TOKEN TERMINAL DEVICE

• Main Authors: HAMADA TETSUYA, CHINO MASATO, ISO MASATOSHI, MIYANO HIROYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.01.2013
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; SPORTS; VIDEO GAMES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To promote utilization of various kinds of token games, by giving a sense of superiority in depositing a large number of tokens and urging a visit to a store.SOLUTION: A token terminal device includes: a means for inputting identification information of a user when utilizing the device; a means for referring to a database in which the correspondence among the identification information, the number of deposited tokens, and information of items that the user has is made to be registered, on the basis of the inputted identification information; a means of accepting purchase of an item in the range of the number of excess deposited tokens and registering it into the database when the summation of the values of all the items held by the user is less than the number of deposited tokens registered into the database at the present moment; a means for allowing sellout of the item or replenishment of tokens to be selected when the summation of the values of all the items held by the user exceeds the number of deposited tokens registered into the database at the present moment; and a means for referring to the database and displaying the items held by each user on a screen when displaying a demonstration.