JP7092822B2 - Management server and management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a management server and a management system, and more particularly to a technique for improving the efficiency of manufacturing and supplying goods.

There is a device that aggregates sales data such as the number of times the device is used in order to reduce human manual work related to the aggregation of sales in the entertainment device. Patent Document 1 stores sales data for amusement equipment installed in a store or the like, which stores information on the identification number of the equipment, the number of times coins are inserted, and the collection date and time of these information, and prints out a sales data slip. The tabulation device is disclosed.

Jitsukaisho 58-47480 Gazette

However, the sales data totaling device of Patent Document 1 described above only aggregates and prints the sales in the entertainment device, and does not enable efficient manufacturing and supply of goods using the sales data. rice field.

An object of the present invention is to provide a management server and a management system that facilitates inventory management of goods provided based on actual sales information.

The management server of the present invention is a management server that manages the provision status of the articles provided in the game device, and is an acquisition means for acquiring information indicating the provision status of the articles in the game device, and information acquired by the acquisition means. The first method of providing an article in a game device is to provide an article according to the game play . Providing method, a second providing method of providing goods without requiring game play, and further providing goods in addition to the goods provided by the first providing method in response to a request when game play is made. There is a third provision method, and the information indicating the provision status of the article includes information indicating which of the provision methods the article is provided, and the constituent means provides the provision status of the article in three types of provision methods. The presentation information is configured so that each of the above can be presented separately .

According to the present invention, it is possible to facilitate inventory management of goods provided based on actual sales information by such a configuration.

The figure which showed the system structure of the management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. A block diagram showing a functional configuration of a management server 100 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention. A block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game device 200 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention. A block diagram showing a functional configuration of a user terminal 300 according to an embodiment and a modification of the present invention. The figure which showed the presentation example of various information which concerns on article provision realized by the management application which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention. A flowchart illustrating each process of information update processing realized by the management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. A flowchart illustrating each process of information presentation processing realized by the management system according to the embodiment and the modification of the present invention. The figure which showed the system structure of the management system which concerns on the modification 1 of this invention. The figure which showed the system structure of the management system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. The block diagram which showed the functional structure of the card selling apparatus 900 which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. The figure which showed the data structure example of various information used in the management system which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention.

[Embodiment 1]
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, one embodiment described below is an example of a management system, a system for managing the number of cards provided to a user by using a game device, and the number of cards in stock that exist without being provided, and this. An example in which the present invention is applied to application software that realizes the above will be described. However, the present invention is applicable to any system capable of managing the number of articles provided to the user and the number of articles not yet provided for a predetermined game article and having the information presented. be.

<< Configuration of management system >>
FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing a system configuration of a management system according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the management system is configured so that the management server 100 and each of the plurality of game devices 200, and the management server 100 and each of one or more user terminals 300 can communicate with each other via the network 400. ..

In the management system of the present embodiment, each of the game devices 200 is configured to be able to provide a game playing experience related to game contents that do not have to be the same, and for games related to the game, subject to payment of consideration. Providing goods. The game device 200 may be installed in, for example, a game center, a shopping mall, a home appliance mass retailer, a toy store, or the like.

The management server 100 is configured to be able to acquire information on game articles provided by the communication-connected game device 200 and manage the number of articles actually provided (actual number provided) to the user. .. Further, the management server 100 determines the current number of stocks, that is, the number of stocks after being provided in each game device 200, based on the information on the number of stocks of game articles stored in advance and the information on the actual number of provisions. It is configured to be manageable. These information managed by the management server 100 are transmitted to the user terminal 300 in response to the presentation request from the user terminal 300, and are configured to be presentable to the display device of the user terminal 300.

Further, the user terminal 300 can make the display device present various information managed about the game article by executing the application (management application) related to the management system, and can present it to the user of the user terminal 300. .. In the present embodiment, the user terminal 300 manages the actual number of game articles provided and the number of stocks of the game articles, for example, for each of the game titles or for each store where the game device 200 is arranged, by executing the management application. Not only that, it is possible to provide various functions used by the user who manages the game device 200, such as order management of game goods and sales forecast. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the user of the management application is the user who manages the game device 200. However, in the implementation of the present invention, the user terminal 300 does not have to provide all the functions described below by executing the management application, and a part of the following will be described using the information managed by the management server 100. It may be a terminal used for order management in a store or the like where the game device 200 is arranged, for example, which provides a function.

The game article provided by the game device 200 of the present embodiment will be described as being a card related to the game content for which the play experience is provided in the game device 200. The card is provided with information and is configured to have information acquired at the time of game play in any game device 200 that provides the same game playing experience as the provided game device 200, and influences the progress of the game. It may be one that can be used as an element. Alternatively, the card may be used in a game device 200 that provides a playing experience of another game instead of the provided game device 200, or the so-called game play is possible without the need for a game device. It may be one that can be used for analog table card games. In any case, in the present invention, the card is provided with a play experience for, for example, game content (game title) in which the card can be used or a game device that provided the card for management classification in the management system. It is assumed that the types related to the game, such as the game content to be played, are associated with each other.

In the present embodiment, the game article will be described as a ready-made card that has been printed and manufactured in advance, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. In a configuration in which the game device 200 includes a printer capable of generating a card, the game article may be a card generated by so-called on-demand printing. Further, the game articles are not limited to cards, and are, for example, arbitrary articles such as figures, toys, key chains, and other shaped objects having the appearance of game elements related to game contents, and paper media and stickers other than cards. It may be there. In other words, since the present invention manages information on whether or not the game article has been provided to the user, which one is the game article is not related to the implementation of the present invention.

<Management server configuration>
Subsequently, the functional configuration of the management server 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU and controls the operation of each block of the management server 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by reading, for example, the operation program of each block recorded on the recording medium 102, expanding it into the memory 103, and executing the program.

The recording medium 102 is a recording device such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD that can permanently hold data. The recording medium 102 stores information such as parameters required for the operation of each block in addition to the operation program of each block of the management server 100. The memory 103 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as a volatile memory. The memory 103 is used not only as an expansion area for the operation program of each block but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data and the like output in the operation of each block.

The provision status DB 104 is a database that manages information on the provision status of cards in the game device 200 provided so as to be able to communicate with the management server 100. Although the details will be described later, the management system of the present embodiment relates to the provision of cards acquired from each game device 200 each time in order to facilitate the presentation of information on the provision status of the presentation conditions selected in the user terminal 300. The information is aggregated for each type associated with the card and managed in the provision status DB 104.

The inventory management DB 105 is a database that manages information on the inventory status of cards that have not yet been provided, depending on the provision status of the cards. Although the details will be described later, the inventory management DB 105 manages the inventory status information of the existing cards that have not been provided yet for each type associated with the card, as in the provision status DB 104. ..

When a presentation request is made from the user terminal 300 regarding at least one of the provision status and the inventory status, the presentation control unit 106 configures and returns information corresponding to the required presentation conditions, and returns the user terminal 300. Control the content presented in. The information to be returned may be configured based on the information managed in the provision status DB 104 and the inventory management DB 105.

The communication unit 107 is a communication interface with an external device included in the management server 100. The communication unit 107 may be connected to an external device via a network 400 (whether wired or wireless) which may be a cable for connecting a communication network such as the Internet or devices, and can transmit and receive data. can. For example, the communication unit 107 converts the information input as a transmission target into data in a predetermined format, and transmits the information to an external device such as a game device 200 or a user terminal 300 via the network 400. Further, when the communication unit 107 receives information from an external device via, for example, the network 400, the communication unit 107 decodes the information and stores it in the memory 103.

<Configuration of game device 200>
Next, the functional configuration of the game device 200 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. In the description of the functional configuration of the game device 200, the configuration that realizes the same function as the configuration of the management server 100 is prefixed with "game" in order to distinguish it from the configuration of the management server 100. It shall be shown.

The game control unit 201 is, for example, a CPU and controls the operation of each block of the game device 200. Specifically, the game control unit 201 controls the operation of each block by reading, for example, the operation program of each block recorded in the game recording medium 202, expanding it into the game memory 203, and executing the program.

The game recording medium 202 is a recording device such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD that can permanently hold data. The game recording medium 202 contains information such as parameters required for the operation of each block and various graphic data used for the game executed by the game device 200, in addition to the operation program of each block of the game device 200. Remember. The game memory 203 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as a volatile memory. The game memory 203 is used not only as an expansion area for the operation program of each block but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data and the like output in the operation of each block.

The game payment detection unit 204 detects that the consideration has been paid in the game device 200. In the game device 200 of the present embodiment, payment of consideration in a physical currency such as a coin or a coin equivalent to a coin and an electronic currency (electronic money) in which payment processing is performed via communication with a predetermined chip is performed. It is assumed that the game payment detection unit 204 is configured to be able to detect whether or not the consideration has been paid for both of them. More specifically, when the game payment detection unit 204 detects that a predetermined amount of physical currency has been inserted into, for example, a slot (not shown) provided in the game device 200, it indicates that the payment of the consideration has been completed. The control signal is output to the game control unit 201. Alternatively, the game payment detection unit 204 indicates that, for example, the information of the chip related to the electronic currency has been acquired by a reader (not shown) provided in the game device 200, and the payment processing of a predetermined amount for the chip has been completed. When detected, a control signal indicating that the payment of the consideration has been completed is similarly output to the game control unit 201.

The game presentation control unit 205 controls the presentation of various information to the user in the game device 200. The game device 200 of the present embodiment will be described as having at least a game display unit 210 for displaying images (game screen, menu screen, etc.) as means for presenting various information to the user, but the means for presenting information are these. Needless to say, it is not limited to, and can be replaced or added.

The game presentation control unit 205 includes a drawing device such as a GPU, and performs a predetermined drawing process when generating a screen to be displayed on the game display unit 210. Specifically, the game presentation control unit 205 is required for drawing objects (graphics data) required based on the processes and instructions performed by the game control unit 201 in each sequence during operation of the game device 200. Performs various arithmetic processes and draws the screen. The generated screen is output to the game display unit 210, which is a display device detachably connected to the same housing as the game device 200 or to the outside of the game device 200, and is displayed in a predetermined display area by the user. Presented at.

The game operation input unit 206 is a user interface included in the game device 200, such as an operation member for direction input, an operation member for determination input, and various sensors. When the game operation input unit 206 detects that an operation input has been made to the operation member, the game operation input unit 206 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the game control unit 201. In the present embodiment, the game device 200 will be described as having various interfaces as physical operation members, but includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor for detecting a touch input made on the screen of the game display unit 210. You may.

The game providing control unit 207 performs various processes for providing the card for the payment of the consideration made in the game device 200. The game device 200 of the present embodiment has the following three types of methods for providing cards, and in any case, the cards are provided on the condition that payment of consideration is required.

The first provision method as the first provision method according to the present invention is based on the fact that the mode for providing the game playing experience is selected after the consideration is paid and the service provision is started. It provides cards for this gameplay. That is, in the provision method, the game device 200 provides a game playing experience and one card for the payment of the consideration made.

Further, in the second provision method as the second provision method according to the present invention, the game is selected according to the mode in which the card is sold after the consideration is paid and the service provision is started. The card is provided without providing the play experience of. That is, in the provision method, the game device 200 provides one card for the payment of the consideration made. Further, in the mode of selling, it is possible to provide cards up to the maximum number of offers each time a predetermined amount of consideration is paid.

Further, in the third provision method as the third provision method according to the present invention, a mode for providing a game playing experience is selected after the consideration is paid and the service provision is started, and the first provision is provided. Apart from the card provided by the method, additional cards will be provided in response to the payment of additional consideration. That is, in the provision method, the game device 200 pays an additional consideration when a request for provision of a further card is made in addition to the card provided for the game play when the game play is performed. Provide a card as a requirement. The card additionally provided at this time may be configured so that the card can be provided up to the maximum number of provisions each time a predetermined amount of consideration is paid, as in the second provision method.

When the provision condition of a predetermined card is satisfied in the service provision, the game provision control unit 207 sends a card provision command to the provider 220 to provide the card. The providing unit 220 may be configured by a card dispenser that is detachably connected to the same housing as the game device 200 or to the outside of the game device 200. The card dispenser has, for example, a stocker (not shown) for vertically stacking cards, and the card dispenser is driven in response to a donation command made by the game provision control unit 207 to hold the card at the bottom of the stocker. It may be configured to have a mechanism for providing one sheet. When the providing unit 220 is built in the same housing as the game device 200, the card provision is provided to the user by being guided to an outlet 221 (see FIG. 1) accessible from the outside of the game device 200. good.

In the present embodiment, the game device 200 is not limited to providing a play experience of a specific game content, and each provides a play experience of any of a plurality of types of game contents. It may be there. In other words, each of the game devices 200 has different cards that can be provided depending on the game content that provides the play experience, and in the management system of the present embodiment, there are a plurality of types of game content or a plurality of types of games. The card provision status is managed for the 200 groups of game devices that provide a content playing experience.

The game communication unit 208 is a communication interface with an external device included in the game device 200. The game communication unit 208 connects to an external device via a network 400 (whether wired or wireless) which may be a cable connecting a communication network such as the Internet or devices, and enables data transmission / reception. Can be done. For example, the game communication unit 208 converts the information input as the transmission target into data in a predetermined format, and transmits the information to an external device such as the management server 100 via the network 400. Further, when the game communication unit 208 receives information from an external device via, for example, the network 400, the game communication unit 208 decodes the information and stores it in the game memory 203.

In the present embodiment, when the card is provided, the game communication unit 208 transmits information indicating that the card has been provided to the management server 100, and the transmission is a communication connection between the game device 200 and the management server 100. It goes without saying that this is done only when is established. In the present embodiment, the transmission of information will be described as being performed at the timing when the communication connection between the management server 100 and the game device 200 is established when the service use is started and the card is provided. The implementation of is not limited to this. For example, the game memory 203 may hold the information on the card provision made for a predetermined period, and may transmit the information related to the provision of the held cards a plurality of times at a predetermined timing. Alternatively, when the communication connection between the game device 200 and the management server 100 is impossible, such as when the game device 200 is offline, the information provided by the card performed during the impossible state is used for communication. It may be configured to be transmitted when the connection is restored.

Further, in the present embodiment, the processing in the game device 200 will be the main process, and the information indicating that the card has been provided will be transmitted to the management server 100 together with the registration request. However, the information acquisition request from the management server 100 will be described. Needless to say, when the game device 200 receives the information, the information indicating that the card has been provided may be transmitted from the game device 200 to the management server 100.

<User terminal 300>
Next, the functional configuration of the user terminal 300 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. In the functional configuration of the user terminal 300, the configuration that realizes the same functions as the configuration of the management server 100 and the game device 200 is referred to as a "terminal" in order to distinguish it from the configuration of the management server 100 and the game device 200. It shall be indicated with the prefix of.

The terminal control unit 301 is, for example, a CPU and controls the operation of each block of the user terminal 300. Specifically, the terminal control unit 301 reads, for example, an operation program of each block recorded in the terminal recording medium 302 and an execution program related to the above-mentioned management application, expands the program into the terminal memory 303, and executes the program. Control the behavior of the block.

The terminal recording medium 302 is a recording device such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD that can permanently hold data. The terminal recording medium 302 stores, in addition to the operation program of each block of the user terminal 300 and the execution program of the management application, parameters required for the operation of each block, information necessary for total display in the management application, and the like. The terminal memory 303 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as a volatile memory. The terminal memory 303 is used not only as an expansion area for an operation program of each block or an execution program of a management application, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data and the like output in the operation of each block.

The terminal presentation control unit 304 includes a drawing device such as a GPU, and performs a predetermined screen generation process when the terminal display unit 310 is made to present information. Specifically, the terminal presentation control unit 304 acquires the corresponding information from the management server 100 regarding the selected presentation condition while the management application is being executed, generates the information on the screen based on the information, and transmits the information to the terminal display unit 310. To display. The terminal display unit 310 may be, for example, a display device detachably connected to the outside of the user terminal 300, or a display device integrally configured with the user terminal 300, from the terminal presentation control unit 304 to the screen. When the relevant data is received, the information can be presented to the user by displaying the data in a predetermined display area.

The terminal operation input unit 305 is a user interface included in the user terminal 300, such as a mouse or a keyboard. When the terminal operation input unit 305 detects that an operation input has been made to each user interface, the terminal operation input unit 305 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the terminal control unit 301. In the present embodiment, the user terminal 300 is described as having various interfaces as physical operation members, but includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor that detects a touch input made on the screen of the terminal display unit 310. It may be a thing.

The terminal communication unit 306 is a communication interface with an external device having the user terminal 300. The terminal communication unit 306 is connected to an external device via a network 400 (whether wired or wireless) which may be a cable connecting a communication network such as the Internet or devices, and enables data transmission / reception. Can be done. For example, the terminal communication unit 306 converts the information input as the transmission target into data in a predetermined format, and transmits the information to an external device such as the management server 100 via the network 400. Further, when the terminal communication unit 306 receives information from an external device via, for example, the network 400, the terminal communication unit 306 decodes the information and stores it in the terminal memory 303.

<< Managed information >>
Hereinafter, various types of information handled or managed in the management system of the present embodiment will be described.

<Card provision information>
First, the card providing information indicating that the card has been provided, which is transmitted from the game device 200 to the management server 100, will be described. In the present embodiment, as described above, the card provision information is configured by the game control unit 201 each time the card is provided in the game device 200, and is managed together with the registration request via the game communication unit 208 and the network 400. It may be transmitted to the server 100.

Here, the game content provided with the play experience in the game device 200 is updated and provided as a service in order to maintain the interest of the user, such as the appearance of a new character and the addition of a story and a game mode. Similarly, the number of cards provided in the game device 200 that can be additionally used increases in accordance with these updates, and in general, the period from one update to the next update is set as the provision period. By providing a wide range of cards, it will be operated to maintain the interest of users. In the following description, the provision time of a series of cards provided in accordance with the update of the game content will be identified as "provided bullets". The provided bullet may be an expression that can be used to distinguish the context of the provided time, such as the first bullet, the second bullet, ..., and the Nth bullet, by adding a number, for example.

As shown in FIG. 11A, for example, the card provision information is a card in which the provided card is associated with any game content in association with the device ID 1101 that identifies the game device 200 that provided the card. Content ID 1102 indicating whether or not, provided bullet ID 1103 indicating the provided bullet in the game content of the provided card, store ID 1104 identifying the store where the game device 200 that provided the card is installed, and the time when the card was provided. Offer time 1105, payment currency 1106 (whether physical or electronic currency) indicating the type of currency used to pay for the card offer, and the offer adopted when the card was offered. The provision method 1107 indicating the method may be included.

<Provision status information>
Subsequently, the provision status information managed by the provision status DB 104 of the present embodiment, which is configured by receiving such card provision information and performing a predetermined process, will be described. In the management system of the present embodiment, in order to ensure suitable readability when the management application is executed on the user terminal 300, the card provision information received by the management server 100 is the game content, the provided bullets, and the store. The combinations are aggregated in advance and stored in the provision status DB 104 as provision status information. However, in the implementation of the present invention, it is not necessary to convert the card provision information into the provision status information having the following data structure, and even if the card provision information itself is stored and managed in the provision status DB 104, other Needless to say, the configuration may be stored and managed as information converted by the aggregation method of.

The provision status information provides, for example, as shown in FIG. 11B, a content ID 1111 indicating the game content provided by the card, a provided bullet ID 1112 indicating the provided bullet in the game content of the provided card, and a card. The information 1114 of the actual number of cards provided for the combination is managed in association with the combination of the store ID 1113 of the store in which the game device 200 is installed. Here, in order to make it possible to grasp the movement of the actual number of provisions for each predetermined aggregation period such as one day, one week, one month, etc., the actual provision number information 1114 sets the aggregation period for each of the aggregation periods. The actual number of cards provided in all game devices 200 in association with the identification period ID 1121, 1122, the provision method breakdown 1123 indicating the number of times each provision method is adopted, and physical currency and electronic currency. It shall be composed of information on the payment currency breakdown 1124 indicating the number of times each of the above was used for payment of consideration. The payment currency breakdown 1124 may manage the total amount of consideration paid for each of the physical currency and the electronic currency.

By aggregating the provision status information in this way, the provision status information aggregated for each store, each bullet number, each game content, or any combination thereof can be easily configured according to the presentation request. It will be possible to present.

<Warehouse management information>
Next, the inventory management information managed by the inventory management DB 105 of the present embodiment, which is configured based on the provision status information managed by the provision status DB 104, will be described. In the management system of the present embodiment, inventory management information is configured so that information such as the inventory status of the card can be viewed when the execution application is executed on the user terminal 300, and is stored in the inventory management DB 105.

As shown in FIG. 11C, for example, the inventory management information is associated with the combination of the content ID 1131 that identifies the game content and the provided bullet ID 1132 that identifies the provided bullet in the game content, and the inventory of the card related to the combination is associated with the combination. It manages inventory quantity information 1133 indicating the number and expected provision quantity information 1134 indicating the expected provision number of cards related to the combination. In the management system of the present embodiment, the inventory quantity information 1133 is used to improve the efficiency of the work performed by the management source, such as the procedure for shipping the card to the store where the game device 200 is installed and the order for the card production to the factory by the management application. As a result, the following two types of inventory are managed. The first is store inventory indicating the number of cards existing in each distribution destination store and not yet provided to the user, and is included as store inventory information 1141 in the inventory quantity information 1133. The second is warehouse inventory (product inventory, distribution inventory, etc. of the management source) indicating the number of cards held by the management source, which has not yet been wholesaled to distribution, and is included as warehouse inventory information 1142 in the inventory quantity information 1133. ..

Here, since the store inventory information 1141 is managed for each store, for example, as shown in the figure, each store is associated with the store ID 1151 of the store and remains in the store without being provided to the user. It may include a store inventory number 1152 indicating the number of cards used. The store inventory number 1152 is the actual number of cards provided from the game device 200 of the store from the number of cards shipped from the management source to the store, which is added at the timing of each shipment and grasped in advance. It may be derived by subtracting (based on the provision status information). That is, the store inventory number 1152 is updated when the management source ships the card to the store and when the card is provided at the store.

On the other hand, the warehouse inventory information 1142 does not ship to the store where the game device 200 is installed, and indicates the number of cards actually held by the management source, so that it is not necessary to manage each store. As such, it may have only a warehouse inventory of 1161. The warehouse inventory number 1161 is derived by subtracting the number of cards shipped to each store from the number of cards existing in the management source warehouse, which is added at the timing of each delivery and is grasped in advance. May be. That is, the warehouse inventory number 1161 is updated when a manufacturing order is placed at a factory or the like that manufactures the card and the ordered card is delivered and when the card is shipped to each store.

Further, in the management system of the present embodiment, based on the information of the actual number of items provided, the number of items in the store, and the number of items in the warehouse, the inventory can be suitably executed for the shipping operation to the store and the card ordering operation. The management information includes the expected number of provided information 1134. In the present embodiment, the expected number of provided information 1134 is configured to indicate a numerical value (expected number of provided items) that predicts how many cards are expected to be provided at each store for one game content. As shown in the figure, the expected number of provisions information 1134 is provided for each of the forecast periods in order to enable grasping the movement of the actual number of provisions for each predetermined forecast period such as one day, one week, or one month. The expected number of offers 1173 is managed in association with the prediction period ID 1171 that identifies the prediction period and the store ID 1172 that indicates the store that makes the prediction. Forecast of the expected number of provided bullets at the store related to the provided bullet ID 1132 is, for example, the transition of the actual number of provided bullets related to the provided bullet card at the store (change history of the actual number of provided bullets in each aggregation period after the start of provision) and the said. It may be performed based on the transition of the actual number of bullets provided in the past related to the same game content in the store (the actual number of bullets provided in the past and the actual number of bullets provided in the same month in the past). Alternatively, the forecast of the expected number of provisions is made based on the transition of the actual number of provisions of the same game content at all stores managed by the management system and other stores with similar customer bases as the installed stores. It may be performed based on the transition of the actual number of other game contents having similar genres, target ages and target genders of users.

In addition, in the management system of the present embodiment, in order to present the expected number of provisions in a manner comparable to the actual number of provision status information, the forecast period is assumed to have the same time width as the aggregation period of the actual number of provisions. As described above, in the practice of the present invention, it is not necessary that the aggregation period and the prediction period are defined by the same time width. Further, in order to make the comparison possible, the information on the estimated number of provisions predicted in the past may also be retained in the inventory management information. Further, the expected number of provided bullets may be modified based on the actual number of provided bullets, for example, for one provided bullet, the timing before the start of provision, the timing of every predetermined number of days from the start of provision, and the predetermined number. The estimated number of provisions 1173 predicted at the specified timing (after totaling on the first day, every Monday, etc.) may be included in the estimated number of provisions information 1134, respectively. At this time, the estimated number of provisions before the start of provision is predicted based on the information on the actual number of provisions of the past provided bullets, and the expected number of provisions after the start of provision is the actual provision of the target provided bullets at the timing of prediction. It may be predicted based on the information on the number and the information on the actual number of bullets provided in the past.

By configuring the inventory management information in this way, it is easy to configure the inventory quantity and the expected provision number for each store, each bullet number, each game content, or any combination of these according to the presentation request. It will be possible to present it to.

<< Information presentation mode >>
Next, the mode of presenting the information managed by the provision status DB 104 and the inventory management DB 105 of the management server 100 will be described with reference to the drawings. The information presentation shown below is based on the provision status information and inventory management information in which the presentation control unit 106 provides information for presentation corresponding to the conditions when the management application is executed on the user terminal 300 and the presentation conditions are selected. It is performed by configuring and transmitting to the user terminal 300.

The presentation conditions that can be selected in the management application may include, for example, conditions that allow comparison of the actual number of provided games between game contents or between provided bullets of the same game content. In the example shown in FIG. 5A, the provision start date (first aggregation period) of each provided bullet is set to the initial value (first day) of the time axis so that the transition of the actual number of provided bullets can be compared. A line graph shows the actual number of provisions for each unified and sequential aggregation period. In the illustrated example, for the first item of game content A, the fourth item of game content B, and the second and third items of game content C, the change over time in the actual number of provided stores for all installed stores is in the field. Each is shown within 500.

Further, by operating the GUIs 501 to 504 presented at the same time, the information to be presented for each of the presented items can be switched. For example, the GUI 501 switches to the presentation of the time transition of the inventory quantity, and when the selection operation for the GUI is performed, the presentation content in the field 500 is switched to the inventory quantity of each item. The display of the number of inventories may be configured so that the store inventory and the warehouse inventory can be discriminated from each other, or may be configured so that they can be compared with each other.

Further, for example, the GUI 502 shows the transition of the actual number of provisions over time from the one showing the aggregated result for each day shown in FIG. 5A to the day of the total actual number of provisions (total number of actual provisions from the start of the provision period). It switches to the one that shows the transition of each.

Further, for example, the GUI 503 switches to the aggregation result of the actual number of provided currency for each type of currency used for payment, and each time the selection operation for the GUI is performed, the actual number of provided currency is presented without discrimination of the currency used → physical. Presenting the actual number of offers only for the target currency → Presenting the actual number of offers for the electronic currency only → The presentation contents of the field 500 can be sequentially switched to the presentation that can compare the actual number of offers related to the physical currency and the electronic currency. It may be there.

Further, for example, the GUI 504 switches to the aggregation result of the actual number of provided cards for each method of providing the card, and each time a selection operation for the GUI is performed, the actual number of provided cards is presented in the first provided method → the second provided. The presentation contents of the field 500 may be sequentially switched to the presentation of the actual number of provisions by the method → the presentation of the actual number of provisions by the third provision method, and the presentation in which the actual number of provisions by each provision method can be compared. ..

Further, the presentation conditions that can be selected in the management application may include, for example, a condition in which the actual number of provided bullets and the expected number of provided bullets can be compared with respect to the provided bullets of the game content. In the example shown in FIG. 5 (b), the actual number provided in each aggregation period and the forecast period corresponding to the aggregation period are predicted so that the transitions between the actual number provided and the expected number provided for one provided bullet can be compared. A line graph for each item is shown in field 500 so that the expected number of offers is aligned on the same time axis. In the illustrated example, for the fifth game content A, the time course of the actual number of provisions, the time course of the expected number of provisions predicted before the start of provision, and the actual number of provisions on the first operating day (start date of provision) are shown. The time course of the expected number of offers that has been predicted and revised to reflect it, and the time course of the number of expected offers that have been predicted and revised to reflect the actual number of offers on the first Monday are shown.

In the present embodiment, as an embodiment of presenting the provision status information and the inventory management information by the management application, two types of provision conditions have been described as an example with reference to FIG. 5, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. ..

As described above, since the provision status information manages the information on the transition of the actual number of provisions for each combination of the game content, the provision bullets, and the store, for example, the actual provision period (all provision bullets) of the game content. The presentation control unit 106 configures information for presentation so that it is possible to check the transition of the number of provisions, compare the actual number of provisions between stores, and compare the actual number of provisions between game contents in one store. There may be.

Similarly, the inventory management information manages information on the number of store inventory for each store, the number of warehouse inventory of the management source, and the number of expected provisions for each store for the combination of game content and provided bullets. Therefore, for example, between stores. The presentation control unit 106 presents so that it is possible to compare the transition of the store inventory number, the warehouse inventory number transition between the game contents or the provided bullets, and the expected provision number transition between the game contents. It may be the one that constructs the information for.

In addition, it goes without saying that other presentation conditions can be set for the presentation of the information managed by the provision status information and the inventory management information. That is, the combination of information to be presented, the change of summary items, and the presentation method (not limited to line graphs, bar graphs, total value tables, etc.) need not be limited to those shown in FIG. 5, and can be changed as appropriate. good. Then, the presentation control unit 106 may configure presentation information according to the desired presentation conditions selected in the user terminal 300 and transmit it to the user terminal 300 via the communication unit 107.

<Notification function>
As described above, since the management system of the present embodiment manages the inventory management information, the store inventory information of each store where the game device 200 is installed and the warehouse inventory information held by the management source can be grasped. Possible to be configured. In addition, since the inventory management information includes information on the expected number of provisions, it is possible to identify a situation in which the store inventory or warehouse inventory of the card may be insufficient based on the prediction.

Therefore, in the management server 100 of the present embodiment, the control unit 101 is based on the store inventory information, the warehouse inventory information, and the expected number of provisions of the inventory management information, for each provided bullet of the game content, or for each store of the provided bullet. In addition, if it is determined whether the inventory can be insufficient and it is determined that the inventory can be insufficient, a function (notification function) for notifying this by the management application is provided. The following two types of notification functions are provided in the management application of this embodiment.

One is a notification given when the expected number of store inventories related to the store exceeds the expected number of offers for a specific store, and the card is shipped from the management source in order to replenish the store inventory to the store. Is to notify the user terminal 300 capable of executing the management application that the management application is required. More specifically, if the control unit 101 determines that, for example, the expected number of offers can exceed the number of stores in stock after a lapse of a predetermined number of days, the number of cards to be shipped from the warehouse inventory to the target store and the shipping time thereof. May be used to notify. In the present embodiment, the notification relating to the store inventory will be described as notifying the number of cards shipped and the shipping time, but in a mode in which, for example, the day of the week for shipping is predetermined, only the number of shipments is given. It may be a notification, or in a manner in which the number of cards to be shipped to the store at one time is predetermined, only the shipping time may be notified.

The other is when it is determined that the warehouse inventory may be insufficient when the provided bullets of a specific game content are shipped to each store based on the estimated number of provided bullets. This is a notification to notify the user terminal 300 capable of executing the management application that a manufacturing order is required from the card manufacturing factory in order to replenish the warehouse inventory for the provided bullet. More specifically, if the control unit 101 determines that the warehouse inventory can be less than a predetermined number when the cards are shipped to each store based on the expected number of supplies, for example, a manufacturing order is placed with the manufacturing factory. It may notify the number of manufacturing orders for the card to be manufactured. In the present embodiment, the notification relating to the warehouse inventory will be described as notifying the number of orders for manufacturing the card, but for example, there is a period required for the card to be manufactured and delivered as the warehouse inventory. May be notified by adding the manufacturing order timing in anticipation of. Further, in the embodiment in which the number of manufacturing orders at one time is fixed, only the manufacturing order timing may be notified based on the number of orders.

In addition, in the management system of the present embodiment, in order to appropriately manage the provision status and inventory, information is acquired from each game device 200 via the network 400, but the game is in a state where communication is not possible. If the device 200 is present, suitable management may not be realized. Therefore, for example, the game device 200 is configured to periodically transmit the card provision information regardless of the usage status, and the control unit 101 determines that there is a game device 200 for which the card provision information has not been acquired for a predetermined period. In this case, the user terminal 300 that can execute the management application is notified whether the game device 200 in which information cannot be acquired exists, or in which store such a game device 200 exists. May be good. Since the game device 200 may be operated in a manner that does not use the communication function depending on the store, such a game device 200 is excluded from the targets of information collection, forecast of expected number of provisions, and inventory management. May be good.

<< Information update processing >>
The information update process for updating various information in the management system of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit of each device involved in the management system reading, for example, the corresponding processing program stored in each recording medium, expanding it into RAM, and executing it. can. It should be noted that this information update process will be described as being started, for example, when the card is provided in the game device 200.

In S601, the game control unit 201 configures card provision information for the card provision performed, transmits it to the game communication unit 208, and transmits it to the management server 100 via the network 400.

In S602, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the card provision information transmitted from the game device 200 has been received. If the control unit 101 determines that the card provision information has been received, the process is transferred to S603, and if it is determined that the card provision information has not been received, the control unit 101 repeats the process of this step.

In S603, the control unit 101 updates the corresponding provision status information managed in the provision status DB 104 based on the received card provision information. At this time, if the corresponding provision status information does not yet exist in the provision status DB 104, the control unit 101 may configure the provision status information based on the received card provision information and newly store it in the provision status DB 104.

In S604, the control unit 101 updates the corresponding inventory management information managed in the inventory management DB 105 based on the updated provision status information. Here, the information of the inventory management information to be updated may be only the store inventory information 1141 of the inventory quantity information 1133.

In S605, the control unit 101 determines whether or not it is the timing to predict the expected number of provisions. The forecast of the expected number of offers does not need to be made every time the card is offered, but is made at a predetermined timing, for example, once a week as described above. It's okay. The control unit 101 shifts the processing to S606 when it is determined that it is the timing to predict the expected number of provisions, and completes the information update processing when it is determined that it is not the timing to perform the prediction.

In S606, the control unit 101 updates the estimated number of provisions information 1134 included in the inventory management information based on the provision status information managed in the provision status DB 104, and completes this information update process.

By doing so, in the management system of the present embodiment, the provision status information and the inventory management information can be updated according to the card provision in any of the game devices 200.

<< Information presentation processing >>
Next, specific processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7 regarding the information presentation processing executed in relation to various information presentations in the management application of the management system of the present embodiment. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit of each device involved in the management system reading, for example, the corresponding processing program stored in each recording medium, expanding it into RAM, and executing it. can. It should be noted that this information presentation process will be described as being started when, for example, the management application is executed on the user terminal 300 and the presentation conditions are set.

In S701, the terminal control unit 301 acquires the information of the presentation condition selected for the information presentation. Then, the terminal control unit 301 transmits the information of the presentation condition to the terminal communication unit 306, and causes the management server 100 to transmit the information via the network 400.

In S702, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the information on the presentation conditions transmitted from the user terminal 300 has been received. When the control unit 101 determines that the information of the presentation condition has been received, the process is transferred to S703, and when it is determined that the information of the presentation condition has not been received, the control unit 101 repeats the process of this step.

In S703, the presentation control unit 106 configures presentation information corresponding to the received presentation condition information based on the managed provision status information and inventory management information under the control of the control unit 101, and configures the communication unit 107. And returns the information of the presentation condition to the user terminal 300 that has received the information of the presentation condition via the network 400.

In S704, the terminal control unit 301 determines whether or not the presentation information corresponding to the presentation condition has been received. When the terminal control unit 301 determines that the presentation information has been received, the process is transferred to S705, and when it is determined that the presentation information has not been received, the terminal control unit 301 repeats the process of this step.

In S705, the terminal presentation control unit 304 generates a display screen related to the management application based on the received presentation information under the control of the terminal control unit 301, displays it on the terminal display unit 310, and completes the information presentation process. do.

By doing so, in the management system of the present embodiment, the information corresponding to the presentation conditions selected in the management application is managed by the provision status information and the inventory management DB 105 managed by the provision status DB 104. It can be configured using inventory management information and displayed on the terminal display unit 310 of the user terminal 300.

As described above, according to the management system of the present embodiment, it is possible to facilitate inventory management of goods to be provided based on actual sales information.

[Modification 1]
In the above-described first embodiment, it has been described that the card provision information is transmitted from the game device 200 to the management server 100 in response to the provision of the card in the game device 200, but this is the embodiment of the present invention. It is not limited to. For example, depending on the store, a plurality of game devices 200 managed by a management system may be installed, and when managing information about a store, a configuration in which card provision information is individually acquired from all of these is operated simultaneously. It may be inefficient depending on the number of game devices 200 and the like. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, a collection server 800 for collecting card provision information from the game device 200 installed in the same store is provided, and the collection server 800 is provided with respect to the management server 100 for a predetermined time. The card provision information may be transmitted at intervals. The collection server 800 is provided with an aggregation function, and one or more card provision information received from a plurality of game devices 200 within a predetermined time is converted into information equivalent to the provision status information and transmitted to the management server 100. May be.

[Embodiment 2]
In the management system of the first embodiment described above, the device that provides the card has been described as a game device 200 that can provide a game playing experience, but the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the device that provides the card may be a device that does not have a function of providing a game playing experience. In the present embodiment, a card sales device 900, which does not have a function of providing a game playing experience but has a card sales function, will be described as an example.

<< Configuration of management system >>
As shown in FIG. 9, in the management system of the present embodiment, each of the card sales devices 900 is made possible to acquire card provision information from a plurality of card sales devices 900 installed in a store or the like via a network 400. It is configured to be able to communicate with the management server 100.

Unlike the management server 100, the card sales device 900 does not have a function of providing a game playing experience as described above, and can only provide a card when the consideration is paid. Has been done. That is, if the card sales device 900 is used, the user does not need to select a mode or play a game as compared with the case of acquiring a card using the game device 200, and can acquire the card without requiring complicated operations. ..

<Configuration of card sales device 900>
Next, the functional configuration of the card sales device 900 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. In the description of the functional configuration of the card sales device 900, the configuration that realizes the same functions as the configuration of the management server 100, the game device 200, or the user terminal 300 is described as "sales" in order to distinguish it from these configurations. It shall be indicated with the prefix "".

The sales control unit 901 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block of the card sales device 900. The operation control of each block may be realized, for example, by reading a program stored in the sales recording medium 902, expanding the program in the sales memory 903, and executing the program.

The sales recording medium 902 is a recording device such as a non-volatile memory or an HDD that can permanently hold data. The sales recording medium 902 stores information such as parameters required for the operation of each block in addition to the operation program of each block of the card sales device 900. The sales memory 903 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as a volatile memory. The sales memory 903 is used not only as an expansion area for the operation program of each block but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data and the like output in the operation of each block.

The sales payment detection unit 904 detects that the consideration has been paid in the card sales device 900. Similar to the game device 200, the card sales device 900 of the present embodiment is configured to be capable of paying consideration in both physical currency and electronic currency, and the sales payment detection unit 904 determines that both of these can be paid. It shall be configured so that it can be detected whether or not the consideration has been paid. However, the payment method for the consideration provided for the card selling device 900 in the practice of the present invention is not limited to the provision of both of them.

The sales provision control unit 905 performs various processes for providing the card in response to the payment of the consideration made in the card sales device 900. The card sales device 900 of the present embodiment controls the sales provision unit 910 so that the card can be provided in response to the detection by the sales payment detection unit 904 that the consideration has been paid. More specifically, when the payment of the consideration is detected, the sales provision control unit 905 can control the sales provision unit 910 to a state in which the card can be provided, and the sales operation input unit 906 can accept the operation input. Control to state.

The sales providing unit 910 is a card dispenser provided in the housing of the card selling device 900. The sales providing unit 910 is configured to have a driving mechanism for providing one card held at the bottom of the stocker of the card dispenser, which is driven in response to an operation input to the sales operation input unit 906.

The sales operation input unit 906 may be, for example, a rotatably provided handle or the like, and is configured to be able to accept a rotation operation when the operation input is possible. The sales operation input unit 906 may be configured such that the rotation operation performed directly transmits the power to the drive mechanism included in the sales supply unit 910. In this case, the sales supply unit 910 supplies electric power. It is possible to provide the card without the need for.

The sales communication unit 907 is a communication interface with an external device included in the card sales device 900. The sales communication unit 907 can be connected to an external device via a network 400 which may be a communication network such as the Internet or a cable for connecting devices, and can transmit and receive data. For example, the sales communication unit 907 converts the information input as the transmission target into data in a predetermined format and transmits the information to an external device such as the management server 100 via the network 400. Further, when the sales communication unit 907 receives information from an external device via, for example, the network 400, the sales communication unit 907 decodes the information and stores it in the sales memory 903.

In the present embodiment, the sales communication unit 907 transmits the card provision information to the management server 100, but the transmission is performed only when the communication connection between the card sales device 900 and the management server 100 is established. Needless to say. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the information transmission is performed by establishing the communication connection between the management server 100 and the card sales device 900 when the information transmission timing provided with a predetermined time interval is reached. However, the practice of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, similarly to the game device 200 described above, the card selling device 900 may be configured to transmit the card providing information each time the card is provided. Alternatively, when the communication connection between the card sales device 900 and the management server 100 is impossible, such as when the card sales device 900 is offline, the card provision information performed during the period of the impossible state is displayed. It may be configured to be transmitted when the communication connection is restored.

Since the card sales device 900 is not configured to be able to provide a game playing experience, information on which game content and which provided bullet the provided card is associated with is predetermined. It is assumed that the information is recorded on the sales recording medium 902 by the device setting operation or the like.

In such a configuration, the card information provided by the card sales apparatus 900 is held in the sales memory 903 until the timing of information transmission, and the actual number of cards provided from the previous transmission timing is totaled. Then, when the card provision information having the aggregated actual number of provisions is transmitted, the provision status information is updated at the timing when the control unit 101 detects the information reception in S602, as in the information update processing of FIG. Each of these processes is executed and can be managed in the same way. At this time, when the game device 200 and the card sales device 900 are installed side by side in the same store, the provision status information may be managed for each.

[Modification 2]
In the above-described embodiments 1 and 2, a game in which the device itself provides a card in response to the detection that the consideration has been paid, establishes a communication connection with the management server 100, and transmits the card provision information. Although the embodiment of the device 200 and the card sales device 900 has been described, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to this.

That is, as a mode of providing the card, for example, it is conceivable that a packaged product containing a plurality of cards is displayed at the store, and the user brings the product to the checkout and pays the consideration. In this case, at a store or an office that manages multiple stores, it is possible to aggregate the number of sales and sales for each product by collecting the sales history via the so-called POS cash register (point-of-sale information management terminal). It has become. Since such information on the number of sales (actual number of provisions) can be provided to the supplier (management source) of the store, the management system of this modification uses the point-of-sale information management terminal. The information on the sales status of the cards aggregated in the above may be transmitted or acquired as card provision information at a predetermined timing set by the store, etc., and reflected in the provision status information and inventory management information.

In the second embodiment and the second modification, it has been described that the card sales device 900 and the point-of-sale information management terminal may be used as a mode for acquiring information on the card provision status, but the use of the game device Considering the frequency in which it is preferable to acquire information about the situation, the frequency of use of each device, the frequency of card provision, and the like, the transmission frequency may be controlled to be higher in the game device. For example, the transmission frequency of the card provision information aggregated by the card sales device 900 or the point-of-sale information management terminal is set to once a week, etc., whereas for the game device, it is set for each game play or at least one day. It may be configured to transmit information once.

[Other embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The management system according to the present invention can also be realized by a program that causes one or more computers to function as at least a part of the management system. The program can be provided / distributed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or through a telecommunication line.

100: Management server, 101: Control unit, 102: Recording medium, 103: Memory, 104: Provision status DB, 105: Inventory management DB, 106: Presentation control unit, 107: Communication unit, 200: Game device, 201: Game Control unit, 202: Game recording medium, 203: Game memory, 204: Game payment detection unit, 205: Game presentation control unit, 206: Game operation input unit, 207: Game provision control unit, 208: Game communication unit, 210: Game display unit, 220: Provision unit, 300: User terminal, 301: Terminal control unit, 302: Terminal recording medium, 303: Terminal memory 304 :, Terminal presentation control unit, 305: Terminal operation input unit, 306: Terminal communication unit , 310: Terminal display unit, 400: Network, 800: Collection server, 900: Card sales device, 901: Sales control unit, 902: Sales recording medium, 903: Sales memory, 904: Sales payment detection unit, 905: Sales offer Control unit, 906: Sales operation input unit, 907: Sales communication unit, 910: Sales provision unit

Claims (16)

A management server that manages the provision status of goods provided in game devices .
An acquisition means for acquiring information indicating the provision status of the article in the game device , and
Based on the information acquired by the acquisition means, the constituent means for constituting the presentation information for presenting the provision status of the article, and the constituent means.
Equipped with
The method of providing the article in the game device is a first providing method of providing the article according to the game play, a second providing method of providing the article without requiring game play, and a second providing method. In addition to the article provided by the first providing method, there is a third providing method of further providing the article in response to a request when a game play is made.
The information indicating the provision status of the article includes information indicating which of the provision methods the article was provided.
The configuration means is a management server that configures the presentation information so that the provision status of the article can be presented separately for each of the three types of provision methods . Gameplay on the game device is provided on the condition that payment of consideration is required.
The management server according to claim 1, wherein the third provision method is used when the goods are provided in response to payment of an additional consideration when the game play is performed. The information indicating the provision status of the goods includes information indicating whether the consideration has been paid in either physical currency or electronic currency in providing the goods.
The management server according to claim 2 , wherein the constituent means further configures the presenting information so that the provision status of the goods can be presented for each type of currency for which consideration has been paid. The information indicating the provision status of the article includes information indicating the type associated with the article.
The management server according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising the presenting information so that the provision means of the article can be presented for each type associated with the article. .. The type associated with the article includes a first type indicating the game content associated with the article and a second type indicating the provision time of the article defined for the game content. Item 4. The management server according to item 4. The management server according to claim 5, wherein the constituent means is configured so that the provision status of the article can be compared in different delivery time periods. The management server according to claim 5 or 6 , wherein the article is provided in the game device of a different type for each associated game content. The management server according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the acquisition means acquires information indicating the provision status of the article from the game device in response to the provision of the article in the game device. .. The management server according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , further comprising a first notification means for notifying whether or not information indicating the provision status of the article from the game device is in a receivable state. The constituent means further configures the presentation information so that the provision status of the article can be presented at each aggregation period set at a predetermined time interval, so that the actual number of the articles provided can be presented. The management server according to any one of the above. The component means further according to claim 10, wherein the presenting information is configured so that the provision status of the article can be presented with the expected number of provisions of the article at each prediction period set at a predetermined time interval. Management server. The information indicating the provision status of the article includes the store information indicating the store that provides the article, and includes the store information.
The management server according to claim 11, further comprising the presenting information so that the actual number of provisions and the expected number of provisions can be presented for each store. The management according to claim 11 or 12, further comprising a second notifying means for notifying at least one of the manufacturing order quantity, the manufacturing order timing, the shipping quantity, and the shipping timing of the article based on the expected number of offers. server. A management system including a game device for providing game articles and a first server for managing the provision status of the game articles provided in the game device .
The game device includes a transmission means for transmitting information indicating the provision status of the game article in the game device .
The first server is
An acquisition means for acquiring information indicating the provision status of the game article for the plurality of game devices, and
Based on the information acquired by the acquisition means, the constituent means for constituting the presentation information for presenting the provision status of the game article, and the constituent means.
Equipped with
The method of providing the game article in the game device is a first method of providing the game article according to the game play, and a first method of providing the game article without requiring game play. There is a second providing method, and a third providing method of further providing the game article in addition to the game article provided by the first providing method in response to a request when the game is played.
The information indicating the provision status of the game article includes information indicating which of the provision methods the game article was provided.
The configuration means is a management system that configures the presentation information so that the provision status of the game article can be presented separately for each of the three types of provision methods . The management system further includes a second server including a collecting means for collecting information indicating the provision status of the game article transmitted from the plurality of game devices.
The management system according to claim 14, wherein the acquisition means acquires information indicating the provision status of the game article of the plurality of game devices collected by the collection means. The management system further includes a user terminal provided with a presentation means for presenting the provision status of the game article based on the presentation information .
The management system according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the configuration means constitutes the presentation information based on a request from the user terminal.

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