JP6875263B2 - Unit price management system and unit price management method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a unit price management system and a unit price management method for managing the usage unit price of a device.

Conventionally, for devices such as arcade game machines (hereinafter referred to as game machines), medal lending machines, and card vending machines distributed in arcades, the unit price for each device is set by the store staff, and the type of coins inserted and the type of coins inserted. Depending on the number, the user is allowed to use the device, for example, if the device is a game machine, play a game. In addition to the normal general price, this play unit price is often changed to a special price such as an event date, the 5th day of every month, or every Monday. In this case, if the change work is manually performed for each of a large number of game machines, the load on the staff is large, and setting mistakes or frauds are likely to occur.

In such a situation, for example, Patent Document 1 proposes a game system in which a game terminal attached with an electronic money payment terminal periodically accesses a store server and obtains unit price information according to a unit price schedule.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2007-44290

By the way, since the behavior of the player may change according to the change in the play unit price of the game, this also affects the business performance of the store.
However, it is difficult to evaluate the effect of such a change in the unit price of play, and it is difficult for the administrator to set an appropriate unit price schedule.

An object of the present invention is to provide a unit price management system and a unit price management method that can easily grasp the fluctuation of the usage record for each device according to the change history of the usage unit price.

The unit price management system according to the present invention is associated with a device and has a unit price acquisition unit that acquires the usage unit price of the device and a record of creating usage record data including the usage unit price when the usage unit price is settled by electronic money. A creation unit, a performance collection unit that collects the usage record data created by the performance creation unit, a detail transmission unit that creates sales detail data including the collected usage record data, and transmits the sales detail data. It includes a detail receiving unit that receives the sales detail data transmitted from the detail transmitting unit, and a management server having a history recording unit that records a change history of the usage unit price.

In the unit price management system of the present invention, the management server further has a unit price setting unit that accepts the reservation setting of the usage unit price and records the received usage unit price as a history in the history storage unit, and the unit price acquisition unit is the unit price acquisition unit. It is preferable to acquire the received usage unit price from the unit price setting unit or the history recording unit.

In the unit price management system of the above invention, the unit price management unit that stores the reservation data of the usage unit price set corresponding to the device and the unit price acquisition unit that associates the usage unit price of the device with the device. A management terminal having a unit price notification unit for notifying is further provided, and when the unit price management unit receives a change input of the reservation data, the reservation data is updated and the update data is transmitted to the history recording unit. Is preferable.

In the unit price management system of the above invention, a unit price changing unit that accepts a change input of the usage unit price and a change notification unit that notifies the changed usage unit price to the unit price acquisition unit and the history recording unit are further provided. Is preferable.

The unit price management system of the present invention further includes a management terminal having a unit price management unit for storing reservation data of the usage unit price set corresponding to the device, and the change notification unit includes the unit price acquisition unit and the history. Instead of the recording unit, the unit price management unit is notified of the changed usage unit price, and the unit price management unit updates the change information of the usage unit price notified from the change notification unit by reflecting it in the reservation data. It is preferable to do so.

In the unit price management system of the present invention, the usage unit price of the device is stored in the device, and information can be transmitted / received to / from the device in which the usage unit price is stored. It is preferable that a unit price switching unit is further provided which acquires the unit price and substitutes the acquired usage unit price for the usage unit price acquired by the unit price acquisition unit.

In the unit price management system of the above invention, a medium information acquisition unit for acquiring medium information that can identify an individual of the medium attached to the electronic money medium used for the settlement is further provided, and the detailed transmission unit is It is preferable to acquire the media information from the media information acquisition and add the acquired media information to the sales detail data.

In the unit price management system of the present invention, the usage unit price is set corresponding to the usage type in the device, and the usage record data preferably includes the usage type.
In the unit price management system of the above invention, it is preferable that the performance collecting unit collects the usage record data based on the inserted coins from the device.

In the unit price management system of the present invention, it is preferable that the detail transmission unit adds at least one of the date and time information at the time of settlement and the identification information of the device related to the usage record data to the sales detail data.

In the unit price management system of the present invention, the unit price acquisition unit and the achievement creation unit are provided in the payment terminal installed for each device, and the achievement collection unit and the detail transmission unit are provided in the collection terminal. Is preferable.

In the unit price management system of the present invention, it is preferable that the unit price acquisition unit, the achievement creation unit, the achievement collection unit, and the detail transmission unit are provided in one terminal.
The collection terminal according to the present invention collects usage record data including the usage unit price created by the performance creation unit at the time of payment by electronic money based on the usage unit price acquired by the unit price acquisition unit associated with each device. A unit and a detail transmission unit that creates sales detail data including the collected usage record data and transmits the created sales detail data to the management server.

The management server according to the present invention has a history recording unit that records the change history of the play unit price for each device, and a unit price setting that accepts the reservation setting of the usage unit price and records the received usage unit price as a history in the history storage unit. A statement that receives sales detail data created based on usage record data including the usage unit price created at the time of settlement with electronic money based on the usage unit price acquired by the unit price acquisition unit installed for each device. It includes a receiving unit.

The unit price management method according to the present invention includes a unit price acquisition step for acquiring a usage unit price in a device, a payment information acquisition step for acquiring payment information by electronic money based on the acquired usage unit price, and usage record data including the usage unit price. A usage record data creation step for creating a usage record data, a collection step for collecting the created usage record data, a sales detail data creation step for creating sales detail data including the collected usage record data, and the created sales statement. It has a transmission step of transmitting data to the management server.

The program according to the present invention includes a unit price acquisition function for acquiring a usage unit price in a device, a payment information acquisition function for acquiring payment information by electronic money based on the acquired usage unit price, and a usage record including the usage unit price. Realize the usage record data creation function that creates data.

In the program of the above invention, the computer has a collection function for collecting the usage record data created by the usage record data creation function and a sales detail data creation function for creating sales detail data including the collected usage record data. It is preferable to further realize the transmission function of transmitting the created sales detail data to the management server.

According to the unit price management system, the collection terminal, the management server, the unit price management method, and the program of the present invention, it is possible to easily grasp the fluctuation of the usage record for each device according to the change history of the usage unit price.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the unit price management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the unit price management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the setting of the play unit price which concerns on embodiment, and the collection process of the sales detail including the set play unit price. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process corresponding to the unit price change in the management terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process corresponding to the unit price change in the settlement terminal which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the unit price management system which concerns on the modification of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other functional configuration of the unit price management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other overall structure of the unit price management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the whole structure which added the information processing terminal to the unit price management system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows the other overall configuration which added the information processing terminal to the unit price management system which concerns on embodiment.

Hereinafter, an example of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of the unit price management system 1 according to the present embodiment.
The unit price management system 1 is used in a plurality of game machines (equipment) 10 installed in a store of a game center, a payment terminal 11, a collection terminal 12, a payment device 21, a management terminal 22, a relay server 23, an external data center, and the like. It includes an electronic money management server 31 and a sales management server (management server) 32 to be installed, and a user terminal 40.

The payment terminal 11 is associated with the game machine 10. The payment terminal 11 reads the card information recorded in the player's electronic money card by non-contact wireless communication, outputs the set play unit price (usage unit price) information to the payment device 21, and then the payment device. It also receives the payment information settled in 21. The received payment information is transmitted to the electronic money management server 31. The payment terminal 11 may be associated with the game machine 10 on a one-to-one basis, one payment terminal 11 may be associated with a plurality of game machines 10, or one game machine 10. A plurality of payment terminals 11 may be associated with the above.

As a method of associating the payment terminal 11 with the game machine 10, the payment terminal 11 may be installed integrally with the game machine 10, or the payment terminal 11 and the game machine 10 are separately installed and settled. Individual-specific information such as a serial number that can identify the terminal 11 and individual-specific information such as a serial number that can identify the game machine 10 may be associated with each other.

The payment terminal 11 and the payment device 21 may be arranged so that one payment terminal 11 and one payment device 21 are associated with each other, or a plurality of payment terminals 11 and one payment device 21 are arranged. It may be arranged in association with each other, or the plurality of payment terminals 11 and the plurality of payment devices 21 may be arranged in association with each other.

The payment terminal 11 may also have the function of the payment device 21. Further, the payment device 21 may be provided as an external server (for example, an electronic money management server 31).
The collection terminal 12 is associated with the game machine 10. The collection terminal 12 receives a pulse signal output from a coin mech that selects coins inserted into the game machine 10 as play record data (usage record data) based on cash settlement, and the collection terminal 12 , The play record data based on the payment by electronic money is also received from the payment terminal 11. The collection terminal 12 may be associated with the game machine 10 on a one-to-one basis, a plurality of collection terminals 12 may be associated with one game machine 10, or a plurality of game machines 10. One collection terminal 12 may be associated with the above.

In response to receiving these play record data, the collection terminal 12 generates a pulse signal for instructing the game machine 10 to start playing the game, and the generated pulse signal is output from the collection terminal 12. To.

In addition, the collection terminal 12 creates sales detail data based on the play record data received and collected. The created sales detail data is transmitted from the collection terminal 12 to the sales management server 32 via the relay server 23. Here, the relay server 23 transmits the sales detail data received from the collection terminal 12 to the sales management server 32.

The management terminal 22 manages the play unit price set in the payment terminal 11 associated with the game machine 10, and returns the play unit price in response to access from the payment terminal 11, for example, every business day. is there. This play unit price is acquired as reservation data from the sales management server 32 and managed. Further, the management terminal 22 is connected to the payment device 21 so as to be able to send and receive information related to payment.

The user terminal 40 registers the game machine 10 and the reservation data of the play unit price for each game machine 10 by executing the application that accesses the sales management server 32.

In addition, the user terminal 40 inquires about the sales detail data provided by the sales management server 32, and also acquires various management data in association with the history of the play unit price.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of each device in the unit price management system 1 according to the present embodiment. It should be noted that this functional configuration indicates a functional unit for realizing the processing of the present embodiment, and does not limit the implementation of other functional blocks in each device.

The payment terminal 11 is an information processing device having a CPU (central processing unit), a ROM, a RAM, an input / output interface, and the like. The control program stored in the storage device such as the ROM described above mainly has a unit price acquisition unit 111 and a performance transmission unit (results creation unit) by coordinating the CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output interface, and the like. It functions as 112, a unit price change unit 113, a change notification unit 114, a unit price switching unit 115, and a card information acquisition unit (media information acquisition unit) 116.

The unit price acquisition unit 111 acquires the play unit price for each game machine 10 from the sales management server 32 via the management terminal 22. Specifically, the unit price acquisition unit 111 accesses the reservation data of the play unit price managed by the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 described later, and the current play unit price, or, for example, the play for the current day or several days. Acquire and store the unit price schedule. The schedule of the play unit price may be set in detail for each day or even during the day by specifying the time (for example, from XX hours to □ hours).

At the time of payment of electronic money, the performance transmission unit 112 creates play performance data including the play unit price at the time of payment, and transmits the created play performance data to the performance collection unit 121 of the collection terminal 12, which will be described later. is there.

Here, the play unit price is a plurality (for example, 100 yen for one time, 300 yen for five times, etc.) in association with the unit price set corresponding to the play type (use type) set for the game machine 10 itself. For example, up to 6) are set. The play record data is, as information corresponding to this play type, data (number of pulses) indicating, for example, how many play unit prices corresponding to the unit of the input amount of the game machine 10 (for example, 100 yen) have been settled. including. For example, when the play unit price "250 yen" and the number of pulses "3" are associated with each other, three pulse signals corresponding to 300 yen are transmitted to the game machine 10 by payment of 250 yen with electronic money. , "5 times 300 yen" is allowed to play.

The unit price changing unit 113 responds to a predetermined operation input such as reading a management card with respect to a combination of the play unit price and the number of pulses received and set from the unit price notification unit 222 of the management terminal 22 described later. It accepts change input on the day.

The change notification unit 114 notifies the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 of the combination of the play unit price and the number of pulses for which the change input is accepted by the unit price change unit 113.
The unit price switching unit 115 receives a preset initial play unit price (charged amount for starting the game) from the game machine 10 in a predetermined operation mode such as a device interlocking mode directly connected to the game machine 10. The received initial play unit price is set as a substitute for the play unit price acquired by the unit price acquisition unit 111. In this device-linked mode, the payment terminal 11 can handle various charges such as in-game item charges as well as charges for starting the game.

Further, in the case of this device interlocking mode, the performance transmission unit 112 creates play performance data including the play unit price at the time of payment at the time of payment of electronic money, transmits the created play performance data to the collection terminal 12, and makes payment. The result of the above is notified to the game machine 10.

The card information acquisition unit 116 is an individual assigned to each card used as a medium for electronic money (for example, an IC card used for prepaid electronic money services such as Edy (registered trademark) and transportation IC cards). It acquires medium information that is identification information. The acquired medium information is sent to the detail transmission unit 122 via the performance collection unit 121, which will be described later, via the performance transmission unit 112, and is included in the sales detail data created by the detail transmission unit 122.

In the present embodiment, when the media information is transmitted via the performance transmission unit 112, the media information is applied to an example in which the media information is included in the play performance data in a state of being associated with other information related to payment. explain. If the play record data does not include the media information, the media information is associated with other information related to the settlement when the sales detail data is created by the detail transmission unit 122.

By linking the media information with other information related to payment and including it in the sales statement data in this way, it is possible to more precisely analyze the fluctuation of the play performance for each game machine according to the change history of the play unit price. Is possible. That is, by using the medium information, it is possible to extract the play record of the individual who owns the electronic money card. This makes it possible to analyze, for example, a change in the tendency of a game machine played by an individual due to a change in the play unit price.

The card used as a medium for electronic money may be used when using transportation, may be used for payment at a convenience store, a supermarket, or the like, or may be a specific store. It may be available only in. Furthermore, what is used as a medium for electronic money is not limited to the above-mentioned cards, but may be formed in various known shapes, or may be incorporated in other devices such as mobile phones. It may be. Further, it may be a medium used for a postpaid electronic money service other than the prepaid electronic money service.

A terminal used for acquiring information from a card used as a medium for electronic money (not shown), in other words, a known terminal can be used as a terminal to which the card can be brought close to when making a payment. Further, this terminal may be arranged so as to be integrated inside the payment terminal 11, or may be arranged separately outside the payment terminal 11.

The management terminal 22 is an information processing device having a CPU (central processing unit), a ROM, a RAM, an input / output interface, and the like. The control program stored in the storage device such as the ROM described above functions as the unit price management unit 221 and the unit price notification unit 222 by coordinating the CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output interface, and the like.

The unit price management unit 221 stores the reservation data of the combination of the play unit price and the number of pulses set corresponding to the game machine 10 received from the sales management server 32. Further, when the unit price management unit 221 receives a change input of the reservation data from the store manager or the like, the unit price management unit 221 updates the reservation data and transmits the update data to the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32. ..

Further, the unit price management unit 221 updates the change information of the combination of the play unit price and the number of pulses notified from the payment terminal 11 in the stored reservation data, and transmits the update data to the sales management server 32. Is what you do.

The unit price notification unit 222 notifies the combination of the play unit price and the number of pulses of the game machine 10 in which the payment terminal 11 is installed in response to an access from the unit price acquisition unit 111 of the payment terminal 11.

The unit price notification unit 222 may omit these notifications for the game machine 10 in which the combination of the play unit price and the number of pulses is unchanged. In this case, the unit price notification unit 222 may determine that the schedule has not been changed based on the accumulated reservation data, or has received the current play unit price from the payment terminal 11 and has not changed the schedule. You may judge that. As a result, in the unit price management system 1, batch distribution or individual distribution of the play unit price can be appropriately set, and the distribution process is streamlined.

The collection terminal 12 is an information processing device having a CPU (central processing unit), a ROM, a RAM, an input / output interface, and the like. The control program stored in the storage device such as the ROM described above functions as the performance collection unit 121 and the detail transmission unit 122 by coordinating the CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output interface, and the like.

The performance collection unit 121 receives and collects play performance data by transmitting and receiving to and from the payment terminal 11. In addition, the performance collecting unit 121 also receives and collects play performance data based on the inserted coins by transmitting and receiving to and from the game machine 10.

When the achievement collecting unit 121 receives the play achievement data, it transmits a pulse signal corresponding to the play type to the game machine 10 as a settlement result, and the transmitted pulse signal corresponds to the number of pulses in the received game machine 10. This is to start the game of the play type. In the device interlocking mode described above, since the payment result is transmitted from the payment terminal 11 to the game machine 10, the collection terminal 12 does not transmit the payment result to the game machine 10.

The detail transmission unit 122 creates sales detail data in which payment date / time information, identification information of the game machine 10, and the like are added to the received play record data, and is created on the sales management server 32 via the relay server 23. This is to send the sales details data.

The sales statement data also includes information for identifying whether the payment by cash including the payment by electronic money or the payment by inserting coins is performed in the device interlocking mode or in another mode. By including information that identifies whether the payment was made in the device-linked mode or in other modes in the sales statement data, it becomes possible to grasp the usage status of the game machine 10 in more detail, and the usage record. It becomes easy to improve the analysis accuracy of.

Here, the identification information of the game machine 10 may be, for example, the ID of the collection terminal 12 installed in the game machine 10. In this case, the sales management server 32 manages the ID and the identification information of the game machine 10 in association with each other.

The sales management server 32 is an information processing device having a CPU (central processing unit), a ROM, a RAM, an input / output interface, and the like. The control program stored in the storage device such as the ROM described above functions as a unit price setting unit (history recording unit) 321 and a detail receiving unit 322 by linking the CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output interface, and the like. It is something that makes you.

The unit price setting unit 321 receives a reservation setting of data (number of pulses) indicating the play unit price and the corresponding play type from the user terminal 40, and regarding the combination of the received play unit price and the number of pulses, the future schedule and the past It also records the change history of.

The detail receiving unit 322 receives the sales detail data transmitted from the detail transmitting unit 122, and records the change history of the play unit price and the play type in association with each other. For example, sales detail data is managed separately for each duration of the same play unit price.

Next, the setting of the play unit price and the collection process of the sales details including the set play unit price according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing the setting of the play unit price according to the present embodiment and the collection process of the sales details including the set play unit price.

In step S1, the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32 generates unit price reservation data, which is reservation data of the play unit price for each game machine 10, based on the input from the user terminal 40. When the unit price reservation data is generated, in step S2, the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32 transmits the generated unit price reservation data to the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22.

In step S3, the unit price acquisition unit 111 of the plurality of payment terminals 11 inquires about the play unit price to the unit price notification unit 222 of the management terminal 22, respectively, at a predetermined timing such as before the daily business start of the store.

In step S4, the unit price notification unit 222 of the management terminal 22 responds to the inquiry and transmits the play unit price reserved for each game machine 10 to the unit price acquisition unit 111 (unit price acquisition step). In step S5, the unit price acquisition unit 111 of the payment terminal 11 updates the current setting according to the play unit price received from the unit price notification unit 222.

In step S6, the payment terminal 11 executes payment with electronic money according to the play type selected by the player, and acquires payment information with electronic money (payment information acquisition step). At this time, the card information acquisition unit 116 also acquires the medium information of the card used as the medium of electronic money.

In step S7, the performance transmission unit 112 of the payment terminal 11 creates play performance data including the settled play unit price and media information (usage record data creation step), and collects the created play record data. It is transmitted to the collecting unit 121. The achievement collection unit 121 receives and collects the transmitted play achievement data (collection step).

In step S8, the detail transmission unit 122 of the collection terminal 12 adds date and time information and identification information of the game machine 10 to the play record data to create sales detail data (sales detail data creation step). In step S9, the detail transmission unit 122 of the collection terminal 12 transmits the sales detail data to the sales management server 32 via the relay server 23 (transmission step).

Next, the processing according to the unit price change in the management terminal 22 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing processing according to a unit price change in the management terminal 22 according to the present embodiment.

In step S11, the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 accepts the input of the unit price change and updates the reservation data. In step S12, the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 transmits the update data of the reserved play unit price to the sales management server 32. In step S13, the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32 updates and records the history of the play unit price based on the received update data.

In step S14, the unit price acquisition unit 111 of the payment terminal 11 inquires about the play unit price to the unit price notification unit 222 of the management terminal 22 at a predetermined timing. In step S15, the unit price notification unit 222 of the management terminal 22 responds to the inquiry and transmits the play unit price reserved for each game machine 10 to the unit price acquisition unit 111 (unit price acquisition step). In step S16, the unit price acquisition unit 111 of the payment terminal 11 updates the current setting according to the received play unit price.

In the present embodiment, the process has been described by applying it to an example in which the processes of steps S12 and S13 are performed and then the processes from step S14 to S16 are performed. However, the processes from step S14 to step S16 are performed. After that, the processes of steps S12 and S13 may be performed.

Next, the processing according to the unit price change in the payment terminal 11 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing processing according to a unit price change in the payment terminal 11 according to the present embodiment.

In step S21, the unit price change unit 113 of the payment terminal 11 accepts the change input of the play unit price for each game machine 10. The play unit price set by the reservation data received from the unit price notification unit 222 is updated to the play unit price for which the unit price change unit 113 has received the change input. In step S22, the change notification unit 114 of the payment terminal 11 transmits the updated play unit price to the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22.

In step S23, the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 receives the updated play unit price, and adds the received updated play unit price to the stored reservation data.

In step S24, the unit price management unit 221 of the management terminal 22 transmits the updated reservation data to the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32. In step S25, the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32 updates and records the history of the play unit price based on the received updated reservation data.

According to the present embodiment, the unit price management system 1 can distribute the play unit price set for each game machine 10 on the sales management server 32 to the game machine 10 in the store. Further, the sales management server 32 can receive and manage the sales detail data that collects the play results of the game according to the set play unit price.

As a result, the unit price management system 1 can manage the change history of the play unit price and the sales detail data in association with each other on the sales management server 32. As a result, the administrator can easily grasp the fluctuation of the play performance for each game machine according to the change history of the play unit price, for example, how the sales have changed, or how the play type and the play frequency have changed.

Therefore, by accessing the sales management server 32, the administrator can make a reservation for the play unit price while referring to the sales details, and can easily grasp the influence of the unit price change, so that the future play unit price is appropriate. Can be set to.

The unit price management system 1 receives a change input of the play unit price from the management terminal 22 or the payment terminal 11 at each store. The change in the play unit price is notified to the sales management server 32 via the management terminal 22, and the change on the day at the site is also managed as a history.

Therefore, the unit price management system 1 can centrally manage the change history while enabling flexible changes in the play unit price. As a result, the administrator can easily find a play unit price setting error or an invalid setting by referring to the management data of the sales management server 32.

In addition, even if the play unit price changes during the day, such as being linked to an event or discounting just before the store closes, the sales details data based on the changed play unit price and the change history of the play unit price are the date and time information and the game. It is associated with the identification information of the machine 10 and can be easily referred to.

The unit price management system 1 can set a play unit price corresponding to a play type for each game machine 10. As a result, the convenience of setting the unit price can be improved, and it is possible to easily grasp how the play type in the sales statement has changed due to the change in the play unit price.

The unit price management system 1 can collect play record data by inserting coins in addition to play record data by electronic money at the collection terminal 12. Therefore, the sales management server 32 can acquire the sales details regardless of the settlement method and the sales details according to the settlement method.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. In addition, the effects described in the present embodiment merely list the most preferable effects arising from the present invention, and the effects according to the present invention are not limited to those described in the present embodiment. For example, the device configuration described in the present embodiment and the device configuration of the embodiment described later may be appropriately combined.

The above-mentioned device configuration is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the unit price management system 1, the payment device 21 and the management terminal 22 may be provided in the store as shown in FIG. 1, or the payment device 21 and the management terminal 22 may be provided in the data center as shown in FIG. It may have been. Although FIG. 6 shows an example in which the relay server 23 is not provided, the relay server 23 may be provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the unit price management system 1A includes a plurality of game machines 10, terminals 11A, payment devices 21, management terminals 22 and relay servers 23 installed in a store of a game center, an external data center, and the like. The electronic money management server 31 and the sales management server 32 installed in the user terminal 40 may be provided. The terminal 11A shown here has the functions of both the payment terminal 11 and the collection terminal 12 shown in FIG.

Further, the process of outputting a coin pulse to the game machine 10 at the time of electronic money settlement performed by the record collection unit 121 of FIG. 7 and the process of collecting play record data by inserting coins are performed by the record collection unit 121. May be processed by an integrated circuit or the like provided on a different substrate.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the unit price management system 1B is different from the unit price management system 1 in FIG. 1 in which the payment device 21 and the management terminal 22 are separately provided, and the unit price management system 1B is a payment device in which both are integrated. The configuration may include the 21B, and the payment device 21B may be arranged in the data center. The payment device 21B is the same as the payment device 21 and the management terminal 22 including the arithmetic processing performed there, except that the payment device 21 and the management terminal 22 in the unit price management system 1 of FIG. 1 are integrally configured. is there.

Alternatively, the payment device 21B may be a combination of the payment device 21 and the management terminal 22 as described above, or may have only the function of the payment device 21. In this case, the update data, which is the combination of the play unit price and the number of pulses output from the change notification unit 114 in the payment terminal 11, is input to the unit price setting unit 321 of the sales management server 32.

Further, the unit price management system 1B is different from the unit price management system 1 of FIG. 1 in that the relay server 23 is not provided and the sales detail data is transmitted from the collection terminal 12 to the sales management server 32. In the unit price management system 1B, the relay server 23 may be provided between the collection terminal 12 and the sales management server 32, or the unit price management system 1 and the unit price management system 1C and the unit price management system 1D described later may manage the unit price. Similar to the system 1B, the relay server 23 may not be provided.

Further, in the unit price management system 1B, the payment device 21B and the electronic money management server 31 are described by being applied to a configuration in which they are separately provided, but the payment device 21B and the electronic money management server 31 are integrated. It may have a different configuration. Further, the unit price management system 1B, the unit price management system 1C and the unit price management system 1D, which will be described later, may be configured without the electronic money management server 31.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the device installed in the store in the unit price management system 1 is the game machine 10, the usage unit price is the play unit price, and the usage record data is the play record data. However, the equipment installed in the store may be a medal lending machine, a card vending machine, or a capsule toy vending machine (capsule toy). When the device is a medal lending machine, the usage unit price is the lending unit price, and the usage record data is the lending record data. When the device is a card vending machine or a vending machine, the usage unit price is the sales unit price, and the usage record data is the sales record data.

For example, as shown in FIG. 9, the device installed in the store in the unit price management system 1C may be the information terminal 10C. In addition to the game machine 10, the information terminal 10C also includes a medal lending machine, a card vending machine, and a capsule toy vending machine (capsule toy).

The information terminal 10C is connected to the payment terminal 11 so as to be able to transmit payment information of electronic money. When payment information, which is information indicating that payment has been made with electronic money, is input from the payment terminal 11, the information terminal 10C controls to perform an operation corresponding to the payment. For example, if it is a game machine 10, it controls to start a game, if it is a medal lending machine, it controls to eject medals, if it is a card vending machine, it controls to eject cards, and if it is a capsule toy, it controls to eject a capsule. Controls the discharge of incoming toys.

Further, the information terminal 10C can also output the play unit price when the game machine 10 is rented for an hour to the payment terminal 11. When the player makes a payment with electronic money, the payment terminal 11 makes a payment based on the play unit price acquired from the information terminal 10C.

The connection method between the information terminal 10C and the payment terminal 11 may be a connection method for performing information communication using a wire, a connection method for performing information communication using wireless, or a storage medium. It may be a connection method for performing the information communication used.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the device installed in the store in the unit price management system 1D may be the information terminal 10D. In addition to the game machine 10, the information terminal 10D includes a medal lending machine, a card vending machine, a capsule toy vending machine (capsule toy), a laptop computer (notebook computer), and a tablet computer. And so on.

The information terminal 10D is connected to the collection terminal 12 so that information can be transmitted, and is also connected to the payment terminal 11 via the collection terminal 12 so that payment information of electronic money can be transmitted. When payment information, which is information indicating that payment has been made with electronic money, is input from the payment terminal 11, the information terminal 10D controls to perform an operation corresponding to the payment.

Further, the information terminal 10D can also output the play unit price when the game machine 10 is rented for an hour via the collection terminal 12 to the payment terminal 11. When the player makes a payment with electronic money, the payment terminal 11 makes a payment based on the play unit price acquired from the information terminal 10D.

When the player pays the play unit price for hourly lending to the store in cash, the amount paid in cash is input to the information terminal 10D. The information terminal 10D outputs the information of the amount paid in the input cash to the collection terminal 12.

The target for hourly lending may be the game machine 10 as described above, and the equipment installed in the store is a medal lending machine, a card vending machine, or a capsule-encapsulated toy vending machine. There may be.

Further, the management terminal 22 and the relay server 23 installed in the store of FIG. 1 may be omitted, and the payment terminal 11 and the collection terminal 12 may be directly connected to the sales management server 32. Further, for example, a parent terminal that is wirelessly connected to a plurality of collection terminals 12 may be provided, and may be further connected to the sales management server 32 via the relay server 23.

The unit price management method by the unit price management system 1 is realized by software. When realized by software, the programs that make up this software are installed in the information processing device (computer). Further, these programs may be recorded and distributed on removable media such as a CD-ROM, or may be distributed by being downloaded to a computer via a network. Further, these programs may be incorporated and distributed as a hardware module (chipset).

1,1A, 1B, 1C, 1D unit price management system 10 Game machine (equipment)
10C, 10D information terminal (equipment)
11 Payment terminal 11A terminal 12 Collection terminal 21,21B Payment device 22 Management terminal 23 Relay server 31 Electronic money management server 32 Sales management server (management server)
40 User terminal 111 Unit price acquisition unit 112 Achievement transmission unit (Achievement creation unit)
113 Unit price change unit 114 Change notification unit 115 Unit price switching unit 116 Card information acquisition unit (media information acquisition unit)
121 Performance collection unit 122 Detail transmission unit 221 Unit price management unit 222 Unit price notification unit 321 Unit price setting unit (history recording unit)
322 Detail receiver S4 Unit price acquisition step S6 Payment information acquisition step S7 Usage record data creation step, collection step S8 Sales detail data creation step S9 Transmission step

Claims (5)

A detail transmitter that sends sales detail data including the unit price of the device, and
A detail receiving unit that receives the sales detail data transmitted from the detail transmitting unit, and
A history recording unit that records the change history of the usage unit price,
A unit price management unit that stores the usage unit price set in association with the device,
The unit price change unit that accepts the change input of the usage unit price,
A change notification unit that notifies the unit price management unit of the changed usage unit price,
Is provided,
The unit price management unit is a unit price management system that updates by reflecting the change information of the usage unit price notified from the change notification unit. A history recording unit for recording the change history of the usage unit price is further provided.
The unit price management system according to claim 1, wherein when the unit price management unit receives a change input of the usage unit price, the usage unit price is updated and the usage unit price is transmitted to the history recording unit. The usage price of accepting the change input, bid management system of claim 2, wherein the bidding unit to record in the history Symbol recording section is further provided the use bid as history accepted. The unit price of the device is stored in the device.
A unit price switching unit that is connected to the device in which the usage unit price is stored so as to be able to send and receive information, acquires the usage unit price from the connected device, and sets the usage unit price used for settlement as the acquired usage unit price. The unit price management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is further provided. It is a unit price management method by a unit price management system that updates by reflecting the change information of the usage unit price notified from the change notification department.
The unit price management system, and item transmitting unit that transmits the sales details data including the utilization unit cost of equipment, and item receiving unit that receives the sales statement data sent from the specification transmission unit, of the available bids a history recording unit that records the change history, and stores bid management unit of the utilization bids set by association with the device, a unit price changing unit for accepting change input of the utilization unit price, changed the use bid said change notification unit which notifies to the bid management unit, is provided,
The bid management unit,
And bids changing step of accepting the utilization unit price change input in the device,
A change notification step for notifying the unit price management unit of the changed usage unit price, and
An updating step of updating to reflect the change information of the usage unit prices notified in the bid management unit,
A unit price management method characterized by having.

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