JPH11242708A - Automatic installation method of device-specific information of automatic passbook certificate issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] A method of automatically installing device-specific information of an original device in a new device when replacing a passbook certificate automatic issuing device. A system is provided in which a plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices are connected to a single server via a communication line,
The device-specific information for each of the plurality of automatic passbook certificate issuing devices is stored in a server, and it is determined whether the device-specific information of the exchanged automatic passbook certificate issuing device is correct (P1, P2).
2) If not correct, request the server to transmit device-specific information (P10), store the device-specific information sent from the server in the BBM (P11 to P14), and if correct, version information to the server Is transmitted (P3), the server sends version matching information (P7B) or new device specific information (P7A), and the information received by P7A is stored in the BBM (P9).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a method for automatically installing device-specific information of an automatic passbook certificate issuing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a failure occurs in an automatic passbook certificate issuing device of a financial institution, the defective device is immediately replaced with a non-defective device. When replacing this passbook certificate automatic issuing device,
In the conventional method, first, device-specific information (store information, model number, device control information, etc.) stored in a defective device is
Once copied and stored on a floppy disk, etc.
After the replacement of the device, it is necessary to restore the device by installing the device-specific information stored in the floppy disk or the like into the automatic passbook certificate issuing device after the replacement.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional method, the operation of storing the device-specific information in a storage medium such as a floppy disk before replacing the automatic passbook certificate issuing device, and the operation of storing the information in the storage medium after the device is replaced. It is necessary to re-install the stored device-specific information in the device after the replacement, and there is a problem that the replacement operation is troublesome and time-consuming. In addition, since the device-specific information is stored for each passbook certificate automatic issuing device, it is necessary to individually change the device-specific information of each device when the version is updated. There was also a problem that information could not be changed.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for automatically installing device-specific information of an automatic passbook certificate issuing device according to the present invention.
The device-specific information held in the storage means for each of the plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices is stored together with the version information in the storage means of a single server, and the single server is one of the plurality of Receiving the request for transmission of the device-specific information from any of the automatic passbook certificate issuing devices, identifies the requested automatic passbook certificate issuing device, identifies the device-specific information to be held by the identified automatic passbook certificate issuing device and the While transmitting the version information to the relevant passbook certificate automatic issuing device and receiving version information from any of the plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices, the received passbook certificate automatic issuing device is identified, and the identified passbook certificate automatic issuing device is identified. It is checked whether the version information to be held by the automatic passbook certificate issuing apparatus matches the received version information. Information, and in the case of a mismatch, the device specific information to be held by the identified passbook certificate automatic issuing device and its version information were transmitted to the relevant passbook certificate automatic issuing device, and a request for transmission of the device specific information was made. When receiving the device-specific information and the version information from the single server, the passbook certificate automatic issuing device installs both the received information in its own storage means, and transmits the version information. Upon receiving the device-specific information and the version information from the single server, the automatic issuing device automatically copies the received information only when the received version information does not match the version information held in the device. Install in the storage means of the device.

Therefore, a single server can collectively manage device-specific information for each of a plurality of automatic passbook certificate issuing devices. As a result, when replacing the automatic passbook certificate issuing device,
It is not necessary to store the device-specific information in advance on a floppy disk or the like as in the related art, and to install the device in the device again after replacing the device.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system comprising a plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices according to the present invention and a single server. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes each device-specific information (such as the store information, model number, device control information, etc.) held in the battery backup storage device 13 for each of the plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices together with its version information. This is a server that stores the data in the storage device 2 of the device. The server 1 includes a storage device 2, a CPU 3, and a communication control unit 4 in its own device.

[0007] In FIG. 2, reference numerals 5, 6, and 7 are communication lines for connecting the server 1 and each passbook certificate automatic issuing device, and 8 and 14 are passbook certificate automatic issuing devices. Each passbook certificate automatic issuing device has a display device 9, an input device 10, a C
It includes a PU 11, a storage device 12, and a battery backup storage device (hereinafter abbreviated as BBM) 13. BBM
Reference numeral 13 is backed up by a battery, and its stored information is retained even when the power to the own device is cut off. The device-specific information and its version information are installed in the BBM 13. Although the server 1 and the plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices are usually installed in the same office, the server 1 may be installed in a center. If the server 1 is connected to the plurality of automatic passbook certificate issuing devices via the communication lines 5 to 7, the server 1 can automatically install the device-specific information for each of the plurality of automatic passbook certificate issuing devices regardless of the installation location. It becomes possible.

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining an operation according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The numerical value following P in the flowchart indicates the number of the program processing. The first embodiment shows an automatic installation method of device-specific information when each automatic passbook certificate issuing apparatus is powered on and started, for example, after replacement of the automatic passbook certificate issuing apparatus. The operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The automatic passbook certificate issuing apparatus checks the BBM 13 of the own apparatus at the time of start-up (see P1), and determines whether or not the apparatus-specific information is correctly stored (whether it is not broken or initialized) ( P2
), And if you determine that it was stored correctly,
It transmits its own terminal identification number and version information to the server 1 (see P3).

When the server 1 receives the terminal identification number and the virgin information from the automatic passbook certificate issuing apparatus (see page 4), the server 1 identifies the automatic passbook certificate issuing apparatus based on the received terminal identification number, and identifies the identified passbook certificate. It is determined whether or not the version information that the automatic issuing device should originally hold (stored in the storage device 2) matches the received version information (see P5). The device-specific information of the relevant passbook certificate automatic issuing device and its version information held by 1 are transmitted to the relevant passbook certificate automatic issuing device (see P7A). If the two version information match as a result of the determination, the server 1
The version matching information is transmitted to the corresponding passbook certificate automatic issuing device (see P7B).

When the passbook certificate automatic issuing device receives the device-specific information and its version information from the server 1 (see P8A), it determines whether or not the received version information matches the version information held by the device itself. (See P8B), if they do not match, it is determined that the new version of the device-specific information has been received, and the received version information and device-specific information are stored in the BBM 13 of the own device (see P9). Operates on the device-specific information. If the two pieces of version information match, the device unique information held by the own device and the received device unique information are the same, and the storage in the BBM 13 becomes unnecessary.

When it is determined that the device-specific information is not correctly stored in the BBM 13 of the automatic passbook certificate issuing device as a result of the determination in P2, the automatic passbook certificate issuing device transmits the device-specific information to the server 1. Request a request (see P10). When the server 1 receives a transmission request for device-specific information from the automatic passbook certificate issuing device (P1
1), confirm that the requester is the correct requester.
As this confirmation method, the terminal identification number for identifying a device is determined for each terminal, and confirmation is made by checking whether the terminal identification number matches the device that has requested transmission. If it is confirmed that the requester is the correct requester, the server 1 transmits the device unique information and the version information of the device to the relevant passbook certificate automatic issuing device (P1).
2). When receiving the device-specific information and its version information from the server 1 (see P13), the passbook certificate automatic issuing device stores the received information in the BBM 13 (P1).
4), and thereafter, it operates based on the information.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a method of storing the device-specific information in the automatic passbook certificate issuing device of FIG. 2 in the server. In the system of FIG. 2 including a plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices, not all of them are configured by the same type of passbook certificate automatic issuing device. For example, there is a case where an old device has failed and is to be replaced with a new device. When the device-specific information of the automatic passbook certificate issuing device is changed due to the exchange of the device or the like, a method of storing the new device-specific information after the change in the server will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Each passbook certificate automatic issuing device, when the device unique information of its own device is changed on its own device side (see P21), transmits its own terminal identification number and the new device unique information after the change. Send it to server 1 (see P22). Upon receiving this transmission information (see P23), the server 1 identifies the automatic passbook certificate issuing device based on the received terminal identification number and confirms new device-specific information (see P24), and then stores the storage device 2 in its own device. The new device-specific information is stored in the device, and corresponding new version information is generated and transmitted to the received passbook certificate automatic issuing device (P2).
5). Upon receiving the version information from the server 1, the automatic passbook certificate issuing device uses this as the new version information for the new device-specific information, and the BBM of the own device.
13 (see P26). In this way, the server 1 always stores the latest device-specific information and its version information.

Embodiment 2 Embodiment 2 shows an updating method for updating the device-specific information and the version information of all of the plurality of automatic passbook certificate issuing devices to common new information. In this case, the server 1 generates common new device-specific information and its version information in advance, transmits both of the information collectively to all of the plurality of automatic passbook certificate issuance devices, and transmits the two information to each other. It is stored in the storage device 2 in the device. All of the plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices are connected to the server 1
Upon receiving the common new device-specific information and its version information transmitted collectively from, after confirming that the received version information is new, each of the received information is stored in the BBM 13 in its own device. install.

According to each of the embodiments described above, when the device-specific information held by each of the plurality of automatic passbook certificate issuing devices is changed from the passbook automatic certificate issuing device side, or when changed from the server side. In addition, since information is automatically managed so that the device-specific information stored in the server and the device-specific information held by the automatic passbook certificate issuing device are always the same, a single server can manage a plurality of devices. The device-specific information for each passbook certificate automatic issuing device can be managed collectively. Further, by managing the information of the server for each store by a host computer at a higher level, it becomes possible to manage the device-specific information of the automatic passbook certificate issuing devices of all stores. Further, when the passbook certificate automatic issuing device is replaced, the device unique information is stored in advance on a floppy disk or the like as in the related art, and the work of installing the device again after the device replacement becomes unnecessary. Furthermore, it becomes possible to collectively install new device-specific information common to all passbook certificate issuing devices, and it is not necessary to separately install each passbook certificate issuing device as in the related art.

In each of the above embodiments, the automatic installation method for the device-specific information of the automatic passbook certificate issuing device has been described. However, other than the device-specific information, the storage medium of the storage medium stored in each passbook certificate automatic issuing device may be stored. The present invention can also be applied to automatically install and update information.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, the device-specific information held in the storage means for each of the plurality of automatic passbook certificate issuing apparatuses is stored together with the version information in the storage means of a single server. Keep in mind, the single server is
Upon receiving a transmission request for device-specific information from any one of the plurality of automatic passbook certificate issuing devices, identifies the requested automatic passbook certificate issuing device and the device to be held by the identified automatic passbook certificate issuing device While transmitting the unique information and its version information to the automatic passbook certificate issuing device,
When the version information is received from any of the plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices, the received passbook certificate automatic issuing device is identified, the version information to be held by the identified passbook certificate automatic issuing device and the reception It checks whether or not the version information matches the version information.If the versions match, the version matching information is used. The passbook certificate automatic issuing device that transmitted to the relevant passbook certificate automatic issuing device and requested transmission of the device-specific information receives the device-specific information and its version information from the single server. The automatic passbook certificate issuing device that has been installed in the storage means of its own device and has transmitted the version information is transmitted from the single server to a device-specific device. When the information and the version information are received, only when the received version information and the version information held in the own apparatus do not match, the received information is installed in the storage means of the own apparatus. One server can collectively manage device-specific information for each of a plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices. As a result, when the passbook certificate automatic issuing device is replaced, the device unique information is stored in advance on a floppy disk or the like as in the past, and the effect of eliminating the need to install the device again after the device replacement becomes unnecessary. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining an operation according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a system including a plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices according to the present invention and a single server.

3 is a flowchart showing a method of storing device-specific information in a server of the automatic passbook certificate issuing device of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 server 2 storage device 3 CPU 4 communication control unit 5, 6, 7 communication line 8, 14 passbook certificate automatic issuing device 9 display device 10 input device 11 CPU 12 storage device 13 battery backup storage device (BBM)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. Device-specific information held in storage means for each of a plurality of automatic passbook certificate issuing apparatuses is stored in a storage means of a single server together with version information thereof, and said single server is Upon receiving a transmission request for device-specific information from any of the plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices, identifies the requested passbook certificate automatic issuing device,
The device specific information to be held by the identified automatic passbook certificate issuing device and its version information are transmitted to the relevant automatic passbook certificate issuing device, and the version information is received from one of the plurality of automatic passbook certificate issuing devices. Then, the received passbook certificate automatic issuing device is identified, and it is checked whether or not the version information to be held by the identified passbook certificate automatic issuing device matches the received version information,
If they match, the version matching information is transmitted, and if they do not match, the device specific information to be held by the identified automatic passbook certificate issuing device and its version information are transmitted to the relevant automatic passbook certificate issuing device, and the device specific Upon receiving the information transmission request, the passbook certificate automatic issuing device receives the device-specific information and its version information from the single server, and installs the received information in its own storage means. The automatic passbook certificate issuing device that has transmitted the device-specific information and its version information from the single server, only if the received version information and the version information held in its own device do not match, Installing both of the received information in the storage means of its own device, the device-specific information of the automatic passbook certificate issuing device; Dynamic installation method. 2. The plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices,
When the power of the own device is turned on and started, it is determined whether the device specific information held in the storage unit of the own device is correct,
2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising: transmitting, to the single server, version information of the device-specific information when it is determined to be correct, and transmitting a transmission request for the device-specific information when it is determined to be incorrect. Automatic installation method of the device-specific information of the automatic passbook certificate issuing device described. 3. The plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices,
When the device unique information of the own device is changed on the own device side, the new device unique information after the change is transmitted to the single server, and the single server receiving the transmission information, After identifying the transmitted passbook certificate automatic issuing device and confirming the new device unique information, the new device unique information is stored in the storage unit of the own device, and the corresponding new version information is generated and received. The automatic passbook certificate issuing apparatus that has transmitted the information to the automatic passbook certificate issuing apparatus and received the transmission information stores the information as new version information for the new device-specific information in its own storage unit. 3. A method for automatically installing device-specific information of the automatic passbook certificate issuing device according to claim 1. 4. The apparatus unique information stored in the storage means for each of a plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing apparatuses is stored together with the version information in the storage means of a single server, and the single server is When updating the device-specific information and the version information of all of the plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices to common new information, the common new When the device-specific information and its version information are transmitted collectively, all of the plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices receive a common new device-specific information and its version information from the single server, An automatic installation method of device-specific information of an automatic passbook certificate issuing device, wherein both information are installed in storage means of the device. 5. The storage means for each of the plurality of passbook certificate automatic issuing devices is backed up by a battery, and the stored information is retained even when the power to the own device is cut off. An automatic installation method of device-specific information of the automatic passbook certificate issuing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.