KR20000018014A - Method and system for providing a instant lottery using an audio reponse system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for providing an instant lottery ticket is provided to immediately confirm a prize winning of a virtual lottery ticket provided to a user which connects by use of audio response system. CONSTITUTION: The instant lottery ticket providing method comprises the steps of: connecting a client telephone and an audio response system through a telephone office (S100); providing information and use guidance for an instant lottery ticket to the client telephone by use of the audio response system (S200); outputting a voice requiring to appoint a ticket number by a client voice when a client wants to buy an instant ticket (S400); receiving signals for the ticket number selected by the client to judge whether the selected ticket number is selected previously (S500, S600); if the selected number is not duplicated, comparing the selected ticket number with a prize winning number to judge whether the selected ticket number wins a prize (S700); and informing the client whether the selected number wins a prize, wherein when exceeding a predetermined amount of money, the prize winning amount of money is sent to an account number (S800 to S1100); and wherein when not exceeding a predetermined amount of money, the prize winning amount of money is provided as a telephone charge (S900, S1000).

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A INSTANT LOTTERY USING AN AUDIO REPONSE SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to an instant lottery providing system, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing an instant lottery using an ARS that provides an instant lottery to a customer through an ARS (Audio Response System) and informs whether or not to immediately win.

Lottery is divided into instant lottery and non-immediate lottery. Instant lottery can confirm whether or not to win immediately, non-immediate lottery can not confirm whether or not to win until a certain day after purchase.

Such lottery tickets are sold only at specific lottery shops that are permitted to sell lottery tickets. Therefore, the person who wants to buy the lottery must always go to the lottery shop, and it is not easy to purchase because the lottery shop is limited.If the person who purchased the non-immediate lottery ticket wins a small amount, the person must go to the lottery shop again and exchange the lottery ticket. There is discomfort.

In addition, since the lottery ticket purchase price is high, it is a considerable burden to the person who continues to purchase the lottery ticket.

The present invention aims to provide a lottery providing system that allows anyone to purchase a lottery ticket and check their winnings immediately after purchase.

In addition, the present invention provides a virtual lottery to the person connecting by using the ARS (Audio Response System), and immediately confirm the winning facts for the provided virtual lottery, paying the winning amount at the time of winning the lottery purchase cost is low immediately The purpose is to provide a way to confirm the winner.

1 is a block diagram of an instant lottery providing system using ARS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of a method for providing instant lottery ticket using ARS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The instant lottery providing system using the ARS according to the characteristics of the present invention for achieving the above object, the central office processing unit (Central Processing Unit), exchanger, ARS system, lottery database (database), customer account database, and bank central It includes a processing device.

Here, the central office central processing unit receives the digital signal for the telephone number input through the customer's telephone to determine the telephone number, and outputs a control signal for connecting the device corresponding to the determined telephone number and the customer's telephone. . The switch connects the customer's telephone to the device having the telephone number in accordance with the signal output from the telephone station central processing unit.

The ARS system is connected to the customer's phone by the exchange to provide voice information to the customer, and determines whether the lottery number is duplicated and whether the lottery is won by determining a signal for the lottery number input through the customer's phone. The lottery database stores information on the issued lottery ticket and information on the winning lottery ticket, and provides the stored information to the ARS system according to a control signal of the ARS system. The customer account database stores the account number and the winning amount of the customer who selected the lottery ticket according to the control signal output from the ARS system, and outputs the account number and the winning amount of the customer stored in the ARS system.

The bank central processing unit receives the customer's account number and the information signal about the transfer amount output from the ARS system, so that the transfer amount is deposited into the customer's account.

Here, the ARS system serves as a voice information device for outputting stored voice information, a control device for determining an output signal of a customer telephone, controlling the lottery ticket and customer account database from the determined information, and accessing the bank central processing unit. It also serves as a (control device).

On the other hand, the instant lottery providing method using ARS according to the characteristics of the present invention for achieving the above object,

Connecting with the customer telephone by the telephone station; Providing a voice and information on an instant lottery to a telephone of a customer using an ARS system; If the customer wants to purchase an instant lottery ticket, outputting a voice requesting the lottery number designation to the customer's telephone; Receiving a signal for the lottery number selected by the customer, and determining whether the lottery number selected by the customer is already selected; Determining whether or not the lottery number selected by the customer is selected repeatedly, by comparing with the winning lottery number; If the lottery number selected by the customer is not a winning number, outputting a voice of not winning, and outputting a voice of winning; And remitting the winning amount to the customer's account number if the winning amount of the customer is greater than or equal to the set amount, and reflecting the winning amount to the telephone fee if the winning amount of the customer is less than or equal to the set amount.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an instant lottery providing system using ARS according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the ARS service will be described. In general, the ARS service is a voice response service, and is commonly used as a voice information service using a telephone. In the sense of consultation, a voice information provider (IP) of a system inputs a voice into a voice information device, and a general user This service allows you to listen to the contents of the information you want by using the select number button. This ARS service is limited to the station number 700 is used.

1 is a block diagram of an instant lottery providing system using ARS according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the instant lottery providing apparatus using ARS according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a customer telephone 10, a telephone station central processing unit 20, an exchange 30, an ARS system 40, and a database unit. 50, the bank central processing unit 60.

Here, the customer telephone 10 is a communication device provided to the customer side, the telephone station central processing unit 20 and the switchboard 30 are telephone station communication devices, and the ARS system 40 and the database unit 50 provide instant lottery services. The communication device provided to the provider, and the bank central processing unit 60 is a communication device connected to the ARS system 40.

In the above, the ARS system 40 serves as a voice information device for outputting stored voice information, determines an output signal of a customer telephone, controls the lottery and customer account database from the determined information, and connects with the bank central processing unit. It serves as a control device.

The customer phone 10 is a communication device capable of using a telephone network of a corresponding telephone station (for example, Korea Telecom) such as a general telephone, a public telephone, a personal mobile communication telephone which can be used by a customer.

The telephone station central processing unit 20 is a central processing unit installed in the Korea Telecommunications Telephone Station, and receives the output of the customer telephone 10 through a wired or telecommunication network to determine the access telephone number desired by the customer. The switch 30 is controlled so that the ARS system 40 having the access telephone number desired by the customer is connected. In addition, the central office 20 stores the information of the customer connected to the ARS system 40, that is, the telephone number, the use time, the number of times of use, etc. of the customer.

The exchanger 30 connects the communication network of the customer telephone 10 to the device corresponding to the telephone number input by the customer, that is, the ARS system 40 according to the control signal output from the telephone station central processing unit 20.

The ARS system 40 is connected to the customer phone 10 through the exchange 30, the customer phone 10, the voice information for the terms and conditions, the instant voice information for using the instant lottery, the voice information for winning, etc. Control to be provided to the phone (10). The ARS system 40 includes a voice storage unit (not shown), and the voice information is stored in the voice storage unit.

Although stored in the database unit 50, the database unit 50 includes a lottery database 51 and a customer account database 52. Among them, the lottery database 51 stores information about the lottery number to be provided to the customer and the lottery number already selected by the customer. For example, when the lottery number is five digits, the lottery number stored in the lottery database 51 is 00001 to 99999. Of these, the first number is the number corresponding to the pair, so that the number can be arbitrarily limited.

In addition, the customer account database 52 stores the account number of the winning customer, and is used for checking the winning or sending the winning money later.

The bank central processing unit 60 includes the A bank central processing unit 61, the B bank central processing unit 62 and the C bank central processing unit 63, and is connected to the ARS system 40 by a communication network, and ARS Receives a signal for the account number and the deposit amount output from the system 40, and deposits money into the account.

With reference to Figure 2 attached to the instant lottery providing method using ARS according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above.

2 is a flowchart of a method for providing instant lottery ticket using ARS according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 2, when a customer calls 700 service through customer telephone 10, customer telephone 10 transmits the dial tone of the button to the telephone station via the communication line as an analog signal.

Then, the telephone station receives an analog signal transmitted from the customer telephone 10 in the telephone station central processing unit 20, converts the signal into a digital signal, and reads out the corresponding telephone number. Then, the telephone station central processing unit 20 controls the switch 30 so that the customer telephone 10 is connected to the ARS system 40, which is a voice service apparatus corresponding to the read telephone number. The exchange 30 allows the communication of the customer telephone 10 to be connected to the ARS system 40 under the control of the telephone station central processing unit 20.

As a result, the customer is connected to the ARS system 40 through the customer telephone 10 (S100).

When the ARS system 40 is connected to the customer phone 10, the ARS system 40 outputs initial voice information stored in the customer phone 10. Here, the initial voice information refers to the terms and conditions for the instant lottery, and the voice for the usage guide. In other words, the content of the number of the instant lottery ticket and the winning amount, the usage guidance instructions, whether or not to use the content (S200).

When the initial voice information is output as described above, the customer listens to the initial voice information, determines whether to apply for an instant lottery, and outputs a response signal indicating whether the ABS system 40 requests the service through the customer phone 10. If the customer wants to apply for instant lottery ticket (S300, S400), the number of the corresponding lottery digits (assuming lottery digits) is entered according to the initial voice information.

If the customer enters the lottery number, the ARS system 40 receives the number entered by the customer to determine the instant lottery number (S500).

The ARS system 40 then has a decision process to compare whether the determined instant lottery number has already been selected by someone. In this determination process, the ARS system 40 reads the lottery information stored in the lottery database 51, and determines whether the instant lottery number input by the customer has already been selected from the read information (S600).

If the instant lottery number entered by the customer is already selected in the determination (S600), the ARS system 40 outputs a voice signal of the comment that “Your lottery number is already assigned to someone” (S610). In order to select the instant lottery again, input the lottery number again and output a voice signal requesting to press a predetermined button to finish (S610).

Then, by the above (S610), the customer will press the corresponding button if not to select the instant lottery number, otherwise it will press the instant lottery number again (S620).

If the customer presses the instant lottery number again, the signal for the instant lottery number is input to the ARS system 40, and the ARS system 40 again determines whether the lottery number is duplicated (S600).

On the other hand, if the instant lottery number entered by the customer is not already selected, the ARS system 40 reads the winning number from the lottery database 51, compares the two numbers, and then enters the winning number. Determine whether it corresponds to (S700).

Here, the winning number is set to an arbitrary number and an arbitrary number of pieces. The number of winnings and the amount of winnings are determined by the probability of the number of digits and the use price when using the ARS.

In the determination (S700), if the instant lottery number selected by the customer does not match the winning instant lottery number, the ARS system 40 outputs a voice to the customer telephone 10 asking whether to use it again with a comment that the user appreciates the use. (S710).

The customer then decides whether to choose the instant lottery once again. At this time, the number of times of daily use can be arbitrarily limited according to the surrounding conditions when designing the system. Here, if the customer wants to select the instant lottery number again, the process from the above step (S300) is repeated.

On the other hand, in the determination (S700), if the instant lottery number selected by the customer matches the winning instant lottery, the ARS system 40 determines the winning amount, and outputs a comment informing the winning to the customer phone 10 by voice. (S800, S900), depending on the amount of winning is different to the method provided to the customer.

That is, if the winning amount is a small amount, the ARS system 40 outputs a voice notifying the customer of the winning and winning amount and a voice to be deducted from the telephone fee according to the small amount (S900, S1000).

In addition, the ARS system 40 outputs a voice for requesting a customer to input his / her telephone number for a telephone charge deduction. Accordingly, the customer presses the number button of the customer phone 10 according to the voice provided by the ARS system 40 to input his / her phone number, and the phone number thus input is input to the ARS system 40.

The ARS system 40 determines the signal for the telephone number input from the customer telephone 10, stores it in the customer database 52, and sends the signal for the telephone number of the customer to the telephone center central processing unit 20. Output Then, the telephone station central processing unit 20 determines the telephone number input from the ARS system 40, and deducts the amount of the winning lottery ticket from the user's usage fee corresponding to the determined telephone number.

On the other hand, if the winning amount of the customer is a large amount, the ARS system 40 outputs a voice signal for notifying the lottery winning to the customer phone 10 and a comment to deposit to the bank according to the large amount of winning, with a voice output, the customer's account Outputs a voice requesting the number input (S910. S920).

Then, the customer knows that he has won, and enters his account number by pressing the number button of the customer phone (10). Here, the ARS system 40 requires inputting two or more times to determine whether the customer's account number is clear (S930).

As described above, when the customer enters the account number, the ARS system 40 determines the customer account number entered by the customer, stores it in the customer account database 52, and then manages the account number. The account number and the winning amount of the customer are sent to the central processing unit 61 or 62 or 63 so that the winning money is deposited in the customer's account.

The above embodiments are merely one embodiment of the present invention most preferably, but not all of the present invention. In other words, the present invention can be modified or modified by those skilled in the art.

The present invention provides the lottery desired by the customer using the ARS system, and informs whether the lottery wins immediately after providing the lottery, there is no need to use a lottery sales office in a remote location, it is easy to use.

Claims (4)

A method of using a system comprising a customer phone, a telephone company managing a communication network connected to the customer phone, an ARS system connected to the telephone company's communication network, and a database for providing voice information and usage guide voice information about the lottery to the ARS system. To A first step in which a customer telephone and an ARS system are connected by a telephone station; Providing a voice and information on an instant lottery ticket to a customer's telephone by using an ARS system; A third step of outputting a voice requesting the lottery number designation to the telephone of the customer when the customer wants to purchase the instant lottery ticket; A fourth step of receiving a signal for the lottery number selected by the customer and determining whether the lottery number selected by the customer is already selected; A fifth step of judging whether or not the lottery number selected by the customer is not duplicated and determining whether the lottery number is won or not; If the lottery number selected by the customer is not a winning number, outputting a voice that has not been won; And If the customer's winning amount is more than the set amount, remittance of the winning amount to the customer's account number, If the customer's winning amount is less than the set amount, the instant lottery providing method comprising the seventh step of reflecting the winning amount in the telephone bill. In claim 1, The seventh step, Outputting a voice signal corresponding to a small amount and a voice signal for requesting the customer's phone number if the customer's winning amount is a small amount; determining and storing the customer's phone number when the customer enters his / her phone number; Transmitting the information about the customer's telephone number to the telephone company so that the winning amount is reflected in the customer's telephone usage fee; when the customer's winning amount is high, a voice signal corresponding to a high amount and a customer's account number are received. Outputting, when the customer enters his or her account number, determining the customer's account number, storing it, and sending the information about the customer's account number to the bank so that the winning amount is deposited in the customer's account number. The instant lottery providing method using the ARS, characterized in that it comprises a step. A customer telephone used by the customer and connected to the telephone network; A telephone station central processing unit that receives a digital signal for a telephone number input through a telephone of a customer, determines a corresponding telephone number, and outputs a control signal for connecting the device corresponding to the determined telephone number with the telephone of the client; A switch that connects a customer's telephone to a device having a corresponding telephone number in accordance with a signal output from the telephone station central processing unit; Connected to the customer's phone by the exchange to provide voice information to the customer, determine the signal for the lottery number input through the customer's phone to check whether the lottery number is duplicated and whether the lottery wins, and conducts a survey of winning An ARS system for controlling whether the winning amount is settled on the usage fee of the lottery winning customer by outputting a voice to the customer telephone and outputting a voice to the customer telephone, and outputting a control signal to the telephone station central processing unit; A lottery database that stores information on the issued lottery ticket and information on the winning lottery ticket and provides the stored information to the ARS system according to a control signal of the ARS system; A customer account database that stores the account number and the winning amount of the customer who has selected the winning lottery ticket according to the control signal output from the ARS system, and outputs the account number and the winning amount of the customer stored in the ARS system; And The instant lottery providing system using an ARS including a bank central processing unit for receiving the information signal about the account number and the transfer amount of the customer output from the ARS system, the money transfer to the account of the customer. In claim 3, The ARS system, If the information on the lottery number already selected from the lottery database is read, compared with the lottery number entered from the customer phone, and the lottery number entered from the customer phone is already selected by someone, the customer phone The instant lottery system using the ARS, characterized in that for outputting a voice requesting to enter the lottery number again.