JP6249707B2 - Voting system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention also relates to the voting system.

  In public competitions such as horse racing, boat racing, and bicycle races, when the voter purchases the voting ticket with cash, the desired place name, race number, formula, etc. on the mark-type ballot (mark card) after depositing Separately, voting information such as a group number to be voted is marked and read by the voting device. When the voting device reads the marked mark card, it issues a voting ticket. Thus, the voter can purchase the voting ticket with cash.

  In public competitions, for example, the following efforts have been made as part of the service to voters. The host computer (public competition management server) calculates the odds from the voting information of the mark card read by the voting device, creates a popular order odds table for each type, and all types of intermediate information tables for each type. The popular odds by formula and the hit situation are provided to the voter so that the voter can purchase the voting ticket more easily (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-114487 A

  By the way, the mark card for voting ticket purchase is composed of paper, and the mark card from which the voting information is read by the voting device is discarded and a lot of paper is consumed.

  In addition, in order to improve services to voters, the use of various statistical information for marketing analysis by adding the voter's personal information (gender, age, etc.) to the vote information is increasing. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to obtain the personal information of the voter from the voter who purchases the voting ticket in cash, and the accuracy of the marketing analysis result is not improved.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a portable terminal that displays identification information that identifies identification information that identifies a voter and voting information that represents the voting content of the voter, the identification information, and the voting information A voting reception information storage unit for storing the identification code, a code reading unit for reading the identification code displayed on the portable terminal, the identification information and the voting information based on the read identification code, and the voting reception information A voting information acquisition unit to be stored in a storage unit, a voting information transmission unit that transmits the identification information and the voting information, and a voting ticket issuance execution notification based on the voting information are received and stored in the voting reception information storage unit A voting device having a ticket issuing unit that issues the voting ticket based on the voting information, and an input for receiving the identification information and the voting information transmitted from the voting device. An information reception unit, a voting information storage unit that stores the voting information for each received identification information, and the ticket execution notification that causes the voting ticket to be issued when the voting information is stored in the voting information storage unit, Based on the voting information transmitted to the voting device and the voting information stored in the voting information storage unit, the number of points according to the voting amount is calculated, and the point number is stored for each identification information in the voting information storage unit A voting management server having a monetary point calculation unit, a personal information receiving unit that receives personal information of the voter from the mobile terminal, and a personal information storage unit that stores the identification information in association with the received personal information And an identification information management server having an identification information issuing unit that issues the identification information to the portable terminal .

  According to the disclosed technology, consumption of a mark card can be suppressed and the accuracy of marketing analysis results can be improved.

It is a figure for demonstrating the outline | summary of the voting system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the voting system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example with which the portable terminal which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is provided. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example with which the voting apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is provided. It is a figure which shows the hardware structural example with which the member management server and public competition management server which concern on 2nd Embodiment are provided. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function with which the portable terminal and member management server which concern on 2nd Embodiment are provided. It is a sequence diagram in the case of member registration of the portable terminal and member management server which concern on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display displayed at the time of member registration with the portable terminal which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of the voting reception process performed with the portable terminal which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display displayed at the time of a voting reception process with the portable terminal which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function with which the voting apparatus and public competition management server which concern on 2nd Embodiment are provided. It is a figure which shows an example of the information with which the voting apparatus and public competition management server which concern on 2nd Embodiment are provided. It is a sequence diagram in the case of the voting ticket issue of the portable terminal which concerns on 2nd Embodiment, a voting apparatus, and a public competition management server. It is a figure which shows the example of a display displayed at the time of ticketing start reception with the voting apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function with which the member management server and public competition management server which concern on 2nd Embodiment are provided. It is a sequence diagram at the time of the personal information addition of the member management server and public competition management server concerning a 2nd embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
The voting system according to the first embodiment includes a portable terminal carried by a voter who votes by cash purchase, a voting device, and a voting management server. The voting device reads the identification code indicating the information including the identification information for identifying the voter and the voting information representing the voting content displayed by the mobile terminal, and acquires the identification information and the voting information from the read identification code, The information is stored in the vote acceptance information storage unit, and the information is transmitted to the vote management server. The voting management server stores the voting information received from the voting device for each identification information, and transmits a voting ticket issuance notification based on the voting information to the voting device. The voting device can issue a voting ticket to a voter based on a ticket execution notification from the voting management server.

  Therefore, in the voting system, the voting device can issue a voting ticket based on the voter's voting information without using a mark card. The voting management server stores voting information for each piece of identification information for identifying the voter, and the accuracy of marketing can be improved using these pieces of information.

Such a voting system will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the voting system according to the first embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the voting system 10 includes a mobile terminal 20, a voting device 30, and a voting management server 40. Note that the voting device 30 and the voting management server 40 are connected via a network, for example, so that they can communicate with each other.

  The portable terminal 20 is an information processing apparatus that is carried by a voter and includes a display device such as a display and a monitor, for example, a smartphone. Such a portable terminal 20 displays an identification code indicating information including identification information for identifying a voter and voting information representing the voter's voting content. The identification code is, for example, a one-dimensional code such as a bar code or a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark). In the first embodiment, a two-dimensional code will be described as an example.

  In addition, the voting device 30 is one of devices that constitute a totalizer system that performs voting ticket issuance management at a racetrack, a bicycle racetrack, a boat racetrack, an auto racetrack, etc. The voting ticket is accepted and refunded and installed at voting ticket sales offices and ticket offices. Such a voting apparatus 30 includes a code reading unit 31, a voting information acquisition unit 32, a voting information transmission unit 33, a ticketing unit 34, and a voting reception information storage unit 35.

  The code reading unit 31 reads the identification code displayed on the mobile terminal 20. For example, when an image of an identification code (for example, a QR code) is captured by a two-dimensional code reader installed in the voting device 30, the code reader 31 reads the QR code from the image.

  The voting information acquisition unit 32 acquires identification information and voting information based on the identification code read by the code reading unit 31. For example, when the identification code is a QR code, the voting information acquisition unit 32 converts the QR code into identification information and voting information, and acquires each information.

The voting information transmission unit 33 transmits the identification information and voting information acquired by the voting information acquisition unit 32 to the voting management server 40.
The ticket issuing unit 34 issues a betting ticket upon receiving a betting ticket issuing notification based on the voting information from the voting management server 40. When issuing a ticket, the ticket issuing unit 34 refers to voting information stored in a voting acceptance information storage unit 35 described later and issues a voting ticket on which the voting information is printed.

The voting acceptance information storage unit 35 stores the identification information and voting information acquired by the voting information acquisition unit 32.
Furthermore, the voting management server 40 manages, for example, information related to each race of the public competition and voting information for each race, and includes a voting information receiving unit 41, a voting information storage unit 42, and a ticket issuing unit 43.

The voting information receiving unit 41 receives the identification information and voting information transmitted from the voting device 30.
The voting information storage unit 42 stores voting information for each received identification information.

When the voting information is stored for each piece of identification information in the voting information storage unit 42, the ticket issuing unit 43 transmits a ticketing execution notification for issuing a voting ticket to the voting device 30.
Each unit included in the voting device 30 and the voting management server 40 is realized by executing a program by a central processing unit (CPU) provided in the voting device 30 and the voting management server 40, respectively.

A voting processing method by the voting system 10 having such a configuration will be described.
The mobile terminal 20 stores in advance identification information for identifying a voter and a voting application that receives a vote. When the voter activates the voting app of the mobile terminal 20 and inputs, for example, the contents of the vote for the public competition, the mobile terminal 20 uses the identification code to identify the information including the identification information and the voting information representing the voting content. And the identification code is displayed.

  After the voter deposits the voting amount according to the voting content for the public competition into the voting device 30, when the image of the identification code displayed on the mobile terminal 20 is captured by the imaging device of the voting device 30, the code reading unit 31 displays the image. Read the identification code from.

  The voting information acquisition unit 32 acquires identification information and voting information based on the identification code read by the code reading unit 31 and stores it in the voting acceptance information storage unit 35. The voting information transmission unit 33 transmits the identification information and voting information acquired by the voting information acquisition unit 32 to the voting management server 40.

  In the voting management server 40, when the voting information receiving unit 41 receives the identification information and the voting information transmitted from the voting device 30, the voting information storage unit 42 stores the voting information for each identification information. Further, the ticket issuing unit 43 transmits to the voting apparatus 30 a ticket issuing notification for issuing a voting ticket based on the voting information.

In the voting device 30, the ticket issuing unit 34 receives a voting ticket issue notification from the voting management server 40 based on the voting information.
The ticket issuing unit 34 of the voting device 30 issues a voting ticket on which the voting information for the public competition stored in the voting acceptance information storage unit 35 is printed.

Thus, the voter can obtain a voting ticket on which the content of the vote is printed.
Therefore, in the voting system 10, the voting device 30 reads an identification code that is displayed on the mobile terminal 20 and includes identification information that identifies the voter and voting information that represents the voting content, and is identified from the read identification code. Information and voting information are acquired, and the information is transmitted to the voting management server 40. The voting management server 40 stores the voting information received from the voting device 30 for each identification information, and transmits a voting ticket issuance notification based on the voting information to the voting device 30. The voting device 30 can issue a voting ticket to a voter based on the ticket execution notification from the voting management server 40.

  Thereby, in voting system 10, voting device 30 can issue a voting ticket based on voter's voting information without using a mark card, and can suppress the use of paper. The voting management server 40 stores voting information for each piece of identification information for identifying the voter. By using these pieces of information, the accuracy of marketing can be improved.

  The voting system 10 can be used for, for example, lotteries and sports promotion lotteries in addition to voting for public competitions. In these cases, the winning prediction number and the information on the expected winning team can be used as the voting information together with the identification information in the identification data.

[Second Embodiment]
In the second embodiment, the voting system of the first embodiment will be described more specifically.

A voting system according to a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a voting system according to the second embodiment.
The voting system 100 relates to horse racing, for example, and includes a portable terminal 200 of a voter V, a voting device 300, a member management server 400, and a public competition management server 500, as shown in FIG. The mobile terminal 200 is connected to the member management server 400 so as to communicate with each other. The voting apparatus 300 is connected to the public competition management server 500, and the member management server 400 is connected to the public competition management server 500 via the network 600 so as to communicate with each other.

Next, a hardware configuration example of each device constituting the voting system 100 will be described.
The portable terminal 200 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example provided in the mobile terminal according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the mobile terminal 200 includes a control unit 210, a display 220 electrically connected to the control unit 210, a touch panel 230, a microphone 240, and a speaker 250.

  The control unit 210 includes a CPU 210a, and the entire portable terminal 200 is controlled by the CPU 210a. A random access memory (RAM) 210b, a flash memory 210c, a graphic processing unit 210d, an input / output interface 210e, an audio processing unit 210f, and a wireless communication module 210g are connected to the CPU 210a via a bus 210h.

  The RAM 210b temporarily stores at least part of an OS (Operating System) program and application programs to be executed by the CPU 210a. The RAM 210b stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 210a. The flash memory 210c stores an OS and application programs.

  A display 220 is connected to the graphic processing unit 210d. The graphic processing unit 210d displays an image on the screen of the display 220 in accordance with a command from the CPU 210a.

  A touch panel 230 installed on the display 220 is connected to the input / output interface 210e. The input / output interface 210e transmits a signal sent from the touch panel 230 to the CPU 210a via the bus 210h.

  The sound processing unit 210f is connected to the microphone 240 and the speaker 250 and performs sound signal processing. Specifically, the audio processing unit 210f acquires an audio analog signal from the microphone 240, performs necessary signal conversion processing, and outputs audio data to the CPU 210a via the bus 210h. The audio processing unit 210f acquires audio data from the CPU 210a via the bus 210h, performs necessary signal conversion processing, and causes the speaker 250 to reproduce audio.

  The wireless communication module 210g performs wireless signal processing and realizes wireless communication with other communication devices such as a base station. The wireless communication module 210g demodulates and decodes a signal received via an antenna (not shown) mounted on the mobile terminal 200, and outputs the received data obtained to the CPU 210a via the bus 210h. The wireless communication module 210g encodes and modulates transmission data acquired from the CPU 210a via the bus 210h, and outputs the obtained transmission signal via an antenna. In addition, the mobile terminal 200 can communicate with the member management server 400 by the wireless communication module 210g performing wireless communication with the communication device.

Next, the voting device 300 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example provided in the voting device according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the voting apparatus 300 includes a control unit 310, a display 311, and an administrator display 312. The voting device 300 includes a touch panel 321 installed on the display 311, an administrator touch panel 322 installed on the manager display 312, a banknote processing unit 331, and a coin processing unit 332. The voting apparatus 300 includes a voting ticket issuance unit 341 and a payout voting ticket reading unit 342. Furthermore, the voting apparatus 300 includes a mark card reading unit 350 and a two-dimensional code reading unit 360.

  The control unit 310 includes a CPU 310a, and the entire voting apparatus 300 is controlled by the CPU 310a. A RAM 310b, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 310c, a graphic processing unit 310d, an input / output interface 310e, a disk drive 310f, and a communication control unit 310g are connected to the CPU 310a via a bus 310h.

  The RAM 310b temporarily stores at least part of OS programs and application programs to be executed by the CPU 310a. The RAM 310b stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 310a. The HDD 310c stores an OS and application programs.

  A display 311 and an administrator display 312 are connected to the graphic processing unit 310d. The graphic processing unit 310d displays an image on the screen of the display 311 and the screen of the manager display 312 according to a command from the CPU 310a. The manager display 312 is an information display device for managers provided on the back side of the voting device 300.

  A touch panel 321, an administrator touch panel 322, a banknote processing unit 331, and a coin processing unit 332 are connected to the input / output interface 310 e. In addition, a voting ticket issuing unit 341 and a refunded voting ticket reading unit 342 are connected to the input / output interface 310e. Further, the input / output interface 310e is connected to a mark card reading unit 350 and a two-dimensional code reading unit 360. The input / output interface includes a touch panel 321, an administrator touch panel 322, a banknote processing unit 331, a coin processing unit 332, a betting ticket issuing unit 341, a refundable betting ticket reading unit 342, a mark card reading unit 350, and a two-dimensional code reading unit 360. Is sent to the CPU 310a via the bus 310h. The administrator touch panel 322 is an information input device for an administrator provided on the back side of the voting device 300. The banknote processing unit 331 receives banknotes, discriminates the authenticity of banknotes, stores banknotes, returns banknotes, and pays out change (banknotes). The coin processing unit 332 receives a coin, discriminates the authenticity of the coin, stores the coin, returns the coin, and pays out a change (coin). The betting ticket issuing unit 341 prints and issues a betting ticket. The withdrawal voting ticket reading unit 342 receives the voting ticket and reads the contents of the vote. The mark card reading unit 350 is a unit for reading the contents of the vote from the mark card. The two-dimensional code reading unit 360 is a unit that reads a two-dimensional code displayed on the mobile terminal 200. Note that the two-dimensional code is a general term for two-dimensional identification codes such as QR codes and bar codes.

  The disk drive 310 f is a device that can write information to the portable recording medium 370 and read information from the portable recording medium 370. The disk drive 310f transmits the signal read from the portable recording medium 370 to the CPU 310a via the bus 310h, and writes the signal received from the CPU 310a via the bus 310h to the portable recording medium 370.

The communication control unit 310g is connected to the network 600 and transmits / receives information to / from the public competition management server 500 (see FIG. 2).
Next, the member management server 400 and the public competition management server 500 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example provided in the member management server and the public competition management server according to the second embodiment.
Since both the member management server 400 and the public competition management server 500 have the same configuration, they are also shown in FIG. Moreover, below, the member management server 400 is demonstrated and description of each structure of the public competition management server 500 is abbreviate | omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the member management server 400, a CPU 410a that controls the entire member management server 400 has a RAM 410b, an HDD 410c, a graphic processing unit 410d, an input / output interface 410e, a disk drive 410f, a communication control via a bus 410h. Connected to the portion 410g.

  The RAM 410b temporarily stores at least a part of OS programs and application programs to be executed by the CPU 410a. The RAM 410b stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 410a. The HDD 410c stores an OS and application programs.

  A display 420 is connected to the graphic processing unit 410d. The graphic processing unit 410d displays an image on the screen of the display 420 in accordance with a command from the CPU 410a.

  A touch panel 430 is connected to the input / output interface 410e. The input / output interface transmits a signal sent from the touch panel 430 to the CPU 410a via the bus 410h.

  The disk drive 410 f is a device that can write information to the portable recording medium 470 and read information from the portable recording medium 470. The disk drive 410f transmits the signal read from the portable recording medium 470 to the CPU 410a via the bus 410h, and writes the signal received from the CPU 410a via the bus 410h to the portable recording medium 470.

The communication control unit 410g is connected to the network 600 and transmits / receives information to / from the public competition management server 500 (see FIG. 2).
In the public competition management server 500, the communication control unit 510g transmits / receives information to / from the member management server 400 and the voting apparatus 300 (see FIG. 2).

Next, functions provided in the voting system 100 including such a configuration and information exchange between the devices will be described.
First, an app for accepting a vote is not introduced into the mobile terminal 200 of the voter V, and the mobile terminal 200 and the member management server 400 for executing a member registration process for introducing the app are provided. The function will be described with reference to FIG. 6 (and FIG. 3).

  In addition, the voter V can provide a service effective for the voter V by registering as a member, for example, a point that can be used as a vote will be given after the next time according to the vote amount. Become. Therefore, before voting by the mobile terminal 200 is possible, membership registration is promoted by obtaining a service effective for the voter V, and personal information of the voter V is acquired.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram illustrating functions provided in the mobile terminal and the member management server according to the second embodiment.
The portable terminal 200 includes an input reception unit 201, a personal information notification unit 202, an information transmission unit 203, an information reception unit 204, a display information acquisition unit 205, a display processing unit 206, a member ID acquisition unit 207, a member ID storage unit 208, A voting application acquisition unit 209 and a voting application storage unit 211 are provided.

  The input receiving unit 201 receives an operation input from the voter V for the touch panel 230. For example, an operation input of personal information for the touch panel 230 of the voter V is accepted on a web page for member registration displayed on the display 220 described later.

The personal information notifying unit 202 transmits the personal information of the voter V received by the input receiving unit 201 to the member management server 400 via the information transmitting unit 203.
The information transmission unit 203 transmits information from the mobile terminal 200 to the member management server 400. For example, the information transmission unit 203 transmits the personal information of the voter V to the member management server 400 based on the notification request from the personal information notification unit 202.

The information receiving unit 204 receives information transmitted from the member management server 400.
The display information acquisition unit 205 acquires information on a web page for accepting the member registration received by the information reception unit 204 from the member management server 400.

  The display processing unit 206 displays a web page for accepting the member registration acquired by the display information acquisition unit 205 on the display 220. The voter V can input personal information to the web page displayed on the display 220.

The member ID acquisition unit 207 acquires the member ID received from the member management server 400 by the information reception unit 204.
In the member ID storage unit 208, the acquired member ID is stored by the member ID acquisition unit 207.

The voting application acquisition unit 209 acquires the voting application received by the information reception unit 204 from the member management server 400.
In the voting application storage unit 211, the acquired voting application is stored by the voting application acquisition unit 209.

  The member management server 400 also includes a member registration page storage unit 401, a member information storage unit 402, a voting application storage unit 403, a registration processing unit 404, an information reception unit 405, and an information transmission unit 406.

The member registration page storage unit 401 stores information about a web page for accepting member registration.
The member information storage unit 402 stores the personal information of the voter V together with the member ID.

The voting application storage unit 403 stores a voting application in advance.
The registration processing unit 404 transmits information regarding the web page for accepting the member registration stored in the member registration page storage unit 401 to the mobile terminal 200. When the personal information is notified from the mobile terminal 200, the registration processing unit 404 associates the personal information with the member ID, stores the personal information in the member information storage unit 402, and transmits the member ID to the mobile terminal 200. The registration processing unit 404 transmits the voting application stored in the voting application storage unit 403 to the portable terminal 200 after transmitting the member ID to the portable terminal 200.

The information receiving unit 405 receives information transmitted from the mobile terminal 200.
The information transmission unit 406 transmits information from the member management server 400 to the mobile terminal 200.
Next, processing executed when the voter V is registered as a member by the portable terminal 200 and the member management server 400 having such a function will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram at the time of member registration of the mobile terminal and the member management server according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example displayed at the time of member registration on the portable terminal according to the second embodiment. FIG. 8 (A) shows a member registration, and FIG. 8 (B) shows a member registration. A display example at the time of completion is shown.

  The voter V performs member registration in order to vote by the mobile terminal 200. For this purpose, the mobile terminal 200 first receives an operation input from the voter V and transmits a connection request to the member management server 400 (step S1).

  In the member management server 400, when receiving a connection request from the mobile terminal 200, the registration processing unit 404 transmits information on the web page related to member registration stored in the member registration page storage unit 401 to the mobile terminal 200 (step S2). ).

  In the mobile terminal 200, when the display information acquisition unit 205 acquires the information on the web page from the information reception unit 204 that has received the information on the web page related to the member registration, the display processing unit 206 is displayed on the display 220, and FIG. Display the web page as shown. When the personal information of the voter V is input from the voter V to each input location in FIG. 8A and the operation input of “input completed” is received, the input reception unit 201 The personal information of the voter V is notified from the information transmission unit 203 to the member management server 400 (step S3).

  In the member management server 400, when the registration processing unit 404 receives the personal information of the voter V via the information receiving unit 405, the member ID is associated with the personal information and stored in the member information storage unit 402. The registration processing unit 404 notifies the portable terminal 200 of the voting application stored in the voting application storage unit 403 from the information transmission unit 406 (step S4).

Further, the registration processing unit 404 notifies the mobile terminal 200 of the member ID together with the member registration completion notification from the information transmission unit 406 (step S5).
In the portable terminal 200, the member ID acquisition unit 207 stores the member ID received by the information receiving unit 204 in the member ID storage unit 208. In addition, the display information acquisition unit 205 acquires the web page information related to the member registration completion received by the information reception unit 204, and the display processing unit 206 displays the registration completion as shown in FIG. Display the web page shown.

Subsequently, the voter V touches “voting application activation” on the registration completion screen shown in FIG. 8B displayed on the display 220 in order to vote.
Then, in the mobile terminal 200, the voting application stored in the voting application storage unit 211 is activated. The voter V can vote (purchase a voting ticket) using the mobile terminal 200 without using a mark card.

Next, voting acceptance processing by the voting application executed on the mobile terminal 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a voting acceptance process executed by the mobile terminal according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example displayed at the time of voting reception processing on the portable terminal according to the second embodiment.
When the voter V touches the “voting application activation” on the registration completion screen in FIG. 8B, the mobile terminal 200 activates the voting application and executes the following processing when initialized.

[Step S11] A vote acceptance screen as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display 220 to accept a vote.
For example, the touch panel 230 is displayed from the voter V for “place name”, “race”, “by formula”, “how to buy”, “group number”, and “amount” on the voting acceptance screen shown in FIG. Accepts input.

  [Step S12] When the touch panel 230 waits for an operation input of “input completion” on the vote acceptance screen displayed on the display 220 and detects an operation input of “input completion”, the process of step S13 is executed.

[Step S13] The voting content input in steps S11 and S12 and the member ID stored in the flash memory 210c (member ID storage unit 208) are acquired.
[Step S14] The contents of the vote acquired in step S15 and the member ID are collectively encoded into a two-dimensional code, and the two-dimensional code is displayed on the display 220.

Thus, the member registration process and the voting acceptance process are completed.
Next, FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 (and FIG. 4) regarding the functions of the voting apparatus 300 and the public competition management server 500 for executing the voting ticket issuing process based on the two-dimensional code displayed on the portable terminal 200 are shown. It explains using.

  FIG. 11 is a functional block diagram illustrating functions of the voting device and the public game management server according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 12 illustrates the voting device and the public game management server according to the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the information with which it is provided. 12A shows an example of voting information provided in the voting apparatus 300, and FIG. 12B shows an example of purchase history information provided in the public competition management server 500, respectively.

  The voting apparatus 300 includes a two-dimensional code acquisition processing unit 301, a two-dimensional code conversion unit 302, a voting information notification unit 303, a voting acceptance information storage unit 304, an information transmission unit 305, an information reception unit 306, and a ticket issue information display processing unit 307. A ticket issuing unit 308, a payment calculating unit 309, and a ticket issuing processing unit 301a.

The two-dimensional code acquisition processing unit 301 operates the two-dimensional code reading unit 360 to acquire the two-dimensional code displayed on the display 220 of the mobile terminal 200.
The two-dimensional code conversion unit 302 converts the two-dimensional code acquired by the two-dimensional code acquisition processing unit 301 into a member ID and voting information included in the two-dimensional code.

  The voting information notification unit 303 stores the member ID and voting information converted from the two-dimensional code in the voting acceptance information storage unit 304 and transmits the member ID and voting information to the public competition management server 500 via the information transmission unit 305.

  Based on the voting information received from the voting information notification unit 303, the voting reception information storage unit 304, for example, as shown in FIG. , “Race”, “how to buy”, “by formula”, “group number”, “amount” are stored.

  The information transmission unit 305 transmits information from the voting device 300 to the public competition management server 500. The information transmission unit 305 transmits the member ID and voting information to the public competition management server 500 based on the transmission request from the voting information notification unit 303, for example.

The information receiving unit 306 receives information transmitted from the public competition management server 500.
When the ticket issue information display processing unit 307 receives the ticket issue execution notification via the information receiving unit 306, the ticket issue information display processing unit 307 displays the vote information stored in the vote acceptance information storage unit 304 on the display 311. In addition, the ticket issue information display processing unit 307 causes the display 311 to display the payment amount calculated by the payment calculation unit 309.

  The ticket issuing unit 308 receives the payment amount based on the voting information displayed on the display 311 by the banknote processing unit 331 and the coin processing unit 332, and further receives a ticketing start request based on the voting information by the touch panel 321. In addition, when the ticket issuing acceptance unit 308 accepts a current point usage request on the touch panel 321, the ticket issuing acceptance unit 308 notifies the payment calculation unit 309 of the usage request.

  When the payment calculation unit 309 receives the current number of points via the information reception unit 306, the payment calculation unit 309 transmits a display request for the number of points to the ticket issue information display processing unit 307. In addition, when the payment calculation unit 309 receives the point use request from the ticket issue acceptance unit 308, the payment calculation unit 309 transmits a display request for the amount obtained by subtracting the number of points from the total vote amount to the ticket issue information display processing unit 307.

  When the ticket issuing unit 308 receives the ticketing start, the ticket issuing unit 301a controls the voting ticket issuing unit 341 to print the voting contents based on the voting information stored in the voting reception information storage unit 304. Issue a ticket. In addition, when the ticketing process is executed normally, the ticketing processing unit 301a transmits a request for updating the number of points of the voter V to the public competition management server 500 via the information transmitting unit 305 together with the ticketing completion notification. To do.

  The public competition management server 500 includes an information receiving unit 501, a voting information acquisition unit 502, a purchase history management processing unit 503, an amount point calculation unit 504, a purchase history storage unit 505, a ticket issue execution request unit 506, and an information transmission unit 507. Is provided.

The information receiving unit 501 receives information transmitted from the voting device 300.
The voting information acquisition unit 502 acquires the member ID and voting information received by the information receiving unit 501.

  The purchase history management processing unit 503 stores the member ID and vote information acquired by the vote information acquisition unit 502 in the purchase history storage unit 505, and updates the purchase history. In addition, when the purchase history update is completed, the purchase history management processing unit 503 refers to the purchase history storage unit 505 and acquires information on the number of points when the number of points corresponding to the member ID exists. To the ticket issuing request unit 506.

  When the purchase history update by the purchase history management processing unit 503 is completed, the amount point calculation unit 504 calculates the sum of the voting amounts (total voting amount) of the purchase history stored in the purchase history storage unit 505, and purchase history The total voting amount in the purchase history in the storage unit 505 is updated. Further, the amount point calculation unit 504 calculates points from the total voting amount at a predetermined rate (for example, one point per 100 yen), and when the points are used, the purchase history storage unit 505 purchase history Update the total number of points.

  The purchase history storage unit 505, for each member ID, for example, based on the voting information as shown in FIG. 12B, according to the date of purchase of the voting ticket, “place name”, “race”, “how to buy” , “By formula”, “group number”, “money” history are stored. The purchase history storage unit 505 stores “total vote amount”, which is the total amount of “amount” that the voter V has purchased voting tickets so far, and information on the total number of points corresponding to the total vote amount. Yes.

  When the purchase history management processing unit 503 normally updates the purchase history stored in the purchase history storage unit 505 (and accepts the number of points), the ticket issuing request unit 506 sends the voting device 300 to the voting device 300 from the voting device 300. Notify the voting ticket issue notification (and the number of points) based on the received voting information.

  The information transmission unit 507 transmits information from the public competition management server 500 to the voting apparatus 300. For example, the information transmission unit 507 transmits a ticket execution notification (and the number of points) to the voting apparatus 300 based on a transmission request from the ticket execution request unit 506.

Next, processing executed when the voting ticket is issued by the voting apparatus 300 and the public competition management server 500 having such functions will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14.
FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram when a voting ticket is issued by the portable terminal, the voting device, and the public competition management server according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 14 is issued by the voting device according to the second embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display displayed at the time of start reception.

  When the voter V holds the two-dimensional code displayed on the portable terminal 200 over the two-dimensional code reading unit 360 of the voting device 300, the two-dimensional code acquisition processing unit 301 in the voting device 300 causes the two-dimensional code reading unit 360 to be used. The two-dimensional code image displayed on the display 220 of the portable terminal 200 is acquired (step S21).

  The two-dimensional code conversion unit 302 converts the two-dimensional code image acquired by the two-dimensional code acquisition processing unit 301 into a member ID and voting information included in the two-dimensional code (step S22).

  The voting information notification unit 303 stores the member ID and voting information converted from the two-dimensional code in the voting acceptance information storage unit 304 and transmits the member ID to the public competition management server 500 via the information transmission unit 305. (Step S23).

  In the public competition management server 500, the voting information acquisition unit 502 acquires the member ID received by the information reception unit 501. The purchase history management processing unit 503 transmits a calculation request notification of the member ID acquired by the voting information acquisition unit 502 and the total number of points currently available to the amount point calculation unit 504. The amount point calculation unit 504 refers to the purchase history storage unit 505 and calculates the total number of points available for the member ID (step S24).

The money amount point calculation unit 504 notifies the ticket issue execution request unit 506 of the total number of points from the purchase history management processing unit 503.
The ticket issuing execution request unit 506 receives the number of usable points of the corresponding member stored in the purchase history storage unit 505, and transmits information on the total number of points corresponding to the member ID from the information transmission unit 507 to the voting apparatus 300. (Step S25).

  In the voting apparatus 300, when the ticket issuing information display processing unit 307 acquires the total number of points via the information receiving unit 306, the voting information is displayed on the display 311 with reference to the voting acceptance information storage unit 304. Further, the payment calculation unit 309 transmits a display request for information on the total number of points acquired via the information reception unit 306 to the ticketing information display processing unit 307, and the ticketing information display processing unit 307 receives the total number of points requested. Is also displayed on the display 311. Such a display is performed and the payment from the voter V is received (step S26).

  When the voter V refers to the display on the display 311 and uses the points, he touches “use” on the display 311. Then, the ticket issuing accepting unit 308 accepts the point use request and notifies the payment calculating unit 309 of the use request. The payment calculation unit 309 transmits a display request for the payment amount calculated by subtracting the number of points from the total amount to the ticketing information display processing unit 307, so that the amount obtained by subtracting the number of points is reflected in the payment amount on the display 311. The

  The voter V confirms the payment amount on the display 311, touches “start ticketing” on the display 311, and deposits the payment amount into the banknote processing unit 331 and the coin processing unit 332.

  When the payment reaches the payment amount, the voting device transmits the member ID and voting information stored in the voting acceptance information storage unit 304 to the public competition management server 500 via the information transmission unit 305 (step S27). .

  In the public competition management server 500, the voting information acquisition unit 502 acquires the member ID and voting information received by the information receiving unit 501. The purchase history management processing unit 503 stores the member ID and vote information acquired by the vote information acquisition unit 502 in the purchase history storage unit 505, and updates the purchase history.

  Further, the amount point calculation unit 504 calculates the total vote amount from the vote amount of the purchase history stored in the purchase history storage unit 505, and calculates the total number of points corresponding to the total vote amount, respectively, The number is stored in the purchase history storage unit 505, and the purchase history is updated (step S28).

  When the purchase history stored in the purchase history storage unit 505 is updated normally, the ticket issuing execution request unit 506 receives the total number of points updated from the purchase history management processing unit 503, and sends the voting device 300 to the voting device 300. A ticket issuing notification based on the voting information received from 300 and information on the total number of points are transmitted from the information transmitting unit 507 (step S29).

  In the voting apparatus 300, when the ticketing information display processing unit 307 acquires the ticketing execution notification via the information receiving unit 306, the ticketing processing unit 301 a is based on the voting information stored in the voting acceptance information storage unit 304. The unit 341 is controlled to print the voting contents and issue a voting ticket (step S30).

As described above, the voter V can obtain a voting ticket on which the content of the vote is printed without using the mark card.
The process when the personal information of the voter V is associated with the member ID stored in the purchase history storage unit 505 by the public competition management server 500 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram illustrating functions of the member management server and the public competition management server according to the second embodiment.
As described with reference to FIG. 6, the member management server 400 includes a member information storage unit 402, an information reception unit 405, and an information transmission unit 406, and further includes a personal information notification processing unit 407.

  When receiving the personal information transmission request notification corresponding to the member ID together with the member ID from the public competition management server 500, the personal information notification processing unit 407 refers to the member information storage unit 402 and corresponds to the received member ID. The personal information is transmitted to the public competition management server 500.

  Further, as described with reference to FIG. 11, the public competition management server 500 includes an information reception unit 501, a purchase history storage unit 505, an information transmission unit 507, and further includes a personal information addition processing unit 508.

  The personal information addition processing unit 508 transmits a personal information transmission request notification corresponding to the member ID stored in the purchase history storage unit 505 to the member management server 400. When the personal information addition processing unit 508 receives the personal information from the member management server 400, the personal information addition processing unit 508 associates the received personal information with the member ID stored in the purchase history storage unit 505.

Next, processing executed when adding personal information in the member management server 400 and the public competition management server 500 having such functions will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 16 is a sequence diagram of the member management server and the public competition management server according to the second embodiment when adding personal information.

  In the public competition management server 500, the personal information addition processing unit 508 sends a member ID stored in the purchase history storage unit 505 and a transmission request notification of personal information corresponding to the member ID from the information transmission unit 507 to the member management server. It transmits to 400 (step S31).

  In the member management server 400, when the personal information notification processing unit 407 receives the transmission request notification of the personal information corresponding to the member ID together with the member ID from the public competition management server 500 via the information receiving unit 405, the member information storage unit Referring to 402, personal information corresponding to the received member ID is acquired. The personal information notification processing unit 407 transmits personal information corresponding to the member ID from the information transmission unit 406 to the public competition management server 500 (step S32).

  In the public competition management server 500, when the personal information addition processing unit 508 receives the personal information corresponding to the member ID from the member management server 400 via the information receiving unit 501, the personal information addition processing unit 508 stores the personal information corresponding to the member ID stored in the purchase history storage unit 505. Associate the received personal information with the member ID.

  As described above, the purchase history stored in the purchase history storage unit 505 of the public competition management server 500 is associated with the vote information of the voter V for each personal information of the voter V. It can be used for marketing analysis and prediction.

  Therefore, in the voting system 100, the voting device 300 reads a two-dimensional code including the member ID of the voter V and the voting information representing the content of the vote for the public competition displayed on the mobile terminal 200, and the member ID is obtained from the two-dimensional code. And vote information is acquired and those information is transmitted to public game management server 500. The public competition management server 500 stores the voting information received from the voting device 300 for each member ID, and sends a voting ticket issuance notification based on the voting information to the voting device 300. The voting device 300 can issue a voting ticket to a voter based on a ticket issue execution notification from the public competition management server 500.

  Thereby, in voting system 100, voting device 300 can issue a voting ticket based on voting information of voter V without using a mark card, and can suppress the use of paper.

  Further, in the voting system 100, the public competition management server 500 receives the personal information of the voter V corresponding to the member ID from the member management server 400, and the purchase history storage unit 505 stores the personal information of the voter V corresponding to the member ID. The vote information of the voter V can be stored for each piece of information. For this reason, the analysis accuracy of marketing can be improved by using the voter's voting situation etc. as statistical information.

  Furthermore, the voting system 100 urges the voter V to register as a member on the condition that a valid service is provided to the voter V such as giving points that can be used as a vote after the next vote according to the vote amount. In order to improve the analysis accuracy of marketing, it is possible to collect more personal information of the registrant V.

  Further, the above processing functions can be realized by a computer. In that case, a program describing the processing contents of the functions that the computer should have is provided. By executing the program on a computer, the above processing functions are realized on the computer.

  The program describing the processing contents can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a magnetic storage device, an optical disk, a magneto-optical storage medium, and a semiconductor memory. Magnetic storage devices include HDDs, flexible disks (FD), magnetic tapes (MT) and the like. Optical discs include DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), DVD-RAM, CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), CD-R (Recordable) / RW (ReWritable), and the like. Magneto-optical storage media include MO (Magneto-Optical disk). Semiconductor memory includes flash memory such as USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory.

  When the program is distributed, for example, a portable recording medium such as a DVD or CD-ROM in which the program is recorded is sold. It is also possible to store the program in a server computer and transfer the program from the server computer to another computer via a network.

  The computer that executes the program stores, for example, the program recorded on the portable recording medium or the program transferred from the server computer in its own storage device. Then, the computer reads the program from its own storage device and executes processing according to the program. The computer can also read the program directly from the portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. In addition, each time the program is transferred from the server computer, the computer can sequentially execute processing according to the received program.

  Also, part or all of the processing described by the program can be replaced with an electronic circuit. For example, at least a part of the above processing functions may be realized by an electronic circuit such as a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), or a PLD (Programmable Logic Device).

  Although the above-described embodiment has been described in a public competition, the present invention can be similarly applied to a lottery ticket, a soccer lottery, and the like, and various modifications are made within a range not departing from the gist of the embodiment. be able to.

  Further, the above-described embodiments can be modified and changed by those skilled in the art, and are not limited to the exact configurations and application examples described.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Voting system 20 Portable terminal 30 Voting device 31 Code reading part 32 Voting information acquisition part 33 Voting information transmission part 34 Ticketing part 35 Voting reception information storage part 40 Voting management server 41 Voting information reception part 42 Voting information storage part 43 Ticketing execution part 43

Claims (3)

A portable terminal for displaying an identification code indicating information including identification information for identifying a voter and voting information representing the vote content of the voter;
A voting acceptance information storage unit for storing the identification information and the voting information, a code reading unit for reading the identification code displayed on the portable terminal, and the identification information and the voting information based on the read identification code. When receiving a voting information acquisition unit to be acquired and stored in the voting reception information storage unit, a voting information transmission unit that transmits the identification information and the voting information, and a ticketing execution notification of a voting ticket based on the voting information, A voting apparatus having a ticket issuing unit that issues the voting ticket based on the voting information stored in the voting acceptance information storage unit;
The voting information reception unit that receives the identification information and the voting information transmitted from the voting device, the voting information storage unit that stores the voting information for each received identification information, and the voting information in the voting information storage unit Is stored, the ticket issuing execution unit for transmitting the ticket issuing notification for issuing the voting ticket to the voting device, and the number of points corresponding to the voting amount is calculated based on the voting information stored in the voting information storing unit. A voting management server having an amount point calculation unit that stores the number of points for each identification information in the voting information storage unit,
A personal information receiving unit that receives personal information of the voter from the mobile terminal, a personal information storage unit that stores the received personal information in association with the identification information, and an identification that issues the identification information to the mobile terminal An identification information management server having an information issuing unit;
A voting system comprising: When the identification information management server receives the transmission request for the personal information corresponding to the identification information from the vote management server, the identification information management server refers to the personal information storage unit and corresponds to the identification information for which the transmission request has been made. A personal information notification processing unit for transmitting the personal information to the vote management server;
The vote management server sends the pre-Symbol transmission request to the identification information management server, from the identification information management server, upon receiving the personal information corresponding to the identification information performing the transmission request, it stores the voting information A personal information addition processing unit for storing the personal information in a unit;
The voting system according to claim 1 . The identification code, voting system according to claim 1 or 2 characterized in that it is a one-dimensional code or two-dimensional code.

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