JP2004016472A5

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Publication number: JP2004016472A5
Application number: JP2002175550A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2002-06-17
Publication date: 2005-10-13
Anticipated expiration: 2022-06-17

Claims

An information collection terminal device that collects operation information from at least one of a gaming machine installed in the game hall and a device related to the balance of the game hall, a game management device that collects the operation information collected by the information collection terminal device, and A data collection device that operates separately from the game management device and collects operation information comparable to the operation information collected by the game management device, the information collection terminal device, the game management device, and the data A gaming system comprising a network connecting the collecting devices,
The information collection terminal device
A cumulative data generating means for calculating the collected operation information and generating cumulative data for a predetermined period;
Accumulating data transmitting means for transmitting the accumulative data to the network,
The data collection device includes:
Accumulated data storage means for storing accumulated data transmitted by the information collecting terminal device;
Cumulative data output means for outputting the cumulative data;
A gaming system comprising:

In the information collection terminal device,
2. The final accumulated data determining means for determining the accumulated data as final accumulated data when the accumulated data is based on an accumulated value when one unit of business is ended. Gaming system.

The information collection terminal device
3. The gaming system according to claim 2 , wherein when the final cumulative data is determined, the final cumulative data is transmitted to the game management device, and the final cumulative data is also transmitted to the data collection device.

The game system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the final cumulative data determination means determines final cumulative data based on a notification of the end of one unit of business from the game management device.

The information collection terminal device is a unit of business depending on whether operation information from the gaming machine or a device related to the balance of the game hall or a signal from another information collection terminal device is received in a predetermined period. Business end determination means for determining the end of
The game system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the final cumulative data determination unit determines final cumulative data based on a determination result of the business end determination unit.

The data collection device includes:
Depending on whether or not the operation information from the gaming machine or the device related to the balance of the game hall transmitted to the gaming management device by the information collecting terminal device has been received in a predetermined period, An end-of-business determining means for determining the end;
Final accumulated data determining means for determining the accumulated data stored in the accumulated data storage means as final accumulated data based on the determination result of the business end determining means;
The game system according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising:

The cumulative data transmission means includes first cumulative data transmission means for transmitting the cumulative data to the game management apparatus, and second cumulative data transmission means for transmitting the cumulative data to the data collection apparatus ; The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising:

When from the gaming management apparatus a transmission request of the accumulated data, the first cumulative data transmitting means transmits the accumulated data to the management device for the game, the second accumulated data transmission means said data acquisition The game system according to claim 7, wherein the accumulated data is transmitted to a device.

The cumulative data transmission means includes first cumulative data transmission means for transmitting the cumulative data to the game management device,
The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the data collection device acquires the accumulated data transmitted by the first accumulated data transmission unit to the game management device.

The game system according to claim 1, wherein the data collection device requests the information collection terminal device to transmit the accumulated data .

The data collection device is configured to receive a key transmitted from a device that accesses the accumulated data stored in the accumulated data storage means, and the communication port is not opened if the keys do not match, 11. The game system according to claim 1, further comprising an access restriction unit that restricts access to data.

The data collection device is communicably connected to a game hall external management device provided outside the game hall via a communication line,
The game system according to claim 2 , wherein the data collection device includes a cumulative data external transmission unit that transmits the final cumulative data to the game hall external management device.

Before SL accumulated data external transmission means, according to the end of the operating units and before the start of the next business units, and transmits the final cumulative data to the gaming facility external management device Item 15. The gaming system according to Item 12.

The data collection device is communicably connected to a game hall external management device provided outside the game hall via a communication line,
The game system according to claim 2, wherein the data collection device includes a hash value external transmission unit that transmits a hash value obtained from the final accumulated data to the game hall external management device.

15. The hash value external transmission unit transmits the hash value to the game hall external management device between the end of the business unit and the start of the next business unit. The gaming system described in 1.

12. The cumulative data transmission unit transmits the final cumulative data to the data collection device between the end of the business unit and the start of the next business unit. The gaming system according to any one of the above.

The gaming system according to any one of claims 1 to 16, wherein the data collection device has a system clock function for transmitting time information necessary for operation of each device connected to the gaming system. .