EP1325485A2 - Verfahren zur verifizierung von in einen quizrechner eingegebenen antworten - Google Patents
Verfahren zur verifizierung von in einen quizrechner eingegebenen antwortenInfo
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- EP1325485A2 EP1325485A2 EP01986792A EP01986792A EP1325485A2 EP 1325485 A2 EP1325485 A2 EP 1325485A2 EP 01986792 A EP01986792 A EP 01986792A EP 01986792 A EP01986792 A EP 01986792A EP 1325485 A2 EP1325485 A2 EP 1325485A2
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- G06F15/00—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general
- G06F15/02—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general manually operated with input through keyboard and computation using a built-in program, e.g. pocket calculators
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- the invention relates to a method for verifying responses to a quiz game entered into a quiz computer, comprising an input keypad, an OK key, a display and a computer unit which is equipped with a fixed memory unit containing an operating program, the operating program for a method for evaluation coded in a quiz game by answers entered by means of the input keypad, the operating program encoding the generation of confirmation and / or control data from input answers, and the confirmation and / or control data being transmitted to a game organizer and verified there.
- the invention further relates to a program coding for such a method and one
- a quiz computer and an operating method for such a quiz computer are known from reference DE 198 19 920 C2, a control data word and a confirmation data word being assigned to an answer entered by a user (answer data word).
- the three data words are linked with one another via defined algorithms, ie a response data word that is considered “correct” and only this generates a control data word and a confirmation data word which is recognized by the organizer as verifying the "correct" response data word. It goes without saying that the algorithms are not known to the users. This concept has proven itself well, but can still be improved with regard to the security features.
- the invention is therefore based on the technical problem of specifying a quiz computer and a method for verifying answers entered therein, wherein improved documentation and security against unauthorized manipulation of the quiz computer are ensured with simple and inexpensive means.
- the invention teaches a method for verifying quiz game responses entered in a quiz computer, comprising an input keypad, an OK key, a display and a computer unit which is equipped with a fixed memory unit containing an operating program, the operating program encoded in a quiz game for a method for evaluating answers entered by means of the input keypad, the operating program encoding for the (defined) generation of confirmation and / or control data from entered answers, the operating program consisting of at least one security feature from the group encoded from "generation of a device time initialized by a key actuation, generation of a random data word on key actuation, and combinations of the above security features", and the security feature in addition to the confirmation and / or control oil data is transferred to a game organizer and verified there.
- Time differences measured at most by hours, are quite large variations in the components relevant for the time function (quartz of a processor, RC element, or the like) acceptable. Nevertheless, reliable verification can be carried out based on the time differences. If, for example, a read device time is less than the time that has elapsed since a defined input time limit, this means that an entry was only made after the input time limit.
- the various verification methods result in detail, for which reference is made to the exemplary embodiments.
- the random number can also be used for verification purposes, since a manipulation, for example the submission of a fake quiz computer, has taken place if a transmitted random number and the random number stored in the control that is included in the control and are part of the transmission do not match.
- the security feature consists in the generation and display on the display of the device time initialized by pressing a button.
- the security feature of the random number can optionally be set up additionally.
- the device time can be initialized by pressing any key, provided that the key actuation selected and programmed for this appears to be suitable for verification as part of a game sequence.
- a multiple function is carried out with such a key actuation, ie the initialization takes place simultaneously with the main function initiated by the key actuation (for example, game selection, input of an answer, etc.).
- the device time is initialized by actuating a letter key or a game selection key or the OK key. It is possible within the scope of the invention to work with several device times. The initialization then takes place, for example, by pressing different keys. However, several device times can also be initialised with the push of a button. Different device times can also be stopped independently or continuously, as described in detail later.
- the start values and time increments of the device time can be freely selected and defined.
- the device time does not necessarily have to run in common time units.
- simplification can also be achieved by running the device time in increments of 1 to 30 s, preferably 1 to 10 s, for example 5 s, and / or displaying it on the display.
- the current device time cannot be stopped by operating the quiz calculator. Then the device time runs from the initialization until the time of a readout (and possibly further). However, the current device time can also be stopped by pressing a lock button, for example, and the value of the stopped device time can be stored in a documentation memory. Then a verification is independent of the time of a reading.
- Such an operator code can also be used in connection with other readings from memories of the quiz computer, for example of answers or hits, confirmation data words, control data words, random numbers, etc. Reading and verification is then particularly simple, namely via the display, which is present anyway, and comparison with setpoints by an operator.
- the invention also relates to a program coding for a method according to the invention, a quiz computer comprising an input keypad, an OK key, a display and a computer unit which is equipped with a fixed memory unit containing an operating program, the operating program coding for a method according to the invention.
- the invention also relates to the implementation of various games in accordance with the exemplary embodiments.
- a quiz computer can be embodied objectively.
- This can be a monofunctional device, ie it is designed solely for the execution of the quiz computer functions.
- it can also be a multifunctional device, for example a PC or a radio telephone.
- a transmission of data to a game organizer can easily be integrated, for example by linking dial-in sequences of the telephone with Actuation functions of the quiz calculator (for example the lock key).
- Actuation functions of the quiz calculator for example the lock key.
- a key can be operated by operating the keyboard of the PC.
- the quiz computer it is also possible for the quiz computer to be set up completely virtually, ie the quiz computer with its buttons is shown on the monitor of the PC.
- a key is then actuated, for example, by touching the displayed keys (touch screen) or by means of a cursor that moves the display (mouse, track ball, touch pad, joy stick, etc.).
- a preferred method according to the invention is characterized in that the device time is initialized with a defined first key press, the device time being read out on the display at a subsequently defined second key press, predetermined by the game organizer, and transmitted to the game organizer by an operator, the game organizer being on the side a verification of the time of the first key press after or before a predetermined earliest or latest time of a permissible entry of a response by comparing the transmitted device time with a minimum or maximum reference time, calculated from the time difference between the earliest or latest time of a permissible input of a response and the time of the second key press.
- the procedure is as follows.
- a game organizer device time is initialized at the earliest or latest time of a permissible entry of a response and forms the time when the game organizer reads out at the time of the second key press (see below) Reference time.
- the operator is prompted to press the second button, with the result that the device time is read out and the device time read out is transmitted to the game organizer.
- the transmitted device time By comparing the transmitted device time with the reference time, it can then be determined whether the first key was pressed before the earliest or after the latest point in time of a response (first key press) (then invalid response input) or not (then permitted response input).
- the device time is encrypted prior to reading, the encrypted device time transmitted either being decrypted by the game organizer first and then compared with the reference time or compared with the previously encrypted reference time.
- the encryption can basically be done arbitrarily.
- a suitable encryption is, for example, the conversion to a number system of the base> 10, which is described in other contexts below.
- Such an encryption not only has the advantage that a person who does not know the base cannot make specific false statements (at best, "typed" become) . Rather, the higher base also allows a smaller number of digits than, for example, the decimal system, so that transmission, in particular by telephone, is easier and less complicated.
- a number system of base 26 is, for example, the alphabet. One digit can run through the 26 letters of the alphabet.
- Base 36 number system is the alphanumeric system, ie comprising the 26 letters of the alphabet and the 10 digits "0" to “9".
- a random data word can be generated with the second defined key press or a third defined key press, the random data word being transmitted to the game organizer together with the device time.
- this enables the device time to be subjected to a combination operation with the random data word prior to reading out a combination data word, the combination data word being subjected to an inverse connection operation using the transmitted random data word before the comparison, in which case the device time is obtained, or whereby at the game organizer, before the comparison, the reference time with the transmitted random data word is subjected to the linking operation.
- the device time is first linked to the random data word generated, for example by an operation of the four basic arithmetic operations, and then the combination data word and the random data word are transmitted.
- This embodiment of the invention has the particular advantage that the device time does not need to continue after the second (or last, see below) key operation in order to control the transfer to the game organizer in the event of a win
- the control can be limited to reading out the transmitted information.
- the longer the quiz computer can be exposed to the interference the better possible such an interference with disruptive fast or slow gear.
- only the time between the first and second key press is available and no longer the typically considerably longer period of time until the quiz computer is subsequently handed over to the game organizer.
- the encrypted device time or the combination data word can be converted into a number of a number system of a base> 10, in particular> 20, for example 26 or 36, where for example the values up to 26 of the decimal system are the letters of the alphabet and wherein, optionally, the valences 27 to 36 of the decimal system are the numbers "0" to "9".
- Either the game organizer will convert the device time back before the comparison or Combination data word are carried out in the number system of the reference time, or the reference time is converted into the number system of the device time or the combination data word before the comparison.
- combination data word and / or random data word For control purposes, in particular against an accidentally appropriate "typing" of device time, combination data word and / or random data word by an operator with intent to defraud, the reading and transmission of the device time, the combination data word and / or the random data words can be carried out several times in succession, for example twice become. The statistical probability of multiple "typed" combinations is extremely low.
- An electronic device is designated as a quiz computer, by means of which users can take part in various games organized by a game organizer by making entries in accordance with the rules of the game and the inputs by the quiz computer or the user thereafter on correctness, i.e. Compliance with the specifications of the game organizer to be checked (right / wrong, hits / rivets, etc.).
- Sweepstakes are particularly suitable as games. Examples include: Lotto, Toto, Bingo, question / answer quiz, betting games, etc.
- An input keypad comprises a plurality of keys, each key being assigned a specific character by means of the operating program. These can be numbers, letters, characters or other symbols.
- An OK key is an input confirmation key, by means of which an input via the input keypad is completed. Other terms for this are "return” key or “enter” key. Acoustic commands to a microphone or the like connected to the computer unit are basically equivalent to pressing a button.
- a display is, for example, a structural unit on which characters of the above type can be optically represented by means of the operating program.
- the expression of the display is also intended to include other conventional output techniques, for example acoustic outputs.
- a computer unit is a common processor system with components that are well known to the person skilled in the art.
- This also includes a writable memory (RAM) in which the processor unit can store data and, if necessary, also read it out.
- the writable memory is typically divided into different areas, for example address areas that are used by the processor unit in the course of processing the operating program (operating memory), and address areas in which, for example, answer data words, control data words, confirmation data words and / or device times are permanently up to stored for a reading (documentation memory).
- a device time is a relative time (ess) function, the start, end and increments of which are independent of an absolute real time or normal time. To that extent Device time values obtained in particular have no fixed correlation to a normal time, since the values are independent of the variable (absolute) time of an initializing key operation.
- a device time is always a time difference between an initializing event, for example a key press, and a later further event, for example a key press or a reading of the current status of the (continuous) device time function.
- a random data word is a data word generated by a random number algorithm set up in the operating program by means of the computer unit.
- a security feature is data information that is checked for the purpose of verification of correspondence or a defined correlation with reference information specified by a verifying body. The check can also be carried out fully automatically by one person using readers and the like.
- the starting value of a device time is the numerical value on which the computer unit sets a counter for the time increments during initialization or the (actuation) event coding therefor.
- a stopped device time is obtained when the counter has been stopped due to another (actuation) event. You get a fixed time difference between the two events. However, a running device time is not stopped. The time difference between a reading and the initializing
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