JP2008152683A - Lottery winning notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lottery winning notification system by which a purchaser can easily know the winning of tickets purchased. <P>SOLUTION: In the lottery winning notification system, a QR code 11 printed on the purchased ticket 1 is read by an electronic camera function of a mobile phone 2 to transmit it together with contact information of the mobile phone 2 to a lottery management server 30 to be stored as purchased ticket information. The lottery management server 30 acquires a winning number and extracts corresponding purchased ticket information by collating the number with the stored purchased ticket information, and transmits the winning number to the mobile phone in the contact information corresponding to the extracted purchased ticket information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a lottery winning notification system for notifying a winning ticket purchaser of winning information of a lottery ticket such as a lottery ticket (such as a ticket with a prize), and a mobile phone suitable for use in the lottery winning notification system. The management server and lottery ticket.

The lottery ticket number issued by an ATM (automated teller machine) having a lottery selling function is read by the ATM and stored in the database in association with the contact information of the purchaser. A lottery ticket winning notification system that compares a lottery ticket number stored in a database and extracts a winning lottery ticket number and uses the contact information of the purchaser of the winning lottery ticket to notify the contact information of the winning lottery ticket Has been proposed.
JP 2002-149893 A

  Since the conventional lottery winning notification system is configured using an ATM having a lottery selling function, the lottery purchaser needs to go to the place where the ATM having the lottery selling function is installed. It was inconvenient.

  An object of the present invention is to realize a convenient lottery winning notification system capable of performing a winning notification using a mobile phone without using an ATM having a lottery selling function.

  Another object of the present invention is to realize a convenient lottery winning notification system that can be realized by using a mobile phone having an electronic camera function.

The present invention includes a lottery management server that stores purchase lottery ticket information of a lottery ticket to be purchased and contact information to the purchaser, and notifies the purchaser of the winning number of the winning lottery ticket that has been won. In the lottery winning notification system,
The lottery management server communicates with a mobile phone to acquire and hold purchase lottery ticket information and contact information to the mobile phone, and purchases that acquire and hold a lottery winning number Means for searching and extracting the corresponding purchased lottery ticket information from the lottery ticket information, and transmitting the winning number to the mobile phone of the contact information corresponding to the extracted purchased lottery ticket information,
The mobile phone reads the QR code including the purchase lottery ticket information printed on the purchase lottery ticket to be purchased, decodes the purchase lottery ticket information, and associates the decoded purchase lottery ticket information with the contact information of the mobile phone. And means for transmitting to the lottery management server.

According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a convenient lottery winning notification system capable of performing a winning notification using a mobile phone without using an ATM having a lottery selling function.
In addition, it is possible to realize a convenient lottery winning notification system that can be realized by using a mobile phone having an electronic camera function.

The lottery winning notification system of the present invention is realized by connecting a mobile phone having an electronic camera function, a lottery management server, and a lottery hall client via a communication network.
The mobile phone reads the QR code including the purchase lottery ticket information printed on the purchase lottery ticket to be purchased, decodes the purchase lottery ticket information, and associates the decoded purchase lottery ticket information with the contact information of the mobile phone. Means for transmitting to the lottery management server
The lottery management server communicates with a mobile phone to acquire and hold purchase lottery ticket information and contact information to the mobile phone, and purchases that acquire and hold a lottery winning number Means for searching and extracting the corresponding purchased lottery ticket information from the lottery ticket information, and transmitting the winning number to the mobile phone of the contact information corresponding to the extracted purchased lottery ticket information,
The lottery hall client is configured to include means for transmitting a winning number to the lottery management server.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a lottery winning notification system.

  In FIG. 1, 1 is a lottery ticket (purchased lottery ticket), and 11 is a QR code (Quick Response Code) including lottery ticket information printed on the lottery ticket 1. Here, the lottery ticket information included in the QR code 11 includes a lottery ticket name, a lottery ticket number, a lottery date, etc. for identifying the lottery ticket 1, and a lottery ticket for realizing the lottery winning notification system of the first embodiment. 1 is preliminarily printed.

  2 is a mobile phone having a mail function and an electronic camera function as well as a telephone function, and a purchase lottery ticket by reading the QR code 11 printed on the lottery ticket (purchase ticket) 1 to be purchased using the electronic camera function. 1 is decoded, and the purchased lottery ticket information that has been decoded is contact information of the mobile phone 2 that is the contact (report) destination information of the winning number by lottery of the purchased lottery ticket, for example, the lottery management described later together with the telephone number It has a function to send to the center (lottery management server).

  In the present invention, the purchase using a purchase lottery ticket means a gift, inheritance or other general succession in addition to purchase.

  3 is a lottery management center (lottery management server) which receives and holds purchased lottery ticket information and a telephone number transmitted from the mobile phone 2, holds the name of the lottery to be managed and the lottery date A winning number is obtained from the lottery venue of the lottery on the lottery date, and the lottery ticket information corresponding to the winning number is extracted (searched) from the stored lottery ticket information. The number mobile phone 2 is provided with a function of notifying the winning number.

  Reference numeral 4 denotes a lottery lottery site (client), which has a function of communicating a lottery name and a winning number with the lottery management center (lottery management server) 3. The communication between the lottery name and the winning number may be in any form of communication in the form of electronic data, communication in the form of print data, or communication in the form of audio data.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the lottery winning notification system.

  In FIG. 2, 1 is a purchase lottery ticket, and 11 is a QR code including lottery ticket information printed on the purchase lottery ticket 1.

  A mobile phone 2 is a QR code reading unit 21 that uses an electronic camera function, a display unit 22 that displays various types of information, a receiver 23, a transmitter 24, an input operation unit (dial panel) 25, The communication unit 26 and the control unit 27 are provided.

  The control unit 27 includes a microprocessor and a program, and in addition to a normal mobile phone function processing unit, a QR code decoding processing unit 271, a purchased lottery ticket information / phone number transmission processing unit 272, and a corresponding winning number receiving process A portion 273.

  Then, the control unit 27 instructs the QR code reading unit 21 to read the QR code 11 printed on the purchase lottery ticket 1 based on the instruction input from the input operation unit 25, and the QR code decoding processing unit 271. The purchased lottery ticket information included in the QR code 11 read by functioning is decoded, and the purchased lottery ticket information / phone number transmission processing unit 272 is further functioned so that the purchased lottery ticket information and the mobile phone 2 A process of making the telephone number correspond to the lottery management server 30 (described later) of the lottery management center 3 through the communication unit 26 is executed.

  In addition, when the communication unit 26 receives the winning number notification from the lot management server 30 of the lot management center 3, the control unit 27 functions to display the corresponding selection number on the display unit 22 by the corresponding winning number reception processing unit 273 functioning. To execute the notification process.

  30 is a lottery management server that is installed in the lottery management center 3 and manages lottery information. The input operation unit 31, the display unit 32, the communication unit 33, the purchased lottery ticket information / phone number management table 34, A winning number information management table 35 and a control unit 36 are provided.

  The control unit 36 is constituted by a microprocessor and a program, and a purchased lottery ticket information / phone number reception processing unit 361, a winning number reception processing unit 362, a purchased lottery ticket winning number extraction processing unit 363, and a winning number transmission process. Part 364.

  When the communication unit 33 receives the purchase lottery ticket information and the contact telephone number from the mobile phone 2, the control unit 36 causes the purchase lottery ticket information / phone number reception processing unit 361 to function and receives the purchase lottery ticket. The information and the telephone number of the contact information are recorded and stored in the purchase lottery ticket information / phone number management table 34 (described later).

  When the communication unit 33 receives a winning number notification from the lottery site client 40 (described later) of the lottery lottery site 4, the winning number received processing unit 362 is made to function to receive the winning number received in the winning number information management table 35 ( A process of recording and holding in (to be described later) is executed.

  Next, the purchased lottery ticket winning number extraction processing unit 363 is operated to check the holding lot information in the purchased lottery ticket information / phone number management table 34 and the holding information in the winning number information management table 35 and win the winning lottery ticket number. Execute the process of searching for and extracting.

  Next, the winning number transmission processing unit 364 is operated to execute processing for transmitting the corresponding selection number to the mobile phone 2 of the mobile phone number that is the contact point of the winning lottery ticket number that has been won.

  Reference numeral 40 denotes a lottery hall client installed in the lottery lottery hall 4. The lottery hall client 40 includes an input operation unit 41 for inputting a lottery name and a winning number, a display unit 42, a communication unit 43, and a control unit 44.

  The control unit 44 includes a microprocessor and a program, and includes a winning number transmission processing unit 441 that transmits a lottery name and a winning number.

  When the winning number is input from the input operation unit 41, the control unit 44 causes the winning number transmission processing unit 441 to function and transmits the corresponding selection number to the lot management server 30 of the lot management center 3. To do.

  Reference numeral 5 denotes a communication network for communicatively connecting the cellular phone 2, the lottery management server 30, and the lottery hall client 40, and is an Internet line, a wired or wireless communication network.

FIG. 3 shows the record format of the purchased lottery ticket information / phone number management table 34 for managing the purchased lottery ticket information received from the mobile phone 2 and the telephone number of the mobile phone 2 as the winning number contact information in the lottery management server 30. It is shown.
Reference numeral 341 denotes a registration ID, 342 denotes a telephone number of the mobile phone 2, 343 denotes a lottery name, and 344 denotes an area for recording and holding a purchased lottery ticket number.

FIG. 4 shows a recording format of the winning number information management table 35 for managing information on the winning lottery ticket.
351 is a lottery name, 352 is a lottery date, 353 is a winning number, 354 is an expiration date, 355 is an area for recording and holding a prize.

  5 to 7 are flowcharts of processing executed by the mobile phone 2, the lottery management server 30, and the lottery hall client 40 in cooperation in order to realize the notification of the purchase lottery ticket winning number.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of processing executed by the control unit 36 of the lottery management server 30 installed in the lottery management center 3.

Step 501
The processing branches after confirming the receipt of the purchase lottery ticket information and the telephone number transmitted from the mobile phone 2 and the receipt of the winning number from the lottery hall client 40.

Step 502
When the purchased lottery ticket information and the telephone number transmitted from the mobile phone 2 are received, the purchased lottery ticket information and the telephone number received by operating the purchased lottery ticket information / phone number reception processing unit 361 are purchased. It is recorded and held in the management table 34.

Step 503
When the winning number is received from the lottery hall client 40, the winning number reception processing unit 362 is caused to function and the received winning number is recorded and held in the winning number information management table 35.

Step 504
The purchase lottery ticket winning number extraction processing unit 363 is operated to collate the purchased lottery ticket information held in the purchased lottery ticket information / phone number management table 34 with the winning number held in the winning number information management table 35, Extract the lottery ticket information corresponding to the winning number.

Step 505
The winning number transmission processing unit 364 is caused to function to transmit the winning number to the mobile phone 2 having the telephone number corresponding to the purchased lottery ticket information corresponding to the winning number.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart of processing executed by the control unit 27 of the mobile phone 2.

Step 601
Based on the instruction input from the input operation unit 25, the QR code reading unit 21 is controlled to read the QR code 11 printed on the purchase lottery ticket 1, and the QR code decoding unit 271 is made to function to read the QR code 11. Purchase lottery ticket information is obtained by deciphering.

Step 602
The purchased lottery ticket information / phone number transmission processing unit 272 is made to function so as to associate the purchased lottery ticket information with the telephone number of the mobile phone 2 to be contacted, and transmit the information to the lottery management server 30 of the lottery management center 3. To do.

Step 603
The lottery management center 3 waits to receive a winning number from the lottery management server 30.

Step 604
When the winning number is received from the lottery management server 30 of the lottery management center 3, the corresponding winning number reception processing unit 273 is caused to function to display the winning number on the display unit 22.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart of processing executed by the control unit 44 of the lottery hall client 40 installed in the lottery lottery hall 4.

Step 701
Wait for the winning number input from the input operation unit 41.

Step 702
When the winning number is input from the input operation unit 41, the winning number transmission processing unit 441 functions to transmit the corresponding selected number to the lottery management server 30 of the lottery management center 3.

  In the first embodiment, the contact number of the lottery result (winning number) is the phone number of the mobile phone 2, but it is also possible to use the mail address of the mobile phone 2.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a lottery winning notification system according to the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the lottery winning notification system which becomes this invention. This is a recording format of a purchased lottery ticket information / phone number management table for managing purchased lottery ticket information of a purchased lottery ticket. This is a recording format of a winning number information management table for managing winning lottery information. It is a flowchart of the process which the control part of the lottery management server installed in the lottery management center in the lottery winning notification system which becomes this invention performs. It is a flowchart of the process which the control part of the mobile telephone in the lottery prize notification system which becomes this invention performs. It is a flowchart of the process which the control part of the lottery hall client installed in the lottery hall in the lottery prize notification system which becomes this invention performs.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Lottery ticket 11 ... QR code 2 ... Mobile telephone 21 ... QR code reading part 22 ... Display part 25 ... Input operation part 27 ... Control part 271 ... QR code decoding process part 272 ... Purchase lottery ticket information and telephone number transmission process part 273 ... Corresponding winning number reception processing unit 3 ... Lottery management center 30 ... Lottery management server 31 ... Input operation unit 34 ... Purchase lottery ticket information / phone number management table 35 ... Winning number information management table 36 ... Control unit 361 ... Purchase lottery ticket Information / telephone number reception processing unit 362 ... winning number reception processing unit 363 ... purchase lottery ticket winning number extraction processing unit 364 ... winning number transmission processing unit 4 ... lottery lottery venue 40 ... lottery venue client 41 ... input operation unit 44 ... control unit 441 ... Winning number transmission processing section

Claims (12)

Memorize the lottery ticket purchase lottery information and contact information of the purchaser of the lottery ticket, notify the winning number of the winning lottery ticket to the contact information of the buyer of the lottery ticket, and manage the lottery information In the lottery winning notification system with a lottery management server,
The lottery management server communicates with a mobile phone to acquire and hold purchased lottery ticket information and contact information to the mobile phone, and purchase lottery ticket information that acquires and holds a winning number of the lottery Means for extracting the corresponding purchase lottery ticket information from the mobile phone and transmitting the winning number to the mobile phone of the contact information corresponding to the extracted purchase lottery ticket information,
The mobile phone reads the QR code including the purchase lottery ticket information printed on the lottery ticket to be purchased, decodes the purchase lottery ticket information, and associates the decoded purchase lottery ticket information with the contact information of the mobile phone. A lottery winning notification system comprising means for transmitting to the lottery management server. From a mobile phone that obtains the purchase lottery ticket information and a winning number from a QR code printed on a purchased lottery ticket connected via a communication network, a lottery venue client that obtains a winning number of the lottery ticket, and the mobile phone The lottery ticket information and the contact information of the mobile phone are stored in association with each other, and a lottery management server that obtains the winning number of the lottery ticket from the client is provided. A lottery winning notification system, characterized in that, from the management server, the winning phone ticket of the winning lottery ticket is notified to the contact information of the mobile phone. From a mobile phone that obtains the purchase lottery ticket information and a winning number from a QR code printed on a purchased lottery ticket connected via a communication network, a lottery venue client that obtains a winning number of the lottery ticket, and the mobile phone The lottery ticket information and the contact information of the mobile phone are stored in association with each other, and a lottery management server that obtains the winning number of the lottery ticket from the client is provided. In the lottery winning notification system that notifies the contact of the mobile phone of the purchaser of the winning lottery ticket from the management server,
The mobile phone includes a QR code reading unit that reads lottery ticket information from the purchased lottery ticket,
A purchase lottery ticket information / telephone number transmission processing unit for transmitting the purchase lottery information read by the QR code reading unit to the lottery management server, and a corresponding winning number reception processing unit for receiving a winning number;
The lottery management server includes a purchase lottery ticket information / phone number reception processing unit that receives the purchase lottery information from a mobile phone, a winning number reception processing unit that receives a winning number from the client, and the winning number is the lottery. It has a winning number transmission processing section that searches whether it is registered in the management server and sends the winning number information to the contact information of the mobile phone of the corresponding registrant,
The lottery winning notification system, wherein the client includes a winning number transmission processing unit that transmits winning number information acquired at the lottery venue to the lottery management server.   4. The lottery winning notification system according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the contact information to the mobile phone is a phone number of the mobile phone.   4. The lottery winning notification system according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the contact information to the mobile phone is a mail address of the mobile phone.   A lottery management server that decodes the purchased lottery ticket information by reading the QR code including the purchased lottery ticket information printed on the purchased lottery ticket, and associates the decrypted purchased lottery ticket information with the contact information to the mobile phone. A mobile phone comprising means for transmitting to a mobile phone.   7. The mobile phone according to claim 6, wherein the contact information to the mobile phone is a phone number of the mobile phone.   7. The mobile phone according to claim 6, wherein the contact information to the mobile phone is a mail address of the mobile phone.   The purchased lottery ticket information and the contact information to the mobile phone are acquired by communicating with the mobile phone, the purchased lottery ticket information is extracted, and the mobile phone having the contact information corresponding to the extracted purchased lottery ticket information is selected. A lottery management server comprising a means for transmitting a number.   10. The lottery management server according to claim 9, wherein the contact information to the mobile phone is a phone number of the mobile phone.   10. The lottery management server according to claim 9, wherein the contact information to the mobile phone is a mail address of the mobile phone.   A lottery ticket printed with a QR code containing lottery ticket information.

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