JP2004062487A - Electronic lottery system using non-contact ic tag - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic lottery system which is low in cost and hardly causes an unfair means. <P>SOLUTION: The electronic lottery system is provided with an antenna for receiving and transmitting a signal and a circuit, which receives a question signal from a reader and transmits a responding response signal to the reader. The above system comprises a step, in which a noncontact IC tag, to which a lottery symbol showing the kind which the lottery belongs to is recorded, is prepared; a step in which the reader transmits the question signal to the noncontact IC tag; a step in which the reader receives the response signal, including the lottery symbol from the noncontact IC tag; a step in which the reader transmits a participation signal, informing a server of the participation to the lottery via an telecommunication circuit; and a step, in which the sever transmits an inherent symbol in the lottery symbols to the reader to the participation signal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electronic lottery system using a non-contact IC tag.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a conventional electronic lottery system, a unique lottery symbol itself such as a unique number is generally stored as it is in a non-contact IC tag of the electronic lottery.
[0003]
However, since it was common to store the unique lottery symbol itself as it was, it was easy for fraudulent means to occur.
[0004]
Specifically, lottery symbols unique to the respective non-contact IC tags can be randomly selected by, for example, dead copying.
[0005]
It was also easy to participate in one lottery with a plurality of lottery numbers.
[0006]
In particular, if the lottery result is easily forgotten and the winning match is not easy, and if an easy system is used, in such a case, there are many matching errors.
[0007]
In addition, there was a problem of interference and interference, and the electronic lottery system had many troubles.
[0008]
Furthermore, a system that does not cause such a problem is an expensive system.
[0009]
Therefore, it has been demanded to provide an inexpensive and excellent electronic lottery system in which unauthorized means are difficult to intervene.
[0010]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic lottery system that is low in cost and is less prone to fraud.
[0011]
More specifically, it is possible to perform a lottery without storing a unique lottery symbol such as a unique number or the like in each non-contact IC tag. There has been a need to provide a lottery system.
[0012]
Further, there has been a demand for providing an excellent electronic lottery system in which an illegal means such as participating in a single lottery with a plurality of lottery numbers is unlikely to intervene.
[0013]
In particular, since the lottery result is transmitted to the reader through the telecommunication line, it is difficult to forget the result, and it is also possible to cause the reader to perform the collation of the winning mechanically.
[0014]
Further, since the interrogation signal is a signal whose frequency is hopped, it is possible to provide an electronic lottery system that is resistant to interference and interference and has few troubles. It is also possible to use a conventional terminal such as a Bluetooth-compatible terminal in the electronic lottery system.
[0015]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention of the present application, as a technique provided to solve the above problem, according to claim 1, includes a signal transmission / reception antenna, and a circuit that receives a query signal from the reader and transmits a response signal to respond to the reader. Preparing a non-contact IC tag in which a lottery sign indicating which lot belongs to, a step of transmitting a query signal from the reader to the non-contact IC tag, and a step of transmitting a response signal from the non-contact IC tag to the reader. And transmitting a unique lottery symbol obtained from the unique reader symbol included in the reader and the lottery information to the server through a telecommunication line from the reader to the server; and The present invention provides an electronic lottery system using a non-contact IC tag including a step of transmitting to a reader.
[0016]
In claim 2, an arithmetic expression is stored in the non-contact IC tag, and the interrogation signal includes a unique reader symbol provided in the reader, and the non-contact IC tag calculates the lottery symbol and the unique reader symbol by the arithmetic expression. 2. An electronic lottery system using a non-contact IC tag according to claim 1, wherein the reader receives an operation result as the response signal.
[0017]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic lottery system using a non-contact IC tag according to the first or second aspect, wherein the interrogation signal is a signal whose frequency is hopped. .
[0018]
Hereinafter, the terminology in the above invention will be described.
[0019]
(1) An antenna for receiving an interrogation signal from a signal transmission / reception antenna reader and transmitting a signal responsive to the interrogation signal
(2) Non-Contact IC Tag The non-contact IC tag is an IC tag that exchanges data without contact.
At least the following a, b, and c are provided. Example: An IC chip with an antenna.
a. An antenna for transmitting and receiving signals b. Circuit (receives a signal from the reader and sends a signal responsive to the signal to the reader)
c. Storage means Example: Memory
(3) Reader Since a reader can be used by a user to select a place, a portable reader is preferable. Preferably, it can be wirelessly connected to an electric communication line. The connection to the telecommunications line includes, for example, a reader that can be connected to a mobile phone, such as a reader integrated with the mobile phone, or a reader that can be connected to the mobile phone by a cable.
[0022]
The reader has a unique reader symbol which is information unique to the reader. The unique reader symbol is, for example, a serial number of the reader, or a combination of the serial number and the reader manufacturer. Such information is information originally provided in the reader and need not be prepared again for the lottery system of the present invention.
[0023]
Then, a unique lottery symbol is obtained from the unique reader symbol and the lottery symbol, and transmitted to the server via the telecommunication line. As the unique lottery symbol, there are a case where the response signal from the non-contact IC tag is a unique lottery symbol and a case where the unique lottery symbol is obtained through an operation or the like in the reader.
[0024]
The unique lottery symbol is a unique symbol given in the lottery to be drawn. For example, it is a unique symbol given without duplication in “2002 Christmas lottery”. Of course, it may be composed of only numbers, symbols such as alphabets, or a combination thereof. Further, it is preferable that a display device and an audio output device are provided so that a lottery result, for example, a winning number, a hit result, or the like can be displayed. If the display device is a color device, it is possible to display more types of information such as changing the color in the case of a hit. With a voice output device, voice guidance is possible.
[0025]
Telecommunication lines include telephone lines and communication network lines.
As a reader, for example, a mobile phone capable of Bluetooth (trademark) communication can be used. In this case, an interrogation signal can be transmitted as a Bluetooth signal. Further, the response signal may be a signal of a Bluetooth system.
[0026]
(4) Lottery symbol A symbol for specifying a lottery to be drawn, such as a Christmas lottery in 2002 or a commemorative lottery for opening a new store of A Co., Ltd. It may be composed only of numbers, only symbols such as alphabets, or a combination thereof.
[0027]
The same symbol is given to the lottery to be drawn. For example, a symbol such as “11A1” is given to “2002 Christmas lottery”, and “55555” is given to “A Corporation new store opening commemorative lottery”.
[0028]
(5) Interrogation signal The interrogation signal is a signal transmitted by the reader to the non-contact IC tag. Both the case where the data of the non-contact type IC tag is read and the case where the data is written are conceivable. When writing data to the non-contact type IC tag, the data to be written is included.
[0029]
For example, it is possible to provide a function of stricter prohibition of reuse by writing the fact when an inquiry signal is transmitted first and then prohibiting writing thereafter.
[0030]
(6) Response signal The response signal is a signal transmitted from the non-contact IC tag to the reader in response to the inquiry signal, and the response signal includes information stored in the non-contact IC tag.
[0031]
It is also possible to include an operation of writing data to the non-contact type IC tag. In this case, a signal indicating that writing has been completed can be included in the response signal.
[0032]
As the response signal, the lottery symbol stored in the non-contact IC tag may be used as it is, or the result of calculating the lottery symbol may be used as the response signal. In this case, the following method is used.
[0033]
A. Method of using lottery symbol stored in non-contact IC tag as a response signal as it is B. B. Method of simply connecting the lottery symbol stored in the non-contact IC tag and the inquiry signal to obtain a response signal A method in which the lottery symbol and the interrogation signal stored in the non-contact IC tag are calculated in the non-contact IC tag using an arithmetic expression stored in the non-contact IC tag, and the response signal is obtained. There are a method of adding or subtracting a lottery sign and a question signal, and a method of calculating a lottery sign and a question signal by using a calculation formula stored in a non-contact IC tag.
[0034]
Further, in the case of A and B, the unique reader symbol may be further calculated in the reader that has received the response signal, using an arithmetic expression stored in the reader.
[0035]
Alternatively, a unique lottery symbol may be obtained using a correspondence table prepared in the reader without using an arithmetic expression.
[0036]
A unique lottery symbol is finally obtained by the above-described calculation and the like.
[0037]
Then, by transmitting the unique lottery symbol from the reader to the server through a telecommunication line, the reader owner indicates his intention to participate in the lottery.
[0038]
By reading the URL of the manufacturer or seller contained in the tag with a reader that can be wirelessly connected to the telecommunication line, and connecting to the WEB through the telecommunication line, a greater amount of information, such as the lottery date and time, The leader can also obtain information about the lottery, such as the number of participants up to.
[0039]
(7) Server The server manages information regarding lottery. For example, storage means for storing a response signal from the non-contact IC tag read by the reader, data such as a winning number for collating with the response signal, a comparison circuit for collating with the data, and a list of participants are stored. An apparatus having a storage means, an operation means for updating the data of the storage means when a participation in the lottery is performed, and performing an operation on the data as required, an output means for outputting the operation result, and the like can be considered.
[0040]
(8) The transmission server of the lottery result determines the winning number. Then, the lottery result is transmitted to the leader. The lottery result to be transmitted may be a notification of the winning number as it is, or a notification of "hit" or "losing". Of course, the lottery result may be transmitted together with information such as "A new store opening commemorative lottery" so that the lottery result can be recognized, and further with additional information such as winning product information.
[0041]
(9) Signal whose frequency is hopped A signal whose frequency is hopped, such as a signal conforming to the Bluetooth communication system.
[0042]
Only the interrogation signal may be the frequency-hopped signal. In that case, the response signal may be a signal of a constant frequency.
[0043]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of an electronic lottery system using a non-contact IC tag according to the present invention will be described below.
[0044]
Next, the present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiment shown in FIGS.
[0045]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the whole operation of the electronic lottery system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the non-contact type IC tag of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view showing the operation of a non-contact IC tag of an electronic lottery system using a non-contact type IC tag by a reader, and FIG. 5 is a non-contact type IC used in the electronic lottery system of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an explanatory plan view of the tag, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.
[0046]
Prior to the description of the system of the present invention, a non-contact type IC tag used in the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The non-contact type IC tag 1 includes an antenna unit 2 provided with an antenna for transmitting and receiving data in a non-contact type, and an IC circuit 3 having an information storage unit in a base sheet 4.
[0047]
If it is necessary to display conditions such as the refund period depending on the type of lottery, a structure capable of printing on the front surface is required. In some cases, a configuration sandwiched between high-quality paper sandwiched between sheets 5 and 6 or a resin having printability may be required.
[0048]
In such a case, the printed portion on the front surface is often provided with a surface coat made of various resins or conductive materials in order to impart toner printability.
[0049]
For example, at the time of non-impact toner printing, a conductive material is applied to improve transferability, and the resistance value of the tag surface is set to 1.0 × 10 11 ohms or less, or the toner is fixed. By coating various resins to improve the toner properties and forming the anchor coat layer, the printability of the toner can be improved.
[0050]
Further, the surface may be coated with heat-resistant ink. When at least a printing column or a pattern is formed with black ink or the like among the heat-resistant ink, the heat-resistant ink is formed with carbonless ink.
[0051]
Thereby, when printing a toner on the tag surface by a non-impact method, for example, electrostatic photography, heat storage in the black printing portion can be prevented, and the influence of the heat and pressure on the IC circuit 3 can be avoided. In this case, the heat-resistant ink used is an ultraviolet (hereinafter referred to as UV) curing ink, which is dried by a UV lamp or the like. In the case of non-impact toner printing on the card surface, the ink in the printing portion is used. Can be stably printed without melting, and the IC circuit 3 on the inner surface side of the printed portion can be protected from heat and pressure.
[0052]
Of course, if printing or the like is not required depending on the type of the article, such a contrivance is naturally unnecessary. Next, some examples of the processing related to the electronic lottery processing will be described below.
[0053]
In these examples, it is a matter of course that the interrogation signal may be a signal whose frequency is hopped, for example, a signal in accordance with the rules of Bluetooth communication.
[0054]
<Processing example 1>
This will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0055]
First, the overall operation of the electronic lottery system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
[0056]
The lottery symbol 30 is given to the non-contact type IC tag 21 in advance, and the information is held inside.
[0057]
The non-contact type IC tag 21 includes a signal transmitting / receiving antenna 22 and a circuit 23 for transmitting a response signal 26 for receiving and responding to the interrogation signal 25 from the reader 24 to the reader 24.
[0058]
When the interrogation signal 25 is transmitted from the reader 24, it is received by the antenna 22 and flows through the circuit 23, whereby the lottery symbol 30 is incorporated in the interrogation signal 25, and the signal is transmitted to the antenna 22. The signal is transmitted from the antenna 22. When the response signal 26 is received by the reader 24, the response signal 26 is grasped.
[0059]
Then, a unique lottery symbol is obtained by adding the unique reader symbol in the reader to the end of the response signal. Further, the unique lottery symbol is transmitted as a participation signal 28 to the server 27 outside the reader 24.
[0060]
Here, the server determines whether or not the participation signal 28 has been sent a plurality of times in order to join a lottery a plurality of times, or has not been sent from a leader who is not qualified to participate. If done, it is possible not to accept an illegal participation signal at this time.
[0061]
When the lottery is performed, the lottery result 29 is sent to the reader 24.
[0062]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the system of the non-contact type IC tag according to the present invention when viewed from the operation of the reader.
[0063]
The non-contact IC tag 21 starts operation at the same time as the lottery symbol is prepared 101 in advance, receives a question signal 25 issued from the reader 24, and responds to the response from the non-contact IC tag. A signal is received by the reader 24 and a step 103 is received. As a result of the step 104 of transmitting the participation signal 28 to the server 27, the lottery result 29 is recognized from the participation signal 28, and the reception of the lottery result 29 is performed. The lottery result 29 is held in the reader 24 by the step 105 received by the reader 24.
[0064]
The owner of the leader can know the lottery result by displaying the lottery result on the reader.
[0065]
<Processing example 2>
This will be described with reference to FIG.
[0066]
First, the overall operation of the electronic lottery system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
[0067]
A lottery symbol 30 is given in advance, and the information is held inside.
[0068]
The non-contact type IC tag 21 includes a signal transmitting / receiving antenna 22 and a circuit 23 for transmitting a response signal 26 for receiving and responding to the interrogation signal 25 from the reader 24 to the reader 24.
[0069]
When the interrogation signal 25 is transmitted from the reader 24, it is received by the antenna 22 and flows through the circuit 23, whereby the lottery symbol 30 is incorporated in the interrogation signal 25 and the signal is sent to the antenna 22. The signal is transmitted from the antenna 22. When the response signal 26 is received by the reader 24, the response signal 26 is grasped.
[0070]
The response signal 26 is transmitted to the server 27 outside the reader 24 as a participation signal 28.
[0071]
In addition, the participation signal 28 may be the response signal 26 itself, but may include information indicating that the conversion or the reader 24 is genuine due to security reasons.
Then, a confirmation symbol 32 is created based on the transmitted participation signal 28 and sent to the reader 24. Then, the reader 24 receives the confirmation symbol 32 and holds the confirmation symbol 32 in the reader 24.
[0072]
As the confirmation symbol, the participation signal may be used as it is as the confirmation symbol, or the server may add the additional information based on a promise previously determined with the reader to make the confirmation symbol.
[0073]
With this confirmation symbol 32, the authenticity of the non-contact IC tag is confirmed.
[0074]
In this case, whether the authenticity is confirmed by the reader 24 itself or sent from the reader 24 to another authenticity confirmation server, the information is output by means such as download and then manually. It may be something to confirm.
[0075]
In this case, the server may transmit information on the number of participants in the lottery at that time to the reader together with the confirmation symbol. Then, a step may be provided in which the participant sees the result and finally decides to participate in the lottery, and transmits a participation intention indicating signal to the server.
[0076]
Further, when the lottery time has come, the appropriate lottery means (which is generally a non-disclosed technology for security reasons) is selected from the participation signal or the signal indicating the intention to participate in the participation intention display signal. The obtained lottery result 31 is sent to the reader 24.
[0077]
Further, in the case of the present invention, it is usual that authentication of authenticity is performed before each processing, and various non-disclosed authentication techniques can be used.
[0078]
【The invention's effect】
An electronic lottery system using a non-contact IC tag according to claim 1 includes an antenna for transmitting and receiving a signal, a circuit for receiving an interrogation signal from the reader, and transmitting a response signal to respond to the reader. A step of preparing a non-contact IC tag storing a lottery sign indicating whether it belongs, a step of transmitting an inquiry signal from the reader to the non-contact IC tag, and a step of receiving a response signal from the non-contact IC tag by the reader Transmitting a unique lottery symbol obtained from the unique reader symbol included in the reader and the lottery information from the reader to the server through the telecommunication line, and the server transmitting the lottery result to the reader through the telecommunication line. Because it is an electronic lottery system using a non-contact IC tag consisting of stages,
A lottery can be performed without storing a unique number in each non-contact IC tag. Therefore, the lottery can be issued at low cost, and a low-cost electronic lottery system can be provided.
[0079]
Further, it is possible to provide an excellent electronic lottery system in which illegal means such as participating in one lottery with a plurality of lottery numbers is unlikely to intervene.
[0080]
In particular, according to the invention described in claim 2,
An arithmetic expression is stored in the non-contact IC tag, the interrogation signal includes a unique reader symbol provided in the reader, the non-contact IC tag calculates the lottery symbol and the unique reader symbol by the arithmetic expression, and returns the arithmetic result to the response. Since the signal is received by the reader, it is difficult to forget to see the result, and it is also possible for the reader to mechanically perform the winning collation, in which case there is no collation error.
[0081]
According to the third aspect of the invention,
Since the interrogation signal is a signal whose frequency is hopped, it is possible to provide an electronic lottery system that is resistant to interference and interference and has few troubles. In addition, a conventional terminal such as a terminal supporting Bluetooth can be used for the present electronic lottery system.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall operation explanatory diagram of an example of an electronic lottery system of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the non-contact type IC tag of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an overall operation explanatory diagram of another example of the electronic lottery system of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory plan view of a non-contact type IC tag used in the electronic lottery system of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 4;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Non-contact type IC tag 2 Antenna part 3 IC circuit 4 Base sheet 5, 6 Sheet 21 Non-contact type IC tag 22 Antenna 23 Circuit 24 Reader 25 Interrogation signal 26 Response signal 27 Server 28 Participation signal 29 Lottery result 30 Lottery symbol 31 Lottery result 32 Confirmation symbol 101-105 Processing

Claims (3)

An antenna for signal transmission and reception, a circuit for receiving an interrogation signal from the reader and transmitting a response signal to the reader in response to the reader, and a non-contact IC tag in which a lottery sign indicating which lot belongs is prepared. The reader sends a query signal to the contactless IC tag, the reader receives a response signal from the contactless IC tag, and the reader has a unique An electronic lottery system using a non-contact IC tag, comprising: transmitting a unique lottery symbol obtained from a reader symbol and the lottery information; and transmitting a lottery result to the reader via a telecommunication line by a server. An arithmetic expression is stored in the non-contact IC tag, the interrogation signal includes a unique reader symbol provided in the reader, the non-contact IC tag calculates the lottery symbol and the unique reader symbol by the arithmetic expression, and returns the arithmetic result to the response. The electronic lottery system using a non-contact IC tag according to claim 1, wherein the reader receives the signal as a signal. 3. The electronic lottery system using a non-contact IC tag according to claim 1, wherein the interrogation signal is a signal whose frequency is hopped.

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