Machine management system

Abstract

A machine management system employs a wireless point-of-sale (POS) system and enables shops such as game arcades to be expanded in a wide area at low cost. The machine management system includes a floor management unit (1A), a POS data management server (17), and a POS database (19). Each game machine (3, 5) under the control of the floor management unit (1A) has a sensor, a data holder to hold data based on an output of the sensor and a machine ID, and a radio unit to transmit the data held in the data holder by radio. The floor management unit (1A) has a radio unit to receive data from each game machine by radio and a processing unit to process the received data according to downloaded application software and data. The floor management unit (1A) or a management company downloads necessary application software from the POS data management server (17) and necessary data from the POS database (19) through the Internet and manages the game machines (3, 5) at any time according to the downloaded application software and data.

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