Customer management system using IC cards
First Claim
1. A customer management system comprising:
- an IC card;
a plurality of terminals respectively provided for branch offices;
a plurality of reader/writers respectively connected to said plurality of terminals; and
a management server including a customer management database, said management server being communicable with said plurality of terminals through a network, wherein said IC card includes a region for storing favorite office information indicating at least one favorite branch office, wherein said plurality of terminals are designed to write information indicative of a desired favorite branch office selected out of said plurality of branch offices onto said IC card using associated ones of said plurality of reader/writers to thereby register said desired favorite branch office as one of said at least one favorite branch office within said favorite office information, and to transmit registration information representative of said desired favorite branch office to said management server in response to completion of writing onto said IC card, and wherein said management server is programmed to update said customer management database in response to said registration information so that said customer management database contains an association of a customer owning said IC card with said at least one favorite branch office indicated by said favorite office information.
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Abstract
A customer management system is composed of: an IC card, terminals respectively provided for branch offices, and a management server including a customer management database. The IC card includes a region for storing favorite office information indicating a favorite branch office(s). The terminals are each designed to program the IC card using a reader/writer to register a desired favorite branch office as one of the favorite branch office(s) within the favorite office information, and to transmit registration information representative of the desired favorite branch office to the management server. The management server is programmed to update the customer management database in response to the registration information so that the customer management database contains an association of a customer owning the IC card and the favorite branch office(s) indicated by the favorite office information.
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16 Claims
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1. A customer management system comprising:
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an IC card;
a plurality of terminals respectively provided for branch offices;
a plurality of reader/writers respectively connected to said plurality of terminals; and
a management server including a customer management database, said management server being communicable with said plurality of terminals through a network, wherein said IC card includes a region for storing favorite office information indicating at least one favorite branch office, wherein said plurality of terminals are designed to write information indicative of a desired favorite branch office selected out of said plurality of branch offices onto said IC card using associated ones of said plurality of reader/writers to thereby register said desired favorite branch office as one of said at least one favorite branch office within said favorite office information, and to transmit registration information representative of said desired favorite branch office to said management server in response to completion of writing onto said IC card, and wherein said management server is programmed to update said customer management database in response to said registration information so that said customer management database contains an association of a customer owning said IC card with said at least one favorite branch office indicated by said favorite office information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of operating a customer management system including an IC card, a plurality of terminals respectively provided for branch offices, a plurality of reader/writers respectively connected to said plurality of terminals, and a management server including a customer management database, said management server being communicable with said plurality of terminals through a network, and said IC card comprising a region for storing favorite office information indicating at least one favorite branch office, said method comprising the steps of:
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writing information indicative of a desired favorite branch office selected out of said plurality of branch offices onto said IC card by one of said plurality of terminals using an associated one of said plurality of reader/writers to thereby register said desired favorite branch office as one of said at least one favorite branch office within said favorite office information;
transmitting registration information representative of said desired favorite branch office to said management server in response to completion of writing onto said IC card, and updating said customer management database by said management server in response to said registration information so that customer management database contains an association of a customer owning said IC card with said at least on favorite branch office indicated by said favorite office information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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