JP2012221336A - Membership certificate issuing system, membership certificate issuing device and membership certificate issuing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a membership certificate issuing system for protecting personal information, and for issuing a membership certificate without sending it.SOLUTION: In a membership certificate issuing system 5, a membership certificate issuing device 1 includes: an input part 14 for accepting a predetermined operation by a user: a two-dimensional code output part 15 for outputting a code including access destination information to an information management device 2 and specification information to specify the membership certificate issuing device 1 in response to a predetermined operation in the input part 14; and a membership certificate issuing part 16 for issuing a membership certificate. The information management device 2 includes: a registration part 231 configured so as to be accessed on the basis of access destination information included in the code from a portable telephone set 3 which has read the code, and to register predetermined information relating to a user input from the portable telephone set 3; and an instruction part 232 configured to transmit an instruction to issue a membership certificate based on the information registered by the registration part 231 via a communication network 4 to the membership certificate issuing device 1 to be specified on the basis of the specification information.

Description

The present invention relates to a membership card issuing system, a membership card issuing device, and a membership card issuing method that are suitable for use when a user operates a member to issue a membership card.

A conventional mechanism for registering member information in issuing a membership card is generally a method in which a store clerk hands over a membership card registration form to a customer and the customer fills in the contents. For this reason, there has been a problem in terms of work efficiency, such as a decrease in the cashier turnover rate, in order to deal with customers who register as members.
In addition, there was a problem from the viewpoint of thorough protection of personal information because the part-time job etc. was required to perform registration work.

On the other hand, there is a system in which personal information for registration is input using a mobile phone or the like (see Patent Document 1). In the automatic contract system described in Patent Document 1,
A dedicated application is executed on the mobile phone, and personal information is registered on the application. In Patent Document 1, a two-dimensional code reading unit of a mobile phone is used, and a user-dedicated URL (Uniform Reso) is used using a browser unit of the mobile phone.
A configuration is described in which a membership card such as a sent cash card is validated by accessing (urce Locator).

JP 2008-305293 A

However, in the system described in Patent Document 1, the issued membership card needs to be sent to the user, and the membership card needs to be validated after being sent.
Therefore, it takes a certain time before the membership card can be used.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and can protect personal information and issue a membership card issuing system, membership card issuing device, and membership card issuing method capable of issuing without sending a membership card. The purpose is to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, a membership card issuing system of the present invention is a membership card issuing system in which a membership card issuing device and an information management device are connected via a communication network, wherein the membership card issuing device Includes an input unit that accepts a predetermined operation by a user, access destination information to the information management device, and specific information that identifies the membership card issuing device in accordance with the predetermined operation at the input unit An output unit that outputs a code, and an issuing unit that issues a membership card when receiving an instruction to issue a membership card, wherein the information management device reads the code from the information terminal A registration unit that registers predetermined information related to a user that is accessed based on the access destination information included in the code and is input from the information terminal, and the code that is read by the information terminal An instruction to transmit, via the communication network, an instruction to issue a membership card based on the information registered by the registration unit to the membership card issuing device specified based on the specified information included And a section.

According to the membership card issuing system of the present invention, based on the code output from the membership card issuing device, the user registers predetermined information about the user in the membership card issuing device using the information terminal used by the user. Can do. Therefore, the membership card issuing system can protect the personal information of the user. Furthermore, the membership card issuing device transmits an instruction to issue a membership card based on the registered information to the membership card issuing device specified based on the code via the communication network. The membership card issuing device issues a membership card based on the instruction. This
The membership card issuance system can issue a membership card without sending the membership card.

In the membership card issuing system, the output unit outputs the code when:
The code is preferably printed on a medium and output.
Accordingly, in the present invention, the user can obtain the code in a format printed on the medium. Therefore, the user can freely handle the printed code.

In the membership card issuing system, the output unit outputs the code when:
It is preferable that the code is printed on a medium and outputted, and privilege information is printed and outputted.
Thereby, in this invention, while being able to acquire a code | cord | chord with the format printed on the medium, the user can acquire privilege information.

In the membership card issuing system, the code includes time information indicating a time when the code is output, and the instruction unit is included in the code read by the information terminal. When the elapsed time from the time information is within a predetermined time, it is preferable to instruct the membership card issuing device to issue the membership card.
Accordingly, in the present invention, when the elapsed time from the output of the code is within a predetermined time, the instruction unit instructs the membership card issuing device to issue the membership card. The membership card issuing device issues a membership card based on the instruction. Therefore, when a membership card is issued, it is possible to prevent others from receiving the member's membership card.

In the membership card issuing system, the issuing unit receives an instruction to issue the membership card from the instruction unit, and the information terminal is closer than a predetermined distance from the own membership card issuing device. In this case, it is preferable to issue the membership card.
Accordingly, in the present invention, the issuing unit of the membership card issuing device issues a membership card when the information terminal is closer than a predetermined distance from the own membership card issuing device. Therefore, when a membership card is issued, it is possible to prevent others from receiving the member's membership card.

Further, in the membership card issuing system, the issuing unit receives the instruction to issue the membership card from the instruction unit, and is instructed to issue the membership card from the information terminal. It is preferable to issue a certificate.
Thus, in the present invention, the issuing unit of the membership card issuing device issues the membership card at the timing when the user instructs to issue the membership card using the information terminal. Therefore, when a membership card is issued, it is possible to prevent others from receiving the member's membership card.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a membership card issuing device according to the present invention includes an input unit that receives a predetermined operation by a user, and a connection to the information management device according to a predetermined operation at the input unit. Based on the access destination information included in the code, an output unit that outputs a code including access destination information and specific information for specifying the membership card issuing device, and an information terminal that has read the code The membership card issuing device specified based on the specific information included in the code read by the information terminal, registering predetermined information about the user input from the information terminal An issuing unit that issues a membership card when receiving an instruction to issue a membership card from an information management device that transmits an instruction to issue a membership card based on the registered information , In which it comprises a.

In order to solve the above problems, a membership card issuing method according to the present invention is a membership card issuing method used in a membership card issuing system in which a membership card issuing device and an information management device are connected via a communication network. The membership card issuing device receives an input procedure for accepting a predetermined operation by a user, access destination information to the information management device according to the predetermined operation in the input procedure, and the membership card issuance An output procedure for outputting a code including specific information for identifying a device;
An issuance procedure for issuing a membership card when receiving an instruction to issue a membership card,
Registration procedure in which the information management apparatus is accessed from the information terminal that has read the code based on the access destination information included in the code and registers predetermined information about the user input from the information terminal And issuing a membership card based on the information registered by the registration procedure to the membership card issuing device specified based on the specific information included in the code read by the information terminal. An instruction procedure for transmitting the instruction via the communication network.

It is a block diagram for describing one embodiment of the present invention. It is an external view which shows typically the structural example of the membership card issuing apparatus 1 of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the data managed by the member information database 24 of FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of operations of a membership card issuing device 1, an information management device 2, and a mobile phone 3 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display in the membership card issuing apparatus 1b of FIG.2 (b). It is a figure which shows the example of an output of the two-dimensional code output part 15 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the page for registration by the browser part 31 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the registration result by the browser part 31 of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the reception content of the determination result by the electronic mail part 32 of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of printing of the membership card 161 of FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another operation example of the membership card issuing device 1, the information management device 2, and the mobile phone 3 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the page for issue directions by the browser part of FIG.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a membership card issuing system according to the present invention. A membership card issuing system 5 shown in FIG. 1 includes a membership card issuing device 1, an information management device 2, a mobile phone 3 (information terminal), and a communication network 4. FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration. For example, the membership card issuing device 1, the information management device 2, and the mobile phone 3 may be plural in number.
The communication network 4 is a network including a mobile phone network, a public data communication network, the Internet, a local area network, and the like.

The membership card issuing device 1 includes a control unit 11, a clock unit 12, a communication unit 13, an input unit 14, a two-dimensional code output unit 15 (output unit), and a membership card issuing unit 16 (issuing unit). . The control unit 11 includes a CPU (central processing unit), a storage device, and the like, and controls each unit in the membership card issuing device 1 by executing a predetermined program stored in the storage device. The clock unit 12 includes a predetermined oscillation circuit and the like, and outputs a numerical value corresponding to year / month / day / hour / minute / second. The communication unit 13 transmits and receives data instructed from the control unit 11 to and from the information management device 2 via the communication network 4. The input unit 14 includes an operator for receiving a predetermined operation by the user. The two-dimensional code output unit 15 is a QR code (registered trademark).
A two-dimensional code (code) such as a character, a symbol, a symbol, an image, or the like is output by printing or output by displaying on a screen. The membership card issuing unit 16 prints the contents instructed from the information management apparatus 2 using a predetermined membership card printing sheet.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of the membership card issuing device 1 shown in FIG. FIG. 2 (a)
The front view as an example of the membership card issuing apparatus 1 in the case of not having a monitor is shown.
FIG. 2B shows a front view as an example of the membership card issuing device 1 in the case of having a monitor. Hereinafter, the membership card issuing device 1 without the monitor will be referred to as a membership card issuing device 1a, and the membership card issuing device 1 with the monitor will be referred to as a membership card issuing device 1b. The membership card issuing devices 1a and 1b and the input units 14a and 1b shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b).
4b, and two-dimensional code output units 15a and 15b, the membership card issuing device 1 shown in FIG.
Each corresponds to the input unit 14 and the two-dimensional code output unit 15.

The membership card issuing device 1a shown in FIG. 2A has an input unit 1 having a push button as an operator on the front.
4a and a printing device 15a that prints and discharges a two-dimensional code or the like on a predetermined printing paper 151. In addition, a membership card issuing unit 16 that prints and issues a membership card 161 is provided on the side surface.

The membership card issuing device 1b shown in FIG. 2B includes a two-dimensional code output unit 15b configured using a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and a detection device that detects contact with the display device, etc. And an input unit 14b configured to be used. The two-dimensional code output unit 15
b and the input part 14b may be comprised integrally by the touchscreen. In addition, a membership card issuing unit 16 that prints the membership card 161 is provided at the lower part of the side surface.

As described above, the input unit 14 receives a predetermined operation by the user. The two-dimensional code output unit 15 outputs a two-dimensional code including access destination information to the information management device 2 and specific information for specifying the membership card issuing device 1 in accordance with a predetermined operation at the input unit 14. . In addition, when outputting a two-dimensional code, the two-dimensional code output unit 15 prints and outputs the two-dimensional code on a medium such as paper. In addition, when outputting a two-dimensional code, the two-dimensional code output unit 15 prints and outputs the two-dimensional code on a medium, and prints and outputs privilege information. The membership card issuing unit 16 issues the membership card 161 when receiving an instruction to issue the membership card 161.

On the other hand, the information management device 2 shown in FIG. 1 includes a computer including a CPU, a storage device, and the like.
The peripheral device includes a mail server 21, a web server 22, a membership card issuing device controller 23, a membership information database 24, and a membership card issuing device database 25. Implement each function. The mail server 21 receives an e-mail addressed to a predetermined domain assigned to the information management apparatus 2, or transmits an e-mail transmitted from a program executed in the information management apparatus 2 to another domain. It has the function to do. The web server 22 has a function of transmitting and receiving text data, image data, audio data, and the like according to a predetermined protocol with a browser connected via the communication network 4. The membership card issuing device controller 23 is connected to the membership card issuing device 1 via the communication network 4 and instructs the membership card issuing unit 16 to print the membership card.
The member information database 24 includes a file for managing registration information of a plurality of members and a function for accessing the file. In the member information database 24, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, data such as a member number, name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and membership card issuance date are registered for each member. The membership card issuing device database 25 manages the installation position and the operating state of the plurality of membership card issuing devices 1 in association with the membership card issuing device identification numbers assigned to the membership card issuing devices 1. It consists of a file and an access function to that file.

The membership card issuing device control unit 23 described above includes a registration unit 231 and an instruction unit 232. The registration unit 231 is accessed based on the access destination information included in the two-dimensional code from the mobile phone 3 that has read the two-dimensional code, and stores predetermined information regarding the user input from the mobile phone 3 in the member information database. 24. The instruction unit 232 sends a membership card based on the information registered by the registration unit 231 to the membership card issuing device 1 specified based on the specific information included in the two-dimensional code read by the mobile phone 3. An instruction to issue 161 is transmitted via the communication network 4.

The mobile phone 3 includes a CPU, a storage device, a communication unit, a display unit, an input unit, an imaging unit, a voice input / output unit, and the like. The mobile phone 3 executes a predetermined program by an internal CPU, so that, in addition to a call function (not shown), the browser unit 31, the e-mail unit 32, and the two-dimensional code reading unit 33 used in the present embodiment. To realize.
The browser unit 31 accesses, for example, a predetermined file in the web server 22 designated by a predetermined URL via the communication network 4, browses a web page, and inputs data. The e-mail unit 32 transmits and receives e-mails via the communication network 4. The two-dimensional code reading unit 33 images a two-dimensional code via the imaging unit, and decodes and acquires information included in the captured two-dimensional code.

Next, an operation example of the membership card issuing system 5 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Now, if the user instructs the input unit 14 to execute a membership card issuing procedure by performing a predetermined operation (step S1), the membership card issuing device 1 uses the two-dimensional code output unit 15 to perform a predetermined operation. Is output (step S2). The two-dimensional code output here indicates the e-mail address of the mail server 21. At that time, the e-mail address is, for example, “mailto: (local part of predetermined content) @ (domain)”
It is described in the format. The domain is a name corresponding to an IP (Internet Protocol) address, and is identification information that identifies the mail server 21 of the information management apparatus 2 in the communication network 4. In addition, the local part having a predetermined content includes a “membership card issuing device identification number” corresponding to each membership card issuing device 1 and time information corresponding to the time when the input unit 14 is operated (or when a two-dimensional code is output). “Year / Month / Date / Time / Minute / Second”). That is, the e-mail address indicated by the two-dimensional code can include information specifying the membership card issuing device 1 and time information at the time of two-dimensional code printing in the local part. By doing so, the mail server 21 of the information management device 2 receives the e-mail addressed to the e-mail address, so that the membership card issuing device 1 operated by the user and the operation time can be specified. Become. Note that the character string of the local part may be encrypted. In this case, the information management apparatus 2 side performs a predetermined process for decoding.

The instruction operation by the user in step S1 can be performed as follows.
That is, in the membership card issuing apparatus 1a without the monitor shown in FIG. 2A, the user can perform an instruction operation by pressing the input unit 14a with a finger, for example. In the membership card issuing apparatus 1b having the monitor shown in FIG. 2B, the user can perform an instruction operation by touching the touch area 102 on the screen 101 as shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, a screen 101 is display information displayed on a display device such as a touch panel provided in the membership card issuing device 1b shown in FIG. Further, in FIG.
Is a detection device such as a touch panel provided in the membership card issuing device 1b shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an output example in step S2 by the two-dimensional code output unit 15a of FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 6, character information 104 indicating a procedure using a two-dimensional code, a two-dimensional code 105, and privilege information 106 when a member is registered are printed on a printed output paper piece 103 (medium). Yes. In this case, the text information 104 is “Please apply for membership card issuance. Please read the 2D code with a mobile phone etc. and send a blank e-mail.”
Is the character information. Further, the privilege information 106 is text information that “the person who has registered as a member will receive a XX% discount on the next usage fee.”

Here, the procedure using the two-dimensional code is to transmit a blank mail (an electronic mail not described in the subject and text) using the electronic mail address indicated by the two-dimensional code as a transmission address. The privilege information 106 is, for example, discount information at the first use after member registration, and is information that a user can obtain by registering as a member. The privilege information 106 may be information that motivates the user to register as a member.

Note that the printed output paper piece 103 can be received by the user and taken home, for example. On the other hand, the two-dimensional code output unit 15b shown in FIG. 2B can output (= display in this case) by displaying the same contents as those shown in FIG. However, the two-dimensional code 105 includes time information at the time of output. Therefore, when the two-dimensional code output unit 15b made of a liquid crystal display or the like is used, the two-dimensional code 105 is used.
The image is updated every predetermined time, or another screen on which the two-dimensional code is not displayed as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed again after a predetermined time has elapsed.

Returning to the description of FIG. 4, after the two-dimensional code is output in step S <b> 2, the user uses the two-dimensional code reading unit 33 of the mobile phone 3 to read the two-dimensional code 105 as shown in FIG. 6. Reading is performed (step S3). Next, the user transmits the e-mail by designating the e-mail address read in step S3 as a transmission destination using the e-mail unit 32 (step S4). Here, since the two-dimensional code read in step S3 includes an e-mail address addressed to the mail server 21 of the information management apparatus 2, step S4 is performed.
The e-mail transmitted at is received by the information management device 2. In addition, since the e-mail address assigned to the mobile phone 3 is set as the transmission source of the e-mail transmitted in step S4, the information management apparatus 2 receives the e-mail and receives the e-mail address. Know your email address.

Next, the membership card issuing device controller 23 of the information management device 2 confirms whether or not the transmission source address of the received e-mail has been registered in the member information database 24 (step S5).
). After the process of step S5, if it is confirmed that the registration has been completed, the process proceeds to step S18. If the registration has not been completed, the process proceeds to step S6.

If the user's e-mail address has not been registered (in the case of “no” in step S5), the membership card issuing device control unit 23 displays the member information registration page in the web server 22 for the user only. A URL or a URL added with predetermined additional information is assigned, and the assigned URL or URL added with predetermined additional information is transmitted (returned) to the user's e-mail address as access destination information (step). S6). This access destination information includes information indicating the member information registration address that the web server 22 of the information management apparatus 2 has as an access destination. The e-mail transmitted in step S6 is received by the user's mobile phone 3.

Next, the user uses the browser unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 to connect to the web server 22 of the information management apparatus 2 that is the access destination described in the received e-mail (step S7). The web server 22 of the information management device 2 transmits information representing the member information registration page to the user's mobile phone 3 (step S8). The user uses the browser unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 to display a member information registration page on the browser and inputs information such as name, postal code, address, and telephone number (step S9). FIG. 7 shows a display example 301 of a member information registration page by the browser unit 31. Here, as an example, a name, a postal code, an address, and a telephone number are input. For example, the user can use the mobile phone 3
By clicking the registration button 302 using the browser unit 31, the input content is transmitted to the web server 22. The registration unit 231 of the membership card issuing apparatus control unit 23 confirms the input contents by the user, and the information input when the user conforms to a predetermined format is added to the member information database 24 together with the user's e-mail address information. (Step S1
0).

Next, information indicating the registration result of the member information is transmitted from the web server 22 to the user's mobile phone 3 (step S11), and the registration result is displayed via the browser unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 (step S11). S12). FIG. 8 shows a display example 303 of the member information registration result by the browser unit 31. The display example 303 shown in FIG. 8 includes a description indicating the registration result and a description indicating that it is necessary to output a two-dimensional code and send a blank e-mail again when the membership card is printed. Yes. In the example shown in Figure 8, “Membership registration is complete. "Because a membership card will be issued, first press the" Procedure "button on the membership card issuing device.
”, And“ Next, please send a blank email once you read the 2D code.
Each character information is displayed.

Next, if the user instructs the input unit 14 to execute a predetermined operation by performing a predetermined operation (step S13), the two-dimensional code output unit 15 of the membership card issuing device 1 is instructed.
Outputs a two-dimensional code having the same content as that output in step S2 (step S1).
4). That is, as described above, the two-dimensional code output here includes the information management device 2.
An email address with a domain of is included. The local part of the e-mail address corresponds to the “membership card issuing device identification number” corresponding to the membership card issuing device 1 and the time when the input unit 14 is operated (or when the two-dimensional code is output). Time information (
"Year / Month / Day / Time / Minute / Second”) is included.

After the two-dimensional code is output, the user can read the two-dimensional code reading unit 33 of the mobile phone 3.
Is used to read the output two-dimensional code (step S15). Next, the user designates the e-mail address read in step S15 as the transmission destination using the e-mail unit 32, and transmits the e-mail (step S16). Since the two-dimensional code read in step S15 includes an e-mail address addressed to the mail server 21 of the information management apparatus 2, the e-mail transmitted in step S16 is received by the information management apparatus 2. In addition, an e-mail address assigned to the mobile phone 3 is set as the transmission source of the e-mail transmitted in step S16. Therefore, in the information management apparatus 2 that has received the e-mail transmitted in step S16, the e-mail address of the user who sent the e-mail and the number of the membership card issuing apparatus 1 that has output the two-dimensional code in step S14. When,
You can know the output time.

Next, the membership card issuing device controller 23 of the information management device 2 confirms whether or not the transmission source address of the received e-mail has been registered in the member information database 24 (step S1).
7). After the process of step S17, if it is confirmed that it has been registered, step S1
The process proceeds to step S8, and if not registered, the process proceeds to step S6. Further, the membership card issuing device control unit 23 outputs the two-dimensional code including the electronic mail address based on the contents of the local part of the transmission destination address of the electronic mail transmitted in step S16; Recognizes the output time of the two-dimensional code.

When the user's e-mail address has been registered (in the case of “yes” in step S17), the membership card issuing device control unit 23 performs a predetermined operation on the input unit 14 in step S13 (or in step S14). It is determined whether the time from the output of the two-dimensional code to the reception of the electronic mail transmitted in step S16 is within a predetermined time (step S18). That is, the membership card issuing device control unit 23 receives the input unit 14 in step S13.
Whether the time from the predetermined operation in step S4 to the access to the access destination (that is, the information management device 2) using the access destination information included in the two-dimensional code output in step S14 is within the predetermined time. Determine whether. The predetermined time is the number of installed membership card issuing devices 1,
It can be determined as appropriate depending on the frequency of use, the number and amount of information to be registered, etc. (For example, it may be a value of about several tens of seconds).

If the membership card issuing device control unit 23 determines that it is within the predetermined time in step S18,
Membership card issuing device 1 recognized from the destination address of the e-mail sent in step S16
An instruction indicating that a membership card is issued is transmitted (step S19). At this time, the access destination information such as the IP address of the membership card issuing device 1 is obtained based on the membership card issuing device identification number recognized by the membership card issuing device control unit 23 from the destination address of the e-mail, for example. It can be acquired by referring to the issuing device database 25. Note that the instruction to the membership card issuing device 1 by the membership card issuing device control unit 23 in step S19 may include an instruction regarding the print contents of the membership card. That is, for example, when information on each member such as a user name and a membership number is printed on the membership card, data representing the contents is also transmitted to the membership card issuing apparatus 1.

Next, the membership card issuing device control unit 23 returns an e-mail describing information indicating the determination result in step S18 to the user's mobile phone 3 (step S20). Step S
In 20, as information indicating the determination result, 1) If it is within a predetermined time, information indicating that a membership card issuance instruction has been issued, and 2) If the predetermined time has been exceeded, the operation is repeated because the time is exceeded. Is notified that information is required.

FIG. 9 shows a display example 304 when the e-mail transmitted in step S20 is displayed on the mobile phone 3. The display example 304 shown in FIG. 9 includes a description indicating that a membership card issuance instruction has been sent to the membership card issuing apparatus 1, a description requesting not to leave the membership card issuing apparatus 1, and the like. It is. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the text information “I will issue a membership card from the membership card issuing device. Please wait in front of the membership card issuing device for a while. Please be careful not to forget your membership card” is included. ing.

If it is determined in step S18 that it is not within the predetermined time, for example, the input unit 1
An electronic device describing that the membership card could not be issued because the time from the operation 4 to receiving the e-mail at the information management device 2 was longer than a predetermined time, and that the operation from step S13 was requested again An e-mail is transmitted to the mobile phone 3.

On the other hand, the membership card issuing apparatus 1 prints the content instructed by the membership card issuing unit 16 according to the instruction from the control unit 11 when the communication unit 13 receives the instruction transmitted in step S19 (step S21). FIG. 10 shows a print example of the membership card 161. In the example shown in FIG. 10, the member number, name, date of issue, etc. are printed. The process of step S21 is performed only when “yes” is set in step 18 and an issue instruction is issued in step S19.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the two-dimensional code output unit 15 of the membership card issuing apparatus 1 outputs a two-dimensional code representing access destination information. Then, in the information management apparatus 2 that is a predetermined access destination accessed using the electronic mail address (access destination information) represented by the two-dimensional code, predetermined information about the user is registered via the mobile phone 3. The As described above, the information management apparatus is configured such that the user reads the two-dimensional code by using the mobile phone 3 and transmits an e-mail with a predetermined e-mail address as a destination (that is, accesses a predetermined access destination). 2 can transmit information indicating an access destination for registration. Then, by accessing the registration access destination using the browser unit 31, the user himself / herself can register predetermined information about the user. Therefore, the membership card issuing system 5 can protect the personal information of the user when registering the predetermined information about the user.

Furthermore, the information management device 2 transmits an instruction to issue a membership card based on the registered information to the membership card issuing device 1 specified based on the membership card issuing device code via the communication network 4. To do. Then, the membership card issuing device 1 issues a membership card based on the instruction. here,
A membership card issuing unit 16 for printing the membership card is provided in the membership card issuing apparatus 1. Therefore, the membership card issuing system 5 can print the membership card corresponding to the registered information and issue it directly to the user. That is, the membership card issuing system 5 can protect the personal information of the user and can issue the membership card immediately without sending the membership card.

Further, the two-dimensional code includes time information indicating the time when the two-dimensional code is output, and the instruction unit 232 reads from the time information included in the two-dimensional code read by the mobile phone 3. When the elapsed time is within a predetermined time, the membership card 1 is issued to the membership card issuing device 1.
61 issuance is instructed. That is, when issuing the membership card, the information management device 2 indicates that the time from the predetermined operation on the input unit 14 to the access to the access destination using the access destination information is within the predetermined time. The membership card is issued as a condition for transmitting an instruction for printing the membership card from the instruction unit 232 (step S19) of the device controller 23 to the membership card issuing unit 16 of the membership card issuing device 1. Therefore, when printing a membership card, it is ensured that the person does not leave the front of the membership card issuing unit 16 of the membership card issuing apparatus 1 at least for the predetermined time, so that the other person receives the member's membership card. Can be prevented.

In the above configuration, the access to the information management device 2 using the two-dimensional code is performed during registration by the registration unit 231 (step S10) of the membership card issuing device control unit 23, and the membership card issuing device control unit 23. This is performed at least twice (steps S1 to S4 and steps S13 to S16) corresponding to the issue instruction by the instruction unit 232 (step S19). That is, when the membership card issuing unit 16 receives an instruction to issue the membership card 161 from the instruction unit 232 and is instructed to issue the membership card 161 from the mobile phone 3, the membership card 1
61 has been issued. Therefore, for example, after the two-dimensional code is output in step S2,
Even when the user has left the front of the membership card issuing device 1 and performed an input operation of membership information at a remote location, the membership card is printed before the second two-dimensional code is output. Therefore, the membership card is never printed after the user leaves the front of the membership card issuing device 1. As a result, it is possible to prevent others from receiving the member's membership card.

Further, for example, it is possible to cope with a situation in which a plurality of users who wish to register as members are waiting in line in front of the membership card issuing device 1. That is, in such a situation, for example, after the first two-dimensional code output operation (or screen output and reading of a two-dimensional code) of a certain user, the next user two-dimensional code output (or 2). Screen output and reading of dimension code)
It is conceivable that the operation is performed continuously. However, in this embodiment, the user is identified both at the time of registration and at the time of issuance using the source address of the e-mail. Therefore, even if operations at the time of registration and issue by different users are mixed, the contents of the users and the operations are not confused. As a result, it is possible to prevent others from receiving the member's membership card.

In the above-described embodiment, the following modifications are possible. For example, step S9
In the registration of user information in ~ S10, not only character information but also information such as image information and image analysis results may be registered. Examples of image information and analysis results include, for example:
The user's identification card, the captured image of the identity confirmation document, the feature amount of the user's face, and the like can be considered.

In the above embodiment, two-dimensional code output and access by a mobile phone using the two-time code are performed twice at the time of registration and at the time of issuance. However, until the membership card is printed after the first output. In the meantime, if it can be confirmed that the user is not away from the front of the membership card issuing device 1, it can be made only once at the time of registration and at the time of issuance. As a confirmation method, for example, an imaging device or the like is provided in the membership card issuing device 1, and it is confirmed that the user is continuously in front of the membership card issuing device 1 while performing face recognition of the user. I think that. That is, it is conceivable to determine whether a user who uses the mobile phone 3 is closer than a predetermined distance from the self-membership card issuing device 1.
In this case, the membership card issuing unit 16 issues an instruction to issue the membership card 161 to the instruction unit 232.
When the mobile phone 3 is closer than the predetermined distance from the self-membership card issuing device 1, the membership card 161 is issued. Even in this way, it is possible to prevent others from receiving the member's membership card.

The determination as to whether the mobile phone 3 is closer than a predetermined distance from the self-membership card issuing device 1 may be made as follows. First, the mobile phone 3 is a GPS (Global P
ositioning system). Then, the position detected by the position detecting device is transmitted from the mobile phone 3 to the membership card issuing device 1. The membership card issuing device 1 includes the position of the self-membership card issuing device 1 detected in advance and the received mobile phone 3
When the distance between the mobile phone 3 is smaller than a predetermined distance, it is determined that the mobile phone 3 is closer than the predetermined distance from the self-membership card issuing device 1.
Also in this case, the membership card issuing unit 16 issues an instruction to issue the membership card 161 to the instruction unit 23.
2, and when the mobile phone 3 is closer than the predetermined distance from the self-membership card issuing device 1, the membership card 161 is issued. Even in this way, it is possible to prevent others from receiving the member's membership card.

Next, another example of the operation of the membership card issuing system 5 in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the process of step S1-S17 in FIG. 11 is the same as that of step S1-S17 in FIG.
This is the same as the process 17. Therefore, in the description of FIG. 11, the description of steps S1 to S17 is omitted, and only the processing of steps different from the case of FIG. 4 is described.

In the operation example shown in FIG. 11, when it is determined in step S17 that the transmission source address of the e-mail transmitted in step S16 has been registered in the member information database 24,
The access destination information of the page for printing is returned by electronic mail from the information management device 2 to the mobile phone 3 (step S22). Next, when the mobile phone 3 accesses the access destination using the browser unit 31 (step S23), information on the print page is transmitted from the information management device 2 to the mobile phone 3 (step S24). Next, the browser unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 displays a print page. On the displayed print page, when a user inputs an instruction to print a membership card, information (issue instruction) indicating that the membership card is to be printed is sent from the mobile phone 3 to the information management device 2. (Step S25). The information management apparatus 2 that has received the issue instruction issues a predetermined operation on the input unit 14 in step S13 (
Alternatively, it is determined whether the time from the output of the two-dimensional code in step S14 to the issue instruction in step S25 is within a predetermined time.

Here, as an example of the print page displayed on the browser unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 in step S25, FIG. 12 shows a display example 305 of the print page. Display example 3 in FIG.
On the page indicated as 05, “Please click the“ Issue ”button to issue a membership card. "Please wait until your membership card is issued." Each character information is included. In the case of this example, in step S25, the screen of the display example 305 is displayed on the display screen in the browser unit 31 of the mobile phone 3, and when the print button 306 is clicked on that screen, the issuing instruction is made. The information shown is transmitted to the information management device 2.

If it is determined in step S26 that the time is within the predetermined time (“y” in step S26)
In the case of “es”, a membership card issuance instruction is transmitted to the membership card issuing apparatus 1 as described with reference to FIG. 4 (step S27). Information indicating the determination result in step S26 (that is, whether or not determination is possible) is transmitted (step S28), and the determination result and the like are displayed on the browser unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 (step S29). That is, as information indicating the determination result, 1) If it is within a predetermined time, information indicating that a membership card issuance instruction has been issued, and 2) If the predetermined time is exceeded, the operation is repeated because the time is exceeded. Information indicating that it is necessary is notified. On the other hand, when an issuing instruction is issued in step S27, the membership card is printed in the membership card issuing apparatus 1 (step S30). The process of step S30 is the same as step S30.
This is performed only when “yes” is obtained at 26 and an issue instruction is issued at step S27.

In the operation example shown in FIG. 11, since the issuing instruction is explicitly issued on the display screen in the browser unit 31 of the mobile phone 3, it is considered that the forgetting to take the membership card can be further prevented.

The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above. For example, the mobile phone 3 is
It is not limited to a mobile phone, and may be a portable information terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) or a portable personal computer. In addition, the membership card issuing device 1 is provided with a voice synthesis function and the like, and a voice guidance is added as appropriate, a voice recognition function is provided, an instruction by a user is received by voice, and both functions are provided and interactive. It is also possible to proceed with the process while confirming the user's instruction.

The two-dimensional code output unit 15 is not limited to outputting a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark), and may output a code in an arbitrary format such as a one-dimensional barcode. .

In the above description, the case where the access destination information included in the two-dimensional code is in the form of an e-mail address that identifies the information management device 2 has been described. The format of the URL to identify may be sufficient. For example, this UR
L may be a URL indicating an address for member information registration possessed by the web server 22 of the information management apparatus 2.

Moreover, the membership card issuing device 1b shown in FIG. 2B may include a two-dimensional code output unit 15a provided in the membership card issuing device 1a shown in FIG. In this case, FIG.
The membership card issuing device 1b shown in b) not only displays the two-dimensional code on the display device,
You may make it print on the printed output paper piece 103. FIG.

Further, the discount information is not necessarily printed on the printed output paper piece 103. For example, the information management device 2 transmits an instruction to issue the membership card 161 to the membership card issuing device 1 via the communication network 4 and discount information is transmitted to the mobile phone 3 via the communication network 4 in the form of electronic data. You may send it.

The membership card 161 described above may be a membership card used in a video rental shop, fitness club, tavern, convenience store, etc., or a membership card as a bank card used in a bank or the like. It may be a membership card as a card. When the membership card 161 is a bank card or a credit card, the information management device 2 may inquire whether registration is possible at the stage of registering the user in the authentication server corresponding to the bank card or credit card. Good.
In addition, the membership card 161 is not limited to a membership card in which the member information is printed by text information, but may be a membership card in which the member information is written by a one-dimensional barcode or a two-dimensional code. Alternatively, it may be a membership card in which member information is written as electronic information. In this case, the membership card issuing unit 16 issues a membership card 161 according to each format.

1 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is stored in the computer system. The membership card issuing apparatus 1 or the information management apparatus 2 shown in FIG. The functions of each unit included in the membership card issuing device 1 or the information management device 2 may be executed by reading and executing. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. “Computer-readable recording medium”
Is a program that dynamically holds a program for a short time, such as a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Such a volatile memory inside a computer system as described above includes a program that holds a program for a certain period of time. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes design and the like within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Membership card issuing apparatus, 2 ... Information management apparatus, 3 ... Mobile telephone (information terminal), 4 ... Communication network, 5
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS: Membership card issuing system, 11: control unit, 14: input unit, 15: two-dimensional code output unit (output unit), 15a ... printing device, 16 ... membership card issuing unit (issuing unit), 21 ... mail server, 22
... Web server, 23 ... Membership card issuing device controller, 24 ... Member information database, 25 ...
Membership card issuing device database 161 ... membership card 231 ... registration part 232 ... instruction part

Claims (8)

A membership card issuing system in which a membership card issuing device and an information management device are connected via a communication network,
The membership card issuing device is
An input unit for receiving a predetermined operation by the user;
In response to a predetermined operation at the input unit, an output unit that outputs a code including access destination information to the information management device and specific information for specifying the membership card issuing device;
When receiving an instruction to issue a membership card,
With
The information management device is
A registration unit for registering predetermined information related to a user that is accessed from the information terminal that is read from the information terminal and is input based on the access destination information included in the code;
An instruction to issue a membership card based on the information registered by the registration unit to the membership card issuing device specified based on the specific information included in the code read by the information terminal. An instruction unit for transmitting via the communication network;
A membership card issuance system characterized by comprising: The output unit prints the code on a medium and outputs the code when outputting the code.
The membership card issuing system according to claim 1. When outputting the code, the output unit prints and outputs the code on a medium, and prints and outputs privilege information.
The membership card issuance system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: The code includes time information indicating the time when the code is output,
The instruction unit includes:
Instructing the membership card issuing device to issue the membership card when an elapsed time from the time information included in the code read by the information terminal is within a predetermined time;
The membership card issuance system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the membership card issuance system is provided. The issuing unit
Receiving the instruction to issue the membership card from the instruction unit, and issuing the membership card when the information terminal is closer than a predetermined distance from the own membership card issuing device;
The membership card issuance system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the membership card issuance system is provided. The issuing unit
Receiving the instruction to issue the membership card from the instruction unit, and issuing the membership card when instructed to issue the membership card from the information terminal;
The membership card issuance system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: An input unit for receiving a predetermined operation by the user;
In response to a predetermined operation at the input unit, an output unit that outputs a code including access destination information to the information management device and specific information for specifying the membership card issuing device;
The information terminal that is read from the information terminal is accessed based on the access destination information included in the code, registers predetermined information about the user input from the information terminal, and is read by the information terminal. A membership card is issued from an information management device that transmits an instruction to issue a membership card based on the registered information to the membership card issuing device specified based on the specific information included in the code. An issuer that issues a membership card upon receipt of an instruction to issue;
A membership card issuing device characterized by comprising: A membership card issuing method used in a membership card issuing system in which a membership card issuing device and an information management device are connected via a communication network,
The membership card issuing device is
An input procedure for accepting a predetermined operation by the user;
According to a predetermined operation in the input procedure, an output procedure for outputting a code including access destination information to the information management device and specific information for specifying the membership card issuing device;
Issuing procedure to issue membership card when receiving instructions to issue membership card,
With
The information management device is
A registration procedure for registering predetermined information about a user that is accessed from the information terminal read from the information terminal based on the access destination information included in the code and input from the information terminal;
An instruction to issue a membership card based on the information registered by the registration procedure to the membership card issuing device specified based on the specific information included in the code read by the information terminal. An instruction procedure for transmitting via the communication network;
A membership card issuance method characterized by comprising:

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