JP2004338824A - Article management system, managing device, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To safely and flexibly operate an article management system managing exchange of articles. <P>SOLUTION: When articles are deposited, an article deposit processing means 11A of a managing device 10 generates an electronic claim check 25A including an electronic claim check ID for specifying the electronic claim check of articles to output it to a user's terminal 20, and stores an management information 15A including contents of the electronic claim check 25A in a storage part 15. At the time of delivering the article, whether the article should be delivered or not is judged by collating the electronic claim check 25A fetched from the user terminal 20 with the management information 15A stored in the storage part 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an article management system, and more particularly to an article management system that issues an electronic custody certificate as a proof of storing a user's article in a store or the like, and compares the electronic custody certificate presented by the user to deliver the article. Things.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, when a store stores a user's goods, a method of issuing a storage certificate mainly composed of a printed matter such as a receipt and delivering the goods in exchange for the storage certificate is adopted.
Conventionally, for the purpose of improving the efficiency of such consignment business, when receiving goods in response to an order from a user, the company has a storage for receiving and storing the goods brought in by the user, There has been proposed a consignment apparatus having a printing unit for issuing a storage certificate for a stored article (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0003]
The applicant has not found any prior art documents related to the present invention other than the prior art documents specified by the prior art document information described in this specification by the time of filing.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2002-245158
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a conventional article management system, since a storage certificate mainly using printed matter such as a receipt is used, there is a danger of loss or damage. There was a problem that secure and flexible operation could not be realized, such as being unable to receive
The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an article management system capable of realizing safe and flexible operation.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve such an object, an article management system according to the present invention provides an article management system that manages exchange of articles using a custody certificate including information indicating an article to be delivered to a user. A management device that exchanges an electronic custody of information contained in the custody certificate with the user terminal of the user and manages the article based on the custody certificate, and the management device. A user terminal for exchanging the electronic custody certificate and storing the electronic custody certificate, and an input / output unit for exchanging the electronic custody certificate with the user terminal on the management device; A storage unit for storing management information including contents, and when depositing an article, generating and outputting an electronic deposit certificate for the article to a user terminal and the content of the electronic deposit certificate Article storage processing means for storing the management information including the storage information in the storage unit, and whether or not the article can be delivered by comparing the electronic custody certificate obtained from the user terminal with the management information stored in the storage unit when the article is delivered. And an article delivery processing means for determining
[0007]
Further, the management device according to the present invention is used in an article management system that manages the exchange of the article by using a custody certificate including information indicating an article to be delivered to the user, and stores information included in the custody certificate corresponding to the article. A management device for exchanging the electronic deposit certificate with the user terminal of the user and managing the article based on the electronic deposit certificate. The electronic deposit certificate is exchanged with the user terminal. An input / output unit for exchange, a storage unit for storing management information including the contents of the electronic deposit certificate, and when depositing an article, generating and outputting an electronic deposit certificate for the article to the user terminal, An article custody processing means for storing management information including the contents of a custody certificate in a storage unit, and an electronic custody certificate obtained from a user terminal at the time of article delivery and management information stored in the storage unit Those comprising an article delivery process means for determining delivery whether the article by matching.
[0008]
As a specific example of the electronic custody certificate, the article delivery processing means generates an electronic custody certificate including an electronic custody certificate ID for specifying the electronic custody certificate of the article, and outputs the generated electronic custody certificate to the user terminal. The management information including the content is stored in the storage unit, and the article storage processing unit uses the electronic storage certificate ID included in at least both the electronic storage certificate obtained from the user terminal and the management information stored in the storage unit. The collation may determine whether the article can be delivered.
[0009]
At this time, the article storage processing means has means for encrypting any information, generates two electronic deposit IDs as electronic deposit IDs, stores them as management information in a storage unit, and stores one of them as it is as electronic information. Included in the storage receipt and the other is encrypted and included in the electronic receipt and output to the user terminal, and the goods delivery processing means has means for decrypting any information. Of the two electronic custody IDs included, one may be collated with the management information as it is, and the other may be decrypted and collated with the management information.
[0010]
As the processing at the time of the completion of the delivery of the article, the completion of the delivery of the article to the user is recorded by the article delivery processing means, and the completion of the delivery is recorded in the management information, and the completion of the delivery is notified to the user terminal. You may.
Further, when notifying the completion of the delivery to the user terminal by the article delivery processing means, instructs to record the completion of the delivery of the electronic custody stored in the user terminal, or instructs the deletion of the electronic custody. You may make it.
[0011]
In addition, the program according to the present invention, when managing the exchange of the article using a custody containing information indicating an article to be delivered to the user, an electronic custody certificate that digitizes information included in the custody certificate corresponding to the article. Is exchanged with the user terminal of the user, and the computer of the management device that manages the article based on the electronic deposit certificate generates an electronic deposit certificate for the article at the time of depositing the article to the user. Outputting to the terminal, storing the management information including the content of the electronic custody in the storage unit of the management device, and storing the electronic custody obtained from the user terminal and the storage unit in the delivery of the article. Determining whether or not the article can be delivered by comparing the management information with the management information.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, an article management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an article management system according to one embodiment of the present invention.
The article management system is arranged on the side of an administrator who takes care of the article, and manages the article based on an electronic custody certificate corresponding to the article. And a user terminal 20 for storing a deposit receipt. In the present embodiment, a storage receipt indicating the storage of an article is generated as electronic data, and is exchanged between the management device 10 and the user terminal 20.
[0013]
First, the configuration of the management device 10 will be described. The management device 10 is entirely composed of a computer device such as a personal computer, and includes a control unit 11, an input / output unit 12, a screen display unit 13, an operation input unit 14, and a storage unit 15.
The control unit 11 includes a microprocessor such as a CPU and its peripheral circuits. The control unit 11 reads and executes a program 15B stored in the storage unit 15 in advance. To achieve.
[0014]
The input / output unit 12 is a circuit unit for exchanging various kinds of information such as a deposit certificate with the user terminal 20. As a communication unit for connecting the management device 10 and the user terminal 20, a general communication network may be used, or an individual communication line may be used. The communication method may be a known communication method such as a wired communication, a wireless communication, an infrared communication, or an optical communication, or a method of exchanging information by reading bar-coded information.
[0015]
The screen display unit 13 includes an image display device such as an LCD or a CRT, and displays the contents of the deposit certificate and management information on the screen. The operation input unit 14 includes a keyboard and a pointing device, and detects an operation performed by an administrator.
The storage unit 15 includes a hard disk and a memory, and stores various information used for processing of the control unit 11, such as management information 15A related to the stored articles and a program 15B executed by the control unit 11.
[0016]
The control unit 11 includes an article storage processing unit 11A, an article delivery processing unit 11B, and an information management unit 11C as functional units.
The article storage processing means 11A generates an electronic deposit certificate ID when depositing an article, generates an electronic deposit certificate, transmits it to the user terminal 20, and stores the same contents in the storage unit 15 as the management information 15A.
[0017]
FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of the electronic custody certificate. The electronic custody ID is ID information unique to the electronic custody, and is generated using a random number or the like. The article custody processing means 11A generates an electronic custody ID # 1 (53) and an electronic custody ID # 2 (54), and encrypts one of the electronic custody ID # 2 (54). Then, the storage information 51 including the customer information, the storage item, the quantity, and the like input by the administrator, the store ID 52 previously assigned to the store, and the electronic custody ID # 1 (53) are encrypted. The electronic storage certificate 25A is generated from the electronic storage certificate ID # 2 (54A).
Note that the electronic custody certificate is not printed matter but electronic information, and may be in the form of a binary file, a GIF file, a JPEG file, a barcode, or the like.
[0018]
The article delivery processing unit 11B collates various information included in the electronic custody certificate 25A received from the user terminal 20 with the management information 15A stored in the storage unit 15 at the time of article delivery. At this time, the encrypted electronic custody certificate ID # 2 (54A) included in the electronic custody certificate 25A is decrypted and checked for validity based on the success or failure of the decryption, and the electronic custody of the management information 15A is checked. It is collated with the certificate ID # 2 (54). Then, based on the collation result and the inspection result, it is determined whether or not the article can be delivered, and the determination result is displayed on the screen display unit 13.
[0019]
The information management unit 11C manages the management information 15A in the storage unit 15, and updates and reads out desired management information 15A based on access requests from the article storage processing unit 11A and the article delivery processing unit 11B.
FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of the management information. The management information 15A is generated in a deposited article unit or a deposit processing unit including a plurality of articles. Each piece of management information is composed of information such as a management number for identifying and managing the management information, a deposit date and time, a delivery date and time, deposit information, a store ID, an electronic deposit ID # 1, an electronic deposit ID # 2, and a price. ing.
[0020]
Next, the configuration of the user terminal 20 will be described. The user terminal 20 includes a computer device such as a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) as a whole, and includes a terminal control unit 21, an input / output unit 22, a screen display unit 23, an operation input unit 24, and a storage unit 25. Have been.
The terminal control unit 21 includes a microprocessor such as a CPU and its peripheral circuits. The terminal control unit 21 reads and executes a program 25B stored in the storage unit 25 in advance, so that the hardware and the program cooperate to perform various functions. Implement the means.
The input / output unit 22 is a circuit unit for exchanging various information such as a deposit receipt with the management device 10 and has a function of communicating with the same communication means and communication system as the input / output unit 12 of the management device 10.
[0021]
The screen display unit 23 is composed of an image display device such as an LCD, and displays the contents of the deposit certificate on the screen. The operation input unit 24 includes a keyboard, and detects a user operation.
The storage unit 25 includes a memory, and stores various types of information used for processing in the terminal control unit 21, such as an electronic deposit certificate 25A relating to a deposited article and a program 15B executed by the terminal control unit 21.
[0022]
The terminal control unit 21 is provided with a receipt certificate management unit 21A as a function unit.
The deposit receipt management unit 21A receives the electronic deposit receipt 25A from the management device 10 when depositing the article, displays it on the screen display unit 23, and stores it in the storage unit 25. Also, at the time of article delivery, the designated electronic custody certificate 25A is read from the storage unit 25 in accordance with the user's instruction operation detected by the operation input unit 24, and transmitted to the management device 10 via the input / output unit 22.
[0023]
Next, an operation of the article management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram illustrating a processing operation of the article management system according to the first embodiment.
Hereinafter, a case where the article management system according to the present embodiment is applied to a cleaning shop will be described as an example. At this time, it is assumed that the management device 10 is installed in the cleaning shop and the user (customer) carries the user terminal 20.
[0024]
First, the user 2 brings clothes (articles) to be cleaned to a cleaning shop (step 100). The manager (receptionist) 1 of the cleaning shop inputs deposit information such as a user name (customer information), a clothing type (item), and a quantity from the operation input unit 14 to the management device 10 (step 101). In response, the control unit 11 of the management device 10 executes the following steps 102 to 105 using the article storage processing unit 11A. At this time, the management device 10 and the user terminal 20 are in a communicable state.
[0025]
First, the article storage processing means 11A newly generates an electronic custody ID # 1 and an electronic custody ID # 2 (step 102). Then, the electronic custody ID code # 2 is encrypted, and the encrypted electronic custody ID code # 2 (54A), the electronic custody ID code # 1 (53), the custody information 51 input by the administrator, and An electronic custody certificate 25A is generated from the store ID 52 preset in the storage unit 15 (step 103). Then, the electronic deposit certificate 25A is transmitted from the input / output unit 12 to the user terminal 20 (104). Further, the article storage processing means 11A stores the contents of the electronic custody certificate 25A, the management number, the storage date and time, etc. in the storage unit 15 as the management information 15A via the information management means 11C (step 105).
[0026]
On the other hand, in the terminal control unit 21 of the user terminal 20, the deposit certificate management unit 21 </ b> A receives the electronic deposit certificate 25 </ b> A from the management device 10 via the input / output unit 22. Then, the contents of the electronic deposit certificate 25A are displayed on the screen display unit 23 (step 106), and the electronic deposit certificate 25A is stored in the storage unit 25 (step 107).
Thus, a series of article keeping processing ends.
[0027]
Thereafter, when the user 2 receives the cleaned clothes, the user 2 goes to the cleaning shop and makes the management device 10 and the user terminal 20 communicable. Then, the user 2 operates the operation input unit 24 to select a desired electronic deposit certificate 25A for the clothes (step 110). In response, the custody management unit 21A selects the corresponding electronic custody certificate 25A from the storage unit 25 (step 111) and transmits it to the management device 10 via the input / output unit 22 (step 112).
[0028]
On the other hand, in the control unit 11 of the management device 10, the article transfer processing unit 11B receives the electronic custody certificate 25A from the user terminal 20 via the input / output unit 12. Then, the electronic custody certificate ID # 2 (54A) included in the electronic custody certificate 25A is decrypted, and its validity is checked depending on whether or not it was successfully decrypted (step 113).
In addition to the electronic deposit ID # 2 (54) obtained by decryption, the article delivery processing unit 11B also stores the electronic deposit ID # 1 (53) included in the received electronic deposit ID 25A, the store ID 52, The storage information 51 is compared with the management information 15A in the storage unit 15 by using the information management unit 11C to determine whether or not the delivery is possible (step 114). The result of the inspection and comparison or the determination result is displayed on the screen display unit 13. Is displayed (step 115).
[0029]
The manager 1 determines that the clothes can be delivered to the user 2 when the display indicates the success of the inspection and collation, or when the determination result indicates that the clothes can be delivered. Then, the clothes specified by the custody information 51 of the electronic custody certificate 25A are delivered to the user (step 116), and the completion of the delivery is input from the operation input unit 14 (step 117).
In response to this, the article delivery processing unit 11B uses the information management unit 11C to record that the delivery has been completed by updating the delivery date and time of the management information 15A (step 118), and via the input / output unit 12 Then, the completion of the article delivery is notified to the user terminal 20 (step 119).
[0030]
The receipt certificate management unit 21A of the user terminal 20 records and updates the receipt of the article with respect to the electronic receipt certificate 25A in the storage unit 25 in response to the completion notification from the management device 10 (step 120).
Thus, a series of article delivery processing ends.
[0031]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the electronic storage certificate is exchanged between the management device 10 and the user terminal 20, and therefore, compared with the case where the conventional storage certificate composed of printed matter is used. In addition, there is an advantage that there is no danger of loss or damage to the receipt, and if the user terminal is a portable terminal that the user always carries, the receipt is not forgotten. Further, it is possible to have a third party who does not have a custody certificate to pick up the goods, thereby realizing safe and flexible operation as an article management system.
Also, when purchasing goods on the Internet, etc., because the receipt is digitized, the user receives an electronic receipt as a proof of purchase, and when the goods are taken to a nearby store or delivered, the user receives an electronic receipt. There are advantages that can be used widely, such as presenting a storage receipt.
[0032]
Also, the article custody processing means 11A generates an electronic custody certificate 25A including an electronic custody certificate ID for specifying the electronic custody certificate of the article, outputs the same to the user terminal 20, and includes the content of the electronic custody certificate. The management information 15A is stored in the storage unit 15, and the article delivery processing unit 11B compares the electronic custody certificate 25A obtained from the user terminal 20 with the management information 15A stored in the storage unit 15 to store the management information 15A. Since it is determined whether or not delivery is possible, even when similar articles are exchanged at the same time, it can be reliably identified. In addition, by generating the electronic custody ID using a random number or the like, forgery of the electronic custody certificate can be easily detected, and high security can be obtained.
[0033]
In addition, when depositing goods, two electronic deposit IDs # 1 and # 2 are generated as electronic deposit IDs for specifying the electronic deposit ID, and only one of the electronic deposit IDs # 2 is encrypted to be used by the user. When the goods are delivered to the terminal and one of the electronic custody certificates ID # 2 included in the electronic custody certificate obtained from the user terminal is decrypted and collated, the electronic custody ID ## is decrypted at the user terminal. 2 cannot be identified, forgery of the electronic custody certificate can be easily detected, and extremely high security can be obtained. The object of encryption is not limited to the electronic custody certificate ID # 2, and a part or all of the electronic custody certificate may be the object of encryption.
[0034]
In addition, when the delivery of the goods is completed, the completion of the delivery is recorded and updated in the management information 15A and the electronic custody certificate 25A. Therefore, the management information 15A and the electronic custody certificate 25A are used as the history information of the completion of the delivery of the goods. It is possible to avoid mistakes at the time of article delivery. When the delivery of the goods is completed, the management information 15A may be deleted, or the user terminal 20 may be instructed to delete the electronic custody certificate 25A. Effective use of capacity.
[0035]
Next, an operation of the article management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating a processing operation of the article management system according to the second embodiment. It is assumed that the management device 10 and the user terminals 20 (20A, 20B) have the same configuration as in FIG. 1 described above.
Hereinafter, a case where the article management system according to the present embodiment is applied to a DPE store will be described as an example. At this time, it is assumed that the management device 10 is installed in a DPE store, the user (customer) 2A carries the user terminal 20A, and the user (customer) 2B carries the user terminal 20.
[0036]
First, the user 2A brings a photographic film (article) before development to a DPE store and deposits the photographic film. In response, the electronic custody certificate 25A transmitted from the management device 10 is received by the user terminal 20A and stored in the storage unit 25. These article storage processes are the same as steps 100 to 107 in FIG. 4 described above, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
[0037]
At the DPE store, the administrator 1 inputs the completion of the processing from the operation input unit 14 in accordance with the completion of the development of the photographic film (step 130). In the management device 10, a user name, a user terminal number, and an e-mail address are registered in the storage unit 15 in advance by a member registration function (not shown) of the control unit 11. In response to the processing completion input, the article delivery processing unit 11B specifies a notification destination of the user based on, for example, customer information included in the receipt certificate information of the article, and transmits the notification to the input / output unit 12 via a communication network or the like. The user terminal 20 is notified of the completion of development of the deposited photographic film (step 131).
[0038]
The receipt certificate management unit 21A of the user terminal 20 receives the notification from the management device 10 via the input / output unit 22, and displays the content of the notification, here, the development completion guide on the screen display unit 23 (Step 132). Thereby, the user 2A confirms that the development processing specified when the photographic film is deposited is completed.
Here, if the user cannot go to the DPE store to get a photographic film, the user 2A requests the user 2B to receive the photographic film. At this time, the user 2A inputs the transfer of the electronic custody certificate 25A corresponding to the photographic film to the user terminal 20B of the user 2B from the operation input unit 24 of the user terminal 20A (Step 140).
[0039]
In response to this, the deposit certificate management unit 21A of the user terminal 20A selects the designated electronic deposit certificate 25A from the storage unit 25 (step 141) and transfers it to the user terminal 20B (step 142). At this time, it is assumed that the user terminals 20A and 20B are in a communicable state via the respective input / output units 22. The communication means and the communication method may be the same as the communication means and the communication method used between the management device 10 and the user terminal 20A, such as the mobile phone network and the Internet.
As for the transfer of the electronic deposit certificate, the user inputs the transfer destination and selects the electronic deposit certificate to be transferred. Normally, user terminal numbers and e-mail addresses of other users are registered in advance in this type of user terminal by an address registration function or the like, and data communication may be performed using this.
[0040]
The deposit certificate management unit 21A of the user terminal 20B receives the deposit certificate 25A from the user terminal 20A via the input / output unit 22, displays the content on the screen display unit 23 (step 143), and stores the content. 25 (step 144).
As a result, the electronic deposit certificate 25A corresponding to the photographic film deposited by the user 2A is transferred to the user terminal 20B of the user 2B, and the user 2B carries the user terminal 20B to the DPE store, and By executing steps 110 to 120 in FIG. 4, the developed photographic film can be received on behalf of the user 2A.
[0041]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the electronic deposit certificate stored in the user terminal is transferred to another user terminal by data communication. Therefore, it is possible to easily request a person other than the person who deposited the article to receive the article.
In addition, the management device notifies the user terminal of the completion of the processing specified for the deposited articles, in this case, when the film development processing is completed, so that the administrator can call the user. This eliminates the need for communication and allows easy and quick notification of the completion of the processing. It should be noted that the presence or absence of the notification and the notification date and time are recorded in the electronic custody certificate 25A of the user terminal 20A in step 132 of FIG. 5, and are compared with the management information in the management device 10 in step 114 of FIG. Often, the legitimacy of the delivery of the article can be determined more accurately.
[0042]
In each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to a cleaning shop or a DPE shop to deposit clothes or photographic film has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can be widely applied to a case where a certificate is used at the time of delivery or lending and borrowing, and the same operation and effect as described above can be obtained.
For example, the present invention can be applied to a case where an article is purchased from the Internet or mail order and received at a store such as a nearby convenience store, and the purchase of the article is regarded as a deposit of the article from the user. That is, the user receives the electronic deposit certificate at the user terminal as a proof of the purchase of the article at the time of purchase, connects the user terminal to the management device located at the store at the time of receiving the article, and transmits the electronic deposit certificate Doing so indicates the legitimacy of the delivery of the goods.
[0043]
At this time, the management device at the center that issues the electronic custody certificate to the user terminal may be a different management device from the management device at the store, and the management device required for verification of the electronic custody certificate by data communication between the two management devices. Information should be transferred. Alternatively, only a communication terminal is arranged in the store, and when the goods are delivered, the communication terminal requests the validity check of the electronic custody certificate from the management device at the center side, and the goods are delivered according to the response. Good.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when depositing an article, the management apparatus generates an electronic deposit receipt that digitizes information included in the deposit receipt corresponding to the article and outputs the electronic deposit receipt to the user terminal. The management information including the contents of the electronic custody certificate is stored in the storage unit, and when the goods are delivered, the electronic custody obtained from the user terminal is compared with the management information stored in the storage unit to deliver the goods. Since the determination is made and the result of the determination is displayed and output, an electronic receipt can be used as the receipt certificate used for keeping / delivery of the article.
Therefore, there is no risk of losing the custody certificate as compared with the case of using a custody card consisting of printed matter as in the past, and if the user terminal is a portable terminal that the user always carries, forget the custody card There are no advantages. Furthermore, it is also possible to have a third party who has no deposit certificate pick up the goods, and a safe and flexible operation as an article management system can be realized.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an article management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a configuration example of an electronic custody certificate.
FIG. 3 is a configuration example of management information.
FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation of the article management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation of the article management system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Administrator, 10 ... Management apparatus, 11 ... Control part, 11A ... Article storage processing means, 11B ... Article delivery processing means, 11C ... Information management means, 12 ... Input / output part, 13 ... Screen display part, 14 ... Operation Input unit, 15: storage unit, 15A: management information, 15B: program, 2, 2A, 2B: user, 20, 20A, 20B: user terminal, 21: terminal control unit, 21A: deposit certificate management means, 22 ... input / output unit, 23 ... screen display unit, 24 ... operation input unit, 25 ... storage unit, 25A ... electronic deposit certificate, 25B ... program, 51 ... deposit information, 52 ... store ID, 53 ... electronic deposit certificate ID # 1 , 54... Electronic custody ID # 2, 54A... Electronic custody ID # 2 (encrypted).

Claims (7)

In an article management system that manages the exchange of articles using a custody containing information indicating the articles to be delivered to the user,
A management device for exchanging an electronic deposit certificate, which digitizes information included in the deposit certificate corresponding to the article, with the user terminal of the user, and managing the article based on the electronic deposit certificate; A user terminal that exchanges the electronic custody certificate with the device and stores the electronic custody certificate;
The management device,
An input / output unit for exchanging the electronic custody certificate with the user terminal;
A storage unit for storing management information including the content of the electronic custody certificate,
At the time of article deposit, while generating an electronic custody certificate of the article and outputting it to the user terminal, article custody processing means for storing management information including the content of the electronic custody certificate in the storage unit,
An article delivery processing unit that determines whether or not the article can be delivered by comparing the electronic custody certificate obtained from the user terminal with the management information stored in the storage unit when delivering the article. Characteristic article management system. Used in an article management system that manages the exchange of goods using a custody containing information indicating the goods to be delivered to the user, an electronic custody that digitizes the information contained in the custody related to the goods A management device that communicates with the user terminal and manages the article based on the electronic custody certificate,
An input / output unit for exchanging the electronic custody certificate with the user terminal;
A storage unit for storing management information including the content of the electronic custody certificate,
At the time of article deposit, while generating an electronic custody certificate of the article and outputting it to the user terminal, article custody processing means for storing management information including the content of the electronic custody certificate in the storage unit,
An article delivery processing unit that determines whether or not the article can be delivered by comparing the electronic custody certificate acquired from the user terminal with the management information stored in the storage unit when delivering the article. Characteristic management device. In claim 2,
The article delivery processing means generates an electronic custody certificate including an electronic custody certificate ID for identifying the electronic custody certificate of the article, outputs the generated electronic custody certificate to the user terminal, and manages information including the content of the electronic custody certificate. Is stored in the storage unit,
The article custody processing means delivers the article by comparing the electronic custody ID acquired from the user terminal with the electronic custody ID included in at least both of the management information stored in the storage unit. A management device, which determines whether or not it is possible. In claim 3,
The article custody processing means has means for encrypting any information, generates two electronic custody IDs as the electronic custody IDs, stores them as management information in the storage unit, and uses one of them as it is Include in the electronic custody certificate and encrypt the other and include it in the electronic custody certificate and output to the user terminal,
The article delivery processing means has means for decoding arbitrary information, and compares one of the two electronic deposit IDs included in the electronic deposit certificate acquired from the user terminal with the management information as it is. A management device for decrypting the other and collating it with the management information. In claim 2,
In response to the completion of the delivery of the article to the user, the article delivery processing means records the completion of the delivery in the management information and notifies the user terminal of the completion of the delivery. apparatus. In claim 5,
The article delivery processing means, when notifying the user terminal of the completion of delivery, instructs recording of completion of delivery of the electronic custody stored in the user terminal, or instructs deletion of the electronic custody. A management device characterized by performing. When managing the exchange of goods using a storage certificate that includes information indicating the goods to be delivered to the user, an electronic storage card that digitizes the information included in the storage certificate corresponding to the goods is used with the user terminal of the user. A computer of a management device that exchanges information between the devices and manages the goods based on the electronic custody certificate,
At the time of depositing the article, generating and outputting an electronic custody certificate of the article to the user terminal, and storing management information including the content of the electronic custody certificate in a storage unit of the management device;
A step of comparing the electronic custody certificate acquired from the user terminal with the management information stored in the storage unit at the time of delivery of the article to determine whether or not the article can be delivered.

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