JP2006127179A - System for controlling synchronization of picture displaying with device processing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that synchronization is not obtained by the occurrence of time-lag due to the physical restriction of a line speed between a browser screen display processing and a client side device processing at the side of a client in a system for performing a device processing request from a Web application server to the client side, based on a request from a client side browser. <P>SOLUTION: The client side holds the device processing request in a holding queue and performs the held device processing by triggering with screen displaying completion in the browser. Thus, synchronization is locally controlled, so as to display a screen corresponding to the operation of the device without the time-lag. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention arranges a business application and screen content on a Web application server, executes a business application on the server side in response to a request from a customer operation screen (also referred to as a browser) of an automatic transaction apparatus as a client, and generates a display screen. The present invention relates to an automatic transaction system that performs a transaction by responding a display screen to a browser of an automatic transaction apparatus and displaying a screen for customer operation on the browser.

  As a prior art for realizing an automatic transaction apparatus using a Web server, there is Patent Literature 1. There is a method in which screen contents are stored on a Web server, a screen is generated on the server in response to a request from the client (automatic transaction apparatus), and the screen data is displayed on the browser on the client side after the screen data is downloaded to the client. .

JP 2001-76212 A

  As in Patent Document 1, a technique for controlling the server side in accordance with an input from the client side and displaying screens one after another is common. However, when client-side device control is performed from the server based on the request, it is necessary to consider the time lag between screen display processing on the client side and device control on the client side. It has not been. For this reason, simply processing the device processing request and the display screen response sequentially on the server side causes a delay in screen display due to physical limitations of the line speed, and the client side cannot synchronize the device control and screen display. appear.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in a configuration in which a business application accompanied by a device processing request is arranged on the server side, (1) the business application processes by the request from the browser and makes a device processing request. (2) Automatic transaction Hold the device processing request in the device hold queue, (3) Generate the screen on the server side and display the screen by responding to the browser, (4) Hold the display by notifying the hold queue from the browser Provided is an automatic transaction system that employs any one or more configurations of notifying device control of a device processing request that has been made.

  According to the present invention, even when a business application accompanied by a device processing request is executed on the server side, synchronization of browser display and device processing (flicker lamp lighting, medium return, etc.) is synchronized by performing synchronous control locally on the client side. It becomes easy to take. Thereby, the browser screen corresponding to the movement of the device can be displayed without time lag, and the end user's operation can be smoothly guided.

Hereinafter, the best mode of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration showing an embodiment. The automatic transaction apparatus 3 is an apparatus that automatically performs transactions such as deposits and withdrawals by operations of customers or users, and is installed in financial institutions, convenience stores, and the like. The browser 8 is software mainly having a function of browsing a screen to be displayed to the customer. The browser 8 issues a request to the Web application server 2 in response to the customer operation from the customer operation screen 7, and displays the next screen in response to the response. indicate. In addition, what is memorize | stored in the control unit (control part) which has hardware constitutions, such as below-mentioned CPU, performs various control and a process organically connected with the said hardware. Moreover, each structure of the automatic transaction apparatus 3 of FIG. 1 is fundamentally memorize | stored in the control unit, Therefore It can also be said that the control unit has each function mentioned later. Also, processing other than the screen display is performed by using Applet 9 which is a program attached to the browser 8. The communication control unit 10 plays a role of communicating with the business application 6 of the server 2 and has a hold queue 11 that can hold a specific process, and requests the device control 12 for the process. The device control unit 12 issues processing requests to various devices (each mechanism and unit described later).
The Web application server 2 having a hardware configuration such as a CPU, a memory, and a storage device generates a screen in response to a request from the browser 8 and responds to the information, so that the browser 8 of the automatic transaction apparatus 3 is finally connected to the customer. The operation screen 7 is displayed. The business application 6 is a program for realizing a transaction in the automatic transaction apparatus 3, and performs a sequential process according to the type of transaction. When it becomes necessary to process the device of the automatic transaction apparatus 3 in the course of this processing, a processing request can be made to the communication control unit 10. The customer operation screen generation unit 5 generates screen data to be displayed on the customer operation screen 7 of the automatic transaction apparatus 8 by using an image file or the like in the screen content 4 based on the execution result data of the business application 6. The web application server 2 communicates with the host computer 1 so that various transactions required by the automatic transaction apparatus 3 can be performed.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of the automatic transaction apparatus. As shown in the figure, the automatic transaction apparatus 3 of the main body is provided with the following hardware units. The customer operation unit 27 is used to select a transaction and confirm transaction details when the customer conducts a transaction, and various displays are performed as the customer operation screen 7 by the browser 8 described above. The card handling mechanism 30 can read and write the magnetic stripe of the card, and inhales and ejects the card. The bankbook handling mechanism 29 can read information from the magnetic stripe and has a function of printing a transaction result. The banknote depositing / withdrawing mechanism 28 is a unit including a banking unit for depositing / withdrawing banknotes generated during transactions, a discrimination unit for discriminating banknotes, and a storage box for storing banknotes in denominations. The statement slip handling mechanism 31 has a function of printing and discharging the transaction contents on a statement slip that is a customer copy of the transaction details performed by the user.
Information can be exchanged between the units by controlling each unit of the automatic transaction apparatus 3 by a control unit 38 having a hardware configuration such as a CPU and a memory. The automatic transaction apparatus 3 is connected to the web application server 2 via a communication line. The control unit 38 realizes a transaction while communicating with the Web application server 2. The control unit 38 in the figure is composed of functional blocks in terms of software and is controlled by the main control unit 20.
The card read / write unit 24 controls the card handling mechanism 30 to acquire information from the magnetic stripe. Similarly, the passbook information input / output unit 25 controls the passbook handling mechanism 29 to control the input of information from the passbook and the writing process to the passbook. The instruction input / output unit 21 controls the customer operation unit 27 to display a screen for the customer to operate and to acquire operation result information. The banknote deposit / withdrawal processing unit 22 controls the shutter opening / closing of the deposit / withdrawal port of the banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism 36, and the number of deposits / deposits. The statement slip printing unit 23 performs discharge control of the statement slip handling mechanism 31 and print control of the statement slip. The communication unit 26 controls communication with the Web application server. The flicker lamps 33, 34, 35, and 36 are installed in the vicinity of the insertion or discharge opening of each unit described above, and are turned on to thereby enable the card handling mechanism 30, the statement slip handling mechanism 31, the passbook handling mechanism 29, and the bill deposit / withdrawal mechanism. 28 has a function of visually informing the customer of insertion request or discharging.

  As described above, each unit (mechanism, device) of the automatic transaction apparatus (ATM) is processed and controlled by the control unit 38 (also simply referred to as a control unit or control means), and in particular, a customer detected by the customer operation unit 27. This is a system for performing various processes in accordance with selected transactions and instructions from the Web application server 2 for them.

  A specific transaction will be described below as an example using each configuration described in FIGS. Note that various kinds of main processing and control are performed by the control unit 38 or the browser 8 stored in the control unit 38.

  FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the automatic transaction apparatus 3 and the Web application server 2 (simply a server), and shows an initial screen and guidance displayed on the operation unit 27 by the browser 8 on the automatic transaction apparatus 3 side. In this embodiment, description will be made based on the screen transition when the user presses the withdrawal key 48 on the transaction selection screen 40 of the browser (customer operation screen), but other transactions “deposit”, “balance inquiry”, and “transfer” It can also be applied when each transaction item is selected.

  When the customer presses the withdrawal key 48 on the transaction selection screen 40 which is also an initial screen, it detects that and sends a request to the Web application server 2 (transmits it). The Web application server 2 receives the request, performs the business process for the request centered on the business application 6, acquires the necessary material from the screen content 4, and combines the business process result of the business application 6 via the screen generation unit 5. To generate a screen. And the process required by the card | curd handling mechanism 30 of the produced | generated screen and the automatic transaction apparatus 3 is transmitted to the automatic transaction apparatus 3 as a response. The automatic transaction apparatus 30 receives these responses from the server 2 to perform processing necessary for activation or reading of the card handling mechanism 30 and card conveyance. On the other hand, the operation unit 27 controls the card by the control and function of the browser 8. An insertion screen 41 is displayed. When a customer inserts a card into the insertion / eject port of the card handling mechanism 30 on the card insertion screen 41, this is detected and a request is sent to the Web application server 2 via the browser 8. Similarly, a request is made when the input of the password is completed on the password input screen 42, and a request is made when the amount input is completed on the payment amount input screen 43. Further, when the customer completes receipt of the card and statement slip on the card / detail receipt screen 44, the customer issues a request via the browser, and when the bill receipt screen 45 completes receipt of the bill, the request is raised via the browser. And it responds with the transaction selection screen 40 equivalent to an initial screen with respect to the request from the banknote receipt screen 45, and performs a transaction again. Various transactions can be performed by such an automatic transaction system using a client server.

  In addition to such screen display on the automatic transaction apparatus 3, the automatic transaction apparatus 3 is sequentially used to process and control each unit (device in a narrow sense) provided in the automatic transaction apparatus 3 in this automatic transaction system. It is necessary to link with a device processing request from the business application 6 of the server 2 to be operated. FIG. 1 shows that the display control of the screen 7 by the browser 8 and the device control of the business application 6 and the communication control unit 10 are divided between the server 2 and the ATM 3.

  For example, information such as the amount detected and detected on the payment amount input screen 43 in FIG. 3 is sent from the browser 8 of the automatic transaction apparatus 3 to the Web application server 2 as a request. Based on this information, the server 2 makes a response to the card / detail slip receipt screen 44 of the next screen and the business application 6 makes various device processing requests for the apparatus 3. The various device processes are a discharge processing request for discharging a card from the device of the card handling mechanism 30, a statement slip print request for creating a statement slip in the device of the statement slip handling mechanism 31, and a statement slip. There is a request for discharging the slip, a request to turn on the flicker lamp for prompting the customer to receive a medium provided near the insertion or discharge port of each unit. In the automatic transaction system in which the business application and screen generation described so far are executed on the automatic transaction apparatus side, the synchronization of the medium discharge / flicker lamp lighting and the display of the statement slip receipt screen 44 is sequentially processed. Just realized. However, when the business application 6 and the screen generation processes 4 and 5 are executed by the Web application server 2 as in this system, it takes time to display the screen only by sequentially processing due to physical limitations of the line speed. Can not take.

Hereinafter, as an example of processing performed by the automatic transaction apparatus 3 in the client server system, the display of the card / detail slip receipt screen 44 and the device processing synchronization control function and method associated with this display are shown in the sequence diagram of FIG. This will be described with reference to flowcharts 5 and 6 and data format diagrams of FIGS.
On the payment amount input screen 43 displayed on the operation unit 27 of the automatic transaction apparatus 3, a request is sent from the browser 8 to the Web application server 2 when the customer has completed inputting the payment amount (S401). Based on the received request, the Web application server 2 determines whether a device processing request is required during the execution of the business application 6. Since it is necessary in this example, the data (information) in FIG. 7 is transmitted to the communication control unit 10 of the transaction apparatus 3. This data includes parameters of device type 90, processing content 91, and execution trigger 92 (also referred to as specific information), which are designated to transmit a device processing request. The device type 90 in FIG. 7 includes the bill deposit / withdrawal processing unit 22, the statement slip printing unit 23, the card read / write unit 24, the passbook information input / output unit 25, etc. of FIG. Specify the type of device that requires processing. The processing content 91 designates printing processing, medium suction processing, medium discharge processing, and the like for the device. The execution trigger 92 specifies immediate execution or execution after screen display.

  On the other hand, the communication control unit 10 that has received the device processing request, that is, the automatic transaction apparatus side performs processing according to the flow of FIG. The communication control unit 10 receives the device processing request data of FIG. 7 transmitted from the server 2 (S501), and determines whether to execute immediately or to execute after display in view of the execution trigger 92 included in the data (S502). ). If execution is specified after display in S502, the device processing request is held in the holding queue 11 in the communication control 10 (S503), and the processing result (or execution result) 93 is transmitted to the Web application server (S504). The processing result 93 is a return value of the device processing request, and returns “OK” if the processing is successful, and “NG” if it fails. If the execution is not specified after display (S502), the device control unit 12 is requested to perform device processing (S505), the device control unit 12 executes processing contents for various devices, and the Web application server displays the processing result. Transmit (S504). Here, in the case of the detailed slip printing process request of FIG. 4 (S402), since it is not necessary to synchronize with the screen display, the execution request is an immediate execution request. The card discharge processing request (S403) is performed in synchronization with the display of the card / detail slip receipt screen 44 so that the customer's operation can be guided smoothly.

  Similarly, the detailed slip discharge processing request (S404), the card flicker lamp lighting processing request (S405) and the detailed slip flicker lamp lighting processing request (S406) shown in FIG. The Web application server 2 generates a screen after executing the above business application and responds the screen data to the browser 8 (S407).

  The browser 8 of the automatic transaction apparatus 3 issues a display completion notification from the Applet 9 attached to the browser 8 to the communication control unit 10 when the display of the card / detail slip receipt screen 44 is completed on the operation unit 27. FIG. 6 shows a processing flow of the communication control unit 10 that has received the display completion notification from the Applet attached to the browser. If the above-described various processing requests are held in the holding queue 11 (S602), the held device processing request is notified to the device control unit by FIFO (first-in first-out) (S603). By using the above processing, it is possible to display a customer operation screen corresponding to the movement of the device without a time lag even when a network is interposed.

Block diagram of automated trading system Configuration of automatic transaction equipment General transaction screen transition diagram Sequence diagram of processing of embodiment Processing flow diagram of the communication control unit when a device processing request is received Processing flow diagram of the communication control unit at the time of display completion notification Device processing request data format Data format of execution result of device processing request

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Host computer, 2 ... Web application server, 3 ... Automatic transaction apparatus, 4 ... Screen content, 5 ... Customer operation screen production | generation part, 6 ... Business application, 7 ... Customer operation screen, 8 ... Browser, 9 ... Applet, 10 ... Communication control unit, 11 ... hold queue, 12 ... device control unit, 20 ... main control unit, 21 ... instruction input / output unit, 22 ... banknote deposit / withdrawal processing unit, 23 ... detail slip printing unit, 24 ... card read / write , 25 ... Passbook information input / output unit, 26 ... Communication unit, 27 ... Customer operation unit, 28 ... Banknote deposit / withdrawal mechanism, 29 ... Passbook handling mechanism, 30 ... Card handling mechanism, 31 ... Statement handling mechanism, 33 ... Flicker Lamp, 34 ... Flicker lamp, 35 ... Flicker lamp, 36 ... Flicker lamp, 38 ... Control unit, 40 ... Transaction selection screen, 41 ... Card insertion screen, 42 ... PIN No. input screen, 43 ... Payment amount input screen, 44 ... Card / detail receipt screen, 45 ... Bill receipt screen, 90 ... Device type, 91 ... Processing content, 92 ... Execution opportunity, 93 ... Execution result

Claims (8)

In an automatic transaction system having a server and an automatic transaction apparatus that executes various transactions in accordance with instructions from the server,
The automatic transaction apparatus includes an operation unit that displays a screen, a plurality of units that perform processing such as card insertion, and a control unit that controls the operation unit and the unit.
The control unit determines whether or not to process the unit after displaying a screen on the operation unit based on specific information transmitted to the server as a request based on an input to the operation unit and received from the server. An automatic transaction system characterized by that. In the automatic transaction system according to claim 1,
The control unit includes a browser that controls a screen displayed on the operation unit, and a communication control unit that receives information received from the server.
The said browser displays the screen data produced by the said server on the said operation part, The automatic transaction system characterized by the above-mentioned. In the automatic transaction system according to claim 1,
The control unit includes a browser that controls a screen displayed on the operation unit, and a communication control unit that receives information received from the server.
The communication control has an on-hold queue for holding a device processing request received from the server. In the automatic transaction system according to claim 3,
The said control part performs the process of the unit designated by the said device processing request hold | maintained in the said holding | maintenance queue based on completion of the screen display to the said browser, The automatic transaction system characterized by the above-mentioned. In the automatic transaction system according to claim 1,
The server generates a screen displayed from the operation unit based on the request received from the automatic transaction apparatus, and automatically issues a device processing request including the specific information indicating an opportunity to be executed by the unit. An automatic transaction system characterized by responding to a transaction apparatus. In the automatic transaction system according to claim 3 or 5,
The device processing request includes a device type indicating a type of one unit among the plurality of units and a processing content indicating information processed by the unit. The automatic transaction system according to claim 6,
The said control part performs the said processing content with respect to the unit designated by the said device kind, The automatic transaction system characterized by the above-mentioned. In the automatic transaction system according to claim 1,
The automatic transaction system is characterized in that the specific information is information indicating that the process of the unit is immediately executed or the process of the unit is executed after the screen display on the operation unit is completed.

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