KR20010103691A - Method and system for operating on-line lottery game via network - Google Patents

Abstract

An online lottery game method and system using a communication network are published. The online lottery game method of the present invention comprises the steps of providing a slip of an online lottery to a user; Storing the input lottery number and the online lottery number as one lottery information in a database; Recording the lottery information on an invariant storage medium; Determining the winning number to check whether the online lottery has been won; And determining the check result when the lottery information stored in the database matches the lottery information recorded in the invariant storage medium. The system for performing the online lottery game method using the communication network of the present invention described above comprises: data storage means for storing the lottery number and the issued number of the online lottery as one lottery information; An immutable storage medium in which lottery information is recorded; And a game server which determines a winning number and checks whether the online lottery wins, but only checks the result of the check when the lottery information stored in the database and the lottery information recorded in the invariant storage medium match. Accordingly, according to the method and system of the present invention, it is possible to improve the reliability of the online lottery game.

Description

Online lottery game method and system using communication network {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING ON-LINE LOTTERY GAME VIA NETWORK}

The present invention relates to an online lottery game method and system using a data communication network such as the Internet.

In general, Lottery is issued, sold and drawn for public utilities by a government-authorized, trusted public agency. The user who purchases such a lottery ticket, if the lottery number printed on the lottery and the winning number determined by the public lottery after a predetermined period of time match, a predetermined prize or prize from the institution that issued the lottery. You will be paid. At this time, since the value of the prize or the product paid by the user may be significantly higher than the purchase price of the lottery, the buyer has a great desire to purchase the lottery, but since the stores selling the lottery are distributed locally, the buyer may purchase the lottery. It is very cumbersome to visit a retailer in person and buy a lottery ticket.

Accordingly, recently, sites providing online lottery games using a data communication network such as the Internet have been increasing rapidly. Such online lottery game sites issue lottery tickets for free or free of charge to induce users to access them, thereby promoting advertising effects.

The conventional system for providing an online lottery game allows a user who purchases a lottery ticket to designate a lottery number and inputs the lottery number. After the online lottery reception time is closed, the conventional online lottery game system checks whether the randomly determined winning number matches the lottery number stored in the database, and determines whether to win the lottery purchased by the user according to the confirmation result. do.

However, according to the prior art online lottery game system and method as described above, since the lottery numbers are stored only in the database, there is a possibility that the lottery numbers stored in the database are manipulated by the system operator after the reception time is closed. Such operability of the lottery ticket number can be changed to the lottery ticket won by the operation even if the lottery ticket is actually dropped, thereby significantly lowering the reliability of the online lottery game.

An object of the present invention is to provide an online lottery game method and system using a communication network that can effectively solve the problems of the prior art as described above.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an online lottery game system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the data storage means shown in FIG.

3A to 3H are diagrams showing data and formats stored by the game server of FIG. 1 in respective databases shown in FIG.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a user participates in an online lottery game using a communication network according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an online lottery provided to a user to input a lottery number in the flowchart of FIG. 4.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining a winning lottery ticket in an online lottery game using a communication network according to the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of playing an online lottery game in the system of FIG. 1.

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10: user computer 20: terminal process

30: dispatcher 40: game server

50: data storage means 60: immutable storage medium

One aspect of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem relates to an online lottery game method using a communication network. Online lottery game method according to an aspect of the present invention comprises the steps of providing a slip of the online lottery for inputting a lottery number to a user connecting through a communication network; Storing the lottery number input by the user and the issue number of the online lottery in a database as one lottery information; Recording the lottery information stored in the database on an invariant storage medium; Determining a winning number; Checking whether the online lottery is won by comparing the lottery number stored in the database with the winning number; And when the online lottery is won, check whether the lottery information stored in the database matches the lottery information recorded in the invariant storage medium, so that the lottery information stored in the database matches the lottery information recorded in the invariant storage medium. Only in case of confirming the inspection result.

Another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem relates to an online lottery game system using a communication network. According to another aspect of the present invention, an online lottery game system includes: data storage means for storing a lottery number input by a user on a slip of an online lottery and an issue number of the online lottery as one lottery information; An invariant storage medium in which lottery information stored in the data storage means is recorded, and the change of the recorded information is impossible; And storing the lottery number input by the user connecting through the communication network and the issue number of the online lottery as one lottery information in the data storage means, recording the lottery information stored in the data storage means in the invariant storage medium. Determine the winning number and check the winning of the online lottery by comparing the lottery number stored in the data storage means, and check whether the lottery information stored in the database matches the lottery information recorded in the constant storage medium. And a game server for confirming the check result only when the lottery information stored in the database and the lottery information recorded in the constant storage medium coincide.

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention described above will be more clearly understood through the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. 1 to 7 will be described in detail with respect to the online lottery game method and system using a communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing an online lottery game system using a communication network according to the present invention. 1, an online lottery game system according to the present invention includes a plurality of user computers 10, a terminal process 20, a dispatcher 30, a game server 40, data storage means 50 and And a constant storage medium 60.

The user computer 10 is a terminal that communicates with the terminal process 20 via the first interface 1, and provides the game server 40 with personal information such as name, social security number, e-mail address, and the like. It is a terminal of a user registered as a member by being assigned a member ID and password from the server 40. The user computer 10 may display various screens provided from the game server 40 through an output device such as a CRT (Cathod Ray Tube) 12. In this case, the user may input a predetermined lottery number into the game server 40 using an input device such as a keyboard (not shown), a mouse 14, or the like connected to the computer 10. The user computer 10 may be implemented as a personal computer, a mainframe computer, a network computer, a portable computer, or the like. In addition, the user computer 10 can access the terminal process 20 through a telecommunication network or other isolated access.

The terminal process 20 communicates with the dispatcher 30 via the second interface 2 and instructs the user to register, advertise, issue an online lottery from the game server 40 through the dispatcher 30. Receive and perform, and transmits the user's personal information, lottery number, etc. input from the user computer 10 to the game server 40. This terminal process 20 serves as a lottery retailer in the real world. That is, the terminal process 20 provides the online lottery page to the user computer 10 connected thereto.

Meanwhile, the terminal process 20 may be configured to communicate contents, that is, text representing text, photograph, graphic video, moving pictures, or audio, for communication on a network. Other stable network devices that can provide Moreover, the terminal process 20 can access the game server 40 through a telecommunication network or other isolated access.

The dispatcher 30 communicates with the game server 40 via a plurality of third interfaces 3, and transmits a command or instruction provided from the game server 40 to the terminal process 20, and the terminal. The user's personal information and lottery number input through the process 20 is transmitted to the game server 40. In the present embodiment, the game server 40 and the dispatcher 30 are implemented to be interfaced by a plurality of third interfaces 3, so that communication between the game server 40 and the dispatcher 30 is interrupted due to an interface failure. This is to prevent.

The game server 40 is linked with the data storage means 50 through the link 4, and instructs the terminal process 20 through the dispatcher 30, member registration, advertisement exposure, issuance of online lottery, etc. After receiving the information input from the computer 10 of the user registered as a member, a lottery number, and proceeds with the online lottery game of the present invention.

The game server 40 is provided with personal information such as name, social security number, e-mail address, etc. from the user requesting membership registration, and assigns the user ID and password to the user, thereby registering the user as a member. Let's do it.

At this time, the game server 40 stores the personal information of the user registered as a member in the data storage means (50). The game server 40 provides an advertisement stored in the data storage means 50 to the computer 10 of the user registered as a member. When the user clicks on the advertisement, the game server 40 stores the exposure time of the advertisement. In the means 50. Here, the advertisement exposure time is used as evidence indicating that the user saw the advertisement.

In addition, the game server 40 issues an online lottery to the user computer 10 when a user registered as a member accesses the online lottery page of the terminal process 20. In this case, the game server 40 receives the lottery number that the user selects and inputs from the slip of the online lottery, and stores the received lottery number as one lottery information together with the issue number of the online lottery. ). At the same time, the game server 40 copies or records the lottery information stored in the data storage means 50 to the invariant storage medium 60. In the present embodiment, the constant storage medium 60 is capable of recording information and reading recorded information, but not changing the information once recorded (CD-ROM), DVD-ROM (DVD-ROM). And so on.

Then, when the reception deadline time passes, the game server 40 uses the lottery number input by the user who accesses the terminal process 20 to participate in the online lottery game as the lottery number received in the next online lottery game. It is stored in the data storage means (50).

On the other hand, after the deadline has passed, the game server 40 determines the winning number based on the stock index of the predetermined country and stores it in the data storage means 50. In this case, the stock index of the predetermined country, which is the basis of the winning number, is used when the stock is closed after the reception of the lottery number. For example, if the online lottery is closed 24 hours a day on March 24, 2001, the winning number will be one of the Korean Composite Stock Price Index, KOSDAQ Index and KOSPI 200 Index dated March 26, 2001. It can be determined using the two digits of. Here, the stock index may be directly input by the operator of the system to the game server 40 or automatically input to the game server 40 through an external terminal.

Using the determined winning number, the game server 40 checks whether there is a lottery number matching the winning number among the lottery numbers stored in the data storage means 50, and the lottery number corresponding to the winning number exists. In the case, the winning details are stored in the data storage means 50. At this time, the game server 40 checks whether the lottery information stored in the data storage means 50 and the lottery information recorded in the constant storage medium 60 match, and stores the lottery information stored in the data storage means 50 and the invariant. Only when the lottery information recorded on the medium 60 matches, the result of the winning is confirmed, and the user is notified of the winning result. Such a game server 40 may be said to perform the same role as the institution managing the lottery in the real world.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the data storage means shown in FIG. As shown in Fig. 2, the data storage means 50 includes a user information database 50a, a cyber money database 50b, a lottery information database 50c, a winning information database 50d, an advertisement viewing record database 50e. ), The prize money structure database 50f, the game description database 50g, the operator usage history database 50h, and the like, may be distributed and managed. The data storage means 50 distributed and managed in this manner can quickly process information and messages provided or requested from the game server 40.

3A to 3H are diagrams showing data and formats stored by the game server of FIG. 1 in respective databases shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3A, the user information database 50a stores personal information of a user such as a member I.D., a password, a name, a social security number, an e-mail address, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 3B, the cyber money database 50b includes a user ID, a transaction type, a transaction number, a transaction history, a transaction time, an amount spent, a deposit amount, a current balance, and the like, in which a user purchases a lottery for a fee. If the lottery ticket or the lottery ticket is purchased by the user and the winning money is deposited, the change history of the user's cyber money is stored.

Referring to FIG. 3C, the lottery information database 50c includes information on each online lottery of a user who participated in a lottery game, such as a member ID, a game's turn number, an issue number, a lottery number, a lottery number reception time, ranking, and a winnings. Save it.

Referring to FIG. 3D, the winning information database 50d includes a game number, a winning amount according to each ranking, a winning number of each ranking, and a member I.D. Store information about the winning online lottery.

Referring to FIG. 3E, the advertisement viewing record database 50e stores information related to advertisements exposed through the CRT 12 of the user computer 10, such as game number, advertisement number, advertisement exposure time, and the like. .

Referring to FIG. 3F, the prize structure database 50f stores information on the prize structure of the online lottery, such as the game's turn number, ranking, and prize money according to each ranking.

Referring to Figure 3g, the game description database (50g) is the number of the number to be selected to enter the game's round number, lottery number, the stock index index to determine the winning number, the game start date, the closing date (ie game end date) ), The expiration date of payment, etc., the information that the user needs to know in order to participate in the online lottery game. In the present embodiment, up to six numbers to be selected for inputting the lottery number may be selected, but in another embodiment of the present invention, six numbers may be exceeded.

Referring to Fig. 3h, the operator history database 50h shows the game's turn number, operation time, operation I.D. It stores the information that the operator connected to the data storage means 50, such as.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a user participating in an online lottery game using a communication network according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an online lottery provided to a user to input a lottery number in the flowchart of FIG. 4. . 1 to 5, when the user accesses the homepage of the game server 40 to participate in the online lottery game (S110), the game server 40 is connected to the user I.D. And a login screen configured to enter a password. At this time, the user is a member I.D. And log in by entering a password (S120), the game server 40 checks whether the connected user is a registered member (S130).

In the checking step (S130), if it is confirmed that the user is not a registered member, the game server 40 provides a screen for membership to the user computer 10 to provide a name, resident registration number, e-mail address from the user. Enter the member ID and password you want. At this time, the game server 40 assigns the member I.D and password to the user, the user's personal information, member I.D. And storing the password in the user information database 50a to register the user as a member (S135). Then, the game server 40 provides the user with a login screen again. On the other hand, if the user does not have an e-mail address, the game server 40 may connect the user computer 10 with a site that can revise the e-mail for free.

In step S130, when it is determined that the user is a registered member, the game server 40 provides an online lottery page to the user computer 10 (S140). Referring to FIG. 5, the online lottery page includes a slip plate 501 formed to select a number to be designated as a lottery number, a lottery number plate 503 in which a number selected on the slip plate 501 is written, and a lottery number entered. Completion button 505 is provided.

Then, the game server 40 receives a lottery number consisting of a plurality of numbers input by the user (S150), and searches the advertisement viewing record database 50e to determine whether the user saw the designated advertisement (S160). ).

In the determination step (S160), if it is determined that the user has seen the specified advertisement, the game server 40, the member ID of the user, the number of the game, the issue number of the online lottery, the lottery number, the time to receive the lottery number Is stored in the lottery information database 50c as one lottery information (S170). At this time, the game server 40 records the lottery information stored in the lottery information database 50c in the invariant storage medium 60 (S180), and allows the user to exit the online lottery page (S190).

If it is determined in step S160 that the user does not see the designated advertisement, the game server 40 performs the step S190 of allowing the user to exit the online lottery page.

On the other hand, after receiving the lottery number as described above by the reception deadline, referring to Figure 6, the game server 40 blocks the reception of the lottery number (S210). At this time, the lottery number received after the deadline may be stored as the lottery number received in the next round. Then, the game server 40 checks the input stock index (S220), determines the winning number and stores the winning number determined in the winning information database 50d (S230). In this embodiment, the winning number depends on the ranking of the online lottery, and the winning user receives the winnings discriminated according to the ranking.

Then, the game server 40 searches the lottery information database 50c (S240), and checks whether there is a lottery number matching the winning number (S250).

In the checking step (S250), if it is confirmed that there is a lottery number that matches the winning number, the game server 40 records the information related to the winning lottery number in the winning information database (50d) (S260) ). Subsequently, the game server 40 checks whether the lottery information stored in the lottery information database 50c and the lottery information stored in the constant storage medium 60 match (S270). In the investigation step (S270), if the lottery information stored in the lottery information database 50c and the lottery information stored in the constant storage medium 60 match, the game server 40 determines the winning result to win the user In operation S280, the winning information, that is, ranking and winnings, is stored in the lottery information database 50c. On the other hand, in the check step (S270), if the lottery information stored in the lottery information database 50c and the lottery information stored in the constant storage medium 60 does not match, the game server 40 invalidates the winning result The result of the winnings recorded in the winning information database 50d is deleted (S275).

In the checking step (S250), if there is no lottery number matching the winning number, the game server 40 processes all lottery numbers received during the online lottery acceptance period as a successful drop (S255).

As described above, according to the online lottery game method and system of the present invention, since the winning number is stored in the immutable storage medium 60 which cannot change the recorded information to check whether the lottery number is changed, the reliability of the online lottery game. Can greatly improve.

7 is a diagram illustrating a procedure of playing an online lottery game in the system of FIG. 1. 1 and 7, when a user registered as a member accesses the game server 40 using the computer 10, the game server 40 provides ① online lottery page to the user computer 10. do.

Then, when the user receives ② the lottery number entered using the slippage of the online lottery page, the game server 40 receives the user's member ID, the game's turn number, the online lottery's issuing number, the lottery number, Lottery number reception time, etc. are stored in the data storage means 50 as one ③ lottery information. At the same time, the game server 40 also records the 3 lottery information stored in the data storage means 50 in the invariant storage medium 60.

After receiving the lottery number as described above by the reception deadline, the game server 40 blocks the reception of the lottery number, determines the winning number based on the stock index, and stores the determined ④ winning number as data storage means (50). ). Then, the game server 40 searches the data storage means 50 and checks whether there is a lottery number matching the winning number. As a result of the inspection, if it is confirmed that a lottery number corresponding to the winning number exists, the game server 40 records information related to the winning lottery number, that is, the winning result ⑤ in the data storage means 50.

Subsequently, the game server 40 reads the lottery information stored in the data storage means 50 and the ⑥ lottery information stored in the constant storage medium 60, respectively, and checks whether they match. At this time, if the lottery information read out from the data storage means 50 and the lottery information read out from the invariant storage medium 60 coincide, the game server 40 confirms the winning result and notifies the user of the winning prize. On the other hand, if the lottery information read out from the data storage means 50 and the lottery information read out from the invariant storage medium 60 do not match, the game server 40 invalidates the winning result and stores the data storage means 50. The results of the winnings will be deleted.

In addition, the above-described embodiments of the present invention may be written as a program that can be executed in a computer. And, using a medium used in a computer, it can be implemented in a general-purpose digital computer for operating the program. The medium may be a magnetic recording medium (for example, a ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, etc.), an optical reading medium (for example, a CD-ROM, a DVD, etc.) and a carrier wave (for example, Recording media such as, for example, transmission via the Internet.

The embodiment of the recording medium relates to a recording medium recording an online lottery game method using a communication network, A) module for providing a slip of the online lottery for inputting a lottery number to a user connected through the communication network; A B) module for storing the lottery number input by the user and the issue number of the online lottery in a database as one lottery information; A C) module for recording the lottery information stored in the database on an invariant storage medium; D) module for determining the winning number; An E) module for checking whether the online lottery wins by comparing the lottery number stored in the database with the winning number; And when the online lottery is won, check whether the lottery information stored in the database matches the lottery information recorded in the invariant storage medium, so that the lottery information stored in the database matches the lottery information recorded in the invariant storage medium. Only if it includes the program code comprising the module F) for confirming the test result.

Functional modules for implementing the present invention as described above can be easily implemented by programmers with average knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. . For example, the above-described embodiment checks whether the user viewed the advertisement using the information stored in the advertisement viewing record database 50e. However, in another embodiment of the present invention, the user must click the advertisement on the online lottery page. Game server 40 may be implemented to accept the lottery number of the user. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the appended claims technical spirit.

According to the online lottery game method and system using the communication network of the present invention as described above, it is possible to improve the reliability of the online lottery game by recording the received lottery numbers on an invariant storage medium to check whether the lottery numbers have been changed.

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In the online lottery game method using a communication network, A) step of providing an online lottery slip for inputting a lottery number to a user connecting through the communication network; B) storing the lottery number input by the user and the issue number of the online lottery in a database as one lottery information; C) recording lottery information stored in the database on an invariant storage medium; Determining a winning number; Step E) comparing the lottery number stored in the database with the winning number and checking whether the online lottery wins; And When the online lottery wins, if the lottery information stored in the database matches the lottery information recorded in the unchanged storage medium, and the lottery information stored in the database matches the lottery information recorded in the unchanged storage medium. F) confirming the inspection result only Online lottery game method using a communication network comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the winning number is The online lottery game method using a communication network, characterized in that determined after the reception of the lottery number closed based on the stock index of the predetermined stock market. The method of claim 2, wherein the winning number is The online lottery game method using a communication network, characterized in that determined based on at least one of the composite stock index, KOSDAQ index and KOSPI 200 index of the Republic of Korea. The method of claim 1, wherein the constant storage medium is Online lottery game method using a communication network, characterized in that the ROM (ROM: Read Only Memory). In the online lottery game system using a communication network, Data storage means for storing the lottery number input by the user on the slip of the online lottery and the issue number of the online lottery as one lottery information; An invariant storage medium in which lottery information stored in the data storage means is recorded, and the change of the recorded information is impossible; And The lottery number entered by the user connecting through the communication network and the issue number of the online lottery are recorded in the data storage means and the unchanged storage medium as one lottery information, and the winning number is determined and the lottery stored in the data storage means It is checked whether or not the online lottery is won by comparing with the number, and whether the lottery information stored in the database and the lottery information recorded in the invariant storage medium are matched, and the lottery information stored in the database and recorded in the invariant storage medium. Game server which confirms the check result only if the lottery information matches Online lottery game system using a communication network comprising a. In the recording medium recording the online lottery program using a communication network, A) module for providing a slip of the online lottery for inputting a lottery number to a user connecting through the communication network; A B) module for storing the lottery number input by the user and the issue number of the online lottery in a database as one lottery information; A C) module for recording the lottery information stored in the database on an invariant storage medium; D) module for determining the winning number; An E) module for checking whether the online lottery wins by comparing the lottery number stored in the database with the winning number; And When the online lottery wins, if the lottery information stored in the database matches the lottery information recorded in the unchanged storage medium, and the lottery information stored in the database matches the lottery information recorded in the unchanged storage medium. F) module to confirm the inspection result only Recording medium recording an online lottery game program using a communication network as a program code executable on a computer comprising a.