JP3154769U - Investment support server - Google Patents

Abstract

An investment support server for enjoying investment without having information on public competition is provided. An investment support server stores user information for each registered user and identification information for performing Internet voting of the user, and if there is an access from the user, the user authentication is performed. If registered, the user terminal 2 is provided with a list indicating the types of races that can be invested, and an investment request with a predetermined amount as an upper limit is accepted for each race. When an investment request is received from a user, based on the investment request received by accessing the Internet voting server 3 on behalf of the user for each race for which the investment request has been received, a predetermined time before the start time. Apply for voting ticket purchase. When the race in which the investment has been made is correct, the voting ticket purchase application process for the race that starts after the race is stopped. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an investment support server that assists a user in efficiently investing in public sports such as horse racing, boat racing, and bicycle racing in order to manage their own assets.

  Many fans buy voting tickets for public competitions such as horse racing, bicycle racing, and boat racing and enjoy dividends based on the results of the race. For voting ticket purchasers, knowing how many times each type of voting ticket in each race (by formula) can get dividends is a very important concern. In other words, a purchaser of a voting ticket purchases a voting ticket after expecting a return of how much profit can be obtained with how much investment.

  In order to make an efficient investment within a predetermined amount, for example, when purchasing a voting betting ticket at a horse race, the past race status of each horse to run, the pedigree of each horse, the state of the horse at the time of the race It is necessary to carefully predict the race results, and expertise, experience, and ability to collect information are required. Therefore, the voting ticket purchaser predicts the race result with reference to the prediction information provided by the prediction information provider so as to efficiently invest in the purchase of the voting betting ticket. For example, in the case of horse racing, the above-mentioned prediction information is provided from a racetrack prediction shop, a prediction paper specialized in horse racing, a television or radio horse racing program, and the like. In recent years, there is also known an apparatus that supports investment by providing prediction information via a network (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-188847 A

  In recent years, the introduction of “three consecutive winning doubles” and “three consecutive winning singles” has diversified and complicated the types of voting tickets (by type) in public competitions. Therefore, when voting within a predetermined amount of money, it is necessary to narrow down the number of purchases corresponding to a desired condition from among a large number of purchases in a large number of races. However, in order to narrow down the voting and voting, it requires a certain level of expertise and experience, and it takes a lot of time to make predictions, not only for beginners but also for those with expertise. Even for simple formulas, it is difficult to decide on a purchase, and there is a risk that it will not last long.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above-mentioned problems, and even if the user does not have much information (knowledge, experience) about public competition, it can enjoy investment in public competition, An object of the present invention is to provide an investment support server capable of making an investment without requiring a lot of time.

An object of the present invention is to provide an Internet voting system in which voting ticket purchase processing is performed by a user transmitting voting information via the Internet using a terminal device to a voting server that provides an Internet voting service in a public competition. An investment support server for supporting an investment method when purchasing a voting ticket for a user, a communication means for communicating with the user terminal device and the voting server via the Internet, and the investment support server User information storage means for storing user information and identification information that is an identifier for performing Internet voting on the user's voting server for each user who has performed user registration;
Investment information storage means for storing investment race information comprising a predetermined number of races in which a pre-selected user can invest and a predetermined number of purchases in each race, and when there is access from the user Authentication means for performing user authentication based on information about the user received from the user terminal device and user information stored in the user information storage means, and access from a user registered as a user. If there is, an investment request processing means for transmitting a list indicating the types of races that can be invested in advance by the user to the user terminal device and receiving an investment request with a predetermined amount as an upper limit for each race And when the investment request from the user is received from the user terminal device, the predetermined time before the starting time for each race for which the investment request has been received is stored in the storage means. Using the stored user identification information, the voting server is accessed on behalf of the user, and the application for voting ticket purchase is made based on the investment race information stored in the investment information storage means and the received investment amount Voting processing means for determining whether or not the race in which the investment has been made has been hit, and if so, automatic stop processing for stopping the voting ticket purchase application processing for races to be started after the race And an investment support server characterized by comprising: means.

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the upper limit of the number of users who can perform user registration with the investment support server is set to a predetermined value.

  According to the investment support server of the present invention, the user can enjoy investment in public competitions without having much information (knowledge, experience) about public competitions, and requires a simple and large amount of time. You can invest without.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the schematic structure of the investment support system containing the investment support server of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure of an investment support server. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of control by an investment support server. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the procedure of FIG. 3. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the procedure of FIG. It is a login screen displayed on a user terminal. It is an input screen of member ID of the Internet vote displayed on a user terminal. It is a change screen of the password change displayed on a user terminal. It is a menu screen displayed on a user terminal. It is a race information screen displayed on a user terminal. It is a collective selection screen displayed on a user terminal. It is an investment request confirmation screen displayed on a user terminal. It is a race selection screen displayed on a user terminal. It is a race detailed information screen displayed on a user terminal. It is an investment request confirmation screen displayed on a user terminal.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of an investment support system 1 including an investment support server 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention. This investment support system 1 is used for public competitions such as horse racing, boat racing, and bicycle racing, and in this example, the user invests in the central horse race held by the Japan Central Horse Racing Association (not shown for violation of public order and morals). As shown in FIG. 1, the user terminal 2 possessed by a plurality of users who use the system 1 and the organizer ( In this embodiment, the Internet voting server 3 managed by (no public order and morals violation), and the user terminal 2 and the Internet voting server 3 of each user are interposed between the user and the user to make an efficient investment. It is comprised from the investment support server 4 of the system operator which assists so that it can purchase the betting ticket (horse ticket) which can be performed.

  The user terminal 2, the investment support server 4, and the Internet voting server 3 are connected to the network via the Internet 5 that is a communication network, and the user terminal 2 is connected to the investment support server 4 with respect to the investment support server 4. Are freely accessible to the Internet voting server 3 managed by (not posted for public order and morals violations).

  The Internet voting server 3 managed by a public competition organizer (not listed for public order and morals violations) accepts voting for betting tickets such as betting tickets through the Internet. Currently, organizers of public competitions provide a system that allows registered members to vote for voting tickets without actually going to the polling place. An Internet voting system (for example, (for public order and moral violations), which allows voting by accessing the Internet voting server 3 managed by the organizer through the Internet from a personal computer or mobile phone, etc. “IPAT” (registered trademark) provided by the company) is known. In this case, the voting amount at the time of voting and the refund for hitting are entered / exited from the bank's dedicated account opened for Internet voting by the member at the time of member registration, or the bank's personal account designated by the member. It is paid and settled.

  In this embodiment, such an Internet voting system is used, and as a condition for using this system 1, the user must in advance with respect to the organizer of public competition (not shown for violation of public order and morals). It is necessary to apply for membership registration for Internet voting. When member registration of Internet voting is performed, the member ID (in this embodiment, “INET-ID”, “subscriber number”, “P-ARS number”, and “password”) is registered as member registration information. ) Is issued, and when the Internet voting is performed on the Internet voting server 3, authentication by this member ID is required.

  The Internet voting server 3 is publicly known, and detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  The user terminal 2 possessed by the user has an Internet connection function (homepage browsing function) and an e-mail transmission / reception function, and a mobile phone is used in this embodiment. The user terminal 2 may be any terminal such as a personal computer (PC) or a PDA as long as it can be connected to the Internet.

  Although not shown, each user terminal 2 includes a control unit that performs overall control of each unit of the terminal, a communication unit that connects the Internet 5 and the terminal 2, an input unit that inputs various information, A display unit for displaying information. The control unit accesses the investment support server 4 via the communication unit, transmits the information input by the input unit to the investment support server 4, and displays the information received from the investment support server 4 on the display unit. To do.

  The investment support server 4 of the system operator has a number of races (12 races per day) when investing in the central horse race sponsored by the user within a predetermined amount (not shown for violation of public order and morals) It is to provide information to users on how to efficiently recover funds from a large number of buyers, and in particular, the operator can A plurality of races having a high probability of paying high dividends and a high probability of hitting are selected, and investment in these races (that is, purchase of a betting ticket) is provided to the user. Then, when there is an application for investment from the user for the provided race (investment race), the betting ticket relating to the above investment race is given to the user on the Internet voting server 3 (not shown for violation of public order and morals). It is configured to purchase in the name of the user.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the investment support server 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition to the control unit 6 composed of a microcomputer, the storage unit 7 having various data files and applications, and the Internet 5 are provided. A communication unit 8 for communicating with each user terminal 2 and the Internet voting server 3 of a public competition organizer (not shown for violation of public order and morals), an input unit 9 such as a mouse and a keyboard, and a display unit 10 such as a display. It has. These units are connected via a bus 11.

  The data file in the storage unit 7 includes a user information file 70 for storing data for identifying a user (user information), an investment race information file 71 for storing data relating to an investment race to be provided to the user, There are an investment content file 72 for storing the investment content, an investment history file 73 for storing the history of investment requests made by the user, and a balance amount file 74 for storing the balance amount of the user.

  In the user information file 70, for all users registered as users, user information for each user, for example, “user ID”, “password”, “name”, “address”, possessed by the user "Members" ("INET-ID", "Subscriber number", "P- ARS number "," PIN number ") are stored.

  The investment race information file 71 stores information related to the investment race to be provided to the user for each date (Saturday and Sunday of every month) where the public competition (central horse racing) is held. Specifically, "place name and race number of investment race", "by type of betting ticket to invest", "buy of betting ticket to invest", "odds", "start time of investment race", etc. It is stored in association with.

  In this embodiment, five races are provided to the user as one of the investment races, and 20 purchases are set per race. In addition, all the betting ticket types are only for “triple double (voting method that applies a combination of three horses in the first, second and third)”. In general, the more you aim for a larger payout, the lower the hit rate will be in inverse proportion. However, “Triple Duplex” is a horse that is popular for first and second place, for example (horse with low dividend). ), But if a horse that is not popular in the 3rd place (a horse with a high dividend) can enter, it can be a high dividend, so the balance between the hit rate and the dividend is reasonably balanced. By formula is selected.

  In addition, as the purchase items, only the purchase items that are all high dividends (so-called “all-you-can-eat tickets” or dividends close to 10,000 betting tickets) are selected. Therefore, a high return can be provided to the user by hitting any one race. Although details will be described later, in this system 1, the investment on the date of the event ends when it is hit, that is, if the hit is in the third race, the investment ends in the third race, If you hit the first race, your investment will end in the first race. Even if all five races are not successful, the investment on the date of the race ends in five races.

  The investment amount for each purchase of each race is from 100 yen to 1000 yen at the maximum, and the user can invest from 2000 yen (100 yen x 20 ways) per race. In this way, by deciding the upper limit of the number of investment races per day and the number of purchases per race, even if it was not hit in all races, the loss of users per day is It is 10,000 yen (when investing at 100 yen per purchase), reducing the user's risk and mental burden.

  In addition, since all users who participate in the investment in this system 1 purchase a betting ticket for each race and the same purchase, when each user makes a large investment for each purchase, The popularity of buying eyes will increase and the dividend (odds) will decrease. Therefore, by determining the upper limit (maximum investment amount) of the investment amount per race (in this example, 20000 yen = 1000 yen x 20 ways), the purchase dividend (odds) is prevented from dropping excessively. is doing.

  Note that the above-described investment races and purchases in each investment race are automatically selected based on the operator's own prediction or analysis and provided to each user.

  In the investment content file 72, information on the investment content, such as the race that the user requested to invest in the investment support server 4 on the day of the horse racing date and the investment amount in each race, is associated with each user. Is remembered.

  In the investment history file 73, for each user, when the race that the user has actually invested so far, the amount of the investment in each race, and the race in which the investment has been made, the organizer of the public competition ( A refund amount (investment amount for one purchase item × odds) calculated based on a dividend (odds) refunded from public order and morals violation (not shown) is stored in association with each event date.

  The balance amount file 74 stores information indicating how much revenue the user actually earned by investment. Specifically, for each user, the number of investment races, the number of hit races, the dividend The total payout amount, the total investment amount, the income (the total payout amount−the total investment amount), the recovery rate, and the like are stored for each month.

  Further, as an application file in the storage unit 7, an authentication processing file 75 for confirming whether or not a user who has accessed the investment support server 4 is registered as a user and an investment request from the user are processed. When the investment request processing file 76, the voting processing file 77 for performing voting processing based on the investment contents from the user to the Internet voting server 3, and the race in which the investment has been made hit, the investment after the next race is made. There are an investment stop processing file 78 to be stopped and a data update processing file 79 for updating various data files. As the application files are executed, the control unit 6 sequentially controls the operations of the input / output units while reading / writing data from / to various data files.

  Next, the processing procedure of the investment support server 4 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. In order to invest in the central horse race hosted by the system 1 (not published for public order and morals violations), first, the user must invest in the investment support server 4 of the system operator. User registration is required. In addition, as a condition for using this system 1, as described above, the user must apply for membership registration for Internet voting in advance to the public competition organizer (not shown for violation of public order and morals). It is also necessary to keep it.

  In order to apply for user registration, first, a name, address, e-mail address, etc. are sent to the investment support server 4 in a predetermined form. In response to this, the investment support server 4 assigns a user ID and an initial password (for example, “0000”) to the applicant, stores the user ID and the initial password in the user information file 70, and provides the applicant with the user ID. Contact by email. At this time, address information (URL) for accessing the homepage of the investment support server 4 is also notified.

  The user registration application procedure may be performed online on the system 1 or may be performed offline via mail or the like. When the user registration is completed in this way, the applicant (new registered user) can access the homepage of the investment support server 4 from the user terminal 2 possessed by the applicant and uses the system 1. It becomes possible to invest in central horse racing.

  The upper limit of the number of users who can perform user registration with the investment support server 4, that is, the number of users who can invest in the central horse race using the system 1 is determined. In this embodiment, it is 3000 people. This is because all users participating in the investment in this system 1 purchase the same betting ticket for each race, so if there are a large number of users, a large investment will be made for each buying eye. As a result, the popularity of the purchase increases and the dividend (odds) decreases. Therefore, by determining the upper limit of the number of users, the payout (odds) of the purchase is prevented from excessively decreasing.

  When the investment support server 4 receives access from the user terminal 2 of the user who has been registered, ST1 in FIG. 3 becomes “YES” and proceeds to ST2. To send page data related to the login screen. A login screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 2 of the user based on the page data, and the user uses the input unit of the user terminal 2 to input the user ID and password ( The newly registered user inputs the initial password “0000”) and executes “OK”, whereby the user ID is transmitted from the user terminal 2 of the user to the investment support server 4.

  When the investment support server 4 receives the user ID or the like, ST3 becomes “YES” and the process proceeds to ST4, the user information file 70 is searched, and whether or not the received user ID and password are registered therein. Determine. If the user information file 70 is registered such as the user ID and it is confirmed that the access is from a user registered as a user, the process proceeds to ST5 and the user terminal 2 of the user is notified to the user. Page data related to the input screen for prompting the transmission of the member ID for the Internet voting is transmitted. In ST4, if the user ID or the like is not registered, the process proceeds to ST6, where it is determined that the access is not from a user and error processing is performed.

  Based on the page data, the input screen shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 2 of the user, and the user uses the input unit of the user terminal 2 to enter the member ID ( INET-ID, subscriber number, P-ARS number, and personal identification number) are entered, and by executing “OK”, the user's user terminal 2 sends the user's Internet vote to the investment support server 4. A member ID is transmitted.

  When the investment support server 4 receives the member ID of the user, ST7 becomes “YES” and the process proceeds to ST8. The investment support server 4 accesses the user information file 70, and the member ID is registered therein. Determine whether it has been. At this time, if the member ID is not registered in the user information file 70, the investment support server 4 determines that the accessing user is a newly registered user, and proceeds to ST9 to receive the received Internet vote. The member ID is associated with the user ID of the user and written in the user information file 70, and the process proceeds to ST10 in FIG.

  In the next ST10, the investment support server 4 transmits page data relating to a change screen for prompting the change of the password to the user terminal 2 of the newly registered user who has input the password “0000”. Based on the page data, a change screen shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit of the newly registered user terminal 2, and the user inputs the changed password using the input unit of the user terminal 2. By executing “change”, the user's new password is transmitted from the user terminal 2 to the investment support server 4.

  When the investment support server 4 receives the new password of the user, ST11 is “YES”, and the investment support server 4 receives the initial password “0000” stored in the user information file 70 of the user. After rewriting to a valid password (ST12), the process proceeds to ST16.

  On the other hand, if the member ID for Internet voting is registered in the user information file 70 in ST8 of FIG. 3, the investment support server 4 determines that the accessing user is not a newly registered user, and proceeds to ST13. The user information file 70 is searched and the member ID registered in the user information file 70 is compared with the received member ID.

  If the collation matches as a result of the collation, ST14 in FIG. 4 is “YES”, and the process proceeds to ST16. On the other hand, if the collation does not match as a result of the collation, ST14 is “NO” and error processing is performed (ST15).

  Next, in ST16, the investment support server 4 transmits page data related to the menu screen to the user terminal 2 of the user. A menu screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 2 of the user based on the page data. On the menu screen, “Today's race information” button for displaying information about the investment race on the day of the event, “Today's investment content inquiry” button for displaying the details of the investment invested by the user on the day of the event, user An “investment history inquiry” button for displaying a history of investment contents of the past, a “registration information change” button for changing user registration information, a “notification” button, and the like are displayed. In the following, the procedure when the user clicks the “Today's Race Information” button will be described.

  When the user clicks the “today's race information” button, ST17 becomes “YES” and the process goes to ST18, and the investment support server 4 provides the investment terminal information to the user terminal 2 of the user. Page data related to the race information screen is sent. Based on the page data, the race information screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 2 of the user.

  Here, when the user clicks the “investment race batch” button, ST19 becomes “YES” and the process proceeds to ST20, and the investment support server 4 displays a batch selection screen as shown in FIG. 11 on the user terminal of the user. 2 is displayed. In this collective selection screen, all the investment races offered by the operator to users on the day of the event are displayed in a lump in order of their start time, and the investment amount input box for each investment race Is displayed. By clicking the arrow at the right end in each input box, the investment amount per purchase item in the race is displayed in a pull-down display in increments of 100 yen between 100 yen and 1000 yen. For all investment races displayed by the user, enter the investment amount per purchase and click the “OK” button. The input contents will be sent to the investment support server 4 and the investment will be made for all investment races at once. The request is made to the investment support server 4.

  When the investment support server 4 receives the investment request from the user, ST21 becomes “YES”, and the process proceeds to ST22 in FIG. 5. The investment support server 4 writes the investment contents input into the investment content file 72, and As shown in FIG. 12, an investment request confirmation screen in which the contents of investment are arranged is displayed on the user terminal 2 of the user. The user can confirm the investment content on this investment request confirmation screen. If there is an error in the investment content or if it is desired to change the investment content, it can be corrected up to 15 minutes before the race start time of each investment race (the investment acceptance deadline is 15 minutes before the race start time). It has become before.)

  On the other hand, when the user clicks the “select investment race” button in FIG. 10, ST19 in FIG. 4 becomes “NO” and ST23 becomes “YES”, and the process proceeds to ST24. The investment support server 4 is shown in FIG. Such a race selection screen is displayed on the user terminal 2 of the user. On this race selection screen, users can select and invest only in the investment races offered to users by the operator on the day of the event. ing.

  When the user clicks a “Purchase” button for an investment race that the user desires to invest, the investment support server 4 displays a detailed information screen of the race on the user terminal 2 of the user as shown in FIG. On this detailed information screen, the purchases purchased in the investment race are displayed. Based on the information displayed by the user, the investment amount per purchase is entered in the investment amount input box. When the “Purchase” button is clicked, the input content is transmitted to the investment support server 4 and the race selection screen (FIG. 13) is displayed again on the user terminal 2 of the user. Similarly, when the user inputs an investment amount for another investment race that the user desires to invest and clicks the “OK” button on the race selection screen, the investment support server 4 is requested for the investment race that the user wishes to invest. An investment request is made. It should be noted that it is desirable that the purchase eyes displayed on the detailed information screen (FIG. 14) be partially erased so that the user does not know the purchase eyes completely.

  When the investment support server 4 receives the investment request from the user, ST25 becomes “YES”, and the process proceeds to ST22 in FIG. 5. The investment support server 4 writes the investment contents input into the investment content file 72, and As shown in FIG. 15, an investment request confirmation screen in which investment contents are arranged is displayed on the user terminal 2 of the user. The user can confirm the investment content on this investment request confirmation screen. If an error is found in the investment content or if it is desired to change the investment content, it can be corrected up to 15 minutes before the race start time of each investment race.

  Further, in FIG. 10, when the user clicks the “batch cancel” button, ST19 and ST23 in FIG. 4 become “NO”, ST26 becomes “YES”, and the process proceeds to ST27. Cancel all investment contents for which an investment request has been made, and make a state in which no investment request has been made for the user.

  Returning to FIG. 5, next, when the investment acceptance deadline is reached for the investment race with the earliest start time, the investment support server 4 becomes “YES” in ST28 and proceeds to ST29 and is stored in the investment content file 72. Voting based on the investment contents for all users who have invested in the race by using the Internet voting member IDs of the users stored in the user information file 70. The contents are transmitted to the Internet voting server 4 of the public competition organizer (not listed for violation of public order and morals) via the Internet 5 to perform voting processing of betting tickets (horse tickets) on behalf of the user.

  If the voting contents are correct, ST30 is “YES” and the process proceeds to ST31. The investment support server 4 automatically notifies the user terminals 2 of all users that the target has been hit by the race. Deliver in real time by email. Thus, each user can recognize the investment result. In addition, the refund in the hit race is directly made from the organizer of the public competition to each user without transferring through the investment support server 4 by transferring to a bank account dedicated for Internet voting.

  Then, the investment support server 4 performs a process of stopping the investment for the investment races to be started thereafter (ST32), and ends the investment on this date. In addition, it is desirable to inform all users of the suspension of investment after the next race together with the above-mentioned report.

  On the other hand, if the content of the vote is not correct, ST30 is “NO” and the process proceeds to ST33. If all the investment races are not yet completed, the process returns to ST28 and the investment race with the next start time is the next. Wait until the investment acceptance deadline is reached. Similarly, when the investment acceptance deadline for the next investment race is reached, the user information file is stored for all users who have invested in the race with reference to the investment content stored in the investment content file 72. Using the Internet voting member ID of the user stored in 70, the contents of the voting based on the investment contents are transmitted via the Internet 5 to the Internet voting server 4 of the public competition organizer (not shown for violation of public order and morals). By doing so, the voting process of betting tickets (horse tickets) is performed on behalf of the user.

  If the contents of the vote for the next race are correct, the fact that the vote was correct is distributed to all user terminals 2 in real time by automatic mail (ST31), and the subsequent investment Processing to stop the investment for the race is performed (ST32), and the investment on this date is ended. Also, if the content of the vote is not correct for the next race, the same operation as described above is repeated. As a result, if all of the five investment races are not correct, ST33 is “YES”. Then, the process proceeds to ST34, and the investment support server 4 transmits to the user terminals 2 of all users by automatic e-mail or the like that there is no hit for all the investment races on this date. The investment on this date will be terminated.

  According to the investment support system 1 having the configuration described above, “Investment race selection (buy in each race)”, “Purchase of betting ticket (horse ticket)”, “If you hit an investment race, investment in the subsequent investment races Since all operations such as “stopping” are performed automatically, each user needs little knowledge and experience of public competition (horse racing) and can invest in public competition. In addition, each user accesses the investment support server 3 using the user terminal 2 owned on the day of the public competition, and determines only the investment amount for the investment race provided on the day of the competition. Just by operating, there are no other time constraints, so you can enjoy investment in public competitions easily and without much time.

  As mentioned above, although one Example of this invention was described, the specific aspect of this invention is not limited to the said Example. For example, in this embodiment, the investment in the central horse race hosted by (not published on public order and morals violation) is explained, but the investment support system of the present invention is not limited to this, and the National Horse Racing Association (NAR). ) Sponsored by local horse racing, and can also be applied to other public competitions such as bicycle races and boat races.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Investment support system 2 User terminal 3 Internet vote server 4 Investment support server 5 Internet 6 Control part 7 Data file 8 Communication part 70 User information file 75 Authentication process file 76 Investment request process file 77 Vote file 78 Investment stop process file

Claims (2)

In an Internet voting system in which voting ticket purchase processing is performed by a user transmitting voting information via the Internet using a terminal device to a voting server that provides an Internet voting service in public competitions, to the user An investment support server that supports investment methods when purchasing voting tickets,
A communication means for communicating with the user terminal device and the voting server via the Internet;
User information storage means for storing user information for each user who has registered with the investment support server and identification information that is an identifier for performing Internet voting on the voting server of the user When,
Investment information storage means for storing investment race information comprising a predetermined number of races in which pre-selected users can invest and a predetermined number of purchases in each race;
An authentication unit that performs user authentication based on information about the user received from the user terminal device and user information stored in the user information storage unit when there is an access from a user;
When there is an access from a registered user, a list showing the types of races that can be invested by a pre-selected user is sent to the user terminal device, and the predetermined amount is limited for each race. Investment request processing means for receiving an investment request as a value;
When an investment request from a user is received from the user terminal device, using the identification information of the user stored in the storage means for a predetermined time before the starting time for each race for which the investment request has been received Voting processing means for accessing the voting server on behalf of the user and applying for voting ticket purchase based on the investment race information stored in the investment information storage means and the received investment amount;
Judgment is made on whether or not the race in which the investment has been made is correct, and if it is correct, automatic stop processing means for stopping the application for purchasing voting tickets for races to be started after the race is provided. An investment support server characterized by   2. The investment support server according to claim 1, wherein the upper limit of the number of users who can perform user registration with the investment support server is set to a predetermined value.

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