KR20130084103A - Storage system for user game data of arcade game and storage method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A storage system for the user game data of an arcade game and a storage method therefor are provided to store game information on arcade game machine users without a network server computer to reuse the information. CONSTITUTION: A storage system for the user game data of an arcade game comprises an arcade game machine (110), an administrator storage media, and an electronic device. The arcade game machine includes an interface unit for the input and output of game information on game money, game points, and game items. The arcade game machine receives game information after the authentication of an external storage medium connected to the interface unit and applies the game information to a game. The administrator storage media is connected to the interface unit, is authenticated through identification information, and outputs stored game information to the arcade game machine or stores game information outputted from the arcade game machine. The electronic device stores identification information on a user which uses the arcade game machine, detects the stored identification information, and displays the information to the outside. [Reference numerals] (111) RFID reader; (112) Identification processing unit; (113,142) Control unit; (114,143) Storage unit; (115,144) Display unit; (116,145) Input unit; (121,131) RFID tag; (141) RFID reader

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an arcade game game storage system, and more particularly,

The present invention relates to a system and method for storing user game information in an arcade game, and more particularly, to a system and method for storing user game information in an arcade game in which an individual game information of arcade game machine users can be stored and reused without using a server computer And a storage method thereof.

Generally, an arcade game is executed when the user visits an arcade game arcade in an offline state and puts a predetermined amount into an arcade game machine of the game arcade. Among these arcade games, roulette, blackjack, dice, poker, baccarat, And so on) proceeds by betting the game money and acquiring game money according to the game result.

1, when a user inserts a banknote, a coin, or a game coin, money data is generated according to the amount of money, and accordingly, a game use right is assigned to the arcade game machine An amount-of-money processing module (10)

And is configured to allow the user to play the game by processing the game data after granting the game use right through the money amount processing module 10, and it is implemented in the form of a dedicated game board or a game PC configured to execute a game processing function in a general PC A game processing module (20) for playing a game;

A display module (30) for visually and acoustically displaying game data based on the game data processed by the game processing module (20);

The game processing module 20 and the display module 30 communicate with the money amount processing module 10 and the money amount processing module 10, And an input / output control module (40) for controlling game data processing and transmitting the processed game data to the display module (30) and controlling the display module (30) to display the processed game data.

When the user inputs a coin or a game coin into the input port of the arcade game machine, the money processing module 10 generates money data corresponding to the coin or the game coin. At the same time, It is granted the game use right of the game machine. Then, the game processing module 30 processes various game data and outputs the processed game data to the display module 40. Accordingly, the display module 40 visually and acoustically confirms the data processed by the game processing module 30 At the same time, various control signals are input to the arcade game machine through the input / output control module 20 to play the game.

However, since the conventional arcade game machine as described above is not allowed to connect to the network due to the arcade game or the like, the unused amount data of the game machine users is stored systematically in one place in the existing arcade game arcade, The end result is that the user will not be able to take the unreasonable situation of continuing the arcade game until all the amount data is used even if he wants to end the game, I had to give up all my data. This has become a major factor for many users to ignore arcade games.

In addition, the Game Rating Board (a public agency affiliated with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, established to deliberate and decide issues on game ratings) prohibits exchange of money in the arcade game room so that the amount data of arcade game machines can not be cashed. There is a desperate need for a device means that the money data can be stored and used again afterwards.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an arcade game in which unused amount data of arcade game machine users can be individually stored for each user without using a network- A user game information storage system and a storage method thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an arcade game system in which an external input / output of unused amount data through an arcade game machine is performed only through a pre-authenticated storage medium of an administrator, Storage system and a storage method thereof.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including an interface unit for external input / output of game information including at least one of a game money, a game score, and a game item, An arcade game machine for receiving game information and applying the game information to the game;

An administrator storage medium connected to the interface unit and authenticated through the identification information, and outputting the stored game information to the arcade game machine when authenticated or storing game information output from the arcade game machine;

And an electronic device for storing the identification information of the user using the arcade game machine and detecting and displaying the stored identification information on the outside of the arcade game machine.

Another aspect of the present invention is a game device including a user registration step of storing a user's identification information in an electronic device of an arcade game room;

A storage medium registration step of storing identification information of an administrator storage medium in the electronic device and the arcade game machine of the arcade game store after the user registration step;

A storage medium authentication step in which the identification information of the manager storage medium is input to the arcade game machine and is authenticated after the storage medium registration step;

A game machine game information storage medium uploading step in which game information including at least one of a game money, a game score and a game item of the arcade game machine is output to the manager storage medium and stored after the storage medium authentication step;

A storage medium game information electronic device download step in which game information of the manager storage medium is output to the electronic device and stored after the game device game information storage medium uploading step;

A user authentication step of inputting and authenticating a user's identification information to the electronic device after the step of downloading the storage medium game information electronic device;

An electronic device game information storage medium uploading step in which game information of an authenticated user is output and stored on the administrator storage medium after the user authentication step;

A storage medium authentication step in which the identification information of the manager storage medium is input to the arcade game machine and is authenticated after the electronic game information storage medium uploading step;

Wherein the game information of the manager storage medium is output to the arcade game machine after the storage medium authentication step and is stored in the arcade game machine and then applied to the game, to provide.

As described above, the present invention has the effect that individual game information such as game money, game score, and items of users using an arcade game machine can be stored and reused without using a network server computer.

Also, since external input / output of game information (game money, game score, game item, etc.) through the arcade game machine is made only through a pre-authenticated administrator storage medium and the user is allowed to own only the authentication storage medium, There is also an effect of fundamentally preventing attempts to arbitrarily manipulate data values such as game money, game scores, and game items.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional arcade game machine.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a system for storing user game information of an arcade game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of a user game information storage system of an arcade game according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4A to 4E illustrate an operation sequence of a user game information storage system of an arcade game according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2, the present invention includes an interface unit (RFID reader) 110 for external input / output of game information including at least one of game money, game scores, and game items, An arcade game machine 110 for authenticating an external storage medium (administrator RFID card, user RFID card: 120, 130) connected to the game machine and applying the game information to the game after receiving the game information;

The game device 110 is connected to the interface unit 110 and authenticated through the identification information. When the game information is authenticated, the game device 110 outputs the stored game information to the arcade game machine 110 or stores the game information output from the arcade game machine 110 Manager RFID card: 120);

And an electronic device (game information management computer) 140 for storing identification information of a user using the arcade game machine 100, and detecting and displaying the stored identification information.

The electronic device 140 includes a transmission / reception unit (RFID reader) 141 for outputting the stored identification information of the user to the outside. The device of the present invention includes a transmission / reception unit 141, And a user storage medium 130 in which identification information is stored. The identification information of the user may be transmitted and received through the user storage medium 130 and the transmission / reception unit 141.

In addition, the arcade game machine 100 detects corresponding pre-stored identification information of the storage unit 114 according to the identification information input from the manager storage medium 120, compares the corresponding identification information with the input identification information, An authentication processing unit (112) for authenticating a user;

The storage unit 114 stores game information inputted from the authenticated administrator storage medium 120 through the authentication processing unit 112 and also stores game program codes, identification information of the administrator storage medium 120, )Wow;

A control unit 113 configured to output game information and a game program of the storage unit 114 to a display unit and a speaker of the arcade game machine, and to select one of various processors such as a microprocessor or a microcontroller-based platform;

A display unit 115 for visually displaying a video signal output from the controller 113, the display unit 115 including a video monitor, an LCD display, and the like;

And an input unit 116 configured to input various signals to the control unit 113 and including a butt, a joystick, and the like.

The electronic device 140 may further include a game information management computer 120 for storing game information of the manager storage medium 120 and detecting the game information in accordance with input of the user's identification information and outputting the detected game information to the manager storage medium 120 Lt; / RTI >

Here, the electronic device 140 may include a storage unit 143 for storing identification information of the manager storage medium 120, game information, identification information of the user storage medium, and various other information;

A controller 142 for detecting and processing various pieces of information of the storage unit and outputting the information to a display unit and a speaker of the electronic equipment;

A display unit for visually displaying identification information of the manager storage medium 120, identification information of the user storage medium 130, game information, and various other information by visually displaying the video signal output from the controller 142. [ (144);

And an input unit 145 for inputting various signals to the control unit 142 and including a keyboard and a mouse.

2, the administrator storage medium 120 is a card-type storage medium including an RFID tag, and the electronic device may be a configuration including an RFID reader function have.

In addition, in another embodiment of the interface unit 111, the interface unit 111 is a card reader, the manager storage medium 120 is a card-type storage medium, May be included.

Hereinafter, a method of storing user game information in an arcade game according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, the method of storing user game information of an arcade game according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user registration step (S110) of storing user identification information in an electronic device 140 of an arcade game room;

An administrator storage medium registration step (S120) in which the identification information of the administrator storage medium (120) is stored in the electronic device (140) and the arcade game machine (110) of the arcade game room after the user registration step (S110);

A storage medium authentication step (S130, S140) in which identification information of the manager storage medium (120) is input to the arcade game machine (110) and authenticated after the manager storage medium registration step (120);

After the storage medium authentication step (S130, S140), game information including at least one of game money, game score, and game items of the arcade game machine (110) is output to the manager storage medium (120) A storage medium uploading step (S150);

A storage medium game information electronic device download step (S160) in which game information of the manager storage medium (120) is output to the electronic device (140) after the game machine game information storage medium uploading step (S150);

A user authentication step (S170, S180) in which the identification information of the user is inputted and authenticated to the electronic device 140 after the storage medium game information electronic device downloading step (S160);

An electronic device game information storage medium uploading step (S190) in which game information of an authenticated user is output and stored in the administrator storage medium (120) after the user authentication step (S170, S180);

A storage medium authentication step (S200, S210) in which identification information of the manager storage medium (120) is inputted to the arcade game machine (110) and authenticated after the electronic game information storage medium uploading step (S190);

The game information of the manager storage medium 120 is output to the arcade game machine 110 and stored in the arcade game machine 110 after the storage medium authentication step S200 and S210, S220).

The administrator storage medium registration step (S120) may be performed before the user registration step (S110).

In addition, the user registration step (S110) may be a process in which the personal information of the user is stored as the same information in the user storage medium 130 and the electronic device 140, respectively.

In other words, as shown in FIG. 4A, a method of storing game information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user storage medium 130 (referred to as an RFID card in the following description, referred to as a user RFID card) Is read out through the RFID reader 141 of the electronic device 140 (in the following description, a desktop computer is referred to as a game information management computer), and the game information management computer 140 reads out the read identification information And compares it with previously stored identification information to check whether or not the corresponding identification information exists. In other words, the game information manager computer 140 authenticates that the user RFID card 130 is a valid storage medium.

4 (b), the game information manager computer 140 transmits game information corresponding to the authenticated user RFID card 130 (money data in the following description, for example, money data) to a dictionary At least a part thereof is detected according to the setting condition, and it is outputted to the manager storage medium 120 (e.g., an RFID card in the following description, referred to as administrator RFID card) through the RFID reader 141 and stored. To this end, the identification information of the user RFID card 130 and the corresponding game information stored in the game information manager computer 140 may include a common identification code for mutual matching.

The amount data of the user stored in the game information management computer 140 is unused amount data when the user uses the previous arcade game machine 110. The amount data stored in the manager RFID card 120 may be the sum of the amount data of the paying means (coin, game coin, banknote, etc.) inserted into the arcade game machine 110 and the amount data acquired during the game, But may be limited to the amount data of the payment means put into the arcade game machine 110. [

4 (c), the identification information of the administrator RFID card 120 is read through the RFID 111 reader of the arcade game machine 110, and the arcade game machine 110 stores the read identification information in the dictionary And compares the stored identification information with the stored identification information to check whether or not the corresponding identification information exists. That is, the arcade game machine 110 authenticates that the administrator RFID card 120 is a valid storage medium. At the time of authentication of the administrator RFID card 120, at least a part of the amount data of the amount of money of the manager RFID card 120 is input to the arcade game machine and applied to the game, And is deleted from the total amount data of the manager RFID card 120. [

4 (d), when the administrator RFID card 120 is authenticated in the arcade game machine 110 in the same manner as in FIG. 4 (c), and when the administrator RFID card 120 is authenticated, The controller 110 outputs the amount data corresponding to the game money currently held by the user to the administrator RFID card 120 and stores the same.

2 (d), the money data of the manager RFID card 120 is detected through the RFID reader 141 of the game information management computer 140 and stored in the game information management computer 140. [ Here, if money data corresponding to the administrator RFID card 120 remains in the game information management computer 140, the money amount data input in the process of FIG. 2 (e) is stored as the money amount data added to the remaining money amount data.

Therefore, according to the present invention, individual game information such as game money, game score, and items of users using the arcade game machine 110 can be stored and reused without using a network server computer. In addition, external input / output of game information (game money, game score, game items, etc.) through the arcade game machine 110 is performed only through the administrator RFID card 120 that has been preauthenticated, and the user owns only the storage medium for authentication Therefore, attempts by the user to illegally raise the data value of the game money, the game score, the game item, etc., are fundamentally blocked.

On the other hand, the manager RFID card 120 is provided for each type of arcade game machine and for each user using the arcade game machine, so that game information of the arcade game machine is stored, and game information of all arcade game machines A method in which game information of all users using the arcade game machine is provided for each arcade game machine, a method in which game information of a plurality of users is divided and stored according to the identification information, and the like, Can be stored.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

100: User game information storage system 110: Arcade game machine
111: RFID reader 112: authentication processing unit
113: control unit 114:
115: display unit 116: input unit
120: Manager RFID card 121, 131: RFID tag
130: user RFID card 140: game information management computer
141: RFID reader 142:
143: storage unit 144: display unit
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Claims (8)

An arcade game machine including an interface unit for external input / output of game information including at least one of a game money, a game score, and a game item; Wow;
An administrator storage medium connected to the interface unit and authenticated through the identification information, and outputting the stored game information to the arcade game machine when authenticated or storing game information output from the arcade game machine;
And an electronic device for storing identification information of the user who uses the arcade game machine, and detecting and displaying the stored identification information to the outside. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1,
Wherein the game information management computer is a game information management computer that stores game information of the administrator storage medium and detects game information according to a user's input of identification information and outputs the detected game information to the administrator storage medium. The method of claim 1,
The electronic device may further comprise a transmitter and receiver for outputting identification information of a user stored therein, and a user storage medium for storing user identification information output through the transmitter and receiver, Wherein the identification information of the user is transmitted / received through the transmission / reception unit. The method of claim 1,
Wherein the interface part of the arcade game machine is a card reader, and the manager storage medium is a card-type storage medium, and the electronic device includes a card reading function. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the interface unit is an RFID reader, and the administrator storage medium is a card-type storage medium including an RFID tag, and the electronic device includes a function of an RFID reader. A user registration step of storing identification information of the user in the electronic device of the arcade game ground;
A manager storage medium registration step of storing identification information of a manager storage medium in the electronic device and the arcade game machine of the arcade game room after the user registration step;
A storage medium authentication step of authenticating and inputting identification information of the manager storage medium to the arcade game machine after the manager storage medium registration step;
Uploading game information storage medium uploading game information including at least one of a game money, a game score, and a game item of the arcade game machine to the manager storage medium after the storage medium authentication step;
A storage medium game information electronic device downloading step in which game information of the manager storage medium is output and stored in the electronic device after the game machine game information storage medium uploading step;
A user authentication step of inputting and authenticating user identification information to the electronic device after downloading the storage medium game information electronic device;
An electronic device game information storage medium uploading step of outputting and storing game information of an authenticated user after the user authentication step on the manager storage medium;
A storage medium authentication step of authenticating and inputting identification information of the manager storage medium to the arcade game machine after uploading the electronic device game information storage medium;
A storage medium game information game machine downloading step of outputting game information of the manager storage medium to the arcade game machine after the storage medium authentication step is applied to the game after being stored in the arcade game machine;
And storing the user game information in the arcade game. The method of claim 1,
The method for storing user game information of an arcade game, wherein the manager storage medium registration step is performed before the user registration step. The method according to claim 6,
The user registration step of the user game information storage method of the arcade game, characterized in that the user's personal information is stored in the user storage medium and the electronic device with the same information, respectively.

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