BG112943A - Method and a system for conducting a game with prizes - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system for conducting a game with prizes, in which via a mass source of information - television, mobile application, internet, press, etc., a randomly generated winning session of characters is distributed, corresponding to a certain type of physical medium that carries information and is available to the public - a banknote, bank card, receipt, etc. By this method, the users first familiarize themselves with a winning character session and then look for a carrier that contains them without first claiming to participate in the game. At least one of the users, who after getting acquainted with the rules of the respective session, finds a valid information carrier that meets the explicit terms and conditions set forth and presents it to the provider of the game, wins a prize. According to the most preferred embodiment of the method, through a mass-accessible mobile application, the game provider distributes a randomly generated session of numbers. The users who have installed the application receive a notification with these numbers and at least one of them, who presents to the provider a valid banknote whose serial number contains these numbers, wins a prize.

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING A GAME WITH PRIZES

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a method and system for conducting a prize game, which can find application in the entertainment industry, television, print media and in particular in conducting electronic games that are read by a computer and computer software products.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Various methods are known for conducting lottery games in which users participate by relying on the results of random events. There are also known methods for conducting lottery games, in which users participate by downloading a type of document / ticket /, which states whether the particular ticket is winning, as well as the type, amount of the prize or the ticket does not win any prize. Random tickets / raffle / determine the tickets they win, and the prizes - material or cash are given to the ticket holder.

[0003] There are known methods for conducting games, in which users purchase certain documents - coupons, tickets, items, food, drinks, etc., which randomly contain prizes / winnings /, which are paid after presentation of the ticket with the profit indicated in it, which is subject to verification in order to establish the authenticity of the document.

It is appropriate to draw attention to the fact that in all known methods of conducting lottery games, consumers are required to take an active action, which consists in making a bet or requesting to participate in advance, such as paying for a ticket, ticket or other a document through which the user is allowed to participate in a specific draw of the respective game, and which must be performed before the occurrence of the respective random event. In these cases, the winnings, the rewards for the consumers are determined by the knowledge of the result of a random event or by the accidental download of a document that they have previously submitted or by the content of a product that they have purchased, etc.

Patent publication EP0942400 is known, a method and system for a lottery game using a banknote serial number for verification purposes and claiming a prize.

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The system is based on the use of the serial number of a banknote in circulation, using a telematics system that allows the collection of transactions for betting through a communication device - telephone, Internet, where the transaction is paid with a prepaid card and the result is automatic and confirmation, at the same time this is done and archiving of the betting, as well as registration of credits for betting transactions and the amounts for prizes. Prepaid cards are made as a complex combination of an identification card number, a secret pin code, as well as a banknote representing the serial number of a banknote, which is written / contained / on a legal banknote in circulation. The latter is used by the player to confirm participation in the game, as long as the serial number is a random combination of numbers.

A disadvantage of the known method of electronic betting is that in order to participate in the game, registration and advance payment of a bet must be made before the relevant random event has occurred, which to some extent limits the number of participants.

Patent publication US5497990 is known, which describes a method for lottery play without the use of a lottery ticket, which does not require the use of a lottery ticket or playing card or betting slip, or the selection of a set or series of numbers. The method requires the presence of a banknote in circulation, containing an alphanumeric code, such as serial number and name, and the data from the banknote are entered into a locally located machine, where the alphanumeric code and currency type are stored and a receipt with data for the day is printed. of user data entry. The stored banknote data is sent and stored on a host computer, which then selects at random (by running an appropriate software program) a set or sequence of numbers from the series or series of numbers transferred to the computer. The selected set of numbers wins the lottery game.

In all known patent publications described above, participants are required to pre-declare in one way or another their participation in the respective games, in order to identify themselves as participants. The use of coupons, slips, betting receipts, tickets or banknotes in these games essentially repeats the same method of realizing a game scheme - players bet, select or receive a ready set of • · ····· · · · • ^: from ^:: . '?

·· ··· · · · · · ··· ·· digits, then through character generators or through results of random events are produced data determining the winning participants in the games. The described methods limit the participation in the respective games only to the players who have performed an active action (request or bet), with which they have declared participation in them and / or have explicitly identified themselves as participants.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

The prior art set forth in the field in question determines the need to offer a method of conducting a game of prizes, for the participation of which no prior application for participation or any identification is required, the method being available for an unlimited number of illegitimate participants and users, and which creates complex conditions for dynamics, attractiveness, combinability, convenience and chance of winning for each participant, through which players actively declare their participation in the game only after finding that they have won.

The object of the invention is to provide a method and system for conducting a prize game in which the result of a random event determining the winning players becomes known before potential participants in the game decide whether to participate in the game.

A method of conducting a game is a prize in which the details of publicly available tangible media are compared by the players is pre-promoted by the media randomly generated session of characters, whereby by subsequent presentation of a tangible media that contains part or all of the characters from the pre-promoted session of random characters a prize is won.

According to the invention, a character session is first generated, which is disseminated by means of mass communication to an unlimited number of players, who then compare the characters from the downloaded session with details from material media that are in circulation among the public and which are not are controlled or issued by the organizer of the game, and within a predetermined period of time / term / and conditions, a user must take action to find a match between the characters in the distributed winning session and the characters in the available media , to which the session refers and only when it establishes such a match must present to the organizer of the game the winning carrier of information for validation and respectively receipt of the announced prize.

The random sign session is disseminated through mass media such as radio, television, print media, accessible communication network, mobile devices, mobile applications.

According to a preferred embodiment of the method, the random sign generator generates sessions that consist of at least one sign corresponding to the currency of a particular country or currency union.

The random character generator generates sessions that consist of at least one character corresponding to a predetermined material storage medium.

The physical information carrier may be a ticket, a coupon, a slip, a banknote in circulation, a valid bank card, a receipt, etc., containing a series of at least one letter, one digit or a combination of numbers, letters and other characteristic for the specific material carrier details.

In order to win, the respective user must present and / or present to the organizers of the game a material medium, the details of which contain signs that coincide with the conditions of the respective session.

A profitable material storage medium is considered to be one whose details contain the randomly generated session of characters, in any order, i. the characters must be contained in its details, without determining their location and sequence.

In a variant embodiment of the method according to the invention, a material information carrier is determined as profitable, in which the series and its numbers and / or props are completely identical to the generated session.

In a variant embodiment of the game, when eligible winning media are presented by more than one participant in the game, the prize is distributed among these users.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in a commercial television broadcast, a session of a certain number of digits is retrieved by a random number generator. At least one of the viewers of the show, who within a given period finds a valid banknote, the serial number of which contains the drawn numbers, and who presented it for validation of the team of the show, wins a prize.

In the most preferred embodiment of the present invention, the public is provided with free access to a mass, game-specific mobile application. Once users install this mobile application on their communication tools, the application periodically begins to receive sessions of randomly generated characters that players must search for within a certain period of time among the available banknotes or bank cards. At least one of all users who within the specified period presents to the organizer of the game a banknote or a bank card, whose serial number or details correspond to the required session of characters, wins a prize.

The game can be activated and played with different frequency, for example several times a day, once or several times a week, once or several times a month or annually. Each session can have different criteria for a winning combination of randomly generated characters - sequence, arbitrariness, totality, specificity, period, face value, issue, currency, medium.

The method according to the invention provides an advantage over known games in that an unlimited number of users actively declare their participation in the game only after finding that they have a chance to win a prize. The game does not require prior purchase of tickets, coupons, slips or other special documents. Possession or access to tangible media, such as banknotes in circulation, valid bank cards, tickets, receipts, etc. it is sufficient for any user to start his / her participation when he / she considers and when he / she has time to check data from a material data carrier, for example the serial numbers / or the requisites / of the available banknotes, bank cards, cash receipts. In this way, the game has the potential to become a new, dynamic opportunity for daily entertainment, in which everyone can win a prize without wasting time and without the need to bet to participate in the game.

In carrying out the method in which the winning random event (mass distribution of the winning character session) is announced in advance, each person can search for the specific type of information carrier, whose serial number or other details correspond to the distributed character session and participates in the game without having previously identified himself, registered or made a bet. According to the method, only the one who finds a medium whose details correspond to the distributed session of characters, must identify himself to the organizer of the game and make claims to the announced prize.

The game is attractive and fun, as users first see the result of a random event and then take action to participate in it, namely - compare the downloaded session of random numbers / or numbers and letters, or other details / with the serial numbers of the available banknotes, bank cards, cash receipts ... The attractiveness of the game lies in the fact that absolutely everyone who has access to at least one banknote, bank card or other suitable material medium of information, has the opportunity to participate in the game, whether you play it or not.

The system implementing the claimed method consists of a communication device holder who is able to install a mobile application through which he can participate in the game. The mobile application is connected to a server. Depending on whether a user has already made other registrations, the application supports the ability to integrate with Google, Facebook and others. i.e. users will be able to log in to the app via their Facebook or Google accounts. Depending on when there are announced sessions, the server retrieves from the random character generator the random characters needed for the session and saves them in the database. Users then have the ability to receive the downloaded random character session via the mobile app.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS ATTACHED.

The method of conducting a prize game according to the invention is presented in detail by means of the drawings accompanying the description, wherein:

FIG. 1 - is a schematic diagram of the location and connection of the elements of a system for conducting the game, through the use of a mobile application;

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FIG. 2 - is a basic scheme of placement and connection of the elements of a system for conducting the game, through the use of any public means of mass communication.

EXAMPLE EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the method according to the invention will be presented in the description, which do not limit the application of other alternative embodiments in which randomly generated character sessions are disseminated through the media, with which players are first introduced and then they have to search among various material carriers of information.

In the most preferred embodiment of the invention, the method is carried out by a system of interconnected technical means ensuring the conduct of the game.

A preferred embodiment of the prize game method is realized using a system including a mobile application and is performed in the sequence shown in detail in FIG. 1:

each owner / 1 / of a communication device / 4 / has the opportunity to install a mobile application / 2 /, through which he can participate in the game. The mobile application / 4 / is connected to a server / 7 /. Depending on whether a user has already made other registrations, the application supports the ability to integrate with Google, Facebook and others. i.e. users will be able to log in to the app via their Facebook or Google accounts. The mobile application / 4 / also supports an option for self-registration and login in the application.

After login, the application / 2 / receives information about the draw of the upcoming session as the exact date and time at which the next numbers are expected to be downloaded, thus a timer is visualized. The mobile application / 2 / periodically makes the so-called polishing requests, with which it receives information about the exact date and time of the next draw, signs from the last session and other data that it needs to calibrate in order to correctly show the current status of the game.

After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the mobile application / 4 / sends a request to the server to receive the characters from the session and the date and time until the next session, respectively. If for some reason the request to the server fails and the application does not receive them, it will retry in a few seconds. The server / 7 /, depending on when there are announced sessions, downloads from the random character generator / 9 / the random characters needed for the session and saves them in the database / 8 /.

After the user / 1 / receives the session on his means of communication, he has the opportunity to start searching among material media available at the time of the current session, for example banknote / 3 /, if he finds one he notifies the organizer / 10 / , who in turn checks whether all the conditions for winning are met / 11 /, then determines him as the winner and proceeds to the award ceremony / 6 /. The installation of the mobile application requires user registration data, with which he gets the opportunity to participate in the game.

After installation, the application periodically sends user notifications for generated character sessions. After receiving the sign session, the user must compare the data from the material media he currently has, such as banknotes, and determine whether he has found one that contains the searched characters according to the conditions explicitly described in the regulations of the respective session. sequence, arbitrariness, totality, specificity, period, denomination, issue, currency. If a user finds such a match, they must take a note of the banknote and send a photo of it to the game organizer via an application feature.

After the organizer validates the authenticity of the banknote photo and the match of the characters from the respective session, he identifies the given participant / participants as winners of a prize, and the other users receive a message that the current session is over and the search for other media is terminated.

The winning user receives a certain period in which to physically present the banknote to the organizer of the game or his official partner and after doing so will receive the appropriate prize - for example BGN 500. If the consumer does not present the banknote within the set deadline, the prize for the respective session is transferred to the next one.

The user has the opportunity, without capturing and using the functions of the application, to present directly the physically winning banknote to the organizer of the game or his partner, the purpose of its validation and instant receipt of the prize.

In a variant implementation of the game via a mobile application, it is possible for several users with banknotes valid for the respective session to receive the same prizes or to share a certain prize pool.

The method of conducting the game can be applied by means of a system of conducting the game is prizes, as shown in Fig.2 and includes an organizer / 10 /, representing a means of mass communication / 2 / - television, internet, printed publications, which distributes a randomly generated session of characters from a random character generator / 9 /, referring to a certain type of material carrier of information - banknote, bank card, receipt, which characters consumers / 1 / within a certain period must compare is the details of the valid information carriers available to them and if they find a match, they must contact the organizer / 10 / to receive the announced prize / 6 /.

In a preferred embodiment of the method according to the invention, the game is realized in a commercial television broadcast, in which a session of a certain number of digits is downloaded to the screen by means of a random number generator. At least one of the viewers of the show, who within a given period finds a valid banknote, the serial number of which contains the drawn numbers, and who presents it for validation of the team of the show, wins a prize.

The game can be activated with different frequency, for example several times a day, once or several times a week, once or several times a month or annually.

Claims (11)

PATENT CLAIMS 1. A method of conducting a prize game in which the details of physical media are compared by players with randomly generated sessions of characters that are disseminated through the media, whereby against the presentation of a physical media containing part or all of the characters from the generated random character session win a prize, characterized in that a winning character session is first generated and disseminated through the media and then players must look for a match between that winning character session with props. of material media, which are usually in circulation in society, as they are issued and distributed by institutions or organizations independent of the organizer of the game, and within a certain period and specific condition absolutely anyone can take anonymous action to find of coincidence between the signs in the distributed winning session and the signs in e the material media available to him, to which the session refers and only when he establishes such a match, he must come out of anonymity by presenting to the organizer of the game the winning information carrier for validation and respectively receiving the announced prize. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the random sign generator generates sessions which consist of at least one sign corresponding to the currency of a certain country or currency union. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the random character generator generates sessions which consist of at least one character corresponding to a valid bank card number. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that a match is found between the signs in the distributed winning session and the signs from a ticket or coupon or slip or banknote in circulation or a valid bank card or receipt containing a series of at least one letter, one number or a combination of letters and numbers. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the player must present and / or present a material information carrier, the details of which contain signs corresponding to the conditions of the respective session. • · ····· · · ·. and: ·::: ·: ··: • · · ь · ·· · «· · · · ··· Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the winning material storage medium is one whose details contain the randomly generated character session, in any order, i. the characters must be contained in its details, without determining their location and sequence. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the winner is a user who has presented a material information carrier in which the series and the numbers and / or the requisites are completely identical to the generated session. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that according to the conditions of the respective session, when several winning material media are presented by at least two participants in the game, the prize is distributed among these participants. A prize game system according to the method of claim 1, comprising a user communication device (4) on which a mobile application is installed, characterized in that the communication device (4) with the mobile application and / or or media (2) are connected in both directions via a communication network with a random character generator (9), and the communication device (4) with a mobile application is also connected to the server (7), which in turn is connected in both directions simultaneously with the database (8) and the random character generator (9). System according to claim 9, characterized in that the communication device (4) is a mobile phone or a tablet or a computer. System according to claim 9, characterized in that the mass medium (2) is a television or a radio.