US 12,136,317 B2
Information management system and terminal device
Jun Haishima, Tokyo (JP); and Shigehiko Kitagawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/603,044
Filed by Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/012400
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/213343, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-080144 (JP), filed on Apr. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0189252 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06Q 50/34 (2012.01)
CPC G07F 17/3255 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3209 (2013.01); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3223 (2013.01); G07F 17/3232 (2013.01); G06Q 50/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/3288 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information management system comprising:
a terminal device connected so as to communicate with a gaming machine capable of playing a game according to inputted currency;
a casino server capable of communicating with the terminal device by a prescribed communication method; and
a mobile device capable of communicating with the casino server;
wherein the casino server includes a temporary account processing device creating a temporary account for storing money amount data and transmitting transaction information for specifying the created temporary account to the mobile device in response to a request from the mobile device,
the mobile device includes a first near-field transfer device transferring the transaction information transmitted from the casino server to the terminal device by near-field transfer, and
the terminal device includes a second near-field transfer device acquiring the transaction information transferred from the first near-field transfer device of the mobile device by the near-field transfer and a temporary account processing device executing processing with respect to the temporary account on the casino server specified by the transaction information acquired by the second near-field transfer device through the communication method,
wherein the temporary account processing device, in response to the request from the mobile device, transmits second transaction information for specifying processing of transferring a money amount of the temporary account to the mobile device,
wherein the first short-distance transfer device of the mobile device transfers the second transaction information transmitted from the casino server to the terminal device by the near-field transfer, and
wherein the second near-field transfer device of the terminal device acquires the second transaction information transferred from the first near-field transfer device of the mobile device by the near-field transfer, and the terminal device transmits the money amount of the temporary account in the casino server to the gaming machine through the communication method thereby providing the money amount to the game of the gaming machine.