JP2008226274A - Reception processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To unitarily manage a transaction purpose of a customer visiting a financial institute such as a bank, and to guide the customer to the optimum window. <P>SOLUTION: This reception processor has an input means for inputting all the transaction purposes for the visiting customer, a number imparting means for imparting reception numbers sequentially for the visiting customers, a guide means for guiding the customer to the window suitable for the input transaction purpose, an unmanned remote transaction machine allowing an interaction with the customer via a network, or an automatic transaction machine, and a transaction finish confirming means for confirming the finish of all the transactions in the customer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a reception processing apparatus that centrally manages the transaction purpose of customers who have visited a financial institution such as a bank and leads the customer to an optimal window or transaction apparatus.

Conventional business operations at financial institutions such as banks need to reduce as many transactions as possible at counters that require personnel, against the background of personnel reduction through management integration. For example, for operations such as opening a new account or consulting for a loan, unattended operators can exchange data with operators gathered in a transaction center via a network such as a LAN line or WAN line without going through a window. Type remote transaction devices have already been developed (see, for example, Patent Document 1), and for business that can be transacted with this unattended remote transaction device or automatic transaction device, customers are guided to these transaction devices as much as possible. It is necessary to reduce the number of transactions in Japan.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-17785 (paragraph “0010” to paragraph “0011”, FIG. 2)

  However, processing that cannot be done immediately, such as checks and bills deposited, can only be handled at a manned counter. For this reason, if a customer has a transaction purpose that is handled only at the counter, there is a transaction purpose that can be traded with an unattended remote transaction device or automatic transaction device. There was a tendency to dislike queuing back in the queue and processing all the transaction purposes at the counter. In addition, there are many customers who conduct transactions at a window for transactions with little repeatability such as opening a new account.

For this reason, even if the unattended remote transaction apparatus or automatic transaction apparatus is introduced at the counter, the transaction ratio does not fall below a certain ratio and cannot contribute to cost reduction such as personnel reduction. In addition, there is a problem that the waiting time of a customer whose transaction purpose is only payment by the above check or bill, which can be performed only at the counter, becomes long and smooth processing cannot be performed.
An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

  Therefore, the present invention provides an input processing unit that guides a customer in accordance with the transaction purpose of the customer who has visited the financial institution, input means for allowing the customer who has visited the store to input a plurality of transaction purposes, and a plurality of types used for transactions in the financial institution. Data storage means having transaction valid information for storing the execution possibility of each terminal device transaction and transaction purpose information for storing a plurality of transaction purposes input by the input means as incomplete, and a transaction to be stored as incomplete A customer guidance unit for guiding the customer to a terminal device capable of executing a purpose, and the customer guidance unit stores the transaction stored as uncompleted in the transaction purpose information and the plurality of transactions stored in the transaction valid information Checking whether or not each type of terminal device can be executed for each transaction, and conducting the customer guidance to the terminal device capable of executing an uncompleted transaction purpose by the verification And butterflies.

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to achieve reduction of manned work and to contribute to reduction of financial institution operating expenses such as personnel reduction.
Further, it is possible to smoothly guide the customer to the optimal transaction apparatus and process the transaction smoothly, and to reduce the waiting time of the customer.

  Hereinafter, the best mode of a reception processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a reception machine that registers all transaction types that the customer will perform when the customer visits the store for transaction purposes, and includes a display (not shown), transaction selection input means, and reception number output means.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a guidance display unit, which performs guidance display for instructing reception by instructing an apparatus to execute a transaction to a customer received by the reception machine 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes a monitoring server, which is an optimal device or window for executing a transaction according to the customer's transaction purpose based on the information from the receiving machine 1 and the operation status of an unmanned remote transaction apparatus, automatic transaction apparatus or window terminal described later. Is displayed on the guidance display unit 2.

  4 is an automatic transaction apparatus, and there are usually a plurality of automatic transaction apparatuses. This automatic transaction device 4 is a device capable of executing operations such as balance inquiry, deposit, withdrawal, transfer, and bankbook entry, and a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit, coin deposit / withdrawal unit, card reader / writer unit, receipt printing by a control unit (not shown). Each transaction is established by controlling a department, a passbook entry part, an operation display part, etc., and communicating with the host system 8 described later via the communication device 7- (a) and the network 10.

  Reference numeral 5 denotes an unmanned remote transaction apparatus, and there are usually a plurality of unattended remote transaction apparatuses. This unattended remote transaction device 5 is a device for opening a new account, issuing a card, consulting a loan, and making a loan contract. An operator display unit, an operator voice output unit, a customer photographing unit, a customer voice input unit, a banknote by a control unit (not shown). Controls the deposit / withdrawal unit, coin deposit / withdrawal unit, card reader / writer unit, receipt printing unit, passbook entry unit, operation display unit, etc., and the host system 8 and transaction described later via the communication device 7- (b) and the network 10 Each transaction is established by communicating with an operator concentrated in the center 9.

  6 is a window, and there are usually multiple windows. This window 6 is a terminal capable of performing all operations, and controls a bill deposit / withdrawal unit, a coin deposit / withdrawal unit, a card reader / writer unit, a receipt printing unit, a passbook entry unit, an operation display unit, etc. by a control unit (not shown). Each transaction is established by communicating with the host system 8 described later via the communication device 7-(c) and the network 10.

The host system 8 stores customer information such as customer account information and transaction history, and refers to / updates customer information based on transaction information from the automatic transaction apparatus 4, unattended remote transaction apparatus 5 and window 6.
The operation in the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a transaction valid information table. In FIG. 2, “0” indicates that the transaction is not possible, “1” indicates that the transaction is possible, and “2” indicates that the transaction is in progress.

  FIG. 3 shows transaction acceptance information, which is composed of a processing completion pointer, a queue pointer, and a transaction purpose table. FIG. 4 is an operation flow, and the operation will be described below using this flow. The transaction valid information of the automatic transaction apparatus 4, unattended remote transaction apparatus 5 and window 6 is stored in a data storage means (not shown) in the monitoring server 3 as shown in FIG. Also, the processing completion pointer, queue pointer, and transaction purpose table shown in FIG. 3 are initialized (set to 0).

  Prior to customer guidance, the monitoring server 3 confirms whether the automatic transaction apparatus 4 and the unattended remote transaction apparatus 5 are in a transactionable state, and confirms whether the window 6 is activated by the window operator (S1). . The customer who visits the store inputs all the transaction purposes that he / she wishes to trade at the reception machine 1. Thereby, the reception device 1 notifies the monitoring server 3 that there is reception. The monitoring server 3 always checks the presence / absence of this reception, and if there is no reception in the reception device 1, the process proceeds to S6 (S2). Here, the case where there is no reception refers to a case where a transaction has already been performed once or more in the transaction mode selected by the transaction mode selection subroutine described later, and a transaction mode selection described later is performed in order to further perform a transaction.

  When the reception machine 1 has a reception, the monitoring server 3 receives the transaction purpose information input by the customer from the reception machine 1, and all the automatic transaction apparatuses 4 and unattended remote transaction apparatuses 5 in the financial institution are included in the transaction purpose. Then, it is determined from the transaction valid information table shown in FIG. 2 whether there is a business that cannot be transacted at the window 6 (S3). If there are transactions that cannot be performed at all automatic transaction apparatuses 4, unattended remote transaction apparatuses 5, and counters 6 for transaction purposes, they are displayed on the display (not shown) of the accepting machine 1 and re-entered or re-entered. A store visit message or a guidance message of a financial institution capable of trading is displayed, and the process proceeds to S6 (S4).

  When it is determined that the transaction purpose can be traded by any means in the financial institution, “1” is added to the “queue final pointer” in FIG. 3, and all the transaction purposes entered in the transaction purpose table are “ “1” is set, “queue final pointer” is displayed on the reception device 1 as a reception number, printing is performed by the printing unit, and a ticket is issued (S5). Here, when the customer executes processing in the transaction form by the transaction form selection subroutine described later, the window operator of the automatic transaction apparatus 4, the unmanned remote transaction apparatus 5 or the window 6 determines whether or not all the transaction purposes are completed. If it is completed, the monitoring server 3 is notified of this.

The monitoring server 3 always checks the presence / absence of this transaction completion notification (S6). When the monitoring server 3 determines that there is a transaction completion notification, the monitoring server 3 performs the corresponding completion transaction in the transaction purpose table of the automatic transaction apparatus 4, unmanned remote transaction apparatus 5 or window 6 in the table shown in FIG. Is reset to “0” and the “processing” row is reset to “0” (S7).
In S7, the monitoring server 3 determines whether or not the transaction purpose of the customer has been completed. If not, the process proceeds to S1 (S8). It is determined whether or not all the transaction purposes of the customer have been completed. If completed, the “processing completed” line in the table shown in FIG. 3 of the customer is set to “1” (S9). Here, the check pointer used below is defined as a monitoring number that constantly monitors the reception number in order from the smallest value.

  This check pointer is set to “processing completion pointer” +1 (S10), and it is determined whether or not the “processing completion” line of the transaction purpose table indicated by the check pointer is “1”. (S11). If it is determined that the processing completion flag of the transaction purpose table indicated by the check pointer is “1”, the “processing completion pointer” is increased by “1” (S12), and whether the check pointer is equal to the “queue pointer” If they are equal, the process proceeds to S1 (S13). If they are different, the check pointer is incremented by "1" and the process proceeds to S11 (S14).

  In S6, when it is determined that there is no transaction completion notification from the automatic transaction apparatus 4, the unmanned remote transaction apparatus 5 or the window 6, the monitoring server 3 determines whether the “processing completion pointer” and the “queue pointer” are equal. If they are equal, that is, if there is no customer waiting, the process proceeds to S1 (S15). If they are different, that is, if there is a customer waiting, the check pointer is set to “processing completion pointer” +1. (S16).

  If it is not “0” with reference to the processing in-progress column of the transaction purpose table of FIG. 3 indicated by the check pointer, that is, if it is determined that the processing is in progress, the process proceeds to S19 (S17). If it is 0 ", that is, if it is determined that the transaction is not in progress, the transaction mode selection for selecting the automatic transaction apparatus 4, unattended remote transaction apparatus 5, and window 6 that can be processed for the customer's transaction purpose and guiding the customer A subroutine is executed (S18).

  Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the check pointer is equal to the “queue pointer”. If it is equal, all customers visiting the store are guided to the automatic transaction apparatus 4, the unmanned remote transaction apparatus 5 and the counter 6 as much as possible. If it is determined, the process proceeds to S1 (S19). The check pointer is incremented by 1 and the process proceeds to S17 (S20). FIG. 5 shows the transaction form selection subroutine described in the operation flow S18.

  First, the monitoring server 3 determines whether or not the check / bills transaction column handled only at the counter in the transaction purpose table pointed to by the check pointer is “1”. If it is not “1” (that is, the customer checks 2), the process proceeds to S106 (S101), and if it is “1” (that is, the customer requests a check / bills transaction), FIG. The counter 6 where the check / bill transaction is “1” (transaction possible) is searched from the indicated transaction valid information. If there is no check, the process proceeds to S106 (S102).

  At this time, if it is determined that there is a vacant window 6, all the transaction type columns in the corresponding window column of the transaction valid information shown in FIG. 2 are set to “2” (in transaction) (S103). The window number selected in S103 is set in the processing column indicated by the check pointer in FIG. 3 (S104). Thereafter, the reception number and the window number are displayed on the guidance display section, the customer is guided to the window 6 selected in S103, and the transaction form selection subroutine is terminated (S105). At this time, when the transaction is executed, the window operator of the window 6 confirms with the customer whether or not all the transaction purposes are completed, and notifies the monitoring server 3 of the transaction completion when the transaction is completed.

  At this time, it is confirmed to the customer whether or not all the transaction purposes that can be transacted at this window 6 have been completed, a transaction completion notice is sent to the monitoring server 3, and the corresponding transaction is reset to “0” (see S6 and S7). .) The window 6 has been described so far as all transaction types can be traded, but the present invention can be implemented even when there is a transaction purpose that cannot be traded at the window 6. Therefore, if there is still a transaction purpose that cannot be traded at this window 6 and all the transaction purposes have not been completed, the customer checks the guidance display unit 2 and waits for the next guidance (see S8).

  If it is determined in S101 that there is no check / billing transaction and if it is determined in S102 that there is no vacant window 6, it can be processed by the unattended remote transaction device 5 in the transaction purpose table indicated by the check pointer If the account opening column or the loan business column is “1”, if it is not “1” (that is, the customer does not request an account opening or loan business), the process proceeds to S111 If it is “1” (that is, the customer requests an account opening or loan service), the account opening column or the loan service is “1” (from the transaction valid information shown in FIG. 2). The unattended remote transaction apparatus 5 that can be traded is searched for, and if not, the process proceeds to S111 (S107).

At this time, if it is determined that there is a vacant unmanned remote transaction apparatus 5, all the transaction type columns in the corresponding unattended remote transaction apparatus column of the transaction valid information shown in FIG. 2 are “2” (in transaction). (S108), the unattended remote transaction apparatus number selected in S108 is set in the processing column indicated by the check pointer in FIG. 3 (S109).
Thereafter, the reception number and the unmanned remote transaction apparatus number are displayed on the guidance display unit 2, the customer is guided to the unmanned remote transaction apparatus 5 selected in S108, and the transaction form selection subroutine is terminated (S110). At this time, it is confirmed to the customer whether or not all the transaction purposes that can be transacted with this unattended remote transaction apparatus 5 have been completed, a transaction completion notification is sent to the monitoring server 3 and the transaction is reset to “0” ( (See S6 and S7.)

  If there is still a transaction purpose that cannot be transacted with this unattended remote transaction device 5 and all the transaction purposes have not been completed, the customer confirms the guidance display unit 2 and waits for the next guidance (see S8). If it is determined in S106 that there is no account opening or loan consultation for the customer's transaction purpose, or if it is determined in S107 that there is no vacant unattended remote transaction device 5, the transaction type for the transaction purpose indicated by the check pointer 2 is searched from the transaction valid information in FIG. 2 if there is no corresponding automatic transaction apparatus 4, and the transaction form selection subroutine is terminated (S111), If there is a corresponding automatic transaction apparatus 4, all transaction type columns in the corresponding automatic transaction apparatus column of the transaction valid information shown in FIG. 2 are set to “2” (in transaction) (S112), The automatic transaction apparatus number selected in S112 is set in the processing column indicated by the check pointer (S113).

  Thereafter, the reception number and the automatic transaction apparatus number are displayed on the guidance display unit, the customer is guided to the automatic transaction apparatus 4 selected in S112, and the transaction form selection subroutine is terminated (S114). At this time, it is confirmed to the customer whether or not all transaction purposes that can be transacted with the automatic transaction apparatus 4 have been completed, a transaction completion notification is sent to the monitoring server 3, and the corresponding transaction is reset to "0" (S6, (See S7).

If the customer still has a transaction purpose that cannot be transacted with the automatic transaction apparatus 4 and has not completed all the transaction purposes, the customer confirms the guidance display unit 2 and waits for the next guidance (see S8).
As described above, according to the present invention as described above, the customer's transaction purpose is centrally managed, and the customer can always keep track of the handling operation and current usage status at the window, unmanned remote transaction device and automatic transaction device. It is possible to guide the optimum transaction apparatus to process the transaction smoothly, and to reduce the waiting time of the customer.

  In addition, since only customers who need transactions at the counter are guided to the counter, and other operations are not performed at the counter, reductions in manned operations can be achieved, and financial institution operating expenses such as personnel reductions can be achieved. Can be reduced. Furthermore, by monitoring the customers in the order of reception and guiding them to an appropriate device, it is possible to wait for a fair order and improve customer convenience.

Schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention Transaction valid information table showing an embodiment of the present invention Transaction acceptance information showing an embodiment of the present invention Operation flow showing an embodiment of the present invention Transaction form selection subroutine showing an embodiment of the present invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reception machine 2 Guidance display part 3 Monitoring server 4 Automatic transaction apparatus 5 Unattended remote transaction apparatus 6 Counter 7 Communication apparatus 8 Host system 9 Transaction center 10 Network

Claims (5)

In the reception processing device that guides the customer according to the transaction purpose of the customer who visited the financial institution,
An input means that allows a customer who visits the store to input multiple transaction purposes;
Data storage means having transaction valid information for storing whether or not each type of terminal device used for transactions in a financial institution can be executed and transaction purpose information for storing a plurality of transaction purposes input by the input means as incomplete ,
Providing customer guidance means for guiding the customer to a terminal device capable of executing the transaction purpose stored as incomplete,
The customer guidance means collates the transaction stored as uncompleted in the transaction purpose information with the feasibility for each transaction of the plurality of types of terminal devices stored in the transaction valid information, and the transaction purpose uncompleted by the comparison A reception processing device characterized in that customer guidance is performed to a terminal device capable of executing the above. In the reception processing apparatus of claim 1,
The customer guidance means collates the transaction stored as incomplete in the transaction purpose information with the feasibility for each transaction of a plurality of types of terminal devices used for the transaction in the financial institution stored in the transaction valid information. When it is detected that the transaction can be handled only by any one of the plurality of types of terminal devices, a search is made for a terminal device that can handle the transaction and does not execute the transaction from the transaction valid information. A reception processing apparatus characterized in that the customer is guided to the corresponding terminal device. In the reception processing apparatus according to claim 2,
The customer guidance means searches the terminal device that can handle the transaction from the transaction valid information and does not execute the transaction, and sets the transaction purpose that the terminal device can execute to the corresponding terminal device. An acceptance processing apparatus characterized by guiding a customer to execute the apparatus. In the acceptance processing apparatus of claim 3,
Further, a transaction purpose completion confirmation means for confirming that execution of a plurality of transaction purposes stored as incomplete in the transaction purpose information is completed,
After the customer executes the transaction purpose, the transaction purpose completion confirmation means confirms that execution of all the transaction purposes among the plurality of transaction purposes stored as incomplete in the transaction purpose information is completed, and all transactions If the purpose has not been executed, the financial institution stored again in the transaction valid information for the incomplete transaction purpose is collated with the feasibility for each transaction of a plurality of types of terminal devices used for the transaction. A reception processing device characterized in that customer guidance is performed to a terminal device capable of executing the transaction purpose. In the reception processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The reception processing apparatus, wherein the plurality of types of terminal devices are transaction devices that exchange with customers via a window terminal and a network.

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