Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Toyofumi Kitano

Satoshi Ueda

Masahiko Kami

Kazutaka Kubota

Yusuke Kitakaze

Jiro Hotta

Tadanobu Otaki

Keina Kanisawa

Hideaki Minoda

In a network system where a balance of virtual currency is recorded in data Dof balance information in association with a user ID unique for each user, the user ID being associated with personal information of the user; and addition or subtraction is performed with respect to the amount of virtual currency in response to a purchase requirement or a consumption requirement designating the user ID or a card ID linked with the user ID, in a case where use of virtual currency is required with designating the card ID, it is determined whether the user ID linked with the card ID exists (S), and when it is determined the user ID linked with the card ID does not exist, a user ID which is not associated is generated (S), and the provisional user ID and the card ID are linked with each other (S).

Network system, and server apparatus, server apparatus control method, and computer readable storage medium for use in same

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

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Tokyo, Japan

Toyofumi Kitano