JP2017157144A - Betting support apparatus, betting support system, host device, betting support method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to bet in a way at least a part of a loss amount can be recovered without selecting a betting destination by a user himself/herself in a public game.SOLUTION: A betting support apparatus for supporting betting to a public game by a user comprises: a loss amount calculation part for calculating a loss amount of user's deduction in a predetermined period; a betting-forecast selection part for selecting a betting-forecast by considering the loss amount; and a betting part for betting to the selected betting-forecast.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a voting support device, a voting support system, a host device, a voting support method, and a program. The present invention relates to a support method and a program.

  In recent years, various systems have been realized for improving user convenience when voting for public competitions such as horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, and auto racing. As an example, a web server that receives a vote request from a user terminal (for example, a mobile terminal such as a PC (Personal Computer) or a smartphone) is provided, and the web server accesses a host device on the organizer side of a public sport. A system that enables voting is realized by actually voting (Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  Patent Document 1 describes an investment support server that accepts an investment request with a predetermined amount as an upper limit for each race from a user and applies for purchase of a voting ticket on behalf of the user. Thereby, even if the user does not have sufficient knowledge and experience with respect to public competition, it is possible to enjoy investment in public competition.

  Patent Document 2 describes a betting ticket sales agency server that accepts items (odds, horse weight, past race results, etc.) that are important to the user and presents the race information superior to the received items to the user. . Thereby, it becomes possible to assist the user in selecting a race.

Utility Model Registration No. 3154769 JP, 2015-127922, A

  The entire disclosure of the above patent document is incorporated herein by reference. The following analysis was made by the present inventors.

The following methods are known for voting for public competitions.
(1) A method of voting by accessing a web server from a user's terminal (PC, smart phone, etc.) (2) Voting using a prepaid card issued in a venue (including off-site sales locations, the same applies hereinafter) Method

  In the method (1), the user moves funds for voting in advance from his / her own savings account (bank account, postal savings account, etc.) to a dedicated account for voting, and uses the funds prepared in the dedicated account to vote. I do. On the other hand, in the method (2), a user (hereinafter, a visitor to the field is also referred to as a user) is a prepaid card (a prepaid card) issued on the field (a racetrack, a bicycle racetrack, a racetrack, an auto race track, etc.). ), The funds for voting are deposited (charged) in advance, and voting is performed using the deposited funds. Hereinafter, funds prepared for voting by the user (that is, funds transferred to a dedicated account, funds deposited in a prepaid card, etc.) are referred to as “preparation funds”.

  The user prepares reserve funds on the day of the race by the method (1) or (2) and repeats voting. At this time, the funds accumulated in the user's dedicated account or prepaid card increase or decrease depending on the hit situation in the voted race. Specifically, when the vote is right, the funds increase according to the dividend, and when the vote is missed, the funds decrease according to the voted funds. Hereinafter, the current (latest) funds held by the user's dedicated account or prepaid card are referred to as “remaining funds”.

  By the way, when the user loses and the “remaining funds” begin to hit the bottom, the user starts to consider ending the voting of the day. At this time, the user may want to regain the loss of the day (that is, the amount obtained by subtracting the remaining funds from the reserve fund) (that is, the user wants to make “tonton”).

  Moreover, the user may be required to finish the voting of the day due to time constraints or the like. Even in such a case, when a losing portion occurs, the user may want to recover the losing portion of the day and end the vote with “Tonton”.

  When voting with the motivation of using the remaining funds to recover the loss as described above, it is often difficult for the user to consider the voting destination. In particular, when there are time constraints, the user may not be able to devote enough time to consider himself / herself. Therefore, in these cases, the user has a desire to easily collect the losing portion (or at least a part thereof) without selecting the voting destination himself.

  According to Patent Documents 1 and 2, by providing a web server (investment support server, betting ticket sales agency server) between the user's terminal and the host device on the organizer side, the user can support voting for public competitions. Is possible. However, even if the techniques described in these documents are used, the above-mentioned demand cannot be met.

  Therefore, it becomes an issue to enable voting that allows at least a part of the losing to be collected without the user selecting a voting destination himself / herself in a public competition. An object of the present invention is to provide a voting support device, a voting support system, a host device, a voting support method, and a program that contribute to solving such problems.

  The voting support apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is a voting support apparatus that supports voting for public competition by a user, and calculates a losing part calculation unit that calculates a losing part of a user's deduction in a predetermined period; A purchase eye selection unit that selects a purchase in consideration of the loss, and a voting unit that votes for the selected purchase.

  A voting support system according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a voting support device that supports a user's vote for a public competition, and a host device that receives a vote from the voting support device. The voting support apparatus includes a losing calculation unit that calculates a losing portion of a user's deduction in a predetermined period, a purchase eye selection unit that selects a purchase in consideration of the losing portion, and votes for the selected purchase And a voting section.

  The host device according to the third aspect of the present invention accepts a purchase item selected in consideration of a user's deduction loss in a predetermined period from a voting support device that supports voting for public competition by a user. A voting process unit that performs a voting process in accordance with the received purchase, and a voting result notification unit that notifies a result of the voting process performed to the voting support apparatus.

  A voting support method according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a voting support method for supporting voting for public competitions by a user, wherein the voting support device calculates a deduction of the user's deduction in a predetermined period. And selecting a purchase item in consideration of the loss and voting on the selected purchase item.

  A program according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is a program that supports a user's vote in a public competition, and takes into account the process of calculating a user's deduction for a predetermined period and the loss The computer is caused to execute a process of selecting a purchase and a process of voting for the selected purchase. The program can also be provided as a program product recorded on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

  According to the voting support device, the voting support system, the host device, the voting support method, and the program according to the present invention, it is possible to vote in which at least a part of the losing can be collected without the user selecting a voting destination in public competition. It becomes.

It is a block diagram which illustrates the composition of the vote support device concerning one embodiment. It is a block diagram which illustrates the composition of the vote support system concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the vote method to a public competition. It is a figure which illustrates the information which the host apparatus holds in the vote support system concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the voting assistance apparatus in the voting assistance system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which illustrates operation | movement of the vote assistance system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which illustrates the composition of the vote support system concerning a 2nd embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the information which the host apparatus holds in the vote support system concerning a 2nd embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the vote assistance apparatus in the vote assistance system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a block diagram which illustrates the composition of the vote support system concerning a 3rd embodiment. It is a figure which illustrates the information which the host apparatus holds in the vote support system concerning a 3rd embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which illustrates operation | movement of the vote assistance system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment.

  First, an outline of one embodiment will be described. Note that the reference numerals of the drawings attached to this summary are merely examples for facilitating understanding, and are not intended to limit the present invention to the illustrated embodiment.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a voting support apparatus according to an embodiment. The voting support device 8 (for example, the voting support device 12 as a web server in FIGS. 2 and 7 and the voting support device 36 as a ticket issuing machine in FIG. 10) is a public competition by users (including visitors who come to the venue). Support voting (horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, auto racing, etc.). Referring to FIG. 1, the voting support device 8 includes a losing part calculating unit 16 that calculates a losing part of a user's deduction in a predetermined period (for example, the day of voting), and a buying eye that selects a buying item in consideration of the losing part. A selection unit 18 and a voting unit 20 for voting on the selected purchase are provided.

  Here, the losing part calculation unit 16 prepares the preparation funds prepared for the user to vote for the public competition from the host device (for example, the host device 14 of FIGS. 2, 7, and 10), and the latest balance of the user. A loss may be calculated by acquiring funds and subtracting the remaining funds from the reserve funds. Further, the purchase eye selection unit 18 may select a purchase that can collect at least a portion of the loss based on at least a portion of the remaining funds, or the loss portion based on the entire remaining funds. A purchase item that can collect all items (that is, a purchase item that can realize tonton) may be selected. Further, the purchase eye selection unit 18 may select a purchase with the lowest odds, which is a purchase that can collect at least a part of the loss. This maximizes the likelihood of losing losses.

  According to the voting support device 8, the losing amount of the user's deduction in a predetermined period is calculated, the buying eyes are automatically selected in consideration of the calculated losing amount, and the voting is performed on the selected buying eyes. Is called. Therefore, according to the voting support device 8, it is possible to vote in which at least a part of the losing portion can be collected without the user himself / herself selecting a voting destination in the public competition.

<Embodiment 1>
Next, the voting support system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, as an example, a mode in which voting is performed from a user terminal (PC (Personal Computer), smart phone, etc.) via a web server is assumed. In addition, the user moves the funds for voting in advance from his / her own savings account (bank account, postal savings account, etc.) to a dedicated account for voting, and uses the funds prepared in the dedicated account for voting. .

  Hereinafter, the funds prepared by the user for voting (the funds transferred to the dedicated account) are referred to as “preparation funds”. In addition, as a result of the user repeating voting for a predetermined period (for example, the day of voting, a preset period, a period selected by the user, etc.), the current (latest) funds accumulated in the user's dedicated account are “ “Remaining funds”. Note that the user can add funds from his / her own account to a dedicated account at any time, not only when voting is disclosed. “Preparation funds” in this case refers to the total amount of funds that the user has moved from his / her own account to a dedicated account from the start of voting to the present time.

[Constitution]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the voting support system according to this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2, the voting support system includes a voting support device (for example, a web server) 12 that supports voting for public games by a user, and a host device 14 for a public game organizer (for example, a host of a public game). A host device managed by a local government or the like that is the main body of public sport management, or a host device managed by a private company that accepts votes from the Internet or the like. The voting support device 12 accepts access by the user terminal 10 via the Internet, for example, and supports voting by an operator of the user terminal 10. The host device 14 receives a vote from the vote support device 12 and actually performs a vote process, and notifies the vote support device 12 of the vote result.

  First, with reference to FIG. 3, the outline | summary of the vote to a public competition and the term used in the following description are demonstrated. Referring to the left column of FIG. 3, the presence / absence of “betting / group number”, “odds”, and “purchase” for “XX field ☆☆ race” is displayed. Here, “XX field” represents the name of a public stadium (such as a racetrack, a bicycle racetrack, a racetrack, or an auto race track). The “☆☆ race” represents, for example, the “☆☆” race (or race name) to be held at the venue. In addition, “betting type” represents a betting method (depending on the type of public competition, single winning type, double winning type, consecutive winning single type, consecutive winning double type, double winning type, etc.), and “set number” is a number in the betting type (For example, a horse number in the case of horse racing). By specifying a set of “place, race, betting type, and set number”, a voting target (hereinafter also referred to as “buying eye”) is uniquely determined. “Odds” indicates how many dividends can be obtained from the funds voted for the purchase when the purchase is correct. For example, if the odds are “5” for a purchase of 1,000 yen, and a hit is made, a dividend of 5,000 yen is obtained. Below, the minimum amount that can be voted is 100 yen as an example.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the voting support apparatus 12 includes a losing part calculation unit 16, a purchase eye selection unit 18, a voting unit 20, and a notification unit 22.

  The losing part calculation unit 16 calculates a losing part of the user's deduction on the day of voting. Specifically, the losing part calculation unit 16 accesses the host device 14 on the host side of the public competition, and obtains the preparation funds prepared for the user to vote for the public competition and the latest remaining funds of the user. Then, the loss is calculated by subtracting the remaining funds from the reserve funds.

  The buying eye selection unit 18 selects a buying eye in consideration of the loss. The purchase eye selection unit 18 selects a purchase that can collect at least a portion of the loss based on at least a portion of the remaining funds. In addition, when aiming at collecting part (for example, half, 1/3) of losing part instead of aiming at collecting the whole amount of losing part (Tonton), the buying eye selection part 18 is the part which collects from the user. (For example, the amount of money to be recovered, the ratio to the loss, etc.) may be received from the user terminal 10. Further, when voting is performed based on a part of the remaining funds instead of the entire remaining funds, the purchase selection unit 18 may accept funds for voting from the user terminal 10 (for example, voting amount, ratio to remaining funds, etc.). Good.

  The purchase eye selection unit 18 may select a purchase with the lowest odds, which is a purchase that can collect at least a part of the loss. As a result, it is possible to maximize the probability that a part of the losing portion can be recovered by hitting the target.

  Further, the buying eye selection unit 18 may select a buying eye that can collect all of the losing portion based on all the remaining funds. This makes it possible to complete the voting on the day with “Tonton” by completely recovering the losing part of the day when the purchase is successful.

  The voting unit 20 votes for the purchase selected by the purchase selection unit 18.

  The notification unit 22 notifies the user terminal 10 of the purchase vote voted by the voting unit 20.

  The voting unit 20 may vote for the purchase selected by the purchase selection unit 18 regardless of the consent of the user. At this time, the notification unit 22 notifies the user of the vote result.

  On the other hand, the notification unit 22 may notify the user terminal 10 of the selected purchase before the voting unit 20 votes for the purchase selected by the purchase selection unit 18. At this time, the voting unit 20 performs voting for the selected purchase after the consent from the user terminal 10 is obtained.

  When the remaining funds are less than the minimum voting amount (100 yen), the losing part calculation unit 16 may determine that “the amount is insufficient”. When the loss calculation unit 16 determines that the amount is insufficient, the notification unit 22 notifies the user terminal 10 that the amount is insufficient. At this time, the notification unit 22 may prompt the user terminal 10 to deposit the difference between the minimum voting amount and the remaining funds. As a result, even if there is a shortage of remaining funds, it is possible to solicit for a vote to recover the loss.

  Further, when there is no race that can be purchased, as in the case where the last race of the day has ended, the purchase eye selection unit 18 may determine that “no purchaseable race”. At this time, the notification unit 22 notifies the user terminal 10 that there is no purchaseable race.

  Furthermore, even if all of the remaining funds are used, there may be cases where it is not possible to select a purchase that can recover all of the loss. For example, if the loss from the start is 100,000 yen, the remaining funds are only 100 yen, and the highest odds of a voting purchase is 900 times, the maximum dividend amount will be 90,000 yen It is impossible to recover the full amount of the loss. In such a case, the purchase eye selection unit 18 may select the purchase of the highest odds. As a result, even if “tonton” is impossible, it is possible to collect as much of the loss as possible and bring it close to “tonton” when the purchase is successful. In addition, even if all of the remaining funds are used, if the purchase that can collect all of the losing cannot be selected, and the purchase selection unit 18 selects the purchase of the highest odds, the notification unit 22 notifies the user terminal to that effect. 10 may be notified. Further, the voting unit 20 may vote for the purchase selected by the purchase selection unit 18 when the user terminal 10 has obtained consent to vote.

  If it is not possible to select a purchase that can collect all of the loss based on the remaining funds, the purchase selection unit 18 determines that the funds necessary to collect all of the loss based on the purchase of the highest odds. You may calculate the difference with the remaining funds. At this time, the notification unit 22 notifies the user terminal 10 of the difference. Moreover, the voting part 20 votes for the purchase which the purchase selection part 18 selected when the payment according to the difference was performed. Thereby, even when it is not possible to make “tonton” using only the remaining funds, it is possible to prompt the user to vote that can realize “tonton” based on the additional payment.

  Next, the configuration of the host device 14 will be described. Referring to FIG. 2, the host device 14 on the public game organizer side includes a reception unit 24, a voting processing unit 26, a voting result notification unit 28, a holding unit 30, and a response unit 32.

  The accepting unit 24 accepts, from the voting support device 12, a purchase selected in consideration of the user's deduction on the day of voting. The voting processing unit 26 performs voting processing according to the purchases received by the receiving unit 24. The voting result notification unit 28 notifies the voting support device 12 of the voting processing result performed by the voting processing unit 26.

  The holding unit 30 holds a member ID as an identifier of the user, a preparation fund prepared by the user for voting for a public competition, and the latest remaining funds of the user in association with each other. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating information held by the holding unit 30 provided in the host device 14. Referring to FIG. 4, the holding unit 30 holds the member ID (identifier) of the user, the user's reserve funds, and the user's remaining funds in association with each other. Referring to FIG. 4, for example, a user with a member ID “M-a” has prepared funds of 10,000 yen in a dedicated account, but the remaining funds are 2,000 yen, which corresponds to 8,000 yen. There is a loss.

  In response to the member information inquiry from the voting support device 12, the response unit 32 responds to the voting support device 12 with the member's reserve funds and remaining funds held by the holding unit 30.

[Operation]
Next, the operation of the voting support system of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, with reference to FIG. 5, operation | movement of the vote assistance apparatus 12 in this embodiment is demonstrated. In FIG. 5, buying eyes S <b> 1 to S <b> 5 represent a set of a place, a race, a betting type, and a set number, respectively.

  First, a case where the user is a user with the member ID “Ma” in FIG. 4 will be described. In this case, the losing part calculation unit 16 calculates 8,000 yen (= 10,000 yen-2,000 yen) as the losing part of the user's deduction on the day of voting. When voting for all the remaining funds (2,000 yen) and aiming for “Tonton”, the buying eye selection unit 18 will make a full loss if it hits one of the buying S1 to S5 shown in FIG. As a candidate for buying a total of 10,000 yen (= 8,000 yen +2,000 yen) of (8,000 yen) and the funds to be voted (2,000 yen), buy eyes S1 to S4 To extract. Further, the buying eye selection unit 18 selects the buying eye S4 having the lowest odds as the buying eye to be voted from the extracted buying candidates S1 to S4.

  On the other hand, when voting a part of the remaining funds (for example, 1,000 yen) and aiming for “Tonton”, the buying eye selection unit 18 performs the case where it hits from the buying eyes S1 to S5 shown in FIG. The purchase eye S1 is a candidate for the purchase of a total of 9,000 yen (= 8,000 yen +1,000) of the total loss (8,000 yen) and the voting funds (1,000 yen) as a dividend. , S2 is extracted. Further, the buying eye selection unit 18 selects the buying eye S2 having the lowest odds as the buying eye to be voted out of the extracted candidates S1 and S2.

  Next, a case where the user corresponds to the member ID “Mb” in FIG. 4 will be described. In this case, the losing calculation 16 determines that the user's remaining funds (95 yen) are less than the minimum voting amount (100 yen), so that the amount is insufficient. Then, the notification unit 22 notifies the user terminal 10 that the amount is insufficient. Note that the notification unit 22 may notify the user of the amount necessary to enable voting and prompt the user to deposit money.

  Next, the case where the user is the user with the member ID “Mc” in FIG. 4 will be described. In this case, the losing part calculation unit 16 calculates 9,000 yen (= 10,000 yen-1,000 yen) as a losing part of the user's deduction on the day of voting. When voting for all the remaining funds (1,000 yen) and aiming for “Tonton”, the buying eye selection unit 18 makes a full loss if it makes a hit from the buying eyes S1 to S5 shown in FIG. Buyers S1 and S2 are candidates for purchases in which a total of 10,000 yen (= 9,000 yen + 1,000 yen) of (9,000 yen) and funds to vote (1,000 yen) are obtained as dividends. Extract. Further, the buying eye selection unit 18 selects the buying eye S2 with the lowest odds as the buying eye to be voted out of the extracted buying candidate S1 and S2.

  Note that the “field” included in the purchase item in FIG. 5 includes only a single field “field” of public sporting events (for example, horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, auto racing, etc.). Alternatively, “fields” of a plurality of events (for example, horse racing and bicycle racing) may be mixed.

  Next, the operation of the voting support system (FIG. 2) according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.

  The user operates the user terminal 10 to execute a voting support function based on the present embodiment (step A1). Here, as an example, it is assumed that the user has a member ID “M-a” shown in FIG.

  When detecting the execution of the voting support function by the user terminal 10, the loss calculation unit 16 of the voting support device 12 notifies the host device 14 of the member ID of the user and inquires about the member information of the user (step A2).

  The response unit 32 of the host device 14 refers to the information (FIG. 4) held by the holding unit 30 and acquires the member information (preparation funds, remaining funds) of the user corresponding to the member ID “Ma” (step) A3) The acquired member information (here, reserve fund 10,000 yen, remaining fund 2,000 yen) is returned to the voting support apparatus 12 (step A4).

  The losing part calculation unit 16 calculates the user's 8,000 yen loss based on the acquired member information (preparation funds, remaining funds). Here, it is assumed that all the remaining funds (2,000 yen) are voted to aim for “tonton”. At this time, the buying eye selection unit 18 sets the voting available amount to 2,000 yen and the target payout amount to 10,000 yen (step A5). In this case, since the remaining funds (2,000 yen) are equal to or greater than the minimum voting amount (100 yen), the notification to the user terminal 10 that the amount is insufficient (step A6) can be omitted.

  The purchase eye selection unit 18 of the vote support device 12 inquires the host device 14 about the race information that can be purchased (step A7). The host device 14 acquires race holding information (step A8), and returns the acquired race holding information to the voting support device 12 (step A9). Here, the race holding information includes “buying eyes” (that is, a combination of a place, a race, a betting ceremony, and a team number) that can be voted, and “odds” information on the buying eyes. Here, as an example, it is assumed that the holding information includes information for the two leftmost columns in FIG.

  The purchase eye selection unit 18 determines a race that can be purchased based on the acquired holding information (step A10). Here, since there are races that can be purchased, the notification (step A11) to the user terminal 10 that there is no race that can be purchased can be omitted.

  When voting all remaining funds (2,000 yen) and aiming for “Tonton”, as described above, the buying eye selection unit 18 makes the most loss from the buying eyes S1 to S5 shown in FIG. The purchase item S4 that can be recovered with high probability is selected (step A12).

  Here, the voting unit 20 may send out a voting request for the purchase item selected by the purchase item selection unit 18 regardless of the presence or absence of consent from the user (step A14).

  On the other hand, the notification unit 22 may notify the user terminal 10 of the selected purchase before the voting unit 20 votes for the purchase selected by the purchase selection unit 18. In this case, when the consent for the selected purchase is obtained from the user terminal 10 (step A13), the voting unit 20 makes a voting request for the selected purchase (step A14).

  When the receiving unit 24 of the host device 14 receives a voting request from the voting support device 12, the voting processing unit 26 executes voting processing according to the received voting request (step A15). In addition, the voting result notifying unit 28 returns the voting result to the voting support apparatus 12 (step A16).

  When the voting result is returned, the notification unit 22 of the voting support apparatus 12 transfers the voting result to the user terminal 10 (step A17). Then, the voting result is displayed on the display unit (display or the like) of the user terminal 10 (step A18).

  In the voting support system of the present embodiment, the losing amount of the user's deduction on the day of voting is calculated, the buying eyes are selected in consideration of the losing portion, and voting is performed on the selected buying eyes. According to such a voting support system, voting is possible in which a user can collect a loss without selecting a voting destination himself / herself in a public competition. As an example, if the user wants to recover the entire losing portion of the day using the remaining funds, the user can simply vote by simply clicking the button for executing the voting support function of this embodiment. Can do.

<Embodiment 2>
Next, a voting support system according to a second embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, a mode in which voting is performed from a user terminal (PC, smartphone, etc.) via a web server is assumed. In this embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, the personal preference of the user is reflected in the vote. Below, it demonstrates focusing on the difference of this embodiment and 1st Embodiment.

[Constitution]
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the vote support system according to this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 7, the voting support apparatus 12 of the present embodiment further includes a preference extraction unit 34 compared to the voting support apparatus 12 (FIG. 2) of the first embodiment.

  The preference extraction unit 34 accesses the host device 14 on the organizer side of the public competition, acquires the user's voting history on the day of voting, and extracts the user's preference. For example, the preference extracting unit 34 extracts, based on the voting history, a place where the user has voted and / or a relatively high frequency betting style as a place preferred by the user and / or a betting style. Moreover, the preference extraction part 34 accesses the host apparatus 14, acquires the favorite player (It is good also as a jockey and / or a horse if it is a horse race) registered by the user, and also makes the acquired player a preference. Good.

  The purchase eye selection unit 18 is a purchase eye that can collect at least a part of the losing portion, and further selects a purchase eye based on the preference extracted by the preference extraction unit 34.

  In the present embodiment, the holding unit 30 of the host device 14 holds a user identifier (for example, a member ID), a reserve fund, a remaining fund, and a user voting history in association with each other. The holding unit 30 may hold a place and / or a betting type voted by the user as a voting history. Further, the holding unit 30 may hold a favorite player registered by the user (a favorite jockey and / or a horse in the case of horse racing) in association with the identifier of the user.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating information held by the holding unit 30 of the host device. Referring to FIG. 8, the holding unit 30 holds the voting history “a1, a2, a3” and the favorite player “Fa” in association with the user with the member ID “M-a” as well as the reserve funds and the remaining funds. doing. Here, each of the voting histories a1, a2, and a3 may include a set of “place”, “wager type”, and “voting amount”.

  Note that the “place” included in the voting history of FIG. 8 may include only “place” of a single event of public sport events, or a mixture of “places” of multiple events. It may be.

  In response to the inquiry from the voting support apparatus 12, the response unit 32 answers a voting history and / or a favorite player in addition to the reserve funds and the remaining funds.

[Operation]
Next, the operation of the voting support system (FIG. 7) of this embodiment will be described.

  First, operation | movement of the preference extraction part 34 of the vote assistance apparatus 12 in this embodiment is demonstrated. Here, an operation in which the preference extraction unit 34 extracts the user's preference according to the user's voting history will be described. The preference extraction unit 34 accesses the host device 14 and acquires the user's voting history on the day of voting. At this time, it is assumed that the voting history (place, betting type, voting amount) shown in the table on the left side of FIG. 9 is acquired. The preference extraction unit 34 calculates the sum of the voting amounts for the place unit and the betting unit. The preference extraction unit 34 determines that “the place” and “betting method” reflect the user's preference as the total vote amount increases. As shown in the table (two) on the right side of FIG. 9, when the order is sorted in descending order of the total vote amount, the places are in the order of “◯◯”, “□□”, and “ΔΔ”. On the other hand, if the betting types are sorted in descending order of the voting amount, they are in the order of “3 singles” and “2 singles”. The preference extraction unit 34 may use a place and / or a betting type with the highest voting amount as a user preference.

  On the other hand, the preference extraction unit 34 extracts, based on the voting history, a relatively high frequency of the places and / or betting styles that the user has voted as the preferences and / or betting styles that the user likes. Also good. In addition, the preference extraction unit 34 may use the highest frequency field and / or betting formula as the user's preference.

  In the present embodiment, the buying eye selection unit 18 reflects the user's preference when selecting a buying eye that can collect at least a portion of the loss based on at least a portion of the remaining funds. For example, when aiming for “Tonton”, the buying eye selection unit 18 is a buying eye that reflects an individual's preference among “Buying eye” candidates that can realize “Tonton” and has the lowest odds. May be selected. In addition, when there is no buyable item that can reflect the personal preference (place, betting ceremony, player, etc.) among the candidate buyable items that can realize “Tonton”, the purchase item selection unit 18 realizes “Tonton”. May be prioritized so that personal preference is not reflected.

  As an example, let us consider a case where the user corresponds to the member ID “M-a” in FIG. 4 and the purchase eyes and odds shown in the table of FIG. 5 are given. When the user votes for all of the remaining funds (2,000 yen) and aims to collect the entire lost amount (8,000 yen), as described above, the buying eye selection unit 18 selects the buying eyes S1 to S4. Extract as possible candidates. Here, of the purchase items S1 to S4, the purchase items S2 and S3 reflect the user's preference (that is, the purchase items S2 and S3 include the user's favorite place, betting ceremony, favorite player's preference). At least one of them is included). At this time, the buying eye selection unit 18 of the present embodiment selects the buying eye S3 with the lowest odds from the buying eyes S2 and S3 reflecting the user's preference.

  Next, with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. 6, the operation of the voting support system of this embodiment will be described focusing on differences from the first embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, the response unit 32 of the host device 14 refers to the information held in the holding unit 30 (FIG. 8), and the member information of the user corresponding to the member ID “M-a” (preparation funds, remaining funds, Voting history, favorite player) (step A3), and acquired member information (in this case, reserve funds 10,000 yen, remaining funds 2,000 yen, voting history a1, a2, a3, favorite player Fa) Is returned to the voting support apparatus 12 (step A4).

  Further, in the present embodiment, when all of the remaining funds (2,000 yen) are voted to aim for “Tonton”, as described above, the purchase item selection unit 18 purchases items S1 to S5 shown in FIG. The purchase eye S3 that can recover the loss with the highest probability while reflecting the user's preference is selected (step A12).

  Other operations are the same as the operations of the voting support system in the first embodiment.

  In the voting support system of the present embodiment, the losing amount of the user's deduction on the day of voting is calculated, and the buying eyes are selected and selected in consideration of the losing portion and the user's preference (place, betting ceremony, player, etc.). Voting will be held for purchases. According to such a voting support system, similarly to the first embodiment, voting is realized in which the user can recover the losing portion without selecting the voting destination himself. In addition, according to the present embodiment, since the user's preference is reflected on the buying eyes, it is easy to obtain the user's satisfaction with respect to the buying eyes automatically voted by the voting support apparatus.

<Embodiment 3>
Next, a voting support system according to a third embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The present embodiment relates to a form of voting using a prepaid card issued at a venue (including an off-site sales place, the same applies hereinafter). A user (here, a visitor to the venue) deposits funds for voting in advance to a prepaid card (prepaid card) issued at the venue, and performs a vote using the deposited funds. Hereinafter, the funds prepared for voting by the user (that is, funds deposited in the prepaid card) are referred to as “preparation funds”. In addition, the current (latest) funds reflecting the increase or decrease in funds due to the user repeating voting and depositing on the day of voting are called “remaining funds”. Below, it demonstrates focusing on the difference of this embodiment and 1st Embodiment.

[Constitution]
FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the voting support system according to this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 10, the voting support system includes a voting support device (for example, a ticket vending machine) 36 that supports voting for public games by a user, and a host device 14 on the host side of a public game. The voting support device 36 receives an operation by the user and supports voting by the user. The host device 14 receives the vote from the vote support device 36, performs actual voting processing, and transmits the vote result to the vote support device 36.

  Referring to FIG. 10, the voting support apparatus 36 in the present embodiment is replaced with the voting support apparatus 12 (FIG. 2) of the first embodiment instead of the notification unit 22 (or in addition to the notification unit 22). A ticket issuing unit 38 is provided. The ticket issuing unit 38 issues voting tickets according to the purchases voted by the voting unit 20.

  Note that the voting support apparatus 36 may display the notification content by the notification unit 22 of the first embodiment on a display (not shown) provided in the voting support apparatus 36.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating information held by the holding unit 30 of the host device 14 in the vote support system according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 11, the holding unit 30 holds a card ID for identifying a user (a prepaid card issuance destination), a reserve fund deposited by the user into the prepaid card, and the latest remaining funds of the user in association with each other. To do. In the case shown in FIG. 11, the holding unit 30 holds a card ID (identifier), the reserve funds deposited on the card, and the remaining funds of the card in association with each other. Referring to FIG. 11, the user who owns the prepaid card with the card ID “C-a” deposits the reserve fund of 10,000 yen, but the remaining fund is 2,000 yen. In other words, the user has lost 8,000 yen.

[Operation]
Next, with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. 12, the operation of the voting support system of this embodiment will be described focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.

  The user operates a voting support device (for example, a ticketing machine) 36 installed in the venue to execute a voting support function based on the present embodiment (step B1). Here, as an example, it is assumed that the user has a prepaid card with the card ID “C-a” shown in FIG.

  When the voting support function is executed, the loss calculation unit 16 of the voting support device 36 notifies the host device 14 of the user's card ID and inquires about the card information of the card ID (step B2).

  The response unit 32 of the host device 14 refers to the information held in the holding unit 30 (FIG. 11), and acquires card information (preparation funds, remaining funds) corresponding to the card ID “C-a” (step B3). The acquired card information (preparation fund 10,000 yen, remaining fund 2,000 yen) is returned to the voting support apparatus 36 (step B4).

  Thereafter, in steps B5 to B16, processing similar to that in steps A5 to A16 of the first embodiment is performed. However, instead of performing error display (steps A6 and A11) and acceptance of voting determination (step A13) via the user terminal 10 as in the first embodiment, in this embodiment, the voting support apparatus 36 An error display (steps B6 and B11) and a voting determination (step B13) are received via an interface (display, input button, etc.).

  In the present embodiment, when the voting result is returned from the host device 14 (step B16), the ticket issuing unit 38 of the voting support device 36 performs the ticketing process according to the voting result (step B17).

  In the voting support system according to the present embodiment, the losing portion of the user (visitor) on the day of voting is calculated, the purchase item is selected in consideration of the losing amount, and according to the voting result for the selected purchase item. Ticketing is performed. According to such a voting support system, it is possible to take home a voting ticket that can collect a loss without the user selecting a voting destination by himself / herself in a public competition. For example, when the user wants to use up the remaining funds on the card when going home from the place, there are cases where there is not enough time, or there is no confidence in the prediction like a beginner. Even in such a case, according to the present embodiment, the user can take home a voting ticket that can recover the loss with high probability without selecting a voting destination. Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, it is also possible to encourage a visitor who has hit the voting ticket taken home to return.

<Modification>
By combining the third embodiment and the second embodiment, the user's preference may be further reflected in the form of voting using the prepaid card issued on the spot.

  In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the user terminal 10 is not limited to a PC or a smartphone. For example, the user terminal 10 may be another device (game device, television, etc.) that can access the vote support device 12 via the Internet.

  Furthermore, in the first to third embodiments, the number of purchases selected by the purchase selection unit 18 is not limited to one, and a plurality of purchases may be selected. However, if multiple purchases are made, the amount of money that can be voted for each purchase will be reduced. Therefore, in order to recover the losing portion (or part of it), compared to the case where one purchase is made. Voting for higher odds buys. Therefore, when selecting a plurality of purchases, the purchase selection unit 18 selects a purchase in consideration of the trade-off relationship.

  It should be noted that the entire disclosure of the above patent document is incorporated herein by reference. Within the scope of the entire disclosure (including claims) of the present invention, the embodiment can be changed and adjusted based on the basic technical concept. Further, various combinations or selections of various disclosed elements (including each element of each claim, each element of each embodiment, each element of each drawing, etc.) are possible within the scope of the entire disclosure of the present invention. is there. That is, the present invention of course includes various variations and modifications that could be made by those skilled in the art according to the entire disclosure including the claims and the technical idea. In particular, with respect to the numerical ranges described in this document, any numerical value or small range included in the range should be construed as being specifically described even if there is no specific description.

8 Voting support device 10 User terminal 12 Voting support device (web server)
14 Host device 16 Loss calculation unit 18 Buy eye selection unit 20 Voting unit 22 Notification unit 24 Reception unit 26 Voting processing unit 28 Voting result notification unit 30 Holding unit 32 Response unit 34 Preference extraction unit 36 Voting support device (ticket vending machine)
38 ticketing department

Claims (22)

A voting support device that supports voting for public competitions by users,
A losing part calculating part for calculating a losing part of the user's deduction in a predetermined period;
A buy eye selection unit that selects a buy eye in consideration of the loss;
A voting unit for voting on the selected purchase item,
A voting support apparatus characterized by that. The losing part calculation unit obtains the preparation funds prepared for the user to vote for the public competition and the remaining funds of the user from the host device, and calculates the losing part by subtracting the remaining funds from the preparation funds.
The voting support apparatus according to claim 1. The buying eye selection unit selects a buying eye capable of collecting at least a portion of the losing portion based on at least a portion of the remaining funds;
The voting support apparatus according to claim 2. The buying eye selection unit is a buying eye that can collect at least a part of the losing portion, and selects a purchase of the lowest odds;
The vote support apparatus according to claim 3. The buying eye selection unit selects a buying eye that can collect all of the losing portion based on all of the remaining funds.
The vote support device according to claim 3 or 4. A notification unit for notifying the user of the selected purchase;
The vote support device according to any one of claims 2 to 5. The voting unit, regardless of whether there is consent from the user, vote for the selected purchase,
The notification unit notifies a user of a vote result,
The voting support apparatus according to claim 6. The notification unit notifies the user of the selected purchase before voting the selected purchase.
The voting unit, when obtaining consent for the selected purchase from the user, votes for the selected purchase;
The voting support apparatus according to claim 6. The buy eye selection unit selects the purchase of the highest odds when it is not possible to select a purchase that can collect all of the loss based on the total of the remaining funds,
The voting support apparatus according to claim 8. If the purchase item selection unit cannot select a purchase item that can collect all of the loss based on the remaining funds, the purchase item selection unit collects the entire loss based on the purchase of the highest odds. To calculate the difference between the funds required to
The notification unit notifies the user of the difference,
The voting unit, when a deposit according to the difference is made, votes for the purchase of the highest odds.
The voting support apparatus according to claim 9. From the host device, having a user's vote history in a predetermined period, having a preference extraction unit that extracts the user's preference,
The buying eye selection unit is a buying eye that can collect at least a part of the losing portion, and selects a buying eye based on the preference.
The vote support device according to any one of claims 3 to 5. The preference extraction unit extracts, based on the voting history, a place and / or a betting type that the user likes as a preference and a place and / or a betting type that the user has voted as the preference.
The voting support apparatus according to claim 11. The preference extraction unit acquires a favorite player and / or horse registered by a user from the host device, and uses the acquired player and / or horse as the preference.
The vote support device according to claim 11 or 12. A ticketing unit for issuing a voting ticket in accordance with the voting purchases;
The vote support device according to any one of claims 1 to 13. A voting support device that supports voting for public competitions by users;
A host device for receiving a vote from the vote support device,
The voting support device includes:
A losing part calculating part for calculating a losing part of the user's deduction in a predetermined period;
A buy eye selection unit that selects a buy eye in consideration of the loss;
A voting unit for voting on the selected purchase item,
Voting support system characterized by that. A reception unit that accepts purchases selected in consideration of a loss of the user's deduction in a predetermined period from a voting support device that supports voting for public competitions by a user;
A voting processing unit for performing voting processing according to the accepted purchase item;
A voting result notifying unit for notifying the voting support device of a result of the voting process performed,
A host device characterized by that. A holding unit that holds the identifier of the user, the prepared funds prepared for voting in the public competition, and the remaining funds of the user in association with each other;
In response to an inquiry from the voting support device, a response unit that responds to the voting support device with the reserve funds and the remaining funds,
The host device according to claim 16. The holding unit holds the user identifier and the user voting history in association with each other,
The response unit answers the vote history in response to an inquiry from the vote support device.
The host device according to claim 17. The holding unit holds, as the voting history, a place where a user has voted and / or a wager.
The host device according to claim 18. The holding unit holds a favorite player and / or horse registered by the user,
The response unit answers the favorite player and / or horse in response to an inquiry from the voting support device.
The host device according to any one of claims 17 to 19. A voting support method for supporting a user to vote for a public competition,
A step in which the voting support device calculates a loss of the user's deduction in a predetermined period;
Selecting a purchase in consideration of the loss;
Voting for the selected buys,
Voting support method characterized by that. A program that helps users vote for public competitions,
A process of calculating a user's deduction for a predetermined period;
A process of selecting a purchase in consideration of the loss;
Causing the computer to execute a process of voting for the selected purchase item;
A program characterized by that.

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