Slot Machine Management Server Currency Area Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing and maintaining currency handling systems that accept a variety of currencies is laborious, especially as the demand for foreign currencies fluctuates with seasonal and daily changes in player numbers.
Innovation Solution
A management server connected to currency handling systems via a communication line, allowing selection of areas and currencies, and sending commands to enable or disable currency usage based on selected settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If currency handling systems accept a variety of currencies in all gaming machines, then the gaming machine can serve more diverse players, but the management and maintenance becomes laborious
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables dynamic configuration of currency acceptance by area and time. The management server can selectively enable/disable specific currencies in specific areas based on real-time demand patterns, allowing the system to adapt its currency handling capabilities without physical reconfiguration of hardware.
Solution Approach 2:
Different areas within the gaming facility can have different currency acceptance configurations. The system allows local customization where each area can be optimized for specific currency types based on the player demographic and demand characteristics of that particular location.
2Adaptability or versatility
If currency handling systems accept a variety of currencies in all gaming machines, then foreign currency acceptance is enabled, but maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts currency acceptance based on seasonal and daily demand patterns. During periods with high foreign player traffic, foreign currencies are enabled; during low-demand periods, the system can restrict to local currencies only, reducing maintenance requirements and operational costs.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of maintaining full currency acceptance capability in all areas at all times, the system enables partial currency support only where and when needed, reducing overall maintenance burden while preserving the capability to serve diverse players when required.
3Productivity
If the number of gaming machines accepting foreign currencies is increased, then more players can be served, but the operational control becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple individual currency acceptance settings across numerous gaming machines are merged into a single centralized management interface. The management server consolidates control, allowing operators to configure currency acceptance for entire areas or specific machine groups through one unified system rather than managing each machine individually.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server provides universal control capabilities that work across all gaming machines in the facility. A single configuration change in the management server propagates to all affected machines, providing multi-functional control that simplifies operational management while maintaining the ability to serve diverse player needs.
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AI summary
An object of the present invention is to provide a management server which makes it possible to set areas in which a predetermined currency is available and areas in which the predetermined currency is unavailable, in a case in which a lot of currency handling systems in each of which a variety of currencies are available are used. A slot machine management server 1 is connected with currency handling systems including a currency reading device 201 in which a variety of currencies are available. Each currency handling system 100 is associated with any of areas A to H. The slot machine management server 1 includes: an input unit 104; a communication interface 103; and a center controller 101, and the center controller 101 sends a command of causing a process of allowing usage of the selected currency to be performed in a case in which the center controller 101 receives a selection of an area and a selection of a currency, a currency read in the currency reading device 201 corresponds to the selected currency, and the currency reading device 201 that read the currency corresponds to the selected area.