Point management system and server

• US 20060247043A1
• Filed: 06/29/2006
• Published: 11/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aruze Corp., SETA Corporation (Universal Entertainment Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp., SETA Corporation (Universal Entertainment Corporation)
• Inventors: Nonaka, Nobuyuki, Fujimoto, Jun
• Application Number:
  US11/476,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20060247043A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/29
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/71 using secure communication between game devices and game servers, e.g. by encrypting game data or authenticating players
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/85 Providing additional services to players
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/50 characterized by details of game servers

Abstract

A point management system has a game terminal mounted to a vehicle, a server including a point memory for storing user ID and the number of points, which are associated with one another, an authenticator for authenticating user ID inputted via the game terminal using the user ID stored in the point memory, a game controller for allowing the game terminal to execute a game when the authentication succeeds, and a point processor for updating the number of points associated with the user ID stored in the point memory in accordance with a result of game execution.

Claims

1-23. -23. (canceled)

24. A point management system, comprising:

a game terminal mounted to a vehicle;

a rewritable point record medium configured to store information of a number of points for a user;

a server comprising a point memory configured to store user ID and the number of points, which are associated with one another;

an authenticator configured to authenticate user ID inputted via the vehicle using user ID stored in a database;

a game controller configured to allow the game terminal to execute a game when the authentication succeeds;

a point processor configured to update the number of points stored in the rewritable point record medium in accordance with a result of execution of the game; and

a point record medium reader configured to update the number of points associated with the user ID stored in the point memory in accordance with the number of points stored in the rewritable point record medium when receiving the rewritable point record medium,

wherein

the point processor is mounted to the vehicle and is configured to be able to communicate with the game terminal,

the server comprises the authenticator and the game controller,

the server and the game terminal are configured to be able to communicate with one another via satellite communications,

the point processor updates the number of points stored in the rewritable point record medium in accordance with the traveling conditions of the vehicle, and

the point processor gives a predetermined number of points to the number of points stored in the rewritable point record medium of a user who used the vehicle, when the vehicle traveled with a time delay.

25. A point management system comprising:

a game terminal mounted to a vehicle;

a rewritable point record medium configured to store information of a number of points for a user;

a server comprising a point memory configured to store user ID and the number of points, which are associated with one another;

a game controller configured to allow the game terminal to execute a game;

a point processor configured to update the number of points stored in the rewritable point record medium in accordance with a result of execution of the game; and

a point record medium reader configured to update the number of points associated with the user ID stored in the point memory in accordance with the number of points stored in the rewritable point record medium when receiving the rewritable point record medium,

wherein

the point processor and the game controller are mounted to the vehicle and are configured to be able to communicate with the game terminal,

the point processor updates the number of points stored in the rewritable point record medium in accordance with the traveling conditions of the vehicle, and

the point processor gives a predetermined number of points to the number of points stored in the rewritable point record medium of a user who used the vehicle, when the vehicle traveled with a time delay.