JP5978157B2 - Multimedia system, multimedia terminal, cash register with electronic money settlement function and server - Google Patents

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a multimedia system, a multimedia terminal, a cash register with an electronic money settlement function, and a server.

  In recent years, IC cards having a multi-function electronic money function have been used. For example, there is an ICSV card known as Suica (trademark).

  The ICSV card is an IC card that is used for transportation of passengers (users) by a stored value function, and includes an ICSF (Stored Fare) card.

  These ICSV cards are not limited to use as tickets and commuter passes, but are provided with functions such as being able to be used to pay for purchases and usage fees.

  In the case of refunding the IC card described above, it is necessary to carry out a predetermined procedure at the station window, and there are restrictions on the handling time when refunding (the time zone from the last train to the first train is not handled) and the place.

  There is an electronic ticket distribution system in which processing from reservation of an electronic ticket to ticketing is performed by a terminal device operated by a customer via a network communication line (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2005-128950 A

  In the case of refunding the above-mentioned IC card, it is necessary to perform a predetermined procedure at the station window, and it was not possible to refund using a multimedia terminal installed in a convenience store store.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and by using a multimedia terminal installed in a convenience store store or the like provided near a residential area and a cash register with an electronic money settlement function, It is an object of the present invention to provide a multimedia system, a multimedia terminal, a cash register with an electronic money settlement function, and a server that can refund an IC card anytime and anywhere.

  To achieve the above object, the multimedia system according to claim 1 of the present invention is such that a multimedia terminal installed in a convenience store store or the like and a cash register with an electronic money settlement function are connected to a server via a communication line. In this multimedia system, the multimedia terminal selects a service provided on the multimedia terminal and a display for displaying the operation guidance, and selects or inputs information about the service content displayed on the display. An operation display means having an input means; an IC card reading means for reading an IC card; an issuing means for issuing a printed matter on which a barcode is printed based on a service content instructed by the operation display means; and the IC card Determination means for determining whether or not the authentication result of the ID read by the reading means is appropriate; The issuing means issues a refund statement when the service instructed from the operation display means is an IC card refund request process and the determination means determines that the authentication result is appropriate; The cash register with an electronic money settlement function includes a barcode reading unit for reading a barcode printed on the printed matter, an IC card reading / writing unit for reading / writing the IC card, and the IC card reading / writing Determining means for determining whether or not the authentication result of the ID read by the inserting means is appropriate, the barcode read by the barcode reading means is an IC card withdrawal request process, and the authentication result is obtained by the determining means. When it is determined to be appropriate, the reading / writing means writes the deactivation encoding into the IC card related to the refund process. And a control unit that invalidates and transmits to the server refund information indicating that the IC card has been refunded, and the server registers the personal information of the IC card based on the ID of the IC card. When there is an IC card authentication request related to a refund request from the registration means and the cash register with electronic money settlement function, authentication is performed based on the ID of the IC card and the authentication result is authenticated ID authenticating means for transmitting to the request source, and registering means for registering the withdrawal information when the withdrawal information is received from the cash register with electronic money settlement function.

Configuration diagram of multimedia system according to the first embodiment FIG. 1 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the multimedia system shown in FIG.

  The multimedia system according to this embodiment includes a multimedia terminal and a cash register installed in a convenience store, and a server to which the multimedia terminal and the cash register are connected via a communication line. . In addition, an IC card reader / writer, an ID input terminal, and a barcode reader are connected to the cash register as necessary. Hereinafter, description will be given with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a multimedia system according to the present embodiment. It includes a multimedia terminal 10, a cash register with electronic money settlement function (hereinafter referred to as a cash register) 20, an IC card reader / writer 30, an ID input terminal 40, a server 60, and the like.

  The multimedia terminal 10 includes an operation display unit (operation display unit) 11, an IC card processing unit (IC card reading unit) 12, a credit card processing unit 13, a barcode reading unit 14, a telephone 15 and an issuing unit 16, and a determination unit. (Not shown).

  The operation display unit 11 is equipped with a display unit (display unit) for displaying the service provided by the multimedia terminal 10 and its operation guidance, and a touch panel as an input unit for selecting the provided service menu or inputting information. Configured. Therefore, the user can receive a necessary service by selecting the service menu displayed on the operation display unit 11.

  The IC card processing unit 12 communicates with the IC card T placed on the reading surface (including a case where the IC card processing unit 12 is close to or touches), and reads the contents of the IC card T or writes the contents on the IC card T. it can.

  The credit card processing unit 13 can read the magnetic information of the credit card possessed by the user, receive various services using the multimedia terminal, and settle the payment of the fee with the credit card.

  The barcode reading unit (barcode reading means) 14 reads a barcode printed on a coupon or the like.

  The telephone 150 is for making a voice call with a staff member in the center when a failure occurs while operating the multimedia terminal 10.

  The issuing unit (issuing means) 16 prints and issues a refund statement 16a (to be described later) requested by the user, a coupon ticket, and the like based on an operation performed by the user from the operation display unit 11.

  The determination unit (determination unit) determines whether or not the authentication result of the ID (identification) read by the IC card reading unit is appropriate.

  The cash register 20 includes a receipt issuing unit 21, a customer display unit 22, a staff display unit 23, an input selection unit 24, and a safe unit 25. Further, an IC card reading / writing device (IC card reading / writing means) 30, a password input device 40, a bar code reader (bar code reading means) 50, and the like are connected to the cash register 20 as necessary. . These units and devices are controlled by a control device (control means) (not shown).

  In the server 60, personal information possessing the IC card is registered based on the ID (Identification) of the IC card. This personal information can be searched based on the ID.

  FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the multimedia system 1 shown in FIG. The operation will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  The IC card holder (user) P selects an IC card withdrawal button in the service menu displayed on the operation display unit 11 of the multimedia terminal 10 (S1, IC card withdrawal selection).

  The multimedia terminal 10 confirms that there has been an IC card refund request process by selecting the IC card refund button, and sends the IC card T to be refunded to the IC card holder (user) P. The information is displayed on the operation display unit 11 so as to be read by touching.

  When the user P touches the IC card processing unit 12 based on the guidance displayed on the operation display unit 11 (S2, IC card presentation), the IC card processing unit 12 communicates with the IC card T in a contactless manner. To read the ID of the IC card T (S3, IC card reading). In order to authenticate the IC card T, the ID of the read IC card T is transmitted to the server 60 (S4, IC card authentication request).

  The server 60 authenticates the ID of the IC card T received from the multimedia terminal 10 (S5, ID authentication). At this time, in order to confirm whether or not the IC card withdrawal requester has the right to make a withdrawal request for the IC card T, there is a case where input of security information such as password entry is requested. Because it is not the purpose of, it is omitted.

  This ID authentication result is transmitted to the multimedia terminal 10 that has made the IC card authentication request (S6, authentication result transmission). The ID authentication result includes, for example, the following contents.

(1) IC card user's address, name, age, gender, etc.
(2) Whether or not the expiration date of the IC card is appropriate (3) Charge (prepaid) balance of the IC card The multimedia terminal 10 receives the ID authentication result from the server 60, and whether or not the ID authentication result is appropriate (S7, determination means) and the determination result of the ID authentication result is displayed on the operation display unit 11 of the multimedia terminal 10.

  If the authentication result is OK (Yes in S7), the issuing unit 16 of the multimedia terminal 10 issues a refund statement 16a (S8). If the authentication result is NG (No in S7), the IC card withdrawal request process is terminated (S9). This process is an initialization process for the multimedia terminal 10 to perform the following process.

  The user P who is the holder of the IC card T carries the issued refund statement 16a and presents the refund statement 16a and the IC card T to a staff member who operates the cash register 20 (S10).

  The clerk receives the refund statement 16a and the IC card T from the user P, and performs the following processes (1) to (4).

(1) The clerk reads the barcode printed on the refund statement 16a using the barcode reader 50 connected to the cash register 20 (S11, barcode reading).

(2) The cash register 20 confirms that the content of the barcode is an IC card refund request, and instructs the IC card reading / writing device 30 to pass the IC card T for which the refund request has been made. Send a message. This notification is displayed, for example, on the staff display unit 23. In addition, you may display on the display part 22 for customers as needed.

(3) When the clerk holds the IC card T on the IC card reading / writing device 30 based on the above notification (synonymous with touch), the IC card reading / writing device 30 communicates with the IC card T. Then, the ID of the IC card T is read (S12, IC card reading).

(4) The cash register 20 transmits the ID of the IC card T to the server 60 in order to authenticate the read IC card T (S13, IC card authentication request). The above processing is executed by the control unit (control means) of the cash register 20.

  The server 60 authenticates the ID of the IC card T received from the cash register 20 (S14, ID authentication means). Since the content of this ID authentication is the same as the content described above, the description thereof will not be made. At the time of this authentication, the password input device 40 connected to the cash register 20 may be requested to input the password. This is because the IC card T that has been refunded cannot be used thereafter, so that security for preventing the IC card T from being erroneously refunded is ensured.

  This authentication result is transmitted to the cash register 20 that has made the IC card authentication request. (S15, authentication result transmission).

  In the case of this authentication result OK (Yes in S16), deactivation encoding is performed on the IC card T (S17, invalidation means), and when the IC card T includes a deposit balance, the amount is Refunded.

  On the other hand, in the case of the authentication result NG (No in S16), the termination process of the IC card withdrawal request process in the cash register 20 is performed in the same manner as the termination process (S9) of the multimedia terminal 10 (S20). This process is an initialization process for the cash register 20 to perform the next process.

  There is a case where a fee is paid for the processing, but it is different from the gist of the invention of the present application, so that the description is omitted. By this deactivation encoding process, the IC card T is invalidated and cannot be used thereafter.

  The refund information of the IC card T refunded in this way is transmitted to the server 60 (S18).

  The server 60 receives the IC card T refund information from the cash register 20 and registers that the IC card T has been refunded (S19, registration means).

  Through the above processing, the deactivation processing of the IC card T is completed, and the IC card cannot be used.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the IC card can be refunded anytime and anywhere by using a multimedia terminal installed in a convenience store provided near the place of residence and a cash register with an electronic money settlement function. It becomes like this.

T IC card 1 Multimedia system 10 Multimedia terminal 11 Operation display unit 12 IC card processing unit 14 Bar code reading unit 15 Telephone 16 Issuing unit 16a Printed material (refund statement)
20 cash register with electronic money settlement function 21 receipt issuing unit 22 customer display unit 23 clerk display unit 24 input selection unit 25 safe unit 30 IC card reading / writing device 40 ID input terminal 50 bar code reader 60 server

Claims (4)

A multimedia system in which a multimedia terminal installed in a convenience store or the like and a cash register with an electronic money settlement function are connected to a server via a communication line,
The multimedia terminal is:
An operation display means comprising: a display means for displaying a service provided by the multimedia terminal and its operation guidance; and an input means for selecting the service content displayed on the display section or inputting information.
IC card reading means for reading an IC card;
Issuing means for issuing a printed matter in which a barcode is printed based on the service content instructed by the operation display means;
Determination means for determining whether or not the authentication result of the ID read by the IC card reading means is appropriate,
The issuing means includes:
When the service instructed from the operation display means is an IC card refund request process and the authentication result is determined to be appropriate by the determination means, a refund statement is issued,
The cash register with electronic money settlement function is
Barcode reading means for reading the barcode printed on the printed matter;
IC card reading / writing means for reading / writing the IC card;
Determination means for determining whether or not the authentication result of the ID read by the IC card reading / writing means is appropriate;
When the content of the barcode read by the barcode reading means is an IC card withdrawal request process, and the authentication result is determined to be appropriate by the determination means, the IC related to the withdrawal process by the reading / writing means Control means for invalidating the IC card by writing a deactivation encoding on the card and transmitting refund information indicating that the IC card has been refunded to the server;
The server
Registration means for registering personal information on the IC card based on the ID of the IC card;
When there is an IC card authentication request related to a withdrawal request from the multimedia terminal or the cash register with electronic money settlement function, authentication is performed based on the ID of the IC card and the authentication result is transmitted to the authentication request source. ID authentication means;
When the refund information is received from the cash register with the electronic money settlement function, registration means for registering the refund information;
Multimedia system with A multimedia terminal of a multimedia system in which a multimedia terminal installed in a convenience store store or the like and a cash register with an electronic money settlement function are connected to a server via a communication line,
An operation display means comprising: a display section for guiding a service provided by the multimedia terminal and its operation; and an input means for selectively instructing or inputting information of the provided service content;
IC card reading means for reading an IC card;
Issuing means for issuing a printed matter in which a barcode is printed based on the service content instructed by the operation display means;
Determination means for determining whether or not the authentication result of the ID read by the IC card reading means is appropriate,
The issuing means includes:
When the service instructed from the operation display means is an IC card refund request process and the determination means determines that the authentication result is appropriate, a refund statement is issued and the multimedia terminal of the multimedia system . A multimedia terminal installed in a convenience store or the like and a cash register with an electronic money payment function are cash registers with an electronic money payment function of a multimedia system connected to a server via a communication line,
Barcode reading means for reading the barcode printed on the printed matter;
IC card reading / writing means for reading / writing the IC card;
Determination means for determining whether or not the authentication result of the ID read by the IC card reading / writing means is appropriate;
When the content of the barcode read by the barcode reading means is an IC card withdrawal request process, and the authentication result is determined to be appropriate by the determination means, the IC related to the withdrawal process by the reading / writing means And a control means for invalidating the IC card by writing a deactivation encoding on the card and transmitting refund information indicating that the IC card has been refunded to the server. Cash register with money settlement function. A multimedia system server in which a multimedia terminal installed in a convenience store store or the like and a cash register with an electronic money settlement function are connected to the server via a communication line,
Registration means for registering personal information on the IC card based on the ID of the IC card;
When there is an IC card authentication request related to a withdrawal request from the multimedia terminal or the cash register with electronic money settlement function, authentication is performed based on the ID of the IC card and the authentication result is transmitted to the authentication request source. ID authentication means;
A registration means for registering the withdrawal information when the withdrawal information is received from the cash register with the electronic money settlement function,
A multimedia system server capable of invalidating an IC card related to a refund request after a refund process for the IC card refund request.

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