JP3369306B2 - Apparatus for distributing personal information to a system that issues personal information recording media - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for distributing personal information to a system for issuing a personal information recording medium, and more particularly to a system for collectively issuing personal information to a plurality of systems for issuing different personal information recording media. Regarding a device to be distributed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various personal information recording media such as cash cards, credit cards, and ID cards are used in modern social activities, and the number of issued cards tends to increase more and more. For example, as personal information recording media in the form of cards, IC cards, color print cards, magnetic cards, embossed cards, etc. are generally used, and cards of these various forms for the same person. It is often issued in each case. When the issued card is mailed, a mount for supporting and fixing the card in the envelope is required, and personal information such as an address and a name is printed on the mount. Therefore, this mount is also one of the personal information recording media.

These various types of media have different physical configurations, and issue processing is performed by using a dedicated issue processing system. For example,
If it is an IC card, an issuing system equipped with a reader / writer device that can write information in the memory of the IC card is used, and if it is a color print card, personal name and face photograph are printed in color. An issuing system equipped with a printing device capable of performing the above is used. Further, in order to issue the mount, an issue processing system equipped with a printer capable of performing form printing is used.

[0004]

As described above, recently, there is a tendency that various types of cards are issued to the same person, and even when issuing one card,
In the case of using a mount, it is necessary to issue a medium in two forms, that is, issuing a card and issuing a mount.
Conventionally, when issuing a plurality of types of personal information recording media in this manner, personal information (name, address, etc.) was individually submitted as data to each issue processing system, so There was a problem that the issue processing work became very complicated, such as creating a corresponding data format. In particular, verification of whether or not the submitted data is correct has conventionally been performed separately for each issue processing system, which is a very troublesome task.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a distribution device capable of efficiently distributing personal information to a plurality of systems that issue personal information recording media.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

(1) A first aspect of the present invention relates to an issue processing system that records personal information in a predetermined medium and issues a personal information recording medium. A connected network, a distribution device main body connected to this network, an instruction input device for giving an instruction input to this distribution device main body, and one record composed of a plurality of fields for one individual As the data representing the information, a data submission device externally submitted and a data storage device for storing the data submitted by the data submission device are provided, and the data delivery device is provided in the distribution device main body. Data from outside using
Issuance that specifies, for each field that constitutes the record of this submitted data, a morphological attribute that indicates the expression form of the data that belongs to that field and an issuing processing system that performs the issuing process using the data that belongs to that field The submitted data registration process that sets the attributes, the submitted data verification process that verifies whether the submitted data is suitable for the form attribute for each field, and the submitted data for each field The distribution process is performed based on the issue attributes, individual data for distribution to each issue processing system is generated, and this individual data is distributed to each issue processing system via the network. It has the function to do.

(2) A second aspect of the present invention relates to the above-mentioned first aspect.
In the device having the mode, the attribute indicating whether the data is character information or image information is used as the morphological attribute. Further, when the data is character information, it is a 1-byte character or a 2-byte character. The attribute is used to indicate whether it is a character.

(3) A third aspect of the present invention relates to the above-mentioned first aspect.
In the device having the above aspect, as a submitted data distribution process performed by the distribution device main body, an individual attribute indicating a form attribute of individual data distributed to each issue processing system is generated, and this individual attribute is networked together with the individual data. It is the one to which the process of distributing to each issue processing system via the is added.

[0009]

[Operation] In the distribution apparatus according to the present invention, personal information data to be distributed to a plurality of issuing processing systems can be collectively submitted from the data submission apparatus. Moreover, the submitted data has one record representing data for one individual, and one record is composed of a plurality of fields. Here, since the morphological attribute indicating the expression form of the data is set for each field that constitutes the record of the submitted data, it is suitable for each field for the submitted actual data. It is possible to verify whether or not In this way, since the submitted data can be collectively verified in the distribution device, it is not necessary to perform the verification again for each issuing processing system. In addition, since the issue attribute that indicates a specific issue processing system is set for the data for each field that constitutes the record of the submitted data, each data is issued according to the required issue process based on this issue attribute. It can be distributed to individual data addressed to the system, and these individual data can be distributed via a network. Therefore, it becomes possible to efficiently distribute the personal information to each issue processing system.

[0010]

The present invention will be described below with reference to illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an entire system incorporating a personal information distribution device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the IC card issuing processing system 10, the color printing card issuing processing system 20, the embossing card issuing processing system 30, and the form print issuing processing system 40.
Is an independent system having a function of recording personal information in a predetermined medium and issuing a personal information recording medium. The personal information distribution device 50 sends personal information to these plural issuing processing systems. It is a device according to the invention with the function of distribution. The personal information distribution device 50 and each of the issuing processing systems 10 to 40 are interconnected by a network 100.

Each of the issuing processing systems 10 to 40 is a system using a computer, and is composed of a main body, a display, and an issuing processing device.
The main body is composed of a computer main body such as a personal computer or a workstation, and the display has a function of displaying information related to the operation of the main body. Further, the issue processing device has a function of directly recording information on each medium based on an instruction from the main body. Although not shown, an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, an external storage device such as a hard disk device, and the like are connected to the main body as necessary.

Specifically, the IC card issuance processing system 10 is composed of a main body portion 11, a display portion 12, and an IC card reader / writer device 13.
It has a function of issuing this IC card by using a C card as a medium and recording personal information necessary for the medium. That is, the personal information is written in the EEPROM in the IC card by the IC card reader / writer device 13. In addition, the color printing card issuance processing system 2
Reference numeral 0 denotes a main body 21, a display 22, and a card printing device 23. A color printing card (in the present embodiment, a synthetic resin card, personal information such as a name and a face photo is printed on the surface). Has a function of issuing a color-printed card by printing a color-printed card as a medium and printing personal information necessary for the medium. Next, the embossed card issuance processing system 30 includes the main body 3
1 and a display 32 and an embossing device 33, and an embossed card (in this embodiment, a synthetic resin card, which has a concave-convex structure formed on its surface to record personal information such as a name. Card
It has a function of issuing this embossed card by recording personal information necessary for the medium (hereinafter referred to as “embossed card”) as a medium. Further, the form print issuing processing system 40 is composed of a main body 41, a display 42 and a printer 43. In this embodiment, a mount (an IC card, a color printing card, an embossing card, etc. is put in an envelope and mailed. It has a function to print and issue personal information such as name on thick paper used at times.

Each of these issuing processing systems is a system which functions independently and independently, and conventionally, the issuing processing has been executed independently of each other. However, for the same person, IC card, color print card,
In the case of issuing embossed cards at the same time and mailing them together with the mount, personal information will be submitted separately to each issue processing system, and this will be verified separately and issued separately. As mentioned above, there is a problem that is inefficient and the work load is heavy.
According to the present invention, the personal information distribution device 50 centrally performs the personal information submission process and the verification process, and the network 100
Through the personal information distribution device 50 to distribute the personal information required to each issue processing system 10-40,
The work efficiency is improved.

The personal information distribution device 50 comprises a distribution device main body 51, a display 52, an instruction input device 53, and
It is composed of a data storage device 54 and a data submission device 55. In the present embodiment, the distribution device main body 51 is composed of a workstation main body, and the display unit 52 is a display device connected to the workstation main body. In addition, the instruction input device 5
Reference numeral 3 denotes a device for giving an instruction input to the workstation body, and specifically, it is composed of a mouse and a keyboard. The data storage device 54 is
It is an external storage device such as a hard disk device connected to the workstation body, and is used to store personal information submitted from the outside. The data submission device 55 is a device for submitting personal information from the outside, and in this embodiment, the magnetic tape reader 55.
a, a floppy disk drive 55b, and an online interface 55c are available.
Personal information can be submitted in the form of magnetic tape, floppy disk, or online.

In this specification, inputting personal information given from the outside as data in this system is referred to as "manuscript submission" in the sense that a manuscript of personal information is taken in. . In the system using the present invention, the personal information is collectively submitted by the data submission device 55, centrally verified, and distributed to the individual issue processing systems 10 to 40. Therefore,
The basic processing performed by the distribution apparatus main body 51 is three processing, that is, registration processing for inputting personal information, verification processing for verifying the personal information, and distribution processing for distributing the personal information to each issuing processing system. become. Such processing is performed based on software prepared in the distribution apparatus main body 51. Hereinafter, each of these processes will be described with reference to a specific example.

Here, the case where a job for issuing a color print card 1 as shown in FIG. 2A and a form print 2 as shown in FIG. 2B is performed will be taken as an example. In this example, the color print card 1 shown in FIG.
Is used as a membership card of a resort club issued by ○ × resort industry, a character string “a membership card”, an eight-digit membership number 1b, a personal name 1c of the member, and a facial photograph 1d of the member. , Are printed in color. Here, the character string 1a is a character string common to all membership cards, but the member number 1
b, the name 1c, and the face photograph 1d are personal information different for each member. The form print 2 shown in FIG. 2 (b) is a mount used when the color print card 1 as the membership card is mailed to each member. That is, this mount is folded along the fold line 2a and placed in the envelope. At this time, the two corners of the enclosed color print card 1 are fixed by the slits 2b (dotted line in the figure indicates the position of the card 1 at this time). In addition, a character string 2c "I will send out a membership card", a personal address 2d of the member, and a personal name 2e of the member are printed on this mount. Where the character string 2
Although c is a character string common to each member, the address 2d and the name 2e are personal information different for each member.

Now, for 100 members, FIG. 2 (a)
Consider the case of issuing a membership card 1 as shown in Fig. 2 and a mount 2 as shown in Fig. 2 (b). In this case, the personal information distribution device 5
The personal information to be submitted in 0 is the member number, name, address, and face photo of each member. In the case of handling such personal information, it is general that one individual record is regarded as one record, and one record is composed of four fields of a member number field, a name field, an address field and a face photo field. is there. Therefore, in the present embodiment, specifically, the case where the personal information in the form as shown in FIG. 3 is given from the outside as the submission data will be considered. Each field has a fixed length, the membership number is 8-byte information consisting of 8 numbers, and the name is 10 characters of Japanese characters (characters expressed in 2 bytes each including Kanji / Kana / symbols) 20 Byte information, an address is 100-byte information consisting of 50 Japanese characters, and a face photograph is composed of image data (for example, raster data) of a predetermined format.
It is defined as 2 bytes of information. Eventually, the data of one record will be 500 bytes in total, and such data will be prepared for 100 records and given from the outside.

Now, when such submitted data is given from the outside, the operator uses the personal information distribution device 50 to execute each process as shown in FIG. First, in step S10, submitted data registration processing is performed. This process is a process of reading the manuscript data provided from the outside through a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, online, etc., into the data storage device 54, performing attribute setting described later, etc., and registering the data. Subsequently, in step S20, a submitted data verification process is performed. This is a process of determining whether or not the received submitted manuscript data is correct. If there is no abnormality as a result of the verification, it is determined in step S29 that no error has occurred, and the submitted data distribution processing in step S30 is performed. In the case of the above-described embodiment, the membership card 1 is issued by the color print card issue processing system 20 and the mount 2 is issued by the form print issue processing system 40. Therefore, for the color print card issuance processing system 20 and the form print issuance processing system 40, the necessary portions of the submitted data are
It is distributed via the network 100. If it is determined in step S29 that an error has occurred, the error content is output in step S40, and the submitted data is corrected in step S50 while referring to the error content. When the correction is completed, the work from the submitted data registration processing in step S10 is repeatedly executed.

Next, the details of each of the above processes will be described with reference to specific examples. First, details of the submitted data registration processing in step S10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S11, a process is selected. In this embodiment, as the manuscript data registration process, three processes of management file creation (S12), manuscript data reading (S13), and attribute file creation (S14) are prepared, and all three processes are prepared. When completed, the submitted data registration process is completed through step S15. Here, the operator performs steps S12 and S1.
The following description will be continued on the assumption that the processes are selected in the order of S3 and S14.

The management file creation process of step S12 is a process at the preparatory stage for reading the submitted data, and specifically, is a process of creating a management file as shown in FIG. The character string in the first line of this management file indicates the start of the management file. The character string "id: card01" on the second line indicates that the ID code of the task to be performed is "card01", and the "hinmei: resort club membership card" on the third line
Indicates that the product name of the personal information recording medium to be issued is a "resort club membership card", and the character string "user: ○ × resort industry" on the 4th line indicates Indicates "○ × resort industry". So to speak, the description in the second to fourth lines describes the bibliographic items regarding the work to be performed from now on. Continue,
The character string “baitai: on line” on the fifth line indicates that the medium of the submitted data is online. That is, in the system shown in FIG. 1, the submitted data from the outside is given online and read by the online interface 55c. If the description "floppy" is used instead of "on line", the reading by the floppy disk drive 55b can be instructed,
With the description "MT", the reading by the magnetic tape reader 55a can be instructed. The sixth line "rec
The character string "ord: 500" is a description indicating the record length of the submitted data, and indicates that one record is 500 bytes. The character string "ANK: EBCDIC" on the 7th line indicates that the code of the 1-byte character (ANK) in the submitted data is the "EBCDIC" code,
The character string “kanji: JIS” on the eighth line indicates that the code of the 2-byte character in the submitted data is the “JIS” code. As the code of 1 byte character,
In addition to the "EBCDIC" code, the "ASCII" code or the like is generally used. As the 2-byte character code, the "IBM" code or the "JEF" code is generally used in addition to the "JIS" code. However, the character code to be used can be specified by the description on the 7th to 8th lines. The last character string on the 9th line indicates the end of the management file.

To create such a management file,
For example, a necessary character string may be input from the keyboard as the instruction input device 53. In the case of the above example, information such as what medium will be used to provide the submitted data, what is the configuration of each field in one record of the submitted data, and what character code will be used? Is inquired to the ordering party, “○ × resort industry”, and by inputting such information from the keyboard, a management file as shown in FIG. 6 can be created.

Then, the operator selects the process of reading the submitted data in step S13. Since it is already defined in the management file that the submitted data is read via the online interface 55c and that one record has a length of 500 bytes, the submitted data as shown in FIG. 100 people (100 records)
Is automatically read in the data storage device 54 for each record.

Next, the operator selects the attribute file creating process in step S14. Specifically, this process is a process of creating an attribute file as shown in FIG. This attribute file is composed of a header part H and first to fourth field parts. The character string in the first line of the header part H indicates the start of the header part H, and the character string in the second line indicates that the number of subsequent field parts is 4, and the third line The eye character string indicates the end of the header portion H.
Here, the first field part to the fourth field part are
This is for showing attributes of four fields (member number, name, address, face photograph) in the submitted data shown in FIG.

The first line ".star" of each field part
t. The description ": body --->" indicates the start of each field part, and ".end.: Bo" in the last line.
The description "dy <---" indicates the end of each field part. The character string following "label:" on the second line indicates the corresponding field name and "k" on the third line.
The code following "ind:" indicates a morphological attribute indicating the expression form of the data belonging to the field. In this embodiment, three morphological attributes are defined: kind: 9 1-byte character, number kind: N 2-byte character (Japanese character) kind: B binary data (image data). 1
Whether to use "EBCDIC" code or "ASCII" code as byte characters, or 2
As byte characters, "JIS", "IBM", "JE"
As described above, the type of code such as which code “F” is used is already set in the management file.

[Star] on the 4th line of each field part
The number following "t:" and the number following "length" on the fifth line indicate the digit position of this field.
That is, the number following "start:" on the 4th line indicates the starting digit position from the record head of the data belonging to this field, and the number following "length:" on the 5th line indicates the data Indicates the length (byte).

[System] in the sixth line of each field part
The character string following "m:" indicates the issue attribute that specifies the issue processing system that performs the issue process for the data belonging to this field. Specifically, "system
The description "m: CP-card" indicates that the data belonging to this field has the issuance attribute "CP-card" and is the data to be distributed to the color print card issuance processing system 20, and "system". : Fo
The description "rm" indicates that the data belonging to this field has the issue attribute "form" and is the data to be distributed to the form print issue processing system 40. In addition, "system: CP-car
If two issuing attributes such as "d, form" are described, the data belonging to the field is data to be distributed to both the color print card issuing processing system 20 and the form print issuing processing system 40. Is shown.

For example, in the attribute file of FIG.
The first field in which the field name "id code" is defined corresponds to the member number field in the submission data in FIG. 3, and is "kind:
"9" form attribute and "system: CP-car
The issue attribute of "d" is set, and the digit positions of the fields are "start: 1" and "length".
The numerical value "h: 8" is set. That is, the data in the first field is composed of 1-byte characters and numbers, and the color print card issuing processing system 20
It is specified that the data is to be distributed to the user, and that the data exists at the digit position of 8 bytes from the first byte of the record. Similarly, in the attribute file of FIG.
The second field in which the field name "name" is defined corresponds to the name field in the submission data of FIG. 3, and includes the morphological attribute "kind: N" and "system: CP-card," form "
And the issue attributes are set, and the digit positions of the fields are "start: 9" and "length: 2".
The numerical value "0" is set. That is, the data of this second field is composed of 2-byte characters and is data to be distributed to both the color print card issuing processing system 20 and the form print issuing processing system 40. It is specified that the data exists at the digit position for bytes.

To create such an attribute file,
After all, the required character string may be input from the keyboard as the instruction input device 53. In the above example, the structure of each field of the submitted data and the membership card to be issued 1
And the contents to be posted on the mount 2, etc.
By inquiring "Resort industry" and inputting these information from the keyboard, an attribute file as shown in FIG. 7 can be created.

Thus, in FIG. 5, step S12
When the management file creating process in step S13, the submission data reading process in step S13, and the attribute file creating process in step S14 are completed, the submission data registration process is completed through step S15. The management file and the attribute file created in this way are stored in the data storage device 54 together with the submitted data.

Next, the process of step S20 in FIG. 4, that is, the procedure of the submitted data verification process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S21, the management file and the attribute file are read. That is, the management file and the attribute file shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are read into the distribution apparatus main body 51. Then, in step S22, based on the contents of each of these files,
The record length, code type, digit position of each field, and form attribute of each field are set. In the above example, the record length is 5 based on the management file shown in FIG.
00 bytes, the code type is "EBCDIC" for 1-byte characters and "J" for 2-byte characters.
The "IS" code is set. Also, based on the attribute file shown in FIG. 7, the digit position and morphological attribute of each field are as follows: 1st field: 1st to 8th bytes EBCDI
Number by C code Second field: 9th to 28th byte Japanese character by JIS code Third field: 29th to 128th byte Japanese character by JIS code 4th field: 129th byte ~ Binary image data is set.

In the next step S23, one record of the submitted data is fetched. That is, the first record (personal information of Mr. Ichiro Tanaka) of the submitted data shown in FIG. 3 is taken into the distribution apparatus main body 51. And
In step S24, verification of the data for this one record is performed. This verification is a process of checking whether each field is suitable for the above-mentioned morphological attribute. Specifically, first, it is determined whether or not the data of the 1st to 8th bytes (data indicating the member number "37305762" in FIG. 3) belonging to the first field is suitable as a number in the EBCDIC code. To be done. EBCDIC
When the code number is displayed in hexadecimal notation, "F0, F
, ..., F9 ”, it is possible to determine that some kind of error has occurred if the captured data is data other than this. Similarly, 9 to 9 belonging to the second and third fields
It is determined whether or not the 128th byte data (data showing the name "Ichiro Tanaka" and the address "Chiba Prefecture ..." in FIG. 3) is suitable as the JIS code. The JIS code also defines a permissible value when displayed in hexadecimal, and if data other than the permissible value is mixed, it can be determined that some error has occurred.

Thus, when the verification for one record is completed, it is judged in step S25 whether or not the verification result is correct. If any error occurs, step S25 is executed.
The error content is stored at 26. If the verification work for one record is repeatedly executed for all the records through step S27, the verification process is completed.
Even for one record, if the error content is stored in step S26, it is determined that an error has occurred in step S29 in FIG.
At 0, output processing of error contents is performed. Specifically, a list of error contents is printed on the printer or the like. The process of correcting the submitted data in step S50 is a process of correcting the data based on such a list.

Finally, the process of step S30 in FIG. 4, that is, the procedure of the submitted data distribution process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S31, the management file and the attribute file are read. That is, the management file and the attribute file shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are read into the distribution apparatus main body 51. Then, in step S32, based on the contents of each of these files,
The record length, the digit position of each field, and the issue attribute of each field are set. In the case of the above example, the record length is set to 500 bytes based on the management file shown in FIG. Further, based on the attribute file shown in FIG. 7, the digit position and issue attribute of each field are as follows: 1st field: 1st to 8th bytes CP-ca
rd second field: 9th to 28th bytes CP-ca
rd, form Third field: 29th to 128th bytes form 4th field: 129th byte to CP-ca
rd is set.

In the next step S33, one record of the submitted data is fetched. That is, the first record (personal information of Mr. Ichiro Tanaka) of the submitted data shown in FIG. 3 is taken into the distribution apparatus main body 51. And
In step S34, the data for one record is sorted to create a file of individual data for each issue processing system. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, four types of issue processing systems 10 to 40 are connected to the network 100, and in the process of step S34, individual data for each of these four types of issue processing systems is created. However, in the above-described specific example, it is sufficient to issue the membership card 1 using the color print card issuing processing system 20 and the mount 2 using the form print issuing processing system 40, so that the color printing is performed. Individual data for the card,
Two files, individual data for form print, will be created. The process of creating such two files can be mechanically performed by sorting with reference to the issue attribute. That is, the issue attribute is "CP-
The data in the field of "card" is sorted as individual data for color print cards, and the data of the field in which the issue attribute is "form" is sorted as individual data for form print, and the issue attribute is "CP". The data in the field of "-card, form" may be distributed as individual data for color print cards and also as individual data for form print.

In this way, through step S35, if the same operation is performed for all records, based on the submitted data shown in FIG. 3, the individual data for color print card as shown in FIG. 10 and the individual data as shown in FIG. And individual data for form printing will be created.

Next, in step S36, an individual attribute file for each issue processing system is created. That is, the attribute file shown in FIG. 7 is an attribute file for the original manuscript data, and the individual data created in step S34 has a changed field configuration such as a digit position. The file cannot be used as it is. Therefore, an individual attribute file corresponding to each individual data is created. Specifically, for the individual data for color print card shown in FIG. 10, an individual attribute file for color print card as shown in FIG. 12 is created, and for the individual data for form print shown in FIG. An individual attribute file for form printing as shown is created. In these individual attribute files, only the fields included in the individual data are extracted from the original attribute files, and the issuing attributes are omitted. Specifically, the individual attribute file for a color print card shown in FIG. 12 includes only a first field portion indicating a member number, a second field indicating a name, and a fourth field indicating a face photograph. In the form print individual attribute file shown in 13, only the second field indicating the name and the third field indicating the address are included.
Moreover, the issue attribute "system: ..." Is omitted.

Subsequently, in step S37, a process of transferring the individual data and the individual attribute file to each issuing processing system is performed. That is, on the other hand, the color print card individual data shown in FIG. 10 and the color print card individual attribute file shown in FIG.
00 through the color print card issuance processing system 20
And the membership card issuance processing is performed as shown in FIG. 2 (a). On the other hand, on the other hand, the form print individual data shown in FIG. 11 and the form print individual attribute file shown in FIG. 13 are distributed to the form print issuing processing system 40 via the network 100.
The mount issuance process is performed as shown in (b).

According to the above-described procedure, the submitted data can be centrally fetched by the personal information distribution device 50, centrally verified, and distributed to each issuing processing system. Further, in the procedure shown in FIG. 4, in the submitted data registration process of step S10, it is necessary to perform input work such as attribute setting, but the verification process of step S20 and the distribution process of step S30 are performed in step S10.
Since it can be automatically performed based on the attribute set in, the overall work efficiency is improved.

Finally, additional advantages obtained by applying the present invention will be described. First, the first advantage is that the handling of external characters can be unified. Some personal information, such as name and address, requires an external character that is not installed in each issue processing system, but in the system to which the present invention is applied, as in the past,
It is not necessary to separately prepare an external character in each issue processing system, but it is possible to prepare an external character centrally in the personal information distribution device 50 and distribute this external character to each issue processing system for use. . The second merit is that the issuance history of personal information can be centrally managed. That is, in the system to which the present invention is applied, the personal information distribution device 50 stores the issuance history of which type of card (IC card, color print card, embossed card) has been issued to each individual. Can be left inside. Specifically, what kind of data is distributed from the personal information distribution device 50 to each issuing processing system via the network 100 may be recorded. The issue history thus centrally managed becomes valuable personal information in developing various businesses such as a mail-order business that sends direct mail.

Although the present invention has been described above based on the illustrated embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment and can be implemented in various other modes. In particular, the hardware configuration of the system shown in FIG. 1 is disclosed as an example, and as long as it is a system capable of performing a submission process, a verification process, and a distribution process, which are the subject of the present invention, It does not matter what kind of hardware configuration is used.

[0041]

As described above, according to the apparatus for distributing personal information according to the present invention, the personal information can be distributed to each issuing processing system after being centrally submitted and verified. Personal information can be efficiently distributed to a plurality of systems that issue information recording media.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a personal information distribution device and an issuance processing system to which the personal information distribution device according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a membership card and a mount for mailing issued using the system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of submitted data prepared for issuing the membership card and the mount shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a personal information distribution device 50 in the system of FIG.
It is a figure explaining the whole processing work of.

5 is a diagram showing a detailed work content of a submitted data registration process in step S10 shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a management file created in step S12 of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an attribute file created in step S14 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the detailed work contents of the submitted data verification process of step S20 shown in FIG.

9 is a diagram showing detailed work contents of the submitted data distribution process of step S30 shown in FIG.

10 is a diagram showing an example of individual data for a color print card created based on the submitted data in FIG. 3 in step S34 shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of form print individual data created based on the submitted data of FIG. 3 in step S34 shown in FIG. 9;

12 is a diagram showing an example of a color print card attribute file created based on the attribute file of FIG. 7 in step S36 shown in FIG.

13 is a diagram showing an example of a form print attribute file created based on the attribute file of FIG. 7 in step S36 shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Color printing card (membership card) 2 ... Form print (mount) 10 ... IC card issuance processing system 11 ... Main body 12 ... Display section 13 ... IC card reader / writer device 20 ... Color printing card issue processing system 21 ... Main body 22 ... Display section 23 ... Card printing device 30 ... Embossed card issuance processing system 31 ... Main body 32 ... Display section 33 ... Embossing device 40 ... Form print issuing processing system 41 ... Main body 42 ... Display section 43 ... Printer 50 ... Personal information distribution device 51 ... Distributor main unit 52 ... Display section 53 ... Instruction input device (mouse / keyboard) 54 ... Data storage device (hard disk) 55 ... Data submission device 55a ... Magnetic tape reader 55b ... Floppy disk drive 55c ... Online interface 100 ... Network

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. An apparatus for distributing personal information to an issuance processing system that records personal information on a predetermined medium and issues a personal information recording medium, and a network connected to a plurality of issuance processing systems. , A distribution device main body connected to this network, an instruction input device for giving an instruction input to this distribution device main body, and one record composed of a plurality of fields as data representing information for one individual And a data storage device for storing data input from the data transmission device, and the distribution device main body is provided from the outside using the data transmission device. Upload the data,
Issuance that specifies, for each field that constitutes the record of this submitted data, a morphological attribute that indicates the expression form of the data that belongs to that field and an issuing processing system that performs the issuing process using the data that belongs to that field The submitted data registration process that sets the attributes, the submitted data verification process that verifies whether or not the submitted data is suitable for the morphological attribute for each field, and the submitted data for each field Distribution based on the issue attribute for each item, generating individual data for distribution to each issue processing system, and distributing this individual data to each issue processing system via the network An apparatus for distributing personal information to a system for issuing a personal information recording medium characterized by having the function of 2. The device for distributing personal information according to claim 1, wherein an attribute indicating whether the data is character information or image information is used as a form attribute, and the data is character information. Is a device for distributing personal information to a system for issuing a personal information recording medium characterized by using an attribute indicating whether it is a 1-byte character or a 2-byte character. 3. The apparatus for distributing personal information according to claim 1, wherein as the submitted data distribution processing performed by the distribution apparatus main body, an individual attribute indicating a form attribute of individual data distributed to each issue processing system is set. A device for distributing personal information to a system for issuing a personal information recording medium, which is characterized in that a process for generating and distributing this individual attribute together with individual data to each issuing processing system via a network is added.