JPH0628360A - Information processor using data carrier application information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To analyze and generate the new information by using the personal information acquired in the use of a data carrier and the application information of the installation using the data carrier as a database after securing the relationship between the preceding personal information and application information. CONSTITUTION:This processor is provided with a portable data carrier 10 storing the proper ID codes in a readable/writable memory 12, a reader/writer 20 which accesses the carrier 10 and reads and writes the data, a storage device 30 which writes and stores the information on the access to the carrier 10 from the reader/writer 20, and a data processor 40 which analyzes and outputs the access information stored in the storage device 30. For instance, the ID codes of the carrier 10 which accessed with the reader/writer 20, are written and stored in the storage device 30 together with the access time. Then, the correlation is checked among >=2 optional carriers 10 and outuptted based on the access time of the ID code of the carrier 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus using data carrier usage information used for paid use of facilities and equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an information processing device using a data carrier known as a so-called data coin, which is used for paying a lift in a ski resort or a play facility, for example, one shown in FIG. 3 is known. . In FIG. 3, 10 is a data carrier and 20 is a reader / writer. The data carrier 10 has a readable / writable memory 12 built-in, and when it is used at a ski resort as an example, each skier carries it as a pendant or a wristwatch, for example. The data carrier 10 has various types such as a one-time ticket, a one-day ticket, and a membership ticket.
A type code is registered in advance in 2.

On the other hand, the reader / writer 20 is a paid facility,
For example, the skier is installed at the entrance of a lift, and when the skier sets the data carrier 10 at a predetermined position of the reader / writer 20, the reader / writer 20 accesses the memory 12 to read / write the memory 12 and predetermined for each type code. Perform processing. For example, if it is a one-day ticket data carrier, the date is checked and if it is correct, entry is permitted and the number of times of use is written in the memory. If it is a one-time ticket data carrier, entry is permitted if the remaining number is 1 or more. At the same time, the remaining number of times is reduced by one, and if it is a membership ticket, the membership ticket code is collated and confirmed to permit entry, and the number of times of use etc. is written in the memory if necessary.

Further, the reader / writer 20 is connected to an upper host computer 40, and the host computer 4
0 collects data on the utilization status of the facility using the data carrier 10. For example, the host computer 40 is provided with a one-day ticket counter 50, a coupon ticket counter 60, and a membership ticket counter 70 corresponding to the type code of the data carrier 10, which is obtained when the reader / writer 20 accesses the data carrier 10. Memory 1
The corresponding counter is counted up based on the type code of 2 and the usage status of each data carrier 10 of the one-day ticket, the coupon ticket, and the membership ticket is totaled.

Of course, the type code read from the memory of the data carrier 10 may be stored as it is without using the counter. On the other hand, in an information processing device that manages paid use of facilities such as ski resorts using such a data carrier, a member carrier data carrier must have a predetermined name, address, age, etc. at the time of application. Personal information is registered in the host computer together with the ID code. Also, even in the case of a one-day ticket, at the time of handing over the data carrier, have the applicant fill in at least his / her name on the application form, and use this personal data for the data carrier's I
It is registered in the host computer together with the D code to manage the return of the data carrier.

[0006]

However, in the information processing apparatus using such a conventional data carrier, the utilization status aggregated from the personal information about the person who handed over the data carrier and the type code of the data carrier is , It is mainly used for the operation and management of facilities such as ski resorts using data carriers, and the use of more information was not considered.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and has a relationship between personal information obtained when a data carrier is used and usage information of a facility using the data carrier. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing device using data carrier utilization information that has such information and can analyze and generate new information in a database.

[0008]

In order to achieve this object, in an information processing apparatus using data carrier utilization information of the present invention, a portable device in which a unique identification code (ID code) is stored in a readable / writable memory. Analyzes the data carrier used, a reader / writer that accesses the data carrier to read / write data, a storage device that writes and retains information related to the access of the data carrier by the reader / writer, and the access information stored in the storage device And a data processing device for outputting.

For example, the storage device writes and holds the ID code of the data carrier accessed by the reader / writer together with the access time, and the data processing device analyzes the stored contents of the storage device and arbitrarily determines from the access time of the ID code of the data carrier. The interrelationship of two or more data carriers of is checked and output. Further, the storage device writes and holds the ID code of the data carrier accessed by the reader / writer in accordance with the access order, and the data processing device similarly analyzes the stored contents of the storage device and determines the access order of the ID code of the data carrier. The mutual relationship between any two or more data carriers is checked and output.

[0010]

In the information processing apparatus using the data carrier utilization information according to the present invention having such a configuration, each time the data carrier is accessed by the reader / writer, the access time or access sequence together with the data carrier identification code are used. That is, since the ID code is registered in the storage device,
If personal information such as the user's name, address, and telephone number is registered using the ID code as an index when the data carrier is handed over to the host computer in advance, these personal information and the usage status of the data carrier are linked. By doing so, new customer information can be generated.

For example, the ID code No. When the address in addition to the name is known as the personal information of the person who has the ID code 1, Other I acting with 1
When the D code is searched and only the name of the person having the searched ID code is known, the ID number No. It is possible to provide network information for providing services such as direct mail via one person.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment showing one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 10 is a data carrier, 20
Is a reader / writer, 30 is an external storage device, and 40 is a host computer as a higher-level data processing device.

The data carrier 10 has a non-volatile memory 12 such as an E ² PROM, and a unique ID code is registered in advance in the memory 12. Further, the data carrier 10 is used for paying use of facilities such as a lift in a ski resort, and is held by a skier in the form of a pendant or a wrist watch. Reference numeral 20 denotes a reader / writer, which is installed at the entrance of the lift or the like and can perform data transmission with the data carrier 10 by non-contact coupling. For example, the reader / writer 20 and the data carrier 10 perform data transmission by electromagnetic induction coupling using a coil.

In this non-contact coupling, the reader / writer 2
The data transmission from 0 to the data carrier 10 adopts the FSK modulation method, for example, while the data transmission from the data carrier 10 to the reader / writer 20 adopts the spread spectrum modulation method. Further, the data carrier 10 does not have a built-in battery, and the received signal of the FSK signal constantly transmitted from the reader / writer 20 is rectified to generate a power supply voltage.

Of course, the data carrier 10 may have a built-in battery, and when the battery is built in, the memory 12 may be a normal volatile memory such as a RAM. An external storage device 30 using a magnetic disk or the like is provided for the reader / writer 20. The external storage device 30 is also positioned as a subsystem of the host computer 40, and the external storage device 30 of the host computer 40 is used as an external storage medium.

In the present invention, the external storage device 30 stores access information associated with access to the data carrier 10 as shown in FIG. FIG. 2A shows the external storage device 3.
1 shows the first embodiment of the registration contents associated with the access of the data carrier 10 stored in 0.
Access time T ₁ , T ₂ , of the data carrier 10 by
.. Corresponding to T _N , the unique ID code of the data carrier 10 is registered as, for example, codes 1, 2, ... N.

FIG. 2B shows a second embodiment of the contents registered in the external storage device 30. In the second embodiment, the order of access 1 and 2 to the data carrier 10 by the reader / writer 20 is shown. , ID code 1 of the data carrier 10 that is the access target corresponding to N,
2, ... N is registered. On the other hand, in the host computer 40, for example, as the data carrier 10,
Three types of data carriers: daily tickets, coupon tickets and membership tickets 10
In the case of issuing the, for example, at least for the data carrier of the membership card, personal information such as the applicant's name, address, age, etc. is obtained when the membership card is applied. By inputting the ID code of the ticket and the personal information, the external storage device 30 previously stores personal information about the member ticket data carrier as a database.

On the other hand, at least the name of the data carrier for the one-day ticket or the coupon ticket should be entered in the application form, and the ID code of the data carrier and the name of the person having the data carrier can be registered in the host computer 40. I shall. As described above, in the information processing apparatus of the present invention, when viewed from the host computer 40, at least the data carrier of the membership ticket is stored in the external storage device 30 as I.
Personal information such as name, address, age, etc. is registered corresponding to the D number, while at least personal information of name is registered corresponding to the ID number of the data carrier for the one-day ticket and coupon ticket. .

Furthermore, when using a facility such as a lift using the data carrier 10, when the data carrier 10 is set within the communicable distance of the reader / writer 20, it is registered in the memory 12 in addition to access related to entrance management. For example, in the embodiment of FIG. 2A, the ID code is written in the external storage device 30 together with the access time, and the usage status of the data carrier 10 is sequentially saved.

The host computer 40 is, for example, one per day.
Once, or when a certain amount of data is held in the external storage device 30, the analysis process based on the data carrier utilization information is executed. The information processing by the host computer 40, for example, searches for an ID code of a data carrier as a membership ticket whose name, address and telephone number are known, and seems to always act together with this membership ticket ID code. Another ID code is searched for the name corresponding to the found ID code. For example, with respect to the code 1 whose address, name, and age are known, other codes that always act together with the code 1 are searched. To search for other chords that are always acting together with this chord 1, for example, in FIG. 2, select another chord group at the time following the time T1 of the chord 1, and see a group that overlaps at another time. If attached, these groups of codes can be recognized as acting as one group.

This point is the same as when the ID code is registered for each access order in FIG. 2B, and another code group following the code 1 is redundantly registered in another position. Then, it can be recognized as a group that is acting together. For example, if it is possible to retrieve the codes X and Y from the code 1 whose name, address, and age are known, look at the personal information corresponding to the retrieved codes X and Y.
Check the names of the two codes X and Y. In this way, if the names of the three people of code 1, code X, and Y are checked, even if the address of the person of code X, Y is not known, the direct mail for the person of code 1 whose address is known is sent. At the same time, the required guidance can be given to two people with codes X and Y by shipping.

In the host computer 40 shown in FIG. 1, in addition to the search results of the codes X and Y corresponding to the code 1, the code Z is always the same as the other codes A, B, C, and B. The case where D can be searched is shown. In this way, the relationship between the plurality of ID codes obtained through the use of the data carrier 10 and the I
It is possible to analyze the group relationship using the data carrier from the relationship between the D code and the personal information, and construct a database for providing services such as direct mail.

Of course, the present invention is not limited to the construction of a database for providing a service such as direct mail, but it is possible to use a data carrier user by combining the time use status of the data carrier and personal information registered in advance. It is possible to perform an appropriate data search, analysis, and generation of new data regarding.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the name information is associated by associating the usage information by the ID code when the data carrier is accessed with each database of the personal information corresponding to the ID number of the data carrier. , It is possible to provide services such as direct mail by constructing an information network for people who know only other names who intermediate people who have complete personal information such as addresses and telephone numbers, and use data carriers. New information processing can be constructed using information as a database.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of registration contents of an external storage device used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a conventional device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10: data carrier 12: memory 20: reader / writer 30: external storage device 40: host computer (data processing device)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A data carrier for portable use, which stores a unique identification code in a readable / writable memory, a reader / writer for accessing the data carrier to read / write data, and access to the data carrier by the reader / writer. An information processing apparatus using data carrier utilization information, comprising: a storage device for writing and holding information; and a data processing device for analyzing and outputting access information stored in the storage device. 2. The information processing device using the data carrier utilization information according to claim 1, wherein the storage device writes and holds the identification code of the data carrier accessed by the reader / writer together with the access time, The data processing device analyzes the stored contents of the storage device, checks the mutual relation of any two or more data carriers from the access time of the identification code of the data carrier, and outputs the data carrier utilization information. The information processing device that was used. 3. The information processing apparatus using the data carrier utilization information according to claim 1, wherein the storage device writes and holds the identification code of the data carrier accessed by the reader / writer in the order of access. Data carrier utilization information, wherein the data processing device analyzes the stored contents of the storage device, checks the mutual relation of any two or more data carriers from the access order of the identification code of the data carrier, and outputs the information. Information processing device using.