JP3642829B2 - Issuing file management method in card issuing system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention continuously uses a card access unit such as a card reader / writer to perform various processes such as data writing, reading, and verification on a card such as a magnetic card or an IC card. In a card issuance system that performs predetermined issuance processing, issuance information in which information necessary for issuance processing is grouped for each card is created in advance as an issuance file, and duplicate issuance is performed when issuing a card with the issuance file. The present invention relates to a method for managing issued files that reliably prevent the occurrence of errors.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, when a card such as a magnetic card, an IC card, or a memory card is issued, an issuing process is performed in which desired data is written to the card by a card issuing system.
The card issuance system is usually in charge of transferring information to the card. For example, an IC card reader / writer for an IC card, an optical card reader / writer for an optical card, a magnetic card reader / writer for a magnetic card, etc. The card access means is composed of a control means such as a computer for comprehensively controlling the operation of these means, combined with an automatic card conveying means for supplying and discharging cards sequentially and continuously. Yes.
[0003]
And, for example, if the data is written, the control means transmits the data and the command code for writing the data to the card access means and a predetermined data as a command, and performs a desired process. Let it be done. The information transmitted from the control means to the card access means includes control information such as a command for instructing an operation to be completed by the card access means itself, not to the card.
In the case of an IC card, when a command such as data writing is instructed to the CPU of the card, the execution result is returned as a response, and this is compared with a response that will be returned if it is executed correctly. And the execution result is checked sequentially. Data is also returned as a response when an instruction is given to read data.
[0004]
In the case of an IC card issuing system, the information transmitted from the control means to the card access means is usually the command code meaning a command for writing, the code itself of the data to be written, or the location of the data. The code information shown is set as one set and transmitted in the form of a command. Then, the card access means checks whether the writing process has been normally performed based on the returned response.
Accordingly, every time a set of data is written, the card access means repeats command transmission and response check alternately.
Normally, commands and responses used for processing are prepared as a pattern file, which is sequentially transmitted from the control means to the card access means for processing. This pattern file is information for card issuance processing, and is nothing but the issuance file of the present invention storing issuance information.
[0005]
9A, this issued file will be described. In this file, C1 is a command transmitted to the card access means first, R1 is a response returned from the IC card when C1 is executed, and Response to be compared, C2 is a command to be transmitted next, R2 is a response to be compared with a response returned from the IC card when C2 is executed, and C3 and R3 are sequentially performed on one card Information necessary for processing is stored.
[0006]
In an IC card issuing system for an IC card, such an issue file is created in advance for each card, and a desired issuing process is performed.
In the card issuance system, the reason why the card access means collects the information necessary for the issuance process for each card and makes it issuance information is the data written for each card, for example, if it is a membership card, the card issuance organization There is also common data such as names, but personal ID numbers, names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc., and the process of writing different data for each individual. This is because the burden on the card access means is reduced and the processing can be performed smoothly.
[0007]
For example, as many issuance files as the number of cards to be issued are prepared. The issuance file is created based on a personal information file having attribute information of each member, information on the issuing organization, a specific format requested by the card access means, and the like if the member card is issued.
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when issuing a card using such an issuance file, there is a risk that a card having the same content is issued in duplicate. The reason is that the same person may be double-registered with the same ID number in the personal information file itself that is the source of the issue file creation. However, the card issuance system basically assumes that there is no double registration in the original personal information file. If you use a personal information file that has been double-registered, the issuance information is also created twice. The same card will be issued twice.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a method that can reliably prevent repeated issuance of cards even if there is double registration in the original personal information file in a card issuance processing system using an issuance file.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the issuance file management method in the card issuance system according to the present invention is a method of issuing individual data writing, etc., which differs from card to card to a card having information storage means such as a magnetic card or an IC card. In an issuance system that performs processing for a large number of cards, the card access means performs issuance processing using an issuance file that stores processing information necessary for the issuance processing for each card as a group. When performing, the individual data identification information for identifying individual data that should be different for each card is used as key information, and the issued information indicating that the card corresponding to the key information has been issued is stored. Using the management file, search the management file with the above key information, the corresponding key information exists and corresponds to the corresponding key information If no executed information is recorded, issue processing is performed using an issue file storing issue information corresponding to the key information, and the issued key information exists and the issued information corresponding to the key information is recorded. If the issue file has been created for all the individual data to be stored in the portable information storage medium, the issue process is not performed to prevent duplicate issuance of cards with the same contents. The issue file creation information indicating that the issue file has been created is recorded, and the issue file is not created for the individual data stored in the portable information storage medium in which the issue file creation information is recorded. This is the method.
[0010]
Further, in the management method of the issued file, the key information for searching the management file is obtained from the individual data identification information already recorded on the unissued card.
[0011]
[Action]
If the IC card is used as an example of the issue file management method of the present invention, it is necessary for the card reader / writer to issue the card to each card in advance before the predetermined issue process is performed on the card. This information is collected as issue information and created as an issue file. The issue information is created from a personal data file having individual data such as an ID number (individual data identification information) and a name. At that time, if the personal data file is used up, the issued file creation information is recorded on the floppy disk, magneto-optical disk or the like in which the file is accommodated to prevent double use of the disk. A management file is also created together with the issue file. In the management file, the ID number is used as one key information, and the issued information having the meaning of “issued” is recorded in the issued card sequentially during the issuing process. Then, before issuing the card to the IC memory unit, the ID number, name, etc. are created as embossed characters as visible information and as magnetic information in the magnetic stripe. The issuing system reads the ID number from the information created on this card and searches the management file with this ID number. If there is a corresponding ID number and there is no issued information corresponding to the ID number, the issue file is searched using the ID number, and the issue process is executed using the corresponding issue file, and there is a corresponding ID number. If there is issued information corresponding to, the issue processing is not executed and duplicate issue is prevented.
[0012]
【Example】
Hereinafter, a method for managing an issue file in the card issuing system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, after an overview of an example of a conventionally known card issuing system in which the present invention can be used, the file management method of the present invention will be described in detail.
[0013]
The card issuing system that can be applied is the same as a conventionally known issuing system in terms of hardware. An execution program that can execute the issuing file management method of the present invention is mounted on the card issuing system, and the issuing file and the management file are provided. It is only necessary to prepare storage means that can be accommodated, and the present invention is not limited to the following examples.
The card issuance system has a structure as shown in the conceptual diagram of FIG. 10, for example. 1 is a card access means for performing an issuance process such as writing data to the card 7, and 2 is a card access means in which a card is continuously connected at a predetermined timing. The card automatic conveying means 3 for discharging the card which has been supplied and the issuing process is completed is a control means for controlling them, and sequentially gives the issue information to the card access means.
FIG. 11 is an example of a block diagram of a card issuing system that can execute the method for managing issued files according to the present invention. The card issuing system includes a card access means 1, a card automatic transfer means 2, and a control means 3. The control unit 3 includes an information storage unit 4, and an issue file 5 and a management file 6 are accommodated in the information storage unit 4, and a card is issued while operating these files and avoiding redundant issuance. The control unit 3 transmits the issuance information to the card access unit, and executes a desired issuance process.
[0014]
The card access means 1 is, for example, an IC card reader / writer device in the case of an IC card, and performs predetermined issue processing such as writing data to the card and checking a response value based on issue information transmitted from the control means.
The automatic card conveying means 2 comprises a card supplying means 21 such as a supply magazine, a card moving means 22 such as a conveying belt, and a card storing means 23 such as a stacker. The card moving means 22 changes the card supplying means to the card access means, and The card is sequentially conveyed to the card storage means at a predetermined timing.
The control means 3 controls the operation timing etc. of the card access means 1, the card automatic transport means 2, etc., obtains issuance information using the management file and the issuance file stored in the information storage means 4, and sends them to the card access means. In addition to transmitting and executing a desired process, the management file prevents duplicate issuance, and records used information on a disk containing a personal data file that is read.
[0015]
Also, in the card issuing system, for example, an ID number is recorded in advance on an unissued card to be issued as visible information such as embossed characters, magnetic information by a magnetic stripe, etc., and has individual data corresponding to this As the individual data identification information for extracting the issue information, the identification means 8 for reading the ID number may be arranged in the middle of the automatic card conveying means from the card supply means to the card access means.
In this case, the control unit searches the management file using the individual data identification information acquired by the identification unit as key information, and finally extracts the corresponding issuance information from the issuance file.
[0016]
Next, an embodiment of an issuance file management method in the card issuance system of the present invention will be described step by step with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing. FIGS. 2 to 4 show a directory secured in an information storage means such as a hard disk and its tree structure, and management files, issued files, etc. stored in the directory. It is explanatory drawing explaining the state change of various information notionally. 6 to 8 are explanatory diagrams conceptually illustrating the contents of the management file and the error management file. 6 shows a management file in the middle of issuance, FIG. 7 shows a management file when the issuance is completed, and FIG. 8 shows an error management file when the issuance is completed.
[0017]
First, step S1, which is the first process in the flowchart of FIG. 1, is setting of customer information (see FIG. 2). Here, the card manufacturer requested to be issued by the card issuer who is the customer creates a directory for each customer under the root directory of the information storage medium such as the hard disk of the system, and is common to the corresponding customer. It contains various basic information. Here, as an example, a directory whose name is 3333 is created in accordance with the customer code 3333. In the case of a new customer, a new directory for the customer is created. Information stored in the customer's directory is issue file generation information for generating an issue file, personal data layout information, hardware control information, and the like.
[0018]
The issue file generation information is information that is common to each card, such as a data storage location on the card, and is information that is used to create an issue file by incorporating personal data. The personal data layout information includes the record length of the file, the field position and length of the desired data, etc. in order to obtain the necessary personal data from the personal data file. This data includes ID numbers and names used as visible display data such as embossed characters, or data recorded on the card invisible. The hardware control information is information that allows a control unit of a card issuing system including a computer or the like to operate a card access unit, a card automatic transfer unit, and the like in accordance with customer-specific specifications.
[0019]
In FIG. 2, since the customer has already been issued many times, a directory 3333 already exists, and the directory 3333 already contains the various types of information, and under the directory 3333 there are 700 subdirectories. The state that has been made up to. The subdirectory 700 is the last directory used, in which the previously used management file and the previously created error management file are stored. The name of the subdirectory to be created is managed by incrementing the subdirectory counter by +1 in units of issue lots.
[0020]
Next, as step S2, necessary information is taken into the card issuing system from the personal data file given by the customer (see FIG. 3). First, the subdirectory counter is incremented to create a subdirectory 701 under the directory 3333. The captured personal data is stored in the subdirectory 701. At this time, since the personal data file is delivered from the customer by a portable information storage medium such as one or more floppy disks, it is necessary to avoid the repeated use of the disks once used. For this reason, the issuing system checks whether or not the issue file creation completed information is written on the set disc. If there is no such information, the issue data is taken in from the disc. Therefore, when all the related personal data stored in a certain disk is taken in, the issued file creation information indicating that the issued file has already been created is recorded on the disk.
[0021]
Next, in step S3 (see FIG. 4), an issue file is created in the subdirectory 701 and a management file is also created. Once the issue file is created, the personal data is already used, so it is deleted to free up memory space for effective use of the memory. Here, since the card is issued for 300 personal data, 300 files corresponding to one file for each card with names “K00000.701” to “K0000300.701” are created. The In the management file named “H333.701”, a series of serial numbers as an issuing system, key information (for example, ID number) from personal data, a name of Kana used as display data, and the like are recorded.
[0022]
By the way, in the unissued IC card, an ID number (key information), a name of Kana, and the like are already recorded in the embossed character portion and the magnetic stripe portion. For this reason, the card issuing system reads the ID number of the card sent from the supply hopper by an identification means such as image recognition or a magnetic head, and selects the issuing file to be used for the card as the key information. It will be. If the key information is not already recorded on the card, for example, after taking the personal data, the key information may be secured separately from the issue file from the personal data, and then the key information may be extracted and acquired in ascending order.
[0023]
In this embodiment, since the key information is already recorded on the card, it is read by the identification means to obtain the key information (step S4).
[0024]
The following steps will be described with reference to the management file in FIG. The management file shown in FIG. 6 includes a plurality of records each having a serial number, key information, a Kana name, an issued mark, an error, an issue date, and an issuer data field. The serial numbers are arranged in ascending order, and up to 110 serial numbers have been issued marks, indicating that they have already been issued. Further, after the serial number 111, an issued mark is not recorded, indicating that it is an issue process target.
In step S5, it is searched whether the management file has the same key information as the acquired key information. For example, the key information “330123111” exists in the record of the serial number 111. Therefore, with the presence of key information (step S6), the presence / absence of issued information (issued mark) in the issued mark field of the record is checked (step S7).
[0025]
If the corresponding key information does not exist in step S6 or the issued mark is recorded in step S7, the process proceeds to the next card without performing the card issuing process (step S13).
If not all the key information (ID numbers) for the number of items that are subject to duplicate issue prevention is stored in one management file, the key information recorded in the management file in the other subdirectory is also searched. Search as.
[0026]
In the example of FIG. 6, since there is no issued mark in the serial number 111, the card having such key information is the issue target, and then the issue file corresponding to the key information is assigned to the file corresponding to the serial number 111. Search by name ("K000111.701") (step S8).
[0027]
Then, issuance information of the corresponding issuance file is transmitted to the reader / writer of the issuance system, and issuance processing for writing desired data on the card is performed (step S9). If the predetermined issuance process ends normally (step S10), the issued mark is recorded as issued information in the corresponding field of the management file (step S11). Then, if there is a next card (step S13), the process returns to step S4 and repeats by a predetermined number from the income of the key information.
[0028]
If an abnormality such as data not being written normally occurs during the issuance process write (step S10), the issued mark is not recorded in the management file, and error information is stored in the error field of the management file. Is recorded (step S12), and if there is a next card (step S13), the process returns to step S4.
[0029]
FIG. 7 shows an example of the contents of the management file when the issuing process up to the serial number 300 is completed. A method for preventing duplicate issuance with issued information will be described with reference to FIG. Since the card having the key information corresponding to the serial number 111 described above has failed during the issuing process, the card could not be issued, so the issued mark is not recorded. The card corresponding to the next serial number 112 is a problem card that overlaps with the serial number 110 (the card already issued corresponding to the serial number 110). On the unissued card with the serial number 112, the key information “330123110” and the same key information as the serial number 110 are already recorded in a magnetic stripe, an embossed character, or the like. When the issuing system obtains the key information “330123110” from the unissued card and searches the management file with the key information in ascending order by serial number, the same key information is found in the record of the serial number 110 and issued to that record. Check that the mark has already been recorded. For this reason, for the card corresponding to the serial number 112, the issue file “K000112.701” (which has already been generated) is further searched, and the issue information is not transmitted to the reader / writer to perform a predetermined write process. Therefore, the issued mark is not recorded in the record of the serial number 112 in the management file. In this way, duplication is surely prevented and a record is left as a management file. In the figure, since the issued mark is recorded from the card corresponding to the next serial number 113, it indicates that the card has been issued without any problem.
[0030]
In this embodiment, when an error occurs like the above-mentioned serial number 111 card, error information is recorded in the error field of the management file in step S12, and the error management file ("E333.701") is recorded. ]) Also records error information. In the case of a new error, an error management file is newly created in the subdirectory 701 and recorded.
Outline of the error management file of FIG. 8, the record of the file has fields such as number, key information, name of Kana, error code, step number of issuance processing in which an error has occurred, error content, occurrence date and time, etc. Information on each of these fields is recorded whenever an abnormality occurs. This figure shows an example of the contents after the issue processing of the target issue file has been completed. The error information in the management file and the error management file is printed as a list and used effectively for subsequent abnormality diagnosis. If the ID number and name are recorded in embossed characters on the unissued card, the key information (ID number) of the management file and error management file, the contents of the list and the card in which the error occurred are displayed with the name of Kana. Can be visually matched.
[0031]
Although the above embodiment has been described with an IC card, the gist of the present invention is prevention of duplicate issuance, and the target card is not limited to this. Information storage such as a magnetic card, memory card, optical card, etc. Any card having means may be used. The “card” means a portable information storage medium, and is not limited to a so-called sheet-like plastic card.
Further, in the above embodiment, one issue file contains issue information for one card, but the issue information to be accommodated may be plural, for example, for one lot. In this case, each issue information may be accommodated in combination with individual data identification information as shown in FIG.
[0032]
The card issuance system is a kind of card processing device with an emphasis on the writing process. In addition to the writing process, the card issuing system reads the stored data, reads the stored data, There are various processes such as a verification process for verification, or a specific operation that does not involve input / output of stored data to the internal CPU in the IC card, for example, a control process for instructing arithmetic processing. Therefore, the technical idea of the present invention can be applied to a card processing apparatus that performs these various types of processing on a large number of cards even when the redundant processing is used for prevention.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the issuance file management method of the present invention, it is possible to reliably prevent duplicate issuance when issuing a large number of cards having different contents. As a result, the duplication check process that would otherwise be performed in a separate process becomes unnecessary, and the productivity is improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a process flow according to an embodiment of a method for managing issued files according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of state changes of various files stored in a directory (A: before personal data capture);
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of state changes of the various files (B: after capturing personal data);
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of state changes of the various files (C: after creation of a management file and an issuance file).
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of state changes of the various files (D: after completion of the issuing process).
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the contents of a management file during issuance.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the contents of a management file at the time of completion of issuance.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the contents of an error management file at the time of completion of issuance.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the contents of an issue file.
FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a card issuing system to which an issue file management method of the present invention can be applied.
FIG. 11 shows an example of a block diagram of the card issuing system.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card access means 2 Card automatic conveyance means 21 Card supply means 22 Card movement means 23 Card storage means 3 Control means 4 Information storage means 5 Issued file 6 Management file 7 Card 8 Identification means

Claims (2)

In an issuance system that performs issuance processing such as writing of individual data different for each card on a card having information storage means such as a magnetic card, an IC card, etc.
When the card access means performs the issuing process using the issuing file that stores the processing information necessary for the issuing process as one piece for each card,
A management file that stores issued information indicating that it has been issued when the card corresponding to the key information has been issued, with individual data identification information that identifies individual data that should be different for each card as key information The management file is searched using the key information. If the key information exists and the issued information corresponding to the key information is not recorded, the issue information corresponding to the key information is stored. Issue processing is performed using a file, and if the relevant key information exists and the issued information corresponding to the relevant key information is recorded, the issue processing is not performed, thereby preventing duplicate issuance of cards with the same contents. With
When creation of the issuance file is completed for all target individual data stored in the portable information storage medium, the issuance file creation information is recorded, indicating that the issuance file has been created. No issue file is created for individual data stored in a portable information storage medium with
An issue file management method in a card issue system. 2. The issued file management method in a card issuing system according to claim 1, wherein key information for searching for a management file is obtained from individual data identification information already recorded on an unissued card.

Images