JP5849582B2 - IC card inventory management system, IC card inventory management method, and IC card inventory management program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an IC card inventory management system, an IC card inventory management method, and an IC card inventory management program, and in particular, an IC card inventory management system that performs IC card inventory management using IC chip certification expiration date information, The present invention relates to an IC card inventory management method and an IC card inventory management program.

In recent years, the demand for IC cards has increased, and there has been a demand for efficient production of IC cards even at manufacturing sites. From the viewpoint of security and the like, an IC card has a certification deadline (expiration date) indicating a deadline that can be used as an IC card. For this reason, an IC card must be manufactured at the manufacturing site in consideration of this certification deadline.
From such a background, in the IC card ordering inventory management system of Patent Document 1, the number of IC cards in stock can be predicted using the above-mentioned certification expiration date information.

JP 2003-146434 A

However, in the IC card order inventory management system of Patent Document 1 described above, the expiration date information is used to predict the number of IC cards in stock, but the expiration date is not used otherwise.
Even when IC cards are not manufactured, the expiration date for certification approaches each day, so it is necessary to always carry out inventory management in consideration of the expiration date for certification. In addition, even if the same ticket type is used, there are cases in which the expiration date differs depending on the chip or there are a mixture of different expiration dates, so care must be taken to use an IC card that is approaching the expiration date.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to use an IC chip certification deadline in each process from IC card ordering to manufacturing, thereby causing the IC card to be out of stock or IC chip certification expired. An object of the present invention is to provide an IC card inventory management system, an IC card inventory management method, and an IC card inventory management program capable of managing the inventory of IC cards without any problems.

In order to achieve the above object, an IC card inventory management system, an IC card inventory management method, and an IC card inventory management program according to an aspect of the present invention are configured as follows.
Inventory management system for IC cards according to the invention, the certification date information storage unit that stores the inventory information storage unit for storing inventory information of I C card, certification expiration information of the IC chip to be mounted on the IC card, the card vendor An inventory information registration unit for registering the inventory information of the IC card transmitted from the terminal device of the IC card via the communication network in the inventory information storage unit, and an IC transmitted from the terminal device of the card issuer via the communication network. The certification deadline information registration unit for registering the certification deadline information of the chip in the certification deadline information storage unit, the inventory information registered by the inventory information registration unit, and the certification deadline registered by the certification deadline information registration unit An inventory information authorization deadline information associating unit for associating information and the card vendor's terminal device with a certification deadline based on the certification deadline information. A certification expiration date information notifying unit for notifying information relating to the certification expiration date of the IC chip determined to be a certain period of time before reaching and information of the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted, To do.

  According to the above IC card inventory management system, the IC card inventory information, which is a certain period before the certification deadline information notification unit reaches the certification deadline based on the certification deadline information at each timing from ordering to manufacturing. And notification of certification deadline information. In this way, since inventory management is performed from ordering to manufacturing using certification expiration date information, IC card inventory management can be performed without causing the card to run out of stock or chip certification. It becomes.

In the inventory management system for IC card according to an aspect of the present invention, the certification deadline information notification unit is configured such that the certification deadline information is registered when the certification deadline information is registered in the certification deadline information storage unit by the certification deadline information registration unit. Information related to the IC chip accreditation period that is already registered in the storage unit and is a certain period before reaching the accreditation period, and information on the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted are stored in the terminal device of the card vendor. It is characterized by notifying.
According to the above-described IC card inventory management system, the card vendor can surely know whether there is an IC card that is approaching the expiration date at the initial stage of manufacturing and issuing the card. .

In the inventory management system for an IC card according to an aspect of the present invention, the certification deadline information notification unit is configured to receive an input when the certification deadline information registered in the certification deadline information storage unit is retrieved from a terminal device of the card vendor. When judged by the output interface processing unit, the information related to the certification expiration date of the IC chip that is already registered in the certification expiration date information storage unit and is a fixed period before the certification expiration date is reached, and the IC chip is mounted The IC card information is notified to the terminal device of the card vendor.
According to the above IC card inventory management system, when the card vendor searches (views) information on the manufactured card at the initial stage of manufacturing and issuing the card, for example, in the existing IC card. It is possible to reliably grasp whether or not there is an IC card whose certification deadline is approaching.

An inventory management system for an IC card according to an aspect of the present invention is an estimate information storage unit for storing estimate information of an IC card mounted with an IC chip in which the certification deadline information is registered, which is transmitted from a terminal device of the card vendor. And an ordering information registration unit that, when receiving an ordering instruction for the estimation information transmitted from the terminal device of the card issuer, registers the estimation information in the estimation information storage unit as an ordered state, and When the estimated information is registered in the estimated information storage unit in the estimated information storage unit by the order information registration unit as an already-ordered state, the authorization deadline information notification unit reaches the approval deadline already registered in the authorized deadline information storage unit. The information related to the IC chip certification deadline, which is a certain period before, and the information of the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted are stored in the card. And notifying against the vendor of the terminal device.
According to the above IC card inventory management system, the card vendor can grasp whether or not there is a card whose certification due date is approaching at the stage where the card issuer has officially placed an issue order. .

In the inventory management system for an IC card according to an aspect of the present invention, the certification deadline information notification unit is configured such that when the stock information of the IC card is registered in the stock information storage unit by the stock information registration unit, the certification deadline Information related to the IC chip certification deadline, which is already registered in the information storage unit and is a certain period before reaching the certification deadline, and the information of the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted are the terminal device of the card vendor. Is notified.
According to the above IC card inventory management system, when a card vendor accepts a completed IC card, there is an IC card that is already managed as inventory, and a card whose certification due date is approaching. It becomes possible to grasp.

An inventory management system for an IC card according to an aspect of the present invention includes an issue record information storage unit that stores issue record information including at least the number of issued sheets and an issue date, and the issue record information transmitted from the terminal device of the card vendor. An issuance record information registering unit that is registered in the issuance record information storage unit, and the certification deadline information notification unit is configured such that the issuance record information is registered in the issuance record information storage unit by the issuance record information registration unit. , Information on the IC chip certification deadline, which is already registered in the certification deadline information storage unit and is a certain period before reaching the certification deadline, and information on the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted Notification is made to the terminal device of the vendor.
According to the above-described IC card inventory management system, the card vendor grasps whether or not there is an expiring card among the remaining inventory IC cards when the IC card issuance is completed. It becomes possible.

An inventory management system for an IC card according to an aspect of the present invention predicts the inventory information of the IC card based on past issuance record information stored in the issuance record information storage unit. An inventory information prediction unit that transmits an ordering instruction to the terminal device of the card issuer when expected, and when the inventory information prediction unit predicts the inventory information of the IC card by the inventory information prediction unit, Information relating to the IC chip accreditation period that is already registered in the accreditation period information storage unit and that is a certain period before reaching the accreditation period, and information on the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted are stored in the card vendor. The terminal device is notified.
According to the IC card inventory management system described above, the card vendor can not only know the predicted transition of the number of IC cards in stock, but can also determine whether there is a card approaching the expiration date. Become.

  According to the inventory management system for an IC card according to an aspect of the present invention, the inventory information prediction unit determines a date when the number of inventory of the IC card falls below a certain number based on the predicted inventory information of the IC card. In particular, the card vendor terminal device is notified that the IC card is almost out of stock within a certain period before the date is reached.

  According to the above IC card inventory management system, the inventory information prediction unit not only notifies that the IC chip certification deadline is approaching, but also notifies that the IC card is almost out of stock. It becomes possible. In addition, since the inventory information prediction unit can specify the date when the number of IC cards in stock falls below a certain number, the IC chip that expires when the IC chip accreditation period comes using the accreditation period information. It is possible to predict the number of IC cards to be ordered so that the number of IC cards in stock is reduced as much as possible.

In the inventory management system for an IC card according to an aspect of the present invention, the certification deadline information notifying unit notifies at least the certification deadline of the IC chip mounted on the IC card to be notified, the number and type of the IC card. It is characterized by.
According to the above IC card inventory management system, the card vendor can grasp the certification deadline of an IC chip that is approaching the certification deadline, and the number and type of IC cards on which the IC chip is mounted.

An inventory management system for an IC card according to an aspect of the present invention connects a plurality of card vendor terminal devices via the communication network, and the inventory information storage unit is provided for each card vendor. .
According to the above IC card inventory management system, even if there are a plurality of card vendors, it is possible to manage the inventory information of the IC card and the expiration date information in association with each card vendor.

Inventory control method for an IC card in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, stock information storing step of inventory information storage unit stores the inventory information I C card, IC chip certification date of the certification date information storage unit is mounted on the IC card An authorization deadline information storage step for storing information, and the inventory information registration unit transmits the inventory information of the IC card transmitted from the terminal device of the card vendor to the IC card inventory management system via the communication network. An inventory information registration step for registering to the IC card, the certification deadline information registration unit storing the certification deadline information of the IC chip transmitted from the card issuer terminal device to the IC card inventory management system via the communication network. Registration period information registration step to be registered in the department, inventory information certification period information association section is registered by the inventory information registration step An inventory information certification deadline information associating step for associating the registered inventory information with the certification deadline information registered in the certification deadline information registration step, and a certification deadline information notifying unit from the IC card inventory management system to the card vendor For the terminal device, based on the certification deadline information, information related to the certification deadline of the IC chip determined to be a certain period before reaching the certification deadline, and information on the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted, An inventory management method for IC cards, comprising an authorization deadline information notification step for notifying the user.
According to the above IC card inventory management method, it is possible to obtain the same operation as the above IC card inventory management system.

An IC card inventory management program according to the present invention includes a computer, an inventory information storage unit that stores inventory information of an IC card, an authorization expiration information storage unit that stores authorization expiration information of an IC chip mounted on the IC card, a card An inventory information registration unit for registering the inventory information of the IC card transmitted from the vendor terminal device via the communication network in the inventory information storage unit, and an IC transmitted from the card issuer terminal device via the communication network. The certification deadline information registration unit that registers the certification deadline information of the chip in the certification deadline information storage unit, the inventory information registered by the inventory information registration unit, and the certification deadline information registered by the certification deadline information registration unit The inventory information authorization deadline information associating unit for associating the card vendor with the terminal device of the card vendor based on the authorization deadline information. For functioning as a certification deadline information notifying unit for notifying information relating to a certification deadline of an IC chip determined to be a certain period before reaching the deadline and information of an IC card on which the IC chip is mounted It is a program.
According to the above IC card inventory management program, when the computer reads and executes the program, it is possible to obtain the same operation as the above IC card inventory management system.

According to the present invention, if a card vendor who manufactures an IC chip (card) inputs IC chip certification expiration date information to the IC card inventory management system at the stage of manufacturing the IC card, the IC card inventory management The system centrally manages the certification deadline information of IC chips managed as inventory, and performs each process from ordering to manufacturing using the certification deadline information. As a result, the IC card inventory management system can notify the card vendor of the certification expiration date of the IC chip that is approaching the certification expiration date in each process from ordering to manufacturing. IC card inventory management can be performed without causing the chip certification expiration.
Also, the card vendor refers to the notification of the IC chip certification deadline, and ships the IC card in stock before the IC chip certification deadline expires, or extends the chip certification deadline as necessary. Such a response can be taken quickly.

1 is a network diagram showing an overall configuration of a network to which an IC card inventory management system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the inventory management system 10 for IC cards. It is a figure which shows the field of the tables A and B in which the certification | regulation time limit information of IC chip and the inventory information of IC card are registered. 4 is a flowchart showing an overall flow of IC card inventory management processing using the IC card inventory management system 10; Terminal devices 20-1 to 20-n of card issuers I-1 to In, terminal devices 30-1 to 30-n of card vendors V-1 to Vn, and card vendors V'-1 to V'- It is a screen image of the card inventory / authorization time limit management screen displayed on the n terminal devices 31-1 to 31-n. It is a screen image of the certification | regulation time limit information notification screen displayed on the terminal devices 30-1 to 30-n of the card vendors V-1 to Vn. It is a graph which shows transition of the predicted number of IC cards in stock. It is a screen image of a stockout notification screen displayed on the terminal devices 30-1 to 30-n of the card vendors V-1 to Vn. It is a graph which shows transition of the predicted number of IC cards in stock. It is a graph which shows transition of the predicted number of IC cards in stock. It is a graph which shows transition of the number of IC cards in stock.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In each drawing referred to in the following description, components equivalent to those in the other drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals.
(Configuration of the entire network to which the IC card inventory management system 10 is connected)
First, an overall configuration of a network to which an IC card inventory management system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is connected will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, card issuers I-1 to In that issue IC cards such as credit card companies and financial institutions, and a plurality of card vendors V that manufacture IC cards such as printing companies and electrical manufacturers. -1 to V-n, V'-1 to V'-n exist. When manufacturing an IC card, an IC chip and an IC card mounted with the IC chip itself are manufactured, and then issuance data such as a credit card number is written in the IC chip of the IC card. The manufacturing and issuing work of these cards themselves may not be performed by the same card vendor but may be performed by different card vendors. Therefore, in the description of the present embodiment, the issuance data is written into the IC chip of the IC card, that is, the issuing card vendor is described as the card vendors V-1 to Vn. The card vendors V′-1 to V′-n will be described as the card vendors on the manufacturing side that manufacture the IC card itself or manufacture the IC chip mounted on the IC card.

  And as shown in FIG. 1, the card issuers I-1 to In have terminal devices 20-1 to 20-n. Further, the card vendors V-1 to Vn on the issuing side have terminal devices 30-1 to 30-n, and the card vendors V'-1 to V'-n on the manufacturing side are terminal devices 31-1. ~ 31-n. These terminal devices 20-1 to 20-n, 30-1 to 30-n, 31-1 to 31-n and the IC card inventory management system 10 are connected via a network such as the Internet 40 or a dedicated line. Connected. That is, the IC card inventory management system 10 takes the form of a client server system.

The IC card inventory management system 10 provides an administrator Internet site for inventory management. The card issuers I-1 to In are from the terminal devices 20-1 to 20-n, the card vendors V-1 to Vn are from the terminal devices 30-1 to 30-n, and the card vendor V'-. 1 to V′-n can use the IC card inventory management system 10 by logging in to the manager's Internet site from the terminal devices 31-1 to 31-n.
In the IC card inventory management system 10, an Internet server application, a database application, and the like are installed, and an IC card inventory management program is further installed. Further, an application such as an Internet browser is installed in the terminal devices 20-1 to 20-n and 30-1 to 30-n.

(Functional configuration of IC card inventory management system 10)
Next, the functional configuration of the IC card inventory management system 10 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The IC card inventory management system 10 shown in FIG. 2 includes an input / output interface processing unit 41, an inventory information registration unit 42, an authorized expiration date registration unit 43, an inventory information storage unit 44-1 to 44-n, and an authorized expiration date information storage. Unit 45, inventory information authorization deadline information association unit 46, estimate information creation unit 47, order information registration unit 48, estimate information storage unit 49, inventory information update unit 50, issue result information registration unit 51, issue result information storage unit 52, An inventory information prediction unit 53 and an authorized time limit information notification unit 54 are provided.

  The input / output interface processing unit 41 generates an HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) page displayed on the terminal devices 20-1 to 20-n and 30-1 to 30-n, and data input from the screen by the user ( Processing related to the input / output interface such as acquisition of data to be registered in the IC card inventory management system 10 and search keywords when searching for data in the IC card inventory management system 10 is performed.

The inventory information registration unit 42 uses the inventory number, type, and the like of the IC card transmitted from the terminal devices 30-1 to 30-n of the card vendors V-1 to Vn as inventory information. Register at ~ 44-n.
The certification deadline information registration unit 43 recognizes the certification deadline indicating the validity period of the IC chip mounted on the IC card transmitted from the terminal devices 20-1 to 20-n of the card issuers I-1 to In. It registers in the authorized time limit information storage unit 45 as time limit information.

  The inventory information storage units 44-1 to 44-n store the inventory information acquired from the inventory information registration unit 42. The inventory information storage units 44-1 to 44-n are divided so that they can be used for each vendor. The inventory information storage unit 44-1 is used by the card vendor V-1, and the inventory information storage unit 44-2. Is used by the card vendor V-2, and the inventory information storage unit 44-n is used by the card vendor V-n.

The certification deadline information storage unit 45 stores certification deadline information acquired from the certification deadline information registration unit 43. The above-mentioned authorization time limit information and inventory information can be shared by the card issuers I-1 to In and the card vendors V-1 to Vn.
The inventory information authorization deadline information associating unit 46 associates the inventory information stored in the inventory information storage units 44-1 to 44-n with the certification deadline information stored in the authorization deadline information storage unit 45.

  For example, the IC chip certification period information is composed of data of each field of the table A shown in FIG. 3, and the IC card inventory information is composed of data of each field of the table B shown in FIG. Then, IC chip qualification time limit information (table A) and IC card inventory information (table B) are associated with each other as a relational database by the IC chip code in these fields.

The estimate information creation unit 47 is certified by the certification deadline information registration unit 43 based on the input data necessary for creating the estimate transmitted from the terminal devices 30-1 to 30-n of the card vendors V-1 to Vn. Estimate documents for the IC card with the deadline information registered are created. Further, the estimated information creating unit 47 registers this in the estimated information storage unit 49 as estimated information.
When the order information registration unit 48 receives the approval of the estimate information transmitted from the terminal devices 20-1 to 20-n of the card issuers I-1 to In, the estimate information is in an already ordered state. This is registered in the estimate information storage unit 49.

The estimated information storage unit 49 stores the estimated information created by the estimated information creating unit 47 and the fact that the estimated information has been ordered.
The inventory information update unit 50 issues an inventory information when the number of IC cards in stock is increased or decreased, for example, when an IC card is issued using a stock IC card or a damaged card is generated during manufacturing. The inventory information stored in the storage units 44-1 to 44-n is updated to the latest one.
The issue result information registration unit 51 registers the issue results such as the number of IC cards issued in the past, the type of IC card, and the issue date in the issue result information storage unit 52 as issue result information.
The issue result information storage unit 52 stores the issue result information acquired from the issue result information registration unit 51.

  The inventory information prediction unit 53 predicts the number of IC cards in stock for a certain period from the current month based on the issue result information stored in the issue result information storage unit 52. In particular, the inventory information prediction unit 53 specifies the date when the number of IC card stocks falls below a certain number, and also uses the certification deadline information stored in the certification deadline information storage unit 45 to certify the IC chip. When the deadline comes, the number of IC cards to be ordered is predicted so that the number of IC cards in stock is as small as possible. Further, the inventory information prediction unit 53 automatically outputs an ordering instruction to the card issuer I when the number of IC cards in stock reaches a predetermined number based on the prediction result, or the IC card is out of stock. Or that you are approaching.

  The certification deadline information notifying unit 54 registers the certification deadline information input from the card issuers I-1 to In by the certification deadline information registration unit 43 in the inventory information storage units 44-1 to 44-n. When registering the inventory information of the IC card by the registration unit 42, when the estimated information is registered in the estimated information storage unit 49 by the ordering information registering unit 48 as being ordered, the inventory information updating unit 50 updates the inventory information of the IC card. When the inventory information prediction unit 53 predicts the number of IC cards in stock, at least the target IC card that is a certain period before reaching the certification expiration date in the inventory information storage units 44-1 to 44-n. Notify the card issuer, type, number of copies and expiration date. Note that the notification start time can be arbitrarily set, for example, three months before the certification deadline is reached.

(Overall flow of IC card inventory management using the IC card inventory management system 10)
Next, an overall flow of IC card inventory management processing using the IC card inventory management system 10 will be described with reference to FIGS.
In addition, it is possible to log in to the IC card inventory management system 10 in the same manner from any of the terminal devices 20-1 to 20-n included in the card vendors V-1 to Vn. The same applies to the terminal devices 30-1 to 30-n included in the card vendors V'-1 to V'-n and the terminal devices 31-1 to 31-n included in the card issuers I-1 to In. is there. Therefore, here, the card vendor V-1 logs in to the IC card inventory management system 10 from the terminal device 30-1, and the card vendor V'-1 enters the IC card inventory management system 10 from the terminal device 31-1. It is assumed that the card issuer I-1 logs in to the IC card inventory management system 10 from the terminal device 20-1 and manages the IC card.

  When the card issuer I-1 tries to issue a card or request a quote for the card, the card issuer I-1 first logs into the site provided by the IC card inventory management system 10 from the terminal device 20-1 of the card issuer I-1. . Further, the card vendors V-1 and V'-1 log in to a site provided by the IC card inventory management system 10 from the terminal devices 30-1 and 31-1 when attempting to issue or manufacture cards. . In order that a plurality of card issuers I-1 to In and a plurality of card vendors V-1 to Vn, V′-1 to V′-n can use the IC card inventory management system 10, A user ID and a password are set for each card issuer and card vendor.

  First, the flow when an IC card itself is manufactured or an IC chip mounted on an IC card is manufactured will be described. The card vendors V′-1 to V′-n on the manufacturing side log in to a site provided by the IC card inventory management system 10 from the terminal device 31-1 of the card vendor V′-1. Then, a card inventory / authorization time limit management screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. Note that the image of the entire screen, the items displayed on the screen, the order in which the screen changes, and the like are merely one screen example for explanation.

  Then, the card vendor V′-1 on the manufacturing side further shifts from the card inventory / authorization time limit management screen as shown in FIG. 5 to another screen, and is mounted on the type and number of manufactured IC cards and the IC card. The IC chip certification deadline and the like are input in detail (step S91). Then, in the IC card inventory management system 10, the certification deadline information registration unit 43 determines the type, number of sheets, certification deadline, etc. of the manufactured IC chip transmitted from the terminal device 20-1 of the card issuer I-1. Register in the information storage unit 45 (step S92).

  After registering the certification deadline, etc., the issuing card vendor V-1 and the card issuer I-1 send the terminal device 30-1 of the issuing card vendor V-1 and the terminal device 20-1 of the card issuer I-1. Login to the site provided by the IC card inventory management system 10. Then, a card inventory / authorization time limit management screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. Then, the card vendor V-1 and the card issuer I-1 can search the IC card inventory management from the terminal device 20-1 or the terminal device 30-1 for search keywords such as the type, number of sheets, and certification period of the manufactured IC chip. It transmits with respect to the system 10 (step S93, S94). Then, the IC card inventory management system 10 performs a process of acquiring the type, number of sheets, certification deadline, and the like of the target IC chip registered in the certification deadline information storage unit 45 (step S95). That is, after the certification deadline is registered, the card vendor V-1 and the card issuer I-1 can browse the type, number, certification deadline, etc. of the IC chip at any time (steps S93, S94).

  Further, when the issuing card vendor V-1 searches (views) the type, number, and certification period of the IC chip, the certification period information notification unit 54 displays the certification period information notification screen as shown in FIG. The card issuer of the target IC card, the type, the number, the certification deadline, etc., which are a certain period before reaching the certification deadline, are notified. As a result, the card vendor V-1 and the card issuer I-1 can use the existing IC card whose certification deadline or certification deadline is approaching when the card (chip) is newly produced. It is possible to ascertain whether or not there is.

  Next, a flow when issuing a card or requesting an estimate thereof will be described. When the card vendor V-1 logs into the IC card inventory management system 10, the IC card inventory management system 10 stores the IC card of the card vendor V-1 from the inventory information storage unit 44-1 corresponding to the card vendor V-1. Get inventory information for. Then, a card inventory / authorization time limit management screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the terminal device 30-1 of the card vendor V-1. Similarly, when the card issuer I-1 logs in, the IC card inventory management system 10 acquires the inventory information of the IC card of the card issuer I-1.

  Then, the terminal 20-1 of the card issuer I-1 shifts from the card inventory / authorization time limit management screen as shown in FIG. 5 to another screen, and inputs the type, number, etc. of IC cards to be ordered. (Step S101). Then, in the IC card inventory management system 10, the stock information registration unit 42 stores the type, the number, and the like of the IC chips to be ordered transmitted from the terminal device 20-1 of the card issuer I- 1 in the authorized time limit information storage unit 45. Register (step S102). In the present embodiment, the card issuer I-1 requests only the card vendor V-1 for an estimate. However, for the card vendors V-1 to Vn, You may request a quote at the same time. As a result, the card issuer I-1 can select the card issue request destination with reference to the estimated amount and the date of delivery.

  At this time, the certification deadline information notification unit 54 uses the certification deadline information notification screen as shown in FIG. 6 to show the card issuer, type, number, and certification of the target IC card that is a certain period before reaching the certification deadline. Notify the deadline. As a result, the card vendor V-1 can reliably grasp whether there is an IC card that is approaching the expiration date at the initial stage of issuing the card, that is, the stage of requesting an estimate.

  The card vendor V-1 side inputs data necessary for creating an estimate while referring to the type, number of sheets, certification expiration date, etc. of the IC chip to be ordered (step S103). Necessary data to be created for the estimate is input by the sales representative on the card vendor V-1 side. Then, the estimate information creating unit 47 creates an estimate document for the IC card based on data necessary for creating an estimate transmitted from the terminal device 30-1 of the card vendor V-1. Further, the estimated information creating unit 47 registers the created estimated document or the like in the estimated information storage unit 49 as estimated information (step S104). The card issuer I-1 officially transmits an ordering instruction to the card vendor V-1 based on the estimate information (step S105). When the IC card inventory management system 10 receives an ordering instruction for the estimate information transmitted from the terminal device 20-1 of the card issuer I-1, the order information registration unit 48 is stored in the estimate information storage unit 49. The estimated information is placed in an ordered state (step S106).

At the same time when the estimated information is officially ordered, the certification deadline information notification unit 54 uses the certification deadline information notification screen as shown in FIG. 6 to display the target IC for a certain period before the certification deadline is reached. Notify the card issuer, type, number of cards, expiration date, etc. As a result, the card vendor V-1 can grasp whether or not there is a card whose certification due date is approaching at the stage where the card issuer has officially placed an issue order.
The IC card inventory management system 10 transmits to the terminal device 30-1 of the card vendor V-1 that the IC card has been ordered from the card issuer I-1, and the card vendor V-1 Receive (step S107). Thereafter, the card vendor V-1 instructs the manufacture of an IC chip, or manufactures a raw card that does not contain any issued data.

  Then, the card vendor V-1 accepts the completed IC card, inputs the number of accepted IC cards into the IC card inventory management system 10, and transmits it to the IC card inventory management system 10. When the IC card inventory management system 10 receives the number of IC cards transmitted from the card vendor V-1, the inventory information registration unit 10b stores the inventory IC card already stored in the inventory information storage unit 44-1. Is added to the number of received IC cards to update the number of IC cards. During this acceptance process, the inventory information authorization deadline information association unit 46 associates the accepted inventory information of the IC card with the authorization deadline information registered in step 102 (step S108).

  In this case as well, the certification deadline information notification unit 54 uses the certification deadline information notification screen as shown in FIG. 6 to determine the card issuer, type, number, and certification of the target IC card that is a certain period before reaching the certification deadline. Notify the deadline. Thereby, the card vendor V-1 can grasp whether or not there is a card whose certification due date is approaching among the IC cards already managed as inventory at the stage of accepting the completed IC card. it can.

  Subsequently, the card issuer I-1 transmits issuance data for issuing an IC card to the card vendor V-1 (step S109). When the IC card inventory management system 10 receives the issuance data transmitted from the card issuer I-1, the inventory information update unit 50 specifies the number of IC cards to be issued from the number of records of the issuance data. Then, the inventory information update unit 50 subtracts the number of IC cards to be issued from the number of IC cards in stock stored in the inventory information storage unit 44-1, and calculates the number of IC cards in stock. Update (step S110). The card vendor V-1 issues a card using the issue data transmitted from the card issuer I-1. In the issuance process, information such as a card number is written in a file in the IC chip using an issuance command script in which issuance data is incorporated.

  Note that in this issuance process, the issuance process may fail and a damage card may be generated. In this case, it must be issued with a new card. Therefore, the IC card inventory management system 10 receives the number of damaged cards transmitted from the card vendor V-1 and if there is a damaged card in the card issuing process (YES in step S111), The inventory information update unit 50 subtracts the number of damaged IC cards from the inventory number stored in the inventory information storage unit 44-1, and updates the number of IC cards (step S112). Then, the issuance record information registration unit 51 registers the number, type, and the like of the issued IC card in the issuance record information storage unit 52 as issuance record information (step S113). If there is no damage card (YES in step S111), the issue result information registration unit 51 may register the issue result information in the issue result information storage unit 52 as it is.

  Even when this issuance record is registered, the certification deadline information notifying unit 54 determines the certification deadline of the IC chip whose certification deadline is before a predetermined period, the number of IC cards equipped with the IC chip, the type of IC card, and the like. Notice. Thereby, the card vendor V-1 can grasp whether or not there is a card that is about to expire in the remaining IC cards at the stage when the IC card issuance is completed.

Subsequently, based on the past issuance record information stored in the issuance record information storage unit 52, the number of IC cards in stock in a certain period is predicted from the current month (step S114). At this time, the certification deadline information notifying unit 54, the certification deadline information notifying unit 54, the certification deadline of the IC chip whose certification deadline is before a predetermined period, the number of IC cards equipped with the IC chip, the type of the IC card Etc. As a result, the card vendor V-1 can know not only the predicted transition of the number of inventory IC cards but also whether there is a card approaching the certification expiration date. Further, if the inventory information prediction unit 53 determines that it is necessary to transmit an ordering instruction to the card issuer I-1 based on the prediction result (YES in step S115), the stock information prediction unit 53 returns to step S101 and returns to the card issuer I. Send ordering instructions automatically. If it is determined that there is no need to transmit an ordering instruction (NO in step S115), the process is terminated.

  In step S101, when the card issuer I-1 requests the estimate of the order again, the past estimate registered in the estimate information storage unit 49 from the terminal device 20-1 of the card issuer I-1. You may enable it to refer to the content of information. As an example, contents such as the number of cards and the type when an estimate request has been requested in the past may be displayed in advance on the estimate request screen displayed on the terminal device 20-1 of the card issuer I-1. it can. Further, it is possible to refer to the contents when the estimate is requested in the past from the terminal device 20-1 of the card issuer I-1, and to select arbitrary estimate contents from them.

  As described above, instead of simply performing each process from ordering to manufacturing, at the timing of each process in steps S102, S106, S108, S113, and S114, the certification deadline information notifying unit 54 sets the certification deadline to a predetermined value. Notification of the IC chip certification deadline before the period, the number of IC cards equipped with the IC chip, the type of IC card, etc. As a result, it is possible to efficiently manage the inventory of the IC card while preventing the out of stock of the card and the expiration date of the chip from occurring.

(Notification of certification deadline information in inventory forecast processing)
Next, with reference to FIG. 7 to FIG. 11, notification of certification expiration date information in the inventory prediction process will be described.
In addition, the vertical axis of each graph shown in FIGS. 7 and 9 to 11 represents the predicted number of IC cards in stock, and the horizontal axis represents the year and month. The inventory information prediction unit 53 predicts the number of IC cards in stock based on past issue result information stored in the issue result information storage unit 52. Then, according to the prediction result, the inventory information prediction unit 53 can automatically transmit an ordering instruction to the card issuers I-1 to In. Then, when the card issuers I-1 to In input the certification deadline information and the order is approved, the manufacture of the IC card is started.

As shown in FIG. 7, for example, in the case of October 2010, when the forecast for a certain period from November 2010 to May 2011 is to be performed, the inventory information prediction unit 53 includes the inventory information storage unit 44- Subtract the number of IC cards issued in November, December, ..., May before the year before last stored in the issuance record information storage unit 52 from the number of IC cards in stock stored in 1-44-n I will do it. In addition, the inventory information prediction unit 53 compares the slope of the graph indicating the number of IC cards in stock in the last few months with the slope of the graph indicating the number of IC cards in stock in the past period, The number of IC cards that are subtracted from the inventory number may be added or subtracted.
In the graph shown in FIG. 7, the number of IC cards in stock is about 170,000 as of October 2010, and the inventory information prediction unit 53 has about 160 IC cards in stock in November 2010. The number of IC cards in stock is predicted to be about 120,000 in December 2010.

  Based on the predicted inventory quantity, the inventory information prediction unit 53 identifies the year (monthly order point) immediately before the inventory IC card quantity falls below the reference quantity indicated by the dotted line in FIG. The number of IC cards in stock is below the standard number as of May 2011. For this reason, the inventory information prediction unit 53 considers a period required for manufacturing the IC card, for example, three months, and starts a fixed period from January 2011, three months before the ordering point April 2011. The IC card inventory is automatically transmitted to the card issuers I-1 to In, or the card vendors V-1 to Vn are informed of the inventory of the IC card by an out-of-stock notification screen as shown in FIG. Notify that the slice is approaching.

As shown in FIG. 9, when the IC chip certification deadline and the order point are approaching, the inventory information prediction unit 53 first automatically orders the card issuers I-1 to In. An instruction is transmitted or the card vendors V-1 to V-n are notified that the IC card is almost out of stock. Furthermore, the certification | regulation time limit information notification part 54 notifies at least card issuer of the object IC card which is a fixed period before reaching | attaining a certification | regulation deadline, a classification, the number of sheets, and a certification | regulation deadline. As a result, the card vendors V-1 to Vn can grasp whether there is a card whose certification due date is approaching in accordance with the transition of the inventory number of IC cards.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, when the IC chip certification deadline is approaching the next month before the order point, the inventory information prediction unit 53 first determines the card issuers I-1 to In. An ordering instruction is automatically transmitted, or the card vendors V-1 to Vn are notified that the IC card is almost out of stock. Furthermore, the certification | regulation time limit information notification part 54 notifies at least card issuer of the object IC card which is a fixed period before reaching | attaining a certification | regulation deadline, a classification, the number of sheets, and a certification | regulation deadline. At the same time, the certification expiration date information notification unit 54 notifies the IC chip certification term to be extended or switched.

After receiving the notification, the card vendors V-1 to V-n request the card issuers I-1 to In to extend the IC chip certification period. In addition, since the certification | regulation time limit of an IC chip can be extended, you may notify including the inside of the period when the certification | regulation time limit can be extended.
The card vendors V-1 to Vn can arbitrarily set the conditions for automatically placing an IC card in this inventory prediction process. For example, if there is a large difference between the predicted inventory quantity and the actual inventory quantity, for example, if a difference of 20% occurs between the predicted inventory quantity and the actual inventory quantity, the shortage IC card is automatically It can also be done as an order. In addition, it is possible not to place an additional order when the stock is out of stock for a set period.

In this way, the IC card inventory is not simply managed in the entire process from ordering to manufacturing, but at least the card of the target IC card that is a fixed period before the certification deadline information notification unit 54 reaches the certification deadline. This can be done by notifying the issuer, type, number of sheets, and certification deadline. Therefore, the card vendors V-1 to Vn can ship the IC card in stock before the expiration date of the IC chip certification, or can extend the certification time limit of the chip as necessary.
Further, the inventory information prediction unit 53 performs an IC card inventory prediction process based on the certification deadline stored in the certification deadline information storage unit 45 and the past issue record information stored in the issue record information storage unit 52. Therefore, it is possible to predict the number of IC cards to be ordered so that the number of IC cards in stock is reduced as much as possible when the certification period for IC chips comes.

  As shown in FIG. 11, in November 2010, an IC card equipped with a newly manufactured IC chip is added as a stock, and thereafter, the number of IC cards in stock gradually decreases with the shipment of the IC card. Since it takes a period of about three months to manufacture an IC card, when the number of IC cards in stock falls below the reference number of 60,000 in February 2011, an order is placed in the IC card inventory management system 10. . At this time, the inventory information prediction unit 53 calculates the number of IC cards to be ordered so that the number of IC cards in stock with IC chips with expired certification chips is reduced as much as possible when the certification period of the IC chips comes. Yes. For this reason, in May 2011, the inventory number of IC cards equipped with IC chips that are due for certification will be the smallest. Then, the IC card newly manufactured in June 2011, the next month, is added as a stock. Repeat for the following months.

  In this way, the card inventory / authorization deadline management screen shown in FIG. 5 and the out-of-stock notification screen shown in FIG. 8 notify that there is an IC card with an IC chip approaching the certification deadline. In addition, IC card inventory prediction processing can be performed based on the certification expiration date information and past issuance record information, so as much as possible the inventory of IC cards equipped with IC chips whose certification expiration date has expired. Can do.

  When notifying that there is an IC card approaching the expiration date on the card inventory / authorization expiration management screen shown in FIG. 5 or the out-of-stock notification screen shown in FIG. Can be notified by emphasizing the display by displaying in red or bold or changing the font. Further, the confirmation sound may be repeatedly output at the same time as the card inventory / authorization expiration management screen and the out-of-stock notification screen are displayed. Furthermore, it can be notified by e-mail or the like as well as notifying on the card inventory / authorization expiration management screen and the out-of-stock notification screen that there is an IC card approaching the expiration date.

  By installing an IC card inventory management system (server device) in a card vendor that manufactures IC cards, it is possible to efficiently manage the inventory of IC cards while taking into account the IC chip certification expiration date.

10 IC card inventory management system V-1 to Vn Card vendor (Issuing side)
V'-1 to V'-n Card vendor (manufacturing side)
I-1 to In card issuer 20-1 to 20-n terminal device (card vendor (issuing side))
30-1 to 30-n terminal device (card vendor (manufacturing side))
31-1 to 31-n terminal device (card issuer)
41 I / O Interface Processing Unit 42 Inventory Information Registration Unit 43 Certification Expiration Date Information Registration Unit 44 Inventory Information Storage Unit 45 Certification Expiration Date Information Storage Unit 46 Inventory Information Certification Expiration Date Information Association Unit 47 Estimation Information Creation Unit 48 Ordering Information Registration Unit 49 Estimation Information Storage unit 50 Inventory information update unit 51 Issuance record information registration unit 52 Issuance record information storage unit 53 Inventory information prediction unit 54 Acknowledgment date information notification unit

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And stock information storage unit for storing the inventory information of I C card,
A certification expiration date information storage unit for storing certification expiration date information of an IC chip mounted on the IC card;
An inventory information registration unit for registering the inventory information of the IC card transmitted from a terminal device of a card vendor via a communication network in the inventory information storage unit;
A certification deadline information registration unit for registering the certification deadline information of the IC chip transmitted from the terminal device of the card issuer via the communication network in the certification deadline information storage unit;
An inventory information certification deadline information associating unit for associating the inventory information registered by the inventory information registration unit with the certification deadline information registered by the certification deadline information registration unit;
Information related to the certification expiration date of the IC chip determined to be a certain period before reaching the certification deadline based on the certification deadline information for the terminal device of the card vendor, and the IC on which the IC chip is mounted An authorization deadline information notifying unit for notifying card information,
An inventory management system for an IC card, comprising:   The certification deadline information notification unit reaches the certification deadline already registered in the certification deadline information storage unit when the certification deadline information is registered in the certification deadline information storage unit by the certification deadline information registration unit. 2. The information related to the IC chip certification deadline, which is a predetermined period before, and the information of the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted are notified to the terminal device of the card vendor. Inventory management system for IC cards.   The certification deadline information notifying unit determines that the certification deadline information is determined by the input / output interface processing unit when the certification deadline information registered in the certification deadline information storage unit is retrieved from the terminal device of the card vendor. Information related to the IC chip certification deadline, which is already registered in the information storage unit and is a certain period before reaching the certification deadline, and the information of the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted are the terminal device of the card vendor. The inventory management system for an IC card according to claim 1, wherein: An estimated information storage unit for storing estimated information of an IC card mounted with an IC chip in which the authorization deadline information is registered, transmitted from the terminal device of the card vendor;
When receiving an ordering instruction for the estimated information transmitted from the card issuer terminal device, an ordering information registration unit that registers the estimated information in the estimated information storage unit as an ordered state;
With
When the estimated information is registered in the estimated information storage unit by the order information registering unit as an already ordered state, the authorized deadline information notifying unit reaches the authorized deadline already registered in the authorized deadline information storing unit. 2. The information related to the IC chip certification deadline, which is a certain period before the operation, and the information of the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted are notified to the terminal device of the card vendor. The inventory management system for IC cards as described.   When the inventory information registration unit registers the inventory information of the IC card in the inventory information storage unit, the authorization date information notification unit reaches the certification expiration date that has already been registered in the authorization date information storage unit. 2. The information related to the IC chip certification deadline, which is a certain period before the operation, and the information of the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted are notified to the terminal device of the card vendor. The inventory management system for IC cards as described. An issue record information storage unit for storing issue record information including at least the number of issued sheets and the issue date;
An issuance record information registration unit for registering the issuance record information transmitted from the terminal device of the card vendor in the issuance record information storage unit;
With
When the issuance record information is registered in the issuance record information storage unit by the issuance record information registration unit, the approval deadline information notification unit reaches the approval deadline already registered in the accreditation limit information storage unit. 2. The information related to the IC chip certification deadline, which is a predetermined period before, and the information of the IC card on which the IC chip is mounted are notified to the terminal device of the card vendor. Inventory management system for IC cards. Based on the past issuance record information stored in the issuance record information storage unit, the inventory information of the IC card is predicted, and when the shortage of the IC card is expected, an ordering instruction is given to the card issuer terminal device. It has an inventory information forecasting part to send,
When the inventory information prediction unit predicts the inventory information of the IC card, the authorization date information notification unit is already registered in the authorization date information storage unit, and is in a certain period before reaching the authorization date. 7. The IC card inventory according to claim 6, wherein information relating to a certification expiration date of an IC chip and information of an IC card on which the IC chip is mounted are notified to the terminal device of the card vendor. Management system.   The inventory information prediction unit identifies a date when the number of IC cards in stock is below a certain number based on the predicted inventory information of the IC card, and the IC card is in a certain period before reaching that date. 8. The IC card inventory management system according to claim 7, wherein the card vendor's terminal device is notified that the out of stock of the card is approaching. The certification date information notification unit, at least certification date of the IC chip mounted on the notification target the IC card of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the notifying the number and type of the IC card The inventory management system for IC cards described in 1. Connecting a plurality of card vendor terminal devices via the communication network ;
9. The IC card inventory management system according to claim 1, wherein the inventory information storage unit is provided for each of the card vendors. Stock information storing step of inventory information storage unit stores the inventory information I C card,
An authorization period information storage step in which an authorization period information storage unit stores authorization period information of an IC chip mounted on the IC card,
An inventory information registration step in which the inventory information registration unit registers the inventory information of the IC card transmitted from the terminal device of the card vendor via the communication network to the IC card inventory management system in the inventory information storage unit;
Certification deadline information registration in which the certification deadline information registration unit registers the certification deadline information of the IC chip transmitted from the card issuer terminal device to the IC card inventory management system via the communication network in the certification deadline information storage unit. Step,
An inventory information certification deadline information associating unit for associating the inventory information registered by the inventory information registration step with the certification deadline information registered by the certification deadline information registration step;
IC chip certification determined by the certification deadline information notifying unit from the IC card inventory management system to a terminal device of the card vendor based on the certification deadline information before reaching the certification deadline. An IC card inventory management method comprising: an authorization deadline information notifying step of notifying information relating to a deadline and information of an IC card on which the IC chip is mounted. Computer
Inventory information storage unit for storing the inventory information of I C card,
A certification term information storage unit for storing certification term information of an IC chip mounted on the IC card;
An inventory information registration unit for registering the inventory information of the IC card transmitted from a terminal device of a card vendor via a communication network in the inventory information storage unit;
A certification deadline information registration unit for registering the certification deadline information of the IC chip transmitted from the terminal device of the card issuer via the communication network in the certification deadline information storage unit;
An inventory information certification deadline information association unit for associating the inventory information registered by the inventory information registration unit with the certification deadline information registered by the certification deadline information registration unit;
Information related to the certification expiration date of the IC chip determined to be a certain period before reaching the certification deadline based on the certification deadline information for the terminal device of the card vendor, and the IC on which the IC chip is mounted An inventory management program for an IC card for functioning as an authorized time limit information notifying unit for notifying card information.

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