FR2815214A1 - Lottery procedure uses mobile phone with random draws and continuing subscription - Google Patents

Abstract

A lottery procedure registers user information including mobile phone (2) numbers, game selection and played numbers in a server (5) with a server determined phone number code and communicates results after the random draw to the user with default continuing draw entry

Description

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METHOD FOR MOBILE TELEPHONE USERS TO PARTICIPATE IN LOT DRAWING GAME WITH LOTS
The present invention relates to a method for mobile phone users to participate in a lottery game with lots.

 In order to constitute a community of players among the users of mobile phones, the inventors wanted to allow these users to participate for free in raffles with lots, including sums of money.

 Games of chance of the type of casino games, games of the Française des Jeux, are well known from the prior art. These games all have a paying character and do not include any process using mobile telephony. Games of chance, of the type competition-game without obligation of purchase, present a character free but do not implement the mobile telephony. We have recently seen the development of lotteries and other free draws on the Internet. All these types of games, free or not, have several disadvantages. First of all, mobile telephony is not implemented directly. At best, it allows players to view the results of raffles over the phone. In addition, the user is forced to renew his registration

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 regularly to continue to participate in the draws. Finally, most of the time, the prize or prizes to be won are predetermined.

 The present invention avoids these disadvantages. It directly implements existing mobile networks and creates a real community of "players" within users. It relates to a method for mobile phone users to participate in a lottery game with lots.

 The process comprises several steps.

 During the registration phase of the users, in a memory zone of a server, the following is recorded: a identification information concerning each user, including his mobile number, his age, his sex, his postal code, e a combination of games chosen by each user, including three numbers between 0 and 99 and / or an arbitrary code determined by the server, including a numerical code with five digits, * by default the option for the user to participate at each draw without having to send a request to the server.

 In addition, during the registration phase of the users, the identification information is associated with the game combinations and / or the arbitrary codes determined by the server.

During each draw, the nature or the amount of the prizes are selected, in particular at random.
In addition, during each random draw, a random number of winning codes and / or winning game combinations are selected from among the codes and / or game combinations recorded in the memory zone of the server.

 During the communication phase of the result of each draw, users are

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 credentials are associated with the winning codes and / or winning game combinations, the nature or amount of the selected prizes and / or the winning game codes or combinations.

 According to an alternative embodiment, the arbitrary code determined by the server is the mobile phone number of the user.

 Preferably, the nature or amount of the batches is periodically selected, in particular at random.

 Also preferably, the winning codes and / or the winning game combinations are randomly selected periodically.

 Thus, by default, users do not need to renew their decision to participate in each new draw.

 Preferably, according to a first variant embodiment, during the registration phase of the users, the users communicate to the server the identification information and, where appropriate, the game combination by means of a fixed telephone.

 Preferably, according to a second variant embodiment, during the registration phase of the users, the users communicate to the server the identification information and, where appropriate, the combination of games by means of their mobile telephone.

 Preferably, according to a third embodiment, during the registration phase of the users, the users communicate to the server the identification information and, where appropriate, the game combination by means of a computer equipment connected to a computer. communication network, especially of the Internet type.

 Optionally, each user periodically communicates a game combination of his choice to the server.

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 Preferably, the step of communicating to users the nature or amount of the prizes and / or the winning codes or game combinations includes the step of transmitting to users a unique message, including a text message of the SMS type. , including the results of the draw.

 Thus, users automatically receive the results of each draw, without having to request it.

 Preferably, the message comprises, in addition to the results of the draw, information, including advertising messages.

 Preferably, according to a first embodiment, the users receive the message on their fixed phones.

 Preferably, according to a second embodiment, the users receive the message on their mobile phones.

 Preferably, according to a third embodiment, the users receive the message on their computer equipment.

 The invention also relates to a system for mobile phone users to participate in a lottery game with lots.

 The system comprises a server connected to a communication network, in particular of the type of mobile telephone network and / or of the Internet type.

 The server comprises recording means for recording, in a memory zone of the server: identification information concerning each user, including his mobile number, his age, his sex, his postal code, has a combination of game chosen by each of said users, in particular three numbers between 0 and 99 and / or an arbitrary code determined by calculation means

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 said server, including a numerical code with five digits.

 * by default the option for the user to participate in each draw without having to address a request to the server.

e sélectionner, de manière aléatoire, lors de chaque tirage au sort, un nombre déterminé de codes gagnants et/ou de combinaisons de jeu gagnantes parmi les codes et/ou les combinaisons de jeu enregistrés dans la zone mémoire dut serveur. The server further comprises selection means for: e selecting, in particular randomly, at each draw, the nature or the amount of the prizes,

randomly selecting, at each random draw, a determined number of winning codes and / or winning game combinations from the codes and / or game combinations recorded in the memory area of the server.

 The server further comprises broadcast means for broadcasting to the users, whose identification information is associated with the winning codes and / or the winning game combinations, the nature or the amount of the selected lots and / or the codes or combinations winners.

 According to an alternative embodiment, the arbitrary code determined by the server is the mobile phone number of the user.

 Preferably, the selection means are implemented periodically.

 Thus, by default, users do not need to renew their participation in each new draw.

 Preferably, according to a first embodiment, the users also have a fixed telephone. The fixed telephone comprises first transmission means for transmitting the identification information and, where appropriate, the game combination to the server via a fixed telephone network.

 Preferably, according to a second variant embodiment, the mobile phones of the users comprise second transmission means for transmitting the information

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 identification and, where appropriate, the game combination to the server, via the mobile phone network.

 Preferably, according to a third embodiment, the users also have computer equipment. The computer equipment comprises third transmission means for transmitting the identification information and, where appropriate, the game combination to the server, via the communication network, in particular of the Internet type.

 Optionally, the first transmission means and / or the second transmission means and / or the third transmission means are periodically implemented by each of the users to communicate the game combinations to the server.

 Preferably, the broadcasting means comprise fourth transmission means for transmitting to users a unique message, in particular a text message of the SMS type, comprising the results of the draw.

 Thus, users automatically receive the results of each draw, without having to request it.

 Preferably, the message comprises, in addition to the results of the draw, information, including advertising messages.

 Preferably, according to a first variant embodiment, the fourth transmission means transmit the message to the users' fixed telephones.

 Preferably, according to a second variant embodiment, the fourth transmission means transmit the message to the mobile phones of the users.

 Preferably, according to a third embodiment, the fourth transmission means transmit the message to the users' computer equipment.

 Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the description of alternative embodiments of the invention, given as an indicative example.

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 and non-limiting, and Figure 1 which shows a schematic overall view of the system according to the invention.

 There is shown in Figure 1 a user 1 with a mobile phone 2 and wishing to participate in a game with draw lots. The lots may include sums of money or lots in kind (goods, travel). In order to participate, user 1 must proceed to a draw phase. This registration phase has several stages.

 First, the user 1 communicates credentials to a server 5. These credentials include the mobile phone number of the user 1, the age of the user 1, sex, his postal code. To transmit this information to the server 5, the user 1 dials, by means of his mobile telephone 2, a call number of the server 5, in particular a free telephone number, type 0 800, to communicate with a server voice 5a, of the audiotel type, associated with the server 5. The user 1 activates transmission means 2a of his mobile phone 2 to transmit to the voice server 5a the identification information. The identification information is thus transmitted via a mobile telephone network 6. User 1 is then prompted by voice server 5a to choose between two game variants.

 In a first variant of the game, the user 1 communicates to the voice server 5a a game combination of his choice, including five different numbers between 0 and 99, a total of ten digits, for example 02 05 39 07 05. These numbers can be for example the "lucky" numbers of the user 1 (family birth dates, registration number of his vehicle). This game combination is transmitted to the server 5 through the transmission means 2a of the mobile phone 2 of the user 1, via the network 6 of mobile telephony.

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 According to a second game variant, the server 5 comprises calculation means 11 for allocating the user 1 an arbitrary code, in particular a digital code comprising ten digits. This will be the case in the event that the user 1 does not wish to choose himself a game combination and prefers to be assigned an arbitrary code by the server 5. This arbitrary code may notably be the mobile phone number of the game. User 1, ie a total of ten digits, for example 01 69 45 10 12.

 The user 1 can also proceed to the registration phase described above by means of a fixed telephone 4, comprising transmission means 4a. The transmission of the identification information is then performed via a fixed telephony network 8.

 User 1 can also proceed to the registration phase described above by means of computer equipment 3, comprising transmission means 3a. The transmission of the identification information is then carried out via a communication network 7 of the Internet type.

 The server 5 comprises recording means 10 for recording, in a memory zone 9, the identification information transmitted by the user 1. The server 5 associates the identification information with the game combination chosen by the user. 1 and / or the arbitrary code determined by the server 5. Thus, for example, the server 5 records, in the memory zone 9, that the telephone number 01 69 45 10 12, identifying the user 1, is associated with the playing combination 02 05 39 07 05.

 The server 5 comprises broadcast means 13 for broadcasting to the user 1 a message confirming his registration. This message includes the recall of the game combination chosen by the user 1 or the arbitrary code that the server 5 has assigned to the user 1. This confirmation message is in particular in the form of an SMS message type when transmitted to the mobile phone 2 of

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 the user 1, via the mobile phone network 6. This confirmation message is in particular in the form of a message type email when it is transmitted to the computer equipment 3 of the user 1, via the communication network 7 of the Internet type. This message is in particular in the form of an audio message type message if it is sent via the fixed telephony network 8 to the fixed telephone 4 of the user 1.

 The enrollment phase described above takes place only once for each user 1. The credentials transmitted to the server 5 by the user 1 remain valid for all the post-registration draws. 1. Similarly, the game combination chosen by the user 1 or arbitrary code assigned to him by the server 5 allow the user 1 to participate in all the draws, without limitation of duration.

However, the user 1 has the possibility, at any time, to communicate to the server 5 new identification information and / or to communicate to the server 5 a new game combination of his choice and / or to be assigned by the server. 5 new arbitrary code. It is sufficient for it to enter into communication with the server 5 according to the procedure described above, either by means of his mobile phone 2, or by means of his fixed telephone 4, or by means of his computer equipment 3.

 Each random draw makes it possible to designate one or more winners among all the users having proceeded to the registration phase described above. The draws take place regularly, especially every day at a fixed time.

Each draw comprises two steps using means 12 for selecting the server 5. Firstly, the means 12 for selecting the server 5 make it possible to select, in particular at random, the nature or the amount of the prizes. In the case of a lot in the form of a sum of money, the means 12 for selecting the server 5 select for example

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 random amount ranging between FRF 1,000 and FRF 1,000,000. This selection can also be implemented taking into account rules of probability. For example, the probability rate of a gain equal to 1,000,000 FRF will be one divided by ten thousand while the probability rate of a gain equal to 5,000 FRF will be one divided by fifty. In a second step, once the nature or the amount of the selected batch, the means 12 for selecting the server 5 randomly select a determined number of winning combinations of play and / or arbitrary codes, among the totality of the game combinations. and arbitrary codes stored in the memory zone 9 of the server 5. For example, the means 12 for selecting the server 5 make it possible to randomly select five winning combinations from the totality of the play combinations and arbitrary codes recorded in the memory zone 9 5. The five winning users will be those whose identification information is associated with one of the five winning combinations selected by the means 12 for selecting the server 5.

 Once the draw has taken place, the results are communicated to all users. The results of each draw are notably communicated to the users every day at a fixed time. On the one hand, the broadcast means 13 of the server 5 can broadcast to the winning users a message, including a congratulatory message containing the result of the draw and information on the withdrawal of the prize won. On the other hand, the broadcast means 13 of the server 5 comprise means 13a more particularly intended to transmit to non-winning users a message, including a message containing the result of the draw and information, including advertising information. The possibility of broadcasting an advertising message makes it possible to finance the game and to offer the players to participate for free in each draw without a game bet. The message sent by the server 5, as well

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 the message sent to the winning users to the non-winning users, is in particular in the form of an SMS-type message if it is sent via the mobile phone network 6 to the mobile phone 2 of the user 1. The message is in particular in the form of an e-mail type message if it is sent, via the Internet-type computer communication network 7, to the computer equipment 3 of the user 1. The message is present in the form of an audio message type message if it is sent via the fixed telephony network 8 to the fixed telephone 4 of the user 1.

 Thus, the user 1 automatically receives, in particular every day at a fixed time, the results of each draw without having to make any consultation.

Claims (21)

CLAIMS 1. A method for users (1) of mobile telephones (2) to participate in a game with draw lots; said method comprising the following steps: during the registration phase of the users, - not recording, in a memory area (9) of a server (5), identification information concerning each user (1), in particular its mobile telephone number (2), its age, its sex, its postal code, e a game combination chosen by each of said users (1), in particular three numbers between 0 and 99 and / or an arbitrary code determined by said server (5), in particular a numerical code comprising five digits, e by default, the option for the user (1) to participate in each draw without having to address a request to said server (5), - we associate with identification information said play combinations and / or said codes, at each draw, - is selected, including randomly, the nature or amount of said lots, - is selected, randomly, a fixed number of winning codes and / or winning game combinations among said codes and / or said game combinations recorded in said memory zone (9) of said server (5), during the communication phase of the result of each draw: - said users are communicated (1) , whose identification information is associated with said winning codes and / or said winning game combinations, the nature or amount of the selected prizes and / or said winning game codes or combinations. <Desc / Clms Page number 13>  2. Method according to claim 1, such that said arbitrary code determined by said server (5) is the mobile telephone number (2) of said user (1).  3. Method according to claim 1, such that the nature or the amount of said batches is periodically selected, in particular at random, - randomly selecting said winning codes and / or said winning combinations of games,

 (so that by default users do not need to renew their decision to participate in each new draw). 4. Method according to claims 1 to 3 such that, during the registration phase of the users (1), said users (1) communicate to said server (5) said identification information and, if appropriate, said combination of play by means of a fixed telephone (4).  The method according to claims 1 to 3 such that, during the registration phase of the users (1), said users (1) communicate to said server (5) said identification information and, if appropriate, said combination of play through their mobile phone (2).  6. Method according to claims 1 to 3 such that, during the registration phase of the users (1), said users (1) communicate to said server (5) said identification information and, if appropriate, said combination of play by means of computer equipment (3) connected to a communication network (7), in particular of the Internet type.  7. The method according to claims 4 to 6 such that, optionally, each of said users (1) periodically communicates a game combination of its choice to said server (5).  B. The method according to claims 1 to 7 such as the step of communicating to said users (1) the nature or the amount of the batches and / or said codes or said combinations of <Desc / Clms Page number 14>  the winners game comprises the step of transmitting to said users (1) a unique message, in particular an SMS-type text message, comprising said draw results, (so that the users automatically receive the results of each draw, without having to request it.) 9. The method of claim 8 such that said message comprises, in addition to said results of the draw, information, including advertising messages.  10. The method of claims 8 and 9 such that said users (1) receive said message on their fixed phones (4).  11. The method of claims 8 and 9 such that said users (1) receive said message on their mobile phones (2).  12. The method of claims 8 and 9 such that said users (1) receive said message on their computer equipment (3).  13. A system allowing users (1) of mobile phones (2) to participate in a game with a prize draw; said system comprising: - a server (5) connected to a communication network (6, 7, 8), in particular of the network type (6) of mobile telephony and / or of the network type (7) Internet and / or of the network type (8) fixed telephony; said server (5) comprising recording means (10) for recording, in a memory zone (9) of said server (5), identification information concerning each user (1), in particular his mobile telephone number (2); ), its age, its sex, its postal code, has a combination of game chosen by each of said users (1), in particular three numbers between 0 and 99 and / or an arbitrary code determined by means (11) of calculation <Desc / Clms Page number 15>  said server (5), in particular a numerical code comprising five digits, e by default, the option for the user (1) to participate in each draw without having to address a request to said server (5), said server ( 5) further comprising selection means (12) for selecting, in particular at random, in each draw, the nature or the amount of said prizes, and selecting, randomly, at each draw. a predetermined number of winning codes and / or winning game combinations among said codes and / or said game combinations recorded in said memory area (9) of said server (5), said server (5) further comprising means ( 13) for broadcasting to said users (1), whose identification information is associated with said winning codes and / or said winning game combinations, the nature or amount of the selected lots and / or said codes or combinations of had winners.  The system of claim 13, wherein said arbitrary code determined by said server (5) is the mobile telephone number (2) of said user (1).  The system of claim 13 as said

 means (12) of selection are periodically implemented (so that by default users do not need to renew their participation in each new draw). 16. System according to claims 13 to 15 such that said users (1) also have a fixed telephone (4); said fixed telephone (4) comprising first transmission means (4a) for transmitting said identification information and, where appropriate, said game combination to said server (5) via a fixed telephony network (8). <Desc / Clms Page number 16>  17. System according to claims 13 to 15, wherein said mobile telephones (2) of said users (1) comprise second transmission means (2a) for transmitting said identification information and, if appropriate, said game combination to said server. (5) via said mobile telephone network (6).  18. System according to claims 13 to 15 such that said users (1) also have computer equipment (3); said computer equipment (3) comprising third transmission means (3a) for transmitting said identification information and, if appropriate, said game combination to said server (5) via said communication network (7), in particular of the type Internet.  19. System according to claims 16 to 18 such that, optionally, said first transmission means (4a) and / or said second means (2a) and / or said third transmission means (3a) are periodically implemented by each of said users (1) for communicating to said server (5) said game combinations.  20. System according to claims 13 to 19 such that said means (13) for broadcasting comprise fourth transmission means (13a) for transmitting to said users (1) a single message, in particular a text message of the SMS type, comprising the results. the draw, (so that users automatically receive the results of each draw, without having to request it).  21. The system of claim 20 such that said message comprises, in addition to the results of the draw, information, including advertising messages.  22. The system of claims 20 and 21 as said fourth transmission means (13a) transmit said message to said fixed telephones (4) of said users (1). <Desc / Clms Page number 17>  23. System according to claims 20 and 21 as said fourth transmission means (13a) transmit said message to said mobile phones (2) of said users (1).  24. The system of claims 20 and 21 as said fourth transmission means (13a) transmit said message to said computer equipment (3) of said users (1).