Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Keina Kanisawa

Masahiko Kami

Yusuke Kitakaze

Kazutaka Kubota

Tadanobu Otaki

Jiro Hotta

Yasuyuki Nagatomo

Koji Makino

Satoshi Ueda

Hajime Takahama

Toyofumi Kitano

Hideaki Minoda

Yuuki Harano

In a fee collection system a game machine as a charge collective apparatus is provided with a reader terminal for obtaining predetermined identification information from a card, and a reader control unit for outputting to a control board a signal equivalent to an output signal of a coin selector, wherein when a card ID is transmitted from the reader control unit, a management PC refers to charge setting data, determines the consumption amount of electronic money, and requests an account management server to process withdrawal of the consumption amount from an account of electronic money corresponding to the card ID. The management PC notifies the reader control unit the processing result transmitted from the account management server, and outputs to the control board a signal equivalent to the output signal of the coin selector when the withdrawal is successful.

Fee collection system by electronic money

A card ID and a consumption amount of virtual money are transmitted from a game terminal as charging-target terminal apparatus, the card ID being recorded in a card possessed by a user (step S). The server apparatus replaces the card ID with a user ID unique to each user (step S), and specifies a virtual money account managed by the server apparatus in association with the user ID. When the balance of the account is not less than the consumption amount, the consumption amount is subtracted from the balance of the account, and when the balance is less than the consumption amount, the subtraction of the consumption amount is stopped (step S). Transaction result information including information indicating whether the subtraction of consumption amount has succeeded is transmitted to the game terminal () as a response (steps S, S).

Charge payment system using virtual money

There is provided a system where usage charge of a facility can be paid by virtual money. A card ID and a consumption amount of virtual money are transmitted from a game terminal as charging-target terminal apparatus, the card ID being recorded in a card possessed by a user (step S). The server apparatus replaces the card ID with a user ID unique to each user (step S), and specifies a virtual money account managed by the server apparatus in association with the user ID. When the balance of the account is not less than the consumption amount, the consumption amount is subtracted from the balance of the account, and when the balance is less than the consumption amount, the subtraction of the consumption amount is stopped (stepS). Transaction result information including information indicating whether the subtraction of consumption amount has succeeded is transmitted to the game terminal () as a response (steps S, S).

There is provided a game system which is capable of differentiating depending on the payment method of a play fee. The game system where it is possible to pay a game play fee by selecting one payment method from a plurality of payment methods, determines the payment method which the play fee has been paid by (S), and controls the game in such a way that modification is generated depending on the payment method, on the basis of the determination result (S-S).

Game system and computer readable information storage medium storing a computer program therefor

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Tokyo, Japan

Keina Kanisawa