KR20020007100A - Method for purchasing pari-mutuel ticket by mobile-phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for buying a pari-mutuel ticket or a race ticket using a mobile terminal is provided to conveniently buy the pari-mutuel ticket or the race ticket without the movement of a seat and the crowdedness of a window in a race track and a bicycle race track by being connected with an account voting server of the Korean Horse Affairs Association/Cycle Racing Association using an SMS message transmission service of a mobile telephone network. CONSTITUTION: A previously subscribed spectator transmits a pari-mutuel ticket or a race ticket as an SMS message using a mobile telephone without the movement of a seat or crowded line stand by every game in a race track or a bicycle race track(S3). A pari-mutuel ticket/race ticket buying server analyzes the transmitted message according to combined sequence, retrieves a client information database using a mobile telephone number inserted into an SMS message, and generates buying application information on the basis of corresponding client information, and transmits generated buying application information to an account voting server of the Korean Horse Affairs Association or the Cycle Racing Association(S4). The account voting server performs the buying of the pari-mutuel ticket/race ticket and transmits whether the buying of the pari-mutuel ticket/race ticket is successful, and a pari-mutuel ticket/race ticket buying proxy server receives result information and transmits the result to the mobile telephone of the client through the SMS message of the mobile telephone network(S5). If the game is ended, the pari-mutuel ticket/race ticket buying proxy server receives a prize money is obtained according to the game result from the account voting server, and informs the game result to the client(S6).

Description

How to purchase a book or race ticket using a mobile phone {Method for purchasing pari-mutuel ticket by mobile-phone}

The present invention relates to a method of purchasing a horse ticket or a racing ticket in a racetrack using a mobile phone. Currently, the method of purchasing a horseback or racing ticket in a racetrack or racetrack is the same. Therefore, the example of the existing method only introduces the bookmaking process at the racetrack. In the process of buying a book, a visitor who finds a racetrack can make a betting card with a computer-based aqueous pen to make a betting card. Register your deposit and withdrawal bank account and personal information at the horse racing club, create an account for the ticket purchase, and buy a ticket through the ARS by using the account vending machine in the stadium or by phone.

Of course, the most common of these is the purchase of bookmakers through the window. However, in order to buy a book, you have to go to the account vending machine or teller and issue your own ticket, so it is very crowded by many people and you must move to the seats if you are watching a game or relaxing on a nearby lawn. There is a hassle to buy a book at the counter.

At present, the voting method is called account voting, which means that subscribers who sign up for a contract in advance do not visit the racecourse or branch offices, but apply for a ticket purchase by phone at home or at work, or enter the ticketing content directly through the account voting terminal provided at the racetrack. Applying for the purchase, the book purchase, refunds and refunds are operated in the subscriber's account. Therefore, if the subscribers subscribed to the account voting purchase a book by using a mobile phone, this line will not be a hassle, but in reality, the limited wireless channel of the mobile communication network serving the racetrack does not satisfy the demand of the majority of subscribers. ..

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is a simple text message using a wireless control channel defined for mutual control between a mobile phone and a base station where a mobile phone is located, rather than a limited wireless communication channel of a mobile communication network. Use a Short Message Service (SMS) message service that can send messages. This message uses the wireless control channel only when the maximum is 64 BYTE or less, and when it is above 64 BYTE, the communication channel is allocated. Therefore, if the book / race ticket purchase information, which is less than 64 BYTE, is transmitted through the SMS message, the message can be transmitted through the existing radio control channel without new allocation of the radio channel, which is an important resource that determines the processing capacity of the mobile phone network. By using the SMS message transmission service of the mobile telephone network, it is connected to the account voting server of the Horse Racing Association / Race Track Association, so that it is possible to conveniently purchase a book at the race track and race track without congestion of the seat and the congestion of the window, and it is possible to request the purchase of a ticket for many visitors The purpose is to help.

1 is a diagram illustrating a connection between a mobile telephone network, a bookmaker / race ticket purchase agent server, and an account voting server according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of purchasing a bookmaker / racebook through a bookmaker / racebook purchase agent server using a mobile telephone network according to the present invention.

The present invention for achieving the object as described above is to use the SMS message transmission service of the mobile phone network to bookmaker / racing ticket purchase information generated from the mobile phone through the SMS message to the server for the purchase of bookmaker / racing ticket on the mobile phone network The purchase agent server transmits the purchase history of the bookmaker / racebook received by the account voting server installed and operated by the horse racing or the race association to implement the purchase of the bookmaker / racebook. same.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of purchasing a bookmaker / racebook using a mobile phone includes: a visitor pre-registration process for purchasing a bookmaker / racebook in advance; A purchase process of bookmakers / racebooks by registered visitors; Characterized in that the process comprises the process of processing the purchase information to the ballot of the analysis horse racing or race association.

Alternatively, in order to obtain a profit as a feature according to the commercialization of the present invention, it is characterized in that it further comprises a process of collecting a certain percentage of the prize money as a fee only for the viewers who have won the prize money after the end of the game.

The present invention transmits the purchase history of short bookmakers / race tickets through the mobile communication network and wired network to the account voting server of the horse racing or race association by using the existing SMS message through the mobile phone possessed by most visitors coming to the racetrack and racetrack. As a result, it is not necessary to attach additional equipment of the mobile phone and upgrade the software of the mobile phone, and also it can receive many subscribers because it uses the SMS message of the channel for the system set up between the terminal base stations rather than the wireless channel required per subscriber. Can be. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First of all, in order to purchase a book / race ticket on a mobile phone, the subscriber's pre-registration process is required. Subscriber information such as personal information, bank account for deposit and withdrawal, and mobile phone number is collected and registered in the subscriber information database. (Step S1) At this time, the subscriber information database manages the customer's database and receives a purchase history from the customer from the mobile communication network, and refers to the customer information database and attempts to purchase a bookbook to the account voting server of the horse race. In other words, it exists in the 'booking / racing ticket purchasing agent server'. The bookmaker / race ticket purchasing agent server also registers as a voting member of the horse racing / dispensary association using the registered subscriber information. (Step S2) Horse Racing / Finance Association's Account Voting Field Here, the mobile phone number is used to retrieve the subscriber information database using the mobile phone number contained in the SMS message when the subscriber spectator sent an SMS message to purchase the book. It is used as a key to find the subscriber information.

On the other hand, visitors who have already subscribed use their mobile phones to send their horseback purchases using SMS messages without having to change seats or race lines in racecourses and racetracks. (Step S3)

After that, enter the purchase history of the bookmaker / racebook through the mobile phone. In order to explain how to input a bookmaker / racebook through a mobile phone, an example of purchasing a bookmaker at a racetrack will be described.

In order to purchase a book, it is necessary to provide information on the number of horses, games, and purchases.The buyer sets this information and makes the book purchases into SMS message information of the mobile phone.The contents of each information element of the purchase information are all in the form of numbers. When one number is represented by one digit, two digits are needed to represent the bun since the race usually runs less than 15 horses. There are four methods, and in order to distinguish each of them, a single form of 0, a long form of 1, a double form of 2, and a double form of 3 are required. One digit is required to distinguish each form. You can purchase up to 100,000 won, so you need at least three to six digits to display up to 100,000 The.

On the other hand, the purchase history elements consisting of these numbers are combined with each other to form a book-buying information, consisting of the following formula, order, number, purchase amount. At this time, the horseman's information will vary depending on the ceremony. Danseung is the method of matching the first horse, and the winning streak is the method of selecting 1 ~ 3 horses, so one horse is required. The first and second horses are matched in any order, and the two-stage horse is required to match the first and second horses in order.

Looking at the embodiment according to the above-described book purchase history, if you first bet 1000 won in the second race horse in the single-seat ceremony, the purchase zone information is 0, which indicates the single-stage ceremony, 02 indicating the horse race 2, the bet amount, that is, the digit 1000 Combination of 0021000, if you bet 20000 won in races 1 and 10 as a doubles, the purchase zone information is 2, which points to the doubles, 10 which points to races 01 and 10, which points to races 10, and 20000 bets. Is composed of 2011020000 by combining.

The purchase details described above are based on the SMS message service that is basically implemented in all mobile phones. If the software is changed with the help of the mobile phone manufacturer, the type of bookmaker, horse, and purchase amount can be entered in the form of a securities service menu. If there is a book buying menu provided, it will be easier to create a purchase history information. However, even in this case, the message is made and sent in the form of SMS.

Meanwhile, the bookmaker purchase message transmitted from the mobile phone is transferred to the bookmaker / race ticket purchase agent server through the mobile communication network, and the bookmaker / race ticket purchase server interprets the delivered message in a combined order and transmits the message transmitted in the SMS message. The customer information database is searched using the telephone number as a key, and the purchase application information is created and transmitted to the horse racing or racing association's account voting server based on the customer information (step S4).

The account voting server transmits the success / failure for the purchase of the bookmaker / race ticket, and whether the bookmaker / race ticket purchase agent server receives the result information transmits the result through an SMS message of the mobile phone network to the customer's mobile phone. (Step S5)

After the race, the bookmaker / race ticket purchasing agency system receives the prize from the account voting server and notifies the customer according to the race result. (Step S6) At this time, a part of the customer's prize money is negotiated with the horseshoe in advance, and a certain percentage is deducted as a commission for the purchase of bookmakers. Such a fee collection is a profit system according to the commercialization of the present invention, and later, the commission is replaced by the account of the operating company that commercialized the present invention. Therefore, subscribers who do not receive a prize after the race do not have to pay a fee separately, and only a subscriber who receives a prize for a race horse pays a certain fee according to the prize money.

As the present invention utilizes the account voting system of the horse racing / dispensary association, the construction of the system is an essential condition. For the purpose of checking deposits and withdrawals for deposits and dividends for the purchase of a bookmaker, the game voting system of the competition operator is used.

As described above, customers who visit a racetrack or racetrack according to the present invention can purchase a bookmaker using a mobile phone, which is mostly held, so there is no need to line up or move a place at a busy window to purchase a bookmaker.

Claims (3)

A method of purchasing a book / race ticket using a mobile phone, comprising: a pre-registration process of a mobile phone holder; Inputting a book / race ticket purchase history using a mobile phone; A purchase history transmission process through an SMS message of a mobile telephone network; Applying for the purchase of bookmakers / racebooks to the account voting server of the Horse Racing / Brain Association with the last received purchase details; How to purchase a bookmaker / racebook using a mobile phone, including sending the bookmaker / racebook purchase result and the result of the prize after the race to the mobile phone via SMS message The method according to claim 1, In the above process, a server called "Booking / Race Ticket Purchasing Service" is established to register the information of the subscriber who wants to purchase a book / racing ticket through a mobile phone to maintain a database of subscriber information and to use the subscriber information. Agreement for the automatic registration of account voting subscribers and mobile phones loaded with dedicated software for the purchase of bookmakers or race tickets for purchase of pre-races or race tickets using the mobile phone, or with or without the above software. Process of sending the purchase history of bookmaker / racebook to mobile communication network through SMS message and subscriber's recognition process using bookmaker / racebook purchase history of mobile bookmaker / racebook purchase agency service received through mobile communication network Data of the subscriber and the recognized subscriber It is characterized by the process of applying for a book purchase to the account voting server using a mobile phone and receiving the result and the prize money according to the result after the race from the account voting server to notify the subscriber's mobile phone as an SMS message through the mobile communication network. How to buy a book on a mobile phone The method according to claim 2, In the operation of the bookmaker / race ticket purchase agent service server performing the above process, the profit is paid to the part of the customer's prize in advance by negotiating with the horse race / race association to obtain a dividend by subtracting a certain percentage as the commission of the bookmaker. How to purchase a bookmaker / race ticket using a mobile phone, characterized in that only to pay a certain fee in accordance with the prize.