KR101738826B1 - Contest management system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a contest management system which is connected between an organizer terminal and an applicant terminal through a communication network. The system comprises: a member management unit which manages an organizer database and an applicant database built by membership information input from the organizer terminal and the applicant terminal; a contest website management unit which opens a contest website and posts the same through the organizer terminal; and an entry work management unit which stores an entry work submitted by the applicant through a contest website in which the applicant chose among the posting contest websites and transmits the same to the organizer. The contest website management unit collects information on interested contest websites of the user to store a personal locker. The present invention relates to a contest management system where an organizer conveniently holds a contest in a low cost and an applicant conveniently applies to a contest by using the internet.

Description

Contest management system

The present invention relates to a contest management system in which a contestant can conveniently hold a contest using a communication network, in particular, the Internet at low cost, and an applicant can conveniently apply for the contest.

More than 10,000 different contests and contests are held annually, and millions of people apply for the contest. Companies use competition as a channel to communicate with the public. They secure ideas within a short time, and use contests for the purpose of finding talent and securing future customers.

In the past, posters and broadcast media have been used as a way of promoting the competition, but since the Internet has become generalized, publicity campaigns using the Internet have become popular. Currently, companies such as Sunggood, Design Jungle, In-in Media, and Dae-jisun run competition sites on the Internet. Fig. 8 shows a competition site (www.thinkcontest.com) FIG.

8, the competition period and names of the sponsoring organizations are arranged in the form of a bulletin board together with the poster. When the poster is clicked, the contest summary is started in the form of a text, Will be linked to the contest site created separately.

In the state where the competition contest is started in the form of text, the entry can be received by e-mail, or if the contestant operates a separate contest site, it can be accepted within the contest site.

Registered Patent Bulletin Registration No. 10-1434217 (Notification Date: Aug. 29, 2014) "Open System & Registered Patent Bulletin Registration No. 10-0377245 (Notification Date: Mar. 26, 2003) "Method of public offering business using communication network" &Quot; On-line competition operation system, method, and medium on which a computer-readable program for executing the method is recorded "is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0005436

Conventionally, contest management system is operated by posting the contents of the contest on a bulletin board. The contestants can post the contents of contests on the bulletin board and receive and manage the entries through e-mail, (Microsite), and received the entries.

Therefore, contest operators have difficulty in managing entries received by e-mail, making statistics or making reports when there are more entries. Furthermore, when creating a separate competition site, it took a separate site construction and operation cost.

In addition, since the conventional contest site simply lists the contest information in the form of a bulletin board, it is difficult to select and manage competitions of interest among contestants pouring over 10,000 contests per year even in the case of applicants, Managing a portfolio is also a big challenge. Furthermore, there is an idea but there is a problem that many ideas can not be realized and are banned because there is not the tool to implement the idea, and sometimes it can not apply to the competition.

 The present invention solves the problems of the conventional contest site as described above, so that contestants can conveniently manage the contest at low cost, enthusiasts can also conveniently understand the contest situation, and can manage the portfolio without difficulty And to provide a contest management system and a contest management method using the same.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a means for allowing applicants who have an idea but do not have an implementation means to freely open their own ideas and apply for it.

The present invention relates to a contest management system that is connected between a terminal of an accomplice and a terminal of an applicant through a communication network. The contestant management system includes a contestant database and an applicant database, each of which is constructed based on membership information input from a terminal of the contestant and a terminal of the applicant A member management section for managing; An open competition site management unit for opening and publishing a competition site through the terminal of the conspirator; And an application work management unit for storing the submitted work submitted by the applicant through the contest site selected by the applicant, and delivering the submitted work to the co-conspirator, wherein the contestant site management unit collects the information of the contestant's interest contest site, So that it can be stored.

In the present invention, the entry period of the competition for interest held in the personal library is provided to the applicant in the form of a list or a calendar, thereby helping the applicant manage the schedule. Furthermore, the contest management system according to the present invention may further include an authoring tool unit that allows the contestant to open the contest site but can be provided for the applicant to make an entry. The authoring tool unit may include a poster design tool, An image editing tool, and a story editing tool.

Further, the contest management system according to the present invention may further include a design source unit that stores at least one design source selected from photographs, pictures, images, and fonts, and the design source stored in the design source unit may include, May be provided to the applicant. Herein, the entry management section provides information on the pre-entry reception status and the public relations situation information to the co-conspirators. The pre-entry reception status is determined by the number of entries received, and the pre-entry publicity status is determined by the number of clicks on the entry site.

In the contest management system according to the present invention, a contest promotion site (microsite) is provided in the system itself and a poster authoring tool for the site production is also provided, so that the contestant can easily open the contest at a low cost. In addition, since the candidates receive the entries directly from the site and deliver them to the conspirators in bulk, the conspirators can easily manage the entries.

Furthermore, entrants will be able to manage the contests they are interested in within their own administration, as well as manage their portfolios without any special effort.

The contest management system according to the present invention can provide a authoring tool in the system so that applicants who have an idea but can not implement the contest can apply for the contest without difficulty and can broaden the range of candidates who can apply for the contest do.

In addition, the contest management system according to the present invention further includes a form storage unit 370 for storing forms necessary for contest operation, and the contestant site management unit is configured to determine whether the contestant has stored the form stored in the form storage unit 370, By making it possible to post it on the competition site, the conspirator can alleviate the difficulty of preparing the form. Furthermore, the application creation management unit 330 further includes a report creation unit 334, and the report creation unit 334 automatically generates a report on the publicity promotion result or the final result of the competition. Management system.

FIG. 1 illustrates a situation in which a contestant and an applicant are connected to each other by the contest management system according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 shows a schematic configuration of the competition contest management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for a contestant to run a contest site in an contest management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates an example of a contest bulletin board in the contest management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 shows an example of a authoring tool that can be used in the contest management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an order for a contestant to apply for a contest in the contest management system according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 illustrates an embodiment of a contest competition management screen in the contest management system according to the present invention.
Fig. 8 shows a screen of a contest bulletin board according to the prior art (competition site of "Thinking").

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description of the present invention are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, but may be determined only by the claims.

Fig. 1 shows an overall configuration of an competition contest management system according to the present invention. The contest management system 300 includes a terminal 100 of a contestant (a person who sponsors a competition or a doctor who intends to host a contest) or an applicant (a contestant who intends to exhibit or exhibit an entry in response to a contest) through a communication network, And a terminal 200 of a person who has a doctor. Here, the terminal is a concept that encompasses not only a computer but also all devices that can be connected to a communication network such as the Internet, such as a smart phone and a tablet computer.

The contestants raise the contest entries of the contest through the terminal 100 to the contest management system 300. The contestant searches for and manages the contest entries on the contest management system through the terminal 200.

2 shows a rough configuration of the competition management system 300. As shown in FIG. The contest management system 300 mainly includes a module such as the member management unit 310, the contest site management unit 320, the entry work management unit 330, the input / output unit 340, the authoring tool unit 350, and the design source unit 360 And data is transmitted between the modules through the control unit 300. [

That is, for example, the member information input through the input / output unit 340 is transferred to the member management unit 310 through the control unit 301 and converted into a database. The information on the entry received by the entry management unit 330 may be used to generate a report on the reception status in cooperation with the member information stored in the entry database 312 of the member management unit 310. The authoring tool unit 350 and the design source unit 360 may provide the authoring tool and the design source to the conspirator or the applicant through the control unit 301. In this way, the control unit 301 coordinates the flow of data between each module. As a typical technician, there is no particular difficulty in designing the data flow between the modules in consideration of the functions of the respective modules. Therefore, The description of the method is omitted.

The member management unit 310 receives membership subscription information input from the terminal of the conspirator or the terminal of the applicant through the input / output unit 340 and constructs the conspirator database 311 and the applicant database 312.

The competition site management unit 320 is a module for managing a competition site uploaded by a conspirator. The competition site management unit 320 includes a competition site setting unit 321 for performing a process of establishing a competition site, and a contestant site completed by a conspirator A contest site publishing unit 322, and an interest contest storage unit 323 for storing contest site information of interest of the applicant. Particularly, the interest contest storage section 323 has a function of collecting only contests registered as interest contests by the contestant and managing the contestants in the personal control box, so that the contestant can manage the schedule so as not to expire the contest for which the contestant is interested. I will explain the details later.

The entry management unit 330 is a module for managing entry entries uploaded by the entry. Specifically, the entry management unit 330 includes a reception / promotion situation management unit 331 for providing information on the reception / promotion status of the entry to the consent of the contestant, storage / transmission of the entry for transferring the entry to the contestant 332, and a screening / penalty result management unit 333.

The authoring tool unit 350 is a module that provides a tool for creating a work such as a poster design, a photo editing tool, a video editing tool, a story editing tool, etc. The method of providing a tool for creating an asset in the web state is wix (Ko.wix.com) which provides a homepage authoring tool such as a web site.

The authoring tool can be provided with various tools depending on the competition type. Generally, it is convenient to use a web-based tool, but it is not limited to a web-based tool. The authoring tools include authoring tools for design / advertisement production, authoring tools for producing video / photo contests, authoring tools for presentations for planning / idea / marketing / dissertation, webtoon / story / , And the like.

First of all, Pixel's web-based graphic design tool is known as the authoring tool for design / advertisement production.

Web-based template-based image creation solutions such as "wideo" or "movie maker" can be used as authoring tools for video / photo contest making.

Tools such as "docs." From "Google" or "crowd office" from "Naver" can be used as planning / idea / marketing / article authoring tools.

Furthermore, as an authoring tool for creating a webtoon / story / card news contest, a web-only card news "tile" of "Two Blue" can be used.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the authoring tools presented herein are merely exemplary and that, if desired, they may be utilized by authoring tools that are not presented herein, or that self-developed authoring tools are optimized for the competition .

The design source unit 360 is a database of various photographs, pictures, images, or fonts provided to users. The user selects a desired picture, picture, image, or font in the design source unit 360, A third creative can be made by processing it by utilizing the third object 350. Providing a design source is also generally known, so its description of the technical details is omitted.

Particularly, the data provided by the design source unit 360 will be provided as a product exclusively used for entry to the competition, and the data provided by the design source unit 360 is used for the purpose other than the competition. .

The main purpose of having the authoring tool unit 350 and the design source unit 360 is for the case where the applicant has an idea but does not have the means to specify it, but it can be utilized sufficiently for the contestants to make the contest site .

Although the authoring tool unit 350 and the design source unit 360 themselves are conventionally present, there is nothing special in itself, but these elements are mounted in the competition management system, so that in the conventional competition management system, The effect that can not be achieved occurs.

Furthermore, the contest management system 300 according to the present invention further includes a form storage unit 370. The form storage unit 370 stores various types of form data necessary for the competition, such as an entry application form, Forms, and copyright consent forms. The contestants can be modified by the basic form stored in the form storage unit 370 and then put on the contest site for use by applicants.

FIG. 3 shows a procedure for raising a competition site in a contest management system according to the present invention. The above process is implemented mainly through the contestant site setting unit 321 described above.

The co-conspirator first enters a competition in the competition management system and receives a personal management card (114), and then logs into the competition management system (113).

The contestants enter the competition site in the competition management system 115, specifically enter the domain purchase stage 115a, the poster production stage 115b, and various competition-related information (public offer period, main agency) And a site production step 115c for uploading the entry work. In general, in contest management system, microsite is used as a contest site as a part of a large web site and a site separated from a large web site.

The most significant feature of the present invention is that an authoring tool and a designing source that can be utilized by the applicant are provided, and these authoring tools and design source can be used by the contestant to make a contest site.

Further, although it is possible to provide all the authoring tools of the contest management system according to the present invention to union members and applicants unlimitedly, it is possible to assume a business model that charges a separate fee for each authoring tool provided have. In this case, the conspirator may select and provide the applicants with the authoring tool which is deemed to be most suitable for the contest to open in consideration of cost-effectiveness. This business model can be a driving force for the quality of the authoring tool for the authoring tool provider, since the revenue depends on whether or not the authoring tool is selected.

FIG. 4 shows a state in which contestants' sites are displayed on a bulletin board in the contest management system according to the present invention. In general, when the poster 401 is posted, information about the entry period and the sponsoring institution is generally presented at the lower part. Information about the authoring tool provided in the competition is displayed in the form of an icon 402 in a predetermined part of the bulletin board can do.

For example, the first contest site offers poster creation tools, photo editing tools and story authoring tools, no second authoring site offers no authoring tools, and a third competition site will feature story authoring tools .

FIG. 5 exemplarily shows a poster making tool among various available authoring tools. A tool for selecting and placing text, images, background, and the like on a desired position of the screen can be provided on the web. If necessary, these authoring tools reflect the design constraints required by the conspirators so that the entries can be as close as possible to the direction desired by the conspirators.

For example, in recent years, there has been an increase in the number of cases in which signboards or pamphlets are produced in the form of competitions. In this case, by making the authoring tool reflect the standard specifications such as desired horizontal and vertical sizes, If you want the design of the series, make sure that only the blue color is shown on the palette of the authoring tool), and you can induce the entries to be as close as possible to the intentions of the co-workers.

Further, the contest management system 300 according to the present invention further includes a form storage unit 370. The contestants collect basic forms stored in the form storage unit 370 (participation application, work description, copyright agreement, Evaluation Evaluation Table) will be downloaded and transformed according to the competition situation and posted on the individual competition site. Applicants can download the modified form according to the nature of the competition from the individual competition site.

When the contest site is completed by the contest site setting unit 321, the contest is opened through the contest site publishing unit 322 (116), and then the reception / promotion situation is managed through the reception / publicity status management unit 331 (117). First, the reception status management is performed by checking the number of submissions submitted over time, and the promotion status management can be performed by checking the frequency of clicks on the competition site. By grasping the reception / promotion status in real time, it is possible to modify the entry conditions in advance if there are not sufficient number of entries in the deadline or the number of clicks is significantly low, or the factors that attract the entrant's interest, for example, It is possible to actively manage the competition.

After the entry period has passed, the contestants can collectively download the entries through the entry storage / transmission unit 332 (118), review the contents through the examination / exclusion result management unit 333 (119) (120). Preferably, based on the applicant data stored in the applicant database 312, various statistical data related to entries, such as the age / area / major of the applicants, and classification information related to the applicants can be provided to the co-conspirators.

The contest management system 300 according to the present invention further includes a report creation unit 334, which is a concept that includes both the publicity result report and the final result report.

The contest management system 300 provides a basic form of the report. The contest management system 300 automatically generates a report using various data obtained through the operation of the contest site, for example, traffic statistics of the competition site, And provided to the co-conspirators in the form of a document file, preferably a pdf file.

Particularly, since the applicant database 312 in which the data on the prize of the applicant is stored is built in the member management section 310, statistical data such as the applicant's sex / region / school / major (department) / age can be automatically created It will be appreciated that those skilled in the art will readily understand this. Particularly, the applicant may have actually talked about the applicant who applied for the competition, but may use the information about the members who did not actually apply but who accessed the competition site.

The evaluation of the entries made by the judging / success result management section 333 may be accomplished by providing scorecards to the judges as well as a scorecard specifying the scoring criteria. In this competition management system, the personal information of the personnel who participated as the judges are secured, and the database on which kind of judges participated in the competition examination is automatically updated. In other words, the person A has a lot of experience in the competition examination of any kind, and the person B continuously accumulates the data that he / she is experienced in the competition examination of any kind.

The conspirators will be provided with a database of the judges provided in the competition management system. If the conspirator selects a person who is considered suitable as a judge in the database, To the judges.

If a contestant commits a judge to a person who is not in the database, the contest management system induces the contestant to input information about a new person who is not in the database. Since the co-conspirator has no motivation to input a new person, it is preferable to provide a motive such as a discount coupon or a commutation coupon that can be used for a banner advertisement or the like. Further, the judging / victory result management unit 333 has a declaration writing item declaring that the judges have fairly judged, so that the conspirators can receive the documents to be received by the judges separately in the system, All of the process of judge selection and result processing can be done within.

Furthermore, the contest management system receives the consent of the judges in the database to provide personal information and examination career information to the conspirators in advance, and if necessary, obtains the necessary documents for proof of history, It is good practice to make the database available.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an order in which an applicant raises an entry for a contest site in the contest management system according to the present invention. The applicant enters a competition in the competition management system and receives a personal management card (214), and then logs into the competition management system (213).

The applicant searches the contest site bulletin board to find the entry target. In this case, the contest site of interest can be kept in the personal management box. In the personal management box, the open period of the contest of interest can be grasped at a glance. Although it is possible to enumerate in the form of a list, it is preferable to display the entry period of the competition of interest in the scheduler, , It is possible to prevent the applicant from missing the competition period of the competition in which he / she is interested. More preferably, the competition period of the competition of interest is linked with a widely used scheduler, such as a Naver scheduler or a Google Calendar, so that even if the applicant does not access the contest management system according to the present invention, You can make the deadline clear at any time. Furthermore, the scheduler may display an alarm message a few days before the end of the competition, or change the font or color of the competition displayed on the scheduler so that the applicant does not miss the competition finish.

When the applicant selects the competition to be applied (218), the author can use the authoring tool (221) to complete the entry and submit it (222). Of course, using the authoring tool provided by the contest management system is optional, and it is also possible for the contestant to upload (220) an entry, that is, a completed work completed using his / her own tool.

Further, the exhibiting activity of the applicant is stored in association with the applicant database 312 of the contest management system 300, and the applicant can organize his or her entry history and award history without any trouble. Also, since the contest management system obtains data on the contest results of the contest held in the contest management system, it is possible to issue a certificate of the prize history. If a certain level of credibility is gained in the field through the operation of a continuous competition management system, this certificate will actually be able to function as a private certificate.

As described above, since the contest management system 300 according to the present invention has a database of competition type, entrant's entry history, and award history of interest, it is possible to naturally acquire information on an interested field of an applicant do. Therefore, based on this information, the contest management system can provide customized banner advertisements to applicants.

Thus, through the contest management system according to the present invention, the contestant can perform contest schedule management and entry history management, and contestants can conveniently open the contest, and can proceed the examination and report without much difficulty.

100: Co-op terminal 200: Applicant terminal
300: Competition Management System 301: Control Unit
310: Member Management Section 320: Competition Site Management Section
321: Competition site establishment section 322: Competition site publication section
323: Competition competition storage part 330: Entry work management part
331: reception / promotion situation management section 332: entry /
333: Examination / quarantine result management unit 340: Input /
350: Authoring tool part 360: Design source part
370: form storage unit 334: report creation unit

Claims (8)

And a contest management system connected between the terminal of the contestant and the terminal of the applicant through a communication network,
A member management unit configured to manage a consensus database and an applicant database constructed based on membership information input from the terminal of the conspirator and the terminal of the applicant;
An open competition site management unit for opening and publishing a competition site through the terminal of the conspirator;
An entry work management unit for storing the submitted work submitted by the applicant through the contest site selected by the applicant, and delivering the submitted work to the contestants; And
Wherein the contestant opens a contest site or an authoring tool section that can be provided for the applicant to make an entry,
Wherein the competitor site management unit collects information on the competition site of interest of the applicant so that the information can be kept in a personal archive.
The competition management system according to claim 1, wherein the entry period of the competition of interest stored in the personal library is provided to the applicant in the form of a list or a calendar.
delete The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the authoring tool unit comprises: authoring tool for design / advertisement production, authoring tool for producing video / photo artworks, authoring tool for planning / idea / marketing / And an authoring tool for producing the same storyboard type public offer.
5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a design source unit storing at least one design source selected from photographs, pictures, images, and fonts, wherein the design source stored in the design source unit is provided to the co- Wherein the competition management system comprises:
[Claim 4] The method according to claim 1, wherein the entry work management section provides the contestant's reception status and the publicity status information to the co-conspirator, wherein the pre-entry reception status is determined by the number of entries received, and the pre- Competition management system that features.
The contestant site management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a form storage unit (370) for storing a form necessary for competitor operation, wherein the contestant collects the form stored in the form storage unit (370) And then to post it on the competition site.
The application creation management unit 330 may further include a report creation unit 334, and the report creation unit 334 may automatically generate a publicity promotion result or a final result report Competition Management System.

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