JPH0581300A - Documents issuing terminal system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to use a slip issuing machine also from another terminal to which the issuing machine is not connected by constituting the issuing machine so as to be used as a document issuing machine directly con nected to a master station. CONSTITUTION:In the case of issuing a document from a terminal equipment 10, the issue of the document is commanded from the master station 1 to the terminal 10. The terminal 10 receives the issue command, judges whether its output data sort is the work of the terminal itself or not, and in the case of its work, requests processing to an I/O processing part 5. In the case of the work of another terminal, processing is requested to a document issue substituting processing part 6. In the case of issuing a document from a terminal equipment 14, input data are transmitted from the terminal 14 to the master station 1 through a communication line 2, output data shown in (C) are outputted from the master station 1 to the terminal 10, processing similar to the issue command to the self-terminal is executed to issue the document.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a form issuing terminal system for issuing forms such as certificates.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of technology, for example,
The technique disclosed in JP-A-62-44868 is known. This technology shortens the operation time by inputting transaction information, printing it out on a receipt or slip, storing the input data in the memory, receiving the next input data, and transmitting it to the upper station. I was trying.

[0003]

The above-mentioned prior art does not consider an apparatus to which a printer for printing out a receipt or a slip is not connected, and it is necessary to connect the printer to all terminals. But for example,
Like issuing machines for various certificates used in financial institutions,
In a system in which the device itself is expensive and it is not economical to connect to all terminals, the above-mentioned need to connect a printer to all terminals is a serious drawback. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the related art and to connect the form issuing machine to only some terminals, An object of the present invention is to provide an economical and efficient form issuing terminal system in which the issuing device can be used from other terminals (where the form issuing device is not connected).

[0004]

The above object of the present invention is to provide a terminal including at least one form issuing machine for issuing forms and a control device for controlling the form issuing machine, and a form. A system comprising a higher-ranking station for instructing issuance of a class, wherein the form-issuing machine is configured to be usable as a form-issuing machine directly connected to the higher-ranking station. Achieved by the terminal system.

[0005]

In the form issuing terminal system according to the present invention, a form issuing instruction is unilaterally issued to the terminal directly connected to the form issuing machine, separately from the form issuing by the form issuing business of the own terminal. Is received and the form issuance process is performed, so the form issuance machine connected to some terminals can
The effect is that it is possible to realize an economical and efficient form issuing terminal system that can be used even from a terminal (which is not connected to a form issuing machine). Further, in order to prevent a competition between the form issuing operation as the processing of the own terminal and the form issuing operation instructed by the higher-level station, when the form issuing operation as the business of the own terminal is performed, Waiting for the end of this processing, the form issuance operation is performed in accordance with an instruction from the upper station. On the other hand, when the form issuance operation is performed as the business of the own terminal, if the form issuance operation is performed according to the instruction from the higher-level station, the end of this process is awaited as the business of the own terminal. Performs a form issuing operation.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a system including a terminal device and an upper station according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an upper station, 2 is a communication line, and 10 and 14 are terminal devices. The terminal device 10 includes a control device 3, a keyboard 11, a display 12, and a certificate issuing machine 13, and is connected to the higher-level station 1 via a communication line 2. Further, the control device 3 of the terminal device 10 includes a communication control unit 4, an input / output processing unit 5, a certificate issuing proxy processing unit 6,
It is composed of a keyboard controller 7, a display controller 8, and a certificate issuing machine controller 9. On the other hand, the terminal device 14
Is a control device 15, a keyboard 11, a display 12
And is connected to the upper station 1 via the communication line 2. The control device 15 of the terminal device 14 includes a communication control unit 4, an input / output processing unit 5, a keyboard control unit 7, and a display control unit 8.

The input / output control unit 5 performs input / output processing to / from the peripheral equipment such as the keyboard 11 and the communication control unit 4.
Transmission / reception processing with the upper station 1 via Further, the certificate issuing proxy processing unit 6 performs input / output processing to the certificate issuing machine 13 and transmission / reception processing with the higher-level station 1 via the communication control unit 4. Normally, both the control device 3 and the control device 15 perform work by the input / output processing unit 5 based on various transaction information input by the operator from the keyboard 11.
FIG. 5A is a diagram showing a format of output data output from the upper station 1 to the terminal device. FIG. 5 (b) and
5C shows a specific example thereof, and FIG. 5B shows data issued to the control device (here, 3 in the terminal device 10) of the terminal to which the certificate issuing machine 13 is connected. Format, FIG. 5C shows an example of a format of data issued to the control device (15 in the terminal device 14 in this case) of the terminal to which the certificate issuing machine 13 is not connected.
The control information in FIG. 5 is information indicating whether the target device (here, the certificate issuing machine) is further secured or released.

An operation example of the certificate issuing business in the system of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described below. When the upper station 1 receives the message from the control device 3 or the control device 15, it determines whether or not the certificate issuing machine is connected to the control device. If the certificate issuing machine is connected, The output data in the format shown in FIG. 5 (b) is edited and output to the sending control device, and when the certificate issuing machine is not connected, the output data in the format shown in FIG. 5 (c) described above. Is edited and output to the transmitted control device. Specifically, when issuing a certificate in the terminal device 10, when the input data is transmitted from the terminal device 10 to the upper station 1 via the communication line 2, the upper station 1 sends the input data to the terminal device 10 as described above. The output data shown in FIG. 5B is output to instruct the issuance of the certificate. Terminal device 1
0 receives the issuing instruction via the communication control unit 4, and
Processing is performed according to the output data processing flow shown in FIG.
First, it is determined whether the output data type is the business of the terminal itself (step 21). The input / output processing unit 5 for the business of the own terminal
To the certificate issuing agent processing unit 6 (step 23).

Here, since the type is business, the input / output processing unit 5 is requested. In the input / output processing unit 5, first,
In step 31 (FIG. 2), it is determined whether or not the output data is data for the certificate issuing machine, and in step 37, if the data is not for the certificate issuing machine, the data is output to each control unit, and step 38 In step 38, it is determined whether the output data processing is completed. If it is not completed, the next data processing is performed. If it is completed, in step 38, it is determined whether the control information of the output data is released. If so, the status of the certificate issuing machine is set to free (step 40), and the processing ends. If the control information is not released, the processing ends. If the output data is data to the certificate issuing machine, step 32
Check whether the status of the certificate issuing machine is free.If it is not free, determine whether the status of the certificate issuing machine is in use (step 35). Suspend and check again whether the certificate issuing machine is free
(Step 32). If it is determined in step 35 that the status of the certificate issuing machine is in use for business, the data for the certificate issuing machine is output to the certificate issuing machine (step 34).

On the other hand, in step 32, if the status of the certificate issuing machine is free, the status of the certificate issuing machine is determined to be in process of business.
(Step 33), output to the certificate issuing machine. When the output to the certificate issuing machine is completed, it is determined whether the output data processing is completed (step 38). By this processing, the certificate is issued at the terminal device 10. Further, when the terminal device 14 issues a certificate, the input data is transmitted from the terminal device 14 to the upper station 1 through the communication line 2, and the upper station 1 sends the input data to the terminal device 10 as shown in FIG. Output the output data shown in and issue a certificate. The terminal device 10 receives this issuance instruction via the communication control unit 4, and in accordance with steps 41-47 shown in FIG. According to the above-described embodiment, in the terminal device (here, 10) to which the certificate issuing machine is connected, the certificate issuance by the certificate issuing operation of another terminal device independently of the input / output processing performed by the terminal itself. It becomes possible to handle the certificate issuance work in the terminal device to which the certificate issuing machine is not connected. It is needless to say that the above embodiment is an example of the present invention and the present invention should not be limited to this.

[0011]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the form issuing machine is connected to only some terminals, and this form issuing machine is connected to other (form issuing machines). Not)
This is a remarkable effect that an economical and efficient form issuing terminal system that can be used from a terminal can be realized.

[0012]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart (part 1) of output data processing showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart (No. 2) of output data processing showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart (No. 3) of output data processing showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a system including a terminal device and an upper station according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a format of output data output from a higher station to a terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: upper station, 2: communication line, 3 and 15: control device,
4: Communication control unit, 5: Input / output processing unit, 6: Certificate issuing proxy processing unit, 7: Keyboard control unit, 8: Display control unit, 9: Certificate issuing machine control unit, 10 and 14: Terminal device, 11: Keyboard, 12: Display, 13: Certificate issuing machine.

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Shinichi Tomita 1 Ikegami, Haruoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi Stock company Hitachi Asahi factory

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A system comprising at least one terminal including a form issuing machine for issuing forms, and a control device for controlling the form issuing machine, and a host station for instructing issuance of forms. In addition, the form issuing terminal system is characterized in that the form issuing device can be used as a form issuing device directly connected to the higher-level station. 2. In the control device, in addition to an input / output processing unit that performs transmission / reception processing with the host device and input / output processing with an input / output device including the form issuing machine, transmission / reception with the host device 2. A form issuance agent processing unit for performing processing and input / output processing to the form issuing machine is provided.
Form issuing terminal system described. 3. The output data issued from the upper station to the control device includes information indicating whether the output data is addressed to the input / output processing unit or the form issuance proxy processing unit. 3. The form issuing terminal system according to claim 2, wherein the corresponding processing unit is activated based on this. 4. The output data includes, in addition to the destination information, information for controlling a connection state with a form issuing machine, and is configured to perform competition control in issuing forms. The form issuing terminal system according to claim 3.