JPS592064B2 - voting system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a voting system that uses a telephone equipped with an ID card reading function for identifying a subscriber as an input terminal and responds to the input by voice.

The voting method of selling horse racing tickets inside the stadium has the following problems.

(1) Many employees (ticket vending machine operators) are required to sell horse racing tickets.

(2) It takes time and effort to transfer money, account for change, etc. when betting tickets are sold.

(3) Because cash is handled, crimes are likely to occur.

(4) Employees (20-30% at the time of release) are required for refund operations.

(5) Requires countermeasures and costs for problems such as counterfeiting of horse racing tickets.
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(6) The venue becomes dirty due to scattered betting tickets.

All of these problems are caused by the fact that cash and horse racing tickets are used for voting. Therefore, the above problem can be solved by a cashless system.
Currently, a voice-response telephone voting system is being used in which a touch-tone telephone is used as an input terminal and subscribers vote for the winning horse directly by talking to a computer system.

This system uses a general-purpose touch-tone telephone with 12 buttons, and subscribers press the buttons to input the necessary information and vote for the winning horse in a conversational manner through voice responses from a computer. Subscribers call a telephone voting station using their phone number, then enter their subscriber number and PIN from the button on the phone, and after receiving confirmation, enter the necessary voting information (place name, race number, type of ceremony, horse number, etc.) (number of sheets) is input by operating a button. A cashless system can be realized by adding an ID card reading function for identifying subscribers to the touch-tone telephone, which is the input terminal of this system. The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of items (1) to (6) mentioned above, and aims to provide a cashless voting system that does not require horse racing tickets.

According to the present invention, subscribers to a voting system deposit funds for purchasing voting tickets (horse racing tickets) in advance, register this amount in a predetermined subscriber file of a computer system, and provide the subscriber with an ID.
A card is given to the subscriber, and the subscriber applies for voting using this ID card.

The present invention provides the above-mentioned input/output terminal as an input/output terminal installed in a racecourse.
Using a telephone equipped with a function to identify the D card, the subscriber picks up the handset of the telephone, connects the telephone to the center, and the subscriber uses the 1D card as an ID.
After inserting the card into the card reader section, the user operates the buttons and enters the necessary information to register for voting. For refunds after the race, cash is paid to the subscriber using the 1D card at a separately installed automatic cash refund machine. As is clear from the above, the system according to the present invention has the advantage that there is no intervening horse racing ticket, and therefore no ticket office handling the tickets, its employees, and employees involved in refund operations are unnecessary. It is also convenient because subscribers do not need cash when applying for telephone voting. As described above, the present invention is a voice response telephone voting system for racetrack use, and the telephone used as an input terminal thereof has the following functions.

The telephone has numeric buttons for inputting numbers, symbol buttons for sending out the promised code, a reading mechanism (sensor) for reading the D card for identifying the subscriber, and the read identification code signal. This telephone is equipped with the function of transmitting information to the center. The telephone set is connected to the center by a private telephone line and a private branch exchange, and the center is equipped with a central processing unit, a subscriber file unit, and a voice response system, which responds by voice to subscriber applications from the telephone set. is to be carried out. The use of ID cards provides the following advantages: The subscriber does not have to operate the buttons on the telephone to enter the subscriber number, which saves input time, and there is no need to memorize the subscriber number, which prevents operational errors due to memorization errors. . The present invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a telephone, 2 is a private telephone line, 3 is a private branch exchange, and 4 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a communication control device, 5 is a PB signal receiving device, 6 is a central processing unit, 7 is a file device, 8 is a voice response control device, 9 is a voice drum device, 10 is an automatic cash dispenser, F is a subscriber file, I is an ID card, ID is an identification signal, PB is a button signal, S is a selection signal, and V is a voice.

Information regarding subscribers (subscriber number, etc.) is registered in the subscriber file F of the file device 7 in FIG.
It is assumed that each subscriber of the system is issued with an ID card for personal identification. When the subscriber picks up the handset of the telephone and turns it off, the telephone is connected to the center side. Next, the subscriber enters the card reading slot on the phone.
When the D card is inserted, the detected identification signal 1D is sent to the center side, and if the identification code is registered in the file and funds exist, a confirmation response is returned. The subscriber then inputs the required information by operating buttons on the telephone. When the subscriber inputs the race number, type, horse number, and number of tickets, this button signal PB is received by the PB signal receiving device 5 via the private branch exchange 3 and the communication control device 4, decoded by the central processing device 6, and sent to the central The processing device 6 issues a voice selection signal S corresponding to the content of the sent signal PB to the voice response control device 8. A voice V selected from a group of voices stored in the voice drum device is sent to the telephone via the communication control device 4 and the private branch exchange 3. When the subscriber's application details match the voice response, the subscriber operates a button to send a confirmation signal and the application is completed. The cost required for the application is registered in the subscriber file 7 corresponding to the voting information. After the race, the subscriber who has applied for a winning ticket inserts his/her ID card into an automatic cash refund machine 10 provided in the venue and has it read. Then, using the keys on the refund machine 10, the subscriber enters the number corresponding to the data on the ID card. If this matches what was read from the card, the center is notified of this match and the identification data. The center side identifies the storage area of the corresponding file from the notified subscriber identification data and retrieves the registered voting information. In response to this, the center side calculates the dividend and notifies the automatic refund machine 10 of the amount. At this time, only the bet amount is deducted from the subscriber's fund data file. In addition, if the subscriber notifies the center that he/she does not need to receive the dividend payment using the refund machine key, the center will accordingly update the subscriber's fund data with the actual dividend payment. are added to the cumulative total. Furthermore, the dividends corresponding to the voting information may be added to the funds at the time when the voting results come out, and the payouts may be received at a later date. It is clear that horse racing tickets are not involved in the process from application to payment. Next, a telephone set used in the system according to the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention.
Figure 2a is a perspective view, and b is a block diagram, 1 is a telephone, 2 is a local telephone line, 11 is a reading port, 12 is a button,
13 is a handset, 14 is a foot switch, 15 is an oscillator, 16 is a talk circuit, 17 is a reception circuit, 18 is a button switch, 19 is a card reading mechanism, 20 is an ID card circuit, 2
1 is a switching circuit, C is a switching signal, I is an ID card, ID is an identification signal, and A is a contact point. Figure 2a shows a telephone equipped with an ID card reading function, and the input is an ID card.
Use card I and button 12. As described above, when the subscriber picks up the handset 13 and hooks off, the telephone 1 is immediately connected to the center, and then the ID card I is inserted into the reading slot 11. FIG. 2b is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the telephone, in which a card reading mechanism 19, a D card circuit 20, and a switching circuit 21 are added to the conventional telephone. Figure 2b
When the D card I is inserted into the slot of the telephone, an identification signal 1D is detected in the card reading mechanism 19, and this signal 1D is sent to the ID card circuit 20 and the switching circuit 21.
The signal then reaches the oscillator 15 and is sent out to the local telephone line 2. Subsequently, a switching signal C is issued from the card reading mechanism 19 to switch the switching circuit 21 to the contact port side, allowing input from the button. The other circuits are well-known circuits built into conventional telephones, so their explanation will be omitted. As described above, the telephone voting system according to the present invention connects the telephone to the system by simply turning off the telephone, and enables application and automatic payment using the D card.
This is an extremely efficient on-site telephone voting system that does not require the intervention of horse racing tickets.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is an explanatory diagram of one embodiment of the telephone used in the present invention,
The symbols used in the diagram are as follows: 01...Telephone, 2...Private telephone line, 3...Private branch exchange, 4... Communication control device, 5...
・PB signal receiving device, 6...Central processing unit, 7
...File device, 8...Audio response control device, 9...Audio drum device, 10...
・・Automated cash dispenser, 11・・Reading slot, 12・
...Button, 13...Handset, 14...
...Full switch, 15... Oscillator, 16
...Talk circuit, 17...Reception circuit,
18...Button switch, 19...Card reading mechanism, 20...D card circuit, 21...
...Switching circuit, C is switching signal, F is subscriber file, ID card, D... identification signal, PB...
...button signal, S is selection signal, V...voice, A, mouth...contact.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a system in which a telephone and a processing device are connected by a private line, and the telephone is connected to the processing device by lifting the handset of the telephone, numeric buttons, a reading means for reading a card, and a data transmission switching means are provided. A means for determining an identification code from the telephone and a file in which the subscriber's identification code is registered are provided in the telephone, and after the subscriber picks up the handset of the telephone, the card is removed. A voting system characterized in that when the telephone is inserted into the telephone, the read identification code is sent to the processing device, and the voting data input from the numeric buttons of the telephone is processed by the processing device.