JP2003298777A - Communication lot apparatus, telephone lot apparatus and lot system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively advance the utilization of communications. <P>SOLUTION: The telephone lot apparatus is connected to enable communication to an exchange for establishing a communication of a telephone dialed to originate a calling signal with the telephone of a telephone number shown by the calling signal upon receipt of the calling signal, and to a charge managing unit for computing and managing telephone charges to be collected every telephone number, based on information from the exchange. When the exchange establishes a communication between the telephones, the lot apparatus detects a telephone number of the calling signal originating telephone from the exchange (S100), decides whether the telephone number is equal to a predetermined lucky number (S110), and, if both are decided to be equal (S110: YES), transits a signal to the charge managing unit for instructing a process of subtracting a fixed amount from a telephone charge corresponding to the telephone number to give a fixed amount of price to an owner of the originating telephone (S120). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a technique for promoting utilization of communication.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various communication devices have been used, and a telecommunications carrier who collects a communication use fee from a communication user is trying to use the communication as much as possible. For example, when it comes to telephones as general communication devices, multiple telephone carriers are competing in the telephone industry,
Each telephone operator competes with each other to set a low telephone charge in order to encourage the use of the telephone.

[0003]

However, even if the telephone charge is simply set to a low amount, the user of the telephone will soon become accustomed to the charge, so it is not always possible to actively use the telephone. Was enough.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object thereof is to effectively promote the use of communication.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention The communication lottery device according to claim 1 made in order to achieve the above object is a communication from a communication device of a caller to a communication destination desired by the caller. The present invention is used in a communication system including a relay unit that performs processing for relaying the.

Further, in the communication lottery apparatus of claim 1, the judging means acquires the information for identifying the sender from the relay means, and all or part of the acquired information and the preset winning information. Is determined, and when the determination means determines that they match, the prize giving means performs a process for giving a prize to the sender.

That is, in the communication lottery apparatus of claim 1, when communication is performed through the relay means, all or part of the information for identifying the sender is drawn as lottery information, and the lottery is performed. When winning, the sender is given a prize. According to the communication lottery apparatus of claim 1, since the chance of being awarded the prize is given by performing the communication normally, the owner of the communication device is motivated to make the communication. As a result, the utilization of communication can be effectively promoted.

Next, the communication lottery apparatus according to claim 2 is
The configuration is the same as that of the apparatus of claim 1, but the determination means does not acquire information for identifying the sender, but acquires information for identifying the communication destination desired by the sender. Is different. Therefore, the communication lottery device according to the second aspect can effectively promote the use of the communication, similarly to the device according to the first aspect. In particular, in the communication lottery apparatus of claim 2, since all or part of the information for identifying the communication destination is treated as lottery information, the higher the number of communication destinations, the higher the possibility of winning. Therefore, it is possible to further increase the feeling of trying to communicate a lot.

Next, the communication lottery apparatus according to claim 3 is
It is used for a communication system similar to the above claims 1 and 2. Then, in the present device, the determination means acquires information for identifying each of the sender and the communication destination from the relay means, and information obtained by combining all or a part of each of the information and preset winning information. Is determined, and when the determination means determines that they match, the prize giving means performs a process for giving a prize to the sender.

According to the communication lottery device of claim 3 as described above, the use of communication can be effectively promoted as in the device of claims 1 and 2. Further, the above-mentioned claim 2
Similar to the device of (1), the more likely to communicate with a large number of communication destinations, the higher the possibility of winning is, so that it is possible to further inspire more communication. In particular, in the communication lottery device of claim 3, if both the information for identifying the sender and the information for identifying the communication destination do not satisfy the winning condition, no matter how many communication destinations are communicated, the communication lottery device is not won. If a lot of communication is carried out, it is possible to prevent surely winning.

By the way, in the communication lottery device according to the above-mentioned claims 1 to 3, the processing for giving the prize by the prize giving means is performed, and the prize to be given is, for example, a prize, a prize or the like. To be Although it is considered that such prizes and prizes are given by mail, it is preferable that the prizes are configured as in claim 4 particularly when the prizes are given.

That is, in the communication lottery device according to the fourth aspect, the prize giving means monitors the communication state through the relay means of the communication device and collects the communication charge as processing for giving the prize. The charge management means to be managed is made to perform a process of subtracting a predetermined amount of prize money from the communication charge corresponding to the sender. In this way, the prize money need not be sent by mail and can be easily awarded.

Next, in the communication lottery device according to the fifth aspect, the acquisition means acquires information for identifying the caller when accessed from the communication device, and the sales means is acquired by the acquisition means. The process of selling lots of information that at least partially matches the information obtained to the sender.

According to the communication lottery device of the fifth aspect, the owner of the communication device can easily purchase the lottery by simply performing the communication, so that the use of the communication can be effectively promoted. You can In addition, since the communication lottery device is configured to sell lots of information that at least partially matches the information for identifying the sender, it can be used to sell existing lottery tickets. It can also be used to sell lots of equipment. And, in particular, since the information of the lottery purchased by communication and the information for identifying the sender who is the purchaser at least partially match, the winning information can be obtained even for those who have not purchased the lottery. If the information for identifying that person was winning information or information with a high probability of winning when was announced,
Since it is possible to make people feel that they should have bought it by communication, it is highly effective in promoting the purchase of lottery tickets using communication.

Further, like the communication lottery device according to the sixth aspect, the judging means judges whether or not the lottery sold by the selling means has been won, and the lottery is won by the judging means. If it is determined that the notification means notifies the winner of the fact that the prize has been won, it is possible to strongly give the feeling of winning and to encourage further purchase of lottery tickets.

Next, the telephone lottery apparatus according to claim 7 is
A telephone relay that receives a signal transmitted from a telephone by dial operation and performs processing to establish communication between the telephone that is the source of the signal and the telephone that is called that corresponds to the telephone number indicated by the signal. It is used for a telephone system equipped with means.

In the telephone lottery apparatus according to the present invention, the detecting means detects, from the telephone relay means, the telephone number of the originator telephone with which the communication is established by the telephone relay means. Further, the setting means sets the winning number (for example, the winning number is periodically (daily, weekly, etc.) set to a different value). Then, the determining means determines whether or not all or part of the telephone number detected by the detecting means and the winning number set by the setting means match, and when the determining means determines that they match. The award giving means performs a process for giving an award to the owner of the calling telephone.

That is, in the telephone lottery apparatus of claim 7, when a telephone call is made between telephones, the telephone is targeted at the owner of the telephone (the person making the call) of the caller. All or part of the caller's telephone number is used as a lottery number, and if the lottery is won, the owner is given a prize.

According to the telephone lottery apparatus of claim 7, since a chance of being awarded a prize is given by making a phone call in order to make a normal call, the owner of the phone is willing to make a phone call. As a result, the use of the telephone can be effectively promoted.

Next, the telephone lottery apparatus according to claim 8 is
The device has the same configuration as the device of claim 7 described above, but the detecting means does not detect the telephone number of the originating telephone,
The difference is that the telephone number of the destination telephone is detected. Therefore, the telephone lottery device according to the eighth aspect can effectively promote the use of the telephone, similarly to the device according to the seventh aspect. In particular, in the telephone lottery device of claim 8, since all or part of the telephone number of the called party is treated as a lottery number, the higher the number of calling parties, the higher the possibility of winning. Therefore, the feeling of making many calls can be further increased.

Next, the telephone lottery apparatus according to claim 9 is
It is used in a telephone system similar to those of claims 7 and 8. Then, in the present apparatus, the detection means detects, from the telephone relay means, the telephone numbers of the telephone set of the call originator and the telephone set of the callee which have been established by the telephone relay means. Further, the setting means sets the winning number.
Then, the determination means determines whether or not the number obtained by combining all or a part of each telephone number detected by the detection means and the winning number set by the setting means match,
When the determination means determines that they match, the prize giving means performs a process for giving a prize to the owner of the calling telephone.

According to the telephone lottery device of the ninth aspect, the use of the telephone can be effectively promoted as in the devices of the seventh and eighth aspects. Further, the above claim 8
Similar to the device of No. 2, the more the number of calls to the other party is, the higher the possibility of winning is. Therefore, the feeling of making more calls can be further increased. And, in particular, claim 9
In the telephone lottery device of, if the telephone numbers of both the source and destination telephones do not meet the winning conditions,
No matter how many people you call, you won't win, so you can prevent winning if you make a lot of calls.

By the way, in the telephone lottery device of the above claims 7 to 9, the prize giving means carries out a process for giving a prize. The prize to be given is, for example, a prize or a prize. To be Then, it is considered that such prizes and prizes are given by mail. However, particularly when the prizes are given, it may be configured as in claim 10.

That is, in the telephone lottery apparatus according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, as a process for giving a prize, the prize giving means monitors a telephone call state between telephones and manages a telephone charge to be collected. The means is made to perform a process of subtracting a predetermined amount of money as a prize from the telephone charge corresponding to the caller's telephone. In this way, the prize money need not be sent by mail and can be easily awarded.

Further, as described in claim 11,
If the predetermined amount of money as a prize is set according to the amount of the telephone charge corresponding to the caller's telephone, the use of the telephone can be promoted more effectively. That is, for example, if a certain percentage of the amount of the telephone charge is subtracted as the predetermined amount, the higher the telephone charge is, the higher the predetermined amount of money as the prize money is, which makes the user feel like using the telephone more. Because you can

Next, the telephone lottery apparatus according to the twelfth aspect is used in a telephone system provided with a telephone charge management means for monitoring a telephone call state between telephones and managing a telephone charge to be collected for each telephone number. It is a thing. And claim 12
In the telephone lottery apparatus, the detecting means receives the incoming call from the telephone and detects the telephone number of the telephone, and the selling means causes the telephone charge management means to call the telephone number corresponding to the telephone number detected by the detecting means. The predetermined amount of money for the lottery is added to the charge, and the lottery having a number at least partially matching the telephone number detected by the detecting means is sold.

According to the telephone lottery device of the twelfth aspect, the owner of the telephone can easily purchase the lottery by making a telephone call, so that the use of the telephone can be effectively promoted. it can. In addition, due to the configuration in which the lottery fee is added to the telephone charge, the fee can be collected easily. Furthermore, since the present telephone lottery device is configured to sell a lottery having a number that at least partially matches the telephone number (for example, a number having the same last digit as the telephone number),
It can be used to sell existing lottery tickets (for example, lottery tickets and numbers), or it can be used to sell lottery tickets exclusively for this telephone lottery device. And in particular, because the number of the lottery purchased on the telephone and the telephone number will at least partially match, even for those who have not purchased the lottery, when the winning number is announced, that person's telephone number If the number is a winning number or a number that is highly likely to be won, it is possible to make people feel that they should have bought it by phone, and thus it is highly effective in promoting the purchase of lottery tickets using the phone. In addition, there is a way of enjoying comparing the announced winning number with the phone number of an acquaintance, which makes it easier to give interest to the lottery.

Further, as in the telephone lottery device according to the thirteenth aspect, the judging means judges whether or not the lottery sold by the selling means has been won, and the lottery is won by the judging means. If it is determined that the notification means,
If the telephone number of the winner is called to notify that the winner has been won, it is possible to strongly give the feeling of winning and to encourage the purchase of further lottery tickets.

Next, in the lottery system according to the fourteenth aspect, the communication relay means performs processing for relaying communication from the communication device of the caller to the communication destination desired by the caller.
Then, when the information providing means is the communication destination desired by the sender, the information providing means provides the sender with the advertising information. In addition, the communication charge management means monitors the communication status via the communication relay means of the communication device to manage the communication charge to be collected, and the communication charge for the communication with the information providing means as the communication destination is for advertisement. It is managed as a communication charge that should be collected from the side providing the information. Then, the prize giving means performs a lottery of the winners who should be awarded to the sender who is the destination of the advertisement information, and a process for giving the prize to the winners determined by the lottery. To do.

That is, in the lottery system of claim 14,
Do lottery for callers who receive advertisement information,
When a lottery is won, a prize is given to the sender, and the communication fee at that time is imposed on the side providing the advertising information.

According to the lottery system of claim 14, the owner of the communication device can be made willing to carry out communication for receiving the advertisement information, and as a result, the communication can be effectively used. Can be promoted. That is, from the standpoint of the owner of the communication device, the provision of the advertising information gives a chance to win the prize, and the communication fee at that time is borne by the communication partner. Is. On the other hand, from the side of providing the advertising information, a large number of senders are required to provide the advertising information, so that a high advertising effect can be obtained.

[0032]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A telephone system including a telephone lottery device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telephone system of the first embodiment.

In this telephone system, a lottery lottery for giving a fixed amount of prize is made to a person who makes a call to any destination from the telephone, and an exchange (corresponding to a telephone relay means). 10 and a charge management device (corresponding to a telephone charge management means) 20 communicatively connected to the exchange 10.
And a telephone lottery device 30 communicatively connected to the exchange 10 and the charge management device 20.

The exchange 10 is capable of communicating with a large number of telephones (for example, mobile phones, ordinary telephones, etc.) using the exchange 10 by wireless communication or wire communication. Then, when the exchange 10 receives a call-out signal transmitted from the telephone by dial operation, the exchange 2 transmits the call-out signal to the telephone 2 which is the originator of the call-out signal and the call-receiving destination corresponding to the telephone number indicated by the call-out signal. Well-known processing for establishing communication with the telephone 4 is performed.

Further, the charge management device 20 monitors the call state between the telephones based on the information from the exchange 10, calculates the telephone charge to be collected based on the call state, and manages it for each telephone number. On the other hand, the telephone lottery device 30 is the exchange 10
And a communication unit 32 that communicates with the charge management device 20, a storage unit 34 that stores an arbitrary telephone number as a winning number in a rewritable storage medium, the communication unit 32 and the storage unit 3 described above.
And a control unit 36 for controlling the control unit 4.

The control unit 36 has a clock function, and randomly changes the value of the winning number stored in the storage unit 34 at midnight every day. Next, this control unit 36
The winning confirmation process carried out by will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The true selection confirmation process is started when the exchange 10 detects that the communication between the telephones has been established.

When the winning confirmation process is started, first, S
At 100, the exchange 10 detects the telephone number of the telephone set 2 that is the source of the communication established by the exchange 10. Next, in S110, it is determined whether or not the telephone number detected in S100 and the winning number stored in the storage unit 34 match. In other words, it is determined whether or not the owner of the telephone 2 as the caller has won the lottery.

If it is determined in S110 that the telephone number and the winning number do not match, the true selection confirmation process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in S110 that the phone number and the winning number match, the process proceeds to S120, and the phone number detected in S100 is given to give a fixed amount of prize to the owner of the originating phone 2. A signal for instructing the subtraction process of a certain amount from the telephone charge corresponding to the above (that is, the telephone charge to be collected from the owner of the caller's telephone 2) is transmitted to the charge management device 20 via the communication unit 32. To do.

Next, in S130, the value of the winning number stored in the storage unit 34 is erased, and the true selection confirmation process is terminated. Next, the operation of this telephone system will be described. The owner of the caller's telephone 2 calls the telephone number of the other party's telephone 4 ("090-x" in this example).
XXX-5678 "), the exchange 10 establishes communication between the caller telephone 2 and the callee telephone 4 to enable a call. And the telephone lottery device 30
Causes the telephone number of the source telephone 2 (in this example,
"090-XXXXX-1234") is detected from the exchange 10 (S100), and it is determined whether the telephone number matches the winning number of the day (S110). If it is determined by this determination that they do not match (S110: N
O), which is no different from a normal call, but when it is determined that the calls match (S110: YES), the owner of the telephone 2 as the calling party has won the lottery, and the telephone lottery device 30 issues a charge. The management device 20 performs a process of paying a prize to the winner (S120). Further, the telephone lottery device 30 invalidates the winning number, and prevents the subsequent duplicate winning (S130).

In the first embodiment, the communication unit 32
2 and the processing of S100 in FIG. 2 correspond to the detecting means of claim 7, and the processing of changing the value of the winning number stored in the storage portion 34 performed by the control portion 36 corresponds to the setting means. , S110 corresponds to the determination means of claim 7, and the communication unit 32 and the processing of S120 correspond to claim 7.
It is equivalent to the prize giving means.

According to the telephone system of the first embodiment as described above, the use of the telephone can be effectively promoted by giving the owner of the telephone the expectation that the prize may be won if the telephone is called. You can Further, since the prize money is subtracted from the telephone charge to be paid, the prize money can be easily provided.

In the telephone system of the first embodiment described above, the control unit 36 of the telephone lottery device 30 operates as shown in S in FIG.
In the processing of 100, the telephone number of the calling telephone 2 is exchanged with the exchange 1.
It is detected from 0, and whether or not the telephone number of the source telephone 2 and the winning number match is determined in the determination processing of S110 to determine whether the owner of the source telephone 2 has won the lottery. Although it is determined whether or not it is not limited to this, for example, the following (A1) and (A2) may be performed.

(A1): In the processing of S100, the telephone number of the destination telephone 4 is detected from the exchange 10, and it is determined whether or not the telephone number of the destination telephone 4 and the winning number match.
By performing the determination in the determination processing of 110, it is determined whether or not the owner of the telephone 2 as the transmission source has won the lottery. With this modification, the telephone lottery device 30 to which claim 8 is applied is obtained, and the processing of S100 and the communication unit 32 in this case correspond to the detecting means of claim 8, and in this case. The process of S110 corresponds to the determination means of claim 8.
Further, the processing of S120 in this case and the communication unit 32 are
It corresponds to the prize giving means of claim 8.

(A2): In the processing of S100, the telephone numbers of the originating telephone set 2 and the receiving destination telephone set 4 are detected from the exchange 10, and the detected telephone numbers are combined according to a predetermined rule. Whether the winning number (in this case, a number combining any two types of phone numbers) matches (for example, the numbers that are arranged in the order of "source phone number" and "destination phone number") Or S110
It is determined whether or not the owner of the telephone 2 of the transmission source has won the lottery by performing the determination in the determination processing of. And if it changes in this way, the telephone lottery apparatus 3 to which Claim 9 is applied.
0 is obtained, and the processing of S100 in this case and the communication unit 32
And correspond to the detecting means of claim 9, and in this case S11
The processing of 0 corresponds to the determination means of claim 9. Further, in this case, the processing of S120 and the communication unit 32 may be performed according to claim 9.
It is equivalent to the prize giving means.

If the determination is made as in (A1) or (A2) above, the more the number of call destinations, the higher the possibility of winning. Therefore, the use of the telephone can be promoted more effectively. You can Furthermore, in the determination processing of S110, the determination is not limited to using all of the telephone numbers detected in S100, and the determination may be performed using some of the telephone numbers.

For example, "4" (or "8"), which is the last digit of the telephone number of the originating telephone 2 (or the destination telephone 4), and the winning number (in this case, a one-digit number) are If they match, it may be determined that the winning has been made, and the number "48" obtained by combining the last one digits of the telephone numbers of the caller telephone 2 and the callee telephone 4 and the winning number ( In this case, the winning may be determined when the two-digit number) matches. In this way, the probability of winning is increased, and it is effective in promoting the use of the telephone in that higher expectations can be given for winning. Especially in the latter case (that is, in the case of combining the telephone numbers of the caller's telephone set 2 and the callee's telephone set 4), even if the winning probability is set high, it is possible to call a large number of parties without fail. You can prevent such things as winning.

On the other hand, in the telephone system of the first embodiment described above, the winner can know that the lottery has been won by the bill for the telephone charge, but the notification may be made by other methods. For example, the following (B1) to (B3)
The method of is mentioned. (B1): A method of sending a message indicating that the winner is selected during a call when the winner is decided.

(B2): A method of calling the winner and sending a message to the effect that the winner has been won after the call when the winning is decided. (B3): When a telephone having a display is targeted, a method of displaying a message indicating that the winner has won on the display of the winner's telephone.

As described above, by immediately notifying the winners that they have won, the feeling of winning can be given more strongly, and further use of the telephone can be promoted. On the other hand, in the telephone system according to the first embodiment, the control unit 36 of the telephone lottery device 30 executes the processing of S120 in FIG. The communication unit 3 sends a signal for instructing the subtraction process.
The prize money of a fixed amount is given to the lottery winner by transmitting it to the charge management device 20 via 2, but the amount of the prize is not limited to the fixed amount. For example, a telephone charge discount service (for example, a 30% discount on the telephone call charge for one month) may be provided to the winner. Specifically, in the process of S120, a signal for instructing a discount process of a fixed rate from the telephone charge is transmitted to the charge management device 20 via the communication unit 32. In this way, the higher the call charge, the more profitable the use of the telephone can be promoted more effectively. The processing of S120 and the communication unit 32 in this case correspond to the prize giving means of claim 11.

Here, as for the call charge to be discounted, for example, the call charge for the phone use after winning may be discounted, or the call charge for the phone use before winning may be discounted. . In the former case, if the lottery is won, the fact that the lottery is won is immediately notified to the lottery, so that the use of the telephone can be promoted for the lottery. On the other hand, in the latter case, the use of the telephone can be promoted in that all users of the telephone can always have the expectation that the call charges before that will be discounted when they are elected.

Furthermore, the prize given to the winner is not limited to the prize money. For example, prizes may be mailed, or points may be added each time a prize is won, and prizes (for example, prize money, prizes, etc.) may be given according to the number of points. In the case of the point system, if there is a certain number of points, the psychology of trying to increase it works, so it is highly effective in promoting the use of the telephone. Especially, it is more effective if the effective period of points is set.

The degree of the prize given to the winner (for example, the prize amount, the discount rate of the call charge, the value of the prize, etc.) should be changed according to the call time and the call distance when the prize is decided. May be. For example, if the value of the prize to be awarded is increased as the call time when the winning is decided is longer, it is possible to urge the call time to be longer than usual.

On the other hand, in the telephone system of the first embodiment, the value of the winning number is erased when the winning person comes out, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the winning number is changed, for example. You may do it. If you do this,
Since it is possible to prevent the winning probability from changing depending on the time period of the call, it is possible to encourage the use of the phone regardless of the time period.

On the other hand, in the telephone system of the first embodiment, the winning number is changed every day, but it is not limited to this, and it may be changed every week, for example. Alternatively, the winning number may be changed each time a winning person comes out, without providing such a period.

Next, the telephone system of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telephone system of the second embodiment.
This telephone system sells telephone-only lottery, which gives a fixed amount of prize money to a person who calls a telephone number exclusively for purchasing lottery from the telephone. And a lottery device 40. The charge management device 20 has the same function as that of the first embodiment. Although not shown, the public line 6 includes the exchange 10 described in the first embodiment.

The telephone lottery apparatus 40 includes a communication section 42 for communicating with the outside, a storage section 44 as a rewritable storage medium, and a control section 46 for controlling the communication section 42 and the storage section 44. Equipped with. The communication unit 42 uses the public line 6
It has a telephone number and a function of communicating with the external telephone 8 via the public line 6 (that is, a function as a general telephone). Furthermore, the communication unit 42 also has a function of transmitting a signal to the charge management device 20 via a communication means other than the public line 6 (for example, the Internet).

Next, the lottery sale processing performed by the control unit 46 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The lottery sale process is started by detecting a call from the external telephone 8 via the communication unit 42. When this lottery sale process is started, first, S20.
At 0, the telephone number of the originating telephone set 8 is detected.

Next, in S210, the last four digits of the telephone number detected in S200 are used as the lottery number (hereinafter referred to as "lottery number") sold to the owner of the telephone set 8 of the transmission source. It is stored in the storage unit 44 in association with the telephone number of the telephone 8. Then, in S220, in order to collect the lottery fee from the owner of the telephone 8 of the transmission source,
A signal for instructing addition processing of the lot fee to the telephone charge corresponding to the telephone number detected in 200 (that is, the telephone charge to be collected from the owner of the caller's telephone 8) is transmitted via the communication unit 42. And transmits it to the charge management device 20.

Next, in S230, a message indicating that the lottery has been purchased is sent to the telephone 8 as the sender to notify the owner of the lottery, and the lottery sale processing ends. Next, the control unit 4
The lottery process performed by 6 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The lottery process is started at a predetermined date and time (for example, every Saturday noon).

When this lottery process is started, first, S30
At 0, a 4-digit random number is generated and this number is determined as the winning number. Next, in S310, it is determined whether or not a lottery number that matches the winning number determined in S300 is stored in the storage unit 44. That is, it is determined whether or not there is a winner among the purchasers of the lottery.

When it is determined in S310 that the lottery number that matches the winning number is not stored in the storage unit 44, the process proceeds to S340 and the telephone number and the lottery number stored in the storage unit 44 are set. All are erased, and this lottery process is ended. On the other hand, when it is determined in S310 that the lottery number that matches the winning number is stored in the storage unit 44, the process proceeds to S320, and the winning lottery number is given in order to give a certain amount of prize money to the winning person. Corresponding to the storage unit 44
For the telephone number stored in, the instruction to subtract a certain amount from the telephone fee corresponding to the telephone number (that is, the telephone fee to be collected from the winner who is the owner of the telephone with the telephone number) Is transmitted to the charge management device 20 via the communication unit 42.

Then, in S330, the telephone number stored in association with the lottery number that has been won is called, and a message indicating that the lot has been won is sent to notify the winner. Next, in S340, all the telephone numbers and lottery numbers stored in the storage unit 44 are erased, and this lottery process is ended.

Next, the operation of this telephone system will be described. A person who wishes to purchase a lottery ticket by telephone is a telephone number dedicated to the lottery purchase (ie, the telephone number of the telephone lottery device 40).
When the user makes a call to the telephone number, the telephone lottery device 40 causes the telephone number of the sender's telephone 8 (in this example, "090-XXXXX").
X-1234 ") is detected (S200), and the lottery of the last four digits of the telephone number" 1234 "is stored together with the telephone number as if it was purchased (S210). At that time, according to a command from the telephone lottery device 40, the fee management device 20 adjusts the lottery fee (S220). Then, the purchaser is given a message that the lottery has been purchased (S230). These lottery tickets will be sold until the day of the lottery announcement.

After that, at the date and time when the lottery is announced,
The winning number is determined by the telephone lottery device 40 (S30).
0). Then, it is determined whether or not the purchaser has a winner (S310), and if it is determined that the winner exists (S310: YES), the telephone lottery device 40 is selected.
In response to a command from the player, the fee management device 20 performs a process of paying a prize to the winner (S320), and further, the telephone lottery device 40 calls the winner and a message indicating that the winner is won flows (S330). ). Also, the telephone lottery device 4
By 0, all the stored telephone numbers and lottery numbers are erased (S340), and lottery sales for the next winning announcement are newly started.

In the second embodiment, the communication section 42
The processing of S200 in FIG. 4 corresponds to the detecting means of claim 12, and the communication unit 42 and the processing of S210 and S220 correspond to the selling means of claim 12. Further, the processing of S310 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the determination means of claim 13, and the communication unit 42 and the processing of S330 correspond to the notification means of claim 13.

According to the telephone system of the second embodiment, the lottery can be purchased easily by telephone, so that the use of the telephone can be effectively promoted.
Further, since the lottery fee and the prize money are settled together with the telephone charge, the lottery fee can be collected and the prize money can be easily given. Further, by immediately notifying the winners that the lottery has been won, it is possible to strongly give the feeling of winning.

In particular, in this telephone system, a part of the telephone number is used as a lottery number. Therefore, if the winning number can be confirmed by anyone other than the purchaser of the lottery,
If the last four digits of the phone number of the person who did not purchase the lottery is the same as the announced winning number, it can be thought that they should have bought it. Furthermore, since it is fun to check whether the announced winning number is the same as the last four digits of the phone number of the acquaintance, it is easy to give interest to the lottery. Thus, by promoting the purchase of lottery tickets, it is possible to promote the use of the telephone.

In addition, in this telephone system, not only the profit of the telephone company side that the use of the telephone is promoted but also the profit of the lottery dealer side that the purchase of the lottery is promoted can be obtained. That is, conventionally, a person who wants to buy a lottery must go to a predetermined lottery sales office to purchase a lottery, which is troublesome, so a person who does not purchase a lottery even though he / she has the intention to purchase a lottery. There were many problems. On the other hand, this telephone system does not have such a problem because the lottery can be purchased easily by making a call.

In the telephone system of the second embodiment, the last four digits of the telephone number are the lottery numbers, but the number is not limited to this, and if some or all of the telephone numbers are lottery numbers, The same effect can be obtained. Further, the lottery number to be sold is not limited to a number that matches a part or all of the telephone number, but may be a number that includes part or all of the telephone number. For example, the following (C1), (C
It can be done as in 2).

(C1): A part or all of the telephone number of the telephone 8 of the transmission source is detected, and an arbitrary number including the number is set as a lottery number. To give a specific example, the telephone number is "090
− ×××× −1234 ”, the last two digits“ 3
4 ”is detected, and an arbitrary number having the last two digits (eg,“ 456734 ”,“ 2634 ”, etc.) is set as the lottery number.

(C2): A part or all of the telephone number of the caller telephone 8 is detected, a number separately input from the caller telephone 8 is detected, and a combination of these numbers is used as a lottery number. . To give a specific example, the lottery device 40
However, when he / she receives a call, he / she answers
Request the operation of inputting an arbitrary digit number. Then, the number "9876" entered by the owner of the originating telephone set 8
The number "987634", which is a combination of the telephone number and the last two digits "34" of the telephone number, is set as the lottery number.

In this way, one person can purchase a lottery ticket having a plurality of types of lottery numbers, so that the number of times the telephone is used can be increased. In particular, if the above-mentioned (C1) is adopted, it can be easily applied to the sale of lottery in which the lottery number to be sold is predetermined (that is, only one lottery number can be purchased). . On the other hand, if the above (C2) is adopted, it can be easily applied to the sale of lottery in which the purchaser decides the lottery number by himself / herself and purchases it (that is, the system in which one lottery number can be purchased plural times). it can.

Furthermore, in the telephone system of the second embodiment, if there is no lottery number that matches the determined winning number, it means that there is no winner, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the lottery numbers may be selected from the lottery numbers stored in the storage unit 44.

On the other hand, in the telephone system of the second embodiment described above, a fixed amount of prize money is given to the winner, but the prize money amount may be determined by another method. For example, the prize amount may be changed according to the total purchase price of the lottery and the number of winners. Further, as described in the first embodiment, if the call charge discount service is provided to the winner, the use of the telephone can be promoted more effectively. Furthermore, the prize given to the winner is not limited to the prize money, but may be, for example, a prize, or a prize may be given according to the number of points in a point system.

On the other hand, in the telephone system of the second embodiment described above, the exclusive lottery tickets sold by telephone have been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and existing lottery tickets sold at lottery sales offices from the past ( For example, it can be applied to the sale of lottery tickets and numbers. Hereinafter, when the telephone system of the second embodiment is applied to the sale of an existing lottery, the difference from the above-described configuration will be described. Here, an explanation will be given by taking an example of selling an existing lottery ticket in which the lottery ticket and the lottery number are in one-to-one correspondence, but it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to the sale of other existing lottery tickets.

First, with respect to the lottery sale processing described with reference to FIG. 4, the content of the processing of S210 is different. That is, in the case of selling an existing lottery ticket, in the processing of S210, a number including a part of the telephone number detected in S200 (for example, the last 4 digits) among the lottery numbers currently being sold. The lottery ticket is arbitrarily selected, and the lottery number is stored in the storage unit 44 as the lottery number sold to the owner of the originating telephone 8 in association with the telephone number of the originating telephone 8. In other words, when selling an existing lottery, the lottery ticket having a number that partially matches the telephone number of the caller's telephone 8 should be selected and sold from the numbers that have not been purchased by other purchasers. Has become. Incidentally, the purchaser may be allowed to instruct the number of purchases through an input operation from the telephone of the purchaser.

Next, in the lottery process described with reference to FIG. 5, the processes of S300 and S320 are unnecessary. Here, the process of S300 is unnecessary because the winning numbers of the existing lottery numbers are determined by a predetermined lottery method and are not set by the lottery device.
Therefore, the main lottery process in this case is started by inputting the data of the winning number from the outside. Also,
In the process of S310, it is determined whether or not the lottery number that matches the winning number input from the outside is stored in the storage unit 44. On the other hand, the reason why the process of S320 is not necessary is that the winning money of the existing lottery is generally high and is not suitable for subtracting from the telephone charge. Therefore, if the winning amount is low, the process of S320 may be performed. Then, the large amount of winning money may be received by the winning person visiting the lottery sales office, the bank or the like and certifying his / her identity.

Next, the communication system of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the communication system shown in FIG. 6, the Internet 6 is transmitted via an Internet service provider (hereinafter, simply referred to as “provider”) 50.
A lottery for giving a fixed amount of prize money is performed for those who have accessed an arbitrary site 66 on 2 and the present communication system includes a server (corresponding to a relay unit) 52.
And a charge management device (corresponding to a charge management means) 54 communicatively connected to the server 52, and a communication lottery device 56 communicatively connected to the server 52 and the charge management device 54. . Incidentally, these constituent elements 5
2, 54 and 56 are all owned by the provider 50.

When the server 52 receives the connection request transmitted from the personal computer 64 of the subscriber of the provider 50,
A temporary IP address (Int
A well-known process for connecting the personal computer 64 to the Internet 62 is performed while allocating the Internet Protocol address).

Further, the charge management device 54 monitors the communication usage state of the subscriber based on the information from the server 52, calculates the communication charge to be collected based on the communication usage state, and manages it for each subscriber. Next, the processing performed by the communication lottery device 56 will be described.

(1-1): The communication lottery device 56 stores an arbitrary IP address as a winning number (winning information), and randomly changes the contents of the winning number every day. (1-2): The communication lottery device 56 is a personal computer 64.
The information transmitted from the server to the site 66 via the server 52 (hereinafter referred to as “transmitted information”) is acquired from the server 52. This transmission information includes the IP address of the transmission source (in this case, the IP address currently assigned to the transmission source personal computer 64) and the IP address of the communication destination (in this case,
The IP address of the site 66 of the communication destination) is included, and the communication lottery device 56 uses, as information for identifying the sender (in this case, the owner of the personal computer 64 of the sender) from the outgoing information. Get the IP address of the sender.

(1-3): Furthermore, the communication lottery device 56
It is determined whether or not the acquired IP address of the sender and the winning number of the day match. (1-4): Then, when it is determined that the IP address of the sender and the winning number match, it is assumed that the sender has won the lottery, and the winner is given a fixed amount of prize money.
A signal for instructing a process of subtracting a fixed amount from the communication charge corresponding to the person to whom the IP address of the sender is currently assigned is transmitted to the charge management device 54. Furthermore, the present winning number is deleted or changed to prevent duplicate winning.

In the third embodiment, the above (1-
The processings 2) and (1-3) correspond to the determination means of claim 1, and the processing (1-4) corresponds to the prize giving means. According to the communication system of the third embodiment as described above,
PC 64 with the expectation that the prize may be won
The use of the Internet 62 via the provider 50 can be effectively promoted by giving it to the owner. Further, since the prize money is subtracted from the communication charge and paid, the prize money can be easily given.

In the communication system of the third embodiment, the communication lottery device 56 obtains the IP address of the transmission source from the transmission information transmitted from the transmission source personal computer 64 to the communication destination site 66. By determining whether or not the sender's IP address and the winning number match, it is determined whether or not the sender has won the lottery.
For example, the following (D1),
You may make it like (D2).

(D1): The communication lottery device 56 uses the I of the communication destination as information for identifying the communication destination from the transmission information.
By obtaining the P address and determining whether or not the IP address of the communication destination and the winning number match, it is determined whether or not the caller has won the lottery. With this modification, the communication lottery device 56 to which claim 2 is applied can be obtained, and in this case, the processing of acquiring the IP address of the communication destination and determining whether or not it has been won is described in claim 2. Corresponds to the determination means. In this case as well, the above (1-4)
The processing according to claim 2 is performed.
It is equivalent to the prize giving means.

(D2): The communication lottery device 56 obtains the respective IP addresses of the sender and the communication destination from the transmission information and combines the IP addresses according to a predetermined rule (for example, "source" IP address ",
(Numbers arranged in the order of "communication destination IP address")
And the winning number (in this case, a number obtained by combining arbitrary two types of IP addresses) are determined to determine whether the caller has won the lottery. And if it changes in this way, the communication lottery apparatus 56 which applied Claim 3 will be obtained, and in this case, the process which acquires the IP address of a transmission source and a communication destination, and determines whether it was won, It corresponds to the determination means in claim 3. Also in this case, the processing of (1-4) is performed, and this processing corresponds to the prize giving means of claim 3.

If the determination is made as in (D1) or (D2) above, the more the more sites 66 are accessed, the higher the possibility of winning is.
The use of can be promoted more effectively. Furthermore, the determination is not limited to using the entire IP address, but a part of the IP address (for example, an 8-bit number)
You may make it determine using. This is effective in promoting the use of the Internet 62 in that the probability of winning is high and the expectation for winning is high. And in particular, above (D
In the case of 2), even if the winning probability is set to be high, it is possible to prevent the winning without fail by accessing many sites 66.

In the communication system of the third embodiment, the winning decision is made using the IP addresses of the sender and the recipient, but the present invention is not limited to this.
Information that can identify the sender and the communication destination (for example, the personal computer 6
4) and the like) can be used.

Furthermore, in the communication system of the third embodiment, the winner can know that the lottery has been won by the bill for the communication fee, but the winner is notified by other method (for example, electronic mail). May be performed. On the other hand, in the communication system of the third embodiment described above, a fixed amount of prize money is given to the winner, but the prize money amount may be determined in another way (for example, a fixed proportion of the communication charge). . In addition, the prize given to the winner is not limited to the prize money,
For example, a prize may be used, or a point system may be adopted and a prize according to the number of points may be given.

Furthermore, in the communication system of the third embodiment described above, the personal computer 64 has been described as an example of the communication device, but the communication device is not limited to this, and the site 66 on the Internet 62 is used.
A communication device that can access to the Internet (for example, PDA (Perso
nal Digital Assistants),
Any mobile phone, etc.) can be used.

On the other hand, in the communication system of the third embodiment, the lottery is conducted for the person who has accessed the arbitrary site 66 on the Internet 62 through the provider 50, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a lottery may be performed on a person who has sent an electronic mail to an arbitrary destination via the provider 50. In this case,
For example, by determining whether or not the sender or recipient's e-mail address matches the winning information (in this case, any e-mail address), it can be determined whether the sender has won the lottery. judge. In this way, the use of electronic mail can be effectively promoted.

Next, the communication system of the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The communication system shown in FIG. 7 sells a lottery exclusive for giving a fixed amount of prize to a person who has accessed the lottery sales site 70 on the Internet 62. The communication lottery device 72 that constitutes the site 70, the server 52 and the charge management device 54 owned by the provider 74.
And are provided as constituent elements. The server 52 and the charge management device 54 have the same functions as those of the third embodiment.

Next, the processing performed by the communication lottery device 72 will be described. (2-1): The communication lottery device 72 is the lottery sales site 70.
A unique identification number (for example, a 6-digit number) exclusively for the lottery sales site 70 is given to the personal computer 64 that has accessed for the first time, and information including the unique identification number is transmitted to the personal computer 64 from the next access. It is designed to let you.

(2-2): Also, the communication lottery device 72
When accessed from a personal computer 64 that has been accessed in the past, from the information transmitted from the personal computer 64, the unique identification number already assigned to the personal computer 64 is used to send the call to the sender (in this case, the sender's personal computer). It is acquired as information for identifying the owner of 64), and the IP address of the sender (in this case, the IP address currently assigned to the sender's personal computer 64) is also acquired.

(2-3): And by the sender,
When a purchase operation is performed on the home page of the lottery sales site 70 to the effect that the user wants to buy a lottery, the lottery is sold to the sender (person who wants to buy a lottery). Specifically, first, in order to collect the lottery fee from the lottery purchase applicant, the fee management device 54 performs processing for adding the lottery fee to the communication fee corresponding to the person who is currently assigned the IP address of the sender. Send a signal to instruct. And a part of the unique identification number of the personal computer 64 (for example, the last 4 digits)
Is stored as a lottery number sold to a lottery purchase applicant in association with a unique identification number. In this way, the lottery having the last four digits of the unique identification number of the personal computer 64 owned by the lottery purchase applicant is sold to the lottery purchase applicant.

(2-4): After that, the communication lottery device 72
Is 4 when the date and time of the announcement of a predetermined lottery
Generate a random number of digits to determine the winning number (winning information),
It will be announced on the home page of the lottery sales site 70. (2-5): Whether or not a lottery number that matches the winning number is stored (that is, whether or not there is a winning person).
To judge.

(2-6): If it is determined that the lottery number that matches the winning number is stored, the sender of the unique identification number stored in association with the lottery number (winner) ) Is given a fixed amount of prize money. Specifically, first, when the winner accesses next time, the sender's IP address is acquired. Then, a signal for instructing the subtraction processing of a fixed amount from the communication charge corresponding to the person to whom the IP address of the sender is currently assigned is transmitted to the charge management device 54. As a result, a fixed amount of prize money is awarded to the winner.

In the fourth embodiment, the above (2-2)
The process of (2) corresponds to the obtaining means of claim 5, and the process of (2-
The processing of 3) corresponds to the selling means of claim 5, and the above (2)
The processing of -5) corresponds to the determination means of claim 6.
According to the communication system of the fourth embodiment, the lottery can be purchased easily by simply accessing the lottery sales site 70, so that the use of the Internet 62 can be effectively promoted. Further, since the lottery price and the prize money are settled together with the communication charge, it is possible to easily collect the lottery money and award the prize money.

In particular, in this communication system, a part of the unique identification number is used as a lottery number. Therefore, the unique identification number of the personal computer 64 owned by the person who did not purchase the lottery is the same as the announced winning number. If it is, it can be thought that it would have been better to purchase the lottery, and the purchase of the lottery can be promoted.

In the communication system of the fourth embodiment, the winner can know that the lottery has been won by the communication fee bill or the announcement on the homepage. You may make it perform the process (the process equivalent to the notification means of Claim 6) to notify. For example, if the communication lottery device 72 causes the person who has accessed the lottery sales site 70 for the first time to register the e-mail address, the winner can be notified by e-mail.

In the communication system of the fourth embodiment, a part of the unique identification number is used as the lottery number, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the entire unique identification number may be used as the lottery number. All or part of the above may be a part of the lottery number. Furthermore, in the communication system of the fourth embodiment described above, a fixed amount of prize money is given to the winners. However, the prize money amount may be determined in other ways (for example, the total purchase price of lottery tickets and the number of winners). Etc.). Further, if the communication fee discount service is provided to the elected person, the use of the Internet 62 can be promoted more effectively. Furthermore, the prize given to the winner is not limited to the prize money, but may be, for example, a prize, or a prize may be given according to the number of points in a point system.

On the other hand, in the communication system of the fourth embodiment described above, the personal computer 64 has been described as an example of the communication device.
Not limited to this, any communication device (for example, PDA, mobile phone, etc.) that can access the lottery sales site 70 on the Internet 62 can be used.

On the other hand, in the communication system of the fourth embodiment described above, the lottery exclusive for sale using the Internet 62 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this.
It is also possible to apply to the sale of existing lottery tickets (for example, lottery tickets and numbers) that have been sold at lottery sales offices.

In the communication system of the fourth embodiment, the lottery sales site 70 uses the unique identification number given to the communication device to determine the winning, but the present invention is not limited to this. Any information that can identify the sender (for example, the IP address of the communication device, unique information given in advance to the communication device, the email address of the sender, etc.) can be used.

Next, the communication system of the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the communication system shown in FIG. 8, a lottery for giving a prize is performed for a person who has accessed a specific advertisement site 80 on the Internet 62 operated by a maker (a maker of beer in the present embodiment). The communication system includes an advertisement site 80, a server 82, and a charge management device 84 communicatively connected to the server 82. The server 82 and the charge management device 84 are owned by a provider (a mobile phone service provider in this embodiment) 86.

The server 82 performs well-known processing for relaying communication between the mobile phone 88 owned by the subscriber of the provider 86 and the site on the Internet 62. That is,
The desired site on the mobile phone 88 (here, site X
When the operation for accessing the site X is performed, a signal to that effect is transmitted from the mobile phone 88 to the server 82, and the server 82 having received the signal sends the signal to the site X as a communication destination and the web site of the site X. Sends request information for requesting page data. Here, this request information includes the IP address of the site X of the communication destination and the IP of the transmission source.
An address is included, and one of a plurality of IP addresses included in the server 82 is temporarily assigned to the source IP address. And the server 82
When the web page data returned from the site X in response to the request information is received, the data is transmitted to the mobile phone 88. When the mobile phone 88 receives the web page data, it has a browser function of displaying the web page represented by the data on a display (not shown).

The charge management device 84 monitors the communication usage status of the subscriber based on the information from the server 82, calculates the communication charge based on the communication usage status, and manages it for each subscriber. More specifically, a charging process is performed in which the mobile phone 88 of the caller charges a consideration corresponding to the data amount of the data acquired from the site on the Internet 62 as a communication charge to be collected from the caller.

Further, the charge management device 84 determines whether or not the communication destination of the mobile phone 88 communicating with the server 82 is a specific advertisement site 80 stored in advance. When it is determined that the communication destination of the mobile phone 88 is the advertisement site 80, instead of charging the communication charge for the communication as the communication charge to be collected from the sender of the mobile phone 88, the advertisement site 80 is charged as a communication charge to be collected from the maker operating 80. That is, the communication fee for communication with the advertisement site 80 as a communication destination is borne by the manufacturer who operates the advertisement site 80, and from the standpoint of the sender, communication when communicating with the advertisement site 80. Free of charge.

The advertisement site 80 provides a web page (corresponding to advertising information) displaying advertisement information of products manufactured and sold by the maker who operates the site 80. Here, the web page transmission process performed by the advertisement site 80 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The advertising site 80 stores an arbitrary IP address as a winning number, and changes the contents of this winning number randomly every day.

When the web page transmission process is started, first, in S400, it is determined whether request information requesting web page data has been received. The determination process is repeated until it is determined that the request information is received. When it is determined in S400 that the request information has been received, the process proceeds to S410, and the IP address of the sender is acquired from the request information.

Subsequently, in S420, it is determined whether or not the IP address of the transmission source acquired in S410 and the stored winning number match. That is, it is determined whether or not the sender who requested the web page data has won the lottery. If it is determined in S420 that the IP address of the sender and the winning number do not match,
The process proceeds to S430, the requested web page data is transmitted with the IP address acquired in S410 as the communication destination, and the process returns to S100.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S420 that the IP address of the sender and the winning number match, S440
Then, the data for displaying the fact that the lottery has been won and the ID for the winner required to exchange the prize is added to the requested web page data. Then, the process proceeds to S430,
The web page data is transmitted with the IP address obtained in S410 as the communication destination, and the process returns to S100. still,
The winner ID here has a role like a voucher for giving a prize to the winner. That is, in the present embodiment, the product (beer) manufactured and sold by the maker who operates the advertising site 80 is a prize when the lottery is won, and the salesclerk of the store that sells this product receives this from the customer. By being informed of the winner ID, the customer judges that the winner is the winner and hands the prize.

Next, the operation of this communication system will be described. When the owner of the mobile phone 88 performs an operation to access the advertisement site 80, a signal to that effect is transmitted from the mobile phone 88 to the server 82, and further, the web page data is requested from the server 82 to the advertisement site 80. Request information is sent. Then, when this request information is received by the advertising site 80 (S400: YES), the IP address of the sender is acquired (S410), and it is determined whether or not it matches the winning number (S420).

If the winning number does not match (S420: NO), the requested web page data is sent from the advertising site 80 to the mobile phone 88 via the server 82 as a normal process (S430). ). As a result, the advertising information is displayed on the display of the mobile phone 88.

On the other hand, if it matches the winning number (S42)
0: YES), the web page data to which the data indicating that the lottery has been won and the ID for the winner is added is sent from the advertising site 80 to the mobile phone 88 via the server 82 (S440, S430). As a result, the display of the mobile phone 88 displays that the lottery has been won and the winning ID as well as the advertisement information. Therefore, the owner (winner) of the mobile phone 88 can receive the prize of the lottery by visiting the nearest liquor store and notifying the winner ID.

In the fifth embodiment, the server 82
The charge management device 84 corresponds to the communication relay means, and the charge management device 84 corresponds to the communication charge management means. Further, in the web page transmission process performed by the advertisement site 80, the process of S430 corresponds to the information providing means, and the processes of S420 and S440 correspond to the prize giving means.

According to the communication system of the fifth embodiment as described above, the use of the Internet 62 can be effectively promoted. That is, it is possible to give the owner of the mobile phone 88 the expectation that the prize may be won by accessing the advertising site 80, and the communication fee at that time is free, so that it is easy to access. It can be done.

Furthermore, in the present communication system, since the prize ID is exchanged for the prize winner by transmitting the prize ID to the prize winner, the prize can be easily given. In addition, from the standpoint of the maker who operates the advertising site 80, a large number of people can browse the advertising information, so the advertising effect is high.

In the communication system of the fifth embodiment, the advertisement site 80 determines whether or not the lottery is won depending on whether or not the IP address of the sender and the winning number match. However, it is not limited to this.
For example, it may be determined whether or not a part of the IP address of the sender and the winning number (in this case, a part of the arbitrary IP address) match.

Further, not only the IP address but also the information which can identify the sender may be used for the determination. And, in particular, if this information is the information (for example, a telephone number, etc.) that is grasped by the sender, and the winning number is to be announced at a later date, the owner of the mobile phone 88 will be notified of the advertisement site. You can make 80 more interested. In other words, if the winning number on the day when the advertisement site 80 is not accessed is the telephone number of the mobile phone 88 that the user owns, it can be thought that it should have been accessed.

On the other hand, it goes without saying that the determination may be made based on information that has nothing to do with the sender (for example, the number of accesses to the advertisement site 80). In addition, the fifth
In the communication system of the embodiment, the prize is awarded to the winner, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a prize may be given, or a point system may be given and a prize according to the number of points may be given.

Furthermore, in the communication system of the fifth embodiment, the advertisement site 80 performs processing for determining whether or not a lottery has been won and giving a prize to the winner. For example, the server 82 is not limited.
Alternatively, the charge management device 84 can be used. Then, in this case, the fee management device 84 may give the prize by subtracting a certain amount from the communication fee corresponding to the lottery winner.

On the other hand, in the communication system of the fifth embodiment, the mobile phone 88 is described as an example of the communication device, but the communication device is not limited to this, and the communication device capable of accessing the advertisement site 80 on the Internet 62 (for example, Any PDA, personal computer, etc.) can be used.

Here, for example, in the case of communicating from a personal computer to a provider via a public line, when communicating with the advertisement site 80, in addition to the communication charge of the Internet 62 managed by the provider, a normal telephone call is made. Charges are also required. Therefore, in this case, the provider transmits the information indicating whether or not the communication device is in communication with the advertisement site 80 to the telephone charge management device, and the management device causes the communication device to communicate with the advertisement site 80. The telephone charge during communication of
You may make it charge as a telephone charge which should be collected from the manufacturer who operates the advertisement site 80. In this way, the communication charge for communication with the advertising site 80 can be made free of telephone charges.

On the other hand, although the case where the communication destination to which the lottery is performed is the advertisement site 80 on the Internet 62 has been described in the fifth embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the system may be such that when a call is made to a predetermined telephone number via a public line, a message of advertisement information flows and a lottery is performed. Also in this case, the use of the telephone can be further promoted by the side providing the advertisement information paying the telephone charge.

Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, it goes without saying that the present invention can take various forms.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a winning confirmation process.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of lottery sales processing.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a lottery process.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system of a third exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system of a fourth exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication system according to a fifth exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a web page transmission process.

[Explanation of symbols]

2, 4, 8 ... Telephone, 6 ... Public line, 10 ... Exchange, 2
0, 54, 84 ... Charge management device, 30, 40 ... Telephone lottery device, 32, 42 ... Communication unit, 34, 44 ... Storage unit, 3
6, 46 ... Control unit, 50, 74, 86 ... Provider, 5
2, 82 ... Server, 56, 72 ... Communication lottery device, 62 ...
Internet, 64 ... PC, 66 ... Site, 70
… Lottery sales site, 80… Advertising site, 88… Mobile phone

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A lottery device for use in a communication system comprising a relay means for relaying a communication from a sender's communication device to a communication destination desired by the sender, comprising: It is determined by the determination means that acquires information for identifying the sender and determines whether or not all or part of the information and preset winning information match, and the determination means determines that they match. In this case, a communication lottery apparatus comprising: a prize giving means for performing a process for giving a prize to the sender. 2. A lottery device used in a communication system, comprising a relay means for relaying communication from a communication device of a caller to a communication destination desired by the caller, comprising: It is determined by the determining unit that acquires information for identifying the communication destination and determines whether or not all or part of the information and preset winning information match, and the determining unit determines that they match. In this case, a communication lottery apparatus comprising: a prize giving means for performing a process for giving a prize to the sender. 3. A lottery device for use in a communication system comprising a relay means for relaying a communication from a communication device of a caller to a communication destination desired by the caller, comprising: Determination means for obtaining information for identifying each of the sender and the communication destination, and determining whether or not information obtained by combining all or a part of the information and preset winning information match. And a prize giving means for performing a process for giving a prize to the caller when it is determined by the determination means that the communication lottery apparatus is provided. 4. The communication lottery device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the prize awarding means uses the relay means of a communication device as a process for awarding the award. A communication lottery apparatus, characterized in that a charge managing means for monitoring a communication state and managing a communication charge to be collected is caused to perform a process of subtracting a predetermined amount of prize money from a communication charge corresponding to the sender. . 5. An acquiring unit that acquires information for identifying the sender when accessed from a communication device, and a lottery of information that at least partially matches the information acquired by the acquiring unit. A communication lottery device comprising: a selling means for performing a process of selling to a lottery. 6. The communication lottery device according to claim 5, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the lottery sold by the selling unit is won, and the determination unit determines that the lottery is won. The communication lottery apparatus is provided with a notification means for notifying the winner that the winner has been won. 7. A method for receiving a signal transmitted from a telephone by dial operation and establishing communication between a telephone as a source of the signal and a destination telephone corresponding to a telephone number indicated by the signal. A telephone lottery device used in a telephone system including a telephone relaying unit for performing processing, wherein the detecting unit detects, from the telephone relaying unit, the telephone number of the telephone set of the caller with which communication is established by the telephone relaying unit. A setting means for setting a winning number, a judging means for judging whether or not the winning number matches all or part of the telephone number detected by the detecting means, and a judging means for judging that the winning number matches And a prize awarding means for performing a process for awarding an award to the owner of the caller's telephone set, the telephone lottery apparatus comprising: 8. A method for receiving a signal transmitted from a telephone by a dial operation and establishing communication between a telephone as a source of the signal and a destination telephone corresponding to a telephone number indicated by the signal. A telephone lottery apparatus used in a telephone system including a telephone relaying unit for performing processing, wherein the detecting unit detects from the telephone relaying unit the telephone number of the destination telephone set with which communication has been established by the telephone relaying unit. A setting means for setting a winning number, a judging means for judging whether or not the winning number matches all or part of the telephone number detected by the detecting means, and a judging means for judging that the winning number matches And a prize awarding means for performing a process for awarding an award to the owner of the caller's telephone set, the telephone lottery apparatus comprising: 9. A method for receiving a signal transmitted from a telephone by a dial operation and establishing communication between a telephone as a source of the signal and a destination telephone corresponding to a telephone number indicated by the signal. A telephone lottery device used in a telephone system including a telephone relay unit for performing processing, wherein the telephone numbers of the source telephone and the destination telephone with which communication is established by the telephone relay unit are Detecting means for detecting from the telephone relay means, setting means for setting a winning number, whether or not a combination of all or a part of each telephone number detected by the detecting means and the winning number Determination means for determining, and, if determined by the determination means, a prize giving means for performing a process for giving a prize to the owner of the caller's telephone, Telephone lottery device according to claim that there were example. 10. The telephone lottery device according to claim 7, wherein the prize awarding means monitors a call state between telephones as a process for awarding the award. A telephone lottery apparatus, characterized by causing a telephone charge managing means for managing a telephone charge to be collected to perform a process of subtracting a predetermined amount of money as a prize from the telephone charge corresponding to the caller's telephone. 11. The telephone lottery device according to claim 10, wherein the prize giving means sets a predetermined amount of money as the prize according to an amount of a telephone charge corresponding to the caller's telephone. Characteristic telephone lottery device. 12. A telephone lottery device used in a telephone system having a telephone charge management means for monitoring a telephone call state between telephones and managing a telephone charge to be collected for each telephone number. Detecting means for receiving the telephone and detecting the telephone number of the telephone, the telephone charge management means, by adding a predetermined amount as a lottery fee to the telephone charge corresponding to the telephone number detected by the detecting means, A telephone lottery apparatus comprising: a selling unit that sells a lottery having a number that at least partially matches the telephone number detected by the detecting unit. 13. The telephone lottery apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the determination means determines whether or not the lottery sold by the selling means has been won, and the determination means determines that the lottery has been won. A telephone lottery device comprising: a notification means for notifying that the winner has been called by calling the telephone number of the winner. 14. A communication relay unit that performs a process for relaying communication from a communication device of a caller to a communication destination desired by the caller, and to the caller when the communication destination is set as the communication destination. An information providing means for providing advertising information and a communication state of the communication device via the communication relay means are monitored to manage the communication fee to be collected, and the communication fee for communication with the information providing means as a communication destination. Regarding, regarding the communication charge management means for managing as the communication charge to be collected from the side providing the advertising information, and the lottery of the winners to which the award is given, targeting the sender who is the recipient of the advertising information. And a prize giving means for performing a process for giving the prize to the winner determined by the lottery, and a lottery system.