TWI775040B - System and method for digital ticket-purchasing - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention related to system and method for digital ticket-purchasing. A ticket-purchasing project generates an activity message to provide to a plurality of mobile devices for joining an event executed by an event server. Based on the event, the mobile devices are divided to a plurality of mobile devices matching the threshold and part of the mobile devices unexecuting the event. Afterward, the ticket-purchasing server sends first and second notices to the mobile devices matching the threshold and part of the mobile devices unexecuting the event, and the mobile devices matching the threshold will obtain a first ticket-purchasing time from the first notice for purchasing the digital tickets and part of the mobile devices unexecuting the event will obtain a second ticket-purchasing time from the second notice for purchasing the digital tickets while the first ticket-purchasing time is earlier than the second ticket-purchasing time. Thereby, the ticket-purchasing server makes the people obtain more chances for purchasing tickets and prevents from the scalper.

Description

Virtual shopping system and method thereof

The present invention relates to a digital shopping system and method thereof, in particular to a virtual shopping system and method thereof.

With the improvement of modern living standards, the public's participation in large-scale events has also increased, such as: popular concerts, movie premieres, large-scale popular events, and in view of the development of digitalization and automation of the Internet, it is derived The way to buy tickets online is to order seat tickets for the activities you want to participate in. No matter at home or abroad, there is a rush for popular activities, in order to participate in popular concerts, movie premieres, and large-scale popular events.

In addition, due to the development of network communication technology and the emphasis on network security, the consumption mode of the public has been developed from the traditional face-to-face transaction mode to the use of online platforms for transactions. Seat allocation and ticket ordering and payment for popular events, therefore, with the widespread use of online ticket purchases through online platforms, ticket sales transactions are faster and more convenient, and ticket sales are made easier. Both units and consumers get what they need.

However, there are so-called scalper tickets or scams in traditional ticket sales, and online platforms are also due to online verification and consumers' eager demand for tickets for popular events, making people interested in the operation of purchasing tickets on the online platform. Online speculative operations, such as: using a large number of ticketing accounts to join as a booking member (that is, to become a booking member with false personal information) to purchase tickets, and after obtaining the tickets, drive up the price of the tickets and change hands sold to general consumers. Therefore, a large number of ticket-buying accounts flooded into the online platform for ticket sales to grab seats and book tickets, which not only caused abnormal network traffic on the online platform, but even troubled the ticket-selling unit, and also affected the people's ticket-buying behavior, resulting in the fact that People who want to participate in the event cannot normally enter the online platform to order tickets.

Based on the above problems, the present invention provides a virtual shopping system and a method thereof, which can obtain a corresponding order of ticket purchase according to a user participating in a ticket purchase-related activity through a mobile device and meeting a corresponding threshold, so as to facilitate enthusiastic purchasers. People who have tickets to participate in the event can actually buy digital tickets.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a virtual shopping system and method thereof. After receiving the first event message and the second event message by the mobile device, the first event message and the second event message need to be replied to meet the corresponding threshold. , in order to obtain the corresponding order of ticket purchase, in order to purchase tickets first and avoid non-participating people from grabbing tickets.

The invention discloses a method for virtual shopping. First, a purchase server generates an activity message; the purchase server sends the activity message to a plurality of mobile devices connected to the purchase server; The event message is linked to an event server, and the event server executes an event, so that some of the mobile devices reply a plurality of event results to the event server according to the event, so the event server transmits according to the event results After a completion notification is sent to the purchase server, the purchase server then divides the mobile devices into a plurality of threshold-compliant mobile devices and some of the mobile devices that do not execute the event according to the completion notification. Finally, the purchase server transmits a plurality of first notifications and a plurality of second notifications to the mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that do not execute the event, respectively, and the first notifications respectively include purchases A first purchase time of one of the plurality of digital tickets, and the second notifications respectively include a second purchase time for purchasing one of the plurality of digital tickets, and the first purchase time is earlier than the second purchase time. In this way, users of these mobile devices that meet the threshold can purchase these digital coupons earlier, and each ticket-purchasing activity has its own activity threshold, so as to increase the chance of purchasing tickets for the people participating in the activity and avoid Non-participating people grab tickets.

After the purchasing server transmits a plurality of first notifications and a plurality of second notifications to the mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that do not execute the event, the purchasing server is further allowed to determine the When some digital tickets are sold out, the event server will be notified to delete the personal information of these event results.

The present invention provides an embodiment, which is that after the purchase server transmits a plurality of first notifications and a plurality of second notifications to the mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that do not execute the event, respectively, when When the purchase server determines that the number of the mobile devices in the unexecuted part of the event is greater than the remaining number of the digital coupons, the purchase server generates a lottery mechanism at the second purchase time to make the unexecuted part of the event The mobile devices purchase tickets according to a lottery result of one of the lottery mechanisms.

The present invention provides an embodiment, which is that after the purchase server transmits a plurality of first notifications and a plurality of second notifications to the mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that do not execute the event, respectively, when When the purchase server determines that the number of mobile devices that meet the threshold is greater than the number of digital coupons, the purchase time generates a lottery mechanism at the first purchase time, so that the mobile devices that meet the threshold are based on the lottery One of the mechanisms is to purchase tickets based on the lottery results.

An embodiment of the present invention is provided in that the purchase server transmits a plurality of first notifications and a plurality of second notifications to the threshold-compliant mobile devices and a portion of the mobile devices that do not execute the event, respectively, the Each of the first notifications further includes a designated seat information.

The present invention provides an embodiment in which the event is a real-name login event and a social web page event.

The present invention further discloses a virtual shopping system, which includes an event server, a purchase server and a plurality of mobile devices; wherein, the event server is provided with an event processing unit to execute an event; the purchase server is provided with a an activity processing unit, the activity processing unit executes a shopping program, the processing unit generates an activity message according to the shopping program; and the mobile devices receive the activity message sent by the purchase server to link to the event, Some of the message processing units generate a plurality of event results according to the event and send them to the event server, the event server sends a completion notification to the purchase server according to the event results, and the purchase server according to the completion The notification distinguishes the mobile devices into a plurality of mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that do not execute the event, the mobile devices that meet the threshold correspond to the results of the events, and the purchase server transmits the plurality of first a notification and a plurality of second notifications to the mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that have not executed the event, the first notifications respectively include a first purchase time for purchasing a plurality of digital tickets, The second notifications respectively include a second purchase time for purchasing the digital coupons, and the first purchase time is earlier than the second purchase time. Thereby, the present invention allows the general public to use the mobile device to participate in the event corresponding to the event information generated by the purchase server, and allows the mobile device users who have fully participated in the event to have the first purchase order, thus allowing the users who want to participate in the event to purchase tickets The people who are more likely to buy tickets have more opportunities to buy tickets, and avoid the people who do not participate in the purchase of tickets from rushing to buy tickets, thus increasing the fairness of ticket purchases.

The present invention provides another embodiment, wherein the purchase server generates a lottery mechanism according to the number of the mobile devices in the part of the unexecuted event is greater than the remaining number of the digital tickets, so that the part of the unexecuted event is Each mobile device purchases a ticket according to one of the lottery results of the lottery mechanism.

The present invention provides another embodiment, wherein the purchase server generates a lottery mechanism according to the number of the mobile devices that meet the threshold is greater than the number of the digital tickets, so that the mobile devices that meet the threshold are based on the lottery mechanism One of the lottery results to purchase tickets.

The present invention provides another embodiment, wherein each of the first notifications further includes a seat assignment information.

The present invention provides another embodiment in which the event is a real-name login event or a social web page event.

In order to make your examiners have a further understanding and understanding of the features of the present invention and the effects achieved, I would like to assist with the examples and cooperation descriptions, and the descriptions are as follows:

In view of the problem of rushing tickets caused by the conventional ticket purchasing system, the present invention proposes a virtual shopping system and method thereof, so as to solve the difficulty in purchasing tickets caused by the network traffic of a large number of accounts in the conventional ticket purchasing system. And the problem of making people interested in using a large number of accounts to grab tickets.

Hereinafter, the characteristics provided by the method for virtual shopping disclosed by the present invention and the virtual shopping system matched will be further described:

First, please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a flowchart of virtual shopping according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the steps of the virtual shopping method of the present invention include:

Step S10: the purchasing server generates an event message;

Step S20: the purchase server sends the event message to a plurality of mobile devices connected to the purchase server;

Step S30: the mobile device connects the event server according to the activity message;

Step S40: some mobile devices reply multiple event results to the event server according to the event;

Step S50: the event server sends a completion notification to the purchase server according to the event result;

Step S60: The purchase server divides the mobile devices into a plurality of mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that do not execute the event according to the completion notification; and

Step S70: The purchase server transmits the first notification and the second notification to the mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that do not execute the event, respectively.

Please refer to FIG. 2A to FIG. 2D together, which are system schematic diagrams of a virtual shopping system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 2A to 2D , the virtual shopping system 1 of the present invention includes an event server 10 , a purchase server 20 and a plurality of mobile devices 30 . The event server 10 is provided with an event processing unit 12 . The processing unit 12 executes an event E, the purchase server 20 is provided with an activity processing unit 22 , the activity processing unit 22 executes a shopping program 22A, and the mobile devices 30 are respectively provided with a message processing unit 32 .

In step S10, as shown in FIG. 2A, the shopping program 22A executed by the event processing unit 22 generates an event message 22B, which refers to a digital message containing the content of the ticket-purchasing event, for example: 108/11/10 to 108/ 11/15 Opera performance coming soon. In step S20, as shown in FIG. 2A, a plurality of mobile devices 30 are connected to the purchase server 20 via a network (not shown), so that the activity processing unit 22 transmits the activity message 22B to the mobile devices respectively 30, so that the message processing units 32 respectively receive the activity message 22B. In step S30 , as shown in FIG. 2B , the mobile devices 30 are respectively connected to the event server 10 according to the activity message 22B received by the signal processing unit 32 , and thus participate in the events executed by the event server 10 . E, for example: real-name login events or social page activity events, such as sharing posts or likes on Facebook pages. In step S40 , as shown in FIG. 2B , some of the mobile devices 30 participate in the event E, and generate corresponding event results 32A according to the event E to send back to the event server 10 , so that the The event processing unit 12 receives the event results 32A, for example, completing a real-name login event, or completing a social page activity event, such as clicking a like or sharing a post. In step S50, as shown in FIG. 2C, the event server 10 generates a completion notification M1 through the event processing unit 12 according to the event results 32A, and transmits it to the purchase server 20 for processing through the event The unit 22 receives the completion notification M1.

Next, in step S60 , as shown in FIG. 2D , the purchase server 20 divides the mobile devices 30 into a plurality of mobile devices 30A that meet the threshold and some of those that do not execute the event according to the completion notification The mobile device 30, that is, the threshold-compliant mobile devices 30A are essentially the original mobile devices 30, but the shopping program 22A executed by the activity processing unit 22 is marked on the program, and will reply to these in step S40 The mobile devices 30 are marked as part of the event results 32A as the threshold-compliant mobile devices 30A.

In step S70, as shown in FIG. 2D, the purchase server 20 generates a first notification N1 and a second notification N2 through the shopping program 22A, and the first notification N1 corresponds to the threshold-compliant mobile devices 30A , the second notification N2 corresponds to some of the mobile devices 30 that do not execute the event, that is, the mobile devices 30 that are not marked by the shopping program 22A, so the activity processing unit 22 The notification N1 and the second notification N2 are transmitted to the threshold-compliant mobile devices 30A and some of the mobile devices 30 that do not execute the event, wherein the first notification N1 has a first purchase time, and the second Notify N2 that there is a second purchase time, for example: 108/11/10 to 108/11/15 opera performance, the first purchase time is 108/10/25 to 108/10/31, the second purchase time is 108 /11/1 to 108/11/9, so the first purchase time is earlier than the second purchase time, and the threshold-compliant mobile devices 30A can purchase a plurality of 108/11/10 at the first purchase time To the plurality of digital tickets corresponding to the opera performance on 108/11/15, some of the mobile devices 30 that have not executed the event will purchase the remaining tickets of the digital tickets at the second purchase time.

Referring back to FIG. 1, the steps of the virtual shopping method of the present invention may further include:

Step S80: Determine whether the digital tickets are sold out; and

Step S90: The purchase server notifies the event server to delete the personal information of the event result according to the event message.

In step S80, and referring to FIGS. 2A to 2D, after sending the first notification N1 and the second notification N2, the purchase server 20 will track the sales status of the digital tickets, and determine Whether the digital tickets are sold out, if it is determined to be yes, go to step S90, and if it is determined to be no, go to step S80. In step S90, the purchase server 20 will end the current ticket purchase activity through the shopping program 22A, and notify the event server 10, so that the event processing unit 12 of the event server 10 will The personal information of the results of these events is deleted, so that the events are re-accumulated, so that the fixed mobile device 30 does not obtain the first purchase time, which can increase the fairness of ticket purchases.

The digital tickets mentioned above are tickets for concerts, large-scale exhibitions and other events. In addition, the digital coupons of the present invention can also be used as commodity exchange coupons, such as virtual treasure exchange coupons for popular games, limited physical commodity exchange coupons, and can also be used as meal coupons (such as: Regent Hotel buffet meals) vouchers), service exchange vouchers (for example: foot massage vouchers) or equivalent discount vouchers.

To sum up, the virtual shopping system and method of the present invention provide a purchase server to generate event information to the mobile device to connect to the event server, thereby allowing the mobile device to participate in the event of the event server to notify the purchase server The device classifies the mobile device that responds to the event result as a mobile device that meets the threshold, and thus receives an earlier first purchase time to purchase digital tickets earlier. In addition, when the digital tickets are sold out, the purchase server will notify the event server to delete the personal information it has collected about the results of these events, so as to maintain the fairness of ticket purchases, and there will be no fixed mobile device receiving more information. The first time to buy early.

Therefore, the present invention is indeed novel, progressive and available for industrial use, and it should meet the requirements of patent application in my country's patent law.

However, the above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of implementation of the present invention. All changes and modifications made in accordance with the shape, structure, features and spirit described in the scope of the patent application of the present invention are equivalent. , shall be included in the scope of the patent application of the present invention.

1: Virtual shopping system 10: Event Server 12: Event processing unit 20: Buy Servers 22: Active processing unit 22A: Shopping program 22B: Event Information 30: Mobile Devices 30A: Threshold Compliant Mobile Device 32: message processing unit 32: Event Result E: event M1: Completion notification N1: First notice N2: Second notice S10 to S90: Steps

Figure 1: It is a flow chart of virtual shopping according to an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 2A to FIG. 2D are system schematic diagrams of a virtual shopping system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

S10 to S90: Steps

Claims (8)

A method for virtual shopping, the steps of which include: a purchase server generates an activity message; the purchase server sends the activity message to a plurality of mobile devices connected to the purchase server; the mobile devices connect to a mobile device according to the activity message an event server, the event server executes an event; some of the mobile devices reply a plurality of event results to the event server according to the event; the event server sends a completion notification to the purchase server according to the event results device; the purchase server divides the mobile devices into a plurality of mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that do not execute the event according to the completion notification; and the purchase server sends a plurality of first notifications and A plurality of second notifications are sent to the mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that have not executed the event, the first notifications respectively include a first purchase time for purchasing a plurality of digital tickets, the first notifications The second notifications respectively include a second purchase time for purchasing one of the digital coupons, and the first purchase time is earlier than the second purchase time; the purchase server determines that the part of the mobile devices has not executed the event When the quantity is greater than the remaining quantity of the digital tickets, the purchase server generates a lottery mechanism at the second purchase time, so that some of the mobile devices that have not executed the event purchase tickets according to a lottery result of the lottery mechanism. The method for virtual shopping as described in item 1 of the claimed scope, wherein the purchase server transmits a plurality of first notifications and a plurality of second notifications to the mobile devices that meet the threshold and the portion of the unexecuted events, respectively. After the step of the mobile device, the step further includes: when the purchase server determines that the digital tickets are sold out, the purchase server notifies the event server to delete the personal information of the event results according to the event message. The method for virtual shopping as described in item 1 of the claimed scope, wherein the purchase server transmits a plurality of first notifications and a plurality of second notifications to the mobile devices that meet the threshold and the portion of the unexecuted events, respectively. After the step of each mobile device, when the purchase server determines that the number of the mobile devices that meet the threshold is greater than the number of the digital coupons, the purchase time generates a lottery mechanism at the first purchase time, so that the A mobile device that meets the threshold purchases tickets according to one of the lottery results of the lottery mechanism. The method for virtual shopping as described in item 1 of the claimed scope, wherein the purchase server transmits a plurality of first notifications and a plurality of second notifications to the mobile devices that meet the threshold and the portion of the unexecuted events, respectively. In the step of each mobile device, the first notifications further respectively include a designated seat information. The method for virtual shopping as described in item 1 of the scope of the application, wherein the event is a real-name login event and a social networking page event. A virtual shopping system, comprising: an event server with an event processing unit, the event processing unit executes an event; a purchase server, with an activity processing unit, the activity processing unit executes a shopping program, the activity processing unit The unit generates an activity message according to the shopping program, and the activity message corresponds to the event; and a plurality of mobile devices are provided with a plurality of message processing units, which are connected to the shopping program, and the message processing units respectively receive and respond to the activity message. connected to the event server, some of the message processing units generate a plurality of event results according to the event and send them to the event server, and the event server sends a completion notification to the purchase server according to the event results, The purchase server divides the mobile devices into a plurality of mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that do not execute the event according to the completion notification, the mobile devices that meet the threshold correspond to the results of the events, and the purchase The server transmits a plurality of first notifications and a plurality of second notifications respectively to the mobile devices that meet the threshold and some of the mobile devices that have not executed the event, and the first notifications respectively include purchasing a plurality of digital tickets One of the first purchases During the time, the second notifications respectively include a second purchase time for purchasing the digital coupons, and the first purchase time is earlier than the second purchase time; wherein the purchase server is based on the part of the unexecuted event. A lottery mechanism is generated when the number of the mobile devices is greater than the remaining number of the digital tickets, so that some of the mobile devices that have not executed the event purchase tickets according to a lottery result of the lottery mechanism. The virtual shopping system described in claim 6, wherein when the purchase server determines that the digital tickets are sold out, the purchase server notifies the event server to delete the events according to the event message Personal information about the results. The virtual shopping system as described in item 6 of the scope of application, wherein the purchase server generates a lottery mechanism according to the number of the mobile devices that meet the threshold is greater than the number of the digital coupons, so that the mobile devices that meet the threshold are The device purchases tickets according to one of the lottery results of the lottery mechanism.

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