JP2002024468A - Lottery system utilizing internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lottery system utilizing the Internet, by which the labor required for a lottery is reduced while enabling an immediate lottery in order to increase the number of times of access to a home page. SOLUTION: When drawing lots for a prize on the Internet 52 by publishing a prise advertisement on a home page preserved in a specified server 53 of the Internet 52 composed of a client device 51 and a server capable of two-way communications with this client device 51, when an access signal from the client device 51 is received by a data receiving part 54 of the specified server 53, the lottery of the prize is immediately executed, and the image data of a success or failure are transmitted from a data transmitting part 55 of the specified server 53 so as to display the result of the lottery on the home page.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of performing a prize lottery on a home page of the Internet, and more particularly, to the use of the Internet where an applicant can immediately know the result of a lottery on the spot after applying for a prize on the home page. It relates to a lottery system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, the spread of the Internet is remarkable, and the Internet is used for marketing by means such as posting a banner advertisement or a prize on a company or personal homepage.

[0003] Among these, in the conventional prize, a method of increasing the number of accesses to a specific homepage on the Internet has been to post a prize on the homepage.

[0004] Specifically, a user who is interested in accessing a specific target homepage is given a name, address,
Under the condition that a telephone number, an e-mail address, and the like are input, it is possible to apply for a sweepstake posted on the homepage.

[0005] When applying for the prize, an e-mail is sent to the sponsor who has given the prize on the home page, in which the entry items and the answer are described.
The sponsor who receives the e-mail will draw a lottery based on the data of the applied user and announce the result on the homepage or notify the winner of the result by e-mail to the winner. Was.

[0006]

However, in such a conventional lottery method, in many cases, users who apply for a prize do not apply for a prize because they do not want to leak their personal information to others. In some cases, the number of accesses to the homepage as expected was not expected. On the sponsor side, if there were a large number of applications, lots of time was required for the lottery, and other expenses for the winning prizes had to be considered.

[0007] In addition, if a lottery is to be performed immediately in consideration of the convenience of the user as a measure for increasing the number of accesses, a measure for excluding the user from unauthorized access is required. Furthermore, when the lottery is possible for 24 hours in a row, there is a problem that the management of the number of winning prizes must be automated.

As described above, the conventional lottery method using the Internet has several problems, and it is not expected that the number of accesses to the target homepage will increase.

In order to solve the problems of the conventional lottery method and to increase the number of accesses to the homepage, the present invention provides an Internet that enables immediate lottery while reducing the time and effort required for the lottery. It is an object to provide a lottery system using the lottery. It is another object of the present invention to provide a lottery system using the Internet that can exclude unauthorized access and that can automatically manage the number of prizes won.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is stored in a specific server on the Internet comprising a client device and a server capable of two-way communication with the client device. In the case where a prize advertisement is posted on a homepage and a lottery of the prize is performed on the Internet, the lottery of the prize is executed immediately when the data receiving unit of the specific server receives an access signal from the client device, The data transmission unit of the specific server transmits image data of a winning or a failure to display the result of the lottery on the homepage.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, when a plurality of applications are made on the same day from the client device which has first accessed and applied, the identification is performed. The server is characterized in that the date written in the cookie is collated, and the application after the first application of the same day is rejected.

Here, Cookie is a US Net.
A small amount of data that is proposed by scaleCommunications and stored by a server on a client device and can be retrieved later. Then, when the user of the client device accesses the same site or the URL related to the Cookie again, the browser returns the Cookie data to the server, and the server can identify the user. The data stored in the Cookie is used for analyzing marketing data such as a user's purchase history.

[0013] The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
In addition to the configuration described in the above, when a plurality of applications have been made within a predetermined time from the client device that first accessed and applied, the number of lotteries written in the Cookie file on the specific server side is checked. Therefore, the application after the first application within a predetermined time is defeated.

The invention described in claim 4 is the first to third aspects of the present invention.
In addition to any one of the above configurations, the result of the lottery is compared with a prize table pre-registered in the specific server by a prize stock processing unit, and a comparison with the prize stock at that time is executed. The feature is that if there is no prize stock, it will be defeated.

[0015] The invention according to claim 5 provides the invention according to claims 1 to 4.
In addition to any one of the above, the result of the lottery is displayed on the homepage after a lapse of a predetermined time from the execution of the lottery.

[0016] The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claims 1 to 5.
In addition to any one of the above, as a result of the lottery, a personal information entry form screen is displayed for a user who uses the client device which has been won.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a lottery system using the Internet according to the present invention.

The user 50 accesses a site (specific server) 53 having a home page for which a prize is awarded from a personal computer (client device) 51 owned by the user 50 via the Internet 52. The specific server 53 includes a data receiving unit 54 for receiving external information obtained via the Internet 52, and a data transmitting unit 55 for transmitting internal information via the Internet 52. In the specific server 53, a homepage for posting a prize page is registered, and prize information relating to a prize of a specific prize, such as a prize, a prize name, a number of wins, a prize number, a winner, etc., is preliminarily stored as a prize table 56. I have registered. The data of the prize table 56 is
Is received from the client device 58 via the Internet 52.

The specific server 53 includes a client device 51
When an access is made from the user, a security check is performed based on the received content of the access signal to determine whether the user 50 can apply for a prize.

The lottery procedure of the lottery system using the Internet according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the flowchart.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a lottery procedure of the lottery system using the Internet according to the present invention.

The specific server 53 fetches those data from the pre-set prize table 56, access status table 59, and winner table 60, and stores them in the data storage unit 61 (step 0). When there is a prize, the fact that the lottery of the prize has been completed can be displayed on the home page on which the prize page is posted.

As shown in Table 1, the prize table 56 includes items such as a prize name, a winning prize, a winning number, the number of prizes, the number of winnings, and the remaining number of prizes. In the prize name, the name of the prize is registered. In the winning number, for example, 4 is a lower two digit number, 3
And the like are registered as lower three-digit numbers, 2 and the like as lower 4-digit numbers, and 1 and the like as 5-digit numbers. The number of prizes is registered in the number of prizes. The total number of winnings is registered in the winning number. The remaining number of prizes is registered in the remaining number of prizes.

[0025]

[Table 1]

As shown in Table 2, the access status table 59 includes items of access date and time and access source IP address. At the time of day, the date and time when the lottery page was accessed is registered. In the access source IP address, the IP address of the client device 51 that has accessed the lottery page is registered.

[0027]

[Table 2]

As shown in Table 3, the winner table 60 includes items such as winning day, access source IP address, name, age, telephone number, postal code, address, and E-mail address. The winning date is registered with the winning date.
In the access source IP address, the IP address of the client device 51 that has accessed the lottery page is registered. In other items, the personal data of the user 50 of the client device 51 who has accessed the lottery page is registered.

[0029]

[Table 3]

Therefore, when the client device 51 accesses the specific server 53 having this home page, the specific server 53 acquires the IP address of the client device 51 (step 1). Then, the specific server 53
Searches the data on the access status table 59 of the day and determines whether the number of accesses to the IP address has reached a preset number of shut-outs (step 3). A warning screen is displayed on the home page on which the prize page is posted (step 4). Here, the number of shut-outs can be set arbitrarily, but if the number is too small, the number of accesses to the homepage decreases, and if the number is too large, the load on the specific server 53 increases. Will be done.

If there is no abnormality in the number of accesses to the IP address, it is confirmed whether or not a cookie exists in the client device 51 using the IP address (step 5). If the client device 51 does not have a Cookie, the Cookie file operation unit 69
To create a cookie, and write the creation date and IP address in the cookie (step 6). Next, the lottery condition judging section 62 confirms whether or not the contents written in the created cookie are stored (step 7). If not, the lottery processing section 65 determines that there is no right to receive a lottery. Then, a notification to the effect that the winning has been lost is displayed on the homepage via the hit image processing unit 68 (step 8), and if it is valid, the process proceeds to the lottery execution process (step 9).

If it is determined in step 5 that the client device 51 has a cookie, the lottery condition determination unit 62 checks the date of the cookie and determines whether or not it is the date of the access (step 10). If it is the date of the day, the process immediately proceeds to the lottery result display process (step 11) because there is no right to receive a lottery, and if it is not the date of the day, the Cookie date is changed to the day (step 12). Cookie I with changed date
The registration data on the access status table 59 is searched by the P address, and it is confirmed by the lottery condition judging unit 62 whether or not the number of lotteries of the IP address has reached a preset number of lotteries (step 13). If the number is exceeded, the process immediately proceeds to the lottery result display process (step 11) without the right to the lottery, and if less than the number of lotteries, the lottery execution process (step 9) is performed. After the lottery execution process is performed, the number of lottery executions is set to C through the lottery result determination unit 64.
Write to the cookie (step 14). In the Cookie used here, as shown in Table 4, items of date, lottery count, access source IP address and its data are stored.

With this arrangement, when a plurality of applications are made within a predetermined time from the client device 51 who has first accessed and applied, the specific server 53 will use the Cook.
Since the number of lotteries written in the IE file can be checked and applications after the first application within a predetermined time can be rejected, unauthorized access can be prevented, the server will not be overloaded, and the system will be safe. Can be operated. Further, with the expectation of the same effect, when a plurality of applications are made on the same day from the client device 51 who has first accessed and applied for application, the specific server 53
It is also possible to collate the date written in the cookie and to lose the application after the first application of the same day.

[0034]

[Table 4]

Next, a lottery execution process of the lottery system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a lottery execution process of the lottery system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In the specific server 53, first, the random number generator 6
A random number is generated in step 3 (step 15), and the generated random number is stored as a variable a (step 16). This variable a
Stores a randomly generated random number.

Next, the winning prize having a prize stock and the corresponding winning number are read from the prize table 59 stored in step 0 (step 17), and the variable a and its The winning number is compared with the winning number (step 18). If the numbers do not match, the lottery processing is terminated by the loss processing unit 65 as a loss treatment (step 19). The winning number is subtracted from the number, and the premium table 56 is updated (step 2).
0). After updating the prize table 56, the prize inventory processing section 67 checks whether or not the winning prize inventory number is 0 (step 21). If there is no prize inventory number 0, the process directly proceeds to step 23, When the prize stock number is 0, the lottery completion notification mail of the winning etc. in which the prize stock number has become 0 is transmitted to the prize manager of the sponsor 57 via the data transmission unit 55 (step 22) and then to step 23. move on. In step 23, the winning flag is stored in the variable b and the lottery process is terminated (step 19). Then, the number of times of lottery execution is written in Cookie (step 14), and the process proceeds to the lottery result display process (step 11). Here, a symbol corresponding to a prize such as a win is stored in the variable b.

Next, a lottery result display process of the lottery system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a lottery result display process of the lottery system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, the specific server 53 loads an image during execution of a lottery stored in advance (step 2).
4) Display an animation on the lottery page (step 25). After displaying the image during the execution of the lottery for a certain period of time (for example, 30 seconds), an instruction to display the completion of the lottery is given from the hit image processing unit 68 to the home page on which the lottery page is posted (step 26), and stored in step 23. The consistency with the selected winning flag variable b is checked, and if there is no matching winning flag, a lost screen is displayed on the home page on which the lottery page is posted from the lost processing section 65 through the winning image processing section 68 (step 28) If the winning flag of any of the winning prizes matches, the winning screen corresponding to the winning prize is displayed on the home page on which the lottery page is posted via the winning image processing section 68, and the winning is determined. A link to the personal information entry form screen is posted (step 29).

Here, by displaying other advertisement contents such as a banner advertisement during the time when the image during the execution of the lottery is displayed, the advertisement through the home page can be continued. . Moreover, since the user is watching the screen while waiting for the lottery result, these advertisements do not fall out of the user's field of view, and the advertisement effect is large.

Then, the user (winner) 50 using the winning client device 51 writes his / her name, address, etc., on the personal information entry form screen and presses the send button ( Step 30), the data is transmitted from the Internet 52 to the specific server 53 via the data receiving unit 54, and is written as the winner data in the winner table 60 of the specific server 53 (step 31). Further, the data is transmitted as e-mail to the prize manager of the sponsor 57 via the data transmission unit 55 via the Internet 52 as winner information.
In addition, the specific server 53 transmits a reply mail to the effect that it has been received to the user 50 who is the winner, and displays the lottery completion screen on the home page on which the lottery page is posted by the winning image processing unit 68 (step 3
2).

Next, the screen display of the lottery page will be described.

FIGS. 5 to 8 are schematic diagrams showing screens of a lottery page of the lottery system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows the lottery being executed, and FIG. FIG. 7 shows the re-lottery start screen, and FIG. 8 shows the winning screen.

When a client device 51 accesses a homepage employing the lottery system according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is checked whether or not predetermined lottery conditions are satisfied. When it is determined that the access is satisfactory, a lottery execution page 33 including an animation stored in advance on the homepage, such as fishing on an island, is immediately displayed as shown in FIG. 5, for example. You. Then, as soon as the lottery execution page 33 is displayed, the lottery is executed, and after a lapse of a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds), if the lottery result is a lottery, a lottery result screen 34 as shown in FIG. Will be displayed. Even if the loss result screen 34 is displayed, the re-lottery start screen 36 as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed within a predetermined number of times, so that the prize application button 37 can be pressed again to apply for the prize again. .

If the lottery results in a win, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, a form button 39 for transitioning to a screen for entering the destination of the prize is displayed together with a winning screen 38 displaying the winning and the prize thereof. Then, when the user 50 using the winning client device 51 presses the form button 39, a personal information entry form screen 40 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. Then, when the winning user 50 fills in this form and presses the send button 41, the data is transmitted to the prize manager of the sponsor 57, and the prize manager who receives this data receives the data from the selected user. Arrangement for sending a prize to the destination of the person 50 will be made.

As described above, the lottery system using the Internet according to the present invention allows only the winners of the sweepstakes to disclose their personal information. Since there is no prize, the maximum amount of prize money stipulated in the Prize Labeling Law and the notification of the Fair Trade Commission is optimal for an open prize of 10 million yen, and it is possible to provide an attractive prize competition place it can. Therefore, it can be said that the advertising effect is enormous as compared with the conventional lottery system in which personal information must be disclosed at the time of application.

In the above-described embodiment, when the prize stock number is found to be 0 after updating the prize table 56, the prize manager of the sponsor 57 is notified that the prize stock number has become 0. The prize lottery end notification mail is transmitted (step 22). However, at this point, since the prize has not been sent yet, the processing is performed based on the deemed prize stock number.

Therefore, if the user (winner) 50 using the client device 51 who has won the election does not write the winner data, the prize cannot be sent out, and the actual prize inventory number and This will result in a mismatch with the deemed prize stock number. Therefore, in order to more strictly manage the number of prize stocks, after the winner data is written in the winner table 60, a reply mail is transmitted to the user who is the winner and a lottery page is posted. It is desirable to transmit a lottery end notification mail to the sponsor 57 after the final step 32 such as displaying a lottery completion screen on the home page.

In the above-described embodiment, the lottery result is stochastically determined, and the number of lotteries increases as the number of lotteries increases. The prize is ended when the number becomes zero.

By the way, from a marketing point of view, it may be possible to consider running the sweepstakes more systematically.
In other words, in order to enhance the original advertising effect of the prize, a plurality of variables a corresponding to each winning prize, for example, may be prepared so that many winnings are obtained in a short period of time.

[0053]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the specific server receives the access signal from the client device, the prize lottery is immediately executed, and the lottery is executed. Since the result is displayed on the homepage, the user operating the client device accesses the homepage with interest, so that a lottery system with a high homepage advertisement effect can be provided.

According to the invention described in claim 2, according to claim 1
In addition to the effect of the above, when a plurality of applications are made on the same day from the client device which has accessed and applied for the first time, the date written in the Cookie on the specific server side is collated, and Of these, the application after the first application is lost, so that unauthorized access can be prevented, the server is not overloaded, and the system can be operated safely.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the first aspect
In addition, in addition to the effect of 2, when a plurality of applications are made within a predetermined time from the client device which has accessed and applied for the first time, the specific server side checks the number of lotteries written in the Cookie file. Then, the application after the first application within the predetermined time is rejected, so that unauthorized access can be further prevented, the server is not overloaded, and the system can be operated safely.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
In addition to the effects of any one of (1) to (3), the result of the prize lottery is compared with a prize data table registered in advance in a specific server by a prize stock processing unit, and is compared with the prize stock at that time. And if the prize stock is not available, the prize will be defeated, so that the prize manager does not have to check the prize inventory every time a prize winner appears. Will be reduced.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
In addition to the effect of any one of (1) to (4), since the result of the lottery is to be displayed on the homepage after a lapse of a certain time after the execution of the lottery, the advertisement should be continued during the certain time. Can be. Moreover, since the user is watching the screen while waiting for the lottery result, these advertisements do not fall out of the field of view of the user, and the advertisement effect is large.

According to the invention of claim 6, according to claim 1,
In addition to the effects of any one of (1) to (5), as a result of the lottery, a personal information entry form screen is displayed for a user who has used the client device that has won, so that the winning user can Personal information will be disclosed without feeling uncomfortable in a series of actions such as describing the recipient of the prize, and it is hoped that the same homepage will be accessed again. As a result, the accuracy of the obtained personal information can be said to be high, so that the sponsor who has given the prize can effectively use the personal information for its own marketing activities.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a lottery system using the Internet according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a lottery procedure of the lottery system.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a lottery execution process of the lottery system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a lottery result display process of the lottery system.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a screen during execution of a lottery on a lottery page of the lottery system.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a lost result screen on a lottery page of the lottery system.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a re-lottery start screen on a lottery page of the lottery system.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a winning screen on a lottery page of the lottery system.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a personal information entry form screen of the lottery system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 35 lottery page 50 user 51 client device 52 Internet 53 specific server 54 data receiving unit 55 data transmitting unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] When a prize advertisement is posted on a homepage stored on a specific server on the Internet comprising a client device and a server capable of two-way communication with the client device, and a prize lottery is performed on the Internet. When the data receiving unit of the specific server receives an access signal from the client device, the lottery of the prize is executed immediately, and the result of the lottery is displayed on the homepage from the data transmitting unit of the specific server. A lottery system using the Internet, wherein image data of a winning or a loss is transmitted. 2. When a plurality of applications are made on the same day from the client device which has first accessed and applied,
2. The lottery using the Internet according to claim 1, wherein the specific server side checks the date written in the cookie, and among the applications of the same day, the application after the first application is lost. system. 3. When a plurality of applications are made within a predetermined time from the client device which has first applied and applied for application, the specific server side checks the number of lotteries written in the Cookie file, and 3. The lottery system using the Internet according to claim 1, wherein an application after the first application within the time is lost. 4. A prize stock processing unit compares the result of the lottery with a prize table registered in advance in a specific server, and executes a comparison with the prize stock at that time, and there is no prize stock. The lottery system using the Internet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the lottery is determined in a case where the lottery is lost. 5. The lottery using the Internet according to claim 1, wherein a result of the lottery is displayed on the homepage after a lapse of a predetermined time from the execution of the lottery. system. 6. The personal information entry form screen is displayed to a user who uses the client device which has won as a result of the lottery. The lottery system using the Internet described in (1).