KR20150032606A - System and method for testing of credit authorization terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a system for testing a card payment terminal. The system for testing a card payment terminal can comprise: an input unit which is connected to the terminal to receive information on the terminal; a testing unit which simulates a card payment process performed by the terminal to test the terminal; and a determining unit which determines whether the terminal is authenticated for preset items based on test results. According to the present invention, a unified test for the card payment terminal (10) can be performed, thereby reducing time and cost used for testing.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a system and a method for testing a payment terminal,

The present invention relates to a system and method for testing a card payment terminal, and more particularly, a card inquiry operation of a payment terminal is performed through adjustment of an automated robot apparatus, and a card payment terminal is tested through simulations of a card payment process Systems and methods.

Generally, in performing card settlement, a plurality of merchants processes a series of settlement processes using a card settlement terminal provided in an affiliate shop.

In response to the card payment request of the consumer, the merchant requests the transaction approval request of the consumer's card through the card payment terminal, and then transmits a payment approval request including the card information and payment information to the VAN server. Upon receipt of the payment approval request from the card payment terminal, the van server requests payment approval to the card company server associated with the card, receives payment approval result information, and transmits the payment approval result information to the card payment terminal. The card settlement terminal outputs the settlement approval result information received from the van server to the card settlement terminal screen and the sales slip, and transfers the part of the output slip to the consumer, thereby completing the card settlement processing.

In order to test such a card settlement terminal, all of the above-described tests for the settlement process have to be performed. However, there is a wide variety of transactions to be processed by the card settlement terminal, ) It takes a lot of time to check the validity of the approval text requested by the card terminal by requesting the server administrator. In addition, the result of the test and the progress time may differ depending on the cognitive ability of the card payment system and the card payment terminal of the tester testing the card payment terminal.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for testing a card payment terminal, the system comprising: an input unit connected to the terminal for inputting information on the terminal; a test execution unit for simulating a card payment process by the terminal, And a determination unit for determining whether or not to authenticate the terminal according to preset items based on the test result.

According to one embodiment, the payment process may be at least one of a card recognition function by the terminal, an approval request and notification function of a Value Added Network (VAN) company, a credit card company's settlement, approval, and transaction authentication function.

According to an embodiment, the information processing apparatus may further include an information generating unit for generating a report including the determination result, and an output unit outputting the report for each item.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the terminal may further include a setting unit configured to set environment information related to the test of the terminal.

In this case, the environment information may be at least one of a type of the terminal, a service function to be tested, and a communication method with the terminal.

According to one embodiment, the terminal may be a terminal using a non-contact data communication method.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of testing a card payment terminal, the method comprising: an input step of inputting information on the terminal connected to the terminal; a test execution step of simulating a card payment process by the terminal, And a determination step of determining whether or not to authenticate the terminal according to a preset item based on the test result.

According to one embodiment, the payment process may be at least one of a card recognition function by the terminal, an approval request and notification function of a Value Added Network (VAN) company, a credit card company's settlement, approval, and transaction authentication function.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an information generation step of generating a report including the determination result, and an output step of outputting the report for each item.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the method may further comprise setting the environment information associated with the test of the terminal.

In this case, the environment information may be at least one of a type of the terminal, a service function to be tested, and a communication method with the terminal.

According to an embodiment, the terminal can use a contactless data communication system.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a card settlement terminal test procedure according to an exemplary embodiment.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a card settlement terminal test system according to an embodiment.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a card settlement terminal test system according to another embodiment.
4 is a diagram illustrating a report generation process for a card settlement terminal test result according to an exemplary embodiment.
5 is a diagram illustrating a report generation result of a card settlement terminal test result according to an exemplary embodiment.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a card payment terminal testing method according to an embodiment.

In the following, some embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it is not limited or limited by these embodiments. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements.

Although the terms used in the following description have selected the general terms that are widely used in the present invention while considering the functions of the present invention, they may vary depending on the intention or custom of the artisan, the emergence of new technology, and the like.

Also, in certain cases, there may be terms chosen arbitrarily by the applicant for the sake of understanding and / or convenience of explanation, and in this case the meaning of the detailed description in the corresponding description section. Therefore, the term used in the following description should be understood based on the meaning of the term, not the name of a simple term, and the contents throughout the specification.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a card settlement terminal test procedure according to an exemplary embodiment.

The card settlement terminal test may be performed using the card settlement terminal 101 and the card settlement terminal test system 100 to be tested.

The card settlement terminal test system 100 automatically performs hardware operations (for example, magnetic / IC card recognition, keypad / signature pad input operations) necessary for proceeding with the settlement process of the card settlement terminal 101 (Not shown).

The card payment terminal test system 100 may include a test application program 120 that controls the test equipment 110 to conduct a test for the card payment terminal 101 according to a series of processes .

The card settlement terminal test system 100 verifies the hardware performance and durability of the card settlement terminal 101 through the test equipment 110 and verifies the hardware performance and durability of the card settlement terminal 101 using the test application program 120. [ 101 may determine whether the payment process is normally performed.

The card settlement terminal 101 may be placed in the card settlement terminal test system 100 to be tested for the overall function of the card settlement process.

For example, the card settlement terminal 101 is placed in the test equipment 110 of the card settlement system 100, and is provided with a magnetic recognition function, a keypad input function, an IC card recognition function Function, signature pad function, and the overall performance of the payment process such as transaction / approval / settlement information transmission / reception with the VAN company and the card company according to the payment request.

If the test instrument 110 is not included in the card settlement system 100, the card settlement terminal 101 is connected to a device in which the test application program 120 is stored, . In this case, the hardware performance tests such as the magnetic recognition function, the key pad input function, the IC card recognition function, and the signature pad function performed by the test equipment 110 are manually performed by the user, and the VAN The overall operation of the settlement process such as transaction / approval / settlement information transmission / reception with the card company and card company can be performed by the test application program 120 in the same manner.

In the past, in performing the test for the card settlement terminal 101, each of the plurality of functions required in the settlement process is tested, and based on the determination, whether or not the card settlement terminal 101 is authenticated In this way, it could take a lot of time and money to prepare and run the test.

For example, when testing a plurality of functions required in the payment process, a test is performed by connecting to a VAN server in which an actual transaction is performed, in order to analyze specialties such as approval / cancellation / inquiry transmitted from the settlement terminal to the VAN server In a way, the tester could not recognize the result of an immediate test. In this case, since the test result can be confirmed only by receiving the settlement request information transmitted from the test terminal from the VAN server manager, it took a considerable time to test the settlement terminal, and the settlement process of the settlement terminal There was no way to verify that. In addition, depending on the level of knowledge of the payment process and the payment terminal of the tester performing the test, the determination of success / failure of the test result often occurs differently, and depending on the test proficiency, There were also cases where there were differences.

However, it is possible to perform the integrated test on the card settlement terminal 101 through the card settlement terminal test system 100, thereby saving time and expense required for the test.

In addition, the portion of the payment processing process of the payment terminal for an exceptional situation in the payment process which has not been performed in the existing test can be verified through a test, and a test system in which a person is not intervened by the automatic robot It is possible to reduce the time and expense required for the test, and the reliability of the test result can be remarkably increased.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a system 100 for testing a card payment terminal in accordance with one embodiment.

The card settlement terminal test system 100 may include an input unit 210, a test execution unit 220, a determination unit 230, and an output unit 240. However, the output unit 240 is an optional configuration, and in some embodiments, the output unit 240 may be omitted.

The input unit 210 may be connected to the terminal and receive information about the terminal.

The information on the terminal includes at least one of a unique ID and manufacturing information of the terminal, H / W and S / W information included in the terminal, and minimum specification information (voltage, network, etc.) Specification information.

The test execution unit 220 can test the terminal by simulating a card settlement process by the terminal.

The card settlement process refers to a card settlement process that proceeds through the terminal. The card settlement process includes a card recognition function, an approval request and notification function of a VAN (Value Added Network) company, a card company's settlement, approval, One can be included.

The determination unit 230 may determine whether or not to authenticate the terminal based on the test results of the test execution unit 220 for each of the preset items.

The preset item may be configured to include the test item performed for the terminal, the service function required in the payment process, and the like.

Further, the card payment terminal may be a terminal using a non-contact type data communication method.

In some embodiments, the card payment terminal test system 100 may further include an output unit 240.

The output unit 240 may output a report including the result of the determination whether the authentication unit 230 is authenticated to the terminal, for each item, and provide the output to the user.

3 is a block diagram showing a card settlement terminal test system 100 according to another embodiment.

The card payment terminal test system 100 includes a setting unit 310, an input unit 320, a test execution unit 330, a determination unit 340, an information generation unit 350, and an output unit 360 . In some embodiments, the setting unit 310, the information generating unit 350 and the output unit 360 are optional. In some embodiments, the setting unit 310, the information generating unit 350 ), And the output unit 360 may be omitted.

The input unit 320 may be connected to a card payment terminal to be tested and receive information about the terminal.

The test execution unit 330 may test the terminal by simulating the card process by the terminal.

In this case, the card settlement process refers to a card settlement process carried out through the terminal, and includes a card recognition function, an approval request and notification function of a Value Added Network (VAN) company, payment, approval, And / or < / RTI >

Based on the test result, the determination unit 340 may determine whether or not the terminal is authenticated according to preset items.

According to another embodiment, the card settlement terminal test system 100 may further include a setting unit 310, an information generating unit 350, and an output unit 360.

In this case, the setting unit 310 may set environment information related to the test execution of the terminal.

The environment information may be at least one of a type of the terminal, a service function to be tested, and a communication method with the terminal.

For example, according to the environment information setting, a test may be executed only for a specific function in the settlement process with respect to the terminal, or a test may be performed on the overall function of the settlement process.

Also, the information generating unit 350 may generate a report including the result of the determination whether the authentication unit 340 is authenticated by the determination unit 340 for each item, and output the generated report through the output unit 360.

Meanwhile, the card settlement terminal to be tested may be a terminal using a non-contact data communication system.

4 is a diagram illustrating a report generation process for a card settlement terminal test result according to an exemplary embodiment.

The card settlement terminal test system 100 can test the terminal by simulating the card settlement process by the card settlement terminal.

The card settlement process refers to a card settlement process carried out through the terminal, and includes a card recognition function, an approval request and notification function of a VAN (Value Added Network) company, a credit card settlement, approval, And may include at least one.

In addition, the card payment terminal test system 100 may determine whether the terminal is authenticated based on the test result for each preset item, and generate the report by report.

Referring to FIG. 4, test-related information about the terminal may be stored as a kind of log file, and the report may be generated through the log file analysis.

Reference numeral 410 in FIG. 4 denotes log tree information for the test performed in association with the terminal.

The log tree 410 includes a test log list performed for the terminal, and if one of the log lists is selected, the progress details of the test can be confirmed through the log window 420 on the right side.

For example, the log tree 410 may include the test content of the card settlement process performed for the terminal, and may include a test for the overall function of the settlement process (or only for a specific function of the settlement process) And log information.

In addition, if one of the progress detail data for the test included in the log window 420 is selected, analysis data for the selected test progress detail can be confirmed through an analysis window 430 .

For example, if the user clicks the "transmission of the response message" of the data included in the log window 420, the analysis related to the message "transmission of the response message" or the analysis data related thereto is browsed through the analysis window 430 at the bottom .

5 is a diagram illustrating a report generation result of a card settlement terminal test result according to an exemplary embodiment.

The card settlement terminal test system 100 includes a log tree information 410 for the test shown in FIG. 4, a progress details 420 and an analysis data 430 for the test, You can generate a report for.

The report may be generated by including a test procedure for the terminal, whether the terminal is authenticated based on the test result, and the like. The report may be generated in various manners including full / summary / result information according to user settings .

Referring to FIG. 5, the report may be divided into information 510 about the terminal, test data 520, and a test result 530.

The information 510 about the terminal includes specification information of a terminal to be tested, general information about S / W and H / W of the terminal, manufacturing information including contents related to manufacturing of the terminal And terminal details information including the contents of environment information related to the test such as the function and communication method of the terminal.

The test data 520 may include a test procedure performed on the terminal, and may include details such as a test history of various functions of the terminal and success / failure of the test.

The test result 530 may include test result information on the terminal determined through the test data 520 as test result information performed on the terminal.

However, the contents of the test report for the terminal shown in FIG. 5 is only an example, and may be generated with a variety of information according to the terminal or the performed test contents.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of testing a card payment terminal according to an embodiment.

In step 610, the input unit 210 or 320 may be connected to the card payment terminal to receive information on the terminal.

The information on the terminal includes at least one of a unique ID and manufacturing information of the terminal, H / W and S / W information included in the terminal, and minimum specification information (voltage, network, etc.) Specification information.

In step 620, the test execution unit 220 or 330 may test the terminal by simulating the card settlement process by the terminal.

In this case, the card settlement process refers to a card settlement process carried out through the terminal, and includes a card recognition function, an approval request and notification function of a VAN (Value Added Network) company, a payment, approval, And an authentication function.

In step 630, the determination unit 230 or 340 may determine whether to authenticate the terminal based on the test results.

The preset item may be configured to include the test item performed for the terminal, the service function required in the payment process, and the like.

The card settlement terminal test system 100 may further include a setting unit 310, an information generating unit 350, and an output unit 360 according to some embodiments.

In this case, the setting unit 310 may set environment information associated with the test before the test for the terminal is performed (e.g., at step 610).

The environment information may be at least one of a type of the terminal, a service function to be tested, and a communication method with the terminal.

For example, according to the environment information setting, a test may be executed only for a specific function in the settlement process with respect to the terminal, or a test may be performed for the entire function of the settlement process.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the determination unit 230 or 340 may determine each test result for each test case for the terminal in step 630 according to preset items.

In addition, according to one embodiment, in step 630, the determination unit 230 or 340 calculates the number of success / failure / undecided on the basis of a result of each test case conducted to the terminal, The test result may be judged as success / failure.

In step 640, the information generating unit 350 generates a report including the result of determining whether the determination unit 340 authenticates the terminal, on the basis of each item, and the output unit 360 outputs the report To the user.

Meanwhile, the card settlement terminal to be tested may be a terminal using a non-contact data communication system.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments may be implemented as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) , A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (13)

A system for testing a card payment terminal,
An input unit connected to the terminal and receiving information on the terminal;
A test execution unit for simulating a card settlement process by the terminal to test the terminal; And
A judging unit for judging whether or not the terminal is authenticated according to a preset item based on the test result;
/ RTI > The method according to claim 1,
The payment process includes:
A card recognition function by the terminal, an approval request and notification function of a Value Added Network (VAN) company, a credit card company's settlement, approval, and transaction authentication function. The method according to claim 1,
An information generating unit for generating a report including the determination result; And
An output unit for outputting the report for each item;
≪ / RTI > The method according to claim 1,
A setting unit for setting environment information related to the test of the terminal,
≪ / RTI > 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the environment information is at least one of a type of the terminal, a service function to be tested, and a communication method with the terminal. The method according to claim 1,
The terminal uses a contactless data communication system. A method for testing a card payment terminal,
An input step of receiving information on the terminal connected to the terminal;
A test execution step of simulating a card settlement process by the terminal to test the terminal; And
A determination step of determining whether or not to authenticate the terminal according to a preset item based on the test result;
≪ / RTI > 8. The method of claim 7,
The payment process includes:
A card recognition function by the terminal, an approval request and notification function of a Value Added Network (VAN) company, a credit card company's payment, authorization, and transaction authentication function. 8. The method of claim 7,
An information generating step of generating a report including the determination result; And
An output step of outputting the report for each item;
≪ / RTI > 8. The method of claim 7,
A setting step of setting environment information associated with the test of the terminal
≪ / RTI > 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the environment information is at least one of a type of the terminal, a service function to be tested, and a communication method with the terminal. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the terminal uses a non-contact type data communication method. A computer-readable recording medium containing a program for performing a method of testing a card payment terminal according to any one of claims 7 to 12.

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