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US 2002/0165020 A1Published application
Method of processing data for lotteries in automated lottery system
OwnerTakeshi Koyamainventor
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When being accessed by a lottery purchaser terminal through a communication network, the server obtains an identification of the terminal and stores the identification in a memory of the server. The identification is unique on the communication network and, for example, is an IP address assigned to the terminal. After the storing, the server transmits a menu of lotteries to the terminal to stimulate the purchaser to purchase a lottery. The purchaser determines a lottery which the purchaser wants to purchase in accordance with the menu, and submits a purchase offer into the server. Then the server carries out random sampling on the basis of predetermined distribution to generate a specific number for the lottery specified by the purchase offer. The server determines that the lottery is a winning lottery if the specific number meets a condition predefined for the predetermined distribution, while the lottery is a blank lottery if not. The server notifies the terminal whether the lottery is the winning lottery or the blank lottery.
A method of processing data on a server which exists on a communication network and performs as an automated lottery machine, the server being connected with a terminal of a purchaser through the communication network, the server having a memory, the terminal having an identification unique on the communication network, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of processing data on a server which exists on a communication network and performs as an automated lottery machine, the server being connected with a terminal of a purchaser through the communication network, the server having a memory, the terminal having an identification unique on the communication network, the method comprising the steps of:
A server existing on a communication network and serving as an automated lottery machine, the server being connected with a terminal of a purchaser through the communication network, the terminal having an identification unique on the communication network, said server comprising:
A server existing on a communication network and serving as an automated lottery machine, the server being connected with a terminal of a purchaser through the communication network, the terminal having an identification unique on the communication network, said server comprising:
A computer program product for enabling a processor to work as a server which exists on a communication network and which serves as an automated lottery machine, the server being connected with a terminal of a purchaser through the communication network and having a memory, the terminal having an identification unique on the communication network, said computer program product comprising software instructions for enabling the processor to perform predetermined operations, the predetermined operations including:
A computer program product for enabling a processor to work as a server which exists on a communication network and which serves as an automated lottery machine, the server being connected with a terminal of a purchaser through the communication network and having a memory, the terminal having an identification unique on the communication network, said computer program product comprising software instructions for enabling the processor to perform predetermined operations, the predetermined operations including:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.