KR20110003157A - Financial Automation Equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

An agent unit for detecting an error of a first application program file associated with driving a device, and if the error is detected, a first agent having the same device version information among the other automated teller machines on the same network and detects the normal A device identification unit for identifying an automatic teller machine, a file receiving unit for connecting to the identified first automatic teller machine and receiving a second application program file from the connected first automatic teller machine, and the first application program file The automatic teller machine including a device recovering unit for restoring the operation of the device is replaced with a second application program file.

Financial Automation Equipment, Applications, Device Recovery

Description

Financial Teller Machine {Automatic Teller Machine}

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an automated teller machine.

With respect to traditional financial transactions that have been carried out in direct contact with the clerks at financial institutions, the emergence of Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) has revolutionized in many ways. The customer's waiting time has been significantly reduced, and even after the financial institution is closed, the customer can benefit from financial transactions whenever they want. Not only the customers, but also the financial institution's processing time is reduced, and the workforce is reduced due to the reduction of manpower and cost.

The automated teller machine basically provides many financial tasks performed by financial institutions such as banks and village safes. The user can perform a desired financial transaction in a short time by simply operating a financial automated device installed in a bank without using a bank clerk in bank transfer, balance inquiry, deposit withdrawal, and bank account arrangement. These advantages of the automated teller machine have led to a rapid increase in the number of customers, the number of installations, and the places of installation of the automated teller machine, making it easy to find it today.

On the other hand, there is an application program file associated with driving the device in the automated teller machine that provides such a convenience, if the error occurs in the application program file, the automated teller machine can not operate normally.

In this case, the conventional automatic teller machine normalizes the operation of the device by downloading the application program file from the server and automatically updating the application program file.

However, in the conventional automated teller machine, when downloading an application program file from a server, the speed becomes slow, or a problem occurs in that the application program file cannot be received when a communication failure with the server occurs.

In addition, even if an administrator directly visits the automated teller machine and installs an application program file, the number of the automated teller machines to be managed per manager is difficult to deal with immediately, resulting in a cost such as labor costs.

Therefore, in the present invention, when an error is detected in the automated teller machine, the present invention proposes a method of modifying a file having an error by itself through a file exchange between devices.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, when an error is detected in an application program file associated with driving a device, a communication failure with the server may be prevented by modifying the file itself through file exchange between devices without separately downloading the application program file from the server. In the event of occurrence, it provides a financial automation device that can normalize device operation more quickly and easily.

An automatic teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an agent unit for detecting an error of a first application program file related to driving a device, and, if an error is detected, among other automatic teller machines on the same network. A device identification unit for identifying a first automated teller machine having the same information and having an agent detecting normal, and a second application from the connected first teller machine, connected to the identified first teller machine A file receiving unit for receiving a program file, and a device recovery unit for restoring the operation of the device by replacing the first application program file with a second application program file.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when an error is detected in an application program file associated with driving a device, the server may be modified by itself through a file exchange between devices without having to download an application program file from a server separately. Even if a communication failure occurs, the operation of the device can be normalized more quickly and easily.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited or limited by the embodiments. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

The term " financial automatic teller machine " used in the present invention, as well as ATM (Automated Teller Machine), as well as cash dispenser (CD: Cash Dispenser) or bank, insurance, credit card, etc. It is broadly interpreted as a concept that includes a series of unmanned automated devices, such as kiosks, which provide a variety of additional services such as utility billing, ticket issuance, and point accumulation. .

1 is a view showing the structure of the automated teller machine.

The automatic teller machine 100 includes an operation terminal 110, a banknote 120, a bankbook 130, and a card reader 140.

The operation terminal 110 receives a menu selection and operation for a financial transaction from a customer, and provides various financial services or additional services to the customer through a GUI screen.

Banknotes and withdrawals 120 of the bill counts and stores the bill, and the bankbook 130 reads the bankbook and performs the bankbook cleaning task. Then, the card reader 140 reads the card according to the customer's financial transaction card input and performs the card-related tasks. The card reader 140 may read not only a financial transaction card but also an accumulation card or an ID card for other tasks.

In addition, the automated teller machine 100 includes a communication unit for accessing the automated teller machine, a control unit for controlling the overall operation of the teller machine, a memory for storing various data, and a print module for printing on a bankbook or a statement table. It may further include.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the automatic teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The automated teller machine 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include an agent unit 210, a device identification unit 220, a file receiving unit 230, and a device recovery unit 240.

The agent unit 210 detects an error of the first application program file associated with driving the device in the automated teller machine 200.

For example, the agent unit 210 may detect the first application program file as normal when the financial device 200 is driven because the first application program file is normally booted.

Alternatively, the agent unit 210 may detect an error with respect to the first application program file when the first application program file does not boot normally or a warning message occurs during booting due to file corruption or missing update. .

Here, the first application program file may include a file related to driving the device in the automated teller machine 200.

For example, the first application program file is a communication unit for connection with the deposit and withdrawal unit 120, the bank book unit 130, the card reader 140, the financial automation server of the banknote provided in the automated teller machine 200, It may be a control unit for controlling the overall operation of the automated teller machine, a memory for storing various data, and a file related to driving a print module for printing on a bankbook or a statement table.

In addition, the agent unit 210 may transmit a result of detecting an error of the first application program file related to driving the device to another financial automation device on the same network.

When an error is detected, the device identification unit 220 first checks another financial automation device located on the same network, and includes a first financial automation device including an agent unit that detects normality among other identified financial automation devices on the same network. Identifies the device.

That is, the device identification unit 220 receives a result related to an error or normal related to the operation of the device from each agent of another automated teller machine having the same device version information and transmits the normal as the result. 1 Identifies financial instruments.

Here, the device version information may be defined as device information of the automatic teller machine itself. The device identification unit 220 compares the value of the device version information held with the value of the device version information of the other automated teller machine, and if the comparison result is identical, recognizes the other automated teller machine with the same specification. do. According to an embodiment, the device version information may be included in identification information of the device information to be described later and may be exchanged with each other.

Subsequently, the file receiving unit 230 functions to access the identified first automated teller machine and receive a second application program file.

For example, when an error is detected, the device identification unit 220 is located on the same network as the automated teller machine 200 and device version such as device type or version information held by the teller machine 220. Information and the first automated teller machine having the same device version information. Thereafter, the file receiving unit 230 may import a second application program file from the identified first automated teller machine.

In another example, the device identification unit 220 may include identification information including device version information of the automated teller machine 200, AP information about a first application program file associated with driving a device of the teller machine 200, Alternatively, device information including state information about the first application program file may be generated, and the generated device information of the automated teller machine 200 may be transmitted to the identified first teller machine.

Here, the identification information may include information about a device version, such as a device IP address, a device serial number, a device type, and the like of the automated teller machine 200. The AP information may include information regarding a version of the first application program file, a file creation date, or a file size. In addition, the state information includes a result of detecting the error in the agent unit 210, for example, the state information may be an error state or a normal state.

Located on the same network as the automated teller machine 200, the device identification unit provided in the first teller machine including a second application program file that is normally detected, from the automated teller machine 200 When the device information is received, the second application program file may be transmitted to the automated teller machine 200 identified by the identification information in the device information.

The file receiving unit 230 in the automated teller machine 200 may receive a second application program file transmitted by the first teller machine.

The device recovery unit 240 replaces the first application program file with the second application program file and restores the device driving in the automated teller machine 200.

That is, the device recovery unit 240 may easily copy the second application program file that is normally detected in connection with the device from other financial teller machines, and easily restore the device driving of the automated teller machine 200. .

In this case, the agent unit 210 may detect an error of the second application program file, and if an error is detected and the operation of the device in the automated teller machine 200 is not restored, the automated teller machine ( The administrator of 200 may be informed of an error occurrence.

Therefore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the automated teller machine, the file-related error is first modified by the file exchange between the devices, and if the file-related error is not healed even after the first modification, the second modification is called by the administrator. By doing so, you can quickly repair file-related errors while minimizing administrative input to the site.

That is, when an error is detected in the first application program file, the financial teller 200 may receive the second application program file which is normally detected from the first automatic teller machine and restore the operation of the device.

Alternatively, when the automatic teller machine 200 does not detect an error in the first application program file (that is, normal detection) and receives device information in an error state from the second automated teller machine, the financial information device 200 includes the second information included in the device information. If the device version information of the automated teller machine matches the device version information, the second automated teller machine transmits the first application program file to the second teller machine using the device IP address of the device information. It is possible to restore the operation of the device at.

3 is a diagram showing an example of restoring the operation of the device in the automated teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 shows the automated teller machines 310 and 320 that exist on the same network and have the same device type and version.

The automated teller machine 310 and the automated teller machine 320 may detect whether an error occurs in the first application program file 315 and the second application program file 325 associated with driving the device, respectively.

At this time, when detecting an error in the first application program file 315 due to file corruption or missing update, the automated teller machine 310 detects the normal for the second application program file 325 The first automated teller machine 320 may be identified.

In addition, the automated teller machine 310 may access the identified first teller machine 320 and receive the second application program file 325.

Accordingly, the automated teller machine 310 can easily restore the device operation by replacing the first application program file 315 with the second application program file 325.

In this case, when the device driving using the second application program file 325 is not restored, the automatic teller machine 310 notifies the set administrator of the error so that the error can be quickly recovered.

In addition, a method for recovering an automated teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by the teller machine 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, in the following description of FIG. 4, FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a recovery method of an automated teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step 410 to step 420, the automated teller machine 200 detects an error of the first application program file associated with driving the device.

For example, the first application program file may be a communication unit for connection with the deposit and withdrawal unit 120, the bank book unit 130, the card reader unit 140, the financial automation server of the banknote provided in the automated teller machine 200, It may be a control unit for controlling the overall operation of the automated teller machine, a memory for storing various data, and a file related to driving a print module for printing on a bankbook or a statement table.

If an error is detected in the first application program file due to the detection result in step 420, such as file corruption or missing update, in step 430, the automated teller machine 200 is configured to detect an abnormality among other automated teller machines. Identifies a first automated teller machine equipped.

In addition, the device identification unit 220 may be located on the same network as the automated teller machine 200, and can identify the same automated teller machine device type or version information.

In step 440, the automated teller machine 200 accesses the identified first teller machine and receives a second application program file.

That is, the file receiving unit 230 may import a second application program file from the identified first automated teller machine.

In step 450, the automated teller machine 200 replaces the first application program file with the second application program file to restore the device operation in the teller machine 200.

That is, the device recovery unit 240 copies the second application program file that is normally detected in connection with the device from the other automated teller machines, thereby easily recovering the device drive of the automated teller machine 200. have.

In step 460, the automated teller machine 200 detects whether the second application program file is in error. That is, in step 460, the automated teller machine 200 checks whether the device driving using the second application program file 325 is restored.

As a result of the check in step 460, if the device operation is not restored, in step 470, the automated teller machine 200 informs the set manager of the occurrence of an error.

When the first application program file is detected to be normal in step 420 or when the operation of the device is restored in step 460, the financial device 200 ends error recovery on the first application program file.

Therefore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when an error is detected in an application program file associated with driving a device, the server may be modified by itself through a file exchange between devices without having to separately download an application program file from the server. In the event of a communication failure with the device, the device can be normalized more quickly and easily.

Further, embodiments of the present invention include a computer readable medium having program instructions for performing various computer implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

As described above, the present invention has been described by specific embodiments such as specific components and the like. For those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, various modifications and variations are possible. Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the described embodiments, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the following claims, are included in the scope of the present invention.

1 is a view showing the structure of the automated teller machine.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the automatic teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing an example of restoring the operation of the device in the automated teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a recovery method of an automated teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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200: financial automation equipment

210: agent

220: device identification unit

230: file receiving unit

240: device recovery unit

Claims (6)

An agent unit for detecting an error of a first application program file associated with driving a device; A device identification unit for identifying a first automated teller machine, among other other automated teller machines on the same network, having the same device version information and having an agent detecting a normality, if an error is detected; A file receiving unit which accesses the identified first automated teller machine and receives a second application program file from the connected first teller machine; And A device recovery unit for restoring device operation by replacing the first application program file with a second application program file. Automatic financial equipment comprising a. The method of claim 1, The agent unit, Detect whether an error occurs with respect to the second application program file; If an error is detected, the automated teller machine notifies the administrator of the error. The method of claim 1, The agent unit, The automatic teller machine transmits a result of detecting the error of the first application program file to another financial teller machine on the same network. The method of claim 1, The device identification unit, Financial automation that receives the results of errors or normals related to the operation of the device from each agent of the other automated teller machine having the same device version information, and identifies the first automated teller machine as the first automated teller machine that transmits the normal as the result. device. The method of claim 1, The device identification unit, The automated teller machine which transmits identification information including a device IP address, AP information about the first application program file, and device information including state information about the first application program file, to the identified first automated teller machine. . The method of claim 1, When the error is not detected and the device information of the error state is received from the second automated teller machine on the same network, The device identification unit, And if the device version information of the second automated teller machine included in the device information is the same as the held device version information, transmitting the first application program file to the second teller machine.

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