JPS62237597A - Vending machine system utilizing card - Google Patents

Abstract

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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, and also stores an ID code, etc. A vending machine (hereinafter referred to as "terminal vending machine" or "terminal machine") as a terminal device that sends card data and sales data representing the contents of the sold product to the center device, and collection and aggregation of the sales data from the terminal vending machine. This system consists of a central device that creates payment request data, etc., and in particular, data for determining the authenticity of the card (card discrimination data), regardless of the difference in the format of the card data (which can be set). Relating to something that has the means.

[Prior art and its problems] In this type of deferred payment card-using vending machine system, card identification data such as an ID code in the card being used is checked at the terminal vending machine. 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, for example, like an employee card in a factory,
When introducing a card-based vending machine system in a place where cards are already being used for other purposes, it is necessary to have the two types of cards mentioned above, as the data formats of the employee cards and cards for the vending machine system are different. There must be. In addition, if you try to avoid this, the data format of the card used in the vending machine system must match the data format of the employee card, and in this case, the terminal program will change for each customer, and the terminal The problem was that it could not be done. [Object of the Invention] The present invention solves the above problems and provides a deferred payment method that does not require changing the terminal program, regardless of the data format of the card used. The purpose is to provide a card-based vending machine 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 identification data obtained from a central device when the terminal is turned on to determine the authenticity of the inserted card. By making the terminal program independent of the format structure of the card data, the purpose is to prevent individual specifications of the terminal for each type of card used and to obtain a highly versatile terminal. In other words, the gist of the present invention is a system consisting of (1) or a plurality of vending machines serving as terminals (hereinafter referred to as terminal vending machines) and one center device, wherein the terminal vending machines are inserted Card discrimination means for determining the authenticity of cards (card league, terminal CPU
etc.), and when it is determined that a true card has been inserted, the selected product is sold, and at least data identifying the card in question (ID code, etc.) and data indicating the contents of the sold product (sales data, etc.) In the deferred payment card-using vending machine system, the terminal vending machine has a means (terminal CPU, etc.) for determining whether the power is turned on, and a means for determining whether the power is turned on based on the power-on determination. , means (terminal CPU, communication control device, etc.) for sending a transmission request for data (format data, etc., hereinafter referred to as card discrimination data) for determining the authenticity of a card to the center device; a storage means (such as a RAM) for storing the card discrimination data, and the card discrimination means performs the authenticity determination using the card discrimination data; ,
Based on the transmission request, means (center CPU,
communication control device, etc.), and furthermore, the storage means of the terminal vending machine stores the card discrimination data in a table.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be explained in detail below using 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 card-using vending machine system. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of main parts. In Fig. 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 the terminal machine 1IJij machine 01, 2 is a data storage RAM, and 3 is a card. It is a card league for accepting and reading its internal data (card data). The terminal vending machine 01 can communicate with the center device 02 via the communication control device 4 and the communication line 03. 5 is a center CPU in the center device 02; 6 is a display CRT;
Similarly, 7 is an operating keyboard. Next, in Figure 2, (8) is the commonly used JI
The configuration of an SII type magnetic card CD is shown in (B).
This is a display of the data formant in the magnetic stripe S on D. In this figure (B), Dl is main data of 69 characters (character numbers 2 to 70), D2 (1 character, character number l) 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 data D1, D4 (1 character, character number 72) is L as data for checking for reading errors in main data DI.
It is RC. 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.
l (character numbers 31 to 36) is the employee code, Dl
2 (character numbers 56 to 65) is an ID code for the card-based vending machine system. Next, the operation of the main parts of the terminal vending machine O1 will be explained using FIG. 1 while referring to FIGS. 2 to 4. When the terminal vending machine 01 is powered on, the terminal CPU 1 in step 101 instructs the center device 02 via the communication control device 4 and the communication line 03 about the format of the card CD to be used in this card-based vending machine system. data (i.e. the location of the ID code and its composition, etc.)
When a card CD is used in a vending machine, a request is made to transmit data necessary in advance to determine the authenticity of the card CD (also referred to as card discrimination data). On the other hand, since this formant data has been manually entered into the center device 02 (generally a personal computer is often used), the center CPU 5 performs communication control according to a procedure not shown in the figure in response to the above-mentioned transmission request. Communication with device 4′ft
This format data is transmitted to the terminal vending machine O1 via 1A03. Therefore, when cput of the terminal vending machine 01 determines that this format data has been received from the center device 02 (step 1021 branch Y), it sets and stores the received formant data in a table (not shown) in the RAM 2 (step 103). Next, when the card CD is inserted into the card reader 3 in the terminal mill 11Jii machine 01 (step 1041 branch Y)
, cput refers to the format data in the RAM 2 and reads the ID code DI2 for main body data storage in the card CD (step 105). In this reading operation, if an ID code with the correct content is read from the position of the D code D12 (Step 106
1 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 not read correctly (step 1061 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 checking (card authenticity determination) at terminal vending machines
This is done using the format data (card identification data) sent from the center device when the terminal is powered on, so even if the type of card you are trying to use changes, the data input to the center device (format data) ), there is no need to change the program of the terminal (therefore, you can get a versatile terminal, and you can easily use the card using the same card as the card system already in operation. The effect of introducing a mechanical system can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating the main operation of an embodiment of the system of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams illustrating the format of card data, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating the system configuration. be. 0 is a terminal vending machine (terminal machine), 02: Center device, 03:
Communication line, 1: Terminal CPU, 2: RAM, 3: Card league, 4: Communication control device, 5: Center CPU, 6: CRT
, 7: Keyboard, CD: Power code, S: M-stripe, Dl: Main unit data, D71 Figure O 2 Figure 3

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 is configured to accept cards inserted into the vending machine. is equipped with a card discrimination means for determining 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 and data indicating the contents of the sold product are provided. 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 the authenticity of the card based on this power-on determination. A means for sending a transmission request for data for discrimination (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 card discrimination means performs the above-mentioned authenticity discrimination using the card discrimination data, and the center device includes:
A card-using vending machine system comprising means for transmitting the card discrimination data to the terminal vending machine based on the transmission request. 2) In the system according to claim 1,
A card-using vending machine system, wherein the storage means of the terminal vending machine stores the card discrimination data in a table.