JP3762549B2 - Game card system failure processing method and game card system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
The present invention provides a game center having a card management device connected to an island controller that manages at least a game center issuance status of game cards and a plurality of game units and card issuing machines provided outside the game store. Card system failure handling method And gaming card system In particular, in the case of performing a degenerate operation due to a failure of the card management device, a failure processing method for a gaming card system that can efficiently prevent the issuance and use of unauthorized gaming cards And gaming card system About.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in a game system that provides a game with a game card to a player, the card ID and the amount (balance) of the game card issued from the card issuing machine are registered in a card management device (terminal controller) provided in the game store, When a gaming card is used by a gaming unit, it is often determined whether or not the card can be used using data registered in a terminal controller.
[0003]
Specifically, a terminal controller that plays the role of a host computer of a game store and an island controller that manages an island made up of a plurality of gaming units including a gaming table and a card issuing machine are connected via LAN, and further provided in this LAN. It connects with the center computer of the management center of the card company outside the store via the ISDN router. Then, in each terminal controller, the card issuing machine is allowed to issue a game card and the game unit is allowed to be used in the game unit, and the data held by each terminal controller is aggregated in the center computer. Overall management of game card usage.
[0004]
For this reason, when a failure occurs in the terminal controller of each game store, the card issuer checks the validity when issuing the game card and the validity when performing the use of the game card using the game unit. As a result, all game cards cannot be used.
[0005]
Therefore, if a failure occurs in such a terminal controller, the game card is not checked for legitimacy, and a transition is made to a degenerate operation mode that allows the card issuer to issue a game card and the game unit to use the game card. I must.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, if a failure occurs in the terminal controller, it is unconditionally shifted to the degenerate operation mode, and if the game card is issued and used without verifying the validity of the game card, the game card issuance And fraud related to use cannot be prevented.
[0007]
In particular, if the time during which the terminal controller is out of order becomes long, the gaming store may suffer enormous damage as a result of unauthorized issuance and use of gaming cards during that time.
[0008]
For this reason, when performing a degenerate operation in conjunction with a failure of the terminal controller, how to prevent unauthorized issuance and use of gaming cards is an extremely important issue.
[0009]
Therefore, in the present invention, a game card that solves the above-mentioned problems and can efficiently prevent the illegal issuance and use of a game card when performing a degenerate operation accompanying a failure of a card processing device of the game card system. System failure handling method And gaming card system The purpose is to provide.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 At least identification information is stored, and predetermined valuable information is associated A card issuing machine for issuing a game card, a plurality of island controllers each managing an island made up of a plurality of gaming units for providing a game by a game card to a player, and issuance of said gaming card by data exchange with each island controller; A card management device for managing settlement is provided at each game store, and the card data transmitted from the card management device at each game store is received by the management center device provided outside the game store to manage the information related to the game card. In the fault handling method of the gaming card system that is centrally managed by the center device, The island controller monitors the operating state of the card management device, and when a failure of the card management device is detected based on the monitoring, the island controller is put into a degenerate operation in which validity verification by the card management device is not performed. Is assigned to the island controller, and when the operation to move to the degeneration operation is performed, a failure of the card management device is detected, and the input password is given from the management center device. Allow the island controller to move to the degenerate operation if it matches the password It is characterized by that.
[0011]
The invention of claim 2 In the invention of claim 1, the island controller transmits the input password to the management center device, and the management center device receives the password received from the island controller and the password corresponding to the given island controller. To determine whether or not to allow the island controller to shift to the degenerate operation. It is characterized by that.
[0012]
The invention of claim 3 2. The invention according to claim 1, wherein the island controller stores the password given from the management center device, and the island controller collates the input password with the stored password and shifts to the degenerate operation. Whether or not to allow It is characterized by that.
[0013]
The invention of claim 4 A plurality of island controllers that store at least identification information and issue a game card associated with predetermined valuable information, and a plurality of island controllers each managing an island made up of a plurality of game units that provide a game by a game card to a player And a card management device that manages the issuance and settlement of the gaming card by exchanging data with each island controller, and card data transmitted from the card management device of each gaming store is provided outside the gaming store. In the gaming card system in which the management center device centrally manages information related to gaming cards received by the management center device, the island controller includes a monitoring means for monitoring an operating state of the card management device, and the monitoring means When a failure of the card management device is detected by monitoring, the island controller is connected to the card management device. According to the password granting means for granting the island controller a password permitting the transition to the degenerate operation without verifying the correctness, and during the shift operation to the degenerate operation, the failure of the card management device is detected. And a permitting means for permitting the island controller to shift to the degenerate operation when the input password matches the password given from the management center device by the password means. .
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a game card system used in the present embodiment.
[0017]
In the gaming card system shown in FIG. 1, when a terminal controller TC provided in the gaming store 5 or 6 goes down due to some trouble, the terminal controller TC is subjected to a security check based on a password given by the center computer of the management center 4. The system is configured to shift to a degenerate operation in which validity verification by TC is not performed.
[0018]
Specifically, each island controller SC confirms the operation status of the terminal controller TC by the “response signal” returned in response to the operation check notification with the terminal controller TC. If there is no predetermined number of response signals, it is determined that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC.
[0019]
After that, if the store clerk performs a predetermined operation for shifting to the reduced operation mode, the password entered by the store clerk and the password obtained from the management center 4 are collated, and the reduced operation mode is set only when both match. Transition.
[0020]
As described above, in the gaming card system according to the present embodiment, when a failure occurs in the terminal controller TC of the gaming store, the management center 4 uses the password supplied by the management center 4 instead of unconditionally shifting to the degraded operation mode. Since the system is configured to shift to the degenerate operation mode after performing the security check based on it, it is possible to prevent unauthorized issuance and use of gaming cards when the terminal controller fails.
[0021]
Next, a schematic configuration of such a game card system will be described.
In FIG. 1, this gaming card system mainly includes a card company 1, a gaming store 5 (A store), a gaming store 6 (B store), and a financial institution 8. Such a game card system allows the card company 1 independent from each game store to manage the game cards used in each game store 5 and 6 in order to facilitate sales management of the game stores.
[0022]
The card company 1 has a customer window 2, a shipping center 3, and a management center 4, and provides game cards used by the game stores 5-6. When game store 5 (A store) places an order for a game card with respect to customer window 2, customer window 2 instructs shipping center 3 to ship the game card.
[0023]
The shipping center 3 sends the game card ordered according to the shipping instruction to the game store 5 that ordered the game card by truck or the like. At the time of shipping, the game card already stores valuable information and identification information of the game card.
[0024]
In addition, the shipping center 3 transmits to the management center 4 shipping information including valuable information and identification information of the shipped gaming card together with the shipping of the gaming card to the gaming store. The valuable information included in the shipping information includes a card amount and the number of cards for each card amount, and the identification information includes a start number and an end number as a card ID of each game card. The card ID is a serial number.
[0025]
The shipping center 3 has a terminal 9 connected to a center computer of the management center 4 via a communication line L 1, and the above-described shipping information is transmitted from the terminal 9 to the management center 4.
[0026]
The center computer of the management center 4 registers this shipping information in the shipping information database 10 for each gaming store and transmits the shipping information to the terminal controller TC of the destination gaming store.
[0027]
Further, when the center computer of the management center 4 receives data relating to the issuance of a game card from the terminal controller TC of each game store, the data is stored in an issuance card database (not shown), and the issued game card is also stored. If data related to the update is received, the contents of the issued card database are updated.
[0028]
The center computer of the management center 4 has a failure processing unit 11. The failure processing unit 11 detects the presence / absence of a failure of the terminal controller TC based on a message exchange with the terminal controller TC of each game shop. At the same time, if the occurrence of a failure is detected, failure processing for switching the communication partner to the island controller SC is performed.
[0029]
Furthermore, the center computer of the management center 4 has a password granting unit 12, which grants a password necessary for each game store to shift to the degenerate operation mode without using the terminal controller TC. .
[0030]
Each of the game stores 5 to 6 has a terminal controller TC, and each terminal controller TC is connected to a center computer of the management center 4 via an ISDN router RT and a communication line L2.
Each terminal controller TC is connected to a plurality of island controllers SC via a communication line L3 such as a LAN, and a card issuing machine 13 for issuing game cards via the island controller SC, It is installed in the game unit 14 and is connected to a card processor 40 that executes various processes for the game card during the game via communication lines L5 and L4, respectively.
[0031]
When each terminal controller TC receives the shipping information from the center computer of the management center 4, the terminal controller TC registers the shipping information in the shipping information database TCa. The reason why the terminal controller TC holds the shipping information database TCa is to confirm the validity of the game card issued by the card issuing machine 13 in the own game store based on the shipping information.
[0032]
In addition, the terminal controller TC manages the amount of money when the game card is issued and the remaining amount due to the use of the game card in real time, and when the game card is inserted into the card processor 40, the inserted game card is stored in the store. It is determined whether or not it is in a usable state.
[0033]
That is, it is checked whether or not identification information such as the card ID of the inserted game card is registered, and whether or not the remaining amount of the gaming card is equal to the remaining amount registered in the terminal controller TC. . If this judgment or check is incompatible, the use of the game card is not permitted.
[0034]
The payment and settlement of game cards will be described. First, when the game stores 5 and 6 receive a game card from the shipping center 3, the game company 1 pays the card company 1 the amount of game card type (for example, 1000 yen, 3000 yen, etc.) Pay the number of sheets + fee (payment per sheet of gaming card x number of sheets).
[0035]
The game stores 5 and 6 then add up the number of game media borrowed by the player using the game card, notify the card company 1 of the payment, and have the card company 1 pay the card, and the payment is thereby performed. .
[0036]
Normally, the game stores 5 and 6 total the price of the number of game media used via the game card every predetermined period, and the payment amount paid by the game stores 5 and 6 to the card company 1 and the receipt from the card company 1 The game stores 5 and 6 pay the card company 1 by offsetting the amount. The financial institution 8 is used for this payment.
[0037]
The terminal controller TC will be described in more detail. The terminal controller TC is a controller that performs at least in-store game card management and the like, and receives data from the card processor 40 and the card issuer 13 of the game unit 14 disposed in the store. Supervise and manage.
[0038]
The terminal controller TC manages the ID number of the newly issued game card and the game card balance data updated by the use of the player in the issued card database TCb, and at the end of the business day of the day Information on trends is aggregated, and the aggregated results are sent to the management center 4 via the communication line L2.
[0039]
In the daytime, a state check is performed between the management center 4 and the terminal controller TC at every predetermined time to monitor whether the terminal controller TC is operating normally. Further, a state check is also performed between the terminal controller TC and the island controller SC, and it is monitored whether or not the terminal controller TC is operating normally.
[0040]
The main functions of the terminal controller TC are as follows:
(1) The shipping information received from the management center 4 is stored in the shipping information database TCa.
[0041]
(2) If a game card issuance permission inquiry is received from the card issuing machine 13, it is confirmed whether or not the shipping information having the ID number of the gaming card exists in the shipping information database TCa. The issuance is permitted and the game card is managed by the issuance card database TCb.
[0042]
(3) When a game card is used by the card processor 40, it is checked whether or not the ID number of the game card has already been registered, and if the game card is used, Manage balances.
(4) Sales data collection function, that is, storage of two types of data, namely, game card sales data issued by the card issuing machine 13 and game card usage data used by the card processing machine 40 of the gaming unit 14 To do.
(5) Management form output function, that is, management necessary for operation and management of the game shop based on the sales data of the card issuing machine 13 and the usage data of the game card updated by the card processing machine 40 of the game unit 14 Output a form.
(6) A transmission function of the total data, that is, the total data is transmitted to the management center 4.
[0043]
(7) A “operation check notification” is periodically transmitted to the management center 4, and a response signal is returned when the “operation check notification” is received from the island controller SC.
[0044]
As described above, the terminal controller TC of the game store plays an extremely important role in the game card system. Therefore, if any failure occurs in the terminal controller TC, the entire system is significantly affected.
[0045]
For this reason, in this embodiment, if a terminal controller TC of a certain amusement store stops functioning due to some failure, a degraded operation mode that does not go through the terminal controller TC after undergoing a security check based on the password obtained from the management center 4 I am going to move on. Note that the failure processing unit SC1 of the island controller SC performs a failure detection process in the terminal controller TC and a failure process for shifting to the degenerate operation mode.
[0046]
Next, the failure detection processing performed by the failure processing unit 11 and SC1 and the transition processing to the degenerate operation mode will be specifically described.
[0047]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a failure detection process and a transition process to the degenerate operation mode when a failure occurs in the terminal controller TC of the gaming store 6 (B store) shown in FIG.
[0048]
As shown in the figure, the communication addresses of both the terminal controller TC and the management center 4 are registered in advance in the island controller SC (step 201). Then, for example, the island controller SC periodically performs an operation check notification to the terminal controller TC (step 202), and the terminal controller TC that has received this notification returns a response signal to the island controller SC (step). 203). Similarly, the terminal controller TC periodically performs an operation check notification to the management center 4 (step 204), and the management center 4 that has received this notification returns a response signal to the terminal controller TC (step 204). 205).
[0049]
As described above, the operation status of the counterpart device is checked between the island controller SC, the terminal controller TC, and the management center 4 based on an operation check notification and a response signal for periodically exchanging messages.
[0050]
When the operation status is checked, if a failure occurs in the terminal controller TC (step 206), the response signal from the terminal controller TC is not returned even if the island controller SC transmits the operation check notification (step 206). 207 to 208) and an operation check notification from the terminal controller TC is not transmitted to the management center 4 (step 209).
[0051]
Therefore, if the management center 4 does not receive the operation check notification from the terminal controller TC for a certain period of time, it is determined that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC (step 210), and the passwords from the store clerk and the island controller SC are determined. An inquiry can be accepted (step 211). At the time of inquiry from the store clerk, the tone transmission function of the telephone is used to automatically notify the password synthesized by the computer.
[0052]
On the other hand, if the island controller SC does not respond to the operation check notification three times in succession, for example, it is determined that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC (step 212), and the communication partner is transferred from the terminal controller TC to the management center 4 Then, the management center 4 is queried for a password (step 213), and a notification of the password is received from the management center.
[0053]
Thereafter, for example, when a store clerk at a game store turns off the power, and then performs a switching operation to the reduced operation mode in which the power is turned on while pressing the specific key for the reduced operation (step 214), and the heard password is input. (Step 215) The failure processing unit SC1 of the island controller SC collates the input password and the password acquired from the management center 4, and shifts to the degenerate operation mode if they match.
[0054]
By performing the above-described series of processing, it is possible to shift to the reduced operation mode after performing a security check with a password. In addition, it is desirable to ensure that this password is updated each time it is used.
[0055]
It should be noted that the password input to each island controller SC is preferably different for each island controller, but a common password can also be used as a game store in order to avoid complications associated with password input.
[0056]
Here, each island controller SC requests a password from the management center 4 separately. However, island controllers SC representing a plurality of island controllers SC in the amusement store collectively request a password. Thus, the password notified from the management center 4 can be distributed.
[0057]
Incidentally, in the processing procedure shown in FIG. 2, the password is checked on the island controller SC side, but the password can also be checked on the management center 4 side.
[0058]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a password is checked on the management center side.
[0059]
As shown in the figure, in this case as well as in FIG. 2, the operation of the counterpart device is performed between the island controller SC, the terminal controller TC, and the management center 4 by an operation check notification and a response signal for exchanging messages regularly. If the status is checked and the management center 4 does not receive an operation check notification that is a message from the terminal controller TC for a certain period of time, it is determined that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC, and the password from the island controller SC Can be accepted (steps 201 to 211).
[0060]
On the other hand, if there is no response to the operation check notification, for example, three times in succession, the island controller SC determines that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC (step 312). Then, the operation to switch to the degenerate operation mode is performed such as turning on the power while pressing the specific key (step 313), and at that time, the management center 4 is called and the heard password is input (step 314).
[0061]
The password input by the store clerk is transmitted to the center computer of the management center 4 (step 315), and the password is collated with the password notified to the store clerk in the center computer of the management center 4 (step 316). Then, the confirmation result of the password is notified to the island controller SC (step 317), and when the password is a valid password, the mode is shifted to the degenerate operation mode (step 318).
[0062]
In this way, by transmitting the password acquired from the management center 4 from the island controller SC to the management center 4, the password can be checked on the management center 4 side.
[0063]
2 and 3, the password is transmitted and received between the island controller SC and the management center 4. However, the password can be checked without transmitting the password. However, in order to omit the transmission of the password, it is necessary to enable the failure processing unit SC1 of the island controller SC to determine whether or not the password provided by the password providing unit 12 of the management center 4 is valid.
[0064]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a password is checked without transmitting a password from the management center 4 to the island controller SC.
[0065]
As shown in FIG. 2, in this case as well, in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, between the island controller SC, the terminal controller TC, and the management center 4, an operation check notification and response signal periodically exchange messages, When the operation center is checked and the management center 4 does not receive an operation check notification from the terminal controller TC for a certain period of time, it is determined that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC, and the password from the island controller SC is An inquiry can be accepted (steps 201 to 211).
[0066]
On the other hand, if the island controller SC does not respond to the operation check notification three times in succession, for example, the island controller SC determines that a failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC (step 412). Then, an operation for switching to the degenerate operation mode is performed such as turning on the power while pressing the specific key (step 413), and the password received by calling the management center 4 is input (step 414).
[0067]
Then, the validity of the password input by the store clerk is checked inside the island controller SC (step 415), and if it is valid, the mode shifts to the degenerate operation mode (step 416).
[0068]
By performing the above processing, the validity of the password can be verified without incurring the security risk of sending the password.
[0069]
Next, the degenerate operation when a failure occurs in the terminal controller TC will be specifically described.
[0070]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the card issuing machine 13 issues a card in the degenerate operation.
[0071]
As shown in the figure, when the card issuing machine 13 issues a new game card, card data including the card ID, the issuing machine and the issue amount is transmitted to the island controller SC (step 501).
[0072]
Here, if no failure has occurred in the terminal controller TC, the island controller SC transfers the card data to the terminal controller SC and issues an issuance permission inquiry.
[0073]
However, in the degenerate operation mode, since the terminal controller TC is down, the card data is not transferred to the terminal controller TC, and the card data is not checked.
[0074]
That is, the island controller SC creates and registers log data including date, card ID, issue machine, current amount, and processing category (step 502), and issues an issue permission response to the card issuer 13 (step 503). ). The card issuing machine 13 that has received this issue permission response issues a game card (step 504).
[0075]
As a result, for example, the card data recorded in the game card with the card ID “3030003”, the issue number “space”, the issue amount “3000 yen”, and the current amount “space” is the card ID “3030003”, the issue number “003160”. -01-01 ", issue amount" 3000 yen ", and current amount" 3000 yen ".
[0076]
As described above, in this embodiment, since the security check using the password is performed at the time of shifting to the reduced operation mode, the validity check of the card data is omitted when the game card is issued thereafter.
[0077]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a game card is used by the game unit 14 in the degenerate operation.
[0078]
As shown in the figure, when a user of a gaming card inserts a gaming card into the card processing unit 40 of the gaming unit 14, the card processing unit 40 reads the recorded contents (card data) of the gaming card, and the card data Is sent to the island controller SC (step 601).
[0079]
The island controller SC determines whether or not the store code included in the information related to the issuer of the card data for the use permission inquiry is that of the own store (step 602). For example, when the issue machine is “003160-01-01”, “003160” indicates a store code, and therefore it is confirmed whether or not this store code matches the code assigned to the store. Become.
[0080]
If the issued machine is not in the own store, the error is reduced. If it is in the own store, a use permission response is sent to the requesting card processor 40 (step 603).
[0081]
The card processing machine 40 that has received this use permission response performs ball lending (step 604) and then makes a subtraction notification to the island controller SC (step 605).
[0082]
The island controller SC that has received this subtraction notification determines whether the store code of the issuing machine is of its own store among the card data included in the subtraction notification. (Step 606), a response signal is returned to the card processor 40 (step 607).
[0083]
As described above, when a game card is issued by the card issuing machine 13 or a game card is used by the card processing machine 40 during the degenerate operation, the respective log data is sequentially stored in the island controller SC.
[0084]
Next, processing when the terminal controller TC is restored will be described.
[0085]
If the terminal controller TC is restored and the power is turned on again, it is judged from the flag whether the startup is in the normal mode or the recovery startup from the accident. , Request each island controller SC to transmit log data.
[0086]
When the terminal controller TC collects the log data of each island controller SC, the processing classification of each log data is referred to. When the processing classification is “issue”, a new issue is issued on the issue card database TCb. If data is created and the processing category is “subtraction”, the data is updated to newer data while being compared with the current amount.
[0087]
In addition, when the storage unit of the terminal controller TC is replaced, before collecting log data from each island controller SC, the data held by the management center 4 is downloaded, and the card data up to the day before the failure occurs is obtained. Generate the shipping information database TCa and the issuance card database TCb. Thereafter, log data is collected in the same manner, and the issued card database TCb is updated.
[0088]
As described above, in the present embodiment, when the terminal controller TC provided in the game shop 5 or 6 goes down due to some trouble, after undergoing a security check based on the password given by the center computer of the management center 4, Since the terminal controller TC is configured to shift to the degenerate operation in which the validity is not verified, the following effects can be obtained.
[0089]
1) The management center is always notified of the occurrence of a failure in the terminal controller TC, so that store cheating can be suppressed.
[0090]
2) Unauthorized transition to degenerate operation can be prevented through security checks.
[0091]
3) A failure can be dealt with without causing any disadvantage to the player who uses the game card.
[0092]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, each island controller detects whether or not a failure has occurred in the card management device based on the status monitoring of the message exchange performed by the card management device or the island controller. If a failure of the card management device is detected, the validity of the transition operation to the degraded operation is confirmed using the password given from the management center, and the validity of the transition operation to the degraded operation is confirmed. Since the game card is issued to the card issuing machine and the use of the game card is permitted to the gaming unit, the following effects can be obtained.
[0093]
1) The occurrence of a failure in the card management device is always notified to the management center, so that fraudulent behaviors in stores can be suppressed.
[0094]
2) Unauthorized transition to degenerate operation can be prevented through security checks.
[0095]
3) A failure can be dealt with without causing any disadvantage to the player who uses the game card.
[0096]
In addition, the present invention, when each island controller accepts a game card issuance permission request from the card issuing machine under the degeneration operation, permits the game card issuance to the requesting card issuing machine and performs the degeneration operation. If a game card use permission request is received from the gaming unit below, it is confirmed whether or not the store code included in the use permission request is the store code of the own store. Is configured to return the use permission of the game card to the requesting game unit, so that the issue and use of the game card to the player can be ensured continuously and easily.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a game card system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a failure detection process and a transition process mode to a degenerate operation mode when a failure occurs in the terminal controller of the amusement shop shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a failure detection process and another transition process procedure to the degenerate operation mode when a failure occurs in the terminal controller of the amusement shop shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a failure detection process and another transition process procedure to a degenerate operation mode when a failure occurs in the terminal controller of the amusement shop shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a card issuing machine issues a card in a degenerate operation.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a game card is used by a game unit in a degenerate operation.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ... card company, 2 ... customer contact, 3 ... shipping center,
4 ... Management center, 5,6 ... Amusement store, 8 ... Financial institutions,
9 ... terminal, 10 ... shipping information database,
11 ... Failure processing unit, 12 ... Password granting unit,
13 ... Card issuing machine, 14 ... Game unit, 40 ... Card processing machine,
TC ... Terminal controller,
TCa: Shipping information database, TCb: Issuance card database,
SC ... Island controller, SC1 ... Fault handling part,
RT ... ISDN router

Claims (4)

A plurality of island controllers that store at least identification information and issue a game card associated with predetermined valuable information, and a plurality of island controllers each managing an island made up of a plurality of game units that provide a game by a game card to a player And a card management device that manages the issuance and settlement of the gaming card by exchanging data with each island controller, and card data transmitted from the card management device of each gaming store is provided outside the gaming store. In the failure processing method of the gaming card system in which the management center device centrally manages the information related to the gaming card received by the management center device ,
The island controller
Monitoring the operating status of the card management device;
When a failure of the card management device is detected based on the monitoring, the island controller is given a password that allows the island controller to shift to a degenerate operation that does not verify validity by the card management device,
In the operation of shifting to the degeneration operation, when the failure of the card management device is detected and the input password matches the password given from the management center device, the island controller moves to the degeneration operation. A failure processing method for a game card system, characterized by permitting the transfer of the game card. The island controller transmits the input password to the management center device,
The management center device collates a password received from the island controller with a password corresponding to the assigned island controller to determine whether to permit the island controller to shift to the degenerate operation. The failure processing method of the game card system according to claim 1, wherein Store the password given from the management center device in the island controller,
The failure of the game card system according to claim 1 , wherein the island controller determines whether or not to permit the transition to the degenerate operation by comparing the input password and the stored password. Processing method. A plurality of island controllers that store at least identification information and issue a game card associated with predetermined valuable information, and a plurality of island controllers each managing an island made up of a plurality of game units that provide a game by a game card to a player And a card management device that manages the issuance and settlement of the gaming card by exchanging data with each island controller, and card data transmitted from the card management device of each gaming store is provided outside the gaming store. In the gaming card system that is managed by the management center device and is centrally managed by the management center device, information received by the management center device.
  The island controller
  Monitoring means for monitoring the operating state of the card management device;
  When a failure of the card management device is detected by monitoring by the monitoring means, a password grant is granted to the island controller for permitting the island controller to shift to a degenerate operation without verifying the validity by the card management device. Means,
  In the transition operation to the degenerate operation, when the failure of the card management device is detected and the input password matches the password given from the management center device by the password means, the island controller Permission means permitting the transition to degenerate operation
  A game card system comprising:

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