JP2005182673A - Event support system and event support method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an event support system or the like capable of realizing a function allowing only persons coming to an event site to participate in a sub-event. <P>SOLUTION: This event support system or the like is provided with: a question provision means for providing questions regarding an event held in an event site; a result data storage means for receiving input of a progress status of the event corresponding to the questions to store the input as result data; a terminal recognition means for uniquely recognizing and storing portable terminals brought to the event site; an authentication means for transmitting the questions only to the portable terminals recognized by the terminal recognition means; a response reception means for receiving responses to the transmitted questions from the portable terminals to store them in a response storage means; a determination means for comparing the responses to the questions with the result data to the questions to determine acceptability; and a determination result transmission means for transmitting the determination result to the corresponding portable terminals. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an event support system and an event support method for adding value to an event held at an event venue, and more particularly, to an event support system and an event support method for giving a qualification for participation only to those who have visited the event venue.

  In recent years, various events have been held in various fields in addition to sports in response to diversification of preferences. Such an event is distributed to the user through a multi-channel television broadcast or the like, and the user can easily watch at home.

In addition, by using a television that supports two-way communication, a user can participate in a sub-event such as a quiz related to the event in some television broadcasts.
JP 2003-309831 A

  Under the situation described above, the user can watch the event without going to the event venue, and can also participate in the sub-event. As a result, there is less need for users to go directly to the event venue, so the acquisition of viewing fees via TV broadcasts is expected to increase, but the direct revenue such as ticket charges obtained at the event venue is not Except for some popular events, it can be said that it is decreasing.

  In addition, if the number of visitors to the event venue decreases, the event venue itself may not be excited, and as a result, there is a possibility that the popularity of the entire event including the television broadcast that distributes the video of the event venue may decline.

  The present invention has been proposed based on the above-described conventional circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an event support system or the like in which only those who have participated in an event venue can participate in sub-events.

  The present invention employs the following means in order to achieve the above object. That is, the event support system according to the present invention receives a question providing means for providing a question related to an event performed at an event venue, and an input of an event progress status corresponding to the question, and stores this input as result data. Result data storage means, terminal recognition means for uniquely recognizing and storing a portable terminal brought to the event venue, authentication means for transmitting a question only to the portable terminal recognized by the terminal recognition means, and for the transmitted question An answer receiving means for receiving an answer from a portable terminal and storing it in an answer storage means, a decision means for comparing the answer to the question and the result data for the question, and judging whether the answer is correct, and a corresponding portable terminal And a determination result transmitting means for transmitting the determination result.

  According to the event support system of the present invention, by providing a question only to users who have visited the event venue, users who have not visited the event venue cannot participate in sub-events related to the event. It will be possible to attract spectators to the event venue. As a result, the number of spectators can be increased and the event venue itself can be energized. In addition, unlike the conventional lottery in the event venue, since it is possible to make a determination according to the event result, it is possible to further enhance the entertainment of the sub-event.

  In addition, the recognition of the portable terminal by the terminal recognition means is performed when the portable terminal is brought into the event venue (at the entrance of the event venue), the location information of the portable terminal transmitted from the portable terminal, and the event venue There is a configuration that is determined based on the position information (position range).

  When judging whether access from the event venue is based on the location information of the mobile terminal and the location information of the event venue, it is possible to easily determine whether the access is from within the event venue, and the procedure for visiting Can also be simplified.

  In addition, when an event is performed over a plurality of days, a cumulative means for accumulating and storing the mobile terminal and the determination results of responses answered by the mobile terminal over a plurality of days, and a cumulative result accumulated by the cumulative means And a cumulative data storage means for storing the. In this configuration, by accumulating the answer determination results over a plurality of days, it becomes more advantageous for users who visit the event venue more frequently during the event period, so the effect of attracting users to the event venue is further increased. can get.

  Here, the event support system can be embodied using a computer. In that case, each means mentioned above is actualized by operating a program on a computer.

  In the event support system according to the present invention, by providing a question only to a user who has visited the event venue, a user who has not visited the event venue cannot participate in a sub-event related to the event. It will be possible to attract spectators to the event venue. As a result, the number of spectators can be increased and the event venue itself can be energized. In addition, unlike the conventional lottery in the event venue, since it is possible to make a determination according to the event result, it is possible to further enhance the entertainment of the sub-event.

  In addition, when determining whether access from the event venue is based on the location information of the mobile terminal and the location information of the event venue, it is possible to easily determine whether the access is from within the event venue. This procedure can be simplified.

  Furthermore, when an event is held over multiple days, it is more advantageous for users who visit the event venue more frequently during the event period by accumulating the response determination results over the multiple days. The effect of attracting users to the event venue can be obtained.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings for understanding of the present invention. In addition, the following embodiment is an example which actualized this invention, Comprising: It is not the thing of the character which limits the technical scope of this invention.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, the process of the event support system in Embodiment 1 which concerns on this invention is demonstrated.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram of the server 101, the terminal recognition device 102, and the mobile terminal 103 constituting the event support system, and the processing of each means will be described later.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of the server 101. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 202, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 203, an HDD 204, and a network I / F (interface) 205 are included. They are connected via an internal bus 206. The CPU 201 operates as each unit shown in the server 101 of FIG. 1 by using, for example, the RAM 202 as a work area and executing a program stored in the ROM 203, the HDD 204, or the like. The network I / F 205 is connected to the network 104 and can exchange data with other devices. Further, the configurations of the terminal recognition device 102 and the portable terminal 103 are almost the same as those of the server 101, and different processes can be executed because the stored programs are different.

  Next, details of processing of the event support system according to the present embodiment will be described. For the sake of understanding, the event will be specifically described as baseball.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the event support system, a server 101, a terminal recognition device 102, and a portable terminal 103 are communicably connected via a network 104 such as an intranet (event venue network) or the Internet. In addition, the terminal recognition device 102 is installed at a place where visitors of the event venue always pass, such as the entrance of a baseball field.

  In such a state, when a user having a mobile terminal visits a baseball field, the mobile terminal recognition unit 112 included in the terminal recognition device 102 is made to recognize the mobile terminal 103 (FIG. 4: S401). Various types of recognition by the portable terminal recognition unit 112 are conceivable.

  For example, a bar code including a mobile terminal phone number registered at the time of application and a ticket serial number is printed on a baseball stadium visit ticket, and the user brings the ticket with the mobile recognition device 102 when the user visits The above bar code is read. As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, the telephone number 701 of the user's portable terminal and the visit situation 702 indicating that the user has visited are stored in the storage unit 111 in association with each other. At this time, the serial number 703 of the ticket may be further associated.

  Further, for example, the server 101 transmits the ticket as an electronic ticket to the portable terminal 103, and the portable terminal 103 displays the electronic ticket received by the transmission / reception unit 114 on the display unit 113, thereby displaying a bar on the electronic ticket. The code may be read by the portable terminal recognition unit 112.

  In addition, the portable terminal 103 and the portable terminal recognition unit 112 communicate with each other through a communication unit such as infrared wireless communication, so that the portable terminal 103 and the ticket information in the portable terminal 103 are stored in the portable terminal recognition unit. It is also possible to recognize 112.

  In this way, when the visit status of the mobile terminal 103 to the baseball field is stored in the storage means 111 in the terminal recognition device 102, the mobile terminal 103 subsequently accesses the server 101. For example, the access may be prompted by the user by displaying a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the server 101 on an electronic bulletin board in a baseball stadium, or when the terminal recognition device 102 and the portable terminal 103 communicate with each other. A URL may be transmitted from the terminal recognition apparatus 102 to the mobile terminal 103. Further, the URL of the server 101 may be included in an e-mail or the like when transmitting the electronic ticket.

  When the portable terminal 103 accesses the server 101 based on the URL, the access is accepted by the authentication unit 107 via the transmission / reception unit 109 (FIG. 4: S402). At this time, the authentication means 107 can obtain the telephone number of the mobile terminal that is accessing by inquiring the mobile terminal 103 about the telephone number of the mobile terminal 103, for example. If the telephone number notification is not supported, the display means 113 of the portable terminal 103 can display the telephone number or the ticket number, and the user can use the input means 115 to input the number. It is.

  Next, when the authentication unit 107 acquires a telephone number or a ticket number, the storage unit 111 of the terminal recognition device 102 is accessed. Here, when the attendance status included in the record corresponding to the telephone number or ticket number represents “visited”, the mobile terminal recognizes that the mobile terminal exists in the baseball field, and performs normal authentication (FIG. 4: S403 YES).

  Here, when the mobile terminal 103 is normally authenticated, the question providing unit 105 in the server 101 stores a question related to the event (here, baseball) stored in advance in the question storage unit 116, for example, HTML (HyperText It is transmitted to the portable terminal 103 in a format using Markup Language) (FIG. 4: S404).

  For example, in the case of baseball, the contents of specific questions are as follows.

a) Question for each game ・ Presence of victory or defeat of the organizer team ・ Presence / absence of main runners' home run b) Question for each unit When the question is received by the transmission / reception means 114 via the network 104, the portable terminal 103 displays the received question on the display means 113, and the user inputs an answer to the display using the input means 115.

  The input answer is received by the answer receiving means 117 of the server 101, and the telephone number of the portable terminal 103 and the answer are associated with each other and stored in the answer storage means 118 (FIG. 4: S405 → S406).

  Thus, the answer by the portable terminal 103 to the question given from the server 101 is completed. When the authentication means 107 recognizes that the mobile terminal does not exist in the baseball field, that is, when it is determined as abnormal authentication, the question providing means 105 terminates the process without transmitting the question to the mobile terminal 103. (FIG. 4: S403 NO → End).

  When the event progresses in such a state, the result of the event corresponding to the question is input as result data via the input unit 110 and stored in the result data storage unit 106 (FIG. 5: S501). The input is input as needed based on the progress of the event. That is, for example, the result corresponding to the above b) is input every time one time is finished.

  When the result data is input, the determination unit 108 compares the result data stored in the result data storage unit 106 with the response data stored in the response storage unit 118, thereby determining whether the response for each portable terminal is correct. Is determined (FIG. 5: S502). The determined result is stored in the answer storage unit 118 as a determination result in association with the telephone number, for example.

  Subsequently, when there is an access to the server 101 from the mobile terminal that has made an answer, the authentication means 107 acquires the telephone number of the mobile terminal 101, and the determination result transmission means 109 stores the answer based on the telephone number. The determination result of the corresponding portable terminal is transmitted from the means 118 (FIG. 5: S503 YES → S504). Naturally, when normal authentication is not performed by the authentication unit 107, or when there is no response corresponding to the response storage unit 118, the process ends without transmitting the determination result (FIG. 5: S503 NO → End).

  The transmitted determination result includes correct / incorrect answer and guidance on subsequent procedures, and the user can obtain a reward such as a present according to the question in the case of a correct answer.

  Also, at the end of the game, a) the answer to the question for each game is judged and transmitted to the user in the same manner as above. Note that the transmission of the determination result is not limited to acquisition from the user, but the determination result may be notified by calling the mobile terminal directly from the server 101 and voice guidance.

  As described above, by providing questions only to users who have visited the event venue, users who have not visited the event venue can make sub-events related to that event impossible. It will be possible to attract spectators to the venue. As a result, the number of spectators can be increased and the event venue itself can be energized. In addition, unlike the conventional lottery in the event venue, since it is possible to make a determination according to the event result, it is possible to further enhance the entertainment of the sub-event.

  By the way, the case described above is when the event is completed in one day. For example, in the case of professional baseball, the ranking in the league is determined as a result of being played throughout the season. In other sports, for example, a tournament usually takes several days (here, a tournament is also defined as a season). In such a case, the server 101 may include a cumulative unit 802 and a cumulative data storage unit 803 as shown in the server 801 of FIG.

  After determining whether the answer is correct (step S502) by the determining means 108, for example, if the answer is correct, the accumulating means 802 cumulatively adds a score corresponding to the question for each telephone number. For example, if the “predictor of the team ’s win / loss” is correct, the score is 8; if the “main runner ’s home run is correct” is correct, the score is 3; If the answer is correct, or if the “number of opponent team strikeouts” is correct, one point is added. The accumulated score is stored in the accumulated data storage unit 803 in association with the telephone number.

  Thereafter, for example, when there is an access from a mobile terminal after the season, the cumulative data and the ranking, rewards, and other information for the whole are transmitted to the mobile terminal.

  As described above, when an event is performed over a plurality of days, it is more advantageous for a user who visits the event venue more frequently during the event holding period by accumulating the response determination results over the plurality of days. Therefore, the effect of attracting users to the event venue can be obtained.

(Embodiment 2)
Next, in Embodiment 2, a different processing method of the terminal recognition apparatus 102 for determining whether or not the access is from a mobile terminal of a visitor at the event venue will be described.

  In the second embodiment, the terminal recognition device 102 does not perform the process when bringing it into the event venue as shown in the first embodiment. That is, the user only shows the ticket to the person in charge at the entrance of the event venue, for example, and does not use the portable terminal 103 at this time.

  When the user who has entered in this way accesses the server 101 using the portable terminal 103, the authentication means 107 in step S403 shown in FIG. Position information is acquired from the portable terminal 103 (FIG. 6: S601). The position information of the mobile terminal 103 can be obtained from the GPS if it is a mobile terminal currently on sale and has a GPS (Global Positioning System). In addition, if a service that provides location information of a mobile terminal is provided from the location of the base station of the mobile terminal, it may be acquired from the carrier that provides the service.

  When the authentication means 107 acquires the position information of the portable terminal, the position information is transmitted to the portable terminal recognition means 112, and the portable terminal recognition means 112 determines that the obtained position information is within the range of the event venue position information. It is determined whether or not (FIG. 6: S602).

  Here, if the location information obtained from the mobile terminal is within the range of the location information of the event venue, the authentication unit 107 determines that the mobile terminal is accessing from within the event venue, and determines that the authentication result is normal. (FIG. 6: S603 YES → S604). Naturally, if it is not within the above range, it is determined that the access is from outside the event venue, that is, the authentication result is abnormal (FIG. 6: S603 NO → End). Thereafter, the telephone number and the serial number of the ticket are stored as in the first embodiment.

  As described above, it is possible to easily determine whether it is in the event venue by judging whether the access is from the event venue based on the location information of the mobile terminal and the location information of the event venue. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the procedure when visiting.

  The event support system and the event support method according to the present invention make it impossible for a user who has not visited the event venue to participate in the sub-event, so that it is possible to attract a spectator to the event venue. If the event is held over multiple days, it will be more advantageous for users who visit the event venue more frequently during the event period, and it will be more effective in attracting users to the event venue. It is useful as an event support system that adds value to events.

1 is a schematic functional block diagram of a server, a terminal recognition device, and a mobile terminal that constitute an event support system. The schematic block diagram of a server. A connection example of each device constituting the event support system. The flowchart which shows a question and answer transmission / reception process. The flowchart which shows a determination process. 9 is a flowchart showing authentication processing according to the second embodiment. An example of the table which shows the visit condition in the memory | storage means which comprises a portable terminal recognition means. FIG. 3 is a schematic functional block diagram of a server including a totaling unit and a totaling data storage unit.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Server 102 Terminal recognition apparatus 103 Portable terminal 104 Network 105 Question provision means 106 Result data storage means 107 Authentication means 108 Determination means 109 Transmission / reception means (A determination result transmission means is comprised)
110 Input means (server side)
111 storage means 112 portable terminal recognition means 113 display means 114 transmission / reception means 115 input means (portable terminal side)
116 Question storage means 117 Answer reception means 118 Answer storage means

Claims (5)

Question providing means for providing questions related to events held at the event venue;
A result data storage means for receiving an input of the progress status of the event corresponding to the question and storing the input as result data;
Terminal recognition means for uniquely recognizing and storing a portable terminal brought into the event venue and capable of acquiring questions from the question means;
Authentication means for transmitting the question only to the mobile terminal recognized by the terminal recognition means;
An answer receiving means for receiving an answer from the portable terminal for the transmitted question and storing it in an answer storage means;
A determination means for comparing the answer to the question with the result data for the question and determining whether the answer is correct;
Determination result transmitting means for transmitting the result of the determination to a corresponding portable terminal;
Event support system with Recognition of the mobile terminal by the terminal recognition means is
The event support system according to claim 1, which is performed when the portable terminal is brought into an event venue. Recognition of the mobile terminal by the terminal recognition means is
The event support system according to claim 1, wherein the event support system is performed based on position information of the portable terminal transmitted from the portable terminal and position information of the event venue. If the event is held over multiple days,
Accumulating means for accumulating the determination results of the answers answered by the portable terminal and the portable terminal over the plurality of days;
Cumulative data storage means for storing the cumulative results accumulated by the cumulative means;
The event support system according to claim 1, further comprising: A question providing step for providing questions about the event held at the event venue;
A result data storage step of receiving an input of the progress status of the event corresponding to the question and storing the input as result data;
A terminal recognition step for uniquely recognizing and storing a portable terminal that is brought into the event venue and capable of obtaining a question from the question means;
An authentication step of transmitting the question only to the portable terminal recognized by the terminal recognition means;
An answer receiving step of receiving an answer from the portable terminal for the transmitted question and storing it in an answer storage means;
A determination step for comparing the answer to the question with the result data for the question and determining whether the answer is correct;
A determination result transmission step of transmitting the result of the determination to a corresponding mobile terminal;
Event support method with

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