Terminal apparatus and information management system
The present invention provides a terminal apparatus and an information management system that can facilitate to total sales and the like. A terminal apparatus communicably connected to a gaming machine in which a game can be played according to an inserted currency includes: a control device that executes an insertion process for converting an amount of the inserted currency into an amount of a specific currency based on a conversion rate for converting the amount of the inserted currency into the amount of the specific currency and a transmission device that transmits inserted currency information including currency information representing the type of the inserted currency and rate information representing the conversion rate used for conversion by the control device.
1. A terminal apparatus communicably connected to a gaming machine in which a game can be played according to an inserted currency, the terminal apparatus comprising:
a first storage device that stores a conversion rate and updates the conversion rate based on a latest exchange rate that is regularly acquired;
a control device that executes an insertion process for converting an amount of the inserted currency into an amount of a specific currency based on the conversion rate updated in the first storage device;
a second storage device that stores, for history management, inserted currency information including currency information representing a type of the inserted currency and rate information representing the conversion rate used for conversion by the control device in association with timing information representing a timing at which the insertion process is executed; and
a transmission device that transmits the inserted currency information and the rate information to an information processing apparatus that manages the terminal apparatus such that both the terminal apparatus and the information processing apparatus are paired to store the inserted currency information and the rate information.
2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the transmission device transmits the timing information that is associated with the inserted currency information and the rate information.
3. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third storage device that stores information transmitted from the transmission device.
4. A terminal apparatus communicably connected to a gaming machine in which a game can be played according to an inserted currency, the terminal apparatus comprising:
a first storage device that stores a conversion rate and updates the conversion rate based on a latest exchange rate that is regularly acquired;
a control device that executes an insertion process for converting an amount of the inserted currency into an amount of a specific currency based on the conversion rate updated in the first storage device;
a second storage device that stores, for history management, inserted currency information including currency information representing the type of the inserted currency in association with timing information representing a timing at which the insertion process is executed; and
a transmission device that transmits the inserted currency information and the timing information to an information processing apparatus that manages the terminal apparatus such that both the terminal apparatus and the information processing apparatus are paired to store the inserted currency information and the timing information.
5. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a third storage device that stores information transmitted from the transmission device.
6. An information management system comprising:
a terminal apparatus communicably connected to a gaming machine in which a game can be played according to an inserted currency; and
an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with the terminal apparatus, wherein
the terminal apparatus includes:
a first storage device that stores a conversion rate and updates the conversion rate based on a latest exchange rate that is regularly acquired,
a control device that executes an insertion process for converting an amount of the inserted currency into an amount of a specific currency based on the conversion rate updated in the first storage device,
a second storage device that stores, for history management, inserted currency information including currency information representing the type of the inserted currency and rate information representing the conversion rate used for conversion by the control device in association with timing information representing a timing at which the insertion process is executed; and
a transmission device that transmits the inserted currency information and the rate information to the information processing apparatus such that both the terminal apparatus and the information processing apparatus are paired to store the inserted currency information and the rate information, and
the information processing apparatus includes a recording device that records the inserted currency information transmitted from the terminal apparatus.
7. The information management system according to claim 6 , wherein
the transmission device transmits the timing information that is associated with the inserted currency information and the rate information.
8. The information management system according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a third storage device that stores information transmitted from the transmission device.
9. The information management system according to claim 6 , wherein
the information processing apparatus includes
a totaling device that totals the inserted currency information transmitted from the terminal apparatus, and
a fraud detection device that detects the presence or absence of fraudulent activity based on a totaled result by the totaling device and the rate information.
10. An information management system comprising:
a terminal apparatus communicably connected to a gaming machine in which a game can be played according to an inserted currency; and
an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with the terminal apparatus, wherein the terminal apparatus includes:
a first storage device that stores a conversion rate and updates the conversion rate based on a latest exchange rate that is regularly acquired,
a control device that executes an insertion process for converting an amount of the inserted currency into an amount of a specific currency based on the conversion rate updated in the first storage device,
a second storage device that stores, for history management, inserted currency information including currency information representing the type of the inserted currency in association with timing information representing a timing at which the insertion process is executed, and
a transmission device that transmits the inserted currency information and the timing information to the information processing apparatus such that both the terminal apparatus and the information processing apparatus are paired to store the inserted currency information and the timing information, and
the information processing apparatus includes a recording device that records the timing information transmitted from the terminal apparatus.
11. The information management system according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a third storage device that stores information transmitted from the transmission device.
12. The terminal apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the timing information that is stored in association with the inserted currency information and the rate information in the second storage is compared with the timing information that is stored in a transmission destination to which the transmission device transmits the timing information associated with the inserted currency information and the rate information so as to verify an effect of a failure when the failure occurs.
13. The terminal apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein a conversion result of converting the amount of the inserted currency into the amount of the specific currency is verified based on the conversion rate at the timing represented by the timing information.
14. The terminal apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the timing information that is stored in association with the inserted currency information in the second storage is compared with the timing information that is stored in a transmission destination to which the transmission device transmits the timing information associated with the inserted currency information so as to verify an effect of a failure when the failure occurs.
15. The terminal apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein a conversion result of converting the amount of the inserted currency into the amount of the specific currency is verified based on the conversion rate at the timing represented by the timing information.
16. The information management system according to claim 6 , wherein the timing information that is stored in association with the inserted currency information and the rate information in the second storage is compared with the timing information that is stored in association with the inserted currency information in the recording device so as to verify an effect of a failure when the failure occurs.
17. The information management system according to claim 16 , wherein a conversion result of converting the amount of the inserted currency into the amount of the specific currency is verified based on the conversion rate at the timing represented by the timing information.
18. The information management system according to claim 10 , wherein the timing information that is stored in association with the inserted currency information in the second storage is compared with the timing information that is stored in association with the inserted currency information in the recording device so as to verify an effect of a failure when the failure occurs.
19. The terminal apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein a conversion result of converting the amount of the inserted currency into the amount of the specific currency is verified based on the conversion rate at the timing represented by the timing information.