Digital Lottery Game Control System for Secure Transaction Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lottery systems do not allow direct player access for digital purchase, activation, and use of pre-paid lottery vouchers on mobile phones or interactive television devices, and they lack real-time transaction recording and secure redemption processes, which can lead to system slowdowns and security issues during peak demand times.
Innovation Solution
A digital lottery game control system that manages pre-paid lottery vouchers, allowing players to purchase and play electronic lottery tickets on mobile phones or interactive TVs, records all transactions, and ensures secure redemption through a separate digital system, synchronizing with the main central lottery system for accurate tracking and payout.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the main lottery central system receives all communications including ticket purchases and validations, then the system can maintain centralized control and security, but the system slows down during peak lottery demand times
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the lottery system into two independent parts: a main central lottery system that handles only prize validations, and a digital lottery game control system that handles ticket purchases and player communications. This segmentation allows each subsystem to operate independently, preventing the main system from slowing down during peak demand while maintaining centralized security for prize validations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a digital lottery game control system as an intermediary between players and the main central lottery system. This intermediary handles all communication with players including ticket purchases, voucher activations, and game play, while only sending prize validation requests to the main system. This mediator approach maintains centralized control for security-critical functions while improving overall system responsiveness.
2Reliability
If the main lottery central system handles all ticket purchases and validations, then centralized security is maintained, but direct player access is not allowed
Solution Approach 1:
The digital lottery game control system serves as an intermediary that enables direct player access while maintaining centralized security. It handles all player communications, voucher activations, and ticket purchases, then forwards only necessary validation requests to the main central system. This allows players to interact directly with the digital system for routine operations while centralized security remains intact for critical functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The digital lottery game control system enables players to perform many operations themselves without direct main system involvement. Players can activate vouchers, purchase electronic tickets, check balances, and receive notifications through the digital control system, which automatically manages these transactions and only contacts the main system when prize validations are needed.
3Ease of operation
If pre-paid lottery vouchers are used for digital purchase, then direct player access and real-time transaction recording are enabled, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex voucher management functionality into a separate digital lottery game control system, removing it from the main central lottery system. This extraction allows the main system to remain simple and focused on prize validations, while the digital control system handles all voucher issuance, activation, balance tracking, and transaction recording without increasing the complexity of the core lottery system.
Solution Approach 2:
The digital lottery game control system creates a digital copy of the voucher management process, maintaining all necessary tracking and control functions in electronic form. This digital copying enables real-time transaction recording, player balance management, and automated notifications without requiring physical voucher handling or complex main system modifications.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a system and method for purchase, activation and use of a pre-paid lottery voucher for purchase and play of electronic lottery tickets on an electronic device. The pre-paid lottery vouchers act as a recording device for all transactions associated with the lottery voucher. Each electronic ticket purchased with the pre-paid lottery voucher is recorded against a unique voucher identification at a remote digital lottery game control system. Players can play through the number of electronic tickets that the pre-paid voucher entitles them to and then redeem the pre-paid voucher for any winnings that the lottery voucher is entitled to. Winnings can only be redeemed for payout at an authorized lottery redemption agent and cannot be used for purchase of additional electronic lottery tickets, thereby providing a play responsibly feature.