JP2002342519A - Service providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it hard to forge a certificate, etc., as compared with ordinary printing. SOLUTION: It is made possible to read ID information on an IC chip out of a printer which has an interrogator inside by using a form mounted with the contactless IC chip. When the ID information is registered and used, it is registered at an ID information management center and managed there.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of using a service voucher for providing a service via a network including the Internet. The usage method includes issuance of a ticket or the like. Service tickets include tickets, certificates and securities. In particular, the present invention relates to a device using a non-contact IC chip for a ticket or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A health insurance card is an example of the above-mentioned ticket and the like. As for the health insurance card, having a health insurance card enabled me to receive health insurance services. Certificates such as a resident's card and a copy of a family register had to go to a designated place such as a ward office, fill out the application form, and receive the certificate. Performance tickets such as concert tickets and exhibition tickets had to be purchased at a predetermined ticket counter such as a play guide. In health insurance, vehicle breakdown insurance, travel insurance, and the like, in order to receive services such as insurance, the user has received services by presenting a certificate written on paper.

[0003] Further, a bill is considered as one of the certificates indicating the monetary value for receiving a service for exchanging goods and services. As described above, in order to receive the service, a certificate whose printing technology has been prevented from being forged is used. Certain places such as the ward office and play guide ensured safety and publicity.

[0004] The service organization that manages the entire service is:
The service system was operated based on the certificate. The service institution provides a certificate, which is a right to receive the service, by obtaining some compensation from the user, and presents the certificate to a service execution institution that actually performs the service. Alternatively, when the user transfers the certificate or the like, the user can receive the service from the service implementing organization.

[0005] There is also a service system in the same case as a service organization and a service execution organization. There is a health insurance as a service system in which a service organization and a service execution organization are different. Generally, the service organization is a health insurance union,
The service provider is a medical institution. A service system in which a service organization and a service execution organization are the same is a transportation system using tickets. Railway companies provide tickets and commuter passes to users and provide transportation services to users.

[0006]

The conventional certificate has several problems. The certificate was kept in the house because it was at least as large as a palm and was inconvenient to carry. Therefore, when the user wants to receive the service, because he does not have the certificate,
There was a problem that services could not be received.
In order to solve this, a certificate in the form of a card made of paper or plastic was sometimes issued separately from the certificate.

[0007] However, the authenticity of the card-shaped certificate is protected only by the printing technique, and may be forged.
For this reason, the service organization performs owner confirmation by another method in order to avoid forgery, and the operating cost of the service system has increased. In addition, when many services are received even with a card-shaped certificate, the number of cards increases, which causes inconvenience for the user to carry the certificate.

[0008] Conventional certificates and tickets (entertainment, transportation,
Accommodations, etc.) were time-consuming and cumbersome, because they could not get them unless they had to go to the place where they were issued and sold.

For example, a resident's card had to go to a ward office or an administrative service corner. In addition, the administrative organization is basically closed on weekends, so it is necessary to spend time on weekdays to go to the ward office window or to drop in at the administrative center window early in the morning to obtain a certificate. The ticket was also made by telephone, but it was necessary to go to a sales outlet such as a play guide and pay the price and receive the ticket by a predetermined time. In addition, they often met other applicants and buyers at the counter and often had to wait a long time.

There is a problem of forgery not only in a card-shaped certificate but also in the certificate itself. Banknotes, gift certificates, and stock certificates, which are types of certificates proving monetary value, have been forged by copying or high-precision printing machines. In order to prevent such forgery, techniques such as fine characters, fine engravings, special colors, special paints, and holograms are used. These anti-counterfeiting techniques have been devised to increase the counterfeiting cost of a counterfeiter by being used in combination and to make the counterfeit virtually meaningless. However, counterfeiting technology and anti-counterfeiting technology have repeatedly attacked and defended, and in recent years, forgery of holograms has been reported and new anti-counterfeiting technology has been demanded.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and issues a certificate, a performance ticket, and the like using a service system on a network including the Internet. At that time, by using a storage medium that stores information including a contactless IC chip, it is possible to prevent forgery and guarantee uniqueness, and it is possible to issue these certificates and show tickets as a new network information service that endures users. The purpose is to do. Note that the storage medium includes a contact IC chip, an IC card, a magnetic card, an optical disk, and the like.

[0012] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration. A service providing system including a user device used by a user who desires to receive a predetermined service, and a service center device connected to the user device via a network and executing information processing related to the provision of the service. In addition, a sheet including a storage medium in which identification information related to a service is stored has been issued in advance, and the service center apparatus transmits a plurality of identification information stored in the storage medium issued in connection with provision of the service. The user device receives the service request from the user, obtains the identification information stored in the storage medium of the sheet arranged at a predetermined position among the sheets, and stores the identification information in the identification information database. A service for specifying the identification information and a service requested by the user to the service center device via a network. The identification information is transmitted, and the service center device associates the information corresponding to the transmitted service identification information with the identification information stored in the identification information database corresponding to the transmitted identification information, and associates the identification information with the identification information database. The sheet is stored and can be used as a service ticket for receiving the service specified by the service identification information. In addition,
The predetermined position where the sheet is arranged includes a position such as a slot where the identification information can be read from the user device.
The material of the sheet is not limited, such as paper, plastic, metal, and the like.

In the present invention, the identification information includes user identification information for identifying the user, service provider identification information for identifying the service provider, and storage medium identification information for identifying the storage medium. At least one of them is included. The identification information includes information for confirming the validity of receiving the service.

Further, according to the present invention, the service center device transmits print data corresponding to the service specified by the service identification information to the user device via the network, and the user device is located at a predetermined position. On the placed sheet,
This includes performing information processing for executing printing based on the transmitted print data. The printed content is
It contains information identifying the service provided by the ticket.

Further, the present invention includes that the recording sheet and the storage medium are integrated.

The service providing system according to the present invention further includes a service providing device connected to a network,
The service providing device acquires the identification information from the storage medium,
Transmitting the obtained identification information to the service center device,
The service center device searches the identification information database based on the transmitted identification information, and the service center device determines whether to provide a service based on the search result.

Further, the present invention includes that the service center device presents information indicating the contents of the service that can be provided to the user device via the network in correspondence with the information corresponding to the service identification information. It is.

Further, the present invention includes that the service specifies a seat, and the presented information includes information for specifying the seat of the specified user.

Further, the present invention includes that the storage medium is an IC chip.

The present invention includes not only a service providing system but also individual service center devices, user devices, and service providing devices.

[0021]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, an outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described. A contactless IC chip is attached so that various certificates, show tickets, etc. can be obtained at home or in a place such as a kiosk terminal corner without going to a predetermined place such as a conventional ward office or play guide. A sheet was used. These sheets are purchased individually in advance, or are purchased in advance at the kiosk terminal corner. A certificate based on printing technology could be forged with a copy or a high-precision printing device.

However, since an IC chip cannot be produced unless it is a factory having semiconductor facilities, it is more difficult to forge to produce the same IC than a certificate by a printing technique.

If information related to the certificate is stored in the IC chip, it is difficult to falsify the information by using the semiconductor itself or encryption technology. Since the IC chip is small, it is mounted on a sheet by mounting it in a seal or by embedding it. IC for receiving service
By checking the information in the chip, the information can be checked with higher reliability and a service can be provided. Since the sticker with the IC chip is thin and small, it can be easily distributed. It can be distributed with a certificate attached, or can be distributed using a postcard. On the other hand, for counterfeiting of the certificate itself, an IC chip is embedded in the certificate,
This can be made more difficult by attaching an IC chip to the tape and attaching the tape to a certificate. This is because, as described above, forgery of the IC chip itself is more difficult than the printing technology.

In addition, ID information written on an IC chip issued in advance is registered, and an ID information management center for a user to make an inquiry later is provided. Various certificates and box office tickets can be obtained by holding a paper with an IC chip purchased by an individual in advance or placed at the kiosk terminal corner over the IC chip reader or inserting it into a printer with a reader. The information of the IC chip on the paper is read, and an inquiry is made to the ID information management center via the Internet to confirm that the paper is not used, that is, is not already used as a specific certificate or a performance ticket. After that, the required information was downloaded to a local device such as a PC or kiosk terminal and printed on IC chip-attached paper. In addition, the IC chip of the paper used as a specific certificate or box office ticket is registered with the certificate used for the ID information management center or the service ID information of the box office ticket so that it will not be used twice. I do. In addition, it is now possible to prove that these forms have been issued properly at the place where the certificate is submitted and at the venue where the ticket is used. In addition, the cost of purchasing these certificates and box office tickets is settled through a settlement center built on the Internet.

Hereinafter, details of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a non-contact IC chip which is an example of the present invention. The IC chip 102 includes an antenna unit 104, a power supply unit 106, a logic unit 108, and a memory unit 110. The non-contact IC chip does not have a contact point, and supplies power and transmits and receives a clock and data by transmitting radio waves from the interrogator to the antenna unit 104. The antenna unit includes an antenna unit inside the IC chip (existing in a coil shape on the surface of the chip) and an antenna unit having an external antenna unit. FIG.
Is supposed to have an antenna section in the chip. When the antenna has an antenna outside the chip, the antenna is external to the chip. In the present invention, whether the antenna unit is inside or outside the chip is not affected by the system, and can be applied to both.

In general, an antenna having an antenna part in a chip has an advantage of being compact. On the other hand, when the antenna unit is outside the chip, there is an advantage that the communicable distance is longer than when the antenna unit is inside the chip. There are several methods of non-contact between the interrogator and the antenna, such as electromagnetic induction. The present invention can be applied to any of them.

Next, the operation of the IC chip will be described.
First, a radio wave is received by the antenna unit 104, the power is changed to a power supply by the power supply unit 106, and a power supply used in a circuit of the entire IC chip is generated. The radio wave received by the antenna unit 104 extracts a clock component and is used as a clock of a circuit of the entire IC chip. Logic unit 108 performs processing according to the command sent from the interrogator. The memory unit 110 is an area for storing information to be stored in the IC chip. There are various types of IC chips, from a non-rewritable type having only a ROM to a non-rewritable type having an electrically rewritable memory such as an EEPROM.
The present invention is not affected by these methods.

In this embodiment, the memory of the IC chip
A type that stores information on a service institution that performs the service, a type that stores user information, and a type that stores different numbers for each chip are used. The type of IC chip that stores user information is a certificate that the user knows in advance, such as a certificate of health insurance or life insurance or an identification card. On the other hand, a type in which information about a service organization is stored without storing user information is used for a certificate or the like to which an IC chip is attached does not depend on a user or is not known from the beginning. For example, it is used for a gift certificate, a performance ticket, a ticket, and the like.

Since it is desirable to make the IC chip small, there is a type of IC chip issued by a certain service organization that stores information on an identifier indicating that the IC chip is issued by the service organization. This type has the same information in the IC chip issued by the service organization. This has the disadvantage that it does not have individual information about the user, but has the advantage that it cannot be falsified later, since it is generally written using a storage medium such as a ROM. In addition, there is an advantage that the chip size is reduced because only the ROM is used.

On the other hand, there is a type that stores information on each user who receives a service. In this type, it is necessary to write user information when a service organization provides an IC chip to a user. When writing information to an IC chip, it is necessary to change the memory to a rewritable memory, and a control circuit for the rewritable memory is required, which may increase the chip size. As the chip size increases, there are disadvantages such as an increase in the price of the chip.

As another method, there is a type in which a unique number is assigned to each IC chip when an IC chip maker manufactures the IC chip. This has the advantage that the IC chip does not have a rewritable memory, so that the chip size does not increase as compared with the rewritable type. However, when manufacturing an IC chip, it is necessary to write an individual number on each of the IC chips using an electron beam drawing apparatus or the like. If an electron beam lithography system is used, the memory
By melting the M fuse with an electron beam, individual numbers can be written on each IC chip, eliminating the need for a memory rewrite circuit in the circuit.

Since an IC chip is a small chip, it is used by being incorporated in some medium. FIG. 2 shows a cross section of the seal 202 with the IC chip in which the IC chip is mounted on the seal as viewed from the side. The IC chip 210 is sandwiched between two pet films 204, and the IC chip and the two pet films are bonded with an adhesive 208.

In order to easily attach the seal 202 with the IC chip to another one,
An adhesive 212 is attached to the front surface of the back surface of the C-chip attached seal 202, and a mount 202 for protecting the adhesive 212 is attached. By peeling the backing sheet 214, the seal with the IC chip can be easily attached to another object.

FIG. 3 is a top view of the seal with the IC chip of FIG. An IC chip 304 is mounted at the center.

As a method of mounting the IC chip, there is a method of mounting in a tape shape. The IC chip 604 or 606 is incorporated in a tape. Figure 2 shows a cross section mounted in a tape shape.
Is the same as the cross section. The feature of the tape-like mounting is that it can be wound and stored like an adhesive tape, so that it can be easily transported or mounted on another object. Also, in the case of mechanically attaching a sticker with an IC chip to the standard paper in the printing process or in the process of preparing standard paper such as an A4 size plate, it can be easily mounted on the machine.

FIG. 4 shows a sheet on which a sticker with an IC chip is attached. The seal 404 with an IC chip is mechanically attached to an arbitrary fixed form paper 402 from a tape-mounted seal. It is used when each sheet is one leaf like various certificates. ID of this IC chip
Information is consistently registered in the ID information management center at the time of manufacture. When attached to the fixed form 402, there is no association with a specific application yet. in this way,
A sheet on which a sticker with an IC chip not yet associated with a specific application is pasted or formed on the chip itself is referred to as “IC chip sheet” for convenience.

FIG. 5 shows a case where a plurality of stickers with IC chips 504 and 506 are attached to one arbitrary fixed-size sheet 502. When used for relatively small-sized paper such as a performance ticket or a plurality of different performance tickets, it is convenient because it is not bulky.

FIG. 6 shows a method for a consumer user to obtain various kinds of application information via the Internet using IC chip paper. The IC chip manufacturer / provider 702 manufactures and sells the IC chip itself or a tag with an IC chip to be incorporated in the seal with the IC chip shown in FIG. 2 based on the IC chip. I
The ID information of the chip manufactured and provided by the C chip manufacture / provider 702 is registered in the issue ID database of the ID information management center / provider 706. Interrogator provider 704
Manufactures and provides an interrogator for wirelessly recognizing the ID of an IC chip. The printing company / mounting company 710 manufactures an IC chip paper by purchasing an IC chip or a tag with an IC chip provided by the IC chip manufacturing / providing company 702 and pasting it on a paper according to a use or making it. . Alternatively, a tag with an IC chip is attached to a device component used by the device manufacturer 712. Equipment manufacturer 7
12 purchases an interrogator provided by the interrogator provider 704 and a part to which a tag with an IC chip provided by the printing company / mounter 710 is attached, and assembles the device. Here, a state is shown in which the interrogator is attached to the printer and the tag with the IC chip is attached to the ink cartridge and mounted to check whether or not the ink cartridge is a genuine product.

Also, an example is shown in which an interrogator is mounted on a portable wireless device such as a portable telephone so that information of an IC chip can be read at an arbitrary place. Consumer user 7
14 purchases a device with an interrogator from a device manufacturer 712 and an IC chip paper from a printing company / mounting company 710.
Here, a printer with an interrogator is purchased and the ID information of the IC chip paper is read at home or in a highly available place such as a kiosk terminal.

The read ID information is collated with the ID information management center 706, and it is confirmed that the IC chip is a valid IC chip. Thereafter, the consumer user 714 accesses the various application information centers 718 and applies for issuance of a performance ticket or a certificate via the Internet 720. When the application information center 718 receives a request for access to various information from the consumer user 714, the application information center 718 registers an ID unique to each application with respect to ID information sent from the consumer user 714 via the Internet 720. ID information management center 70
Apply to 6. Looking at the issuance ID database of the ID information management center 706, it can be seen which IC chip ID is associated with which application / not. Further, the software provider provides service modules necessary for providing these services via the Internet 720.

FIG. 7 shows a state in which the ID information of the IC chip is read from the IC chip paper on which the sticker with the IC chip is attached using a printer having a built-in interrogator. The computer 802 includes software for controlling the movement of the printer head 812 of the printer 804 and the interrogator 810 incorporated in the printer 804. When the IC chip paper 806 with the IC chip sticker 808 attached is inserted into the printer 804, the computer 802 causes the printer head 812 to reciprocate along the moving shaft 814, and the IC is used when the printer head 812 changes direction during reciprocation. The chip paper is repeatedly advanced in the insertion direction by a specific minute amount.

During this time, when the interrogator 810 receives a reply from the IC chip in the seal 808 with the IC chip,
The printer 804 transmits the ID information and the position information to the computer 80.
Transfer to 2. The computer 802 queries the ID information center 706 for the ID information sent from the printer, and outputs a message on the display screen 820 as to whether or not to use any application if the ID information is not yet used. When the user selects a specific application via the Internet 720, the application information center 718 accesses the ID information management center 706,
Apply to add the unique ID of your application to the ID information of the IC chip sent from the user.

The application information center 718
Can be connected to the database shown in FIG. Client PC that is a user device
Then, the data corresponding to the transmitted service request is written in the area corresponding to the identification information in the database corresponding to the identification information transmitted from. Note that the user device only needs to have a function capable of executing information processing including data transmission, and includes a mobile phone, a PDA, and the like.

According to this embodiment, the ID is assigned to a specific sheet.
By attaching an IC chip in which information is managed, various certificates and performance tickets can be obtained in highly available places such as homes and kiosks. Further, by attaching the IC chip to the issued certificate, the validity of the certificate can be confirmed not only by the printing technology but also by using the IC chip, so that there is an effect that forgery of the certificate becomes difficult. Also, you can print the contents of the certificate or ticket you applied for, or if you do not print it, carry the registered paper with the small IC chip and submit it to the designated place instead, based on the ID information The associated certificate contents and ticket contents can be presented, and the possibility of malicious intervention on the way is reduced. In addition, the frequency with which the user owns the certificate increases, so that the service can be received at a nearby place when necessary, which has the effect of increasing the convenience for the user.

By using a seal with an IC chip or a certificate with an IC chip, forgery of the certificate can be reduced, and the reliability of the service system performed by the service organization or the service execution organization is improved. . In addition, every time a user receives a service at a service execution organization, the service execution organization queries the usage right information confirmation center within the service organization for confirmation of the validity of the IC chip-attached seal and IC chip-attached certificate. There is an effect that it is possible to improve the accuracy of sex confirmation.

Furthermore, the service institution agency acting as a service right information confirmation center has the effect that the service institution does not need to confirm the validity of the seal with the IC chip or the certificate with the IC chip. Further, when the interrogator is attached to a printer or a portable device, the interrogator becomes an input / output device for various information using information of an IC chip as a key, and has an effect that added value is increased as compared with a device without an interrogator.

[0047]

According to the present invention, it is sometimes difficult to forge a certificate or the like as compared with normal printing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a non-contact IC chip according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a seal with an IC chip in which the IC chip of FIG. 1 is mounted on the seal.

3 is a configuration diagram of the seal with the IC chip in which the IC chip of FIG. 1 is mounted on the seal when viewed from above.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram in which the seal with the IC chip of FIG. 2 is mounted on arbitrary paper.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram in which a plurality of stickers with an IC chip of FIG. 2 are attached to arbitrary paper.

6 is a diagram showing an overall image of a system for obtaining application information via the Internet using the IC chip-attached paper of FIG. 4;

7 is a configuration diagram illustrating a method of reading the ID information of the IC chip-attached paper of FIG. 4 by controlling a printer head of a printer having a built-in interrogator.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a database used in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

102: IC chip 202: Seal with IC chip 302: Seal with IC chip 402: Paper with seal with IC chip 502: Paper with multiple stickers with IC chip 504・ ・ ・ Tape with IC chip 702 ・ ・ ・ Manufacturer of IC chip and tag with IC chip 706 ・ ・ ・ ID information management center of IC chip 710 ・ ・ ・ Manufacturer of paper on which sticker with IC chip is mounted 712・ Manufacturer of device equipped with interrogator 718 ・ ・ ・ Provider providing various application information via the Internet 720 ・ ・ ・ Internet 804 ・ ・ ・ Printer with interrogator 806 ・ ・ ・ Printer head equipped with interrogator

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Claims (8)

[Claims] A user device used by a user who wants to receive a predetermined service, and a service center device connected to the user device via a network and executing information processing related to the provision of the service. In the service providing system, a sheet including a storage medium storing identification information related to the service is issued in advance, and the service center device is stored in a storage medium issued in connection with the provision of the service. The plurality of pieces of identification information are stored in an identification information database, and the user device receives the request for the service from the user, and is stored in a storage medium of a sheet arranged at a predetermined position among the sheets. Acquiring identification information, wherein the user device sends the identification information to the service center device via the network. And transmitting service identification information specifying a service requested by the user, wherein the service center device transmits the service transmitted to the identification information stored in the identification information database corresponding to the transmitted identification information. The information corresponding to the identification information is stored in the identification information database in association with the identification information database, and the sheet arranged at the predetermined position can be used as a service ticket for receiving the service specified by the service identification information. A service providing system. 2. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the identification information includes user identification information for identifying the user, service provider identification information for identifying the service provider, and the storage medium. A service providing device comprising at least one of storage medium identification information to be identified. 3. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein said service center apparatus responds to said user apparatus via said network to a service specified by said service identification information. Service provision, wherein print data is transmitted, and the user device performs information processing for executing printing on a sheet arranged at the predetermined position based on the transmitted print data. system. 4. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the sheet and the storage medium are integrated. 5. The service providing system according to claim 1, further comprising a service providing device connected to the network, wherein the service providing device acquires the identification information from the storage medium. And wherein the service providing device is connected to the service center device,
The obtained identification information is transmitted, the service center device searches the identification information database based on the transmitted identification information, and the service center device determines whether service can be provided based on the search result. A service providing system. 6. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the service center device responds to the user device via the network in response to information corresponding to the service identification information, A service providing system for presenting information indicating contents of a service that can be provided. 7. The service providing system according to claim 6, wherein the service includes designation of a seat, and the information to be presented is information for specifying the designated seat of the user. A service providing system, comprising: 8. The service providing system according to claim 1, wherein said storage medium includes an IC chip.