JP5250652B2 - Voting support system, voting support system control method, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a vote support system, a control method for a vote support system, a program, and a recording medium.

  In voting in public competitions (horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, auto racing), etc., a person who performs voting often makes a decision to vote when odds are within a predetermined range. As an invention based on this, for example, Patent Document 1 lists voting objects (so-called buying eyes) whose current odds (that is, odds at one point before the deadline) are within a range specified by the user. When a voting button is clicked by a user, a voting processing server is disclosed that executes a purchasing process for those voting objects.

JP 2003-248740 A

  If the odds at a point in time before the voting deadline are within the range specified by the user, the odds will change if a large vote is made before the deadline. Thus, the odds (final odds) at the deadline for voting may be outside the range specified by the user. As a result, the vote with the desired odds cannot be performed, which is unsatisfactory for the user. Certainly, if the user votes immediately before the voting deadline, the difference between the odds at the time of voting and the final odds can be reduced. However, if voting is inundated immediately before the voting deadline, the server may not be able to handle the processing. In such a situation, if it is possible to determine whether or not the final odds are within the range of the odds specified by the user from the odds at one point before the voting deadline, the processing load of the server can be distributed. Moreover, as a result, it is considered that the possibility that a situation in which the voting is not performed with the odds desired by the user will be reduced.

  In addition, even if the user is only provided with information according to the final odds specified from the odds at one point in time before the voting deadline, the user is useful information for determining whether or not to vote for the voting target. It will be possible to get.

  Here, the final odds may be estimated from the odds at one point in time before the voting deadline by making use of a known estimation algorithm or the like. However, since the estimation algorithm generally takes processing time, May not be done. Therefore, it is desirable to be able to specify the final odds from the odds at one point before the voting deadline without taking processing time.

  The above applies not only to public competitions but also to voting (for example, lottery tickets) with a deadline.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and one of its purposes is to identify the final odds of the voting target from the odds of the voting target at one point before the voting deadline without taking processing time. There is to be able to do it.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a voting support system according to the present invention is a voting support system that supports voting provided with a voting deadline, comprising pre-deadline odds data representing odds before the deadline, and voting deadline. Corresponding to the combination with the remaining time data representing the time until the time point, the remaining time data is a voting target that exists as a result of voting for which the voting deadline time has already passed, and the time until the voting deadline time. The final odds range data storage means for storing the final odds range data representing the final odds or the range of the final odds of the voting target whose odds at the time represented by the odds data before the deadline are represented, and vote from the user Based on the odds at the time of identifying the final odds range data of the designation accepting means for accepting the designation of the target and the voting target for accepting the designation The final odds range data storage means associated with a combination of the specified odds data before the deadline and the remaining time data specified based on the time from the time when the final odds range data is specified until the voting deadline And a final odds range data specifying means for specifying the final odds range data stored in.

  Further, the voting support system control method according to the present invention is a voting support system control method for supporting voting at which a voting deadline is provided, the pre-deadline odds data representing the odds before the deadline, and the voting deadline. Corresponding to the combination with the remaining time data representing the time until the time point, the remaining time data is a voting target that exists as a result of voting for which the voting deadline time has already passed, and the time until the voting deadline time. Storing the final odds range data representing the final odds or the range of the final odds in the final odds range data storage means, the odds at the time represented by the odds data before the deadline, At the time of identifying the final odds range data of the voting target that receives the specification of the voting target that receives the specification of the voting target from The final odds associated with a combination of the pre-deadline odds data specified based on the odds and the remaining time data specified based on the time from the time when the final odds range data is specified until the voting deadline And a final odds range data specifying step of specifying final odds range data stored in the range data storage means.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that causes a computer to function as a voting support system that supports voting at which a voting deadline is provided, and includes pre-deadline odds data representing odds before the deadline, and up to the voting deadline. In association with the combination of the remaining time data representing the time of the voting, the voting target exists as a result of voting for which the voting deadline has already passed, and the time until the voting deadline is represented by the remaining time data. Means for storing the final odds range data representing the final odds or the range of the final odds in the final odds range data storage means, the target of the vote from the user, the odds at which the odds are represented by the pre-deadline odds data The specification accepting means for accepting designations, and the time to identify the final odds range data for the voting subject that accepts designations The final odds data specified based on the odds of the final odds range data and the remaining time data specified based on the time from the time of specifying the final odds range data to the time of voting close The computer is caused to function as final odds range data specifying means for specifying final odds range data stored in the odds range data storage means.

  The recording medium according to the present invention is a recording medium that records a program that causes a computer to function as a voting support system that supports voting that has a voting deadline, and is pre-deadline odds data that represents odds before the deadline. And the remaining time data representing the time until the voting deadline, and the voting target that exists as a result of voting for which the voting deadline has already passed, The final odds range data storage means stores the final odds range data representing the final odds or the range of the final odds of the voting target in which the odds at the time point represented by the remaining time data are represented by the pre-deadline odds data Means for accepting designation of a voting target from a user, last odds range data of a voting target for accepting designation A combination of the pre-deadline odds data identified based on the odds at the time of identifying the final odds range data and the remaining time data identified based on the time from the final odds range data to the vote deadline A recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as final odds range data specifying means for specifying final odds range data stored in the final odds range data storage means in association with each other.

  According to the present invention, the odds data before the deadline specified based on the odds at the time of specifying the final odds range data to be voted specified by the user, and the time from the time until the voting deadline is specified. Since the final odds range data stored in the final odds range data storage means is specified in association with the combination of the remaining time data to be processed, the voting target at one point before the voting deadline without taking processing time The final odds for voting can be identified from the odds.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the final odds range data storage means associates the remaining time data with the combination of the odds data before deadline, the remaining time data, and the vote number data representing the number of votes. The number of votes up to the time when the time until the voting deadline is represented by the represented time is represented by the voting number data, and the odds at that time are the final odds of the voting target represented by the pre-deadline odds data Alternatively, the final odds range data representing the range of the final odds is stored, and the final odds range data specifying means is based on the odds of the voting target that receives the specification at the time of specifying the final odds range data of the voting target that receives the specification. The pre-deadline odds data specified by the time and the remaining time data specified based on the time from the time point to the voting deadline time point; The final odds range data stored in the final odds range data storage means is specified in association with a combination of the vote number data specified based on the number of votes up to the time point of the vote target. And

  Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the designation accepting unit accepts designation of a range of odds that a user desires to vote together with designation of the voting target, and the designation accepting unit receives the designation within the range of odds that the designation accepts. It further includes processing execution means for executing predetermined processing when the final odds range data indicated by the final odds range data specifying means includes the final odds range data or the range of the final odds.

  Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the final odds range data specifying means includes the final odds range data specified by the final odds range data specifying means in the range of odds that the specification receiving means receives the specification. Alternatively, the final odds range data is repeatedly specified until the final odds range is included.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the range of odds that the designation receiving unit receives designation includes the final odds or the range of final odds represented by the final odds range data specified by the final odds range data specifying unit. A determination means for determining whether or not the data is included by the determination means, the process execution means executes the process; otherwise, the final odds range data specifying means However, the final odds range data is specified again.

  Also, in one aspect of the present invention, the process execution means includes a final odds or a final odds represented by the final odds range data specified by the final odds range data specifying means within the range of odds that the specification receiving means receives the specification. When the range is included, an instruction to execute a voting process for a voting target that receives a designation is output to a voting management system that manages voting for the voting target.

  Also, in one aspect of the present invention, the process execution means includes a final odds or a final odds represented by the final odds range data specified by the final odds range data specifying means within the range of odds that the specification receiving means receives the specification. If the range is included, the user is notified of information for confirming approval of the vote, and the process execution means receives the information indicating that the user approves the vote after the notification, Is output to the vote management system.

  Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the process execution means is specified by the final odds range data specifying means within the range of odds for which the designation receiving means accepts the designation even if the time until the voting deadline is a predetermined time. When the final odds or the range of the final odds represented by the final odds range data is not included, information indicating the final odds or the range of the final odds is provided to the user.

  Further, in one aspect of the present invention, the pre-deadline odds data corresponds to a range of odds, and the greater the representative value of the range of odds corresponding to the pre-deadline odds data, the wider the range of corresponding odds. It is characterized by becoming.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the pre-deadline odds data corresponds to a range of odds, and the odds range corresponding to the pre-deadline odds data is that the odds at the voting deadline are within the range. The larger the number of achievements, the smaller the setting.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the voting status data receiving means for receiving the voting status data representing the time point, the odds of the voting target at the time point, and the number of votes for the voting target up to the time point, and the voting status And a final odds range data generating unit that generates the final odds range data based on data, wherein the final odds range data storage unit stores the generated final odds range data. .

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a computer network according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows an example of the function implement | achieved by the horse racing information provision system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of voting status data. It is a figure which shows an example of voting status data. It is a figure which shows an example of total data. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process performed with the horse racing information provision system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process performed with the horse racing information provision system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a voting screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a vote end screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a vote approval mail.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a computer network according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a computer network 16 such as the Internet includes a horse racing information providing system 10, a voting management system 12, and user terminals 14 (14-1 to 14-n), each of which is mainly configured by a computer. It is connected. The horse racing information providing system 10, the vote management system 12, and the user terminal 14 can communicate with each other.

  The horse racing information providing system 10 provides web services such as a voting support service for a held horse racing race and a data providing service for providing data related to horse racing to a large number of users using web technology. A function of sending and receiving electronic mail to and from a device that is a web server and connected via the computer network 16 is also realized. The horse racing information providing system 10 also functions as a voting support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The voting management system 12 is a computer such as a server managed by an organizer that holds a horse race. The voting in a horse racing race, such as acceptance of voting for a horse racing race, determination of odds for voting, management of voting status, etc. The function to manage is realized.

  The horse racing information providing system 10 and the voting management system 12 are, for example, a control unit that is a program control device such as a CPU that operates according to a program installed in its own device, a storage element such as a ROM and a RAM, a hard disk drive, and the like. The communication unit is a communication unit such as a storage unit and a network board. These elements are connected via a bus. The storage unit of the horse racing information providing system 10 and the voting management system 12 stores a program executed by the control unit of the own device. The storage units of the horse racing information providing system 10 and the voting management system 12 also operate as a work memory of the own device.

  In addition, a large number of user terminals 14 managed by the user of the horse racing information providing system 10 are connected to the computer network 16. The user terminal 14 is an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a smartphone. The user terminal 14 is, for example, a control device such as a CPU, a storage element such as a ROM or a RAM, a storage device such as a hard disk drive, an output device such as a display, an input device such as a mouse, keyboard, touch pad, or button, a network board, etc. Communication device. Further, a web browser and an e-mail client are installed in advance in the user terminal 14 according to the present embodiment, and these application programs are executed. The user terminal 14 receives various services provided by the horse racing information providing system 10 through a web browser, and receives an e-mail transmitted from the horse racing information providing system 10 through an e-mail client. In the present embodiment, the user of the horse racing information providing system 10 uses the user terminal 14 to acquire information from the horse racing information providing system 10 and make a voting request for a voting target to the horse racing information providing system 10.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an example of a function related to the vote support function among the functions realized by the horse racing information providing system 10 according to the present embodiment. In the horse racing information providing system 10 according to the present embodiment, functions other than the functions shown in FIG. 2 are realized.

  Functionally, the horse racing information providing system 10 according to the present embodiment functionally includes a data storage unit 20, a voting status data reception unit 22, a totaling unit 24, a voting request reception unit 26, a data acquisition unit 28, a determination unit 30, and process execution. Part 32. The process execution unit 32 includes a voting process execution instruction output unit 32a and a notification unit 32b. The data storage unit 20 is realized mainly by the storage unit of the horse racing information providing system 10. The other elements are realized mainly by the control unit of the horse racing information providing system 10.

  These elements are realized by executing a program installed in the horse racing information providing system 10, which is a computer, by the control unit of the horse racing information providing system 10. This program is supplied to the horse racing information providing system 10 via a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, or via a communication network such as the Internet.

  In the present embodiment, the data storage unit 20 is previously provided with a user ID for identifying a user who uses the horse racing information providing system 10, a password for authenticating the user, and a user using the horse racing information providing system 10. Account data including balance information indicating the amount paid in advance by credit card settlement or the like to the business operator managing 10 is stored. In this embodiment, the user terminal 14 accesses the horse racing information providing system 10 through a web browser, transmits a user ID and a password to the horse racing information providing system 10, and the horse racing information providing system 10 performs a login process (authentication process). After executing this, when the user terminal 14 accesses a Web page arranged in the horse racing information providing system 10, the Web page is displayed on the display of the user terminal 14. In addition, after the user terminal 14 transmits a user ID and a password to the horse racing information providing system 10, the horse racing information providing system 10 refers to a cookie, for example, to obtain a user ID corresponding to a user who uses the user terminal 14. It can be specified.

  The voting status data receiving unit 22 receives the voting status data 40 representing the latest voting status in the horse racing race illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 3B from the voting management system 12 and outputs the voting status data 40 to the data storage unit 20.

  The voting status data 40 includes, for example, a voting status data ID that is an identifier of the voting status data 40, a race ID that is an identifier of a horse racing race, and voting method data representing a voting method (by formula) (possible values are, for example, Voting data ("winning", "double winning", "triple single", etc.), voting target (so-called buying eyes) (possible values are, for example, when the voting method is single win or double win) “3”, “3-5-7” in the case of a triple, etc.), remaining time data indicating the time until the voting deadline (in this embodiment, expressed in minutes), voting status data Odds data representing the odds of voting at the time of reception of 40, voting data representing the number of votes for the voting object up to the reception of the voting status data 40, reception date data indicating the reception date of the voting status data 40, etc. Is included. In the present embodiment, for example, at an interval of 1 minute, the voting management system 12 transmits the voting situation data 40 representing the latest voting situation to the horse racing information providing system 10, and the voting situation data receiving unit 22 uses this voting situation data. 40 is accepted. In addition, for one race, the voting management system 12 transmits to the horse racing information providing system 10 voting status data 40 representing the voting status from the time when the acceptance of voting is started until the voting deadline. 3A and 3B illustrate a total of 18 voting status data 40, three for each of six races. 3A and 3B show only the voting status data 40 whose value of the voting method data is “single win”, but it is of course possible to include the voting status data 40 of other voting methods. .

  In the present embodiment, the counting unit 24 totals the voting status data 40 for races in which the voting status data 40 at the voting deadline is already stored in the data storage unit 20 at a predetermined timing, and is illustrated in FIG. The total data 42 is generated or updated. The total data 42 includes, for example, a total data ID that is an identifier of the total data 42, voting method data that represents the voting method (by formula), pre-deadline odds data that represents the odds before the deadline, and remaining time that represents the time until the voting deadline. Data (expressed in minutes in this embodiment), the value obtained by rounding down the number of votes for the vote target up to the time of receiving the vote status data 40 (hereinafter referred to as the approximate number of votes) Approximate vote number data representing the final odds range data representing the range of final odds (odds at the time of voting deadline), and the like.

  Here, an example of the generation / update processing of the total data 42 based on the voting status data 40 performed in the horse racing information providing system 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart illustrated in FIG.

  First, the counting unit 24 is the voting status data 40 (that is, the voting status data 40 in which the value of the remaining time data is not 0) at the time before the voting deadline of the race that has passed the voting deadline. One voting status data 40 for which processing according to this processing example has not been executed is selected (S101). Hereinafter, the vote situation data 40 selected here will be referred to as selection vote situation data. Then, the counting unit 24 specifies the value of the voting method data, the value of the odds data, and the value of the remaining time data included in the selection vote situation data, and the value of the number of votes data included in the selection vote situation data. The approximate number of votes, which is a value obtained by rounding down to the nearest 10,000, is calculated (S102).

  Then, the counting unit 24 includes the race ID value, the voting method included in the combination of the race ID value, the voting method data value, and the voting target data value specified in the process shown in S102. Among the voting status data 40 in which the combination of the value of the data and the value of the voting target data matches, the voting status data 40 whose remaining time data value is 0 is specified (S103). Hereinafter, this voting status data 40 is referred to as final voting status data. Then, the counting unit 24 calculates a value obtained by subtracting the value of the odds data included in the selection vote status data from the value of the odds data included in the final vote status data (S104). Hereinafter, the value calculated in the process shown in S104 is referred to as an odds fluctuation value.

  Then, the counting unit 24 determines the voting method in which the combination of the included voting method data value, the pre-deadline odds data value, the remaining time data value, and the estimated voting number data value is identified in the process shown in S102. It is checked whether there is aggregate data 42 that matches the combination of the data value, the odds data value, the remaining time data value, and the approximate number of votes calculated in the process shown in S102 (S105). If it exists (S105: Y), the odds fluctuation value calculated in the process shown in S104 is added to the value of the final odds range data of the total data 42 (S106). In this way, the total data 42 is updated.

  If it does not exist (S105: N), a new value is set as the value of the total data ID, the value of the voting method data specified in the process shown in S102 is set as the value of the voting method data, and the odds data before the deadline The value of the odds data specified in the process shown in S102 is set as the value of S102, the value of the remaining time data specified in the process shown in S102 is set as the value of the remaining time data, and S102 is set as the value of the approximate vote count data The approximate vote number calculated in the process shown in FIG. 6 is set, and the aggregated data 42 in which the odds fluctuation value calculated in the process shown in S104 is set as the value of the final odds range data is generated (S107).

  In this way, in this processing example, based on one voting status data 40, new aggregate data 42 is generated or the value of the final odds range data is added to the already existing aggregate data 42. In this processing example, as described above, as the aggregation axis of the final odds range data in the aggregation data 42 by the aggregation unit 24, the value of the voting method data, the value of the odds data before the deadline, the value of the remaining time data, and the approximate vote A combination of numerical data values is used.

  In the present processing example, the counting unit 24 re-saves the total data 42 in the processing shown in S106, even if the value calculated in the processing shown in S104 already exists as the value of the final odds range data of the total data 42. The value calculated in the process shown in S104 is added to the value of the final odds range data. For this reason, a plurality of final odds range data having the same value may be set for one aggregated data 42. In the process shown in S106, the aggregation unit 24 determines that the final odds range data of the aggregate data 42 is present when the value calculated in the process shown in S104 already exists as the value of the final odds range data of the aggregate data 42. The value calculated in the process shown in S104 may not be added to the value of. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the final odds range data may include only one value or a plurality of values.

  In the present embodiment, the counting unit 24 is a predetermined time interval (for example, one hour interval) before the voting deadline of the race that has passed the voting deadline when the processing according to the above-described processing example is not executed. For all the voting status data 40 at the time, the processing shown in the above processing example is executed. For example, when the voting status data 40 is received, the counting unit 24 may execute the above-described generation / update processing of the counting data 42 for the received voting status data 40.

  For example, when the voting situation data 40 whose value of the voting situation data ID illustrated in FIG. 3A is “1423” is selected as the selection voting situation data, the value of the race ID (for example, “1”), the voting method data A vote in which the value (for example, “winning”) and the value of the voting target data (for example, “3”) match, the value of the remaining time data is “0”, and the value of the voting status data ID is “1764” The situation data 40 is selected as final vote situation data. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the value of the voting method data matches the value of the voting method data of the selective voting situation data (for example, “winning”), and the value of the odds data before the deadline is the odds data of the selective voting situation data (For example, “3.0”), the value of the remaining time data matches the value of the remaining time data of the selected vote status data (for example, “20”), and the value of the approximate vote count data is selected. The final vote is assigned to the final odds range data of the total data 42 having the total data ID value “3142” that matches the estimated number of votes calculated based on the vote number data of the vote status data (for example, “1000000”). “−0.7”, which is a value obtained by subtracting the value of the odds data of the selection vote situation data from the value of the odds data of the situation data, is set. 3A and 3B, the total data 42 shown in FIG. 4 is generated by executing the same processing using all the voting status data 40 whose remaining time data value is not “0” as the selected voting status data. Will be.

  Here, FIG. 6 shows an example of the flow of processing performed in the horse racing information providing system 10 according to the present embodiment from when a voting request is received from the user until the voting process execution instruction is output to the voting management system 12. This will be described with reference to an exemplary flowchart.

  In this processing example, it is assumed that the user has logged in to the horse racing information providing system 10 in advance, and the voting screen 44 illustrated in FIG. 7 is displayed and output on the display of the user terminal 14. As shown in FIG. 7, the voting screen 44 has a race ID, a voting method (by formula), a voting target (buying eyes), a voting amount, an upper limit and a lower limit of odds for voting (in the example of FIG. In the following), and a voting button is included.

  Here, the user uses the race ID (“15” in the example of FIG. 7), the voting method (by formula) (“winning” in the example of FIG. 7), and the voting target (buying eye) (in FIG. 7). In the example, “No. 9”), the voting amount (“1,000 yen” in the example of FIG. 7), and the upper and lower limits of the odds for which voting is desired (hereinafter referred to as the desired odds) (“2 in the example of FIG. 7). When the user clicks a voting button, the user terminal 14 transmits a voting request associated with these input values to the horse racing information providing system 10. Then, the voting request receiving unit 26 receives this voting request (S201).

  Then, the data acquisition unit 28 determines that the combination of the included race ID value, voting method data value, and voting target data value is associated with the received voting request, the race ID value, and the voting method value. Among the voting status data 40 that matches the combination of values to be voted, the voting status data 40 with the latest value of the reception date / time data is acquired (S202). The data acquisition unit 28 then combines the value of the odds data, the value of the remaining time data, and the approximate number of votes calculated based on the value of the number of votes data included in the vote status data 40 acquired in the process shown in S202. However, the total data 42 matching the combination of the pre-deadline odds data value, the remaining time data value, and the approximate vote count data value is specified (S203).

  Then, the determination unit 30 includes the value of the pre-deadline odds data and the value of the final odds range data included in the total data 42 identified in the process shown in S203 in the range of the desired odds associated with the received voting request. It is determined whether or not the range of the last odds specified based on the combination is included (S204). Here, when there are a plurality of values included in the final odds range data, the determination unit 30 sets the minimum of the values included in the final odds range data within the range of the desired odds associated with the received voting request. It is determined whether the range from the value to the maximum value is included. When the final odds range data includes one value, the determination unit 30 determines whether or not the value is included in the desired odds range associated with the accepted voting request. When it is determined that it is included (S204: Y), the voting process execution instruction output unit 32a outputs a voting process execution instruction associated with the accepted value to the voting management system 12 (S205). Then, the voting management system 12 receives this voting process execution instruction, and executes the voting process based on the associated value.

  When the voting management system 12 notifies the horse racing information providing system 10 that the voting process has been completed, the voting process execution instruction output unit 32a receives the value of the balance information included in the user's account data. While executing the process of decreasing the value of the voting amount associated with the voting request, the notifying unit 32b notifies the user terminal 14 that the voting has ended (S206), and ends the process shown in this processing example. . Upon receiving the end of voting, the user terminal 14 generates a voting end screen 46 illustrated in FIG. 8 based on the received data, and displays and outputs it on the display.

  When it is determined that the process is not included in the process shown in S204 (S204: N), the determination unit 30 determines whether or not the voting deadline time has passed for the race for which the voting request has been received (S207). If it is determined that it has not elapsed (S207: N), the data acquisition unit 28 waits until the latest voting status data 40 is received by the voting status data receiving unit 22 (S208), and the latest voting status. When the data 40 is received, the processing after S202 is executed again.

  When it is determined that the process shown in S207 has elapsed (S207: Y), the notification unit 32b notifies the user terminal 14 that the voting has failed (S209), and the process shown in the present process example ends. . When the user terminal 14 accepts that the vote could not be performed, the user terminal 14 generates a screen (not shown) indicating that the vote could not be performed based on the received data, and outputs the screen on the display.

  For example, in the process shown in S203 described above, when the total data 42 having the total data ID value “3142” is identified when the time until the voting deadline is 20 minutes (that is, the race ID value is “10”). ”In the case where the odds of winning the 9th win type at the time of 20 minutes is 3.0 times and the estimated number of votes of the winning 9th win is 1000000), the above-mentioned S204 In the processing shown, the lower limit of the final odds is the value “3.0” of the odds data before the deadline + the minimum value “−0.7” of the final odds range data = 2.3 times, and the upper limit of the final odds is the odds before the deadline The data value “3.0” + the maximum value “−0.3” of the final odds range data is calculated to be 2.7 times. In this case, the desired odds range of 2.5 times to 4.0 times does not include the final odds range of 2.3 times to 2.7 times, so the above-described S207 and S208 are shown. Processing is executed.

  Then, after the processes shown in S202 to S204, S207, and S208 described above are repeatedly executed at the timing of 19 minutes, 18 minutes,..., 11 minutes, the time until the voting deadline is reached. When it is 10 minutes and the total data 42 whose total data ID value is “2312” is identified in the process shown in S203 above (that is, the race ID value “15” is determined). In the case where the odds of winning type 9 at the time of 10 minutes until the voting deadline is 3.3 times and the estimated number of votes of winning type 9 is 1700000), the process shown in S204 above is the final The lower limit of the odds is the value of the odds data before the deadline “3.3” + the minimum value of the final odds range data “−0.6” = 2.7 times, and the upper limit of the final odds is the value of the odds data before the deadline “3” .3 "+ last chance The maximum value of the range data "0.2" = 3.5 times, to be calculated. In this case, the range of the desired odds is 2.5 times or more and 4.0 times or less and the range of the final odds range of 2.7 times or more and 3.5 times or less is included. The processing shown is executed.

  When the race ends, the voting management system 12 transmits data indicating the race result to the horse racing information providing system 10. Then, the horse racing information providing system 10 determines whether or not the vote by the user has been hit based on the received information indicating the race result. If the hit is correct, the horse racing information providing system 10 adds the actual final odds of the vote target associated with the vote request to the value of the vote amount associated with the vote request received from the user terminal 14. The process of increasing the balance information value included in the user's account data by the amount of money multiplied by the value of is executed. In this manner, the dividend is refunded.

  In the present embodiment, in the aggregated data 42, the odds data before the deadline specified based on the odds at the time of specifying the final odds range data of the voting target specified by the user, and the time of specifying the final odds range data Since the last odds range data associated with the combination with the remaining time data specified based on the time from the voting deadline to the voting deadline is specified, the voting at one point in time before the voting deadline without taking processing time The final odds for the vote can be identified from the target odds. Further, in the present embodiment, the range of the final odds represented by the final odds range data included in the total data 42 is present only as a result of a past race in which the voting deadline has already passed, up to the voting deadline. The odds at the time when the time is represented by the remaining time data represent the range of the final odds to be voted represented by the pre-deadline odds data. The final odds range corresponding to the odds before the deadline is specified by the aggregated data 42 generated based on the past race results, and the final odds range is included in the odds range specified by the user. When the voting target is voted, the possibility that the range of the final odds specified as described above is outside the range of the final odds of the race itself that actually receives a voting request from the user is reduced. The In this way, in this embodiment, even if voting is performed on the voting target before the voting deadline, the possibility that the final odds of the voting target are within the range specified by the user can be increased.

  Also, in this embodiment, even if voting is performed on the voting target before the voting deadline, there is a high possibility that the final odds of the voting target will be within the range specified by the user. By doing so, it is expected that the risk of occurrence of a situation in which the horse racing information providing system 10 and the voting management system 12 cannot handle the processing is reduced.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment.

  When the counting unit 24 generates the counting data 42 based on the voting status data 40, the total number of votes may not be used as the counting axis of the final odds range data. In other words, the total data 42 may not include the approximate vote count data. Further, for example, when calculating the approximate number of votes, other approximate methods such as rounding up, rounding off, etc. may be used instead of rounding down.

  Further, for example, the aggregation axis of the final odds range data in the aggregation data 42 is not limited to a combination of voting method data, pre-deadline odds data, remaining time data, and approximate vote count data. For example, the vote status data 40 may include at least one of jockey data indicating a jockey or support rate data indicating a support rate in the win-type or double-win type vote status data 40. Then, the counting unit 24, in the same manner as described above, includes at least one of voting method data, jockey data, estimated vote count data, support rate data, pre-deadline odds data, and remaining time data. You may make it produce | generate the total data 42 with which the combination and the last odds range data were matched.

  Further, in the process shown in S204 described above, the determination unit 30 adds the range of the desired odds associated with the received voting request to the range of the pre-deadline odds data and the final odds range data included in the total data 42. When it is determined that the range of the final odds specified is included, the user terminal 14 is notified of the information for requesting approval of the vote indicating the range of the final odds represented by the final odds range data. Also good. For example, the notification unit 32b may transmit an electronic mail (voting approval mail 48) including a URL for vote approval to the user terminal 14 (see FIG. 9). FIG. 9 shows an example of the vote approval mail 48. Here, when the user clicks on this URL, a notification to approve the vote is transmitted from the user terminal 14 to the vote management system 12. Then, the voting management system 12 accepts this fact and executes the processes after S205 described above. If it carries out like this, a user will be able to vote by simple operation, when it can confirm that the object of vote has become in the range of the desired odds. Note that the notification of information requesting approval for voting does not have to be performed by e-mail as described above. For example, a voting button (or a purchase button) may be displayed in a prominent place such as a gadget in a predetermined site, or through an add-on such as a web browser toolbar, the voting target and current odds. The final odds range, the voting amount, and the voting button (or purchase button) may be displayed in a pop-up on the user terminal 14.

  Further, in the process shown in S207 described above, the determination unit 30 may determine whether or not a race for which a voting request has been received is a predetermined time before the voting deadline (for example, 10 minutes). Then, when it is a predetermined time before the voting deadline time, the notifying unit 32b votes together with data indicating the range of the final odds included in the total data 42 identified in the processing shown in S204 performed immediately before. The user terminal 14 may be notified by e-mail or the like that a predetermined time before the deadline is reached. Then, the user terminal 14 may display and output data indicating the range of the last odds and a fact that a predetermined time before the voting deadline time has come. This will not only result in voting if the final odds range falls within the desired odds range by a predetermined time before the voting deadline time, but the final odds range will be reduced even if the predetermined time before the voting deadline time is reached. Even if the user does not enter the range of the desired odds, the user can be prompted to vote by being notified of the range of the final odds. Therefore, the risk that the user misses the voting opportunity is reduced.

  Instead of the pre-deadline odds data included in the aggregated data 42, approximate pre-deadline odds data whose step size varies depending on the value of the odds may be used. For example, with respect to the voting status data 40 whose odds data value is 9.9 times or less, as described above, the counting unit 24 counts the voting status data 40 in increments of 0.1, and the odds data value is 10 For voting status data 40 that is greater than or equal to 0.0 times and less than 99.9 times, a value obtained by rounding down the odds data value to the nearest 0.1 is treated as odds data before approximate deadline, and the totaling unit 24 in increments of 1 The voting status data 40 is aggregated, and for the voting status data 40 whose odds data value is 100 times or more, the value obtained by rounding down the odds data value to the first place is treated as the odds data before the approximate deadline. The counting unit 24 may count the voting status data 40 every 10 times.

  In this case, for example, the odds fluctuation value calculated based on the voting situation data 40 whose odds data value is 10.2 times is the final value of the total data 42 whose estimated odds data value is 10.0 times. Set as the value of the odds range data. Further, the odds fluctuation value calculated based on the voting status data 40 whose odds data value is 129.5 times is the final odds range data of the total data 42 whose estimated odds data value is 120.0 times. Is set as the value of.

  Further, for example, the counting unit 24 may determine the step size of the odds based on the distribution of the odds data values of the voting status data 40 whose remaining time data value is “0”. For example, the odds having a large number of voting status data 40 may be determined to be small, and the odds having a large number of voting status data 40 may be determined to be large.

  When the aggregated data 42 includes odds data before approximate deadline, the data acquisition unit 28 is calculated according to the rules described above based on the values of the odds data included in the voting status data 40 in the process shown in S203 described above. The estimated number of votes calculated based on the value of the estimated odds, the value of the remaining time data included in the latest vote status data 40 acquired in the process shown in S202, and the value of the number of votes data included in the vote status data 40 , The total data 42 matching the combination of the value of the odds data before approximate deadline, the value of the remaining time data, and the value of the approximate vote count data included is specified.

  In addition, the notifying unit 32b sets the value of the pre-deadline odds data and the final odds range data included in the aggregated data 42 specified by the above-described processing shown in S203 together with the completion of voting in the processing shown in S206 described above. You may notify the user terminal 14 of the range of the last odds specified based on it. Then, the user terminal 14 may generate a voting end screen 46 in which the range of the last odds is displayed and display it on the display.

  Further, when the horse racing information providing system 10 receives a vote request from the user terminal 14, the horse racing information providing system 10 sets the values of the pre-deadline odds data and the final odds range data included in the total data 42 specified by the process shown in S203 described above. A screen including information corresponding to the range of the final odds specified based on the range may be simply transmitted to the user terminal 14. In this case, for example, on the display of the user terminal 14, the minimum value and the maximum value of the specified final odds, all the values of the specified final odds, or representative values such as the average value of the specified final odds, Etc. will be displayed. In this way, the user can know the range of the final odds specified based on the past results, and can accurately determine whether or not to vote. In this way, even if voting is performed on the voting target before the voting deadline, the possibility that the final odds of the voting target are within the range specified by the user is increased.

  Further, as the value set in the final odds range data of the total data 42, the odds of the final vote status data are used instead of the value obtained by subtracting the odds data value of the selected vote status data from the odds data value of the final vote status data. The data value itself may be used. In this case, the value range itself set in the final odds range data in the process shown in S204 is treated as the final odds range.

  Moreover, the division of roles of the horse racing information providing system 10, the voting management system 12, and the user terminal 14 is not limited to the above-described embodiment. Further, the present embodiment may be applied to support for voting for a voting target in public competitions other than horse racing (for example, boat racing, bicycle racing, auto racing, etc.) and lotteries. Moreover, the specific numerical values and character strings described above and the specific numerical values and character strings in the drawings are examples, and are not limited to these numerical values and character strings.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Horse racing information provision system, 12 Vote management system, 14 User terminal, 16 Computer network, 20 Data storage part, 22 Voting status data reception part, 24 Counting part, 26 Vote request reception part, 28 Data acquisition part, 30 Determination part, 32 process execution unit, 32a voting process execution instruction output unit, 32b notification unit, 40 voting status data, 42 total data, 44 voting screen, 46 voting end screen, 48 voting approval mail.

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A voting support system that supports voting with a voting deadline,
A voting target that exists as a result of voting for which the voting deadline has already passed in association with a combination of pre-deadline odds data that represents the odds before the deadline and remaining time data that represents the time until the voting deadline. The final odds range data representing the final odds or the range of the final odds of the voting target in which the odds at the time when the time until the voting deadline is represented by the remaining time data is represented by the odds data before the deadline Last odds range data storage means for storing
A designation accepting means for accepting designation of a voting target from a user;
Specified based on the odds data before the deadline specified based on the odds at the time of specifying the final odds range data of the voting target that accepts the designation, and the time from the time when the final odds range data is specified until the voting deadline Final odds range data specifying means for specifying final odds range data stored in the final odds range data storage means in association with a combination of the remaining time data,
A voting support system characterized by including: The final odds range data storage means associates with the combination of the pre-deadline odds data, the remaining time data, and the vote number data representing the number of votes, up to the vote deadline according to the time represented by the remaining time data. The number of votes up to the time when the time is represented is represented by the vote data, and the odds at that time represent the final odds of the vote or the range of final odds represented by the pre-deadline odds data Remember the last odds range data,
The final odds range data specifying means includes the pre-deadline odds data that is specified based on the odds of the voting target that receives the specification at the time of specifying the final odds range data of the voting target that receives the specification, and the voting from the time The final odds range data in association with a combination of the remaining time data specified based on the time until the deadline and the vote count data specified based on the vote count up to the time of the vote target Identify the last odds range data stored in the storage means;
The voting support system according to claim 1. The designation accepting unit accepts designation of a range of odds that a user desires to vote together with designation of the voting target,
Processing for executing predetermined processing when the range of odds for which the designation receiving unit accepts the specification includes the final odds or the range of the final odds represented by the final odds range data specified by the final odds range data specifying unit Further comprising execution means,
The voting support system according to claim 1 or 2. In the final odds range data specifying means, the range of odds that the specification receiving means receives the specification includes the final odds or the range of the final odds represented by the final odds range data specified by the final odds range data specifying means. Until the last odds range data is identified,
The voting support system according to claim 3. Determination means for determining whether or not the range of odds for which the designation receiving means accepts designation includes the final odds or the range of the final odds represented by the final odds range data specified by the final odds range data specifying means, Further including
If it is determined that the determination means includes the processing, the processing execution unit executes the processing; otherwise, the final odds range data specifying unit specifies the final odds range data again.
The voting support system according to claim 3. The processing execution means, when the range of odds that the designation accepting means accepts designation includes the last odds or the range of final odds represented by the final odds range data specified by the final odds range data specifying means, The execution instruction of the voting process for the voting target that receives the designation is output to the voting management system that manages the voting for the voting target.
The vote support system according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein The processing execution means, when the range of odds that the designation accepting means accepts designation includes the last odds or the range of final odds represented by the final odds range data specified by the final odds range data specifying means, Inform users of information confirming voting approval,
When the process execution means receives information indicating that the vote is approved from the user after the notification, the process execution means outputs an instruction to execute the vote process to the vote management system.
The voting support system according to claim 6. The process execution means is configured to include a final odds range data specified by the final odds range data specifying means within a range of odds for which the designation receiving means accepts designation even if a time until a vote deadline is a predetermined time. If the odds or range of final odds is not included, provide information to the user indicating the range of final odds or final odds;
The vote support system according to claim 6 or 7, wherein The pre-deadline odds data corresponds to the range of odds,
The larger the representative value of the odds range corresponding to the pre-deadline odds data, the wider the corresponding odds range.
The voting support system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: The pre-deadline odds data corresponds to the range of odds,
The range of odds corresponding to the pre-deadline odds data is set to be narrower as the number of voting results whose odds are within the range is larger.
The voting support system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: Voting status data receiving means for receiving the voting status data representing the odds of voting at the time and the voting status up to the voting target at the time,
A final odds range data generating means for generating the final odds range data based on the voting status data;
The final odds range data storage means stores the generated final odds range data.
The voting support system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein: A method for controlling a voting support system that supports voting with a voting deadline,
A voting target that exists as a result of voting for which the voting deadline has already passed in association with a combination of pre-deadline odds data that represents the odds before the deadline and remaining time data that represents the time until the voting deadline. The final odds range data representing the final odds or the range of the final odds of the voting target in which the odds at the time when the time until the voting deadline is represented by the remaining time data is represented by the odds data before the deadline Storing in a final odds range data storage means;
A designated acceptance step for accepting designation of a voting target from a user;
Specified based on the odds data before the deadline specified based on the odds at the time of specifying the final odds range data of the voting target that accepts the designation, and the time from the time when the final odds range data is specified until the voting deadline A final odds range data specifying step for specifying the final odds range data stored in the final odds range data storage means in association with the combination of the remaining time data,
A voting support system control method comprising: A program that causes a computer to function as a voting support system that supports voting with a voting deadline.
A voting target that exists as a result of voting for which the voting deadline has already passed in association with a combination of pre-deadline odds data that represents the odds before the deadline and remaining time data that represents the time until the voting deadline. The final odds range data representing the final odds or the range of the final odds of the voting target in which the odds at the time when the time until the voting deadline is represented by the remaining time data is represented by the odds data before the deadline Means for storing in the final odds range data storage means,
A designation accepting means for accepting designation of a voting target from a user;
Specified based on the odds data before the deadline specified based on the odds at the time of specifying the final odds range data of the voting target that accepts the designation, and the time from the time when the final odds range data is specified until the voting deadline Final odds range data specifying means for specifying the final odds range data stored in the final odds range data storage means in association with the combination of the remaining time data,
A program characterized by causing a computer to function. A recording medium recording a program that causes a computer to function as a voting support system that supports voting with a voting deadline,
A voting target that exists as a result of voting for which the voting deadline has already passed in association with a combination of pre-deadline odds data that represents the odds before the deadline and remaining time data that represents the time until the voting deadline. The final odds range data representing the final odds or the range of the final odds of the voting target in which the odds at the time when the time until the voting deadline is represented by the remaining time data is represented by the odds data before the deadline Means for storing in the final odds range data storage means,
A designation accepting means for accepting designation of a voting target from a user;
Specified based on the odds data before the deadline specified based on the odds at the time of specifying the final odds range data of the voting target that accepts the designation, and the time from the time when the final odds range data is specified until the voting deadline Final odds range data specifying means for specifying the final odds range data stored in the final odds range data storage means in association with the combination of the remaining time data,
A recording medium having recorded thereon a program that causes a computer to function.

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