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Title:
MEMBERSHIP-BASED BETTING SYSTEM WITH COMPOSITE SETTLEMENT FUNCTION
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2003223528
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a betting system with a composite settlement function making it possible to easily subscribe for memberships, purchase betting tickets immediately after subscription, settle and pay cashless with debit cards, credit cards, digital cash, and prepaid cards as well as with cash and locked bank accounts, and use betting funds for purposes other than purchasing betting tickets, such as paying for the admission fees of race tracks, the fees of reserved seats, and buying at facilities such as stores.

To accept subscriptions for a special membership from members and nonmembers, special membership subscription terminals connected to a communications line including a responding computer and the Internet are installed in stores other than the facilities, including race tracks, offtrack betting booths, and post offices, convenience stores, department stores, and supermarkets affiliated with the promoter of the races. Betting ticket vendors with the function of reading membership cards issued to special members, cash dispensers, and registers for food/drink and for purchase are provided at the race tracks and offtrack betting booths.


Inventors:
MIYAMOTO KOICHI
OCHI NAOHIRO
AIDA YORO
TAKAGI TSUTOMU
NAKAMURA HAJIME
MOMOI SONOMI
ITAGAKI TAKAFUMI
INOUE TOMOAKI
TERAMOTO ATSUSHI
NABESHIMA YOSHIAKI
Application Number:
JP2002023858A
Publication Date:
August 08, 2003
Filing Date:
January 31, 2002
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
JAPAN RACING ASS
International Classes:
G07C13/00; G06K17/00; G06Q20/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q30/06; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; G06Q50/34; (IPC1-7): G06F17/60; G06K17/00; G07C13/00
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JPH07160791A1995-06-23
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JPH06325065A1994-11-25
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kyosei International Patent Office