JP2002366518A - Management device for browsing data - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent risk due to leakage of a password to be used for browsing and authenticating data. SOLUTION: A password updating part 28 sets data of a specific item among pieces of data collected from data processing terminals in a password setting file 27 as a password to be used for browsing and authenticating the data collected from the data processing terminal by every data processing terminal. When a password is inputted through a network, browsing request accepting part 23 judges whether or not a password coincident with the inputted password is set in the password setting file, activates browsing data retrieving part 24 and allows browsing the data collected from the data processing terminal corresponding to the password on condition that the password coincident with the inputted password is set.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a data browsing management apparatus for managing data collected from a plurality of data processing terminals so that the data can be browsed through a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A computer connected via a network collects and processes sales data of each product registered for sale at a POS (Point Of Sales: point-of-sale information management) terminal to generate sales performance data of a store. A system in which the generated sales performance data is managed so that it can be output via output means such as display or printing, a so-called POS system, manages sales and inventory of each product based on the output sales performance data. , To facilitate order management, etc.
Used in many retail stores.

On the other hand, in a shopping center where a plurality of retail stores enter as tenants, it is necessary for a business entity (developer) responsible for the operation and management of this center to grasp the sales performance of each tenant. POS
The terminal and the developer's computer are connected online, and the developer's computer collects and processes the sales data of each product registered and sold at each tenant's POS terminal to generate sales performance data for each tenant. I was

Therefore, some shopping centers of this type include WWW (Worl) on a developer's computer.
d-Wide-Web) A server function that manages sales performance data for each tenant so that it can be viewed through a network, and each tenant uses a WWW browser to manage their own tenant's sales managed on the developer's computer There was a place where the actual data could be viewed.
As a result, each tenant does not need to prepare a computer for independently obtaining sales performance data, and there is an advantage that equipment costs can be reduced.

[0005] In this case, however, it is necessary to restrict access so that the sales result data of other tenants cannot be browsed. Therefore, conventionally, when each tenant accesses a developer's computer via a network, a person who has a special authority such as a tenant ID code preset for the own tenant and a store manager. Only the password known to only the tenant is input, and when the password is valid, only the sales result data of the tenant specified by the tenant ID code can be browsed.

[0006]

However, conventionally,
If the password is leaked, the ID for tenant authentication
Since the code is fixed and easily known, even a person who does not have the authority to view the actual data of the own tenant, such as a person of another tenant or a person other than the store manager of the own tenant, could easily view the code.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a data browsing management device capable of minimizing the risk of leakage of a password used for data browsing authentication and improving the reliability of data browsing management.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data browsing management apparatus for managing data collected from a plurality of data processing terminals so that the data can be browsed through a network. Password setting means for setting data of a specific item among the data collected from the data processing terminal as a password used for browsing authentication of the data collected from the data processing terminal, and when a password is input through the network, the password corresponding to the input password is the password Password collating means for determining whether or not the password has been set by the setting means;
Data browsing permitting means for permitting browsing of data collected from the data processing terminal corresponding to the password provided that the password matching the input password is set by the password collating means.

The invention described in claim 2 of the present application is the above-described claim 1.
In the invention described in the above, the password setting means is configured to make a specific item used as a password particularly differ depending on the data processing terminal.

[0010] The invention described in claim 3 of the present application is the above-described claim 1.
Or in the invention according to item 2, wherein the password setting means comprises:
In particular, a password switching cycle is set for each data processing terminal, and when data is collected from the data processing terminal at the password switching timing, data of a specific item among them is set as a password used for browsing authentication of the data collected from the data processing terminal. It is like that.

The invention described in claim 4 of the present application is the above-described claim 1.
The data processing terminal of the described invention is a POS terminal, and the data collected from the data processing terminal is the settlement data of the POS terminal.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that this embodiment is a case where the present invention is applied to a computer of a developer that manages the sales performance data of each tenant in a shopping center so as to be viewable.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a system constructed in a shopping center according to the present embodiment. A plurality of master POs are provided for each tenant.
The S terminal 1 and a server computer 2 provided at the headquarters of the developer are connected via a LAN (Local Area Network) 3 laid in a shopping center, and a POS
We are building a system.

The master POS terminal 1 aggregates sales data of each product sold and registered at its own terminal and at a satellite POS terminal (not shown) within the same tenant in a predetermined period unit,
This is a well-known device that has a function of printing out the sales total data of a predetermined period unit on a recording paper after the store is closed and transmitting the data to the server computer 2 via the LAN 3 to perform the settlement. In this embodiment, the sales data of each product is totaled on a daily basis for each item such as total sales amount, net sales amount, number of customers, cash amount, customer unit price, total points and amounts by department, and number of settlements. 2, and prints out the daily total sales report 11 as shown in FIG. 2, and transmits the daily total sales data to the server computer 2 through the LAN 3 as daily total adjustment data.

The server computer 2 generates sales performance data for each tenant based on the daily total settlement data collected from the master POS terminal 1 of each tenant, and outputs the generated sales performance data by displaying or printing. Is managed so that output is possible via the Further, the server computer 2 has a function as a WWW server, and converts sales performance data of each tenant into data in a format that can be browsed by a WWW browser, and stores the data in a browse data file 4. Then, the data of the browsing data file 4 is selectively downloaded to a personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as a personal computer) 6 accessed via the Internet 5 or a mobile phone compatible with the Internet. .

That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the server computer 2 receives a daily settlement data transmitted from each master POS terminal 1 via the LAN 3 and a settlement data receiving unit 21 for receiving the daily settlement data. Browsing data for generating the latest sales performance data of the corresponding tenant based on the daily total settlement data from the master POS terminal 1 and updating the sales performance data of the corresponding tenant stored in the browsing data file 4 to the latest one. Update unit 22
And Also, a browsing request receiving unit 23 that receives a browsing request message of sales performance data transmitted from the personal computer 6 or the like via the Internet 5, and browsing data for searching the browsing data file 4 for sales performance data of the tenant that has requested browsing. A search unit 24 and a browsing data transmitting unit 25 that downloads the searched sales performance data to the personal computer 6 or the like requesting browsing through the Internet 3 are provided.

Further, the server computer 2 generates, for each master POS terminal 1, data of a specific item out of the daily settlement data collected from the master POS terminal 1 based on the daily settlement data collected from the master POS terminal 1. The password is set as a password to be used for browsing authentication of the sales result data (password setting means), and when a password is input through the Internet 5, it is determined whether or not a password matching the input password is set (password verification means). On the condition that a password that matches the input password is set, the user is permitted to view the sales result data generated based on the daily total settlement data collected from the master POS terminal 1 corresponding to the password (data viewing permission). Means).

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the server computer 2 is a target item for identifying each item constituting the daily total settlement data for each POS number assigned to each master POS terminal 1 in advance. Numbers (1: number of payments, 2: number of customers, 3: customer unit price, 4: net sales, ...) and switching cycle numbers for specifying the password switching cycle (1: daily, 2: odd days, 3: even numbers) Day, 4: every day of the week,...) And the last switching date, which is the date when the previous password was switched, and a password control file 26,
As shown in FIG. 5, a password setting file storing, for each POS number, a tenant ID code for identifying a tenant in which the master POS terminal 1 in which the POS number is set is installed, and a password of the tenant. 27, and from the daily total settlement data from the master POS terminal 1 received by the settlement data receiving unit 21, the master POS terminal 1 stored in the password control file 26
The password is determined based on the data (target item number, switching cycle number, previous switching date) corresponding to the POS number of
The corresponding PO set in the password setting file 27
A password updating unit that updates a password corresponding to the S number.

FIG. 6 shows a specific processing procedure of the password updating unit 28. That is, the password updating unit 28
Waits for the settlement data receiving unit 21 to receive the daily total settlement data from the master POS terminal 1 as ST (step) 1. Then, when the daily total adjustment data is received, the POS number of the master POS terminal 1 that is the transmission source of the received daily total adjustment data is acquired as ST2.
The POS number is set in the header of the daily total settlement data.

Next, in step ST3, the password control file 26 is searched, and the target item number, the switching cycle number, and the data of the previous switching date corresponding to the POS number acquired in ST2 are read. Then, the password switching cycle is grasped from the switching cycle number, and it is determined whether or not today is the password switching date from today's date measured by the clock function mounted on the server computer 2 and the previous switching date. I do. Here, if today is not the password switching date, the processing for the currently received daily accounting data is ended.

On the other hand, if today is the password switching date, the data of the item identified by the target item number is acquired as the password from the daily total settlement data received this time as ST4. Then, in ST5, the password corresponding to the corresponding POS number in the password setting file 27 is overwritten and updated with the password obtained in ST4 (password setting means). Thereafter, as ST6, the master POS terminal 1 of the source of the daily accounting data is sent to the LAN 3
If the data signal indicating the password change notification has been transmitted through, the processing for the currently received daily adjustment data is terminated.

When the master POS terminal 1 that has transmitted the daily total settlement data receives a data signal indicating a password change notification from the server computer 2 via the LAN 3, the display unit displays, for example, "The password has been changed."
Is displayed to inform the operator of the terminal that the password has been changed.

FIG. 7 shows a specific processing procedure of the browsing request receiving section 23. That is, the viewing request receiving unit 23
As T1, it waits for a browsing request message to be sent from the personal computer 6 or the like via the Internet 5. Then, when the browsing request message is received, a tenant ID code and a password for tenant authentication input at the personal computer 6 or the like at the time of the browsing request are obtained as ST2, and the password setting file 27 is searched (password matching means). ).

As a result, the tenant ID code input as ST3 is not set in the password setting file 27, or the tenant ID code input as ST4
If the password set in accordance with the D-code does not match the entered password, a response message indicating that viewing is not possible is transmitted to the viewing requesting personal computer 6 or the like via the Internet 5 in step ST5. The process for the browsing request ends.

On the other hand, if the entered tenant ID code is set in the password setting file 27 and the password corresponding to the tenant ID code matches the entered password, the tenant ID is set as ST6. PO corresponding to ID code and password
A data browsing permission signal of the tenant in which the master POS terminal 1 identified by the S number is installed is output to the browsing data search unit 24, and the process for the current browsing request ends.

The browsing data search unit 24 determines the tenant that has requested browsing based on the data browsing permission signal from the browsing request receiving unit 23, reads out the sales performance data of the tenant from the browsing data file 4, and reads the browsing data. This is output to the transmission unit 25.

As described above, in this embodiment, each tenant ends the business day, and the master POS
When the payment processing of the terminal 1 is executed and the sales data collected by the master POS terminal, that is, the daily total payment data, is transmitted to the server computer 2 through the LAN 3, the tenant information stored in the browsing data file 4 Sales performance data is updated. Also, for each tenant,
Based on the data in the password control file 26, a password used for authentication when browsing the sales settlement data of the tenant is extracted from the daily total settlement data sent from the master POS terminal 1 of the tenant. Is set.

For example, the target item number = 1 (the number of settlements) and the switching cycle number = 1 (every day) are set in the password control file 26 corresponding to the POS number = 1.
Assume that the target item number = 2 (the number of customers) and the switching cycle number = 4 (everyday) are set in correspondence with the number = 2. In this case, the master POS to which the POS number = 1 is assigned
When the settlement processing of the terminal 1 is executed and the daily settlement data is transmitted to the server computer 2, the settlement processing is executed only once a day. Master P with POS number = 1
This is the latest password used for authentication when browsing the sales settlement data of the tenant in which the OS terminal 1 is installed.
On the other hand, when the settlement process of the master POS terminal 1 to which the POS number = 2 is assigned and the daily total adjustment data is transmitted to the server computer 2, the number of customers in the daily total adjustment data item is changed every Sunday. Is the latest password used for authentication when browsing the sales settlement data of the tenant in which the master POS terminal 1 with the POS number = 2 is installed.

Therefore, the master P of the POS number = 1
When browsing the sales settlement data of the tenant in which the OS terminal 1 is installed, the master POS terminal 1 prints out the latest settlement processing together with the tenant ID code of the tenant from a personal computer 6 or the like connected to the Internet 5. The user can log in by inputting the data of the number of settlements in the completed daily settlement report 11 and access the server computer 2 to browse the sales result data of the tenant stored in the browsing data file 5. Similarly, the master POS terminal 1 having the POS number = 2
When browsing the sales settlement data of the tenant in which the is installed, the master POS terminal 1 prints out the information together with the tenant ID code of the tenant from the personal computer 6 or the like connected to the Internet 5 at the time of the last Sunday settlement processing. By entering the data of the number of customers in the daily total settlement report 11 and accessing the server computer 2, the user can log in, and can browse the sales performance data of the tenant stored in the browse data file 5.

In other words, if the person who knows the password of the tenant who wants to view the sales performance data is the item of the daily accounting data of the tenant, and who knows which timing can be switched, the password can be changed. It is easy to browse sales performance data because you can know, but people who do not know can not know the password,
It is impossible to browse sales performance data. Normal,
Only the privileged class such as the store manager of the tenant can execute the settlement processing of the master POS terminal 1, and the viewing of the sales result data is limited to the same privileged class. If only the privileged class person knows the switching timing and the switching timing, there is almost no danger due to the leakage of the password.

Also, even if the password switching timing is forgotten, when the password is switched, the fact is notified to the master POS terminal 1 during the settlement process and is notified to the operator, so that the password is switched. Can be surely grasped.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the sales result data is browsed from a personal computer or a mobile phone different from the POS terminal 1 has been described. It is also possible to browse sales performance data on the terminal 1.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the items of the sales result data as the password are made different depending on the master POS terminal 1. However, even if the common item is used as the password, there is an effect that the risk of the password being leaked can be prevented more than before. To play. Similarly, the password switching cycle is made different depending on the master POS terminal 1. However, even if switching is performed at a common timing, there is an effect that the risk of password leakage can be prevented. Conversely, by switching the item that becomes the password when the password is switched, the risk of the password being leaked can be further prevented.

[0034]

As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the danger due to the leakage of the password used for the data browsing authentication can be minimized and the reliability of the data browsing management can be improved. A browsing management device can be provided.

According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, there is provided a data browsing management device which can further prevent the risk of leakage of a password used for data browsing authentication and can enhance the reliability of data browsing management. Can be provided.

According to the invention described in claim 4 of the present application,
It is possible to provide a data browsing management device that can minimize the risk of leakage of a password used for browsing authentication of sales performance data created based on settlement data from a POS terminal, and can increase the reliability of data browsing management.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a daily settlement sales report issued in the settlement process of the master POS terminal in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary block diagram showing a functional configuration of a main part of the server computer according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a view showing a data structure of a password control file in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a view showing a data structure of a password setting file in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a password update unit in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a viewing request receiving unit in FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Master POS terminal 2 ... Server computer (data browsing management apparatus) 3 ... LAN 4 ... Browsing data file 5 ... Internet 6 ... Personal computer 21 ... Payment data receiving part 22 ... Browsing data update part 23 ... Browsing request receiving part 24 ... Browsing Data search unit 25 ... Browsing data transmission unit 26 ... Password control file 27 ... Password setting file 28 ... Password update unit

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat II (Reference) G06F 17/60 512 G06F 17/60 512

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A data browsing management device for managing data collected from a plurality of data processing terminals so that the data can be browsed through a network. Password setting means for setting as a password used for browsing authentication of data collected from the processing terminal; and when a password is input through the network, it is determined whether or not a password matching the input password has been set by the password setting means. Data browsing permission means for permitting browsing of data collected from a data processing terminal corresponding to the password, provided that a password that matches the input password is set by the password verification means; Equipped with And a data browsing management device. 2. The data browsing management device according to claim 1, wherein the password setting means changes a specific item to be a password depending on the data processing terminal. 3. The password setting means sets a password switching cycle for each data processing terminal, and collects data from the data processing terminal at the password switching timing and collects data of a specific item from the data processing terminal. 3. The data browsing management device according to claim 1, wherein the password is set as a password used for browsing authentication. 4. The data browsing management device according to claim 1, wherein the data processing terminal is a POS terminal, and data collected from the data processing terminal is adjustment data of the POS terminal.