TWI578260B - The automatic meters reading method on automation equipment by software - Google Patents

Description

Transaction machine automatic meter reading method using software

The invention is applied to a transaction machine, and obtains a method for using the number of sheets and related transaction information and transmitting back to the cloud storage space through the program. It is used to replace the transaction machine that requires a lot of manpower and spends a lot of time to use the number of meter reading work, saving manpower and time.

Like water meters, electricity meters, etc., most manufacturers still use manpower meter reading, which is quite time-consuming and human resources. It is imperative to find ways to replace manpower meter reading. However, in the known meter reading method, some technologies can only be used for meter reading for a single brand, and the technology that can be used without any brand requires additional equipment to be used. Therefore, the current popularity of meter reading methods is quite low.

For general dealers, a large amount of manpower is used directly to the client for manual meter reading, which requires a lot of labor costs and time costs. Some of the company's business machines, such as Hewlett-Packard, Ricoh, etc., have automatic meter reading for their machines, but they are only open to their agents, but dealers cannot use this function, and they charge for each transaction machine. The cost, which is costly, can only be applied to a single brand and cannot be used across brands.

Since the original developed features are quite inconvenient for dealers who sell a variety of branded machines, a small number of dealers will install prints on the client's server. The server software, when the customer wants to use the transaction machine to print, the file to be printed is first sent to the print server, and then sent to the transaction machine via the print server, and the number of use of the transaction machine is counted. Then, the customer's server will use the number of sheets to return to the dealer server. However, using this method to record the number of sheets, when the print server is dispatched, regardless of whether the transaction machine has completed the work, the number of sheets will be increased, so the number of sheets obtained when reading the meter will not be true. The transaction machine uses the number of sheets. In addition, both the client and the dealer need to set up servers to provide services, which is quite inconvenient and costly to build.

Because of the inaccuracy and inconvenience of using the print server to read the meter, some people have developed a meter reading method, which is to install the software on the micro server, and then install the micro server in the customer's network environment. The software can scan. All the transaction machines in the same network environment obtain the number of used sheets, and then upload the used number to the leased Amazon server space for the manufacturer to connect to the meter, but this method is hard to build, and the micro server may cause The security vulnerability is not high, so the acceptance of the manufacturer or customer installation is not high.

The invention provides a meter reading method, which comprises three softwares of a management terminal, a client end and a vendor side, and is called a transaction machine automatic meter reading method. The management software is responsible for configuring the free cloud storage space used by the manufacturer and the activation verification code of the connection transaction machine. When a new manufacturer wants to use the software, the management terminal can execute the software, and the software configures the cloud storage space of the manufacturer. Used to store the manufacturer's customer data and transaction machine usage and machine information. When the vendor that has already been on the list has a client's transaction machine that needs to use the system, the management terminal can generate an enablement code for the transaction machine for the vendor to input to the client software to connect to the transaction machine.

After the verification code is entered in the client software, if the verification code is correct, the software will be based on The Internet Protocol address entered by the user is connected to the transaction machine, and the machine data is obtained for verification. After the computer is installed, it will be connected to the verified transaction machine at the time of the whole point or set time in the system service mode. The number of sheets used will be obtained by the simple network management agreement, and the number of sheets will be uploaded. To the cloud storage space, for manufacturers to connect to the meter reading. The verified transaction machine can also update the machine data by deleting it through the client software or changing the internet protocol address.

After logging in, the vendor software will connect to the cloud storage space of the manufacturer and obtain the number of transaction machines used by the client. There is also a settlement function, which can calculate the number of uses of the machine in the time interval. The meter reading work in the office saves time and manpower. The vendor software can also help the vendor manage its verification code to see which verification codes are used or not yet used. It can also query which customer and which transaction machine the verification code is used in. It can also query which verification is used by a customer. code.

10‧‧‧Computer for the console installation program

20‧‧‧Client-installed computer

21‧‧‧Client Transaction Machine

30‧‧‧When the manufacturer installs the computer

40‧‧‧Cloud storage space

S1‧‧‧Configure cloud space

S2‧‧‧Get the number of sheets used

S3‧‧‧Uploading the number of sheets used

S4‧‧‧Get the number of sheets used

Fig. 1 is a structural view of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart of the management terminal program of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart of the client program of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart of the vendor-side program of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a management interface diagram of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a diagram of the client interface of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a diagram of the manufacturer's end interface of the present invention.

First, the management software is installed on the administrator computer 10 that can connect to the external network. For any address, the execution process is as shown in Figure 2. After the management software is turned on, it will be connected to the cloud storage space 40 that has been set up. This space does not have to pay any fees. The software will obtain the current generated content from the cloud. The verification code list is displayed in the interface. As shown in Figure 5, the manager can choose to update the verification code, create a new manufacturer, and create a verification code. When you choose to update the verification code feature, the software reconnects with the cloud and updates the list of generated verification codes. When you choose to create a new vendor function, the software will connect to the cloud, configure a storage space S1 for the vendor, and retrieve the storage URL to generate a vendor-side software profile, and then put the profile into the vendor software. When you choose to create the verification code function, the administrator needs to input the generated quantity and the manufacturer name. When it is generated, it will connect to the cloud to obtain the storage space URL of the manufacturer, and then generate the verification code by the URL and the password generated by the random number. The verification code, password and vendor name are encrypted. Finally, the verification code and the encrypted result are uploaded to the cloud by the uniform resource locator, and the generated verification code is written into a notebook file for providing software verification to the client or Vendor management use.

The client software needs to be installed in the root directory of the client computer that can be connected to the external network, including the connection transaction machine 21 enabled, and the installation of automatic meter reading two parts, the execution flow is shown in Figure 3. The transaction machine enable part reads the software profile data after the software is turned on, and displays it in the interface. As shown in Fig. 6, this data is a list of transaction machines enabled for connection, and the user can select to enable the verification code at this time. Three functions, such as Internet Protocol address change and Internet Protocol address deletion. When you choose to enable the verification code function, the user must input five items such as the manufacturer name, customer name, internet protocol address, management password and verification code. After input, the software will obtain the password and storage space URL from the input verification code. These two pieces of information are encrypted with the name of the manufacturer entered, and then connected to the cloud for verification by the database, and the information that the verification code is enabled is verified. After verification, it will be connected according to the input Internet Protocol address. Transaction machine, simple network The management agreement obtains the machine information and the number of sheets used, and finally writes the Internet Protocol address, management password, machine information and storage space URL into the configuration file, and uploads the customer name, machine information and usage number to the cloud with the uniform resource locator. . The verified verification code will be bound to the transaction machine media access control address, and will not be reused by other transaction machines, but when the transaction machine is replaced by the client, it is bound to the machine media access. Control the address, so this set of verification codes can be reused on this machine. When the Internet Protocol address change function is selected, the user is required to enter the management password and the new Internet Protocol address, and then compare it with the management password in the profile. If the password matches, the Internet Protocol address will be changed. When the Internet Protocol address deletion function is selected, the user is required to input the management password, and then compares with the management password in the configuration file. If the password is met, the group Internet Protocol address information is deleted in the configuration file.

The client software installs the automatic meter reading part. After execution, a background service will be installed in the computer. The service will read the Internet Protocol address recorded in the configuration file at the whole point to facilitate the simple network management agreement. The line transaction machine S2 obtains the machine information and the number of sheets used, and then compares the machine information obtained by the connection with the machine information in the profile. If it matches, the number of sheets will be used to upload the S3 to the profile record with the uniform resource locator. The cloud storage space URL is used by the manufacturer for meter reading.

The vendor software needs to be installed in any address of the manufacturer's computer 30 that can be connected to the external network. The execution process is as shown in Figure 4. After the vendor software is turned on, as shown in Figure 7, it is divided into the verification code and the counter. Features. When the verification code function is selected, the software will read the local database, and after the interface displays the verification code list that the manufacturer has imported into the software, the manufacturer can import the verification code, query the used or unused verification code and search verification code. Wait for four functions. When the user chooses to import the verification code function, the verification code notebook provided by the management terminal can be selected, and the software will collect the contents of the notebook. Go to the local database. When the query is used or not used, the software will connect to the cloud to compare the data of the local database with the cloud data in the way of database selection, and then display the used or unused verification code on the vendor side. interface. When selecting the search verification code function, the user must input the verification code to be queried, and then the software will connect to the cloud to select the usage information of the verification code from the database, and display the interface to let the user know the verification code. Which customer is used.

When the counter function is selected, the software first reads the configuration file, obtains the storage space URL, and then connects to the cloud storage space according to the URL, selects the database, and obtains the number of transaction machines used by all the clients uploaded by the manufacturer, and displays At the interface, the user can choose to search for a customer or generate a settlement report. When selecting the search for customer function, the user must input the name of the customer to be searched, and the software will select the database according to the storage space of the profile storage space URL, and retrieve all the verified transaction machine information and the number of sheets used by the customer, and Displayed in the interface. The user can select the transaction machine on the interface, and then click to generate the settlement report function. At this time, the software will read the local database and obtain the number of sheets at the time of the last settlement. The number is calculated, and the actual number of sheets used in the current period is obtained and displayed in the interface for the manufacturer to use the meter reading, and the number of sheets at this time is restored to the database.

According to the method of the present invention described above, when the space is stored in the cloud, the data is uploaded through the uniform resource locator, and the data is obtained by using the database, so the method is not blocked by the firewall or the anti-virus software. The failure of data transmission can be widely used to replace the meter reading work of the transaction machine that originally required a lot of manpower and time.

10‧‧‧Computer for the console installation program

20‧‧‧Client-installed computer

21‧‧‧Client Transaction Machine

30‧‧‧When the manufacturer installs the computer

40‧‧‧Cloud storage space

S1‧‧‧Configure cloud space

S2‧‧‧Get the number of sheets used

S3‧‧‧Uploading the number of sheets used

S4‧‧‧View the number of sheets used

Claims (3)

A transaction machine meter reading method includes: a management software, the software can be connected to the cloud after installation, configure a cloud storage space for the manufacturer, and retrieve the storage space URL to generate a vendor software configuration file for the vendor side. When the software is turned on, it can be read and connected to the storage space. In addition, the software can chaotically encode the cloud storage space address and the random English number to generate one or more verification codes of the client connection transaction machine, and then verify. The code, the password preset by the software and the name of the manufacturer are encrypted. Finally, the verification code and the encrypted result are uploaded to the cloud by a uniform resource locator, and a notebook file is generated for the client to use on the client and the vendor software. A client software for Ricoh, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, Samsung, Kyocera, Brothers, Fujitsu, Canon, Konica Minolta, Epson and Sharp, a total of 11 brands of printers, photocopiers And a multi-function machine, which includes a transaction machine enablement and an automatic meter reading, the transaction machine enable part, and the software reads the software configuration file. To enable the transaction machine list, the user can enter the management password to change the contents of the list and enable the new transaction machine. If the user activates the new transaction machine, the software verifies the verification code input by the user, and the verification code is verified. The method is to first extract the cloud storage space address from the verification code, and then encrypt the verification code, the software default password and the manufacturer name, and then connect the cloud to verify the verification code and the encryption result, and use the two-way verification program for checking. Whether the kernel software is stolen by any person and is bound to the transaction machine media access control address after verification, so that the user can use it again on the same transaction machine and cannot be used on other transaction machines. In addition, the client The software can also obtain the storage space address from the verification code, so that the data can be uploaded to the correct cloud storage space. If verified, the software will be based on the input internet protocol address. The simple network management protocol connects the transaction machine, obtains the machine information and uses the number of sheets, and finally writes the information of the transaction machine to the configuration file and uploads it to the cloud with a uniform resource locator. The part of the automatic meter reading will install a computer background. Service, when the service is on the whole point, read the data in the profile, connect the transaction machine according to the Internet Protocol address in the record, obtain the machine information and the number of sheets used, and then compare the connection. The machine information is consistent with the machine information in the configuration file. Finally, according to the storage space URL in the configuration file, the number of sheets used is uploaded to the cloud by a uniform resource locator; a vendor software is divided into a verification code management and a counter viewing. The second function allows the user to manage and query the verification code owned by the manufacturer through the software. The software can also connect to the cloud storage space according to the storage space URL in the configuration file to obtain all the customers or singles of the manufacturer. The transaction machine uploaded by the client uses the number of sheets, and the user can generate a settlement report for the retrieved transaction machine, and Data Restore native database vendor for meter reading, to save manpower and time. The transaction machine meter reading method of claim 1, wherein the verification code generation method is generated by using random alphanumeric and cloud storage space addresses, and then with the manufacturer name and the password preset in the software body. Encryption is performed to ensure that the vendor verification code is not stolen. The transaction machine meter reading method of claim 1, wherein the verification method of the verification code is to first extract the cloud storage space address from the verification code, and then encrypt the verification code, the software default password and the manufacturer name, and then The connection cloud verifies the verification code and the encryption result with the encryption result, and uses the two-way verification program to check whether the software is stolen by any person, and binds to the transaction machine media access control address after the verification is passed, so that the user Can be reused on the same transaction machine for enabling, and can not be used on other transaction machines, in addition, the client software can also be transparent The verification code obtains the storage space address, so that the data can be uploaded to the correct cloud storage space.