WO2006035710A1

WO2006035710A1 - Data write-into-passbook system, write-into-passbook method, and program

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Publication number: WO2006035710A1
Application number: PCT/JP2005/017626
Authority: WO
Inventors: Kaoru Tahara; Yoshinobu Kitagawa
Original assignee: Nec Soft, Ltd.; Magnetic Intelligence Technology Office Corp. (MIT.O)
Priority date: 2004-09-30
Filing date: 2005-09-26
Publication date: 2006-04-06
Also published as: JPWO2006035710A1

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To provide a data write-into-passbook system capable of writing data in a short time [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A passbook device server (11) downloads in advance data to be written on a passbook as past usage details up to previous the day all at once. When a user inserts his/her passbook into a printer (12, 13), the printer (12, 13) generates a print request. The server (11) firstly transmits the past data stored but not yet printed. In parallel with this, the server (11) receives data on the user of the print day to be printed from a host computer (20). When the printing of the past data is complete, the data on the user of the printing day received from the host computer (20) is transmitted to the printer (12, 13) and printed. The passbook printer (13) has a function to issue a carry-forward passbook and print there when no blank is found in a passbook.

Description

Specification

DATA BOOKING SYSTEM, BOOKING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

Technical field

The present invention relates to a data bookkeeping system, a data bookkeeping method, and a program, and more specifically, can be applied to various industries including financial institutions such as banks, hospitals, companies, and the like. The present invention relates to a data book system, a data book method and a program which can continuously book desired data.

[0002] In a financial institution represented by a bank or the like, automatic payment and an apparatus (ATM) are widely used when deposits and withdrawals are made. In Patent Document 1, a customer account is identified from a financial institution card, information read from the card is transmitted to the financial institution's host device to request transaction history information for the account, and the received transaction history of the unrecorded account is received. It describes ATMs that print information on a passbook inserted with the card. Also, Patent Document 2 describes the terminal device installed in a convenience store for each account of a plurality of financial institutions. The identification information read from the customer's card is transmitted to the host device of the financial institution. It describes an automatic transaction system that records unrecorded transaction history information received from a booklet on a book-like recording medium.

Patent Document 1: JP 2003-168146 A

Patent Document 2: JP 2000-306020 A

Disclosure of the invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

[0003] Other than financial institutions, it is desired to use a book-like book recording medium. For example, if a patient who goes to a hospital has a book-like recording medium (hereinafter also referred to as a passbook), a lot of past data such as hospital history and examination results stored in the hospital's host computer can be read and passed. This is preferable because it can be entered in a book, which is convenient for the patient, and the booked data can be used in other hospitals. However, in the past, such a system that continuously records desired data on a recording medium has been used only by financial institutions.

[0004] For example, a patient's visit history stored in a hospital host computer is recorded in a passbook In order to do so, bank bookkeeping technology applicable to ATMs of financial institutions can be used. However, patients do not always write to the passbook every time they go to the hospital, and they write data when they determine that they need it, so it is possible that more data will be written at once. In such a case, a large amount of data to be booked is read and recorded at once by the host computer, and although it depends on the speed of search and communication, a lot of time is required for bookkeeping. This waiting time reduces the patient's willingness to book.

[0005] The present invention is a data book system that can be used in many industries including hospitals and financial institutions, and does not require much time for bookkeeping. Therefore, the data book system and data book method that do not reduce the willingness of bookkeeping. The purpose is to provide a program to be used therefor.

Means for solving the problem

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, a data bookkeeping system of the present invention comprises a server having data reading means for reading bookkeeping target data from a host computer and storing it in a storage device,

An identification signal reading means for reading a user's identification signal recorded on the book recording medium, and reading the book target data of the user whose identification signal has been read by the identification signal reading means from the server; And a data recording device having a data recording means for performing data recording.

[0007] Further, the data book method according to the present invention is a data book method in which Sano connected to a host computer books data stored in the host computer using a data book device.

Host computer power reading at least data to be recorded including unrecorded data and storing it in a storage device in the server;

A step of reading a user identification signal recorded on a recording medium inserted in the data bookkeeping device in the data bookkeeping device;

And a step of reading out the data to be recorded by the user having the identification signal from the storage device in the server.

[0008] Furthermore, the program of the present invention stores data to be recorded stored in a host computer. A program for controlling a server to be booked using a data bookkeeping apparatus,

Host computer processing for reading data to be recorded and storing it in a storage device, processing for reading a user identification signal recorded on a recording medium inserted in the data bookkeeping device,

In response to the user identification signal, the user's book-keeping data stored in the storage device in the server is output to the data bookkeeping device to cause the data bookkeeping device to perform the bookkeeping process. It is characterized by.

The invention's effect

[0009] According to the data book system, data book method, and program of the present invention, the server employs a configuration in which the data to be booked for each user is read by the host computer and stored in the storage device of the server. Thus, based on the user identification information stored in the inserted data recording device, the data to be recorded can be read out from the storage device of the server in a short time, and the time required for recording the data to be recorded can be shortened. For this reason, the waiting time at the time of writing is reduced, and the user's willingness to book is not reduced.

[0010] The mode in which the server reads the data to be recorded by the host computer may be such that the data to be recorded is read in real time every time the host computer updates the data to be recorded, or intermittently at a predetermined time interval or the like. Alternatively, the book entry target data may be read out. In the latter case, for example, when the user inserts a passbook into the data bookkeeping device, the data to be booked for the entire user is read out at a frequency of once or twice a day. Reads out the target data of the user following the target data read out in the host computer.

[0011] In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the data bookkeeping device, when there is no more space to be booked in the bookkeeping medium inserted in the bookkeeping means, newly issues a bookkeeping medium issuance bookkeeping medium. Is provided. The data bookkeeping device issues a bookkeeping media for carry-over bookkeeping, so that data bookkeeping is continuously performed, and the system administrator is freed from complicated processing. [0012] When there is no more space to be recorded in the recording medium inserted in the recording means, the data recording device records data for identifying data of the last line recorded in the recording medium on the recording medium. This is also a preferred embodiment of the present invention. In this case, the data to be recorded at the beginning of the next carry-over recording medium can be easily identified. Note that the final data or data for identifying the final data may be stored in the data to be recorded in the host computer.

[0013] It is also a preferred aspect of the present invention that the data book recording device records data for identifying the current last book page and the last book line of the book medium on the book medium. In this case, the data bookkeeping apparatus can easily grasp the bookkeeping position of the last line booked last time at the time of this bookkeeping, and the bookkeeping is performed quickly. The final position identification data may be stored in the data to be recorded in the host computer.

[0014] The data book system of the present invention can be applied to, for example, data book at a hospital, and in this case, the book object data can include information such as patient visit history information to a hospital. By registering hospital visit history information, the convenience of patients and other hospitals is improved. In addition, it can be used for the details of the employee's work processing and for the recording of working hours.

In a preferred aspect of the data bookkeeping system of the present invention, the data reading means reads the bookkeeping target data from each of a plurality of host computers, and the correspondence between the read bookkeeping target data and the host computer And the bookkeeping means books the data to be booked on a different booking medium for each host computer. For this purpose, for example, the bookkeeping means stores the passbook type and the host computer type in association with each other, and when the passbook is inserted, the type of the passbook is specified and determined for each passbook type. The host computer is specified, and the host computer's power is read out, and the read data is recorded in the inserted passbook.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on embodiments of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

In the drawings, like elements are denoted by like reference numerals throughout the drawings. Referring to FIG. 1, a passbook / bookkeeping system 10 according to the present invention is connected to a hospital host computer 20 via a signal line 31 and operated via program control and a passbook machine server 11 via a signal line 32. It comprises a first type of passbook printer (no carryover function) 12 and a second type of passbook printer (with carryover function) 13 capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from the passbook server 11.

[0017] The passbook machine server 11 includes a batch download unit 101 that downloads usage details of a large number of patients at once, a current day statement acquisition unit 102 that acquires usage details for the user's day, and a passbook printer 12, 13 The first output means 103 for outputting and printing the past unrecorded usage details for the past, the second output means 104 for outputting and printing the usage details for the current day to the passbook printers 12 and 13, and the passbook Last print position management means 105 for managing the last print page and last print line, carry-over management means 106 for managing the carry-over of the passbook, data entry Z, unbooked classification, etc., data download means 101 and the same day And a storage device 107 for storing data received by the detail acquisition means 102, data transmitted from the passbook printers 12 and 13, a program for operating the server 11, and the like. Each functional means 101 to 106 is realized by a program stored in the storage device 107.

[0018] The collective download means 101 operates in the early morning, for example, once a day, and collects the past usage details data from the hospital host computer 20 to yesterday from the hospital host computer 20 via the signal line 31. It has a function to receive. Based on the patient identification signal read from the patient's passbook, the current day statement acquisition means 102 requests the host computer 20 for the current usage statement for the patient and receives the usage statement from the host computer 20. It has a function. The first output means 103, when a patient inserts a passbook into the passbook printers 12 and 13 and makes a request for bookkeeping, is stored in the storage device 107 of the passbook machine server 11 and the unbooked data that has been used up to yesterday. It has a function to output.

[0019] The second output means 104 uses today's detailed usage data acquired by the current day detail acquisition means 102 after the first output means 103 prints the unbooked usage details up to yesterday on the passbook printers 12 and 13. It has a function to output to the passbook printers 12 and 13. The final print position management unit 105 has a function of writing the final print position information including the final print page and the final print line to the magnetic stripe of the passbook when there is a margin in the passbook. The carry-over management means 106, when the passbook printer 13 is using the passbook printer 13 to stop the passbook entry and issue a new carry-over passbook when there is no more space in the passbook to be booked. In both cases, the information recorded in the magnetic stripe of the old bankbook is copied, the next data on the last line is carried over and printed on the first line of the bankbook, and the data on the last line recorded in the bankbook is hosted. It has a function to notify the computer 20. When there is no margin in the passbook, the carry-over management means 106 copies the data of the last line recorded and records it in the magnetic stripe of the passbook.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the passbook printer 12. The passbook printer 12 monitors the margin of the passbook by printing means 17 for printing when the passbook is inserted, identification signal reading means 16 for reading the user identification signal from the passbook inserted in the printing means, A bankbook issuing means 18 for issuing a bankbook anew when it runs out is provided. The printer 13 has the same configuration as the printer 13 except that it does not have the passbook issuing means 18. For example, the passbook printed by the passbook printers 12 and 13 includes the patient's identification number, the final print position information including the last print page and the last print line of the passbook, and the last line that has been recorded so far. It has a magnetic stripe on which data can be recorded.

Next, the operation of the data bookkeeping system according to the above embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The passbook machine server 11 uses the batch download means 101 to access the host computer 20 in the early morning before the start of work and collectively request the past usage details data up to the previous day for all patients ( Step Sl). Accordingly, the host computer 20 transmits the past usage details up to the previous day (step S2). The batch download unit 101 updates the batch usage details data up to the previous day stored in the host computer with the received usage details data up to the previous day (step S3). Each line of each usage statement has information indicating whether or not the data in that line has been entered in the passbook.

[0022] When the patient inserts his / her passbook into the first type of passbook printer 12, the passbook printer 12 reads the patient identification number and the final print position information from the passbook, and the patient identification number and the final print position are read. A print request including information is transmitted to the book machine server 11 (step S4). The server 11 uses the first output means 103 to search the usage details up to the previous day of the patient stored in the storage device based on the received identification number of the print request, and among the usage details. In the non-booked usage details excluding the usage details that have already been booked, the passbook printer 12 (Step S5). At that time, the final print position information is sent to the passbook printers 12 and 13, and the position to be printed is instructed. In parallel with these processes, the current day detail acquiring means 102 requests the host computer 20 for the current day's usage details based on the received identification number (step S6). Based on this, the host computer 20 transmits the usage details for the patient's day (step S7).

[0023] The passbook printer 12 prints the received usage details of the patient for the past, and when the printing is completed (step S8), sends a past print completion signal indicating that to the book server 11 (step S8). S9). If there is a usage statement for the current day of the patient, the server 11 continues to transmit the usage statement from the second output means 104 (step S10). If there is no usage statement for that day, you will be notified that there are no usage details for that day. The passbook printer 12 prints the usage details for the current day, and when all the printing is completed (step S11), the passbook printer 12 sends a signal to that effect and the final print including the last print page and last print line in the passbook. A print completion signal for the current day consisting of position information is transmitted (step S12). The final print position management means 105 of the server 11 transmits the recorded final print page and final print line to the book printer 12 and records it in the magnetic stripe of the passbook (step S13). The carry-over management means 106 of the passbook machine server 11 continues to notify the host computer 20 of the classification of data that has been booked and data that has not been booked (step S14), and the host computer 20 Book data of usage details of Z Correct the category of unbooked data.

[0024] When the passbook printer 12 runs out of blanks in the middle of bookkeeping, the passbook printer 12 passes a bookkeeping data carry-over signal including a signal that there is no blank space and data indicating the last line of the written data. (Step S21). The passbook carry-over means 106 puts a mark for classification between the line of the usage statement that is stored in the storage device 107 and that is completed, and the next line. In step S22), a signal for identifying data that has been booked is transmitted to the host computer 20 (step S23). Based on this, the host computer 20 corrects the classification of the booked data Z unbooked data (step S24). The carry-over management means 106 further records the recorded data of the last line in the magnetic stripe of the book (step S25). The patient then inserts the passbook, which has no space left from the passbook printer 12, into the second type of passbook printer 13 with carry-over function, and passes the passbook. The book printer 13 will receive a passbook for carry-over.

On the other hand, when the patient inserts a passbook having a margin into the second type of passbook printer 13, the passbook printer 13 operates in the same manner as the above-described passbook printer 12 until there is no more margin in the passbook. FIG. 3 shows the processing of the data bookkeeping system when making a book using the passbook printer 13. Steps S104 to S107 are the same as steps S4 to S7 in FIG. If there is no margin in the bankbook during printing (steps S109, SI13), the bankbook printer 13 stops printing after that and prints a signal that there is no margin and data indicating the last line of the entered data. A passbook carry-over signal including is transmitted to the book machine server 11 (step S114). The carry-over management means 106 sends the data of the last line to the passbook printer 13 and records it on the magnetic stripe of the passbook (step S115). The passbook printer 13 discharges the old passbook with no margins, sets a new passbook for carry-over at a predetermined position, and transmits a signal indicating that the passbook setting is completed (step S116). The carry-over management means 106 transmits data from the line following the last line data recorded in the magnetic stripe to the passbook printer 13 and records it in the carry-over passbook (step S117). The subsequent processing is the same as steps S8 to S15 or steps S11 to S15 shown in FIG.

[0026] In the above embodiment, the server 11 receives all the usage details up to the previous day in a batch and also receives the host computer power, but instead, the usage details for the previous day are integrated. And may be added to the usage details up to the previous day stored in the storage device 17. Further, as an example of a passbook printer, the power of providing two types of printers is not limited to this, and only one of the first and second passbook printers may be provided. The data received from the host computer 20 was explained as a usage statement showing the patient's hospital history, etc., but is not limited to this, the deposit / withdrawal data of a financial institution may be acceptable, or a company employee, etc. It may be data such as attendance data and working hours. The present invention is intended to make a book-like book recording medium available to a wide range of businesses.

FIG. 4 shows a configuration of a data bookkeeping system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The data bookkeeping system 10A of the present embodiment has a point of reading bookkeeping target data from a plurality of host computers 20, a point of providing one management server 21 for reading bookkeeping target data from a plurality of host computers 20 in real time, and a plurality of bankbooks. Machine server 11 And the data entry system 10A, for example, it is different from the data entry system 10 in Fig. 1 in that it is placed in one building or one company.

[0028] The plurality of host computers 20 include, for example, a computer that calculates a salary of a company, a computer that manages bank deposits, a computer that manages a basic resident register in a local government, a hospital computer, etc. Computers that handle arbitrary personal information, for example, car dealer computers that store vehicle maintenance history, insurance company computers that handle personal insurance data, mobile phone companies that handle mobile phone fee calculations, etc. This includes computers or computers that store school records. The management server 21 has registered in advance the host computer 20 from which data is to be acquired. When the data related to the data to be registered is updated in the host computer 20, the host computer 20 responds to the update information and updates the host computer. Data acquisition means 22 for acquiring data to be booked in real time from 20 and storage device 23 for storing data acquired by the data acquisition means 22 are provided.

The passbook server 11 and the passbook printers 14 and 15 have the same functions as the passbook server 11 and the passbook printers 12 and 13 shown in FIG. 1, and the passbook printers 14 and 15 are inserted. The passbook type and each host computer 20 are associated with each other and registered in the storage device. When a passbook is inserted, the passbook printers 14 and 15 specify the passbook type from the identification information of the passbook type. For example, whether it is a passbook for payroll books, bank passbooks, passbooks for hospital medical history records, etc., and based on the personal ID recorded in the passbook, the corresponding individual of the host computer 20 And the information is read from the storage device 23 of the management server 21 via the book server 11. The book entry processing of the book entry target data is the same as in the previous embodiment. The passbook machine server 11 may also acquire data from the management server 21 in real time.

[0030] In the present embodiment example, all the information that the user should manage by himself / herself is read in advance from each host computer 20 by the management server 21 and stored in the storage device 23. By inserting an appropriate passbook, the desired data to be booked is entered in its own passbook. For example, a passbook can be provided free of charge from a specific supporting company. Supporting companies display their commercials on the cover and back of the passbook Thus, a passbook is provided free of charge to the user. Instead of using different recording media for each host computer, all of the recording media may be shared, or only some of the recording media may be shared.

[0031] Although the present invention has been described based on the preferred embodiment, the data book system, data book method, and program of the present invention are not limited to the configuration of the above embodiment. The configuration power of the embodiment and various modifications and changes are also included in the scope of the present invention. In addition, each configuration described as a preferred aspect of the present invention and each configuration described in the embodiments are preferably used together with the essential configuration of the present invention. It is not always necessary to use all the configurations described as the essential configurations of the present invention.

Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a data bookkeeping system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing processing of the data bookkeeping system of FIG.

[Figure 3] Flow chart when using a printer with a carry-over function in the data bookkeeping system of Figure 1.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a data bookkeeping system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the printer 12 of the data bookkeeping system of FIG.

Claims

The scope of the claims

[1] Host computer (20) server (11, 21) having data reading means (101, 22) for reading out the target data and storing it in the storage devices (107, 23);

Identification signal reading means (16) for reading the identification signal of the user recorded on the recording medium, and the book object data of the user whose identification signal has been read by the identification signal reading means (16) as the server (11, 21) ) And a data recording device (12, 13) having a recording means (17) for recording on the recording medium;

A data bookkeeping system comprising:

[2] The data bookkeeping system according to claim 1, wherein the data reading means (101, 22) reads bookkeeping target data from the host computer (20) in real time.

[3] The data reading means (101) intermittently reads the target data of the host computer (20) and responds to the identification signal read by the identification signal reading means (16). The reading target data subsequent to the writing target data stored in the storage device (107) of the user having the identification signal is read at least and stored in the storage device (107). Data bookkeeping system.

[4] The data recording device (12) further includes a recording medium issuing means (18) for newly issuing a recording medium for carrying over when there is no space to be recorded in the recording medium inserted into the recording means. The data bookkeeping system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

[5] The data bookkeeping device (12, 13) detects whether there is no margin to be booked in the bookkeeping medium inserted in the bookkeeping means, and identifies data for identifying the last line data booked in the bookkeeping medium. The data bookkeeping system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the data book system is recorded on a bookkeeping medium.

[6] The data entry device (12, 13) is a data for identifying the current last entry page and the last entry line of the entry medium when there is a margin in the entry medium inserted in the entry means. The data bookkeeping system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the data is recorded on the bookkeeping medium.

7. The data bookkeeping system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the bookkeeping target data includes hospital visit history information of a patient.

[8] The data reading means (22) is provided for each of the plurality of host computers (20). Reads the bookkeeping target data, stores the correspondence between the read bookkeeping target data and the host computer (20), and the bookkeeping means (17) is a different bookkeeping medium for each host computer (20). The data bookkeeping system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the data to be booked is booked in the book.

A data recording method in which a sano connected to a host computer records data stored in the host computer using a data recording device,

A step of reading a user identification signal recorded on the inserted recording medium by the data recording device;

A data bookkeeping method comprising: a data bookkeeping device comprising a step of reading and booking user bookkeeping data having the identification signal from a storage device in the server.

10. The data recording method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of issuing a recording medium for carrying over when there is a margin to be recorded in the inserted recording medium in the data recording apparatus.

The data recording apparatus further comprises a step of recording, on the recording medium, data for identifying a current last book page and a last book line of the book medium, following the step of bookkeeping. 10. Data entry method according to 10.

In the reading step, each of the plurality of host computers reads the target data, and stores the correspondence relationship between the read target data and the host computer,

The data book-keeping method according to any one of claims 9 to L1, wherein in the book-keeping step, the book-target data is booked on a book-keeping medium that is different for each host computer.

A program for controlling a server that records data to be recorded in a host computer using a data bookkeeping device,

To the server,

Host computer power processing for reading data to be recorded and storing it in a storage device; A process of reading a user identification signal recorded on a recording medium inserted in the data recording device;

In response to the user identification signal, the user's book-keeping data stored in the storage device in the server is output to the data bookkeeping device to cause the data bookkeeping device to perform the bookkeeping process. A program characterized by