JP2002073894A - System of providing ranking information about arcade game equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To interactively provide the effective ranking addition information added in response to the attribute of a store of a user. SOLUTION: This ranking information providing system 1 for providing the ranking information about arcade game equipment is provided with a store attribute housing unit 11 for housing the store attribute of each store 4 provided with a game equipment G, a game equipment ranking housing unit 13 for housing the ranking of the game equipment G of each store 4, a ranking information adding unit 15 for adding the ranking information about the game equipment G of one or two or more stores 4 having the predetermined store attribute, and a ranking information display unit 17 for displaying the ranking information about the corresponding game equipment added by the ranking information adding unit 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ranking information providing system for providing sales ranking information of arcade game machines installed in stores such as so-called game centers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, rankings indicating the popularity of so-called arcade game machines are published in game magazines and industry newspapers. This ranking shows the results of the sales rankings of arcade game machines at stores, but since it must be uniform due to space limitations, information that is necessarily valid for all store owners Sometimes it is not.

That is, in general, arcade game machines have a characteristic that popular models, sales, and the like greatly differ depending on the location conditions and forms of stores. On the other hand, the ranking information does not become effective reference information for selecting a game device in its own store because the information source is uncertain and uniform.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides, for example, an arcade capable of interactively providing useful ranking tally information according to the attributes of a user's store. It is an object to provide a ranking information providing system for game devices.

[0005]

According to a first main aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ranking information providing system for providing ranking information of arcade game machines, wherein the game machines are installed. Store attribute storing section for storing the store attribute of each store, a game device ranking storing section for storing the ranking of game devices in the store, and 1 or 2 having a predetermined store attribute.
A ranking, comprising: a ranking information totalizing unit that totals ranking information of game devices in the above-mentioned stores; and a ranking information display unit that displays ranking information of the game devices totalized by the ranking information totalizing unit. An information providing system is provided. In this case, it is preferable that the system has a store attribute selecting unit for allowing the user to select store attributes for performing the tallying.

[0006] The sales of arcade game machines largely depend on store attributes such as store locations and forms. According to the above configuration, ranking information collected from a wide variety of stores is determined according to the store attributes of the store. It can be provided in total.

Further, the system further includes an authentication unit for performing login authentication of the store, and the ranking information totaling unit has the same store attribute as the store attribute of the store.
Alternatively, it is desirable that the ranking information of the game devices in two or more stores be totaled. According to such a configuration, there is an effect that the trouble of setting the tally condition every time can be omitted. In addition, it is preferable that the store attributes include an area division, a location division, a form division, and a customs business law division.

[0008] Further, it is preferable that the ranking information totalizing section adds the points of the game devices in each store and totals the points divided by the number of stores in which the points are described.

Further, the system has an authentication unit for performing login authentication of the store, and a ranking information receiving unit for receiving ranking information of game machines in the store from the store and storing the ranking information in the ranking information storage unit. It is desirable to have one. According to such a configuration, since the ranking information can be collected in a predetermined format after the authentication, the collection of the ranking information from each store can be performed efficiently and effectively.

The other features and remarkable effects of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following embodiments of the present invention and the accompanying drawings.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Basic Configuration) FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a ranking information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The information providing system 1 of this embodiment is installed in a ranking information totalizer server 2 installed in a game equipment sales company or the like, and the game equipments G1, G2,. P of store 4
It is configured to be able to communicate with the C terminal 5 (store terminal).

The store terminal 5 is configured, for example, to be able to receive various interface generation programs from the information providing system 1 and execute the program on a Web browser installed in the terminal 5.

The information providing system 1 includes a store information storage unit 9 for storing store information registered in advance, and a user ( Authentication unit 10 for authentication of store 4)
A store attribute storage unit 11 for storing store attributes such as the location and form of each store 4, a game device information storage unit 12 for storing the type and model attributes of game devices in advance, and a game device received from the store 4. A game device ranking information storage unit 13 for storing ranking information, a store attribute selection unit 14 for transmitting a selection interface (program) for selecting a store attribute required for counting the ranking information to the store 4, and the selection interface A ranking information totaling unit 15 that receives the store attribute selected through the (program) and totals ranking information of game machines in one or more stores having the attribute;
And a ranking totaling result display unit 17 for transmitting a ranking result display interface (program) for displaying the totaling result by the ranking information totaling unit 15 with respect to.

The information stored in the store information storage unit 9 includes bibliographic items such as the name and address of each store 4, authentication information 18 such as a store ID and a store password, and past information from each store 4. Is stored.
The aggregation request history 19 records the store attributes and the like selected when the system 1 was accessed in the past and the ranking was aggregated. Note that, in the case where no ranking information totaling request has been made in the past, the store attribute of the store 4 is stored as a default totaling condition.

The store attributes stored in the store attribute storage section 11 are composed of "location division", "form division", "region division", and "wind management law division". The “location category” is, depending on the location of the store 4, “downtown” shown in the table of FIG.
It is selected from either “Student Area” or “Roadside”. In addition, the “form classification” is selected from any of “specialty store”, “joint store SC”, and “joint store other” shown in the table of FIG. Further, as the “region division”, one region is selected from the table shown in FIG. Further, as the “Winning law category”, a distinction is made between a store subject to No. 8 and a store not subject to No. 8. The store attributes stored in the store attribute storage unit 11 are as follows:
It is associated with the store information of each store 4 stored in the store information storage unit 9.

Further, in the game device information storage section 12,
If the information of each game device is "video",
"Cockpit / Upright", "Prize Machine / A"
It is stored together with information on which of the model genres of the “M vendor” belongs.

Hereinafter, the operation of the system 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

(Collecting Ranking Information from Each Store) The operation of the system 1 is roughly divided into a process of collecting ranking information of game machines in each store from each store, and a process in accordance with a request from each store. 2 of the ranking information totaling step of totalizing the ranking information and providing it to each store
Divided into two. First, a process of collecting ranking information will be described with reference to FIG.

In this embodiment, the collection of ranking information from each store 4 can be performed online. That is, each store 4 first accesses the ranking information providing system from the PC terminal 5 through the Internet 3 and downloads and displays an information providing interface (not shown) (step S1 in FIG. 5).

In this embodiment, each store 4 that provides ranking information needs to register information and store attributes of each store 4 in the system 1 in advance. Therefore, the registration interface determines whether or not the store information and store attributes have already been registered (step S2). If not, the store information and store attributes are registered (step S2). Step S3), login to the service and authentication of the store 4 are performed (step S4).

That is, when the store information and store attributes are stored in the store information storage unit 9, the authentication unit 10
Issues authentication information 18 including a store ID and a password. Then, the authentication unit 10 receives the store ID and the password from the store 4, performs authentication, and specifies the store 4 related to the login.

Next, each store 4 provides sales ranking information of each game machine installed in its own store 4 to the system 1 (step S5). In this embodiment, the sales ranking of each game device is collected for each model genre described above. The maximum number of rankings for each model genre is up to 20th. If the number of installations in one model genre is 20 or less, the number of installed genres is ranked up to the number of installations. Rank.

For example, the ranking of each store 4 is determined by, for example, calculating the average daily sales for each model during a predetermined period (twice from 1 day to 15 days and from 16 days to the last day). Divide into model genre categories. Then, the items are sorted in the order of the item having the highest sales and the items are ranked.

Regarding the provision period of the ranking information, the ranking information totaled in the period of 1 to 15 days is up to 23rd of this month, and the ranking information totaled in the period of 16th to the last day is 8th of next month. Provide to system 1 by the day.

The system 1 sequentially stores the ranking information received from each store 4 in the ranking information storage unit 13 in association with the store ID specified in the authentication step (step S4) (step S6). In this way, ranking information in a large number of stores 4 is collected.

(Tallying of Ranking Data) Next, the step of tallying ranking information will be described with reference to FIG. 6 and FIG.

First, when each store 4 accesses the system 1, the authentication unit 10 authenticates the store 4 related to the connection with reference to the store ID and the password in the store information storage unit (step in FIG. 6). S7). When the store 4 is specified by this, the store attribute selection unit 14 accesses the tally request history 19 in the store information storage unit 9 and extracts the tally request condition at the time of the previous access including the store attribute (step). S8).

Next, the store attribute selecting section 14 executes the counting condition selection interface program shown in FIG.
Is transmitted to and displayed on the PC terminal 5 (step S9). Then, at this time, the store attribute selecting unit 14 sets the condition of the aggregation request at the time of the previous access acquired in the step S8 as a default.

The interface shown in FIG. 7 will be described. A store name display section 21 for displaying a shop name, a detailed ranking information totaling section 22 for selecting detailed ranking information totaling conditions, and a selection of a ranking information totaling method are selected. And a totaling execution button 24 for instructing the ranking information totaling section 15 to total the ranking information.

The detailed ranking information tallying section 22 can specify a store attribute 26 and a model genre 27 as tallying conditions. Regarding the store attribute 26,
As described above, designation of the location division, form division, area division, and management law division can be performed by selecting radio buttons, so that ranking information having the same attribute as the user's store can be totaled. It has become.

Regarding the model genre 27, as described above, "video", "cockpit / upright",
"Prize machine / AM vendor" can be specified.

As described above, at least the store attribute 26
Is displayed in a state where the tallying condition at the time of the previous access is selected in advance, so that it is not necessary to newly select the tallying condition every time. Usually, each store 4 wants ranking data in stores having the same attributes as its own store 4. Therefore, in this embodiment, when there is no past aggregation request history, the same store attribute as that of the store registered in advance is selected and displayed as a default value (step S8). .

In the ranking information totaling method section 23, "industry evaluation ranking" and "store evaluation ranking"
Can be selected from the following two types.
Here, the “industry evaluation ranking” is a ranking totaling method in which models with a large number of popular units and high sales are ranked high.

As described above, the number of ranking points varies according to the ranking of MAX. Therefore, it is preferable to make a difference in ranking points between a store having a small number of comparison target models and a store having a large number of comparison target models. For example, if the ranking of “genre: video” of store A is described to the eighth place, the first place point is 8
7 points for the 2nd place, 6 points for the 3rd place and 5 for the 4th place
8th place is 1 point. If the ranking of "Genre: Video" of the store B is described up to the 20th place, the first place point is 20 points and the second place point is 19 points.
18th in the 3rd place, 17 points in the 4th place and 1 in the 20th place
It is preferable to make a point.

Then, the provided ranking information for each model genre is converted into points as described above, and the points are totaled for each model and arranged in the descending order of the number of points, which becomes the "industry evaluation ranking".

On the other hand, the “store evaluation ranking” is a ranking totaling method in which models having high sales in the installed stores are ranked high regardless of the number of popularized stores. The difference of this counting method from the “industry evaluation ranking” is that, after summing up points for each model, a number obtained by dividing the ranking of the model by the number of stores is arranged in ascending order.

After the tallying conditions are set as described above, when the tallying execution button 24 is pressed, the tallying information tallying unit performs tallying based on the ranking information stored in the ranking information storage unit 13 (step S1). S10),
"Video", "cockpit / upright", "prize machine / AM vendor" on PC terminal 5 of store 4
The ranking results of the game devices are displayed up to the 20th place for each of the three model genres (step S11). Also,
At this time, it is preferable that “order”, “product name”, “manufacturer name”, and “point number” are displayed for each game device.

According to such a configuration, the following effects can be obtained.

That is, the sales of arcade game machines largely depend on store attributes such as store location and form.
According to the above configuration, ranking information collected from various stores can be totaled and provided according to store attributes of the store. Thereby, it is possible to provide a ranking information providing system for an arcade game machine that can provide useful ranking information interactively according to the attributes of the store of the user.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified without changing the gist of the invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the user who requests the totalization of the ranking information is the shop where the arcade game machine is installed, but may be another person. Also, the configuration may be such that the ranking information can be totaled under certain conditions without authentication by the authentication unit.

Further, the provision of ranking information from each store is not limited to online,
It may be offline. Further, the aggregation condition is not limited to the above example, and other conditions may be set.

[0045]

As described above, it is possible to provide a ranking information providing system for an arcade game machine that can provide useful ranking information interactively according to the attributes of a user's store.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a table for explaining location classifications (store attributes) of stores in one embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a table for explaining store type divisions (store attributes) according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a table for explaining a store area division (store attribute) according to the embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of collecting ranking information according to an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a ranking information totaling step according to the embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of an interface for setting a tallying condition according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information provision system 2 ... Ranking information totalizer server 3 ... Internet network 4 ... Store 5 ... PC terminal 9 ... Store information storage unit 10 ... Authentication unit 11 ... Store attribute storage unit 12 ... Game device information storage unit 13 ... Game device Ranking information storage unit 14 Store attribute selection unit 15 Ranking information totaling unit 17 Ranking totaling result display unit 18 Authentication information 19 Totaling request history 21 Store name display unit 22 Detailed ranking information totaling unit 23 Ranking information totaling unit Method part 24… Tally execution button

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A ranking information providing system for providing ranking information of arcade game machines, comprising: a shop attribute storage unit for storing shop attributes of each shop where the game machines are installed; , A ranking information totalizing unit that totals ranking information of game devices in one or more stores having a predetermined store attribute, and ranking information of the game devices totaled by the ranking information totalizing unit. And a ranking information display unit for displaying the ranking information. 2. The ranking information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising a store attribute selecting section for allowing a user to select a store attribute for performing a totalization. . 3. The ranking information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising an authentication unit that performs login authentication of the store, wherein the ranking information totaling unit has the same store attribute as the store attribute of the store related to the authentication. A ranking information providing system for counting ranking information of game machines in one or more stores. 4. The ranking information providing system according to claim 3, wherein the ranking information totaling unit has a store attribute selecting unit for allowing a user to select a store attribute for performing totaling. A ranking information providing system characterized by the following. 5. The ranking information providing system according to claim 1, wherein said store attributes include a region division, a location division, a form division, and a customs business law division. 6. The ranking information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the ranking information totaling unit adds points of the game device in each store and totals points obtained by dividing the points by the number of stores in which the points are described. A ranking information providing system, characterized in that: 7. The ranking information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising an authentication unit for performing login authentication of the store, receiving ranking information of game machines in the store from the store, and storing the received ranking information in the ranking information storage unit. A ranking information providing system having a ranking information receiving unit for storing.