Management system
OwnerYasushi SHIGETAinventor
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Abstract
A management system for managing game token includes, a holder identification device for identifying the holder of the game token by referring to a memory that stores the holder of the game token when a game token s used, a player identification device for identifying the player who used the game token when the game token is used, and a controller that generates an error signal when the holder identified by the holder identification device and the player identified by the player identification device do not match for the game token that have been used.
Claims43
A management system that manages a game token, comprising:
- a holder identification device configured to, when the game token is used, identify a holder of the game token by referring to a memory device in which the holder of the game token is stored;
- a player identification device configured to, when the game token is used, identify the player who used the game token;
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- a control device configured to generate an error signal when the holder identified by the holder identification device and the player identified by the player identification device do not match for the game token used.
A management system that manages a game token, comprising:
- a memory device configured to store a holder of the game token;
- a purchasing player identifying device configured to identify a player who purchases the game token;
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- a control device configured to store the player as the holder in the memory device for the game token to be purchased.
A management system that manages a game token, comprising:
- a memory device configured to store a holder of the game token;
- a paid player identification device configured to identify a player who receives payout of the game token;
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- a control device configured to store the player as the holder in the memory device for the game token paid out.
A management system that manages a game token, comprising:
- a memory device configured to store a holder of the game token;
- a candidate player identification device configured to identify a plurality of candidate players who may receive a stack of the game tokens to be paid out;
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- a control device configured to store the plurality of candidate players as the holders for each of the gaming tokens constituting the stack to be paid out.
22-27. (canceled)
A management system that manages chips that store identification information used in games at a game table, comprising:
- a first identification device configured to acquire the identification information stored in chips before an exchange that are placed on the game table by a player for exchange between chips;
- a second identification device configured to acquire the identification information stored in the chips after the exchange that are given to the player corresponding to the chips before the exchange;
- a memory device configured to store the identification information in association with a holder of the chip that stores the identification information;
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- a control device configured to store the holder associated with the identification information of the chip before the exchange obtained by the first identification device in the memory device as the holder associated with the identification information of the chip after the exchange acquired by the second identification device.
A management system that manages an exchange of chips storing identification information used in a game at a game table, comprising:
- a reading device configured to read the identification information stored in the chips placed in a reading area on the game table for exchange;
- a memory device configured to store the identification information and a holder of the chip that stored the identification information in association with each other;
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- a control device configured to, when associated with the identification information stored on a first chip read by the reading device is different from the holder associated with the identification information stored on a second chip, which is different from the first chip, read by the reading device, store the holder associated with the identification information stored on a first chip read by the reading device as the holder associated with the identification information stored on a second chip, in the memory device.
A management system for managing game token that store identification information with which the holder's information is associated, the management system comprising:
- a purchasing player identification device configured to identify a player who purchases the game token;
- a first writing device configured to record information of the player identified by the purchasing player identification device as a holder associated with the identification information of the game token purchased;
- a holder identification device configured to identify the holder of the game token by reading the game token wagered at a game table;
- a second writing device configured to record information indicating that a casino owns the game token as the holder associated with the identification information of the game token collected from the player and read in a chip tray at the game table;
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- a third writing device configured to record, as the holder associated with the identification information of the game token paid out, information of the holder associated with the identification information of the game token which is wagered, subject to payout, and, at the same time as the game token paid out to the player, no longer read by the holder identification device at the game table.
A management system for managing chips used in games at a game table, comprising:
- a chip determination device configured to determine chips placed in a betting area on the game table;
- a holder identification device configured to identify a holder of the betting chip by referring to a memory device storing the holder of the betting chip placed in the betting area on the game table;
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- an updating device configured to update the memory device storing the holder of payout chips that are paid out to the betting area where the betting chips are placed,
- wherein the updating device is configured to update the memory device storing the holders of the payout chips so that the holders of the payout chips that are no longer determined by the chip determination device together with the betting chips are the holders of the betting chips.
A management system for managing chips storing identification information, which are used in games on a game table, the management system comprising:
- a first identification device configured to read the identification information stored in betting chips placed in a betting area on the game table;
- a second identification device configured to acquire the identification information stored in payout chips paid out for the betting chips;
- a memory device configured to store the identification information in association with a holder of the chip that stores the identification information;
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- a control device configured to store the holder associated with the identification information read from the betting chips by the first identification device in the memory device as the holder associated with the identification information of the payout chip acquired by the second identification device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.