JP5046415B2 - Key management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a key management system for unlocking a door of a rental villa or the like used by a user for a predetermined period.

  Conventionally, when using a rented villa, a villa management company that has received a reservation from a person who wants to use the rented villa (hereinafter referred to as “user”), the user will be given The door key (door key) was handed over, and the user returned the key to the villa management company on or after the reservation end date.

However, it is inconvenient for the villa management company to deliver / return the villa door key at the rental villa in the remote area, and on the other hand, if it is done at the villa management company, it will place an extra burden on the user. .
In order to solve the above problem, a real estate brokerage management system that does not require delivery / return of a key is provided (Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-15162 A

  Patent Document 1 discloses a center-controlled locking means (locking device) installed at the entrance of a real estate property, etc., when a sampler inquires of the center about a personal authentication number such as a trial reservation number or a confirmation number. A real estate brokerage management system that unlocks (unlocks) and enables the previewer to preview the property for a predetermined time is disclosed. In this system, since the door key of the real estate property is not handed over to the sampler, it is not necessary to deliver or return the key.

  However, in the case of a rented villa, during the reservation period, the user's family / acquaintance may go out for shopping or taking a walk and open the villa door several times a day. In such a case, in the system in which the door key of the real estate property of Patent Document 1 is not handed over to the sampler, it is necessary to ask the center to verify the personal authentication number each time the villa door is opened. In addition, it is inconvenient for the user unless anyone of the parties (person / family / acquaintance) who uses the villa can easily unlock it at any time.

  Further, in a management system that does not use a key (door key), it is necessary to make it possible for a manager who cleans and manages the villa to be able to enter and exit at any time. Since the locking means in the system of Patent Document 1 is performed by center control, not only the user but also the manager may not be able to unlock when a system failure or a communication means trouble occurs.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention can unlock the key of the rented villa at any time by the parties and managers who use the villa, and also unlocks the key even when a system failure or the like occurs. The object is to provide a key management system that can be used.

The key management system of the present invention has a first memory storing a manager password assigned to a manager who manages a villa or a room, and a second memory storing a virtual user password assigned to a nonexistent user. A memory, a password input device for prompting the input of the password, a verification of the password input from the password input device and the password stored in the first memory, and the password input from the password input device and stored in the second memory Stored in the second memory and a lock opening / closing device that unlocks the villa or the door of the room when the password matches in either one of the lock instruction devices. Control device that rewrites and stores the existing password with the password received via the Internet Door unlocking device equipped with, selection of villas and rooms to be reserved via the Internet, designation of the reservation period, prompting the user to enter personal information, receiving, storing the received information, of the stored reservation period Creates a user password that is associated with the reservation start date and the reservation end date and is given to the user who uses the villa or room, and stores it together with the reservation period of the reserved villa or room and the personal information of the user, A key management system comprising a key management server that transmits a password to a user terminal owned by a user or a door unlocking device via the Internet, wherein the user terminal owned by the user is connected to the Internet. Select a villa or room to book, specify the reservation period, and send user's personal information, which is sent from the key management server. The key management server searches the reservation start date and the reservation end date associated with the stored user password every day, and if the reservation start date is found, the key management server receives the user password at the check-in time. The user password is transmitted to the door unlocking device, and when the reservation end date is retrieved, the virtual user password is transmitted to the door unlocking device at the checkout time .

  The door unlocking device of the present invention unlocks the door by inputting a manager password (a personal identification number for identifying a manager) or a user password (a personal identification number for identifying a user) from the password input device. Can be locked. Therefore, the user can unlock the key of the rental villa at any time during the reservation period of the rental villa by inputting the user password or the manager password given to the user. In the door unlocking device of the present invention, the manager password is stored in advance, so even if the user password record is lost, the door lock can be unlocked by inquiring the villa manager for the manager password. Can be locked.

The key management system of the present invention stores a user password for identifying the user at the start of the reservation period in the door unlocking device, and stores the user password of the virtual user (non-existent user) at the door at the end of the reservation period. It is memorized in the unlocking device. Thereby, even when a system failure or a communication function trouble occurs during the reservation period of the rental villa, there is no problem that the user cannot unlock the key of the rental villa.
The door unlocking device of the present invention stores a manager password. As a result, even if a system failure or the like occurs outside the reservation period, and the user password is not stored in the door unlocking device, the user can manage the management agent stored in the door unlocking device of the present invention. Can be unlocked with a password.

  This invention implement | achieves the necessity of delivery / return of the key (door key) with a management company in providing a rental villa etc.

The key management system of this invention is demonstrated based on figures. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a door unlocking device of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the key management system. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a reservation management table of the key management server in which information on reservations for rental villas is recorded.
The door unlocking device 10 of the present invention includes a first memory 12 that stores a manager password, a second memory 14 that stores a user password, a password input device 16 that prompts the user to enter a password, and a password input device 16. The lock instruction device 18 for collating the password inputted from the password and the password stored in the first memory 12 and the second memory 14, the lock opening / closing device 20 for unlocking the door, and the control device 22 Are provided. The door unlocking device 10 is used in a state of being connected to the key management server 26 via the Internet 24.

  The control device 22 stores the user password transmitted from the key management server 26 in the second memory 14, and when there is an instruction to unlock the door key from the lock instruction device 18, the lock opening / closing device 20 ( (Or its motor) and unlock.

The management company password is a password (password) that can specify the management company used by the management company that manages and operates the villa to unlock the key.
The user password is a password (password) that can identify a user who uses the rental villa provided by the villa management company to unlock the key.

  The password input device 16 is a numeric keypad (a key for inputting a number from 0 to 9 on a computer), and is a device for inputting the manager password or the password of the user password. Instead of the password input device 16, an IC card reading device that stores the manager password or the user password may be used.

The lock instruction device 18 is a device that collates the password input from the password input device 16 with the passwords stored in the first memory 12 and the second memory 14. The lock opening / closing device 20 is a device that unlocks a door key by starting a motor in accordance with a command from the control device 22. The lock instruction device 18 compares the input password with the passwords stored in the first memory 12 and the second memory 14, and if a matching password is detected, the lock instruction device 18 instructs the control device 22 to turn the lock opening / closing device 20 on. Drive to unlock the door lock.
In the door unlocking device 10, the door key (for example, in the case of a lever handle lock) is locked by the user turning the handle after entering the room. When the user goes out, the lock opening / closing device 20 is locked in accordance with a command from the control device 22 by pressing the lock button 16a of the password input device 16.

  The key management server 26 is a computer that provides the user with various information regarding the use of the villa at any time. The key management server 26 creates a manager password and a user password and transmits the password to the door unlocking device 10 at a predetermined time. Is.

The first memory 12 and the second memory 14 are storage devices for storing passwords. The first memory 12 is a storage device for reading out written information, and stores a manager password.
By storing in advance a manager password specifying the villa manager who installs the door unlocking device 10 in the first memory 12, the villa manager can manage the manager password without having a key. You can unlock the door at any time by entering. Also, if the user password record is lost, the door lock can be unlocked by inquiring the villa manager for the manager password (obtaining the manager password from the villa manager). Furthermore, even when a system failure or the like occurs outside the reservation period, and the user password is not transmitted to the door unlocking device 10 and is not stored in the second memory 14 of the door unlocking device 10, the manager Can be unlocked with a password.

  The first memory 12 may be a storage device that electrically reads and writes information. In this case, when a newly created manager password is transmitted from the key management server 26 to the door unlocking device 10, the door unlocking device 10 or its control device 22 uses the new manager password that has been transmitted. Store in the first memory 12. As a result, the manager password obtained by the user can be changed to a new manager password.

  The second memory 14 is a storage device that electrically reads and writes information, and stores a user password. By storing the user password for identifying the user who reserved the villa in the second memory 14, the user of the villa can enter the door of the rental villa at any time by entering the user password without having a key. Can be unlocked. Further, by rewriting the second memory 14 with the user password of the next user, the previous user can no longer unlock the door, and only the next user can unlock the door.

The key management system of the present invention uses the door unlocking device of the present invention. The key management system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The key management system 28 of the present invention is in a state in which the door unlocking device 10 attached to the door 32 of the rental villa 30, the key management server 26, and the user terminal 34 are connected via the Internet 24. In some cases (FIG. 2).
The key management server 26 prompts the user terminal 34 to select a vacation home to be reserved, specify a reservation period, and input the user's personal information. After completing the reservation procedure, the key management server 26 receives a user password given in association with the reservation period. While creating and transmitting, the user password is transmitted to the door unlocking device at the start of the reservation period, and the virtual user password is transmitted at the end of the reservation period.
The user terminal 34 is a transmission / reception means capable of transmitting / receiving electronic data (electrical signals) to / from the key management server 26 using a personal computer (personal computer), a mobile phone, or the like that can be connected to the Internet owned by the user.
The key management server 26 accumulates various types of information such as the appearance, facilities, and location information of the villa in the database in order to select a villa desired by the user, and provides information according to the user's request. Also, various information stored in the key management server 26 and the created password are transmitted to the user's own e-mail address or facsimile (FAX).

  The virtual user password is a user password of a nonexistent user (fictional person) created by the key management server. Therefore, when the virtual user password is stored in the second memory 14 of the door unlocking device 10, only the manager can unlock the door key.

Next, the operation of the key management system will be described. In the door unlocking device 10 of the present invention, it is assumed that a management business password is stored in the first memory 12 and a virtual user password is stored in the second memory 14 in advance. The operation of the key management system 28 is started when a user who wants to use the rental villa 30 accesses the homepage published by the key management server 26 using the Web function of the user terminal 34.
The key management server 26 discloses the appearance / facility / position information of the villa for user access. In addition, when the user selects a desired vacation villa 30, the reservation status of the villa 30 is disclosed, and the user is prompted to specify a reservation period.

When the user specifies the reservation period, the user is prompted to enter the user's personal information such as the user's name, address, email address, telephone number, facsimile number from the reservation application page on the homepage, and the reservation period specified by the user Ask for confirmation.
The key management server 26 displays various reservation receiving conditions such as the reservation contents, usage fee, and transfer deadline of the rental villa 30 selected by the user on its home page, and requests the user to agree or disagree with these conditions. In the case of disagreement, it will be processed as if there was no application for the reservation.

When the user agrees, the key management server 26 creates a user password 36 associated with the reservation period (reservation start date and reservation end date), and the reservation period 40 and the personal information of the user are stored in the reservation management table 38 of the rental villa. 42 (FIG. 3). In addition, the reservation period associated with the user password is set as reserved 44.
After the processing of the reserved 44 is completed, the key management server 26 transmits a reservation acceptance completion notification to the user and transmits the user password 36 to the user's e-mail address or facsimile.

  The key management server 26 searches the reservation start date 40a and the reservation end date 40b of the reserved 44 in the reservation management table 38 of the rental villa every day. When the reservation start date 40a is retrieved, the user password 36 is transmitted to the door unlocking device 10 at the check-in time of the villa. Thereby, the user can unlock the key of the door 32 of the villa 30 at any time after the check-in time by inputting his / her user password 36 to the door unlocking device 10.

When the reservation end date 40b is searched, the virtual user password is transmitted to the door unlocking device 10 at the check-out time of the villa 30. Thereby, even if the user inputs his / her user password 36 to the door unlocking device 10 after the check-out time has elapsed, the user cannot unlock the key of the door 32 of the villa 30. However, if the administrator password can be obtained, the password can be unlocked by inputting the password into the door unlocking device 10.
It is assumed that the key management server 26 stores the check-in time and check-out time of each villa.

  The present invention can also be used as a key management system for a room for specifying a reservation period, for example, a hotel room. This eliminates the need for delivery / return of door keys (keys) at the hotel front, making the use of the hotel convenient.

It is a block diagram of the unlocking apparatus of the door of this invention. It is a block diagram of the key management system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the reservation management table of the key management server which recorded the information regarding the reservation of a rental villa.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Door unlocking device 12 1st memory 14 2nd memory 16 Password input device 18 Lock instruction device 20 Lock opening / closing device 22 Control device 24 Internet 26 Key management server 28 Key management system 30 Rental villa 32 Door 34 User terminal 36 Use Password 40 Reservation period
40a Booking start date
40b Reservation end date 42 User's personal information

Claims (1)

A first memory storing a manager password to be given to a manager who manages a villa or a room, a second memory storing a virtual user password to be given to a non-existent user, and prompting for a password The password input device, the password input from the password input device and the password stored in the first memory are verified, and the password input from the password input device and the password stored in the second memory are verified. The lock opening and closing device that unlocks the door of the villa or the room when the password matches in the verification of either the lock instruction device or the lock instruction device, and the password stored in the second memory is received via the Internet. A door unlocking device including a control device for rewriting and storing the password
Select vacation homes and rooms to be reserved via the Internet, specify the reservation period, prompt the user to enter personal information, receive and store the received information, and associate the reservation start date and reservation end date of the stored reservation period In addition, a user password to be given to a user who uses a villa or room is created and stored together with the reservation period of the reserved villa or room and the user's personal information. A key management server to send to the user terminal or door unlocking device;
A key management system comprising:
The user terminal owned by the user is used to select a villa or room to be reserved in the key management server connected to the Internet, specify the reservation period, and send the user's personal information. To receive a password,
The key management server searches for the reservation start date and the reservation end date associated with the stored user password every day, and when the reservation start date is searched, the user password is detected at the check-in time. And a virtual user password is transmitted to the door unlocking device at the check-out time when the reservation end date is retrieved .

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