JP2023090902A - Information processing device, vote acceptance method, and vote acceptance program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing device which allows a user who is inexperienced in voting to easily cast a vote.SOLUTION: An information processing device (20) for accepting votes for a game in which a vote can be casted for a voting target in a plurality of voting systems comprises: a storage unit (201) for storing a voting history that indicates a history of past votes of a user; a selection unit (203) for selecting one or more voting systems that are recommended to the user among a plurality of voting systems on the basis of the voting history; a notification unit (204) for notifying the user of at least one of the one or more selected voting systems; and an acceptance unit (205) for accepting a designation of a voting system from among the plurality of voting systems for the user to cast a vote.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, a voting reception method, and a voting reception program.

For example, in various competitions such as horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, etc., a voting device that receives votes from voters is used (see Patent Literature 1, for example). A voter can vote by writing the voting matters necessary for voting on a ballot paper and inputting it into a voting device. For example, in the case of horse racing, matters such as the race site where the race is held, the voting method such as single win or double win, horses to be voted on, etc. can be written on a ballot paper and input to a voting device, whereby voting can be carried out.

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However, depending on the competition, the method of voting may be complicated. For example, in the case of horse racing, there are many types of betting methods to be selected, many horses to be voted for, and many betting patterns. For this reason, it is difficult for users who have little voting experience to decide which voting pattern to vote for, and thus it is difficult to vote easily.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus, a voting reception method, and a voting reception program that enable even users with little voting experience to easily vote.

An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that receives a vote for a competition in which a plurality of voting methods are available for a voting target, and which indicates a history of past voting by a user. a storage unit that stores a history; a selection unit that selects one or more voting methods recommended to a user from among a plurality of voting methods based on the voting history; and at least one of the selected one or more voting methods. It has a notification unit that notifies the user, and a reception unit that receives designation of a voting method from among a plurality of voting methods by the user.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information processing device, a voting reception method, and a voting reception program that enable even users with little voting experience to easily vote.

1 illustrates a voting system according to an embodiment of the invention; FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a terminal and a server. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a functional block configuration example of a terminal; It is a figure which shows the functional block structural example of a server. FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing an example of a processing procedure performed by the voting system; It is a figure which shows an example of recommended voting method DB. It is a figure which shows another example of recommended voting method DB. An example of the voting screen displayed on a terminal is shown.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in each figure, the same reference numerals have the same or similar configurations.

(System configuration)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example system configuration of a voting system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. A voting system 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a system that manages voting by users in a competition in which voting is performed, such as horse racing.

In the present embodiment, the case where the betting system 1 is used for horse racing will be described as an example, but the betting system 1 is not limited to horse racing, and can be used for various competitions in which voting is performed, such as bicycle racing, boat racing, and auto racing. good. Also, the voting system 1 according to the present embodiment may be used for various competitions in which rankings are determined. Also, it may be used for a simulation game or the like for the various competitions described above.

The voting system 1 comprises a terminal 10a, a terminal 10b and a server 20. FIG. The terminal 10a, the terminal 10b, and the server 20 are communicably connected to each other via a communication network N such as the Internet or a wireless LAN. In this embodiment, a user A is a user who uses the terminal 10a, and a user B is a user who uses the terminal 10b. In addition, when it is not necessary to distinguish between the terminals 10a and 10b, the terminals 10a and 10b are referred to as terminals 10, respectively. The number of terminals 10 provided in the voting system 1 may be one or three or more. In this embodiment, the terminal 10 and the server 20 may be collectively referred to as an information processing device, only the terminal 10 may be referred to as an information processing device, and only the server 20 may be referred to as an information processing device.

The terminal 10 may be, for example, a smart phone, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, a personal computer (PC), a notebook PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a home-use game device, or any other type of terminal. good. The server 20 may be composed of one device, may be composed of a plurality of devices, or may be a server realized on the cloud.

An overview of the voting system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the user A accesses the server 20 by operating the terminal 10a. After accessing the server 20, the user A inputs information for identifying the user (user ID: Identification, etc.) to the terminal 10a. The entered information is transmitted to the server 20 via the communication network N. FIG. The server 20 identifies users using the voting system 1 based on the received information.

After that, the server 20 creates screen information including information for displaying a voting screen for the user A to vote, and transmits the screen information to the terminal 10a. Then, the terminal 10a displays a voting screen for accepting a vote from the user A based on the received screen information. User A votes using the voting screen displayed on the terminal 10a. For example, in horse racing, options for a voting method such as single win, double win, and horse single, and a horse to be voted (for example, if the voting method is a win, the horse that comes first) are displayed on the voting screen. can use the voting screen to select a voting method and horses to be voted for.

When accepting votes from user A, the voting system 1 performs processing to assist user A in voting. For example, if user A is a user with a low voting record, even if a simple voting method with a small number of horses to be selected, such as a single win or multiple wins, or a low-risk voting method is preferentially displayed on the voting screen. good. Further, for example, information on the voting method selected by user B and the horse on which user B voted may be displayed on user A's terminal 10a so that user A can refer to it when voting.

When the voting by user A is completed, the input voting information is sent from the terminal 10a to the server 20 via the communication network N. FIG. After that, the server 20 determines whether or not the vote by the user A is correct based on the result of the actual race, and transmits the determination result to the terminal 10a.

(Hardware configuration)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the terminal 10 and the server 20. As shown in FIG. The terminal 10 and the server 20 include a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a storage device 12, a communication interface
(Interface) 13 , an input device 14 and an output device 15 . Each of these components is connected to each other so that data can be sent and received.

The CPU 11 is a control unit that controls the execution of programs stored in the storage device 12 and performs data calculation and processing. The CPU 11 receives data from the communication IF 13 and outputs the data calculation result to the output device 15 or stores it in the storage device 12 .

The storage device 12 is a device that stores various information. The storage device 12 is a volatile storage medium from which data can be rewritten or a nonvolatile storage medium from which data can only be read.

The communication IF 13 is a device that connects the terminal 10 or the server 20 to the communication network N. FIG. It is conceivable that the communication IF 13 is provided outside the terminal 10 or the server 20 . In that case, the communication IF 13 is connected to the terminal 10 or the server 20 via an interface such as USB (Universal Serial Bus).

The input device 14 is a device for accepting input of information from the user. The input device 14 is, for example, a touch panel, buttons, keyboard, mouse and microphone.

The output device 15 is a device for outputting information. The output device 15 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL (Electronic Luminescent) display, a speaker, or the like.

(Functional block configuration)
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a functional block configuration example of the terminal 10. As shown in FIG. Terminal 10 includes communication unit 101 , input reception unit 102 , and display control unit 103 . The communication unit 101 , the input reception unit 102 , and the display control unit 103 can be implemented by the CPU 11 of the terminal 10 executing programs stored in the storage device 12 . The program may be a program (application) that can be downloaded from a server and installed on the terminal 10 . Also, the program can be stored in a storage medium. The storage medium storing the program may be a non-transitory computer readable medium. The non-temporary storage medium is not particularly limited, but may be a storage medium such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory or a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory).

The communication unit 101 has a function of transmitting and receiving signals and messages to and from the server 20 via the communication IF 13 .

The input reception unit 102 has a function of receiving various inputs from the user via the input device 14 such as a touch panel, mouse or keyboard.

The display control unit 103 displays various screens including a voting screen on the output device 15 such as a liquid crystal display based on the screen information received from the server 20 . The input reception unit 102 and the display control unit 103 may be functional units implemented by a web browser included in the terminal 10 .

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a functional block configuration example of the server 20. As shown in FIG. The server 20 has a storage unit 201 , a communication unit 202 , a selection unit 203 , a display control unit 204 and a reception unit 205 . The storage unit 201 can be implemented using an external storage device with which the storage device 12 or the server 20 can communicate. The communication unit 202 , the selection unit 203 , the display control unit 204 , and the reception unit 205 can be implemented by the CPU 11 of the server 20 executing programs stored in the storage device 12 . The program can be stored in a storage medium. The storage medium storing the program may be a non-transitory computer readable medium. The non-temporary storage medium is not particularly limited, but may be a storage medium such as a USB memory or CD-ROM, for example.

The storage unit 201 stores a voting history DB (Data Base) (voting history information) that stores the history of voting performed by users in the past. The voting history DB stores, for example, a user ID (Identification) that identifies a user, the date on which the user voted for a betting ticket, the race number, the voting method (won, multiple wins, etc.), and the voting object (horse number), the amount voted for, and the refund amount if you win. The storage unit 201 also stores a recommended voting method DB (voting method information) that indicates recommended conditions for each voting method. The recommended condition is a condition indicating a recommended voting method according to the user's degree of experience with horse racing (hereinafter referred to as "experience level").

The communication unit 202 has a function of transmitting and receiving signals and messages to and from the terminal 10 via the communication IF 13 .

The selection unit 203 has a function of selecting one or more voting methods recommended to the user from among a plurality of voting methods based on the voting history DB. Alternatively, the selection unit 203 may acquire the experience level of the user based on the voting history DB, and select, as one or more voting systems to be recommended to the user, a voting system in which the acquired experience level satisfies the recommendation condition. good.

The display control unit 204 has a function of controlling the voting screen displayed on the terminal 10 . The voting screen includes at least one of one or more voting methods recommended to the user selected by the selection unit 203 . The display control unit 204 may further include voting methods selectable at the time of voting (a plurality of voting methods set for the race) on the voting screen. Note that the display control unit 204 may be a functional unit realized by a web server.

The receiving unit 205 has a function of receiving, from the terminal 10 used by the user who votes, the designation of the race number to be voted, the designation of the voting method when voting, the designation of the horse number corresponding to the voting method, and the designation of the amount to bet. have.

The display control unit 103 provided in the terminal 10 or the display control unit 204 provided in the server 20 described above can be expressed as having a function of notifying the user of information using a screen. Therefore, the display control unit 103 may be called the notification unit, the display control unit 204 may be called the notification unit, and the display control unit 103 and the display control unit 204 may be collectively called the notification unit.

Further, in the present embodiment, the terminal 10 itself may perform the above-described processing performed by the server (recommended voting method selection, voting screen display processing, and voting acceptance processing). That is, each functional block included in the server 20 described above may be included in the terminal 10 side.

(Processing procedure)
Next, a processing procedure performed by the voting system 1 will be described. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing an example of a processing procedure performed by the voting system 1 according to this embodiment.

First, when the input reception unit 102 of the terminal 10 receives an instruction to display the voting screen from the user using the terminal 10 (step S100), the communication unit 101 transmits the user ID of the user to the server 20. Send (step S110). Subsequently, the selection unit 203 of the server 20 acquires the voting history of the user by searching the voting history DB using the received user ID as a key. The selection unit 203 also acquires (calculates) the user's experience level by analyzing the acquired voting history. The selection unit 203 also selects one or more voting methods recommended to the user by searching the recommended voting method DB for a voting method that satisfies the acquired (calculated) level of experience (step S120). The experience level may be calculated in any way, but for example, it is calculated based on the number of votes the user has made so far, the current winning percentage, the total amount voted, and / or the total refund amount. You may do so. A specific example of the recommended voting scheme DB will now be described.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a recommended voting scheme DB. The "voting system" stores the voting system set for the race or information that can identify (specify) the voting system. In the example of FIG. 6, the voting methods are arranged in descending order of difficulty (in order of ease of winning). Multiple wins is a voting system that selects one horse that finishes in the top three. A win is a voting system that selects one horse to finish first. A wide is a voting system in which two horses finish 1st through 3rd. Frame series is a voting method in which the frame numbers of the first and second-placed horses are guessed in random order. Frame tan is a voting method in which the frame numbers of the first and second-placed horses are guessed up to the ranking. A horse race is a voting system in which the first and second-placed horses are guessed in random order. Uma-tan is a voting system that guesses both the first and second-placed horses. A triptych is a voting method in which horses that finish 1st through 3rd are picked in random order. A trifecta is a voting system in which all the horses that finish 1st to 3rd are guessed.

The “recommendation condition” stores a condition indicating which voting method should be recommended to a user who has experience (results) in horse racing. In the example of FIG. 6, experience level A, experience level B, experience level C, . . . That is, in the recommended voting method DB shown in FIG. 6, recommended conditions are set so that more voting methods are recommended as the degree of experience increases. For example, for users whose voting experience is less than experience level A, only multiple wins are recommended as a voting method. As such, double wins, single wins, wide wins and frame runs will be recommended.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another example of the recommended voting scheme DB. As shown in FIG. 7, in the recommended voting method DB, recommended conditions are set such that as the experience level increases, a voting method with a large number of parameters that need to be specified for voting is recommended. good too. The number of parameters to be specified for voting may be, for example, the number of horses (or the number of slots) to be selected. For wins and wins, the number of horses to be designated to cast a vote is one. In the case of Wide, Frame Run, Frame Single, Horse Match and Horse Single, the number of horses to be designated for voting is two. For triplets and triplets, the number of horses to be designated for voting is three. In the example of FIG. 7, multiple wins, win wins and wide wins will be selected as the recommended voting schemes for users with low experience (less than X). Also, for users with a medium level of experience (X or more and less than Y), multiple wins, single wins, wide, frame series, frame single, horse race, and horse single are selected as recommended voting methods. In addition, all voting methods are selected as recommended voting methods for users with a high degree of experience (Y or higher).

Subsequently, the display control unit 204 of the server 20 selects one or more voting methods recommended for the user selected by the selection unit 203 and voting methods selectable at the time of voting (specifically, all voting methods set for the race). voting method) is generated (step S130). The communication unit 202 transmits the generated screen information to the terminal 10 (step S140).

Subsequently, the display control unit 103 of the terminal 10 displays the voting screen using the screen information of the voting screen received from the server 20 (step S150). The input accepting unit 102 accepts the voting details (for example, voting method, voting object (horse number), amount of bet, etc.) input by the user on the voting screen, and transmits the accepted voting details to the server 20 (step S160). The accepting unit 205 of the server 20 executes a betting (purchase of a betting ticket) according to the betting details received from the terminal 10 (step S170).

FIG. 8 shows an example of a voting screen displayed on the terminal 10. As shown in FIG. FIG. 8(a) shows an example of a menu when receiving a winning vote on the voting screen. FIG. 8B shows an example of a menu for accepting selection of a voting method on the voting screen. As shown in FIG. 8(b), the menu for accepting the selection of the voting method displays a list of each of the plurality of voting methods set for the race. A string indicating that it is a recommendation is displayed.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 8C, the menu for accepting the selection of the voting method on the voting screen may display only the voting methods recommended to the user. In other words, inexperienced users may be limited in the voting schemes they can choose from, and more voting schemes may be gradually opened up as the user gains experience. In order to realize such processing, the display control unit 204 of the server 20 displays a voting screen that displays only one or more voting methods recommended to the user selected by the selection unit 203 as selectable voting methods at the time of voting. You may make it display on the terminal 10. FIG. Further, the accepting unit 205 of the server 20 may accept the designation of the voting method by which the user votes, limited to one or more voting methods recommended for the user.

According to the processing procedure described above, it is possible to recommend a betting method with a low degree of difficulty of winning or a betting method with a simple betting method to a user who has little experience in horse racing. As a result, the user can easily decide which voting method to vote for, so even users with little voting experience can easily vote. In addition, as a result, it is possible to prevent the user from operating the voting screen many times due to worrying about which voting method to vote for, and reduce the processing load of the terminal 10 and the server 20 related to drawing the voting screen. can be mitigated.

(Modification)
In the present embodiment, when receiving a vote for a voting target from a user, the reception unit 205 of the server 20 selects a plurality of voting targets in units of groups generated by grouping voting targets having common attributes. may be accepted. In addition, the display control unit 204 may cause the terminal 10 to display a voting screen capable of displaying voting targets for each group and accepting voting for each group. Voting targets with common attributes include, for example, a group with common horse characteristics (e.g. runaway horse, leading horse, leading horse), a group of horses whose odds are below a predetermined percentage (favourite group), Examples include a group of horses with a multiple or higher (large hole group), a group of horses of the same sex, and a group of horses that won a predetermined top rank in the previous race. As a result, the user does not need to specifically select the voting target by the horse number, so the user can easily select the voting target.

In addition, in the voting system according to the present embodiment, it is possible to refer to the information of the voting method selected by another user who has more experience than the user and the information of the horse that the user voted for, and to cast the same vote as that of the other user. It may be possible to duplicate and vote. In addition, as described above, in the voting system according to the present embodiment, the voting methods that can be selected by inexperienced users are limited, and more voting methods are gradually opened as the user gains experience. can be

In this case, the receiving unit 205 of the server 20 receives the voting method in the voting performed by the other user, even if it is not included in one or more voting methods recommended to the user (that is, it is not open). may also accept votes from users that are duplicates of votes made by other users. In other words, even if the voting method is not open to the public, voting by the voting method that is not open to the public may be permitted only in the case of duplicating a vote made by another user. As a result, even an inexperienced user can vote by duplicating the vote of a more experienced user, thereby making horse racing more interesting.

In the voting system according to this embodiment, instead of using real money, it may be possible to vote using virtual currency that can be used only within the voting system.

The voting method in this embodiment is not limited to the voting method used in the above description. The voting method according to the present embodiment includes various voting methods in which a predetermined ranking or the like is specified in random order or explicitly for one or more voting targets.

The embodiments described above are for facilitating understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit and interpret the present invention. Each element included in the embodiment and its arrangement, materials, conditions, shape, size, etc. are not limited to those illustrated and can be changed as appropriate. Also, it is possible to partially replace or combine the configurations shown in different embodiments.

Reference Signs List 1 voting system 10 terminal 11 CPU 12 storage device 13 communication IF 14 input device 15 output device 20 server 101 communication unit 102 input reception unit 103 Display control unit 201 Storage unit 202 Communication unit 203 Selection unit 204 Display control unit 205 Reception unit

Claims (10)

An information processing device that accepts a vote for a competition that allows voting by a plurality of voting methods for a voting object,
a storage unit that stores a voting history indicating a history of past voting by a user;
a selection unit that selects one or more voting methods recommended to the user from among the plurality of voting methods based on the voting history;
a notification unit that notifies the user of at least one of the selected one or more voting methods;
a reception unit that receives designation of a voting method from among the plurality of voting methods when the user votes;
Information processing device having The storage unit stores recommended voting method information that associates each of the plurality of voting methods with recommended conditions,
The selection unit acquires the experience level of voting performed by the user from the voting history, and selects, as one or more voting schemes to be recommended to the user, a voting system in which the acquired experience level satisfies the recommended condition. ,
The information processing device according to claim 1 . In the recommended voting method information, the recommended condition is set such that the greater the experience, the more voting methods are recommended.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2. Each of the plurality of voting methods has a predetermined number of parameters to be specified for voting,
In the recommended voting method information, the recommended condition is set such that the greater the experience level, the more recommended the voting method with a larger number of parameters to be specified.
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3. When accepting a vote for the voting object from the user, the accepting unit accepts the voting in units of groups generated by grouping voting objects having common attributes for a plurality of voting objects.
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The notification unit further notifies the user of the plurality of voting methods as a voting method that can be selected by the user.
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5. The notification unit notifies one or more voting methods recommended to the user instead of the plurality of voting methods as a voting method selectable by the user;
The reception unit receives designation of a voting method for the user to vote from among one or more voting methods recommended to the user instead of the plurality of voting methods.
The information processing device according to claim 6 . When the user votes by copying the same vote as a vote cast by another user different from the user, the receiving unit recommends to the user a voting method in the vote cast by the other user. accepting votes from said users even if they are not included in one or more voting schemes;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 7. A voting acceptance method performed by an information processing device that accepts voting for a competition in which voting by a plurality of voting methods is possible for voting targets,
storing a voting history indicating a history of past votes made by the user;
selecting one or more voting schemes recommended to the user from among the plurality of voting schemes based on the voting history;
notifying the user of at least one of the selected one or more voting schemes;
accepting designation of a voting method from among the plurality of voting methods when the user votes;
Voting methods, including; A computer that accepts votes for competitions that allow multiple voting methods for voting objects,
storing a voting history indicating a history of past votes made by the user;
selecting one or more voting schemes recommended to the user from among the plurality of voting schemes based on the voting history;
notifying the user of at least one of the selected one or more voting schemes;
accepting designation of a voting method from among the plurality of voting methods when the user votes;
A voting reception program that runs

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