JPH0660100A - Ticket reservation issue system using information storage card - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Reservation of tickets so that users who have reserved tickets from their home terminals etc. will not be forced to receive the tickets by the time they need to exercise the tickets. It is intended to provide an issuing system. [Structure] A ticket reservation center that manages ticket reservations, a ticket reservation terminal that is connected to the ticket reservation center and that performs a ticket reservation request process and an information storage card input / output process function, and a ticket reservation The ticket reservation terminal is provided with a function of issuing a ticket connected to the center and a function of performing input / output processing of the information storage card, and the ticket reservation terminal is provided to the ticket reservation center when there is a ticket reservation request from the user. When a ticket reservation request is made and a ticket can be reserved, the reservation information is written on the user's information storage card using a special rule, and the ticket issuing terminal uses the special information to make the reservation information. When the filled-in information storage card is input, ticket issuing processing is performed based on the reservation information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket reservation issuance system which enables tickets such as theater tickets and designated tickets to be easily issued using an information storage card such as an IC card or a magnetic card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for reservation of tickets such as airline tickets and Shinkansen designated tickets, it has been possible to apply from a terminal such as a home telephone, a fax machine or a personal computer, but the ticket itself is not issued. Since it cannot be done from the terminal at home, it was necessary to go to a nearby agency, etc. at a later date to receive it or mail it. This is one of the major reasons that a ticket cannot be issued by a fax machine at home or a printer of a personal computer because the ticket generally uses a special sheet for preventing forgery. For this reason, a person who lives far away from a place having a ticket issuing function such as an agent or a busy person has a great burden on the time and effort required to receive the ticket.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a user who has reserved a ticket from a home terminal or the like may be forced to receive the ticket by the time when the ticket needs to be exercised. It is intended to provide a ticket reservation issue system.

[0004]

According to the present invention, after making a ticket reservation, the reservation information is written in an information storable card medium such as an IC card or a magnetic card (herein referred to as an information storage card). Where to use the ticket,
For example, by submitting an information storage card at a station, a theater or the like and making a ticket issuing requirement, it becomes possible to easily receive a ticket. In particular, the ticket reservation information is written using a special rule (protocol) so as not to be written in the information storage card by an illegal method.

FIG. 1 shows in principle an exemplary construction of the invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a ticket reservation center, which centrally manages ticket reservations.

Reference numeral 2 is a reservation management file in the ticket reservation center, which stores data indicating the ticket reservation status. Reference numeral 3 is a host computer, which processes requests for reservation inquiries, reservations, cancellations, etc. from the terminal, and refers to and updates the reservation management file 2.

Reference numeral 4 is a ticket reservation terminal provided at the user's home or the like, which has a ticket reservation request processing function 5 and an IC.
The card input / output function 6 is provided. Reference numeral 7 denotes a ticket issuing terminal provided at a ticket using place, which has an IC card input / output function 8 and a ticket issuing processing function 9.

Reference numeral 10 is an IC card used for ticket reservation. Reference numeral 11 is an issued ticket. The ticket reservation terminal 4 is connected to the ticket reservation center 1 via the public line network, but the ticket issuing terminal 7 may be connected to the ticket reservation center 1 via a dedicated line.

[0009]

The functional operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be described. When a user who owns an IC card makes a ticket reservation, the IC card is inserted into the ticket reservation terminal 4 and the ticket reservation request processing function 5 is activated to make a reservation inquiry request for a desired ticket. The reservation inquiry request makes a reservation request for a desired ticket after establishing a line with the ticket reservation center 1.

Upon receiving the reservation inquiry request, the host computer 3 of the ticket reservation center 1 refers to the reservation management file 2 and notifies the ticket reservation terminal 4 of the reservation status of the requested ticket. The user makes a reservation request when the reservation status of the ticket is empty, and the host computer 3 performs reservation processing when the reservation can be executed at that time,
The data in the reservation management file 2 is updated. This result is notified to the ticket reservation terminal 4, and the IC card input / output function 6
Is activated, and the reservation information is written in the IC card 10 according to a procedure and a data format based on a predetermined rule (protocol).

IC card 10 in which reservation information is written
Is held as it is by the user, and a ticket issuance request is made at the time of using the ticket. In that case,
The IC card 10 is inserted into the ticket issuing terminal 7 and the IC
The card input / output function 8 reads out reservation information based on a predetermined rule. Next, ticket issue processing function 9
Based on the above, the reservation information is analyzed and the corresponding ticket 11 is output from a printer (not shown).

The user receives the output ticket, and from the ticket issuing terminal 7 the ticket reservation center 1
Will report that the ticket has been booked and the ticket has been issued.

In this way, the user does not have to do anything until he / she uses the ticket after making the ticket reservation with the terminal nearby and writing the reservation information in the IC card, and has a special agreement. Since the reservation information in the IC card can be protected by adopting, it is possible to exclude the use by unauthorized writing.

[0014]

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention. The illustrated embodiment uses a home use terminal as a ticket reservation terminal.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 12 is a ticket sales center of a business establishment such as a transportation facility or a theater. A reservation management system 13 manages the reservation status.

Reference numeral 14 is an admission terminal installed at a station or a theater window. A broadcasting station 15 is requested by the ticket sales center 12 to broadcast information on the ticket reservation status (vacant / full).

Reference numeral 16 is a home use terminal. 17
Is a television broadcast / text broadcast receiving unit. Reference numeral 18 denotes a television image control unit which controls display of a received television broadcast or teletext signal.

Reference numeral 19 is a television receiver. A CPU 20 controls the home use terminal 16 as a whole. 21
Is a soft card unit that serves as an interface mechanism when a program and data for expanding the function of the home use terminal 16 are input by the soft card. Here, the program for realizing the ticket reservation function is given to the home use terminal 16 by a soft card.

A data processing unit 22 executes data processing required in the home use terminal 16. Two
A data storage unit 3 is used to store work data during data processing.

Reference numeral 24 is a communication line control unit, which performs line control and protocol control for data communication. 25
Is a public network.

An IC card reader / writer control unit 26 has an IC card input / output processing function. Reference numeral 27 denotes an IC card including a processor and a memory, which is used to hold reservation information and serves as an information transmission medium from the home use terminal 16 to the entrance terminal 14. The processor of the IC card is designed to operate with one special preset protocol when writing and reading reservation information, and reliably prevents writing and reading of reservation information by a third party who does not know the protocol. To be done.

The ticket sales center 12 broadcasts the vacant seat status of airline tickets and concert tickets using a teletext program of the broadcasting station 15. The user receives the teletext program by the television broadcasting / teletext receiving section 17, the television video control section 18, and the television receiver 19 of the home use terminal 16, and if there is a vacant ticket that meets the desire, Via the communication line controller 24 and the public line network 25,
A reservation request is made to the reservation management system 13 of the ticket sales center 12. When the reservation is made, the reservation information is written in the IC card 27 via the IC card reader / writer control unit 26.

Immediately before the date and time when the user wants to use the ticket, that is, just before the date and time when the ticket becomes valid, the user goes to a place where the ticket is used, for example, a theater or a station, and puts the IC card 27 into the entrance terminal 14 by himself. Insert and request ticket issuance. The entrance terminal 14 automatically reads the reservation information from the IC card 27 and issues a ticket.

Next, another embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a parking lot reservation system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an embodiment of the parking lot reservation system. In FIG. 3, 2
8 is a parking lot information center, 29 is a broadcasting station that broadcasts parking lot information by teletext, 30 is a parking lot, 31 and 32 are parking lot terminals installed at the exit and entrance of the parking lot, and 33 is a user. User terminals installed in homes or in vehicles, 34 is an IC card for parking lot guidance / reservation, 3
5 is a public communication line network. The numbers (1) to (11) in the figure are procedure numbers for explaining the operation of the embodiment. The operation will be described below according to this procedure number. (1). The parking lot terminals 31 and 32 provide parking lot information such as the number of vacant parking lots or the number of vehicles entering and leaving the gate,
Notify the parking lot information center 28. (2). The parking lot information center 28 has a database that centrally manages information about parking lots in a certain area such as a shopping district. Parking information for this database is broadcast by station 2
9 is sent. (3). The broadcasting station 29 assembles the parking lot information sent from the parking lot information center 28 into a teletext program and broadcasts it. (4). The user inserts the IC card 34 into the user terminal 33 and activates the parking lot guidance / reservation control program. (5). The user terminal 33 establishes a communication line with the parking lot information center 28 via the public communication line network 35, and displays the parking lot information menu on the screen of the terminal. (6). The user specifies the destination area on the menu screen. (7). The user terminal 33 receives information indicating the vacancy status of the parking lot in the area around the destination from the parking lot information center 28 and displays it on the screen. Here, the user is instructed whether or not there is a reservation. If there is no reservation, the process ends. If there is a reservation, the process proceeds to (8). (8). The user inputs reservation information including a parking lot number to be reserved, a planned parking date, and a time zone from an operation unit (not shown), and presses a completion button. As a result, the reservation information is transmitted to the parking lot information center 28. Parking Information Center 28
Performs a reservation acceptance process if it can be accepted, and returns the reservation acceptance number to the user terminal 33. User terminal 33
Then, the reservation reception number is written in the IC card 34, and the reservation process is ended. On the other hand, in the parking lot information center 28, the parking lot terminals 31, 32 of the reserved parking lot (denoted as 30) are provided.
The reservation information such as the corresponding reservation reception number, user ID number, reservation date and time zone is notified and stored. (9). The user carries the IC card 34 in which the reservation reception number is written and rides in the car to move to the destination. (Ten). The user inserts the IC card 34 into the parking lot terminal (referred to as 32) at the entrance of the parking lot at the destination and has the reservation reception number read. The parking lot terminal 32 collates the read reservation reception number with the reservation reception number previously notified from the parking lot information center 28, and prepares to open the gate only when it can be determined that the customer is a valid reservation customer. , In other cases, it outputs an alarm. (11). The parking lot terminal 32 writes the entry time into the IC card 34, and when the user picks up the IC card, opens the gate to enable parking. (12). When the user exits the parking lot 30, the IC card 34 is inserted again into the parking lot terminal 31 at the exit of the parking lot,
Have the information read. (13). The parking lot terminal 31 calculates the charge by obtaining the parking time which is the difference between the warehousing time and the current time, and the next settlement (payment).
Let the user select the method.

Cash payment? Electronic wallet debit? Bank account debit? (14). When the payment method is determined by operating the parking lot terminal 31 and the payment procedure is completed, the reservation reception number stored in the IC card 34 is deleted. When the user picks up the IC card 34, the gate is opened. (15). Bank approval information other than cash payment is sent to the parking lot information center 28 and used for approval with a predetermined bank.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of information stored in the IC card 34. 36 in the figure is a personal identification number area,
An ID code for identifying and identifying an individual is stored. Three
Reference numeral 7 is a personal information area, which is a scratch pad area in which information such as a reservation reception number that is erased after use is stored, and data for updating and retaining the original amount and points such as electronic wallets and stamps (points) And a fixed area for storing non-erasable personal information such as a bank account number and a personal registration number. Reference numeral 38 is a system control information area for incorporating programs and information such as terminal control and communication control for each purpose.

[0027]

According to the present invention, it is possible to easily reserve a ticket from a nearby terminal, and to obtain the ticket itself, bring an IC card just before exercising the ticket and use the ticket issuing window. The terminal can be easily operated, for example, by oneself, and the serviceability of ticket sales can be significantly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a parking lot reservation system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a storage information configuration of an IC card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ticket reservation center 2 reservation management file 3 host computer 4 ticket reservation terminal 5 ticket reservation request processing function 6 IC card input / output function 7 ticket issuing terminal 8 IC card input / output function 9 ticket issuing processing function 10 IC card 11 ticket

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] August 19, 1992

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ticket reservation center for managing ticket reservation, a ticket reservation terminal having a function of performing ticket reservation request processing connected to the ticket reservation center and a function of performing input / output processing of an information storage card, The ticket reservation terminal is provided with a function of issuing a ticket connected to the ticket reservation center and a function of performing input / output processing of the information storage card, and the ticket reservation terminal reserves a ticket when a user requests a ticket reservation. When a ticket reservation request is made to the center and a ticket can be reserved, the reservation information is entered in the user's information storage card using a special agreement, and the ticket issuing terminal makes the reservation information the above-mentioned special agreement. When the information storage card filled in is input, the ticket issuing process based on the reservation information is performed. Ticket reservation issuance system by the storage card.