KR100461534B1 - Blood donation management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for managing blood donation using VAN(Value Added Network) is provided to minimize time/material/manpower expense for constructing the system by utilizing the VAN and a database, while the system to induce individuals to voluntarily donate blood is developed. CONSTITUTION: A card terminal(200) reads blood donor information from a blood donation card(100), and outputs the read blood donor information and inputted donated blood volume information as blood donation information. A management server(350) accumulates points corresponding to a donated blood volume by receiving the blood donation information transmitted from the card terminal directly or through a VAN server(250). When a cooperated company server(400) or the card terminal request an inquiry for blood donor point, the management server transmits point information to the server or the card terminal by searching the point information of the corresponding blood donor.

Description

Blood Donation Management System {BLOOD DONATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a blood donation management system, and more particularly, to a system for managing blood donors by using a generalized van (VAN) network.

Since the government commissioned the blood business to the Korean Red Cross in 1981, there has been a quantitative growth, from 1.98 million donors in 1989 to 2.5 million in 1998. The distrust and anxiety of the Korean people are spreading.

For reference, based on the current long-term supply and demand analysis, the blood supply and demand situation is expected to be unstable enough to supply only 44.5% of the required transfusion by 2030.

Nevertheless, looking at the current method of recruiting and collecting blood donors, there is no room for improvement in long-term supply and demand due to the lack of mature efforts of voluntary donation culture as well as the adherence to backward blood collection practices. It has been pointed out that infrastructure and backward blood collection practices do not ensure the safety of blood from the blood collection stage.

In addition, since the management of blood donors is not computerized in the current blood donation management system, there is a problem in that it takes a lot of time and effort to find a person who can donate blood in an emergency.

Therefore, it is necessary to introduce a method for supplementing the current blood donation management system, that is, a system in which healthy individuals can actively participate in blood donation. There is an urgent need to introduce a system that can support this. In particular, if the existing system can be used for blood donation management, introduction of a new type of blood donation management system can be shortened in time, and the economic burden accompanying the introduction can be minimized.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to develop a system that can induce the voluntary participation of individuals to donate blood donation management system that can minimize the time, material and human costs for the system construction by utilizing the existing van (VAN) network In providing.

Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to manage the blood donors systematically by making the blood donor information DB, but by using the existing van (VAN) network blood donation management that can minimize the time / material / human cost for the system construction In providing a system.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a blood donation management system that can directly request emergency help to a donor having the blood type when urgent blood is required.

1 is a configuration of the blood donation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a card terminal that can access the blood donation card of Figure 1;

3 is a configuration diagram of the management server 350 in FIG.

4 is a view illustrating a process of generating and transmitting blood donation information necessary for blood donation management in the card terminal 200 of FIG.

5 is a view for explaining the process of receiving the blood donation information received from the management server 350 in FIG.

Blood donation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A card terminal for reading blood donor information from the blood donation card and outputting the blood donor information and the input blood donation information together as blood donation information;

Receive the blood donation information sent through the van (VAN) server or directly from the card terminal to accumulate points corresponding to the blood donation amount to the donor, and retrieves the donor point information from the partner server when the donor point inquiry request from the partner server And a management server for transmitting to the affiliate server.

In the system of the above-described configuration, the management server,

Search for blood donors with blood types requiring urgent blood transfusion according to the administrator's command, and display and display the information of the searched blood donors

Search for a blood donor having a blood type for which emergency transfusion is required according to the administrator's command, and generates an emergency blood donation request message for requesting an emergency blood donation in the form of SMS to the searched blood donor and transmits it to a mobile communication company server.

Furthermore, the management server according to an embodiment of the present invention,

When the donor's earned points exceed the prescribed points, a message is sent to the mobile communication company server requesting that the SMS message notifying the free health check is made.

According to the configuration as described above, by giving points to the blood donors according to the blood donation, by using the points conveniently offline or online, there is an advantage that can induce voluntary blood donation of the general public,

There is a convenient way to track donors who have blood that require urgent blood transfusions for help.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

First, Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the blood donation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Briefly describing the blood donation management system shown in FIG.

First, the card terminal 200 reads blood donor information from the blood donation card 100 and performs a role of outputting the blood donor information and the input blood donation information together as blood donation information. The card terminal 200 may be used as a card terminal for credit card payment, the specific configuration will be described in FIG.

For reference, in the following description, it is assumed that the donor information refers to donor identification information, and refers to, for example, a resident registration number or a unique ID number assigned to the donor. The blood donation information should include at least blood donor information for blood donor identification and blood donation information for point accumulation. The blood donation card 100 may be directly issued at the place where blood donation is made, and when a blood donation member is registered online, a management server 350 operator issues a blood donation card 100 with reference to the registered information and mails it. You can also take

Van server 250 installed and operated in the van (VAN) company serves to transmit the blood donation information transmitted from the card terminal 200 to the donor management server 350, not the card company server 300.

The reason why the van server 250 may transmit the blood donation information to the management server 350 instead of the card company server 300 may be determined by checking whether the header of the received blood donation information includes information indicating blood donation related information. have.

Meanwhile, the management server 350 receives the blood donation information transmitted through the van server 250 or directly from the card terminal 200 and accumulates points corresponding to the blood donation amount included in the blood donation information to the donors. When the donor point inquiry request is made from the affiliate server 400, the donor point information is retrieved and transmitted to the affiliate server 400.

In addition to the above-described main function, the management server 350 searches for a blood donor having a blood type requiring urgent blood transfusion according to an administrator's command, and displays and displays information on the searched blood donors.

Search for a blood donor having a blood type that requires urgent blood transfusion according to the administrator command, and also generates an emergency blood donation request message for requesting the blood donor in the form of SMS to the searched blood donor to transmit to the mobile communication server.

In some cases, the management server 350 may transmit a message to the mobile communication company server requesting that an SMS message notifying a free health check is made whenever a donation point of a donor exceeds a prescribed point.

The configuration of the management server 350 will also be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3. For reference, the management server 350 may be a server operated by the Korean Red Cross, or may be a server operated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, medical institutions, bansa.

Meanwhile, the affiliate server 400 is a server of an institution affiliated with the management server 350 operator, and refers to a server operated by a medical institution, an insurance company, a health examination institution, and an additional service provider. The affiliate server 400 requests a point inquiry of the blood donor card 100 holder and provides a service (eg, medical cost discount, free health check, etc.) corresponding to the inquiry result, that is, the blood donation point.

Unexplained reference numeral 150 illustrates a computer terminal. An individual may provide his / her personal information to the management server 350 which is the subject of the blood donation management system through the computer terminal 150 and register as a blood donor member. . As such, when registered as a blood donation member online, the blood donation card 100 may be delivered by mail. The blood donation card 100 may be issued in a card of various formats, such as an MS type card, a smart card.

Hereinafter, the card terminal 200 and the management server 350 of the above-described system configuration will be described in detail.

First, FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of a card terminal capable of accessing a blood donation card of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 illustrates a diagram of a management server 350 of FIG. 1.

First, referring to FIG. 2, the MS (Magnetic Stripe) reader unit 210 reads donor information from a blood donation card 100 inserted into a card insertion groove formed at an upper end of the terminal and outputs the donor information to the controller 250 to be described later. do.

The display unit 215 displays to the user display data generated by the control of the controller 250 to be described later, for example, data such as blood donation points.

The printer 220 is controlled by the control unit 250 and performs a role of printing and outputting a payment statement according to a credit card payment.

The network connection unit 235 transmits blood donation information output from the control unit 250 to be described later through a network (PSTN network or TCP / IP network). The network connection unit 235 may be implemented as a modem.

The memory 240 is a ROM in which control program data for controlling the overall operation of the terminal 200 is stored, and a RAM for temporarily storing data generated when the control operation is performed and various data processed. It is configured to be controlled by the control unit 250.

The key input unit 245 includes a plurality of numeric keys for inputting blood donation information, function keys for querying blood donation points, blood donation keys for blood donation information generation, and key data according to each key press. Is generated and output to the control unit 250.

The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the terminal 200 based on the control program data stored in the memory 240. For example, the controller 250 outputs blood donor information read from the blood donation card 100 and blood donation information input through the key input unit 245 together as blood donation information.

Hereinafter, the management server 350 will be described. First, the management server 350 may include a blood donor member information storage unit 360, a blood donor search unit 365, a network connection unit 370, and a blood donor member DB as shown in FIG. 3. 375, a point accumulation unit 380, an information transmission control unit 385, an emergency blood donation request message generation unit 390, and a web server 390.

First, the network connection unit 370 transmits and receives data with the van server 250 or the card terminal 200 and the affiliate server 400.

The blood donation member information storage unit 360 receives the blood donation member information from the computer terminal 150 connected through the web server 395, which will be described later, and stores it in the blood donation member DB 375. The information stored in the blood donation member DB 375 includes a member's name, resident registration number, and mobile communication terminal number for emergency contact provided from the blood donation member, and the blood donation point information received from the system is mapped and stored together.

The donor searcher 365 retrieves the current donor from the blood donor member DB based on the blood donation information transmitted from the card terminal 200 through the network connection unit 370. Since the blood donation information includes blood donor information, the present blood donor can be searched using the DB 375.

The point earning unit 380 accumulates points corresponding to the blood donation amount to the searched blood donors,

The information transmission control unit 385 extracts the point information of the donor from the DB 375 when the donor point inquiry request is made from the affiliate server 400 and transmits the point information of the donor to the affiliate server 400 through the network connection unit 370. . Of course, according to the member request may be transmitted to the computer terminal 150 of the logged-in member.

The emergency blood donation request message generator 390 generates an emergency blood donation request message for requesting an emergency blood donation in the form of SMS to the donor and transmits it to the mobile communication company server.

In addition, the management server 350 according to an embodiment of the present invention generates a message requesting that an SMS message is sent to notify the step-by-step free health check every time the accumulated points of the donors exceeds the prescribed points (1000, 2000, 3000, etc.) The apparatus may further include a medical examination service provider for transmitting to the mobile communication company server.

For reference, reference numeral 395, which is not described, illustrates a web server, and receives information about a member from a computer terminal 150 connected through a TCP / IP network as well as information necessary to provide a service according to an embodiment of the present invention. It serves to provide them on the web.

Hereinafter, a process of generating blood donation information in the card terminal 200 and transmitting it to the management server 350 and using the transmitted blood donation information will be described with reference to how to earn and give a blood donation point.

First, FIG. 4 illustrates a process of generating and transmitting blood donation information necessary for blood donation management in the card terminal 200 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 illustrates blood donation received from the management server 350 of FIG. 1. The figure for explaining the process of earning points and inquiring the points is shown.

Before explaining FIG. 4, individuals with a blood donation doctor access the management server 350 and register as a blood donation member (corresponding to step 600 of FIG. 5), and pay the blood donation card 100 offline according to such membership registration. Assume that you have received.

When the member who received the blood donation card 100 visits a medical institution or the house of blood donation and presents a blood donation card 100 after completing blood donation, the administrator presses the blood donation key provided on the card terminal 200 and the blood donation card ( Read 100). That is, if there is a blood donation key input through the key input unit 245 (step 500), the control unit 250 of the card terminal 200 reads the blood donation card information (MS card information) through the MS reader unit 210 (step 510). )do. Then, by requesting the input of the blood donation amount, blood donation information corresponding to the request is received (step 520).

When the blood donation amount is completed by the administrator, the control unit 250 transmits the blood donor information and blood donation information lead from the blood donation card 100 as one blood donation information through the connected PSTN network or TCP / IP network ( Step 530). If the blood donation information is transmitted to the van server 250 through the PSTN network, the van server 250 transmits the received blood donation information to the blood donation management server 350 instead of the card company server 300.

Hereinafter, the operation of the management server 350 receiving the blood donation information will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

First, the donor search unit 365 of the management server 350 storing the member information receives the blood donation information including the donor information from the van server 250 through the network connection unit 370 (step 605). When the blood donation information is received, the blood donor search unit 365 searches for a blood donor member in the blood donor member DB 375 based on the received blood donation information (step 610). When the search result blood donation member is completed, the point earning unit 380 accumulates and accumulates points according to the blood donation amount to the searched blood donation member (step 615). Therefore, members who participate in blood donation are given points proportional to the amount of blood donated.

If a blood donation point inquiry request is received from the affiliate server 400 or the card terminal in the state of earning points to the blood donor members as described above (step 620), the information transmission control unit 385 is a blood donor search unit ( The point information of the blood donor member retrieved by 365 is transmitted to the affiliate server 400 or the card terminal (step 625).

Accordingly, the card terminal located in the affiliate server 400 or the company providing the additional service outputs the points of the blood donation member presented by the blood donation card 100, and the corresponding company provides the additional service corresponding to the point of the inquiry result. Will be able to give.

As an example of providing such additional services, first, the management server 350 transmits a message requesting that the SMS message notifying the free health check to be sent to the mobile communication company server whenever the donation point of the donor exceeds the prescribed point. Can also give In this case, free health checkups are given according to blood donation, which can lead to voluntary blood donation.

For reference, the contents that can be serviced through the points given by blood donors will vary depending on the types of companies that partner with management server operators. If you want to induce blood donation at the national level, there may be a method of converting points to additional points when hiring officials, and there may be a method of replacing points with social service activities.

Although not shown in FIG. 5, the management server 350 may search for a blood donor having a blood type requiring emergency blood transfusion according to an administrator command, and may output information of the searched blood donors to an administrator through a display device. In this case, the manager can save the patient's life due to blood deficiency by viewing the printed information and asking the donor for urgent help.

In another method, the management server 350 searches for a blood donor having a blood type requiring urgent blood transfusion according to an administrator's command, and generates an emergency blood donation request message for requesting an urgent blood donation in SMS form to the searched blood donor. You can also send it to the server.

As described above, the present invention can be said to be a useful invention that induces blood donation points to blood donors and makes convenient use of the accumulated points, thereby inducing voluntary blood donation of the general public.

As described above, since the present invention can provide various types of additional services to blood donors, there is an advantage of inducing voluntary blood donation by individuals.

It also has the advantage of minimizing the time / material / human cost for system construction by utilizing the existing van network without developing a separate system.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage that it is easy to track the blood donors with the blood needed in case of emergency because the information of blood donors can be computerized management,

Since the information on blood donors is managed by DB, there is a side effect that can contribute to the establishment of scientific blood donation system.

On the other hand, the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, which are merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

Claims (5)

In the blood donation management system, A card terminal for reading blood donor information from the blood donation card and outputting the blood donor information and the input blood donation information together as blood donation information; Receive blood donation information sent through a van (VAN) server or directly from the card terminal to accumulate points corresponding to the blood donation amount to the corresponding donors, and point information of the donors when requesting donor points inquiry from the partner server or card terminal The blood donation management system comprising a; management server for searching and transmitting to the corresponding server or terminal. The method of claim 1, wherein the management server; A blood donation management system comprising: searching for blood donors having a blood type requiring urgent blood transfusion according to an administrator's command, and displaying and outputting information on the searched blood donors. The method of claim 1, wherein the management server; A blood donation management system comprising: searching for a blood donor having a blood type requiring urgent blood transfusion according to an administrator's command, and generating an emergency blood donation request message for requesting an urgent blood donation in the form of SMS to the searched blood donor and transmitting the message to a mobile communication company server. The method of claim 1, wherein the management server; Blood donation management system, characterized in that the donation point of the donor sends a message to the mobile communication server requesting the sending of SMS messages informing the free health check every time exceeding the prescribed point. The method of claim 1, wherein the management server; A network connection unit for transmitting and receiving data to or from the van server or card terminal and the affiliated server; A blood donation member information storage unit for receiving blood donation member information from a computer terminal connected through a web server and storing the blood donation member information in a blood donation member DB; A blood donor searching unit searching for a current blood donor in the blood donor member DB based on the blood donation information received through the network connection unit; A point earning unit for accumulating points corresponding to the blood donation amount to the searched blood donors; An information transmission control unit for extracting point information of the donor from the DB and transmitting the point information of the donor from the affiliate server to the affiliate server through the network connection unit; The blood donation management system comprising: an emergency blood donation request message generator for generating an emergency blood donation request message for requesting an blood donor in the form of an SMS to a mobile communication company server.