JP2018175524A - Game management system and game management method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably provide a service with high convenience for players.SOLUTION: A management device 40 synchronizes saved balls managed by a management center 50 with saved balls managed by the own device (S0). In a state where an interspace card processing machine 10 detects abnormality in communication with the management device 40 (S1), when receiving a saved ball replay operation, the interspace card processing machine transmits a saved ball replay request to the management center 50 via a portable terminal device 90 held by a player (S2). The management center 50 subtracts saved ball data managed by the own device (S3), transmits a permission of the saved ball replay to the interspace card processing machine 10 via the portable terminal device 90 (S4), and causes the interspace card processing machine 10 put out game balls (S5). Further, when the management device 40 is recovered, the management center 50 updates the saved balls managed by the management device 40 on the basis of the saved balls managed by the own device (S6).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a game management system and a game management method for managing a game in a game arcade.

  Conventionally, in game arcades such as pachinko parlors, various types of information related to gaming customers are managed in association with identification information for identifying the gaming customers, and various services are provided to the gaming customers. For example, Patent Document 1 manages a number of gaming media in association with a member ID of a gaming customer who has been registered as a member in a gaming shop, and provides a storage service that enables the number of gaming media to be used for gaming and prize exchange even after the next day. Storage management device is disclosed.

  The game player can shift the balls to the balls by registering the balls having the number of game media acquired in the game in the above-described ball storage management device. The balls can be used for playing games or prize exchange only within a predetermined time limit (e.g., until the closing time of the day), but can be used beyond the predetermined time limit by shifting to storage balls. In addition to game balls, medals and the like may be used as game media, but in the present specification, in order to clarify the explanation, balls are referred to as balls and balls regardless of the shape of the game media.

  When the gaming customer uses the balls for playing the game, a membership card or the like storing a membership ID is used. When each stand device attached to the gaming machine receives a replaying ball operation while reading a member ID from a membership card or the like, each stand device communicates with the ball storage management device to subtract the balls associated with the member ID. And pay out game media.

  Also, a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone carried by a game player can be used instead of the membership card. In this case, the terminal ID of the portable terminal device and the member ID are associated with each other in advance, and the ball identification is performed using the terminal ID received by each base device from the portable terminal device.

JP, 2011-217846, A

  However, in the above-described prior art, there is a problem that the use of the balls can not be performed when an abnormality occurs in the communication with the device for managing the balls, and the convenience of the game player is lowered. Moreover, since the upper-level apparatus manages not only balls but also balls, if, for example, communication abnormality occurs, there are cases where balls can not be used. When playing a game using a card, it is possible to temporarily write balls on the card to enable operation, but when playing a game using a mobile terminal device Can not be used.

  From these things, it has become an important issue to be able to stably provide a service that is highly convenient for gaming customers.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems and solve the problems, and a game management system and a game management method capable of stably providing a service having high convenience for game customers. It aims to be realized.

  In order to solve the problems described above and achieve the object, the present invention is a game management system for managing a game in a game arcade, the management device for managing the number of game media acquired by a game player by the game, and the game A terminal communication unit installed in the store in association with a gaming machine and performing processing related to the gaming medium, wherein the each base device communicates with a terminal device carried by the gaming guest; The information processing apparatus further comprises: terminal use processing means for acquiring information specifying the number of game media managed in the management device through a terminal device, and performing processing of use of the game medium based on the acquired information.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned invention, each of the base apparatuses is managed in the management apparatus by management apparatus communication means for communicating with the management apparatus regardless of communication with the terminal apparatus, and by the management apparatus communication means. And a management device use processing means for acquiring information specifying the number of played game media and performing use processing of the game media based on the acquired information, and predetermined conditions predetermined as the use media processing of the game media. It is characterized in that the use processing by the terminal use processing means and the use processing by the management device use processing means are performed based on the above.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned invention, each base device further includes communication state determination means for determining a communication state with the management device by the management device communication means, and the communication state determination means as the predetermined condition. It is characterized by including the determined communication state.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned invention, the management device is a game media number management means for specifyingably managing the number of game media corresponding from the identification information of the terminal device, and identification information of the specified terminal device. The information processing apparatus may further comprise transmission means for transmitting information capable of specifying the corresponding number of game media.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned invention, as the management device, a first management device provided in the gaming shop, and a second management device provided outside the gaming shop and capable of communicating with the first management device. The second management device has a management device, and the second management device synchronizes the number of game media managed by the first management device with the communication means for communicating with the terminal device, and the number of game media managed by the device itself. And synchronizing means.

  Further, the present invention is a game management method for managing a game in a game arcade, and a management step in which a management device manages the number of game media acquired by a game player by playing a game, and A terminal communication step in which each installed base device communicates with a terminal device carried by the gaming guest, and information for specifying the number of gaming media managed in the management device by each base device through the terminal device And acquiring a terminal usage processing step of performing usage processing of game media based on the acquired information.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to stably provide a service that is highly convenient for a game player.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the concept of the game management system according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the game arcade. FIG. 3 is a view showing the appearance of the inter-room card processor. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the inter-room card processor. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of data stored in the storage unit of the inter-room card processing machine. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the management apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of data stored in the storage unit of the management apparatus. (1) FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of data stored in the storage unit of the management apparatus. (Part 2) FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the management center shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of data stored in the storage unit of the management center. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operation at the time of abnormality of the communication line. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure when communication between the inter-stand-card processor and the management device is normal. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure of game start and ball re-play when there is an abnormality in the management device. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure of processing for synchronization of a ball and a replay of balls when an abnormality occurs in the management device. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure of the game start and the ball re-play when there is an abnormality in the communication line. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure of processing for storage ball replay and synchronization when an abnormality occurs in the communication line. FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure at the start of the game performed by the master card processing machine. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure according to a card insertion notification by the management center.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a game management system and a game management method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  In the present specification, the number of balls is data indicating the gaming media acquired by the gaming customer in the game or the number of the gaming media, and it is possible to provide again for gaming only during the day (time before closing the store) Tell what you can do. The term "reserved balls" refers to game media acquired by a game player in a game or data indicating the number of the game media, and can be used again for the next day or later (time after closing the store). The balls are usable when both a general game player and a member game player can use and change the gaming machine used for the game (so-called platform movement). The balls are normally usable only by member players, and are used when the acquired gaming media are used for the next day or later. A predetermined fee may be charged for use of the balls.

  First, the concept of the game management system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the concept of the game management system according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, in the game arcade, an inter-room card processor 10 is juxtaposed to the gaming machine 20. The inter-table card processing machine 10 is each base device that performs various processes related to game balls such as lending of a game ball and replaying based on the operation of a game customer.

  The inter-room card processor 10 has a near field communication function. As an example, Bluetooth (registered trademark) can be used as this short distance wireless communication. The inter-table card processor 10 communicates with the portable terminal device 90 carried by the game customer by the function of the short distance wireless communication. The mobile terminal device 90 is, for example, a smartphone terminal.

  The inter-room card processor 10 can communicate with the management device 40 installed in the game arcade. The management device 40 manages a portable ID, which is identification information of the portable terminal device 90, and a ball in association with a card ID.

  Further, the management device 40 can communicate with a management center 50 installed outside the game arcade. The management device 40 appropriately communicates with the management center 50 when there is an increase or decrease in the ball storage data managed by the own device, so that the ball storage data managed by the management center 50 matches the ball storage data managed by the own device. (S0).

  When the interstage card processing machine 10 receives a ball replay operation from a gaming guest, it transmits a ball replay request to the management device 40, subtracts the balls managed by the management device 40, and performs payout processing of the game ball. Run.

  Here, for example, in a state (S1) in which the inter-stage card processing machine 10 detects an abnormality in communication with the management device 40 due to the occurrence of an abnormality in the management device 40 or the like, the ball replay operation is performed. If accepted, the inter-room card processing device 10 transmits a center connection request including information for accessing the management center 50 to the portable terminal device 90 carried by the gaming guest, and the portable terminal device 90 to the management center 50 A request for storage ball replay is sent (S2).

  If the management center 50 receives a request to play back a ball from the portable terminal device 90 in a state where an abnormality occurs in the management device 40, it subtracts the ball data managed by the own device (S3), and permits the ball replay. Are transmitted to the portable terminal device 90 (S4).

  The portable terminal device 90 transmits the ball replay permission received from the management center 50 to the inter-room card processor 10. For this reason, the inter-room card processing device 10 can receive the reservoir replay permission from the inter-room card processing device 10 and perform payout processing of gaming balls (S5).

  Furthermore, when the management device 40 recovers from an abnormality, the management center 50 synchronizes the ball storage data by updating the ball storage data managed by the management device 40 based on the ball storage data managed by the own device (S6) ).

  As described above, when the management device 40 and the management center 50 manage the balls and an abnormality occurs in the communication between the inter-stage card processor 10 and the management device 40, the inter-table card processor 10 is a portable terminal device. Since communication with the management center 50 via 90 is performed and the payout process of gaming balls is executed using the balls managed by the management center 50, it is possible to use the balls even when communication abnormality occurs.

  In addition, increase and decrease of the balls while abnormality is occurring in the management device 40 is managed by the management center 50, and after the recovery from the abnormality, the management of the balls is properly performed by reflecting it on the ball data of the management device 40 Can.

  Next, the system configuration of the game arcade will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the game arcade. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of gaming machines 20 and an inter-table card processing machine 10 provided corresponding to each gaming machine 20 are installed in the game arcade. The inter-standway card processor 10 is connected via the island controller 30 to a communication line which is a network in the store. The island controller 30, the management device 40, the prize management device 60, and the settlement machine 80 are connected to the communication line. Further, the management device 40 is connected to a management center 50 outside the game arcade via a predetermined network.

  The gaming machine 20 is a device for playing a game by driving a game ball into a game board surface. A plurality of winning areas (winning openings) are provided on the gaming board surface of the gaming machine 20, and a predetermined number of gaming balls are provided as prize balls based on passage of the gaming balls in the relevant winning area. It has become. In addition, a predetermined number of starting areas (starting openings) are provided on the game board surface, and a predetermined lottery is performed based on passage of the game balls through the starting areas. If the lottery is a big hit, an operation that is advantageous for the game is performed by, for example, improving the probability of passing the game ball to the above-mentioned winning area or other starting area by the operation of a predetermined movable member or the like. The result of the lottery by passing the ball to the starting opening is displayed on the special symbol display device which displays the result of the lottery. The display of the lottery result of the special symbol display device is performed in a mode in which the finalized display is performed after the variable display of the predetermined time. In addition, the game board surface is provided with a decorative symbol display device that variably displays a decorative symbol such as a predetermined number based on the result of the lottery, and when the result of the lottery becomes a big hit, for example (7, 7 , 7) and other similar symbols are displayed for notification. In addition, it is also possible to provide an area that doubles as the starting area and the winning area.

  The prize area is provided with a prize sensor for detecting the passage of the game ball to the prize area, and the prize sensor detects the passage (winning) of the game ball driven into the prize area. It has become. In addition, the control unit of the gaming machine 20 has a prize ball memory for storing the number of gaming balls to be awarded as prize balls for each winning area.

  Therefore, when passage of the shot game ball to a specific winning area is detected by the prize sensor, the gaming machine 20 should be awarded from the memory contents of the prize ball memory and the number of gaming balls having passed the prize area. The number of prize balls can be determined, and the payout process for the determined number of prize balls can be performed. In addition, regardless of whether or not the game ball which has been shot in has passed through the winning area, it is finally discharged from the back of the game board to the outside of the gaming machine. The game balls discharged to the outside of the gaming machine are detected by an out-ball detection device attached to each gaming machine.

  Inter-room card processor 10 performs acceptance of payment, lending of game balls, and communication with management device 40. When receiving the bill inserted by the gaming guest, the inter-stage card processing machine 10 transmits deposit notification data including the amount of the bill to the management device 40, and the prepaid value managed by the management device 40 corresponds to the money amount. Add the number. Then, when a predetermined ball lending operation is performed, a ball lending request is transmitted to the management device 40, and the prepaid value managed by the management device 40 is subtracted, and the number of gaming balls corresponding to the subtracted prepaid value is Perform payout processing.

  In addition, when receiving the card insertion, the inter-room card processing device 10 transmits card insertion notification data to the management device 40. In addition, when receiving the data including the prepaid value, the number of balls, and the number of balls from the management device 40, the inter-day card processor 10 stores the received value of prepaid, the number of balls, and the number of balls. Then, after storing the number of balls held, the inter-room card processing machine 10 clears the number of balls held by the management device 40 to zero by transmitting the ball subtraction request data to the management device 40. .

  In addition, when receiving the ball re play operation, the inter-room card processor 10 subtracts a predetermined number from the ball number stored in the own device, and performs payout processing of the number of game balls corresponding to the ball number subtracted. Do. In addition, when the inter-tier card processor 10 receives the ball storage replay operation, it transmits the ball replay request data to the management device 40, thereby subtracting a predetermined number from the number of balls managed by the management device 40, The payout processing of the number of game balls corresponding to the number of stored balls is performed.

  In addition, when the inter-tier card processor 10 receives a card return operation, it transmits ball addition data including the ball count managed by the own device to the management apparatus 40, and transmits the ball count to the management apparatus 40. After the addition, the card ejection notification data is transmitted to the management device 40 to control the ejection of the card.

  The island controller 30 is a relay device for bundling a group of gaming machines 20 and the stand-alone card processor 10 provided on the gaming island.

  The management device 40 is a device that manages the prepaid value of the card, the number of balls held, and the like as card data. When the management device 40 receives the card insertion notification data from the inter-room card processor 10, the management device 40 manages the card ID of the inserted card and the device ID of the inter-room card processor 10 in association with each other. The associated prepaid value and the number of balls are sent to the inter-day card processor 10.

  Furthermore, the management device 40 has a function as a member management device that manages the member management data of the member registered as a member in the game arcade. Specifically, in association with the member card ID issued to the member, the number of balls, the number of points, the personal identification number, the name and the like are managed.

  When the card ID indicated in the card insertion notification data is a card ID of a membership card, the management device 40 stores the number of balls and the identification number associated with the card ID indicated in the card insertion notification data. The play data is transmitted to the inter-room card processor 10.

  When the management device 40 receives the ball subtraction request data from the inter-room card processing device 10, the management device 40 clears the number of balls held to zero. When the management device 40 receives the ball addition request data from the inter-room card processor 10, the management device 40 adds the number of balls included in the ball addition request data to the number of balls managed by the management device 40. .

  Further, when the management device 40 receives the ball lending request data from the inter-room card processor 10, the management device 40 subtracts the prepaid value associated with the card ID by a predetermined value, and transmits the ball lending permission data to the inter-day card processor 10. Send.

  Further, when the management device 40 receives the ball replay request data from the inter-room card processor 10, the management device 40 subtracts a predetermined number from the number of balls associated with the card ID indicated in the ball replay request data and subtracts it. The stored-card replay data including the subsequent number of stored balls is transmitted to the inter-day card processor 10.

  Further, when the management device 40 receives the card ID from the prize management device 60, the management device 40 notifies the prize management device 60 of the number of balls held and the number of balls associated with the card ID. Furthermore, when the card ID is received from the checkout machine 80, the prepaid value associated with the card ID is notified to the checkout machine 80.

  The prize management device 60 is a terminal device for prize exchange attached to a prize exchange counter in the game arcade, and performs a prize exchange process for exchanging the winning balls, the number of balls and the number of balls for prizes. The prize management device 60 is connected to a card reader for reading a card ID from a card and a prize dispensing device for dispensing a prize. The prize management device 60 transmits the card ID to the management device 40 when the card ID is read from the general card or the membership card (or when the identification data corresponding to the card ID is read from the portable terminal or the like). , The number of balls held by the card ID and the number of balls stored are required.

  When the card associated with the prepaid value is inserted, the settlement machine 80 transmits the card ID of this card to the management device 40, and receives the response data to obtain the prepaid value associated with the card. , Pay out money according to the prepaid value acquired.

  Furthermore, the gaming system shown in FIG. 2 transmits balls and balls managed by the management device 40 to the management center 50, and the management center 50 also manages balls and balls. Then, when an abnormality occurs in the management device 40 or the communication line, the inter-stage card processor 10 communicates with the management center 50 via the portable terminal device 90, thereby enabling use of balls and balls. There is. The details of the operation will be described later.

  Next, the ball lending process of the gaming system shown in FIG. 2 will be described. When the gaming customer performs a ball lending operation on the inter-room card processor 10, the inter-day card processor 10 transmits ball lending request data to the management device 40. The ball lending request data includes the card ID of the card inserted in the inter-room card processor 10 and an address or arbitrary identification data for specifying the inter-room card processor 10 that is the transmission source.

  When the management device 40 receives the ball lending request data, the management device 40 subtracts a predetermined value from the prepaid value associated with the card ID of the ball lending request data. Then, the management device 40 transmits the ball lending permission data to the inter-base card processor 10 of the transmission source. The inter-room card processor 10 having received the ball lending permission data performs payout processing of the number of gaming balls corresponding to the subtracted prepaid value.

  Next, the ball re-playing process in the case of re-playing the balls in the gaming system shown in FIG. 2 will be described. When receiving the insertion of the general card or the membership card, the inter-zone card processing device 10 transmits card insertion notification data to the management device 40. The card insertion notification data includes the card ID of the card inserted in the inter-room card processor 10, an address for identifying the inter-room card processor 10 that is the transmission source, or any identification data, and the inter-room card processor And 10 data for specifying a rate.

  When the management device 40 receives the card insertion notification data from the inter-room card processor 10, the management device 40 notifies the inter-room card processor 10 of the number of balls held at each rate associated with the card ID in the card insertion notification data. Do.

  The inter-room card processor 10 stores the number of balls received from the management device 40. Then, the card ID, data specifying the rate, and ball subtraction request data indicating that the number of balls possessed is to be cleared to zero is transmitted to the management device 40. When the management device 40 receives the ball reduction request data, the management device 40 clears the number of balls in each rate specified by the card ID to zero. In addition, when accepting the ball-replaying operation and performing the ball-replay, the inter-room card processing machine 10 subtracts a predetermined number from the stored number of balls-does, and performs payout processing of the corresponding number of game balls. . When performing payout processing, payout processing is performed by transmitting a payout instruction to the gaming machine for multiples of units (for example, 25 balls) that can be paid out by the gaming machine, and for the remaining (for example, less than 25 balls) The dispensing process is performed by dispensing from the nozzle unit 18a. Either of the payout processing by transmitting the payout instruction to the gaming machine and the payout processing by the nozzle unit 18a may be performed in advance, or may be performed concurrently. In the case of simultaneous execution, it is possible to quickly finish the payout process.

  When the inter-tier card processor 10 receives the card return operation, it transmits the ball addition request data to the management device 40. This ball-addition-request data includes the card ID of the card to be returned, the address for specifying the inter-room card processor 10 that is the transmission source, or any identification data, and the number of balls for each rate. .

  When the management device 40 receives the ball addition request data, the management device 40 adds the ball number included in the ball addition request data to the ball number of each rate associated with the card ID. Thereafter, the inter-room card processing device 10 transmits card ejection notification data to the management device 40, and performs ejection control of the card.

  Next, the ball re-playing process in the gaming system shown in FIG. 2 will be described. If the inter-base card processor 10 reads a card ID from a membership card or a portable terminal usable as a membership card, it transmits card insertion notification data to the management device 40. The card insertion notification data includes the card ID of the card inserted in the inter-room card processor 10, an address for identifying the inter-room card processor 10 that is the transmission source, or any identification data, and the inter-room card processor And 10 data for specifying a rate.

  When the management device 40 receives the card insertion notification data, the personal identification number associated with the card ID in the card insertion notification data, and the number of stored balls of the rate specified by the card insertion notification data, among the balls, , And transmits to the room card processing device 10 ball replay data including the possible number of ball replays. The possible number of ball replays indicates the number of balls that can be played back. The possible number of storage ball replays is a multiple of the number of payout units of gaming balls in the storage ball replay. If an upper limit is set for the ball replay, the maximum value within the range of the number of balls and the upper limit is the number of possible balls replay. In addition, you may use the frequency | count which can carry out ball | bowl replay instead of the possible number of ball | bowl replays as a ball | bowl replay frequency. The number of replays of balls corresponds to a quotient obtained by dividing the number of balls by the number of payout units of game balls in the replay of balls. However, when an upper limit is set for the ball replay, the upper limit limits the number of times the ball replay is performed.

  The inter-room card processor 10 stores the received ball replay data, and can accept a ball replay operation if the number of possible ball replays indicated by the ball replay data is one or more.

  After storing the ball replay data, the interstage card processing machine 10 requests the player to input a personal identification number when the ball replay operation is first received, and the inputted code number is the ball replay data It is determined whether or not it matches the password indicated in.

  When the personal identification numbers match, the inter-tier card processor 10 transmits the ball replay request data to the management device 40. The stored ball replay request data includes a card ID of a card inserted in the inter-room card processor 10, an address for specifying the inter-room card processor 10 that is the transmission source, or any identification data, and inter-room card processing And data for specifying the rate of the machine 10.

  When the management device 40 receives the storage-replay request data, the management device 40 subtracts a predetermined value from the balance of the storage of the rate specified by the message from the storage associated with the card ID in the storage-replay request data. Recalculate the number of possible ball replays. Then, storage card replay data including the balance after subtraction and the possible number of the reservoir replays is transmitted to the inter-day card processor 10.

  The inter-day card processor 10 updates the stored number of balls, and performs payout processing of the number of gaming balls corresponding to the number of payout units of stored ball replay. In addition, it is determined whether or not the number of possible balls replayed after the update is one or more. If the number of possible balls replay is 0, it is determined that the operation for replaying the balls can not be accepted. If the number of possible balls replayed after the update is one or more, the ball replaying operation can be accepted again. Confirmation of the PIN is not necessary for the second and subsequent ball replays. The confirmation of the password may be performed each time. In addition, here, although the case where the inter-room card processing machine 10 performs payout processing of gaming balls after the management device 40 subtracts the balance of the storage balls is illustrated, payout processing of gaming balls is performed based on the storage ball replay request. After that, the balance of the balls may be subtracted. This is because the possible number of stored ball replays is indicated in the stored ball replay data prior to the request for the replay of the stored balls, and a shortage of balance will not be found after the request for the replay of the stored balls is received.

  Next, the transition from balls to balls in the closing process will be described. The management device 40 confirms the number of balls possessed by the card management data at the time of closing processing, and if there is a record associated with the number of balls greater than zero, the number of balls identified is determined by the card ID and rate. Add the numbers. Thereafter, the management device 40 clears the number of held balls to zero.

  Next, prize exchange processing at each stand using the balls will be described. The prize exchange process at each machine is generally referred to as a wagon service. For example, a service representative travels through a game arcade while transporting a wagon loaded with food and drink or articles such as cigarettes (prize), and the game is being played When an order is received from a player, the ordered item is provided to the player.

  In the system of the present embodiment, two processings are possible as the wagon service: processing using a service clerk terminal and processing using a portable terminal of a game player. When performing processing using the service staff terminal, the gaming customer returns the card from the inter-stage card processing machine 10 and hands it over to the service staff. The service clerk inputs information for specifying the prize or the number of game media necessary for the exchange of the prize designated by the game guest on the service clerk terminal owned by the service representative, and causes the handed card to be read. Thereafter, the service staff terminal communicates with the management device 40, and requests the management device to subtract the number of game media corresponding to the input information. When the subtraction is completed, the card is returned to the player and a prize is provided to the player.

  When performing processing using the portable terminal of the gaming guest, the service representative inputs information for specifying the number of gaming media necessary for exchanging prizes or prizes designated by the gaming customer to the service representative terminal, and the service The staff member terminal and the inter-base card processor 10 are communicated. The inter-room card processor 10 is in a state of waiting for communication with the portable terminal and subtraction of the number of stored balls. In this state, other processes are prohibited. Then, when communication with the portable terminal is established, the number of stored balls is subtracted from the game medium managed by the management device 40 through the portable terminal. When the subtraction is over, a prize is provided to the player.

  Next, the external appearance of the inter-room card processor 10 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 3 is a view showing the appearance of the inter-room card processor 10. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the external appearance of the inter-base card processor 10 connected to the gaming machine 20 is shown as the inter-platform card processor 10. Further, the gaming machine 20 to be juxtaposed is illustrated by a broken line. Moreover, in FIG. 3, although the stand space card processing machine 10 which receives only a banknote was illustrated, the unit for coin reception can also be provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the inter-stage card processor 10 includes a status display unit 11, a bill insertion slot 12a, a display operation unit 13, a card insertion slot 14a, a holding unit 14b, a wireless communication unit 14c, a nozzle unit 18a and a counting unit 18b. Have.

  The status display unit 11 displays the status of the apparatus of the inter-room card processor 10 by lighting or blinking a lamp of a predetermined color. The bill insertion slot 12a is an insertion slot for various bills necessary for lending game balls. The display operation unit 13 is a device that receives an operation button display such as a touch panel liquid crystal display or an input operation by the operation button.

  The card insertion slot 14a is an insertion slot for a card possessed by a player. The holding unit 14b holds the mobile terminal used for member registration, and when the mobile terminal is held by the holding unit 14b, data such as a unique ID (for example, IDm) of the mobile terminal is read from the mobile terminal. The wireless communication unit 14 c is a unit that performs wireless communication. The nozzle unit 18 a is a mechanism that ejects gaming balls to the gaming machine 20. The counting unit 18 b is a mechanism for counting the gaming balls dropped from the lower tray of the gaming machine 20.

  Next, the configuration of the inter-base card processor 10 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the inter-stand-card processor 10 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the inter-stage card processor 10 includes a bill transport unit 12, a display operation unit 13, a reader / writer 14, a holding unit 14b, a wireless communication unit 14c, a communication unit 15, and a storage unit. A controller 16 includes a controller 17, a nozzle unit 18a, and a counting unit 18b.

  The bill conveyance unit 12 is a conveyance unit that conveys the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 12a to a bill storage unit (not shown) while discriminating the denomination and authenticity of the bill. The display operation unit 13 displays various information such as prepaid value usable for ball lending, the number of balls, the number of balls, and an input / output device such as a touch panel liquid crystal display that accepts various operations such as ball lending operation. It is.

  The reader / writer 14 is a device for reading a card ID from a card inserted into the card insertion slot 14a. The card inserted into the card insertion slot 14a is stored in a card storage portion (not shown) via the reader / writer 14. The holding unit 14 b is an interface unit that reads various information such as a unique ID (for example, IDm) of the portable terminal by near field communication when the portable terminal or the like is held up. In addition, the reader / writer 14 has a function of associating the card stored in the card storage unit with value data such as balls and prepaid value shown in the card data 16b and issuing it as a new card in response to the return operation of the game customer. Also have. However, if the prepaid value shown in the card data 16b is 0 and the number of balls held is less than a predetermined number (minimum holding number), control is performed so as not to return the card even if there is a return operation. This is a control for preventing a loss in a game arcade by discarding a card associated with a small number of balls. The fixed number can be set, for example, to be the value of the card or the lowest price in the game store, but the value obtained by multiplying the number of balls possessed by the loan unit price per ball is not limited to this, but it is not limited to this It can be freely set by the store policy. In addition, when it is controlled not to return the card even if there is a return operation, it is also possible to pay out the stored balls, but a message to the effect that the card can not be returned and to prompt the replay of the balls is performed. May be

  The communication unit 15 is an interface unit for performing data communication with the gaming machine 20 and the island controller 30. The nozzle unit 18a is used to pay out part or all of the game balls when paying out game balls by ball lending or replay. The counting unit 18 b is a unit that counts the game balls.

  The storage unit 16 is a storage device including a hard disk drive, a non-volatile memory, and the like. The storage unit 16 stores the own device state data 16a and the card data 16b.

  The own-apparatus state data 16 a is data indicating the state of the inter-room card processor 10. The own-apparatus state data 16a includes the apparatus ID of the inter-room card processor and the game setting. The device ID of the inter-room card processor is identification data for uniquely identifying the inter-room card processor 10 in the game arcade. The game setting is data indicating a game type and the like set in the inter-room card processor 10. When dealing with game balls of multiple rates in the game arcade, "ball 1" for 4 yen rate game balls, "ball 2" for 2 yen rate game balls, and "ball 3" for 1 yen rate game balls As such, game name is set and managed for each rate. Inter-room card processor 10 selects a rate to be used for a game from these game types, and stores it as a game setting.

  The card data 16b is data relating to a card being used by a game player. The card data 16 b includes a card ID, prepaid value, balls, balls, the number of possible ball replays, and the like. With regard to balls and balls, data exists for each game type (rate). The card ID is a card ID read by the reader / writer 14. When a card is transported from the card storage unit (not shown) to the card insertion slot 14a and the card is ejected, the card data 16b is updated by the card ID read by the reader / writer 14 during the transport. Also, when a card is transported from the card insertion slot 14a to a card storage unit (not shown), the card data 16b is updated by the card ID read by the reader / writer 14 during the transport.

  The wireless communication unit 14 c detects the portable terminal device 90 located in the vicinity of the own device, establishes a connection, and performs communication. When the connection is established, the terminal ID of the portable terminal device 90 is acquired and stored in the storage unit 16. Further, the wireless communication unit 14c acquires the radio wave intensity from the mobile terminal device 90, stores the radio wave intensity in the storage unit 16, and then updates the radio wave intensity as needed.

  The control unit 17 is a control unit that controls the entire inter-baseboard card processor 10, and includes a data management unit 17a, a count processing unit 17b, a communication state determination unit 17c, and a portable terminal use processing unit 17d.

  When the card is inserted, the data management unit 17a transmits, to the management device 40, card insertion notification data including the device ID of the own device state data 16a and the card ID of the card data 16b. Further, when data management unit 17a receives data including value data (at least one of prepaid value, number of balls held and number of balls stored) from management device 40, data management unit 17a updates card data 16b with the received value data. The data management unit 17a controls the display operation unit 13 to appropriately display the prepaid value, the number of balls held, and the number of balls stored in the card data 16b.

  Further, when a bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 12a, the data management unit 17a transmits deposit notification data including the amount of the inserted bill, the card ID, and the inter-room card processor ID to the management device 40.

  Further, the data management unit 17a transmits, to the management device 40, ball lending request data including a card ID and a device ID when a ball lending operation is performed by a game player. When the ball lending permission data is received as a response to the ball lending request data, the data management unit 17a performs payout processing of a predetermined number of gaming balls.

  In addition, when a game player performs a game replay operation, the data management unit 17a subtracts a predetermined number from the number of balls shown in the card data 16b, and performs payout processing of the corresponding number of game balls. Do.

  In addition, when the number of possible balls replayed indicated by the card data 16b is one or more, the data management unit 17a can display the ball replaying button on the display operation unit 13 and can accept the ball replaying operation. I assume. The data management unit 17a transmits, to the management device 40, the ball replay request data including the card ID and the inter-room card processor ID when the game player performs the ball replay operation. When the ball replay data is received as a response to the ball replay request data, the number of balls stored in the card data 16b is updated, and the payout process of the number of payout units of the ball replay is performed. In addition, at the time of the first storage ball replay operation, the input of the personal identification number is required, and the ball replay request data is transmitted on the condition that it matches the personal identification number indicated in the card data 16b.

  In addition, when the card return operation is performed by the game player, the data management unit 17a transmits, to the management device 40, ball addition data including the card ID, the device ID, and the number of balls possessed, and transmits the card data 16b. After clearing the number of balls to zero, card ejection notification data is sent to the management device 40, and the card is ejected.

  When gaming balls are inserted into the counting unit 18b, the counting processing unit 17b causes the counting unit 18b to count the gaming balls and adds the counting result to the number of balls held in the card data 16b.

  The communication state determination unit 17 c is a processing unit that determines the communication state with the management device 40. Specifically, when the communication state determination unit 17 c appropriately transmits a communication state confirmation request to the management device 40 and receives a communication state confirmation response from the management device 40, communication with the management device 40 is normal. It is determined that Then, when the communication state confirmation response from the management device 40 is not received even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the transmission of the communication state confirmation request, it is determined that an abnormality occurs in the communication with the management device 40.

  The portable terminal usage processing unit 17 d is a processing unit that communicates with the management center 50 via the portable terminal device 90. Specifically, in the case where the communication state determination unit 17c determines that the communication state is abnormal in the communication state, and the wireless communication unit 14c establishes communication with the mobile terminal device 90. Then, the center connection request including information for accessing the management center 50 is transmitted to the portable terminal device 90. The information for accessing the management center 50 includes the address of the management center 50 and the like.

  Then, the portable terminal usage processing unit 17 d transmits card insertion notification data to the management center 50 and transmits ball storage replay request data to the management center 50 via the portable terminal device 90.

  Specifically, at the timing when the data management unit 17a should transmit the card insertion notification data to the management device 40, the portable terminal usage processing unit 17d performs management when an abnormality occurs in communication with the management device 40. The card insertion notification data is transmitted to the center 50.

  The management center 50 that has received the card insertion notification data transmits card data (such as balls and balls) of the card ID associated with the terminal ID of the portable terminal device 90 to the portable terminal device 90, and the portable terminal device 90 The data is transmitted to the inter-room card processor 10. The portable terminal use processing unit 17 d updates the card data 16 b with the card data received from the portable terminal device 90. For this reason, even when an abnormality occurs in communication, card data can be obtained, and replay of balls can be performed.

  Similarly, at the timing when the data management unit 17a should transmit the ball replay request data to the management apparatus 40, the portable terminal usage processing unit 17d controls the management center when an abnormality occurs in communication with the management apparatus 40. Send the ball replay request data to 50.

  The management center 50 that has received the ball storage replay request data subtracts the predetermined value from the storage of the card ID associated with the terminal ID of the portable terminal device 90, generates storage ball replay data, and transmits it to the portable terminal device 90. This ball replay data is used as a ball replay permission. The portable terminal device 90 transmits the stored-ball replay data to the inter-room card processor 10. When the portable terminal usage processing unit 17d receives the ball replay data from the portable terminal device 90, the portable terminal utilization processing unit 17d updates the number of balls in the card data 16b and performs payout processing of the game balls of the payout unit number of the replay balls. For this reason, even if there is an abnormality in communication, it is possible to replay the ball.

  Next, an example of data stored in the storage unit 16 of the inter-room card processor 10 will be described. FIG. 5 is an explanatory view for explaining an example of data stored in the storage unit 16 of the inter-room card processor 10. As shown in FIG.

  The own apparatus state data 16a shown in FIG. 5A indicates that the ID of the inter-room card processor 10 is "3001" and "ball 1" is set as the game type of the inter-room card processor 10. ing.

  The card data 16 b shown in FIG. 5B indicates a state in which the ID of the card inserted in the inter-base-card processor 10 is “2002”. Here, the upper one digit of the card ID indicates the type of the card, the first upper digit "1" card is a general card, the upper first digit "2" card is a membership card. Further, the card data 16 b indicates that the prepaid value is “2000 degrees”. Here, with the frequency of prepaid value, one frequency is equivalent to 1 yen. In the card data 16b, the number of balls held by ball 1 is "375 balls", the number of balls held by ball 2 is "500 balls", and the number of balls held by ball 3 is "2000 balls". It shows.

  Further, in the card data 16b, the secret code number for the ball replay is "7777", the number of possible replays of the ball is "250 balls", and the number of balls of the ball 1 is "250 balls". The number of balls stored in is “1000 balls”, and the number of balls stored in balls 3 is “4000 balls”. In addition, although the structure which stores the number of balls which can be re-played as possible number of re-plays was shown here, you may store the number of times of possible re-play as a re-play frequency. Further, although not shown, the management apparatus 40 also stores ON / OFF of a “lock” flag indicating validity / invalidity of the card in addition to balls, balls, prepaid value in association with the card ID, It is turned on by employee operation when a card theft is detected. These data are also included and stored in the card data 16b. Furthermore, this "lock" flag can be set according to the function ("use of balls", "embedded", etc.). It can also be used to prevent accidental operation.

  Next, the configuration of the management device 40 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the management device 40 shown in FIG. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the management device 40 includes a display unit 41, an input unit 42, an external network communication unit 43, a store network communication unit 44, a storage unit 45, and a control unit 46.

  The display unit 41 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display device. The input unit 42 is an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse. The external network communication unit 43 is an interface unit for performing data communication via a network outside the game arcade. The store network communication unit 44 is an interface unit for performing data communication with the island controller 30, the prize management device 60, and the settlement machine 80 via a communication line in the game arcade.

  The storage unit 45 is a storage device such as a hard disk drive and a non-volatile memory, and stores game type setting data 45a, device management data 45b, prize master 45c, card management data 45d and member management data 45e.

  The game type setting data 45a is data in which the lending rate and the display name are associated with the game type. The device management data 45 b is data relating to a device disposed in the game arcade. The device management data 45 b includes the device ID of the inter-room card processor, the address of the inter-room card processor 10, the installation location, the gaming machine ID and the model data of the additional gaming machine.

  The prize master 45c is data used when exchanging game balls for prizes. The card management data 45d is data in which a prepaid value, the number of balls possessed by each game type, and a use destination device ID indicating the device ID of the inter-room card processing machine 10 in which the card is inserted are associated with the card ID. is there. The member management data 45e is data in which a card ID of a member card issued to a member is associated with a name, a ball, a portable ID m, an address, a telephone number and the like.

  The control unit 46 is a control unit that controls the entire management apparatus 40, and includes a game arcade setting management unit 46a, a card management unit 46b, a member management unit 46c, and a synchronization processing unit 46d. In practice, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a ROM or non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded into a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and executed to set up a game arcade setting management unit. The corresponding processes are executed by the card management unit 46a, the card management unit 46b, the member management unit 46c, and the synchronization processing unit 46d.

  The game arcade setting management unit 46a is a processing unit that manages the game type setting data 45a, the device management data 45b, and the prize master 45c. Specifically, the game arcade setting management unit 46a associates the game type used in the game arcade, the rate, and the display name, and stores them in the storage unit 45 as the game type setting data 45a.

  In addition, the game arcade setting management unit 46a generates and updates the device management data 45b based on the device ID acquired from the inter-room card processor 10, the address of the inter-day card processor 10, the installation location and the game machine ID. I do.

  Furthermore, when the prize master 45c is updated, the game arcade setting management unit 46a distributes the prize master 45c to the prize management device 60 in the game arcade.

  The card management unit 46 b is a processing unit that manages the card management data 45 d. Specifically, when the card management unit 46 b receives the card insertion notification data from the interstage card processor 10 or the management center 50, the card management unit 46 b uses the use destination device ID of the card ID indicated in the card insertion notification data. Similarly, the device ID is indicated in the card insertion notification data. In addition, the source of card insertion notification data (value of card processor 10 or management center 50) using the prepaid value associated with the card ID indicated in the card insertion notification data and the number of balls possessed by each rate as value data Notify When the card management unit 46b receives the ball subtraction request data from the inter-room card processor 10 or the management center 50, the card management unit 46b clears the number of balls in the rate indicated by the ball subtraction request data to zero.

  Further, when receiving the ball lending request data including the card ID from the inter-room card processing device 10, the card management unit 46b determines whether the prepaid value associated with the card ID is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. . If the prepaid value is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the card management unit 46b subtracts the predetermined value from the prepaid value stored in the card management data 45d, and includes the updated prepaid value in the stand-alone card processor 10. Send ball lending permission data. On the other hand, when the prepaid value is less than the predetermined value, the card management unit 46b notifies the stand-alone card processor 10 of the ball lending impossibility data.

  In addition, when the card management unit 46b receives deposit notification data including the amount of money, the card ID, and the device ID inserted from the interstage card processor 10, the deposit notification to the prepaid value associated with the card ID is received. Add the prepaid value for the amount indicated in.

  In addition, when the card management unit 46b receives the ball replay request data from the interstage card processor 10 or the management center 50, the card management unit 46b dispenses among the balls associated with the card ID in the ball replay request data. Withdraw the balance of the previous rate's deposit by the number of payout units and recalculate the possible number of deposit replays. Then, the stored-ball replay data including the balance after subtraction and the possible number of stored-ball replays is transmitted to the transmission source of the stored-ball replay data (inter-day card processor 10 or management center 50).

  Further, when the card management unit 46 b receives the ball addition request data, the card management unit 46 b adds the ball number included in the ball addition request data to the ball number of the corresponding rate. Also, when the card management unit 46b receives the card ejection notification data, the card management unit 46b erases the use destination device ID of the card ID.

  Further, when the card management unit 46 b receives the card ID from the prize management device 60, the card management unit 46 b notifies the prize management device 60 of the number of balls held and the balls of each rate associated with the card ID. When the card management unit 46 b receives the card ID from the checkout machine 80, the card management unit 46 b notifies the checkout machine 80 of the prepaid value associated with the card ID.

  The member management unit 46 c is a processing unit that manages the member management data 45 e. When the member management unit 46 c receives a member registration request, the member management unit 46 c updates the member management data 45 e to add a member.

  The synchronization processing unit 46d is a processing unit that synchronizes the balls and balls stored by the management center 50 with the balls and balls stored by the own device. Specifically, the synchronization processing unit 46 d appropriately transmits a synchronization request to the management center 50 when an increase or decrease occurs in the balls or the balls managed by the own device. The synchronization request includes various information necessary for synchronization, such as a card ID, balls, balls, a portable ID as a terminal ID of the portable terminal 90, and the like.

  When the synchronization processing unit 46 d receives a synchronization request from the management center 50, the synchronization processing unit 46 d determines the card management data 45 d and the members based on the information such as the card ID, balls and balls stored in the synchronization request from the management center 50. Update the management data 45e.

  Next, an example of data stored in the storage unit 45 of the management apparatus 40 illustrated in FIG. 6 will be described. 7 to 8 are explanatory diagrams for explaining an example of data stored in the storage unit 45 of the management device 40.

  The game type setting data 45a shown in FIG. 7A associates the rate "4 yen" and the display name "4 pachi" with the game type name "ball 1". Further, the game type setting data 45a associates the rate "2 yen" and the display name "2 pachi" with the game type name "ball 2". In addition, the game type setting data 45a associates the rate "1 yen" and the display name "1 pachi" with the game type name "ball 3".

  In the device management data 45b shown in FIG. 7B, the address on the network of the inter-stage card processing machine 10 of the ID "3001" is "AB.CD.EF.GH", and the installation location is "Island 1-1". , And the ID of the connected gaming machine 20 is “P001”, the game type is “ball 1”, and the model of the connected gaming machine 20 is “EV01”. It also indicates that the gaming machine 20 is in use.

  The prize master 45c shown in FIG. 7C is data in which a prize name, a group code, a prize value and the number of exchanged balls are associated with a prize code for uniquely identifying a prize. Here, the group code is identification information for classifying and managing prizes. The group code "01" indicates an assignable exchangeable prize with a predetermined value after a certain procedure. The group code “02” and later are general prizes including daily necessities other than exchange prizes.

  The prize master 45c, for the prize code "0001", receives the prize name "big prize", the group code "01", the prize value "1000", the number of exchangeable balls for the ball 1 "250", and the number of exchangeable balls for the ball 2 "500" “The number of exchange balls of ball 3“ 1000 ”is associated.

  Further, the prize master 45c is the prize name "small prize", the group code "01", the prize value "500", the number of exchangeable balls for the ball 1 "125", and the number of exchangeable balls 2 for the prize code "0002". “250” is associated with the number of exchange balls “500” of ball 3.

  Further, the prize master 45c, for the prize code "0100", the prize name "M Seven", the group code "02", the prize value "400", the number of exchange balls of ball 1 "100", the number of exchange balls 2 “200” and the number of exchange balls “400” of ball 3 are associated.

  Further, the prize master 45c, for the prize code "0101", the prize name "rack", the group code "02", the prize value "420", the number of exchange balls of ball 1 "105", the number of exchange balls of ball 2 " “210”, the number of exchange balls “420” of the ball 3 is associated.

  In addition, the prize master 45c, for the prize code "0600", the prize name "end ball 飴", the group code "04", the prize value "12", the number of exchange balls of the ball 1 "3", the exchange ball of the ball 2 The number “6” and the number of exchange balls “12” of the ball 3 are associated.

  In the card management data 45d shown in FIG. 8D, the card ID "1001" has a prepaid value "2500", the number of balls possessed by the ball 1 "1500", the number of balls possessed by the ball 2 "2300", and the ball 3 The number of balls possessed by “0” is associated. That is, the card of the card ID “1001” is not inserted into the inter-room card processing device 10, and management of balls is performed by the management device 40.

  Further, in the card management data 45d shown in FIG. 8D, the prepaid value “500”, the number of balls possessed by each rate “0”, and the use destination device ID “3004” are associated with the card ID “1002”. That is, the card of the card ID "1002" is inserted in the inter-base card processor 10 of the apparatus ID "3004", and the number of balls is transferred to the inter-top card processor 10. Therefore, the number of balls held for each rate is zero.

  Further, in the card management data 45 d shown in FIG. 8D, the prepaid value “2000”, the number of balls possessed by each rate “0”, and the use destination device ID “3001” are associated with the card ID “2002”. That is, the card of the card ID “2002” is inserted in the inter-base card processor 10 of the device ID “3001”, and management of the balls is transferred to the inter-top card processor 10. Therefore, the number of balls held for each rate is zero.

  In the card management data 45d shown in FIG. 8D, the card ID "2003" has a prepaid value "1000", the number of balls possessed by ball 1 "900", the number of balls possessed by ball "0", and the ball The number of balls possessed by 3 "1700" is associated. That is, the card of the card ID “2003” is not inserted into the inter-room card processing device 10, and management of balls is performed by the management device 40.

  The member management data 45e shown in FIG. 8 (e) indicates that the card ID "2002" is associated with the name "BC", the balance of the balls of each game type, the portable ID m "ID m X 1", etc. ing. Similarly, the card ID “2003” is associated with the name “D E”, the balance of the balls of each game type, the portable ID “ID m X 2”, and the like. In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, the member management data 45e can match a point, the number of times of coming to the store, a game history, a PIN code etc. to card ID. The mobile ID m is identification data that can specify a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, and is used when the mobile terminal is used as a membership card.

  Further, in FIG. 8E, the balls are provided for five game types of “ball 1”, “ball 2” and “ball 3”. For example, the balance of the "ball 1" of the card ID "2002" is "250", the balance of the "ball 2" is "1000", and the balance of the "ball 3" is "4000". Similarly, the balance of the ball of “ball 1” of the card ID “2003” is “2100”, the balance of the ball of “ball 2” is “0”, and the balance of the ball of “ball 3” is “500”.

  Next, the configuration of the management center 50 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the management center 50 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the management center 50 includes a display unit 51, an input unit 52, a communication unit 54, a storage unit 55, and a control unit 56.

  The display unit 51 is a display device such as a liquid crystal display device. The input unit 52 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse. The communication unit 54 is an interface unit for performing data communication with the management device 40 and the portable terminal device 90 via a predetermined network.

  The storage unit 55 is a storage device such as a hard disk drive and a non-volatile memory, and stores the medium number management data 55a. The medium number management data 55a is data in which a card ID is associated with a ball, a ball, a portable ID, a necessity of synchronization, and the like.

  Balls and balls in the medium number management data 55 a are synchronized with balls and balls managed by the management device 40. This synchronization is basically performed by overwriting the medium number management data 55a in accordance with the balls and balls of the management device 40. However, when the management device 40 recovers from an abnormality, the medium number management data The balls and balls managed by the management device 40 are updated according to the balls and balls stored in the ball 55a. The necessity of synchronization in the medium number management data 55a indicates whether it is necessary to update the balls or balls managed by the management device 40 in accordance with the balls or balls in the medium number management data 55a.

  The control unit 56 is a control unit that controls the entire management center 50, and includes a communication state determination unit 56a, a synchronization processing unit 56b, and a portable terminal usage processing unit 56c. In practice, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a ROM or non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded on a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and executed to execute the communication state determination unit 56a. The synchronization processing unit 56b and the portable terminal usage processing unit 56c execute the corresponding processes.

  The communication state determination unit 56 a is a processing unit that determines the communication state with the management device 40. Specifically, the communication state determination unit 56a appropriately transmits a communication state confirmation request to the management device 40, and when the communication state confirmation response is received from the management device 40, the communication with the management device 40 is normal. It is determined that Then, when the communication state confirmation response from the management device 40 is not received even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the transmission of the communication state confirmation request, it is determined that an abnormality occurs in the communication with the management device 40.

  The synchronization processing unit 56b is a processing unit that synchronizes the balls and balls stored by the management device 40 with the balls and balls stored by the own device. Specifically, when the synchronization processing unit 56 b receives the synchronization request from the management device 40, the synchronization processing unit 56 b is a card ID, a ball, a ball, a terminal ID of the portable terminal device 90 included in the synchronization request from the management device 40. The medium number management data 55a is updated based on the information such as the portable ID m.

  The synchronization processing unit 56b synchronizes with the management device 40 when there is data in which the medium number management data 55a is associated with the synchronization necessity "necessity" and the communication with the corresponding management device 40 becomes normal. Send a request The synchronization request includes various information necessary for synchronization, such as a card ID of data to which synchronization necessity "necessity" is associated, balls, balls, and the like. In addition, after the synchronization is performed, the necessity of synchronization is reset to “No”.

  The portable terminal usage processing unit 56 c is a processing unit that executes processing based on communication with the portable terminal device 90. Specifically, the portable terminal usage processing unit 56c mainly performs processing related to card insertion notification data and processing related to ball storage replay request data.

  When receiving the card insertion notification data from the portable terminal device 90, the portable terminal use processing unit 56c transmits the card insertion notification data to the management device 40 if the communication with the management device 40 is normal. Then, card data including value data is received from the management device 40, and processing for transmitting the card data to the portable terminal device 90 is performed.

  On the other hand, when the portable terminal use processing unit 56c receives card insertion notification data from the portable terminal device 90, if an abnormality occurs in communication with the management device 40, the portable terminal usage processing unit 56c refers to the medium number management data 55a. The value data corresponding to the card ID indicated in the card insertion notification data is specified, and card data is generated. Then, the generated card data is transmitted to the portable terminal device 90. Furthermore, when the portable terminal usage processing unit 56c receives the ball subtraction request data or the ball addition request data from the portable terminal device 90, the portable terminal usage processing unit 56c subtracts or adds balls of the medium number management data 55a, Rewrite "necessary" to "necessary".

  When the portable terminal usage processing unit 56c receives the ball storage replay request data from the portable terminal device 90, if the communication with the management device 40 is normal, the ball replay request data is transmitted to the management device 40. Send Then, it receives the ball replay data from the management device 40, and transmits the ball replay data to the portable terminal device 90.

On the other hand, when the portable terminal usage processing unit 56c receives the ball storage replay request data from the portable terminal device 90, if an abnormality occurs in the communication with the management device 40, the balls of the medium number management data 55a are stored. After subtraction, storage ball replay data is generated and transmitted to the portable terminal device 90.
At this time, the necessity of synchronization of the data is rewritten as "necessary".

  Next, an example of data stored in the storage unit 55 of the management center 50 illustrated in FIG. 9 will be described. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of data stored in the storage unit 55 of the management center 50.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the medium number management data 55a is data in which a card ID is associated with a ball, a ball, a portable ID m, necessity of synchronization, and the like. Specifically, in FIG. 10, for the card ID “2002”, the ball number “0” of ball 1, the ball number “0” of ball 2, the ball number “0” of ball 3, and ball 1 The number of stored balls “250”, the number of stored balls of ball 2 “1000”, the number of stored balls of ball 3 “4000”, the portable ID m “ID m X 1”, the necessity of synchronization “not” and the like are shown. Further, for the card ID "2003", the number of balls possessed by ball 1 "900", the number of balls possessed by ball 2 "0", the number of balls possessed by ball "1700", the number of balls of ball 1 "2100", balls It shows a state in which the number of stored balls “0” of 2, “the number of stored balls of balls 3” “500”, the portable ID m “IDmX2”, the necessity of synchronization “necessary” and the like are associated with one another.

  Next, an operation when the management apparatus 40 is normal but communication with the inter-base card processor 10 can not be performed due to an abnormality of the communication line will be described. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operation at the time of abnormality of the communication line.

  First, when there is an increase or decrease in the ball storage data managed by the management device 40, the management device 40 appropriately communicates with the management center 50, and the ball storage data managed by the management center 50 matches the ball storage data managed by the own device. Synchronization is done (S0).

  If management device 40 is normal, but communication between table card processing machine 10 and management device 40 can not be performed due to an abnormality in the communication line (S1), if space card processing machine 10 receives a ball replay operation For example, the inter-stage card processing device 10 transmits a center connection request including information for accessing the management center 50 to the portable terminal device 90 carried by the game player, and the portable terminal device 90 replays the ball to the management center 50. Send a request (S2).

  When the management center 50 receives the ball replay request from the portable terminal device 90 in a state of being able to normally communicate with the management device 40, the management center 50 transmits a ball replay request to the management device 40. When the management device 40 receives a request for playing back a ball from the management center, the management device 40 subtracts the ball of the card ID indicated in the request for playing the ball back (S3), and transmits the ball replay permission to the management center 50. The management center 50 transmits the ball replay permission received from the management device 40 to the portable terminal device 90 (S4).

  The portable terminal device 90 transmits the ball replay permission received from the management center 50 to the inter-room card processor 10. For this reason, the inter-room card processing device 10 can receive the reservoir replay permission from the inter-room card processing device 10 and perform payout processing of gaming balls (S5).

  Further, the management device 40 synchronizes the ball storage data by updating the ball storage data managed by the management center 50 based on the ball storage data managed by the own device (S6).

  Next, the processing procedure of the game management system will be described. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure when communication between the inter-stand-card processor 10 and the management device 40 is normal. First, the inter-base card processor 10 transmits a communication state confirmation request to the management device 40, and the management device 40 transmits a communication state confirmation response to the inter-base card processor 10. The inter-base card processor 10 determines that the communication with the management device 40 is normal by receiving the communication state confirmation response.

  Thereafter, the portable terminal device 90 establishes communication with the inter-standway card processor 10, and the inter-day card processor 10 transmits a card insertion notice to the management device 40. When the management device 40 receives the card insertion notification, the management device 40 transmits card data including value data to the inter-room card processor 10.

  The inter-room card processor 10 receives the card data and stores the received card data in the storage unit 16 to add balls. Moreover, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, the between-rooms card processor 10 makes the management apparatus 40 carry out a ball subtraction request, and makes the management apparatus 40 reduce a ball. By the subtraction of the balls, the balls managed by the management device 40 are cleared to zero. Further, the management device 40 transmits a synchronization request to the management center 50, and matches the balls managed by the management center 50 with the balls managed by the own device.

  Thereafter, when receiving the ball re-playing operation, the inter-room card processor 10 subtracts the predetermined number of balls managed by the own device, and executes the game ball payout processing.

  In addition, when the intercity card processing machine 10 receives the ball storage replay operation, the interroom card processing device 10 requests the management device 40 for the pool replay. The management device 40 receives the request for storage ball replay, subtracts the storage balls, and transmits storage ball replay data to the inter-day card processor 10. Inter-room card processor 10 receives a request for playing a stored ball and performs payout processing of gaming balls. Further, the management device 40 transmits a synchronization request to the management center 50, and matches the balls managed by the management center 50 with the balls managed by the own device.

  FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure of the game start and the ball re-play when there is an abnormality in the management device 40. First, the inter-base card processor 10 transmits a communication state confirmation request to the management device 40, but the management device 40 can not transmit a communication state confirmation response due to an abnormality. Therefore, the inter-room card processor 10 determines that the communication with the management device 40 is abnormal.

  Thereafter, if the portable terminal device 90 establishes communication with the inter-standway card processor 10, the inter-base card processor 10 requests the center terminal connection to the portable terminal device 90 because the communication with the management device 40 is abnormal. I do. The portable terminal device 90 transmits a card insertion notice to the management center 50 in response to a center connection request from the inter-room card processor 10.

  When the management center 50 receives the card insertion notice from the portable terminal device 90, it makes a communication state confirmation request to the management device 40, but the management device 40 can not transmit a communication state confirmation response due to an abnormality. Therefore, the management center 50 determines that the communication with the management device 40 is abnormal, and transmits the card data to the portable terminal device 90 based on the data managed by the own device. The portable terminal device 90 transmits the card data received from the management center 50 to the inter-room card processor 10.

  The inter-room card processor 10 receives the card data and stores the received card data in the storage unit 16 to add balls. Moreover, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, the interroom card processor 10 performs a ball subtraction request | requirement via the portable terminal device 90, and the management center 50 subtracts the ball which a self-apparatus manages. By the subtraction of the balls, the balls managed by the management center 50 are cleared to zero, and the necessity of synchronization becomes "necessary".

  Thereafter, when receiving the ball re-playing operation, the inter-room card processor 10 subtracts the predetermined number of balls managed by the own device, and executes the game ball payout processing.

  FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure of processing for synchronization with a stored-ball replay in the case where an abnormality occurs in the management device 40.

  If the inter-base-card processor 10 receives a ball storage replay operation, the communication with the management device 40 is abnormal, and therefore, the storage center replay request is made to the management center 50 via the portable terminal device 90.

  When the management center 50 receives the ball storage replay request from the portable terminal device 90, it makes a communication state confirmation request to the management device 40, but the management device 40 can not transmit a communication state confirmation response due to an abnormality. For this reason, the management center 50 determines that the communication with the management device 40 is abnormal, subtracts the balls managed by the own device to generate the ball replay data, and transmits it to the portable terminal device 90. By subtraction of the storage balls, synchronization necessity of corresponding data becomes "necessary". The portable terminal device 90 transmits the stored-ball replay data received from the management center 50 to the inter-room card processor 10. Inter-room card processor 10 receives a request for playing a stored ball and performs payout processing of gaming balls.

  Thereafter, the management center 50 appropriately requests the management device 40 to check the communication state. When the management apparatus 40 recovers from the abnormality and transmits a communication status confirmation response to the management center 50, the management center 50 transmits a synchronization request to the management apparatus 40, and owns balls and balls managed by the management apparatus 40. Match the balls and balls you manage.

  FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a processing procedure of the game start and the ball re-play when there is an abnormality in the communication line. First, the inter-base-card processor 10 transmits a communication state confirmation request to the management device 40, but due to an abnormality in the communication line, the management device 40 can not receive the communication state confirmation request and can not transmit a communication state confirmation response. Therefore, the inter-room card processor 10 determines that the communication with the management device 40 is abnormal.

  Thereafter, if the portable terminal device 90 establishes communication with the inter-standway card processor 10, the inter-base card processor 10 requests the center terminal connection to the portable terminal device 90 because the communication with the management device 40 is abnormal. I do. The portable terminal device 90 transmits a card insertion notice to the management center 50 in response to a center connection request from the inter-room card processor 10.

  When the management center 50 receives the card insertion notice from the portable terminal device 90, the management center 50 sends a communication state confirmation request to the management device 40. In this case, since the management device 40 is normal, the management device 40 transmits a communication status confirmation response to the management center 50.

  The management center 50 determines that communication with the management device 40 is normal by receiving the communication state confirmation response, and transmits a card insertion notification to the management device 40. In response to the card insertion notice, the management device 40 transmits card data including value data to the management center 50. The management center 50 transmits the card data received from the management device 40 to the portable terminal device 90. The portable terminal device 90 transmits the card data received from the management center 50 to the inter-room card processor 10.

  The inter-room card processor 10 receives the card data and stores the received card data in the storage unit 16 to add balls. Although illustration is omitted, the inter-base card processor 10 makes a ball subtraction request via the portable terminal device 90 and the management center 50, and makes the management device 40 subtract balls. By the subtraction of the balls, the balls managed by the management device 40 are cleared to zero. Further, the management device 40 transmits a synchronization request to the management center 50, and matches the balls managed by the management center 50 with the balls managed by the own device.

  Thereafter, when receiving the ball re-playing operation, the inter-room card processor 10 subtracts the predetermined number of balls managed by the own device, and executes the game ball payout processing.

  FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a procedure of processing for storage ball replay and synchronization when an abnormality occurs in the communication line.

  If the inter-base-card processor 10 receives a ball storage replay operation, the communication with the management device 40 is abnormal, and therefore, the storage center replay request is made to the management center 50 via the portable terminal device 90.

  When the management center 50 receives the ball storage replay request from the portable terminal device 90, the management center 50 sends a communication state confirmation request to the management device 40. Since the management device 40 is normal, the management device 40 transmits a communication status confirmation response to the management center 50.

  The management center 50 determines that the communication with the management device 40 is normal by the reception of the communication state confirmation response, and transmits a ball replay request to the management device 40. The management device 40 receives the request for storage ball replay, subtracts the storage balls, and transmits storage ball replay data to the management center 50. The management center 50 transmits the stored-ball replay data received from the management device 40 to the portable terminal device 90. The portable terminal device 90 transmits the stored-ball replay data received from the management center 50 to the inter-room card processor 10.

  Inter-room card processor 10 receives a request for playing a stored ball and performs payout processing of gaming balls. Further, the management device 40 transmits a synchronization request to the management center 50, and matches the balls managed by the management center 50 with the balls managed by the own device.

  Next, the processing procedure of the inter-room card processor 10 will be described. FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure at the start of the game performed by the stand-alone card processing machine 10. First, the wireless communication unit 14c of the inter-base card processor 10 detects the portable terminal device 90 (step S101), establishes a connection, and starts communication.

  The communication state determination unit 17c of the inter-baseboard card processor 10 determines whether communication with the management device 40 is possible based on the communication state confirmation response from the management device 40 (step S102).

  As a result of the determination, if communication with the management device 40 is possible (step S102; Yes), the data management unit 17a transmits card insertion notification data to the management device 40 (step S103). Then, card data including value data is received from the management device 40 (step S104), stored as the card data 16b in the storage unit 16 (step S105), and the process is ended.

  On the other hand, if communication with the management device 40 is not possible (Step S102; No), the portable terminal usage processing unit 17d transmits a center connection request to the portable terminal device 90 (Step S106). Then, card data including value data is received from the portable terminal device 90 (step S107), stored in the storage unit 16 as the card data 16b (step S105), and the process is ended.

  Although FIG. 17 shows the processing procedure for changing the acquisition path of card data based on the communication state with the management device 40, the same processing procedure is used for the ball replay. That is, when the ball replay operation is accepted, if it is possible to communicate with the management device 40, the ball replay permission is received from the management device 40, and if it is not communicable with the management device 40, the ball replay is performed from the portable terminal device 90. You will receive permission.

  Next, the processing procedure of the management center 50 will be described. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure according to the card insertion notification by the management center 50. First, the portable terminal use processing unit 56c of the management center 50 receives a card insertion notice from the portable terminal device 90 (step S201).

  The communication state determination unit 56a of the management center 50 determines whether communication with the management device 40 is possible based on the communication state confirmation response from the management device 40 (step S202).

  As a result of the determination, if communication with the management device 40 is possible (step S202; Yes), the portable terminal usage processing unit 56c transmits card insertion notification data to the management device 40 (step S203). Then, card data including value data is received from the management device 40, and is transmitted to the portable terminal device 90 (step S204). Thereafter, the synchronization processing unit 56b executes synchronization processing based on the synchronization request from the management device 40 (step S205), and ends the processing.

  On the other hand, if communication with the management device 40 is not possible (step S202; No), the portable terminal usage processing unit 56c generates card data with reference to the medium number management data 55a and transmits it to the portable terminal device 90 (step S206). Thereafter, the ball number subtraction request data is received from the portable terminal device 90, the medium number management data 55a is updated, and the synchronization necessity of the data is rewritten as "necessary" (step S207).

  After step S207, the communication state determination unit 56a transmits a communication state confirmation request, and determines whether communication with the management apparatus 40 has been recovered according to the presence or absence of the communication state confirmation response (step S208). When the communication status confirmation response is not received, it is determined that the communication is not recovered (step S208; No), and after a predetermined time, the communication status confirmation request is transmitted again.

  If the communication status confirmation response is received, it is determined that the communication has been recovered (step S208; Yes), and after a predetermined time, the communication status confirmation request is transmitted again. A synchronization request for data to which synchronization necessity "necessity" is associated is transmitted to the management apparatus 40 (step S209), and the process is ended.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, balls and balls are managed by the management device 40 and the management center 50, and when an abnormality occurs in the communication between the inter-base card processor 10 and the management device 40, Since the inter-stage card processor 10 communicates with the management center 50 via the portable terminal device 90 and executes payout processing of gaming balls, it is possible for gaming customers such as use of balls even when communication abnormality occurs. It is possible to stably provide highly convenient services.

  In addition, even when communication between the inter-baseboard card processor 10 and the management apparatus 40 is not possible due to an abnormality in the communication line, when inter-communication between the management apparatus 40 and the management center 50 is possible, inter-base card processing The game machine 10 communicates with the management device 40 via the portable terminal device 90 and the management center 50, and pays out game balls based on the balls and balls managed by the management device 40 as in the case where there is no abnormality in communication. Can.

  In addition, balls and balls managed by the management center 50 are synchronized at any time with balls and balls managed by the management device 40, and when an abnormality occurs in the management device 40, balls and balls managed by the management center 50. The game balls can be paid out on the basis of. Then, when the management device 40 recovers from the abnormality, the balls and the balls managed by the management device 40 are updated based on the balls and the balls managed by the management center 50, so an abnormality occurs in the management device 40. It is possible to properly manage the increase and decrease of balls and balls between balls.

  In the present embodiment, the management center 50 and the management device 40 have been described as an example of one-to-one, but the management center 50 has a plurality of management devices 40 respectively provided in a plurality of game arcades. It is connectable. When the management center 50 is connected to a plurality of management devices 40, the management center 50 individually determines the communication state with each management device 40.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the configuration in which the management center 50 is provided outside the game arcade has been described as an example, but the function of the management center 50 may be implemented in a device in the game arcade.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when an abnormality occurs in the communication between the inter-baseboard card processor 10 and the management device 40, the configuration in which balls or balls are used via the portable terminal device 90 is described as an example. Balls or balls may be usable via the portable terminal device 90 regardless of the presence or absence of an abnormality. Also, when processing is performed regardless of communication abnormality, instead of uniformly performing processing via the portable terminal device 90, as described in the above embodiment, it is possible to use portable media for use processing of game media in the case of wagon service. The processing via the terminal device 90 is performed, and the processing by communication with the management device 40 is performed in the usage processing of gaming media in the case of normal payout processing, and which processing is determined depending on the type of usage processing It may be possible to switch by setting. Furthermore, if the gaming customer is a general customer, processing by communication with the management device 40 is performed, and if it is a member, processing is performed via the portable terminal device 90, etc. May be defined or may be switched by setting.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the mobile terminal device 90 is used for communication with the management center 50 has been described as an example, but the mobile terminal device 90 acquires data managed by the inter-base card processor 10. It can be used for any application such as management of game results and operation of the inter-room card processor 10.

  Further, although the use of balls and balls has been described as an example in the present embodiment, it may be configured to be able to be used via the portable terminal device 90 even when using prepaid value. Further, although the detailed description has been omitted in this embodiment, when communication between the stand-inside card processing machine 10 and the management device 40 can not be performed at the end of the game, the portable terminal device 90 manages information on balls. Can be sent to 50.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the example has been described by way of an example in which the inter-tier card processor 10 communicates with the management center 50 via the portable terminal device 90 and performs withdrawal processing of balls and balls. 60 can communicate with the management center 50 via the portable terminal device 90, and perform prize exchange of balls and balls.

  Further, in the present embodiment, although the case of using balls and balls associated with a membership card has been described as an example, the present invention can also be applied to the case of using balls associated with general cards. .

  Moreover, although the case where the portable terminal device 90 and the stand-alone card processor 10 communicate by BLE was described as an example in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and a portable terminal device The connection between 90 and the inter-room card processor 10 can use any method. Further, when the inter-base card processor 10 acquires game medium data held by the management device 40 through the portable terminal device 90, the inter-base card processor 10 and the management device 40 use the portable terminal device 90 as a simple communication path. It may be a method of communicating, or may be a method of acquiring from the portable terminal device 90 the number of game media acquired by the portable terminal device 90 from the management device 40 as in the above embodiment, and is not particularly limited. In addition, it is assumed that the information regarding the number of game media to be acquired has been previously subjected to security such as that encryption / decryption of a predetermined format is possible between the management device 40 and the stand-alone card processing machine 10. It is preferable from the viewpoint of tampering prevention.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the detailed description of the form of the card, which is a medium that relates the number of game media, is omitted, but such cards include a magnetic card, an IC card, and the like. Further, for convenience of explanation, the “card” is described as an example, but the present invention can be applied to the case where a chip, a stick, a portable terminal or the like is used other than such a card.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, although the case of using game balls as game media has been described as an example, the present invention is also applicable to the case of using a medal for a slot machine.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to an enclosed type game machine using a game ball enclosed in a game machine. In the enclosed type game machine, the number of game balls that can be ejected onto the game board is managed as the number of possible games, and in the case of ball lending or replay, etc., the actual game balls will be paid out. Instead, the number of possible games will be added.

  Further, each configuration shown in the drawings is functionally schematic, and does not necessarily have to be physically configured as shown in the drawings. That is, the form of distribution and integration of each device is not limited to the illustrated one, and all or a part thereof is functionally or physically dispersed or integrated in any unit according to various loads, usage conditions, etc. It can be configured.

  As described above, the game management system and the game management method according to the present invention are suitable for stably providing a service that is highly convenient for a game player.

10 card processor 11 status display unit 12 bill conveyance unit 12a bill insertion slot 13 display operation unit 14 reader / writer 14a card insertion slot 14b holding unit 14c wireless communication unit 15, 54 communication unit 16, 45, 55 storage unit 16a self Device status data 16b Card data 17, 46, 56 Control unit 17a Data management unit 17b Count processing unit 17c, 56a Communication condition determination unit 17d, 56c Mobile terminal use processing unit 18a Nozzle unit 18b Counting unit 20 Game machine 30 Island controller 40 Management Device 41, 51 Display unit 42, 52 Input unit 43 External network communication unit 44 Store network communication unit 45a Game type setting data 45b Device management data 45c Prize master 45d Card management data 45e Membership management data 46a Game store setting management unit 4 b card management section 46c membership management unit 46d, 56b synchronization processing unit 50 the management center 55a medium number management data 60 prize management device 80 checkout stations 90 portable terminal device

Claims (6)

A game management system for managing games in a game arcade,
A management device that manages the number of game media acquired by the game player through the game;
The game arcade is provided with each base device installed in association with a gaming machine and performing processing related to the gaming media.
Each of the base devices is a terminal communication unit that communicates with a terminal device carried by the gaming guest;
Terminal management processing means for acquiring information for specifying the number of gaming media managed in the management device through the terminal device, and performing processing of using the gaming media based on the acquired information; system. Each stand device is
Management device communication means for performing communication with the management device regardless of communication with the terminal device;
Management device use processing means for acquiring information specifying the number of game media managed in the management device by the management device communication means, and performing use processing of game media based on the acquired information;
Equipped with
The game management according to claim 1, wherein as the game medium use process, the use process by the terminal use process means and the use process by the management device use process means are performed based on predetermined predetermined conditions. system. Each stand device is
The apparatus further comprises communication state determination means for determining a communication state with the management device by the management device communication means,
The game management system according to claim 2, wherein the communication condition determined by the communication condition determining means is included as the predetermined condition. The management device is a game media number management unit that manages the number of game media corresponding from the identification information of the terminal device so as to be identifiable;
The game management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: transmission means for transmitting information capable of specifying the number of game media corresponding to the identification information of the identified terminal device. The management apparatus includes a first management apparatus provided in the gaming shop, and a second management apparatus provided outside the gaming shop and capable of communicating with the first management apparatus.
The second management device is a communication unit that communicates with the terminal device.
The game management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising synchronization means for synchronizing the number of game media managed by the first management device and the number of game media managed by the own device. A game management method for managing a game in a game shop,
A management step in which the management device manages the number of game media acquired by the game player through the game;
A terminal communication step in which each base device installed in the gaming arcade in association with a gaming machine communicates with a terminal device carried by the gaming guest;
A terminal use processing step of acquiring information specifying the number of gaming media managed in the management device through the terminal device, and performing processing of using the gaming media based on the acquired information; The game management method to feature.

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