JPH08307921A - Information supply system using pocket beeper - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a system where information which a user desires such as the games of horse racing and bicycle races or the reference to the sale and the winning numbers of a public lottery through the use of a portable terminal (pocket beeper) on a real time with a simple operation. CONSTITUTION: A reservation registration means 11 registering inputted reserved information, a reservation update means 12 updating information data on the day in accordance with prescribed division when the date of the day is matched with a reserved date based on reserved information, a monitor means 13 which reads information data when supply time of information data on the day is matched with reserved present time and works it in accordance with the user and a guide means 14 transferring worked data to the pocket beeper which the user possesses in accordance with individual information of the user are provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a race such as a horse race or a bicycle race,
Further, the present invention relates to a system for notifying the sale of lottery tickets and the inquiries about the winning numbers by using a computer, and more particularly to a system for notifying members by using a portable terminal (pager).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, media such as newspapers and magazines, or TV (television), radio, etc. are usually used for sports such as horse races and bicycle races, or for the release of lottery tickets and the transmission of winning numbers to users. It has been used, and more recently, a notification method using a personal computer has come to be used.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, newspapers
In the case of notification methods using media such as magazines, there is a tendency that there will be a slight delay in providing information (time delay until the newspaper is issued and obtained). Also, not all people expect general information to be provided. Information with high priority for each person is different for each individual, and it is generally rare to provide individual-specific information to each person.

A system for notifying the completion of an event from a center via a pager (also called "pager") is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 63-22495.
The user registers the time, the transmission message, and the other party in advance in the system, and when the registered time comes, the system calls the other party and transmits the transmission message by voice response, etc., or the user requests the system for notification. In the notification processing method that registers and calls the user from the system when the requested event is completed and notifies the content of the event by voice response, etc., the pager is called to notify the user of the event occurrence, and the user can freely call the telephone. A method has been proposed in which the user can move away from the terminal and can concentrate on other work without being aware of the calling of the terminal. However, in the above-mentioned publication, the pager merely informs the completion of the requested event by calling, and does not immediately transmit the data (result information) desired by the user to the user by pager display. .

Further, for example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 57-25071, by using a pager in an information search system that uses the information search service of a center system, the use of a third party can be easily detected and classified. For the purpose of protection, the user inputs the user identification number, pager number, and password from the telephone, and the central processing unit calls the pager of the user when the service is available after checking the number. The user takes the telephone off-hook, dials the answering number, compares it with the pager calling number in the pager control unit, and only when a match is found, the central processing unit can obtain the search result information via the line. Have control. However, even in this information retrieval system, the pager is used only for call control.

An example of a system for selling and collating voting tickets such as lottery tickets is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-3708.
No. 79 gazette accepts via a card terminal device into which a prepaid type magnetic card is inserted, assigns a unique number to a voting number and a personal identification number entered by a user, and stores them in a storage device of a host processing device. In addition, the unique number is recorded on a magnetic card, and the unique number inserted in the card terminal device at the time of matching the winning of the voting ticket is compared with the personal identification number entered by the user, and then the matching of the voting number is performed. A system has been proposed in which the processing of (1) is performed without cash.
This system makes it possible to easily purchase and collate a voting ticket in a voting ticket processing system using a computer, but the information desired by the user at an arbitrary location apart from the card terminal device can be obtained. There is no disclosure of a means for notifying the user immediately of receipt of the notification.

Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-35660, personal identification data such as contact data of a lottery ticket purchaser is provided in order to reduce invalid winnings due to an expiration date or the like of a prize payment of a lottery ticket. There has been proposed a configuration in which the input means is added.

As described above, in the above-mentioned conventional example, a system is disclosed in which data of a type desired by a user at any place is immediately transmitted in a format desired by the user as soon as the data is obtained. It has not been.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems. The conventional general-purpose information is processed as dedicated data corresponding to each individual, and is transmitted to each individual user through a portable terminal (pager). It is intended to provide a system for presenting information in real time (real time).

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention registers a request for information desired by a user in advance in the center, and the center identifies the user based on the information collected by the center. There is provided an information providing system characterized by processing into desired data and notifying the portable terminal (pager) of the user of the information.

In the present invention, the center preferably registers means for registering reservation information input via a telephone line,
Reservation update means for updating the information data of the day according to a predetermined division when the date of the day matches the reservation date based on the reservation information, and information when the provision time of the day information data matches the current time. A monitoring unit that reads data and processes the data according to the user; and a guide unit that transfers the processed data to a pager held by the user according to the personal information of the user. Characterize.

[0012] In the present invention, preferably, when the present time is within the range of a predetermined operation time zone set in advance, at every predetermined time interval until the provision time of the current day information data coincides with the present time. A feature is that weight processing is performed.

[0013]

According to the present invention, by pre-registering the information that the user wants for the day, the center immediately returns the data to the user's mobile terminal (pager) when the information is obtained. You can Then, the user can receive the desired information via the mobile terminal (pager).

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a processing configuration of an information providing system using a pager according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, information for providing information to a reservation registration means 11, a reservation update means 12, a current day monitoring means 13, a pager 21 for inputting information from an information reservation means 22 including a telephone, a personal computer, a facsimile machine (FAX) and the like. The guide means 14 is provided.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the processing of the reservation registration means 11 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, in order to use the information providing system, a general line such as a telephone, a personal computer, and a FAX is used to make a reservation application for information provision.

At this time, the data required for the reservation application includes the minimum necessary reservation application information such as the pager dialing number of the user, the date and time of desired information provision, and provision information. It is also possible to omit the input of the information provision date and time, and the reservation application information registered at this time is stored as the information reservation data 24 of the information providing system of this embodiment via the reservation information input terminal 23. Is stored.

Next, the processing shifts to the reservation updating means 12 based on the information input and registered in the reservation registration means 11 of FIG. FIG. 3 shows a flow chart for explaining the processing operation of the reservation updating means 12.

Referring to FIG. 3, the reservation updating means 12 first acquires the date of the day (step 31).

Subsequently, the information reservation data 24 created by the reservation registration means 11 is read (step 32).

Next, read data determination processing (step 3)
3) is performed and the number of read information reservation data is 0 (there is no data to be processed), or the final data + 1.
If the condition (end of processing) is satisfied, the processing of the reservation updating means is ended.

When the condition of step 33 is not satisfied, the difference between the reservation date of the information reservation data and the current date is judged (step 34).

At this time, if the reservation date is the same as the current day's date, the current day information provision table is created (step 3).
5). Also, if the date and the reservation date are different,
The process proceeds to the next step 36 without performing the information provision table creation process on the day. The current day information provision table 28 is a table that stores information reservation data classified by time zone and user.

Next, the information reservation data is read (step 36), and the read data judgment process is performed again (step 33).
The process is repeated.

When the processing of the reservation updating means 12 of FIG. 1 is completed, the processing moves to the day monitoring means 13 (see FIG. 1). FIG.
A flow chart for explaining the processing operation of the day monitoring means 13 is shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, first, the system operation schedule file 51 is read (step 41). The system operation schedule file 51 stores the operation start time and operation end time of the information providing system according to the present embodiment.

The day monitoring means 13 performs the information provision end determination processing based on the operation end time (step 42). In this determination process, if the current time is past the operation end time read from the system operation schedule file 51,
The processing is moved to the end of information provision, and the operation of today's information provision system is terminated (step 49).

If the condition is satisfied in step 42 (operation end time ≧ current time), if the current time is after the operation time start time read from the system operation schedule file 51 in step 43, An information provision table reading process (step 44) is performed.

In the current day information providing table reading process (step 44), the current day information providing table 28 created by the reservation updating means 12 is read.

Next, information provision data creation judgment processing is performed (step 45). In the determination process of step 45, if the provision time acquired from the information provision table 28 on the day is the same as the current time, the process is performed to read various information masters (step 46).

Various information master read processing (step 46)
In step 3, the user's desired information to be provided is read from the various information masters 53 from the various information masters, and the process proceeds to the user personal data creation process (step 47).

User personal data creation processing (step 4)
In 7), the user-desired information obtained from various information masters is processed into pager data to create user-specific personal data 54.

In the determination processing of step 45, if the provision time acquired from the current day information provision table 28 is different from the current time, the processing is shifted to the wait processing (step 48). In the wait processing, processing is waited for a fixed time, and when the waiting time has elapsed, the processing is transferred to the information provision data creation determination processing (step 45) and the determination processing is performed again.

When personal data for each user is created by the day monitoring means 13 (see FIG. 1), the process proceeds to the information guiding means 14. FIG. 5 shows a flow chart for explaining the processing operation of the information guiding means 14.

Referring to FIG. 5, the process of setting the number of waiting times is first performed (step 61). The process of setting the number of times of waiting is a process of setting the number of times of waiting when there is no response at the time of the pager response status determination process of step 65.

When the waiting count setting process (step 61) is completed, the personal data reading process for each user (step 6)
Go to 2). In the user-specific personal data reading process, the user-specific personal data 54 created by the monitoring means 13 on the day is read.

When this reading process is completed, in the dialing number acquisition process (step 63), the user-specific personal data 5 is read in the user-specific personal data reading process (step 62).
Acquire the user's pager dialing number obtained from 4.

Next, in the pager dialing process (step 64), the user's pager is dialed. At that time, there was a response from the dialing pager,
If the data can be transferred to the pager, the data acquired in the personal data transfer process (step 62) in the personal data transfer process (step 66) should be transferred to the user's pager. Information is provided, and the data is displayed on the display device of the pager of the user.

In the pager response information determination process (step 65), if the pager possessed by the user remains off, or if the user is moving to an area where radio waves do not reach. Is waited for. That is, until the number of waiting times becomes 0 in the judgment processing (step 67), waiting is performed for a certain period of time in the wait processing (step 68), the number of waiting times is reduced by 1 (step 69), and the pager is turned on again. A dialing process (step 64) is performed.

According to the above-described embodiment, since the information data reserved by the user in advance is immediately transferred to the pager, the user can know the desired information designated in advance in real time. Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it is needless to say that the invention includes various embodiments according to the principle of the present invention.

[0042]

As described above, the present invention has the following effects by promptly providing information to the user by using the portable terminal (pager).

(1) The user can know the desired information designated in advance in real time.

(2) By using the portable terminal (pager), the means for obtaining information is simplified.

(3) As an expansion of the system in the future, it is possible to grasp the usage status of the provided information.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a process in a reservation registration unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating processing of a reservation updating unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the processing of the current day monitoring means in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the processing of the information guiding means in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Reservation registration means 12 Reservation update means 13 Same-day monitoring means 14 Information guide means 21 Pager (pager) 22 Information reservation means 23 Reservation information input terminal 24 Information reservation data 25 Telephone 26 Personal computer 27 Facsimile 28 Today's information provision table 51 System operation schedule File 53 Various information masters 54 Personal data by user

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mobile terminal carried by the user, wherein a request for information desired by a user is registered in a center in advance, and the center processes the information collected by the center into data desired by the user. An information providing system characterized by notifying (pager) of information. 2. The center updates the information data of the day according to a predetermined classification when the reservation registration means for registering the inputted reservation information and the date of the day coincides with the reservation date based on the reservation information. Reservation updating means, monitoring means for reading the information data when the provision time of the current day information data matches the current time, and processing according to the user, and the processing according to the personal information of the user The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a guide unit that transfers data to a pager owned by the user. 3. When the current time is within a predetermined operating time zone defined in advance, wait processing is performed at predetermined time intervals until the provision time of the current day information data matches the current time. The information providing system according to claim 2, wherein: