JPH096864A - Immediate membership system telephone betting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable anybody to easily give a telephone betting of public racing even on the day when he purchases a membership card without following a membership joining procedure such as the opening of a bank account. CONSTITUTION: On an individual membership card, a unique membership number and a random registration number which is covered with a seal, etc., are printed, and the membership numbers and registration numbers of membership cards which are already issued and a usable amount are stored in a membership card information file 6 on a center computer 5. When a user starts using the membership card after purchasing it, inputs the membership number and the registration number, confirmed by peeling the seal with the push buttons of a telephone set 9, they are collated with the membership card information file 6, and when they match data in the file, a password which is inputted successively is registered. When a betting ticket is purchased, the center is called through the telephone set 9, the membership number and password which are inputted through push-button operation are used for confirmation, and bets which are successively inputted are accepted by the purchase prices.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The present invention relates to an day membership telephone voting system and, more _{particularly,} to a ticket purchase reimbursement system using the telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Payment by means of membership-based bank account withdrawal represented by telephone voting, home-based terminal voting, and card voting
_{The conventional} voting ticket purchasing system first purchases a bank account and refunds by joining a member organization subject to bank withdrawal and opening a fixed-term collateral account with a pledge right with a public competition enforcer in the bank. It was possible to vote as a settlement method of.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] A _conventional method of using a bank account debit of a membership system represented by a telephone voting system as a settlement means _.
The voting ticket purchase system requires funds and labor to open a fixed collateral account, or becomes a member of it.
There is a problem in that Ru _Oh requires a certain amount of paperwork period.

In addition, in membership card voting and voting systems using prepaid cards, a terminal for voting must be installed on the street, and there is opposition to local residents.
There was a problem with the installation of _the terminal itself. in this way,
In each _case , _there were some problems, and there was no system that gave the general public an opportunity to purchase voting tickets anywhere.

[0005]

The same day membership telephone voting _system of the present invention responds to a telephone call from a purchaser of a membership card by voice and converts an arbitrary personal identification number designated by a push signal into computer data. A voice response device, an automatic refund machine that accepts a refund request by entering the membership number and PIN, and transfers the refund amount as a result of inquiry to the purchaser of the membership card as cash, a printer, _{and the} membership number and the registration number for registering the purchase limit and personal identification number, which is the sales of the membership card as well as printed by _the printer, issue management function to store the information to the membership card information _file, entered beauty _Hoyo membership number personal identification number registration unit to register the personal identification number to the membership card information _file, from the purchaser of the membership card, the vote what is specified in the push signal of the phone _said
To determine the propriety of the vote from the personal identification number and purchase possible balance that has been recorded in the race progress information and _the membership card information in the file from the Totally Li Zeta system received via a voice response unit, _the membership card, if possible vote The voting details are recorded in the information file and the number of votes cast is sent to _the totalizer system. refund Repetitive input function _put, comprising a center computer having _a refund control _unit, to send a search to refund amount of money from _the membership card information file to _the automatic withdrawal machine for the reimbursement amount for the refund request from _the automatic refund machines .

[0006]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a membership card used in the embodiment of the present invention. The membership card 1 has a purchase limit of 2, a unique member number 3 in the system, and is hidden by a sticker at the time of purchasing the membership card, which can be seen after purchase and is used to confirm the membership card purchaser. Registration number 4 is printed.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of _an embodiment of the present invention.
Shows the contents of the management information of _the membership card information file ₆ in _FIG .

[0009] Center computer _5, was issued
_, With a membership card information file 6 for managing the information of the membership card of _all. That is, voting information, balance information, etc. are collectively managed by the membership card information file 6. As a result, the owner of the membership card can be limited by the membership number and the personal identification number, and it becomes possible to vote by telephone. First, in the _case of issuance of a membership card, the issuance management function 8 prints the membership number 3, the purchase limit amount 2 and the registration number 4 on the printer 7, and at _the same time, the membership number 21 and the purchase limit amount 24 of the membership card information file 6 Write in registration number 22. At this time, the member number 3 is uniquely assigned by the system, and the registration number 2 is output at random. The registration number 2 is hidden by special ink or the like that can be peeled off by shaving it with a sticker or coin. This is to prevent unauthorized use by a person who is not a member card purchaser just by looking at the member card.

The issued membership card 1 is sold everywhere with a purchase limit of 2 and the person who purchased the membership card 1 first registers in the center computer 5 that the membership card 1 has been purchased. . For that _{purpose, the purchaser uses} the voice response device 1 from the general telephone 9 capable of transmitting a push signal.
Call the voting reception center where 0 is installed. When the telephone line is connected, follow the guidance of the voice response device 10,
_{The purchaser} selects the PIN code registration operation, and the membership number 3 and the registration number 4 confirmed by peeling off the sticker after purchasing the membership card,
Enter the PIN code to be used for voting in the future with a push signal.

[0011] the information _is passed to password registration unit 11 through the voice response unit 10. The personal identification number registration unit 11 reads the member information file 6 and checks that the accepted member number 3 exists and the registration number 4 matches the registration number 22 in the membership card information file 6, and if they match. As the regular purchaser of the membership card, the received personal identification number is registered in the personal identification number 23 of the membership card information file 6.

After registering the personal identification number, the voting ticket can be purchased by using a general telephone that can send a push signal. The voting ticket mentioned here is not a normal paper-based voting ticket, but a voting ticket on a magnetic recording medium of a computer used in a telephone voting system or the like. Buy _a voting ticket
_{In order to do so, the purchaser} first _calls from the general telephone 9 to the voting reception center in which the voice response device 10 is installed, _{and when the} telephone line is connected, selects the voting operation according to the guidance of the voice response device 10. After that, the voice guidance device 10 guides the input request of the member number and the personal identification number.

The member card _purchaser inputs the member number 3 printed on the member card and the registered personal identification number by operating the buttons on the telephone 9. The voice response device 10 converts the input member number and personal identification number into computer data and transmits the computer data to the voting control unit 12 of the center computer 5. Voting control unit 12
Is the member number 2 on the received information and membership card information file 6
_{That was} compared to match the 1 and the personal identification number 23 as a personal confirmation of membership card purchaser, to allow subsequent ticket purchase. When the voting ticket can be purchased _{, the} voting control unit ₁₂ sends the purchaseable balance 25 of the membership card to the voice response device 10, and the voice response device 10 notifies the membership card purchaser of the purchaseable balance 25 by voice, The membership card purchaser can purchase the voting ticket. When the betting ticket information such as the race number, the winning series such as the winning streak, the serial number, and the number of purchase votes is input from the telephone 9 _{, the} voice response device 10 converts the entered voting information into computer data and online the center computer 5 stores. It is transmitted to the voting control unit 12. The voting control unit ₁₂ determines whether or not the purchase is possible based on the race progress information sent from the totalizer system 16, and if the purchase is possible, passes the total number of purchase votes to the totalizer system 16 for aggregation, and vote details 28 in the membership card information file 6. And add the purchase amount to the voting ticket purchase amount 26, and purchaseable balance 25
Subtract from. Then, the voice response device 10 notifies the card purchaser of the voting result. After the completion of each race, the refund refund transfer function 14 receives the hit refund information from the totalizer system 16 and adds the refund to the _vote refund amount 27 of the membership card information file 6 when there is a hit voting detail 28. It is recorded in the voting details 28 with the Then _{,
If you want a} refund receipt of the results of the vote, _{the purchaser} to enter a membership number 3 and the personal identification number to an automatic withdrawal machine 13. The automatic refund machine 13 transfers the input membership number 3 and personal identification number to the refund controller 15 of the center computer 5.

The refund controller 15 collates the membership number 21 and the personal identification number 23 in the membership card information file 6, and if they match, sends the information stored in the refund amount 27 to the automatic refund machine 13 for automatic refund. The machine 13 automatically refunds the cash based on the information.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention _, an unspecified number of people who are not registered as members can purchase a membership card at a convenience store or the like and register a personal identification number using a ubiquitous telephone, so that it is easy to carry it anywhere. _so the effect that it is possible to perform the telephone vote on.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is _a configuration diagram of an _{embodiment of the present invention} .

FIG. 2 _{is a diagram showing a} membership card used in the embodiment _{of FIG.}

FIG. 3 _{is a diagram showing a} membership card information file _{in FIG.}

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Membership card 2 Purchase limit 3 Membership number _{4 Registration number} 5 Center computer 6 Membership card information file 7 Printer 8 Issue management function 9 Telephone 10 Voice response device 11 PIN code registration unit 12 Voting control unit 13 Automatic refund machine 14 Refund refund transfer function 15 Refund control unit 16 Totalizer system 21 Member number 22 Registration number 23 PIN number 24 Purchase limit 25 Purchasable balance 26 Voting ticket purchase amount 27 Refund amount 28 Voting details 29 Voting date and time 30 Racetrack 31 Race number 32 Series number 33 Number of sheets 34 Refund unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A voice response device for answering a telephone call from a purchaser of a membership card by voice and converting any personal identification number designated by a push signal into computer data, and a refund by inputting a membership number and a personal identification number. Accept requests,
Registration to register the automatic refund machine that delivers the refund amount of the inquiry as a cash to the purchaser of _the membership card, the printer, _{and the} purchase limit amount and the PIN number, which are the membership number and the sales amount of the membership card, on the membership card as well as printed by _the printer number, personal identification number registration unit that registers issue management function of storing the information into the membership card information _file, the member number _and the entered security code membership card information _file,
From Buyer membership card, and personal identification number are recorded vote content specified by the tone signals of the telephone in the race progress information and _the membership card information file from the distorter Li Zeta system received via _the voice response unit purchased available balance from determining whether the voting, voting control unit if possible vote to send a vote votes records the voting item on _the membership card information file Totally re zeta _system, also the center refund information from Totally Li zeta system door to membership card information center gold the Kuriireru refund Repetitive input function to center the vote item in the _{file, said} the search to refund the amount of the refund amount from _the membership card information file for the refund request from _the automatic refund machines on the day membership telephone voting _system comprising a center computer having _a refund control _unit, to be transmitted to the automatic withdrawal machine for.