that can use the card, or game content that provides a play experience by the game device provided by the card.

In addition, in the present embodiment, description will be made by using a game article as a ready-made card printed and manufactured in advance, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. The game device 200 has a built-in printer capable of generating cards, and the game items may also be cards produced by so-called on-demand printing. In addition, the game article is not limited to a card, but may be, for example, a figure having a game element appearance of a game content, a toy, a key ring, or other shaped objects, or any other article such as a paper medium or a sticker other than a card. In other words, the present invention manages whether the information provided by the game item to the user is completed, so which one is not related to the implementation of the present invention.

<Structure of Management Server> Next, the functional configuration of the management server 100 of this embodiment will be described using the block diagram of FIG. 2.

The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and controls the operation of each block included in the management server 100. Specifically, for example, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by reading and executing the operation program of each block recorded on the recording medium 102 in the memory 103 and executing it.

The recording medium 102 is, for example, a non-volatile memory or a HDD (Hard Disk Drive, hard disk drive) or other recording device that can permanently store data. In addition to managing the operation programs of the blocks possessed by the server 100, the recording medium 102 memorizes the necessary parameters and other data in the operation of each block. The memory 103 is a memory device for temporarily storing data, such as a non-volatile memory. The memory 103 is used not only as an expansion area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data and the like output in the operation of each block.

The provision status DB 104 is a database of information on the provision status of the management card of the game device 200 that can be provided in communication with the management server 100. The detailed description is described below, but in the management system of this embodiment, for the prompt conditions selected in the user terminal 300, in order to easily prompt the information of the provided status, the information provided by the cards obtained from each game device 200 each time is created with the card The corresponding categories are aggregated and managed by the provision status DB 104.

The inventory management DB105 is a database that manages information on the inventory status of cards that have not been provided, based on the status of the cards. The detailed description is described below, but like the supply status DB 104, the inventory management DB 105 manages the information on the inventory status for each type of card corresponding to the card that has not yet been provided in the existing card.

When the prompt control unit 106 completes the prompt request from the user terminal 300 for at least one of the supply status and the inventory status, it constitutes information equivalent to the requested prompt condition and sends it back to control the user terminal 300 Reminder content. The returned information may also be constituted based on the information managed by the provision status DB104 and the inventory management DB105.

The communication unit 107 manages the communication interface that the server 100 has with external devices. The communication unit 107 is connected to an external device via a network 400 (regardless of wired or wireless) that can be connected to a communication network such as the Internet or a cable between devices, and can transmit and receive data. The communication unit 107 converts, for example, information input as a transmission target into data in a specific format, and transmits it to an external device such as the game device 200 or the user terminal 300 via the network 400. In addition, when receiving information from an external device via the network 400, the communication unit 107 decodes the information and stores it in the memory 103, for example.

<Configuration of game device 200> Next, the functional configuration of the game device 200 of this embodiment will be described using the block diagram of FIG. 3. In addition, in the description of the functional configuration of the game device 200, the configuration that realizes the same function as that of the management server 100 is indicated by the prefix "game" in order to strictly distinguish the configuration from the management server 100.

The game control unit 201 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the game device 200. Specifically, the game control unit 201 controls the operation of each program by, for example, reading out the action program recorded in each block of the game recording medium 202, expanding and executing it in the game memory 203.

The game recording medium 202 is a recording device such as non-volatile memory or HDD, which can permanently store data. The game recording medium 202 not only memorizes the action programs of each block possessed by the game device 200, but also memorizes information such as necessary parameters in the actions of each block, or various graphic data used by games executed by the game device 200. The game memory 203 is a memory device for temporarily storing data, such as a non-volatile memory. The game memory 203 is not only used as an expansion area for the action programs of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data and the like output in the actions of each program.

The game payment detection unit 204 detects that the consideration payment in the game device 200 is completed. The game device 200 of the present embodiment is configured to be able to carry out physical currency transactions such as coins or coin-equivalent game coins, and electronic currency (electronic currency) payment settlement through communication with a specific chip, and the game payment detection unit 204 For both of these, it can be tested whether the consideration payment is completed. More specifically, the game payment detection unit 204 outputs a control signal indicating that the consideration payment is completed to the game control unit 201 when, for example, it is detected that a specific amount of physical currency has been input into an input port (not shown) provided in the game device 200. . Alternatively, for example, when the game payment detection unit 204 obtains the chip information of electronic currency in a reader (not shown) installed in the game device 200, and detects that a certain amount of settlement processing has been completed for the chip, it will similarly indicate the consideration The control signal for the end of payment is output to the game control unit 201.

The game prompting control unit 205 controls the control of various information prompts for the user of the game device 200. In the game device 200 of the present embodiment, as a method of presenting various information to the user, the game display unit 201 having at least an image (game screen, menu screen, etc.) for display is described, and the information presentation method is not limited to this. Of course, it can be replaced or added.

The game presentation control unit 205 includes a drawing device such as a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), and performs specific drawing processing when a screen displayed on the game display unit 210 is generated. Specifically, the game presentation control unit 205 performs the necessary arithmetic processing on the necessary drawing object (graphic data) based on the processing or command performed by the game control unit 201 in each sequence during the operation of the game device 200, and performs a screen Portrayal. The generated picture is output to the same casing as the game device 200, or the game display unit 210, which is a display device detachably connected to the outside of the game device 200, is displayed in a specific display area to prompt the user.

The game operation input unit 206 is, for example, a user interface of the game device 200 such as an operation member for direction input, an operation member for decision input, various sensors, and the like. When detecting that the operation input to the operation member is completed, the game operation input unit 206 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the game control unit 201. In addition, in this embodiment, the game device 200 is provided with various interfaces as physical operation members. However, for example, a touch input detection sensor that detects touch input completed on the screen of the game display unit 210 may be included.

The game providing control unit 207 performs various processes for providing cards to the consideration payment completed in the game device 200. As a method of providing cards, the game device 200 of the present embodiment has the following three types, and any of them provides card payment with consideration payment as a necessary condition.

The first providing method, which is the first providing method of the present invention, is to complete the consideration payment and start the service providing, and then, according to the mode in which the game play experience is selected to be provided, the card provider for the game is played this time. That is, in this provision method, the game device 200 pays the completed consideration, provides the game play experience and one card.

In addition, the second providing method as the second providing method of the present invention is to complete the consideration payment and start the service providing, corresponding to the mode in which card sales are selected, the card provider is provided without providing a game play experience. That is, in this provision method, the game device 200 pays the completed consideration and provides one card. In addition, in this mode of selling, each time a specific amount of consideration is paid, cards can be provided until the upper limit is provided.

Also, as the third providing method of the present invention, the third providing method is to complete the consideration payment, and after starting the service providing, select the mode of providing the game play experience, which is separate from the card provided by the first providing method, corresponding to the completion of the addition To pay for the consideration, and then proceed to the card provider. That is, in this provision method, when a game is played in the game device 200, it is separated from the card provided for the game play, and when the request for the provision of the card is completed, the additional consideration payment is provided as a necessary condition to provide the card. In this case, the card to be additionally provided may be configured to provide a card up to the upper limit for each payment of a specific amount of consideration in the same way as the second providing method.

The game providing control unit 207 sends a card providing command to the providing unit 220 to provide a card when the specific card providing conditions are satisfied in the service providing. The providing unit 220 may be detachably connected to the same casing as the game device 200 or the outside of the game device 200, and is constituted by a card dispenser. The card dispenser may also be configured to have a mechanism such as a not-shown card storage device that accumulates cards in the vertical direction, and the card dispenser is driven to provide one card according to the supply command completed by the game supply control unit 207 Keep the card at the bottom of the memory card. When the card is provided in the case where the providing part 220 is built in the same casing as the game device 200, the card can also be provided to the user by being guided to an outlet 221 (refer to FIG. 1) that can be contacted from the outside of the game device 200.

In addition, in this embodiment, the game device 200 is not limited to a game experience player who provides specific game content, but may also be a provider who separately performs any game experience in a plurality of game contents. In other words, each of the game devices 200 can provide different cards corresponding to game content that provides a game experience. In the management system of this embodiment, for a plurality of game content or a game device 200 that provides a game experience for a plurality of game content Groups to manage the provision of cards.

The game communication unit 208 is a communication interface that the game device 200 has with an external device. The game communication unit 208 is connected to an external device via a network 400 (regardless of wired or wireless) that can be connected to a communication network such as the Internet or a cable between devices, and can transmit and receive data. The game communication unit 208 converts, for example, information input as a transmission target into data in a specific format, and transmits it to an external device such as the management server 100 via the network 400. In addition, when the game communication unit 208 receives information from an external device via the network 400, for example, the information is decoded and stored in the game memory 203.

In this embodiment, the game communication unit 208 sends the information indicating the provision of the card to the management server 100 when the card is provided, but the transmission is of course only established when the communication connection between the game device 200 and the management server 100 is established When the situation occurs. In the present embodiment, the transmission of information is established when the communication connection between the management server 100 and the game device 200 is started when the service is started, and will be described at the time when the card is provided, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it is also possible to provide information for cards completed in a specific period to be kept in the game memory 203, and to send the information provided by the held cards a plurality of times at a specific time. Alternatively, when the game device 200 is in an offline state, such as when the game device 200 and the management server 100 are unable to communicate with each other, it may be configured to send information provided by the card during the unavailable state when the communication connection is restored.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the processing of the game device 200 is the main body, and information indicating that the card is provided is sent to the management server 100 for explanation together with the registration request, but the game device 200 receives the information acquisition request from the management server 100 In this case, of course, the information indicating that the card is provided may be sent from the game device 200 to the management server 100.

<User terminal 300> Next, the functional configuration of the user terminal 300 of this embodiment will be described using the block diagram of FIG. 4. In addition, in the configuration of the user terminal 300, for a configuration that realizes the same functions as those of the management server 100 and the game device 200, in order to strictly distinguish the configuration of the management server 100 and the game device 200, a prefix of "terminal" is marked And said.

The terminal control unit 301 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block of the user terminal 300. Specifically, for example, the terminal control unit 301 expands and executes the program stored in the terminal storage medium 302 by reading out the operation program recorded in each block of the terminal recording medium 302 or the execution program of the above-mentioned management application to control each block 'S action.

The terminal recording medium 302 is a recording device such as non-volatile memory or HDD, which can permanently store data. The terminal recording medium 302 not only memorizes the operation program of each block possessed by the user terminal 300 and the execution program of the management application, but also memorizes the necessary parameters in the operation of each block or the information required for the total display of the management application. The terminal memory 303 is a memory device for temporarily storing data, such as a non-volatile memory. The terminal memory 303 is not only used as an expansion area for the operation program of each block or the execution program of the management application, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data output during the operation of each block.

The terminal presentation control unit 304 includes a rendering device such as a GPU, and performs specific screen generation processing when presenting information to the terminal display unit 310. Specifically, during the execution of the management application, the terminal presentation control unit 304 obtains appropriate information from the management server 100 for the selected presentation condition, generates it on the screen based on this, and transmits it to the terminal display unit 310 for display. The terminal display unit 310 may be, for example, a display device detachably connected to the outside of the user terminal 300, or a display device integrally formed with the user terminal 300, and if data from the screen of the terminal prompt control unit 304 is received, By displaying it in a specific display area, it can be configured to prompt information to the user.

The terminal operation input unit 305 is, for example, a user interface of the user terminal 300 such as a mouse or a keyboard. If the terminal operation input unit 305 detects that the operation input to each user interface is completed, it outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the terminal control unit 301. In addition, in this embodiment, the user terminal 300 is provided with various interfaces as physical operation members, but it may also be, for example, a touch input detection sensor including touch input detected on the screen of the terminal display unit 310. By.

The terminal communication unit 306 is a communication interface with an external device possessed by the user terminal 300. The terminal communication unit 306 is connected to an external device via a network 400 (regardless of wired or wireless) that can be connected to a communication network such as the Internet or a cable between devices, and can transmit and receive data. The terminal communication unit 306 converts, for example, information input as a transmission target into data in a specific format, and transmits it to an external device such as the management server 100 via the network 400. In addition, for example, when receiving information from an external device via the network 400, the terminal communication unit 306 decodes the information and stores it in the terminal memory 303.

"Management Information" Hereinafter, various information processed or managed in the management system of this embodiment will be described.

＜Card provides information＞ First, the card provision information indicating the provision of cards sent from the game device 200 to the management server 100 will be described. In this embodiment, the card provision information is as described above, and can also be provided for each completion of the card in the game device 200, which is composed of the game control unit 201, and is sent to the management server along with the registration request via the game communication unit 208 and the network 400 100 people.

Here, in order to make the user continue to be interested in the game content that provides the play experience in the game device 200, the service provision for updating the appearance of new characters or the addition of stories or game modes is completed. In the same way, the cards provided in the game device 200 can also be added to the user due to the addition of these updates. Generally speaking, the period from 1 update to the next update is used as the offer period to provide a new lineup of cards. It can be used in a way that keeps users interested. In the following description, a series of card groups are provided for the update of the game content in this way, and the "provide bullet" is used to identify the period of provision. The supply bullet can also be, for example, by labeling the number, as in the first bullet, the second bullet, ..., the Nth bullet, the performance that can be used in a relation before and after the provision period can be identified.

For example, as shown in FIG. 11(a), the card provision information may include the following: an association with a device ID 1101 that identifies a game device 200 that provides a card, indicating whether the provided card is a card corresponding to any game content Content ID1102; the offer ID1103 representing the offer of the game content providing the card; the store ID1104 identifying the store where the game device 200 providing the card is provided; the offering time 1105 at the time when the card is provided; the payment for the consideration provided by the card Payment currency 1106 (either physical currency or electronic currency) of the currency type used; and a provision method 1107 indicating the provision method used when the card is provided.

<Provide status information> Next, the provision status information managed by the provision status DB 104 of the present embodiment configured by performing specific processing for receiving such card provision information will be described. In the management system of this embodiment, in order to ensure a better viewability when the management application is executed in the user terminal 300, the card provision information received in the management server 100 is pre-aggregated for the game content, the supply bomb, and the store combination, as The provision status information is stored in the provision status DB104. However, in the implementation of the present invention, there is no need to convert the card provision information into the provision status information with the following data structure, and the card provision information itself is stored in the provision status DB 104 and managed. Of course, it can also be used as another total method Composition of storage and management of converted information.

The provision status information is shown in FIG. 11(b), for example, with the content ID 1111 representing the game content providing the card, the content providing ID 1112 indicating the supply of the game content providing the card, and the store provided with the game device 200 providing the card Associate the combination of the store ID 1113, and manage the actual number information 1114 of the cards provided for the combination. Here, the actual provision number information 1114 is configured to identify the total amount for each total period in order to be able to grasp the dynamics of the actual provision number for each specific total period such as 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, etc. The total period ID1121 is associated with each other, and the actual number of cards provided in all game devices 200 is 1122; the number of supply methods that represents the number of times each method of provision is used is 1123; and the physical currency and electronic currency are used for consideration Information on the payment currency breakdown 1124 for the number of payments. In addition, the payment currency detail 1124 can also be the amount of consideration payment for each of physical currency and electronic currency.

By providing the status information in this way, according to the prompting requirements, it is possible to provide status information that is aggregated for each store, each round, each game content, or any combination of these, which can be easily prompted.

<Inventory Management Information> Next, the inventory management information managed by the inventory management DB 105 of this embodiment, which is constituted based on the provision status information managed by the provision status DB 104, will be described. In the management system of the present embodiment, when the application execution is executed in the user terminal 300, the inventory management information is constituted in such a manner that the card inventory information can be viewed and stored in the inventory management DB 105.

For example, as shown in FIG. 11(c), the inventory management information is associated with the combination of the content ID1131 that identifies the game content and the offer ID1132 that recognizes the offer of the game content, and manages the inventory number information 1133 indicating the number of card stocks of the combination , And estimated provision number information 1134 representing the estimated provision number of cards of the combination. In the management system of this embodiment, in order to realize the efficiency of operations performed by management sources such as the shipping procedure of the card to the installation shop of the game device 200 and the order of the card production to the factory through the management application, it is managed as the inventory number information 1133. The following 2 kinds of inventory. The first one exists in each store on the circulation side, indicating store inventory of the number of cards that have not been provided to the user, and is included in the stock number information 1133 as store inventory information 1141. The second is the warehouse inventory (management source product inventory, circulation inventory, etc.) of the number of cards held by the management source that is not approved for sale in circulation, and is included in the inventory number information 1133 as warehouse inventory information 1142.

Here, the store inventory information 1141 is for each store manager, so for example, as shown in the figure, for each store, it may also be associated with the store's store ID 1151, including that it is not provided to the user and is retained in the store The number of cards in the store is 1152. The store inventory number 1152 can also be the number of cards shipped to the store by the self-management source that has been added and pre-mastered at each shipping time, minus the actual number of cards provided from the game device 200 of the store (based on Provide status information) and exporters. That is, the store inventory number 1152 is updated when the management source ships the card to the store and when each card is provided in the store.

In contrast, the warehouse inventory information 1142 is not shipped to the installation store of the game device 200, and indicates the number of cards actually held by the management source, so there is no need to manage for each store. For example, as shown in the figure, it may also have only warehouse inventory 1161. The warehouse inventory number 1161 may be derived from the number of cards existing in the warehouse of the management source, which is added and pre-mastered at each delivery time, minus the number of cards shipped to each store. That is, the warehouse inventory number 1161 is manufactured and ordered in a factory or the like where the card is manufactured, and when the ordered card is delivered and when each card is shipped to each store, the information update is completed.

In addition, in the management system of the present embodiment, in order to be able to perform the shipment business to the store or the card ordering business based on the information of the actual supply quantity, the store inventory quantity and the warehouse inventory quantity, the inventory management information includes Estimated information provided 1134. The estimated provision number information 1134 is constituted in this embodiment as a number indicating whether or not it is estimated to what degree the cards are provided in each store (estimated provision number) for one game content. For example, as shown in the figure, the estimated provision number information 1134 can grasp the movement of the actual provision number for a specific forecast period such as 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, etc. Therefore, for each forecast period, identify the forecast of the forecast period The period ID 1171 indicates that the shop ID 1172 of the shop making the prediction is related, and the estimated provision number 1173 is managed. The forecast of the estimated supply number of the store that provides the ID1132 can also be, for example, a change based on the actual supply number of the card provided by the store (change history of the actual supply number in each total period after the start of the supply), or for the store The progress of the actual number of past offers of the same game content (actual number of past offers or actual number of past offers in the same month). Or, the prediction of the estimated supply number may be based on the progress of the actual supply number of all stores managed by the management system for the same game content, or other stores with similar customer levels and set-up stores, or based on the type 3. The actual progress of the number of other game contents provided by the user's target age or target gender is similar.

In addition, in the management system of this embodiment, in order to be able to compare with the actual number of provided status information, the estimated number of offers is presented, so that the forecast period has the same time width as the total number of actual provided numbers. In the implementation of the invention, the total period and the forecast period need not be defined with the same time width. In addition, for the purpose of comparison, it is possible to provide quantitative information for past forecast estimates, as well as those kept in inventory management information. In addition, the estimated supply number may be a correction based on the actual supply number of the target supply bullet, or may be, for example, for one supply bullet, before the start of the supply, and every specified number of days after the start of the supply or a predetermined time ( After the first day totals, every Monday, etc.) the estimated estimated provision number 1173 is included in the estimated provision number information 1134, respectively. At this time, the estimated supply number before the start of the supply is based on the information provided by the actual supply of the past supply forecast, and the estimated supply number after the start of the supply may also be the information of the actual supply of the target supply based on the forecast time, and Predictors of information on the actual number of bullets provided in the past.

By constructing inventory management information in this way, according to the prompting requirements, the number of inventory or estimated prompts for each store, number of bullets, content of games, or any combination of these can be easily presented.

"Tips for Information" Next, a description will be given of the manner in which the information managed by the provision status DB 104 and the inventory management DB 105 of the management server 100 is prompted in this way. The information prompt shown below executes the management application in the user terminal 300 to complete the selection of the prompt condition, and the prompt control unit 106 constitutes the prompt information equivalent to the condition based on the provision of status information and inventory management information. To the user terminal 300.

The prompt conditions that can be selected in the management application may be, for example, those that include game content, or those that can compare the actual number of offers for the same game content. In the example shown in Fig. 5(a), the start date (the first total period) of each provided bullet is unified into the initial value of the time axis in such a way that the actual number of provided bullets can be compared Days), in order to show the actual number provided in the next total period in a line chart. In the example shown in the figure, for the first game content A, the fourth game content B, the second game content and the third game content items, the time-lapse changes of the actual number of settings provided for the entire store are shown in Within area 500.

In addition, by operating the GUI 501 to 504 presented at the same time, the presented information can be switched for each of the presented items. For example, the GUI 501 is a prompt for switching over the inventory number over time. When the selection operation for the GUI is completed, the content in the area 500 is switched to the inventory number of each item. The display of the inventory number can discriminate the composition of storefront inventory and warehouse inventory, or it can be a composition that can be compared separately.

In addition, for example, GUI502 shifts the actual provision number over time from the total daily results shown in FIG. 5(a) to the total actual provision number (the total actual provision number from the beginning of the provision period) The day goes by.

In addition, for example, GUI503 is switched to the total result of the actual supply of each currency type used for payment, and for each completion of the selection operation of the GUI, the prompt content of the area 500 is sequentially switched to be separately comparable There is no actual supply reminder for the use of currency discrimination → actual supply only for physical currency → actual supply only for electronic currency → actual supply and physical currency.

In addition, for example, if GUI504 is switched to the total result of the actual supply of each card supply method, it may also switch the prompt content of area 500 to the corresponding comparative prompt prompt for each time the selection operation for the GUI is completed. 1 The actual provided number hint of the provided method→the actual provided number hint of the second provided method→the actual provided number hint of the third provided method, and the actual provided number of each provided method.

In addition, the prompt conditions that can be selected in the management application may include, for example, providing bullets for game content, including conditions that can compare the actual provided number and the estimated provided number. In the example shown in Fig. 5(b), the actual supply number and the estimated supply number change can be compared for one supply bomb, the actual supply number of each total period and the forecast period corresponding to the total period are predicted The estimated supply numbers are arranged on the same time axis, and the area 500 shows a line chart of each item. In the example shown in the figure, for the fifth content of game content A, it shows the elapsed time of the actual supply number, the elapsed time of the estimated supply number predicted before the start of the supply, and the actual supply reflecting the initial operation date (the supply start date) Each of the forecasted revision of the estimated provision of the number over time, and the forecasted revision of the estimated provision of the number of times that reflect the actual supply on the first Monday.

In the present embodiment, as an example of providing status information and inventory management information through a management application prompt, two types of provision conditions are used as an example, which will be described using FIG. 5, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this.

As mentioned above, the provision status information may also be as follows: for each game content, offer bomb, and store combination management, the information of the actual supply number transition, for example, to confirm all offer periods (all offer bombs) for the game content with the help of the transition The actual supply number, or the method of comparing the actual supply number between the stores and the actual supply number between the game contents of one store, the presentation control unit 106 is configured to present the information for presentation.

Similarly, the inventory management information can also be as follows: For the combination of game content and provision of bombs, manage the number of store inventory per store, the number of warehouse stocks in the management source, and the estimated number of supplies per store, for example, to compare The presentation control unit 106 is configured to present the information for presentation in the manner of the change of the store inventory between the shops, the comparison of the change of the warehouse inventory between the game contents or the supply room, and the comparison of the estimated amount of the game contents.

In addition, for prompts that provide status information and information managed by inventory management information, of course, other prompt conditions can be set. That is, the combination of presentation information, the change of total items, and the presentation method (not limited to a line chart, a bar chart, or a total value table, etc.) are not necessarily limited to those shown in FIG. 5 and can be changed as appropriate. In addition, the presentation control unit 106 may constitute the presentation information in the user terminal 300 along the selected desired presentation condition, and may be sent to the user terminal 300 via the communication unit 107.

<Notification function> Although described above, in order to manage inventory management information, the management system of this embodiment can grasp the store inventory information of each store where the game device 200 is installed and the warehouse inventory information held by the management source. In addition, since the inventory management information also contains estimated supply information, it can be based on the prediction that the store inventory or warehouse inventory of a particular card may be insufficient.

Therefore, in the management server 100 of this embodiment, the control unit 101 has the following functions: store inventory information based on inventory management information, warehouse inventory information, and the estimated number of offers, according to the content of the game content, or the store where the content is provided To determine whether the inventory may be insufficient, and if it is determined that it may be insufficient, notify it as a management application (notification function). There are two types of notification functions in the management application of this embodiment.

1 is a notification for a specific store when the estimated supply exceeds the store inventory of the store. In order to replenish the store inventory for the store, the card needs to be shipped from the management source to the executable management application. 300 user terminals. More specifically, the control unit 101 may be as follows: For example, when it is determined that the estimated supply may exceed the store inventory after a certain number of days, the target store is notified of the number of cards shipped from the warehouse inventory and the number of cards shipped. Its shipping period. In this embodiment, the notification of store inventory is described by the notification card shipment number and shipment time, but for example, in the form of a predetermined week of shipment, etc., it may be the one that only informs the shipment number, at In the case of a predetermined number of cards shipped to the store once, it may be that only the time of shipment is notified.

The other is the notification of the provision of specific game content, based on the estimated number of shipments of the card provided to each store, when it is judged that the inventory of the warehouse may be insufficient. Provides inventory to supplement the warehouse inventory, and informs the user terminal 300 that can execute the management application to the manufacturing orderer of the card manufacturing factory. In more detail, the control unit 101 may be as follows: for example, when the card is shipped to each store based on the estimated supply number, when it is determined that the warehouse inventory may be below a certain number, the manufacturing factory is notified that the manufacturing order should be made The number of manufacturing orders for the card. In this embodiment, the manufacturing order number of the notification card in the warehouse inventory notification will be described. However, there are, for example, the manufacturing of the card and the necessary period until delivery as warehouse inventory. Therefore, it is also possible to add manufacturing that is expected to this situation. Notify at the time of order. In addition, in the case where the number of manufacturing orders per time is fixed, only the manufacturing order time may be notified based on the order number.

In addition, in the management system of the present embodiment, in order to better perform provision status or inventory management, information is obtained from each game device 200 via the network 400, but when there is a situation in which the game device 200 cannot communicate, it may not be possible Achieve better management. Therefore, for example, if the game device 200 is configured not to periodically send card provision information according to the utilization status, and the control unit 101 determines that there is a situation in which the card device 200 has not completed the acquisition of card provision information in a specific period, it can also be executed. The user terminal 300 of the management application notifies that there is a game device 200 whose status cannot be obtained, or that such a game device 200 exists in any store. In addition, due to different stores, the game device 200 can be operated without using the communication function. Therefore, the game device 200 can also be excluded from the objects of information collection, prediction of the estimated supply number, and inventory management.

"Information Update Processing" With regard to the information update processing for updating various information in the management system of this embodiment having such a configuration, the specific processing will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 6. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control section of each device participating in the management system reading out the corresponding processing program stored in each recording medium, for example, and expanding and executing the RAM. In addition, this information update process is described starting from, for example, when a card is provided in the game device 200.

In S601, the game control unit 201 provides the card provision information for the proceeding card, transmits it to the game communication unit 208, and sends it to the management server 100 via the network 400.

In S602, the control unit 101 determines whether the card provision information sent from the game device 200 is received. The control unit 101 transfers the process to S603 when judging that the information provided by the card is received, and repeats the processing in this step when judging the case where it is not received.

In S603, the control unit 101 updates the appropriate provision status information managed by the provision status DB 104 based on the received card provision information. At this time, when the appropriate provision status information has not yet existed in the provision status DB 104, the control unit 101 constitutes the provision status information based on at least the received card provision information and stores it in the provision status DB 104 again.

In S604, the control unit 101 updates the inventory management information managed by the inventory management DB 105 based on the updated provision status information. Here, the updated inventory management information may also be only the store inventory information 1141 in the inventory number information 1133.

In S605, the control unit 101 determines whether or not it is the time to predict the estimated supply number. The prediction of the estimated number of offers does not need to be performed every time the cards are provided. As mentioned above, it can also be performed at a predetermined time, for example, once a week. The control unit 101 transfers the process to S606 when it is judged to be the time when the estimated supply number is predicted, and ends the information update process when it is judged that it is not the time when the prediction is performed.

In S606, the control unit 101 updates the estimated supply number information 1134 included in the inventory management information based on the supply status information managed by the supply status DB 104, and ends this information update process.

Therefore, in the management system of this embodiment, the card supply can be completed in any game device 200, and the supply status information and inventory management information can be updated.

"Information prompt processing" Next, for the information prompt processing of various information prompts for executing the management application of the management system of this embodiment, the specific processing will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 7. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control section of each device participating in the management system reading out the corresponding processing program stored in each recording medium, for example, and executing it in RAM. In addition, this information prompting process is executed, for example, by executing the management application in the user terminal 300, and the description is started when the setting of the prompting condition is completed.

In S701, the terminal control unit 301 obtains information on the presentation condition of the information presentation selection. In addition, the terminal control unit 301 transmits the information on the presentation condition to the terminal communication unit 306 and sends it to the management server 100 via the network 400.

In S702, the control unit 101 judges whether the information of the presentation condition sent from the user terminal 300 is received. The control unit 101 transfers the process to S703 when judging that the information indicating the condition is received, and repeats the processing in this step when judging the case where it is not received.

In S703, the prompt control unit 106 under the control of the control unit 101, based on the management of the provision of status information and inventory management information, constitutes the information for the prompt corresponding to the received prompt conditions of the information is sent to the communication unit 107, for the network 400 The user terminal 300 receiving the information prompting the condition sends it back.

In S704, the terminal control unit 301 determines whether the information for presentation corresponding to the presentation condition is received. The terminal control unit 301 transfers the processing to S705 when judging that the information for presentation is received, and repeats the processing of this step when judging that the information is not received.

In S705, under the control of the terminal control unit 301, the terminal presentation control unit 304 generates a display screen of the management application based on the received information for presentation, displays it on the terminal display unit 310, and ends the information presentation process.

Thus, in the management system of this embodiment, the provision status information managed by the provision status DB104 and the inventory management information managed by the inventory management DB105 can be used to form information corresponding to the prompt conditions selected in the management application and display it on The terminal display unit 310 of the user terminal 300.

As described above, according to the management system of this embodiment, it is possible to easily perform inventory management of the provided items based on actual sales information.

[Variation 1] In the first embodiment described above, the card provision is completed corresponding to the game device 200, and the card provision information sent from the game device 200 to the management server 100 is described, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, there are also cases where there are multiple game devices 200 managed by multiple management systems due to different stores. When managing the information of the store, the composition of the card supply information obtained from all these individuals is based on the game device 200 operating at the same time. The number of units may become inefficient. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, it can also be configured to set up a collection server 800 that collects information provided by cards from the game device 200 installed in the same store, and from the collection server 800 to the management server 100 at specific time intervals The card provides information. In addition, it may be configured to set a totaling function on the collection server 800 to convert the information provided by more than one card received from a plurality of game devices 200 within a specific time into information equivalent to the provided status information and send it to the management server 100 .

[Embodiment 2] In the management system of the first embodiment described above, the device for providing cards is described as the game device 200 that can provide game play experience, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the device for providing cards may also be a device that does not have the function of providing a game play experience. In this embodiment, a card vending device 900 that does not have a function of providing a game play experience and has a card vending function will be described as an example.

"Composition of Management System" As shown in FIG. 9, in the management system of the present embodiment, in order to obtain the card supply information from a plurality of card vending devices 900 installed in stores, etc., each of the card vending devices 900 can communicate with the management server via the network 400 100 communicatively constructed.

Unlike the management server 100, the card vending device 900 is configured as described above and does not have the function of providing a game play experience. When the consideration payment is completed, only the card can be provided. That is, if the user uses the card vending device 900, compared with the case where the game device 200 is used to obtain a card, there is no need for mode selection or game play, and the card can be obtained without complicated operations.

<Structure of Card Selling Device 900> Next, the functional configuration of the card vending device 900 of this embodiment will be described using the block diagram of FIG. 10. In addition, in the description of the functional configuration of the card vending device 900, for a configuration that realizes the same function as the configuration possessed by the management server 100, the game device 200, or the user terminal 300, in order to strictly distinguish these configurations, before the "selling" is marked Denote.

The vending control unit 901 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the card vending device 900. The operation control of each block can also be realized by, for example, reading out a program stored in the sales recording medium 902 and executing it in the sales memory 903.

The sales recording medium 902 is a recording device such as non-volatile memory or HDD, which can permanently store data. In addition to memorizing the operation program of each block possessed by the card vending device 900, the sales recording medium 902 also stores information such as necessary parameters in the operation of each block. The memory 903 is a memory device for temporarily storing data, such as a non-volatile memory. The selling memory 903 is not only used as an expansion area of the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data output in the operation of each block.

The vending payment detection unit 904 detects that the card vending device 900 has completed the consideration payment. Like the game device 200, the card vending device 900 of the present embodiment can be configured to pay for consideration by both physical currency and electronic currency, and the vending payment detection unit 904 can detect whether or not to complete the structure of consideration payment for these two. However, in the implementation of the present invention, the consideration payment method provided for the card vending device 900 is not limited to having both of them.

The vending supply control unit 905 performs various processes for providing the card with the consideration payment completed in the card vending device 900. The card vending device 900 of the present embodiment controls the vending provider 910, and the vending payment detection unit 904 detects that the payment of the consideration has been completed, so that the card can be provided. In more detail, if the consideration payment is detected, the sales offering control unit 905 controls the sales offering unit 910 to provide a card, and controls the sales operation input unit 906 to accept the operation input.

The vending provider 910 is a card dispenser installed in the housing of the card vending device 900. The vending supply unit 910 is configured to have a driving mechanism that is driven in accordance with an operation input to the vending operation input unit 906 and provides a card held in the lowermost part of the card stocker provided in the card dispenser.

The sales operation input unit 906 may be, for example, a handle that is rotatably provided, and may be configured to accept a rotation operation in a state where operation input is possible. The sales operation input unit 906 may be configured to directly transmit power to the drive mechanism of the sales providing unit 910 by the completed turning operation. In this case, the sales providing unit 910 may provide a card without power supply.

The vending communication unit 907 is a communication interface that the card vending device 900 has with an external device. The sales communication unit 907 is connected to an external device via a network 400 that can also be a communication network such as the Internet or a cable between devices, and can transmit and receive data. The sales communication unit 907 converts, for example, information input as a transmission target into data in a specific format, and transmits it to an external device such as the management server 100 via the network 400. In addition, when receiving information from an external device via the network 400, the sales communication unit 907 decodes the information and stores it in the sales memory 903, for example.

In the present embodiment, the vending communication unit 907 sends the card provision information to the management server 100, but of course the sending may be performed only when the communication connection between the card vending device 900 and the management server 100 is established. In this embodiment, when the information transmission arrives at the information transmission time set with a specific time interval, the communication connection between the management server 100 and the card vending device 900 is established, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the same manner as the game device 200 described above, the card vending device 900 may be constructed in such a manner that the cards are provided each time and the cards provide information. Alternatively, when the card vending device 900 is offline, etc., when the card vending device 900 and the management server 100 are unable to communicate with each other, it may be configured to send information provided by the card during the disabled state when the communication connection is restored.

In addition, since the card vending device 900 is not configured to provide a game play experience, the information corresponding to the provided card and any provided bullet of any game content is recorded in the vending recording medium 902 according to the specific machine setting operation, etc. .

In this configuration, the card information provided by the card vending device 900 is held in the vending memory 903 until the time of sending the information, and the total number actually provided since the time of the last sending is totaled. In addition, if the card provision information with the total actual provision number is sent, similar to the information update process of FIG. 6, the control unit 101 may detect the time when the information is received in S602 and execute each process of updating the provided status information And manage it in the same way. At this time, in the case where the game device 200 and the card vending device 900 are installed in the same store, status information can also be provided for the management of each.

[Variation 2] In the first and second embodiments described above, in response to the detection of the completion of the consideration payment, the device itself provides the card and establishes a communication connection with the management server 100, and uses the game device 200 and the card vending device 900 that send the card to provide information The above has been described, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this.

In other words, as a provision form of the card, it is also considered that, for example, a plurality of packaged commodities enclosed in a plurality of sheets are displayed at the store head, and the user takes the commodities to check out and pays the consideration, thereby ending the provider. In this case, in the store or the office that manages multiple stores, the sales history is collected through the so-called POS register (sales time information management terminal), so that the number of sales per product or sales can be totaled. Information on the number of sales (actually provided) can also be provided to the purchase end (management source) of the store, so you can also send or obtain information on the sales status of cards totaled using the information management terminal of the point of sale, as a specific time specified by the store, etc. The next card provides information, which is reflected in providing status information or inventory management information.

In addition, in the second embodiment and the second modification, as the form of acquiring the supply status information of the card, it is explained that the card sales device 900 and the sales time information management terminal can also be used, but in consideration of the status of the utilization of the game device The better frequency of obtaining information, or the frequency of use of each device or the frequency of card provision, etc., can also be controlled by sending the frequency higher than the game device. For example, the transmission frequency of the card provision information aggregated by the card vending terminal 900 or the vending time information management terminal is set to be once a week, etc. In contrast, for the game device, the game device may also be played every game, or at least 1 day 1 The person who sends the information at this time constitutes.

[Other embodiments] The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and various modifications or changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. In addition, the management system of the present invention can also be realized by a program that makes more than one computer function as at least a part of the devices of the management system. The program can be provided/released by recording on a computer-readable recording medium or through an electrical communication line.

100‧‧‧ management server 101‧‧‧Control Department 102‧‧‧Recording media 103‧‧‧Memory 104‧‧‧Provision status DB 105‧‧‧ Inventory Management DB 106‧‧‧ Prompt Control Department 107‧‧‧Ministry of Communications 200‧‧‧Game device 201‧‧‧Game Control Department 202‧‧‧Game recording media 203‧‧‧ game memory 204‧‧‧ Game Payment Detection Department 205‧‧‧Game Prompt Control Department 206‧‧‧Game operation input unit 207‧‧‧Game Supply Control Department 208‧‧‧Game Communication Department 210‧‧‧Game Display Department 220‧‧‧Provision Department 221‧‧‧Export 300‧‧‧User terminal 301‧‧‧Terminal Control Department 302‧‧‧ Terminal recording media 303‧‧‧ Terminal memory 304‧‧‧ Terminal prompt control 305‧‧‧ Terminal operation input section 306‧‧‧Terminal Communication Department 310‧‧‧ Terminal display 400‧‧‧ Internet 500‧‧‧Region 501～504‧‧‧GUI 800‧‧‧ collection server 900‧‧‧Card selling device 901‧‧‧ Sales Control Department 902‧‧‧ Selling recording media 903‧‧‧Selling memory 904‧‧‧ Sales Payment Inspection Department 905‧‧‧Provide Sales Control Department 906‧‧‧Sales operation input unit 907‧‧‧Communication Department 910‧‧‧Provide Sales Department Steps S601～S606 Steps S701～S705

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the system configuration of a management system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the management server 100 according to the embodiment and modification of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of a game device 200 according to an embodiment and a modified example of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the user terminal 300 according to the embodiment and modification of the present invention. 5(a) and (b) are diagrams showing examples of prompts for various information provided by articles implemented by the management application of the embodiment and the modified example of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating each process of information update processing implemented by the management system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating each process of the information presentation process implemented by the management system according to the embodiment and modification of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the system configuration of a management system according to Modification 1 of the present invention. 9 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a management system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the functional structure of a card vending device 900 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. 11(a) to (c) are diagrams showing examples of data structures of various kinds of information used in the management system according to the embodiment and modification of the present invention.

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A program that manages the provision status of items that provide consideration payment as a necessary condition to the user, that is, the category of the game. It causes the computer to perform the following processing: Obtain the first article information of the above article provided to the user; Based on the obtained first item information, derive the second item information that provides the user with the unfinished item mentioned above; According to each category corresponding to the above items, the above first item information and the above second item information are prompted. As in the program of claim 1, the category corresponding to the above item includes the first category indicating the game content associated with the item, and the second category indicating the provision period of the item specified for the game content. For example, in the program of claim 2, in the above-mentioned prompt processing, the above-mentioned first article information of the above-mentioned article in the current offering period and the above-mentioned first article information of the above-mentioned article in the past offering period can be comparatively presented. For example, the program of claim 2 or 3, in which the above-mentioned items are provided to the user in a game device configured to provide game play, and payment of consideration is required as a necessary condition, The above acquisition process is executed when the first item information sent from the game device is received corresponding to the item provided in the game device. As in the program of claim 4, the above items are provided in different types of the above game devices according to each game content associated with each other. A program according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the above-mentioned game device provides the above-mentioned item with a first providing method corresponding to playing the game; the second providing method with the above-mentioned item is not necessary to play the game ; And the third method of providing the above items corresponding to the consideration payment added during game play, In the above presentation processing, the first article information is presented separately for each of the above three provision methods. The program according to any one of items 4 to 6 further causes the computer to execute a process of notifying whether the first item information from the game device can be received. For example, the program according to any one of items 4 to 7, wherein the above-mentioned items are provided to the user in a device that does not provide game-playing items, and payment of consideration is required as a necessary condition, The above acquisition processing is executed when the first article information sent from the article selling device is received corresponding to the article provided in the article selling device. For example, the program of claim 8, where the above-mentioned items are in the sales time information management terminal, and the settlement is based on the acquisition of specific identification information and the payment of consideration as a necessary condition, provided to the user for processing, The acquisition process is executed when the sales point information management terminal receives the first article information collected for the article. As in the program of claim 9, wherein the transmission frequency of the first item information is set to be higher than the game device or the item sales information management terminal. For example, the program according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the first item information includes information indicating which of physical currency and electronic currency is used to complete the consideration payment when the above item is provided, In the above prompt processing, the above first item information is reminded for each currency category for which the consideration payment is completed. For example, the program of any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the first item information includes information indicating the actual number of items provided to the user for each total period set at a specific time interval, In the above presentation processing, the above-mentioned actual provision number is presented for each of the above-mentioned total periods. For example, the program of claim 12, wherein the above-mentioned second article information includes each forecast period set at a specific time interval, and if the forecast is provided to the user, the estimated provision number of the above article, In the above presentation process, the estimated provision number is presented for each prediction period. For example, the program of claim 13, wherein at least a part of the above-mentioned item information contained in the above-mentioned first item information and the above-mentioned second item information is associated with store information indicating a store providing the item, In the above presentation process, the actual number of offers and the estimated number of offers are presented for each store. If the program of claim 13 or 14, it further causes the computer to execute the estimated supply based on the second item information, and notify the manufacturing order number, manufacturing order period, shipment number, and shipping period of the item At least any of the treatment. A computer-readable recording medium that records the program of any one of request items 1 to 15. A management system, which includes: a game device that provides game items that provide consideration payment as a necessary condition to users, that is, game types that create corresponding game items; and a first server that manages the game The supply status of the items; The game device includes a sending mechanism that sends the first item information that provides the user with the game item that has ended, The first server mentioned above has: An obtaining mechanism, which obtains the above-mentioned first item information for a plurality of the above-mentioned game devices; An export mechanism, based on the first item information obtained by the obtaining mechanism, the second item information that provides the user with the unfinished game item described above is derived; and The prompt control mechanism causes the prompt mechanism to prompt the first item information and the second item information according to each category corresponding to the game item. According to claim 17, a management system, wherein the management system further includes a second server, which has a collection mechanism for collecting the first item information sent from the plurality of game devices, The obtaining means obtains the first item information of the plurality of game devices collected by the collecting means. For example, the management system of claim 17 or 18, wherein the management system further includes a user terminal equipped with the above prompt mechanism, The presentation control mechanism causes the presentation mechanism to present the first article information and the second article information based on a request from the user terminal.

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