KR101735409B1 - Online voting method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an on-line voting method, comprising: querying a plurality of groups corresponding to user identification information; Determining whether the voting right of the user is delegated; And determining a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined by at least a part of the plurality of groups when the voting right method of the user is a delegation method.

Description

[0001] ONLINE VOTING METHOD AND DEVICE [0002]

The present disclosure relates to a method for performing online voting and an electronic device for performing the method.

With the development of information and communication technology, network devices such as base stations have been installed in various parts of the country, and electronic devices have been able to freely use the network anywhere in the country by transmitting and receiving data through other electronic devices and networks.

Various kinds of electronic devices have recently been provided with various functions in accordance with the trend of digital convergence. For example, in addition to talking on the phone, smartphones are now able to listen to music, take pictures, and connect to the Internet using the network.

Despite the development of such information and communication technologies, only direct offline direct voting is being conducted for only a single level in various fields such as election of representatives through various elections and decision on specific agendas.

For example, in the case of a presidential election or a parliamentary election, the election is conducted through a final-stage single-level direct vote of a national. If elections or decisions are made through direct ballot only by the final tier, ideally the will of the people will be reflected most clearly. However, in reality, the voting rate of the people is low, It is a fact that the representative election and the decision making in the direction are not performed smoothly.

Another example is the approval of the prime minister or the passage of various measures through direct voting in the upper tier of a single hierarchy, which is a member of parliament elected by each country's representative. In this way, when elections or decisions are made through direct voting only by higher-level members, the voting participation rate will be relatively higher than the above-mentioned direct voting method in the final stage single layer. However, There was an absurdity in which representative elections or decisions were made in other directions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for performing voting on-line, And to provide an electronic voting method and an electronic apparatus capable of improving problems.

It is to be understood, however, that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described technical problems, and other technical problems may exist.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an online voting method including: querying a plurality of groups corresponding to user identification information; Determining whether the voting right of the user is delegated; And determining a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined by at least a part of the plurality of groups when the voting right method of the user is a delegation method.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, each of the plurality of groups may have a hierarchical relationship or a mutually equal hierarchical relationship.

According to an example of this embodiment, the step of determining the voting direction of the user may be performed based on a direction determined in at least one of the plurality of groups.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of determining the voting direction of the user includes: when one or more groups in which the voting right is delegated from the at least one lowest group are present, The direction of the user's vote can be determined by combining the directions determined by the group.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of determining the voting direction of the mapper user may include a step of delegating the voting right of the user, and a group in which the voting right is delegated from the at least one least- It is possible to determine the voting direction of the user based on a direction determined in at least one or more lower-order lowest group, or to determine the voting direction of the user by summing directions determined in each of the at least one lowest group.

According to one example of this embodiment, when the direction determined in the at least one least significant group is not available, the step of determining the voting direction of the user may be performed based on a direction determined in at least one or more of the least- have.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the determined direction is not available in the at least one least significant group, there is at least one group among the at least one least significant group that the user has delegated a voting right manner, A case in which the proportion of the pros and cons is less than a predetermined value as a result of synthesizing the directions determined in one or more groups delegating the voting method.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the determined direction is not available in the at least one lowest group, the voting right method of the user is a delegation method and the user delegates a voting right method among the at least one lowest group When the group does not exist, or when the voting right method of the user is a delegation method, and there is no group in which the user has delegated the voting right method among the at least one lowest group, And the ratio of the pros and cons is less than the preset value as a result of combining the directions.

According to one example of this embodiment, the direction determined in any one group may be any of the affirmative, opposing, abstaining, and predetermined options.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the on-line voting method may include displaying a user interface (UI) capable of determining a voting right manner of the user; Receiving a user input for determining a voting right manner of the user based on a direct voting method or a delegation method on the UI; And determining a voting right manner of the user based on the received one of the user inputs.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the online voting method may further include displaying the determined direction in each of the plurality of groups corresponding to the identification information of the user on the UI.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the on-line voting method includes: receiving a user input for changing the determined voting manner of the user; And changing the voting right manner of the user based on a user input for changing the voting right manner.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of groups may include at least one of a regional group, a political party group, and an expert group.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device comprising: a group inquiry module for inquiring a plurality of groups corresponding to identification information of a user; A method determining module for determining a voting right manner of the user; And a voting direction determination module that determines a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined by at least a part of the plurality of groups, when the voting right method of the user is a delegation method.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device includes a display module for displaying a user interface (UI) capable of determining a voting right manner of the user; A user input receiving module for receiving a user input for determining a voting right manner of the user in a direct voting manner on the UI in accordance with a user input or a delegation method; And a method determining module for determining a voting right manner of the user based on the received user input.

According to an example of this embodiment, the display module may display a determined direction in each of a plurality of groups corresponding to the identification information of the user on the UI.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user input receiving module receives a user input for changing the determined voting manner of the user, and the method determination module determines, based on a user input for changing the voting right manner, Of the voting rights.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer readable instructions executed by at least one processor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, Querying a corresponding plurality of groups; Determining a voting right manner of the user; And determining a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined by at least a part of the plurality of groups when the voting right method of the user is a delegation method.

The above-described task solution is merely exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention. In addition to the exemplary embodiments described above, there may be additional embodiments described in the drawings and the detailed description of the invention.

According to any one of the above-described means for solving the problems of the present invention, the on-line voting method and apparatus can provide users convenience by providing on-line voting, and the voting right manner of the user is selectively delegated according to the will of the user The voting right of the user can be appropriately exercised based on the determination direction of the plurality of groups corresponding to the user without directly inputting the voting history from the user.

1 is a block diagram of an on-line voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of an electronic device providing an online voting service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a voting management module according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a method of determining a voting direction of a user according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a result of voting based on voting right of each of a plurality of users, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a view showing voting results based on voting right of each of a plurality of users, according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a view for explaining an example applied to proportional representation as another embodiment of the present invention. Fig.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a method of determining a voting direction of a user when the voting right method is a delegation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. It should be understood, however, that the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, the same reference numbers are used throughout the specification to refer to the same or like parts.

Throughout this specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it is not limited to a case where it is "directly connected" but also includes the case where it is "electrically connected" do.

Throughout this specification, when a member is " on " another member, it includes not only when the member is in contact with the other member, but also when there is another member between the two members.

Throughout this specification, when an element is referred to as "including " an element, it is understood that the element may include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. The terms "about "," substantially ", etc. used to the extent that they are used throughout the specification are intended to be taken to mean the approximation of the manufacturing and material tolerances inherent in the stated sense, Accurate or absolute numbers are used to help prevent unauthorized exploitation by unauthorized intruders of the referenced disclosure. The word " step (or step) "or" step "used to the extent that it is used throughout the specification does not mean" step for.

1 is a block diagram of an on-line voting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the online voting system may include an electronic device 100, other electronic devices 150, an external device 200, and a network 300.

The electronic device 100 and other electronic devices 150 in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention may be used in various applications such as, for example, a smartphone, a tablet personal computer, a mobile phone, A mobile phone, a telephone, an e-book reader, a desktop PC, a laptop PC, a netbook computer, a workstation, a server, a personal digital assistant (PDA) portable multimedia players, MP3 players, mobile medical devices, cameras or wearable devices such as smart glasses, head-mounted-devices (HMD), electronic apparel, electronic bracelets, , An electronic apps apparel, an electronic tattoo, a smart mirror, or a smart watch).

The external device 200 issues an item of on-line voting and receives a selection result (a voting direction) of the electronic device 100 and other electronic devices 150, Lt; / RTI >

The electronic device 100 may receive the issued item from the external device 200 and may provide the user with an online voting UI for the item. The electronic device 100 may receive an input from the user to determine how to vote the user on the online voting UI. The voting right may include a delegation method and a direct voting method.

If the voting right method of the user is a direct voting method, the electronic device 100 may receive a user input from the user to select one of the favor, the objection, the abstention, and the predetermined option. The predetermined selection item may mean one selected from a plurality of options, or two or more selected from among a plurality of options. If the agenda is to determine the location of the excursion, the plurality of selection points means places such as Gyeongbokgung, Seokguram, Seoraksan, Gyeongju and the like, and the predetermined choice may mean any one of the plurality of options. As another example, in the case of a plurality of options being Jeju Island, Ganghwa Island, Ulleung Island, Seomdo Island, Daebu Island, Jebu Island and Yeongjong Island, the user selects two or more of the six places as a predetermined option (e.g., A plurality of response types of user input can be performed.

When the voting right of the user is delegated, the electronic device 100 may exercise the voting right of the user based on at least one of the plurality of groups corresponding to the user's identification information. A specific embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. The decision directions for the plurality of groups can be received from each group (not shown) or received from the external device 200.

The electronic device 100 may transmit the voting direction according to the direct voting method or the voting direction according to the delegation method to the external device 200. [

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the submitted item may have a voting period. The electronic device 100 may change the voting right mode or change the voting direction at any time within the above-mentioned period.

Other electronic devices 150, like the electronic device 100, can receive an agenda from the external device 200 and can send the selected result to the external device 200 via voting rights or direct voting.

The external device 200 may receive the election results of the electronic device 100 and other electronic devices 150 and may provide a final voting result for the agenda.

As described above, the external device 200 may directly hold information on the determination directions for a plurality of groups. Thus, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the external device 200 is notified from the electronic device 100 that the voting right of the user is a delegation method, and based on the determination direction for at least a part of the plurality of groups, The user of the device 100 can vote.

The electronic device 100, other electronic devices 150, and the external device 200 may be interconnected via the network 300. The network 300 refers to a connection structure capable of exchanging information between nodes such as terminals and servers, and may include wireless communication and wired communication. The wireless communication may use, for example, at least one of LTE, LTE-A, CDMA, WCDMA, UMTS, WiBro, or GSM as the cellular communication protocol. Also, the wireless communication may include, for example, local communication. The local area communication may include at least one of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, near field communication (NFC), or global positioning system (GPS), for example. The wired communication may include at least one of a universal serial bus (USB), a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a recommended standard 232 (RS-232), a plain old telephone service (POTS) . The network 300 may include at least one of a telecommunications network, e.g., a computer network (e.g., LAN or WAN), the Internet, or a telephone network .

Hereinafter, the electronic device 100 will be described in more detail.

2 is a block diagram of an electronic device 100 providing an online voting service, according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic device 100 may include a voting management module 210, a display module 220, a user input receiving module 230, and a memory 240. However, the configuration of the electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 2 is only one embodiment of the present invention, and various modifications are possible. For example, the electronic device 100 may further include a user interface for receiving a command or information from a user. In this case, the user interface may be an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, but may be a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed on a screen of the electronic device 100.

The voting management module 210 may perform all steps related to voting rights of the user of the electronic device 100. [ The steps of the voting management module 210 will be described with reference to FIG.

The display module 220 may display at least one object on the screen of the electronic device 100. The object may be, for example, an application screen, and may be a UI (hereinafter referred to as an online voting UI) capable of displaying the voting right related information.

The user input receiving module 230 may receive a touch input or a hover input from a user and process the input. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user input receiving module 230 may receive a physical button provided in the electronic device 100 as a user input.

The memory 240 may store instructions for data, e.g., steps performed in the voting management module 210. For example, The data stored in the memory 240 may include data to be input and output between the respective components in the electronic device 100 and may be input between the electronic device 100 and the components outside the electronic device 100 And output data. For example, the memory 240 stores the identification information of the user, and may store the determined direction information and the like in a plurality of groups corresponding to the identification information of the user.

The memory 240 may include an internal memory or an external memory. The internal memory can be, for example, a volatile memory (e.g., dynamic RAM, SRAM, or synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM)), non-volatile memory (e.g., OTPROM one time programmable ROM), programmable ROM (PROM), erasable and programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable and programmable ROM (EEPROM), mask ROM, flash ROM, flash memory (e.g., NAND flash memory or NOR flash memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), or a solid state drive (SSD). The external memory may include, for example, a flash drive (flash memory), such as a flash drive, for example, a compact flash (CF), a secure digital (SD), a micro-SD, a mini-SD, an extreme digital (xD), a multi-media card (MMC), or a memory stick The external memory may be functionally and / or programmably connected to the electronic device 100 via various interfaces. It can be physically connected.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that each of the voting management module 210, the display module 220, the user input receiving module 230 and the memory 240 may be implemented separately in the electronic device 100, It will be fully understood.

3 is a block diagram of a voting management module 210 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The voting management module 210 may include a group inquiry module 310, a method determination module 320, a method determination module 330, and a voting direction determination module 340.

The group inquiry module 310 can inquire the voting direction for each of the plurality of groups. The plurality of groups may be filtered into groups corresponding to the identification information of the user. The identification information of the user may include a login ID, a resident registration number, IPIN information, and the like to a voting system (e.g., an application or a web page) of the user. In addition, the plurality of groups may be filtered into groups corresponding to the items received from the external device 200. [ For example, if the received agenda is a vote on an environmental issue, the plurality of groups may be related to an 'environment'. Furthermore, the plurality of groups may include at least one of a regional group, a party group, and an expert group. Here, the term " group " is not limited to an organization to which plural individuals belong. For example, 'expert group' may be a group of multiple experts or may be an expert.

Each of the plurality of groups may be, for example, one having a hierarchical relationship with one another or mutually equal hierarchical relationship.

The mode determination module 320 may determine the voting right manner of the user. For example, the user input receiving module 230 may receive a user input for selecting the voting right manner of the user on the online voting UI from the user, and the method determination module 320 may determine, based on the user input, The voting right of the user can be decided by direct voting or delegation. In addition, even when the user decides the method of delegating voting rights, there may be one or more delegation targets specified, and the delegation target may be unspecified. In addition, in some cases, it is also possible to consider setting the delegation method as default in order to prevent the resignation of the user due to non-participating in the vote.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, after the voting right of the user is determined, the user input receiving module 230 may receive a user input for changing the voting right manner of the user, The module 320 may change the manner in which the user votes.

The method determination module 330 may determine the method of voting the user determined by the method determination module 320. In accordance with the determined voting right of the user, the mode determination module 330 may display the on-line voting UI screens differently from each other through the display module 220.

For example, when the voting right method of the user is the direct voting method, the method determination module 330 may configure the online voting UI so that the user can directly select the voting right method. For example, the online voting UI may include at least one or more of affirmative, negative, withdrawn, and predetermined options. Specifically, the affirmative, dissenting, and abstention may be made when the agenda is affirmative or negative. In addition, the predetermined option and abstention may be configured in the case of the election in which the agenda should select at least one of the plurality of options. In this case, the user input receiving module 230 may receive a user input for selecting at least one of a plurality of directions configured in the online voting UI, and based on this, the voting direction determining module 340 determines the voting direction Can be determined.

Alternatively, if the voting right of the user is a delegation method, the method determination module 330 displays the voting directions for the plurality of groups and each of the inquired groups via the display module 220 on the online voting UI . In addition, the mode determination module 330 may display the voting direction as a result of the voting delegation delegation through the display module 220 on the online voting UI. The voting direction as a result of the voting rights delegation may be one determined by the voting direction determination module 340 based on the direction of at least one of the plurality of the inquired groups.

For example, the voting direction determination module 340 may determine the voting direction of the user based on the determined direction in at least one of the plurality of groups.

If the lowest level group is a plurality and the user delegates his / her voting right to one or more of the plurality of lowest level groups, the voting direction determination module 340 compares the direction of one or more least significant groups And determine the voting direction of the user based on the result.

If there are a plurality of lowest-ranking groups, a voting right of the user is a delegation method, and a group that delegates their voting right does not exist among a plurality of lowest-ranking groups, the voting direction determination module 340 determines The direction of the user's vote can be determined based on the result of combining the directions.

If there is one lowest group, the voting direction determination module 340 may follow the direction of the lowest group. However, if the direction of the only lowest group is abstention, the voting direction determination module 340 can determine the voting direction of the user based on the direction of at least one or more lower-order lowest group. Specifically, when the lowest-ranking group is one, when the user delegates her vote to one lowest group, the direction of the lowest group is directly followed. In addition, even if the user selects the delegation method but does not specify the delegation target as one lowest group, the voting direction determination module 340 can determine the voting direction of the user based on the direction of one lowest group, We will follow the direction of the group. For example, you can vote for or against. If the user has delegated voting rights to a plurality of lowest ranking groups, the voting direction determination module 340 may determine in the voting direction of the user that the voting direction corresponds to the direction of the least significant group of the pros and cons. In another embodiment, when the number of the lowest group supporting the affirmative or the negative is greater than or equal to a predetermined ratio of the number of the lowest groups, the voting direction determination module 340 may determine this as the voting direction of the user. If the ratio is less than the predetermined ratio, the voting direction determination module 340 may determine the voting direction of the user based on the direction of at least one or more lower-order lowest group. In addition, even if the lowest group associated with the voting right of the user abstains from voting direction determination, the voting direction determination of the user through the lowest group is suspended and based on the direction of at least one or more lower- (Upper inheritance) to determine the voting direction of the user.

An example of an election vote is to select at least one of a plurality of options (a predetermined option). When the user delegates the voting right to a plurality of lowest ranking groups, the voting direction determining module 340 can determine the voting direction supported by the lowest lowest group among the plurality of options in the voting direction of the user. In another embodiment, the voting direction determination module 340 may determine that the voting direction determination module 340 determines that the voting direction is the same as the voting direction of the user if the choice supported by the highest lowest group among the plurality of options is greater than or equal to a predetermined ratio You can decide. If less than a predetermined ratio, the voting direction determination module 340 may suspend the voting direction determination through the lowest group and may determine the voting direction of the user based on the direction of at least one or more lower-order lowest group. In addition, even when the lowest group related to the voting right of the user abstains from the determination of the voting direction, the voting direction of the user is determined based on the direction of the least significant lowest group that is higher than the lowest group It will be possible.

That is, there is at least one group in which at least one of the at least one lowest group has delegated the voting manner to the user, and the ratio of the pros and cons is determined by combining the directions determined by the user in the one or more groups delegating voting rights If less than the predetermined value, the voting direction determination module 340 can determine the voting direction of the user based on the determined direction in at least one or more lower-order lowest group.

On the other hand, if the voting right of the user is the delegation method and there is no group in which at least one of the lowest group has the voting right delegated by the user, the voting direction determination module 340 determines the voting right (Case 1), and determine the voting direction of the user based on the determined directions of the at least one least significant group (Case 2). Case 1 can be understood with reference to Fig. 6, and Case 2 can be understood with reference to Fig.

However, in the case of Case 2, if the direction determined in each of the least one or more least significant groups is synthesized, the vote direction determining module 340 determines the voting direction determined in at least one or more least significant group The user may follow Case 2 to determine the voting direction of the user based on the direction.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when receiving a user input for changing the voting direction through the user input receiving module 230 before the deadline of the bill, the voting direction determining module 340 determines, The user can change the voting direction of the determined user.

Those skilled in the art will recognize that each of the group query module 310, the decision making module 320, the decision making module 330 and the voting direction decision module 340 may be separately implemented in the voting management module 210, It will be appreciated that the present invention can be implemented integrally.

4 is a diagram illustrating a method of determining a voting direction of a user according to another embodiment of the present invention. The method for determining the voting direction of the user shown in FIG. 4 may be performed by the electronic device 100 described above with reference to FIGS. 1-3. Therefore, although omitted in the following description, the method of determining the voting direction of the user described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3 can also be applied to Fig.

In step 410, the electronic device 100 can query a plurality of groups corresponding to the identification information of the user. The plurality of groups may be a plurality of groups corresponding to an agenda item to be voted on.

In step 420, the electronic device 100 may determine how to vote the user. If the voting right method is the direct voting method, the step 420 may proceed to step 430. If the voting right method is a delegation method, step 420 may proceed to step 440. [

At step 430, the electronic device 100 may exercise voting rights in the selected direction based on user input selecting any one of a plurality of directions for the item.

At step 440, the electronic device 100 may determine whether the determined direction in the lowest group is available. If the determined direction in the lowest group is available, step 440 may proceed to step 450, otherwise step 440 may proceed to step 460.

In step 450, the electronic device 100 may determine the direction determined in the lowest group in the voting direction of the user.

At step 460, the electronic device 100 may determine the voting direction of the user based on the determined direction in the next lowest rank group. If the direction determined in the next lowest rank group is not available, the electronic device 100 can determine the voting direction of the user based on the determined direction in the higher group one by one (incrementally higher).

FIG. 5 is a view showing a result of voting based on voting right of each of a plurality of users, according to an embodiment of the present invention. I will explain the voting agenda as an example of the decision of a picnic area at a picnic. The excursion sites are Yongin, Geumgang, Uljin, and Donghae, respectively.

Referring to the member feedback 510, the manner of voting and the direction of voting for each of the 11 members are shown. Members 1 to 4 may reside in Seoul, Members 5 and 6 may reside in Daejeon, Members 7 and 8 may reside in Gwangju, and Members 9 to 11 may reside in Pusan.

In FIG. 5, the arrows indicated for each of members 1 through 11 may indicate the origin of the voting direction of each of members 1 through 11.

Members 3, 4, 6, 8, and 10 whose members are underlined in the member list 515 are members who take a direct voting system. Thus, the selected choice of each of Members 3, 4, 6, 8, and 10 can be viewed in the voting direction for each of Members 3, 4, 6, 8, and 10.

Members 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, and 11, on the other hand, are members who take the form of delegation. To determine the direction of a vote for member 1, the lowest group 520 corresponding to member 1 may be the representative of Seoul. The voting direction determined by the Seoul representative is Yongin, and the voting direction for member 1 is Yongin. Similarly, the direction of voting for member 2 will be favorable.

In the lowest ranked group 530, the club president decided to go to the picnic area. However, the lowest group 520 for members 1 through 4, the lowest group 520 for members 5 and 6, the lowest group 520 for members 7 and 8, and the lowest group 520 for members 9 through 11 all have no excuses Since the decision has been made, the voting direction by delegation is determined in the lowest group 520, and the direction determined by the lowest group 530 will not affect the voting direction of the delegated member.

FIG. 5 is an example corresponding to the case where there is one lowest group. Hereinafter, FIG. 6 will be described with respect to an embodiment corresponding to the case where the lowest group is a plurality (two).

FIG. 6 is a view showing voting results based on voting right of each of a plurality of users, according to another embodiment of the present invention. I will explain that the voting agenda is to determine the pros and cons of constructing a nuclear power plant. The voting items refer to the energy field 622 and the environmental field 624, the groups for the energy field 622 are the party and the regeneration party, and the group for the environmental field 624 is the environmental party. According to one embodiment of the present invention, any one of the groups may be a group (for example, a party) as in the embodiment of FIG. 6, or may be an individual having expertise. The individual may be required to conduct research and development regularly to issue reports on a regular basis in order to secure expertise. In other words, the user will be able to monitor the professional activities of these groups and use them as a reference in deciding whether to delegate to the group.

Referring to Citizens' Opinion 610, the manner of voting and the direction of voting for each of the 10 citizens is shown. Citizens 1 through 4 may reside in Seoul, Citizens 5 and 7 may reside in Daejeon, and Citizens 8 through 10 may reside in Pusan. In energy sector 622, Citizens 1 through 4 support the Yongsan Party, Citizens 7 support the regeneration party, and the rest of the citizens do not support any party. In environment field 624, citizens 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9 support the environmental party, and the rest of the citizens do not support any party.

In FIG. 6, the arrows indicated for each of the citizens 1 through 10 may be indicative of the origin of the voting direction for each of the citizens 1 through 10.

Citizens 1, 3, 6, and 9, underlined in Citizen 1 through Citizen 10, are members who take the direct voting system. Thus, the choices selected by citizens 1, 3, 6, and 9 can be seen in the voting direction for each of Citizens 1, 3, 6, and 9.

Citizens 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10, on the other hand, are members who take the form of delegation. The lowest party group 620 corresponding to citizen 2 may be the only party in the circle to judge the direction of the vote for citizen 2. The direction of the ROK on the agenda is favorable, and the direction of the vote for citizen 2 is favorable.

Alternatively, the lowest group 620 corresponding to citizen 4 may be a plurality of the party and the environment. If the directions of the circle to the item are favorable and the direction per environment is opposite to the item and the directions of the two lowest groups 620 are combined 626, there is no more than half of the opinions, The decision of the voting direction of the citizen 4 can be reserved. Therefore, the voting direction for citizen 4 can be determined based on the direction of the next-lowest group 630 (upper inheritance). The lowest ranking group 630, which corresponds to citizen 4, is opposed to the Seoul district council, so the direction of the citizen 4 will be determined as "objection".

In other words, Citizen 1 is the case of directly supporting the party party among a plurality of the lowest-level (Level-3) groups but exercising direct voting rights without adopting the delegation method. In addition, Citizen 2 has delegated his / her voting right to one of the lowest group among the lowest group, and thus, the right to vote is exercised according to the direction of the party. In addition, Citizen 4 has delegated the right to vote to two groups of the lowest-level (Level-3) group, the Party Hall and the Environment Party, so it can be said that the right to vote is exercised by combining the directions of the Party and the Environment Party .

Citizen 5 follows the delegation scheme, but there is no party backing from a plurality of lowest-ranking groups. In this case, according to the present invention, it is possible to determine the voting direction of the citizen 5 by summing the directions determined in each of the plurality of lowest-level groups (Level-3), or to determine the voting direction of the citizen 5 based on the direction determined in at least one or more lower- 5 can decide the voting direction. In this embodiment, the voting direction of the citizen 5 can be determined based on the direction of the election district council corresponding to at least one or more lower-order lowest rank group (Level-2). However, since the Daejeon district council reserves opinions through abstention, the voting rights of the citizens 5 are inherited to the President, who is more subordinate (Level-1) than the lowest ranking group (Level-2) It can be decided that 'yes'.

Citizen 7 has a total of 626 directions for the two lowest group 620s to which he or she has delegated the voting rights, so the opposing position is a majority, so the direction of the citizen's seven can be determined to be 'opposite'. Similarly, the lowest level group 620 corresponding to citizen 8 is the only party in the environment, and the environmental party expresses the opposing position, so the direction of the citizen 8's vote can be decided as 'opposition'. In addition, Citizen 10 follows the delegation approach, similar to Citizen 5, but lacks a party that supports among the plurality of lowest-level groups (Level-2). In this embodiment, the citizen 5 is set so that the voting direction can be determined based on the direction of the upper member of the Pusan district, so that the voting direction of the citizen 10 can be determined to be 'yes' have.

Fig. 7 is a view for explaining an example applied to proportional representation as another embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

First, I will explain the assumption that the minimum rate of 15% is the minimum number of votes to be accepted. Referring to FIG. 7, eight persons, 80% of the total voters (10), participated in the vote, and 9 citizens and 10 citizens abstained from voting. As a result, Candidate A received 3 votes (37.5%) out of 8 votes, Candidate B received 2 votes out of 8 votes (25%) and Candidate C received 2 votes out of 8 votes (25% Since he received more than 15% of the votes, he was elected as a proportional representative. On the other hand, Candidate D was supported by 1 vote (Citizen 8) of 8 votes, but lost 12.5% of the vote with the minimum rate of 15%.

Accordingly, candidate A, candidate B, and candidate C excluding candidate D can participate in the actual policy decision as a proportional representative. Specifically, in an actual policy decision, Citizen 1 through Citizen 3 can delegate policy decisions to Candidate A who they voted for, Citizen 4 and Citizen 5 can delegate policy decisions to Candidate B they voted for, 6 and citizen 7 may delegate decision-making powers to candidate C who they have voted for.

On the other hand, if a citizen 8, a citizen 9, and a citizen 10 who can be said to have no official supporter delegate policy decision rights to any one of candidate A to candidate C later, Citizen 8 and Citizen 10 can have consequences that are excluded from policy decisions if they still do not entrust the decision to anyone. In this case, according to the present invention, it is possible to determine the voting direction of the citizens 8 to 10 by summing the directions determined in each of the plurality of least significant groups, or to determine the voting direction of the citizens 8 to 10 based on the determined direction in at least one or more lower- Can be determined. However, in the case of the present embodiment, since there is only a single hierarchy called a proportional representative election, there is no lower-order lowest group. In this embodiment, it is possible to set the voting direction of the citizens 8 through 10 to determine the voting direction by summing the determined directions in each of the plurality of least significant groups. That is, the pseudo directions of the citizens 8 to 10 can be determined according to the result of synthesizing the pseudo directions of the candidates A to C. [ Assuming that the objects to be delegated from citizens 1 to 7 are not at the proportional representative election, the direction of the candidates A to C can be set to a weighting value proportional to the votes of each candidate. Specifically, for example, the following.

First, candidate A, candidate B, and candidate C have a weighting ratio of 37.5%, 25%, and 25%, respectively, and the minimum decision ratio in the policy decision is assumed to be 33%. In the first example, if Candidate A is in favor, Candidate B is abstention, Candidate C abstains, Citizen 8 through Citizen 10 can be delegated with approval (| 37.5% |> 33% [minimum decision rate]). In the second example, candidates A, B, and C may be delegated to a citizen of 8 to 10 for a favor (37.5% + 25% -25% | 33%). As a third example, if Candidate A is in favor, Candidate B is inverse, Candidate C is opposite, Citizen 8 through Citizen 10 can be treated as Reservation (| 37.5% -25% -25% | <33%). As a fourth example, if Candidate A is in favor, Candidate B is in opposition, Candidate C is abstention, Citizen 8 through Citizen 10 can be treated as reservations (| 37.5% -25% | <33%). In the fifth example, if candidate A abstains, candidate B abstains, and candidate C approves, Citizens 8 through 10 may be treated as reservations (| 25% | <33%).

Citizens 1 through 7 do not need to have a fixed, ongoing mandate to the proportional representative they have voted for. According to this report, Citizen 1 through Citizen 7 monitor the activities of proportional representatives, and if they decide that the activities of the proportional representatives that they have voted (supported) do not match the direction they think, Voting), he may withdraw his delegation and exercise his or her own voting rights or delegate his or her right to another proportional representative. Likewise, Citizen 8 who supported Donated Candidate D, or Citizen 9 and Citizen 10 who did not support any candidate, and 10 of Citizen 10 can also delegate their decision-making right to the person who desires it among the elected proportional representatives.

For example, unlike at the time of voting for the proportional representation election shown in FIG. 7, citizen 1 withdraws delegation to candidate A, delegates his / her voting rights to candidate B, and citizen 10 delegates his / And Citizen 8 and Citizen 9 elected to delegate but do not delegate their voting rights to anyone.

First, candidate A, candidate B, and candidate C are 25% (2/8), 37.5% (3/8), and 37.5% (3/8) respectively because they are entrusted with voting rights from two, three, 8), and the minimum decision ratio in the policy decision is assumed to be 33%. In the first example, if Candidate A is in favor, Candidate B is abstention, Candidate C abstains, Citizen 8 and Citizen 9 may be deemed to have been held (| 25% |> 33% [minimum decision rate]). As a second example, Candidate A and Candidate 9 may be treated as having a reservation (| 25% + 37.5% -37.5% |> 33%) if Candidate A is in favor, Candidate B is in favor and Candidate C is opposed. As a third example, if Candidate A is in favor, Candidate B is in opposition, Candidate C is in opposition, Citizen 8 and Citizen 9 may be treated as opposed (| 25% -37.5% -37.5% |> 33%). As a fourth example, if Candidate A is in favor, Candidate B is in opposition, Candidate C is abstention, Citizen 8 and Citizen 9 may be treated as reservations (| 25% -37.5% | <33%). In the fifth example, Candidate A may abstain, Candidate B abstain, Candidate C approve, Citizen 8 and Citizen 9 may be deemed favorable (37.5% | 33%).

8 is a diagram illustrating a method of determining a voting direction of a user when the voting right method is an optional delegation method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method for determining the voting direction of the user shown in Fig. 8 may be performed by the electronic device 100 described above with reference to Figs. Therefore, although omitted in the following description, the method of determining the voting direction of the user described in FIGS. 1 to 7 can also be applied to FIG.

In step 710, the electronic device 100 may collect opinions of the highest tier (first tier).

In step 720, the electronic device 100 may determine whether a lower layer (second layer) is present. If not, then step 720 may proceed to step 730, and if so, step 720 may proceed to step 740.

In step 730, the electronic device 100 may determine the opinion of the first layer collected in step 710 (the voting direction) in the voting direction of the user.

In step 740, the electronic device 100 may determine if there is a plurality of second layers. If the second layer is one, step 740 may proceed to step 750, otherwise step 740 may proceed to step 760.

At step 750, the electronic device 100 may collect opinions of the second layer.

In step 760, the electronic device 100 may compute the opinions of the second hierarchies and determine whether one of the directions has reached the reference point. For example, the reference point may be a majority or a predetermined value for a vote item such as 1/3, 2/3, and so on. If either one of the directions does not reach the reference point, step 760 may proceed to step 770, otherwise step 760 may proceed to step 780.

In step 770, the electronic device 100 may reserve the opinions of the second layers, and in step 780, the electronic device 100 determines to use the opinions of the second layers, and in step 750, Can be collected.

Thereafter, the step 750 may proceed to step 720 to determine the existence of the third layer. If there is no third layer, the electronic device 100 may determine the vote collected in step 750 in the direction of the user's vote. If there is a third layer, steps 740 to 780 may be repeatedly performed on the third layer. The repeating step may be repeatedly performed to the lowest hierarchical level.

The online voting service described above may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. The computer-readable medium may also include computer storage media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data.

According to the present invention, a user can efficiently vote by delegating to one or more groups that he trusts among a plurality of groups that are usually in a higher level, and can minimize the troubles of voting rights. In addition, a user may continuously monitor one or more groups to which he or she has delegated voting rights, and may exercise direct voting rights without delegation on matters for which it is deemed more desirable for him / her to vote directly. As described above, according to the present invention, the voting right can be rationalized in a direction that matches a predetermined degree with his or her doctor, so that compared to the conventional single-layer direct voting method, It can be done reliably, and the actual voting participation rate can be greatly increased.

In addition, the user can change the delegation decision when necessary. For example, a user may continuously monitor one or more groups to which he or she has delegated voting rights, withdraw his / her delegation decision, and may elect to exercise his or her own voting rights to other groups other than the one to which he / It can also be delegated. Accordingly, the representative (the group) to whom the voting right of the user is entrusted should be obliged to observe the duty of obligation so that the support (delegation) can be maintained and a virtuous cycle of efficient decision making can be achieved. For example, national organizations, club organizations, etc.) can be kept healthy.

Also, according to one embodiment of the present application, when a decision in one or more groups to which a user has delegated voting rights is not available, such as abstention, reservation, etc., By inheriting (upper inheritance) and determining the voting direction, resignation can be prevented as much as possible.

It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the foregoing description of the embodiments is for illustrative purposes and that those skilled in the art can easily modify the invention without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

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An online voting method in an electronic device,
In the electronic device, inquiring a plurality of groups corresponding to the identification information of the user;
Determining, in the electronic device, a voting manner of the user; And
Determining a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined in at least one of the plurality of groups retrieved when the voting right of the user is a delegation method in the electronic device,
Wherein the determining of the voting direction of the user comprises:
Determining a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined in the at least one group to which the user has delegated voting rights, if at least one group among the at least one lowest group delegated voting rights exists,
Determine a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined in at least one or more of the lowest rank lowest group when the determined direction in the at least one lowest rank group is unavailable,
And if the direction determined in the at least one or more lower-order lowest group is not available, the voting direction of the user is determined by inheriting the upper direction to a higher group that can use the determined direction. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein each of the plurality of groups has a hierarchical relationship or mutually equal hierarchical relationship with each other. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the determining of the voting direction of the user comprises:
When the voting right method of the user is a delegation method and there is no group in which the voting right is delegated by the user among the at least one lowest group, the voting direction of the user is determined based on the determined direction in at least one or more lower- Or determine the voting direction of the user by summing the determined directions in each of the at least one least-significant group. delete The method according to claim 1,
If the determined direction in the at least one least significant group is not available,
Wherein at least one group among the at least one lowest group delegated the voting right of the user exists, and the ratio of the pros and cons of the at least one lowest group is determined as a result of combining the directions determined in the at least one group &Lt; / RTI &gt; is less than a set value. The method according to claim 1,
If the determined direction in the at least one least significant group is not available,
Wherein the voting right method of the user is a delegation method and the group in which the user has delegated the voting right is not present among the at least one lowest group or the voting right method of the user is a delegation method, And a case in which the group in which the user has delegated a voting right is not present among the lowest group and a ratio of the pros or cons is less than a preset value as a result of synthesizing directions determined in the at least one lowest group . The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the direction determined in any one of the groups is one of a proscription, an opposition, a withdrawal, and a predetermined option. The method according to claim 1,
Displaying, in the electronic device, a user interface (UI) capable of determining a voting manner of the user;
Receiving, in the electronic device, a user input for determining a voting manner of the user on the user interface as a user input or a delegation method for directly voting; And
And determining, in the electronic device, a voting manner of the user based on the received one of the user inputs. 11. The method of claim 10,
And displaying the determined direction in each of the plurality of groups corresponding to the identification information of the user on the user interface in the electronic device. 11. The method of claim 10,
Receiving, at the electronic device, a user input for changing the determined voting manner of the user; And
And changing, in the electronic device, the voting manner of the user based on a user input for changing the voting right manner. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the plurality of groups comprises at least one of a regional group, a party group, and an expert group. In an electronic device,
A group inquiry module for inquiring a plurality of groups corresponding to user identification information;
A method determining module for determining a voting right manner of the user; And
And a voting direction determination module for determining a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined by at least one of the plurality of groups that are searched, when the voting right method of the user is a delegation method,
Wherein the voting direction determination module comprises:
Determining a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined in the at least one group to which the user has delegated voting rights, if at least one group among the at least one lowest group delegated voting rights exists,
Determine a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined in at least one or more of the lowest rank lowest group when the determined direction in the at least one lowest rank group is unavailable,
And if the direction determined in the at least one or more lower order lowest group is unavailable, the voting direction of the user is determined by inheriting the upper direction to a higher group that can use the determined direction. 15. The method of claim 14,
A display module for displaying a user interface (UI) that can determine a voting right manner of the user;
A user input receiving module for receiving a user input for determining a voting right manner of the user by a direct voting method on the user interface or a user input for determining a delegation method; And
And a method determining module for determining a voting right manner of the user based on the received user input. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the display module displays the determined direction in each of the plurality of groups corresponding to the identification information of the user on the user interface. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the user input receiving module receives a user input for changing the determined voting manner of the user,
Wherein the mode determination module changes the voting right manner of the user based on a user input for changing the voting right manner. A computer-readable recording medium having computer-readable instructions executed by at least one processor,
Wherein the command comprises:
Comprising: querying a plurality of groups corresponding to user identification information;
Determining a voting right manner of the user; And
Determining a voting direction of the user on the basis of a direction determined in at least one of the plurality of groups, when the voting right method of the user is a delegation method,
Wherein the determining of the voting direction of the user comprises:
Determining a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined in the at least one group to which the user has delegated voting rights, if at least one group among the at least one lowest group delegated voting rights exists,
Determine a voting direction of the user based on a direction determined in at least one or more of the lowest rank lowest group when the determined direction in the at least one lowest rank group is unavailable,
And determine a voting direction of the user if the determined direction is not available in the at least one or more lower-order lowest group, the upper direction being inherited to a higher-order group that can use the determined direction.

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