Management system for game token coin
AssigneeAngel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
InventorYasushi SHIGETA
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Abstract
In a management system of a game token coin, one RFID tag having a data non-rewritable region and a data rewritable region is imparted to the game token coin. The location relating information of the game token coin is stored in the data rewritable region. The system includes a writer configured to additionally write the location relating information, a reader configured to read the location relating information from a plurality of the game token coins, and a management controller configure to examine the information obtained from the reader. The management controller includes a function that determines whether a history of the location relating information obtained from the reader has no abnormality.
Claims18
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A management system for a plurality of game token coins that each includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that has (a) a non-rewritable data region configured to store, as constant information, at least one of production information, product information, casino information, value information, and a serial number of the game token coin, and (b) a rewritable data region configured to store, as variable information, location related information of the game token coin that is extractable from the constant information stored in the non-rewritable data region of the RFID tag, the system comprising:
- a writer;
- a reader;
- and
- a management controller;
- wherein:
- the writer is configured to write the respective location related information of the game token coins to the respective data rewritable regions of the game token coins;
- the data rewritable regions are each configured to store a plurality of sets of the location related information relating to a plurality of locations, including at least a latest of the sets of location related information of the respective game token coin written by the writer to the respective data rewritable region of the respective game token coin;
- the reader is configured to:
- collectively read the constant information stored in the data non-rewritable regions of the plurality of game token coins;
- and
- based on the read constant information, read the respective location related information stored in the data rewritable regions that are respectively paired with each of the constant information;
- and
- the management controller configured to, for each of one or more of the game token coins:
- determine presence of an abnormality based on a history of the location related information of the respective game token coin;
- generate an error signal in response to presence of the determination of the presence of the abnormality;
- and
- identify the constant information of the game token coin that corresponds to the abnormality.
A game token coin comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that includes a non-rewritable data region and a rewritable data region, wherein:
- the non-rewritable data region is configured to store, as constant information, at least one of production information, product information, casino information, value information, and a serial number of the game token coin;
- the rewritable data region is configured to store, as variable information, location related information of the game token coin written by a writer;
- and
- the variable information stored in the rewritable data region of the RFID tag is extractable from the constant information stored in the non-rewritable data region of the RFID tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.