KR20020032747A - Method for electronical lottery service in mobile communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for providing an electronic lottery service through a mobile communication network is provided to increase the convenience of a subscriber by transmitting an electronic lottery to the subscriber's terminal screen in real time through the Internet, and by enabling the subscriber to promptly confirm whether the electronic lottery falls on the subscriber through the screen. CONSTITUTION: In case that an electronic lottery service is selected by a subscriber's terminal, the terminal is connected to a WAP(Wireless Application Protocol) server of an electronic lottery selling company through a WAP gateway(ST11). The WAP server transmits a form for membership to the subscriber terminal including a circuit number(ST12). In case that the subscriber wants to purchase an electronic lottery after being registered as a member, the WAP server transmits a file of the electronic lottery(S13-S14). In case that the file is downloaded, the price for downloading the file of the lottery is charged to the subscriber(ST15). The subscriber installs the file downloaded and confirms whether the electronic lottery falls on the subscriber(ST16). In case that the lottery falls on the subscriber(ST17), the subscriber inputs an account capable of receiving the prize money(ST18). The prize money is deposited to the subscriber's account(ST19).

Description

Electronic lottery service method through mobile communication network {Method for electronical lottery service in mobile communication network}

The present invention relates to an electronic lottery service through the wireless Internet, and in particular, the subscriber's screen by transmitting the electronic lottery to the subscriber's terminal screen in real time through the two-way communication through the IS-95C Mobile IP function and the WAP method wireless Internet. The present invention relates to a method for electronic lottery service through a mobile communication network to immediately check whether or not winning an electronic lottery and to provide a specialized service that can cause fun for lottery using a wireless network.

In general, IS-95 is a standardized CDMA digital mobile phone service standard. Currently, some regions provide the service accordingly.

In addition, the lottery means to perform a certain degree of compensation for what is realized in a part of the probability by using a medium to which a unique number or the like distributed in probability is distributed.

For example, a lottery lottery, which is a representative lottery, gives a buyer a serial number, checks whether the winner wins through the regular drawing of the serial number, and rewards the buyer who has won through the check process. It is.

In addition to the above example of the lottery lottery, there is an instant lottery, etc., which improved the point that the lottery lottery can be known only through the regular lottery period, the buyer of the lottery to confirm whether the prize immediately To make it possible.

In more detail, the instant lottery is serviced in such a way that an identification mark that confirms whether or not to win the prize is displayed when a specific part of the lottery is scratched using an object such as a coin.

The lottery as described above has a very low probability of winning, but there are a large number of winners, while a small number of winners receive a relatively large reward for the purchase price. do.

The present invention intends to provide an electronic lottery service, which will be described below with reference to the related art.

Among the lottery or electronic lottery services serviced through mobile communication networks in Korea, there are SK electronic lottery services provided by specific mobile communication service companies.

The SK electronic lottery service allows a user to purchase a house lottery ticket or another lottery ticket issued by a specific bank, such as a housing bank, by pressing a specific number, such as 1545, without a station number on the subscriber's n.TOP or terminal. If the prize is won through this lottery, it is a service that notifies the subscriber to the short message service (SMS) of the winning fact through the mobile communication means.

The series of systems for providing the SK e-lottery service as described above will be described in more detail.

First, a subscriber to a mobile communication network selects n.TOP by using a terminal. Next, the economic network menu is selected from the n.TOP menu items.

By the above selection, the electronic lottery service is selected when a connection is made with the economic network menu. At this time, the electronic lottery service displays a brief introduction to the pre-subscription operating system and how to use it. The display includes a notice that the lottery purchase price is settled together with the telephone fee.

The user who encounters the display of the electronic lottery service applies for subscription to the service. In general, to increase the reliability of the subscription is required to enter the social security number when applying for subscription.

If the resident registration number is entered, SKT will register the subscriber with reference to the resident registration number. When registering a subscriber to the electronic lottery service, the applicant who wishes to join enters a password.

The password is required to be confirmed later that the subscriber is authenticated by accessing the electronic lottery service.

Through these steps, the subscription to the electronic lottery service is completed, and the authenticated subscriber can use the electronic lottery service.

That is, after accessing an electronic lottery service using a terminal, a password input step required by SKT is performed to check whether the subscriber is an authenticated subscriber. At this time, the subscriber enters the password registered when joining the electronic lottery service and is authenticated as a legitimate subscriber. On the other hand, the password can be changed or updated through a separate step.

The subscriber who has passed the authentication step is to view each menu item of the electronic lottery service and select the required menu item.

Examples of menu items selected at this time: 1. Purchase a lottery ticket, 2. Confirm the purchase history, 3. Check the winning balance, 4. Inquiry of the winning result, 5. Winning number guide, 6. Payment of the winnings, 7. Change of personal information, 8 The same as the usage guide.

When the subscriber selects the lottery purchase menu item, the lottery types available for purchase are displayed. The subscriber selects the type of lottery to purchase and designates the desired number of purchases for the selected lottery type.

In the case of the n.TOP electronic lottery service, the maximum number of desired purchases can be specified up to 10, and the serial number of the desired lottery can be designated up to three from the back seat.

After specifying the desired number of purchases and the desired serial number and pressing OK, the purchase process of the lottery is completed.

The lottery for the purchased lottery is made at the same time as the lottery purchased at the general sales office.

However, in the case of the lottery service according to the related art described above, there is an inconvenience in that a buyer having a desire to purchase directly visits a store and purchases the prize, and receives the winnings directly if the prize is won through the drawing or instant confirmation.

In addition, the host financial institution that issues the lottery had a large amount of money to be administered in order to form a sales network and carry out a reliable lottery.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a subscriber's terminal in real time through an electronic lottery through a two-way communication through the IS-95C Mobile IP function and a wireless Internet of the WAP method. Electronic lottery service method through a mobile communication network, which is suitable for providing subscribers with instant confirmation of winning an electronic lottery through the screen of the terminal and providing a specialized service that can cause fun for lottery using a wireless network. To provide.

In order to achieve the above object, an electronic lottery service method through a mobile communication network according to the present invention comprises the steps of: a subscriber of a mobile communication network registering as a member by accessing an electronic lottery vendor through a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol); If the registered subscriber selects the electronic lottery service using the terminal and wishes to purchase the lottery, the electronic lottery vendor transmits the desired electronic lottery ticket to the subscriber's terminal using IS-95 and WAP. The subscriber who has downloaded the electronic lottery, installs and reads the electronic lottery, checks the winning status, notifies the electronic lottery vendor of the winning lottery, and inputs a deposit account for the lottery; It is characterized by the technical configuration that the step of performing the charging according.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication network to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a flowchart of an electronic lottery service method through a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is an exemplary diagram of an electronic lottery serviced.

Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the present invention will be described based on an embodiment according to the technical idea of the electronic lottery service method through the mobile communication network as described above.

First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication network to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an electronic lottery service method through a mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is also.

As shown in FIG. 2, a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a step in which a subscriber of a mobile communication network registers as a member by accessing an electronic lottery vendor through a wireless application protocol (WAP) (ST11 to ST12). )Wow; If a subscriber registered as a member selects an electronic lottery service using a terminal and wishes to purchase a lottery ticket, the electronic lottery vendor transfers the desired electronic lottery ticket to the subscriber's terminal using IS-95 and a wireless application protocol. Transmitting steps ST13 to ST15; A subscriber who has downloaded the electronic lottery, installs and reads the electronic lottery, checks whether the user wins, notifies the electronic lottery vendor of the winning lottery, and inputs a deposit deposit account (ST16 ~ ST18); And performing the charging according to the electronic lottery purchase at the mobile communication provider side (ST19).

The operation of the method configured as described above is as follows.

The electronic lottery service method according to the present invention is a series of methods for a subscriber using the IS-95C Mobile IP function to purchase a lottery ticket distributed in an electronic form through a terminal and immediately check whether the winning is made, and receive the winning money. To provide.

The implementation of such a function is different from the prior art which traded a general lottery electronically. The requirements for the application of the present invention are the implementation of the IS-95C Mobile IP function and the server for the terminal and billing for the IS-95C. To build it.

In this case, the billing includes the billing according to the price of the electronic lottery when the subscriber purchases the electronic lottery, and the case of using the reply service in the registration or winning notification step of the electronic lottery service.

In addition, the IS-95C terminal must provide a screen of an appropriate size required for the display of the electronic lottery.

The electronic lottery service is provided through the linkage between the mobile operator, the mobile subscriber and the electronic lottery seller.

That is, in FIG. 1, the mobile operator operates the WAP gateway and the billing server through the IS-95C network, and relays data communication between the subscriber and the electronic lottery vendor. The IS-95C network is then connected to the e-lottery vendor's WAP server via the Internet.

In the method of providing the electronic lottery service, the electronic lottery seller is responsible for issuing the electronic lottery and paying the winnings, and the mobile communication service provider is responsible for providing the transmission path of the electronic lottery and performing the charging.

The operation flow of FIG. 2 will be described.

First, a subscriber who wants to use the electronic lottery service is provided with an IS-95C portable terminal and selects the electronic lottery service from the menu items of the portable terminal. When the electronic lottery service is selected in the subscriber terminal, the subscriber terminal is connected to the WAP server of the electronic lottery vendor through the WAP gateway of the mobile communication operator (ST11).

The WAP server of the e-lottery vendor transmits the form according to the membership to the subscriber's terminal through the IS-95C Mobile IP function of the mobile communication provider along with the reply number. The mobile subscriber reads the form, fills out the form appropriately, and returns the reply number attached to the form (ST12).

The contents of the registration form sent by the mobile subscriber are transmitted to the WAP server of the electronic lottery vendor. The WAP server checks the form description and performs member authentication. At this time, the mobile subscriber registers a password for access to the electronic lottery service.

Through the membership authentication, the mobile subscriber can access the electronic lottery service and purchase the electronic lottery ticket.

If you are registered as a member of the electronic lottery service, you can purchase the electronic lottery immediately or later.If the authenticated member wants to purchase the electronic lottery by accessing the electronic lottery service, the WAP server of the electronic lottery vendor It is performed by the system of transmitting the lottery file (ST13 to ST14).

The electronic lottery file sent by the electronic lottery vendor is transmitted to the subscriber terminal through the IS-95C network of the mobile operator. The transmission process of such an electronic lottery file is called a download.

The download of the electronic lottery may enable the selection of a lottery number to induce interest of the member. As for the selection of the lottery number, a selection of an appropriate number of digits is made similarly to the circulation of a general lottery.

When the electronic lottery file is downloaded, the subscriber installs and reads the file. At this time, when the electronic lottery file is downloaded, a charge corresponding to the purchase price of the electronic lottery is made (ST15). The charging refers to the charge of the usage fee by the charging server of the mobile communication provider.

In order to charge the purchase price of the electronic lottery in the mobile communication provider side, it is necessary to adjust the profit between the mobile communication operator and the electronic lottery seller. In other words, the electronic lottery retailer bears the appropriate costs for the mobile telecommunications provider that provides the channel for the distribution of the electronic lottery, and the mobile telecommunications provider must pay the electronic lottery vendor for the price of the subscriber's purchase of the electronic lottery. .

When the electronic lottery file is installed, it is displayed as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, the electronic lottery includes a winning number, a winning amount, a number, a serial number, a reply telephone number, and the like. In this case, the method of confirming whether the electronic lottery is won is a method of confirming numbers 1, 2, and 3 sequentially, and when all three numbers coincide with each other, the winning amount is determined by the amount indicated in the winning amount column (ST16).

In other words, by downloading and installing an electronic lottery ticket, you can check the winnings immediately. On the other hand, it is preferable to set the winning amount lower than the general lottery in order to prevent meandering of the electronic lottery.

When the subscriber confirms the winning of the electronic lottery, he / she will be notified by replying to the reply telephone number attached to the electronic lottery. At this time, it would be more desirable to enter the account number for receiving the winnings (ST18).

The account number for the notification of the prize and the receipt of the prize money is recorded in the ARS of the electronic lottery vendor, and the electronic lottery seller setstles the prize money on a regular basis and deposits it into the account indicated above. In addition, the cost of purchasing the lottery ticket is charged together with the communication fee (ST19).

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention may use various changes, modifications, and equivalents. It is clear that the present invention can be applied in the same manner by appropriately modifying the above embodiments. Accordingly, the above description does not limit the scope of the invention as defined by the limitations of the following claims.

As described above, the electronic lottery service method through the mobile communication network according to the present invention, the convenience of the subscriber by real-time processing so that all processes such as membership registration / electronic lottery purchase / winning confirmation / transfer of winning amount is performed through the wireless network It can maximize the effect of improving the circulation of the electronic lottery.

In addition, there is an advantage that can cause the interest of the subscriber by providing a service that can be confirmed through the terminal screen immediately after downloading the electronic lottery.

Claims (4)

A subscriber of the mobile communication network accessing an electronic lottery vendor through a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) and registering as a member; If a subscriber registered as a member selects an electronic lottery service using a terminal and wishes to purchase a lottery ticket, the electronic lottery vendor transmitting the electronic lottery data to the terminal of the subscriber; A subscriber who has downloaded the electronic lottery, installs and reads the electronic lottery, checks whether the user wins, notifies the electronic lottery vendor of the winning lottery and inputs a deposit deposit account; E-lottery service method through a mobile communication network, characterized in that comprising the step of performing a charge in accordance with the electronic lottery purchase on the mobile communication provider side. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic lottery, A winning number for specifying a winning object; A winning amount to be paid at the time of winning; A confirmation number for confirming whether or not the winning number is compared with the winning number; A serial number uniquely assigned to each electronic lottery; Electronic lottery service method through a mobile communication network comprising a reply telephone number for replying when winning. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the electronic lottery file comprises: Registering a member to access the WAP server of the electronic lottery vendor and designate a desired electronic lottery number; And transmitting, by the WAP server of the electronic lottery vendor, an electronic lottery file corresponding to the designated electronic lottery number to a terminal of a corresponding subscriber through a network. The method of claim 1, wherein the checking of the winning of the electronic lottery and the notification of the winning is performed. Installing the electronic lottery file received by the subscriber in the mobile terminal to read the electronic lottery ticket; When the electronic lottery is installed, determining whether or not to confirm with the winning number by sequentially opening three confirmation numbers closed in the installed state; If all three confirmation numbers and the winning numbers match, the winning amount corresponding to the winning amount is decided.If the subscriber selects a reply number when determining the winning prize, the winnings and winnings are sent to the ARS of the WAP server of the electronic lottery vendor. Electronic lottery service method through a mobile communication network, characterized in that it comprises a step of notifying the receiving account.