JPH08272879A - Remote betting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily realize a high level remote betting service by using an agent by preparing the agent in which the request of the betting of a user and the request of an information acquisition such as odds, etc., are set by a betting request part and an information acquisition part. CONSTITUTION: A betting request part 15 prepares an agent in which the betting request procedure having the conditions required for a betting as data to perform the betting instructed by a user via an input/output part 12 is set. The processing of this agent is requested to an agent control part 17. An information acquisition part 16 prepares the agent in which an information acquisition means is set to acquire the item of the information to be acquired which is requested from a user via the input/output part 12 or the latest information such as odds, for instance, from a host device 2. The processing of this agent is requested to the agent control part 1 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote voting system that realizes a remote voting service that allows voting from a remote voting device via a communication network. As an example, horse racing,
There are betting ticket purchases for voting for races such as bicycle races and boat races. In particular, the present invention is not limited to a simple and simple remote voting service in which a number such as a horse number is designated immediately before a race to vote, but various objects can be obtained by voting using an object called an agent. Achieve advanced remote voting services such as voting according to conditions,
Further, the present invention relates to a remote voting system capable of improving the use efficiency of lines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When purchasing a voting ticket for a horse race, a bicycle race, a boat race, etc., it is necessary to go directly to an off-site polling place, a horse racetrack, a bicycle racetrack, a boat racetrack, etc., and purchase it there. At present, a remote voting system has been put into practical use in order to save the purchaser from going out. FIG. 18 shows a block diagram of a conventional remote voting system. The remote voting device 101 is used by each user to vote for a race result such as a horse race, a bicycle race, and a boat race, and obtain the latest information such as odds. The remote voting device 101 is a terminal device installed in each user's home or the like, or a mobile information communication terminal carried by each user while he is out. The host device 102 is installed in several places throughout the country and is a device for receiving a request such as a vote from the remote voting device 101. General center 3
Collects votes from vote acceptance devices such as the host device 102 nationwide, and obtains information such as odds from all host devices 10.
It is a device for notifying the second grade. Each remote voting device 10
1 can be connected to the host device 102 via a public network such as a telephone line or a communication network 4 such as a private line. Each of the remote voting devices 101 calls the host device 102 to connect the line to the host device 102 when requesting a vote or requesting acquisition of information. After that, the items of the voting contents and the information requesting the acquisition are transmitted to the host device 102 to request the voting and the acquisition of the information.

FIG. 19 shows a configuration example of the remote voting device 101 and the host device 102. The main control unit 111 of the remote voting device 101 controls the entire remote voting device 101. The input / output unit 12 controls the input of commands and the like from the user and the display (output) of the state of the terminal and the communication result with the host device 102. The memory unit 13 stores the program and data of the remote voting device 101. The voting request unit 115 creates a message as shown in FIGS. 20 and 21 and controls the communication procedure in order to vote by the user. The information acquisition unit 116 creates a message for acquiring the latest information such as odds from the host device 102 and controls a communication procedure. The communication control unit 114 uses the host device 10.
2, disconnection of the line from the line 2, establishment and release of the data link, transmission of the message requested by the voting request unit 115 and the information acquisition unit 116, reception of the message from the host device 102,
Voting request section 115 and information acquisition section 1 of the received message
It controls overall communication with the host device 102, such as notification to the device 16.

The main controller 121 of the host device 102 controls the entire host device 102. The input / output unit 22 controls the input of commands and the like from the administrator of the host device 102, and the display and notification (output) of the state and the like of the host device 102. The memory unit 23 stores programs and data of the host device 102. The vote accepting unit 125 creates a message as shown in FIGS. 20 and 21 and controls the procedure in order to accept the vote from the remote voting apparatus 101. The information notification unit 126 creates a message for notifying the latest information such as odds in response to a request from the remote voting device 101 and controls the procedure. The communication control unit 124
Disconnection of the line with the remote voting device 101, establishment and release of a data link, a vote acceptance unit 125 and an information notification unit 126.
Message sent by the remote voting device 101
Control of overall communication with the remote voting apparatus 101 such as reception of a message from the device, notification of the received message to the voting acceptance unit 125 and the information notification unit 126, and the like. The user information storage unit 28 stores personalization information of all users registered in the host device 102, such as user ID, password, and voting history. The general center communication unit 20 controls the communication with the general center 3 such as notifying the general center 3 of the accepted voting contents and obtaining the latest information such as odds from the general center 3.

FIG. 20 shows an example of a conventional communication procedure. After the connection 501 of the line and the establishment 502 of the data link between the host device 102 and the remote voting device 101, the remote voting device 101 sends to the host device 102 the ID number assigned to each user who makes a vote as a user ID confirmation request message 503. Send. The host device 102 compares the received user ID with the user ID registered in the host device 102, and notifies the remote voting device 101 of the result as a user ID confirmation response message 504.

If the user ID notified from the remote voting device 101 is not registered in the host device 102, the host device 102 and the remote voting device 101 are immediately notified.
Disconnect the connection between. After the user ID has been confirmed by the host device 102, the remote voting device 101 uses this user ID.
The password corresponding to is sent to the host device 102 by a password confirmation request message 505. Receiving this message, the host device 102 compares the password corresponding to the user ID registered in the host device 102 with the password in the message, and notifies the remote voting device 101 of the result by the password confirmation response message 506. . Here, when the password notified from the remote voting device 101 does not match the password registered in the host device 102, the connection between the host device 102 and the remote voting device 101 is immediately disconnected. After the user ID and password of the voting user are approved by the host device 102, the voting is performed. The voting content for one race is set in the voting request message 507, and the remote voting device 101
From the host device 102. The host device 102 that has received this voting request message 507 determines whether or not to accept this voting content. If it is acceptable,
The voting content is registered in the host device 102, the voting is accepted, and the voting ends. The host device 102 notifies the remote voting device 101 of the determination result of acceptance and the reason thereof by a vote acceptance message 508. When the next voting is desired, the remote voting apparatus 101 transmits the voting request message 507 in which the content of the next voting is set again. When all voting has been completed, the remote voting device 101 notifies the voting end request message 509, and after receiving the voting end confirmation message 510, releases the data link 51.
1. The line is disconnected 512, and the voting process is notified.

Here, as an example of the data structure of the message transmitted and received between the remote voting device 101 and the host device 102, FIG. 21 shows a format example of a voting request message at the time of voting for a horse race. First, after a start flag 601 indicating the beginning of a message, a message identifier 602 indicating that this message is a voting request message and an ID number 603 for specifying the voting by this message among a plurality of votes are set. next,
The number of times 604, the place 605, the day 606, and the race number 607 of the race to vote are set. The number of votes 608 for that race is set, and a specific voting element 609 is set below. The data structure of the voting element 609 is
By vote type 611 (horse number consecutive win / frame number consecutive win / win / win),
Horse number / frame number 613 to set and vote for 612
1 (when voting for a single win / double win) or two (when voting for a horse number consecutive win / frame number consecutive win). Finally, an end flag 610 indicating the end of the message is inserted.

[0008]

In a conventional remote voting system for horse racing, bicycle races, boat racing, etc., an RPC (Remote Procedure Ca1) as shown in FIG.
A remote voting service is realized based on l). R
The PC operates by exchanging command and response messages between the remote voting device and the host device. In this method, the number of times messages are sent and received on a communication line increases and communication time also increases in order to realize advanced services. Further, it is necessary to maintain the connection of the line even while waiting for a response from the host device or waiting for a user input, which causes a problem that the CPU capacity of the terminal and communication cost are wastefully consumed.

Further, although the conventional remote voting system can realize a simple voting service for designating the amount of money, the horse number and the like immediately before the race, it is impossible or impossible to realize the following advanced remote voting service. Even so, there was a problem that the communication time increased and the procedure was troublesome. Below is an example of an advanced remote voting service and the challenges in implementing it with a conventional remote voting system.

[0010] First, in order to automatically send back the race result, vote hit / miss, etc., to the remote voting device immediately after the result is fixed, the remote vote must be made at the time when the race result is expected to be fixed. Access the host device from the device. Therefore, if the race is not confirmed at this time, the remote voting device needs to retry the request for information acquisition many times until the confirmed information can be acquired, which is a waste of communication cost.
In particular, when the remote voting device is a mobile information communication terminal that places importance on mobility, it is a great effort for the user to retry many times.

Secondly, if a plurality of races are voted at the same time by one vote and it is desired to change the vote content of the later race depending on the vote content of the previous race and the result of the previous race at the time of this vote. It is troublesome. That is, in the conventional art, first, the remote voting device only votes for the first race, and after the first race is confirmed, the user obtains information on the race result from the host device, and the latter race from the previous race result. You have to decide the content of your vote and vote for it. This method requires multiple access to the host. In addition, the user needs to be able to operate the remote voting device just before each race.

Thirdly, if the user wants to vote in relation to the horse or athlete designated by the user, but does not know the schedule or race number of the race in which the horse or athlete will run, the user will make the first race every day. Before the start, we got the racecard for all races,
From this race table, we have to find out if the desired horse will run on the day. This method requires a great deal of effort for the user.

Fourth, if the user wants to vote by the name of a horse or a player instead of the horse number or the like, the user must first obtain the racecard from the host device and decide the number to vote from the racecard. . According to this method, there is a possibility that the user may make a mistake in voting for the frame number or horse number of the horse that he / she wants to vote, and it takes time and effort for the user.

Fifth, when voting is performed by specifying odds conditions instead of numbers such as horse numbers, for example, "buy all betting tickets related to the most popular horse." For example, when buying three double wins. ”Or“ voting all the horse tickets. ”First, the odds are acquired from the host device, and the user searches the table of the odds for the contents satisfying the condition of the user. , I have to vote for it. This method is troublesome for the user and is easy to make mistakes.
Furthermore, since the odds change every moment, if the user wants to vote with the odds just before the deadline of the vote, the user needs to operate in front of the remote voting device just before the deadline.

Sixth, when it is desired to specify a horse weight condition instead of a horse number or the like to vote, it is necessary to wait for the announcement of the horse weight and then operate the remote voting device to vote.

Seventh, if the user wants to vote by specifying the condition of the number of appearances instead of numbers such as horse numbers, the user needs to obtain a large number of race results from the host device and total them. This method requires a lot of work for the user.

Eighth, when it is desired to vote before the start of acceptance of voting, it is impossible with the conventional remote voting system. Even if the content to be voted is decided before the vote is accepted, the user must wait until the vote acceptance is started and then vote. In this case, a user who cannot operate the remote voting device after the start of acceptance cannot vote.

As described above, in order to provide a high level service with the conventional remote voting system, communication cost increases and the user needs a lot of trouble.

The present invention has been made to solve these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a remote voting system in which an advanced remote voting service can be easily realized by using an agent.

[0020]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a remote voting system in which a user operates a remote voting device to request a host device remote from the remote voting device to vote. The host device has an agent service means for controlling realization of a service requested by an agent, which is an object realized by software from the remote voting device, and the agent service means is provided in its own device. A host-side agent control unit that controls access management and execution processing of existing agents, a host-side communication control unit that sends and receives agents to and from the remote voting device, and a vote from an agent that exists in the device itself. A vote accepting unit that accepts votes according to a request, wherein the remote voting device is an own device. Required for voting, such as the number to be voted and the purchase amount, and the remote agent control unit for controlling access management and execution processing of the agents existing in the server, the remote communication control unit for transmitting and receiving the agent to and from the host device. And a voting request unit that creates an agent in which a voting request procedure having conditions as agent data is set, and the voting request procedure is performed by activating the voting acceptance unit of the host device of the moving destination. It is characterized in that the voting is performed and the voting result is returned to the requesting remote voting device, and voting is performed by the agent to which the voting request procedure is set.

Further, the agent service means of the host device has an information notifying unit for notifying the requested information in accordance with a request for information on a voting object from an agent existing in the own device, and the remote voting device is It has an information acquisition unit for creating an agent in which an information acquisition procedure having an item of information to be acquired as agent data is set, and the information acquisition procedure starts the information notification unit of the destination host device. The method includes acquiring the information related to the voting target and returning to the requesting remote voting device with the acquired information, wherein the agent for which the information acquisition procedure is set acquires the information related to the voting target. And

Further, the host device controls non-agent service means for controlling communication with a remote voting device that does not create an agent and realization of a service requested by a remote voting device that does not create an agent, and a communication partner. A remote voting device for creating an agent, the remote voting device having a switching unit for determining whether the remote voting device is a remote voting device for creating an agent and requesting the agent service means or the non-agent service means to control communication. It is compatible with both devices and remote voting devices that do not create agents.

Another aspect of the invention is a remote voting system in which a user operates a remote voting device to request a host device distant from the remote voting device to vote, and is implemented in software within the device itself. A server-side agent control unit that controls access management and execution processing of an agent that is an object, a server-side remote communication control unit that sends and receives an agent to and from the remote voting device that requests a service using the agent, and A remote voting device including a provisional vote acceptance unit that accepts a vote requested by an agent existing in the device, and a server-side host communication control unit that controls communication with the host device that is not compatible with the agent, The provisional vote accepting unit has an agent server device located between the host device and the host device. , Characterized in that to ask the host device after receiving instead of the host device does not correspond to vote was asked by the agent present in the self-device to the agent.

Further, the agent server device has a temporary information notifying unit for notifying information requested by an agent existing in the own device, and the temporary information notifying unit requests by the agent existing in the own device. It is characterized in that the content of the given information is acquired from the host device that does not correspond to the agent and is notified to the requesting remote voting device.

Further, the remote voting device in the above invention moves to the host device or the agent server device corresponding to the agent, and creates at least one additional service for creating an agent in which a procedure for performing an additional service is set. It is characterized by having a control unit.

The additional service control unit is a result automatic notification requesting unit that creates an agent in which the result automatic notification requesting procedure is set, and the result automatic notification requesting procedure is a vote specified in the destination apparatus. It is characterized in that the result of the voting target is automatically returned to the requesting remote voting device by returning with the information about the voting target after the result of the target is decided.

The additional service control unit is a multi-target voting unit that creates an agent for which a multi-target voting procedure has been set, and the multi-target voting procedure is the content of the first voting target in the destination device. And the voting contents of the subsequent voting target based on the result of the previous voting target, including the procedure of specifying the voting contents of the subsequent voting target based on the result of the previous voting target and voting for multiple voting targets. The feature is that the content is selected and voting for a plurality of voting targets is performed at one time.

The supplementary service control unit is a run notification unit that creates an agent for which a run notification procedure has been set, and the run notification procedure is a race in which a horse or an athlete designated in the destination device runs. It is characterized in that after waiting until is determined, information regarding the race is acquired and a designated vote is performed on the race.

The additional service control unit is a name voting unit that creates an agent for which a name voting procedure has been set, and the name voting procedure includes the names of horses and athletes participating in a race to vote at the destination. It is characterized by converting the name specified for voting into a number based on the correspondence between the name and the number such as a horse number or a frame number, and then voting.

Further, the supplementary service control unit is an odds voting unit that creates an agent for which an odds voting procedure is set, and the odds voting procedure satisfies the odds specified for voting at the destination. Characterized by voting.

The additional service control unit is a horse weight voting unit that creates an agent for which a horse weight voting procedure is set, and the horse weight voting procedure is the horse weight designated for voting at the destination. It is characterized by performing a vote that satisfies the condition of.

The supplementary service control unit is a result voting unit that creates an agent in which a result voting procedure is set. The result voting procedure calculates a race result at the destination. It is characterized in that a vote that meets the condition of the result specified for voting is performed based on the calculation result.

The additional service control unit is a pre-reception voting unit that creates an agent for which a pre-reception voting procedure has been set, and the pre-reception voting procedure is designated after waiting until the start of vote acceptance at the destination. Characterized by voting.

[0034]

In the remote voting apparatus of the present invention, the agent which sets the request for voting by the user and the request for information acquisition such as odds is created by the voting request unit and the information acquisition unit. This agent is executed by the remote-side agent control unit in the remote voting device and transmitted to the host device. In the host device, the received agent is executed by the host side agent control unit in the host device. During this run,
The agent activates the vote accepting unit and the information notifying unit in the host device, and processes the user request set in the agent. The result of this processing is obtained and returned to the requesting remote voting device. As described above, simple voting and acquisition of the latest information are realized using agents.

Further, the additional service control unit in the remote voting device combines the vote receiving unit and the information notifying unit to create an agent capable of realizing an advanced service. By executing this agent, an advanced voting service is realized. Each agent is created by the following supplementary service control unit.

The result automatic notification requesting section creates an agent which automatically notifies the result after waiting until the result of the voting object is obtained. The multi-object voting unit creates an agent that performs voting by designating the previous voting content and designating the subsequent voting content based on the result of the previous voting content. The race notification unit waits until the race in which the designated horse or athlete has started is decided, and then notifies the user of the race and creates an agent who votes for the race. When designated by a horse name or a player name, the name voting unit creates an agent who votes for a horse number and a frame number based on the name. The odds voting section creates an agent who votes for the condition of the specified odds. The horse weight voting department
Create an agent to vote for a specified horse weight condition. The outcome voting unit calculates the outcome of the race and creates an agent that votes for the condition of the outcome based on the calculation result. Further, the pre-reception voting unit waits until the reception is started, and creates an agent that votes when the reception of the vote is started.

As described above, not only a simple and simple remote voting service in which a number such as a horse number is designated immediately before a race to vote, but also advanced services such as voting under various conditions are realized. The communication rate and the utilization rate of CPU power can also be improved.

In order to construct a remote voting system in which the remote voting device according to the present invention and the conventional remote voting device are mixed, the agent server device of the present invention mediates between the conventional host device and the remote voting device of the present invention. do. That is, the temporary vote accepting unit or the temporary information notifying unit of the agent server device requests the conventional host device to process the request of the user set in the agent by a request from the agent to activate the voting accepting unit or the information notifying unit. Then, the result of the processing received from the conventional host device is notified to the requesting agent.

As another configuration of the mixed system, the switching unit of the host device determines whether the communication partner is the remote voting device of the present invention or the conventional remote voting device and switches the control within the device. The host device having this switching unit can accommodate both the conventional remote voting device and the remote voting device of the present invention.

[0040]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of a remote voting system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The same elements as those in the conventional example are designated by the same reference numerals.

First, the present invention is not the RPC described above, but
Realize a high-level remote voting service by RP (Remote Programming). The RP transfers the agent. An agent is an object that has methods and data described by object-oriented programming, and it is possible to use inheritance of classes, which is a feature of object-oriented programming. The difference between an agent and other objects is that while the agent is present, it independently executes the means set for the agent and that it can move between multiple devices.
This is also a point that can be executed in the destination device. FIG. 16 shows the operation of the agent when the client apparatus 704 requests the server apparatus 703 to process a certain task using the agent. Agent that is the agent that sets the task requested by the client A701 is generated. This Agent A moves to the server device,
Agent that is another agent in the server device B
By calling 702 and method to each other, Age
nt The task set in A is processed, and the result is returned to the original client device. FIG. 17 shows a flow on the communication path. The line of the communication network 4 is connected only when the agent moves on the communication network 4, and it is not necessary to hold the line while the agent is executing processing in the server. Therefore, there are advantages that the communication cost can be reduced while the server device waits for a response, and that the client device side can also perform other processing while waiting for the response. Telescript (Nikkei Communication May 16, 1994, published by Nikkei BP) is a programming language that can realize this agent.

As another advantage of the agent, the agent independently waits for a change in the state of the server device in the server device to execute processing regardless of the client device,
There are advantages such as the ease of adding a new service and the ability to design an agent that can execute a new service by combining several conventional services on the client side. Less than,
Each embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Example 1. FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of a remote voting device and a host device according to the present invention. The agent control unit 17 of the remote voting device 1 controls the entire agent such as execution processing of procedures set for the agents existing in the remote voting device 1 and access management. Voting request section 1
Reference numeral 5 creates an agent in which a voting request procedure having, as data, conditions necessary for voting in order to perform a voting instructed by the user via the input / output unit 12 is set up, and the processing of this agent is made to the agent control unit 17. Request. In addition, upon receiving the agent that has completed the voting request procedure, the result of voting is displayed to the user via the input / output unit 12.
The information acquisition unit 16 creates an agent in which an information acquisition procedure is set in order to acquire from the host device 2 items of information desired to be acquired by the user via the input / output unit 12, for example, latest information such as odds. The agent control unit 17 is requested to process this agent. In addition, upon receiving the agent that has completed the information acquisition procedure, the information acquired through the input / output unit 12 is displayed to the user. The communication control unit 14 disconnects a line from the host device 2, establishes and releases a data link, sends an agent requested by the agent control unit 17, receives an agent from the host device 2, and an agent control unit 17 for the received agent. Control of communication with the host apparatus 2 such as notification to the host. The additional service control unit 19 creates an agent in which a procedure for realizing an advanced voting service is set, accepts an agent that has completed this procedure, and the like. Details will be described later for each service.

Agent control unit 27 of host device 2
Performs execution processing of procedures set in the agent existing in the host device 2, and controls the entire agent such as access management. The vote accepting unit 25 executes the vote accepting procedure and accepts the vote from the agent in response to a request to activate the vote accepting procedure of the agent in the host device 2. The information notification unit 26 executes the information notification procedure in response to a request to activate the information notification procedure of the agent in the host device, and notifies the agent of the requested information. The communication control unit 24 disconnects the line with the remote voting device 1, establishes and releases a data link, sends the agent requested by the agent control unit 27, receives the agent from the remote voting device 1, and receives the agent of the received agent. It controls overall communication with the remote voting device 1, such as notification to the control unit 27.

First, a procedure of moving an agent between the remote voting device 1 and the host device 2 will be described. The agent transmitted from the remote voting device 1 to the host device 2 has the following minimum data and method as necessary minimums.

Data User ID Identifier for identifying a user who operates the remote voting device Password Number for certifying the legitimacy of the user ID Reason display Reason for processing failure in the host device Method GetUserID Acquires user ID data GetPasswd Acquires password data SetReason Set reason display data When an agent in the remote voting device 1 requests to move to the host device 2, the agent control unit 17 requests the communication control unit 14 to send this agent. The communication control unit 14 in the remote voting device 1 sends an agent to the host device 2, and the communication control unit 24 in the host device 2 receives the agent. The received agent is passed to the agent control unit 27 in the host device 2. Before the agent received here uses the service of the host device 2, the agent control unit 27 determines whether or not the service can be accessed. The agent control unit 27 receives the GetUseID method and Ge of the received agent.
Request the tPasswd method to get the user ID and its password. By comparing these values with the values registered in the user information storage unit 28, it is determined whether or not the agent can access. When it is determined that the access is possible, the host device 2 thereafter accepts a service request from this agent. However, if it is determined that the agent does not access the host device 2,
Immediately, the reason for being inaccessible is set in the reason display data by the SetReason method, and thereafter, access to the service of the host device 2 from this agent is not accepted. When the agent finishes all the processing in the host device 2 and requests to move to the original remote voting device 1, the agent control unit 27 requests the communication control unit 24 to transmit this agent. The communication control unit 24 requested to send the agent sends the agent to the designated remote voting device 1. The communication control unit 14 in the remote voting device 1 receives this agent and passes it to the agent control unit 17. The remote voting device 1 performs processing according to the value of the reason display data in the agent. Also,
The destination address such as a telephone number of the host device 2 or the remote voting device 1 is set in the agent itself, and the agent can definitely move to a desired destination when moving.

An example of a procedure for realizing each service will be described below by taking a remote voting system in horse racing as an example. It should be noted that the procedure set in the agent that realizes the supplementary service created by the supplementary service control unit 19 in services other than (1) and (2) among the services to be described later is the service of (1) and (2). Only the voting acceptance procedure and the information notifying procedure of the host device 2 are used, and the host device 2 does not need any other additional procedure.
Therefore, the services other than (1) and (2) do not require any further modification of the host device 2 other than those described in the services (1) and (2).

(1) Simple Voting for Specifying Horse Number, Frame Number, etc. The voting acceptance unit 25 of the host device 2 is provided with a method Betting for executing a voting acceptance procedure for accepting votes from agents. The parameters received from the request source agent by the voting acceptance unit 25 when the Betting method is started are the number of times of the event, the venue, the date of the event, the race number, the voting amount, and the type of the voting (horse number consecutive win / frame number consecutive win / win / double Win), horse number / frame number 1 and horse number / frame number 2
It is a vote ID number that identifies the current vote among a plurality of votes (only when voting for horse number consecutive wins and frame number consecutive wins), and sets all conditions necessary for voting. After the Betting method is activated, whether or not to accept the vote is determined from these parameters, and if acceptable, the vote is accepted. If it cannot be accepted, the reason is displayed as the return value of the method on the requesting agent. Reasons for the non-acceptance include lack of remaining money of the user, non-acceptance time of voting, and designation of a horse number / frame number that does not exist.

The voting request unit 15 of the remote voting device 1
Creates an agent for which the voting request procedure is set. The data of this created agent is the number of votes to purchase, voting conditions (held times, venue, date, race number, voting amount, voting type, horse number / frame number 1,
Horse number / frame number 2, voting ID number) and voting results. 1
Since one agent can make multiple votes, voting condition data and voting result data are required for the number of voting points to purchase. The main flow of the voting request procedure is shown in FIG.

First, the host apparatus 2 is moved to (ST10
1) If access to the service of the host device 2 is granted, the Betting method of the vote accepting unit 25 is requested to vote for the first point (ST102). It is judged from the return value whether the vote was accepted normally (ST10
3) If normally accepted, the normal result is set in the voting result data corresponding to the normally completed vote (S).
T104). Determine if there is a second vote (ST1
05), in some cases, the second point, the third point, and the fourth point are repeatedly voted. When it is determined that all voting has been completed, the process returns to the remote voting device 1 (ST106) and notifies the remote voting device 1 that the voting request procedure has been completed. If it is determined that the voting is not normally accepted, the reason displayed from the return value of the Betting method is set in the voting result data corresponding to the voting that did not end normally (ST107). For this reason, it is determined whether to continue voting (ST108), and the process is continued according to the determination.

(2) Acquisition of latest information The information notifying unit 26 of the host device 2 is provided with a method Information for executing the information notifying procedure for notifying the information requested by the agent. The parameter that the information notification unit 26 receives from the request source agent when the Information method is activated is an information item for which acquisition is requested. After the Information method is activated, it is determined whether or not the notification of the information of this parameter is possible. If the notification is possible, the object in which the information to be notified is set as data is passed to the requesting agent as a return value of the Information method. When notification is not possible, the reason is displayed as the return value of the method on the requesting agent. Reasons for not being able to notify include designation of nonexistent information items, unconfirmed information, and the like.

The information acquisition unit 16 of the remote voting device 1 is
Create an agent for which information acquisition procedure is set. The data that the created agent has is the number of request information items, the request information items, and the acquisition result. Since one agent can acquire a plurality of information items, required information item data and acquisition result data are required for the number of requested information items. The main flow of the information acquisition procedure is shown in FIG.

First, the host apparatus 2 is moved to (ST20
1) When the service access to the host device is permitted, the Information method of the information notifying unit is requested to acquire one item of information (ST202). Whether the information has been correctly acquired is judged from the return value (ST203), and if normal, the acquisition information object is set in the acquisition result data corresponding to the normally completed information item (ST204).
It is judged whether there is an information item to be acquired next (ST20
5) In some cases, acquisition of information is repeated. When it is determined that all information acquisition is completed, the process returns to the remote voting device (ST206) and notifies the remote voting device 1 that the information acquisition procedure is completed. If it is determined that the information could not be acquired normally, the reason displayed from the return value of the Information method is set in the acquisition result data corresponding to the information item that could not be acquired normally (ST20).
7).

(3) Automatically Transfer Race Result The automatic result notification requesting unit, which is one of the supplementary service control units 19 of the remote voting device 1, creates an agent in which the automatic result notification requesting procedure is set. The automatic result notification request procedure realizes a service in which the host device 2 notifies the requesting remote voting device 1 of the race result immediately after the race result is determined. In addition, you can also request a vote, and as a result of the voting target whether the vote was hit or not,
Information such as the result of comparison between the result of voting and the content of voting can also be notified.

The data held by the agent created by the automatic result notifying unit includes race conditions (held times, venues, dates, race numbers), voting points, voting elements (voting amount, voting formula, horse number / frame number). 1, horse number / frame number 2), voting ID number, voting result, and processing result. When voting is not performed (voting point data = 0), the voting ID number, voting element data, and voting result data are not required. However, when voting is performed, the voting ID number, the voting element data, and the voting result data are required for the number of voting points. The main flow of the result automatic notification request procedure is shown in FIG.

First, move to the host device 2 (ST301)
To do. When voting, the voting is performed according to the voting procedure shown in FIG. 5 (ST303). The voting procedure of FIG. 5 is as shown in FIG.
Is a subset of the voting request procedure of
The Betting method of No. 5 is activated. When this voting is not normally completed, the reason is stored in the processing result data (ST305). After the voting is finished, the Information method of the information notification unit 26 is activated (ST30
7) Obtain information on the time of dispatch of the race. At this time, when the information on the shipping time cannot be obtained, the reason display obtained from the Information method is stored in the processing result data and the procedure ends (ST309). The time when the race result is determined is estimated from the shipping time obtained as information, and the process waits until that time (ST310). At the time when the race result is confirmed, the Information method of the information notifying unit 26 is activated (ST311), and the race result information is acquired. If the information cannot be normally acquired, for that reason, it is determined whether to try to acquire the information again (ST313), and the process is continued. If the race has been voted for after obtaining the race result information, the content of the vote and the race result are compared and the result is stored in the process result data (ST31).
7). If no vote has been made, the race result is stored in the process result data (ST318). Then, it moves to the remote voting device 1 (ST319) and notifies that the procedure is completed, and when the procedure is completed normally, the race result can be notified to the user. In the present embodiment, only one race's worth of automatic notification can be given, but it can be easily expanded to give notification of many races.

(4) Change of voting for the next race according to the result of the previous race The multi-target voting unit, which is one of the supplementary service control units 19 of the remote voting device 1, selects the agent for which the multi-target voting procedure is set. create. The multi-target voting procedure allows one agent to collectively vote for multiple races at once. Furthermore, the content of votes for the second and subsequent races can be changed depending on the results of the previous race. The main flow of the multi-target voting procedure is shown in FIG.

First, the host device 2 is moved to (ST50).
1). The first race is voted according to the voting procedure shown in FIG. 5 (ST502). After the voting is completed, the Information method of the information notification unit 26 is activated (ST50
6) Obtain information on the shipping time of the first race. The time when the first race result is determined is estimated from the shipping time obtained as information, and the process waits until that time (ST509). At the time when the result of the first race is confirmed, the information notification unit 26
The information method of the first race result is acquired by activating the Information method of (ST510). Select the content to vote for the next race from the results of the first race (ST51
5). The criteria for the choice of voting for the next race are simply the choices made by whether the votes of the previous race were won or not,
The user can freely decide the total amount of refunds received and the winning player. If you decide what to vote for the next race, vote for that content (ST
516). After that, the agent moves to the remote voting device 1 (ST519) and notifies that the procedure is completed.

(5) Notification of Run of Specified Horse The run notification unit, which is one of the supplementary service control units 19 of the remote voting device 1, creates an agent for which a run notification procedure is set. If your favorite horse or athlete wants to vote for the next race to run, but you haven't decided or aren't sure which race to run next, the agent with the run notification procedure will be the user when the race to run next is decided. You can also notify the horse and vote for the horse or athlete. The main flow of the race notification procedure is shown in FIG.

First, the host apparatus 2 is moved to (ST60).
1). The Information method of the information notification unit 26 is activated (ST602), and the information of the next next date from that day is obtained. Wait until the next date (ST605). The Information method of the information notification unit 26 is activated on that day (ST606), and the racecards for all races on that day are acquired. From the list of all races, it is searched whether the race of the designated horse is registered (ST609). If there is no registration, the Information method of the information notification unit 26 is activated (ST60
2) Obtain information on the next event date and wait until the next event date (ST605). Repeat this until you find a registration. If the designated horse has been registered for the race of the day, and if the content to be voted has already been set in the agent, a vote is made according to the voting procedure shown in FIG. 5 (ST61).
1). Then, return to the remote voting device 1 (ST614),
Notify the user that there was a registered entry for the specified horse in the race of the day.

(6) Voting under conditions other than the number The name voting unit, odds voting unit, horse weight voting unit and result voting unit, which are one of the additional service control units 19 of the remote voting device 1, respectively Create an agent with voting procedures, odds voting procedures, horse weight voting procedures and roll-up voting procedures. By these procedures, it is possible to vote by specifying a condition other than the number instead of the usual vote that specifies the horse number / frame number. The main flow of the name voting procedure is shown in FIG.

First, the host apparatus 2 is moved to (ST70).
1). The Information method of the information notification unit 26 is activated (ST702) to obtain the race entry table for the race in which a vote is to be made.
From the race list, search for the frame number / horse number of the horse to vote for,
The horse name designated for voting is converted into a horse number / frame number (ST708). After that, we voted (ST709),
It returns to the remote voting device (ST712) and notifies that the procedure is completed.

The main flow of the odds voting procedure and the horse weight voting procedure is shown in FIG. First, move to the host device 2 (S
T801). The Information method of the information notifying unit 26 is activated (ST802), and the information on the start time of the race in which the vote is cast is obtained. The time when the last odds are known or the time when the horse weight is announced is estimated from the running time, and the process waits until that time (ST807). After that, Info of the information notification unit 26
The rm method is activated (ST808) to obtain the final odds and horse weight information of the race in which voting is to be performed. Based on the obtained information, the voting content satisfying the conditions set for the agent is selected (ST813), and the voting is performed (ST813).
814). Finally, return to the remote voting device 1 (ST81
7) Notify that the procedure is completed. The main flow of the outcome voting procedure is shown in FIG.

First, move to the host device 2 (ST901)
To do. The Information method of the information notification unit 26 is repeatedly activated to acquire information on the race that needs information on the outcome and calculate the total of the outcomes (ST902 to ST90).
8). If the total of the outcomes can be calculated, the content of the vote is determined from the result (ST909) and the vote is made (ST91).
0). When all votes are completed, return to the remote voting device 1 (S
T913), and notifies that the procedure is completed.

(7) Voting before the start of sale The pre-reception voting unit, which is one of the additional service control units 19 of the remote voting device 1, creates an agent for which the pre-reception voting procedure is set. Even if the content of the vote has been decided before the vote is accepted, the user needs to wait until the vote acceptance is started and then vote. In this case, a user who cannot operate the remote voting device 1 after the start of acceptance cannot vote. The pre-reception voting procedure is a procedure that is set in the agent so that it can vote before the acceptance of the vote. The main flow of the pre-reception voting procedure is shown in FIG.

First, the host apparatus 2 is moved to (ST10).
01). Wait until the race date set by the agent (ST1002). After that, In of the information notification unit 26
The form method is activated (ST1003), and it is confirmed whether the acceptance of votes for the race in which voting is started has been started (ST1008). If it has started, the designated vote is performed (ST1009). Then, it returns to the remote voting device (ST1012) and notifies that the procedure is completed.

Example 2. When introducing a remote voting system using an agent as described above into a remote voting system that has already been installed and is operating, it is necessary to change the host device and all the remote voting devices registered to it to new devices at once. is there. If you can't change it all at once like this,
An agent server device installed between the conventional host device and the remote voting device according to the present invention is required. FIG. 12 shows the configuration of the agent server device 5 in this embodiment.
Shown in Although a remote voting device is not shown in this figure, it is connected to the communication network 4.

The main control unit 51 is the agent server device 5
Take overall control. The input / output unit 52 controls the input of commands and the like from the administrator of the agent server device 5, and the display and notification (output) of the state and the like of the agent server device 5. The memory unit 53 stores programs and data of the agent server device 5. The agent control unit 57 controls the entire agent such as execution processing of procedures set in the agent existing in the agent server device 5 and access management. The communication control unit 54 disconnects the line from the remote voting device, establishes and releases a data link, sends the agent requested by the agent control unit 57, receives the agent from the remote voting device, and receives the agent control unit 57 of the received agent. It controls overall communication with remote voting devices, such as notifications to. The provisional vote acceptance unit 55 executes the provisional vote acceptance procedure of the agent server device 5 in response to a request to activate the vote acceptance procedure from the agent in the agent server device 5, and accepts the vote from the agent. The temporary information notification unit 56 causes the agent in the agent server device 5 to execute the temporary information notification procedure in response to a request from the agent to activate the information notification procedure, and notifies the agent of the requested information. User information storage unit 58
Stores personal information of all users registered in the agent server device 5, such as user ID, password, voting history, and the like. The host communication control unit 50 uses the host device 102.
Disconnection of the line connection with, the establishment and release of the data link, the transmission of the message requested by the provisional vote acceptance unit 55 and the provisional information notification unit 56, the reception of the message from the host device 102, the provisional vote acceptance unit 55 of the received message, It controls overall communication with the host device 102 such as notification to the temporary information notification unit 56.

The temporary vote acceptance procedure is activated by a request from the agent in the agent server device 5 to activate the vote acceptance procedure. After starting, the host is requested to vote requested by the agent. Therefore, the provisional vote accepting unit 55 creates the message as shown in FIG. 21 and the host device 1 via the host communication control unit 50.
A message is transmitted / received to / from 02 to control the communication procedure as shown in FIG. As a result of the communication with the host device 102, the voting result notified from the host device 102 is notified to the voting request source agent as a return value of the procedure. The temporary information notification procedure is activated by a request for activation of the information notification procedure from the agent in the agent server device 5. After the activation, if the agent server device 5 stores the latest information of the item of information requested by the agent in the memory unit 53, the agent is notified to the requesting agent as a return value of the procedure. If the latest information does not exist in the agent server device 5, the host device 102 is requested to acquire the latest information. Therefore, the provisional information notification unit 5
6 controls a communication procedure by creating a message and transmitting / receiving a message to / from the host device 102 through the host communication control unit 50. As a result of the communication with the host device 102, the information acquisition result notified from the host device 102 is notified to the agent of the voting request source as a return value of the procedure. Also,
The obtained latest information is stored in the memory unit 53, and when the next acquisition of the same information is requested, it is read from the memory unit 53 and notified to the requesting agent.

The presence of the agent server device 5 makes it possible to construct a remote voting system in which the conventional remote voting device 101 as shown in FIG. 13 and the remote voting device 1 in this embodiment are mixed.

The additional service shown in the first embodiment can also be realized in this embodiment.

Example 3. As another solution for constructing a remote voting system in which the conventional remote voting apparatus 101 and the remote voting apparatus 1 shown in the above embodiment are mixed, a host apparatus 202 that can accommodate both remote voting apparatuses 1 and 101 is used. The remote voting system shown in FIG. 14 is constructed.

FIG. 15 shows the configuration of the host device 202 capable of accommodating both remote voting devices 1 and 101. Main control unit 2
21 controls the entire host device 202. The switching unit 29 determines whether or not the remote voting device of the connection destination is the remote voting device corresponding to the agent, and then the host device 202
The communication control unit 24 of the agent service unit 210, which is the agent service unit, controls the communication on the side.
Or the communication control unit 124 of the non-agent service unit 211, which is a non-agent service means, is switched. In addition, the same elements as those in FIGS. 1 and 19 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The judgment criterion is a method of judging whether the data sent from the communication partner is an agent or a message, and judging from the partner's telephone number using the service of notifying the partner number from the communication network 4. Can be considered. The other transmission / reception of the agent and each operation of the agent are the same as those in each of the above-described embodiments, and therefore will be omitted.

[0075]

According to the invention described in claim 1, the remote voting device creates an agent for requesting a vote and a request for acquisition of information, and sends the agent to the host device. Since the request and the request of the agent are executed by executing, the remote voting device can easily perform the voting service such as designating the amount of money, horse number, etc. immediately before the race.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the information acquisition unit for creating the agent in which the information desired to be acquired is set is provided, it is possible to easily acquire the information about the voting object such as the latest odds by the voting service. Becomes

According to the sixth aspect of the invention, since the additional service control unit for creating the agent in which the additional service procedure is set is provided, only basic services such as voting and acquisition of voting result information are provided. It is possible to provide a wide variety of advanced services. That is,
As in the invention described in claims 7 to 14, immediate automatic notification of voting results, multiple votes by one access and selection of voting contents after referring to previous votes, related to designated horse or athlete It becomes possible to vote by specifying the name of the horse or the athlete, and by specifying the odds, the weight of the horse and the condition of the result. Furthermore, it becomes possible to vote even before the vote is accepted.

According to the fourth and fifth aspects of the present invention, an agent server device for accepting and controlling an agent is provided instead of the host device that is not compatible with the agent. It is possible to realize various voting services and acquisition of information even with a host device that is not compatible with the agent.

According to the third aspect of the invention, in addition to the agent service means corresponding to the agent in the host device, the non-agent service means for realizing the service with the conventional remote voting device is added, and each communication partner Since a switching unit that switches the control inside the device is provided,
It is possible to construct a remote voting system in which a conventional remote voting device that is not compatible with an agent and a remote voting device that can be controlled by an agent are mixed. Therefore, the remote voting system of the present invention has an effect that a high-level voting service can be easily realized and the communication cost and the utilization rate of CPU power can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a first embodiment of a remote voting device and a host device in a remote voting system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a voting request procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an information acquisition procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a result automatic notification request procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a voting procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a multi-object voting procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a race notification procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a name voting procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a horse weight voting procedure and an odds voting procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing a procedure of a result voting in the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a pre-reception voting procedure in the first embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration of an agent server device in a second embodiment of the remote voting system according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an overall configuration diagram of a remote voting system in a second embodiment.

FIG. 14 is an overall configuration diagram of a remote voting system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram of a host device in the third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an operation of an agent when the client apparatus according to the present invention requests the server apparatus to process a certain task using the agent.

17 is a diagram showing a flow on a communication path in the operation of FIG.

FIG. 18 is an overall configuration diagram of a conventional remote voting system.

FIG. 19 is a block diagram of a conventional remote voting system.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an example of a communication procedure in a conventional remote voting system.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a format example of a voting request message at the time of voting for a horse race in the conventional remote voting system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 101 Remote voting device, 2, 102, 202 host device, 3 integrated center, 4 communication network, 5 agent server device, 11, 21, 51, 111, 121, 2
21 main control section, 12, 22, 52 input / output section 13,
23, 53 memory section, 14, 24, 54, 124 communication control section, 15 voting request section, 16 information acquisition section, 1
7, 27, 57 Agent control unit, 19-1 to 19
-N Additional service control unit, 20 General center communication unit,
25 Voting acceptance section, 26 Information notification section, 28, 58
User information storage unit, 29 switching unit, 50 host communication control unit, 55 temporary vote acceptance unit, 56 temporary information notification unit, 210 agent service unit, 211 non-agent service unit, 703 server device, 704 client device.

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A remote voting system in which a user operates a remote voting device to request a host device away from the remote voting device to vote, wherein the host device is an object realized by software from the remote voting device. Has an agent service means for controlling the realization of the requested service using the agent, and the agent service means is a host-side agent for controlling access management and execution processing of the agent present in the device itself. The remote voting device includes a control unit, a host-side communication control unit that transmits / receives agents to / from the remote voting device, and a voting reception unit that receives a vote according to a voting request from an agent existing in the device itself. The device manages the access and execution of the agents that exist in the device itself. The remote-side agent control unit that controls the agent, the remote-side communication control unit that transmits and receives the agent to and from the host device, and the voting request procedure that has the conditions for voting such as the number to be voted and the purchase amount as agent data. And a voting request unit for creating a set agent, wherein the voting request procedure activates the voting acceptance unit of the destination host device to vote for the condition and request with the voting result. A remote voting system characterized by including a procedure of returning to an original remote voting device, and voting by an agent to which the voting request procedure is set. 2. The remote voting system according to claim 1, wherein the agent service means of the host device notifies the requested information in accordance with a request for information regarding a voting target from an agent existing in the host device. The remote voting device has an information acquisition unit for creating an agent in which an information acquisition procedure having an item of information to be acquired as agent data is set, and the information acquisition procedure is the destination host The information notification unit of the device is activated to acquire the information related to the voting target, and the acquired information is returned to the requesting remote voting device, and the information acquisition procedure is set by the agent. A remote voting system characterized by acquiring information about voting targets. 3. The remote voting system according to claim 1, wherein the host device controls communication with a remote voting device that does not create an agent and control of realization of a service requested by a remote voting device that does not create an agent. A non-agent service means to perform, and a switching unit that determines whether or not the remote voting device of the communication partner is a remote voting device that creates an agent, and requests the agent service means or the non-agent service means to control communication. And a remote voting device that creates an agent and a remote voting device that does not create an agent. 4. A remote voting system, in which a user operates a remote voting device to request a host device distant from the remote voting device to vote, the agent being an object existing in the device itself and realized by software. A server-side agent control unit that controls access management and execution processing, a server-side communication control unit that sends and receives agents to and from the remote voting device that requests a service using an agent, and an agent that exists within the device itself Between the remote voting device and the host device, including a provisional vote acceptance unit that accepts a vote requested by the server, and a server-side host communication control unit that controls communication with the host device that is not compatible with the agent. And an agent server device located at A remote voting system, wherein the voting requested by the agent is accepted instead of the host device that does not correspond to the agent, and then the host device is requested. 5. The remote voting system according to claim 4, wherein the agent server device has a provisional information notifying unit for notifying information requested by an agent present in the device itself. A remote voting system characterized in that the content of information requested by an agent existing in the device itself is acquired from the host device that does not correspond to the agent and is notified to the requesting remote voting device. 6. The remote voting system according to claim 2 or 5, wherein the remote voting device is set to a procedure for moving to the host device or the agent server device corresponding to an agent and performing an additional service. A remote voting system having at least one supplementary service control unit for creating an authorized agent. 7. The remote voting system according to claim 6, wherein the additional service control unit is a result automatic notification requesting unit that creates an agent in which the result automatic notification requesting procedure is set, and the result automatic notification requesting procedure is Characterized in that the result of the voting target is automatically returned to the requesting remote voting device by returning with the information about the voting target after the result of the designated voting target is determined in the destination device. Remote voting system. 8. The remote voting system according to claim 6, wherein the supplementary service control unit is a multi-target voting unit that creates an agent in which a multi-target voting procedure is set, and the multi-target voting procedure is a destination. In the device of (1), including the procedure of designating the voting content of the first voting target and the voting content of the subsequent voting target based on the result of the previous voting target and voting for multiple voting targets, A remote voting system characterized by selecting the contents of votes to be cast later according to the result and voting for a plurality of votes at once. 9. The remote voting system according to claim 6, wherein the supplementary service control unit is a run notification unit that creates an agent for which a run notification procedure is set, and the run notification procedure is performed in a device at a destination. A remote voting system, characterized in that after waiting until a race in which a designated horse or athlete starts is determined, information on the race is acquired and a designated vote is performed on the race. 10. The remote voting system according to claim 6, wherein the supplementary service control unit is a name voting unit that creates an agent for which a name voting procedure is set, and the name voting procedure votes at a destination. Remote voting characterized by converting the name specified for voting to a number based on the correspondence between the names of horses and athletes participating in the race and the numbers of horse numbers, frame numbers, etc., and then voting system. 11. The remote voting system according to claim 6, wherein the supplementary service control unit is an odds voting unit that creates an agent for which an odds voting procedure is set, and the odds voting procedure is for voting at a destination. A remote voting system characterized by voting according to odds conditions specified for that purpose. 12. The remote voting system according to claim 6, wherein the additional service control unit is a horse weight voting unit that creates an agent for which a horse weight voting procedure is set, and the horse weight voting procedure is a destination. A remote voting system characterized by performing a vote that satisfies the condition of the horse weight specified for voting in. 13. The remote voting system according to claim 6, wherein the additional service control unit is a result voting unit that creates an agent for which a result voting procedure is set, and the result voting procedure is a destination. A remote voting system characterized by calculating the outcome of a race in, and voting based on the result of the computation, which satisfies the outcome specified for voting. 14. The remote voting system according to claim 6, wherein the additional service control unit is a pre-reception voting unit that creates an agent in which a pre-reception voting procedure is set, and the pre-reception voting procedure is a destination. In the remote voting system, the specified voting is performed after waiting until the start of voting acceptance.