EP 2355053 A4 20120801 - METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A LOTTERY
Title (en)
METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A LOTTERY
Title (de)
VERFAHREN ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG EINER LOTTERIE
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ POUR RÉALISER UNE LOTERIE
Publication
Application
Priority
- RU 2009000443 W 20090901
- EA 200802287 A 20081205
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP2355053A2] The invention relates to methods for conducting lotteries. The technical result is that of maintaining and heightening the interest of the players in the process of the lottery itself. A method for conducting a lottery, in which a lottery player is informed about the conditions of the lottery via a data input/output device in a lottery device, payment is made for participation in the lottery, the data fields of a lottery ticket are displayed on the data input/output device, the player enters numerical and/or graphical symbols into said fields, which are transmitted to a calculating device and processed, thus effecting the draw, the results of the draw are communicated and the winnings are paid out, wherein data identifying the lottery player or another individual or group of individuals to whom the winnings are to be paid can be entered and/or modified at any stage in the lottery.
IPC 8 full level
G07C 15/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/00 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G06Q 50/34 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/32 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/329 (2013.01 - EP US); G07C 15/006 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [L] The claimed subject matter, with due regard to the description and drawings, relates inter alia to processes comprised in the list of subject matter and activities excluded from patentability under Art.52(2) and (3) EPC. The applicant is advised that in accordance with the established practice of the EPO, no search need be performed in respect of those aspects of the claimed invention. The only identifiable technical aspects of the claimed invention relate to the use of conventional, general-purpose data processing technology for processing data of an inherently non-technical nature. The information technology employed is considered to have been generally known as it was widely available to everyone at the date of filing/priority of the present application. The notoriety of such prior art cannot reasonably be contested. Accordingly, no documentary evidence is considered required, as the technical aspects identified in the present application (Art. 92 EPC) are considered part of common general knowledge. For further details see the Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 October 2007 (OJ 11/2007; p572f) and the accompanying Opinion.
- See references of WO 2010064953A2
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2355053 A2 20110810; EP 2355053 A4 20120801; EA 013711 B1 20100630; EA 200802287 A1 20100630; US 2011250944 A1 20111013; WO 2010064953 A2 20100610; WO 2010064953 A3 20100722
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 09830646 A 20090901; EA 200802287 A 20081205; RU 2009000443 W 20090901; US 200913123738 A 20090901