JP4016120B2 - Benefit providing system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention can greatly reduce the work effort of both users and providers in providing benefits that give special benefits to users, such as issuing school commuter passes, and can smoothly issue school commuter passes, etc. The provision system.

  In the bus and train passenger businesses, specially discounted school commuter passes have been issued in the past, and this service has greatly contributed to reducing the educational expenses of each family. The student support service at this corner also needs to be managed appropriately so that it is not abused, and in the past, a special certificate for student discount was issued by the school. When purchasing a commuter pass, the student must show this certificate to the station counter along with a commuter pass application form that contains the necessary information. In addition to confirming false, the commuter pass to be issued was added to the issuance date and validity period and entered in the certificate.

  However, the above work is burdensome for both students and station staff, especially at the beginning of the fiscal year and the opening of the New Year when commuter pass applications are inundated. It took a long time to receive a commuter pass.

  Moreover, because the student discount certificate is simply a paper document, there is a risk of falsifying the numerical values indicating the year, etc. is there. Furthermore, with the conventional method, the school cannot grasp the commuter pass usage status at all by the school, so it is not even possible to psychologically suppress the resale of commuting commuter passes. It was a big problem.

  The above-mentioned problems are not limited to commuter pass tickets, but are common to other discount coupons. Therefore, it is desirable to provide a benefit provision system that can issue these vouchers smoothly and only for the principal. It is where

  The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and in the provision of benefits that give special benefits to the user, the work effort of both the provider and the user can be greatly reduced, and only for the person himself / herself. The purpose is to provide a benefit providing system that can be utilized.

In order to achieve the above object, a benefit providing system according to the present invention includes a central management device that receives, stores and manages reservation information from a benefit applicant who desires to issue a voucher, and the central communication device via a general-purpose communication line. A first information terminal connected to the management device and applying to the central management device for reservation information; connected to the central management device via a general-purpose communication line; and determining the validity of the reservation information including personal information; a second information terminal certifier sends the determination result to the central station, after the authentication of that reservation information is valid is confirmed, benefits seekers authorization code transmitted from the central management apparatus An issuance terminal that issues a voucher based on the reservation information managed by the central management device on the condition that it is presented, the central management device includes a registration field for the requested reservation information, and a reservation Recognition of information And status field indicating the state, and application number column shows the cumulative value of the application times by the same person, the storage portion is provided to the central management device and a registration column of the authorization code to grant, to the reservation information, benefits The organization to which the applicant is enrolled and the e-mail address of the benefit applicant are included, and only the reservation information with no formal errors applied from the first information terminal is checked substantially. together with the stored in the registration field without undergoing, stores the pending flag in the status column, first means for enabling viewing and deleting the reservation information by the applicant, the registration field by the first means When the reservation information is stored, the second means for transmitting the application confirmation mail to the e-mail address included in the reservation information, and the reservation information having the application flag are extracted at regular intervals. This was aggregated for each affiliation included in the reservation information, and a third means for notifying the total number of aggregated reservation information in each affiliation, after receiving the notification by the third means, the second information terminal And a fourth means for allowing the total number of reservation information to be browsed after receiving a right holder's authentication, and after viewing the reservation information, all or part of the reservation information And a fifth means for determining an authentication matter including an e-mail address to be authenticated by the organization to which the beneficiary applicant belongs, and transmitting the determination result to the central management device, and based on the transmitted determination result In addition to changing the pending flag in the status column to an approval flag or a rejection flag, if the flag is changed to an approval flag, an approval code that uniquely identifies the reservation information is generated and stored in the corresponding column of the storage unit Along with the reservation information Addressed e-mail addresses included in the multicast, and sixth means for transmitting the generated authorization code, the benefit seekers, if authorization code along with the information necessary for the voucher issued is presented, each presented When the authenticity of the information is confirmed based on the stored contents of the storage unit , the identity confirmation is completed , and a seventh means for issuing a voucher corresponding to the reservation information and a rejection flag are stored in the status column As long as it accepts re-applications for reservation information and increases the cumulative value in the application number field by one .

In addition, the present invention is connected to a central management device for receiving and storing and managing reservation information from a benefit applicant who wishes to issue a voucher, and is connected to the central management device via a general-purpose communication line. Connected to the central management device via a first information terminal for applying to the management device and a general-purpose communication line, determines the validity of the reservation information including personal information, and transmits the determination result to the central management device After confirming that the second information terminal of the certifier and authentication that the reservation information is valid, the benefit applicant presents a personal code that is implicitly given in advance by the certifier. An issuing terminal for issuing a voucher based on the reservation information managed by the central management device, and the central management device indicates a registration field for the applied reservation information and an authentication status of the reservation information Same as status column A storage unit having an application number column indicating a cumulative value of the number of application by a person and a registration column of an approval code given by the central management device is provided, and the reservation information includes an organization to which the benefit applicant belongs, Only the reservation information without the format error applied from the first information terminal is stored in the registration field without substantially checking the application contents. A first means for storing a pending flag in the status field and enabling the applicant to view and delete reservation information, and when the reservation information is stored in the registration field by the first means, The second means for sending an application confirmation mail to the e-mail address included in the reservation information, and extracting the reservation information having a pending flag at regular intervals, and this is included in the reservation information A third means for counting each body and notifying each affiliated organization of the total number of reservation information counted; and after receiving notification by the third means, connecting the second information terminal to the central management device The fourth means for allowing the total number of reservation information to be browsed after receiving the right holder's authentication, and after viewing the reservation information, all or part of the reservation information to which the beneficiary belongs A fifth means for determining an authentication matter including an e-mail address to be authenticated by the organization, and transmitting the determination result to the central management device, and based on the transmitted determination result, an in-application flag in the status column Is changed to an approval flag or a rejection flag, and the sixth means for transmitting the determination result to the e-mail address included in the corresponding reservation information and the personal information corresponding one-to-one, Personal card of applicant A seventh means for confirming the identity by confirming the legitimacy of the read personal code based on the stored contents of the storage unit and issuing a voucher corresponding to the reservation information, and a rejection flag in the status column. Only when it is stored, an eighth means for accepting a re-application for reservation information and increasing the cumulative value in the application count field by one is provided.
In each invention described above , the central management device, the first information terminal, the second information terminal, and the issuing terminal are all computer equipment.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to significantly reduce the labor of both the provider and the user, and to provide a benefit providing system that can be used only by the user, a method and a program thereof.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on examples. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a school commuter pass issuing system SYS according to an embodiment. As shown in the figure, this school commuter pass issuance system SYS is configured by connecting various computer devices via a mobile communication network 1, an Internet communication network 2, and an in-house network 3. Note that a communication protocol with high communication safety such as SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is adopted as a communication protocol between computer devices.

  In this embodiment, various computer devices include a student-owned information terminal 4 that can be connected to the mobile communication network 1 or the Internet communication network 2, a school-owned information terminal 5 that can be connected to the Internet communication network 2, A mail server 6 connected to the Internet communication network 2, a business owner-owned central management device 7 connected to the Internet communication network 2, and a ticket machine 8 connected to the central management device 7 via the in-house network 3. Applicable.

  The student-owned information terminal 4 is typically a mobile phone MB or personal computer PCi with a built-in WEB browser (World Wide Web Browser) and mailer (Mailer), and as a rule, regularly uses this system SYS. Must be owned by the student purchasing the ticket. However, it goes without saying that the use of the personal computer PCi installed in the school may be open to students. The WEB browser is not particularly limited as long as it can transfer a file by the HTTP protocol and can decode and display the hypertext described in HTML, but for a personal computer PCi, typically, Netscape Navigator (Registered trademark) and Microsoft Internet Explorer (registered trademark) are applicable. The mailer is not particularly limited as long as it is software that transmits and receives e-mails. For the personal computer PCi, Netscape Mail, Microsoft Outlook Express (registered trademark), Eudora, and the like are preferably employed. However, for the mailer and WEB browser of the mobile phone MB, software unique to each company is preferably used.

  The school-owned information terminal 5 is composed of a personal computer PCj connected to a large-sized storage device having a student management master STU which is management data of students enrolled. The mail server 6 is a computer device that functions as an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server and a POP (Post Office Protocol) server.

  The central management device 7 includes a WEB server 9 connected to the Internet communication network 2 through the firewall FW, a host computer 10 connected to the in-house network 3, and a database server accessed from the WEB server 9 and the host computer 10. 11. The database server 11 includes a school master that can extract the official university name from the nearest station name and the first letter of the syllabary, a route master that stores the commuting route and commuting fare for all combinations of departure and arrival stations, A student discount management master MNG for storing application data is provided. The student discount management master MNG stores student application data received from the information terminal 4 and also stores approval / rejection information received from the information terminal 5 by the school staff. Further, the student application data approved by the school staff is transferred from the student discount management master MNG of the database server 11 to the general management master MAIN of the host computer 10.

  FIG. 6 shows a part of the student discount management master MNG. Status, school name, student ID number, departure station, destination station, address, e-mail address, name, gender, date of birth, application date, judgment date Approval number, reason for rejection, judgment person, number of applications, issue deadline, etc. are described in a predetermined code. Here, the status is divided into “pending”, “approved”, and “rejected”.

  “Applying” means that the application data from the student has been received and stored, but has not yet been approved by the school. In this “Applying” state, the contents of the application by the student and the cumulative application count (+1 for each application) are memorized, other judgment date, approval number, reason for rejection, judge, etc. Is not filled in.

  On the other hand, “Approved” means that the content applied for by the student has been approved by the school staff. In addition to the approval number, the judgment date, reason for rejection, judger, and issuance deadline are specified codes. It is stipulated in. In the operation of the system SYS, the approval number has an important meaning, and the ticket vending machine 8 issues a commuter pass after confirming the identity based on the approval number.

  “Rejected” means that the content applied for by the student is not approved by the school staff. Reasons for rejection are inaccurate description of the application address detected by the person in charge of the school, incomplete application at the departure / arrival station, etc. The typical example is an inconsistency between the original student address and the application section of the commuter pass.

  Next, a procedure until a school commuter pass is issued using the issuing system SYS of FIG. 1 will be described.

<Application procedure by students (Fig. 2)>
First, an application procedure by a student will be described with reference to FIG. In order to use this system SYS, it is necessary to apply for a commuter pass purchase by the student at the beginning of the year (April at the beginning of the school year) every year. The application procedure starts by connecting the mobile phone MB or personal computer PCi to the Internet communication network 2, accessing the WEB server 9 such as a railway operator, and downloading the application screen (HTML file) (FIG. 2). See actions A1-1 and A2-1).

  Then, on the application screen drawn by the WEB browser, necessary personal information is input by the student's own operation. Specifically, the student's name (kanji + kana), gender, date of birth, telephone number, postal code, address, e-mail address, school name, student ID number, and the boarding section for departure (departure station + destination station) Specify on the application screen. The e-mail address must be either an e-mail address given by the school or a personal e-mail address approved by the school. This is because the e-mail address is used as a means for identity verification, so that the school staff confirms the validity of the e-mail address. In other words, in this system, it is confirmed that the email address applied by the student matches the email address assigned to the student from the school or the genuine personal email address that was approved by applying to the school. In addition, the validity of other information "name, address, student ID number ..." is confirmed. A commuter pass can be issued on condition that the student's application is approved by the school.

  By the way, the departure station of the boarding section is often determined according to the student's address, and the arrival station is often determined according to the school address. In some cases, students go to school from home, and in that case, part of the school route used by students is the boarding section (departure station + destination station) for which application is made with the system SYS.

  Further, there may be a plurality of boarding sections for the determined combination of departure and arrival stations, but the database server 11 stores data specifying the boarding sections between all departure stations and all arrival stations. Since it is prepared in the route master, the WEB server 9 presents this in response to an inquiry from the WEB browser that has followed the link (action A1-2) (action A2-2). In other words, in this embodiment, for the total number of N stations that can be handled by this system SYS, the route master has fare data and route data for all combinations of N × (N−1) / 2 departure and arrival stations. Yes.

  Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, when the school is near station c and the student's home is near station a, the student identifies station a and station c and designates them to WEB server 9. Then, if the railway operator allows, the two routes of a station-b station-... c station and a station not passing through b station-c station are automatically presented. Students will be able to select either one. In presenting the plurality of routes, the WEB server 9 only accesses the route master and does not require arithmetic processing for route detection, so that necessary information can be presented immediately.

  In this way, the student fills in the application contents under the control of the WEB browser while obtaining necessary information through the conversation between the WEB browser and the WEB server. When the school name is inquired to the WEB server 9 by designating the nearest station or the first few characters of 50 sounds (action A1-2), candidates are presented on a link screen having a pull-down menu (action A2-2). . Similarly, the departure station and destination station can also obtain candidates by inquiring the WEB server by designating the route name and area.

  Through such a procedure, the personal information input under the management of the WEB browser is finally transmitted to the WEB server 9 by an HTML FORM action or the like (action A1-3). Therefore, next, the WEB server 9 accesses the student discount management master MNG of the database server 11 and checks the application contents for errors for each application contents (action A3-1).

  As described above, the student discount management master MNG has a structure as shown in FIG. 6, but the WEB server 9 performs error check for each application content while referring to the student discount management master MNG as necessary. As an error check, first, a student discount management master MNG that does not have a status of “rejected” is searched, and if data matching the school name and student ID number is detected, the application is rejected as a duplicate application. . This is because after the student discount management master MNG is created or updated at the beginning of the fiscal year, it is not necessary to permit the change unless there is a special circumstance such as an address change or loss of a commuter pass. In the present system SYS, a dedicated procedure described later is required when the address is changed or the commuter pass is lost.

  On the other hand, if the status is “rejected”, it is estimated that the application is a duplicate application in which the reason for rejection has been resolved, and the application is accepted. The reason why the application data in the rejected state is not deleted is to make it possible to extract serious students who repeat inaccurate description. In addition, the purpose of accumulating the number of applications, which should normally be one time, is to be accumulated and stored so that students who repeatedly change their address or lose their commuter pass can be extracted.

  Other error checks include grammatical checks such as "Is the student ID number or email address written in single-byte characters?", "Is the address or name field characters irrational as a character code?" Therefore, there is no substantial check on the description, such as inconsistencies between the address and the departure station. This is because there is a case where the departure station is a station other than the nearest station due to the convenience of transportation and the reduction of the commuter pass price, and the decision to accept or reject such an application should be left to the school.

  For example, in the case of FIG. 7, the WEB server 9 does not ask the reason why the student does not set the station a as the departure station, and the station b can be set as the departure station by using a bicycle or the like. Similarly, for the destination station, the WEB server 9 arbitrarily allows selection of station c, station e, station d, and other stations. In this way, in this system SYS, the selection of the departure / arrival station is left to the applicant, so an algorithm for determining the consistency between the address of the home or school and the arrival / departure station is unnecessary, the system construction is easy, and the application reception is accepted. It becomes possible to proceed with processing quickly.

  As a result of the above check, information such as rejection of acceptance and grammatical error is transmitted to the information terminal 4 (action A2-3), and the application data whose deficiency is corrected is transmitted from the information terminal 4 to the WEB server 9 again. (Action A1-3). On the other hand, in the WEB server 9 that has received the application data without any deficiencies, after the final confirmation of the application content is made by the student (action A2-4, A1-4), it is registered in the student discount management master MNG. In addition, the status column of the application data in this state is “pending”.

  When the above processing is completed, the WEB server 9 is notified of the application data for the student discount (1) that the application data for student discount has been registered, and (2) the official approval number after the check by the school. In addition, (3) a URL to be accessed is notified when it is desired to confirm or delete the application contents (for example, when it is desired to delete inadvertent misrepresentation). In order to facilitate the confirmation work, the requested content may be attached to an e-mail and sent.

  In this way, in this system, the fact that was applied is notified to the person by e-mail, so for example, even if `` I '' is mischievous and impersonates as `` Otsu '' who is enrolled in the same school, the applied fact Will be notified to “B” instead of “A”, so there will be no further inconvenience. In this case, “B” can immediately take steps to delete the mischievous application data. In addition, if “Class A” applies using the personal information of “Type B” and the email address of “Type A”, the fact of the application will be notified to Type A, so that “Type B” cannot be grasped. No further inconvenience arises because the school official's check reveals the wrong application.

  In addition, the WEB server 9 searches the student discount management master MNG once a day, aggregates the data whose status is “pending” for each school, and sends an e-mail notifying the number of applications to each school. Make a call (action A4). This e-mail is acquired by the information terminal 5 according to the operation of the school officials (action A6). The e-mail specifies the number of newly added applications on the day, The number of applications is listed. That is, there is no transmission of application data by e-mail, and only the number of unprocessed cases is notified. This is because if the application data is notified, the application data may be lost if the person in charge tries to process the data for several days. In contrast, in this system, the number of unprocessed cases is notified every day, so the school staff can perform approval work collectively when the number of unprocessed cases reaches an appropriate number, and the application data There is no risk of disappearance.

<Browsing or deleting application details (Fig. 3)>
Next, prior to explaining the approval procedure by the school staff, the procedure for the student to browse the application contents or to delete the application contents will be described based on FIG. As described above, the student who has taken the application procedure is notified of the URL together with a notification that the application has been accepted by e-mail (action A5 in FIG. 2). This URL is structured as “http: //www.*********.htm? +++++++”, and is unique to the applicant following the symbol “?”. Information (query string +++++++) is added.

  Therefore, in this system SYS, only the person can view the application contents and only the person can delete the application contents on condition that the status of the student discount management master MNG is “Applying”. Become. That is, since the query character string (+++++++) is a character string for identifying the applicant, this system SYS can only access the URL notified by e-mail (at this time). Since the query character string is automatically transmitted to the WEB server), the application content can be viewed and deleted. The WEB server 9 stores the assigned query string (+++++++) in association with the applicant of the student discount management master MNG (see FIG. 6), and matches the query string. Do not allow access to student data. In this way, in this system SYS, a unique character string is automatically given to the applicant and notified by e-mail, so there is no leakage of private information, and other students' application data due to mischief that is common to students Will not be deleted.

  In the above explanation, when viewing or deleting the data being applied, the URL transmitted in the application confirmation email is used (see action A5 in FIG. 2), but the student does not proceed immediately. , This URL may be lost. In such a case, the personal information is transmitted again to the WEB server 9 (action A20 in FIG. 3), and the URL to which the query character string (+++++++) is added is received by e-mail. (Action A21). The subsequent processing is the same as the previous case (action A22), and the application content can be viewed and the application content can be deleted on condition that the status of the student discount management master MNG is “pending”. (Action A23). In addition, there is a possibility that the school staff will check and approve the application before the application is deleted. In such a case, of course, the procedure for assigning an approval number to the student is not executed. is there.

  Further, although the application content browsing procedure has been described with reference to FIG. 3, the content of the approved application data may be browsed again by the same procedure as described above for transmitting personal information to the WEB server 9 again.

<Approval procedure by school staff (Fig. 4)>
Next, the application data approval process by the school staff will be described with reference to FIG. When the person in charge who is contacted from the mail server 6 performs the approval work, the WEB server 9 is accessed, and an authentication ID and password indicating that the person in charge is a legitimate person in charge are entered in the corresponding page. Then, the WEB server 9 extracts the application data of the corresponding school from the student discount management master MNG and the status of “pending”, and transmits it as a list to the WEB browser so that it can be viewed ( Action A7 in FIG.

  Therefore, the person in charge of the school checks the validity of the application contents while confirming the list displayed on the information terminal 5. As for the check contents, in addition to the validity of the combination of student ID number, address, e-mail address, name, gender, date of birth, rationality of selection of departure station when compared with student address, and comparison with school address In case of arrival station is reasonable. If there is no problem with all the check items, a check mark is put in the approval column of the list drawn on the information terminal 5.

  On the other hand, for example, in FIG. 7, when “F”, which is far from the school from “a”, has been applied, or when “e” is applied as the destination station, which is supposed to be “c” station, part-time job, etc. Imagine that this is for the sake of convenience, and reject the application. In this case, specifically, a check mark is put in the rejection column of the list drawn on the information terminal 5, and a code for specifying the reason for rejection is entered in the corresponding column.

  Generally, each school keeps track of the personal information of all students and applies for the departure station for commuting when applying for personal information, so the person in charge performs the above check work based on the information in the student management master STU. Will be done uniformly. In addition, there may be a valid reason for the selection of f station or e station which seems suspicious at first glance. In such a case, it is sufficient for the person to appear at the school and explain the situation. Applications that do not match the information in the student management master STU are enough to be rejected uniformly.

  As described above, since the check work by the school staff is a simple collation work, the collation process should preferably be completed by computer processing. Therefore, in the present system SYS, data corresponding to the list of HML files is transmitted as a CSV file based on a request from the person in charge in order to enable collation processing by a computer (action A7). Therefore, the school staff who has downloaded the CSV file can activate a dedicated application program to determine whether the application data matches the data of the student management master STU. Note that CSV is an abbreviation for Comma Separated Values, and each data is separated by commas.

  In any case, the legitimacy of the application data from the student is checked by the process intervening by the school staff. When the check operation is completed, data specifying approval / rejection is transmitted to the WEB server 9 (action A8). In response to this, the WEB server 9 changes the status field of the student discount management master MNG from “Applicable” to “Approved” or “Rejected”, and the approved application data uniquely identifies the student. A number is assigned and registered in the status column of the student discount management master MNG. This approval number is important data that identifies the applicant until the commuter pass is issued after the application data is approved, so a one-digit check digit is added so that it cannot be easily guessed by others. Yes. Here, the check digit is a numerical value within a range of 0 to 9 that is uniquely calculated from the numerical values of other digits of the approval number. When this approval number is given, the query character string (unique information) is deleted and released, so that the query character string can be used by others.

  The student application data approved in this way is transferred to the general management master MAIN of the host computer 10 at appropriate timing together with management information such as an approval number. Further, the WEB server 9 transmits an approval number by e-mail to the student who applied for the application data approved by the school staff (action A10). In this example, the fact that the student application data has been approved is notified directly to the student himself / herself with the approval number without going through the school, so the burden on the school is reduced and the student himself / herself approves promptly. You can know the number. Moreover, since this approval number is transmitted by e-mail, it can be stored in the information terminal 4, which is also convenient in this sense.

  On the other hand, regarding the application data rejected by the school staff, the fact of rejection is transmitted by e-mail together with the reason for rejection (action A10). Therefore, a student who has received an approval number can receive a commuter pass based on this number, while a student who knows the reason for refusal must request the approval number again through the procedure shown in FIG. become. In addition, when the status of the student discount management master MNG is “rejected”, as described above, the personal information duplication application process is allowed.

<Issuing the first commuter pass (Fig. 4)>
A student who has been given an authorization number inputs the necessary information to the automatic ticket vending machine 8 in order to receive the issuance of a commuter pass. Necessary information can be entered in the form of conversation with an automatic ticket vending machine. Based on instructions from the ticket vending machine, the university name, student ID number, approval number, name, gender, date of birth, attending school Specify the section (departure / departure station), start date of use, and number of months used.

  The inputted information is transmitted to the host computer 10 through the in-house network 3 and collated with student discount management data (data applied by the student and approved by the school) registered in the general management master MAIN. And if the university name, student ID number, approval number, name, gender, date of birth, commuting section (departure / departure station) all match, issuance of commuter pass is permitted. A school commuter pass specifying the start date and number of months of use is issued. Also, in accordance with this processing, issuance record data is stored in the general management master MAIN, and issuance of school commuter passes during the subsequent overlapping period is prohibited. It is possible to issue a commuter pass without using the automatic ticket vending machine 8 and via the station staff at the station counter. In that case, the approval number must be presented as a prerequisite for issuing the commuter pass. Become.

  As explained earlier, an application that impersonates another person is not successful due to communication via email to the person. In addition, even if another person's personal information and his / her e-mail address are combined, they can be easily revealed by checking by the person in charge of the school. Furthermore, without going through the application process, even if you try to purchase a commuter pass with another person's name (for example, “B” in FIG. 7 tries to purchase with the name “A”), but someone else does not know the approval number. The “Oto” attempt will not succeed.

  Further, in the present system SYS, identity verification is performed by presenting an approval number transmitted to the mobile phone MB or the personal computer PCi. Therefore, it is possible to quickly obtain a commuter pass by an automatic ticket vending machine without making a face-to-face contact at the station window. Moreover, after receiving the first school commuter pass, unless you change the school commuter pass, you can either enter your commuter pass into the automatic ticket vending machine 8 or present it at the station counter, A new commuter pass can be obtained without specifying the student ID number, approval number, name, gender, date of birth, and school section (departure / departure station). In addition, since the old commuter pass is always collected by the railway operator side, there is no possibility that the old commuter pass will be misused after that.

  Thus, in this system SYS, a rational system is constructed for both students and businesses by using commuter passes issued by businesses as identification cards for identity verification. That is, possession of a commuter pass in the name of the principal is a strong confirmation that he / she is the principal, so the commuter pass can be issued immediately without complicated procedures.

Moreover, since this commuter pass is used almost every day, there is no delay in finding the loss like a credit card, so if you lose it, you can expect it to be reported immediately to the railway operator. The possibility of misuse is low, and in that sense it is a very reasonable means of identity verification. Furthermore, credit cards can be counterfeited because of their great monetary value, but in the case of a commuter pass, they are not so much monetary value and are checked daily by an automatic ticket gate. Therefore, the possibility of being counterfeited is extremely low.
<Procedure for changing registration data or commuter pass loss (Figs. 2, 4, 5)>
Next, based on FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the case where it is desired to change the registration data by moving the student's address and the case where the commuter pass is lost will be described. When changing the registered data, the student needs to access the WEB server 9 and request a dedicated page for changing the data. Even if the commuter pass is lost, the student again accesses the WEB server 9 and requests a dedicated page for reporting the loss.

  When the registration data is changed, application data is entered in the same manner as in the beginning of the year, and the application data is transmitted to the WEB server 9 through the same procedure as in the beginning of the year (see actions A1 to A3 in FIG. 2). In this case, the point at which the WEB server 9 detects a grammatical error and the point at which the application data confirmation screen is transmitted from the WEB server 9 are the same as the process at the beginning of the year. On the other hand, even if the commuter pass is lost, a text explaining the circumstances is transmitted to the WEB server 9.

  Thereafter, a confirmation e-mail is transmitted to the principal, and the school staff is also informed that the registration data has been changed or the commuter pass has been lost (see actions A4 to A6 in FIG. 2). If the person in charge of the school who viewed the contents of the change application and the reason for the loss of the commuter pass approves the description, the WEB server 9 updates the contents of the student discount management master MNG with the data after the change, and newly The assigned approval number is sent to the student by e-mail (see actions A7 to A11 in FIG. 4). In this case, the contents of the changed student discount management master MNG and the new approval number are also registered in the general management master MAIN, so the student can start a new school commuter pass from the ticket vending machine 8 based on the new approval number. (See action A9 in FIG. 4).

  It is not always necessary to perform the processing at the time of address change described above from the student information terminal 4. In other words, as shown in Fig. 5, it is usually necessary to notify the school of the fact that the address has been changed prior to the application for the change by the student. The person may access the WEB server 9 and update the contents of the student discount management master MNG by the operation of the school staff (actions A30 to A32 in FIG. 5). Of course, the updated contents are also reflected in the general management master MAIN (action A33 in FIG. 5), and a new approval number is transmitted to the person in charge of the school (action A34 in FIG. 5). ), The student can obtain a new school commuter pass with a different school section from the ticket vending machine 8 based on the new approval number.

  These points are the same as when a commuter pass is lost, and it is preferable that a student first reports to the school that the commuter pass has been lost and explains the fact of the loss by a face-to-face explanation with the person in charge of the school. In this case, the lost fact is transmitted to the WEB server by the operation of the person in charge of the school only when the rationality of the explanation content can be confirmed. Then, the lost fact is registered in the general management master MAIN at an appropriate timing (action A33 in FIG. 5), and a new approval number is transmitted to the person in charge of the school (action A34 in FIG. 5). Based on the new approval number, another school commuter pass having a duplicate period can be obtained from the ticket vending machine 8. In addition, when a new approval number is given, the old approval number for the student loses its validity, so even if the person who owns the lost commuter pass inserts it into the ticket machine, a new commuter pass is obtained I can't do it.

  By the way, the school commuter pass issued by this system is simply a magnetic card storing magnetic data, but an IC card may be adopted. In this case, not only can the commuter pass be configured so that it can pass through the ticket gates simply by placing it on the sensor, but also a commuter pass integrated with the student ID card, which can not only accumulate usage results, but also automatically The ticket vending machine 8 can be used as a new commuter pass only by adding data relating to the valid period.

  Also, in the above-mentioned school commuter pass issuance system SYS, the student voucher 8 was issued by entering the approval number into the ticket vending machine 8, but instead of entering the approval number, the student ID card was inserted into the ticket vending machine 8. You may be asked to issue a school commuter pass. In this case, the student ID is an ID card (individual card) composed of, for example, a magnetic card or an IC card, and an authentication code (individual code) given by the school is internally stored in this ID card. Has been. The authentication code is a unique code that uniquely identifies the student, and it must be possible for the host computer 10 to confirm that the student is a legitimate right holder when the school commuter pass is issued.

  Therefore, in this case, for example, an authentication code randomly given from the school is stored in the general management master MAIN (the student discount management master MNG is transcribed). The ticket issuing machine 8 searches the general management master MAIN based on the received authentication code, and issues a school commuter pass based on the reservation information stored therein. Here, the authentication code stored in the student ID is preferably generated by calculating the student-specific data stored in the student discount management MNG, such as the student ID number, and the school-specific encryption key. It is. With such an authentication code, if you know the encryption key and encryption algorithm for each school, you can automatically generate an authentication code for each student on the host computer side. The trouble of having you transmit is eliminated.

  If the authentication code that identifies the student is uniquely generated based on the student-specific data stored in the student discount management master MNG and the school-specific encryption key, the authentication code is However, it is not always necessary to store in the general management master MAIN. That is, after the ticketing machine 8 reads the authentication code from the student ID, the ticketing machine 8 or the host computer 10 decrypts the student-specific data such as the student ID number by the decryption algorithm and the school-specific decryption key. In this way, it is possible to immediately identify the student who is seeking ticketing. In addition, if this authentication code (personal code) can be confirmed with certainty, it can be stored implicitly on a personal card given by a benefit provider such as a railway company. Also good.

  Furthermore, in this system, the purchase status of the student commuter pass may be aggregated for a certain period and sent to the school staff by e-mail. For example, in high schools and the like, it is possible to detect a situation where a student attending a bicycle purchases a school commuter pass because he / she manages whether or not he / she attends a bicycle or motorcycle. Although such an abnormal situation is not possible in practice, it is possible to prevent illegal activities such as the sale of school commuter passes by simply informing the school that the purchase status of the school commuter pass has been communicated to the school.

As mentioned above, although one Example of this invention was described in detail, the following reference examples are also considered, for example . In the following description, the <central management device> means a computer device that manages reservations for electronic certification and certificate issuance. <First information terminal> means a personal computer or a mobile phone connected to the Internet. <Second information terminal> means an authentication input terminal connected to the central management apparatus via a communication line (a dedicated line, a LAN, or the Internet). <Issuing terminal> means a voucher issuing terminal connected to the central management apparatus via a communication line (dedicated line, LAN, or Internet), a sales management terminal, or a front terminal for providing a service.
(A) When the present invention is applied to the distribution industry:
When the present invention is applied to the distribution business, <benefit provider> is a retail store such as a department store. Also, <Benefit Applicant> is an individual belonging to an organization that can be given preferential qualifications such as discount purchase at a department store, and <Certifier> is an organization that has signed a contract for preferential sales to the member with the department store. The outline of the process is as follows.
(1) The benefit applicant requests the benefit provider in advance by using the first information terminal and personal information necessary for the central control device of the benefit provider and the ID (employee number, etc.) of the organization (certifier) ) And any password. At this time, it is possible to make a reservation application for the desired product. (2) The centralized management device of the benefit provider requests the certifier to verify the registration contents by e-mail or display on the second information terminal. (3) The certifier proves that the registered contents are correct as a member by an input operation to the second information terminal. (4) The benefit provider transmits the approval number to the benefit applicant to the member e-mail address previously given to the benefit provider by the certifier as the member. (5) The benefit applicant uses the approval number and, if necessary, the password, and inputs it to the issuing terminal installed in the benefit provider's store, and receives a discount ticket. (6) Or, you can get a discount by entering the authorization number and password directly at the cash register terminal.

According to this configuration, the benefit provider manages (limits) the number of discount coupons issued (the number of discounts) based on the usage data recorded in the central management unit, as well as purchasing plans and sales promotions based on product development and sales forecasts. Can be used for marketing.
(B) When the present invention is applied to the restaurant industry:
When the present invention is applied to the restaurant business, <benefit provider> is a restaurant. <Benefit Applicant> is an individual belonging to an organization who can be given special qualifications such as discounts, and <Certifier> is an organization that has signed a discount discount contract with a restaurant. The processing outline in this case is as follows.
(1) The benefit applicant uses the first information terminal in advance to provide the personal information necessary for the central control device of the benefit applicant and the ID (employee number, etc.) of the organization (certifier) ) And any password. At this time, it is also possible to make a reservation application for the desired date and time, number of people, table and menu. (2) The benefit provider asks the certifier to verify the registration contents by e-mail or display on the second information terminal. (3) The certifier proves that the registered contents are correct as a member by an input operation to the second information terminal. (4) The benefit provider transmits the approval number to the benefit applicant to the member e-mail address that the certifier previously gives to the benefit applicant as the member. (5) The benefit applicant uses the approval number and, if necessary, the password, and inputs it to the issuing terminal installed in the benefit provider's store, and receives a discount ticket. (6) Or, you can get a discount by entering the authorization number and password directly at the cash register terminal.

According to this configuration, the benefit provider manages (limits) the number of discount coupons issued (the number of discounts) based on the food and beverage history data recorded in the central management device, and develops menus, purchase plans for ingredients, It can be used for marketing such as sales promotion.
(C) When the present invention is applied to travel industry:
When the present invention is applied to the travel industry, <benefit provider> is a travel agency or a travel agency. The <benefit applicant> is an individual who belongs to an organization who is given special qualifications such as discount purchase of travel products, or an individual who belongs to a company or organization that has a contract with respect to operations from business trip arrangement to settlement. <Certifier> is a group that has signed a contract for preferential sales to a member with a benefit provider, or a company or group that has signed a contract for business from arranging a business trip to settlement. The processing outline in this case is as follows.
(1) The benefit applicant uses the first information terminal in advance for the benefit provider and personal information necessary for the central control device of the benefit provider and the ID (employee number, etc.) of the organization (certifier) , And any password. At this time, it is possible to make a reservation application for a desired travel product. (2) The benefit provider asks the certifier to verify that the registration details are correct by e-mail or display on the second information terminal. (3) The certifier proves that the registered contents are correct as a member by an input operation to the second information terminal. (4) The benefit provider transmits the approval number to the benefit applicant to the member e-mail address that the certifier previously gives to the benefit applicant as the member. (5) The benefit applicant uses an authorization number and a password if necessary, and enters it into the issuing terminal installed in the benefit provider's store, and then receives a discount ticket (if a business trip contract is signed, a business trip Arrange coupon). (6) Alternatively, the travel coupon booked is received by inputting the approval number and password at the travel coupon issuing terminal of the direct benefit provider. If the benefit provider and the benefit applicant have a contract for business trips, they will receive travel arrangements by ex-post settlement.

According to this configuration, the benefit provider manages (limits) the number of coupons issued (or the number of discounts and travel arrangements) based on the usage data recorded in the central management unit. Can be charged to those who wish to benefit.
(D) When the present invention is applied to a hotel or hotel business:
When the present invention is applied to a hotel or ryokan business, <benefit provider> is a hotel or a ryokan. <Benefit Applicant> is an individual belonging to an organization who is given special treatment qualifications such as a discount on accommodation charges, or an individual belonging to a company or organization that has a contract as a recreational facility. <Certifier> is an organization that has signed a special treatment contract with a benefit provider, or a company or organization that has signed a contract as a recreational facility. The processing outline in this case is as follows.
(1) The benefit applicant uses the first information terminal in advance for the benefit provider and personal information necessary for the central control device of the benefit provider and the ID (employee number, etc.) of the organization (certifier) , And any password. At this time, it is possible to apply for a reservation for the desired room. (2) The benefit provider asks the certifier to verify the registration contents by e-mail or display on the second information terminal. (3) The certifier proves that the registered contents are correct as a member by an input operation to the second information terminal. (4) The benefit provider transmits the approval number to the benefit applicant to the member e-mail address that the certifier previously gives to the benefit applicant as the member. (5) The benefit applicant uses the approval number and, if necessary, a password, inputs it to the issuing terminal installed in the accommodation facility of the benefit provider, and receives a discount ticket (retreat facility use ticket). (6) Alternatively, a discount fee can be applied by entering the authorization number and password directly at the accommodation management terminal at the front of the benefit provider.

According to this configuration, the benefit provider manages (limits) the number of issued coupons (or the number of users and rooms) of discount coupons (or the number of users or rooms) based on the usage data recorded in the central management device, In the case of post-payment settlement by handling, it is possible to make a claim to the benefit applicant.
(E) When the present invention is applied to appreciation ticket sales:
When the present invention is applied to appreciation ticket sales for theaters, movies, music concerts, art exhibitions, etc., <benefit provider> is a ticket sales company. <Benefit Applicant> is an individual belonging to an organization that can be given preferential qualifications such as discount purchase of appreciation tickets, and <Certifier> is an organization that has signed a contract for preferential sales to the member. is there. The processing outline in this case is as follows.
(1) The benefit applicant uses the first information terminal in advance for the benefit provider and personal information necessary for the central control device of the benefit provider and the ID (employee number, etc.) of the organization (certifier) , And any password. At this time, it is also possible to make a reservation application for a desired viewing ticket. (2) The benefit provider asks the certifier to verify the registration contents by e-mail or display on the second information terminal. (3) The certifier proves that the registered contents are correct as a member by an input operation to the second information terminal. (4) The benefit provider transmits the approval number to the benefit applicant to the member e-mail address that the certifier previously gives to the benefit applicant as the member. (5) The benefit applicant receives an appreciation ticket or a discount ticket by using an approval number and, if necessary, a password, entering the issuing terminal installed at the benefit provider's ticketing counter. (6) Or, at the ticketing terminal of a benefit provider installed in a theater, movie theater, concert hall, or art museum, enter the approval number and password to receive the reserved viewing ticket.

According to this configuration, the benefit provider can prevent the double issuance of appreciation tickets or can manage (limit) the number of issued discount tickets by recording the ticketing history in the central management device.
(F) When the present invention is applied to medical and nursing care business:
When the present invention is applied to the medical and nursing care business, <benefit provider> is a medical institution or a nursing care service provider. Also, <Benefit Applicant> is an individual belonging to an organization (company or health insurance association) who is eligible for regular medical checkups, medical checkups, etc., and nursing care services. <Certifier> This is an organization that has signed a contract for providing medical and nursing care services with a benefit provider. The processing outline in this case is as follows.
(1) The benefit applicant uses the first information terminal in advance for the benefit provider and personal information necessary for the central control device of the benefit provider and the ID (employee number, etc.) of the organization (certifier) , And any password. At this time, it is also possible to apply for a reservation for the desired medical / nursing care service. (2) The benefit provider asks the certifier to verify the registration contents by e-mail or display on the second information terminal. (3) The certifier proves that the registered contents are correct as a member by an input operation to the second information terminal. (4) The benefit provider transmits the approval number to the benefit applicant to the member e-mail address that the certifier previously gives to the benefit applicant as the member. (5) The benefit applicant uses the approval number and, if necessary, the password, and inputs it to the issuing terminal installed at the benefit provider's ticketing counter and receives a consultation ticket, a use ticket or a discount ticket. (6) By entering the approval number and password at the reservation confirmation terminal of the benefit provider, it is confirmed that it is the target person (applicant) and receives the service.

According to this configuration, the benefit provider can prevent double usage and grasp the usage status by recording the usage history in the central management device.
(G) When the present invention is applied to the financial industry:
When the present invention is applied to the financial industry, <benefit provider> is a bank, a securities company, or an insurance company. <Benefits> are individuals who belong to an organization (corporate or health insurance association) who is eligible for employee deposits, preferential interest rates on loans, preferential treatment fees for investment trusts and stocks, and group discounts for pension / insurance products. Yes, the <certifier> is an organization that has signed a contract with the benefit provider regarding the handling of employee deposits to members, preferential interest rates on loans, preferential treatment fees for investment trusts / stocks, group discounts for pensions / insurance products, etc. The processing outline in this case is as follows.
(1) The benefit applicant uses the first information terminal in advance for the central management device, and personal information necessary for the central management device of the benefit provider and the ID (employee number, etc.) as a member of the organization (certifier) , And any password. At this time, it is also possible to apply for a reservation for a desired financial product / service. (2) The public interest provider requests certification from the certifier by displaying on the e-mail or the second information terminal whether the registered contents are correct. (3) The certifier proves that the registered contents are correct as a member by an input operation to the second information terminal. (4) The benefit provider transmits the approval number to the benefit applicant to the member e-mail address that the certifier previously gives to the benefit applicant as the member. (5) The benefit applicant uses an approval number and, if necessary, a password, inputs it to the issuing terminal installed at the benefit provider's store window, and receives a certificate of qualified person, a use ticket or a discount ticket. (6) Or by confirming the benefit provider's confirmation terminal and entering the approval number and password, it is confirmed that the person is the target (applicant), treated as an employee deposit, preferential interest rates on loans, and trading fees for investment trusts and stocks. Receive services such as preferential treatment, group discounts for pension / insurance products.

  According to this configuration, the benefit provider can record the usage history in the central management device, thereby grasping the usage status and performing management based on conditions determined in advance with the authenticator.

It is a block diagram which shows the issuing system of the school commuter pass which concerns on an Example. In the system of FIG. 1, it is drawing explaining until an applicant and a school are notified of the application fact from a student. 2 is a diagram illustrating a method for a student to view or delete data that has been applied for in the system of FIG. 1. In the system of FIG. 1, it is drawing explaining a school until the application fact is approved and the result is notified to the principal. In the system of FIG. 1, it is drawing explaining the procedure at the time of changing registration contents or losing a commuter pass. This is an example of the stored contents of the student discount management master. It is a drawing explaining the contents of the application for school attendance.

Explanation of symbols

7 Central management device 2 General-purpose communication line (Internet)
4 First information terminal 5 Second information terminal 8 Issuing terminal (automatic ticket vending machine)
SYS Benefit provision system (student discount issuance system)

Claims (6)

A central management device that accepts and stores and manages reservation information from a benefit applicant who wishes to issue a voucher, and a central communication device that is connected to the central management device via a general-purpose communication line and applies for reservation information to the central management device The second information of the authenticator connected to the central management apparatus via one information terminal and a general-purpose communication line, judging the validity of the reservation information including personal information and transmitting the judgment result to the central management apparatus Reservation managed by the central management device on the condition that the benefit applicant presents the approval code transmitted from the central management device after the terminal and authentication that the reservation information is valid are confirmed An issuing terminal for issuing a voucher based on information,
The said central management unit, a registration column of the alleged reservation information, and status field indicating an authentication status of the reservation information, and application number column shows the cumulative value of the application times by the same person, the central management device to grant The reservation information includes the organization to which the benefit applicant is enrolled and the email address of the benefit applicant,
The only reservation information is not alleged form mistake from the first information terminal stores the registration field without undergoing substantial checks requested information, and stores the pending flag in the status column, the A first means that allows the applicant to view and delete reservation information ;
When reservation information is stored in the registration field by the first means, second means for sending an application confirmation mail to an e-mail address included in the reservation information;
A third means for extracting reservation information having a pending flag at regular intervals, totaling it for each affiliated organization included in the reservation information, and notifying each affiliated organization of the total number of the aggregated reservation information; ,
A fourth means for connecting the second information terminal to the central management apparatus after receiving the notification by the third means, and allowing the total number of reservation information to be browsed after receiving the right holder's authentication; ,
After viewing the reservation information , the authentication information including the e-mail address, which is the whole or a part of the reservation information and to be authenticated by the organization to which the beneficiary applicant belongs, is determined, and the determination result is sent to the central management device. A fifth means for transmitting ;
Based on the transmitted determination result, the pending flag in the status column is changed to an approval flag or a rejection flag, and when the approval flag is changed, an approval code for uniquely specifying the reservation information is generated and stored. A sixth means for transmitting the generated approval code to the e-mail address included in the reservation information ,
When the approval code is presented together with the information necessary for issuing the voucher from the benefit applicant , the identity verification is completed by confirming the validity of each presented information based on the storage content of the storage unit, A seventh means for issuing a voucher corresponding to the reservation information;
Only when a rejection flag is stored in the status field, an eighth means for accepting a re-application for reservation information and increasing the cumulative value in the application number field by one;
A system for providing benefits.   In the application confirmation email, information specific to the applicant is added,
  Reservation information registered in the storage unit on the condition that the unique information is transmitted from the first information terminal to the central management device and that a pending flag is stored in the status field. The benefit providing system according to claim 1, wherein browsing or deletion of the information is allowed. A central management device that accepts and stores and manages reservation information from a benefit applicant who wishes to issue a voucher, and a central communication device that is connected to the central management device via a general-purpose communication line and applies for reservation information to the central management device The second information of the authenticator connected to the central management apparatus via one information terminal and a general-purpose communication line, judging the validity of the reservation information including personal information and transmitting the judgment result to the central management apparatus After the terminal and the authentication that the reservation information is valid, the central management device is provided with the condition that the benefit applicant presents a personal code implicitly given in advance by the certifier. An issuing terminal for issuing a voucher based on the reservation information managed,
The said central management unit, a registration column of the alleged reservation information, and status field indicating an authentication status of the reservation information, and application number column shows the cumulative value of the application times by the same person, the central management device to grant The reservation information includes the organization to which the benefit applicant is enrolled and the email address of the benefit applicant,
The only reservation information is not alleged form mistake from the first information terminal stores the registration field without undergoing substantial checks requested information, and stores the pending flag in the status column, the A first means that allows the applicant to view and delete reservation information ;
When reservation information is stored in the registration field by the first means, second means for sending an application confirmation mail to an e-mail address included in the reservation information;
A third means for extracting reservation information having a pending flag at regular intervals, totaling it for each affiliated organization included in the reservation information, and notifying each affiliated organization of the total number of the aggregated reservation information; ,
A fourth means for connecting the second information terminal to the central management apparatus after receiving the notification by the third means, and allowing the total number of reservation information to be browsed after receiving the right holder's authentication; ,
After viewing the reservation information , the authentication information including the e-mail address, which is the whole or a part of the reservation information and to be authenticated by the organization to which the beneficiary applicant belongs, is determined, and the determination result is sent to the central management device. A fifth means for transmitting ;
A sixth means for changing the pending flag in the status field to an approval flag or a rejection flag based on the transmitted determination result, and transmitting the determination result to the e-mail address included in the corresponding reservation information ;
One-to-one correspondence with the personal information, the personal code, read from the personal card benefits seekers, finished identification can help you evaluate on the basis the validity of personal code read in the storage contents of the storage unit A seventh means for issuing a voucher corresponding to the reservation information;
Only when a rejection flag is stored in the status field, an eighth means for accepting a re-application for reservation information and increasing the cumulative value in the application number field by one;
A system for providing benefits. 4. The benefit providing system according to claim 3, wherein the personal code is generated by calculation of data unique to a benefit applicant and an encryption key unique to the affiliated organization . The central management device includes a total number of N departure / arrival stations that can be handled by this system, corresponding to all combinations of N × (N−1) / 2 departure / arrival stations, A route master that stores fare data that specifies single or multiple boarding sections determined by
The application of reservation information is configured such that information on a boarding section and a fare is transmitted to the first information terminal without undergoing arithmetic processing in the central management device. Benefits providing system. The voucher is benefits providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5 which is a commuter pass.

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