JP2002109620A - Card issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card issuing device capable of registering customer data without causing number errors in immediate card issue, when issuing a card having a storage region which records data magnetically or electronically with the pupose of use as a customer point card. SOLUTION: This card issuing device 1 is constituted, such that a card reader writer 100 as a card issuing part for writing a unique number in the storage region of the card and printing the number on a surface of the card, when issuing the card is provided with a printer 101 as an application print part for printing and outputting an application form on which the number is printed to prepare and output the application form, on which the number recorded in the card is printed simultaneously with the card issue.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card issuing device for issuing a card to a member, such as a member card or a point card, on the spot when applying for membership.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the case of immediate card issuance, 1) a member is required to fill out an application form, and then a card is issued on the spot. 2) At that stage, the clerk transfers the number printed on the issued card to the application form as a member number.
3) A three-step method of registering the contents of the application form in a customer database later has been adopted.

[0003]

In the above method, when a card number is transcribed to an application form, a transcription error easily occurs. Therefore, the matching between the purchase history data and the member data does not match, and the analysis of the customer database is not performed well. There was something. The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card issuing apparatus capable of registering customer data without a number error in immediate card issuance.

[0004]

Accordingly, a first aspect of the present invention is an apparatus for issuing a card having a storage area for magnetically or electronically recording data, wherein a unique number is issued when the card is issued. Is written in the storage area, and a card issuing unit that prints the number on the card surface and an application printing unit that prints out an application sheet printed with the number are printed, so that the number recorded on the card is printed. The card issuing device is characterized in that the application form is created and output simultaneously with the issuance of the card.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, the card issuing device according to the first aspect includes an internal timer to issue an application form in which the date and time when the card was issued is also described. It is a card issuing device that can do it.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, there is provided the card issuing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein: an attribute input unit for inputting attribute information or an attribute value; A card issuing device that includes an attribute storage unit that stores attribute values and can issue an application in which some attribute information or attribute values of a card issuer are issued when a card is issued.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a membership card used in the present invention. The case where a rewrite-type PET card is used is shown. The member card 500 has a front side and a back side, and the front side has a rewritable display unit 503 for displaying points acquired by the card user. The back side is
Almost one side is a magnetic recording unit 502, in which a member number is recorded as magnetic data.

The issuance of a card is performed by a card reader / writer. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a card issuing device 1 used in the present invention. The card issuing device 1 has a configuration in which a printer 101 as an application printing unit is connected to a card reader / writer 100 as a card issuing unit. The card reader / writer 100 includes a control unit 10
4. It incorporates a memory unit 105 (attribute storage unit) for recording attribute information and the like, a card read / write unit 106, and a clock 108. Under the control of the control unit 104, processing such as issuance of a new card, printing of an application form, and the like can be performed. The card read / write unit 106 can print or write data specified by the control unit 104 in the rewrite area 503 and the magnetic recording area 502 of the rewrite-type PET card in FIG. The card reader / writer 100 includes a liquid crystal display 10
3. The keyboard 102 is connected. Keyboard 1
Reference numeral 02 denotes an attribute input unit for inputting attribute values such as a store name, a person in charge, a birthday, and the like, and storing the attribute values in the memory unit 105.

At the time of issuing a new card, a raw card (card containing no data) 500 is inserted into the card read / write unit 106, and a new card issuance instruction is input from the keyboard 102. Then, a program for performing a new card issuance process built in the control unit 104 operates to automatically generate a member number, and the magnetic recording unit 502 of the raw card 500.
And the member number is printed at a predetermined position in the rewrite area 503 on the card surface to form a member number display 501 to obtain a new point card 500.
Further, a program for performing an application printing process built in the control unit 104 operates to draw application titles and entry frame drawing data stored in the memory unit 105, the name of the issuing store, the name of the input person in charge, The attribute values such as the date, the current time held by the clock 108, and the member number data recorded on the card are read out from the card, and print output data is created by appropriately combining them.
7 to a printer 101 connected to
It is output as an application form 400 as shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an example of an application form created by the card issuing device 1. The application form 400 includes a store entry column 401 and a customer entry column 402. Each item of the store entry column 401 is automatically entered and output by the card issuing apparatus 1 from the attribute value stored in the memory unit 105 and the internal clock 108.

If the card issuing device 1 of the present invention is used,
It is possible to obtain the application form 400 in which the same number as the member number recorded on the card is printed in the member number column without error. Therefore, the transfer error when the store clerk transfers the card number to the application form, which has been given as an issue earlier, can be completely avoided. If the person in charge of the store (card issuer) registers the data of the enrolled customer in the customer database as customer master data in accordance with the application form 400 after the applicant has entered the customer entry field 402, the customer is registered in the customer database. The number given and the member number recorded on the member card always match.

In the card issuing apparatus 1 of the present invention, the name of the joining store, the joining date and time, and the person in charge number can also be printed on the application form 400, so that the trouble of the card issuing person can be greatly reduced.

The card reader / writer 100 may not only issue a new card, but also have a function of giving points to a customer, exchanging points, storing transaction data and saving to a memory card. . All of these processes are executed by a program that controls each process built in the control unit 104. Keyboard 1
02 is also used for inputting the purchase amount when giving points to the customer, inputting the number of exchange points when exchanging points, and the like. The liquid crystal display 103 is also used for displaying the number of points earned by the customer, the number of points held after exchange of points, and the like. One case of giving and exchanging points to customers
When performing one process, the program that controls those processes reads out the member number recorded from the customer's card inserted into the card read / write unit 106, and combines the transaction number data with the transaction content data. The data is accumulated in a predetermined area of the memory unit 105.

The transaction data stored in the memory unit 105 is provided with a magnetic recording medium writing device,
Can be sucked out. For example, some types of commercially available card reader / writers use a memory card 60
0 can be copied. In FIG. 3, assuming such a card reader / writer, the card read / write device 106 is depicted as also having a memory card read / write function. The light units may be separate. This transaction data includes information on the membership number and transaction contents for each case. The purchase history data is obtained by sorting these by member number and registering them in the database. If the point card issued by the card issuing device 1 is used, the member number of the purchase history data is correctly matched with the member number of the customer master data, so that the customer can be correctly analyzed.

As a member card, a rewrite type PE is used.
Instead of a T card, a PET card without a rewrite area 503 or a plastic card with a magnetic stripe which has been used for a bank card or the like may be used. Further, an IC card may be used.

The display of the membership number in the application form 400 is shown in FIG.
It may be a barcode as shown in FIG. If the member number is read by the bar code reader at the time of database registration, the registration work of the customer master data becomes easier and the input mistake can be avoided.

[0017]

As described above, the card issuing apparatus of the present invention enables customer data registration without a number error in immediate card issuance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a card issuing device 1 according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a card.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a membership application form.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a modified example of a store entry field 401 of an application form.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Card Issuing Device 100 Card Reader / Writer 101 Printer 102 Keyboard 103 Liquid Crystal Display 104 Control Unit 105 Memory Unit 106 Card Read / Write Unit 107 Serial Port 108 Built-in Clock 400 Enrollment Application Form 401 Store Entry Field 402 Customer Entry Field 500 Customer Card 501 Member Number display area 502 Magnetic storage area 503 Rewrite area

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A device for issuing a card having a storage area for magnetically or electronically recording data, wherein when a card is issued, a unique number is written in the storage area of the card, and the number is written on the card surface. The card issuance unit that prints the application number and the application form printing unit that prints out the application form with the number printed thereon form an application form with the number recorded on the card printed out simultaneously with the card issuance. A card issuing device characterized by the above. 2. The card issuance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the card issuance apparatus includes an internal timer, and is capable of issuing an application including a date and time when the card was issued. 3. The card issuing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an attribute input unit for inputting attribute information or attribute value; and an attribute storage unit for storing the input attribute information or attribute value. A card issuing device capable of issuing an application in which some attribute information or attribute value of a card issuer at the time of card issuance is described.