KR20030052275A - Ticketing service system and method by using a smart card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A ticket service system using a smart card and a method for supplying a ticket service are provided to execute a payment with respect to a use of a reserved ticket through a communication network using recorded information by recording information with respect to a ticket reservation, payment information, and member information in a smart card. CONSTITUTION: A storage(320) stores ticket data for storing member information and executing a reservation. The ticket data are supplied to a terminal(110) connected to a communication network(150). A member managing server(213) transmits member information and payment information of a user to the terminal(110). A ticket reservation server(212) creates reservation information according as ticket data are selected and transmits the reservation information to the terminal(110). A smart card(130) stores the member information, the payment information, and reservation information received by the terminal(110). A card reader(120) is mounted in an entrance, receives the member information, the payment information, and reservation information stored in the smart card(130), and transmits the information to the communication network(150). An entrance and exit managing unit(220) compares the member information received through the communication network(150) with member information stored in the storage(320), executes an authentication, pays a ticket price included in the reservation information corresponded to the received payment information, and instructs an entrance opening command.

Description

Ticket service system and provision method using smart card {TICKETING SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD BY USING A SMART CARD}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket service, and more particularly, to a ticket service system and a method for providing a ticket using a smart card for performing a payment for a ticket booked through a communication network using a user's smart card.

Content providers who provide reservation services through the Internet provide reservation services to users through the homepage, print out the reserved tickets on the user's computer or record the reservation number, etc. Will release.

However, the disadvantage of the reservation service method as described above is that the user has to go directly to the sales window on the offline printout or reservation number and receive a physical ticket from the sales staff.

In order to overcome this drawback, the method using a ticket self-ticketing system using an integrated circuit card of application number “10-2001-0006888” reserves a fee for a ticket desired by a user after payment of a credit card through a content provider, and reservation information. Is stored in the integrated circuit card and is output through the ticketing machine installed in the designated place using the stored reservation information.

However, the reservation service method using the ticket self-ticketing system using the integrated circuit card has a problem that the credit card payment process must be performed in the reservation process, and the output of the physical ticket using the ticket machine installed in an arbitrary place is followed. have.

In addition, a ticketing system is required to provide a ticket service, and there is a problem in that it is costly to install such a ticketing system.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, the information on the ticket reservation, payment information and membership information is recorded in the smart card, the payment by using the reserved ticket using the recorded information communication network To provide a ticket service system and a method using a smart card performed through the.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a storage unit for storing member information and reserved ticket data, and a ticket service system for providing ticket data stored in the storage unit to a terminal connected to a communication network. A member management server for transmitting the member information and the payment information to the terminal, a ticket reservation server for generating reservation information according to the ticket data selection and transmitting the reservation information to the terminal, and the member information, payment information and reservation received by the terminal. A smart card for storing information, a card reader installed at a door and receiving member information, payment information, and reservation information stored in the smart card and transmitting it to the communication network according to the connection of the smart card, and received through the communication network; Authenticate the member information by comparing it with the member information stored in the storage; And an entrance management unit corresponding to the received payment information to pay a fee of a ticket included in the reservation information and instruct the door opening command.

The present invention also provides a storage unit for storing member information and reserved ticket data, and a ticket data stored in the storage unit to a terminal connected to a communication network, and a ticket service providing method using a smart card connected to the terminal. Loading the user's member information and payment information into the smart card through the terminal, generating reservation information according to the user's ticket data selection, and loading the user's membership information and payment information into the smart card through the terminal; Receiving member information, reservation information, and payment information stored in the smart card according to the connection of the smart card to a card reader installed in the smart card; transmitting the received membership information through the communication network to the storage unit; The stored payment information is authenticated and the received payment information is received. Instructing the door opening instruction together with paying a fee of the reservation ticket using a beam.

1 is a block diagram showing a ticket service system using a smart card according to the present invention,

2 is a flowchart showing a reservation procedure using a ticket service system according to the present invention;

3 is a flow chart showing a membership registration process according to the present invention,

4 is a flow chart illustrating a payment process according to the use of a reserved ticket according to the present invention.

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100: user side 110: terminal

120: card reader 130: smart card

150: communication network 200: service provider

210: ticket unit 211: Web server

212: ticket reservation server 213: member management server

214: authentication server 220: access control unit

221: Electronic Money Server 222: Bill Payment Server

223 access server 230 storage unit

231: Member DB 232: Reservation DB

233: Ticket DB 234: Payment DB

235: Electronic money DB 300: Bank Banking Server

310: door card reader

There may be a plurality of embodiments of the present invention, and a preferred embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art will be able to better understand the objects, features and advantages of the present invention through this embodiment.

1 is a block diagram showing a ticket service system using a smart card according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the ticket service system includes a user side 100 including a terminal 110, a card reader 120, and a smart card 130, a communication network 150, a service provider 200, and a bank banking server 300. And a door card reader 310, the service provider 200 includes a web server 211, a ticket reservation server 212, a member management server 213, and an authentication server 214. And an access management unit 220 including an electronic money server 221, a payment server 222, and an access server 223, a member database 231, a reservation database 232, a ticket database 233, and payment. And a storage unit 230 including a database 234 and an electronic money database 235.

The terminal 110 is a wired / wireless terminal of the user side 100 that receives a ticket related service by accessing the web server 211 of the service provider 200 through the communication network 150, and the card reader 120 of the user. The smart card 130 is a contact or contactless card reader as a recognition means for recognizing the smart card 130, the smart card 130 stores the authentication and payment program provided by the service provider 200 and provides the user with reservation information according to the reservation It is received and stored through the terminal 110 and the card reader 120.

In addition, the smart card 130 receives and stores the member information input when the user accesses the service provider 200 and joins the member from the service provider 200. Member information stored in the smart card 130 is updated by receiving the modified member information to the service provider 200 in accordance with the user's member information modification.

The communication network 150 is a wired / wireless data communication network connecting with the terminal 110 and the web server 211 providing a ticket reservation and payment service.

The ticket unit 210 may display reservation information generated according to a ticket reservation request of a user accessing the service provider 200 and payment information for use of a ticket input by the user at the time of membership registration, through the communication network 150 of the user's terminal ( 110, and the transmitted payment information and the reservation information are stored in the smart card 130 connected to the terminal 110. The payment information and the reservation information stored in the smart card 130 determine the ticket reservation confirmation and the payment method according to the ticket use when passing through the door for ticket use.

The web server 211 of the ticket unit 210 may provide an input window for registering a member, an input window for inputting a member ID and password for member authentication, and a service to the terminal 110 connected through the communication network 150. It provides a selection window for selecting various services provided by the provider 200 and a predetermined message, and searches the storage unit 230 according to the service selection of the user, thereby reserving ticket information, reservation status or member information that can be reserved. To 110).

The web server 211 transmits the member information, payment information, payment and authentication programs to the terminal 110 according to the user's membership, and the member information, payment information and the program transmitted to the terminal 110 are smart of the user. It will be sent to the card 130 and stored. In this case, the payment information is a payment method when the user uses the reserved ticket.

The ticket reservation server 212 is driven when the user wants to view the reserved ticket information and displays the reserved ticket status information stored in the ticket DB 233 on the terminal 110 of the user, and the reservation information according to the ticket reservation to the user. It generates and updates the data stored in the reservation DB (232) of the storage unit 230. In addition, the ticket reservation server 212 transmits the reservation information to the terminal 110 of the user through the communication network 150, the transmitted reservation information will be loaded on the smart card 130 connected to the terminal (110).

The member management server 213 is driven when the user wants to modify his or her member information, extracts the member information from the member DB 231, displays the extracted member information on the terminal 110, and modifies it by the user. The reflected member information is reflected in the member DB 221 and simultaneously transmitted to the terminal 110 through the communication network 150 to update the member information stored in the smart card 130.

The authentication server 214 receives the ID and password data input by the user through the web server 211 and compares the ID and password data stored in the member DB 231 to determine whether the user is a member.

The access management unit 220 uses the member information, payment information, and reservation information transmitted when the user's smart card 130 is connected (contacted) to the door card reader 310 to authenticate the user and use the reservation ticket of the user. The bill is charged, the billing information is generated and stored in the payment DB 234 and stored in the smart card 130 of the user connected to the door card reader 310.

The electronic money server 221 of the access control unit 220 charges the user's electronic money stored in the electronic money DB 235 according to the amount of electronic money that the user wants to charge, as well as the bank banking server through the communication network 150 ( 300 and withdraws as much electronic money charged from the user's real account, and when the payment information stored in the smart card 130 is electronic money when the user uses the reserved ticket, the electronic money DB (235) After subtracting the user's electronic money charged in correspondence with the ticket fee, payment information is generated. Payment information generated by the electronic money server 221 is stored in the user's smart card 130 and payment DB (234).

The bill payment server 222 receives payment information from the access server 223 that receives the information stored in the smart card 130 according to the contact (contact) of the smart card 130 of the user to the door card reader 310 In the case where the received payment information is directly used for the bank account, the payment information is generated after the payment is made by withdrawing the fee for using the reservation ticket from the user's real account through interworking with the bank banking server 300 through the communication network 150. In addition, the generated payment information is stored in the smart card 130 of the user through the door card reader 320. At this time, the payment server 222 stores the generated payment information in the payment DB (234).

Access server 223 withdraws the member information, payment information and reservation information by communicating with the payment and authentication program stored in the smart card 130 read through the door card reader 310, by using the extracted member information In order to authenticate the user, it is determined whether the user is a member by comparing with the member information stored in the member DB (231). In addition, the access server 310 determines whether the payment information withdrawn from the smart card 130 is directly using a bank account or payment using electronic money, the payment information based on the determination result electronic server server 221 Or to the payment server 222 and the electronic money server 221 and the payment server 222 use the payment information transmitted from the access server 310 to perform payment according to the user's use of the reservation ticket. The generated payment information is reflected in the payment DB 234.

The member DB 231 stores basic personal information (eg, social security number, ID, password, etc.) of the members, account information for the bank which is a payment method according to the reservation, and the reservation DB 232 allows the user to make a reservation. Store reservation information for one ticket (eg, train ticket, bus ticket, movie ticket, etc.).

The ticket DB 233 stores ticket information (eg, movie tickets, train tickets, bus tickets, various performance tickets, etc.) that can be released to the user, and updates the amount of tickets that can be reserved according to the user's reservation. .

The payment DB 234 stores payment information according to payment of a fee for using a reservation ticket, and the information stored in the payment DB 234 is based on the payment information transmitted from the electronic money server 221 and the payment server 222. Will be updated.

The electronic money DB 235 stores electronic money information charged by the user. The electronic money that the user wants to charge is charged after withdrawing the electronic money amount from the user's bank real account.

The door card reader 310 is installed at the door and transmits the member information and payment information stored in the user smart card 130 to the access management unit 220 of the service provider 200 through the communication network 150.

The bank banking server 300 is linked to each payment bank set by the user at the time of membership registration or payment account modification, and reflects the fee for using the reservation ticket of the user in the real account of the user in the bank.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a reservation procedure using a ticket service system according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a membership registration process according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the user accesses the service provider 200 through the communication network 150 using the terminal 110 (S301), and the web server 211 uses the ID and ID for membership authentication to the terminal 110. It provides an input window for entering a password, and transmits the data entered in the input window to the authentication server (214).

The authentication server 214 compares the data received from the web server 211 with the data stored in the member DB 231 and determines whether the user 100 is a member of the connected user 100 (S302).

As a result of the determination in step 302, when not a member, the web server 211 sends a window to the user terminal 110 asking whether to register as shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not (S401).

As a result of the determination in step 401, if the user wants to join the member, the web server 211 drives the member management server 213, the member management server 213 is a terminal for inputting data according to the membership terminal Provided to 110 (S402).

As data input by the user to join the service provider 200, a user inputs an ID and password, a bank account to be paid according to the use of a reservation ticket, and a payment method (payment using a bank direct transaction or electronic money) according to the use of the ticket reservation. .

The member management server 213 determines whether the payment method according to the reservation selected by the user is a direct bank account transaction from the data input by the user in the input window (S403). In addition to storing the data entered in the input window in the member DB 231, and transmits the member information, payment information, mutual authentication and payment program to the terminal 110 through the communication network 150, the terminal 110 Member information, payment information, mutual authentication and payment program transmitted from the member management server 213 is loaded on the smart card 130 connected to the card reader 120 (S404).

Here, when the user wants a bank direct transaction as a payment method for the reservation ticket, the member management server 213 verifies the validity of the bank account input by the user by interworking with the bank banking server 300 through the communication network 150. .

As a result of the determination in step 403, if the user uses the electronic money as a payment method according to the reservation, the member management server 213 checks the electronic money charged by the user in conjunction with the electronic money server 221, the bank banking server ( After checking the real account input by the user in cooperation with 300), the process proceeds to step 404 (S405).

As a result of the determination in step 401, if the user does not want to register, the web server 211 terminates the ticket service.

As a result of the determination of step 302, if the ID and password entered by the user match the data stored in the member DB 231, the web server 211 can select various services such as ticket inquiry and reservation, member information inquiry, etc. to the user. The selection window is provided to the terminal 110 to determine what the user's selection is (S303).

As a result of the determination in step 303, when the user selects the ticket inquiry and reservation, the web server 211 drives the ticket reservation server 212, and the driven ticket reservation server 212 searches for the ticket DB 243 to the terminal. Ticket information that can be reserved is provided to 110 (S304 and S305).

The ticket reservation server 212 determines whether the user wants to reserve at least one or more of the ticket information displayed on the terminal 110 (S306), and the terminal 110 inputs an input window for inputting reservation information. After the reservation information is generated using the information input in the input window (S307), the ticket DB 233 and the reservation DB 232 according to the user's ticket reservation are updated (S308).

After step 308, the ticket reservation server 212 stores the user's ticket reservation information in the reservation DB 232, and then transmits the ticket reservation information to the user's terminal 110 through the communication network 150 (S311) and the terminal 110. In operation S309, the transmitted ticket reservation information is transmitted to the smart card 130 of the user through the card reader 120.

The ticket reservation server 212 loads not only the reservation information according to the ticket reservation of the user but also the payment information in which the payment method according to the use of the reserved ticket is stored in the smart card 130 connected to the user terminal 110.

As a result of the determination of step 308, if the user does not want to reserve a ticket, the ticket reservation server 212 terminates the reservation related service.

As a result of the determination in step 303, the web server 211 drives the member management server 213 if the user wants to search for member information, and the member management server 213 sends the member information corresponding to the user's ID to the member DB 241. Search for) and display on the user terminal 110, and determine whether the user wants to modify the member information (S310, S311).

As a result of the determination in step 311, if the user wants to modify the member information, the member management server 213 provides an input window for inputting the information to be changed on the user terminal 110 (S312), the input window The member DB 231 is updated by reflecting the data input to the member DB 231, and the changed information is transmitted to the terminal 110, and the terminal 110 accesses the changed member information to the card reader 120. The smart card 130 is updated to update the member information stored in the smart card 130 (S313).

As a result of the determination in step 311, if the user does not want to modify the member information, the user information inquiry process is terminated.

4 is a flow chart illustrating a payment process according to the use of a reserved ticket according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the user contacts or connects his smart card 130 to the door card reader 310 installed at the door (S501), the door card reader 310 is an authentication program stored in the smart card 130. And the user's member information received in communication with the payment program and the payment information received in communication with the payment program to the access management unit 220 of the service provider 200, and the access server 223 of the access management unit 220 is a door card. It is determined whether the user is a member by comparing the member information transmitted from the reader 310 with the member information stored in the member DB 231 (S502, S503).

As a result of the determination in step 503, the access server 223 controls the access of the user after transmitting a predetermined warning sound or warning message when the user is not a member (S504).

In addition, the door card reader 310 receives the reservation information from the smart card 130 of the user and transmits the reservation information to the access management unit 220 of the service provider 200 through the communication network 150, the entrance and exit of the access management unit 220 The server 223 compares the reservation information stored in the smart card 130 with the reservation information stored in the reservation DB 232 and determines whether a ticket is reserved.

As a result of the determination of step 503, the access server 223 determines the payment method desired by the user using the payment information when the user is a member (S505, S506).

As a result of the determination in step 506, the access server 223 drives the fee payment server 222 when the payment method stored in the smart card 130 directly uses the bank account, and the fee payment server 222 operates the communication network 150. After accessing the bank banking server 300 through the payment of the fee, the payment information is stored in the payment DB 224 and recorded in the user's smart card 130 (S507, S508).

The access server 223 opens the door after displaying the contents of the payment according to the payment completion of the payment server 222 and a message allowing access, on the display device mounted at the door (S509).

As a result of the determination in step 506, the access server 223 drives the electronic money server 221 when the user's payment method received from the door card reader 310 uses electronic money (S510), the electronic money server 221 ) Pays the fee according to the use of the reservation ticket using the charged electronic money of the user stored in the electronic money DB (235) (S510, S511). Thereafter, the flow proceeds to step 508.

As described above, in the present invention has been exemplified that the payment information is recorded in the smart card 130 of the user is stored, but according to another embodiment of the present invention the reservation information generated in accordance with the ticket reservation is the user The smart card 130 is loaded, and the payment information according to the ticket reservation is stored in the payment DB 234 of the storage unit 230, and the access server 223 pays for payment when the user uses the reserved ticket. After retrieving the information from the payment DB 234, the payment method is determined, and the electronic money server 221 or the payment server 222 may be driven based on the determination result to pay the fee for using the ticket.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, only the member information including the bank account input when the user registers and the reservation information according to the user's ticket reservation are loaded into the user's smart card 130, and the smart card 130 is loaded. When using the reserved ticket using the access server 223 authenticates the user using the member information stored in the smart card 130, and transfers the bank account information included in the member information to the rate payment server 232, The payment server 232 may pay a fee for using a ticket using the bank account information of the user.

As described above, a user reserves a ticket through a communication network using a terminal, and connects a user's smart card loaded with reservation information, payment information, and membership information according to the reservation to a door card reader connected to a service provider, to issue a ticket. It is possible to reduce the cost of constructing a ticket service system by eliminating the need for a separate ticketing system for issuing tickets reserved through a communication network. .

In addition, the user's convenience can be increased by using and paying the ticket reserved by the user using the member information, payment information, and reservation information loaded on the user's smart card without any separate offline work.

Claims (8)

A storage unit for storing member information and ticket data that can be reserved, and a ticket service system for providing ticket data stored in the storage unit to a terminal connected to a communication network, A member management server for transmitting the member information and payment information of the user to the terminal; A ticket reservation server for generating reservation information according to the ticket data selection and transmitting the reservation information to the terminal; A smart card storing member information, payment information, and reservation information received by the terminal; A card reader installed at an entrance door and receiving member information, payment information, and reservation information stored in the smart card and transmitting the same to the communication network according to the connection of the smart card; The member information received through the communication network is authenticated by comparing with the member information stored in the storage unit, and corresponding to the received payment information, the fee of the ticket included in the reservation information is paid and the command to open the door is instructed. Ticket service system using a smart card including an access management unit to. The method of claim 1, The access control unit, The payment information received from the card reader further comprises a payment server for paying the fee for the reserved ticket in conjunction with the bank banking server with the user's bank account through the communication network using the bank account; Ticket service system using a smart card. The method of claim 1, The access control unit, Ticket service using a smart card, characterized in that the payment information received from the card reader using the electronic money further comprises an electronic money server to pay the fee for using the ticket using the electronic money charged by the user system. The method of claim 1, The access control unit, The ticket service system using the smart card, characterized in that for generating the payment information according to the payment of the ticket included in the reservation information to the smart card connected to the storage unit and the card reader. The method of claim 1, The member information, The ticket service system using a smart card which can be modified by the user, wherein the modified member information updates the member information stored in the storage unit and the smart card. Claims [1] A method of providing a ticket service using a smart card connected to a terminal, the storage unit storing member information and reserved ticket data, and the ticket data stored in the storage unit to a terminal connected to a communication network. Loading the user's member information and payment information into the smart card through the terminal; Generating reservation information according to the ticket data selection of the user and loading the reservation information into the smart card through the terminal; Receiving member information, reservation information, and payment information stored in the smart card according to a connection of the smart card to a card reader installed at the door and transmitting the received member information, reservation information, and payment information through the communication network; And authenticating the member information received through the communication network with the member information stored in the storage unit, and instructing the door opening command together with the payment of the reservation ticket using the received payment information. Ticket service providing method using a smart card. The method of claim 6, Payment of the fee for the above booking ticket, A method of providing a ticket service using a smart card, characterized in that paying in cash deposited in the bank account of the user and using the electronic money of the user. The method of claim 6, Providing a member information modification input window according to the user's request; And updating the member information stored in the storage unit and the smart card according to the member information inputted in the input window.