JPH0821069B2 - Prepaid card with ID magnetic bar - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prepaid device with an ID magnetic bar.
Related to Dokado, in particular, it makes it possible to use a prepaid card to the multi-purpose and the ID magnetic bar prepaid card with
About the.

[0002]

[Prior Art] Conventionally , a charge was issued on the back side issued by a certain business operator.
The surface of prepaid cards such as telephone cards and orange cards that have a magnetic coating surface for magnetically recording information etc. should be printed so that various advertisements and memorials for other businesses can be shown on the pattern. Has become. Therefore,
The use of the surface of these prepaid cards has been limited to that which can be used by a person as visual information.

Member information for identifying the owner is recorded on the magnetic bar (magnetic stripe) on the surface of the ID card, and usage information such as customer information can be collected through a card reader. However, the method of using the back side is currently used only for secondary printing of precautions for card usage.

[0004]

In the conventional prepaid card, the magnetic information in the magnetic coating surface on the back surface and the range in which the magnetic information is recorded are not disclosed, and therefore, for example , When a second business operator wants to use a prepaid card issued by one business operator in advance as an ID card such as a membership card, all that is required is to print it on the surface by a method that visually appeals that it is a membership card. There was a problem that an ID card had to be made separately in order to manage products sold by customers.

The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems,
An object is to provide a prepaid card with an ID magnetic bar that has both an ID function and a prepaid card function with one card .

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems] ID magnetic bars prepaid card with the present invention, in the first prepaid card fees prepaid for operators having a magnetic coating surface of the information recorded on the back surface, the surface of the prepaid card Reader
Along the reading direction of travel are disposed a magnetic recordable magnetic bar information, said ID information necessary for owner verification of the magnetic bar in the flop <br/> prepaid card by the second carrier Read
And write it so that it can be read by the device.
It also has a configuration that can be used as an ID card for use.

[0007]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view (a) and a sectional view (b) of an ID magnetic bar-equipped prepaid card according to an embodiment of the present invention. The prepaid card with the ID magnetic bar according to the present embodiment has a function as a telephone card issued by a telephone company that a card issuer such as a retail store or a restaurant distributes to registered customers as a service, and also as a membership card of the own store . Members who have this prepaid card with an ID magnetic bar can make phone calls with a certain frequency using this card, and can manage and sell products sold by customers when purchasing goods at the issuing store or paying food and drink.
A POS system that automatically calculates employee discount prices
It can be used for member authentication .

Prepaid card 1 with ID magnetic bar shown in FIG.
The necessary information as a membership card is printed and displayed on the surface 12 of the ID magnetic bar 11 and the ID magnetic bar 1
Store name code, the necessary information, such as membership number is written to 1. The back surface 13 of the prepaid card 1 with the ID magnetic bar has a magnetic coating surface on which information as a prepaid card is written. In Fig. 1 (a), a prepeller with an ID magnetic bar
The id card 1 has "← IN" printed on the front surface 12.
The card reader (reader) to the left.
The magnetic field has a certain width so that the magnetically recorded information can be read.
The ID-shaped magnetic bar 11 is attached along the left-right direction.
Has been.

This ID prepaid card with a magnetic bar 1
As a prepaid card, the telephone operator is
It is used as a telephone card issued in advance for the provision of additional services by the above, and in the case of the present embodiment, a public telephone can be dialed for 50 times several times like a normal telephone card.
The prepaid card is issued by a transportation company.
You can do it.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an operation system of a prepaid card with an ID magnetic bar. The operation system shown in FIG. 2 is operated in the POS format, and is a prepaid card with an ID magnetic bar 1 and a prepaid card with an ID magnetic bar that is present as an input / output (I / O) terminal for sales data by a store clerk .
Card reader 2 that also uses the function of reading recorded information of ID magnetic bar 11 of card 1 and host computer 3
And a data file (1) 4 for storing member information and a data file (2) 5 for storing sales records corresponding to customers.

In this POS system, the prepaid card 1 with an ID magnetic bar functions as a membership card used for member authentication at the time of purchase of goods, use of facilities, or payment of expenses required for eating and drinking, and the card reader 2 has an ID magnetism. The member information written in the magnetic bar 11 of the prepaid card with bar 1 is read out, the usage contents are input, and the member is confirmed based on the data stored in the data file (1) 4 under the control of the host computer 3. The sales record is stored in the data file (2) 5.

In this way , the first thing with one card
The second business operator as a prepaid card issued by a business operator
It is possible to realize a prepaid card with an ID magnetic bar that can also be used as an ID card issued by . This allows the second
By distributing prepaid card services to businesses
The effectiveness of customer acquisition and sales promotion will increase.

[0013]

As described above , according to the present invention ,
For the first business operator that has a magnetic coating surface for information recording on the surface
Of the reading device on the front of the prepaid card
Magnetic bar that allows magnetic recording of information along the reading direction
And a prepaid card on the magnetic bar by the second operator.
Read the ID information required to confirm the owner of the card with a reader
Pre-installed with one ID magnetic bar
A prepaid card for the first operator with a paid card
Also used as an ID card for the second operator
There is an effect that say can be.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view (a) and a sectional view (b) of a prepaid card with an ID magnetic bar according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a prepaid card with an ID magnetic bar of the present invention I
It is a block diagram which shows an example of the system operated as a D card .

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ID prepaid card with magnetic bar 2 Card reader 3 Host computer 4 Data file (1) 5 Data file (2) 11 ID magnetic bar 12 Front surface 13 Back surface

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A magnetic coating surface for information recording is provided on the back surface.
For prepaid cards for prepaid charges for the first business operator
And read the reading device on the surface of the prepaid card.
Ri along the running direction is arranged a magnetic recordable magnetic bars of the information, the magnetic bar to the pre-pay <br/> the ID information required for ownership check the reading instrumentation of Dokado by the second carrier
And write it readable by the device
ID that can be used as a D card
Prepaid card with magnetic bar.