KR20010055001A - Sale method of lotto mobile communication terminal unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A lottery-type mobile communication terminal and selling method thereof is provided to offer a luck and an interest of a lottery prize to a service user by selling a mobile communication terminal as a lottery ticket of a special event and servicing a lottery prize through a wireless communication when being won in a lottery according to the event result. CONSTITUTION: A selling server(100) has a register terminal(110), an input terminal(120), a winning cost paying terminal(130), and a database(140). The selling server(100) is connected with a communication network(200). The communication network(200) includes a PSTN, a pager enterprise network, a portable phone enterprise network, a PCS phone enterprise network, an IMT-2000 enterprise network, and a satellite mobile communication enterprise network. The communication network(200) transmits an intrinsic code and a message to a mobile communication terminal(400) through a base station(300). The selling server(100) registers an intrinsic code and a lottery code of the mobile communication terminal(400) manufactured and sold through the register terminal(110), and stores a lottery data in the database(140). The database(140) stores a share item list and a lottery data according to a prize sequence.

Description

Sale method of lottery-type mobile communication terminal and lottery mobile communication terminal {SALE METHOD OF LOTTO MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL UNIT}

The present invention relates to a method of selling a lottery-type mobile communication terminal and a lottery mobile communication terminal. In particular, a mobile communication terminal such as a pager or a mobile phone is sold like a lottery for a specific event, and the service user can receive a lottery ticket wirelessly. The present invention relates to a method of selling a lottery-type mobile communication terminal and a lottery mobile communication terminal capable of providing good luck and interest in winning a lottery, and increasing the sales and service users of the mobile communication terminal along with the promotion of the event.

Recently, pagers or pagers, cellular phones, PCS phones, digital or analog mobile phones, IMT-2000 phones, satellite mobile communication terminals, and the like have been widely used.

Mobile communication service providers have a high initial investment cost, such as switching equipment and base station equipment, it is very important to secure a certain number of service users. Therefore, service providers have a problem in that overall profitability is lowered due to excessive marketing costs and excessive rate cuts due to excessive competition among companies through continuous promotion through general media such as newspapers, TVs and magazines in order to increase market share. have.

In addition, the rapid development of information and communication technology, commercialization of a higher-quality communication services are followed, the market share of the existing telecommunications operators are more shrinking. In severe cases, new telecommunications services have become commercially available, resulting in businesses being abandoned without having to recover significant initial capital investment. For example, the market for the pager business is shrinking due to the commercialization of the digital mobile phone and PCS phone businesses following the initial communication service businesses such as pagers, analog mobile phones and city phones, and the business of city phones and analog mobile phones has been completely discontinued.

Therefore, in order to cope with such a business environment and a technology competition environment, there is an urgent need for a continuous reduction in communication service fees, development of new services, and new marketing strategies.

An object of the present invention is to sell a mobile communication terminal as a lottery for a specific event in order to solve the problems of the prior art, usually used as a mobile communication terminal and win the lottery through the wireless when winning according to the result of the event Service method for lottery-type mobile communication terminals that can provide service users with good luck and interest in winning lottery tickets, promote sales of mobile communication terminals, and increase the number of service users. To provide.

1 is a view showing a sales system of a lottery-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

2 is a configuration of the database of Figure 1;

3 is an external perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a lottery mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is a circuit block diagram of the lottery mobile communication terminal of FIG.

5 is a view showing a preferred embodiment of the winning indicator according to the present invention.

6 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the lottery mobile communication terminal of FIG.

7 is a circuit block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a lottery mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a view showing a display state of winning content in the display unit of FIG. 7; FIG.

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100: sales server

200: communication network

300: base station

400; Lottery mobile communication terminal

In order to achieve the above object of the present invention, the lottery mobile communication terminal of the present invention receives a high frequency signal and detects a signal, a decoding unit for decoding the detected signal and outputting data, and a call sound or vibration during a call. An alarm unit for generating a key, a key input unit for generating a key input signal, a display unit for displaying received data, a storage unit for storing a unique code and a lottery code, a winning operation unit for operating a winning indicator in response to a lottery winning signal; In the standby mode, time data is displayed, and in the call mode, the unique code of the received data and the unique code stored in the memory are checked and matched to control the alarm unit to generate an alarm, and in response to the key input unit. Received data and messages are displayed on the display unit.In the lottery mode, the received lottery codes and stored lottery codes It is characterized in that it comprises a control unit for generating a lottery winning signal to check whether the match and match to control the winning operation unit to operate the winning indicator.

Here, the lottery mobile communication terminal includes a pager or pager, analog and digital mobile phones, PCS phones, IMT-2000 phones, satellite phones such as iridium phones, and the like.

Here, it is preferable that a unique code and a lottery code for confirming the winning are printed on the winning indicator in the form of a barcode. The winning indicator is preferably displayed as a winning symbol of a specific event, such as a flag of the world cup winning country or a symbol of a pro baseball Korean series winning team.

In addition, the winning indicator may be displayed programmatically on the display unit. Especially. In a mobile phone, a PCS phone, an IMT-2000 phone, etc. having a graphic liquid crystal panel, it is preferable to display the winning indicator directly on the liquid crystal panel without separately configuring it.

According to the method of the present invention, a lottery code and a unique code of M * N lottery mobile terminals produced and sold by allocating N (N is a natural number) unique codes for every M (M is a natural number) lottery codes in a sales server. Registering with the base, and referring to the database, N sales codes corresponding to one lottery code won according to the result of the lottery event are read from the sales server, and each unique code and the winning information are used as call signals. And transmitting wirelessly, and receiving a call signal from the lottery mobile terminal, detecting a unique code thereof, and performing a winning operation if the registered lottery code matches the received lottery code, and at the sales server. The lottery code and the unique code are read from the winning indication submitted from the winning lottery mobile terminal, and the read lottery code and the unique code are referred to the database. Compared, and if the registered lottery code and specific code is characterized in that it comprises the step of paying the prize corresponding.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described in detail the present invention through an embodiment of the present invention.

1 shows a sales system of a lottery-type mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the sales server 100 includes a registration terminal 110, an input terminal 120, a payout terminal 130, and a database 140. Sales server 100 is connected to network 200. The communication network 200 includes a PSTN, a pager network, a mobile phone network, a PCS phone network, an IMT-2000 network, and a satellite mobile network. The communication network 200 wirelessly transmits a unique code and a message to the mobile communication terminal 400 through the base station 300.

The sales server 100 registers the unique code and the lottery code of the lottery mobile communication terminal 400 produced and sold through the registration terminal 110 and stores the lottery data in the database 140 as shown in FIG. 2. .

As shown in FIG. 2, the database 140 stores a dividend history table and lottery data according to the winning order. Dividend histories such as Ace's "A" First Prize, King's "K" Second Prize, Queen's "Q" Third Prize, and Jack's "J" Lucky Prize. The lottery data consists of a plurality of unique codes (IDij) 20 belonging to the plurality of lottery codes (LOTTO) codes (LT1 ~ LTm) 20 and the winning priority information (30). In the payout payment terminal, the corresponding dividend is distributed to each winner by referring to the dividend detail table by the winning ranking information 30 including the barcode printed on the winning indicator.

For example, if there are 32 qualifiers in the 2002 World Cup, 32 lottery codes are formed by assigning lottery codes for each country. When a cap code of 100 pagers, that is, a unique code is registered for each lottery code, a total of 3,200 lottery mobile communication terminals are generated. Thus, the odds of winning the lottery will be 1/32. In other words, if the Republic of Korea is the final winner of the 32 countries, the 100 lottery mobile communication terminals with the South Korean flag will win. If there is a winning ranking, the odds of winning the first prize will be 1/3200. The winnings will be allocated based on the winning ranking information for the 100 unique codes won.

3 is an external perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a lottery mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. The lottery mobile communication terminal 400 applied to the pager has a winning indicator 404 built into the case 402. The liquid crystal panel 406 displays time in the standby mode. 408 is a keypad. The cover 410 is formed on the upper portion of the case 402 and is normally kept in the locked state. When the winning signal is received, the locking state of the cover 410 is released, and the built-in winning indicator 404 comes out to generate a fanfare melody.

4 is a circuit block diagram of the lottery mobile communication terminal of FIG. An embodiment of the lottery mobile communication terminal is applied to a wireless pager, and includes a receiver 412, a decoder 414, a frequency synthesizer 416, a key input unit 418, a storage unit 420, a display unit 422, The alarm unit 424 includes a winning operation unit 426 and a control unit 428.

The receiver 412 receives a high frequency signal and receives a signal of a channel set in response to the frequency signal provided by the frequency synthesizer 416.

The decoding unit 414 converts the received signal into a digital signal, decodes it, and outputs received data.

The control unit 428 receives the received data and temporarily stores the received data in the buffer area of the storage unit 420 and controls the overall operation of the pager.

The key input unit 418 includes a mode selection key for selecting an operation mode and a setting key for setting the selected operation mode, and generates a key signal input by the user and provides the same to the controller 428.

The storage unit 420 includes a ROM, a RAM, a FLASH memory, and the like, and stores a program or received data for controlling the overall operation of the pager. In particular, the storage unit 420 stores the lottery code, the unique code of the pager, and the winning ranking information in a nonvolatile memory such as a ROM or a FLASH memory.

The display unit 422 displays the received data as numbers or letters through the liquid crystal panel.

The alarm unit 424 is composed of a call sound generator and a vibration motor, and generates an alarm with a call sound or vibration according to the set alarm mode when the pager is called. At the time of winning the call, a fanfare melody is generated to celebrate the winning through the ring tone generator.

The winning operation unit 426 is composed of a solenoid, an actuator or a small motor, and releases the locking state of the cover in response to the lottery winning signal and performs an operation of sending the built-in winning indicator out of the case.

Figure 5 shows a preferred embodiment of the winning indicator according to the present invention. In the case of the 2002 World Cup event, the winning indicator 404 is printed on the front surface 404a, and the event name and barcode are printed on the front surface 404b. The barcode includes the lottery code, the unique code and the winning ranking information.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the lottery mobile communication terminal of FIG. 4.

The lottery pager checks whether a call signal has been received through the receiver 412 and the decoder 414 in the standby mode (500), and if there is no call signal, performs the clock display mode (502). When the call signal is received in step 500, the control unit 428 stores the received data in the buffer area, checks whether the unique code is its own code among the received data (506), or performs step 500.

If it is its own code in step 506, the received data stored in the temporary buffer area of the storage unit 420 is stored formally in the received data area of the storage unit (504). Subsequently, the controller 428 checks whether there is a lottery code in the stored data to determine whether the winning mode is 510. If not in the winning mode is recognized as the normal mode and performs the call mode (512). The controller 428 performs the alarm operation according to the set operation mode. That is, the call tone is generated in the call tone generation mode, and the vibration is generated in the vibrating mode, thereby alerting that there is a call (514). Subsequently, the call number, that is, the caller's telephone number, among the received data is displayed on the display unit 422 in letters and numbers (516).

In the case of the winning mode in step 510, the winning mode is performed (518). That is, the fanfare melody, which is a winning congratulatory melody, is output through the call tone generator (520), and the display unit 420 receives a congratulatory message, for example, "Congratulations on winning the 2002 Korea-Japan Cup Winners Event." Display 522. Subsequently, the lottery winning signal is output to the winning operation unit 426 to release the locking state of the cover, and the winning indicator 404 is sent out of the case (524).

Therefore, when the user separates the winning indicator 404 from the terminal 400 and submits it to the payout terminal 130, the payout terminal 130 reads the barcode printed on the winning indicator through a barcode reader and then sells it. The server 100 is inquired. The sales server 100 checks the winning order of the winners by referring to the database 140 by the inquired barcode information and provides the corresponding dividend information to the payout paying terminal. In this regard, the payout terminal 130 pays the corresponding dividend according to the confirmed dividend information.

In the winning state, the lottery mobile communication terminal is used in the same manner as a normal mobile communication terminal.

7 is a circuit block diagram of another preferred embodiment of a lottery mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. Another embodiment has no winning operation unit 426 compared to the above-described embodiment, the content of the display of the winning indicator on the liquid crystal panel 406 is different and the rest of the configuration is the same. That is, since the winning operation unit 426 of one embodiment adds a winning indicator mechanically to an existing pager, there is an advantage in terms of causing interest, but the cost increases.

Therefore, as shown in Fig. 8, the winning indicator, that is, each flag display, which is a symbol of the event, is set in advance in the liquid crystal panel 406 as the display data. Then, the bar code on the liquid crystal display panel.

Therefore, the payout terminal 130 can check the winning ranking information by reading the bar code displayed on the liquid crystal panel of the pager. In another embodiment, since the display data of the liquid crystal panel is newly set and displayed without adding a mechanical configuration, software can be added, so that the lottery function can be added without increasing the cost of the pager.

In the embodiment of the present invention, only the pager is mentioned, but the mobile phone, PCS phone. It would be easy for a person skilled in the art to add the same functions of the present invention to an IMT-2000 phone, a satellite mobile communication terminal, and the like.

In the present invention, the 2002 World Cup championship event was described as an example, but not only the sports-related championship events such as the winner of the basketball team, the winner of the professional baseball Korean series, the winner of the LPGA, the new record recorder, but also the commemorative event of a specific date, for example 200 January 1, Millennium celebrations, celebrations, etc. are also available.

As described above, in the present invention, by using the mobile communication terminal as a lottery ticket, the lottery winning can be notified wirelessly. In addition, the terminal manufacturer can significantly increase the sales of the terminal with new marketing, and the service user can be lucky to win. In addition, the service provider can increase the number of users with new additional services, and can keep the service usage rate low due to the promotion of the event and the increase of income.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be variously modified and changed within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below I can understand that you can.

Claims (10)

Receiver for detecting a signal by receiving a high frequency signal; A decoding unit for decoding the detected signal and outputting received data; When calling the alarm unit to generate a ring tone or vibration; A key input unit for generating a key input signal; A display unit for displaying the received data; A storage unit for storing the unique code and the lottery code; A winning operation unit operating a winning mark in response to the lottery winning signal; In the standby mode, time data is displayed, and in the call mode, the unique code among the received data and the unique code stored in the storage unit are checked and matched to control the alarm unit to generate an alarm, and in response to the key input unit. A control unit which displays the received data and message on the display unit, and checks whether the received lottery code matches the stored lottery code and generates the lottery winning signal when the match is matched to control the winning operation unit to operate the winning indicator. Lottery mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it includes. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal lottery A lottery mobile communication terminal, characterized in that any one of a satellite mobile communication terminal, such as a pager, cellular phone, PCS phone, analog or digital mobile phone, IMT-2000 phone, iridium phone. The method of claim 1, wherein the win indicator The lottery mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the unique code and the lottery code for confirming the winning is printed in a bar code form. The method of claim 3, wherein the win indicator The lottery mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the symbol of a specific event, such as the national flag of the world cup winner or symbol of the professional baseball Korean series winner. In the sales server, the lottery codes and unique codes of M * N lottery mobile communication terminals produced and sold by allocating N (N is a natural number) unique codes for every M (N is a natural number) lottery codes are registered in the database. step; At the sales server, reading N unique codes corresponding to one lottery code that is won according to the result of the lottery event with reference to the database, and wirelessly transmitting each unique code and the winning information as a call signal; In the lottery mobile communication terminal, receiving a call signal and detecting a unique code thereof, and if the lottery code registered in advance matches the received lottery code, performing a winning operation; And The sales server reads the lottery code and the unique code from the winning indication submitted from the winning lottery mobile communication terminal, compares the read lottery code and the unique code with reference to the database, and registers the lottery code and the unique code. Method of selling a lottery-type mobile communication terminal comprising the step of paying a corresponding prize money. The method of claim 5, wherein the winning mark is printed on the front of the event winning emblem and the back of the lottery code and the unique code in the form of a bar code. 7. The method of selling a lottery mobile communication terminal according to claim 6, wherein the lottery code and the unique code are read from the winning display. Receiver for detecting a signal by receiving a high frequency signal; A decoding unit for decoding the detected signal and outputting received data; When calling the alarm unit to generate a ring tone or vibration; A key input unit for generating a key input signal; A display unit for displaying the received data and a vote; A storage unit for storing the unique code and the lottery code; In the standby mode, time data is displayed, and in the call mode, the unique code among the received data and the unique code stored in the storage unit are checked and matched to control the alarm unit to generate an alarm, and in response to the key input unit. And a control unit for displaying the received data and messages on the display unit, and in the lottery mode, checking whether the received lottery code matches the stored lottery code. . The method of claim 8, wherein the control unit The lottery mobile communication terminal, characterized in that when the lottery wins control the alarm to generate a fanfare melody. The lottery mobile communication terminal according to claim 8, wherein the winning display displayed on the display unit is in the form of a barcode including a unique code and a lottery code.