JP2002140458A - Method for providing lottery service and system for for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lottery service providing method and system capable of providing a lottery service across a wide range where broadcasting radio waves can reach. SOLUTION: In this new method for introducing a lottery service by utilizing a mass media such as a television broadcasting system, a service providing side 13 broadcasts lottery information including the winning condition of the lottery through a prescribed channel, and a service receiving side 21 receives the lottery information through the tuned channel, and collates the received lottery information with the lottery information preliminarily stored in a lottery information storing means, and when the lottery information fulfills the winning condition based on the collated result, it is judged that the lottery purchaser draws a winning ticket, and when the lottery information does not fulfill the winning condition, it is judged that the lottery purchaser draws a blank ticket. Thus, it is possible to provide a new mechanism for judging the winning/losing of the lottery.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lottery service providing method and a lottery service providing system used for providing a lottery service in, for example, an analog or digital television broadcasting system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an example of a conventional lottery system, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. Hei 11-510923 discloses that a player wins a lottery game in a speed lottery format.
Off-line remote lottery system technology that purchases from a randomized prize data stream on a central computer and allows the winning results to be viewed remotely on a gaming computer that does not require an online connection during play Is disclosed.

According to the technology disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, a speed "kuji" or a pseudo-choice game having a predetermined winning result can be played by a game computer, and a player can be played at any place like a paper speed bet. It is possible to provide a lottery system that enables participation in a lottery and provides a full play value through a computer simulation game from beginning to end.

[0004]

However, the lottery system described above does not assume the provision of a lottery service utilizing a mass media called a television broadcasting system. Therefore, the lottery service could not be provided over a wide range where broadcast radio waves can reach.

The present invention has been made in view of the background art described above, and introduces a new concept of providing a lottery service using a mass media called a television broadcasting system. While the lottery information including the winning condition is broadcasted through a predetermined channel, the service receiving side is selecting the predetermined channel, and the lottery information is transmitted through the selected channel. When the received lottery information is compared with the lottery information stored in advance in the lottery information storage means, based on the result of the comparison, when the lottery information satisfies the winning condition On the other hand, when the lottery information does not satisfy the hit condition, it is determined that the lottery information is out of place, and a lottery hit determination is made. By developing a novel mechanism, over a wide range of broadcast radio waves, and an object thereof is to provide a lottery service providing method capable of providing lottery service, and a lottery service providing system.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a lottery service.
A lottery service providing method used when providing a lottery service using a television broadcasting system, wherein the service provider broadcasts lottery information including lottery winning conditions via a predetermined channel. ,
The service receiving side, when selecting the predetermined channel and receiving the lottery information via the selected channel, stores the received lottery information and the lottery information storage means in advance. The lottery information is compared with the lottery information, and based on the collation result, it is determined that the lottery information satisfies the hit condition when the lottery information satisfies the hit condition. The gist is that the lottery hit determination is performed in such a way as to make a determination.

[0007] In the lottery service providing method according to claim 2, in the lottery service providing method according to claim 1, when the service receiving side determines the winning of the lottery, the service receiving side determines the winning result. The gist is to notify the user of at least the hit.

[0008] The lottery service providing method according to the first aspect of the invention introduces a revolutionary idea of providing a lottery service using a mass media called a television broadcasting system.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, the broadcast station 13 on the service providing side transmits lottery information including lottery winning conditions via a predetermined channel along with the video or audio of the program. The broadcast is sent to the home server 21 on the service receiving side. Here, as a method for putting the video or audio of the program and the lottery information on the broadcast radio wave, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the lottery information is inserted into a vertical blanking period up to the gap of the broadcast signal. Method, method of transmitting using EMM (individual information),
Alternatively, a method of transmitting the data using a data broadcasting mechanism, or a method of transmitting the lottery information by coding it in a barcode format and superimposing it on a program video as shown in FIG. Can be Among these various transmission methods, digital broadcasting or analog broadcasting, depending on whether to use a broadcasting system,
An appropriate transmission method may be adopted.

Upon receiving a broadcast wave including a program and lottery information, the home server 21 on the service receiving side is selecting a predetermined channel for providing a lottery service, and the home server 21 transmits the selected channel via the selected channel. When the lottery information is received, the received lottery information is collated with the lottery information stored in the lottery information storage means. In performing this collation, for example, as shown in FIG. 2 and as defined in claim 7, a separate hit monitor having a function of monitoring a display screen provided on the home server 21 separately from the home server 21 The mascot 57 is introduced, the lottery information encoded on the barcode format and presented on the display screen using the mascot 57, and the mascot 57
A configuration in which the lottery information stored therein is collated with the lottery information may be adopted. Then, based on the result of such collation, when the lottery information satisfies the hit condition, it is determined to be a hit, and when the lottery information does not satisfy the hit condition, it is determined to be a loss. I'm trying to do it.

According to the lottery service providing method of the first aspect, a revolutionary concept of providing a lottery service using a mass media called a television broadcasting system is introduced. While the lottery information including the winning condition is broadcast through a predetermined channel, the service receiving side is selecting a predetermined channel and receives the lottery information through the selected channel. When a lottery information is received, the lottery information stored in the lottery is collated with the lottery information stored in the lottery. To provide lottery services over a wide area that can be reached, and to provide lottery services to general users during tea In the sense that said that it is possible, it is possible to contribute to the dramatic improvement of customer satisfaction.

Further, according to the lottery service providing method of the present invention, the service receiving side notifies the user of at least the winning in the result of the winning determination when the winning determination of the lottery is made. In addition, it is possible to prevent the user from overlooking the lottery hit.

[0013] Claims 1 and 2 define the outline of a lottery service providing method utilizing a mass media called a broadcasting system. Claims 3 and 7 are intended to implement the method described in claims 1 and 2. Defines the lottery service providing system.

That is, a lottery service providing system according to claim 3 is a lottery service providing system used when providing a lottery service by utilizing a television broadcasting system, wherein the service providing side has a lottery service. While a broadcast means for broadcasting lottery information including conditions through a predetermined channel is provided, the service receiving side includes a lottery information storage means for storing lottery information, a channel selecting means for selecting a channel, and a channel selecting means. When the predetermined channel is selected by the station means and the lottery information is received through the selected channel, the received lottery information is stored in the lottery information storage means. Matching means for matching the lottery information, and the lottery information satisfies the winning condition based on the matching result of the matching means. The lottery information is determined to be a loss if the lottery information does not satisfy the hit condition, and a winning determination means for determining a winning of the lottery is provided. I do.

In the lottery service providing system according to a fourth aspect, in the lottery service providing system according to the third aspect, the service receiving side notifies the user of a winning determination result including a winning of the lottery. The means is further provided, wherein the hit determination means performs control for operating the notification means at least when the determination of the lottery is made.

Furthermore, a lottery service providing system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the lottery service providing system according to any one of the third to fourth aspects, wherein the service receiving side itself obtains a lottery hit. Hitting information storage means for storing hit information used when proving that the hit has occurred, and the hit determination means determines the hit when the lottery hit determination determines a hit, and stores the hit information in the hit information storing means. The gist is to perform control to store the information in the.

Further, the lottery service providing system according to the sixth aspect is the lottery service providing system according to any one of the third to fifth aspects, wherein the lottery service is broadcasted using broadcasting means on the service providing side. The gist of the lottery information is to include a serial number and / or attribute information of the target user uniquely assigned to the service receiving apparatus.

A lottery service providing system according to a seventh aspect is the lottery service providing system according to any one of the third to sixth aspects, wherein the service receiving side transmits the lottery information to a bar code. A presentation unit that encodes the presentation information on a display screen, and the collation unit stores the lottery information in a barcode format presented on the display screen by the presentation unit and the lottery information storage unit. The point is to collate with the lottery information.

In the lottery service providing system according to the third aspect, a minimum necessary functional block configuration is defined from the viewpoint of providing a lottery service using a mass media called a television broadcasting system.

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, for example, the broadcasting means 29 in the broadcasting station 13 on the service providing side sends lottery information including lottery winning conditions along with the video or audio of the program to a predetermined number. , And is sent to the home server 21 on the service receiving side.

In response to this, the home server 21 on the service receiving side selects a predetermined channel for providing the lottery service in the channel selecting means 31.
When the lottery information is received via the channel selection channel, the collation unit 35 collates the received lottery information with the lottery information stored in the lottery information storage unit 33. In performing this collation, for example, as shown in FIG. 2 and as defined in claim 7, a separate hit monitor having a function of monitoring a display screen provided on the home server 21 separately from the home server 21 The mascot 57 is introduced, and the lottery information 55 encoded on the barcode format and presented on the display screen of the presenting means 53 is recognized through the space 59 using the mascot 57. , The lottery information stored in the lottery information storage means 33 of the mascot 57 itself may be compared. On the basis of the result of such collation, the hit determination means 37 determines that the winning is achieved when the lottery information satisfies the winning condition, and determines that the winning is lost when the lottery information does not satisfy the winning condition. , A lottery hit determination is made.

The lottery information broadcast using the broadcasting means 29 on the service providing side is, for example, uniquely allocated to the home server 21 or the hit monitoring mascot 57, which is the apparatus on the service receiving side, as described in claim 6. Serial number and / or attribute information of the target user can be employed. In this case, the lottery information stored and set in the service receiving-side apparatus also adopts the information corresponding to the lottery information.

Here, respective appropriate uses will be described from the viewpoint of what condition is adopted as the winning condition included in the lottery information. For example,
If the winning condition included in the lottery information adopts a condition that the serial number matches the serial number assigned a unique value for each device of each home server maker, the winning number of the lottery is determined by a commonly known roulette method or random number generation. Under the premise generated using an algorithm or the like, there is no room to operate the range of the target user who wins the lottery so as to reflect the intention of the service providing side or the service receiving side. Such a fair lottery system would be suitable for use, for example, when a home server maker bears the resources of the lottery to help promote sales of its own machine.

On the other hand, when a condition that matches the attribute information of the target user is adopted as the winning condition included in the lottery information, the target user range corresponding to the lottery is determined by the intention of the service providing side or the service receiving side. There will be room for narrowing down and operating to reflect. Specifically, for example, in a case in which a woman belonging to the age group of 20 to 34 years old wants to promote sales of cosmetics as a target user, the age group: 20 to 34 years old, gender : Attribute information of the target user such as a woman may be set. Also,
In a case where it is desired to promote the sales of a new type of car by targeting men belonging to the age group of 20 to 34 years as a target user, the target user of the age group: 20 to 34 years and gender: male as conditions for winning the lottery. May be set. Further, in a case in which a male belonging to the age group of 50 years or older is targeted for sales promotion of a hair growth agent, the target condition for the lottery is that the attribute of the target user is: age group: 50 years or older, gender: male. Information can be set. Moreover,
In a case where a user belonging to the age group of 20 to 34 years old and who wants to promote skiing as a target user who resides in the Kanto area, the age group: 20 to 34 years old, The attribute information of the target user such as address: Kanto area, hobby: skiing may be set. It is to be noted that these cases are merely examples, and that the technical scope of the present invention extends to all cases in which the range of the target user who wins the lottery is to be narrowed down by using the attribute information of the target user. . In this way, when the attribute information of the target user is set, the target user who wins the lottery can be flexibly narrowed down with considerable flexibility so as to reflect the intention of the service provider. .

On the other hand, the target user range corresponding to the lottery is
In order to perform the operation to reflect the intention of the service providing side, the degree of fulfillment related to writing of personal information of the user stored and set in the lottery information storage unit 33 of the home server 21 may be changed. Specifically, a gender field is written, but an age field is left blank without writing, and the like.

Here, mention is made of the effect of the mechanism of narrowing down the target user range corresponding to the lottery to reflect the intention of the service providing side or the service receiving side. According to the former mechanism, the advertiser wants to appeal It is possible to provide a lottery service by narrowing down to the target user, and as long as you wait for the declaration from the user who won the lottery, the address, telephone number, etc. about the prospective customer of the product that the advertiser wants to appeal As a result, it is possible to carry out a highly efficient sales promotion activity. On the other hand, the latter mechanism provides a lottery service with a high degree of customer satisfaction, such that the service receiving side can also enjoy the lottery service while satisfying the desire to avoid extreme exposure of personal information. It becomes possible to do.

As a winning condition included in the lottery information, a combination of a serial number uniquely assigned to the home server 21 or the hit monitoring mascot 57, which is a device on the service receiving side, and / or attribute information of a target user is used. It is possible to flexibly set the lottery hit conditions. That is, the first mode that satisfies both the conditions of the serial number and the attribute information of the target user, the second mode that satisfies the condition of only the serial number, the third mode that satisfies the condition of only the attribute information of the target user, Among them, by appropriately selecting a required mode according to the convenience of the organizer of the lottery, it is possible to flexibly set conditions for winning the lottery. By doing so, the service that can adjust the range of the target users who win the lottery according to the attribute of the user and the mechanism that randomly determines the target users who win the lottery are organically combined to provide a service. It is possible to provide a lottery service that reflects the intent of both the providing side and the service receiving side to a certain extent, and produces a special charm such as a probability of winning the lottery fluctuating according to the attribute of the user side.

Now, in adding lottery information to a program, various modes can be considered. To explain this, for example, in the case of digital broadcasting, when adding lottery information in association with a specific time axis part in a program time series, a mode of adding lottery information in association with a CM part is adopted. Alternatively, a mode in which lottery information is added in association with the main part constituting the substantial content of the program can be adopted. According to the former aspect, since the lottery information is obtained on the home server side in accordance with the decoding of the CM portion, a so-called channel affair such as selecting a channel of another station during reproduction of the CM portion is performed. According to the latter aspect, lottery information will be obtained in accordance with the decoding of the main part, and thus the effect of suppressing channel flirtation during main part reproduction will be expected. In this way, the synergistic effect of the charm of the program itself and the customer attraction that the lottery plays makes it possible to clearly differentiate the program of the lottery service providing channel from the program of other stations, A dramatic improvement in the program audience rating on the lottery service providing channel can be expected.

According to the lottery service providing system according to the third aspect, a revolutionary concept of providing a lottery service using a mass media called a television broadcasting system is introduced. While the lottery information including the winning condition is broadcast via a predetermined channel, the service receiving side receives the lottery information via the selected channel when the predetermined channel is selected. When a lottery information is received, the lottery information stored in the lottery is collated with the lottery information stored in the lottery. Can provide a lottery service over a wide area that can reach and provide lottery service to general users during tea In the sense that said that it becomes possible,
This can contribute to a dramatic improvement in customer satisfaction.

In the lottery service providing system according to a fourth aspect, the service receiving side further includes a notifying means for notifying a user of a winning determination including a winning of the lottery, and the winning determining means includes at least a lottery hit determination. Is performed, control for operating the notification means is performed, and the user is notified of the lottery without fail.

According to the lottery service providing system according to the fourth aspect, the winning determination means performs control to activate the notification means at least when the determination of the lottery hit is made, and informs the user of the lottery hit without fail. In addition, it is possible to prevent the user from overlooking the lottery hit.

In the lottery service providing system according to the fifth aspect, the service receiving side further includes a hit information storage means for storing hit information used for proving that the self has won the lottery, and The judging means, when judging that the lottery is a hit, determines that the hit information at this time is stored in the hit information storage means so as to leave reliable evidence that the lottery has been won. The hit information stored here serves as a substitute for the conventional lottery securities when self-reporting to the lottery service management center that the lottery has been won. In addition, as a method for making a self-declaration, for example, any of various notification examples shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 can be appropriately adopted.

According to the lottery service providing system according to the fifth aspect, the winning determination means performs control to store the winning information at this time in the winning information storage means when the winning determination is made by the determination of the winning of the lottery. In order to ensure that the lottery hit has been won, the saved hit information is used as an alternative to the conventional lottery ticket when self-reporting to the lottery service management center that the lottery has been won. Can help.

In the lottery service providing system according to the sixth aspect, the lottery information broadcasted by the broadcasting means on the service providing side is unique to the home server 21 or the hit monitoring mascot 57 which is the apparatus on the service receiving side. The serial number to be allocated and / or attribute information of the target user is adopted. In this case, the lottery information stored and set in the service receiving-side apparatus also adopts the information corresponding to the lottery information. In particular, as a winning condition included in the lottery information, the home server 21 or the hit monitoring mascot 57, which is a device on the service receiving side, is used.
By using a unique combination of serial numbers and / or attribute information of the target user,
This makes it possible to flexibly set the lottery winning conditions. That is, the first mode that satisfies both the conditions of the serial number and the attribute information of the target user, the second mode that satisfies the condition of only the serial number, the third mode that satisfies the condition of only the attribute information of the target user, Among them, by appropriately selecting a required mode according to the convenience of the organizer of the lottery, it is possible to flexibly set conditions for winning the lottery. The lottery information includes, in addition to the items described in claim 6, time information such as “year / month / day / hour / minute / second” related to the broadcast time or presentation time of the lottery information,
An identification number uniquely assigned to each registered user, an identification number on the broadcast transmitting side, an expiration date of the lottery, and the like, which are managed by the customer management database 27, may be appropriately adopted.

According to the lottery service providing system of the present invention, there is provided a mechanism capable of adjusting the range of target users who will win lotteries in accordance with attributes of the user, and a mechanism for randomly determining the target users who win lotteries. Are organically combined to reflect to some extent both the intentions of the service providing side and the service receiving side, and the probability of winning the lottery varies according to the attribute of the user side.
Lottery services can be provided that create exceptional appeal.

[0036] In the lottery service providing system according to claim 7, the service receiving side further includes presentation means for encoding lottery information in a barcode format and presenting the information on a display screen. The lottery information in a barcode format presented on the display screen by the means is compared with the lottery information stored in the lottery information storage means. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a hit monitoring mascot 57 having a function of monitoring a display screen provided in the home server 52 is introduced separately from the home server 52, and the mascot 57 is used by using the mascot 57. The lottery information 55 encoded in a barcode format and presented on the display screen of the presenting means 53 is recognized through the space 59, and the lottery information thus recognized is stored in the lottery information storage means 33 of the mascot 57 itself. The stored lottery information is collated with the lottery information. On the basis of the result of such collation, the hit determination means 37 determines that the winning is achieved when the lottery information satisfies the winning condition, and determines that the winning is lost when the lottery information does not satisfy the winning condition. The lottery is determined.

According to the lottery service providing system of the present invention, even if the conventional television receiver is used as it is, the lottery provision according to the present invention can be achieved simply by newly adding the hit monitoring mascot 57. You can enjoy the service.

[0038]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a plurality of embodiments of a lottery service providing method and a lottery service providing system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the overall structure of a first lottery service providing system according to the present invention.
Is a schematic block diagram showing an overall configuration of a second lottery service providing system according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of management items in a customer management database, and FIG. 4 is a first lottery service providing system. FIGS. 5 to 8 are diagrams for explaining the operation of the second lottery service providing system. 1 to 8, the same reference numerals are given to common functional members, and redundant description will be omitted.

(First Lottery Service Providing System) The first lottery service providing system 11 according to the present invention comprises:
As shown in FIG. 1, a broadcasting station 13 that operates a lottery service according to the present invention, together with a broadcasting service,
A transmitting antenna 15 for transmitting broadcast waves provided in
A broadcast satellite 17 for receiving a broadcast wave transmitted from the transmission antenna 15 and distributing the broadcast wave to the home server 21 described below, and a broadcast wave delivered from the broadcast satellite 17 are transmitted via the reception antenna 19. It has the function of receiving / interpreting and selecting and playing back or recording a program that suits the user's preference from among a huge number of programs broadcasted through different channels for each of a plurality of broadcasting stations. A home server 21 having an additional function of performing a lottery hit determination based on the lottery information broadcast and the lottery information stored therein, and a lottery service management described below with the home server 21. Internet network 23 connecting centers 28 and Internet network 2
3 is received from the home server 21 via an e-mail attachment or the like and used to prove that the user himself has won the lottery, and is stored in the customer management database 27 described below. From the registered customer information, lottery information of the corresponding customer is extracted by projection, and the lottery matching processing unit 25 for comparing the transmitted hit information with the extracted lottery information of the customer, for example, FIG. Customer management database 27 as shown in FIG.
And a lottery service management center 28 having In the schematic block diagram of FIG. 1,
Although the division is made for each block by focusing on each functional unit, for example, the broadcasting station 13 and the lottery service management center 28 may integrate both of them as functions in an integrated organization, or The broadcasting station 13 and the lottery service management center 28 may be divided as functions in different organizations.

In the present invention, the broadcasting station 13 is positioned as a lottery service provider while the home server 2
1 is positioned as a lottery service recipient.

The broadcasting station 13 is provided with broadcasting means 29. The broadcast means 29 is adapted to, for example, MPEG2 (MovingPict
ureExpertsGroupphase2), etc., and packetize this, multiplexing it in packet units with lottery information including lottery hit numbers and target user attributes, etc., which are positioned as additional information of the program, and The data is subjected to digital modulation and transmitted through the transmission antenna 15.

On the other hand, the home server 21 has a channel selecting means 31 having a function of selecting a channel according to a user's selection operation from a plurality of channels, and a lottery including a lottery lottery number and user attributes. When lottery information is received via a lottery information storage unit 33 having a function of storing information and a channel selected by the channel selection unit 31,
Based on the matching result of the received lottery information and the lottery information stored in the lottery information storage means 33, the matching means 35, and the lottery information satisfies the winning condition. If the lottery information does not satisfy the hit condition, it is determined to be out of place, and the lottery information is judged to be out of place. Notification means 39 used when notifying the user of the determination result, hit information storage means 41 storing hit information used when proving that the user himself has won the lottery, A mail transmission unit (not shown) having a function of transmitting the winning information at the time of acquisition to the lottery service management center 28 in a form such as attachment to an electronic mail; Such as are provided.

The general operation of the first lottery service providing system 11 configured as described above will be described. In the system 11, the broadcasting means 29 in the broadcasting station 13 broadcasts a broadcast wave including lottery information and program material. Is transmitted through the transmission antenna 15.

The broadcast satellite 17 in geosynchronous orbit receives this broadcast wave and distributes it to the home server 21 provided in each home. The home server 21 that has received this broadcast wave via the receiving antenna 19 performs the following processing. That is, after the channel selection is performed on the received broadcast radio wave by the tuning means 31, digital demodulation processing is performed by a demodulation circuit (not shown).
The video or audio of the program obtained through these various processes is presented via an output device such as a display or a speaker (not shown) and used for entertainment or the like. On the other hand, the lottery information obtained in this way is
In 5, the lottery information stored in the lottery information storage unit 33 is collated, and based on the result of the collation, the winning determination unit 37 determines a lottery win. As a result of the hit determination, when a hit determination is made, the notifying means 39 performs a notification operation to the user via a video or a sound while the lottery information and the lottery information at this time are included. The information is stored in the hit information storage means 41, and in the mail transmitting unit,
This winning information is sent to the lottery service management center 28 via the Internet 23 in a form such as attachment to an electronic mail.
Send to In response to this, in the lottery service management center 28, in the lottery matching processing unit 25, the winning information transmitted from the user, the lottery information obtained from the broadcasting station 13, the lottery information of the customer extracted from the customer management database 27, and , And collation are performed in such a manner that the hit information transmitted from the user is authentic. As a result of this verification, when the result that the winning information transmitted from the user is genuine is obtained, the winning rank of the lottery, that is, the first rank, the second rank, or the third rank, is given to the user. Money or points according to the grade, such as or, will be awarded.

As a bonus to a lottery hit, a lottery organizer presents a user with a product that the user wants to appeal, a mode in which money is awarded in the same manner as a conventional lottery, a pay broadcast for a certain period such as one year. It is conceivable to perform various types of bonuses, such as providing the viewing fee for free or at a discount.

According to the first lottery service providing system 11 of the present invention, a revolutionary concept of providing a lottery service using a mass media called a television broadcasting system is introduced, and the service provider 13 Then, while the lottery information including the lottery winning condition is broadcasted through a predetermined channel, the service receiving side 21
Now, when you ’re selecting a given channel,
When the lottery information is received through the channel selection channel, the received lottery information is compared with the lottery information stored in the lottery information, and a lottery winning determination is performed based on the comparison result. By developing a new system, we will be able to provide lottery services over a wide area where broadcast radio waves can reach, and we will be able to provide lottery services to general users during tea time. It can contribute to the dramatic improvement of the degree.

(Second Lottery Service Providing System) The second lottery service providing system 51 according to the present invention comprises:
As shown in FIG. 2, the functional blocks of the home server 21 in the first lottery service providing system 11 include a home server 52, a hit monitoring mascot 57,
Is greatly different from the first lottery service providing system 11. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the home server 52 is a conventional television receiver, and the display screen of the home server 52 displays lottery information 5 encoded in a barcode format.
5 is presented. In the hit monitoring mascot 57 which is provided separately from the home server 52 and has a function of monitoring a display screen provided in the home server 52, the matching means 3
5, the lottery information 55 encoded in the barcode format is recognized through the space 59, and the lottery information thus recognized is compared with the lottery information stored in the lottery information storage unit 33 of the mascot 57 itself. , Are matched. On the basis of such collation results, the winning determination means 37 determines that the winning is achieved when the lottery information satisfies the winning condition, and determines that the winning is lost when the lottery information does not satisfy the winning condition. , A lottery hit determination is performed.

Here, a mechanism in which the lottery service management center 28 verifies whether or not the lottery hit information reported by the user is genuine will be described. Note that this verification mechanism can be applied to the first lottery service providing system 11 by replacing the phrase “when purchasing the mascot 57” with “when purchasing the home server 21”.

First, as shown in FIG.
At the time of purchase, user registration is performed by letter or e-mail. In the lottery service management center 28 that has accepted the user registration, registered user identification information (registered user ID) that is unique among the registered users is assigned to each of the plurality of registered users. here,
From the home server 52 on the user side to the Internet network 23
The home server 52 has a communication unit (not shown) including a built-in modem, a terminal adapter TA / digital service unit DSU, and the like. The user is registered in the IC card (lottery information storage unit 33) incorporated in the home server 52, for example, by registering the user of the mascot 57 using the communication function and the password set by the user. Was manually input via the user registration application screen in the home server 52. For example, as shown in FIG.
User-specific personal information including email addresses, addresses, postal codes, telephone numbers, occupations, hobbies and preferences, annual income, etc.
It is transmitted to the lottery service management center 28 via the Internet network 23. In response, the lottery service management center 28 registers personal information unique to each user transmitted from the user in the customer management database 27. At this time, registered user identification information (registered user ID) that is unique among the registered users is assigned to each of the plurality of registered users, and the registered user identification information is registered in the customer management database 27. After such user registration, item data for collating the lottery hit information is stored in the customer management database 27 of the lottery service management center 28. By appropriately extracting and using these data, the user can receive the item data. It is possible to verify whether or not the declared lottery hit information is genuine.

According to the second lottery service providing system 51 according to the present invention, even if the conventional television receiver is used as it is, it is only necessary to newly add the hit monitoring mascot 57 to achieve the present invention. You can enjoy lottery service.

The above embodiment has been described by way of example to facilitate understanding of the present invention.
It is not described to limit the technical scope of the present invention. That is, the present invention naturally includes all embodiments belonging to the technical scope and includes any equivalents thereof.

More specifically, for example, in the second lottery service providing system 51 according to the present invention, a mode in which winning information and the like are exchanged between the hit monitoring mascot 57 and the lottery service management center 28 is exemplified. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and the hit information acquired by the hit surveillance mascot 57 is
Once transferred to the home server 52, the home server 52 and the lottery service management center 28
It goes without saying that a mode for exchanging hit information and the like can be adopted.

[0054]

As described above in detail, according to the method for providing lottery services according to the first aspect, it is possible to provide lottery services over a wide range where broadcast radio waves can reach, and to provide general users during tea time. In the sense that it will be possible to provide lottery services on the other hand, this can contribute to a dramatic improvement in customer satisfaction.

According to the lottery service providing method of the present invention, the service receiving side informs the user of at least the winning in the result of the winning determination when the winning determination of the lottery is made. It is possible to avoid a situation where the user overlooks the hit.

According to the lottery service providing system according to the third aspect, it is possible to provide the lottery service over a wide area where the broadcast radio waves reach, and to provide the lottery service to general users during tea. In that sense, it can contribute to a dramatic increase in customer satisfaction.

According to the lottery service providing system of the fourth aspect, the winning determination means performs control to activate the notification means at least when the determination of the lottery hit is made, and notifies the user of the lottery hit without fail. In addition, it is possible to prevent the user from overlooking the lottery hit.

According to the lottery service providing system according to the fifth aspect, the winning determination means performs control to store the winning information at this time in the winning information storage means when it is determined that the winning is determined by the winning determination of the lottery. In order to ensure that the lottery hit has been won, the saved hit information is used as an alternative to the conventional lottery ticket when self-reporting to the lottery service management center that the lottery has been won. Can help.

According to the lottery service providing system of the present invention, there is provided a mechanism in which the range of the target users who win the lottery can be adjusted according to the attribute of the user, and a mechanism in which the target users who win the lottery are randomly determined. Are organically combined to reflect to some extent both the intentions of the service providing side and the service receiving side, and the probability of winning the lottery varies according to the attribute of the user side.
Lottery services can be provided that create exceptional appeal.

According to the lottery service providing system according to the seventh aspect, even if the conventional television receiver is used as it is, the lottery provision according to the present invention can be achieved simply by newly adding the hit monitoring mascot 57. It has an extremely excellent effect of being able to enjoy services.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a first lottery service providing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a second lottery service providing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a management item in a customer management database.

FIG. 4 is a diagram provided for describing the operation of the first lottery service providing system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram provided for describing the operation of the second lottery service providing system.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the second lottery service providing system.

FIG. 7 is a diagram provided to explain the operation of the second lottery service providing system.

FIG. 8 is a diagram provided to explain the operation of the second lottery service providing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 First Lottery Service Providing System 13 Broadcasting Station 15 Transmitting Antenna 17 Broadcast Satellite 19 Receiving Antenna 21 Home Server 23 Internet Network 25 Lottery Matching Processing Unit 27 Customer Database 28 Lottery Service Management Center 31 Tuning Unit 33 Tuning Information Storage Means (for example, IC card) 35 Matching means 37 Hitting determination means 39 Notification means 41 Winning information storage means 51 Second lottery service providing system 53 Presentation means 55 Lottery information in barcode format 57 Hitting monitoring mascot 59 Space 60 CATV station

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A lottery service providing method used when providing a lottery service using a television broadcasting system, wherein the service provider transmits lottery information including lottery winning conditions via a predetermined channel. On the other hand, the service receiving side, when selecting the predetermined channel and receiving the lottery information via the selected channel, selects the received lottery information by lottery in advance. The lottery information stored in the information storage unit is collated with the lottery information. Based on the collation result, when the lottery information satisfies the hit condition, it is determined that the hit is a hit, while the lottery information satisfies the hit condition. If not, a lottery service providing method is characterized in that the lottery is determined to be out of place and a lottery hit is determined. 2. The lottery service providing method according to claim 1, wherein the service receiving side notifies the user of at least the winning of the winning determination result when the winning determination of the lottery is performed. A method for providing a lottery service. 3. A lottery service providing system used when providing a lottery service utilizing a television broadcasting system, wherein the service provider transmits lottery information including lottery winning conditions via a predetermined channel. The service receiving side includes: a lottery information storage unit that stores lottery information; a channel selection unit that selects a channel; and a channel that is selected by the channel selection unit. And when the lottery information is received via the channel selection channel, the matching means for comparing the received lottery information with the lottery information stored in the lottery information storage means, When the lottery information satisfies the hit condition based on the matching result of the matching means, it is determined that the hit is a hit. Lottery service providing system so as to determine the out, characterized in that is constituted comprising a Toraku judging means for performing Toraku determination lottery, the when not fulfill the matter. 4. The lottery service providing system according to claim 3, wherein the service receiving side further includes a notifying unit that notifies a user of a winning determination result including a winning of the lottery, wherein the winning determining unit includes at least A lottery service providing system, wherein when the lottery hit determination is made, control for operating the notification unit is performed. 5. The lottery service providing system according to claim 3, wherein the service receiving side transmits winning information used to prove that the service receiving side has won the lottery win. A lottery information storing means for storing the lottery information, wherein when the lottery result is determined to be a hit, the hit information is controlled to be stored in the hit information storing means. Service delivery system. 6. The lottery service providing system according to claim 3, wherein the lottery information broadcasted by the broadcasting means on the service providing side is unique to the service receiving side device. A lottery service providing system including a serial number to be allocated and / or attribute information of a target user. 7. The lottery service providing system according to claim 3, wherein the service receiving side encodes the lottery information in a barcode format and presents the information on a display screen. Means, wherein the collating means collates lottery information in a barcode format presented on a display screen by the presenting means with lottery information stored in the lottery information storage means. A lottery service providing system.