Service supply system, gaming machine and server

a service supply system and gaming machine technology, applied in the field of service supply systems for gaming machines and servers, can solve the problems of increasing personal costs, difficulty in sufficiently reflecting player's preferences, and discomfort for players, and achieve the effects of facilitating the utilization of such services, preventing the same premium data, and enhancing player support and attachment to gaming machines

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-10-11
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORP
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[0156] According to the configuration (19), when the server receives identification data generated from image data resulted from capturing code information with the image pickup means of the portable terminal device, the server transmits premium data to the portable terminal device if it determines that it has not previously received the same identification data, but does not transmit premium data to the portable terminal device if it determines that it has previously received the same identification data. This can prevent premium data from being transmitted to the portable terminal device plural times on the basis of code information which has been once captured. This can prevent premium data from being acquired plural times on the basis of code information which has been once captured.
[0157] Further, when the server receives, from the portable terminal device, data generated on the basis of image data which was resulted from capturing code information, the server may determine whether or not it has previously received the same data from the same portable terminal device on the basis of the IP address and the like of the portable terminal device received along with the aforementioned data, in order to prevent premium data from being acquired plural times on the basis of code information which has been once captured. However, in such a case, since the determination as to whether or not the same data has been previously received

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However, in cases where personnel in game arcades check the occurrences of BBs and big hits and provide human services, there has been the problem of increase of personal costs.
Further, in the event of concurrent occurrences of plural BBs and big hits in a game arcade, it is impossible to provide sufficient services to all players, which may cause discomfort to players.
Further, since these services are projected and provided by game arcades and, thus, are one-sidedly provided from game arcades to players, there has been the problem of difficulty of sufficiently reflecting player's preferences and the like thereon.
Therefore, there has been the problem of difficulty of sufficiently reflecting player's preferences and

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[0215]FIG. 1 is a view of a network structure illustrating an exemplary service supply system according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention. The service supply system 500 comprises a pachi-slot gaming machine 1, a portable phone 300 including a CCD camera 308 (not shown, see FIG. 12) which functions as image pickup means, and a server 200 capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from the portable phone 300, in a wireless manner, via the Internet.

[0216] In the pachi-slot gaming machine 1, in the event of the transition to a BB (big bonus) as a special gaming state, a two-dimensional code 92 is displayed on a liquid crystal display device 5 at the end of the BB, wherein the two-dimensional code 92 is generated by coding URL information about the pachi-slot gaming machine 1. A player can capture the two-dimensional code 92 with the CCD camera 308 included in the portable phone 300. The URL information refers to data which includes at least an URL (Un...

second embodiment

[0352] Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment according to the second aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0353] A service supply system, a gaming machine and a server according to the second embodiment have the same configurations as the service supply system, the gaming machine and the server according to the first embodiment, except points which will be described later. Accordingly, in the description of the second embodiment, components corresponding to those of the service supply system, the gaming machine and the server according to the first embodiment will be designated by the same reference characters.

[0354]FIG. 19 is a network structure view illustrating an exemplary service supply system according to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention. The service supply system 500 includes a pachi-slot gaming machine 1 and a server 200 capable of transmitting and receiving data (including e-mails) to and from a portable...

third embodiment

[0411] Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment according to the third aspect of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0412] A service supply system, a gaming machine and a server according to the third embodiment have the same configurations as the service supply system, the gaming machine and the server according to the first embodiment, except points which will be described later. Accordingly, in the description of the third embodiment, components corresponding to those of the service supply system, the gaming machine and the server according to the first embodiment will be designated by the same reference characters.

[0413]FIG. 26 is a view of a network structure illustrating an exemplary service supply system according to an embodiment of the third aspect of the present invention. The service supply system 500 comprises a pachi-slot gaming machine 1, a portable phone 300 including a CCD camera 308 (not shown, see FIG. 12) which functions as image p...

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Abstract

A service supply system of the present invention has: a gaming machine; and a server capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from a portable terminal device including image pickup means, through a communication line, wherein the gaming machine comprises: code information display means for displaying code information which is coded URL information in such a manner that the code information can be captured by the image pickup means from the outside, and the server comprises: ID data storage means for receiving URL information and ID data uniquely allotted for the portable terminal device from the portable terminal device which generates the URL information on the basis of image data obtained by capturing, using the image pickup means, the code information displayed with the code information display means, and for storing the received ID data uniquely allotted for the portable terminal device; premium data storage means for storing premium data to be transmitted to the portable terminal device; extraction means for extracting premium data from the premium data storage means on the basis of the ID data uniquely allotted for the portable terminal device, which is stored in the ID data storage means; and premium data transmission means for transmitting the premium data extracted by the extraction means to the portable terminal device.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present application relates to Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2004-249244, 2004-249245 and 2004-249248, filed on Aug. 27, 2004 and Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2004-339537 and 2004-339521, filed on Nov. 24, 2004. The contents of these applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a service supply system including a gaming machine such as a pachi-slot gaming machine or a pachinko gaming machine and a server, the gaming machine constituting the service supply system and the server constituting the service supply system. [0004] 2. Discussion of the Background [0005] Conventionally, in game arcades (so-called pachinko halls) in which there are installed gaming machines such as pachi-slot gaming machines (for example, refer to JP-A 2000-210413) and pachinko gaming machines, in the event of the occurrence of a ...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F9/24
CPCG07F17/32G07F17/3232G07F17/3223
Inventor OKADA, KAZUO
Owner UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORP
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