JPH10240886A - Card holder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an identification card that a user can put on at a low cost by providing a pocket for storing a business card and a nameplate, a means for mounting on the body, and a storage means for an electric signal. SOLUTION: The card holder 1 is formed of transparent soft vinyl, etc., and provided with the pocket 2 for storing a business card, and a storage element 3 which is freely readable and writable like an IC memory is embedded in a proper place. The card holder 1 is fitted with a clip 4 and a pin 5 so that the card holder is mounted on a pocket or collar of clothing. Consequently, a magnetic signal, etc., corresponding to visitor information is stored in the card holder 1, which is passed to a visitor at the time of entry reception, and the storage contents of the card holder 1 are read at a both in the hall or written, so that the tendency and desire of the visitor can be grasped. Then this holder is collected at an exit and then reusable.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card holder for storing a business card or a name tag in order to identify a visitor in an exhibition hall or a conference hall.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In various events such as new product announcements and exhibitions, the visitor visit status and attendant trends are grasped, and catalog acquisition applicants are registered to prepare for subsequent delivery. For this reason, an attendee data management system using an identification card in which data read by optical means or magnetic means and visual information are recorded has already been proposed (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-206861).

[0003] The identification card used in this system is:
It plays the role of an ID card, and should be worn in a dedicated card holder with clips or strings, for example, so that organizers and customers in the venue can easily identify it. What is known is.

[0004]

However, no matter how inexpensive the card holder is, it is inevitable that an excessive cost burden will be imposed if the card holder is distributed to all of the large number of visitors. It is possible to issue a permanent customer registration card to customers who conduct ongoing transactions, but in the event that they are lost or forgotten to bring them on arrival, management of this It is impossible to entrust customers to customers. In addition, it is not realistic that the organizer manages this and issues and collects tickets at the venue because it takes a lot of trouble.

The present invention has been devised for the purpose of solving such problems and providing an inexpensive identification card that can be worn.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a pocket for accommodating business cards and name tags and a means for attaching to a body for use in managing attendees at event venues. And a card holder having electronic signal storage means. According to this, at the time of admission, magnetic signals etc. corresponding to the visitor information are stored in the card holder and handed over to the visitors, and the stored contents of the card holder are read or written at the booth in the venue Thereby, the trends and demands of the visitors can be grasped. And if this is collected at the exit, it can be reused.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a card holder constructed according to the present invention. The card holder 1 is formed of, for example, transparent soft vinyl or the like, has a pocket 2 for storing a business card, and has a readable / writable storage element 3 such as an IC memory embedded in an appropriate place. The card holder 1 is provided with a clip 4 and a pin 5 to be attached to a clothing pocket or a collar. As a means for wearing the card holder 1, a string or chain suspended in a pendant manner may be used. Further, the external shape of the card holder itself is not limited to the illustrated example, and appropriate modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Next, a method of using the card holder 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

At the reception of the venue, the visitors are requested to present the invitation (step 1), and for the visitors who brought the invitation,
The customer information printed on the invitation with a barcode or the like is read by a reader provided at the reception of the venue (step 2),
It is transferred as it is or only necessary data is extracted to the storage element 3 of the card holder 1 (step 3).

On the other hand, for a visitor without an invitation, an attendee is registered at the reception of the venue (step 4), and the receptionist manually inputs necessary items to the storage element 3 of the card holder 1 from the keyboard on the spot. (Step 5). Then, the card holder 1 after step 3 or step 5 is handed over to the visitor (step 6). In step 2 above, the customer information recorded in the invitation was automatically read by the reader.
In this case, similarly to step 4, the receptionist may manually input the customer information written in the invitation from the keyboard. Also,
At the time of reception, the customer name may be searched by the host computer, and necessary data may be transcribed to the storage element 3 of the card holder 1.

The visitor inserts his / her business card or invitation cut out from the address portion of the invitation into the pocket 2 of the card holder 1 as a name tag, attaches it to the clothing as a chestband, and moves within the venue (step 7). ).

An attendant in the hall visually checks the name and company name of the visitors on the name tag, and for a visitor who has made a special request such as a catalog request or a business negotiation request, a reader of the terminal provided in the booth. With the / writer, the reading of information from the storage element 3 of the card holder 1 and the writing and rewriting of new information are performed as necessary (step 8).

The card holder 1 is returned at the exit of the venue (step 9), transfers the memory contents of the storage element 3 to the host computer, and resets the storage element 3 (step 10). In this way, the card holder 1 can be reused any number of times.

[0015] When registering a visitor who does not have an invitation at the reception of the venue, it is troublesome to enter the visitor information on the spot from a keyboard or the like.
Therefore, for example, a serial number is given to the visitor registration card to be filled out by the visitor, and the same serial number is also entered in the storage element 3 of the card holder 1 so that the visitor management in the hall can manage this serial number. Tentatively, the visitor information entered in the visitor registration card may be input to the host computer later, and the visitor may be searched by associating this with the serial number.

If a 1: 1 correspondence is established between the stored information of the card holder held by the visitor and the visitor information input to the host computer, an individual code is registered in each card holder. If you do so, the host computer can search for the individual having the card holder from the individual code of the card holder read at each booth. Therefore, in this case, the storage element provided in the card holder does not necessarily need to be rewritable. In this case, the correspondence between the individual code of the card holder and the visitor information may be reset at an appropriate timing, for example, when the card holder is lent to the next visitor. According to this method, it is possible to use a transponder or the like in which the individual code is fixed, so that a further inexpensive configuration can be adopted.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reuse the data card for identification of visitors used for managing the data of visitors at exhibitions and conferences, so that there is a great effect on cost reduction.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a card holder according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining how to use the card holder.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Card Holder 2 Pocket 3 Storage Element 4 Clip 5 Pin

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A card holder comprising: a pocket for storing a business card or a name tag; a means for attaching to a body; and a means for storing an electronic signal, for use in managing attendees at an event venue.