JP2001350872A - Lottery system and lottery method and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a guest collecting power by increasing the number of accesses of applicants at the time of managing a gift lottery site using the Internet. SOLUTION: In this lottery system, a gift, a lottery period, and an election order (number) are preliminarily announced in a home page 30 which is made open to the public on the Internet, and participants registered as players are allowed to perform an early hitting game in order to capture an answer according to a key input in the lottery period, and the person who gives the correct answer among the participants is given the order at the point of time which is made open to the public, and when the lottery period ends, the order of the person who gives the correct answer is established, and the person who gives the correct answer whose order is pertinent to the preliminarily announced lottery order among the persons who give the correct answer whose orders are established is decided as the elected person of the pertinent gift by a server 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lottery system for providing a prize lottery service using the Internet, for example.
The present invention relates to a lottery method and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, as a business using the Internet, the operation of a lottery site for displaying an advertisement on a homepage and earning an advertisement has been spotlighted.

In the case of operating a lottery site, since only the advertisement income is the income of the management source, it is necessary to differentiate from other lottery sites and increase the number of accesses of applicants.

[0004]

However, in recent years,
Such lottery sites are everywhere on the Internet, and unless the sites are of interest to applicants, an increase in the number of accesses cannot be expected.

[0005] The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and in performing a prize lottery service using the Internet, a lottery system that can increase the number of accesses of applicants and add customer attracting power, It aims to provide a lottery method and a recording medium.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a lottery system according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises:
A lottery period, a notifying means for notifying the winning order, a questioning means for setting a question in which a participant registered in advance has a right to answer during the lottery period notified by the notifying means, and a question set by the questioning means. Order disclosing means for disclosing the rank at that time to the correct answer among the participants who answered the question, and determining the rank of the correct answer person at the end of the lottery period notified by the notifying means. And a means for determining a correct answerer of the rank corresponding to the winning rank notified by the notification means among the correct answerers whose ranking has been determined, as a winner of the corresponding prize.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the lottery system according to the first aspect, the question means comprises:
The present invention is characterized in that information on a prize provider is presented on a participant's screen, and a problem that prompts a key input of the same word as the information presented on this screen is presented.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the lottery system according to the first aspect, the ranking disclosing means includes a timer means for measuring a time when the participant gave an answer, and a key input by the participant. Judging means for checking the correctness of the wording of the answer and the question, and the judgment result by the judging means, if correct answer, the ranking at the current time based on the time measured by the timer means, to the information of the participants Means for disclosing the current ranking in association with the measurement time and ranking.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the lottery system according to the third aspect, the ranking disclosing means publishes advertisement information on the prize provider together with the rank of the correct answerer during the lottery period. And

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lottery method comprising:
Announcement of lottery period and winning order; stage of questions for which the registered participants have the right to answer within the lottery period; correct answer among participants who answered the questions presented Publishing the current rankings for,
The stage of determining the rank of the correct answerer at the end of the lottery period, and the step of determining the correct answerer of the rank corresponding to the announced ranking among the correct answerers whose rank has been determined as the winner of the corresponding prize. It is characterized by having.

[0011] The recording medium according to the sixth aspect of the present invention causes the computer to notify a prize, a lottery period, and a winning order.
During the lottery period, participants who have registered in advance will be asked questions that they have the right to answer, and the correct answer among the participants who have answered the questions that they asked will be made available to the public at that time, and the lottery period At the time of finishing the correct answerer's rank, and among the correct answerers whose rank has been determined, the program that determines the correct answerer of the rank corresponding to the announced winning rank as the winner of the corresponding prize is computer-readable. It is characterized by being recorded.

In the present invention, a prize, a lottery period, and a winning order are notified in advance, and a participant who has been registered in advance has a right to answer and questions are set within the lottery period. The ranking at that time will be disclosed to the correct answer among the participants who answered this question. At the end of the lottery period, the ranking of the correct answerers is determined, and among the correct answerers whose rankings have been determined, the correct answerer with the rank corresponding to the announced ranking is determined as the winner of the corresponding prize. Such a mechanism can have clarity and game characteristics.

[0013] In addition, by giving a question to a question during the lottery period, publishing the rank of correct answerers to the question and updating the rank in real time, the lottery is made interactive so that participants can participate. Interests, expectations and rewards, and the ability to attract customers in providing lottery services.

Further, the problem for obtaining a prize is a form of a fast-hitting game in which the answer time and the accuracy of the key input are competed by key input, so that it can be differentiated from other lottery systems and the ability to attract customers is improved. can do.

Also, in this lottery system, during the lottery period, the rankings of the participants are updated in real time and replaced, so that the participants want to confirm their rankings every day,
In order to check the published ranking, the ranking can be disclosed on a homepage or the like on the Internet, thereby increasing the number of accesses to this homepage.

In addition, during the lottery period, the advertisement information on the prize provider is disclosed along with the order of the participants, so that an increase in advertisement fee income according to the number of accesses can be expected.

Furthermore, by arranging the winners of the prize in various ranks (random numbers) in advance, rather than those who have made the best problem, whoever is the correct answer irrespective of whether the problem has been made or not. Can become a winner, so many participants can be recruited.

[0018] In addition, by setting the question as information on the prize provider, the information of the prize provider can be read by the participants, and the effect of the advertisement and the advertisement can be expected for the prize provider.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a lottery system according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a server in the lottery system, and FIG. 3 is an internal configuration of the server in FIG. It is a block diagram.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lottery system of this embodiment connects a server computer 1 (hereinafter, referred to as a server 1) and a plurality of client computers 2 (hereinafter, referred to as clients 2) to a network such as the Internet 3. It is configured. Client 2 has
Software for browsing the Internet, such as a browser, is installed. The browser may be general purpose, not dedicated to this system.

The server 1 publishes a home page on the Internet 3, for example, a prize lottery site 4 and the like. A participant's participation name (player's name), an e-mail address, and the like are registered in the participant DB5. In the ranking DB 6, the names of correct players, times, and rankings are stored.

Accessing the prize lottery site 4 from each client 2 enables participation registration (player registration) in a quick-hit game for prize acquisition. When a participant performs participation registration (player registration), the participant is registered in the participant DB 5 as a player. Also, after registration, the game screen is displayed by logging in with the registered participant name (player name), and a question sentence is displayed on the game screen by a start operation. By quickly hitting the displayed question sentence with the keyboard, time is competed, and ranking is made according to the time. The ranking of the participants is registered in the ranking DB 6, and a list of correct answerers is published as a ranking table 41 on the homepage 30 of the premium lottery site 4. This ranking table 41
Is constantly updated. Then, at the end of the lottery period, the corresponding prize is determined for the correct answerer who has been in the winning order previously notified at the start of the lottery.

The prize lottery site 4 provides a prize from the prize provider, publishes an advertisement at the prize lottery site 4, and receives an advertisement fee from the prize provider every time the prize lottery site 4 is accessed from the client 2. It is operated by that.

The prize lottery site 4 operator (operator)
Is the order of the prize (the desired number) during the lottery,
The question sentence was determined, the lottery period, the prize, the order of winning the prize, etc. were notified in advance to the prize lottery site 4, and the prize lottery site 4 was accessed within the lottery period to answer the question sentence and the correct answer was given. It is decided to provide the corresponding prize to the correct answerer of the rank corresponding to the winning rank among the people.

As shown in FIG. 2, the server 1 or the client 2 mounts a CD-ROM 50 or a floppy disk 61 (FD 61) on the apparatus main body 5 which can read the information.
1 and an input device 52 and a display device 53 connected to the device main body 51. The input device 52 is, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, or the like. The display device 53 is, for example, a CR.
T monitor, LCD monitor and the like. In addition, an output device such as a printer may be connected to the device main body 51 outside.

As shown in FIG. 3, the apparatus body 51 includes
Memory such as ROM 54, RAM 55, hard disk drive 56 (HDD 56), CPU 57, CD-R
A CD-ROM drive 58 for reading information from the OM 50,
F for reading and writing information to FD 61
A D drive 59, a communication device 60, and the like are mounted.
The ROM 54 stores an initial operation setting program such as BIOS. The communication device 60 is, for example, a modem, DS
A device that performs data communication with a public network such as a U-built-in TA or a dial-up router, or a device that performs data communication with a local network such as a LAN board. H
Various application software such as a game-type lottery program including an operating system (OS) is installed in the DD 56.

Hereinafter, the operation of the lottery system will be described.

First, the flow of services of the entire lottery system will be described with reference to FIGS.

In this lottery system, the server 1 discloses a prize lottery site 4 on the Internet 3.

The prize, the lottery period, the winning order, and the like are determined by the operator, and the information of the prize lottery site 4 of the server 1 is updated based on the determination.

With this update, the prize, the lottery period, the winning order (number) and the like are notified to the prize lottery site 4 on the Internet 3 (S101). Winning order (number)
Is not the person who has the fastest game time, that is, not the first person, but, for example, the third or ninth place as in this example.
Alternatively, it may be the second to last rank or the like.

As shown in FIG. 5, the first page of the prize lottery site 4, that is, the home page 30, is displayed on the screen of the client 2 accessing the prize lottery site 4 via the Internet.

This home page 30 has a main screen 31
a and a sub-screen 31b. On the main screen 31a, a site name such as "Hayachi King", its comment, and an entry button 40 are displayed.
And a game name such as "Toraneko Cup", a current ranking table 41, an advertisement 42 of a prize provider, a table 43 of a game currently being held, a table 44 of a game to be held in the future, and the like. The entry button 40 is a button for the player registered as a participant to enter a desired game being held. The ranking table 41 displays the current ranking of the game participants in real time. The shaded lines in the ranking table 41 are the winning rankings. In this case, the third and ninth places are the winning rankings, only the winning rankings are fixed during the lottery period, and the participation names and their times are updated each time.

On the sub screen 31b, a rule button 32,
Buttons such as a participant registration button 32, a past log button 33, and a question button 34 are displayed. The rule button 32 is linked to a rule description page. The participant registration button 33 is a button operated when participating in the lottery system (game) for the first time. The participant registration button 32 is linked to a dialog box 70 (see FIG. 7) described later.

Subsequently, the operator determines the keyword of the question sentence (S102 in FIG. 4). This keyword is
Words about the prize provider, such as "Toraneko Musashi's table tennis service". The wording about the prize provider may be an advertisement text, an advertisement for a product, an associative image of the prize provider or the product, or the like.

Then, during the lottery period, the above-mentioned keyword is posted on the prize lottery site 4 and a game is enabled (S1).
03 to S105). However, only the game screen linked from the homepage 30 (see FIG. 8) is uploaded.

During the lottery period, that is, during the period in which the game can be played, the player's own ranking is constantly changed, so that the participant accesses the homepage 30 to check his or her own ranking every day. The number of browsing increases, and the effect of increasing advertising fees can be expected.

At the end of the lottery period, the game page of the prize lottery site 4 is closed, and the server 1
From among the correct answers stored in B6, a player (correct answerer) having a game ranking corresponding to the announced rank (number) is determined as a winner (S106).

When the winner is determined, the prize is sent from the operator of the site to the winner (S10).
7).

Next, a specific operation of the server 1 in the lottery system will be described.

The server 1 discloses a prize lottery site 4 on the Internet 3.

When a browser is started in the client 2 and the prize lottery site 4 is accessed, the server 1 displays a home page 30 on the browser screen of the client 2.

When the viewer of the client 2 who browses the homepage 30 becomes interested in this service and clicks the rule button 32 or the like, the server 1 executes this button 3
Rule description linked to Client 2 etc.
On the browser screen.

When the viewer (applicant) who sees the rule explanation tries to participate in the prize lottery game and clicks the entry button 40 or the like on the homepage 30 by mouse operation or the like (S201 in FIG. 6), the server 1 enters the entry. A dialog box for a player entry, which is a link destination of the button 40, is displayed on the browser screen of the client 2. This dialog box is provided with an entry field for a participation name.

Here, when the viewer inputs a participation name (player name) by key operation (S202) and operates an enter key on the keyboard of the client 2, the information is transferred to the server 1.

The server 1 searches the participant DB 5 based on the transferred information (participation name) and confirms the registration status of the participant (S203).

As a result of this check, if there is no matching information (No at S203), the server 1 displays a dialog box 70 for registering the participation name as shown in FIG. 7 on the browser screen of the client 2 (S204). In this dialog box 70, an entry field 71 for a participation name, an input field 72 for an e-mail address (E-mail) of a contact, and a registration button 7
There are three. This participant registration dialog box 70
Is also displayed by clicking the participant registration button 32 on the sub screen 31b of the homepage 30.

By a key operation by the viewer, a participant name (player name) is entered in a participant name input field 71 of the dialog box 70, and the participant's own electronic mail is entered in an e-mail address (E-mail) input field 72. When the e-mail address is entered (S205) and the registration button 73 is clicked,
The information is transferred to the server 1. Note that the participant name that has already been input may be stored in the participant name input field 71.

The server 1 registers the transferred information (participation name and e-mail address) in the participant DB 5 (S206).

On the other hand, if there is information matching the participant DB 5 at the time of the confirmation processing in S203 (S203), a game screen 80 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the browser screen of the client 2.

The game screen 80 includes a player name input field 81, an advertisement 82, a start button 83, a countdown display (5.4.3.2.1, etc.), and a problem field 84.
Is displayed in the answer column 85.

Then, the participant inputs a player name into a player name input field 81 by key operation, and a start button 83
By clicking, the countdown is started. After the countdown, a question (keyword) is displayed in the question column 84. Here, "Toraneko Musashi's table tennis service" and the like are displayed (S207).

At this point, the server 1 starts a timer operation (measurement of keyword input time).

In response to the display of the question sentence (keyword), after the participant (player) inputs the same wording (keyword) into the answer column 85 from a keyboard or the like (S208),
When the enter key or the like is operated, the server 1 stops the timer operation and determines whether the input keyword is correct or incorrect for the question sentence (keyword) (S209).

Here, if the input keyword is incorrect (error in S209), the server 1 prompts for re-input of the keyword and restarts the timer operation.

When the input keyword matches the question sentence (keyword) and is correct (correct in S209),
The server 1 ends the measurement of the keyword input time with the time when the timer operation is stopped as time (keyword input time).

Next, the server 1 searches the rank DB 6 based on the measured keyword input time, and displays the measured time (time) and the rank corresponding to the measured time (time) at the lower part of the game screen 80. (S210). In the case of the same time, the person who set the time earlier is ranked higher.

The server 1 updates the contents of the ranking DB 6 (S211). After updating the contents of the ranking DB 6, the server 1 updates the ranking table 41 of the home page 30 (S
212).

As described above, according to the lottery system of this embodiment, the prize, the lottery period, the winning order, and the like are notified in advance to the prize lottery site 4 published on the server 1 connected to the Internet 3 so that the lottery can be clearly understood. It can have sex.

Further, by registering the participants in advance, it is possible to cause the game participants to participate in one game only once, and it is possible to restrict the overlapping participation.

Further, during the period in which the game can be played, the order of the game participants in the order table 41 on the homepage 30 is updated in real time and the order is changed, so that the person who participated in the game checks his / her own order every day. Homepage 3
As a result, the number of times the advertisement on the homepage 30 is browsed increases, and the effect of increasing the advertisement fee can be expected.

Also, by giving information about the prize provider (such as an advertisement of a product) as a sentence (keyword) of the quick hitting question on the game screen 80, the game participant always reads the sentence. As a prize provider, the advertising effect can be improved.

Furthermore, the winning order is not simply the person who hit the keyboard the fastest (first in the order), but the order (10th, 100th, etc.) decided by the operator in advance. Thus, anyone who is not good at key input can participate.

Further, by displaying the ranking table 41 updated in real time on the homepage 30, the game and the lottery can be made transparent.

That is, in performing the prize lottery service using the Internet, by giving the prize lottery service game characteristics and clarity, it is possible to increase customer attracting power.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

Since the display of the question sentence on the game screen and the input operation of the answer are basically performed by key operation, the home page to be disclosed only needs to display at least a character string. For example, the present invention can be applied to a WEB page for an Internet connection service of a mobile phone.

In this embodiment, the problem is the keyboard fast-hitting problem. However, other than this, the problem may be a brain problem such as a maze, a crossword, a stuffed shogi, or a game-like attraction.

The software in the above embodiment may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium such as the FD 61 or the CD-ROM 50 shown in FIG. 2, and in this case, the software (program) stored in the recording medium Is read out by the computer, the processing in each embodiment becomes possible.

As a recording medium, in addition to the FD 61 and the CD-ROM 50, for example, a hard disk, a CD-ROM,
R, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, CD-RW, magneto-optical disk (MO, etc.), semiconductor memory, etc., and any storage format that can store a program and is readable by a computer. May be used.

Also, an OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on instructions of a program installed on the computer from the recording medium.
Alternatively, MW (middleware) such as database management software and network software may execute a part of each process for realizing the present embodiment.

Further, the recording medium is not limited to a medium independent of a computer, but also includes a recording medium in which a program transmitted via a LAN or the Internet is downloaded and stored or temporarily stored.

Further, the number of recording media is not limited to one, and the case where the processing in this embodiment is executed from a plurality of media is also included in the recording media of the present invention, and any media configuration may be used.

The computer executes each process in the present embodiment based on a program stored in a recording medium. The computer includes one device such as a personal computer and a system in which a plurality of devices are connected to a network. Any of these configurations may be used.

The term "computer" is not limited to a personal computer, but also includes an arithmetic processing unit, a microcomputer, and the like included in an information processing device, and is a general term for devices and devices capable of realizing the functions of the present invention by a program. .

Further, as a client machine (terminal) connectable to the Internet, for example, a set-top box such as a game machine or a multimedia terminal may be used.

[0078]

As described above, according to the present invention, a prize, a lottery period, and a winning order are notified in advance, and a participant registered in advance is given the right to answer, and questions are set within the lottery period. The ranking at that time will be disclosed to the correct answer among the participants who answered this question. At the end of the lottery period, the ranking of the correct answerers is determined, and among the correct answerers whose rankings have been determined, the correct answerer with the rank corresponding to the announced ranking is determined as the winner of the corresponding prize. Such a mechanism can have clarity and game characteristics.

As a result, in performing the prize lottery service using the Internet, the number of accesses of the applicants increases, and the ability to attract customers can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a lottery system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a server or a client in the lottery system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a server or a client in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a service flow of the whole lottery system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a homepage published on the Internet in this lottery system.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of a server in the lottery system.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a dialog box for participant registration in this lottery system.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a game screen in the lottery system.

[Description of Signs] 1 ... Server, 2 ... Client, 3 ... Internet,
4 prize lottery site, 5 participant database (participant DB), 6 rank database (rank DB), 50 C
D-ROM, 51: device body, 52: input device, 53
... Display device 61. Floppy disk (FD).

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] June 9, 2000 (200.6.9)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0022

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

The server 1 publishes a home page, for example, a prize lottery site 4 on the Internet 3, and a participant database 5 (hereinafter referred to as a participant DB 5).
) And ranking database 6 (hereinafter referred to as ranking DB 6)
And A participant's participation name (player's name), an e-mail address, and the like are registered in the participant DB5. Ranking DB
6 stores the correct answer player names, times, and rankings.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. Notification means for notifying a prize, a lottery period, and a winning ranking; and questioning means for setting a question in which a participant registered in advance has a right to answer within the lottery period notified by the notification means. A ranking disclosing means for disclosing the ranking at that time to the correct answerer among the participants who answered the questions set by the questioning means; and a time when the lottery period notified by the notifying means ends. Means for determining the rank of the correct answerer, and means for determining the correct answerer of the rank corresponding to the winning rank notified by the notification means among the correct answerers whose rank has been determined, as the winner of the corresponding prize. Lottery system characterized by doing. 2. The lottery system according to claim 1, wherein said questioning means presents information on a prize provider to a participant, and presents a question prompting a key input of the same word as the presented information. Lottery system. 3. The lottery system according to claim 1, wherein the ranking disclosing means includes: a timer means for measuring a time when the participant gave an answer; If the determination result is correct by the determination means to be checked, and if the answer is correct, the ranking at the present time is performed based on the time measured by the timer means, and the measurement time and the rank are associated with the participant information and And a means for disclosing the ranking of the lottery. 4. The lottery system according to claim 3, wherein the ranking disclosing means publishes advertisement information on the prize provider together with the rank of the correct answerer during the lottery period. 5. A step of notifying a prize, a lottery period, and a winning ranking; a step in which a participant registered in advance issues a question having a right to answer within the lottery period; The stage where the correct ranking among the participants was disclosed to the correct answerer, the stage where the correct answerer was ranked at the end of the lottery period, and the correct answer rank was announced. Deciding the correct answerer in the ranking corresponding to the winning ranking as the winner of the prize. 6. A computer is notified of a prize, a lottery period, and a winning order. During the lottery period, a participant registered in advance makes a question having a right to answer, and answers the question that has been given. The ranking of the correct answer is announced to the correct answer among the participants, and the rank of the correct answer is determined at the end of the lottery period. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for determining a correct answerer in a given rank as a winner of a prize.