JP5226233B2 - Member management system and member management method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention manages a member recording medium issued by a game store and a portable terminal possessed by a player with the same member identification information, and manages a valuable value possessed by the player in association with the member identification information. In addition, the present invention relates to a member management system and a member management method including a management device that provides a valuable value update service through a member identification medium such as a member recording medium or a portable terminal.

  Conventionally, at pachinko parlors and other amusement stores that provide pachinko games and pachislot games, members of the amusement store are recruited from players, and a membership card is issued to the member who wishes to register as a member, and this membership card is used. We offer a service for saving money and saving medals and information notification services via email.

  Specifically, when a player passes a membership application form filled with personal information such as address, name, and telephone number to a member of the amusement store and requests membership registration, the member of the amusement store Information is registered in the management device, and a member card with a member ID recorded is issued to the member. Each member who has obtained the membership card in this way, as described in Patent Document 1, etc., saves and stores the acquired pachinko balls and medals, and replays these stored balls and medals at a later date, Can be exchanged for a free gift.

  In this way, at the amusement shops that provide member services, each member's stored balls and medal can be managed by the management device, and the balls and stored medals can be replayed with a ball machine such as a ball lending machine or medal lending machine In many cases, a storage and medal system is introduced.

  In addition, in recent years, in addition to the function as a key for using the savings and saving medals in the savings and savings system, a prepaid card (recording value data itself indicating the amount of money or the value corresponding to the amount, Prepaid integrated membership cards that serve as functions such as those that record identification data for retrieving value data recorded in places other than cards are widely used.

  Such membership cards can be valued with the amount of cash set by the debit payment as well as the cash inserted by the interbank machine or the card issuing machine. For example, in Patent Document 2, a debit terminal line-connected to a settlement center (information processing center) outside a store is arranged adjacent to a card issuing machine in a game store, and a debit card (bank or postal saving cash card) is received from a player. ) And a debit payment request are received from the information processing center, a debit payment request is sent to the financial institution, and the payment amount settled in response to the debit payment request is stored in a prepaid card (prepaid integrated membership card). A debit payment system is disclosed.

  As described above, when debit payment is possible at the game store, the player can continue the game within the range of the deposits and savings of the financial institution even if the cash is exhausted. , May induce excessive investment in games.

  Therefore, it is considered that an upper limit is set on the amount that can be valued for the prepaid integrated membership card so that the value exceeding the upper limit for the value is not allowed. In other words, if the maximum value of the prepaid integrated membership card is 10,000 yen, for example, a value within 10,000 yen will be accepted, but the value exceeding 10,000 yen through either cash settlement or debit settlement. No attachment will be allowed.

  In this way, the reason that the upper limit of the prepaid integrated membership card is 10,000 yen is that the maximum amount of banknotes is 10,000 yen, and this membership card is a ball lending machine during the game. It is easy to be damaged by theft if the player forgets to remove the membership card when removing the seat in the toilet, etc., and the membership card is frequently valued. There is an aspect that it is necessary to keep the amount of money not to be performed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-210818 JP 2003-144737 A

  In this way, the membership card issued by the amusement store is intended to differentiate the player registered as a member from other players, but is not used for other purposes used in the amusement store. However, since the connection with the individual player is sparse, the portable rate by the player is not good and the use of the membership card is not promoted.

  For this reason, recently, a mechanism has been considered in which identification information unique to a mobile phone, which is representative of mobile terminals possessed by a large number of players, is registered in the management device, and the mobile phone is used instead of a membership card. Is a higher value ceiling (usually 30,000 yen) when using a mobile phone compared to using only a membership card to increase the number of members using the mobile phone as a member-specific medium By setting, a mechanism is being considered that allows more value to be granted with the same debit payment usage fee. In this way, the reason for the reduction of 30,000 yen in value of the mobile phone is that the mobile phone is always placed at the player's hand, unlike the membership card, and the reduction in the value of the mobile phone is 3 This is because even a million yen is unlikely to suffer damage such as theft.

  However, when using a mobile phone in addition to a membership card as a member identification medium and adopting a value ceiling that gives preferential treatment to members who use the cellular phone, the value will be given each time a different member identification medium is used. Since the upper limit changes and the cash balance that is confirmed and displayed is displayed together, the player cannot accurately grasp the actual cash balance, and there is a problem between the game store and the player. It will occur. For example, even if 30,000 yen is valued for a mobile phone, if you try to use a cash balance through a membership card, the cash balance will only be shown to the player as 10,000 yen, so the location is unknown. It is inevitable that complaints regarding the remaining 20,000 yen will come from the players.

  In addition, for a player who has registered identification information unique to a mobile phone, if a member card is given the same maximum value (30,000 yen in the above example) as the mobile phone, It will deviate from the unified value ceiling (10,000 yen) provided by the prepaid card system, and the player will not be able to wipe off the sense of incongruity. This would allow a distorted situation in which a value of 30,000 yen is accepted and the other only accepts a value of up to 10,000 yen. In addition, the mobile phone is kept at the player's hand except when using the storage and medal service and the prepaid service through the operation, but the member card is continuously inserted in the in-store equipment such as a ball lending machine. Since it is used, if a high valued upper limit is recognized for the membership card, the membership card is stolen. For these reasons, it is not realistic to accept the same maximum value for a membership card as the mobile phone (30,000 yen in the above example).

  From the above, how to prevent players from making complaints regarding cash balances when using a mobile device other than a membership card as a member identification medium and accepting a different maximum credit amount Is an important issue.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems (problems) of the prior art, and uses a mobile terminal other than the member recording medium as a member specifying medium, and has a different value upper limit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a member management system and a member management method that can prevent a player from making a complaint about a cash balance when values are allowed.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the member management system according to the present invention manages the member recording medium issued by the game store and the portable terminal possessed by the player with the same member identification information. And a management device that manages the valuable value possessed by the player in association with the member identification information and provides a valuable value update service through the member identification medium of either the member recording medium or the portable terminal. In the member management system, the management device is common regardless of the type of the member identification medium when a plurality of member identification media of different types are associated with the same member identification information. stores the貯遊technique medium Te, for each type of the member specified medium, and that SL憶means be stored in association with valuable resource assigned value through the member specific medium, When receiving the update request of the valuable value through serial Member particular medium, negotiable value updating processing to negotiable value corresponding to the member a specific medium of the corresponding type of the negotiable value stored before crisis憶means And updating means.

Also, member management system according to the present invention, in the above invention, the negotiable value updating unit, when the accepted addition request of the valuable value through member specific medium, a member of the previous relevant type by Kiki憶means If the sum of the value of the valuable value stored in association with the specific medium and the value of the valuable value for which the addition request has been received does not exceed a predetermined upper limit value for each member specific medium, the addition request It is characterized in that a valuable value addition process is received.

In the member management system according to the present invention, in the above invention, the non-cash payment terminal that performs non-cash payment is a payment desired amount that notifies the management device of a payment desired amount that the player desires non-cash payment. comprising a notification unit, wherein the management device, before and value height negotiable value to be stored in association with members specific medium as a value with destination after the non-cash payments by Kiki憶means, the payment desired amount notification means A settlement availability determination unit that determines whether or not the non-cash settlement is possible depending on whether or not a sum total of the desired settlement amount notified by the number exceeds a predetermined upper limit value for each of the member specifying media. .

Also, member management system according to the present invention, in the above invention, before Kiki憶means, the member for each specific medium, valuable resource assigned value by non-cash payments and valuable resource assigned value by cash settlement And is stored in a distinctive manner.

In addition, the member management method according to the present invention manages the member recording medium issued by the game store and the portable terminal possessed by the player with the same member identification information, and associates it with the member identification information. A member management method used for a member management system having a management device that manages a valuable value possessed by a player and provides a valuable value update service through either a member identification medium of the member recording medium or the portable terminal. When the management device associates a plurality of member specifying media of different types with the same member identification information, the storage device is commonly used for storing the game storage medium regardless of the type of the member specifying medium. stores the, for each type of the member specified medium, and store process that stores in the storage means in association with each other valuable resource assigned value through said member specific medium When receiving the update request of the negotiable value through the member specific medium, negotiable value updating processing to negotiable value corresponding to the member a specific medium of the corresponding type of the negotiable value stored before crisis憶means And an update process.

According to the present invention, in the case where a plurality of member specifying media of different types are associated with the same member identification information , the management device can commonly store game media regardless of the type of the member specifying medium. For each type of member-specific medium , and stores the valuable value valued through the member-specific medium in association with the value, and stores the value when a request for updating the valuable value is received through the member-specific medium. Since it is configured to update the value corresponding to the member-specific medium of the corresponding type, the mobile device other than the member recording medium is used as the member-specific medium, and different value caps In the case where each value is recognized, the player can accurately grasp the cash balance for each member-specific medium, thereby preventing the player from making a claim regarding the cash balance. Ability membership management system and membership management method an effect that can be obtained.

  Further, according to the present invention, when a value addition request is received through a member identification medium, the value of the valuable value stored in association with the member identification medium of the corresponding type and the value of the value received in the addition request are stored. If the combined value of “high” does not exceed a predetermined upper limit value for each member-specific medium, the addition process of the valuable value accepted for the addition request is performed. There is an effect that a member management system capable of preventing investment is obtained. In addition, the upper limit (for example, 30,000 yen for a mobile phone and 10,000 yen for a membership card) can be changed for each type of member-specific medium, so the degree of freedom in providing services can be expanded according to the member-specific medium. Can do.

  Further, according to the present invention, the non-cash payment terminal that performs non-cash payment notifies the management device of a payment amount that the player desires for non-cash payment, and the management device assigns the valueee after the non-cash payment. Whether the non-cash settlement is possible or not depending on whether the total value of the valuable value stored in association with the member-specific medium and the notified desired settlement amount exceeds the predetermined upper limit for each member-specific medium Therefore, it is possible to prevent non-cash payments exceeding the upper limit value from being made, and it is necessary to discard non-cash payments already made due to exceeding the upper limit value. There is an effect that a member management system capable of preventing falling into a situation that is not present can be obtained. Similarly, the upper limit value (for example, 30,000 yen for a mobile phone and 10,000 yen for a membership card) can be changed for each type of member-specific medium. Can be extended.

  Further, according to the present invention, for each member specifying medium, the valuable value valued by the cash settlement and the valuable value valued by the non-cash payment are distinguished and stored. It is possible to adopt an operation that makes it impossible to settle the valuable value of the member, and it is possible to obtain a member management system that can prevent the introduction of a non-cash payment terminal from being impaired.

  Exemplary embodiments of a member management system and a member management method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, the case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko game will be described.

  First, the system configuration of the member management system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of a member management system according to the present embodiment. This member management system provides a prepaid service and a storage / replay service using a member specifying medium (member card and portable terminal) to members registered in a game store such as a pachinko parlor.

  As shown in the figure, in the amusement store, there is a member management terminal controller (hereinafter referred to as “member management T / C”) 10 for managing member information of a player registered in advance at the amusement store, Island controller 20, card processing unit (hereinafter referred to as “CR unit”) 30, pachinko machine 40, member registration receiving terminal 50, counting machine 60, member card processing machine 70, card issuing machine 80, , A debit terminal 90 is provided.

  A card issuing machine 80, a member card processing machine 70, a member registration receiving terminal 50, and an island controller 20 are connected to the member management T / C 10. The island controller 20 includes a plurality of pachinko machines installed on each island. 40, the CR unit 30 attached to each is connected, and the membership card processor 70 is connected to a counter 50 for counting the number of pachinko balls.

  A debit terminal 90 is connected to the card issuing machine 80, and the debit terminal 90 is connected to the debit information processing center 200 through an external network. The debit information processing center 200 is connected via a CAFIS (Credit And Finance Information Switching system) network 210 to a debit card issuing bank 220 having a player's account and a member bank 230 having an account of the debit information processing center 200. It is connected to the.

  The pachinko machine 40 is an apparatus in which a player plays a pachinko game by launching a pachinko ball into the game area. In this embodiment, the pachinko machine 40 is a so-called CR pachinko machine compatible with a prepaid card.

  The CR unit 30 is interposed between a prepaid card management device (not shown) that manages the balance of the valuable value (amount) of each prepaid card and each pachinko machine 40, and the prepaid card's valuable value with respect to the prepaid card management device. This is a device that inquires about the balance (cash balance) and requests ball lending and issues a ball lending instruction to the pachinko machine 40 when there is a cash balance. In this embodiment, the cash balance of a general prepaid card used by a non-member player is managed by a prepaid card management device, and a prepaid integrated member card (hereinafter referred to as a prepaid card) used by a player registered as a member in a game store. Or simply called “member card”) or the cash balance of the mobile phone 100 is managed by the member management T / C 10.

  Further, the CR unit 30 has a so-called replay function for accepting a member card and withdrawing the stored money deposited in the member management T / C 10. Specifically, when the member inserts a membership card into the CR unit 30 or the member performs a replay operation while holding the mobile phone 100 registered in the CR unit 30, the stored balance managed by the member management T / C 10 The number of balls for replay is subtracted from the ball and a ball throwing instruction is given to the pachinko machine 40. As described above, the CR unit 30 also supports replay using the mobile phone 100.

  The member registration receiving terminal 50 is a terminal device that receives member registration for joining a member of a game shop. For example, when membership registration is requested through filling in the membership application form, an attendant at the amusement shop inputs the detailed attribute information described in the membership application form through reading operation using the image scanner or keyboard operation, and inputs the data. The detailed attribute information is registered in the member management T / C 10 and a member card in which unique identification information (member ID) for identifying the member is recorded is issued to the member.

  Further, in addition to the existing card member registration described above, the member registration receiving terminal 50 registers identification information unique to the mobile phone 100 in the member management T / C 10 for the purpose of using the mobile phone in place of the membership card. Mobile phone registration is accepted. Specifically, the member ID (more precisely, IDm described later) is read from the mobile phone 100 owned by the player who wishes to join the mobile member through the reader / writer 55, and the read IDm is used as the detailed attribute information of the player. Register with. In the present embodiment, unique identification information (for example, “IDm”, which is an IC card manufacturing number) held in the IC chip 110 in the mobile phone 100 is associated with the member ID on a one-to-one basis.

  The counter 60 is a counter that counts pachinko balls acquired by the player, and outputs the count result to the member card processor 70. In this embodiment, the counter 60 has only a pachinko ball counting function, and is stored and managed by a printing function for issuing a counting receipt on which a counting result is printed as a bar code, and a member management T / C 10. It is assumed that the membership card processing device 70 described later has a counting / storing ball function for adding a part or all of the counting result to the pooling balance.

  The member card processing machine 70 is a member terminal device used when a member of an amusement store stores a ball. For example, when counting and storing balls using a membership card, the member reads the member ID through a card reader and receives the count value that is the count result, so that the count value that is the count result is added to the balance. When requesting the T / C 10 and performing counting and storage using the mobile phone 100, when the IDm read through the reader / writer 75 is confirmed and the counting result is received from the counter 60 Then, the member management T / C 10 is requested to add the count value, which is the count result, to the stored ball balance.

  The card issuing machine 80 is a card handling terminal that issues a new prepaid card and makes an addition request to the cash balance of the issued prepaid card or member card. Specifically, the member management T / C 10 is requested to add the amount of money received by debit payment or cash payment by the debit terminal 90 to the cash balance valued in the prepaid card or the membership card.

  The debit terminal 90 is a terminal device that accepts a debit card and a personal identification number and makes a debit payment request for the amount desired by the player to the debit information processing center 200. However, the debit terminal 90 does not immediately issue a debit payment request to the debit information processing center 200 when the player performs an operation related to debit payment, but makes a payment determination to the member management T / C 10 in advance. After sending the request and receiving the determination result that payment is possible, a debit payment request is made to the debit information processing center 200.

  The debit information processing center 200 is a window for receiving a debit payment request from the debit terminal 90 in the amusement store. When the debit payment request is received, the debit information processing center 200 makes a balance inquiry to the debit card issuing bank 220 via the CAFIS network 210. If the debit card issuing bank 220 has an account balance equal to or greater than the requested payment amount, the requested payment amount is withdrawn from the player account of the debit card issuing bank 220 to the account of the debit information processing center 200 of the member bank 230. It is. Thereafter, an amount obtained by subtracting a predetermined fee from the settlement request amount is transferred from an account of the debit information processing center 200 to an account of a game store (not shown).

  Here, the member management T / C 10 according to the present embodiment manages the member card and the mobile phone 100 with the same member ID, and manages the value in association with the member ID. Summarizing the provision of value update services through any member-specific medium, the value specified through the member-specific medium is stored in association with each type of member-specific medium, and the member-specific medium is stored. When a request for updating a valuable value is received through this, the update processing is performed on the valuable value corresponding to the member identification medium of the corresponding type among the stored valuable values.

  In other words, the member management T / C 10 according to the present embodiment separately manages the cash balance valued through the member card or the mobile phone 100 while linking the member card and the mobile phone 100 with the same member ID. In addition, by separately adding and subtracting these cash balances, the cash balance is uniquely associated with the membership card or the mobile phone 100 without sharing the cash balance through a plurality of member specifying media. The balance can be used individually, so that the player can accurately grasp the cash balance for each member specific medium.

  Therefore, according to the member management T / C 10 according to the present embodiment, when the mobile phone 100 is used in addition to the member card as a member specifying medium and different value upper limit values are recognized respectively, the member is specified to the player. It is possible to accurately grasp the cash balance for each medium, thereby preventing a player from making a complaint regarding the cash balance.

  Also, according to the member management T / C 10 according to the present embodiment, the cash balance valued through the member card or the mobile phone 100 is managed separately while the member card and the mobile phone 100 are linked with the same member ID. Therefore, if an update log of the cash balance of each of the member card and the mobile phone 100 is taken, a prepaid use through each member specifying medium can be sampled as a use by the same person even for a player possessing a plurality of member specifying media. .

  Next, the configuration of the member management T / C 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the member management T / C 10 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the member management T / C 10 includes an input unit 11, an output unit 12, an IF unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a control unit 15.

  The input unit 11 is an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, the output unit 12 is a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or a display, and the IF unit 13 is an island controller 20, a CR unit 30, a member registration reception terminal. 50, an interface for performing data communication with the counter 60, the member card processor 70, the card issuing machine 80, and the debit terminal 90.

  The storage unit 14 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or a non-volatile memory, and stores a member management table 14a for managing members in which certain personal information (detailed attribute information) is registered through entry on a member application form. In the present embodiment, attribute information that is defined as a mandatory item to be disclosed when the amusement store performs membership registration, that is, detailed personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and mail address is referred to as “detailed attribute information”. .

  As shown in FIG. 3, the member management table 14a is a table that stores member information such as IDm, savings balance, cash balance for each member specific medium, and attribute information for each member ID. Here, the reason for storing the cash balance for each type of member specifying medium is that, as described above, each cash balance is unique to the member card or the mobile phone 100 without sharing the cash balance through a plurality of member specifying media. This is because the cash balance is used individually in a state associated with the. In the present embodiment, an example is described in which the prepaid upper limit (value upper limit) for the membership card is “10,000 yen” and the prepaid upper limit for the mobile phone 100 is “30,000 yen”. The present invention can also be applied to an arbitrary upper limit value.

  The control unit 15 is a control unit that controls the member management T / C 10 as a whole, and includes a member registration processing unit 15a, a storage management unit 15b, and a value management unit 15c. Actually, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a ROM or a non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded into the CPU and executed, and the member registration processing unit 15a, the storage management unit 15b, and the value are stored. The management unit 15c is caused to execute a corresponding process.

  The member registration processing unit 15a is a processing unit that performs member registration in response to a member registration request from the member registration receiving terminal 50. Specifically, in order to prevent duplicate registration between members having the same IDm, when IDm is received from the member registration receiving terminal 50, whether or not the same IDm is registered by searching the member management table 14a. Confirm. If the IDm is not registered, a member ID that is a member ID registered in the member management table 14a and has a free number is assigned to a player who becomes a member, and corresponds to the assigned member ID. In addition, IDm and detailed attribute information are registered.

  The stored ball management unit 15b is a management unit that manages a member's stored ball balance using the member management table 14a. Specifically, when a renewal request including a member ID or IDm is received from the CR unit 30 or the member card processor 70, the corresponding member ID or the corresponding IDm stored balance is stored in the member management table 14a. Addition or subtraction processing is performed for the number of update request balls. As a matter of course, an error signal is returned to the requesting device when the stored ball balance is insufficient when the stored ball subtraction process is performed.

  The value management unit 15c is a management unit that manages a member's cash balance using the member management table 14a. Specifically, when an update request for a cash balance is received through a member card, that is, when the request is an update request with a member ID, the cash balance of the member card in the member management table 14a is updated, When a cash balance update request is received through the telephone 100, that is, when the update request is accompanied by IDm, the cash balance of the mobile phone in the member management table 14a is updated. In addition, the update process of this cash balance refers to the addition process or subtraction process with respect to the cash balance in the member management table 14a.

  Among such renewal requests, the request for addition of the cash balance is made through the card issuing machine 80 for the purpose of supplementing the cash balance to the membership card or the mobile phone 100, and the card issuing machine 80 receives the cash. Is determined to be the addition request amount for the specified amount of the deposit amount, and when debit payment is performed at the debit terminal 90, the settlement request amount is determined after determining the settlement amount as the addition request amount. Is sent to the member management T / C 10 as an addition request together with the member ID or IDm.

  Further, the cash balance subtraction request is made through the CR unit 30 for the purpose of borrowing a pachinko ball in exchange for the cash balance valued to the membership card or the mobile phone 100. In the CR unit 30, When receiving a ball lending operation (depressing the ball lending button) by the customer, a predetermined withdrawal amount (in this example, 500 yen) is set as a subtraction request amount, and the subtraction request amount is set as a member ID or It is transmitted to the member management T / C 10 as a subtraction request together with IDm.

  Here, the value management unit 15c prohibits the addition process of the cash balance exceeding the prepaid upper limit value defined for each type of the member specifying medium from the viewpoint of preventing excessive investment in the game. . That is, the value management unit 15c requests that the cash balance of the member card in the member management table 14a exceeds 10,000 yen, and adds the cash balance of the mobile phone 100 in the member management table 14a exceeds 30,000 yen. The request has been rejected.

  In other words, when the value management unit 15c receives a request for addition of the cash balance through the membership card, the sum of the cash balance of the membership card and the addition request amount is set to the prepaid upper limit value “1” of the membership card by the membership management table 14a. As long as it does not exceed “10,000 yen”, addition processing of the cash balance is performed, and when a request for addition of the cash balance is accepted through the mobile phone 100, the cash balance of the mobile phone 100 and the amount of addition request are determined by the member management table 14a. As long as the sum of the numbers does not exceed the prepaid upper limit “30,000 yen” of the mobile phone, the cash balance addition process is performed.

  The value management unit 15c includes a settlement permission determination unit 15d that determines whether or not the debit payment by the debit terminal 90 is permitted.

  In this settlement possibility determination unit 15d, the debit terminal 90 cooperates with the debit information processing center 200 because the high value (addition process) of 10,000 yen or more is mainly performed by debit settlement. Before processing, the desired settlement amount is acquired from the debit terminal 90, and whether or not the sum of the cash balance and the desired settlement amount of the member specific medium to be valued exceeds the prepaid upper limit value of the member specific medium As a result, if the prepaid upper limit value is exceeded, debit payment is not permitted and a payment NG notification is sent to the debit terminal 90. If the prepaid upper limit value is exceeded, debit payment is permitted. An OK notification is sent to the debit terminal 90.

  In this way, by determining whether or not the prepaid upper limit value can be exceeded before debit payment is performed, it is possible to prevent debit payment exceeding the prepaid upper limit value from being performed. It is possible to prevent a situation in which the debit settlement that has already been made must be discarded.

  Next, member registration processing by the member management T / C 10 and the member registration receiving terminal 50 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a control sequence between the member management T / C 10 and the member registration receiving terminal 50 regarding the member registration processing according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, when the mobile phone 100 is operated by the player over the member registration receiving terminal 50 (step S101), the member registration receiving terminal 50 receives the IDm from the IC chip 110 built in the mobile phone 100. Obtained via the reader / writer (step S102), the obtained IDm is transmitted to the member management T / C 10 to make an inquiry (step S103).

  The member management T / C 10 that has received the inquiry about IDm searches the member management table 14a by the member registration processing unit 15a (step S104), and confirms whether or not the same IDm is registered in the member management table 14a. The result is returned to the member registration receiving terminal 50 (step S105).

  At this time, when it is replied that this IDm has been registered in the member management table 14a (No at Step S106), the member registration receiving terminal 50 informs the display unit that the member has already been registered (Step S106). S107), the process is terminated.

  On the other hand, when this IDm is replied that it is not registered in the member management table 14a (Yes at step S106), the member registration receiving terminal 50 performs the reading operation by the image scanner performed by the attendant of the amusement shop or the keyboard. The data input of the detailed attribute information described in the member application form is accepted through the operation (step S108), and the IDm and the detailed attribute information are transmitted to the member management T / C 10 to request the member registration (step S109).

  The member registration processing unit 15a that has received this member registration request assigns a member ID that is a member ID registered in the member management table 14a and is a free number to a player who becomes a member (step S110), and assigns the member ID. IDm and detailed attribute information are registered in association with the member ID (step S111), and the member registration receiving terminal 50 is notified of the successful completion of member registration (step S112).

  In the member registration receiving terminal 50 that has received the member registration completion notification, a notification that the member registration has been normally completed and the registration content is displayed on the display unit (step S113), and the processing is completed.

  The member card in which the member ID is recorded is handed over to the new member by the attendant of the amusement shop that confirms this, and thereafter, this member starts the saving and replay service through the member card and the mobile phone 100. It becomes possible to use a prepaid service.

  Next, the value processing (cash balance addition process) using debit settlement performed by the member management T / C 10, the card issuing machine 80, and the debit terminal 90 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a control sequence between the member management T / C 10, the card issuing machine 80, and the debit terminal 90 regarding the value processing using the debit payment according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, when the card issuing machine 80 receives a member specifying medium of either the member card or the mobile phone 100 after the member specifying medium is selected as a value value destination (step S201), The member ID or IDm is acquired from the member card or the IC chip 110 in the mobile phone 100 (step S202), and the acquired member ID or IDm is transmitted to the member management T / C 10 (step S203).

  On the other hand, when the debit card is inserted, the debit terminal 90 reads the debit card ID (step S204), receives an input of a personal identification number from a player via a numeric keypad (not shown), etc. (step S205), and sets the desired payment amount. The input is accepted (step S206), and a settlement determination request including the desired settlement amount is made to the member management T / C 10 before debit settlement is performed (step S207). Note that the order in which the processes in steps S201 to 203 and the processes in steps S204 to 207 are executed may be reversed.

  Here, when the member management T / C 10 receives a member ID or IDm from the card issuing machine 80 and further receives a settlement determination request from the debit terminal 90, the settlement balance determination unit 15d causes the cash balance of the member identification medium to be valued. Is performed to determine whether or not the prepaid upper limit is exceeded (step S208), and the determination result is returned to the debit terminal 90 (step S209). Note that the settlement possibility determination will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

  At this time, when the member management T / C 10 receives a notification that the debit payment is not permitted (payment NG notification) (No in step S210), the debit terminal 90 determines the member identification medium of the valueee A notification that the cash balance exceeds the prepaid upper limit value is made on a display unit (not shown) (step S211), and the process ends.

  On the other hand, when a notification (acknowledgment OK) that debit payment is permitted is returned from the member management T / C 10 (Yes in step S210), the debit terminal 90 performs the debit payment process of the desired payment amount. After execution (step S212), the debit card is returned (step S213), and the payment amount by debit payment is notified to the card issuing machine 80 (step S214). At this time, the debit terminal 90 issues the payment contents such as the payment date and time, the payment amount, and the account balance of the player as a receipt.

  Specifically, a payment request including a debit card ID, a password, and a desired payment amount is made to the debit information processing center 200, and the debit information processing center 200 requests payment to a player's account of the debit card issuing bank 220. An inquiry is made as to whether there is an account balance greater than the amount. As a result, if there is a sufficient account balance, the desired payment amount is deducted from the player's account to the account of the debit information processing center 200 in the member store bank 230, and the desired payment amount is transferred to an account of a pachinko store (not shown). . A settlement result indicating whether or not the settlement has been normally performed is transmitted from the debit information processing center 200 to the debit terminal 90.

  Then, the card issuing machine 80 that has received the settlement amount notification from the debit terminal 90 makes a request for adding a cash balance (value request) to the member management T / C 10 with the settlement amount as an addition request amount (step S215).

  Upon receiving this cash balance addition request, the member management T / C 10 adds the addition request amount to the cash balance of the member-specific medium in the member management table 14a by the value management unit 15c (step S216), and completes the value assignment. A response is returned to the card issuing machine 80 (step S217).

  In the card issuing machine 80 that has received the value completion response, the value completion notification including the cash balance before and after the addition is performed on the display unit (not shown) (step S218), and the process is terminated.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 5, the description has been made on the assumption that the settlement amount settled by debit settlement is valued to the member specifying medium, but the settlement amount can also be valued to a general prepaid card. Further, here, an example in which the settlement amount by debit settlement is valued to the member specifying medium has been described, but it is also possible to accept money deposit and value the deposit amount.

  Next, the settlement possibility determination process shown in step S208 will be described in detail. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the settlement possibility determination process shown in step S208 of FIG.

  As shown in the figure, when a member ID or IDm is received from the card issuing machine 80 and a payment determination request including a payment amount is received from the debit terminal 90 (step S301), the payment determination unit 15d displays a member management table. The cash balance of the member specifying medium as the value destination is read from 14a (step S302).

  Here, the settlement possible / impossible determination unit 15d determines whether or not the sum of the cash balance of the member identification medium to be valued and the desired payment amount exceeds the prepaid upper limit value of the member identification medium (step S303).

  As a result, when the prepaid upper limit value is exceeded (No at Step S303), the settlement enable / disable determining unit 15d sends a settlement OK notification that permits debit settlement to the debit terminal 90 (Step S304), If the prepaid upper limit value is exceeded (Yes at Step S303), debit payment is not permitted and a payment NG notification is sent to the debit terminal 90 (Step S305), and the process ends.

  In this way, by determining whether or not the prepaid upper limit value can be exceeded before debit payment is performed, it is possible to prevent debit payment exceeding the prepaid upper limit value from being performed. It is possible to prevent a situation in which debit payment that has already been made must be discarded.

  Next, a processing procedure until a cash balance subtraction request is made in the CR unit 30 shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a processing procedure necessary for the CR unit 30 to request the member management T / C 10 to subtract the cash balance.

  As shown in the figure, in the CR unit 30, after receiving a holding operation of the mobile phone 100 in order to uniquely identify a member for which the cash balance subtraction process is performed in the member management T / C 10 ( In step S401A, the IDm is acquired from the IC chip 110 built in the mobile phone 100 via the reader / writer 35 (step S402A), or after receiving the membership card insertion operation (step S401B), Depending on whether the member ID to be recorded is obtained via a card reader (step S402B), the member ID recorded on the member card or the IDm stored in the IC chip 110 built in the mobile phone 100 is obtained.

  Thereafter, the CR unit 30 makes an inquiry about the cash balance including the member ID or IDm to the member management T / C 10 (step S403), and the member management T / C 10 that has received this inquiry receives the inquiry based on the member ID. The cash balance of the member card in the member management table 14a is searched, and in the case of inquiry by IDm, the cash balance of the mobile phone in the member management table 14a is searched and the cash balance of the member card or the cash balance of the mobile phone is searched. Is returned as a response to the CR unit 30 (step S404).

  The CR unit 30 that has received this cash balance response displays the cash balance of any member-specific medium on the illustrated 7-segment display section or the like (step S405). Is received (ball lending operation) (step S406), a predetermined withdrawal amount (in this example, 500 yen) is set as a subtraction request amount, and the subtraction request amount is a member ID or IDm. At the same time, a subtraction request is transmitted to the member management T / C 10 (step S407).

  Next, the cash balance subtraction process by the member management T / C 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a cash balance subtraction process by the value management unit 15c shown in FIG.

  As shown in the figure, when a cash balance subtraction request is received from the CR unit 30 (step S501), the value management unit 15c reads the cash balance of the member specifying medium in the member management table 14a (step S502). Specifically, if the cash balance subtraction request is accompanied by a member ID, the cash balance of the member card in the member management table 14a is read, and if it is accompanied by IDm, the mobile phone in the member management table 14a. Read the cash balance.

  Here, the value management unit 15c determines whether or not the cash balance of the member specifying medium is less than the subtraction request amount (step S503), and as a result, when the value is equal to or greater than the subtraction request amount (No in step S503). Subtracts the subtraction request amount from the cash balance of the member identification medium in the member management table 14a (step S504), returns a subtraction completion response to the CR unit 30 (step S505), and ends the process.

  If the cash balance of the member specifying medium is less than the subtraction request amount (Yes at step S503), the value management unit 15c sends a subtraction NG response to the CR unit 30 even if the other member specifying medium has a cash balance. (Step S506), and the process ends.

  As described above, according to the member management T / C 10 according to the present embodiment, the cash balance valued through the member specifying medium is stored in association with each type of the member specifying medium, and the member specifying medium is stored. When the request for renewal of the cash balance is accepted through the renewal process for the cash balance corresponding to the member identification medium of the corresponding type in the stored cash balance, in addition to the member card as the member identification medium When the mobile phone 100 is used together and different value upper limit values are recognized for each, the player can be made to accurately grasp the cash balance for each member specific medium, and the player has a complaint regarding the cash balance. Can be prevented.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the example of performing the value of the settlement amount settled by debit settlement or the deposit amount of money for each type of member specifying medium has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, As shown in FIG. 9, the value of the settlement amount settled by electronic money can also be performed for each type of member specifying medium.

  In the above embodiment, the member management T / C 10 manages the cash balance of both the member card and the mobile phone. However, another management device is provided to manage the cash balance of one member specifying medium in a distributed manner. Even if it does, the effect similar to this invention can be acquired.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which only the cash balance is managed for each type of member-specific medium. However, from the viewpoint of unifying operations, the savings balance may also be managed for each type of member-specific medium. .

  In the above-described embodiment, the embodiment has been described in which the cash balance valued by the cash settlement and the cash balance valued by the non-cash settlement (debit settlement) are managed in common in the member management T / C 10. However, for each member specifying medium, the valuable value valued by cash settlement and the valuable value valued by non-cash settlement may be managed separately.

  In other words, if the cash balance for non-cash settlement is settled immediately, or if it is settled with only a portion being used, there is no change to ATMs (automated teller machines) installed at financial institutions. Since the value of introducing the debit terminal 90 is diminished, it is preferable that the cash balance for non-cash payments be adjusted so that it cannot be settled. If it is managed separately from the obtained value, it is possible to adopt an operation in which the cash balance for the non-cash settlement cannot be settled, and it is possible to prevent impairing the merit of introducing the non-cash settlement terminal.

  In the above embodiment, the IDm stored in the IC chip 81 in the mobile phone 80 is used in order to use the mobile phone 80 instead of the membership card. However, the present invention is not limited to this. And any identification information that can uniquely identify a player (for example, a member ID issued by an amusement shop, a telephone number, an e-mail address, a manufacturing number of the mobile phone 80, etc.) should be used. Can do.

  For example, when a member or temporary member is registered, the member ID is stored in the IC chip 81 in the mobile phone 80, and when using the storage ball, the member card processor 70 reads the member card and the member ID of the mobile phone 80 and reads the member ID. The member ID is transmitted to the member management T / C 10. At this time, the member ID read from the member card or the member ID read from the mobile phone 80 can be distinguished. To do. In the member management T / C 10, as in the above-described embodiment, once the mobile phone 80 is used, the mobile phone 80 is used only when the mobile phone 80 is used after that. In view of this, the use of savings balls through membership cards is prohibited.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko game has been described. However, the present invention can be applied to a case where a pachislot game is further included or only a pachislot game is used. it can.

  As described above, the member management system and the member management method according to the present invention can be used when a mobile terminal other than the member recording medium is used in combination as a member specifying medium, and different value upper limit values are recognized respectively. It is suitable for a member management system and a member management method that can prevent a customer from making a complaint about a cash balance.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of the member management system which concerns on a present Example. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of member management T / C shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in a member management table. It is a figure which shows the control sequence between member management T / C regarding the member registration process which concerns on a present Example, and a member registration reception terminal. It is a figure which shows the control sequence between member management T / C, the card issue machine, and debit terminal regarding the value-adding process using the debit payment which concerns on a present Example. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the payment decision | availability determination process shown to step S208 of FIG. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the process sequence required in order that CR unit may perform the subtraction request | requirement of a cash balance to member management T / C. It is a flowchart which shows the subtraction process of the cash balance by the value management part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the modification of the information memorize | stored in a member management table.

Explanation of symbols

10 Member management T / C
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Input part 12 Output part 13 IF part 14 Memory | storage part 14a Member management table 15 Control part 15a Member registration process part 15b Savings ball management part 15c Value management part 15d Settlement acceptability judgment part 20 Island controller 30 CR unit (card processing unit)
40 Pachinko machine 50 Member registration reception terminal 60 Counter 70 Member card processing machine 80 Card issuing machine 90 Debit terminal 100 Mobile phone 110 IC chip 200 Debit information processing center 210 CAFIS network 220 Debit card issuing bank 230 Merchant bank

Claims (5)

Managing the member recording medium issued by the game store and the portable terminal possessed by the player with the same member identification information, managing the valuable value possessed by the player in association with the member identification information, A member management system having a management device for providing a valuable value update service through the member identification medium of either the member recording medium or the mobile terminal,
The management device
When a plurality of member identification media of different types are associated with the same member identification information, the game storage medium is stored in common regardless of the type of the member identification medium. for each type, and that SL憶means be stored in association with valuable resource assigned value through the member specific medium,
When receiving the update request of the negotiable value through the member specific medium, negotiable value updating processing to negotiable value corresponding to the member a specific medium of the corresponding type of the negotiable value stored before crisis憶means A member management system comprising: an updating means. The negotiable value updating means, when said accepting the addition request of the valuable value through member specific medium, before the a value high a negotiable value to be stored in association with members particular medium of the relevant type by Kiki憶means The addition process of the valuable value accepted for the addition request is performed if the sum of the value of the valuable value accepted for the addition request does not exceed a predetermined upper limit value for each member specifying medium. Item 1. The member management system according to item 1. Non-cash payment terminals that perform non-cash payments
A desired payment amount notification means for notifying the management device of a desired payment amount for which the player desires non-cash payment;
The management device
The sum of the previous Kiki and value height negotiable value to be stored in association with members specific medium as a value with destination after the non-cash payments by憶means, settlement desired amount notified by the payment desired amount notification means The member management according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a settlement possibility determination unit that determines whether or not the non-cash settlement is possible depending on whether a value exceeds a predetermined upper limit value for each member identification medium. system. Before Kiki憶means, the member for each specific medium, claim, characterized in that to distinguish and store the valuable resource assigned value by cash settlement negotiable value and non-cash payments which attached value by 1, 2 Or the member management system of 3. Managing the member recording medium issued by the game store and the portable terminal possessed by the player with the same member identification information, managing the valuable value possessed by the player in association with the member identification information, A member management method for use in a member management system having a management device that provides a value update service through a member identification medium of either the member recording medium or the portable terminal,
When the management device associates a plurality of member identification media of different types with the same member identification information, the storage medium is stored in the storage means in common regardless of the type of the member identification media. as well as, for each type of the member specified medium, and store process that stores in the storage means in association with each other valuable resource assigned value through the member specific medium,
When receiving the update request of the negotiable value through the member specific medium, negotiable value updating processing to negotiable value corresponding to the member a specific medium of the corresponding type of the negotiable value stored before crisis憶means A member management method characterized by including an update process.

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