TWM596412U - Device for auction of material money - Google Patents

Abstract

A device for auction of material money includes an auction server which includes an auction product database, an encryption module, and a winning module. The auction product database is used to store an auction of material money and make that auction to the public. The encryption module is used to encrypt multiple bid prices from multiple bidders and store those encrypted bid prices into the auction product database. The winning module compares those bid prices in the database of products for auction to determine a winning price and sends a winning notification to the winner of the auction with the winning notification stored in the auction product database. Hence, it is possible to provide a fair and public platform for the auction of the material money.

Description

Physical currency auction device

An auction system and auction method, in particular, a physical currency auction device and auction method used on the Internet.

The common physical currency on the market, in addition to coins, also issues paper money as the main transaction medium in daily life. Observe the banknotes carefully, usually at a certain position, the serial number of the banknotes will be printed. Take the New Taiwan Dollar as an example, such as GM146070WH. Some banknotes are printed with special serial numbers, such as GM888888WH, which has made Yaxing people interested in such special number banknotes and began to collect, gradually forming a supply and demand relationship for such special number banknotes.

However, current collectors of banknotes with special numbers usually purchase from private collectors or postal societies when they need to purchase collections, but there may be a risk of maliciously raising the transaction amount of banknotes or making them privately Illegal acts such as counterfeit banknotes printed with special numbers are sold as fake banknotes. Therefore, how to provide a fair mechanism or platform for obtaining special number banknotes in the supply and demand market of special number banknotes has become a problem to be solved.

In order to solve the above problems, the new model develops and establishes an auction system to provide a fair and open auction platform for special number banknotes.

Specifically, the present invention provides a physical currency auction device, including an auction server. The auction server includes an auction commodity database, an encryption module, and a winning module. The above-mentioned auction commodity database is used to store an open auction of physical currency. The above-mentioned encryption module is used to encrypt a plurality of bid amounts of a plurality of bidders, and store the encrypted bid amounts in the auction commodity database. The above winning module compares the bid amounts of the auction commodity database, determines a winning amount, sends a winning message to the winning bidder, and stores the winning message to the auction commodity data Library.

According to an embodiment, the above-mentioned physical currency auction device further includes a management terminal in communication with the auction server for an administrator to log in to the auction server to set up the physical currency auction and terminate the physical currency auction.

According to another embodiment, the above physical currency auction device further includes a plurality of bidding terminals communicatively connected to the auction server for the bidders to log in to the auction server to transmit the bid amounts to the auction server .

According to yet another embodiment, in the aforementioned physical currency auction device, the physical currency auction is a physical currency auction printed with a special serial number.

According to yet another embodiment, in the aforementioned physical currency auction device, the bidding terminal is logged in with a plurality of chip financial cards to which the bidders belong.

According to yet another embodiment, in the above-mentioned physical currency auction device, the encryption module encrypts the bid amounts through a symmetric key algorithm.

In addition to providing a physical currency auction device, the present invention further provides a physical currency auction method, which includes the following steps: a manager sets up an open physical currency auction on an auction server; multiple bidders log in to the auction server , Enter a plurality of bid amounts for the physical currency auction; encrypt the bid amounts and store them in an auction commodity database; decrypt and compare the bid amounts, and determine a bid amount from the bid amounts; and Through the auction server, a bid winning message is sent to the bid winner of the bid amount.

According to an embodiment, in the above physical currency auction method, the physical currency auction is a physical currency auction printed with a special serial number.

According to another embodiment, in the above physical currency auction method, the bidders log in through a plurality of chip financial cards to which the bidders belong, to input the bid amounts for the physical currency auction respectively.

According to yet another embodiment, in the above physical currency auction method, the encryption module encrypts the bid amounts through a symmetric key algorithm.

In view of the above-mentioned problems to be overcome, the present invention provides a fair and open auction platform for special number banknotes, and establishes an auction system for special number banknotes. The feature of the above auction system is that multiple bidders can select the object of the special number banknotes to bid through the Internet, and enter the desired bid amount to bid. The bid amount of the bidder is further encrypted with an encryption module. Through the above encryption, no one except the bidder (including the bank’s manager) can obtain any relevant bid amount information until the auction closes. Finally, after the auction time expires, the bid amount is determined, and the bid winner is notified with the bid information.

In order to more clearly illustrate the implementation of the present invention, please refer to FIG. 1, which depicts the architecture diagram of the new physical currency auction device. The present invention provides a physical currency auction device 10, which includes an auction server 40. The auction server 40 includes an auction commodity database 42, an encryption module 41, and a winning module 43.

The above auction commodity database 42 is used to store a plurality of public physical currency auctions. In the above physical currency auction process, various data messages that may be involved or received may be stored in the auction commodity database 42. These data messages include information on multiple auction commodities (commodity name, data or bid reserve price, etc.), multiple bid amounts and bid amounts, etc. For example, through the auction server 40, the bid amounts respectively input to the same or different auction commodities are received and stored in the auction commodity database 42.

The encryption module 41 is used to receive and encrypt a plurality of bid amounts of the first bidder 31a, the second bidder 31b, and the third bidder 31c. The encryption module 41 then stores the encrypted bid amount in the auction commodity database 42. Among them, the first bidder 31a, the second bidder 31b and the third bidder 31c may select multiple auction commodities or a single product for bidding. The encrypted bid amount, except for the bidder himself, during the auction, no one can get the actual bidding situation, or know the current highest bid amount and other information. In addition, the encryption module 41 can also be used to encrypt data such as "tender deposit" and "payment amount of the bid amount". In addition, the encryption method of the above-mentioned encryption module includes any method that can change the digital data and change the digital data into ciphertext content that is difficult to read, and only after a decryption process can the ciphertext be restored to readable content.

After the set auction time expires, the bid winning module 43 reads the bid amounts in the auction commodity database 42 and compares the bid amounts to determine a bid amount. For example, the highest bid amount is used as the bid amount. The bidding module 43 obtains the bidder data of the bid amount from the auction server 40 and the auction product database 42 according to the bid amount. For example, in FIG. 1, the second bidder 31b is set as the bidder By. Then, a bid winning message is sent to the bid winner of the bid amount (for example, the second bidder 31b), and the bid winning message is stored in the auction commodity database 42.

Further, referring still to FIG. 1, the above-mentioned physical currency auction device 10 further includes a management terminal 20 that is in communication with the auction server 40 for a manager 21 to log in to the auction server 40 , Set up the physical currency auction and terminate the physical currency auction. After the administrator 21 logs in with the management internal access data, the management terminal 20 can be used on the auction server 40 to set up (add), modify, delete, release, terminate (decision bid) or query the auction A series of operations such as goods and information.

Further, referring still to FIG. 1, the above-mentioned physical currency auction device 10 further includes a plurality of bidding terminal machines 30, and the bidding terminal machines 30 are in communication connection with the auction server 40 for the first bidders 31a, The second bidder 31b and the third bidder 31c log in to the auction server 40 to transmit the bid amounts to the auction server 40. After the first bidder 31a, the second bidder 31b and the third bidder 31c are logged in with the pass-through data, the auction server 40 can perform inquiries, selections, bids or confirmations through the bidding terminals 30 A series of operations such as auctioning goods and their information.

Further, referring still to FIG. 1, in the physical currency auction in the physical currency auction device 10 described above, the auction product is a physical currency auction printed with a special serial number. The above special serial number generally refers to any serial number with special meaning, and of course also includes the digital number selected by the bank to refer to the special serial number, for example, 000001, 000008, 000088, 000888, 008888, 088888, 100000, 111111, 123456, 168168, 168888, 200000, 222222, 300000, 333333, 400,000, 444444, 500000, 555555, 600000, 654321, 666666, 700000, 777777, 800000, 888888, 900000 or 999999, etc., all belong to the category of the special serial number. As for the above-mentioned physical currencies, they include toy banknotes, toy coins, game tokens, coins and banknotes, etc., and are not limited to the New Taiwan dollar of the Republic of China, which means other physical banknotes such as the US dollar, the European Union Euro or Japan’s The Japanese yen is included in the real currency category.

Further, referring still to FIG. 1, in the above-mentioned physical currency auction device 10, the first bidder 31a, the second bidder 31b, and the third bidder 31c pass through the first bidder 31a and the second bidder 31b The third bidder 31c corresponds to the first chip financial card 32a, the second chip financial card 32b, the third chip financial card 32c and the bidding terminals 30 to which they belong, and log in to the auction server 40 for subsequent operations. Each of the first chip financial card 32a, the second chip financial card 32b and the third chip financial card 32c may be the first chip financial card 32a and the second chip financial card 32b issued by the bank cooperated with the physical currency auction device 10 And the third chip financial card 32c, in addition to directly confirming the identities of the first bidder 31a, the second bidder 31b, and the third bidder 31c, they can also confirm that the first bidder 31a, Whether the second bidder 31b and the third bidder 31c still have a balance to pay the bid amount. Furthermore, the physical currency auction device 10 can pay the bid amount directly through the auction server 40 through the auction server 40 through the first chip financial card 32a, the second chip financial card 32b and the third chip financial card 32c. . Alternatively, according to the data correspondence of each of the first chip financial card 32a, the second chip financial card 32b, and the third chip financial card 32c, other physical payment methods can be used to pay the bid amount, and the physical payment methods include bank cash payment , Physical ATM, remittance and other channels.

Further, referring still to FIG. 1, in the above-mentioned physical currency auction device 10, the encryption module encrypts the bid amounts, for example, through a symmetric key algorithm. As mentioned above, the encryption method can be any method that can change the digital data, change the digital data into ciphertext content that is difficult to read, and must undergo a decryption process to restore the ciphertext to readable content. Therefore, the above encryption method may specifically include a symmetric key algorithm (Symmetric-key algorithm, including DES, 3DES, AES, Blowfish, IDEA, RC5, RC6, etc.), public key encryption (Public-key cryptography, or asymmetric Cryptography, including RSA and ElGamal, etc., and hashing algorithms (including MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2, SHA-3, etc.). Therefore, the encryption method of the encryption module 41 may specifically include a symmetric key algorithm.

In the preferred embodiment of the physical currency auction device 10, an administrator 21 logs in to the auction server 40 with management internal access data through a management terminal 20 to set up at least one special number banknote auction, and also sets the On the auction end date of the special number banknotes auction, store the auction data of the special number banknotes to the auction commodity database 42. The first bidder 31a, the second bidder 31b, and the third bidder 31c use a plurality of bidding terminals 30 to use the first chips to which the first bidder 31a, the second bidder 31b, and the third bidder 31c belong The financial card 32a, the second chip financial card 32b, and the third chip financial card 32c log in to the auction server 40, select at least one special number banknote coupon auction, and enter at least one bid amount corresponding to at least one special number banknote. The bid amounts are encrypted by the symmetric key algorithm through the encryption module 41, and the encrypted bid amounts are stored to the auction commodity database 42. On the auction termination day, the winning module 43 decrypts and decides that the highest bid amount in the auction of each special number banknote is the winning amount. The winning module 43 stores the winning amount to the auction commodity database 42 and notifies the winning bidder of the winning amount.

In addition, please refer to FIG. 2, which depicts a flowchart of the new physical currency auction method. Corresponding to the above-mentioned physical currency auction device, the present invention further discloses another physical currency auction method 50, which includes the following steps:

First, as shown in step 51, a manager 21 sets up a public physical currency auction on an auction server 40. As mentioned above, the physical currency auction can be any physical currency, including toy banknotes, toy coins, game tokens, coins, and banknotes, etc., and is not limited to the NT of the Republic of China.

For example, the manager 21 of the physical currency auction device 10 is a bank employee. After logging in with the bank internal access data, the manager 21 can perform the establishment including establishment through the management terminal 20 on the auction server 40 (Add), modify, delete, release, terminate (decision bidding) or query auction goods and their information and a series of operations. In addition, the manager 21 can also establish an auction mechanism for commodities through the management terminal 20, including the bidder who specifies the highest bid, the bidding commodity has a reserve price, the bid amount cannot be lower than the reserve price, and the bidder The bid is limited to one bid, the bid amount cannot be changed or withdrawn after bidding.

The above-mentioned manager 21 can provide information such as the period, number, denomination, special banknote number, quantity, or announcement reserve price of the auctioned commodity when adding (establishing) the auctioned commodity. Among them, each single item of auction goods can be set as a set of single or multiple banknotes. The manager 21 must set the auction termination time for the auction commodities at the same time as the auction commodities are set up, so as to terminate the bidding process, and for the subsequent determination of the winner of the auction commodities.

In addition, the above-mentioned manager 21 is to set up a physical currency auction printed with a special serial number. The definition of the special serial number is as above, and it will not be repeated here.

Next, as shown in step 52, the first bidder 31a, the second bidder 31b, and the third bidder 31c through the bidding terminals 30, respectively log in to the auction server 40 with the pass data, and select each Of the physical currency auction, and enter multiple bid amounts separately. Specifically, when the first bidder 31a, the second bidder 31b, and the third bidder 31c operate the auction server 40, the possible detailed bidding steps are to query the bidding commodities, select the bidding items and place them in the bidding basket, Start bidding, enter the bid amount and verification code to complete the bidding.

In addition, furthermore, the first bidder 31a, the second bidder 31b and the third bidder 31c use the bidding terminals 30 to correspond to the corresponding first chip financial card 32a and second chip financial card respectively 32b and the third chip financial card 32c log in to the auction server 40 described above.

Next, as shown in step 53, after the first bidder 31a, the second bidder 31b, and the third bidder 31c complete the bidding, the encryption module 41 of FIG. 1 encrypts the bid amount data and deposits it to In the auction commodity database 42 of FIG. 1. Among them, as mentioned above, the encryption method can be any method that can change the digital data and change the digital data into ciphertext content that is difficult to read, and the decryption process is required to restore the ciphertext to readable content.

In addition, further, the encryption module 41 encrypts the bid amounts through a symmetric key algorithm, and stores the encrypted bid amounts in the auction commodity database 42.

Then, as shown in step 54, after the auction of each auction item ends, the bidding module 43 decrypts and compares the bid amounts, and determines a bid amount from the bid amounts, for example, the highest bid amount The winner shall be the bid amount. Next, as shown in step 55, through the auction server 40, a winning message is sent to the winning bidder, such as the second bidder 31b in FIG. 1. Finally, in step 56, through the payment method selected by each winning bidder, if the payment amount is the same as the winning amount, it can be determined that the payment is completed and the auction of this commodity is completed and obtained.

Combining the above physical currency auction device and physical currency auction method, anyone who needs to purchase or collect such special number banknotes can quickly and easily operate the above-mentioned public auction system and method for special number banknotes On a convenient network platform, you can remotely operate the system and participate in related auctions. Select the desired product and enter the bid amount for it, and then encrypt the above bid amount until the end of the bidding time to obtain a special number banknote. The above-mentioned auction system and auction method for banknotes with special numbers have successfully enabled consumers to obtain real banknotes with reasonable prices and special numbers printed through an open and fair auction system to ensure the fairness of their transaction process and The authenticity of the purchased banknotes can indeed overcome the problems to be solved by the prior art.

The present invention is disclosed in the preferred embodiments herein. However, any person skilled in the art should understand that the above embodiments are only used to describe the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the patent rights claimed by the present invention. Any changes or replacements that are equivalent or equivalent to the above embodiments should be interpreted as being covered within the spirit or scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of this new model shall be subject to the scope defined in the following patent application.

10: Physical currency auction device 20: Management terminal 21: Manager 30: Tender terminal 31a: the first bidder 31b: Second bidder 31c: Third bidder 32a: First chip financial card 32b: Second chip financial card 32c: Third chip financial card 40: Auction server 41: Encryption module 42: Auction Commodity Database 43: Successful module 50: Real currency auction method 51-56: Step

In order to make the above and other objects, features, advantages and embodiments of the present invention more obvious and understandable, the attached drawings are described as follows: Figure 1 depicts the architecture diagram of the new physical currency auction device. Figure 2 depicts a flow chart of the new physical currency auction method.

10: Physical currency auction device

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Claims (6)

A physical currency auction device, including: An auction server, including: 1. A database of auctioned commodities, storing one public physical currency auction; An encryption module for encrypting the bid amounts of the bidders, and storing the encrypted bid amounts in the auction commodity database; and A winning module, decrypt and compare the bid amounts of the auction commodity database, determine a winning amount, send a winning message to the winning bidder, and store the winning message to the auction Commodity database. The physical currency auction device according to claim 1, further includes a management terminal in communication with the auction server for a manager to log in to the auction server to set up the physical currency auction and terminate the physical currency auction. The physical currency auction device as described in claim 1, further comprising a plurality of bidding terminals communicatively connected to the auction server for the bidders to log in to the auction server to transmit the bid amounts to the auction server . The physical currency auction device according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the physical currency auction is a physical currency auction printed with a special serial number. The physical currency auction device according to claim 3, wherein the bidding terminal is logged in with a plurality of chip financial cards to which the bidders belong. The physical currency auction device according to any one of claims 1-3 or 5, wherein the encryption module encrypts the bid amounts through a symmetric key algorithm.

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