US 12,236,738 B2
Management server
Jun Haishima, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/428,192
Filed by Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/003393
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/162312, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019 018016 (JP), filed on Feb. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0122403 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G07D 11/22 (2019.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07D 7/12 (2016.01)
CPC G07D 11/22 (2019.01) [G07F 17/3246 (2013.01); G07D 7/12 (2013.01); G07D 2207/00 (2013.01); G07D 2211/00 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A management server which is connected, through a communication line, to a plurality of currency handling systems,
each of the plurality of currency handling systems including a currency reading device capable of reading a plurality of banknotes in a plurality of currencies and a player tracking system (PTS) terminal, the currency reading device in communication with the player tracking system (PTS) terminal, and the player tracking system (PTS) terminal in communication with the management server;
each of the plurality of currency handling systems being provided at a respective gaming machine configured to award a payout based on a bet game value and a game result;
each of the plurality of currency handling systems being associated with at least one of a plurality of different floor areas;
each of the different floor areas including at least two currency handling systems and at least two different types of gaming machine;
each of the different floor areas classified in accordance with a minimum required bet game value at each respective gaming machine associated therewith, the at least two different gaming machines of a first floor area of the plurality of different floor areas having a minimum required bet that is different from the at least two different gaming machines of a second floor area of the plurality of different floor areas,
the management server comprising:
an input unit which allows selection of a floor area from among the plurality of different floor areas and a selection of at least one of the plurality of banknotes in at least one of the plurality of currencies corresponding to a selected floor area;
a transmitter which is configured to send a command to each of the plurality of currency handling systems; and
a controller which is programmed to perform processes of:
(a) via the input unit of the management server, receiving a selection of at least one floor area from among the plurality of different floor areas, and a selection of at least one of the plurality of banknotes in the at least one of the plurality of currencies to correspond therewith; and
(b) where a respective currency handling system associated with a respective gaming machine in the selected floor area has received and read a respective banknote in a currency associated with the selected at least one of the plurality of currencies, and banknote information including floor area information corresponding to the location of the currency handling system receiving the respective banknote is transmitted to the management server via the player tracking system (PTS) terminal, via the transmitter of the management server, sending a command to the respective currency handling system having received the respective banknote allowing the respective currency handling system to accept the respective banknote in the currency received and read.