Electronic Device, Method and Computer-Readable Recording Medium for Controlling Electronic Device

• US 20090078759A1
• Filed: 09/10/2008
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SEGA Corporation (SEGA Sammy Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: SEGA Corporation (SEGA Sammy Holdings Inc.)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Hideki, Fukazawa, Mitsuharu
• Application Number:
  US12/207,658
• Publication Number:
  US 20090078759A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/409 Device specific authentication in transaction processing
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes

Abstract

An electronic device having a maneuvering part provided at an external part of the electronic device for maneuvering the electronic device that includes a unique data storage part configured to store unique data identifying a valid non-contact key medium, a data reading part configured to read data stored in a target non-contact key medium placed in the vicinity of the data reading part, a validity determining part configured to determine whether the data read from the target non-contact key medium are valid by comparing the data read from the target non-contact key medium with the unique data, and a mode switching part configured to switch the maneuvering part from a regular mode to an adjustment mode for adjusting the electronic device in a case where the validity determining part determines that the data read from the target non-contact key medium are valid.

Claims

1. An electronic device having a maneuvering part provided at an external part of the electronic device for maneuvering the electronic device, comprising:

a unique data storage part configured to store unique data identifying a valid non-contact key medium;

a data reading part configured to read data stored in a target non-contact key medium placed in the vicinity of the data reading part;

a validity determining part configured to determine whether the data read from the target non-contact key medium are valid by comparing the data read from the target non-contact key medium with the unique data; and

a mode switching part configured to switch the maneuvering part from a regular mode to an adjustment mode for adjusting the electronic device in a case where the validity determining part determines that the data read from the target non-contact key medium are valid.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a data writing part configured to write operational status data of the electronic device to the non-contact key medium in a case where the validity determining part determines that the data read from the target non-contact key medium are valid.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the maneuvering part includes a display for displaying a warning sent from the validity determining part;

wherein the validity determining part is configured to send the warning in a case where the validity determining part determines that the data read from the target non-contact key medium are invalid.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the unique data storage part is configured to store authorization flag data indicative of an authorized function of the valid non-contact key medium in correspondence with the unique data of the valid non-contact key medium;

wherein the validity determining part is configured to determine whether the data read from the target non-contact key medium are valid by comparing the unique data and the authorization flag data stored in the unique data storage part with corresponding data read from the target non-contact key medium.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a unique data registering part configured to register unique data included in the data read by the data reading part to the unique data storage part.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a batch registration data writing part;

wherein the data reading part is configured to write the unique data stored in the unique data storage part to the target non-contact key medium in a batch.

7. A method of controlling an electronic device having a maneuvering part provided at an external part of the electronic device for maneuvering the electronic device, a storage part, and a data reading part, the method comprising the steps of:

a) storing unique data identifying a valid non-contact key medium in the storage part;

b) reading data from a target non-contact key medium placed in the vicinity of the data reading part;

c) determining whether the data read from the target non-contact key medium are valid by comparing the data read from the target non-contact key medium with the unique data; and

d) switching the maneuvering part from a regular mode to an adjustment mode for adjusting the electronic device in a case where the data read from the target non-contact key medium are determined to be valid.

8. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program is recorded for causing a computer to execute a method of controlling an electronic device having a maneuvering part provided at an external part of the electronic device for maneuvering the electronic device, a storage part, and a data reading part, the method comprising the steps of:

a) storing unique data identifying a valid non-contact key medium in the storage part;

b) reading data from a target non-contact key medium placed in the vicinity of the data reading part;

c) determining whether the data read from the target non-contact key medium are valid by comparing the data read from the target non-contact key medium with the unique data; and

d) switching the maneuvering part from a regular mode to an adjustment mode for adjusting the electronic device in a case where the data read from the target non-contact key medium are determined to be valid.