JP2002169925A - Prize competition system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new prize competition system on the Internet. SOLUTION: This new prize competition system features in the fact that a pair of two users are the subject of prize. The user, who applies for the prize competition (for example, the user A), registers users, with whom the user A wants to be a party of single pair or multiple pairs (for example, the users B, C, D), in a server 10. The sever 10 sends to the users B, C, and D a mail that explains the purport of the prize competition and asks whether they want to be the pair with the user A. The users B, C, and D access a page for an agreement to be the pair with the user A, which is described on the mail sent from the server 10. If the users agree to be the pair with the user A, they acknowledge it on a page screen. The acknowledged users and the user A become the pair, and the right for lottery is esterblished and they can participate in the lottery for prize competition.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for running a prize using an electric communication network such as the Internet.

[0002]

BACKGROUND ART Recently, many services are provided on websites on the Internet. One of these is a service that accepts sweepstakes applications and announces winnings using the Internet. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration in which terminals capable of browsing the web and sending and receiving e-mails are connected to a server via the Internet for a system for implementing a prize, which has been conventionally performed. This figure 1
In the configuration example, terminals 22 and 24 such as a server 10 and a personal computer running an HTTP or mail daemon program and the like are connected to the Internet 40. The mobile phones 26 and 28 communicate with the base stations 32 and 34 by radio, and exchanges (not shown) from the base stations 32 and 34 by wire.
Is connected to the mobile phone communication network 30 which is connected to.
The mobile phone communication network 30 and the Internet 40 are connected through a gateway 35, and the mobile phones 26 and 28 having the functions of sending and receiving e-mail and browsing the Web can exchange e-mail and browse the Web via the Internet 40. Has become. In this system, the terminal from which the user accesses the prize system through the Internet is not limited. For example, in FIG.
2 and 24, and mobile phones 26 and 28 may be used.
The user accesses the web page for the prize on the server 10 by using the terminals 22 and 24 such as the personal computers and the mobile phones 26 and 28 described above, and inputs the application details such as the name and e-mail address to the server. Input and register in 10 and select a winner from the applied users. Then, the server 10 sends a winning notification to the winning user. Such a system is the mainstream of the sweepstakes system performed on the Internet today.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a new prize system on the Internet.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a prize system using a telecommunications network, in which a user who wants to apply for a prize registers information of users who want to form a pair. Means, a pair determining means for approving a pair by the registered user, and a lottery means for selecting a winning pair from among the determined pairs. Lots are selected for each pair. As a result, it is possible to request consent from the partner to be paired, and to have the partner understand the purpose, and then participate in the prize. Then, through such a procedure, the pair participating in the prize can be expected to be won by both users working together.

The pair determination means prepares an approval page for each pair of the user who wants to apply and the registered user, and sends an e-mail to the registered user with access information to the approval page. Is transmitted and the approval is received by the approval page, whereby the pair can be determined. The lottery means may further perform a lottery again from the lost pair. Even a user who has missed the lottery can expect to win until the lottery period ends.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the outline of the present invention will be described. The prize system of the present invention is also implemented on the Internet as shown in FIG. Also, in this system, the terminal from which the user accesses the prize system via the Internet is not limited, and the user who applies for the prize can use the terminals 22 and 24 such as the personal computer and the mobile phones 26 and 28 described above on the server 10. Access a web page for a sweepstakes.

[0007] A feature of the present prize system is that two users form one "pair", and the pair is a target of winning. Therefore, a user who wants to apply for a prize starts by inviting a user who wants to form a pair. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline up to determination of an application pair in the present prize system. In FIG. 2, a user who wants to apply for a prize (for example, user A) first registers in the server 10 users (for example, users B, C, and D) who want to form a single or a plurality of pairs. Server 10 is user B,
An e-mail is sent to C and D, explaining the purpose of the prize and asking whether or not to become an application pair. Users B, C, D
Reads the mail sent from the server 10 and
If you want to apply for a prize as a pair, go to the page to confirm that you will be the pair described in the email. U of the page sent to each user
The RLs are different, and by acknowledging each page, it is possible to know which pair has been established.
In FIG. 2, user B and user D are accessing the page to pair with user A and apply for a prize. Users B and D have read and agreed to the detailed description of the prize displayed on that page. Approved users B and D and user A
Are paired and the right to participate in the lottery is determined. When the pair is established, the user A is notified by e-mail that the pair has been established. If all of the users B, C, and D approve, three pairs of the users AB, AC, and AD are formed, and the pairs with all the users are established and can participate in the lottery. . If the users B, C, and D do not approve, no pair is formed, and they cannot participate in the prize lottery.

[0008] In the prize, for example, a lottery is performed every day during a lottery period. In other words, applications for sweepstakes are accepted every day, and a lottery is conducted each time, and the winner is announced. Then, at the end of the lottery period, a lottery is again performed as a double chance prize from all of the lost application pairs. The above is the outline of the present invention. Next, the user A shown in FIG. 2 sends an e-mail (invitation e-mail) to the users B, C, and D to create a prize pair in more detail.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the flow of the processing of the server embodying the present invention. FIG. 3A shows the flow of processing of the lottery system from the acceptance of a prize application to the end of the lottery period. FIG. 3 (b) shows the user A and the user B
3 shows a sequence centered on the server 10 until a pair is formed. <Application reception> First, the application reception of the server 10 is started (S100). The procedure for accepting an application will be described in detail with reference to FIG. When the user A who wants to apply for the prize accesses the prize page of the server 10 (S102), the server 10 transmits the prize page to the user A (S104). On the screen of the terminal of the user A, a prize page transmitted by the server 10 as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. This prize page has an input form for inputting items such as a name and an e-mail address necessary for applying for a prize. The page also has a winner announcement column 310, and the winner announcement column 310 displays a winning number for each lottery date. In the name input field 320 of the sender of the input form, the name of the user who applies for the prize is input. The sender's e-mail address input field 330 is used to enter the e-mail address of the user who applies for the prize.
Since it is necessary to apply for this prize in pairs, the server 10 transmits a prize invitation e-mail to users who want to form a pair. For this purpose, there are a name input field 340 and a mail address input field 350 of a user who wants to form a pair. A title entry field 360 attached before the name of the other party, and a title entry field 37 attached after the name of the other party, described in the destination of the invitation e-mail.
0, message input field 380 for all destination users
And so on. A content confirmation button 390 is provided to confirm the content to be transmitted.

[0010] As shown in FIG. 4, the user A inputs necessary items in the input form,
Press 90 to send the entered items to the server (S1
06). The server 10 generates a content confirmation page based on the sent input items and transmits the content confirmation page as shown in FIG. 5 to the user A in order to have the user A confirm the content entered in the form. (S108). The page of FIG. 5 includes an example 400 of the contents of the mail sent to users B, C, and D, the name 430 and the mail address 440 of the sender of the mail, the destination user who is a user who wants to form a pair The name 450 and the mail address 460 are described. Also, an example 400 of the contents of an e-mail sent to a user who wants to form a pair with a user who has applied for a prize
Is one of the users who received the invitation email,
The e-mail sent to the user B is displayed. Also,
The message 380 to the destination user input in the input form of FIG. 4 is described as a message 410 in the invitation mail. The URL 420 for the user receiving the invitation e-mail to access the page for acknowledging the pairing is unique for each application pair. When the mail transmission button 470 is pressed, the contents are confirmed, and the mail is transmitted to the mail address 460 of the transmission destination user. The example 400 of the contents of the invitation e-mail shows the contents transmitted to the user B. However, the example 400 of the contents of the e-mail is not limited to this. URL4 to access the page to acknowledge
20 may not be displayed.

The user A confirms the contents on the contents confirmation page of FIG. 5, and presses the mail transmission button 470 (S11).
0). Then, the server 10 transmits an invitation e-mail as shown in FIG. 6 (S112). FIG. 6 shows a mail received by the user B. The server 10 includes users B, C,
After transmitting the invitation e-mail to D, a page for notifying the user A that the transmission of the invitation e-mail is completed as shown in FIG. 7 is transmitted (S114). In FIG. 7, the lottery numbers 512 to 516 for each pair are displayed on the page informing that the invitation mail has been transmitted. These are the lottery numbers of the pair when the pair of the user A and the user who wants to be a user A is determined. That is, at this point, these lottery numbers are temporary numbers, and do not become lottery numbers that can be won unless the user who has received the invitation e-mail acknowledges that the lottery numbers will be paired. The URL 520 of the winning number announcement page in FIG. 4 is also described.

[0012] After the user B receives the invitation mail of FIG. 6 from the server 10, the URL described in the invitation mail is displayed.
When the user accesses the page 420 (S116), the server 10 transmits to the user B a page acknowledging the pair as shown in FIG. 8 (S118). The details of the sweepstakes campaign for the user who received the invitation e-mail are described on the approval page of FIG. On this screen, when the user who has received the invitation e-mail presses the application button 720, he / she understands that the user will be paired with the user who has applied for the sweepstakes. If the user who received the invitation e-mail does not understand the purpose of the campaign even in the description of this page, a link 710 to a page as shown in FIG. The user B uses the application button 720 on this approval page.
Press to confirm that the user A is paired with the user A (S
120), the server 10 transmits a reception completion screen as shown in FIG. 9 to the user B (S122). Note that the screen of FIG. 9 includes a link 810 to a result presentation page and a link 82 to a page for pairing with another new user.
There is 0. Each of these links is a link to the prize page of FIG. The user who has accepted the pairing can follow these links and move to the prize application page to be paired with another new user and apply for the prize. When the user B finally agrees to apply for the prize by pairing with the user A, FIG.
In the sequence (b), the server 10
Sends an email notifying that user B has acknowledged the pairing. (S124) Returning to FIG. 3A, the application has been accepted as described above. Until the daily deadline has passed (No in S130), the application for the sweepstakes is accepted. Until the deadline has passed, even a user who has already applied can register another new user as a pair and apply for a prize. But,
An already registered pair cannot be registered again.

<Lottery> When the deadline has passed (0:00 in the case of this example) (Yes in S130), the server 10 wins from a pair established during the period (one day) by using some kind of lottery method. The winner is selected (S140), and the winner is announced by sending an e-mail to the winning pair (winner) (S160). This e-mail contains the winners, the organizer of the prize, and explanations on future prize awarding. In addition, the lottery number corresponding to the winning pair is shown in FIG.
Will be posted in the winner announcement section of the prize page. The server 10 performs the above operation until the campaign ends (S100).
(S180: No). In the above-described system, a registered pair can be registered any number of times for each lottery until the campaign ends. However, a pair that has been registered once cannot be registered again.
Further, the number of times of registration may be limited.

<End of Lottery Period (Double Chance Prize Lottery)> When the campaign ends (Yes in S180)
s), the server 10 draws a double chance (W chance) prize. This is like a resurrection match, where a lottery is re-drawn from pairs that did not win throughout the campaign. The server 10 draws a W chance prize (S200), and announces the winner by sending an e-mail notification of the winning to the pair (winner) who has won the W chance prize (S220). As in the above-mentioned campaign, the e-mail also contains information on the winners, the organizer of the prize, and the explanation of the award of the prize in the future. In addition, the lottery number corresponding to the winning pair is also posted on the winners' announcement page of the W chance prize. As described above, this prize system is implemented.

[0015]

According to the above-mentioned new prize system, it is possible to request the approval of the partner to be paired, and to participate in the prize after the other party understands the purpose. Through such a procedure, two users can be expected to win together as a pair participating in the prize.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example for implementing a conventional prize system existing on the Internet.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the present prize system up to pair determination.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow of a server which implements the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a page for prize winner announcement and application for a prize.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a confirmation page of an e-mail to be transmitted to a user who wants to form a pair with the input contents and user A;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an e-mail sent by the server to a user A who wants to form a pair.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a transmission completion page of an invitation e-mail.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a page on which a user who has received an invitation e-mail acknowledges that the user will be paired.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a page after a user A has accepted the consent of a user who wants to form a pair.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 server 22, 24 terminal 26, 28 mobile phone 30 mobile phone communication network 32, 34 base station 35 gateway 40 Internet

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A prize system using a telecommunications network, wherein a user who wants to apply for a prize registers means for registering information of a user who wants to form a pair, and a registered user approves a pair. A prize winning system comprising a pair determining means and a lottery means for selecting a winning pair from the determined pairs, wherein a lottery is performed for each pair. 2. The prize system according to claim 1, wherein the pair determination unit prepares an approval page for each pair of the user who wants to apply and the registered user, and And sending an e-mail having access information to the consent page, and accepting the consent by the consent page. 3. The prize winning system according to claim 1, wherein said lottery means further performs a lottery again from the lost pair.