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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2002
Junichi Yamagishi, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 111-0034, JP;
Junichi Yamagishi, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 111-0034, JP;
Unirec Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A game system using tokens allows a user to play a game on a mobile communication terminal at a location remote from a game hall. The game system includes a game hall () to lend tokens to a player so that the player may play game machines () installed in the game hall with the tokens, keep tokens deposited by the player after the play, and return the kept tokens to the player so that the player may play the game machines with the tokens, a management unit () provided for the game hall, connectable to the Internet and having a database () to store and update data on the kept tokens, a mobile communication terminal () connectable to the Internet to receive game content and allow the player to play a game on the mobile communication terminal, and a game content provider () to provide the game content to the Internet. Gains and losses of tokens of the player on playing the game on the mobile communication terminal are transmitted to the management unit, which updates the data on the kept tokens in the database accordingly.