WO2003065700A1

WO2003065700A1 - Communication lottery apparatus, telephone lottery apparatus, and lottery system

Info

Publication number: WO2003065700A1
Application number: PCT/JP2002/004763
Authority: WO
Inventors: Katsumi Niwa
Original assignee: Exit Inc.
Priority date: 2002-01-30
Filing date: 2002-05-16
Publication date: 2003-08-07
Also published as: JP2003298777A

Abstract

A communication lottery apparatus is disclosed to effectively promote use of communication. A telephone lottery apparatus is communicably connected to an exchange which receives a call signal from a telephone apparatus when dialed and establishes a communication between the telephone apparatus and a telephone apparatus of the telephone number indicated by the call signal, and to a charge management apparatus for calculating a telephone fee to be collected according to the information from the exchange and managing the fee for each of the telephone numbers. When a communication between telephone apparatuses is established by the exchange, the telephone lottery apparatus detects a telephone number of the call origin of the call signal from the exchange (S100) and decides whether the telephone number is matched with a preset winning number (S110). If it is decided that they are matched (S110: YES), a certain award is given to the owner of the telephone apparatus of the call origin by transmitting to the charge management apparatus a signal instructing to subtract a certain amount of money from the telephone fee of the telephone number (S120).

Description

Technical Description Communication bet device, telephone bet device and bet system

The present invention relates to a technology for promoting the use of communication. Background art

Conventionally, various types of communication devices have been used, and telecommunications carriers who collect communication fees from telecommunication users are making efforts to use telecommunications as much as possible.

For example, in the case of telephones as general communication devices, there are multiple telephone operators competing in the telephone industry, and each telephone operator competes for telephone charges to encourage the use of telephones. You have set.

However, simply setting a low telephone charge was not enough to allow the telephone user to quickly become accustomed to the charge, and to actively use the telephone on a regular basis. Disclosure of the invention

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and has as its object to effectively promote the use of communication.

The communication lottery device according to claim 1, which is made to achieve the above object, includes a relay unit that performs processing for relaying communication from a caller's communication device to a communication destination desired by the caller. It is used for communication systems that use

Then, in the communication lottery device according to claim 1, the determination means is a relay means. Information to identify the caller from the network, determines whether all or part of the obtained information matches the preset winning information, and determines by the determination means that they match. If a prize is given, the prize providing means performs a process for providing a prize to the sender.

That is, in the communication lottery device of claim 1, when communication is performed via the relay means, all or a part of the information for identifying the caller is lottered as lottery information. In the event that the winner is the same, a prize is awarded to the sender.

According to such a communication lottery device of claim 1, a chance to be given a prize is given by performing normal communication, so that the owner of the communication device is willing to perform communication. And effectively promote the use of telecommunications.

Next, the communication lottery device according to claim 2 has the same configuration as that of the device according to claim 1 described above, but the determination means does not acquire information for identifying the caller, but transmits the information. The difference is that information for identifying the communication destination desired by the user is obtained. Therefore, the use of communication can be effectively promoted also by the communication lottery device of claim 2, similarly to the device of claim 1. In particular, in the communication lottery device of claim 2, since all or a part of the information for identifying the communication destination is treated as the lottery information, the possibility of winning as soon as communication with a large number of communication destinations is made. This increases the feeling of trying to communicate more.

Next, the communication lottery device according to claim 3 is used for the same communication system as in claims 1 and 2 above. In this apparatus, the determining means acquires information for identifying each of the caller and the communication destination from the relay means, and assembles all or a part of the information. W

It is determined whether or not the combined information and the preset winning information match, and if it is determined by the determination means that the information matches, the prize providing means performs a process for providing a prize to the sender. I do.

According to the communication lottery device of claim 3 as well, the use of communication can be effectively promoted similarly to the device of claim 12 above. Further, as in the case of the device of the second aspect, the greater the number of communication destinations, the higher the possibility of winning, so that the desire to perform more communication can be further enhanced. In particular, in the communication lottery device of claim 3, if both the information for identifying the caller and the information for identifying each of the communication destinations do not satisfy the winning conditions, the communication is successful even if the communication is performed with any number of communication destinations. Because if you do a lot of communication, you will be able to prevent a successful election.

By the way, in the communication lottery device according to claims 1 to 3 described above, a process is performed to award a prize by the prize awarding means. Examples of the award to be awarded include a prize money and a prize. Can be It is conceivable that such prizes and prizes are awarded by mail.In particular, when a prize is awarded, it is preferable that the prize and the prize be configured as in claim 4. In the device, the prize awarding means, as a process for awarding a prize, sends a message to a charge management means for monitoring a communication state via a relay means of a communication device and managing a communication fee to be collected. A process of subtracting a predetermined amount as a prize from a corresponding communication fee is performed. In this way, the prize can be easily awarded without the need to mail the prize. Next, in the communication lottery device according to claim 5, when the access unit is accessed from the communication device, the acquisition unit acquires information for identifying the caller, and the sales unit is acquired by the acquisition unit. Information and at least The process of selling lots of partially matching information to the sender is performed. According to such a communication lottery device of claim 5, since the owner of the communication device can easily purchase lottery simply by performing communication, it is possible to effectively promote the use of communication. it can. In addition, since this communication lottery is configured to sell lots of information that at least partially matches information for identifying a caller, it can be used for sales of existing lotteries. It can also be used to sell lottery dedicated to this communication lottery device. In particular, since the information on the lottery purchased through the communication and the information for identifying the caller who is the purchaser at least partially correspond to the information on the lottery, the However, when the winning information is announced, if the information for identifying the person is winning information or information that is likely to be won, it will make people feel that it is better to buy it by communication Therefore, the effect of promoting the purchase of the lottery using the communication is high, and further, as in the communication lottery device according to claim 6, the determination means determines whether the lottery sold by the sales means is used. It is determined whether or not a winner has been won, and if the determination means determines that the lottery has been won. If the notification means notifies the winner to the effect that the winner has been won, the winning is achieved. I can give a strong feeling that It can encourage you to buy more tickets.

Next, the telephone lottery device according to claim 7 receives a signal transmitted from the telephone by a dial operation, and determines a telephone source of the signal and a telephone number indicated by the signal. It is used in a telephone system equipped with telephone relay means for performing processing for establishing communication with a destination telephone corresponding to the above.

Then, in the telephone lottery device according to claim 7, the detecting means is a telephone relay. The telephone number of the caller telephone with which communication has been established by the means is detected from the telephone relay means. The setting means sets a winning number (for example, sets the winning number to a different value periodically (daily, weekly, etc.)). Then, the judging means judges whether or not all or a part of the telephone number detected by the detecting means matches the winning number set by the setting means, and judges by the judging means that they match. If a prize is given, the prize providing means performs a process for providing a prize to the owner of the calling telephone.

In other words, in the telephone lottery device of claim 7, when a call is made between telephones, the telephone call is made to the owner of the calling telephone (that is, the person who made the call). All or part of the telephone number of the side is to be drawn as a lottery, and if a lottery is won, the owner is awarded a prize.

According to such a telephone lottery device of claim 7, since a chance to receive a prize by making a telephone call for making a normal call is provided, the telephone owner can proceed to the telephone owner. Call, and as a result, can effectively promote telephone use.

Next, the telephone lottery device according to claim 8 has the same configuration as that of the device according to claim 7, except that the detecting means does not detect the telephone number of the telephone of the caller, but rather detects the telephone number of the callee. The difference is that the telephone number of the telephone is detected. Therefore, the use of the telephone can be effectively promoted also by the telephone lottery device of the eighth aspect, similarly to the device of the seventh aspect. In particular, in the telephone lottery device of claim 8, since all or a part of the telephone number of the called party is treated as a lottery number, it is possible to win as many calls as possible. sex Is higher, which can make you want to make more calls.

Next, the telephone lottery device according to the ninth aspect is used for the same telephone system as the seventh and eighth aspects. In this apparatus, the detecting means detects, from the telephone relay means, the telephone numbers of the source telephone and the destination telephone with which communication has been established by the telephone relay means. The setting means sets a winning number. Then, the judging means judges whether or not the number obtained by combining all or a part of each telephone number detected by the detecting means matches the winning number set by the setting means, If it is determined by the determining means that the two match, the prize providing means performs a process for providing a prize to the owner of the transmitting telephone.

According to the telephone lottery device of the ninth aspect, the use of the telephone can be effectively promoted similarly to the device of the 78th aspect. Further, as in the case of the device according to the eighth aspect, since the possibility of winning is increased as the number of telephone calls is increased, the desire to make more telephone calls can be further increased. In particular, in the telephone lottery device of claim 9, if the telephone numbers of both the calling telephone and the receiving telephone do not meet the winning conditions, no matter how many telephones are called, the telephone is not won. The more calls you have, the better you can win when you win.

By the way, in the telephone lottery device according to claims 7 to 9, processing for providing a prize by the prize providing means is performed. Examples of the prize to be provided include a prize money and a prize. . Such prizes and prizes may be provided by mail.However, particularly when a prize is provided, it may be configured as in claim 10. W 03

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That is, in the telephone lottery device according to claim 10, the prize awarding means, as a process for awarding a prize, monitors a call state between telephones and manages a telephone charge to be collected. In such a case, a process of subtracting a predetermined amount as a prize from a telephone charge corresponding to the telephone of the caller is performed. In this way, the prize can be easily awarded without the need to mail the prize. Further, as described in claim 11, if the predetermined amount as the prize is set in accordance with the amount of the telephone charge corresponding to the telephone of the caller, the use of the telephone can be more effectively performed. It can be promoted. That is, for example, if a certain percentage of the telephone charge is subtracted as a predetermined amount, the telephone charge is higher, and the higher the predetermined amount as a prize, the more the telephone is used. It is because it can be made.

Next, the telephone lottery device according to claim 12 is used in a telephone system having a telephone charge management means for monitoring a telephone call state between telephones and managing telephone charges to be collected for each telephone number. Things.

In the telephone lottery device according to claim 12, the detecting means receives the incoming call from the telephone and detects the telephone number of the telephone, and the selling means is connected to the telephone charge managing means and the detecting means. A process of adding a predetermined amount as a lottery price to a telephone charge corresponding to the detected telephone number and selling a lottery whose number at least partially matches the telephone number detected by the detecting means is performed. .

According to such a telephone lottery device of claim 12, since the telephone owner can easily purchase lottery simply by making a telephone call, the use of telephones can be effectively promoted. Can be. Also, lottery With this configuration, the charge can be easily added to the telephone charge. Furthermore, since the present telephone lottery is configured to sell lotteries whose numbers at least partially match the telephone numbers (for example, the same last digit as the telephone number is the same), the existing lottery equipment is sold. It can be used to sell lotteries (for example, lottery tickets, Nampers, etc.), and can also be used to sell lotteries dedicated to this telephone lottery device. In particular, the winning number was announced even for those who did not purchase the lot, as the number of the lot purchased by phone and the phone number at least partially matched. At that time, if the person's telephone number is a winning number or a number that is likely to win, you can make it feel that you should have bought it by telephone, so you want to use the telephone The effect of promoting purchase of the same is high. In addition, there is also a fun way to compare the announced winning number with a known phone number, which can make it easier for people to get interested in lottery.

Further, as in the telephone lottery device according to claim 13, the judging means judges whether or not the lottery sold by the selling means has been won, and the lottery has been won by the judging means. If it is determined that the winning means has been called by calling the telephone number of the winner, it is possible to give a strong feeling of the winning, and to purchase further lottery. Can be encouraged.

Next, in the lottery system according to claim 14, the communication relay means performs processing for relaying the communication from the communication device of the caller to the communication destination desired by the caller. Then, when the information providing means is a communication destination desired by the caller, the information providing means provides the caller with advertising information. In addition, the communication fee management means is provided with a communication relay means of the communication device. In addition to managing the communication charges to be collected by monitoring the communication status via the Internet, the communication charges for communication with the information providing means as the communication destination are managed as the communication charges to be collected from the side that provides the information for transmission. I do. Then, the prize awarding means performs a lottery of a winner to whom the prize should be awarded to the sender to whom the advertising information is provided, and provides the prize to the winner determined by the lottery. Perform processing.

In other words, in the lottery system of claim 14, a lottery is performed for the sender who receives the information for promotion, and when the lottery is won, a prize is given to the sender. In addition, the communication fee at that time is borne by the side that provides the information for advertising.

According to the lottery system of claim 14, it is possible to make the owner of the communication device perform the communication for receiving the information for promotion, and as a result, the use of the communication can be effectively performed. Can be promoted. In other words, from the standpoint of the owner of the communication device, the opportunity to receive a prize is given by receiving the information for promotion, and the communication fee at that time is sent to the communication partner. It is more burdensome. On the other hand, from the viewpoint of providing the advertising information, a large number of senders are required to provide the advertising information, so that a high advertising effect can be obtained. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telephone system according to the first embodiment.

Figure 2 is a flowchart of the winning confirmation process.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telephone system according to the second embodiment. Fig. 4 is a flowchart of the lottery process, and Fig. 5 is a flowchart of the lottery process.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication system according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication system according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication system according to the fifth embodiment.

Figure 9 is a flowchart of the web page transmission process. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, a telephone system including a telephone lottery device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telephone system according to the first embodiment.

In this telephone system, a lottery for giving a certain amount of prize money is conducted for those who make a call from the telephone to any other party. And a charge management device (equivalent to telephone charge management means) 20 communicably connected to the exchange 10 and a telephone lottery device 30 communicably connected to the exchange 10 and the charge management device 20 And

The exchange 10 can communicate with a large number of telephones (for example, mobile phones and general telephones) using the exchange 10 by wireless communication or wired communication. When the exchange 10 receives a call signal transmitted from the telephone by a dial operation, the exchange 10 and the telephone number 2 of the origin of the call signal and the telephone number indicated by the call signal A well-known process for establishing communication with the called telephone 4 corresponding to the call destination is performed.

Further, the charge management device 20 monitors the communication status between the telephones based on the information from the exchange 10 and calculates a telephone charge to be collected based on the communication status and manages it for each telephone number.

On the other hand, the telephone lottery device 30 includes a communication unit 32 for communicating with the exchange 10 and the fee management device 20, and a storage unit 34 for storing an arbitrary telephone number as a winning number in a rewritable storage medium. And a control unit 36 for controlling the communication unit 32 and the storage unit 34.

The control unit 36 has a clock function, and randomly changes the value of the winning number stored in the storage unit 34 at midnight every day.

Next, the winning confirmation process performed by the control unit 36 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The true selection confirmation process is started when the exchange 10 detects that communication between telephones has been established.

When the winning confirmation processing is started, first, in S100, the telephone number of the telephone 2 of the caller with which communication has been established by the exchange 10 is detected from the exchange 10.

Next, in S110, it is determined whether or not the telephone number detected in S100 matches the winning number stored in the storage unit 34. That is, it is determined whether or not the owner of the telephone 2 of the caller has won the lottery.

If it is determined in S110 that the telephone number and the winning number do not match, the true selection confirmation processing is terminated.

On the other hand, at S110, it is determined that the telephone number and the winning number match. In this case, the process proceeds to S120, and a certain amount of prize is awarded to the owner of the telephone 2 of the caller, so that the telephone charge corresponding to the telephone number detected in S100 (ie, A signal for instructing a deduction of a certain amount from the telephone charge to be collected from the owner of the telephone 2 of the caller is transmitted to the charge management device 20 via the communication unit 32.

Next, in S130, the value of the winning number stored in the storage unit 34 is deleted, and then the true selection confirmation processing ends.

Next, the operation of the telephone system will be described.

When the owner of the telephone 2 of the caller dials the telephone number of the telephone 4 to be called (in this example, “090-XXXX-5678”), the exchange 10 calls the telephone number of the caller. Communication between the telephone 2 and the destination telephone 4 is established, and a call can be made. Then, the telephone lottery device 30 detects the telephone number of the telephone 2 of the caller (in this example, "090-XXXX-1234") from the exchange 10 (S100), and It is determined whether the telephone number matches the winning number of the day (S110). According to this determination, it is determined that they do not match (S110: NO), which is no different from a normal call, but if they match (S110: YES), the source The owner of the telephone 2 wins the lottery, and the prize is paid to the winner by the charge management device 20 according to a command from the telephone lottery device 30 (S120). In addition, the winning number is invalidated by the telephone lottery device 30, and subsequent winning is prevented (S130).

In the first embodiment, the communication unit 32 and the processing of S100 in FIG. 2 correspond to the detecting unit of claim 7, and the storage unit 34 performed by the control unit 36. Change the winning number value stored in The processing of S110 corresponds to the determining means of claim 7, and the communication unit 32 and the processing of S120 correspond to the awarding of claim 7. Corresponds to the means.

According to the telephone system of the first embodiment, the telephone owner can be effectively promoted by giving the telephone owner an expectation that if a telephone call is made, a prize may be won. In addition, since the prize is paid by subtracting it from the telephone charge, the prize can be easily given.

In the telephone system of the first embodiment, the control unit 36 of the telephone lottery device 30 detects the telephone number of the telephone 2 of the caller from the exchange 10 in the processing of S100 in FIG. By determining whether or not the telephone number of the telephone 2 of the caller and the winning number match by the determination processing of S110, it is determined whether the owner of the telephone 2 of the caller has won the lottery. Although the determination is made as to whether or not it is, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the following (A l) and (A 2) may be used.

(A1): The processing of S100 detects the telephone number of the destination telephone 4 from the exchange 10 and determines whether the telephone number of the destination telephone 4 matches the winning number. It is determined by the determination processing of S110 whether or not the owner of the telephone 2 of the caller has won the lottery. Then, by making such a change, a telephone lottery device 30 to which claim 8 is applied is obtained, and the processing of S100 in this case and the communication unit 32 are used as the detection means of claim 8. The processing of S110 in this case corresponds to the determination means of claim 8. Further, the processing of S 120 in this case and the communication unit 32 correspond to the award providing means of claim 8.

(A2): In the processing of S100, the telephone numbers of the calling telephone 2 and the receiving telephone 4 are detected from the exchange 10 and detected. The numbers obtained by combining each of the phone numbers obtained in accordance with the predetermined rules (for example, numbers arranged in the order of “source phone number” and “destination phone number”) and the winning number (in this case, any two (A combination of different phone numbers) is determined by the determination process of S110 to determine whether or not the owner of the telephone 2 originating the call has won the lottery. judge. Then, with such a change, a telephone lottery device 30 to which claim 9 is applied is obtained, and the processing of S100 in this case and the communication unit 32 are used as the detecting means of claim 9. In this case, the processing of S110 corresponds to the determination means of claim 9. In this case, the processing of S 120 and the communication unit 32 correspond to the prize-giving means of claim 9.

If the judgment is made as (A 1) or (A 2) above, the more likely it is to make a call to a number of destinations, the higher the possibility of winning will be. Can be.

Furthermore, in the determination processing of S110, the determination is not limited to using all of the telephone numbers detected in S100, but may be performed using a part of the telephone numbers. .

For example, the phone number of the calling phone 2 (or the called phone 4) matches the last digit of the phone number “4” (or “8”) with the winning number (in this case, the one-digit number) In such a case, the winning number may be determined. In addition, the number “48”, which is a combination of the last one digit of the telephone numbers of the calling phone 2 and the called phone 4, and the winning number ( In the case of, the two-digit number) may be determined to have been won if and. In this way, the probability of winning is increased, and higher expectations can be given to winning, which is effective in promoting telephone use. And especially in the latter case (ie, In the case of combining the phone numbers of the calling phone 2 and the called phone 4), even if the probability of winning is set high, it is important to call a large number of parties to ensure that the winning will be achieved. Can be prevented.

On the other hand, in the telephone system of the first embodiment, the winner can know that the lottery has been won by the bill for the telephone fee, but the notification may be made by another method. For example, the following methods (B1) to (B3) can be mentioned.

(B1): A method of sending a winning message during a call when the winning is decided.

(B2): A method of calling the winner after finishing the call when the winner is decided, and sending a message to the effect that the winner has been won.

(B3): In the case of a telephone with an indicator, a method of displaying a winning message on the indicator of the winner's telephone.

In this way, by notifying the winner immediately of the winning, the feeling of the winning can be given more strongly, and further telephone use can be encouraged.

On the other hand, in the telephone system of the first embodiment, the control unit 36 of the telephone lottery device 30 corresponds to the telephone number of the telephone 2 of the caller in the processing of S120 in FIG. By transmitting a signal to instruct a certain amount of subtraction from the telephone charge to the charge management device 20 via the communication unit 32, a certain amount of prize money will be given to the winners of the lottery. However, the prize amount is not limited to a fixed amount. For example, the winners may be offered a discount service for telephone charges (for example, a 30% discount for one month's call charges). Specifically, in the processing of S120, a certain percentage discount from telephone charges W

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A signal for instructing the management is sent to the fee management device 20 via the communication unit 32. In this way, the higher the call charge, the more profits are obtained, and the more effective the use of telephone calls can be. Then, the processing of S 120 in this case and the communication unit 32 correspond to the prize providing means of the claim 11.

Here, for the call charges to be discounted, for example, the call charges for the telephone use after winning may be discounted, or the call charges for the telephone use before winning may be discounted. In the case of the former, when a lottery is won, the use of the telephone can be promoted by notifying the winner immediately. On the other hand, in the latter case, promotion of telephone use should be promoted in that all telephone users can always have the expectation that prior call charges will be discounted if they win. Can be.

Furthermore, the prize to be awarded to the winner is not limited to the prize money, for example, the prize may be mailed, and a point is added every time the winner is won, and the number of points is determined. (Eg, prize money, prizes, etc.) may be awarded. In the case of the point system, if there is a certain number of points, the psychology to increase it will work, which is highly effective in promoting the use of telephone. In particular, it is more effective if the validity period of the points is set.

In addition, the degree of prize awarded to the winner (eg, prize amount, discount rate of call fee, value of prize, etc.) may be changed according to the call time and call distance at the time of winning. Good. For example, the longer the talk time when a winner is decided, the more the award will be given If you do, you can encourage them to talk longer.

On the other hand, in the telephone system according to the first embodiment, the value of the winning number is erased when a winner is picked up. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the winning number may be changed. It may be. In this way, it is possible to prevent the winning probability from fluctuating depending on the time period of the call, so that the use of the telephone can be encouraged regardless of the time period.

On the other hand, in the telephone system of the first embodiment, the winning number is changed every day. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be, for example, every week. In addition, the winning number may be changed every time a winner comes out without providing such a period in particular. Next, the telephone system according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5. I do.

First, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the telephone system according to the second embodiment.

This telephone system sells telephone-only lotteries that give a fixed amount of prize money to those who call a lottery-only phone number from a telephone. And a telephone lottery device 40. The charge management device 20 has the same function as that of the first embodiment. Although not shown, the public line 6 includes the exchange 10 described in the first embodiment.

The telephone lottery device 40 controls a communication unit 42 for performing external communication, a storage unit 44 that is a rewritable storage medium, and the communication unit 42 and the storage unit 44 described above. And a control unit 46 for performing the operation. The communication unit 42 is connected to the public line 6 and has a telephone number, and has a function of communicating with the external telephone 8 via the public line 6 (that is, a function as a general telephone). ing. Further, the communication unit 42 also has a function of transmitting a signal to the fee management device 20 via communication means other than the public line 6 (for example, the Internet).

Next, the lottery sales process performed by the control unit 46 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The lottery sales process is started when a call from the external telephone 8 is detected via the communication unit 42.

When the lottery sales process is started, first, in S200, the telephone number of the telephone 8 of the caller is detected.

Next, in S210, the last four digits of the telephone number detected in S200 are used as a lottery number to be sold to the owner of the calling telephone 8 (hereinafter referred to as a "lottery number"). Then, it is stored in the storage unit 44 in association with the telephone number of the telephone 8 of the caller.

Then, in S 220, in order to collect a lottery fee from the owner of the telephone 8 of the caller, the telephone charge corresponding to the telephone number detected in S 200 (that is, A signal is sent to the charge management device 20 via the communication unit 42 to instruct a process of adding a lottery charge to the telephone charge to be collected from the owner of the telephone 8).

Next, in S230, a message to the effect that the lottery has been purchased is sent to the transmitting telephone 8 to notify the owner, and the lottery sales process is terminated.

Next, the lottery process performed by the control unit 46 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This lottery process is based on a predetermined date and time. (Eg, every Saturday at noon).

When the lottery process is started, first, in S300, a four-digit random number is generated, and this number is determined as a winning number.

Next, in S310, it is determined whether or not a lot number corresponding to the winning number determined in S300 is stored in the storage unit 44. That is, it is determined whether or not a winner exists among the lottery purchasers.

If it is determined in S310 that the lot number corresponding to the winning number is not stored in the storage unit 44, the process proceeds to S340 and the lot number is stored in the storage unit 44. Delete all phone numbers and lot numbers and end the lottery process.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S310 that the lot number corresponding to the winning number is stored in the storage unit 44, the process proceeds to S320, and a certain amount of prize money is given to the winner. For the telephone number stored in the storage unit 44 in association with the winning lot number, the telephone charge corresponding to the telephone number (that is, from the winner who is the owner of the telephone of the telephone number) A signal to instruct a subtraction process of a fixed amount from the telephone charge to be collected) is transmitted to the charge management device 20 via the communication unit 42.

Then, in S330, a call is made to the telephone number stored corresponding to the winning lot number, and a message to the effect that the winning has been made is sent to the winner.

Next, in S340, all the telephone numbers and lot numbers stored in the storage unit 44 are deleted, and the lottery process ends.

Next, the operation of the telephone system will be described.

A person who wants to purchase lottery by phone calls When a call is made to the telephone number (ie, the telephone number of the telephone lottery device 40), the telephone number of the originating telephone 8 (in this example, “090 — XXXX— 1 2 3 4 ”) is detected (S 2 0 0), and the last four digits of the telephone number“ 1 2 3 4 ”are stored together with the telephone number as purchased (S 2 1 1). 0). At that time, in accordance with a command from the telephone lottery device 40, the fee management device 20 makes a payment for the lottery (S2200). Then, a message to the effect that the lottery has been purchased is sent to the purchaser (S230). These lotteries will be sold until the date of the winning announcement.

Thereafter, when the date and time of the winning announcement of the lottery arrive, the winning number is determined by the telephone lottery device 40 (S300). Then, it is determined whether or not a winner exists among the buyers (S310), and if it is determined that a winner exists (S310: YES), the telephone lottery is performed. According to the instruction from the device 40, the fee management device 20 processes the payment of the prize to the winner (S320), and furthermore, the telephone lottery device 40 calls the winner. You will be called and a message will be sent to the effect that you have been won (S330). In addition, the telephone lottery device 40 deletes all stored phone numbers and lottery numbers (S340), and sales of lotteries for the next winning announcement are started. Is done.

In the second embodiment, the communication unit 42 and the processing of S 200 in FIG. 4 correspond to the detecting means of claim 12, and the communication unit 42 and S 210, S 210 The processing of 220 corresponds to the sales method of claim 12. Further, the processing of S310 in FIG. 5 corresponds to the determination means of claim 13, and the communication unit 42 and the processing of S330 correspond to the notification means of claim 13. ing.

According to the telephone system of the second embodiment, the telephone Since it is easy to buy lottery, the use of telephone can be effectively promoted. In addition, since the lottery price and prize money are settled together with the telephone charge, it is easy to collect the lottery price and to give the prize money. Furthermore, by immediately notifying the winner that the lottery has been won, it is possible to give a strong feeling of winning.

In particular, in this telephone system, part of the phone number is a lottery number, so even if someone other than the lottery purchaser can confirm the winning number, the lottery was not purchased If the last four digits of the person's telephone number are the same as the announced winning number, it can be said that they should have bought it. In addition, there is pleasure to confirm that the announced winning number is the same as the last four digits of the phone number of an acquaintance, which makes it easier to increase interest in lottery. In this way, by promoting the purchase of lottery, telephone use can be promoted.

In addition, this telephone system can benefit not only the telecommunications operators from promoting the use of telephones, but also from the merchants from promoting the purchase of lotteries. In other words, in the past, lottery purchasers had to go to the designated lottery counter and buy lottery, and it was troublesome, so they purchased lottery despite intention to buy lottery There was a problem that many people did not. On the other hand, this telephone system does not have such a problem because it is easy to purchase lottery just by making a call.

In the telephone system of the second embodiment, the last four digits of the telephone number are used as the lot number, but the present invention is not limited to this. A similar effect can be obtained if a part or all of the 'is a lot number.

In addition, the lot number to be sold is not limited to a number corresponding to part or all of the telephone number, and may be a number including part or all of the telephone number. For example, the following (C 1), (C 2) can be used.

(C1): Detect part or all of the telephone number of the telephone 8 of the caller, and set any number including that number as the lot number. As a specific example, if the telephone number is “09 0-XXXX-1 2 3 4”, the lower 2 digits “3 4” will be detected and any number with that number as the lower 2 digits will be detected. The number (for example, “4656734”, “26634”, etc.) is the lottery number.

(C2): A part or all of the telephone number of the telephone 8 of the caller is detected, a number separately input from the telephone 8 of the caller is detected, and a number obtained by combining these is determined as a lot number. For example, when a lottery device 40 receives a call, it requests the originating telephone 8 to input an arbitrary four-digit number. Then, enter the number "9887634", which is a combination of the number "9876" entered by the owner of the telephone 8 of the caller and the last two digits "34" of the telephone number in order. The same number.

In this way, a single person can purchase lots of lots of lottery numbers, so that the number of telephone calls can be increased. In particular, the method described in (C1) above makes it easy to apply to the sale of lotteries in which lot numbers to be sold are determined in advance (that is, a scheme in which only one lot number can be purchased). can do. On the other hand, if the above (C 2) is used, the buyer This method can be easily applied to the sale of lotteries in which a lottery number is determined and purchased (that is, one lot number can be purchased multiple times).

Further, in the telephone system of the second embodiment, if there is no lot number that matches the determined winning number, no winner is determined. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a lottery may be selected from among the lot numbers stored in the storage unit 44.

On the other hand, in the telephone system of the second embodiment, a certain amount of prize is given to the winner, but the prize may be determined in any other way. For example, the prize amount may be changed according to the total amount of the lottery purchase or the number of winners. In addition, as described in the first embodiment, if a winner is provided with a discount service for calling charges, the use of telephone can be more effectively promoted. Further, the prize to be awarded to the winner is not limited to the prize money, and may be, for example, a prize, or a prize according to the number of points may be provided in a point system.

On the other hand, in the telephone system of the second embodiment, the exclusive lottery sold by telephone has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the existing lottery ( For example, it can be applied to sales of lottery tickets and numbers. In the following, a description will be given of points different from the above-described configuration when the telephone system of the second embodiment is applied to sales of existing lotteries. In addition, here, an example of sales of existing lottery tickets in which lottery tickets and lot numbers correspond one-to-one will be described. is there.

First, in the lottery sales processing described in FIG. 4, the content of the processing in S210 is different. That is, if you sell an existing lottery, In the processing of S210, of the lottery numbers currently on sale, the numbers including the part of the telephone number detected in S200 (for example, the last 4 digits) The lottery number is arbitrarily selected, and the lottery number is stored in the storage unit 44 as a lottery number to be sold to the owner of the originating telephone 8 in association with the telephone number of the originating telephone 8. Let it. In other words, when selling an existing lottery, select a lottery number that partially matches the phone number of the calling phone 8 from numbers that have not yet been purchased by other buyers. It is supposed to. The number of purchases may be indicated by an input operation from the telephone of the purchaser.

Next, in the lottery process described with reference to FIG. 5, the processes of S300 and S320 become unnecessary. Here, the processing of S300 is unnecessary because the winning number of the existing lottery is determined by a predetermined lottery method and is not set by the lottery device. is there. Therefore, the lottery process in this case is started by inputting the data of the winning number from outside. In the process of S310, it is determined whether or not a lot number matching the winning number input from the outside is stored in the storage unit 44. On the other hand, the processing of S320 is unnecessary because the winnings of existing lotteries are generally high and are not suitable for subtraction from telephone charges. Therefore, if the winning amount is low, the processing of S320 may be performed. The winner can go to a lottery store or a bank, etc., and receive the prize money by proving their identity.

Next, a communication system according to a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the communication system shown in FIG. 6, a user who accesses an arbitrary site 66 on the Internet 62 via an Internet service provider (hereinafter, simply referred to as a “provider”) 50 is provided. The lottery to give a fixed amount of prize money is conducted. The communication system consists of a server (corresponding to a relay means) 52 and a fee management device (communicationally connected to the server 52). This is equivalent to a charge management means) 54 and a communication sewing machine 56 communicably connected to the server 52 and the charge management device 54 as constituent elements. These components 52, 54, and 56 are all property of the provider 50.

When the server 52 receives a connection request transmitted from the personal computer 64 of the provider 50, the server 52 allocates a temporary IP address (Internet Protocol address) to the personal computer 64. At the same time, a known process for connecting the personal computer 64 to the Internet 62 is performed.

The charge management device 54 monitors the communication usage status of the subscriber based on the information from the server 52, calculates the communication fee to be collected based on the communication usage status, and manages the communication fee for each subscriber.

Next, processing performed by the communication lottery device 56 will be described.

(1-1): The communication lottery device 56 stores an arbitrary IP address as a winning number (winning information), and changes the content of the winning number randomly every day.

(1-2): The communication lottery device 56 transmits information transmitted from the personal computer 64 to the site 66 via the server 52 (hereinafter referred to as “transmission information”). 5 Take from 2. This call information includes the source IP address (in this case, the current The assigned IP address) and the IP address of the communication destination (in this case, the IP address of the site 66 of the communication destination) are included. From this, the sender IP address is obtained as information for identifying the sender (in this case, the owner of the sender PC 64).

(113) Further, the communication lottery device 56 determines whether or not the acquired sender's IP address matches the winning number of the day.

(1-4): If it is determined that the IP address of the caller and the winning number match, it is assumed that the caller has won the lottery and a certain amount of prize money is given to the winner. Then, a signal is transmitted to the charge management device 54 to instruct a certain amount of subtraction processing from the communication charge corresponding to the person to whom the source IP address is currently assigned. In addition, the current winning number will be deleted or changed to prevent duplicate winning.

Note that, in the third embodiment, the processing of (1-1 2) and (1-3) corresponds to the determination means of claim 1, and the processing of (114) corresponds to the prize providing means. are doing.

According to such a communication system of the third embodiment, by giving the owner of the personal computer 64 a sense of expectation that a prize may be won, the Internet 62 via the provider 50 can be connected. Use can be effectively promoted. Also, since the prize is paid by subtracting it from the communication fee, the prize can be easily given.

In the communication system of the third embodiment, the communication lottery device 56 obtains the IP address of the transmission source from transmission information transmitted to the site 66 of the communication destination by the personal computer 64 of the transmission source. And this source By determining whether or not the IP address and the winning number match, it is determined whether or not the caller has won the lottery. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The following (D1) and (D2) may be used.

(D 1): The communication lottery device 56 acquires the IP address of the communication destination from the transmission information as information for identifying the communication destination, and obtains the IP address of the communication destination, the winning number, and By determining whether or not the caller wins, it is determined whether or not the caller has been won. Then, by making such a change, a communication lottery device 56 to which claim 2 is applied is obtained, and in this case, a process of determining whether or not a winning has been achieved while obtaining an IP address of a communication destination. Corresponds to the determination means of claim 2. In this case as well, the processing of the above (1-4) is performed, but this processing corresponds to the prize awarding means of claim 2.

(D 2): The communication lottery device 56 acquires the source and destination IP addresses from the transmission information, and combines the IP addresses according to a predetermined rule (for example, A number arranged in the order of “source IP address”, “destination IP address” and a winning number (in this case, a combination of any two types of IP addresses) By determining whether or not matches, it is determined whether or not the caller has won. Then, by making such a change, a communication lottery device 56 to which claim 3 is applied is obtained. In this case, it is determined whether the source and destination IP addresses have been obtained and whether or not the player has been selected. The determining process corresponds to the determining means of claim 3. Also in this case, the process of (1-4) above is performed. However, this process corresponds to the prize providing means of claim 3. I do.

And if it is determined as (D 1) or (D 2) above, The more likely you are to win the site 66, the more likely you will be to win, so that you can more effectively promote the use of the Internet 62. Further, the determination is not limited to using the entire IP address, but may be performed using a part of the IP address (for example, an 8-bit number). This is effective in promoting the use of the Internet 62 in that the probability of winning is increased and greater expectations can be given to winning. In particular, in the case of the above (D 2), even if the probability of winning is set high, it is possible to prevent a successful winning by accessing a large number of sites 66.

Further, in the communication system according to the third embodiment, the determination of the winning is performed using the IP address of the source and the destination, but the present invention is not limited to this. Any information that can be identified (for example, unique information or the like previously assigned to the personal computer 64) can be used.

Further, in the communication system according to the third embodiment, the winner can know that the lottery has been won by a bill for the communication fee. However, the notification is made by another method (for example, e-mail or the like). You may do it.

On the other hand, in the communication system of the third embodiment, a fixed amount of prize is given to the winner, but the amount of the prize may be determined in any other manner (for example, a fixed percentage of the communication fee, etc.). . In addition, the prize to be awarded to the winner is not limited to the prize money, and may be, for example, a prize, or may be a point system and a prize according to the number of points may be provided.

Furthermore, in the communication system of the third embodiment, the communication device is However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a communication device (for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), which can access a site 66 on the Internet 62, Mobile phone, etc.).

On the other hand, in the communication system of the third embodiment described above, lottery was performed for persons who accessed an arbitrary site 66 on the Internet 62 via the provider 50. For example, a lottery may be performed for a person who has sent an e-mail to an arbitrary destination via the provider 50. In this case, for example, by determining whether or not the e-mail address of the caller or the called party matches the winning information (in this case, an arbitrary e-mail address), the caller can determine It is determined whether or not a winner has been won. In this way, the use of e-mail can be effectively promoted.

Next, a communication system according to a fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

In the communication system shown in Fig. 7, a special lottery that gives a certain amount of prize money to those who access the lottery sales site 70 on the Internet 62 is sold. The communication system includes, as constituent elements, a communication lottery device 72 constituting a lottery sales site 70, a server 52 owned by a provider 74, and a charge management device 54. The server 52 and the fee management device 54 have the same functions as those of the third embodiment.

Next, processing performed by the communication lottery device 72 will be described.

(2-1): The communication lottery device 72 is connected to the personal computer 64 that has accessed the lottery sales site 70 for the first time. A unique identification number (for example, a 6-digit number) is assigned to the personal computer 64 from the next access.

(2-2): Also, when the communication lottery device 72 is accessed from a personal computer 64 that has accessed it in the past, the information transmitted from the personal computer 64 is used to determine the communication lottery device 72. Of the sender (in this case, the owner of the sender's PC 64), and further obtains the IP address of the sender (in this case, the sender's IP address). It also obtains the IP address currently assigned to the original PC 64).

(2-3): When the sender performs a purchase operation on the homepage of the lottery sales site 70 to request the purchase of the lottery, the sender (lottery Perform the process of selling lottery. Specifically, first, in order to collect a lottery fee from a lottery purchaser, a charge management device 54 will be charged to the communication fee corresponding to the person to whom the source IP address is currently assigned. A signal is sent to command that the lottery price be added. Then, a part of the unique identification number of the personal computer 64 (for example, the last four digits) is stored in association with the unique identification number as a lottery number to be sold to a lottery purchaser. In this way, the lottery consisting of the last four digits of the unique identification number of the personal computer 64 owned by the lottery purchaser is sold to the lottery purchaser.

(2-4): After that, the communication lottery device 72 generates a 4-digit random number at the date and time of the announcement of the winning lottery, determines the winning number (winning information), and sells the lottery. The announcement will be made on the site 70 website.

(2 — 5): Also, the lot number that matches the winning number is stored. Is determined (ie, whether or not there is a winner).

(2-6): If it is determined that the lottery number that matches the winning number is stored, the sender of the unique identification number stored in association with the lottery number (winner) Perform a process to give a fixed amount of prize money to Specifically, first, the next time the winner accesses the site, the IP address of the sender is obtained. Then, a signal is sent to the charge management device 54 to instruct a certain amount of subtraction processing from the communication charge corresponding to the person to whom the IP address of the transmission source is currently assigned. This will give the winners a certain amount of prize money.

In the fourth embodiment, the process (2-2) corresponds to the acquisition unit of claim 5, the process (2-3) corresponds to the sales unit of claim 5, The processing of (2-5) corresponds to the determination means of claim 6.

According to the communication system of the fourth embodiment, it is possible to easily purchase a lottery simply by accessing the lottery sales site 70, so that the use of the Internet 62 is effective. Can be promoted. In addition, since the amount of the lottery and the prize are settled together with the communication fee, it is easy to collect the lottery and to award the prize.

In particular, in this communication system, since a part of the unique identification number is a lottery number, the unique identification number of the personal computer 64 owned by the person who did not purchase the lottery is the same as the announced winning number. If it is a number, it can make you think that you should have bought the lottery, and can encourage the purchase of lottery.

In the communication system of the fourth embodiment, the winners are The winner can be known from the bill for communication fees or the announcement of the winner on the website, but the process of notifying the winner to the winner (the process equivalent to the notification means in claim 6) should be performed. You can. For example, if the communication lottery device 72 allows the first-time visitor to the lottery sales site 70 to register an e-mail address, the winner can be notified by e-mail of the winning. it can.

In the communication system of the fourth embodiment, a part of the unique identification number is a lot number. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the whole unique identification number may be a lot number. All or part of the number may be part of the lot number.

Further, in the communication system of the fourth embodiment, a fixed amount of prize is awarded to the winner. However, the amount of the prize is determined by other methods (for example, the total purchase price of the lottery and the winner). Etc.). In addition, if the winners are provided with a discount service for communication fees, the use of the Internet 62 can be more effectively promoted. Further, the prize to be awarded to the winner is not limited to the prize money, but may be, for example, a prize, or a prize corresponding to the number of points may be provided in a point system.

On the other hand, in the communication system of the fourth embodiment, the personal computer 64 has been described as an example of the communication device, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to access the lottery sales site 70 on the Internet 62. Any communication device (eg, PDA, mobile phone, etc.) can be used.

On the other hand, in the communication system of the fourth embodiment described above, the exclusive lottery sold using the Internet 62 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is not limited to this. Already It can also be applied to the sale of existing lotteries (for example, lotteries and nampers).

In the communication system of the fourth embodiment, the lottery sales site

70 uses the unique identification number assigned to the communication device to determine the winning, but the present invention is not limited to this. Information that can identify the caller (for example, the IP address of the communication device) Any information can be used as long as it is unique information previously assigned to the communication device, the sender's e-mail address, and the like.

Next, a communication system according to a fifth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

In the communication system shown in FIG. 8, a prize is given to a person who has accessed a specific advertisement site 80 on the Internet 62 operated by a maker (in this embodiment, a manufacturer of bead). The lottery is performed by lottery. The communication system includes an advertisement site 80, a server 82, and a fee management device 84 communicably connected to the server 82. The server 82 and the charge management device 84 are provided by a provider (in this embodiment, a mobile phone service provider).

It is the property of 8-6.

The server 82 performs a known process for relaying communication between the mobile phone 88 owned by the subscriber of the provider 86 and a site on the Internet 62. That is, when an operation for accessing a desired site (here, described as site X) is performed on the mobile phone 88, a signal to that effect is transmitted from the mobile phone 88 to the server 82. The server 82, which has received the request, transmits the request information for requesting the web page data of the site X with the site X as a communication destination. Here, this request information includes the I of the communication destination site X. A P-address and a source IP address are included, and one of a plurality of IP addresses of the server 82 is temporarily assigned to the source IP address. . Then, upon receiving the web page data returned from the site X in response to the request information, the server 82 transmits the data to the mobile phone 88. The mobile phone 88 has a browser function of receiving a web page data and displaying the web page represented by the data on a display (not shown).

The charge management device 84 monitors the communication usage status of the subscriber based on the information from the server 82, calculates the communication fee based on the communication usage status, and manages the communication fee for each subscriber. Specifically, the caller's mobile phone 88 charges a fee corresponding to the amount of data acquired from the site on the Internet 62 as a communication fee to be collected from the caller. Perform billing processing.

In addition, the charge management device 84 determines whether the communication destination of the mobile phone 88 communicating with the server 82 is a specific advertisement site 80 stored in advance. I do. If it is determined that the communication destination of the mobile phone 88 is the advertisement site 80, the communication fee for the communication is charged as the communication fee to be collected from the caller of the mobile phone 88. Instead, the communication fee to be collected from the manufacturer that operates the advertising site 80 is charged. In other words, the communication fee for communications with the advertising site 80 as the destination is borne by the manufacturer that operates the advertising site 80, and from the perspective of the sender, the advertising site 80 The communication fee when communicating with 80 is free.

The advertising site 80 is manufactured and sold by the manufacturer that operates the site 80. It provides a web page (equivalent to advertising information) that displays advertising information for products to be sold.

Here, the web page transmission process performed by the advertisement site 80 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The advertising site 80 stores an arbitrary IP address as a winning number, and randomly changes the content of the winning number every day.

When the web page transmission process is started, first, in S400, it is determined whether or not request information for requesting web page data has been received. This determination process is repeated until it is determined that the request information has been received.

If it is determined in S400 that the request information has been received, the process proceeds to S410, and the source IP address is obtained from the request information.

Subsequently, in S420, it is determined whether or not the IP address of the transmission source acquired in S410 matches the stored winning number. In other words, it is determined whether or not the sender who has requested the web page overnight has won the lottery.

If it is determined in S420 that the IP address of the caller and the winning number do not match, the process proceeds to S430, and the IP address acquired in S410 is transmitted to the communication destination. The requested web page data is transmitted, and the process returns to S100.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S440 that the IP address of the caller and the winning number match, the process proceeds to S440, in which the requested web page data has been won. And data for displaying the winner ID required for redeeming the prize. Then, the flow shifts to S430, and the IP address acquired in S410 is set as a communication destination, and , And return to S100. Here, the winner ID has a role like a voucher for giving a prize to the winner. That is, in the present embodiment, a product (beer) manufactured and sold by a maker of the advertising site 80 is used as a prize when the lottery is won. When a customer gives this winner ID, the customer is determined to be a winner and the prize is handed over.

Next, the operation of the communication system will be described.

When the owner of the mobile phone 88 performs an operation for accessing the advertisement site 80, a signal to that effect is transmitted from the mobile phone 88 to the server 82, and furthermore, the advertisement site is transmitted from the server 82. Request information for requesting a web page is transmitted to the server 80. Then, when this request information is received at the advertising site 80 (S400: YES), the IP address of the transmission source is obtained (S410), and whether or not it matches the winning number is determined. Is determined (S420).

Here, if it does not match the winning number (S420: NO), as a normal process, the requested web page is sent from the advertising site 80 to the mobile phone 8 via the server 82. It is sent to 8 (S430). As a result, the advertising information is displayed on the display of the mobile phone 88.

On the other hand, if the number matches the winning number (S420: YES), the web page data to which the data indicating the lottery and the ID for the winner have been added is sent from the advertising site 80. It is sent to the mobile phone 88 via the server 82 (S440, S430). As a result, the display of the mobile phone 88 displays, along with the advertisement information, the fact that the lottery has been won and the winner ID. Therefore, mobile phones 8 8 The owner (winner) can receive lottery prizes by going to the nearest liquor store and telling the winner's ID.

In the fifth embodiment, the server 82 corresponds to a communication relay unit, and the charge management device 84 corresponds to a communication charge management unit. Also, of the web page transmission processing performed by the advertisement site 80, the processing of S430 corresponds to the information providing means, and the processing of S420 and S440 corresponds to the prize providing means. Is equivalent.

According to such a communication system of the fifth embodiment, the use of the Internet 62 can be effectively promoted. In other words, it is possible to give the owner of the mobile phone 88 the expectation that a prize may be won by accessing the advertising site 80, and it is easy to access because the communication fee at that time is free. This is because they can make you feel reluctant to do so.

Further, in the present communication system, the winners can be exchanged for the prizes by transmitting the winner IDs, so that the prizes can be easily provided.

In addition, from the point of view of the manufacturer that operates the advertising site 80, advertising information is highly effective because it allows many people to browse advertising information.

In the communication system of the fifth embodiment, it is determined whether or not the advertisement site 80 has been won based on whether or not the source IP address and the winning number match. However, it is not limited to this. For example, the determination may be made based on whether or not a part of the sender's IP address matches the winning number (in this case, a part of an arbitrary IP address).

Not only IP addresses, but also information that can identify the caller May be determined. In particular, if this information is information known to the caller (for example, a telephone number, etc.), and if the winning number is to be announced at a later date, the owner of the mobile phone 88 will be The interest in the advertising site 80 can be increased. In other words, if the winning number on the day when the user did not access the advertising site 80 is the telephone number of the mobile phone 88 owned by the user, it can be assumed that the access should have been made. You.

On the other hand, of course, the determination may be made based on information that has no relation to the sender (for example, the number of accesses to the advertisement site 80).

In the communication system of the fifth embodiment, a prize is given to a winner, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a prize may be provided, or a prize according to the number of points may be provided in a point system.

Further, in the communication system according to the fifth embodiment, the advertisement site 80 performs processing for determining whether or not a lottery has been won and for giving a prize to a winner. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the server 82 or the charge management device 84 may perform the processing. Then, in this case, the fee management device 84 may award a prize by subtracting a certain amount from the communication fee corresponding to the winner of the lottery.

On the other hand, in the communication system according to the fifth embodiment, the mobile phone 88 is described as an example of the communication device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to access the advertisement site 80 on the Internet 62. Any communication device (eg, PDA, personal computer, etc.) can be used. Here, for example, in the case where communication is performed from a personal computer to a provider via a public line, when communicating with the advertising site 80, in addition to the communication fee of the Internet 62 managed by the provider, the ordinary Telephone charges are also required. Therefore, in this case, the provider transmits information on whether or not the communication device is communicating with the advertisement site 80 to the telephone charge management device, and the management device determines whether the communication device The telephone charge during communication with the site 80 may be charged as a telephone charge to be collected from the maker that operates the advertising site 80. In this way, the communication fee for communication with the advertising site 80 can be made free of charge for telephone charges.

On the other hand, in the fifth embodiment, the case where the communication destination where the lottery is performed is the advertisement site 80 on the Internet 62 is described, but the present invention is not limited to this. . For example, the system may be such that when a call is made to a predetermined telephone number via a public line, a message of advertisement information flows and a lottery is performed. Also, in this case, the use of telephone can be further promoted by providing the advertising information provider with the telephone charge.

As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of this invention was described, it cannot be overemphasized that this invention can take various forms. Industrial applicability

As described above, the communication lottery device according to the present invention effectively promotes the use of communication.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A lottery device used in a communication system having relay means for performing processing for relaying communication from a caller's communication device to a communication destination desired by the caller,

Determining means for obtaining information for identifying the caller from the relay means, and determining whether or not all or a part of the information matches predetermined winning information;

A prize awarding means for performing a process for awarding a prize to the sender when the determination means determines that they match;

A communication lottery device comprising:

2. A lottery device used in a communication system having relay means for performing processing for relaying communication from a sender's communication device to a communication destination desired by the sender,

Determining means for obtaining information for identifying the communication destination from the relay means, and determining whether or not all or a part of the information matches predetermined winning information;

A prize awarding means for performing a process of awarding a prize to the sender when it is determined by the determination means that they match;

A communication lottery device comprising:

3. A lottery device used in a communication system having a means for performing processing for relaying a communication from a caller's communication device to a communication destination desired by the caller,

Information for identifying each of the caller and the communication destination is obtained from the relay means, and information obtained by combining all or a part of the information with the preset winning information matches. Determination means for determining whether or not A prize awarding means for performing a process for awarding a prize to the sender when the determination means determines that they match;

A communication lottery device comprising:

4. In the communication lottery device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,

The prize awarding means, as a process for awarding the prize, a charge management means for monitoring a communication state of the communication device via the relay means and managing a communication charge to be collected. A communication lottery device that performs a process of subtracting a predetermined amount as a prize from a communication fee to be paid.

5. Acquisition means for acquiring information for identifying the caller when accessed from the communication device;

Selling means for selling lots of information at least partially matching the information obtained by the obtaining means to the sender;

A communication lottery device comprising:

6. The communication lottery device according to claim 5,

Determining means for determining whether or not the lottery sold by the selling means has been won;

Notification means for notifying the winner of the winning when the determination means determines that the lottery has been won;

A communication lottery device comprising:

7. Receives a signal transmitted from the telephone by dialing and performs processing for establishing communication between the telephone that transmitted the signal and the destination telephone corresponding to the telephone number indicated by the signal. Telephone lottery equipment used in telephone systems with relay means And

Detecting means for detecting, from the telephone relay means, a telephone number of the caller telephone with which communication has been established by the telephone relay means; setting means for setting a winning number;

Determining means for determining whether or not all or part of the telephone number detected by the detecting means matches the winning number,

A prize awarding means for performing a process for awarding an award to the owner of the source telephone when the determination means determines that they match;

A telephone lottery device comprising:

8. A signal for receiving a signal transmitted from the telephone by a dial operation and establishing communication between the telephone that transmitted the signal and the telephone at the destination corresponding to the telephone number indicated by the signal. A telephone lottery device used in a telephone system having telephone relay means for performing processing,

Detecting means for detecting, from the telephone relay means, a telephone number of the destination telephone to which communication has been established by the telephone relay means; setting means for setting a winning number;

A telephone lottery device comprising:

9. Receiving the signal transmitted from the telephone by the dial operation, the telephone of the signal transmission source and the telephone number indicated by the signal are received. A telephone lottery device used in a telephone system provided with a telephone relay means for performing processing for establishing communication with a corresponding destination telephone,

Detecting means for detecting, from the telephone relay means, respective telephone numbers of the source telephone and the destination telephone with which communication has been established by the telephone relay means;

Setting means for setting a winning number;

Determining means for determining whether or not the winning number matches the number obtained by combining all or a part of each telephone number detected by the detecting means;

A telephone lottery device comprising:

10. The telephone lottery device according to any one of claims 7 to 9,

The prize awarding means, as a process for awarding the prize, a telephone charge management means for monitoring a call state between telephones and managing a telephone charge to be collected. Subtracting a predetermined amount as a prize from the fee,

A telephone lottery device characterized by the following.

11. The telephone lottery device according to claim 10,

The prize awarding means sets a predetermined amount as the prize according to an amount of a telephone charge corresponding to the source telephone,

A telephone lottery device characterized by the following.

1 2. Monitor the status of calls between telephones and call telephone charges to be collected. A telephone lottery device used in a telephone system having a telephone charge management means for managing each telephone number,

Detecting means for receiving an incoming call from the telephone and detecting the telephone number of the telephone;

The telephone charge management means adds a predetermined amount as a lottery price to a telephone charge corresponding to the telephone number detected by the detection means, and at least a part of the telephone number detected by the detection means is added. A telephone lottery device comprising: a sales means for processing a lottery with a number corresponding to the number;

13. The telephone lottery device according to claim 12,

Notification means for notifying that the lottery has been won by calling the telephone number of the winner if the determination means determines that the lottery has been won;

A telephone lottery device comprising:

14. Communication relay means for performing a process for relaying communication from a caller's communication device to a communication destination desired by the caller;

Information providing means for providing advertising information to the caller when the communication destination is set;

The communication state of the communication device via the communication relay means is monitored to manage the communication charge to be collected, and the communication charge for communication with the information providing means as the communication destination is determined by the side which provides the advertisement information. Communication fee management means for managing the communication fee to be collected from the sender, and a lottery for a winner to be awarded a prize to a sender who is a provider of the advertising information. In front of the determined winner A lottery system comprising: a prize providing means for performing a process for providing a prize.