JP2001101273A - System and method for requesting data in event place - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a data requesting system by which a data request is received in proper quantities, requested data is not required to be carried around and also information concerning the data request is surely recorded. SOLUTION: The system is the one for requesting data at an event place. The system is provided with an IC card to be carried by an attendant, where information concerning each attendant to the event place is written, and an information processor which is arranged at the prescribed position of the event place to receive the data request in accordance with an input by using the IC card. The information processor reads information concerning each attendant from the IC card, stores information with respect to the data request in relation to read information concerning each attendant and writes information with respect to the data request in the IC card.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system and a method for requesting data at an event site, and more particularly to a system and method for requesting data using a non-contact type IC card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, event venues such as various show venues, exhibition venues, game venues and the like have been increasingly expanding in scale. For this reason, accepting visitors at these event venues is not only very complicated for the receiving side, but also very troublesome for the visitors since the receiving processing time is long. Therefore, a non-contact type IC card is sent in advance to prospective visitors to the event venue, and the visitor management including the reception of visitors is efficiently performed using the IC card carried by each visitor who actually visited the event venue. A system for performing this is proposed.

[0003] Incidentally, a large number of booths (small partitioned sections) are provided at the event venue, and materials to be distributed at the request of visitors are arranged in each booth.
Each visitor who has received the reception requests a material of interest when he stops at a desired booth, and receives the requested material. Then, while having the materials received, he stops at another booth and receives more materials requested there.

[0004]

As described above, according to the prior art in which materials to be distributed according to a visitor's request are arranged in each booth, in the case of a large-scale event where a very large number of visitors can be expected. It is necessary to place a large amount of materials in each booth. As a result, there is more space for placing materials,
There was a disadvantage that the effective space of each booth could not be sufficiently secured. In addition, even if the visitors received many materials that are not to be read at the event venue, they must visit the booth with heavy materials, do business negotiations at the booth, or request a quote There was an inconvenience.

In the prior art, a predetermined number of materials are arranged in anticipation of the number of visitors who are interested in the materials. Therefore, if the expected number is set too small, there is a disadvantage that the number of materials to be distributed becomes insufficient. there were. On the other hand, if the expected number is set too large in order to avoid a shortage of materials, there is a problem that a large amount of materials to be distributed makes processing difficult.

[0006] Further, although the material request information indicating which visitors are interested in which material is requested, although it is very important and useful information from the viewpoint of visitor management in a broad sense, The conventional technique has a disadvantage that information relating to a material request cannot be recorded.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and can accept a request for a material without excess or deficiency, does not need to carry the requested material, and reliably records information relating to the material request. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and a method for requesting materials at an event venue.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for requesting materials at an event site, wherein information on each visitor to the event site is written. An IC card to be carried by each visitor, and an information processing device installed at a predetermined position in the event venue for receiving a document request according to an input using the IC card. Reading information related to each visitor from the IC card, storing the information related to the material request in association with the read information related to each visitor, and writing the information related to the material request to the IC card. I will provide a.

According to a preferred aspect of the first invention, the information processing apparatus accepts a request for one or more materials selected from a plurality of materials. Alternatively, it is preferable that the information processing apparatus non-selectively accepts a request for one or more materials.

[0010] According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the method for requesting materials at an event venue, each visitor to the event venue carries an IC card in which information on each visitor is written. In an information processing device installed at a predetermined position in the venue, the IC
The information processing device accepts a material request according to an input using a card, and upon receiving the material request, the information processing device reads information on each visitor from the IC card and associates the information with the read information on each visitor to associate the material request. And storing the information relating to the material request on the IC card.

[0011] According to a preferred aspect of the second invention, the information processing apparatus presents information on a plurality of billable materials to each visitor, and each visitor can select desired information from the presented plurality of materials. Select material. In the second invention, it is preferable that a predetermined material is sent to each visitor based on the information written on the IC card. Alternatively, it is preferable that predetermined materials are sent to each visitor based on the information stored in the information processing device.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the present invention, an IC card in which information on each visitor is written is carried by each visitor. At that time, request that the user carry an IC card. As this IC card, for example, a non-contact type IC card can be used. Also,
For example, a predetermined information processing device is installed in each booth of the event venue, and receives a data request according to an input using an IC card carried by a visitor.

Here, the information processing apparatus installed in each booth writes information on, for example, an IC card and
A reader / writer for reading information from the C card,
And a personal computer connected to the reader / writer. The information processing device installed in each booth reads information on each visitor from the IC card when accepting a request for the material, stores the information on the material request in association with the read information on each visitor, and stores the information on the request for the material. Write information to the IC card.

As described above, according to the present invention, when there is a material to be requested at the booth where each visitor stops, the material is requested using the IC card each time. as a result,
Information relating to the material request is stored in the IC card of each visitor as request history information. Therefore, for example, it is possible to read the history information related to the material request from the IC card collected at the exit gate, and perform the procedure of sending the material to each visitor based on the read history information.

Alternatively, a procedure for sending materials to each visitor can be performed based on the information on the material request stored in the computer of each booth in association with the information on each visitor. In this case, for example, the information stored in the computer of each booth is transferred to the host computer,
A procedure for sending materials to each visitor can be performed based on the history information on the material request transferred to the host computer.

As described above, according to the present invention, a data request is accepted in accordance with an input using an IC card in an information processing device installed in each booth, for example. In addition, each visitor does not need to carry the requested material, and can reliably record information on the material request. In particular, according to the present invention, since the history information relating to the material request is stored in the IC card, it is necessary to ensure the duality (redundancy) of the information written in the IC card and the information stored in the information processing device. Can be.

Further, since the IC card used in the present invention has a very rich memory suitability as a characteristic, not only the identification code but also the name, company name, department, address, telephone, and the like as the information on the visitor. Attribute information such as a number can be sufficiently written. Therefore, it is possible to reliably perform the sending procedure based on the information written on the IC card or the information stored in the information processing device without using another database that records personal attribute information in association with the identification code. it can. In this case, I
Only by reading the attribute information on the visitor from the C card and storing the information on the request for the document in association with the read information on the visitor, the information processing device stores the master data on the request for the document without using another database. It is formed automatically.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an overall configuration of an event venue to which a system and a method according to an embodiment of the present invention are applied. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of an information processing device installed in each booth. Further, FIG. 3 shows a non-contact type IC that is sent to a prospective visitor in advance.
It is a figure showing the appearance of the invitation of the card form. FIG.
4A and 4B are diagrams illustrating a configuration of a non-contact type IC card used for the invitation of FIG. 3, wherein FIG. 4A is a top view and FIG. 4B is a cross-section taken along line AA of FIG. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, at an event venue 1 such as various show venues, exhibition venues, amusement venues, etc., an entrance gate 2 for performing a process for accepting visitors and a process for accepting exits of each visitor. Exit gate 3 for performing the following. In the event hall 1, a number of booths including booths A to E are installed. Each booth has a personal computer 11 as an information processing device.
And a reader / writer 12 connected to the computer 11.

The reader / writer 12 has a function of writing information to a memory of an IC module incorporated in an IC card, which will be described later, and reading information from the memory via communication using weak radio waves of a predetermined frequency. Have. In this embodiment, the event organizer sends an invitation 21 (see FIG. 3) in the form of a non-contact IC card to a large number of prospective visitors, and sends the invitation 21 when visiting the event venue. Ask to bring it. The invitation 21 has, for example, a name (address) 22 of a prospective visitor (invitee) and a barcode 23 printed thereon as an identification code for individually identifying each prospective visitor.

As shown in FIG. 4, a non-contact type IC card 31 constituting the invitation card 21 includes an IC module (or IC chip) 32 having an information storage section (memory), and is connected to the IC module 32. An antenna 33 for performing non-contact communication (ie, data transmission / reception) is provided. As shown in FIG. 4B, the IC module 32 and the antenna 33 are incorporated inside the base sheet 34. A top sheet 35 is formed on one side of the base sheet 34, and a back sheet 36 is formed on the other side. Here, the IC card 31
In order to make the front and back sides of the sheet printable, the top sheet 35
The back sheet 36 is made of, for example, high-quality paper or a resin surface-treated to have printability.

Each visitor who has visited the event site presents the invitation 21 brought at the entrance gate 2. At the entrance gate 2, the required address reception processing is performed by confirming the address 22 of the presented invitation 21 and reading the barcode 23 of the invitation 21. In the IC module 32 of the IC card 31 forming the invitation 21, personal attribute information including the identification code is previously written as information on each visitor. That is, in addition to the identification code for specifying the prospective visitor, attribute information such as its name, company name, department, address, telephone number, etc. is written in the IC card 31 sent to the prospective visitor in advance. ing. Therefore, the entrance gate 2 can also perform a required visit reception process by reading information written on the IC card 31 constituting the presented invitation 21.

Each visitor who has received the visitor receives an IC card 3
You will drop in at the desired booth while carrying 1. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, each visitor exits after moving in the order of booth A, booth B, booth C, booth D, and booth E. Here, if a visitor who has stopped by booth A wishes to request a document, an attendant of booth A prompts the reader and puts the IC card 31 carried by reader / writer 12.
Close to. Alternatively, the responder keeps the IC card 31 from the visitor and brings the kept IC card 31 close to the reader / writer 12. In this state, the computer 11
Reads the attribute information of the visitor from the IC card 31 and displays a material request screen as shown in FIG. 5 on the monitor of the computer 11 based on the read attribute information.

The information request screen shown in FIG. 5 shows the identification of the visitor who is the information requester based on the attribute information of the visitor read from the IC card 31 in addition to the name 41 of the company hosting the booth A. Code 42, company name 43, department 4
4 and name 45 are displayed. In addition, the material request screen shown in FIG.
6, and a check box 47 is formed on the left side of each material name. The visitor selects one or a plurality of materials for which a request is desired from the presented plurality of materials, and enters a check mark in a desired check box 47 via input means such as a mouse. The visitor who confirms that the check box of the material name desired to be requested is selected selects the save button 48.

In this manner, the computer 11 writes the information on the material request determined by clicking the save button 48 on the IC card 31 and stores the information on the material request in association with the visitor's attribute information read from the IC card 31. I do. The computer 11
Transfers, to the host computer 13, the information on the material request stored in association with the visitor's attribute information, if necessary. Note that the act of requesting a material can be canceled by clicking and selecting a cancel button 49 on the material request screen shown in FIG.

Although FIG. 5 shows a selection type material request screen, a non-selection type material request screen as shown in FIG. 6 can be presented. On the material request screen shown in FIG. 6, in addition to the name 51 of the company that hosts booth A,
Based on the attribute information of the visitor read from the card 31, the identification code 52 and the name 53 of the visitor who is the data requester are displayed. The material request screen shown in FIG. 6 includes one or more material names 54 that can be non-selectively requested.
Is presented. A visitor wishing to request one or more materials presented on the screen clicks and selects the save button 55.

In this way, the computer 11 stores the information relating to the material request by clicking and selecting the save button 55.
In addition to writing to the C card 31, information relating to the material request is stored in association with the visitor's attribute information read from the IC card 31. In addition, the computer 11 transfers, to the host computer 13, information relating to the material request stored in association with the visitor's attribute information, as necessary. In the material request screen shown in FIG. 6, by clicking and selecting the cancel button 56, the request for the material can be canceled. In the material request screen shown in FIG. 6, the save button 55 and the cancel button 56 can be omitted.

Visitors who have completed the request for materials and the tour in booth A move to the second booth B. In the second booth B and the subsequent booths, as in the case of the booth A, requests for materials are made as necessary. In this way, the visitor who has completed the request for materials and the tour in the last booth E moves to the exit gate 3. At the exit gate 3, the responder receives the IC card 3 carried by the visitor.
Collect 1 in exchange for souvenirs.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when there is a material to be requested at the booth where each visitor stops, the material is requested in accordance with the above-described method using the IC card 31 each time. As a result, each visitor's IC card 3
1 stores information relating to the material request as request history information. Therefore, for example, it is possible to read the history information related to the material request from the IC card 31 collected at the exit gate 3 and perform the procedure of sending the material to each visitor based on the read history information.

Alternatively, a procedure for sending materials to each visitor can be performed based on the information on the material request stored in the computer 11 of each booth in association with the information on each visitor. In this case, for example, a procedure for sending materials to each visitor can be performed based on the history information on the material request transferred from the computer 11 of each booth to the host computer 13.

As described above, in this embodiment, in the computer 11 installed in each booth, the IC card 31
Accepts a document request according to the input using. As a result, with the system and method of the present embodiment, it is possible not only to accept the request for the material without excess or shortage, but also to ensure that each visitor does not need to carry the requested material and that the information regarding the material request is reliably recorded. Can be.

As a modification of the present embodiment, a visitor's IC card is carried by a customer at each booth, and the visitor's IC card and the visitor's IC card are used to make a specific visit. It is also possible to record information that the customer is likely to be an important customer in the future. In this case, the IC card for the attendant has the same configuration as the IC card for the visitor, but the IC module has a code for recognizing the visitor and an identification for identifying the attendant. Code has been written. At each booth, if a visitor who is likely to be an important customer in the future is encountered, the attendant entrusts the IC card from the visitor. Then, the respondent makes the IC card for the respondent approach the reader / writer 12 and causes the computer 11 to read the information written on the IC card for the respondent.

The computer 11 recognizes, based on the information read from the IC card for the attendant, that a special operation should be performed in relation to the IC card for the next visitor to be read. Then, the respondent brings the IC card for the visitor close to the reader / writer 12 and causes the computer 11 to read the identification code written on the IC card for the visitor. In this way, the computer 11 stores information indicating that the visitor is likely to be an important customer in the future, information regarding the attendant, and the like in association with the identification code read from the IC card for the visitor. Is transferred to the host computer 13. Thus, by using the IC card for the attendant and the IC card for the visitor, it is possible to record information about the visitor who is likely to be an important customer in the future.

In the above embodiment, the non-contact type IC is used.
Although the present invention is applied to a system and a method using a card, a contact type IC card can be used instead of a non-contact type IC card. By the way, in the present invention, an IC card is a broad concept including an IC label and the like, and is a general term for an IC module member in which an IC module is incorporated. In the above-described embodiment, an invitation including an IC card is sent to a prospective visitor in advance. However, an IC card is issued to a visitor who has actually visited in response to a normal invitation at reception. You can also.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the information processing device is installed in each booth to receive a request for materials.
For example, an information processing device may be installed at a place close to an entrance gate or an exit gate to receive a request for data. In the above-described embodiment, the present invention has been described based on the selection type material request screen shown in FIG. 5 and the non-selection type material request screen shown in FIG. 6. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Various modifications of the screen configuration are possible.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, for example, in an information processing apparatus installed in each booth, an IC
Accepts a document request according to the input using the card. Therefore, with the system and method of the present invention, not only can the request for the material be accepted without excess or shortage, each visitor does not need to carry the requested material, and the information on the material request can be reliably recorded. .

In particular, according to the present invention, it is possible to ensure the duality (redundancy) of the information written in the IC card and the information stored in the information processing device. Further, since the IC card used in the present invention has a very rich storage suitability as a characteristic, the attribute information of the visitor can be sufficiently written. Therefore, based on information written on an IC card or information stored in an information processing device, transmission including address printing etc. is performed without using another database recording personal attribute information in association with an identification code. Procedures can be performed reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an overall configuration of an event venue to which a system and a method according to an embodiment of the present invention are applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of an information processing device installed in each booth.

FIG. 3 Non-contact type I sent in advance to prospective visitors
It is a figure showing the appearance of the invitation of the C card form.

4A and 4B are diagrams showing a configuration of a non-contact type IC card used for the invitation of FIG. 3, wherein FIG. 4A is a top view,
(B) is a sectional view taken along line AA of (a).

FIG. 5 is a view exemplarily showing a selectable material request screen displayed on a monitor of a computer in each booth.

FIG. 6 is a view exemplarily showing a non-selectable material request screen displayed on a monitor of a computer in each booth.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Event site 2 Entrance gate 3 Exit gate 11 Computer 12 Reader / writer 13 Host computer 21,31 IC card 32 IC module 33 Antenna 34 Base material sheet

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A system for requesting materials at an event venue, comprising: an IC card for carrying information on each visitor to the event venue, which is carried by each visitor; An information processing device installed for receiving a material request in accordance with an input using the IC card, wherein the information processing device reads information about each visitor from the IC card, and reads the information about each read visitor. And storing the information relating to the material request in association with the IC card and writing the information relating to the material request to the IC card. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus accepts a request for one or more materials selected from a plurality of materials. 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus non-selectively receives a request for one or a plurality of materials. 4. A method of requesting materials at an event venue, wherein each visitor to the event venue carries an IC card in which information on each visitor has been written, and is installed at a predetermined position in the event venue. In the information processing device, a data request is received in accordance with an input using the IC card, and the information processing device reads information on each visitor from the IC card upon receiving the data request, and Storing the information relating to the material request in association with the information, and writing the information relating to the material request to the IC card. 5. The information processing apparatus presents information on a plurality of billable materials to each visitor, and each visitor selects a desired material from the presented plurality of materials. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein 6. The method according to claim 4, wherein predetermined materials are sent to each visitor based on information written on the IC card. 7. The method according to claim 4, wherein a predetermined material is sent to each visitor based on information stored in the information processing device.