JP3880105B2 - Karaoke request system with sweepstakes - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  The present invention relates to a karaoke request system with a prize, to which lyrics of a karaoke song requested by a specific member are transmitted as video through a communication line, and a function for selecting a winner of a prize from the requested specific members is added.
[0002]
[Prior art]
  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been provided a karaoke request system for broadcasting a karaoke song requested by a viewer over the telephone via a CATV network. In other words, the CATV broadcasting center registers in advance those who wish to request karaoke songs among CATV broadcast subscribers as specific members, and when a karaoke song is requested by phone from a specific member, the request is sent. It automatically receives and stores request information such as the requested member ID and karaoke song number of the specific member, and then broadcasts lyrics video of the karaoke song on the channel for karaoke broadcasting through the CATV network.
[0003]
  Therefore, the specific member who requested the karaoke song can enjoy karaoke by setting the CATV channel as the channel for karaoke broadcasting.
  The stored request information is used when the CATV provider collects a request fee for a specific member.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
  However, the current karaoke request system only broadcasts karaoke songs requested by viewers over the telephone using the CATV network, so only the functions necessary for receiving requests and charging registered members are available. I do not have. For this reason, the current karaoke through CATV is not attractive in terms of entertainment, and it is actually difficult for CATV operators to increase the number of subscribers.
[0005]
  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to enhance entertainment.To increase subscribers and requesting membersCanIn addition, the request promotion date can be set arbitrarily, and the winners can be selected without duplication up to a predetermined limit.Is to provide a karaoke request system with a prize.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  The present invention includes a member information storage unit that stores member information of a specific member who can request a karaoke song, a request reception unit that receives a request for a karaoke song from the specific member, and a karaoke song that is received by at least the request reception unit. A request member information storage means for storing member information of a specific member received by the request reception means, and a request member information storage means for storing the request member information storage means for transmitting the lyrics as video data through a predetermined communication line. A lottery means is provided for drawing selected members who satisfy a predetermined selection condition from specific members stored in the information storage means.In the above, the lottery means is provided so that the date when the request is accepted can be set as the selection condition, and when the selection condition is not set, the lottery means includes all the specific members stored in the request member information storage means. The selected members are selected from among the specific members corresponding to the request information satisfying the selection conditions from all the specific members stored in the request member information storage means when the selection conditions are set. Create a lottery target file and invalidate the same specific member from being selected for the second time in the lottery target file, while drawing lottery members repeatedly until the maximum number of winners is reached. Create a membership file(Claim 1).
[0007]
  According to such a configuration, when a specific member who can request a karaoke song requests a karaoke song, the request reception means receives a request for the karaoke song. And since a transmission means transmits the lyrics of the karaoke song which the request reception means received as video data via a predetermined | prescribed communication line, the specific member can enjoy karaoke by viewing a karaoke song.
[0008]
  Here, the request member information storage means stores the member information of the specific member received by the request reception means. The lottery means, for example, draws a winning member satisfying a predetermined selection condition from the specific members stored in the request member information storage means in accordance with an instruction from the operator, so that the entertainment of the system can be improved.
[0009]
[0010]
  in this caseSince the date requested by the specific member can be used as an element of the selection condition, the request promotion date can be arbitrarily set.
[0011]
  AlsoWhen the operator does not set the selection conditions, all the specific members can be set as the lottery targets, so that all the specific members can be arbitrarily set as the lottery targets.
[0012]
  In addition, winning notification means for automatically notifying the winning member through the communication line may be provided.2).
  According to such a configuration, since the winning member is automatically notified through the communication line, the operator can notify the winning member that the winning member has been won without performing any special operation.
[0013]
  The transmission means may be provided with a video notification means for notifying the winning member through a communication line by video.3).
  According to such a configuration, since the winning member is notified by video through the communication line, the winning member can also be notified to the viewers of the broadcast on the communication line.
[0014]
  The communication line may be a CATV line.4).
  According to such a configuration, the cost can be greatly reduced by using the existing CATV line.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a CATV karaoke request system will be described with reference to the drawings.
  FIG. 2 schematically shows an entire karaoke request system using CATV. In FIG. 2, the CATV broadcast center transmits several tens of channels of television broadcasts to the CATV subscriber's home through the CATV network 1, and the CATV broadcast is viewed on the TV 3 through the dedicated receiver 2 at the CATV subscriber's home. Be able to.
[0016]
  Here, several tens of channels of CATV broadcasting are set for karaoke broadcasting, and the karaoke broadcasting is viewed by setting the channel of the television 3 to the designated channel at the CATV subscriber's home. be able to.
[0017]
  In other words, the CATV broadcast center includes the karaoke device 4 and the karaoke broadcast control device 5 (corresponding to the transmission means of the present invention) for controlling the music performance with a remote control signal for the karaoke device 4. A karaoke broadcast is transmitted to the receiver 2 of the CATV subscriber through the CATV network 1 by converting the output video and output sound from the karaoke apparatus 4 into a broadcast signal by the modulator 6. Accordingly, the CATV subscriber can view the karaoke broadcast on the television 3 to which the receiver 2 is connected through the designated channel assigned by the CATV company.
[0018]
  In this case, a subscriber (registered member) registered as a member in advance among CATV subscribers can request a karaoke song for karaoke broadcasting for a fee, and the CATV broadcasting center is requested as a facility for that purpose. Request reception device 7 for managing the karaoke song information and the requested CATV subscriber information and notifying the karaoke broadcast control device 5 of the information, and the telephone from the CATV subscriber telephone 8 to the public telephone line 9 And a voice response device 10 that provides voice guidance when an automatic call is received.
[0019]
  FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of the request reception device 7. In FIG. 1, the request receiving device 7 includes a control device 12 (corresponding to request receiving means, lottery means, winning notification means, and video notification means of the present invention) and a hard disk device 13 (members of the present invention) mainly composed of a CPU 11. Information storage means and request member information storage means), and a member management DB file, a request reception information file, a lottery object data file, and a winning member data file are created on the hard disk device 13 as will be described later. It is supposed to be.
[0020]
  In this case, the member management DB file is one in which registered members who can make a karaoke broadcast request among CATV subscribers are registered in advance. Following the registered member number data as header information as shown in FIG. The member information is stored in order. This member information is composed of member information such as a serial number indicating a subscription order, a member ID, a password, a member name, an address, and a telephone number.
[0021]
  The request reception information file is created by adding one record every time a registered member requests a karaoke song, as will be described later. It consists of the member ID and song number of a specific member.
[0022]
  In addition, a lottery object file is newly created every time a lottery person selection process is performed, as will be described later, and includes a member ID, a member name, an address, a telephone number, etc., as shown in FIG. ing.
[0023]
  As will be described later, the winning member data file is newly created every time the winner selection process is performed, and has the same format as the lottery target file format as shown in FIG. . The member recorded in the elected member data file is the winner, and by making a call to the winner with the telephone number data in this data, it can be notified that the winner has been won by voice response.
  The hard disk device 13 stores lottery target condition data (not shown).
[0024]
  Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of request acceptance processing by the request acceptance device 7 and the voice response device 10.
  That is, when a registered member requests a karaoke song, the telephone number of the telephone 8 is transmitted from the telephone 8 to the voice response device 10. Then, the voice response device 10 automatically receives a call, and the control device 12 sends a voice response prompting the member ID dialed to the registered member who has called the voice response device 10 via the public telephone line 9 to the telephone 8. Then, the member ID dialed from the telephone 8 is acquired from the member (S102), and it is checked whether or not the member ID is registered in the member management DB file in the hard disk 13 (S103). ).
[0025]
  As a result of the member ID registration check, if it is determined that the member ID input by telephone is not registered (S104: NO), the control device 12 indicates that the member ID dialed in the voice response device 10 is not registered. Is made a voice response (S113), and the acceptance of the request is invalidated.
[0026]
  When it is determined that the dialed member ID is registered (S104: YES), a voice response that prompts dialing of the karaoke song number is performed (S105), and the karaoke song number dialed by the member is acquired. (S106) The voice response device 10 makes a voice response indicating that the request has been accepted (S107).
  With the above operation, the member who requested the karaoke song can confirm that the request has been accepted.
[0027]
  Subsequently, when receiving the request as described above, the control device 12 of the request reception device 7 creates a new file in the request reception information file shown in FIG. That is, the current system date / time is acquired from a timer (not shown) (S108), the acquired system date / time data is set in the request date / time data of the request reception information work (S109), and the member is stored in the request member ID data of the request reception information work. The member ID dialed from is set (S110), the song number dialed by the member is set in the request song number data of the request reception information work (S111), and the request receipt information file is created as described above. The new request reception information work is added as one record (S112).
  With the above operation, each time a specific member requests a karaoke song, the request information is added to the request reception information file for each record.
[0028]
  When the request reception device 7 receives a request for a karaoke song as described above, the request reception device 7 notifies the karaoke broadcast control device 5 of the song number of the received karaoke song.
  Then, since the karaoke broadcast control device 5 instructs the karaoke device 4 to broadcast the requested performance of the karaoke song by the remote signal, the karaoke device 4 broadcasts the karaoke video and sound by the modulator 6. The signal is converted into a signal and transmitted through the CATV network 1. Thereby, since the requested karaoke song is broadcast to all CATV subscribers' homes, the requested CATV subscriber can enjoy karaoke by watching the karaoke song.
[0029]
  By the way, the above-mentioned karaoke request system only broadcasts the requested karaoke song through the CATV network 1 when there is a karaoke song from a specific member. It is becoming difficult to increase this.
[0030]
  Therefore, in this embodiment, the winner is selected by lottery from the requested members, and a prize (CD, travel ticket, gift certificate, etc.) is given to the winner, thereby enhancing entertainment. As a means for that purpose, an automatic lottery process and an automatic notification function of winning are added to the request receiving device 7. The automatic lottery process is arbitrarily activated by the operator, and the automatic notification is automatically activated upon completion of the automatic lottery process.
[0031]
  FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of the automatic lottery process of the request reception device 7. In FIG. 8, the control device 12 of the request receiving device 7 acquires a lottery process presence / absence setting previously set by the CATV operator (S201), and determines whether or not a lottery process is set (S202). At this time, if it is determined that there is a lottery process (S202: YES), after obtaining the set lottery subject condition data from the hard disk device 13 (S203), the registered members that meet the lottery subject conditions are selected. It is selected by the lottery target selection process (S204). This lottery target person selection process is performed as will be described later, in which the lottery target member data file shown in FIG. 5 is created.
[0032]
  Here, when the number of lottery subjects selected by the lottery subject selection process is zero, that is, when there is no lottery subject person (S205: YES), the winner selection process is not performed. In such a case, it is desirable that the karaoke broadcast control device 5 displays on the television screen 3 that the registered member has not been a lottery subject so that the registered member is notified.
[0033]
  If the number of lottery subjects selected by the lottery subject selection process is not 0 (S205: NO), a winner selection process is performed (S206). This winner selection process is performed as will be described later, in which the winner member data file shown in FIG. 6 is created.
[0034]
  Subsequently, a telephone notification process to the winner is executed (S207). That is, the telephone number of the member recorded in the winner data file in the hard disk 13 is acquired, the public telephone line 9 is connected based on the telephone number, and the voice data stored in advance is received by the voice response device 10. By playing it, the winner's telephone 8 is notified of winning.
[0035]
  Further, as shown in FIG. 11, a screen for CATV broadcasting is created by editing the winner data in the winning member data file (S208), and the created winner information screen is broadcast to the television 3 at an arbitrary time. (S209). The broadcast time is preferably, for example, a time during which no karaoke music is broadcast between programs.
[0036]
  With the above operation, the members who have won the lottery are notified by voice that they have won, so that they can be sure of the fact that they have won and are displayed on the TV 3 by CATV. You can notify the winning members.
[0037]
  Now, FIG. 9 specifically shows the operation of the lottery target selection process in the automatic lottery process described above. In FIG. 9, the control device 12 of the request receiving device 7 clears the target number counter used when determining the lottery subject of the automatic lottery process (S301), and whether there is a selection condition related to the date. Is determined (S302). In this case, the counter may be provided in the hard disk device 13 or may be provided in a RAM connected to the control device 12 although not shown.
[0038]
  At this time, if there is no selection condition regarding the date (S302: NO), the selection condition presence / absence flag is set to 0 (S316), and the process is terminated.
  If there is a selection condition related to the date (S302: YES), 1 is set to the selection condition flag (S303). Specifically, if it is set to select from the members requested from May 1st to May 31st as the date condition, the selection condition presence flag is set to 1 because there is a selection condition. To do.
[0039]
  In this embodiment, it is determined whether there is a selection condition related to the date as the lottery target condition. However, a case where a request is made more than a certain number of times as the selection condition may be used as an element.
[0040]
  Then, if there is a selection condition, the control device 12 of the request reception device 7 checks whether the request reception information file in the hard disk device 13 has been searched to the end (S304), and if it is not the end of the file (S304: NO), Data for one record indicating member information is acquired from the request reception information file (S305), and it is checked whether the request date and time of the acquired request reception information record satisfies the condition (S306).
[0041]
  At this time, if the condition is not satisfied (S306: NO), the next one record is read from the request reception information file until the search of the request reception information file is completed (S304: YES) (S305). .
[0042]
  If the condition is satisfied (S306: YES), the lottery object data file in the hard disk device 13 is searched to see if the member has already been selected (S307), and if it has already been selected (S308). In the same manner as when the selection condition is not satisfied, the next one record is read from the request reception information file until all the search of the request reception information file is completed (S304: YES) (S305). .
[0043]
  When a new lottery target member satisfying the selection conditions is searched and the member is not registered in the lottery target member data file (S308: NO), the lottery target member file shown in FIG. Create data for one record. That is, the member ID of the request reception information file is set in the member ID data of the lottery target member work (S309), the member management DB record data having the same member ID is acquired from the member management DB file (S310), and the lottery target The member name of the acquired member management DB file is set in the member name data of the member work (S311), and the address and telephone number of the acquired member management DB file are set in the address data of the member work subject to the lottery (S312). The acquired telephone number of the member management DB file is set in the telephone number data of the target member work (S313). Thereby, data for one record of the lottery object file can be created.
[0044]
  Then, after incrementing the target number counter (S314), the data for one record created in the lottery target member file is added (S315), and the process returns to the main routine (S205).
  Through the above operation, lottery target member data including member information of a specific member satisfying the selection condition from the specific members can be created.
[0045]
  FIG. 10 is a flowchart specifically showing the lottery target selection process in the automatic lottery process. In FIG. 10, the request receiving device 7 clears the winner counter (S401), and determines whether the selection condition has been set (S402). In this case, the counter may be provided in the hard disk device 13 or may be provided in a RAM connected to the control device 12 although not shown.
[0046]
  At this time, if the selection conditions are set (S402: NO), the winner must be selected from the lottery target member files created in the lottery target selection process, so the selection file name is the lottery target It is set as a member file (S404). If the selection conditions are not set (S402: YES), the lottery target is all registered members, so the selection file name is the member management DB file (S403). That is, when the selection conditions are set, the lottery target members are only those members that satisfy the selection conditions, and when the selection conditions are not set, the lottery target members are all members.
[0047]
  Then, a random variable equal to or less than the number of lottery subjects is calculated in order to draw the winners (S405). That is, when the selection condition is set, a random variable equal to or less than the number of lottery subjects is calculated as the number of winners, and when the selection condition is not set, a random variable equal to or less than the number of registered members is calculated.
[0048]
  Subsequently, the random variable-th record calculated from the top of the selection file (the member file for lottery when the selection condition is set, and the member management data file when the selection condition is not set) is read (S406). ).
[0049]
  At this time, when the random variable number corresponding record does not exist in the elected file (S407: YES), it is confirmed that the count value of the winner number counter has not reached the winner limit (S414: NO), the random variable is calculated again.
[0050]
  If the corresponding record exists in the selected file and can be read (S407: NO), the member of the corresponding record becomes the winner, and one record of the winning member data file shown in FIG. 6 is created. That is, the member ID of the elected file record acquired in the member ID data of the elected member work is set (S408), the member name of the elected file record acquired in the member name data of the elected member work is set (S409), and the elected member The address of the selected file record acquired in the work address data is set (S410), and the telephone number of the selected file record acquired in the telephone number data of the winning member work is set (S411). Records can be created.
  Subsequently, after the winning number counter is incremented (S412), the created one record is added to the winning member data file (S413).
[0051]
  Then, when one record is added to the winning member file as described above, it is determined whether or not the winner is selected up to the limit of the winner (S414), and if not selected (S414: NO), a random variable is selected. Winners are selected by recalculating. In this case, the limit number of winners may be fixed or may be the number set by the CATV operator.
  When the winner is selected up to the winner's limit (S414: YES), the process returns to the main routine described above (S207).
[0052]
  Although not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, the request receiving device 7 is configured to invalidate the second winning when the same winner is selected.
[0053]
  According to the above configuration, a member who satisfies the selection conditions from among the registered members is selected as a winning member in the request receiving device 7 for receiving a request for a karaoke song from a registered member, and the winner is selected. Since a function for notifying that is added, unlike the system in which the requested karaoke song is simply broadcasted to the karaoke, it is possible to enhance the entertainment and increase the number of CATV subscribers and request members.
[0054]
  In addition, since the selection conditions for drawing the winners can be arbitrarily changed, the winners can be appropriately drawn in various ways by setting the selection conditions according to the request status.
  Also, by not setting the selection conditions, all registered members can be arbitrarily set as lottery targets.
[0055]
  Also, since the winning member is notified by CATV video in addition to the voice over the telephone, the winning member can be surely notified that the winning member has been won, and the CATV subscriber is also selected as a winner. Can be notified.
[0056]
  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
  The present invention may be applied to a karaoke box. In this case, a member who uses the karaoke box is registered in advance, and a prize is won when the requested member satisfies the lottery conditions.
  As the communication line, bidirectional CATV, satellite broadcasting, or the Internet may be used.
[0057]
【The invention's effect】
  As is apparent from the above description, the karaoke request system with a prize of the present invention has the following effects.
  According to that of claim 1,In addition to setting the date for accepting the request as a selection condition, if the selection condition is not set, the winning member will be selected from all the specific members stored in the request member information storage means If the selection conditions are set, a lottery target member file consisting of specific members corresponding to the request information satisfying the selection conditions is created from all the specific members stored in the request member information storage means, The lottery target file is created by repeatedly drawing lottery members until the number of winners reaches the limit, while invalidating the same specific member from being selected for the second time. Therefore, it is possible to increase the amusement and increase the number of subscribers and request members, and further, the request promotion date can be set arbitrarily. Together, it is possible to reliably lottery without having to duplicate up to the number of limit determined in advance the winner.
[0058]
[0059]
[0060]
[0061]
  Claim2According to the above, since the winning member is notified by voice through the communication line, it can be notified that the winning member has been won without an operator's operation.
[0062]
  Claim3According to the present invention, the fact that the winning member has been won through the communication line is notified by video, so that the broadcast member through the communication line can also be notified of the winning member.
[0063]
  Claim4Since the communication line is a CATV line, the cost can be significantly reduced by using the existing CATV line.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a request receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the format of a member database file.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the format of a request reception information file
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the format of a lottery target member data file.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the format of a winning member data file.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing request acceptance processing by the request acceptance device.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing automatic lottery processing by the request reception device.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing lottery target selection processing by the request receiving device.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a winner selection process by the request reception device.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the format of the winner display screen
[Explanation of symbols]
  5 is a karaoke broadcast control device (transmission means), 7 is a request reception device, 10 is a voice response device, 12 is a control device (request reception means, lottery means, winning notification means, video notification means), 13 is a hard disk device (member) Information storage means, request member information storage means).

Claims (4)

Member information storage means storing member information of specific members who can request karaoke songs;
Request accepting means for accepting a request for a karaoke song from the specific member;
In a karaoke request system comprising at least transmission means for transmitting lyrics of karaoke songs accepted by the request reception means as video data through a predetermined communication line,
Request member information storage means for storing member information of a specific member received by the request reception means;
Lottery means for lottering a winning member satisfying a predetermined selection condition from the specific members stored in the request member information storage means;
The lottery means is provided so that the date when the request is accepted can be set as the selection condition, and when the selection condition is not set, the elected member among all the specific members stored in the request member information storage means When the selection conditions are set, the lottery target members including the specific members corresponding to the request information satisfying the selection conditions from all the specific members stored in the request member information storage unit A lottery file is created by creating a file and repeatedly drawing lottery members until the number of winners reaches the limit while invalidating the same specific member from being selected for the second time from among the lottery target files. Karaoke request system with sweepstakes, characterized by creating . 2. The karaoke request system with a prize according to claim 1, further comprising winning notification means for automatically notifying a winning member through the communication line . 3. The karaoke request system with prizes according to claim 2, further comprising video notification means for notifying a winning member through a communication line by the transmission means . The karaoke request system with a prize according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the communication line is a CATV line .

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