ES2228227A1 - GAME TICKET, EQUIPMENT AND READING PROCEDURE OF THE GAME TICKET. - Google Patents

Abstract

Game ticket, equipment and procedure for reading the game ticket. The ticket of the invention comprises a sequence of N independent barcodes, each of which is assigned a symbol M, so that the user can cross out (12) at least a part of the barcode of at least one of the N sequence barcodes to select a sequence of M symbols corresponding to the N crossed out barcodes (12). The user selects the forecasts corresponding to the symbols M by striking through (12) the N numbers to which they are assigned. The equipment is based on reading the N barcodes, detecting those that are crossed out and relating them to the M symbols to which they are assigned, to obtain the forecast selected by the user. The invention also refers to a procedure for reading the ticket.

Description

Game ticket, equipment and procedure Game ticket reading.

Object of the invention

The invention at hand, as expressed in the statement of this specification, it refers to a ticket game that has some technical characteristics so far no provided in the prior art, and also refers to a team and a procedure to read the ticket game, so that a network of terminals of mobile point of sale of gaming products, such as they can be active lotteries in which the player can perform forecasts by means of printed or selection tickets of bets

Background of the invention

Conventionally the use of betting selection tickets, internationally named "betslips" in which to select the forecasts the player must mark an X in the box reserved for the corresponding forecast.

A network of point terminals of sale of lotteries and bets that are handled by an operator to read the tickets filled out by users, which in most cases they are based on brand recognition using OMR (Optical Marks Reader) two-dimensional optical readers that are connected to a control circuit that you use as reference a template and, so that through some marks of alignment printed on the ticket, they are able to recognize and locate the brands made by users and transform them into forecasts.

The forecasts are sent from the terminals from point of sale of lotteries and bets to a control center, in which if the bets and the ticket are correct they are registered, and they communicate it to the point of sale terminal, so that if the operation has been accepted, it issues a receipt in a format suitable for the user.

To allow the realization of all this process, the front of the tickets includes several zones that allow their identification as well as the recognition of possible forecasts or bets. The reading area, on which they mark the bets, it is printed with lines and texts in ink invisible to OMR readers, so when a user dials with blue or black ink the desired forecasts, the reader is able to recognize and locate them thanks to interpretation software ("imager") provided in the control circuit.

Point of sale terminals allow carry out the verification and payment of prizes for bets and lotteries, and, normally, they are fixed terminals, similar in appearance and dimensions to the cash registers of the shops.

This type of terminals does not allow to establish points of sale of lottery products, in mobile points of sale, as is the case with street vendors, since these existing terminals on the market discussed above, they have an excessive weight and dimensions, apart from that the consumption of energy is high, which makes it impossible to use as terminals mobile phones This, in turn, makes it impossible to use the procedure of capture of standard bets in the game and lottery market based on the tickets mentioned above.

Description of the invention

To solve and achieve the objectives previously indicated, the invention has developed a new betting slip, a new ticket reading team and a new ticket reading procedure, which is based on the use of barcode readers, since this type of readers and coding can be easily incorporated into a terminal laptop.

Obviously the invention can also be Applied to fixed terminals.

The new ticket of the invention, like the Conventional includes the ticket identification code and the alignment marks to make the correct reading; and characterized in that it comprises a sequence of N barcodes independent, each of which is uniquely assigned an M symbol, so that the user can cross out at least one part of the barcode of at least one of the N codes of sequence bars, so that the user can select a sequence of M symbols from the N barcodes crossed out at least partially.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention the M symbol uniquely assigned to each N barcode, is a number, which preferably defines the position occupied by each N barcode within the sequence, that is, the first N barcode is assigned the number 1, the second the number 2, and so on.

The symbols may also correspond to any assignment as for example may be the case of the "X" used for football betting tickets.

In addition, in the preferred embodiment of the invention the N barcodes that make up the sequence are represented by the same barcode, that is, the same barcode is repeated N times, as for example it can be the number 9 in barcode type 2 of 5 Datalogic no interlaced

In addition, the ticket of the invention presents the feature that the N barcodes in the sequence are separated by an invisible ink print for a reader of barcode and visible to the user, so that it facilitates the recognition and strikeout of the N code or barcodes, by the user, as forecasts.

Likewise, the symbols M assigned to each N barcodes are printed in invisible ink for a reader barcode and visible to the user, so that the user can identify and select the desired forecasts, without it Affect the reader.

The equipment or terminal point of sale reading of the ticket described above, as already indicated with previously comprises a barcode reader that reads the sequence of the N barcodes, in which the user has crossed out, at least partially, at least one N barcode of the sequence, corresponding to a forecast selected by the Username.

In addition the equipment of the invention is equipped from:

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generation means of the sequence of the M symbols uniquely related to the N corresponding at least partially crossed out barcodes to a forecast selected by the user;

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means of operator command input, so that it indicates the type of game and transaction that is performed.

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a processor of transactions to generate the game transaction indicating the type and sequence of the M symbols selected by the Username.

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a module of communications to send the transaction to a control center, that accepts it or not and communicates the result to the processor of transactions

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means for communicate messages to the operator to indicate the result of the transaction, and in case of not accepting the cause that caused the non acceptance.

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a converter of formats to generate a specific ticket format corresponding to the guard for the user.

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a printer through which the printing of the referral is made guard.

This configuration has the great advantage of that when a barcode reader is used, it is reduced considerably consumption, weight and dimensions, with respect to conventional fixed terminals based on OMR readers, allowing its use as a portable point of sale terminal Lotteries and bets.

The transaction processor provides for detection of errors, in which case it communicates to the operator the impossibility of Perform the transaction and indicate the reason for the error.

The means of generating the sequence of M symbols selected by the user comprise a circuit of interpretation that from the reading of the N codes of sequence bars, generates a record of that sequence read that shows the barcodes read correctly and the illegible produced by the N crossed-out barcodes at least partially. This record is delivered to a comparator who also is connected to a circuit that contains a specific reference by the sequence composed of the N reference barcodes without errors, so that as a result of the comparison the comparator obtains the registration of the M symbols assigned to the N Wrong barcodes corresponding to the forecast selected by the user, that is to say obtains said forecast.

The command input means of operator so that this indicates the type of transaction set that is done, they are selectively constituted by a keyboard, and / or Microphone connected to a voice recognition circuit.

Regarding the means to communicate messages to the operator, these are selectively constituted by a screen, a braille device and / or a sound circuit with speaker.

Regarding the communications module, it fits Note that this is preferably wireless. For example It can be a communication via mobile telephony.

In addition, the invention provides a method of reading of the described ticket, which includes:

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read the sequence composed of the N barcodes, in which at least one part At least one of the N barcodes has been crossed out.

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detect the N barcodes at least partially crossed out and get the M symbol assigned to them.

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generate a sequence of the M symbols assigned to the N barcodes crossed out at least partially; that correspond to the forecasts selected by the user;

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generate a transaction with the sequence of forecasts selected by the user, which is sent to a control center for acceptance or rejection.

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register in the Control center transactions accepted.

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indicate the result of the transaction.

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generate a receipt of the forecast sequence selected by the user, for the user in proper format, when the transaction has been accepted.

In addition, the process of the invention provides for introduction by the operator of the type of game transaction for different variants that you can present, for generate the transaction to the control center.

In addition the process of the invention includes a phase of indicating the result of the transaction, and in case of that it has been rejected, indicating the cause that has Rejection occurred.

The M symbols assigned corresponding to the User selected forecasts correspond to the position which occupies each N barcode within the sequence.

Next to facilitate a better understanding of this descriptive report and being part of the same, they accompany a series of figures in which with character illustrative and not limiting the object of the invention.

Brief statement of the figures

Figure 1.- Shows the representation of the code of bars corresponding to the number 9 that is repeated N times for get the sequence N independent barcodes.

Figure 2.- Shows a possible example of the sequence consisting of twenty-five 9 represented in code of bars, each of which has been assigned an M number, corresponding to the position occupied by each N barcode within the sequence (1-25).

Figure 3.- Shows the sequence of the figure above, in which an example has been represented in which the user has selected eleven numbers out of the 25 possible, for get a sequence composed of the eleven selected numbers, corresponding to the forecast selected by the user.

Figure 4.- Shows a block diagram functional of possible example of realization of the reading equipment of the invention.

Description of the preferred embodiment

Below is a description of the invention based on the figures discussed above.

The ticket consists of a plurality of N barcodes to which an M number has been assigned.

To explain the invention, a matrix of twenty-five possible N forecasts, of which a player you have to select eleven M numbers, that is, the game matrix It is 11 of 25. Obviously the invention can be applied to any matrix N of M forecasts, in which N represents the number of forecasts that can be selected by the player and M the number of selected forecasts, N being greater than M.

To represent in the betting form the twenty-five N barcodes, from 1 to 25, a sequence of twenty-five identical barcode numbers, repeated and arranged sequentially one after another (as shown in figures 2 and 3).

The N barcode chosen is 9 in the barcode type 2 of 5 Datalogic not interlaced, to be presented this a configuration of three thin bars separated from each other a certain distance that makes possible in a very simple way procedure for marking the desired prognosis and its subsequent reading and identification, as will be described with later.

Each N barcode in the sequence will be you have matched the order number that you keep within the sequence. Therefore, in the example of the invention they are represented twenty-five N barcodes corresponding to the number 9, and a each of which corresponds to the number 1 to 25, according to the order they occupy within the sequence.

To do this, each digit in barcode will be puts an upper (or lower) legend (1-25), which allows to identify the exact position of the forecast as shown in the example of figures 2 and 3.

In addition the ticket has a code of identification thereof (not shown in the figures and a code of alignment of the ticket to make the correct reading, either represented in the figures, for being conventionally used in the state of the art).

It uses a color of red tones that results invisible to a laser reader (1), in the separation zone C of the different N barcodes, and in the marking of numbers 1 to 25, which allows to define and delimit the areas of marking and reading, so that the user identifies in a simple way each number 1 - 25 with its N barcode, and without affecting the reader one.

For the user to select the forecasts you want to play, just cross out (12) the central part of the box containing the code number 9 code bars in each position. In figure 3 the user has selected forecasts 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20 and 23, for which crossed out the central bar of code 9 corresponding to those positions. Once the ticket has been filled in, it is read by the barcode reader 1 that can only read the 9 barcodes that have not been crossed out, and the rest gives error Reading.

So in the example of figure 3 the reader performs the sequence reading and delivers it to a circuit interpretation 2 that from the reading made generates a record with the sequence read, which in the specific example of embodiment of figure 3 will be 9 * 9 ** 9 * 9 * 99 * 9 * 99 * 9 ** 99 * 99, where the * correspond to digits read with error.

In addition the equipment of the invention comprises a circuit 3 containing a reference determined by the sequence without errors, so that it is delivered to a comparator 4 together with that obtained by circuit 2, with which applying a simple algorithm is allowed to deduce directly using the comparator that the forecasts played by the user are those marked in the figure 3.

This sequence is delivered to a processor transactions 5 that from the record obtained by the comparator Generate a transaction. For this the transaction processor 5 is connected to a command input device 6 by part of the operator, through which it introduces the type of transaction and type of game. This device 6 is constituted by a keyboard, a voice circuit, etc.

Thus, processor 5 generates a transaction that contains at least the data corresponding to the identification of the ticket, user selected M sequence, type of transaction and type of game, and sends it, through a communications module 7 to a control center 8.

This communication is done in a way wireless, such as through the telephone network mobile.

The control center 8 registers the different bets, ensuring that this operation is performed reliably and safe; also generates a response message with the result of the transaction, indicating whether it has been accepted, rejected or erroneous; and indicates, in case it has been rejected, the cause that has produced this circumstance.

The communications module incorporates the game transaction within the communications protocol used between the terminal and the control center, as per For example, it can be IP over GPRS, X.25, IP over GSM, IP over ADSL, etc.

Once processor 5 has received a response of acceptance of the transaction by the control center 8, sends the response to a format converter 10 that generates, in a specified graphic format, the response ticket that serves as I save the player, which is printed using a printer 11 so that the operator delivers it to the user.

In addition, the terminal of the invention comprises a output device of the operator 9 to which the processor transactions 5 sends the corresponding response to transactions made so that the operator knows the result of the transaction.

To do this from the response generated by processor 5 generates a message to indicate the result of the transaction for which a screen is used, braille output, a Voice circuit or a combination of all of them.

Claims (10)

1. Game ticket, which includes a ticket identification code and alignment marks to perform the correct reading; It is characterized in that it comprises a sequence of N independent bar codes, each of which is uniquely assigned a symbol M so that the user can cross out (12) at least a part of at least one of the N independent bar codes of the sequence, to select a sequence of M symbols uniquely assigned, from the at least partially crossed out bar codes (12); the N independent barcodes of the sequence being separated by a print (C) of invisible ink for a barcode reader and visible to the user. 2. Game ticket according to claim 1, characterized in that the N independent bar codes that make up the sequence is the same bar code; which is preferably the number 9 in barcode type 2 of 5 Datalogic not interlaced; and because the symbol M uniquely assigned to each barcode is a number corresponding to the position occupied by each N barcode within the sequence. 3. Game ticket, according to previous claims, characterized in that the M symbols uniquely assigned to each N barcode are printed in invisible ink for a barcode reader and visible to a user. 4. Equipment for reading a game ticket, equipped with means for reading an identification code and alignment marks to make the correct reading of the ticket, which also comprises a sequence of N independent bar codes, each of which which is uniquely assigned a symbol M; It is characterized because it includes:

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a code reader of bars (1) that reads the sequence of the N barcodes, in the that has been crossed out (12) at least partially at least one of the N sequence barcodes, corresponding to a forecast selected by the user

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means (2, 3, 4) of sequence generation of related M symbols uniquely with the N barcodes at least partially strikethroughs corresponding to a forecast selected by the Username;

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means (6) of operator command input for the operator to indicate the type of game and transaction that is performed;

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a processor of transactions (5) to generate the game transaction indicating the type and sequence of the M symbols selected by the Username;

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a module of communications (7) to send the transaction to a control center (8) who accepts it or not and communicates the result to the processor of transactions (5);

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means (9) for communicate messages to the operator, to indicate the result of the transaction, and in case of not accepting the cause that has produced the no acceptance;

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a converter of formats (10) to generate a specific ticket format corresponding to the receipt for the user;

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a printer (11) to print said receipt.

5. Equipment for reading a game ticket, according to claim 4, characterized in that the means for generating the sequence of the symbols M selected by the user comprise an interpretation circuit (2) which, from the reading made, generates a register with the sequence of the N barcodes indicating the N barcodes read correctly and the illegibles produced by the N crossed barcodes (12) at least partially, and delivery to a comparator (4) which is also connected to a circuit (3) that contains a reference determined by the sequence composed of the N reference barcodes without errors to compare them and obtain the registration of the M symbols uniquely assigned to the N wrong barcodes, corresponding to the forecast selected by the user . 6. Equipment for reading a game ticket, according to claim 4, characterized in that the transaction processor (5) detects errors in the ticket and communicates it to the operator through the means (6) indicating the cause of the error. 7. Equipment for reading a game ticket, according to claim 4, characterized in that the means (6) for introducing operator commands are selectively constituted by a sound circuit with microphone and / or a keyboard. 8. Equipment for reading a game ticket, according to claim 4, characterized in that the means (9) for communicating messages to the operator are selectively constituted by a screen, a sound circuit with loudspeaker and / or a braille device. 9. Equipment for reading a game ticket, according to claim 4, characterized in that the communication module (7) is wireless. 10. Procedure for reading a game ticket, in which the game ticket comprises a ticket identification code, alignment marks to perform the correct reading, a sequence of N independent bar codes, each of which has uniquely assigned a symbol M; It is characterized because it includes:

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read the sequence composed of the N barcodes, in which at least one part of at least one N barcode has been crossed out (12);

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detect the N bar codes at least partially crossed out (12) and get the M symbol that has been uniquely assigned;

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generate a sequence of the M symbols assigned to the N barcodes crossed out (12) at least partially; that correspond to user selected forecasts;

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generate a transaction with the sequence of forecasts selected by the user, which is sent to a control center (8) for adaptation or rejection;

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indication of result of the transaction,

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generate a receipt of the forecast sequence selected by the user, for the user in an appropriate format, when the transaction has been accepted.