JP5868097B2 - Amusement system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for a game hall for executing an advertisement for a property to be advertised, which is a general store or a product different from the game hall, in a game hall where a plurality of gaming machines are installed.

  An information display device for displaying game information such as a game history so far is provided for each game machine in a game hall such as a pachinko store where a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a pachislot machine is installed. Patent Document 1 describes that an information display device executes an advertisement for a general store different from a game hall. Thereby, it becomes possible to obtain an advertising effect.

JP 2003-190578 A

However, even if the advertisement is executed, if the advertisement is executed for each of the general stores having a large number of stores, the advertisement execution time per general store is reduced. In this case, there is a possibility that the advertising effect cannot be obtained sufficiently. Note that this problem is not limited to the promotion of general stores, but applies if some kind of promotion is performed at a game hall.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to suppress the occurrence of advertisements whose execution time or number of executions is extremely small even when the number of properties to be advertised increases. An object of the present invention is to provide a game system that can be used.

The present invention is a game hall system for executing an advertisement of a property to be advertised which is a general store or a product different from the game hall in a game hall where a plurality of gaming machines are installed,
The advertisement information storage means for storing the advertisement information for executing the advertisement corresponding to the plurality of properties to be advertised, and the continuous advertisement for executing the advertisement of the plurality of properties to be advertised in a predetermined order are repeated. Promotion execution means to be executed, advertisement target property determination means for determining the plurality of advertisement target properties included in one continuous promotion as a target property selected by a store by a store selection operation, and execution of the continuous advertisement Continuous execution time specifying means for specifying the continuous execution time required for, and abnormality notification means for performing abnormality notification when the continuous execution time is longer than a predetermined time , the abnormality notification means When the abnormality notification is executed, while maintaining a state in which an administrator can select the plurality of properties to be advertised included in one continuous advertisement, the abnormality notification is selected. It is intended to display a message prompting the deletion part of heat the object being (claim 1).

  When repeatedly executing advertisements, if one cycle becomes too long, the number of advertisement executions per one advertisement target property will decrease, and there will be a problem that the advertisement effect for one advertisement target property cannot be obtained sufficiently. To do. In this regard, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since one cycle can be prevented from being longer than the predetermined time, the occurrence of the above-described problem can be suppressed.

Schematic which shows the whole structure of the system for game centers in one Embodiment of this invention. Front view of information display device A diagram showing an example of an advertisement broadcast on an advertisement channel Block diagram showing configuration of external server The figure which shows the store selection screen for the advertisement by the external server Figure showing the abnormality notification screen Flow chart showing cycle advertisement order determination processing by external server Flow chart showing the advertisement count processing by the external server The flowchart which shows the advertising object store determination processing by an external server

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall configuration of a game system. A rental machine 2 is installed corresponding to the gaming machine 1 in the game hall, and a management device 3 is installed in the management room. The relay device 4 is connected to two gaming machines 1, two lending machines 2 and a management device 3 via a LAN 5. The management device 3 manages the game information of the gaming machine 1 by receiving the gaming signal transmitted from the gaming machine side (the gaming machine 1, the lending machine 2, etc.) via the relay device 4, and various kinds of information are displayed on the display 3a. Data can be displayed. Outside the amusement hall, a third party management external server 100 (hereinafter referred to as “external server”) installed by a third party organization is installed. The third-party organization is a higher-level organization that supervises the system, and provides an advertisement video (corresponding to advertisement information) of a general store, which will be described later, to the game hall. Although omitted in FIG. 1, several hundred gaming machines 1 are actually managed by the management device 3.

The gaming machine 1 performs a jackpot lottery in accordance with the winning at the start port 6, and executes a symbol variation based on a so-called special symbol (special symbol) on the liquid crystal display unit 7 based on the lottery result. generate. The upper limit of the so-called holding balls is four each, and if the start winning is made during the holding, the upper limit is held, and after the symbol change is finished, the held symbol variation is sequentially executed.
The winning probability (probability of jackpot) of the jackpot lottery is 1/300. Among the jackpots, the ratio of jackpots that become probabilistic (probable) after the jackpot is 66.6% (2/3). The special winning opening 8 is opened according to the number of rounds (R). In addition, the upper limit winning number (upper limit number) of 1R is 8 and the upper limit opening time is 30 seconds. If either the upper limit number or the upper limit opening time is satisfied (when the end condition is satisfied), 1R Exit.
During the probability change, the jackpot probability is improved to 1/30 and the winning time rate to the start port 6 is improved. Since the probability change continues until the next big hit, it continues until the big hit (ordinary big hit) that becomes the normal state (normal) after the big hit occurs, and when the normal big hit occurs, it returns to the normal state.

The gaming machine 1 outputs the following game signals.
Out signal = a signal that can specify the number of used media (out) output from an out BOX for collecting used balls. Since one pulse is output for 10 recovered (used and driven) balls, “the number of out signals × 10” is specified as out. A signal output from the gaming machine 1 may be used.
Safe signal = a signal that can specify the number of payout media (safe) output from the gaming machine 1. Since 1 pulse is output for 10 payout balls, “safe signal number × 10” is specified as safe. The supply signal output from the supply device may be a safe signal.
Start winning signal = a signal that can specify the number of winnings to the starting port 6 output from the gaming machine 1. Since one pulse is output for each winning prize at the start port 6, “start winning signal number × 1” is specified as the starting winning quantity.
-Jackpot signal = a signal that can specify the jackpot period output from the gaming machine 1. Since it is a status signal that is output at a level during the jackpot, it is determined that the jackpot signal is being received as a jackpot.
Probability change signal = a signal that can specify a special state (Akanaka) output from the gaming machine 1. Since it is a state signal (probability change signal) that is output in a special state, which is a state where it is easier to generate a big hit such as during a probability change where the jackpot probability is improved than in the normal state, the special state signal being received is identified as being in the special state. Further, a period in which neither the jackpot signal nor the probability variation signal is received is specified as the normal state.
-Symbol variation signal = a signal that can specify that the symbol has changed. Since one pulse is output at the start of symbol variation or at the end of variation, “design variation signal number × 1” is specified as the number of start times.

  The lending machine 2 pays out the balls from the payout opening 10 to the tray 11 of the gaming machine 1 based on the specified value, with the coin inserted in the coin insertion slot 9, and relays a sales signal along with the payout. Transmit to device 4. The touch panel type information display device 12 of the lending machine 2 can display lending information and various game information related to the corresponding gaming machine 1.

  FIG. 2 shows the front of the information display device 12. The information display device 12 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM (not shown), and a display unit 13 (corresponding to advertisement execution means), a plurality of operation buttons 14 and a call button 15 are provided on the front surface. FIG. 2 shows a state where the main menu is displayed.

  An advertisement channel is set in the information display device 12, and an advertisement of a general store (hereinafter referred to as “advertisement target store”, which corresponds to an advertisement target property) contracted with a game arcade is broadcast all day. This advertising channel is broadcasted by the player operating the operation button 14 and functions as a screen saver by automatically switching to the advertising channel if the main menu display state continues for 10 minutes without operation. It is supposed to be. In this screen saver, event information of the amusement hall and the advertisement of the target store are broadcast alternately. Since the information display device 12 is a liquid crystal display, a protection function as an original screen saver such as a cathode ray tube is not necessary, but it is described as a screen saver because it performs the same operation as a screen saver. It should be noted that at the timing of switching to the advertisement channel (screen saver), the advertisement may be in progress. In addition, the execution of the advertisement may end in the middle of the execution of the advertisement by the player's operation.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of an advertisement broadcast on an advertisement channel. On the information display device 12, a message “A drink for one cup of service! Therefore, the player can recognize that he / she can receive the service of one drink if he / she goes to the displayed advertising target store and says “I saw the CM”.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the external server 100. The external server 100 includes a CPU 100a (equivalent to an advertisement target property determining unit, a continuous execution time specifying unit, an abnormality notifying unit, an operation status specifying unit, an operating time specifying unit), a ROM 100b, a RAM 100c, and an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 100d (advertising information). Equivalent to a storage means) and connected to a display 101 and a keyboard 102. The HDD 100d stores an advertisement video edited so that the promotion of the advertisement target store corresponding to the amusement hall takes the required time, and the advertisement video is downloaded in advance from the external server 100 to the information display device 12. Remembered. Accordingly, the player sees the advertisement broadcast as an advertisement channel or a screen saver by the information display device 12, and thus recognizes the latest advertisement target store.

The external server 100 executes a cycle advertisement order determination process in order to create an advertisement video. In this cycle advertisement order determination process, a setting is made to repeatedly execute continuous advertisements executed in a predetermined order by selecting and deleting stores.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the cycle advertisement order determination processing by the external server 100. The external server 100 determines whether there has been an order selection start operation (A1). If there is a start operation (A1: YES), whether there has been a store selection operation for cycle advertisement (A2), or cycle advertisement. It is determined whether there has been a store deletion operation (A4). When there is a cycle advertisement store selection operation (A2: YES), the selected store is set as a store for promotion (A3), and when there is a cycle advertisement store deletion operation (A4: YES), After the selected store is deleted from the store to be advertised (A5), the advertisement execution time is calculated (A6), and it is determined whether there has been an order selection end operation (A7).

FIG. 5 shows an advertisement target store selection screen by the external server 100. A registered store display area 101a for displaying a registered store is provided in the right half of the display 101, and an advertisement target store display area 101b for displaying the selected advertisement target store is provided in the left half. In the registered store display area 101a, the store name and the advertisement time of the store are displayed corresponding to the 5 × 5 cells. In the store to be advertised, the selected store name and its time are displayed corresponding to the numbers 1 to 10. On the lower side of the display 101, a number indicating the store being displayed and a message 101c indicating the number of stores being determined are displayed. A “target store next page display” button 101d, a “registered store next page display” button 101e, and a “registration end” button 101f are displayed, and a total time display area 101g for displaying the total time of the current advertising time. Is provided.
In the example shown in FIG. 5, 18 stores are registered as stores to be advertised, and the 1st to 10th stores among them are displayed, and the total time for the promotion of these 18 stores is 305 seconds. Show.

  In order to register the registered store displayed in the registered store display area 101a in the promotion target store display area 101b, it is performed by dragging to the promotion target store display area 101b while touching and selecting the registered store targeted for promotion. . In order to delete the registered promotion target store, it is performed by dragging to the registered store display area 101a while touching and selecting the store to be deleted displayed in the promotion target store display area 101b.

  When the external server 100 determines that there has been an order selection end operation by operating the “registration end” button 101f (A7: YES), the total time obtained by adding the advertising time of the store determined as the advertising target It is determined whether (corresponding to the continuous execution time) is within a predetermined time. If it is within the predetermined time (A8: YES), the cycle advertisement order determination process is terminated. On the other hand, if the total time is longer than the predetermined time (A8: NO), an error is notified (A9), and the state where the store can be selected is maintained by moving to step A2. This predetermined time is a time set at a predetermined ratio with respect to the maximum duration (high operating time) at which the operating rate of the entire game arcade is equal to or higher than a predetermined value. For example, the high operating time 5 at which the operating rate is 50% or higher. One minute is defined as a predetermined time. That is, if the high operation time is 1 hour, the predetermined time is 12 minutes. By determining (calculating) the predetermined time so as to be within the high operation time, at least 1 within the high operation time. The times can advertise the target store.

  FIG. 6 shows an abnormality notification screen. In this abnormality notification screen, the total time display portion 101g is displayed by blinking, reverse display, or by changing the display color, for example, and the message “Time is too long. Please delete some.” 101h is displayed. As a result, the manager deletes a part of the stores registered in the advertising target store so that the total time is within the predetermined time, so that the advertising time can be reliably set within the predetermined time. it can.

  Now, it is rare that the promotion of one advertising target store starts from the beginning at the timing when the player switches to the advertising channel or the screen saver, and it starts in the middle of advertising the one advertising target store. It is common. Similarly, when the normal display is restored from the advertising channel or the screen saver, it usually ends in the middle of one advertising target store. For this reason, the number of times the advertisement is executed (the number of times the advertisement of one advertisement target store has been executed from the beginning to the end) differs for each advertisement target store, resulting in a difference in the advertisement effect of the advertisement target store.

In order to solve such a problem, the external server 100 executes an advertisement count process.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the advertisement count processing by the external server 100. The external server 100 determines whether or not the advertising display of one store (one advertising target store) has been completed from the beginning to the end (B1). 1 is added to the number of times the advertisement is executed (B2). That is, the number of times of advertisement execution indicates the number of times that a series of flows from the start to the end of the advertisement for one advertisement target store is displayed.

  Next, the number of times of executing advertisements in each store is compared (B3), and after specifying the number of the advertisement execution stores having a small number of advertisement executions (special promotion target properties) and the number of shortages thereof (B4), they are stored. The information on the shortage stores and the number of shortages is updated (B5). In other words, for example, in the case of a promotion target store that was in the middle of promotion when switching to a promotion channel, even if the promotion ends, the number of executions is not counted, so the number of advertisements of such a promotion target store is insufficient. It will be. As a method for the external server 100 to specify that a series of flows from the start to the end of such advertisement is displayed, the external server 100 always manages the access state of the information display device 12 to the advertisement channel. Can be specified. If a series of flows from the start to the end of the advertisement is displayed, the information display device 12 may output a signal indicating the advertisement target store that is lacking in the external server 100.

The external server 100 executes a promotion target store determination process that determines the next promotion content to be executed at the timing when the execution of the promotion ends.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the advertisement store determination process by the external server 100. The external server 100 determines the main store (ordinary advertisement target property) to be advertised mainly this time (C1). In this case, the store determination method is to determine the store to be advertised selected from the registered stores by the administrator. Specifically, the promotion is executed in the order determined in the cycle advertisement order determination process described above. To determine the main store.
Next, it is determined whether there is a shortage store where the number of times of advertisement execution is different from other stores in a store different from the main store (C2), and if there is no shortage store (C2: NO), for all information display devices 12 To set an advertisement for the main store (C3).

  On the other hand, when there is a shortage store different from the main store (C2: YES), it is determined whether the shortage number is 10 times or more (C4). If the shortage is less than 10 (C4: NO), the information display device 12 corresponding to the new stand for the shortage (the last game machine type. Second game machine) is advertised to the shortage store. Setting (special decision processing) is performed (C7). On the other hand, when the number of shortages is 10 times or more (C4: YES), advertisement of the shortage stores is set (special determination process) for the 10 information display devices 12 corresponding to the new stands (C5). That is, the maximum number of information display devices 12 is compensated for the insufficient number of times. At that time, the information display device 12 is compensated only once, so the shortage number is less than 10 times. In this case, the information display devices 12 for the insufficient number of times are obtained. On the other hand, when the number of shortages is 10 times or more, 10 information display devices 12 make up for it. In this way, when the advertisement is compensated, the contents of the advertisement are changed from the advertisement of the main store to the advertisement of the insufficient store for the amount to be compensated. In addition, whether it is a new machine or a machine (first game machine) installed in front of the new machine is set in the management device 3 in advance.

Then, the advertisement of the main store is set for the remaining information display device 12 (C6).
As described above, in this embodiment, when there is a shortage in the number of advertisements, a maximum of 10 shortages are compensated for by one advertising target store process. It is added as the number of times the advertisement has been executed in the advertisement count process. Even in this case, when the shortage number still remains, the advertising target store is determined so as to compensate for the shortage number in the advertising target store determination process after the next time.

When the external server 100 finishes the advertisement target store determination process as described above, the external server 100 outputs a signal for specifying which advertisement is executed to each information display device 12. Then, the information display device 12 accesses the server and refers to the data on the server, and repeatedly executes the synchronized advertisement with the other information display device 12 (synchronized advertisement).
As a result of changing the advertising content of the information display device 12 as described above, if the advertising time of the set main store is different, the next advertising is started at the same time when the advertising of the longer main store is completed. Execute synchronous advertising.
In addition, as a new stand for advertising a shortage store, not only the information display apparatus 12 corresponding to the model of the gaming machine introduced last but also the gaming machine introduced from the last to a predetermined number may be a new stand.

According to such an embodiment, the following effects can be produced.
The external server 100 adds the advertising time of the advertising target stores that are continuously advertised at one time, and when the total time becomes longer than the high operation time, the total time display unit 101g can be identified to notify the error. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a problem that the number of times of advertisement in the advertisement target store decreases due to the length of one advertisement time.

(Other embodiments)
The advertisement execution means is not limited to the information display device 12, but may be a call lamp display unit or a liquid crystal display unit of a gaming machine, or a large screen provided in a game arcade. .
The advertisement execution means is not limited to the one capable of displaying game information, and a dedicated device may be provided.
As an advertising object, it is good also considering goods, not a general store. In this case, the product is a concept including not only the provision of goods but also provision of services (for example, massage, haircut, etc.).

Instead of storing the data for executing the advertisement in the external server 100, the data may be stored in the information display device 12 or the management device 3.
Instead of the external server 100, the information display device 12 or the management device 3 may execute each process.
In the cycle advertisement order determination process, the error notification time may not be 1/5 of the high operation time. For example, the configuration may be the same as the high operation time or may be a half of the high operation time.

It is not necessary to specify the high operating time in the entire game hall, and it may be specified from a predetermined operating rate of the gaming machine. For example, the high operation time may be specified from the operation rate when viewed with a predetermined type of gaming machine.
The high operating time may be specified from the number of operating gaming machines without calculating the operating rate itself.
The advertising time for each advertising target store may be uniform.

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 12 is an information display device (advertisement executing means), 100 is an external server (advertisement target property determining means, continuous execution time specifying means, abnormality notification means, operating status specifying means, operating time specifying means, Advertising information storage means).

Claims (1)

A game hall system for executing a promotion of a property to be advertised, which is a general store or product different from the game hall, in a game hall where a plurality of gaming machines are installed,
Promotion information storage means for storing the advertisement information for executing the advertisement in correspondence with the plurality of properties to be advertised,
Advertisement executing means for repeatedly executing continuous advertisement for executing a plurality of advertisements for the advertisement in a predetermined order;
An advertisement target property determining means for determining the plurality of advertisement target properties included in one continuous advertisement as an advertisement target property selected by a store selection operation ;
Continuous execution time specifying means for specifying continuous execution time required for execution of the continuous advertisement;
Abnormality notification means for performing abnormality notification when the continuous execution time is longer than a predetermined time;
Equipped with a,
When the abnormality notification means performs the abnormality notification, an administrator can select the plurality of advertisement target properties included in one continuous advertisement, and the selected advertisement target property as the abnormality notification. A game system that displays a message that prompts the user to delete a part of the game.

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