KR20010047030A - A lottery providing method and an apparatus using the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and an apparatus for providing a lottery ticket using a data communication network is provided to activate an advertisement system through a data communication network by enabling a user which sees an advertisement to receive a lottery ticket using the . CONSTITUTION: One among a plurality of users access a computer for a log-in(S1). It is checked whether an information utility of the user is suitable for an accumulation condition(S2). The fixed amount of money is accumulated in a reserve area of a user database of the user(S3). It is checked whether the user's reserve is the above of the standard amount(S4). It is checked whether a provision condition selected by the user(S5). It is checked whether the provision condition is a prompt provision condition(S6). Until the user orders a direct purchase, a lottery ticket purchase is delayed(S7). It is checked whether the user order to provide a lottery ticket(S8). The lottery ticket is purchased from a lottery ticket issuer(S9). An identification number of the lottery ticket is inputted to the user database of the user(S10). The purchase amount of money is subtracted from the present accumulation amount of money(S11). User information including the identification number inputted is provided to the user side(S12).

Description

Lottery payment method using data communication network and apparatus for executing the method {A LOTTERY PROVIDING METHOD AND AN APPARATUS USING THE METHOD}

The present invention provides a lottery payment method and a method for providing a lottery ticket free to a user using information provided by the user and confirming the winning of the lottery ticket freely and notifying the user as a recipient of the lottery. To a device to execute.

In particular, the present invention provides a reserve in exchange for information users see advertisements provided through a data communication network, such as the Internet, and by purchasing the lottery ticket actually issued with the reserve, and paid for free, winning the lottery paid The present invention relates to a method for confirming and notifying a user who has received a winning lottery ticket and an apparatus for executing the method.

Commonly known lotteries include instant lottery and lottery. Of these, instant lottery tickets are manufactured so that some of the issued lottery tickets are designated at the time of issuing the lottery to be marked so that the winners can be confirmed. Thus, the buyer who purchased it is released from the hidden state so that it can be confirmed immediately. On the other hand, a lottery-type lottery ticket is usually issued in units of a predetermined period, and manufactured to draw the lottery ticket for the entire lottery ticket, thereby confirming the winning lottery ticket. Usually a lottery ticket is assigned a unique lottery number for each so that each can be identified.

Such a lottery ticket is generally inconvenient because a person who intends to purchase the lottery ticket directly purchases it at a lottery ticket shop, and it is inconvenient to purchase the lottery ticket. It was.

In recent years, the type of business that represents the purchasing process of the lottery has been introduced especially through the Internet. Such a system is known to be a form in which a buyer remits the money for purchasing a lottery to a purchase agent in advance, or automatically withdraws money from his / her financial account, and the purchase agent purchases the lottery on a promise and delivers it to the buyer. have.

However, in such a system, there is a convenience that the buyer is delivered to his / her front even if the buyer does not make a purchase, but in the end, the buyer has to check whether the lottery is won or not. In addition, the price for purchasing the lottery is within the limits of the old days that the buyer has to pay.

Moreover, in the advertising system in the Internet area | region which has expanded recently, the system of the form which pays the price only by a user seeing an advertisement is developed. In this system, if you register as a member and see certain information provided through the Internet, you will earn a certain amount of money for each advertisement in your account, and if the accumulated amount exceeds a certain amount, It has a system to transfer reserves to an account. However, these systems have the effect of activating internet-based advertising, but in essence are only cash payments for the advertising, and the opportunity to enjoy new forms of investment or games using the accumulated amount. It is not granted.

In addition, if a virtual reserve accumulated recently meets certain conditions and exceeds a certain amount, a person having a virtual reserve directly enters the expected winning number, and the entered number is applied to the actual lottery issued by an authorized lottery issuer. If it matches the winning number, the virtual lottery system in the Internet virtual space is also disclosed, which is considered a winning prize and a certain amount of compensation (winning prize) is paid by the person operating the system.

However, such a system does not inherently pay the actual lottery, so there are restrictions on the winnings, and only the winning number of the actual lottery is used to confirm the winning of the virtual lottery.

The present invention allows the user to accumulate reserves simply by providing or using various information while viewing advertisements or viewing advertisements through various types of data communication networks, and use the reserves to receive actual lotteries. By providing a method and apparatus that enables the user to receive the actual lottery, even if he or she does not own the actual lottery, with confidence that the payment of the lottery is reliable, and also to facilitate the confirmation of winning the lottery. The primary purpose is to activate an advertising system through a data communication network.

In addition, the present invention, a method for enabling a user who receives only a virtual number to secure the data that can confirm the fact that he actually received and prove it, thereby ensuring the reliability of the payment of the lottery It is a second object to provide an apparatus for carrying out the method.

In addition, the present invention allows the payer to reserve the identification number of the lottery to be paid to the service user between the lottery payer and the lottery issuer before the lottery issuer issues the actual lottery by printing or the like. The third object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for reducing the number of tickets, and consequently reducing the manufacturing and distribution costs of the lottery issuer.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a computer network system in which a lottery payment method according to the present invention is implemented;

2 is a schematic processing flowchart of a lottery payment method according to one processing form according to the present invention;

3 is a schematic processing flow diagram of a winning notification method according to one processing form according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating one example of a lottery payment notification and receipt confirmation procedure of steps S12 and S13 of the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 2.

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1, 2: User computer 3, 4: Storage device

5: network 6: lottery payer computer

7: Storage 8: Lottery Issuer Computer

As a means for realizing the above object, the present invention is a step of the user logging in to the computer of the lottery payer, determining whether the use status of the information of the logged in user satisfies the earning conditions presented by the lottery payer If the user satisfies the conditions for earning, depositing a predetermined amount in a user account provided in the user area of the lottery payer computer, determining whether the reserve amount of the user account is greater than or equal to a certain amount, and the amount of the user account is greater than or equal to a certain amount. Purchasing a lottery ticket according to the payment terms, paying the lottery ticket to the user by inputting the identification number of the purchased lottery ticket into the user area, and subtracting the amount equivalent to the actual lottery purchase from the reserve of the user account. Modifying and inputting the user account, and details of credit points for the user account; Provides ripgeum history, lottery payment method using the data communication network, characterized in that the user information including an identification code and the reserve funds of the payment lottery comprising the step of notifying the user.

In addition, the lottery payment method according to the present invention, after the actual lottery lottery in the above-described method, the step of inputting the winning number into the computer of the lottery payer, coincides with the lottery winning number among the identification number of the lottery paid to the user And confirming whether or not the lottery paid to the user has won, and if the lottery paid to the user wins, provide the result as user information to the user.

In addition, in the lottery payment method according to the present invention, the step of purchasing a lottery, the step of applying for a purchase via the data communication network to the computer that is the lottery, and the identification number of the lottery purchased through the data communication network to the lottery issuer computer It is preferable to further include the step of being notified.

At this time, the payment conditions are preset by the user's preselection, among the immediate payment conditions for executing the lottery purchase immediately if the reserve is more than a certain amount, and the reservation payment conditions for holding the lottery purchase until the user directs the purchase. Be sure to

In addition, the lottery payment method according to the present invention, in the above-described method, the user providing the user information including the details of the reserve credit, the history of use of the reserve, the identification number of the payment lottery and the balance of the reserve, And storing a copy on the computer of the lottery payer in an unmodifiable state, the copy including the same content as the above provided. At this time, the contents of the notification from the lottery payer to the user are preferably included to include an encryption code assigned by the lottery payer.

In addition, the lottery payment method according to the present invention, the user information provided to the user from the lottery payer in the above-described method is provided so that the user can check the contents and store in their computer, the user provided And sending confirmation information indicating that the user information has been confirmed to the computer that is the lottery payer. In this case, it is more preferable that the confirmation information from the user to the lottery payer includes an encryption code assigned by the user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the earning condition is to open one or more of the plurality of advertisements posted on the Internet web page provided by the lottery payer, each of the posted advertisements in advance with a unique reserve amount It is set to.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the earning condition may include a process in which the user uses a chat room provided with the advertisement by the lottery payer for a predetermined time or more.

In addition, according to another embodiment, the earning condition, it is preferable that the user includes a process of solving the quiz in the quiz room provided by the lottery payer with the advertisement.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the earning conditions, when the total number of advertisements opened by the entire user is based on the number of times, the time when the user opened the advertisement is determined based on a certain point It provides a lottery payment method characterized in that the conditions corresponding to the number of times.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a lottery paying device for executing the lottery paying method of the above-described configuration.

Hereinafter, the basic configuration of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a computer network system in which a lottery purchase agency and a winning notification method according to the present invention is implemented. Although only two user computers 1 and 2 are shown in FIG. 1, it is assumed that a plurality of user computers can be connected to a computer 6 which is a lottery payer via a network 5 such as the Internet. The lottery issuer computer 8 can be configured to transmit and receive signals with the lottery payer computer.

The connection between the user computers 1 and 2, the lottery payer computer 6 and the lottery issuer computer 8 may be a general example of using an Internet network, but is not necessarily limited thereto. However, the user may be connected in any form so that the user can view the information provided by the lottery payer and can exchange information between the lottery issuer and the lottery payer.

Also, when the lottery payer computer 6 connects to the lottery payer computer 6 and logs in, the user can then search for various information including advertisements provided by the lottery payer. Should work.

In addition, the format of the information provided by the lottery ticket payer is generally in the form of a web page written in an HTML document, but is not necessarily limited thereto. Information provided by the lottery ticket payer includes text information, still picture information, moving picture information, and audio information for advertising purposes.

Such advertisement information is stored in the form of an advertisement provider database in the storage device 7 of the lottery payer's computer 6, and when the user requests to read the data, the data is sent to the user through a network such as the Internet. Is sent. Since various techniques are disclosed about creation, storage, and transmission of data, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, the storage device 7 of the lottery computer 6 also stores various types of information about the user in the form of a user database.

The user information to be recorded in the user database includes information on an ID and password for user login, various setting contents selected by the user, and is provided as the user reads the above-mentioned advertisement information. The details of the reserves and payments for the reserves, the balance of the reserves, the payment conditions specified by the user, the identification number information on the lottery paid to the user, and the information on whether or not the lottery is awarded. In addition, information on various notices made between the user and the lottery payer, such as a notice of lottery payment to the user, a notice of purchase confirmation from the user, a notice of winning or not, and the like.

In particular, the setting contents that can be set by the user in the user database include payment conditions according to the lottery payment. The payment conditions include an immediate payment condition that allows a lottery to be issued immediately after a certain amount is accumulated, and a reservation payment condition that allows a payment to be held until a special payment instruction is issued by the user even if the accumulated amount is more than a certain amount.

In addition, the storage device 7 is provided with a database area for the lottery issuer in which various information according to lottery purchase and the like between the lottery issuer and the lottery payer, that is, the identification number of the purchased lottery ticket, the purchase amount, and the like are stored. It goes without saying that various control programs for controlling the lottery ticket-saving computer are stored in the storage device 7.

Hereinafter, referring to Figures 2 to 4, it will be described in detail the lottery payment method according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic processing flowchart of the lottery payment method according to one form of processing according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a schematic processing flowchart of the method of confirming the winning and notification of the results for the lottery issued. On the other hand, Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating in more detail the data processing for the lottery payment notification and lottery receipt confirmation of step S11 and step S12 of FIG.

In Fig. 2, the start of the lottery payment process starts with one of a plurality of users logging into the computer that is the lottery payment (S1). The user's account has already been set up prior to login.

After that, when the user starts to use certain information in the area granted by the lottery payer, confirm that the user's information use is a condition for granting a reserve, that is, a condition for earning (S2), and if the user meets the earning condition, the user Earn a certain amount in the reserve area of the user database of (S3).

For example, the earning condition may be to open an advertisement provided by an advertisement provider through a lottery payer (for example, to click on a banner for an advertisement), in which case each advertisement may have its own reserve (e.g., For example, company A's product advertisement is set to 30 won, company B's product advertisement is set to 50 won), so that the user can open the advertisement to earn a certain amount in the reserve area of the user database. .

Another requirement is to use a chat room provided with the advertisement by the lottery payer. In this case, by using the chat room for a predetermined time, the reserves can be accumulated.

In addition, as an accumulation condition, for example, using a quiz room provided with the advertisement by the lottery payer. In this case, it is possible to use a quiz room for a certain time, or to accumulate the accumulated amount according to the grade of the given quiz.

As another earning condition, if the cumulative number of visitors who visited the lottery-paying computer after a certain point of time correspond to a certain number (for example, the 1000th, 2000th, 3000th, etc.) For example, to give a special reserve (for example, 1,000 won).

In addition, if the cumulative number of times (the number of clicks on the advertisement) that the users who are currently logged in by opening the advertisement has been a certain number (for example, the 1000th or 2000th click on the advertisement), the corresponding user For example, to give a certain amount to a special reserve (for example, 1000 won).

In this case, the lottery payer's computer posts the contents so that all users can check the cumulative number of opening the current advertisement by clicking or the like. For example, posting the fact that there were 950 cumulative clicks to date, based on the time of the special reserve right now. In this case, the user who visits the computer that is currently the lottery payer can see that the user can receive the special reserve by clicking the advertisement for the 50th time.

Then, it is checked whether the reserves of each user are accumulated at a predetermined reference amount (S5). The reference amount is the minimum amount that can be purchased for the lottery, for example, 1000 won, 2000 won.

After that, when the user's reserve is more than the threshold amount, the actual lottery is prepared for payment. In this case, in order to pay the lottery, the payment conditions selected by the user for the lottery payment method are checked (S5).

The terms of payment include the conditions chosen by the user for the lottery to be paid, ie which issuer will buy the lottery (eg, housing lottery, sports lottery, etc.). In addition, the payment conditions may include a method of using the reserve. That is, if the reserve is more than a certain amount that can be purchased lottery ticket, the immediate payment condition (S6) to pay the lottery immediately, and the reservation payment conditions (S7, S8) to reserve the lottery until the user directs the purchase. Can be considered

If it is confirmed that the payment conditions are instructed to instruct the payment of the lottery ticket, the lottery publisher purchases the lottery ticket (S9), and pays the lottery ticket to the user, and the identification number of the paid lottery ticket is the user data of the user. Input to the base (S10).

In this case, the lottery ticket is purchased from the lottery issuer and the lottery ticket is paid to the user, and the identification number of the lottery ticket issued to the user is directly purchased from the lottery issuer by the lottery issuer. Manual identification number can be used. In addition, by applying for a purchase through a network with a computer that is a lottery issuer, a virtual lottery can be purchased only in-kind, and the identification number of the purchased lottery ticket is received, and the identification number is stored in a user database of the lottery payer computer. You can also choose to record.

In addition, the lottery purchase between the lottery payer and the lottery issuer may be a lump-sum purchase, or a method of purchasing a lottery ticket from a lottery issuer may be used whenever a user who satisfies the conditions for receiving the lottery is instructed to pay the lottery. In the latter case, each time, it is preferable that the lottery payer connect to the lottery issuer computer to purchase the lottery ticket and receive the identification number of the purchased lottery ticket.

In this case, the lottery issuer sells the lottery identification number to the lottery payer before printing and actually issues the lottery, and prints and distributes only the remaining identification numbers other than the identification numbers sold to the lottery payer. Can be. Then, the lottery issuer can reduce the cost of issuing and distributing the lottery. In addition, the lottery payer can avoid the hassle of visiting the lottery issuer and purchasing the real lottery ticket.

In any one of the above-described methods, the lottery payer purchases a lottery ticket from the lottery issuer, and then inputs a predetermined amount of the identification number of the purchased lottery ticket into the user's database instructed to pay. Then, by subtracting the purchase amount from the current reserve amount (S11), and provides the user information including the deducted balance and the identification number purchased and entered (S12).

The user information including the purchased identification number can be logged in to the computer that is the lottery payer to check its contents in the user's area, and can be separately notified by e-mail. It is also good.

4 shows the details of the lottery payment notice and the receipt confirmation process (S12, S13). In step S21, the lottery payer provides the payment fact information including the identification number of the lottery paid to the user and the balance remaining in the state that the user can check. As a specific method, a method of recording in a user database so that a user can log in and confirm directly, or a method of notifying the user of this payment fact information may be considered.

In particular, it is preferable that the notice of payment fact information from the lottery payer to the user can be stored in an unmodifiable state on his computer. Then, the user can have confidence in the lottery payment, and at the same time, the user can virtually pay the lottery ticket and eliminate the anxiety caused by having only the identification number for the lottery ticket. It also has the effect of blocking the possibility of future legal disputes. In this case, in order to make it impossible to modify the notice, it may be read only by using a dedicated program provided by the lottery payer, or the encryption may be performed according to the encryption rules provided by the lottery payer.

In step S22, the user can log in the payment fact information including the information on the identification number of the lottery to the lottery payer computer to check the payment fact in the area provided to him. Alternatively, it may be notified by e-mail, so that the identification number of the lottery, payment history and balance can be confirmed. This payment fact information may also be stored irrevocably on the user's computer.

Thereafter, it is configured to notify the lottery payer computer of receipt confirmation information confirming receipt of the issued lottery number. At this time, the receipt confirmation information of the user is the information confirming that the identification number of the lottery ticket purchased by the user and the accumulated balance of the account is correct. Receipt confirmation may also have a special legal effect. For this purpose, the receipt confirmation information is encrypted using an encryption code or the like given by the user, and the result is transmitted to the computer that is the lottery payer.

The process of transmitting and receiving payment fact information and receipt confirmation information between the lottery payer and the recipient user is not an essential component in the present invention.

Next, the winning confirmation process for the paid lottery will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

As described above, the actual lottery is paid by the accumulated credits in the user's account, the identification number of the paid lottery can be confirmed by the user (the recipient of the lottery), and after a certain period of time, The draw takes place. Thus, when the identification number of the winning lottery ticket for the actual lottery ticket is announced, the identification number of the winning lottery ticket is input to the computer that is the lottery payer (S14). The lottery payer computer checks whether the identification number is the same as the identification number of the winning lottery ticket for the lottery tickets purchased from the lottery issuer and paid to the user (S15). As a result, the winning fact is notified to the user who purchased (owned) the lottery with the same identification number as the identification number of the winning lottery ticket (S16). The purchaser of the lottery ticket with the other identification number is notified of the fact of failure (S17). At this time, the form of the notification may allow the user who purchased the winning lottery ticket to log in and confirm, but it is more preferable to notify by e-mail or the like. On the other hand, it is sufficient to post to the user who purchased the lottery ticket to log in and check.

By providing a method for substituting lottery tickets in the manner described above, the user who reads the advertisement has an effect of receiving a free lottery ticket in return. Therefore, while enhancing the advertising effect of the advertising system using the network, the user can receive a lottery ticket in a convenient and reliable manner since it is simple and can check whether or not the lottery is won.

Claims (11)

The user logging into the lottery payer's computer, Determining whether the use status of the logged-in user satisfies the earning conditions presented by the lottery payer; If the user satisfies the earning conditions, depositing a predetermined amount in a user account provided in the user area of the lottery payer computer, Determining whether the reserve amount of the user account is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount; If the reserve amount of the user account is more than a certain amount, the step of purchasing a lottery ticket according to the payment terms, Paying the lottery ticket to the user by inputting an identification number of the purchased lottery ticket in the user area, Subtracting an amount corresponding to the actual lottery purchase from the reserve of the user account, and correcting and inputting the result into the user account; and The method of claiming a lottery using a data communication network comprising the step of notifying the user of the user information, including the details of the reserve of the reserve for the user account, the history of the reserve, the identification number of the lottery ticket and the balance of the reserve. The method of claim 1, After drawing the actual lottery, inputting the winning number into the lottery payer computer; Confirming whether or not the lottery issued to the user has won in accordance with the winning number drawn among the identification numbers of the purchase lottery issued to the user; If the lottery ticket paid to the user wins, the method further comprises the step of providing the result as a user information to the user. The method of claim 1, Steps to purchase a lottery, Applying for a purchase via a data communication network to a lottery issuer computer, and And receiving an identification number of the lottery ticket purchased through the data communication network to the computer that issued the lottery ticket. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The above payment conditions may be set in advance by a user's preselection, among the immediate payment conditions for executing the lottery purchase immediately if the reserve is more than a certain amount and the reservation payment conditions for holding the lottery purchase until the user directs the purchase. Lottery payment method characterized in that. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, Wherein the user providing the user information, including the details of the reserve credit, the history of the reserve, the identification number of the payment lottery and the balance remaining for the account, And storing a copy containing the same contents as the provided contents on a computer of the lottery payer in an unmodifiable state. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The user information provided from the lottery payer to the user is provided for the user to check the contents and store the information on the user's computer, and the user transmits the confirmation information to the lottery payer computer indicating that the user information is provided. Lottery payment method characterized in that it further comprises the step. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The earning condition is to open one or more of a plurality of advertisements posted on the Internet web page provided by the lottery payer, each of the posted advertising lottery payment, characterized in that a unique reserve amount is set in advance Way. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The earning condition is a lottery payment method characterized in that it comprises the process of the user using the chat room provided by the lottery payer with the advertisement for a predetermined time or more. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The earning condition is a lottery payment method comprising the process of solving the quiz by the user in the quiz room provided by the lottery payer with the advertisement. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The accumulation condition is based on the number of times a user opens a plurality of advertisements posted, the time when the user opened the advertisement is a condition that corresponds to a predetermined number of times based on a certain time point Payment method. A lottery payment device for executing the lottery payment method according to any one of claims 1 to 10.