JPH053037B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Technical field to which the invention pertains]

The present invention is a so-called deferred payment vending machine system (hereinafter referred to as a vending machine) that uses a card, that is, it determines that the inserted card is correct and sells the selected product.
A vending machine (hereinafter referred to as a terminal vending machine or terminal machine) serves as a terminal device that sends card data such as an ID code and sales data representing the contents of the sold product to the center device, and collects the sales data from the terminal vending machine. A system consisting of a center device that aggregates and creates payment request data, etc., and in particular, means for setting data for determining the authenticity of the card (card discrimination data) regardless of differences in the format of the card data. Regarding things that are equipped with.

[Conventional technology and its problems]

In this type of deferred payment card-based vending machine system, the terminal vending machine checks the ID code and other card identification data contained in the card being used. The card identification data is stored in a predetermined location within the card, and a program for checking it is stored in the terminal, and this location and program differ depending on the type of card. Therefore, when introducing a card-based vending machine system where cards are already used for other purposes, such as employee cards in factories,
Since the employee card and the card for the vending machine system have different data formats, it is necessary to have the two types of cards. Also, if you try to avoid this, you will have to match the data format of the card used in the vending machine system to the data format of the employee card, and in this case, the terminal program will change for each customer, making it difficult to use a universal system. The problem was that it could not be used as a terminal device.

[Purpose of the invention]

This invention solves the above problems and provides a deferred payment card vending machine that does not require changing the terminal program, regardless of the data format of the card used. The purpose is to provide a system.

[Key points of the invention]

The gist of this invention is that in a deferred payment card-using vending machine system, the terminal uses card discrimination data obtained from a central device when the terminal is turned on to determine the authenticity of the inserted card;
In this case, by making the terminal program irrelevant to the format configuration of the card reader, it is possible to prevent individual specifications of the terminal for each type of card used.
The aim is to obtain a highly versatile terminal. In other words, the gist of the present invention is a system comprising one or more terminal vending machines (hereinafter referred to as terminal vending machines) and one center device, wherein the terminal vending machines are inserted Equipped with card discrimination means (card reader, terminal CPU, etc.) to determine the authenticity of the card, and when it is determined that a genuine card has been inserted, the selected product is sold, and at least data identifying the card concerned is provided. In the deferred payment card-using vending machine system, which transmits data (such as an ID code) and data (sales data, etc.) indicating the contents of the sold product to the center device, the terminal vending machine is powered on. and, based on this power-on determination, send a request to the center device to send data (format data, etc., hereinafter referred to as card identification data) for determining the authenticity of the card. Means for sending (terminal CPU,
a communication control device, etc.); a storage means (RAM, etc.) for storing the card discrimination data transmitted from the center device;
and the card discrimination means performs the authenticity determination using the card discrimination data, and the center device transmits the card discrimination data to the terminal based on the transmission request. The vending machine is equipped with means for transmitting data to the vending machine (center CPU, communication control device, etc.), and furthermore, the storage means of the terminal vending machine stores the card identification data in a table. It is in the point that I made it.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. Fig. 1 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the main parts of a terminal vending machine as an embodiment of the system of the present invention, Figs. 2 and 3 are also explanatory diagrams of the format of card data, and Fig. 4 is also a diagram for explaining the card usage. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of main parts of the vending machine system. In Figure 4, 01 is a terminal vending machine, 02 is a center device, 03 is a communication line connecting both 01 and 02, 1 is a terminal CPU in terminal vending machine 01, 2 is also a RAM for data storage, and 3 is a card receiving device. This is a card reader for reading the internal data (card data). And terminal vending machine 01 is 4
It is possible to communicate with the center device 02 via the communication control device and the communication line 03. 5 is center device 02
6 is a display CRT, and 7 is an operating keyboard. Next, in Figure 2, A is commonly used.
The configuration of a JIS type magnetic card CD, B is the card
This is a display of the data format within the magnetic stripe S on the CD. In this figure B, D1 is the main data of 69 characters (character numbers 2 to 70), D2 (1 character, character number 1) is STX as data indicating the start of main data D2, D3 (1 character, character number 71) is ETX as data indicating the end of main body data D1, and D4 (1 character, character number 72) is LRC as data for checking for reading errors in main body data D1. Fig. 3 shows an example of the structure of main body data D1 when the card CD is shared for employee management and vending machine use, where D11 (character numbers 31 to 36) is the employee code, D12 (character numbers 56 to 36) is the employee code, and D12 (character numbers 56 to 65) is the ID code for the card-based vending machine system. Next, the operation of the main parts of the terminal vending machine 01 will be explained using FIG. 1 while referring to FIGS. 2 to 4. When the terminal vending machine 01 is powered on, the terminal
In step 101, the CPU 1 sends format data (i.e., the position of the ID code and its configuration, etc.) about the card CD to be used in this card-using vending machine system to the center device 02 via the communication control device 4 and the communication line 03. , card in the vending machine
When using a CD, a request is made to send data necessary in advance to determine the authenticity of the card (also called card discrimination data). On the other hand, this format data has been manually input into the center device (generally a personal computer is often used) 02, so the center device
In response to the above-mentioned transmission request, the CPU 5 communicates with the terminal vending machine 0 via the communication control device 4 and the communication line 03 in a procedure not shown.
Send this format data to 1. Therefore, when the CPU 1 of the terminal vending machine 01 determines that this format data has been received from the center device 02 (step 102, branch Y), it sets and stores the received format data in a table (not shown) in the RAM 2 (step 103). ). Next, when a card CD is inserted into the card reader 3 in the terminal vending machine 01 (step 104, branch Y), the CPU 1 refers to the format data in the RAM 2 and reads the main body data D in the card CD.
ID code D12 in 1 is read (step 105). With this reading operation, from the ID code D12 position,
If the ID code with the correct content is read (step 106, branch Y), this card CD is determined to be a genuine one, and the selected product is then sold according to the steps not shown in the diagram, but if the ID code is read correctly. If not (step 106, branch N), this card CD is determined to be fake, and the inserted card CD is returned in step 107, and the product is not sold.

【Effect of the invention】

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, card data check (card authenticity determination) in terminal vending machines is performed using format data (for card identification) sent from the center device when the terminal is powered on. Data), so even if the type of card you want to use changes, you can simply change the input data (format data) to the center device, eliminating the need to change the terminal program, making it highly versatile. As a result, a terminal device with a high degree of compatibility can be obtained, and the effect can be obtained that a card-using vending machine system can be easily introduced using the same card as the card system already in operation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart explaining the operation of main parts as an embodiment of the system of the present invention, FIGS.
This figure is also an explanatory diagram of the format of card data, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram similarly showing the system configuration. 01: Terminal vending machine (terminal machine), 02: Center device, 03: Communication line, 1: Terminal CPU, 2: RAM,
3: Card reader, 4: Communication control device, 5: Center CPU, 6: CRT, 7: Keyboard, CD: Card, S: Magnetic stripe, D1: Main unit data, D
12: ID code.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A system comprising one or more vending machines serving as terminals (hereinafter referred to as terminal vending machines) and one center device, wherein the terminal vending machine It is equipped with card discrimination means for determining authenticity, and when it is determined that a genuine card has been inserted, it sells the selected product and at least sends data identifying the card and data indicating the contents of the sold product. In the deferred payment card-using vending machine system, the terminal vending machine has a means for determining whether the power is turned on, and a means for determining whether the card is genuine or false based on the power-on determination. means for transmitting a request to send data (hereinafter referred to as card discrimination data) to the center device; and a storage means for storing the card discrimination data transmitted from the center device; The discrimination means uses the card discrimination data to perform the authenticity determination, and the center device transmits the card discrimination data to the terminal vending machine based on the transmission request. A card-using vending machine system characterized by being equipped with means. 2. A card-using vending machine system according to claim 1, wherein the storage means of the terminal vending machine stores the card discrimination data in a table.