JPH02231671A - Betting system for terminal for stay-at-home betting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve operability, to execute betting by the preferable coupling of horses and to improve service to a customer by using a betting system by horse name selection. CONSTITUTION:Based on the display information of pictures C, D and E selected by an operating mode selecting means 2a, the number of the couple, the number of a race and the name of the horse. Then, a result is displayed in a betted result display picture B and confirmed and the betting is executed. Otherwise, the betting input picture B is displayed based on the display information of a picture A selected by the operating mode selecting means 2a and afterwards, the number of the couple, the number of the race and the name of the horse are inputted. Then, the result is displayed in the betting input picture B and confirmed and the betting is executed. Thus, the fan service can be improved to a stay-at-home betting.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] In order to improve fan service for at-home voting fans regarding a voting method using terminals for at-home voting systems, we have developed a teletext processing unit equipped with a television broadcast processing mechanism and a teletext processing unit equipped with a television broadcast processing mechanism. , a voting processing unit, which converts the digital signal for teletext broadcasting from the teletext processing unit, inputs it to the computer system of the voting processing unit, and displays the edited and processed results in the teletext processing unit. and means for transmitting voting information to a telephone voting system using a keyboard or a remote keypad of a computer system of the voting processing unit based on an instruction from the voting processing unit, Means for selecting the operation mode of the at-home voting system terminal; a release category selection screen when voting; a screen displaying voting instructions and voting results; and a release category selection screen when voting; a display means including an odds etc. selection screen based on the selection information on the screen, the group number, race number, and horse name are manually entered based on the display information on the screen selected by the operation mode selection means, and the results are displayed on the screen. You can either display the voting results on the voting result display screen and confirm it before voting, or after displaying the voting input screen based on the display information on the screen selected by the operation mode selection means, enter the group number, race number, and horse name. , the result is displayed on the voting screen, and the voting result is configured so that the voting result is displayed on the voting screen and the voting result is confirmed.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a voting method using a terminal for an at-home voting system in an at-home voting system.

In the talk raiser system such as the voting ticket sales system, there are two ways to purchase voting tickets: a cash voting system in which betting tickets such as horse racing tickets are purchased at ticket sales counters inside and outside the venue, and a membership-based telephone voting system. .

Among these, telephone voting systems allow customers to collect information on horse racing, bicycle racing, etc. using newspapers, television, radio, etc.
Based on the results of their own analysis, they vote manually using a telephone and following a predetermined procedure.

[Prior art and problems to be solved by the invention] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a conventional telephone voting system.

Telephone voting systems 3 are steadily increasing in terms of equipment and number of users each year, but because the terminals are telephones 7 and bidirectional communication is by wire, for example, voice response systems (ARS systems) 3,000 people per system, assuming a call time of 120 seconds per vote, and 6,000 people per system, assuming a call time of 60 seconds per vote in the operator-mediated CRT method. If the number of subscribers is not limited, there is a problem that data processing at the general center 4 becomes congested, resulting in a decline in service to customers and an increase in operating costs.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a home telephone voting system that allows customers to judge the results of races such as horse racing and bicycle racing at home and cast effective votes, by a voting method using a terminal for the home voting system used. The aim is to improve fan service for voting fans at home.

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of a voting method using a terminal for an at-home voting system according to the present invention.

The present invention comprises a teletext processing unit (1) equipped with a television broadcast processing mechanism and a voting processing unit (2), and converts a digital signal for teletext broadcasting from the teletext processing unit (1). The results are then manually input to the computer system of the voting processing unit (2), and the edited and processed results are sent to the teletext processing unit (2).
1) displaying means ([1]) and the voting processing unit (2).
) A means (18) for transmitting voting information to a telephone voting system using the keyboard (KB) of the computer system of the voting processing unit (2) or the remote keypad (8) based on instructions from the voting processing unit (2). System terminal (9)
, a means (2a) for selecting the operation mode of the at-home voting system terminal (9), a release category selection screen (A) for voting, and a screen (B) for displaying voting instructions and voting results. > and display means (2b to 2f) including a release category selection screen (C) and odds, etc. selection screens (D, E) based on the selection information on the screen (C) when displayed, The operation mode selection means (2
Enter the group number, race number, and horse name based on the display information on the screen (C, O, ε) selected in step a), display the results on the voting result display screen (B), confirm, and then vote. , or a manual voting screen (B) based on the display information of the screen (A) selected by the operation mode selection means (2a).
is displayed, the group number, race number, and horse name are entered manually, and the results are displayed on the voting screen (B) for confirmation and voting.

[Effect]

In FIG. 1, an antenna 11 receives teletext or television broadcast radio waves from a broadcasting station 5, and the received signals are input to the at-home voting system terminal 9. In the at-home voting system terminal 9, a computer system within the terminal processes the multiplex broadcast or extracts a moving image from the television broadcast and displays it on the television 10. Customers who are at home may use remote keypad 8, for example.
Select the menu displayed on the screen and vote based on the displayed information. Once you have decided on the group number and amount to vote on, press the "Send" key on the Remote Ibad8.

This voting data is transmitted to the telephone voting system 3 in the general center 4 of the horse racing event via the telephone network 6 using the telephone 7.

The configuration of the at-home voting system terminal will be explained with reference to FIG. The at-home voting system terminal 9 is composed of a teletext processing section 1 and a voting processing section 2, and when a customer selects a specific channel by operating a remote keypad (RKP) 8, the teletext processing section 12 receives the teletext processing section 12. The teletext radio waves are converted into digital signals by the signal extraction unit 13,
It is transferred to the voting processing block 2 and temporarily stored in the recording section 16.

The voting processing section 2 processes the teletext digital signal stored in the recording section 16 under the control of the central processing unit (CPU) 14 to create necessary screen data, and sends it to the teletext processing section 11. Transfer and text multiple display control unit I7
is displayed on the television 10 via.

The customer presses the remote keypad 8 while looking at the displayed screen.
to vote. Further, the television screen is directly sent to the television 10 via the signal extraction section 13 and the character multiplex display control section 17 of the character multiplex processing section 1, and a normal television image is displayed.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings from FIG. 3 onwards. FIG. 3 shows the basic procedure of the voting method according to the present invention, and screens A to E shown in FIGS. 4(a) to (e) show display screens of the present invention.

First, in order to directly vote, the remote keypad 8 is imitated and the operation mode selection 2a of the voting processing unit 2 of the at-home voting system terminal 90 is set to the "voting" mode.

A television 10 under the control of a central processing unit (CPtl) 14.
As shown in FIG. 4(a), a television screen A titled "Voting place name and release category selection" is displayed.

Here, if you enter the number of the place name and the number of the sale category displayed on screen A, the color of the input place name, for example, will change and the next "voting place" number will be displayed as shown in Figure 4 (company). "Manpower" screens B and B' are displayed.

On this "Voting Manual" screen B, the display of "Please manually vote by formula" displayed at the bottom displays the formula, number,
When the amount is input using the remote keypad 8, the odds and popularity are automatically displayed, and the total investment amount is calculated.

Screen B" shows a list of data that customers have voted for in the 10th race and has not yet sent. If you wish to send this data to the general center 4, press the "Send" key on the remote keypad 8. , the line control unit 18 is activated under the control of the CPU 14 of the voting processing section 2 and automatically transmits voting data. The line will be automatically released when the transmission is finished.

Up to this point, an example has been described in which voting at a sales counter is performed using the at-home voting system terminal 9. Next, an example of voting using the voting system of the present invention will be described below.

First, the customer operates the remote keypad 8 to set the operation mode selection 2a of the voting processing section 2 of the at-home voting system terminal 9 to the "display" mode. Under the control of the CPU 14, the television 10 displays "voting place name," as shown in FIG. 4(C).
Screen C titled "Display Category Selection" is displayed. Here, enter the number of the venue name manually and select the entry list on the display content selection screen. 100 D is the entry table, and the horse number is input based on this entry table.

As shown in the figure, horse names are entered for each race in the entry list. Voters can confirm their vote by checking the horse's name. If the horse number is a double win streak, the selected horse number will be converted into a frame, and if it is a single win or single win streak, the horse number will be displayed on the screen. A processing flowchart for screen D is shown in FIG. 5, which will be described later.

On the screen E, odds, popularity, etc. are automatically displayed, and the investment amount is determined manually with reference to this.

If it is desired to send voting data to the general center 4, the operation method is the same as described above.

FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart of the entry list shown on screen D. After displaying the race list as shown in screen D using the above procedure (1), enter the voting method manually (2), and enter the horse number manually (3).
). Then, it is determined whether or not to set the winning streak to double type (4), and if it is determined to set the winning streak to double type, the horse number is inputted [5], and the confirmation key is performed (6). If you do not want to make it a double winning streak, just do the key human power of confirmation. Furthermore, it is determined whether to use consecutive wins or not (7), and if it is determined to be consecutive wins or not, the framework is searched (8).
, the screen is displayed as shown in screen E (9). If you do not want to make it a double winning streak, it will be displayed as is on screen E (9).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, by using a voting method based on horse name selection, operability is improved and it is possible to vote with a combination of horses of your choice, leading to improved service to customers. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a principle diagram of a voting method using a terminal for an at-home voting system according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is an example of the configuration of a terminal for an at-home voting system according to the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a voting method using a terminal for an at-home voting system according to the present invention. 4(a) to 4(e) are examples of each screen display as an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a processing flowchart of the race list shown in FIG. 4(d). and FIG. 6 are diagrams showing an example of the configuration of a conventional telephone voting system. (Explanation of symbols) 1...Teletext processing unit, 2...Voting processing unit, 3...Telephone voting system, 4...General center, 5...Broadcasting station, 6...Telephone network, 7...telephone, remote keypad, 9...terminal for home voting system, 10...television, 11...antenna. Configuration example of terminal for home voting system according to the present invention @2 ■ Specify place name 111 → 1 The color of the specified place name changes. ■ Input of sold-out category Go to the first screen Display example of one embodiment of Akira Honji's screen (a) ■ Go to the next screen for specifying Banaga (C) Ya4 Σ (b) (d) Figure E. Input of investment amount (e) Figure S4 Processing flowchart of race list of the present invention R$5 times

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Teletext broadcasting processing unit equipped with a television broadcasting processing mechanism (
1) and a voting processing unit (2), converting the digital signal for teletext broadcasting from the teletext processing unit (1) and inputting it to the computer system of the voting processing unit (2),
means ([1]) for displaying the edited and processed results in the teletext processing section (1); and means ([1]) for displaying the edited and processed results in the teletext processing section (1); Keyboard (KB) or remote keypad (8)
means to send voting information to the telephone voting system (
18), a means (2a) for selecting an operation mode in the at-home voting system terminal (9), and a release category selection screen (A) when voting. , a screen (B) that displays voting input instructions and voting results, a release category selection screen (C) when displayed, and an odds selection screen (D, E) based on the selection information on the screen (C). ), inputting the group number, race number, and horse name based on the display information on the screen (C, D, E) selected by the operation mode selection means (2a); Either display the result on the voting result display screen (B) and vote after confirming it, or vote on the voting input screen (B) based on the display information of the screen (A) selected by the operation mode selection means (2a). is displayed, the group number, race number, and horse name are input, and the results are displayed on the voting input screen (B) to confirm and vote.