Communication device location specifying system and location specifying device
A communication device location specifying system has a plurality of wireless communication devices, a location specifying device that specifies locations of the plurality of wireless communication devices, and a plurality of access points that are wirelessly connected to the plurality of wireless communication devices and relay the exchange of data between each wireless communication device and the location specifying device. Each of the wireless communication devices measures the intensity of an electric wave received from each of the access points, and transmits electric wave intensity measurement data indicating the measured intensity of the electric wave to the location specifying device via the access point, and the location specifying device calculates the locations of the plurality of wireless communication devices on the basis of the electric wave intensity measurement data.
1 . A communication device location specifying system, comprising:
a plurality of wireless communication devices;
a location specifying device that specifies locations of the plurality of wireless communication devices; and
a plurality of wireless transmitting/receiving devices that are wirelessly connected to the plurality of wireless communication devices and that relay exchange of data between each wireless communication device and the location specifying device, wherein
each of the wireless communication devices has an electric wave intensity measuring section that measures the intensity of an electric wave received from each of the wireless transmitting/receiving devices, and transmits electric wave intensity measurement data indicating measured intensity of the electric wave to the location specifying device via the wireless transmitting/receiving device, and
the location specifying device has a location specifying section that calculates the locations of the plurality of wireless communication devices on the basis of the electric wave intensity measurement data.
2 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 1 , wherein
the location specifying device is connected to a calling section that is provided in a gaming machine or in the vicinity thereof and used by a game player to call out a clerk, and
once receiving a call signal from the calling section, the location specifying device selects any one of the wireless communication devices in response to the calling section, and transmits a message to a selected wireless communication device.
3 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 2 , wherein transmission/reception between the location specifying device and the selected wireless communication device is conducted by executing signaling processing.
4 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 2 , wherein the location specifying device calculates locations of the wireless communication devices on the basis of the electric wave intensity measurement data, and selects any one of the wireless communication devices on the basis of the location of the calling section and the locations of the wireless communication devices.
5 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 1 , wherein the location specifying device calculates the distance between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices and the wireless transmitting/receiving devices on the basis of the electric wave intensity measurement data.
6 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 5 , wherein the location specifying device stores the location of each of the plurality of wireless communication devices and the each calculated distance.
7 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 6 , wherein processing for calculating the distance, processing for calculating the locations, and storage processing are executed each time when the location specifying device receives the electric wave intensity measurement data.
8 . A communication device location specifying system, comprising:
a plurality of wireless communication devices;
a location specifying device that specifies locations of the plurality of wireless communication devices; and
a plurality of wireless transmitting/receiving devices that are wirelessly connected to the plurality of wireless communication devices and are used for exchanging data between each wireless communication device and the location specifying device, wherein
each of the wireless transmitting/receiving devices has an electric wave intensity measuring section that measures the intensity of an electric wave received from each of the wireless communication devices, and transmits electric wave intensity measurement data indicating the measured intensity of the electric wave to the location specifying device, and
the location specifying device has a location specifying section that calculates the locations of the plurality of wireless communication devices on the basis of the electric wave intensity measurement data.
9 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 8 , wherein
the location specifying device is connected to a calling section that is provided in a gaming machine or in a vicinity thereof and used by a game player to call out a clerk, and
once receiving a call signal from the calling section, the location specifying device selects any one of the wireless communication devices in response to the calling section, and transmits a message to the selected wireless communication device.
10 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 9 , wherein transmission/reception between the location specifying device and the selected wireless communication device is conducted by executing signaling processing.
11 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 9 , wherein the location specifying device calculates the locations of the wireless communication devices on the basis of the electric wave intensity measurement data, and selects any one of the wireless communication devices on the basis of the location of the calling section and locations of the wireless communication devices.
12 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 8 , wherein the location specifying device calculates distance between each of the plurality of wireless communication devices and the wireless transmitting/receiving devices on the basis of the electric wave intensity measurement data.
13 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 12 , wherein the location specifying device stores the location of each of the plurality of wireless communication devices and each calculated distance.
14 . The communication device location specifying system according to claim 13 , wherein processing for calculating the distance, processing for calculating the locations, and storage processing are executed each time when the location specifying device receives the electric wave intensity measurement data.
15 . A location specifying device, comprising:
a communication device location specifying section that calculates locations of wireless communication devices on the basis of electric wave intensity measurement data that indicates the intensity of an electric wave, data being received between each of the wireless communication devices and a wireless transmitting/receiving device;
a communication device selecting section that, once receiving a call signal that a game player sends to call out a clerk, compares the locations of the wireless communication devices with a location corresponding to the call signal, and selects a wireless communication device located in a suitable location to rush to a gaming machine in response to the call signal; and
a selected communication device reporting section that sends a notification to the wireless communication device selected by the communication device selecting section.
16 . The location specifying device according to claim 15 , wherein the communication device selecting section determines an order of priorities for the wireless communication devices on the basis of the locations of the wireless communication devices, and if the selected wireless communication device does not perform a predetermined operation in response to the notification sent from the selected communication device reporting section, selects another of the wireless communication devices within the order of priorities.
17 . The location specifying device according to claim 15 , wherein in the case in which call reception is rejected in the selected wireless communication device, the communication device selecting section selects another of the wireless communication devices within the order of priorities.
18 . The location specifying device according to claim 15 , wherein, the other wireless communication device is of the next priority level of the priority order.
19 . The location specifying device according to claim 15 , further comprising:
a location history storage section that stores a location history, which is information having clock times and locations of the wireless communication devices specified at the clock times; and
a monitoring section that determines, on a basis of the location history stored in the location history storage section, whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, and when determining that the predetermined condition is satisfied, then notifies a predetermined report destination of that the predetermined condition is satisfied.
20 . The location specifying device according to claim 18 , wherein, each time when receiving the call signal, the communication device selecting section generates a table for determining a priority order for causing a clerk to rush to a gaming machine sending the call signal.