JPH0756659B2 - Terminal control method - Google Patents

Description

Description: FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an online system, and more particularly to a terminal control method suitable for the case where approval by officers is required.

[Background of the Invention]

Conventionally, for example, as a method of granting officer approval in a bank online system, the officer moves to the terminal that is going to execute a large amount withdrawal transaction that requires the officer approval, and the officer It was common to input officer identification information such as keys and officer cards into a device attached to the terminal, add officer authorization data to transaction data from the terminal and send it to the central device. . For this reason, there is a problem that the terminal is monopolized in the transaction until the transaction requiring the approval of the officer is completed.

[Object of the Invention]

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is a terminal control system that enables a normal transaction in a general terminal and an officer approval action in a terminal dedicated to officers to be simultaneously executed in parallel. To provide.

[Outline of Invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention temporarily stores the transaction data necessary for officer approval input from a general terminal, and then stores the general terminal in a state in which the next transaction can be executed, The transaction data stored in the terminal control device is displayed on the display section of the officer-only terminal, the transaction data is verified and approved, and then the transaction data is approved. It is characterized by being able to simultaneously perform the official approval actions of

Example of Invention

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration when an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a bank online system.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a central device, 2 is a terminal control device, 3
Is a general terminal device, 4 is a terminal device dedicated to officers, 5 is a communication path connecting the central device 1 and the terminal control device 2, and 6 is a communication path connecting the terminal control device 2 and the terminal devices 3 and 4.

FIG. 2 shows a format of a transmission / reception message between the central unit 1 and the terminal control unit 2 and between the terminal control unit 2 and the terminal units 3 and 4, 10 is a transmission / reception message,
11 is a message type code indicating the nature of the transmitted / received message 10, 12 is only in the message transmitted from the central device 1 to the terminal control device 2, and is additional data to be stored in the terminal control device 2 such as transaction time and customer specific information. , 13 are general data.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configurations of the terminal control device 2 and the terminal devices 3 and 4 for specifically explaining the present invention, 20 is a control unit, 21 is a transmission / reception buffer with the central device 1,
Reference numeral 22 is an input buffer with the terminal devices 3 and 4, and 23 is a file device. Further, 30 is a control unit, 31 is an input / output buffer with the terminal control device 2, 32 is a display unit, 33 is a keyboard unit, 34 is a passbook printing unit, 35 is a magnetic stripe reader / writer unit of passbook, and 36 is an operator. It is a card reader.

FIG. 4 shows the format of a file stored in the file device 23, where 40 is a seat approval file record, 41 is a status indicator showing the approval status of the seat approval file record 40, and 42 is this. Office approval file record 40
Is the terminal address of the general terminal that registered the, 43 is the guide number of the transaction screen when registering this officer approval file record 40, 44 is the additional data 12 received by the central device 1 in the send / receive message 10, and 45 is this officer The terminal input data of the transaction screen when the approval file record is registered, and 46 is the officer card data read from the officer dedicated terminal.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the transaction screen and the inquiry screen. FIG. 5 (a) shows data read from the magnetic stripe reader / writer unit 35 on the transaction screen 50 and the keyboard unit.
In this example, the data entered from 33 is displayed as the store number, account number, balance amount, and withdrawal amount, and the guide number 51 is displayed.

Further, (b) is an officer inquiry screen 52 displayed on the officer dedicated terminal, and an officer approval required mark 53 is displayed.

(C) is a general inquiry screen 54 displayed on a general terminal, and an officer approved mark 55 is displayed.

Next, a method for specifically expressing the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
A detailed description will be given with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

First, in FIG. 6A, for example, a transaction screen 50 for withdrawal transaction is displayed on the display unit 32 of the general terminal device 3 (step 100), and the store number, the account number, the balance amount, and the withdrawal amount are displayed on the magnetic stripe. When inputting in [] from the reader unit 35 and the keyboard unit 33 and pressing a transmission key (not shown) (step 110), the terminal transmission message 10 edited by the control unit 30 is controlled by the input / output buffer 31 by the terminal control. It is transmitted to the central device 1 via the device 2 (step 120). At the same time, the terminal transmission message 10 is temporarily saved in the file device 23 of the terminal control device 2 (step 130).

Next, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), in the central device 1, the terminal transmission message transmitted from the terminal device 3 is transmitted.
Check the withdrawal amount set in the general data 13 of 10, and if the withdrawal amount is high enough to be approved by the officer, the information that requires officer approval, transaction time and customer-specific information Additional data 12 such as is added, and a transmission / reception message 10 is transmitted to the general terminal device 3 as an error response ((step 15
0), the customer-specific passbook is ejected from the passbook printing unit 34, the passbook is once stored, and the next customer's transaction is executed.

The terminal control device 2 displays the status as the officer approval file record 40 if the aforementioned officer approval required information is specified in the message type 11 of the transmission / reception message 10 received from the central apparatus 1 (step 160). Unapproved for child 41, terminal address 42 for the general terminal device 3 terminal address, input guide number 43 for the general terminal device 3 guide number 51, additional data 44 for additional data 12 received from the central device 1, terminal input The terminal input data temporarily saved in the file device 23 is set as the data 45 and registered in the file device 23 (step 170).

Further, when the terminal control device 2 registers the officer approval file record 40 requiring the officer approval in the officer dedicated terminal 4, a buzzer sounds and the officer approval request mark 53 is displayed on the display unit. The information is output to 32 to notify the officer of the officer-only terminal 4 (step 180).

In this case, since the officer approval request mark 53 is displayed in the dedicated display area of the display, the display state of the display at the time of outputting the mark is unchanged except the display of the mark.

FIG. 7 shows officer approval processing by the officer dedicated terminal. The buzzer of the officer-only terminal 4 sounds and the officer approval request mark
When 53 is displayed on the display section 32, the officer inputs the guide number of the officer inquiry screen 52 from the keyboard section 33,
By pressing a guide key (not shown), an officer inquiry screen 52 is displayed on the display unit 32 (step 200,
210).

The officer determines the serial number in the unapproved state from the keyboard section 33 according to the display state of the section D that reflects the state indicator 41 of the approval file record for each officer displayed on the officer inquiry screen 52. When inputting in the selection [] and pressing the transmission key (step 220), the terminal control device 2 causes the terminal screen 2 to display the guide screen data of the input guide number 43 set in the official approval file record 40 of the serial number and the terminal input data. The transaction screen 50 in an unapproved state is displayed on the display unit 32 by combining 45 (step 230).

The officer verifies the input data in [] on the transaction screen 50, and if the approval is accepted, the operator card reading unit 36 reads, for example, the officer card as the officer identification data, and presses the transmission key. Perform a seat approval operation (step 240).

The terminal control device 2 displays the unapproved transaction screen 50 on the officer-dedicated terminal 4, and when the officer card data is input from the officer terminal device 4, the officer The status indicator 41 of the relevant official approval file record 40 is set to the approved status (step 250), this official officer card data 46 is set in the official approval file record 40, and the contents of the file device 23 are set. To update.

In addition, the terminal control device 2 informs the general terminal device 3 that the official approval of the transaction data input from the general terminal device 3 that requires the official approval has been completed and the official approval mark. The operator is notified by outputting 55 to the display unit 32 (steps 260, 27).
0). In this case, since the official approval mark 55 is displayed in the dedicated display area of the display unit 32, the display state of the display at the time of outputting the mark is unchanged except for the display of the mark, and it is executed at the time of outputting the mark. The transaction being executed can be executed independently of the output of the mark.

On the other hand, the official verifies the input data in [] of the unapproved transaction screen 50 displayed on the display unit 32 of the official terminal device 4. Enter the guide number on the inquiry screen 52, press the guide key, and enter the serial number of the transaction you want to deny while the officer inquiry screen 52 is displayed in the serial number selection [] and deny the different recognition code in the [] To execute the denial operation.

When the denial code is input while the officer inquiries screen 52 is displayed, the terminal control device 2 sets the status indicator 41 of the officer approval file record 40 designated by the serial number selection as the denied status file. The contents of the device 23 are updated, and the buzzer sounds for the general terminal 3 as in the officer approval operation.
The official approval mark 54 is output to the display unit 32.

In FIG. 8 (a), the operator of the general terminal 3 sounds the buzzer and the officer-approved mark 55 indicates the display 32.
Is displayed on the keyboard, the general inquiry screen will be displayed on the keyboard 33.
By inputting the guide number of 54 and pressing the guide key, the general inquiry screen 54 is displayed on the display unit 32 (steps 300 and 310).

The operator selects the serial number in the approved state from the keyboard 33 in the serial number selection [] according to the display state of the section D reflecting the state indicator 41 of each officer approval file record displayed on the general inquiry screen 54. Then, when the user presses the send key (step 320), the terminal control device 2 combines the terminal input data 45 with the guide screen data of the input guide number 43 set in the official approval file record 40 with the designated serial number. The transaction screen 50 in the approved state is displayed on the display unit 32 (step 330).

Subsequently, the operator again sets the customer's passbook on the transaction screen 50 displayed on the display section 32 in the passbook printing section 34 and presses the transmission key (step 340).

The terminal control unit 2 adds the officer seat card data 46 set in the officer approval file record 40 to the terminal input data input when the transaction screen 50 in the approved state is displayed, and the central unit 1 It is sent as a send message 10 to (step 350).

Next, as shown in FIG. 8B, in the central device 1, the withdrawal amount of the received message 10 transmitted from the terminal control device 2 is compared with the officer authority of the officer card data. If the money amount is within the authority range of the officer, the passbook print data and the magnetic stripe update data are transmitted to the general terminal device 3 by the transmission message 10 (step 36).
0).

If the transaction type is specified in the message type 11 of the received message 10 for updating the passbook received from the central device 1 (step 370), the terminal control device 2 transacts the status indicator 41 of the officer approval file record 40. File device 23
Is updated (step 380). Also, the receipt message 10 for updating the passbook is output to the general terminal device 3, the print of the passbook and the contents of the magnetic stripe are updated, the passbook is discharged from the passbook printing section 34, and the withdrawal transaction requiring the approval of the officers. To end.

On the other hand, the officer approval file record 40 that has been rejected by the officer denial operation is displayed on the general inquiry screen 54.
Depending on the display status of the section D reflecting the status indicator 41 of each officer approval file record displayed in, the serial number in the rejected status is input from the keyboard section 33 in the serial number selection [] and the send key is pressed. Then, the terminal control device 2 receives the guide screen data of the input guide number 43 set in the officer approval file record 40 designated as the serial number and the terminal input data.
Transaction screen in the rejected state on the display unit 32 by synthesizing 45
Display 50.

When the operator presses the transmission key in this state, the status indicator 41 of the officer approval file record 40 is set to the transaction completed state, the contents of the file device 23 are updated, and the withdrawal transaction rejected by the officer is terminated.

As explained above, the present invention comprises three operations.

The first operation is the registration of the officer approval required data in the officer approval file by the general terminal, the second operation is the officer approval operation by the officer terminal, and the third operation.
Is an approved transaction operation using a general terminal. Here, it is possible to execute the first operation and the second operation at the same time, and it is possible to effectively operate the general terminal.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, in a general terminal, a transaction requiring approval by an officer can be temporarily suspended, and the officer-dedicated terminal can perform an officer-approval action while performing another normal transaction. Therefore, it is possible to effectively operate the general terminal.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration when an embodiment of the present invention is applied to a bank online system, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a format of a transmission / reception message between respective devices, and FIG. 3 is a terminal control of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a device and a terminal device, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a file format for transferring data between a general terminal and an officer-only terminal, and FIG. Fig. 6, Fig. 6 showing the display format of the inquiry screen displayed on the terminal dedicated to seats,
7 and 8 are flowcharts showing an operation example of the present invention. 1 ... Central device, 2 ... Terminal control device, 3 ... General terminal, 4 ... Officer-only terminal, 5.6 ... Communication path, 10 ... Send / receive message, 11 ... Message type, 12 ... … Additional data, 13 …… General data, 20 …… Terminal control unit control unit, 21 …… Transmission / reception buffer, 22 …… Terminal control unit input / output buffer, 23 …… File unit, 30 …… Terminal unit control 31 ... Terminal input / output buffer, 32 ... Display section, 33 ... Keyboard section, 34 ... Passbook printing section, 35 ... Magnetic stripe reader / writer section, 36 ... Operator card reading section, 40 …… Office approval file record, 41 …… Status indicator, 42 …… Terminal address, 43 …… Input guide number, 44 …… Additional data, 45 …… Terminal input data, 46 …… Office card data, 50 …… Transaction screen, 51 …… Guide number, 52 …… Role Seat inquiry screen, 53 ... Officer approval required mark, 54 ... General inquiry screen, 55 ... Officer approved mark.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Kuniomi Aizawa 1 Ikegami, Haruoka-cho, Owariasahi-shi, Aichi Hitachi Ltd. Asahi factory (56) References JP-A-57-161969 (JP, A) JP-A- 58-165171 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an online system comprising a general terminal device connected to a host device having a file device and a terminal device for officers, the host device is required to approve officers input from the general terminal device. When the transaction is received, the first information indicating that the officer is not approved is transmitted to the general terminal device, and the received transaction information is stored and held in the file device, and the transaction requiring the officer approval is stored. The entered general terminal device enables the execution of other transaction processing, notifies the officer terminal device that there is a transaction requiring approval of the officer, and responds to this notification from the officer terminal device. In response to the operation input of, the transaction information held in the file device is read out, the transaction screen by the notification is displayed on the officer terminal device, and the operator input from the officer terminal device is displayed. Second seat approval / non-approval Based on the information, the transaction information held in the file device is updated to the approved state, the general terminal device that has entered the transaction requiring the officer approval is notified of the approval or disapproval of the officer's seat, and the response to this notification is sent. In response to the operation input from the general terminal device, the transaction information held in the file device is read, the screen of the transaction is displayed on the general terminal device, and the transaction process according to the approval / denial of the officer is executed. A terminal control method characterized in that