Winner deciding system, winner deciding method, winner deciding program, and computer-readable recording medium

• US 20040067760A1
• Filed: 09/29/2003
• Published: 04/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Menjo, Hiroyuki, Fujiwara, Maki, Yamamoto, Hiroyuki, Murata, Katsutoshi, Odakura, Atsushi
• Application Number:
  US10/671,470
• Publication Number:
  US 20040067760A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/086 played via telephone, e.g. using a modem
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/205 for detecting the geographical location of the game platform
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/081 electric
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32

Abstract

This winner deciding system includes an information transmitting unit for transmitting preliminary information related to a winning location to a mobile device used by a user, a location receiving unit for receiving location information for specifying a location of the mobile device from the mobile device which has received the preliminary information, a winner deciding unit for deciding a winning mobile device, and a winning result transmitting unit for transmitting a winning result to the decided mobile device.

Claims

1. A winner deciding system comprising:

information transmitting means for transmitting preliminary information related to a winning location to a mobile device used by a user;

location receiving means for receiving location information specifying a location of the mobile device from the mobile device which has received the preliminary information;

winner deciding means for deciding a winning mobile device based on the received location information and the winning location; and

winning result transmitting means for transmitting a winning result at least to the decided mobile device.

2. The winner deciding system according to claim 1, wherein the preliminary information includes at least image information related to the winning location.

3. The winner deciding system according to claim 1, wherein the preliminary information includes at least sound information related to the winning location.

4. The winner deciding system according to claim 1, wherein the information transmitting means transmits the preliminary information in response to a request from the mobile device.

5. A winner deciding method comprising:

an information transmitting step of allowing information transmitting means to transmit preliminary information related to a winning location to a mobile device used by a user;

a location receiving step of allowing location receiving means to receive location information specifying a location of the mobile device from the mobile device which has received the preliminary information;

a winner deciding step of allowing winner deciding means to decide a winning mobile device based on the received location information and the winning location; and

a winning result transmitting step of allowing winning result transmitting means to transmit a winning result at least to the decided mobile device.

6. The winner deciding method according to claim 5, wherein the preliminary information includes at least image information related to the winning location.

7. The winner deciding method according to claim 5, wherein the preliminary information includes at least sound information related to the winning location.

8. The winner deciding method according to claim 5, wherein the information transmitting means transmits the preliminary information in response to a request from the mobile device.

9. A winner deciding program causing a computer to function as:

information transmitting means for transmitting preliminary information related to a winning location to a mobile device used by a user;

location receiving means for receiving location information specifying a location of the mobile device from the mobile device which has received the preliminary information;

winner deciding means for deciding a winning mobile device based on the received location information and the winning location; and

winning result transmitting means for transmitting a winning result at least to the decided mobile device.

10. The winner deciding program according to claim 9, wherein the preliminary information includes at least image information related to the winning location.

11. The winner deciding program according to claim 9, wherein the preliminary information includes at least sound information related to the winning location.

12. The winner deciding program according to claim 9, wherein the information transmitting means transmits the preliminary information in response to a request from the mobile device.

13. A computer-readable recording medium, wherein the recording medium stores the winner deciding program according to any one of claims 9 to 12.