TWI724406B - Programs, recording media and management systems - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention can facilitate inventory management of the provided items based on actual sales information. The program is for the items provided to the user with the payment of the consideration as a necessary condition, that is, the corresponding items are created for the game category, and the supply status is managed. The program causes the computer to perform the following processing: obtain the first article information of the finished article provided to the user; based on the obtained first article information, derive the second article information of the unfinished article provided to the user; and click For each category corresponding to the item, the first item information and the second item information are presented.

Description

Programs, recording media and management systems

The present invention relates to programs, recording media, and management systems, and in particular to technologies that make the manufacturing and supply of articles more efficient.

In order to reduce the manual operation of total sales of entertainment machines, there is a device that totals sales data such as the number of times the machine is used. Patent Document 1 discloses a sales data aggregation device that stores the identification number of the machine, the number of times the game coin is inserted, and the date and time of the collection of the information for an entertainment machine installed in a store, etc., and prints out the sales information. Data subpoena. [Prior Technical Literature] [Patent Literature]

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

[The problem to be solved by the invention]

However, the sales data totaling device of Patent Document 1 mentioned above is merely a device that totals the sales of entertainment devices and prints them, and cannot use sales data to realize effective article manufacturing and supply.

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

The program of the present invention is to provide the items to the user with the payment of consideration as a necessary condition, that is, the category of the game establishes the corresponding items respectively, and manages the supply status, which makes the computer perform the following processing: Obtain the completion of the supply to the user The first article information of the article; the second article information of the unfinished article provided to the user is derived based on the obtained first article information; and the first article information and the second article information are presented for each category corresponding to the article 2 Item information. [Effects of Invention]

With this configuration, according to the present invention, inventory management of the provided items can be easily performed 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 of the embodiments described below is to explain the application of the present invention as an example of a management system, a system that manages the number of cards provided to the user by using a game device, and the number of cards that are not provided. 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 the user and the number of unprovided items for a specific game item, and can prompt such information.

"The Composition of the 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 such that each of the management server 100 and a plurality of game devices 200 can be communicated with each of the management server 100 and one or more user terminals 300 through the network 400.

In the management system of the present embodiment, the game device 200 can be configured to provide game play experience with different game contents, and provide the game items associated with the game by taking the payment of the consideration as a necessary condition. The game device 200 may also be, for example, one that is arranged in a game center, a shopping mall, a home appliance store, a toy store, and the like.

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

In addition, the user terminal 300 can present various information regarding the management of game items to the display device by executing the application of the management system (management application), and present it to the user of the user terminal 300. In this embodiment, the user terminal 300 executes the management application, and can provide information such as the game title, or each store where the game device 300 is installed, not only the actual number of game items provided and the number of inventory The management also performs various functions used by the user of the management source of the game device 200, such as order management or sales forecast of game items. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the user of the management application is the user of the management source of the game device 200 for description. 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 may also provide part of the functions described below for using the information managed in the management server 100, such as configuring a game device. A terminal used for order management in 200 stores, etc.

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

In addition, in the present embodiment, the description is made with the case that the game item is a ready-made card printed and manufactured in advance, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. In the configuration of the game device 200 with a built-in printer capable of generating cards, the game items may also be cards generated by so-called on-demand printing. In addition, the game objects are not limited to cards, and may be, for example, figures, toys, and keychains with the appearance of game elements of the game content, or any objects such as paper media or stickers other than cards. In other words, the present invention manages whether the information provided by the game item to the user is completed, so which game item is not related to the implementation of the present invention.

<Configuration of the management server> Next, the functional structure 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 of the management server 100. Specifically, the control unit 101, for example, reads the operation program of each block recorded in the recording medium 102, expands and executes it in the memory 103, and controls the operation of each block.

The recording medium 102 is a recording device capable of permanently storing data such as non-volatile memory or HDD (Hard Disk Drive). The recording medium 102 not only manages the operation program of the blocks possessed by the server 100, but also stores 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 not only used as an expansion area of the action program of each block, but also used as a storage area for temporarily storing the data output during the action of each block.

The provision status DB 104 is a database of the game device 200 that can be set in communication with the management server 100 and manages the information of the provision status of the card. The detailed description is described below. However, 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 status, the information provided by the card obtained from each game device 200 is created by pressing the card The corresponding categories are totaled and managed by the provision status DB104.

The inventory management DB105 is a database that manages the information of the inventory status of the cards that have not yet been provided according to the card's supply status. The detailed description is described below, but like the provision status DB 104, the inventory management DB 105 manages the inventory status information for each category of the existing cards that have not been provided.

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 composes information equivalent to the requested prompt condition and sends it back to control the user terminal 300 Prompt content. The returned information may also be composed based on the information managed by the provision status DB104 and the inventory management DB105.

The communication unit 107 is a communication interface of the management server 100 with external devices. The communication unit 107 is connected to an external device via a network 400 (regardless of wired or wireless), which may also be a communication network such as the Internet or a cable between machines, 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 the communication unit 107 receives information from an external device via the network 400, for example, the information is decoded and stored in the memory 103.

＜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 functions as the configuration of the management server 100 is indicated by the prefix "game" in order to be strictly distinguished from the configuration of the management server 100.

The game control unit 201 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the actions of each block included in the game device 200. Specifically, the game control unit 201, for example, reads the action programs recorded in each block of the game recording medium 202, expands and executes them in the game memory 203, and controls the actions of each program.

The game recording medium 202 is a recording device capable of permanently storing data such as non-volatile memory or HDD. The game recording medium 202 not only memorizes the action programs of each block of the game device 200, but also stores information such as necessary parameters in the actions of each block, or various graphics data used by the game 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 the expansion area of the action programs of each block, but also used as a storage area for temporarily storing the data output during the actions of each program.

The game payment detection unit 204 detects that the payment of the consideration in the game device 200 is completed. The game device 200 of this embodiment is configured to perform physical currency such as coins or coin-equivalent game coins, and electronic currency (electronic money) for settlement processing through communication with a specific chip, and the game payment detection unit 204 For these two, it is possible to detect whether the payment of the consideration has been completed. In more detail, the game payment detection unit 204, for example, when it detects that a certain amount of physical currency has been deposited into an input port not shown in the figure provided in the game device 200, outputs a control signal indicating that the payment of the consideration is over to the game control unit 201 . Or, for example, when the game payment detection unit 204 obtains the chip information of the electronic currency from a reader (not shown) provided in the game device 200, and detects that the chip has completed the settlement of a specific amount, it will also indicate the consideration. The control signal for the end of the payment is output to the game control unit 201.

The game prompt control unit 205 is in charge of 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 for presenting various information to the user, it will be explained by having at least a game display unit 201 for displaying images (game screen, menu screen, etc.). The information presentation method is not limited to this. Of course it can be substituted 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, in each sequence during the operation of the game device 200, the game presentation control unit 205 performs necessary arithmetic processing on the necessary drawing objects (graphic data) based on the processing or commands performed by the game control unit 201, and performs the screen的画。 The depiction. The generated screen is output to the same casing as the game device 200, or a display device that is detachably connected to the outside of the game device 200, that is, the game display portion 210, and is displayed in a specific display area, thereby prompting 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, or various sensors. When the game operation input unit 206 detects that the operation input to the operation member is completed, it outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the game control unit 201. In addition, in this embodiment, the game device 200 has various interfaces as the physical operation member for description, but it may also include, for example, a touch input detection sensor that detects touch input performed on the screen of the game display unit 210.

The game provision control unit 207 performs various processes for providing cards for the payment of the consideration 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, any of which takes the payment of consideration as a necessary condition to provide cards.

The first providing method, which is the first providing method of the present invention, is to complete the consideration payment, and after starting the service provision, corresponding to the mode of selecting the game play experience, the card provider for the current game play is selected. That is, in this providing method, the game device 200 provides a game play experience and a card for the completed consideration payment.

In addition, the second providing method as the second providing method of the present invention is a card provider who completes the payment of the consideration and starts the service provision, corresponding to the mode of selecting the card sales, and does not provide the game play experience. That is, in this providing method, the game device 200 provides one card for the completed consideration payment. In addition, in this mode of selling, every time a certain amount of consideration is paid, the card can be provided until the upper limit is provided.

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

The game provision control unit 207 sends a card provision command to the provision unit 220 when a specific card provision condition is met in the service provision, and performs card provision. The providing part 220 may also be a card dispenser which is detachably connected in the same casing as the game device 200, or outside of the game device 200. The card dispenser may also have the following structure: for example, a card hopper not shown in the figure that stacks cards in the vertical direction, according to the provide command completed by the game providing control unit 207, the card dispenser is driven to provide 1 card The card held at the bottom of the card storage device. When the providing portion 220 is built in the same casing as the game device 200, the card can also be provided to the user by guiding it to the 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 player that provides specific game content, and may also be a provider that performs any one of a plurality of game contents. In other words, each of the game devices 200 can provide different cards corresponding to the game content that provides the play experience. In the management system of this embodiment, for multiple types of game content, or for the game device 200 that provides multiple types of game content, the play experience is different. Group, manage the status of the card.

The game communication unit 208 is a communication interface of the game device 200 with an external device. The game communication unit 208 is connected to an external device via a network 400 (regardless of wired or wireless) which may also be a communication network such as the Internet or a cable between machines, and can transmit and receive data. The game communication unit 208, for example, converts 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, it decodes the information and stores it in the game memory 203.

In this embodiment, the game communication unit 208 sends information indicating that the card is provided to the management server 100 when the card is provided. Of course, this transmission is only when the communication connection between the game device 200 and the management server 100 is established. Circumstances are in progress. In this embodiment, the transmission of information is described by establishing the communication connection between the management server 100 and the game device 200 when the service is started to be used, and is described when the card is provided. However, 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 cards held multiple times at a specific time. Alternatively, when the game device 200 is in an offline state, such as a state where the game device 200 and the management server 100 cannot communicate with each other, it can also be configured to send the card providing information during the disabled state when the communication connection is restored.

In addition, in this embodiment, the processing of the game device 200 is the main body, which means that the card information is sent to the management server 100 together with the registration request for explanation, but the game device 200 receives the information acquisition request from the management server 100 In this case, of course, it can also be a configuration in which the information indicating that the card is provided is 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 the configuration that realizes the same functions as the configuration of the management server 100 and the game device 200, in order to strictly distinguish it from the configuration of the management server 100 and the game device 200, the prefix "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, the terminal control unit 301, for example, reads the operation program of each block recorded in the terminal recording medium 302 or the execution program of the above-mentioned management application, expands and executes it in the terminal memory 303, and controls each block The action.

The terminal recording medium 302 is a recording device capable of permanently storing data such as non-volatile memory or HDD. The terminal recording medium 302 not only memorizes the operation program of each block of the user terminal 300 and the execution program of the management application, but also memorizes the parameters necessary for 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 the expansion area of the operation program of each block or the execution program of the management application, but also used as a storage area for temporarily storing the data output during the operation of each block.

The terminal presentation control unit 304 includes a drawing device such as a GPU, and performs specific screen generation processing when presenting information to the terminal display unit 310. Specifically, the terminal prompt control unit 304 obtains appropriate information from the management server 100 for the selected prompt condition during the execution of the management application, 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 also be, for example, a display device detachably connected to the outside of the user terminal 300, or a display device integrated with the user terminal 300. If the screen data from the terminal prompt control unit 304 is received, By displaying it in a specific display area, it can be constituted by prompting the user with information.

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 the physical operation member for description, but it can also be, for example, a touch input detection sensor including a touch input that detects the completion of the touch input on the screen of the terminal display portion 310. By.

The terminal communication unit 306 is a communication interface with an external device of the user terminal 300. The terminal communication unit 306 is connected to an external device via a network 400 (regardless of wired or wireless), which may also be a communication network such as the Internet, or a cable between machines, and can transmit and receive data. The terminal communication unit 306, for example, converts 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 terminal communication unit 306 receives information from an external device via the network 400, for example, it 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 explained.

＜Card provides information＞ First, the card providing information sent from the game device 200 to the management server 100 indicating that the card is provided is described. In this embodiment, the card providing information is as described above, and it can also be provided every time the card is provided in the game device 200. It is composed of the game control unit 201, and is sent to the management server via the game communication unit 208 and the network 400 along with the registration request. 100 persons.

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 completing the appearance of new characters or the addition of stories or game modes, etc., is provided. Similarly, for the cards provided in the game device 200, users can also be added due to additions in conjunction with these updates. Generally speaking, the period from one update to the next update is used as the provision period to provide a new lineup of cards. So as to use it in a way that keeps the user interested. In the following description, a series of card groups are provided in response to the update of the game content in this way, and the provision period is identified by "provided bullets". The bullets provided can also be, for example, by marking numbers, such as the first bullet, the second bullet, ..., the Nth bullet, and the performance can be used to identify the relationship before and after the time provided.

For example, as shown in Figure 11(a), the card providing information may also include the following: an association is established with the device ID 1101 of the game device 200 that provides the card, indicating whether the provided card is a card corresponding to any game content Content ID 1102; ID 1103 for providing bullets for the game content that provided the card; ID 1104 for the store where the game device 200 for providing the card is identified; time 1105 for the time when the card was provided; 1105 for the consideration provided by the card Payment currency 1106 of the currency type used (either physical currency or electronic currency); and providing method 1107 indicating the method of providing the card is used.

<Provide status information> Next, description will be given on the provision status information managed by the provision status DB 104 of the present embodiment formed by performing specific processing to receive such card provision information. In the management system of this embodiment, in order to ensure better viewing when the management application is executed in the user terminal 300, the card information received in the management server 100 is pre-aggregated for game content, game content, and store combinations, 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-provided information into the provision status information with the following data structure, and the card-provided information itself is stored in the provision status DB 104 and managed. Of course, it can also be used as another aggregation method The structure of the converted information storage and management.

The provision status information is, for example, as shown in Figure 11(b), with the content ID 1111 representing the game content providing the card, the bullet providing ID 1112 representing the game content providing the card, and the store with the game device 200 providing the card The combination of shop ID1113 is associated to manage the actual number information 1114 of the cards provided by the combination. Here, the actual provided number information 1114 can grasp the dynamics of the actual provided number for each specific total period such as 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, etc., and is configured to have each of the total period, and to identify the total The total period of the period ID1121 is associated, the actual number of cards provided in all game devices 200 is 1122; the provision method detail 1123 that represents the number of times each provision method is used; and it represents the use of physical currency and electronic currency for consideration Information of the payment currency item 1124 of the number of payments. In addition, the payment currency item 1124 may also be one that manages the total amount of the consideration payment for each of the physical currency and the electronic currency.

By providing the status information in total in this way, according to the prompt request, the total provided status information for each store, each game content, or any combination of these can be formed, which can be easily presented.

＜Inventory management information＞ Next, the inventory management information managed by the inventory management DB 105 of this embodiment based on the provision status information managed by the provision status DB 104 will be explained. In the management system of this embodiment, when an application is executed in the user terminal 300, the inventory management information is constructed in such a way as to be able to read the information of the card's inventory status, and stored in the inventory management DB 105.

Inventory management information, for example, as shown in Figure 11(c), is associated with the combination of the content ID 1131 identifying the game content and the provided bullet ID 1132 identifying the game content, and manages the inventory information 1133 representing the card inventory of the combination. , And the estimated supply information 1134 indicating the estimated supply of cards for the combination. In the management system of this embodiment, in order to realize the efficiency of the operations performed by management sources such as the card shipment procedure to the set store of the game device 200 and the ordering of the card production to the factory through the management application, it is used as the inventory information 1133, which is managed The following 2 kinds of inventory. The first is each store that exists on the circulation end, which represents the store inventory of the number of cards that have not been provided to the user, and is included in the inventory information 1133 as store inventory information 1141. The second is the warehouse inventory (product inventory of the management source, circulation inventory, etc.) of the number of cards held by the management source that is not sold in circulation, and is included in the inventory information 1133 as the warehouse inventory information 1142.

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

In contrast, the warehouse inventory information 1142 is not shipped to the store where the game device 200 is installed, and represents the number of cards actually held by the management source, so it does not need to be managed by each store. For example, as shown in the figure, it may only have warehouse inventory. 1161 persons. The warehouse inventory number 1161 can also be derived by subtracting the number of cards shipped to each store from the number of cards that exist in the warehouse of the management source, which is added and grasped in advance at each delivery point. In other words, the warehouse inventory number 1161 is ordered in a card manufacturing factory, etc., and when the ordered card is delivered, and when the card is shipped to each store, the information is updated.

In addition, in the management system of this embodiment, in order to better perform the shipping business to the store or the card ordering business based on the information of the actual supply number, store inventory number, and warehouse inventory number, the inventory management information includes It is estimated that the number of information provided is 1,134. The estimated provided number information 1134 is configured in this embodiment to indicate whether or not the number of card provided in each store is estimated (estimated provided number) for one game content. The estimated amount of provision information 1134, for example, as shown in the figure, can grasp the movement of the actual amount of provision per forecast period, such as 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, etc., so for each forecast period, and identify the forecast during the forecast period The period ID 1171 and the shop ID 1172 representing the shop where the prediction is made are associated, and the estimated provision number 1173 is managed. The forecast of the estimated number of offers provided by the store that provides bomb ID1132 can also be based on the change of the actual number of offers of the card that provides bombs in the store (the change history of the actual number of offers in each total period after the start of the provision), or for the store The actual number of bullets provided in the past for the same game content (the actual number of bullets provided in the past or the actual number of bullets provided in the past same month). Or, the forecast of the estimated number of offers can be based on the change of the actual number of offers for the same game content in all stores managed by the management system, or other stores with similar customer levels and stores, or based on the type , The user's target age or target gender is similar to the actual number of other game content provided.

In addition, in the management system of this embodiment, the estimated provision number is presented in order to be able to compare with the actual provision number of the provision status information, and the forecast period has the same time width as the actual provision number. However, this In the implementation of the invention, the total period and the forecast period do not need to be defined in the same time width. In addition, for the sake of comparison, the estimated supply information for past forecasts may also be kept in inventory management information. In addition, the estimated number of supplied bombs can be modified based on the actual supplied number of bombs provided by the object, or for example, for one bomb, before the start of the supply, and every specific number of days after the start of the supply, or a predetermined time point ( After the total on the first day, every Monday, etc.) the predicted estimated provision 1173 is included in the estimated provision information 1134. At this time, the estimated supply number before the start of the provision is based on the information forecast of the actual supply of bombs in the past, and the estimated supply after the start of the supply can also be information based on the actual supply of bombs for the target at the time of forecast, and Those who predict the actual number of bullets provided in the past.

By constituting the inventory management information in this way, according to the prompt request, the inventory number or estimated prompt number for each store, each game content, or any combination of these can be constructed, which can be easily presented.

"Information Reminder State" Next, a diagram is used to illustrate the state of the information that is presented to the management server 100 for the provision status DB 104 and the inventory management DB 105 to manage the information. When the information prompt shown below executes the management application in the user terminal 300, when the selection of the prompt condition is completed, the prompt control unit 106 forms the prompt information equivalent to the condition based on the provided status information and inventory management information, and sends it Go to the user terminal 300 and proceed.

The selectable prompt condition in the management application can also be, for example, a condition that includes a game content room or a comparable actual number of bullets provided in the same game content. In the example shown in Figure 5(a), the supply start date (the first total period) of each supply bomb is unified into the initial value of the time axis (first total) in a way that can compare the actual supply number of each supply bomb. Days), in order to show the actual number provided in each next total period in a line chart. In the example in the figure, for the first bullet of game content A, the fourth bullet of game content B, the second and third bullets of game content C, the actual number of items provided in the entire store is set to show the passage of time over time. Within 500.

Moreover, by operating the GUIs 501 to 504 that are simultaneously prompted, the prompt information can be switched to each of the prompt items. For example, the GUI 501 is a reminder that switches to the inventory number over time. When the GUI selection operation is completed, the prompt content in the area 500 is switched to the inventory number of each item. The display of the inventory number can distinguish the composition of the store inventory and the warehouse inventory, or the composition can be compared separately.

In addition, for example, GUI502 switches the actual number of actual supply over time from showing the total result of each day shown in Figure 5(a) to showing the total actual number of supply (the total number of actual supply since the beginning of the supply period) Those who pass every day.

In addition, for example, if the GUI503 is switched to the total result of the actual amount provided for each currency type used for payment, it is also possible to sequentially switch the prompt content of the area 500 to be comparable each time the GUI selection operation is completed. Reminder of actual provided number without using currency discrimination → reminder of actual provided number of physical currency only → reminder of actual provided number of electronic currency only → reminder of actual provided number of physical currency and electronic currency.

Also, for example, if the GUI 504 is switched to the total result of the actual provided number of the providing method of each card, it is also possible to sequentially switch the prompt content of the area 500 to the corresponding prompts for each completion of the selection operation of the GUI. 1 Reminder of the actual amount provided by the method of provision → Reminder of the actual amount provided by the second method → Reminder of the actual amount provided by the third method, and the actual amount provided by each method.

In addition, the selectable prompt conditions in the management application may also include, for example, the provision of game content, including conditions that can compare the actual provided number and the estimated provided number. In the example shown in Figure 5(b), the actual provided number and the estimated number of provided provided can be compared for one provided bomb, and the actual provided number in each total period and the forecast period corresponding to the total period are predicted The estimated provided numbers are arranged on the same time axis, and the area 500 shows the line graph of each item. In the example in the figure, for the fifth game of the game content A, it shows the elapsed time of the actual amount of provision, the elapsed transition of the estimated amount of provision before the start of provision, and reflects the actual provision on the day of initial operation (start of provision). Either of the time-lapse changes of the estimated provision amount revised by forecasting, and the time-lapse transition of the estimated provision amount revised by forecast reflecting the actual provision amount on the first Monday.

In this embodiment, as an aspect of providing status information and inventory management information by a management application prompt, two types of providing conditions are taken as an example, and the description is made using FIG. 5, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this.

As mentioned above, the provision status information can also be the following: for each game content, provision of bullets and store combination management information on the transition of the number of actual provision, for example, to confirm all provision periods of the game content (all provision of bullets) The actual number of offers, or the method of comparing the actual number of offers between stores and the number of actual offerings between game contents in one store, the presentation control unit 106 configures the information for presentation.

Similarly, the inventory management information can also be the following: for the combination of game content and provision of ammunition, to manage the store inventory of each store, the warehouse inventory of the management source, and the estimated supply information of each store, such as comparable information The presentation control unit 106 configures the presentation information by means of the transition of store inventory between stores, the transition of game contents or the transition of warehouse inventory of providing bullets, and the transition of estimated numbers among game contents.

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

<Notification function> In spite of the foregoing, the management system of the present embodiment is configured to manage the inventory management information by grasping the store inventory information of each store where the game device 200 is installed and the warehouse inventory information maintained by the management source. In addition, since the inventory management information also includes estimated supply information, it can be based on predicting that the store inventory or warehouse inventory of a specific card may be insufficient.

Therefore, in the management server 100 of the present embodiment, the control unit 101 has the following functions: store inventory information, warehouse inventory information, and estimated supply based on inventory management information, provide bullets based on game content, or provide bullets based on the store. , To judge whether the inventory may be insufficient, and if it is judged that it may be insufficient, it will be notified by the management application (notification function). The notification function of the management application of this embodiment has the following two types.

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. User terminal 300 people. In more detail, the control unit 101 may also be the following: for example, when judging that the estimated supply number may exceed the store inventory after a certain number of days, notify the target store of the number of cards shipped from the warehouse inventory and Its shipping period. In this embodiment, in the notification of store inventory, the number of card shipments and the time of shipment are described. However, for example, if the day of the shipment is specified in advance, it can be that only the number of shipments is notified. If the number of cards is pre-determined for one shipment to the store, it can also be the one that only informs the shipment time.

The other is to provide bullets for a specific game content. When the cards provided for the bullets are shipped to each store based on the estimated number of provided bullets, the notification is made when it is judged that the warehouse inventory may be insufficient. It provides bullets for replenishment of the warehouse inventory, and informs the user terminal 300 that can execute the management application to the manufacturing orderer of the manufacturing plant of the card. In more detail, the control unit 101 may also be the following: for example, when the card is shipped to each store based on the estimated supply number, when it is judged that the warehouse inventory may be less than a certain number, it informs the manufacturing plant that the order should be manufactured The number of manufacturing orders for the card. In this embodiment, the number of manufacturing orders for the notification card in the notification of the warehouse inventory is described. However, there is also a period necessary for manufacturing the card until it is delivered as the warehouse inventory, so it can also be added to the manufacturing that is expected to be such a situation. The person notified by the time of the order. In addition, in the case where the number of manufacturing orders per time is fixed, it is also possible to notify only the time of manufacturing orders based on the number of orders.

In addition, in the management system of this embodiment, in order to better perform the provision status or inventory management, information acquisition from each game device 200 is performed via the network 400. However, if there is a situation where the game device 200 cannot communicate, it may not be possible. Achieve better management. Therefore, for example, if the game device 200 is configured to periodically send card information not based on the usage status, and the control unit 101 determines that there is a card device 200 that has not completed the acquisition of the card information within a certain period of time, it can also be executed The user terminal 300 of the management application informs that there is a game device 200 whose information 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, for this kind of game device 200, it can also be excluded from the objects of information collection, forecasting of estimated supply numbers, and inventory management.

"Information Update Processing" Regarding the information update processing of the management system of the present embodiment with such a configuration, the specific processing will be explained using the flowchart of FIG. 6. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit of each device participating in the management system reading, for example, the corresponding processing program stored in each recording medium, and expanding and executing the RAM. In addition, this information update process is described starting from the time when the card supply is completed in the game device 200, for example.

In S601, the game control unit 201 provides the card providing information for the card in progress, sends 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 providing information sent from the game device 200 is received. When the control unit 101 determines that the card-provided information is received, the processing proceeds to S603, and when it determines that the information provided by the card is not received, it repeats the processing of this step.

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 does not exist 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 re-stores the provision status information in the provision status DB 104.

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 information of the updated inventory management information may also be only the store inventory information 1141 in the inventory quantity information 1133.

In S605, the control unit 101 determines whether or not it is the time point when the estimated provision number is predicted. The prediction of the estimated number of offers does not need to be done every time the card is provided. As mentioned above, it can also be done at a predetermined time point, for example, once a week, etc. When the control unit 101 determines that the situation is at the time when the estimated provision number is predicted, it transfers the processing to S606, and when it determines that the situation is not at the time when the prediction is made, the information update processing ends.

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

In this way, in the management system of this embodiment, the card provisioning can be completed in any game device 200, and the provision status information and inventory management information can be updated.

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

In S701, the terminal control unit 301 obtains the information of the presentation condition selected for the information presentation. In addition, the terminal control unit 301 transmits the information of the prompt 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 determines whether or not the information of the prompt condition sent from the user terminal 300 has been received. When the control unit 101 judges that the information of the presentation condition is received, it transfers the processing to S703, and when it judges that it has not received the information, it repeats the processing of this step.

In S703, the notification control unit 106, under the control of the control unit 101, constitutes the notification information corresponding to the received notification conditions based on the managed provision status information and inventory management information, and transmits it to the communication unit 107, 400 The user terminal 300 that receives the information of the prompt condition sends it back.

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

In S705, the terminal prompt control section 304, under the control of the terminal control section 301, generates a display screen of the management application based on the received prompt information, displays it on the terminal display section 310, and ends the information prompt processing.

As a result, in the management system of this embodiment, the supply status information managed by the supply status DB 104 and the inventory management information managed by the inventory management DB 105 can be used to form information corresponding to the prompt conditions selected in the management application, and display it on The terminal display 310 of the user terminal 300.

As explained above, according to the management system of this embodiment, the inventory management of the provided items can be easily performed based on the actual sales information.

[Variation 1] In the first embodiment described above, the card provision information sent by the management server 100 from the game device 200 is described corresponding to the completion of the card provision in the game device 200, 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 the management system depending on the shop. When the information management of the shop, the composition of the information provided by the cards obtained from all of these individually is based on the number of game devices 200 running at the same time It may become inefficient due to the number of units. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, it can also be configured as a collection server 800 that collects information provided by cards from the game device 200 installed in the same shop, and the collection server 800 sends to the management server 100 at a specific time interval. The card provides information. In addition, it can also be configured to set up a total function in the collection server 800 to convert more than one card provided information 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 card-providing device is described as the game device 200 that can provide the game play experience, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a device that provides a card 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 the function of providing a game play experience but has a card vending function is taken as an example for description.

"The Composition of the Management System" As shown in Fig. 9, in the management system of this embodiment, it is possible to obtain card information from a plurality of card vending devices 900 installed in stores, etc., and each of the card vending devices 900 can connect to the management server via the network 400 100 communicatively constituted.

The card vending device 900 is different from the management server 100 in that it does not have the function of providing game play experience as described above, and can only provide cards when the consideration is paid. That is, if the user uses the card vending device 900, compared with the case where the game device 200 is used to obtain the card, there is no need for mode selection or game play, and the card can be obtained without complicated operations.

＜Constitution of card vending device 900＞ Next, the functional configuration of the card vending apparatus 900 of this embodiment will be described using the block diagram of FIG. 10. In addition, in the description of the functional structure of the card vending device 900, for the structure that realizes the same functions as the structure of the management server 100, the game device 200, or the user terminal 300, in order to be strictly distinguished from these structures, it is marked before "selling" Suffix and said.

The vending control unit 901 is, for example, a CPU, and performs operation control of each block included in the card vending device 900. The action 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 capable of permanently storing data such as non-volatile memory or HDD. The sales recording medium 902 not only memorizes the action programs of each block of the card vending device 900, but also memorizes information such as necessary parameters in the actions of each block. The sales memory 903 is a memory device for temporarily storing data, such as non-volatile memory. The sales memory 903 is not only used as the expansion area of the action program of each block, but also used as a storage area for temporarily storing the data output during the action of each block.

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

The sales provision control unit 905 performs various processes for the payment of the consideration completed in the card sales apparatus 900 to provide the card. The card vending device 900 of the present embodiment controls the vending providing unit 910, corresponding to the detection of the completion of the consideration payment by the vending payment detecting unit 904, so that the card can be provided. In more detail, if the payment of the consideration is detected, the sales provision control unit 905 controls the sales provision unit 910 to a state in which cards can be provided, and the sales operation input unit 906 to a state in which operation inputs can be accepted.

The vending providing part 910 is a card dispenser installed in the housing of the card vending device 900. The sales providing unit 910 is configured to have a driving mechanism that is driven in response to an operation input to the sales operation input unit 906 and provides a card held in the lowermost part of the card dispenser included in the card dispenser.

The sales operation input unit 906 may also be, for example, a handle provided in a rotatable manner. In the case of a state in which an operation input can be performed, it may be configured to accept a rotatable operation. The selling operation input unit 906 may also be constructed in a manner that the completed rotating operation directly transmits power to the driving mechanism of the selling providing unit 910. In this case, the selling providing unit 910 may provide the card without power supply.

The vending communication unit 907 is a communication interface of the card vending device 900 with external devices. The sales communication unit 907 is connected to an external device via a network 400 which may also be a communication network such as the Internet or a cable between machines, and can transmit and receive data. The sales communication unit 907, for example, converts the 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 sales communication unit 907 receives information from an external device via the network 400, for example, it decodes the information and stores it in the sales memory 903.

In this embodiment, the sales communication unit 907 transmits the card providing information to the management server 100, but of course, this transmission may be performed only when the communication connection between the card sales device 900 and the management server 100 is established. In this embodiment, when the information transmission arrives at the information transmission time point set with a specific time interval, the communication connection between the management server 100 and the card vending device 900 is established for description, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, similar to the above-mentioned game device 200, the card vending device 900 can also be constructed by completing card provision and sending card provision information every time. Alternatively, when the card vending device 900 is in an offline state, such as a state where the card vending device 900 and the management server 100 cannot communicate with the management server 100, it can also be configured to send the card providing information during the disabled state when the communication connection is restored.

In addition, since the card vending device 900 is not configured to provide 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 specific machine setting operations, etc. .

In this configuration, the card information provided in the card vending device 900 is held in the vending memory 903 until the time of sending the information, and the total number is actually provided since the last sending. Also, if the card providing information with the total number of actual provided numbers is sent, the control unit 101 can detect the time point of information reception in S602 in the same way as the information update processing of FIG. 6, and execute each processing of updating the providing status information. , And manage it in the same way. At this time, when the game device 200 and the card vending device 900 are installed in the same store, status information can also be provided for management of each person.

[Variation 2] In the above-mentioned Embodiments 1 and 2, the device itself provides a card, 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 for the detection of completion of the consideration payment. As described above, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this.

That is, as a card providing aspect, it is also considered that, for example, a plurality of packaged goods enclosed in a store are displayed at the store front, and the user takes the goods to checkout and pays the price, thereby ending the provider. In this case, the sales history can be collected through the so-called POS register (sale time point information management terminal) in a store or an office that manages multiple stores, so that the number of sales per product or sales can be totaled. Because of this Information on the number of sales (actually provided) can also be provided to the purchase end of the store (management source), so it is also possible to send or obtain information on the sales status of the cards totaled using the information management terminal at the time of sale, as a specific time specified by the store, etc. The information provided under the card reflects the status information or inventory management information provided.

In addition, in Embodiment 2 and Modified Example 2, as a form of obtaining card provision status information, it was explained that it can also be through the card vending device 900 and the vending time information management terminal, but it takes into account the status of the use of the game device The better frequency for information acquisition, or the use frequency of each device or the frequency provided by the card, etc., can also be controlled in a way that the sending frequency is higher than that of the game device. For example, the transmission frequency of the card information provided by the card vending terminal 900 or the vending time information management terminal is set to once a week, etc. On the other hand, for a game device, it may be every game played, or at least 1 day. The composition of the way the information is sent this time.

[Other embodiments] The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and various changes 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 enables one or more computers to function as at least a part of the management system. The program can be provided/published by recording on a computer-readable recording medium, or via electrical communication lines.

100‧‧‧Management Server 101‧‧‧Control Department 102‧‧‧Recording media 103‧‧‧Memory 104‧‧‧Provide 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 Inspection Department 205‧‧‧Game Prompt Control Unit 206‧‧‧Game operation input unit 207‧‧‧Game Supply Control Department 208‧‧‧Game Communication Department 210‧‧‧Game Display 220‧‧‧Providing Department 221‧‧‧Exit 300‧‧‧User Terminal 301‧‧‧Terminal Control Unit 302‧‧‧Terminal recording media 303‧‧‧Terminal memory 304‧‧‧Terminal Prompt Control Unit 305‧‧‧Terminal operation input unit 306‧‧‧Terminal Communication Department 310‧‧‧Terminal display 400‧‧‧Internet 500‧‧‧area 501～504‧‧‧GUI 800‧‧‧Collection Server 900‧‧‧Card Vending Device 901‧‧‧Sales Control Department 902‧‧‧Sales of recording media 903‧‧‧Sales of memory 904‧‧‧Sales Payment Inspection Department 905‧‧‧Sales Provision Control Department 906‧‧‧Sales operation input unit 907‧‧‧Sales and Communications Department 910‧‧‧Sales Provision Department S601～S606 steps Steps S701～S705

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the system configuration of the management system of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional structure of the management server 100 of the embodiment and the modification of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the functional structure of the game device 200 according to the embodiment and the modification of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the functional structure of the user terminal 300 according to the embodiment and the modification of the present invention. Figures 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 modification of the present invention. Fig. 6 is a flowchart illustrating each process of the information update process realized by the management system of the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating each processing of the information presentation processing realized by the management system of the embodiment and the modification of the present invention. Fig. 8 is a diagram showing the system configuration of the management system of Modification 1 of the present invention. Fig. 9 is a diagram showing the system configuration of the management system of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the functional structure of the card vending device 900 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 11(a) to (c) are diagrams showing examples of the data structure of various information used in the management system of the embodiment and modification of the present invention.

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A program that establishes corresponding items for the items provided to the user as a necessary condition for payment of consideration, that is, the category of the game, and manages the supply status, which causes the computer to perform the following processing: Obtain the completed supply to the user The first article information of the above-mentioned article; based on the obtained first article information, the second article information of the unfinished provision of the above-mentioned article is derived to the user; the above-mentioned first article information is presented for each category corresponding to the above-mentioned article Item information and the above-mentioned second item information reminder processing; wherein the above-mentioned first item information includes information indicating the actual number of the above-mentioned items provided to the user for each total period set at a specific time interval; the above-mentioned reminder processing , According to the above-mentioned total period, prompt the above-mentioned actual provided number. For example, in the program of claim 1, the category corresponding to the above-mentioned 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 by the game content. For example, in the program of claim 2, in the above-mentioned prompting process, the above-mentioned first article information of the above-mentioned article in the current provision period and the above-mentioned first article information of the above-mentioned article in the provision period in the past can be presented comparatively. Such as the program of claim 2 or 3, in which the above-mentioned items are in the form of a game that can provide game play In the play device, the payment of the consideration is provided to the user as a necessary condition, and the acquisition process is executed when the item is provided in the game device and the first item information sent from the game device is received. For example, the program of claim 4, wherein the above-mentioned items are provided in different types of the above-mentioned game devices for each game content that is associated. Such as the program of claim 4, wherein the above-mentioned game device provides the above-mentioned items with a first providing method corresponding to game playing; and a second providing method of providing the above-mentioned items without playing a game as a necessary condition; and The third provision method of providing the above-mentioned article corresponding to the additional consideration payment when playing the game. In the above-mentioned presentation process, the above-mentioned first article information is presented separately for each of the above-mentioned three provision methods. Such as the program of claim 4, which further causes the computer to execute the process of notifying whether it is a state that can receive the first article information from the game device. For example, in the program of claim 4, where the above-mentioned items are provided to the user in an item vending device that is not provided for playing games, the payment of the consideration is a necessary condition to provide the user, and the above-mentioned acquisition processing corresponds to the item provided in the item vending device and receiving Executed in the case of the above-mentioned first article information sent from the article vending device. For example, the program of claim 8, where the above-mentioned items are in the information management terminal at the time of sale, and the base The acquisition of specific identification information and the payment of consideration are required to complete the settlement as a necessary condition, provided to the user for processing, the acquisition processing is when the information management terminal at the time of sale receives the first article information collected for the article carried out. For example, the program of claim 9, wherein the transmission frequency of the first article information is set to be higher than that of the game device than the article vending device or the vending time point information management terminal. For example, in the program of any one of request items 1 to 3, where the first article information includes information indicating which of physical currency and electronic currency is used to complete the payment of the consideration when the article is provided, the above prompt processing, The information of the first item mentioned above is presented for each currency category for which the consideration has been paid. For example, the program of request item 1, where the second item information includes the estimated number of items provided for each forecast period set at a specific time interval and the forecast is provided to the user. In the above prompt processing, follow the above Each forecast period prompts the above-mentioned estimated provision number. For example, in the program of claim 12, at least part of the information of the above-mentioned article contained in the above-mentioned first article information and the above-mentioned second article information is associated with the store information of the store that provides the article. In the above-mentioned prompt processing, each item The store prompts the above actual number of provision and the above estimated provision number. For example, the program of request item 12 or 13, which further causes the computer to execute the estimated number of supplies contained in the second article information, and notify the number of manufacturing orders, the period of manufacturing orders, the number of shipments, and the period of shipment of the above-mentioned articles. At least any one of them. A computer-readable recording medium, which records the program of any one of claims 1 to 14. A management system, comprising: a game device that provides game items provided to users with consideration payment as a necessary condition, that is, game items corresponding to the types of games; and a first server that manages the above game items The provision status of the article; the game device has a sending mechanism that sends first article information of the game article that has been provided to the user, and the first server has: an acquisition mechanism for a plurality of the game devices, Obtain the above-mentioned first article information; an derivation mechanism that derives the second article information that provides the user with the unfinished game article based on the above-mentioned first article information obtained by the above-mentioned acquisition mechanism; and a prompt control mechanism, which According to each category corresponding to the above-mentioned game items, the prompting mechanism will prompt the prompt processing of the above-mentioned first article information and the above-mentioned second article information; wherein the above-mentioned first article information includes each item set at a specific time interval During the totaling period, information about the actual number of items provided to the user; in the above notification processing, the actual number of actual provided numbers is presented for each totaling period mentioned above. For example, the management system of claim 16, wherein the management system further includes a second server equipped with a collection mechanism that collects the first article information sent from the plurality of game devices, and the acquisition mechanism obtains the above-mentioned information collected by the above-mentioned collection mechanism. The above-mentioned first item information of a plurality of game devices. For example, the management system of claim 16 or 17, wherein the management system further includes a user terminal equipped with the prompting mechanism, and the prompting control mechanism causes the prompting mechanism to prompt the first article information and the above based on a request from the user terminal. The second item information.

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