JP6447037B2 - Free gift exchange reception device, stand machine and free gift exchange reception system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a prize exchange receiving device, a pedestal machine, and a prize exchange receiving system.

Patent Document 1 discloses a wagon service providing system that enables exchange of stored balls when the number of stored balls corresponding to the value of the prize indicated by the exchanged prize information is smaller than the number of stored balls indicated by the stored ball information.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-298435

  In the exchange of prizes using game media such as a wagon service provided at an amusement store or the like, it is desired to improve convenience.

  The prize exchange receiving device according to one aspect of the present invention, when receiving a prize exchange request based on count data indicating the number of game media, from the requester, as count data used for prize exchange, A reception unit that accepts an instruction regarding whether to use count data indicating a number or to use count data indicating the number of game media of a party belonging to the same group as the requester, and using the count data of the party When instructed, the inquiry unit inquires the authentication device whether the requester can use the count data of the related party, and if the authentication device permits the use of the count data of the related party, the count data of the related party is used. And an exchange permission unit for permitting exchange of prizes.

  The premium exchange receiving apparatus further includes a related party information acquiring unit that acquires related party information indicating whether or not each of at least one related party is present at a predetermined position, and the receiving unit is configured in advance. The requester may be notified of the party whose party information is indicated to exist at the specified position.

  In the prize exchange receiving device, the party information acquisition unit may acquire party information indicating whether or not each of at least one party is playing a game.

  The prize exchange accepting apparatus further includes a first game medium information obtaining unit that obtains game medium information including count data indicating the number of respective game media of at least one participant, and the accepting unit includes a prize The requester may be notified of the parties involved in the counting data indicating the number of game media more than the number required for the exchange.

  In the prize exchange accepting apparatus, the first game medium information acquiring unit obtains game medium information further including count data indicating the number of the requester's game media, and the prize exchange accepting apparatus requests the prize exchange requester. When receiving a prize from the requester, at least one prize of at least one of the related parties is notified to the requester of at least one prize that can be exchanged with a number equal to or less than the number of game media indicated in the count data. The information processing apparatus may further include a notification unit and a prize selection unit that causes the requester to select a prize to be exchanged from among at least one prize notified by the prize notification unit.

  When receiving the prize exchange request from the requester, the prize exchange accepting apparatus determines whether the requester's count data or the related party's count data is used as the count data used for the prize exchange. You may further provide the 1st display control part which displays the selection screen for making it select on a 1st display part.

  In the prize exchange accepting apparatus, the game media owned by the requester and the related parties are stored game media that are game media stored in the game media management organization.

  The interstage machine according to an aspect of the present invention includes the premium exchange accepting apparatus.

  A prize exchange acceptance system according to an aspect of the present invention includes a prize exchange acceptance apparatus, an inquiry acceptance unit that accepts an inquiry as to whether or not a requester can use count data of a related party from an inquiry unit, and an inquiry And an authentication device having an authentication unit for authenticating whether or not the requester may use the count data of the parties concerned.

  The gift exchange reception system is an inquiry request reception unit that receives an inquiry request from the authentication unit to the related person, and inquires the related person whether or not to allow the requester to use the count data of the related person in response to the inquiry request. It further includes a query processing device having a permission query unit that provides a query result to the authentication unit, and the authentication unit determines whether or not to allow the requester to use the count data of the parties based on the query result from the permission query unit. May be authenticated.

In the above prize exchange reception system, the inquiry reception part makes an inquiry as to whether or not the number of game media indicated in the count data of the parties concerned can be reduced by the number required for the prize exchange from the requester. Provide the inquiry request reception unit with information indicating the number of game media required for the prize exchange,
The inquiry processing device further includes a second game medium information acquisition unit that acquires game medium information including count data indicating the number of game media of related parties, and the inquiry request reception unit includes the number of game media required for prize exchange. When the number of game media indicated in the count data of the related party is equal to or greater than the number of game media required for the prize exchange, the permission inquiry unit receives the information indicating the game media indicated in the count data of the related party. It is possible to inquire the concerned person whether or not the number can be reduced by the number required for the prize exchange from the requester.

  In the prize exchange receiving system, the inquiry processing device sends an answer indicating that the permission inquiry unit may reduce the number of game media indicated in the count data of the parties by the number required for the prize exchange from the requester. The processing instruction unit for instructing the processing to reduce the number of game media indicated in the count data of the persons concerned by the number required for prize exchange, and the permission inquiry unit is responsive to the instruction from the processing instruction unit In response to the completion of the process, an inquiry result indicating that the requester is permitted to use the count data of the related parties may be provided to the authentication unit.

  In the prize exchange receiving system, the inquiry processing device displays an inquiry screen for inquiring the related party whether or not the requesting party is permitted to use the count data of the related party in response to the inquiry request on the second display unit. You may further have a 2nd display control part.

  In the prize exchange acceptance system, each of the plurality of inter-vehicle machines may include a prize exchange acceptance apparatus and an inquiry processing apparatus.

  The summary of the invention does not enumerate all the features of the present invention. In addition, a sub-combination of these feature groups can also be an invention.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system block diagram of the game media management system which concerns on this embodiment. It is an example of the external appearance perspective view of a platform machine. It is a figure which shows an example of the external view of a POS terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the external view of a card reader. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of a game media management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the game media information stored in a game media information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of a face authentication apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the table which shows the information regarding the member stored in a member information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of a machine between machines. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of a display terminal. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence in the interrogator of the requester who requests | requires prize exchange. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a requester's intermediary machine during the process of prize exchange. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a requester's intermediary machine during the process of prize exchange. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a requester's intermediary machine during the process of prize exchange. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a requester's intermediary machine during the process of prize exchange. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a requester's intermediary machine during the process of prize exchange. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence which a face authentication apparatus performs according to the request | requirement of the party information from a party information acquisition part. An example of a processing procedure in which the game medium management apparatus provides game medium information indicating the number of stored game media owned by the requester and related parties to the requester's intermediary machine in response to a request from the first game medium information acquisition unit. It is a flowchart which shows. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a process sequence when the requester's pedestrian machine inquires of the face authentication device whether or not the person concerned's game media may be used. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on the display part of the intermediary machine of the related person who received the inquiry request. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on the display part of the intermediary machine of the related person who received the inquiry request. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence of the prize exchange service in a display terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a display terminal during the process of free gift exchange service. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a display terminal during the process of free gift exchange service. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a display terminal during the process of free gift exchange service.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. In addition, not all the combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential for the solving means of the invention.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration diagram of a game medium management system according to the present embodiment. The game medium management system includes a table machine 100A, a table machine 100B, a table machine 100C, a table machine 100D, a game medium management device 200, a terminal control device 300, a radio base station 310, a face authentication device 320, and a table management device. 330, a plurality of display terminals 400, a POS terminal 420, a card reader 430, and a game media management institution 500. The machine 100A, the machine 100B, the machine 100C, and the machine 100D may be collectively referred to as the machine 100.

  The pedestal machine 100 is attached to the gaming machine. A gaming machine is a device that a player plays, such as a pachinko machine or a pachislot machine. The pedestal machine 100 accepts the frequency, amount, etc. designated by the player with a valuable value recording medium such as a membership card or prepaid card, or cash, etc., when the player plays with a gaming machine. It is a medium lending machine that lends game media such as balls or medals according to the number of games.

  The intermediary machine 100 supplies information on the number of rented game media to the game media management device 200. The pedestal machine 100 accepts a prize exchange request for exchanging game media for prizes and information relating to prize exchange from a player. The intermediary machine 100 instructs the terminal control device 300 to notify the clerk of the amusement shop that is the prize provider via the display terminal 400 of the prize exchange request. The clerk refers to the information related to the prize exchange displayed on the display terminal 400 and provides the prize to the player who requested the prize exchange.

  Here, the prize is a so-called general prize and is an article having a monetary value corresponding to the number of game media acquired by the player through the game. The prize that can be exchanged with the game medium via the inter-bed machine 100 may be, for example, at least one of a food / beverage product, a luxury product, and an entertainment product that can be provided by the wagon service.

  Among the game media owned by the player, there are game media such as stored balls and stored medals, and game media such as held balls and held medals. The stored game medium is, for example, a game medium deposited in a game medium management institution 500 that operates the game medium in accordance with a third-party savings guarantee management system. The game media management organization 500 may be an organization independent of the game store. The held game medium is, for example, a game medium that is not entrusted to the game medium management organization 500. The portable game medium may be a game medium that can be used within a predetermined period such as one day. Further, the stored game medium may be a game medium that can be used after a predetermined period. Further, the organization or the like where the stored game media is deposited may be other than the game media management organization 500.

  Normally, a player can virtually exchange prizes according to the number of game media that he / she virtually owns and can freely use, and according to the number of game media virtually owned by a person other than himself / herself. You cannot exchange gifts. However, if the prize can be exchanged according to the number of game media of a specific other player such as a player's family, the convenience of the player is improved.

  Therefore, the inter-machine 100 according to the present embodiment is a family that is virtually associated with the player in addition to the count data indicating the number of game media that the player virtually owns and can freely use. In other words, a prize can be exchanged using count data indicating the number of game media that are virtually owned by the parties in the same group, and that cannot be freely used by anyone other than the parties in principle. The counter machine 100 provides the requester, who is a player who has requested a prize exchange, as count data indicating the number of game media used for prize exchange, or count data indicating the number of game media of the requester, or the requester. And counting data indicating the number of game media of related parties belonging to the same group.

  The parties that can be selected may be limited to those who are currently playing players. As a result, for example, the inter-machine 100A corresponding to the gaming machine in which the requester is playing corresponds to the gaming machine in which the party is playing when the count data indicating the number of gaming media of the party is selected. It is possible to inquire whether or not the requester can use the count data indicating the number of game media of the parties concerned via the inter-station machine 100B. Then, only when the related person replies that the related party may use it, the related party's intermediary machine 100B uses the count data indicating the number of the related party's game media to perform the payment process of the prize exchange for the requester. The result may be notified to the requester's platform 100A. In this way, as the count data used for prize exchange, in addition to the count data indicating the number of own game media, the count data indicating the number of related game media belonging to the same group as itself can be used. It is possible to improve the convenience of exchanging premiums using the count data.

  The game medium management device 200 manages information on the number of rented game media together with information such as the received cash, the remaining number of membership cards or prepaid cards. The game medium management device 200 has, for each player, the number of stored game media that are stored in the game medium management organization 500 and the game media that are game media that are not stored in the game media management organization 500. Count data indicating the number of It should be noted that the count data indicating the number of related game media that can be used for prize exchange may be limited to only count data indicating the number of stored game media that are stored in the game media management institution 500. .

  The game media management device 200 periodically provides the game media management organization 500 with the number of game media stored for each player. For example, after the game store is closed, the game medium management device 200 provides the game medium management organization 500 with the number of stored game media for each player managed by the game store. The game media management institution 500 provides the game media management device 200 with the number of stored game media for each player managed by the game store, for example, before the game store is opened.

  The terminal control device 300 provides information via the wireless base station 310 to the display terminal 400 held by the store clerk of the amusement store in response to an instruction from the intermediary machine 100. The radio base station 310 is a so-called access point, and communicates with the display terminal 400 via radio. The display terminal 400 notifies the store clerk that, for example, a player has requested a prize exchange. The display terminal 400 notifies the store clerk of information related to prize exchange.

  The face authentication device 320 performs player face authentication. The face authentication device 320 is an example of an authentication device. The face authentication device 320, for example, based on a comparison between a face image of a player sitting at a gaming machine and a face image associated in advance with the membership number of the membership card used by the player. Authenticates that is a person registered on the membership card. The face authentication device 320 periodically obtains the player's face image, and compares the past face image with the current face image to periodically determine whether or not the player has left the seat. Also good.

  The stand management device 330 manages the operating status of the gaming machine associated with the inter-bed machine 100. For example, the table management device 330 counts the number of winning game media from a counter that counts the number of gaming media (such as safe balls) won by a gaming machine and the number of gaming media (such as out balls) that did not win, And information indicating the number of game media that have not won a prize. The table management device 330 may determine whether the gaming machine is operating or not based on the change in the number of game media won or the number of game media that have not won. That is, the base management device 330 may determine whether the player is playing a game or not based on a change in the number of game media won or the number of game media not won. The face authentication device 320 periodically obtains operation information indicating whether or not the gaming machine is in operation from the table management device 330, and associates the operation information regarding the gaming machine in which the player exists in association with the face image of the player. May be managed.

  The POS terminal 420 is a point-of-sale information management device, and is provided on a customer service stand in a game store. The POS terminal 420 includes a reading unit that reads the requester's membership card. The store clerk receives the member card from the requester requesting the gift exchange at the customer service stand, and causes the reading unit to read the member card. The POS terminal 420 uses the read membership number as a key to acquire count data indicating the number of game media stored and game media of the requester from the game media management device 200. The POS terminal 420 instructs the game medium management device 200 to perform payment processing of the requester's game media or portable game media according to the number of game media required for prize exchange. Card reader 430 is connected to POS terminal 420. Card reader 430 includes a reader that reads the requester's membership card. The card reader 430 may be used when the requester himself / herself causes the card reader 430 to read the information of the member card. Information such as the requester's membership number read by the card reader 430 is provided to the POS terminal 420.

  FIG. 2 is an example of an external perspective view of the inter-station machine 100. The inter-station machine 100 includes a card insertion unit 102, a display unit 106, and an imaging unit 130. The card insertion part 102 is an insertion slot into which a member card or a prepaid card owned by a player is inserted. The display unit 106 displays information to be provided to the player. The display unit 106 includes a touch panel type liquid crystal panel that receives instructions from the player. The display unit 106 displays information related to prize exchange such as a wagon service, for example. The display unit 106 receives a request for prize exchange such as a wagon service from a player. The image capturing unit 130 captures an image including the face of a player sitting on a gaming machine provided in the platform machine 100.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an external view of the POS terminal 420. The POS terminal 420 includes a touch panel liquid crystal panel 422 and a reading unit 424. The store clerk may perform various processes such as a prize exchange process via the liquid crystal panel 422. The reading unit 424 reads member information such as a member number stored in the member card.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an external view of the card reading device 430. The card reading device 430 includes a touch panel type liquid crystal panel 432 and a reading unit 434. The customer causes the reading unit 434 to read his / her membership card. The liquid crystal panel 432 may display member information such as the number of stored and stored game media of the customer. The liquid crystal panel 432 may accept an instruction from a customer such as selection of a prize.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the game medium management device 200. The game medium management device 200 includes a game medium information storage unit 202, a game medium information provision unit 204, and a game medium information update unit 206. The game medium information storage unit 202 stores game medium information including count data indicating the number of stored game media and the number of possessed game media for each player. The game medium information storage unit 202 may store game medium information including count data indicating the number of stored game media and the number of game media in association with the member number of the player. The game media information providing unit 204 provides the game machine information including the number of stored game media and the number of game media of the designated player to the machine 100 in response to a request from the machine 100. The game medium information providing unit 204 may provide the game medium management organization 500 with game medium information including count data indicating the number of stored game media for each player on a regular basis, for example, on a daily basis.

  The game media information update unit 206 is a count indicating the number of stored game media and the number of game media stored in the game media information storage unit 202 in response to a request from the inter-vehicle machine 100. Update game media information including data. The game medium information update unit 206 periodically plays a game based on game medium information including count data indicating the number of stored game media for each player provided from the game medium management organization 500, for example, on a daily basis. The number of stored game media for each player stored in the media information storage unit 202 may be updated.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of game medium information stored in the game medium information storage unit 202. The game medium information storage unit 202 stores a table in which the number of stored balls as game storage media and the number of possessed balls as game media are registered in association with the membership number.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the face authentication device 320. The face authentication device 320 is an example of an authentication device. The face authentication device 320 includes a member information storage unit 322, a face image acquisition unit 324, an authentication unit 326, and an inquiry reception unit 328. The member information storage unit 322 stores a face image and group information in association with each of a plurality of player IDs. The member information storage unit 322 may store each player's face image and group information in association with each of the plurality of player's membership numbers. The member information storage unit 322 may store a machine number corresponding to the gaming machine on which the player is playing. When the player information is stored in the member information storage unit 322 in association with the member number, the player indicates that the player is currently playing, that is, the gaming machine is in operation. The face authentication device 320 may update the machine number stored in the member information storage unit 322 in association with the member number based on the operation information of each gaming machine provided from the machine management device 330.

  The face image acquisition unit 324 receives an authentication request from the inter-station machine 100. The authentication request includes the face image of the player sitting in front of the gaming machine attached to the platform machine 100 captured by the imaging unit 130 of the platform machine 100, and the membership card inserted in the card insertion unit 102. The member number may include a machine number corresponding to the gaming machine used by the player.

  The authentication unit 326 compares the face image of the player sitting in front of the gaming machine with each of the plurality of face images stored in the member information storage unit 322. The authentication unit 326 determines whether the player is a member of the inserted membership card or another player based on the comparison result. When the player is a member of the inserted membership card, the authentication unit 326 stores the member number corresponding to the gaming machine used by the player in association with the member number of the player. Stored in the unit 322. If the authentication unit 326 determines that the player is a member of the inserted membership card, the authentication unit 326 provides an authentication result indicating that the authentication has been successful to the intermediary machine 100. If the authentication unit 326 determines that the player is not a member of the inserted membership card, the authentication unit 326 provides an authentication result indicating that the authentication has failed to the machine 100.

  The inquiry accepting unit 328 may use the counting data indicating the number of the storage mediums of the parties selected by the requester from the intermediary machine 100 used by the requester requesting the prize exchange. Accepts an inquiry about whether or not. In response to the inquiry, the authentication unit 326 authenticates whether or not the requester can use the count data indicating the number of the game media of the parties concerned. The authenticating unit 326 makes an inquiry request to the related person to the intermediary machine 100 corresponding to the gaming machine in which the related person is playing, and based on the inquiry result from the related person's interim machine 100, It may be authenticated whether or not the requester may use count data indicating the number of media. In the member information storage unit 322, whether or not to use count data indicating the number of game media of related parties in the same group may be registered in advance in association with each member number. In this case, the authentication unit 326 refers to the member information storage unit 322 without making an inquiry request to the intermediary machine 100 of the related party when it is registered in advance that the use of the game medium is permitted from the related party of the same group. Then, it may be authenticated whether the requester may use the count data indicating the number of the game media of the parties concerned.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table indicating information related to members stored in the member information storage unit 322. The member information storage unit 322 stores a table including a member number, a member's face image, group information for identifying a group to which the member belongs, and a machine number corresponding to the gaming machine in which the member is playing. If a numerical value is registered as the machine number in the machine number field, the authentication unit 326 determines that the member is playing a game. In addition, when the Null value is registered as the machine number, the authentication unit 326 determines that the member is not a game. Then, when a numerical value is registered as a machine number in the machine number field, the authentication unit 326 uses a gaming machine owned by a related person for the machine 100 corresponding to the machine number. Inquire about whether it is okay.

  FIG. 9 is an example of functional blocks of the inter-station machine 100. When the machine 100 is a machine corresponding to the gaming machine used by the requester, the machine 100 functions as a first machine. When the machine corresponding to the gaming machine used by the requester is the machine between the machines 100A, the machine between the machines 100A functions as the first machine. In addition, the inter-machine 100 functions as a second inter-machine when it is a inter-machine corresponding to the gaming machine used by the parties concerned. When the intermediary machine corresponding to the gaming machine used by the parties is the intermediary machine 100B, the intermediary machine 100B functions as a second intercommunicator.

  The pedestal machine 100 includes a card insertion unit 102, a card information acquisition unit 104, a display unit 106, a game processing unit 108, a prize exchange receiving unit 110, an imaging unit 130, an image processing unit 132, and an inquiry processing unit 140. The gift exchange acceptance unit 110 is an example of a gift exchange acceptance device. The inquiry processing unit 140 is an example of an inquiry processing device. The display unit 106 is an example of a first display unit and a second display unit.

  The card information acquisition unit 104 acquires card information such as a membership number stored in the card inserted in the card insertion unit 102. The card information acquisition unit 104 provides card information to the game medium management device 200, for example. The game medium management device 200 specifies information such as the number of game media and the number of game media of the member based on the member number indicated in the card information and provides the information to the machine 100. The game processing unit 108 executes a game process according to the player's game.

  The image processing unit 132 extracts a face image including a face from the image captured by the imaging unit 130. The image processing unit 132 may extract a face image including a face from the image by using a pattern such as an arrangement of parts constituting the face. The image processing unit 132 may derive a facial feature amount included in the face image. The feature amount may be any information that can identify an object such as a person, such as pixel value information of the image, or the distance or size of the face eyes, nose, mouth included in the image, skin color, hairstyle, etc. It may be information indicating the appearance feature of the numerical value. The image processing unit 132 provides the face image and the feature amount to the face authentication device 320. The face authentication device 320 performs the face authentication of the player using the face image and the feature amount provided from the image processing unit 132.

  The prize exchange receiving unit 110 receives a request for prize exchange from the requester via the display unit 106 when the machine 100 is a machine corresponding to the gaming machine in which the requester requesting prize exchange is playing. Corresponding to the received number, the count data indicating the number of the requester's game media is used as the game media used for the exchange of prizes, or the number of the related party game media belonging to the same group as the requester. The requester selects whether to use the counting data indicating

  The inquiry processing unit 140 uses the count data of the parties via the face authentication device 320 when the platform machine 100 is a platform machine corresponding to the gaming machine that the parties are playing. An inquiry request for inquiring to a related person about whether or not to do so is accepted.

  The prize exchange reception unit 110 includes a reception unit 112, an inquiry unit 114, an exchange permission unit 116, a first game medium information acquisition unit 118, a party information acquisition unit 120, a prize notification unit 122, a prize selection unit 124, and a first processing instruction. Unit 126, first display control unit 128, and display command unit 134.

  The first display control unit 128 controls the screen displayed on the display unit 106. The display unit 106 may be a touch panel type liquid crystal panel, for example. When the first display control unit 128 receives a request for a prize exchange from the requester, the first display control unit 128 requests whether to use the requester's count data or the related party's count data as the count data used for the prize exchange. A selection screen for the user to select is displayed on the display unit 106. When the accepting unit 112 receives a request for exchanging a free gift using the count data from the requester, the accepting unit 112 uses the count data of the requester as the count data used for the free gift exchange, or a party belonging to the same group as the requester. An instruction regarding whether to use the count data is received via the display unit 106.

  When instructed to use the related party's count data, the inquiry unit 114 inquires of the face authentication apparatus 320 whether the requester may use the related party's count data. The inquiry unit 114 may make an inquiry to the face authentication apparatus 320 as to whether or not the number of game media indicated in the count data of the parties concerned may be reduced by the number required for the prize exchange from the requester. Based on the authentication result from face authentication device 320, exchange permission unit 116 determines whether to permit the use of the count data of the parties concerned.

  The party information acquisition unit 120 provides the requester's membership number and face image to the face authentication apparatus 320, and each of at least one party corresponding to the requester from the face authentication apparatus 320 has a predetermined position. The related party information indicating whether or not it exists is acquired. The predetermined position corresponds to, for example, the position of the seat on which the player is sitting when playing with a gaming machine. When the related party is playing a game, the related party information acquisition unit 120 uses the machine number corresponding to the gaming machine on which the related party is playing as information indicating that the related party exists at a predetermined position. Acquire related party information. The related person information acquisition unit 120 acquires related person information that does not include a machine number as information indicating that a related person exists at a predetermined position when the related person is not playing a game.

  Based on the related party information, the receiving unit 112 determines whether or not each related party belonging to the same group as the requester exists at a predetermined position. The accepting unit 112 may notify the requester of the related party indicated in the related party information as being present at a predetermined position via the display unit 106. The accepting unit 112 may notify the requester of the related party indicated in the related party information that the game is being played through the display unit 106.

  The first game medium information acquisition unit 118 provides, for example, the requester's membership number acquired by the card information acquisition unit 104 and each membership number of at least one related party provided from the face authentication device 320, and requests The game medium management device 200 obtains game medium information including the number of game media stored by the user and the respective count data indicating the number of game media stored by at least one participant. Based on the game medium information, the accepting unit 112 may identify a party of count data indicating the number of stored game media that is equal to or greater than the number required for prize exchange among the parties involved in the game. The reception unit 112 may notify the requester of the related party of the count data indicating the number of stored game media more than the number required for the prize exchange among the related parties in the game via the display unit 106.

  When receiving a prize exchange request from the requester, the prize notifying unit 122 refers to a table in which, for example, a prize and the number of game media necessary for exchanging the prize are associated, the requester is requested based on the game medium information. And at least one prize that can be exchanged is identified by a number equal to or less than the number of game media indicated in the counting data of at least one of the at least one party. Then, the prize notification unit 122 notifies the requester of at least one specified prize via the display unit 106. The prize selection unit 124 causes the requester to select a prize to be exchanged from among at least one prize notified by the prize notification unit 122 via the display unit 106.

  When the exchange permission unit 116 selects the requester's count data as the count data used for the prize exchange, the number of game media required for the prize exchange is equal to or less than the number of game media indicated in the requester's count data. Determine if there is. When the number of game media required for prize exchange is equal to or less than the number of stored game media indicated in the requester's count data, the exchange permission unit 116 authorizes exchange of prizes by the requester.

  When the prize exchange using the requester's count data is permitted, the first processing instruction unit 126 reduces the number of game media indicated in the requester's count data by the number of game media necessary for the prize exchange. The game medium management device 200 is instructed to execute the process. In response to the instruction, the game medium management device 200 executes a payment process in which the number of game media indicated in the requester's count data is reduced by the number of game media necessary for the prize exchange, and the payment process is completed. This is notified to the exchange permission unit 116. When the exchange permission unit 116 receives a notification that the payment process is completed, the display command unit 134 transmits the order information to the terminal control device 300. The order information includes the membership number and face image of the requester's membership card, information about the selected prize, the number of prizes, a withdrawal method indicating whether the game medium to be withdrawn is a portable or stored game medium, and the game to be withdrawn. Information on the location of the requester such as the number of media and the machine number of the gaming machine in which the requester is playing may be included. The terminal control device 300 transmits the order information to the display terminal 400 corresponding to the store clerk who is in charge of gift exchange. The display terminal 400 displays the order information and notifies the store clerk that the order for the gift exchange has been accepted.

  The inquiry processing unit 140 includes an inquiry request receiving unit 142, a permission inquiry unit 144, a second processing instruction unit 146, a second game medium information acquisition unit 148, and a second display control unit 150. The second display control unit 150 controls the screen displayed on the display unit 106. The inquiry request receiving unit 142 receives an inquiry request from the authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320 for inquiring the related party whether or not the requesting party may use the count data of the related party. In response to the inquiry request, the second display control unit 150 causes the display unit 106 to display an inquiry screen for inquiring whether the requester is allowed to use the count data of the parties concerned. The permission inquiring unit 144 inquires the related party via the display unit 106 whether or not the requesting party is permitted to use the count data of the related party in response to the inquiry request, and the query result is an authentication unit of the face authentication device 320. 326.

  The second game medium information acquisition unit 148 acquires game medium information including count data indicating the number of related game storage media from the game medium management device 200. The inquiry request receiving unit 142 receives information indicating the number of game media required for prize exchange from the authentication unit 326 together with the inquiry request. When the number of game media indicated in the count data of the parties is equal to or greater than the number of game media required for the prize exchange, the permission inquiry unit 144 determines the number of game media indicated in the count data of the parties from the requester. Inquiries are made to related parties via the display unit 106 as to whether or not the number required for exchanging the prizes can be reduced.

  The second processing instruction unit 146 displays an answer indicating that the permission inquiry unit 144 may reduce the number of game media indicated in the count data of the parties concerned by the number required for the prize exchange from the requester. In the case of receiving from the related party, the game medium management apparatus 200 is instructed to perform a payment process for reducing the number of game media indicated in the count data of the related party by the number required for the prize exchange. The second process command unit 146 is an example of a process command unit.

  The permission inquiry unit 144 permits the requester to use the count data of the related parties in response to the payment processing according to the command by the second processing command unit 146 being completed by the game medium management device 200. The inquiry result shown may be provided to the authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the display terminal 400. The display terminal 400 includes a display unit 402, a display control unit 404, an order reception determination unit 406, and a service completion determination unit 408. The display unit 402 is, for example, a touch panel type liquid crystal panel. The display unit 402 is stored in advance in the requester's face image stored in advance in the member information storage unit 322 and in the member information storage unit 322 of the face authentication device 320 in accordance with an instruction from the terminal control device 300. The gift exchange request information including the face images of the parties concerned is displayed. The order reception determination unit 406 refers to the free gift exchange request information displayed on the display unit 402 and confirms whether the free gift requested by the player can be exchanged. Is instructed via the display unit 402. When the order reception determination unit 406 determines that the store clerk has received an order, the order reception determination unit 406 notifies the terminal control device 300 to that effect. The terminal control device 300 instructs the table machine 100 to notify the player via the display unit 106 of the table machine 100 that the order has been accepted.

  The service completion determination unit 408 determines whether or not the store clerk has operated the display unit 402 that the ordered prize has been provided to the requester. The store clerk compares the face image displayed in the display unit 402 and stored in the member information storage unit 322 in advance in association with the member of the member card being used with the actual face of the requester. Whether the requester is the member himself / herself is confirmed visually. The store clerk provides the ordered prize to the requester, who is the requester, only when the identity is confirmed. The store clerk instructs through the display unit 402 that the prize has been provided to the requester. When the service completion determination unit 408 determines that the ordered prize has been provided to the requester, the service completion determination unit 408 notifies the terminal control device 300 to that effect. The terminal control apparatus 300 may instruct the display terminal 400 to end the display of the information related to the present prize exchange on the display terminal 400 upon receiving a notification that the ordered prize has been provided to the requester.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure in the inter-vehicle machine of the requester requesting premium exchange. Hereinafter, a case where the requester's intermediary machine requesting the prize exchange is the intermediary machine 100A, and the party's intermediary machine requested by the requester to use its own count data for exchanging the prize is the intermediary machine 100B. Explained as an example. 12A to 12E are diagrams illustrating examples of screens displayed on the display unit 106 of the requester's pedestal machine 100A during the prize exchange process.

  First, when a player sits in front of a gaming machine and inserts a membership card into the card insertion unit 102 of the inter-machine 100A, the card information acquisition unit 104 detects the insertion of the membership card, and from the inserted membership card. A membership number is acquired (S100). Further, the pedestal machine 100A makes a player authentication request to the face authentication device 320 (S102). The machine 100A captures the player with the imaging unit 130 provided in the machine 100A, extracts a face image including the player's face from the captured image, and provides the face image to the face authentication device 320. By doing so, a player authentication request is made.

  After the authentication request, the first display control unit 128 of the machine 100A displays the main menu screen on the display unit 106 (S104). The first display control unit 128 of the interpolator 100A may display, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 12A on the display unit 106 of the interpolator 100A as the main menu screen. The main menu screen has a “Gift Exchange” button that allows the player to request a wagon service, which is a service that allows the player to bring premiums such as food and drink, luxury goods, and entertainment to the machine where the player is playing including.

  When prize exchange is selected by the player (S106), the party information obtaining unit 120 of the inter-machine 100A provides the requester's membership number and face image to the face authentication device 320 to request prize exchange. The party information related to the party in the same group as the requester is acquired from the face authentication device 320 (S108).

  The related person information includes a machine number corresponding to the gaming machine in which the related person is playing in association with the member number of the related person if the related person is playing a game. The accepting unit 112 of the pedestrian machine 100A refers to the party information and determines whether there is a party involved in the game (S110). When there is no party involved in the game, the accepting unit 112 of the interbank machine 100A does not select whether or not to use the count data indicating the party's game media from the requester, and the requester's stored game The process proceeds to a normal gift exchange process using the counting data indicating the medium (S136). In the normal prize exchange process, the prize notification unit 122 of the interbank machine 100A sends at least one prize that can be exchanged to the requester via the display unit 106, with a number equal to or less than the number of game media indicated in the requester's count data. Notice. The premium selection unit 124 of the interpolator 100A accepts selection of a premium from the requester via the display unit 106 of the interpolator 100A. The first processing instruction unit 126 of the inter-machine 100A instructs the game medium management device 200 to perform a payment process for reducing the number of game media indicated in the requester's count data by the number required for the selected prize. When the payment processing by the game medium management device 200 is completed, the display command unit 134 of the interbank machine 100A notifies the salesclerk's display terminal 400 of the order information via the terminal control device 300. The order information includes the requester's membership number and face image, information on the selected prize, the number of prizes, the number of withdrawal methods, the number of game media to be withdrawn, and the machine number of the gaming machine that the requester is playing. Information on where the person is located may be included.

  On the other hand, when there are parties involved in the game, the first game medium information acquisition unit 118 of the interbank machine 100A includes the respective count data indicating the number of game media stored by the requester and the parties involved in the game. The game medium information is acquired from the game medium management device 200 (S112). The reception unit 112 of the inter-banking machine 100A refers to the game medium information, and the number of game media indicated in the counting data of at least one of the requester and related parties is necessary for exchanging at least one prize. It is determined whether or not the number of game media is greater than or equal to (S114). If the number of game media indicated in the count data of at least one of the requester and the related party is less than the number of game media required for exchanging at least one prize, the inter-layer machine 100A may Exiting the process flow, the normal game process is continued (S138).

  If the number of game media indicated in the count data of at least one of the requester and the related person is equal to or greater than the number of game media required for exchanging at least one premium, the prize notification unit 122 of the intermediary machine 100A The prize exchange menu screen showing at least one exchangeable prize that is less than or equal to the number of game media indicated in the counting data of at least one of the requester and the related person is displayed on the display unit 106 of the intermediary machine 100A. (S116).

  The gift exchange menu screen may be a screen as shown in FIGS. 12B and 12C, for example. For prizes in which the number of game media indicated in the count data of at least one of the requester and the related person is less than the number necessary for prize exchange, the requester may not be selected by graying out.

  When the requester performs a prize selection operation and the prize selection unit 124 of the intermediary machine 100A receives an instruction to select a prize from the requester via the display unit 106 of the intermediary machine 100A (S118), The accepting unit 112 of the machine 100A displays a selection screen that allows selection of at least one of the requester of the count data indicating the number of game media more than the number required for exchanging the selected prize or the related party. The data is displayed on the display unit 106 of the machine 100A (S120). The selection screen for selecting the owner of the counting data indicating the game media to be used may be, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 12D. The reception unit 112 of the inter-machine 100A is more than the number necessary for exchanging selected persons among those who are requesters and related persons whose Null value is registered as a player number, that is, those who are not playing games. The person whose count data does not indicate the number of stored game media may be grayed out so that the requester cannot be selected.

  When the requester selects the owner of the counting data indicating the number of game media to be used for prize exchange (S122), the receiving unit 112 of the interpolator 100A determines whether or not the owner is a related party. (S124). If the owner is the requester, the reception unit 112 of the interpolator 100A shifts to a normal gift exchange process using the requester's count data (S136).

  If the owner of the count data indicating the number of stored game media used for the prize exchange is a related person, the inquiry unit 114 sends the count data indicating the number of the related game storage media to the face authentication device 320. By making an inquiry as to whether or not it can be used, the face authentication apparatus 320 is requested to perform authentication for using the count data indicating the number of game media of the parties concerned (S126).

  After the authentication processing by the face authentication device 320, the inquiry unit 114 of the inter-machine 100A acquires the authentication result from the face authentication device 320 (S128). The exchange permission unit 116 of the inter-station machine 100A refers to the authentication result and determines whether or not the authentication is successful, that is, whether or not the count data indicating the number of the game media of the parties concerned can be used. (S130). If the authentication is not successful, the intermediary machine 100A leaves the processing flow for prize exchange and continues normal game processing (S138).

  If the authentication is successful, the display command unit 134 of the intermediary machine 100A transmits the order information to the terminal control device 300. Upon receiving the order information, the terminal control device 300 transmits the order information to the display terminal 400 of the store clerk who is in charge of giving away prizes, and displays the order details on the display unit 402 of the display terminal 400 (S132). After transmitting the order information, the display command unit 134 causes the display unit 106 to display an order reception screen as shown in FIG. 12E (S134).

  Through the above processing, the requester of the prize exchange can select the count data of the parties belonging to the same group as the requester, in addition to the requester himself, as the count data used for the prize exchange. Accordingly, the convenience of exchanging premiums using the count data can be improved.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure executed by the face authentication device 320 in response to a request for related party information from the related party information acquisition unit 120 of the machine 100A.

  The party information acquisition unit 120 of the interpolator 100 </ b> A transmits the requester's membership number and face image to the face authentication device 320. When the face authentication device 320 receives the requester's membership number and face image (S200), the face authentication device 320 refers to the member information storage unit 322 and acquires group information to which the requester belongs (S202).

  The face authentication device 320 determines whether group information has been acquired (S204). If the face authentication device 320 can acquire group information, the face authentication device 320 acquires related party information of related parties belonging to the group (S206). The face authentication device 320 acquires a related person's face image, a related person's membership number, group information, and a machine number as related person information. The face authentication device 320 may acquire a Null value as a turn number when the person concerned is not playing. The face authentication device 320 transmits the acquired related party information to the related party information acquisition unit 120 of the platform machine 100A, and the related party information acquisition unit 120 receives the related party information from the platform machine 100A. This is provided to the reception unit 112 of the machine 100A (S208).

  When there is no related party belonging to the same group as the requester, the face authentication device 320 transmits that there is no group corresponding to the requester to the related party information acquisition unit 120 of the intermediary machine 100A. The party information acquisition unit 120 of the interpolator 100A notifies the accepting unit 112 of the interpolator 100A that there is no group (S210).

  With the above processing, the face authentication device 320 determines whether there is a party belonging to the same group as the requester in response to a request from the requester's platform machine 100A, and that party is currently playing a game. If it is, and if it is in a game, the related person information which shows whether it is in a game with the game machine is provided to the machine between machines 100A.

  FIG. 14 shows a game medium in which the game medium management device 200 indicates the number of stored game media owned by the requester and related parties in response to a request from the first game medium information acquisition unit 118 of the requester's pedestrian machine 100A. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence which provides information to the machine between machines 100A.

  The first game medium information acquisition unit 118 of the inter-banking machine 100A transmits all member numbers in the group to which the requester belongs to the game medium management apparatus 200. The game medium information providing unit 204 of the game medium management apparatus 200 receives the membership number (S300). The game medium information providing unit 204 of the game medium management device 200 refers to the game medium information storage unit 202 of the game medium management device 200, and includes a count data indicating the number of stored game media corresponding to the received member number. Media information is acquired (S302). The game medium information provision unit 204 of the game medium management device 200 transmits the acquired game medium information to the first game medium information acquisition unit 118 of the inter-table machine 100A. When receiving the game medium information, the first game medium information acquisition unit 118 of the intermediary machine 100A provides the game medium information to the reception unit 112 of the intermediary machine 100A (S304).

  The game medium information providing unit 204 of the game medium management apparatus 200 determines whether or not the game medium information has been acquired for all the member numbers in the received group (S306). If game medium information has not been acquired for all member numbers, the game medium information providing unit 204 of the game medium management apparatus 200 repeats the processing from step S302 onward until game medium information can be acquired for all member numbers.

  Through the above processing, the game medium information providing unit 204 of the game medium management apparatus 200 collects game medium information including count data indicating the number of stored game media of each member in the group to which the requester belongs, and requests it. Can be provided to a person's platform machine 100A.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure when the requester's pedestal machine 100A inquires the face authentication device 320 whether or not the count data indicating the number of the related player's game media may be used. It is. FIGS. 16A and 16B are diagrams illustrating examples of screens displayed on the display unit 106 of the intermediary machine 100 </ b> B of the party who has received the inquiry request.

  The inquiry unit 114 of the requester's pedestal machine 100A transmits an inquiry to the face authentication device 320 as to whether or not the count data indicating the number of the storage media of the parties concerned can be used. The inquiry unit 114 of the inter-vehicle machine 100A transmits the member number of the person concerned, the member number of the requester, and information related to the prize requested by the requester to the authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320. The information related to the prize includes, for example, the product name of the prize, the number of requested prizes, and the number of game media necessary for exchanging the requested prizes.

  When the authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320 receives the inquiry (S400), the authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320 refers to the member information storage unit 322 of the face authentication device 320, and related parties of the target parties. Information is acquired (S402). The authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320 refers to the related party information to determine whether or not the gaming machine of the target party is operating, that is, whether or not the target party is playing a game. (S404). If the gaming machine of the related party is not in operation, the authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320 transmits an answer to the effect that the use of the stored game medium of the related party is rejected to the inquiry unit 114 of the requesting machine 100A. To do. The inquiry unit 114 of the inter-station machine 100A receives a reply that denies the use of the count data indicating the number of the game media of the parties concerned (S430).

  If the gaming machine of the related party is in operation, the authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320 determines whether or not the related party belongs to the same group as the requester by using the member information storage unit 322 of the face authentication device 320. The determination is made with reference to (S406). If the related party does not belong to the same group, the authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320 transmits an answer to the effect that the related party refuses to use the game medium to the inquiry unit 114 of the requester's intermediary machine 100A. (S430).

  If the related party belongs to the same group, the authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320 sends an inquiry request to the related party's intermediary machine 100B as to whether or not the count data indicating the number of the related player's game media can be used. Send. The inquiry request accepting unit 142 of the related party machine 100B receives the inquiry request from the authentication unit 326 of the face authentication apparatus 320 (S408). When the inquiry request receiving unit 142 of the intermediary machine 100B receives the inquiry request, the second game medium information acquiring unit 148 of the intermediary machine 100B requests the game medium management device 200 for the game medium information of the parties concerned. In response to the request, the game medium management device 200 provides the game medium information of the parties concerned to the second game medium information acquisition unit 148 of the intermediary machine 100B (S410).

  When the second game medium information acquisition unit 148 of the intermediary machine 100B acquires the game medium information of the related party from the game medium management apparatus 200 (S412), the permission inquiry unit 144 of the intermediary machine 100B receives the game medium information of the related party. To provide. The permission inquiry unit 144 of the inter-vehicle machine 100B refers to the game media information of the parties concerned and determines whether or not the number of game media stored by the parties is greater than or equal to the number required for exchanging prizes (S414). . If the number of the game media of the related party is less than the number necessary for exchanging the prize, the permission inquiry unit 144 of the inter-machine 100B determines that the number of the game media of the related person is necessary for exchanging the prize. The authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320 notifies the requester's intermediary machine 100A of the reply that the use of the game medium of the related party is rejected. To the inquiry unit 114 (S430).

  When the number of game media of the parties concerned is equal to or greater than the number required for exchanging prizes, the permission inquiry unit 144 of the intermediary machine 100B uses the usage permission as shown in FIG. 16A on the display unit 106 of the intermediary machine 100B. An inquiry screen is displayed, and an inquiry is made to the related party as to whether or not the number of game media indicated by the count data of the related party can be reduced by the number required for the prize exchange from the requesting party (S416). When the related person performs an answer operation on the inquiry (S418), the permission inquiry unit 144 of the inter-machine 100B permits the use of the counting data indicating the number of game media based on the related person's answer. It is determined whether or not (S420).

  When the response from the related party is rejected, the permission inquiry unit 144 of the intermediary machine 100B notifies the authentication unit 326 of the face authentication device 320 that the response from the related party is rejected, and the authentication of the face authentication device 320 is performed. The unit 326 transmits a reply to the effect that the use of the game media of the parties concerned is refused to the inquiry unit 114 of the requesting machine 100A (S430).

  If the related party's answer is permission, the second processing command unit 146 of the interbank machine 100B causes the game medium management device 200 to perform a payment process for reducing the number of the related party's game media by the number required for the selected prize. Command (S422). When the payment process by the game medium management apparatus 200 is completed, the second processing command unit 146 of the intermediary machine 100B receives the payment completion from the game medium management apparatus 200 (S424). Upon receipt of the payment completion, the permission inquiry unit 144 of the intermediary machine 100B displays a payment completion screen as shown in FIG. 16B on the display unit 106 (S426). Further, the permission inquiry unit 144 of the intermediary machine 100B transmits an answer to the effect of permitting the use of the count data indicating the number of the game media of the parties concerned to the authentication unit 326 (S428). The authentication unit 326 of the face authentication apparatus 320 receives an answer indicating that the use of the count data indicating the number of the game media of the parties concerned is permitted, and the inquiry unit of the requester's intermediary machine 100A indicates that the authentication is successful. 114.

  With the above processing, the requester confirms directly with the relevant party whether or not the requester can use the count data indicating the number of storage media of the relevant party, and then the requester is permitted to use the relevant party's count data. The Therefore, it is possible to prevent the requester from using the count data indicating the storage medium of the related party without obtaining the consent of the related party.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of a gift exchange service in the display terminal 400. 18A to 18C are diagrams illustrating examples of screens displayed on the display unit 402 of the display terminal 400 during the processing of the gift exchange service.

  The display control unit 404 receives the order information sent from the requester's pedestal machine 100A via the terminal control device 300 as shown in step S132 of FIG. 11, and receives the order information as shown in FIG. 18A. A reception screen is displayed on the display unit 402. If the clerk refers to the order reception screen and determines that the ordered prize can be provided, the clerk performs an order reception operation on the order reception screen (S500). The order reception screen includes the face image, member number, group name, and name of the player specified as the requester stored in the member information storage unit 322 as registration card information. Further, the order reception screen includes the face image, member number, group name, and name stored in the member information storage unit 322 corresponding to the parties authorized to use the game media as information on the use card. . Further, the order reception screen includes the machine number of the gaming machine in which the requester is playing as information on the location where the requester is located.

  Then, by touching a “reception” button on the order reception screen shown in FIG. 18A, the store clerk performs an order reception operation. The order reception determination unit 406 determines whether the store clerk has performed an order reception operation on the order reception screen.

  When the order reception determination unit 406 detects that an order reception operation has been executed, the order reception determination unit 406 transmits an order reception completion to the terminal control device 300 (S502). The requester's pedestal machine 100A receives the completion of order acceptance via the terminal control device 300 (S504). Next, the first display control unit 128 of the requester's machine 100A displays an order reception screen as shown in FIG. 12E on the display unit 106 of the machine 100A (S506). When the order acceptance screen is displayed on the display unit 106 of the intermediary machine 100A, the intermediary machine 100A displays an order completion acceptance indicating that the order acceptance screen is normally displayed via the terminal control device 300. (S508), and the display terminal 400 receives the order completion reception (S510).

  When the display terminal 400 receives the order completion reception, the terminal control device 300 instructs the display terminal 400 to display the delivery information screen on the display unit 402. The display control unit 404 displays a delivery information screen as shown in FIG. 18B on the display unit 402 (S512).

  The store clerk prepares the prize and transports the prize to the player (S514). With reference to the delivery information screen displayed on the display unit 402, the person who actually requested the prize is the face of the registration card. The identity verification is performed by visually confirming whether the image or the face image of the card used is the same person (S516).

  If the person can be confirmed (S518), the store clerk provides, for example, a beverage as a free gift to the requester (S520). When the provision of a premium such as a beverage is completed, the store clerk performs a delivery completion operation indicating that the provision of the premium has ended (S522). The clerk touches the “complete” button on the delivery information screen shown in FIG. 18B to execute the delivery completion operation. The service completion determination unit 408 determines whether or not the ordered prize has been provided to the player by determining whether or not the “complete” button on the delivery information screen has been touched. If the service completion determination unit 408 determines that the “complete” button on the delivery information screen has been touched, the service completion determination unit 408 transmits delivery completion to the terminal control device 300 (S524). When the terminal control device 300 receives the delivery completion (S526), the terminal control device 300 instructs the display terminal 400 to display a delivery completion screen as shown in FIG. 18C on the display unit 402. In response to the instruction, the display control unit 404 displays a delivery completion screen on the display unit 402 (S528). After a predetermined time has elapsed, the display control unit 404 closes the delivery completion screen and performs delivery completion processing (S530).

  If the identity cannot be confirmed (S518), the store clerk performs a cancel process by touching the “Cancel” button on the delivery information screen (S532). When it is determined that the “cancel” button on the delivery information screen has been touched, the service completion determination unit 408 transmits an order cancellation to the terminal control device 300. When receiving the order cancellation, the terminal control apparatus 300 instructs the display terminal 400 to display a cancel screen on the display unit 402. In response to the instruction, the display terminal 400 displays a cancel screen (S534).

  As described above, the face image of the requester and the face image of the related party are displayed on the display terminal 400 possessed by the store clerk who provides the premium. By displaying the requester's face image, it is possible to visually confirm whether the requester and the member registered for the member card used by the requester are the same person. Therefore, it is possible to prevent unauthorized use of another person's membership card.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the requester of the prize exchange using the count data indicating the number of stored game media is the same as the requester in addition to the count data indicating the number of stored game media owned by the requester. Prizes can be exchanged using the counting data indicating the number of game media of the parties belonging to the group. Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of gift exchange using the count data indicating the number of game media.

  Note that each unit included in the machine 100 according to the present embodiment installs a program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, which performs various processes related to receiving a prize exchange in the machine 100, and installs the program in the computer. You may comprise by performing. In other words, the machine 100 may be configured by causing a computer to function as each unit included in the machine 100 by causing the computer to execute programs that perform various processes related to the prize exchange reception of the machine 100.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the example in which the platform machine 100 includes the premium exchange receiving unit 110 and the inquiry processing unit 140 has been described. However, the prize exchange receiving unit 110 and the inquiry processing unit 140 may be provided in other devices as long as they can be operated by the player or a store clerk who performs processing in accordance with the player's instruction. For example, the POS terminal 420 or the card reading device 430 may include the premium exchange receiving unit 110.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The order of execution of each process such as operations, procedures, steps, and stages in the apparatus, system, program, and method shown in the claims, the description, and the drawings is particularly “before” or “prior to”. It should be noted that the output can be realized in any order unless the output of the previous process is used in the subsequent process. Regarding the operation flow in the claims, the description, and the drawings, even if it is described using “first”, “next”, etc. for convenience, it means that it is essential to carry out in this order. It is not a thing.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Inter-vehicle machine 102 Card insertion part 104 Card information acquisition part 106 Display part 108 Game processing part 110 Prize exchange reception part 112 Reception part 114 Inquiry part 116 Exchange permission part 118 1st game media information acquisition part 120 Party information acquisition part 122 Premium notification unit 124 Premium selection unit 126 First processing command unit 128 First display control unit 130 Imaging unit 132 Image processing unit 134 Display command unit 140 Query processing unit 142 Request reception unit 144 Permission query unit 146 Second processing command unit 148 2 game media information acquisition unit 150 second display control unit 200 game media management device 202 game media information storage unit 204 game media information provision unit 206 game media information update unit 300 terminal control device 310 wireless base station 320 face authentication device 322 member information Storage unit 324 Face image acquisition unit 326 Authentication unit 328 Inquiry reception unit 3 0 single management apparatus 400 display terminal 402 display unit 404 display control unit 406 an order determination unit 408 service completion determining unit 420 POS terminal 422 liquid crystal panel 424 reading unit 430 card reader 432 LCD panel 434 reading unit 500 game media management authority

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When receiving a prize exchange request from the requester with count data indicating the number of game media, the count data indicating the number of game media of the requester is used as the count data used for the prize exchange, or A receiving unit for receiving an instruction on whether to use count data indicating the number of game media of parties related to the same group as the requester;
When instructed to use the count data of the concerned party, an inquiry unit that inquires to the authentication device whether the requester may use the count data of the concerned party;
When the authentication device permits the use of the count data of the parties concerned, an exchange permission unit for permitting the prize exchange using the count data of the parties concerned;
A party information acquisition unit that acquires party information indicating whether or not each of the at least one party exists in a predetermined position;
A first game medium information acquisition unit that acquires game medium information including count data indicating the number of game media of each of the at least one related party;
With
The reception unit notifies the requester of the related party indicated in the related party information to exist at the predetermined position,
The accepting unit notifies the requester of the related party of the count data indicating the number of game media more than the number required for the prize exchange;
Gift exchange acceptance device. The official information acquiring unit, wherein each of the at least one of the parties to obtain the business information indicating whether or not the game, prize exchange reception apparatus according to claim 1. The first game medium information acquisition unit acquires the game medium information further including count data indicating the number of game media of the requester,
The prize exchange receiving device is:
When receiving the prize exchange request from the requester, the prize exchange is performed in a number equal to or less than the number of game media indicated in the counting data of at least one of the requester and the at least one related party. A prize notifying unit for notifying the requester of at least one prize capable of
The prize exchange reception according to claim 1 , further comprising: a prize selection unit that allows the requester to select a prize to be exchanged for the prize from among the at least one prize notified by the prize notification unit. apparatus. When the requester receives a request to exchange the prize, the request whether to use the requestor's count data or the related party's count data as the count data used for the prize exchange The premium exchange accepting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , further comprising a first display control unit that causes the first display unit to display a selection screen for the user to select. The prize according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the count data of the requester and the related person indicates a number of game media that are game media deposited in a game media management organization. Exchange acceptance device. A machine with the premium exchange receiving device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 . A free gift exchange accepting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 ,
An inquiry receiving unit that receives an inquiry as to whether or not the requester may use the count data of the related party from the inquiry unit, and the requester uses the count data of the related party in response to the inquiry A prize exchange accepting system comprising: the authenticating device having an authenticating unit for authenticating whether or not to do so. An inquiry request receiving unit that receives an inquiry request from the authentication unit to the related party, inquiring to the related party whether to allow the requester to use the count data of the related party in response to the inquiry request, An inquiry processing device having a permission inquiry unit for providing an inquiry result to the authentication unit;
The premium exchange acceptance system according to claim 7 , wherein the authentication unit authenticates whether or not the requester is permitted to use the count data of the related party based on a query result from the permission query unit. The inquiry unit sends the inquiry to the inquiry reception unit whether or not the number of the game media indicated in the count data of the related party may be reduced by the number required for the prize exchange from the requester. Done
The authentication unit provides the inquiry request receiving unit with information indicating the number of game media required for the prize exchange,
The inquiry processing device
A second game medium information acquisition unit for acquiring game medium information including the count data indicating the number of game media of the parties concerned;
The inquiry request receiving unit receives the information indicating the number of game media required for the prize exchange from the authentication unit,
When the number of the game media indicated in the count data of the parties concerned is equal to or greater than the number of game media required for the prize exchange, the permission inquiry unit may determine the number of game media indicated in the count data of the parties concerned. 9. The prize exchange acceptance system according to claim 8 , wherein the relevant person is inquired whether or not the number can be reduced by the number required for the prize exchange from the requester.   When receiving a prize exchange request from the requester with count data indicating the number of game media, the count data indicating the number of game media of the requester is used as the count data used for the prize exchange, or A reception unit that receives an instruction on whether to use count data indicating the number of game media of a party belonging to the same group as the requester; and when the party is instructed to use the count data of the party An inquiry unit that inquires the authentication device whether the requester may use the count data, and when the authentication device permits the use of the count data of the party, the count data of the party is used. A prize exchange accepting device comprising an exchange permission unit for authorizing the prize exchange;
  An inquiry receiving unit that receives an inquiry as to whether or not the requester may use the count data of the related party from the inquiry unit, and the requester uses the count data of the related party in response to the inquiry The authentication device having an authentication unit for authenticating whether or not
  An inquiry request receiving unit that receives an inquiry request from the authentication unit to the related party, inquiring to the related party whether to allow the requester to use the count data of the related party in response to the inquiry request, An inquiry processing device having a permission inquiry unit for providing an inquiry result to the authentication unit;
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  The authentication unit authenticates whether to permit the requester to use the count data of the parties based on the query result from the permission query unit,
  The inquiry unit sends the inquiry to the inquiry reception unit whether or not the number of the game media indicated in the count data of the related party may be reduced by the number required for the prize exchange from the requester. Done
  The authentication unit provides the inquiry request receiving unit with information indicating the number of game media required for the prize exchange,
  The inquiry processing device
  A second game medium information acquisition unit for acquiring game medium information including the count data indicating the number of game media of the parties concerned;
  The inquiry request receiving unit receives the information indicating the number of game media required for the prize exchange from the authentication unit,
  When the number of the game media indicated in the count data of the parties concerned is equal to or greater than the number of game media required for the prize exchange, the permission inquiry unit may determine the number of game media indicated in the count data of the parties concerned. A prize exchange acceptance system that inquires of the concerned person whether or not the number of the requester required for the prize exchange can be reduced. The inquiry processing device
When the permission inquiry unit receives an answer from the concerned person indicating that the number of the game media indicated in the counting data of the concerned person may be reduced by the number required for the prize exchange from the requesting person, A processing command unit for commanding a process of reducing the number of the game media indicated in the counting data of the concerned person by the number required for the prize exchange;
In response to the completion of the processing in response to the command from the processing command unit, the permission query unit displays the query result indicating that the requester is permitted to use the count data of the related party. The premium exchange acceptance system according to claim 9 or 10 , which is provided to the authentication unit. The inquiry processing device displays on the second display unit an inquiry screen for inquiring the related party whether or not the requesting party is permitted to use the count data of the related party in response to the inquiry request. The premium exchange acceptance system according to any one of claims 8 to 11 , further comprising a two-display control unit. The premium exchange acceptance system according to any one of claims 8 to 12 , wherein each of the plurality of inter-vehicle machines includes the premium exchange acceptance device and the inquiry processing device.

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