JP2019016131A - Server device, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a server device capable of notifying a user of a process of giving timestamp to voucher data and accumulating it with no stress.SOLUTION: The server device includes: a receiving unit 101 for receiving voucher data which is data of a voucher document from a user terminal device; an accumulating unit 102 for accumulating the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101; an acquisition unit 103 for acquiring a timestamp for the voucher data accumulated by the accumulating unit 102; an updating unit 104 for updating information on the voucher data accumulated by the accumulating unit 102 so that the voucher data accumulated by the accumulating unit 102 becomes voucher data to which the timestamp acquired by the acquiring unit 103 is given; and a completion transmitting unit 105 for transmitting information indicating that processing on voucher data is completed to the user terminal device that has transmitted the voucher data, after the accumulating unit 102 accumulates the voucher data and before the acquisition unit 103 acquires the timestamp of the voucher data.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a server device or the like that accumulates voucher data with a time stamp.

  Conventionally, a customer uploads form data to a form data management server, a step of generating the form data as a PDF file in the form data management server, and a time stamp in the PDF file at the form data management server. A step of notifying a supplier terminal that a PDF file with a time stamp has been generated by the form data management server, and a PDF file with the customer and / or customer having a time stamp added thereto. There has been known a form data management method including a step of referencing (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2014-137773 A (first page, FIG. 1 etc.)

  However, in the prior art, the server device generates the voucher data to which the time stamp is added after the time stamp is added to the voucher data that is the data of the voucher document such as the form data transmitted from the user. Whether or not the processing for the transmitted voucher data has been completed until the time stamped data is generated after transmitting the voucher data to which the time stamp is to be added. Could not be judged. As described above, since it is not possible to determine whether or not the process of giving the time stamp is normally performed after the voucher data to be given the time stamp is transmitted to the server apparatus until the process completion notification is received, for example, the user In this case, it is necessary to wait for the next process to be executed until a process completion notification is received, and a wasteful waiting time or the like is generated. As a result, the process of giving a time stamp cannot be performed efficiently. For example, in a server that provides a service that provides a time stamp, the process of adding a time stamp to one piece of data is often less than 1 second, but a service that provides a time stamp is provided. When multiple users send requests to add time stamps to the server at the same time, processing waits and it takes about one minute to add the time stamp to one data. There is also. As described above, in the conventional technique, there is a problem that it is impossible to notify the user about the process of adding and storing the time stamp to the voucher data without causing stress. As a result, for example, it has not been possible to efficiently perform processing for adding and storing a time stamp to voucher data.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a server device and the like that can inform a user about processing for adding a time stamp to a voucher data and storing it without causing stress. The purpose is to do.

  The server device of the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives voucher data that is data of a voucher document from a user terminal device, a storage unit that stores voucher data received by the receiving unit, and a time for voucher data stored by the storage unit. An acquisition unit that acquires a stamp, and an update unit that updates information related to the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit so that the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit becomes voucher data to which the time stamp obtained by the acquisition unit is attached, After the storage unit stores the voucher data, and before the acquisition unit acquires the time stamp for the voucher data, information indicating that the processing for the voucher data is completed is transmitted to the user terminal device that transmitted the voucher data. And a completion transmission unit.

  With this configuration, information indicating the completion of processing is transmitted to the user terminal device before the time stamp is added to the voucher data transmitted from the user terminal device. Therefore, the time stamp is added after the voucher data is transmitted. There is no need for the user to wait until it is done, and it is possible to notify the user of the process of adding and storing the time stamp to the voucher data without causing stress.

  In the server device according to the present invention, in the server device, the acquisition unit is integrated with the voucher transmission unit that transmits the voucher data stored in the storage unit to the time stamp server device, and the time stamp information from the time stamp server device. And a stamp receiving means for receiving the voucher data with the time stamp, and the update unit updates the information on the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit using the voucher data with the time stamp received by the stamp receiving means. It is a server device.

  With this configuration, it is possible to add a time stamp to the voucher data using the time stamped voucher data received from the time stamp server device.

  The server device of the present invention is a server device in which, in the server device, the update unit overwrites the voucher data stored in the storage unit using the voucher data with time stamp received by the stamp receiving means.

  With this configuration, the voucher data with a time stamp can be obtained as voucher data with a time stamp.

  In the server device of the present invention, in the server device, a time stamp instruction that is an instruction to acquire a time stamp for the voucher data stored by the storage unit is added to the queue, and a time stamp instruction is received from the queue. A voucher transmitting means for transmitting voucher data accumulated by the accumulating unit to the time stamp server device in response to the time stamp instruction acquired by the instruction acquiring unit. It is a server device.

  With such a configuration, it is also possible to control the order in which the time stamps are acquired by the queue.

  In the server device according to the present invention, in the server device, the adding unit transmits a time stamp instruction to a queue server device including a queue, and the instruction acquiring unit is a server that receives the time stamp instruction from the queue server device. Device.

  With this configuration, it is possible to control the order of acquiring time stamps using the queue server device.

  The server device of the present invention further includes a thumbnail generation unit that generates a thumbnail image of the voucher document indicated by the voucher data received by the receiving unit in the server device, and the storage unit associates the thumbnail image with the voucher data. Server device.

  With this configuration, the thumbnail image corresponding to the voucher data can be managed in association with the voucher data.

  The server device according to the present invention includes an instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction including calling of voucher data stored in the storage unit from the user terminal device, and a time according to the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit. The server apparatus further includes a voucher data to which a stamp is attached or a transmission unit that transmits a thumbnail image associated with the voucher data.

  With this configuration, according to the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit, the user terminal device can select and transmit either the voucher data provided with the time stamp or the thumbnail image associated with the voucher data. Can do.

  According to the server device or the like according to the present invention, it is possible to notify the user of the process of adding and storing the time stamp to the voucher data without causing stress.

The block diagram of the voucher data processing system in embodiment of this invention The flowchart explaining operation | movement of the server apparatus of the same voucher data processing system The figure which shows the example of a voucher data display of the voucher data processing system Figure showing the voucher data management table of the voucher data processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the information which shows that the process which the server apparatus of the same voucher data processing system transmits has been completed The figure which shows the list of the time stamp indication in order to explain the queue of same voucher data processing system Figure showing the voucher data management table of the voucher data processing system The figure which shows the instruction | indication judgment table | surface of the same voucher data processing system The figure which shows the example of a display of the verification result of voucher data of the voucher data processing system The figure which shows the figure which shows the example of a display of the thumbnail image of the same voucher data processing system The figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the computer system in the embodiment The figure which shows the internal configuration of the computer system

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a server device and the like will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a voucher data processing system 10 in the present embodiment.

  The voucher data processing system 10 includes a server device 1, a user terminal device 2, a registration server device 3, a time stamp server device 4, and a queue server device 5. Here, for convenience of explanation, a case where there is one user terminal device 2 will be described as an example, but a plurality of user terminal devices 2 may be provided.

  The server device 1 includes a reception unit 101, a storage unit 102, an acquisition unit 103, an update unit 104, a completion transmission unit 105, an addition unit 106, an instruction acquisition unit 107, a thumbnail generation unit 108, an instruction reception unit 109, and a transmission unit 110. Prepare. The acquisition unit 103 includes a voucher transmitting unit 1031 and a stamp receiving unit 1032.

  The user terminal device 2 includes a voucher data storage unit 201, a terminal transmission unit 202, a reception unit 203, a terminal reception unit 204, and an output unit 205.

  The registration server device 3 includes a first reception unit 301, a registration processing unit 302, a storage unit 303, and a first transmission unit 304.

  The time stamp server device 4 includes a second reception unit 401, a time stamp processing unit 402, and a second transmission unit 403.

  The queue server device 5 includes a third reception unit 501, a queue 502, and a third transmission unit 503.

  The server device 1, the user terminal device 2, the registration server device 3, the time stamp server device 4, and the queue server device 5 of the voucher data processing system 10 are connected via a wired or wireless communication line or the like so that data communication is possible. Connected.

  The server device 1 is, for example, a server device that attaches a time stamp to voucher data and accumulates and manages the voucher data that has been given. For example, it is realized by a computer or the like.

  The receiving unit 101 receives one or more voucher data from one or more user terminal devices 2. The voucher data is data of a voucher document. The voucher document is, for example, a document related to a commercial transaction that is necessary for tax purposes or a document that proves facts relating to a commercial transaction in a business. Voucher documents include, for example, receipts, contracts, invoices, invoices, stamps, promissory notes, deposits, borrowed certificates, securities delivery statements, bond applications, contract applications (non-standard), bankbooks, Invoices and export certificates. The voucher data may be image data obtained by scanning a paper voucher document with a scanner or image data taken with a digital still camera or the like, or a voucher document composed of text data or a combination of text data and image data. Or electronic record data from which a voucher document is created and issued.

  The voucher data received by the receiving unit 101 is, for example, voucher data that is allowed to be stored as electronic data instead of being stored in paper in the e-document method or the electronic book storage method. This is voucher data in which the provision of a stamp is a requirement for storage. The e-document law is a general term for laws that permit electronic preservation of documents that are obliged to preserve originals in paper according to about 250 laws such as the Securities Trading Law and the Insurance Business Law. The electronic book storage law is a law that allows the storage of national tax-related book documents using electronic data. However, other voucher data may be used, for example, voucher data that is not permitted to be stored as electronic data by law.

  The voucher data is, for example, data that satisfies the requirements of one or more specific laws such as the e-document method and the electronic book storage method. The data satisfying the legal requirements is, for example, data in a format that satisfies the legal requirements. For example, the voucher data in a format satisfying the requirements of the electronic book storage method is, for example, a color image having a resolution of 200 dpi or more and R, G, and B gradations of 256 gradations or more (that is, 24 bits). A color image having a bit number greater than or equal to the color) The voucher data is preferably data having a paper size and a record of the recipient. However, the voucher data may be any data, for example, data that does not satisfy the requirements of one or more specific laws. The file format of the voucher data is not limited.

  For example, the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101 is given a time stamp by the server device 1 by the user, and a desired storage unit (for example, a storage unit (not shown) included in the server device 1 or the registered server device 3). Data to be stored in the storage unit 303, etc. For example, the receiving unit 101 may receive a set of voucher data and a user identifier of a user who uses the user terminal device 2 that transmits the voucher data. The user identifier may be any information that can identify the user. For example, the user identifier may be a user name, a user's mail address, or a character string assigned to the user. The user identifier may be an identifier of the user terminal device 2 used by the user. The user here may be a corporation or a natural person. The number of voucher data received by the receiving unit 101 at a time may be one or more, and the number is not limited.

  The receiving unit 101 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast. The receiving unit 101 may or may not include a communication device.

  The storage unit 102 stores the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101. For example, the storage unit 102 stores the voucher data received in the storage unit 303 of the registration server device 3 outside the server device 1. For example, the storage unit 102 transmits the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101 to the registration server device 3, and causes the registration server device 3 to store the transmitted voucher data in the storage unit 303. In this case, along with the voucher data, an instruction to accumulate the voucher data may be transmitted to the registration server device 3. In this case, it is preferable that the storage unit 102 includes, for example, a transmission unit. Further, the storage unit 102 may store the voucher data received in a storage unit (not shown) included in the server device 1, for example. However, it does not matter where the storage unit 102 stores the voucher data. For example, the voucher data is managed using management information such as a database.

  For example, the accumulating unit 102 accumulates the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101 in association with the user identifier of the user of the user terminal device 2 that has transmitted the voucher data. For example, the storage unit 102 stores the user identifier received by the receiving unit 101 together with the voucher data in association with the voucher data. Further, for example, when the user is logged in to the server apparatus 1, the storage unit 102 receives the user identifier input at the time of login or the user identifier associated with the user identifier as the receiving unit 101. May be stored in association with the voucher data received. For example, when storing the voucher data in the registration server device 3, the storage unit 102 transmits the voucher data and the user identifier to the registration server device 3, thereby storing the voucher data in association with the user identifier. . Note that storing the voucher data in association with the user identifier may be considered as managing the voucher data stored in the storage unit 303 or the like in association with the user identifier, for example.

  The accumulation unit 102 accumulates thumbnail images generated by the thumbnail generation unit 108 (described later) for the voucher data received by the reception unit 101 in association with the voucher data. The thumbnail image generated for the voucher data is usually a thumbnail image of the voucher data. For example, storing the voucher data in association with the thumbnail image may be considered as managing the voucher data stored in the storage unit 303 or the like in association with the thumbnail image. When storing the voucher data in the registration server device 3, the storage unit 102 stores the voucher data in association with the user identifier by transmitting the thumbnail image to the registration server device 3.

  Note that the storage unit 102 may store the voucher data in association with the voucher data identifier that is the identifier of the voucher data. Then, the voucher data identifier is associated with the information related to the voucher data indicated by the voucher data identifier so as to be transmitted / received, thereby managing the association between the voucher data and the information related to the voucher data. You may make it do. However, it does not matter how to manage the association between the voucher data and the information related to the voucher data.

  Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the case where the storage unit 102 transmits the voucher data to the registration server device 3 and stores it in the storage unit 303 of the registration server device 3 will be described as an example. Further, in the present embodiment, the storage unit 102 includes transmission means (not shown) for transmitting voucher data, a user identifier, a thumbnail image, and the like to the registration server device 3.

  The acquisition unit 103 acquires a time stamp for the voucher data stored by the storage unit 102. The time stamp is, for example, an electronic time certificate that proves that electronic data existed reliably at a certain time. Obtaining a time stamp for voucher data may mean obtaining time stamp information (hereinafter referred to as time stamp information) for voucher data, and obtained for voucher data and this voucher data. It is also possible to obtain time stamped voucher data integrated with time stamp information. The time stamp information is, for example, information that proves that electronic data existed reliably at a certain time. The time stamp information is, for example, information obtained by digitally signing a set of electronic data hash value and time information by a fair third party authority (Time Stamp Authority). The time stamp information is information called a time stamp token, for example. A time stamp token is a file in which time information is added to a hash value of electronic data, and a digital signature of a time certification service certified business operator is attached thereto. Since the time stamp token is a known technique, a detailed description thereof is omitted here. The time stamp information acquired by the acquisition unit 103 for the voucher data is, for example, a file in which time information is added to the hash value of the voucher data and a digital signature such as a time authentication service certified business operator is added thereto.

  The time stamp information integrated with the time stamp attached voucher data is substantially the same information as the time stamp information. The information in which the time stamp information and the voucher data are integrated is, for example, information in one file. As a file format of time stamped voucher data in which voucher data and time stamp information are integrated, for example, a PDF format or the like is known.

  It does not matter how the acquisition unit 103 acquires the time stamp for the voucher data. The acquisition unit 103 acquires (for example, receives) a time stamp for the voucher data stored by the storage unit 102 using, for example, the time stamp server device 4 that acquires a time stamp for the data. For example, the acquisition unit 103 may transmit the voucher data stored in the storage unit 102 to the time stamp server device 4 and receive the time stamp information acquired by the server device 4 with time stamp for the transmitted voucher data. The time-stamped voucher data acquired by the time-stamped server device 4 for the transmitted voucher data may be received. In addition, for example, the acquisition unit 103 acquires, from the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit 102, information related to the voucher data, which is necessary for obtaining a time stamp (for example, a hash value of the voucher data) and obtains it. The time stamp information acquired by the time stamped server device 4 may be received for the transmitted information. When transmitting such information, it is preferable to transmit the corresponding voucher data identifier in association with each other. The acquiring unit 103 may acquire time stamped information using the voucher data and the time stamp information acquired by using the time stamp server device 4 for the voucher data. For example, the obtaining unit 103 may obtain the time stamped information by integrating the voucher data and the time stamp information obtained by using the time stamp server device 4 for the voucher data. The acquisition unit 103 may transmit one voucher data to the time stamp server device 4 at a time, or may transmit a plurality of voucher data to the time stamp server device 4 at a time.

  The trigger and timing at which the acquisition unit 103 acquires a time stamp for the voucher data stored by the storage unit 102 does not matter. For example, the acquisition unit 103 may acquire a time stamp when the storage unit 102 stores voucher data. In addition, the acquisition unit 103 may acquire a time stamp for voucher data for which a time stamp has not been acquired from among the voucher data stored by the storage unit 102 at a predetermined time, for example. The acquisition unit 103 may acquire a time stamp in accordance with a time stamp instruction acquired by an instruction acquisition unit 107 described later.

  The obtaining unit 103 may read the voucher data accumulated by the accumulating unit 102 as the voucher data used when obtaining the time stamp. Of the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101, The voucher data stored in the storage unit 102 may be the same voucher data, and the voucher data in any case may be considered as voucher data stored in the storage unit 102 used when acquiring the time stamp. The same applies to the following.

  Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the acquisition unit 103 includes the voucher transmission unit 1031 and the stamp reception unit 1032, and the acquisition of the time stamp for the voucher data by the acquisition unit 103 is performed by the time stamp server device 4. The voucher data stored in the storage unit 102 is transmitted to the time stamp server device 4 and the voucher data with time stamp is received from the time stamp server device 4 as an example. An example in which the acquisition unit 103 acquires a time stamp when an instruction acquisition unit 107 described later acquires a time stamp instruction will be described.

  The voucher transmitting unit 1031 transmits the voucher data stored in the storage unit 102 to the time stamp server device 4. The number of voucher data that the voucher transmitting unit 1031 transmits to the time stamp server device 4 at a time may be one or more, and the number is not limited. The trigger or timing at which the voucher transmitting unit 1031 transmits the voucher data stored in the storage unit 102 to the time stamp server device 4 does not matter. For example, the voucher transmitting means 1031 may transmit this voucher data when the accumulating unit 102 accumulates the voucher data. Of the voucher data accumulated by the accumulating unit 102 at a predetermined time or the like, Voucher data for which a time stamp has not been acquired may be transmitted. Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the voucher transmitting unit 1031 transmits the voucher data stored in the storage unit 102 to the time stamp server device 4 in response to a time stamp instruction acquired by the instruction acquisition unit 107 described later. An example will be described.

  The voucher transmitting unit 1031 transmits, for example, an instruction for requesting voucher data indicated by a time stamp instruction acquired by the instruction acquisition unit 107 described later to the registration server device 3. Then, the voucher data transmitted from the registration server device 3 is received according to the transmitted instruction, and the received voucher data is transmitted to the time stamp server device 4. The voucher transmitting unit 1031 may transmit the voucher data to the time stamp server device 4 when the storage unit 102 stores the voucher data.

  The voucher transmitting unit 1031 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit. The voucher transmitting unit 1031 may or may not include a communication device.

  The stamp receiving unit 1032 receives time stamped voucher data from the time stamp server device 4. For example, in response to transmission of one or more voucher data by the voucher transmitting means 1031, one or more time stamps in which this voucher data and time stamp information obtained by the time stamp server device 4 for this voucher data are integrated are integrated. Receive attached certificate data. The voucher data with time stamp may be considered as one form of voucher data with a time stamp.

  The stamp receiving unit 1032 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit. The stamp receiving unit 1032 may or may not include a communication device.

  In the above description, the voucher transmitting unit 1031 transmits the voucher data to the time stamp server device 4, the time stamp server device 4 acquires the voucher data with the time stamp, and the stamp receiving unit 1032 includes the time stamp server device. 4, the voucher transmission means 1031 has received information used for acquiring a time stamp other than the voucher data itself such as a hash value from the voucher data indicated by the time stamp instruction or the like. The time stamp server device 4 may receive the time stamp information or time stamp attached voucher data acquired by the time stamp server device 4 using this information. . Further, the stamp receiving unit 1032 may generate the voucher data with the time stamp by integrating the received time stamp information and the voucher data indicated by the time stamp instruction or the like. Note that obtaining or receiving time stamp information and time stamped voucher data may be considered as obtaining or receiving a time code.

  The update unit 104 updates the information related to the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit 102 so that the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit 102 becomes the voucher data provided with the time stamp obtained by the acquisition unit 103. Giving a time stamp to the voucher data means, for example, associating the voucher data with the time stamp information acquired for the voucher data as a result. For example, giving a time stamp to the voucher data may be associating the voucher data with the time stamp information acquired for the voucher data, and the voucher data and the time stamp acquired for the voucher data. The voucher data with time stamp may be integrated with the information, and the voucher data is integrated with the voucher data and the time stamp information acquired for the voucher data. The voucher data may be associated with time-stamped voucher data in which the voucher data is integrated with the time stamp information acquired for the voucher data.

  The information related to the voucher data may be the voucher data itself, information for managing the voucher data stored by the storage unit 102, the correspondence between the voucher data and the time stamp information, the voucher data and the time stamped voucher It may be an update of information (for example, an attribute value of a record such as a database) for managing data correspondence.

  Updating the information related to the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit 102 so that the voucher data becomes the voucher data to which the time stamp obtained by the obtaining unit 103 is attached, as described above, is obtained in the present embodiment. Since the acquisition of the time stamp by the unit 103 is the acquisition of the voucher data with the time stamp,

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the acquisition unit 103 acquires the voucher data with a time stamp for the one voucher data stored by the storage unit 102, so that the update performed by the update unit 104 here, That is, the update of the information related to the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit 102 so that the voucher data becomes the voucher data to which the time stamp obtained by the obtaining unit 103 is attached is, for example, the obtained voucher data with time stamp. Then, the already-stored voucher data corresponding to the voucher data with time stamp is overwritten. The overwriting here may be considered as a concept including a combination of the deletion of the already-provided voucher data and the accumulation of voucher data with a time stamp used for updating, replacement, or the like. At the time of overwriting, information for managing voucher data stored in a storage unit (not shown) or the like may be updated as appropriate. The same applies to the following.

  In addition, the update here accumulates the acquired voucher data with a time stamp in the same storage unit as the corresponding voucher data, other predetermined storage units, and the like. The information for managing the correspondence between the voucher data and the voucher data with time stamp may be updated so that one voucher data already stored corresponding to the voucher data with time stamp is associated. The update of the information managed here may be overwriting, correction, writing, or the like.

  In the present embodiment, the voucher data is accumulated in the registration server device 3, and the update unit 104 for the obtaining unit 103 to obtain the voucher data with time stamp is registered in the registration server device in which the voucher data is accumulated. An example in which the voucher data with time stamp is transmitted to 3 and the corresponding voucher data is updated will be described as an example.

  For example, when the acquisition unit 103 acquires a time stamp information time stamp (for example, a time stamp token) as a time code for one voucher data stored by the storage unit 102, the update by the update unit 104 is as follows. The time stamp information may be stored in association with one voucher data stored by the storage unit 102. For example, the time stamp information and the voucher data are stored in association with each other. For example, the acquired time stamp information is stored in the storage unit 303 or the like, and the voucher data and the time stamp information are managed in correspondence. Is to update. The update of the information managed here may be overwriting, correction, writing, or the like. In this case, the time stamp information is normally stored in the same storage unit as the voucher data, but the storage location of the time stamp information is not limited. For example, the update unit 104 transmits the acquired time stamp information to the registration server device 3, and the storage unit 303 associates the transmitted time stamp information with the voucher data corresponding to the time stamp information. May be accumulated.

  In this case, the update is performed by creating time-stamped voucher data obtained by integrating the time stamp information acquired for the voucher data and the voucher data. The voucher data already stored corresponding to the stamped voucher data may be updated, or the time stamped voucher data may be stored in association with the corresponding voucher data. For example, the update unit 104 generates time stamped voucher data using the time stamp information acquired by the acquisition unit 103 and the corresponding voucher data, and transmits the generated time stamped voucher data to the registration server device 3. Then, the corresponding voucher data stored in the storage unit 303 may be overwritten with the voucher data with the time stamp in the registration server device 3.

  The completion transmitting unit 105 displays information indicating that the processing for the voucher data is completed after the accumulating unit 102 accumulates the voucher data and before the obtaining unit 103 obtains the time stamp for the voucher data. Is transmitted to the user terminal device 2 that has transmitted. The information indicating that the process for the voucher data has been completed is, for example, information indicating the completion of the reception of the process for acquiring the time stamp and storing the voucher data to which the time stamp is added for the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101. It may also be information indicating completion of storage of voucher data to which a time stamp is given. The process of accumulating the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101 by the accumulating unit 102 may be considered as a process of registering the voucher data. In this case, the information indicating the completion of the process indicates that the registration of the voucher data is completed. It may be the information shown. Further, the information indicating that the process for the voucher data is completed may be information indicating that the process for obtaining the time stamp for the voucher data is completed. The information which shows that the process to provide was completed may be sufficient. The process of giving a time stamp to the voucher data may be considered to include the process of adding the time stamp to the voucher data and storing it.

  The information indicating that the processing for the voucher data has been completed may be any information, for example, data having text, data having image data, image data and text. It may be a combination with data having The image data may be still image data or moving image data. Further, this information may be audio data or the like. For example, the completion transmission unit 105 reads information indicating that the processing for the voucher data stored in a storage unit (not shown) or the like is completed in advance, and associates the read information with the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit 102. To the user indicated by the received user identifier. Further, the completion transmission unit 105 reads information such as a template used for creating information indicating that the processing for the voucher data stored in a storage unit (not shown) in advance is completed, and the information such as the template is read out. One or more pieces of information specifying the voucher data to be processed (for example, voucher data identifier or file name), date, user identifier of the user of the user terminal device 2 that transmitted the voucher data, etc. May be arranged and the arranged information may be transmitted.

  It does not matter how the completion transmitting unit 105 transmits information indicating that the processing is completed to the user. For example, the completion transmission unit 105 may transmit information indicating that the processing is completed as display data, may be transmitted by e-mail, or may be transmitted by a message such as a short messaging service.

  The completion transmission unit 105 transmits information indicating that the processing is completed at any timing after the storage unit 102 stores the voucher data and before the acquisition unit 103 acquires a time stamp for the voucher data. May be. For example, the completion transmitting unit 105 may transmit information indicating that the processing for the voucher data is completed immediately after the accumulating unit 102 accumulates the voucher data to the user terminal device 2 that has transmitted the voucher data. For example, the completion transmitting unit 105 transmits information indicating that processing for the voucher data is completed immediately after the adding unit 106 described later adds a time stamp instruction for the voucher data to the queue, and the user terminal device that has transmitted the voucher data 2 may be transmitted.

  The completion transmission unit 105 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The completion transmission unit 105 may or may not include a communication device.

  The adding unit 106 adds a time stamp instruction, which is an instruction to acquire a time stamp for the voucher data accumulated by the accumulating unit 102, to the queue. The time stamp instruction is, for example, a combination of information indicating voucher data and information instructing to acquire a time stamp for the voucher data. The information indicating the voucher data includes a voucher data identifier, a voucher data file name, and the like. The identifier of voucher data is, for example, an identifier of voucher data issued when registering voucher data. The identifier of the voucher data, the storage unit 102, or the registration server device 3 may issue it. The identifier of the voucher data may be information indicating a location where the voucher data is stored. However, information instructing to obtain a time stamp for the voucher data may be omitted. The time stamp instruction may include an identifier of the server device 1 that transmits the time stamp instruction. For example, the adding unit 106 generates the time stamp instruction. The queue is, for example, a queue. For example, the queue holds a time stamp instruction added by the adding unit 106 in a first-in first-out list structure or the like. The adding unit 106 may add a plurality of time stamp instructions to the queue at a time. The queue added by the adding unit 106 may be included in the server device 1, or may be included in an external server device such as the queue server device 5. The queue is preferably a server device external to the server device 1. Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, a case where the adding unit 106 transmits a time stamp instruction to the queue server apparatus 5 having the queue 502 and adds the time stamp instruction to the queue 502 will be described as an example.

  The adding unit 106 is typically realized by, for example, a wireless or wired communication unit. The completion transmission unit 105 may or may not include a communication device.

  The instruction acquisition unit 107 acquires time stamp instructions from the queue in the order of addition. For example, the instruction acquisition unit 107 receives a time stamp instruction held in the queue 502 from the queue server device 5. For example, the queue server device 5 transmits the time stamp instructions held in the queue 502 in the order added to the queue 502, and the instruction acquisition unit 107 receives the time stamp instructions transmitted from the queue server device 5. . The instruction acquisition unit 107 may acquire a plurality of time stamp instructions at a time.

  The instruction acquisition unit 107 is typically realized by, for example, a wireless or wired communication unit. The completion transmission unit 105 may or may not include a communication device.

  The thumbnail generation unit 108 generates a thumbnail image of the voucher document indicated by the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101. This thumbnail image is an image indicating an output image (eg, a display image) of the voucher document indicated by the voucher data. Since it is a known technique to generate a thumbnail image from text data, data having image data, and the like, detailed description thereof is omitted here. There is no limitation on the timing, trigger, or the like at which the thumbnail generation unit 108 generates a thumbnail image for the voucher data received by the reception unit 101. For example, when the storage unit 102 stores the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101, the thumbnail generation unit 108 may generate a thumbnail image for the voucher data. It may be considered to generate a thumbnail image of the voucher document indicated by the voucher data.

  The instruction receiving unit 109 receives an instruction including calling of voucher data stored in the storage unit 102 from the user terminal device 2. The process including the call of voucher data is, for example, a process including a process of calling and outputting (for example, displaying) one or more voucher data, or calling or changing one or more voucher data and changing the called data. Processing. The instruction including calling the voucher data stored in the storage unit 102 is, for example, an instruction including calling the voucher data to which a time stamp is given.

  The instruction including calling of the voucher data received by the instruction receiving unit 109 is information including information including information specifying the voucher data to be called. The information specifying the voucher data is, for example, an identifier or file name of the voucher data. The identifier of the voucher data is, for example, a file name of the voucher data, a code assigned to the voucher data, or the like. The information specifying the voucher data may be information that can specify the voucher data by searching, for example, a search expression or a search condition. The information specifying the voucher data may be information having information specifying the creation date, accumulation date, etc. of the voucher data, for example. The information specifying the voucher data may be information having information specifying a user identifier associated with the voucher data. For example, the information specifying the voucher data may be information having information specifying the period during which the voucher data is accumulated and the user identifier associated with the voucher data.

  The instruction including the voucher data call received by the instruction receiving unit 109 is, for example, an instruction to display a journal slip history, an instruction to input a journal slip, an instruction to input or display a journal book, a general ledger, etc. Or an instruction to verify the time stamp given to the voucher data at once, or to verify the time stamp given to the specific voucher data. The time stamp verification is, for example, a process of determining whether or not a change is made to the voucher data to which the time stamp is given.

  The instruction receiving unit 109 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The instruction receiving unit 109 may or may not include a communication device.

  In response to the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 109, the transmission unit 110 transmits the voucher data to which the time stamp is given or a thumbnail image associated with the voucher data. For example, in accordance with the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 109, the transmission unit 110 calls and transmits the voucher data to which the time stamp is given or the thumbnail image associated with the voucher data. The transmission unit 110 is associated with, for example, voucher data to which a time stamp corresponding to the voucher data specified by the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 109 is assigned or voucher data specified by the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 109. Send the thumbnail image. Sending voucher data or thumbnail images with time stamps means that, for example, information including voucher data or thumbnail images with time stamps, voucher data or thumbnail images with time stamps is placed The transmitted information may be transmitted. For example, the transmission unit 110 transmits voucher data to which a time stamp is added or data created by arranging thumbnail images in a template or the like indicated by the instruction received by the instruction reception unit 109.

  In response to the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 109, sending voucher data with a time stamp or a thumbnail image associated with the voucher data means that, for example, the received instruction has been given a time stamp. When it is an instruction to execute a process that requires a voucher data call, the voucher data specified by the received instruction and sent with a time stamp is transmitted, and the received instruction is given a time stamp. In the case of an instruction to execute a process that does not require calling the voucher data, a thumbnail image associated with the voucher data designated by the received instruction is transmitted. Whether or not the received instruction is an instruction to execute a process that requires calling of voucher data with a time stamp may be determined by the transmission unit 101. For example, the received instruction Whether the identifier, command name, etc. match the identifier, etc. of the instruction that requires the call of the voucher data provided with the time stamp prepared in advance, or the voucher data provided with the time stamp prepared in advance It may be determined by determining whether or not it matches an identifier or the like of an instruction that does not need to be called. Further, among the instructions for calling the voucher data transmitted by the user terminal device 2, the instruction that needs to call the voucher data with time stamp has predetermined information, and the presence or absence of this information is detected. It may be determined whether or not the instruction for calling the voucher data transmitted by the user terminal device 2 is an instruction that needs to call the voucher data with time stamp.

  For example, the transmission unit 110 determines whether or not the instruction received by the instruction reception unit 109 is an instruction to execute a process that requires a call to voucher data to which a time stamp is attached, and a process that requires the call. If the received instruction is an instruction that does not require a call, the voucher data assigned with the time stamp specified by the received instruction is transmitted. Send the thumbnail image. For example, the above-described instructions for displaying journal voucher history, instructions for inputting journal vouchers, and instructions for inputting and displaying journals, general ledger books, etc. are processes that do not require calling of voucher data with a time stamp. The instruction to verify the time stamp given to the voucher data at once or to verify the time stamp given to the specific voucher data is a process that requires calling the voucher data given the time stamp. is there.

  Sending voucher data with a time stamp usually means sending voucher data and time stamp information obtained for this voucher data as a result, for example, voucher data and this A pair with the time stamp information acquired for the voucher data may be transmitted, or voucher data with a time stamp may be transmitted. As described above, in the present embodiment, the voucher data to which the time stamp is attached is the voucher data with the time stamp. Therefore, the transmitting unit 110 uses the voucher data with the time stamp as the voucher data to which the time stamp is attached. Send.

  When the voucher data to which the time stamp is attached is voucher data associated with time stamp information (for example, a time stamp token or the like), the transmission unit 110 may display the voucher data to which the time stamp information is attached as A set of voucher data and time stamp information acquired for the voucher data is transmitted. Further, the transmitting unit 110 may integrate the voucher data and the time stamp information acquired for the voucher data to generate time stamped voucher data, and transmit the generated time stamped voucher data.

  Note that the transmitting unit 110 may transmit only the voucher data associated with the time stamp as the voucher data associated with the time stamp.

  The transmission destination to which the transmission unit 110 transmits the voucher data and the thumbnail image may be, for example, the user terminal device 2 that is the transmission source of the instruction received by the instruction reception unit 109, and the instruction received by the instruction reception unit 109 is It may be the destination specified.

  In the present embodiment, since the voucher data with time stamp and the thumbnail image are stored in the registration server device 3, the transmission unit 110 transmits the voucher data with time stamp or the thumbnail image. The voucher data or thumbnail image with time stamp is acquired from the registration server device 3, and the acquired voucher data or thumbnail image with time stamp is transmitted to the registration server device 3. For example, if the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 109 is an instruction to execute a process that requires calling of voucher data with a time stamp, the transmitting unit 110 corresponds to the voucher data indicated by the received instruction. An instruction to request time stamped voucher data is transmitted to the registration server device 3. The instruction to request may be considered as information requesting transmission. Then, the voucher data with time stamp transmitted from the registration server device 3 is received and transmitted to the user terminal device 2. In addition, if the instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 109 is an instruction to execute a process that does not require calling the voucher data with the time stamp, the transmitting unit 110 corresponds to the voucher data indicated by the received instruction. An instruction to request a thumbnail image is transmitted to the registration server device 3. Then, the thumbnail image transmitted from the registration server device 3 is received and transmitted to the user terminal device 2.

  The transmission unit 110 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit. The transmission unit 110 may or may not include a communication device.

  The user terminal device 2 is a terminal device used by a user, for example. The user terminal device 2 can be realized by a computer, a tablet-type terminal, a so-called smartphone, a portable information terminal, a mobile phone, or the like.

  The voucher data storage unit 201 stores one or more voucher data. The voucher data stored in the voucher data storage unit 201 is obtained, for example, by a user taking a voucher document with a camera, a scanner, or the like and storing the voucher data or a voucher for outputting the voucher document created by the user. It is data. In addition, the process in which voucher data is accumulate | stored in the voucher data storage part 201 does not ask | require. In addition, the user terminal device 2 includes a storage unit (not shown) that stores the voucher data in the voucher data storage unit 201, an acquisition unit (not shown) that acquires and receives the voucher data to be stored, and the like. You may do it. The storage here may be temporary storage or the like. For example, the storage here may be temporary storage of image data obtained by photographing a voucher document.

  The voucher data storage unit 201 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium. The same applies to other storage units.

  The terminal transmission unit 202 transmits the voucher data stored in the voucher data storage unit 201 to the server device 1. There is no limitation on the timing or trigger at which the terminal transmitting unit 202 transmits the voucher data to the server device 1. For example, when voucher data is stored in the voucher data storage unit 201, the terminal transmission unit 202 may transmit this voucher data to the server device 1. Further, the terminal transmission unit 202 may transmit the voucher data to the server device 1 when the receiving unit 203 (to be described later) receives an instruction to request voucher data from a user or the like. Further, the terminal transmission unit 202 may transmit the voucher data to the server device 1 at a time designated in advance.

  For example, the terminal transmission unit 202 may transmit the voucher data in association with the user identifier. Further, the terminal transmission unit 202 may transmit a user identifier, a password, and the like to the server device 1 in order to log in to the server device 1, for example.

  The terminal transmission unit 202 transmits an instruction including calling of voucher data to the server device 1. For example, the terminal transmission unit 202 may transmit to the server device 1 an instruction including a call for voucher data transmitted to the server device 1 and accumulated. For example, when the reception unit 203 receives an instruction including a voucher data call, the terminal transmission unit 202 transmits an instruction including a voucher data call to the server device 1. Since the instruction including calling the voucher data has been described above, the description thereof is omitted here.

  The terminal transmission unit 202 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The terminal transmission unit 202 may or may not include a communication device.

  The accepting unit 203 accepts an instruction including a voucher data call. The instruction including calling one or more pieces of voucher data is, for example, an instruction having information specifying voucher data to be called. The instruction including calling one or more voucher data is an instruction for calling one or more voucher data, for example. For example, an instruction including calling one or more voucher data is an instruction for calling one or more voucher data for outputting a voucher image for reference when inputting information such as a form. Further, the instruction including calling one or more voucher data may be, for example, an instruction to output a page or table arranged by calling one or more voucher data. Since the instruction including calling the voucher data has been described above, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

  The receiving unit 203 may receive information such as an instruction for transmitting voucher data to the server device 1 and a user identifier for logging in to the server device 1.

  The input means for the receiving unit 203 to receive an instruction may be anything such as a touch panel, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The accepting unit 203 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a touch panel and a keyboard, control software for a menu screen, and the like.

  The terminal receiving unit 204 receives information indicating that the processing is completed from the server device 1. For example, the terminal receiving unit 204 receives information that is transmitted by the server device 1 in response to the voucher data transmitted by the terminal transmitting unit 202 and that indicates that the processing has been completed.

  Further, the terminal receiving unit 204 receives, for example, voucher data to which a time stamp transmitted from the server device 1 is given or a thumbnail image of the voucher data. For example, the terminal reception unit 204 receives the voucher data to which the time stamp transmitted from the server device 1 is attached or the thumbnail image of the voucher data in response to an instruction requested by the terminal transmission unit 202.

  The terminal receiving unit 204 is usually realized by wireless or wired communication means. The terminal receiving unit 204 may or may not include a communication device.

  The output unit 205 outputs information indicating that the processing received by the terminal receiving unit 204 has been completed. In addition, the output unit 205 outputs, for example, voucher data to which a time stamp received by the terminal reception unit 204 from the server device 1 is given or a thumbnail image of the voucher data.

  Output here means display on a display, projection using a projector, printing on a printer, transmission to an external device, storage on a recording medium, processing results to other processing devices or other programs, etc. It is a concept that includes delivery. The output unit 205 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a printer. The output unit 205 can be realized by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  The user terminal device 2 further includes a processing unit (not shown) or the like so that the receiving unit 203 receives an input other than the above, and the processing unit or the like performs a process according to this input, The processing result may be output by the output unit 205 or the like. The process performed by the processing unit or the like may be, for example, a process of inputting information related to the voucher data into a database of a designated form, a form, a spreadsheet, or the like.

  The registered server device 3 is, for example, a server device that stores voucher data or voucher data with a time stamp. The registration server device 3 is realized by a computer or the like.

  The first receiving unit 301 receives voucher data from the server device 1. For example, the first receiving unit 301 receives voucher data associated with a user identifier. The first receiving unit 301 receives time stamped voucher data from the server device 1. The first receiving unit 301 receives a thumbnail image corresponding to the voucher data accumulated in the storage unit 303. When the acquisition unit 103 of the server device 1 acquires time stamp information, the first reception unit 301 may receive the time stamp information instead of the time stamp attached voucher data.

  The first receiving unit 301 receives an instruction for requesting voucher data indicated by the time stamp instruction from the voucher transmitting unit 1031. The first receiving unit 301 receives the voucher data stored in the storage unit 303, voucher data with a time stamp, and information requesting transmission of thumbnail images from the server device 1.

  The first receiving unit 301 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The first receiving unit 301 may or may not include a communication device.

  The registration processing unit 302 accumulates the voucher data received by the first receiving unit 301 in the storage unit 303. In addition, the registration processing unit 302 may store the user identifier or the voucher identifier associated with the voucher data received by the first receiving unit 301 in the storage unit 303 or the like in association with the voucher data.

  In addition, the registration processing unit 302 associates the voucher data stored in the storage unit 303 corresponding to the voucher data with the time stamp with the time stamp with the voucher data with the time stamp received by the first receiving unit 301. The information on the voucher data is updated so that it becomes the information. For example, the registration processing unit 302 overwrites the voucher data corresponding to the voucher data with time stamp stored in the storage unit 303 with the voucher data with time stamp received by the first receiving unit 301. As a result, for example, the voucher data corresponding to the received voucher data with the time stamp and transmitted from the storage unit 102 and stored in the storage unit 303 is updated to the voucher data with the time stamp. It will be.

  When the first receiving unit 301 receives the time stamp information, the registration processing unit 302 sets the time stamp information so that the voucher data corresponding to the time stamp information becomes voucher data to which the time stamp is added. Update information on voucher data corresponding to. For example, the registration processing unit 302 accumulates the time stamp information received by the first receiving unit 301 in the storage unit 303 and the like, and stores the time stamp information and the storage unit 303 corresponding to the time stamp information. The management information for managing the voucher data and the time stamp information is updated so that the stored voucher data is associated with the voucher data. Further, for example, the registration processing unit 302 integrates the time stamp information received by the first receiving unit 301 with the voucher data stored in the storage unit 303 corresponding to the time stamp information. And corresponding voucher data stored in the storage unit 303 may be overwritten. Note that the update here is the same as the update described in the update unit 104, and therefore detailed description thereof is omitted.

  The registration processing unit 302 stores the thumbnail image received by the first receiving unit 301 in the storage unit 303 in association with the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101 corresponding to the thumbnail image.

  The storage unit 303 stores voucher data. The storage unit 303 may store time stamped voucher data. The storage unit 303 may store time stamp information (for example, a time stamp token). In the storage unit 303, a user identifier or a voucher data identifier may be stored in association with the voucher data or the voucher data with time stamp.

  In response to an instruction for requesting voucher data received by the first receiving unit 301, the first transmission unit 304 acquires the voucher data indicated by the instruction from the storage unit 303 and transmits it to the server device 1. Further, in response to the time stamped voucher data stored in the storage unit 303 received by the first receiving unit 301 or information requesting transmission of a thumbnail image, the requested information is acquired from the storage unit 303 to obtain a server Transmit to device 1.

  When the voucher data and the time stamp information are stored in the storage unit 303 in association with each other, the first transmission unit 304 requests the voucher data with the time stamp received by the first reception unit 301. In response to the instruction to be performed, a set of the voucher data indicated by the instruction and the time stamp information associated therewith may be read from the storage unit 303 and transmitted to the server device 1.

  The first transmission unit 304 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit. The first transmission unit 304 may or may not include a communication device.

  The time stamp server device 4 is, for example, a server device that acquires a time stamp corresponding to voucher data. The time stamp server device 4 can be realized by a computer or the like, for example.

  For example, the second receiving unit 401 receives voucher data from the server device 1. For example, the second receiving unit 401 receives voucher data to which a time stamp is to be added from the server device 1. When the server device 1 transmits information relating to the voucher data necessary for obtaining the time stamp, the second receiving unit 401 receives information relating to the voucher data necessary for obtaining the time stamp from the server device 1. Also good. This information is, for example, a hash value of voucher data to be given a time stamp.

  The second receiving unit 401 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The second receiving unit 401 may or may not include a communication device.

  For example, the time stamp processing unit 402 uses the voucher data received by the second receiving unit 401 to acquire a time stamp. In the present embodiment, for example, the time stamp processing unit 402 uses the voucher data received by the second receiving unit 401 to acquire time stamp information such as a time stamp token, and the acquired time stamp information and the voucher. The voucher data with time stamp is acquired by integrating the data. However, it does not matter how the time stamp processing unit 402 acquires the voucher data with time stamp.

  Note that the time stamp processing unit 402 acquires time stamp information using the voucher data received by the second receiving unit 401 and does not have to acquire time stamped voucher data. Further, the time stamp processing unit 402 uses, for example, information related to the voucher data necessary for obtaining the time stamp received by the second receiving unit 401 (for example, a hash value of the voucher data) and the time stamp information and the time stamp. You may acquire attached certificate data. In addition, since the process etc. which acquire a time stamp using information, such as voucher data and the hash value regarding voucher data required for time stamp acquisition, are well-known techniques, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted here.

  The second transmission unit 403 transmits the time stamp acquired by the time stamp processing unit 402 to the server device 1. In the present embodiment, the second transmission unit 403 transmits the time stamped voucher data acquired by the time stamp processing unit 402 to the server device 1.

  For example, when the time stamp processing unit 402 acquires time stamp information as a time stamp, the second transmission unit 403 may transmit the time stamp information to the server device 1.

  The second transmission unit 403 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The second transmission unit 403 may or may not include a communication device.

  The queue server device 5 is a server device having a queue. The queue server device 5 is realized by, for example, a computer.

  The third receiving unit 501 receives a time stamp instruction from the server device 1. The third receiving unit 501 adds the received time stamp instruction to the queue 502. The third receiving unit 501 is usually realized by wireless or wired communication means. The third receiving unit 501 may or may not include a communication device.

  The queue 502 manages a queue for the time stamp instruction received by the third receiving unit 501. The time stamp instruction added to the queue 502 is, for example, a time stamp instruction transmitted by the adding unit 106 of the server device 1. For example, a time stamp instruction received by the third receiving unit 501 is added to the queue 502. The queue 502 holds a time stamp instruction received and added by the third receiving unit 501 in a first-in first-out list structure or the like. The queue 502 takes out the added time stamp instruction in a first-in first-out manner according to a predetermined timing, trigger, or the like. For example, the queue 502 takes out the time stamp instruction in the next order after a predetermined time has elapsed after the time stamp instruction in the immediately preceding order is taken out. The queue 502 may retrieve two or more predetermined time stamp instructions at a time. For example, after two or more predetermined time stamp instructions whose extraction order is first are taken out and then a predetermined time has passed, two or more predetermined times whose extraction order is the next order A stamp instruction may be taken out.

  Note that the queue 502 receives, for example, information indicating that the execution of the process indicated by the previously extracted time stamp instruction has been completed by the third receiving unit 501 or the like from the server device 1 or the time stamp server device 4 or the like. In this case, a time stamp instruction for the next extraction order may be extracted. For example, the queue 502 includes storage means (not shown) for storing time stamp instructions and management means (not shown) for accumulating and reading time stamp instructions. However, it does not matter how the queue 502 is configured. Since queue processing, queue configuration, and the like are well-known techniques, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  When the voucher data processing system 10 includes a plurality of server devices 1, time stamp instructions may be transmitted from the plurality of server devices 1 to the queue server device 5. Then, the queue server device 5 may transmit the time stamp instructions to the server device 1 that is the transmission source of the time stamp instructions in the order added to the queue 502. In this case, it is preferable that the adding unit 106 of each server device 1 transmits a time stamp instruction that associates an identifier or the like of the server device 1 to be transmitted so that the server device 1 that is the destination of the time stamp instruction can be identified.

  The third transmission unit 503 transmits the time stamp instruction acquired by the queue 502 to the server device 1. The third transmission unit 503 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means. The third transmission unit 503 may or may not include a communication device.

  Next, an example of operation | movement of the server apparatus 1 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG. Here, a case where the stamp receiving unit 1032 of the acquisition unit 103 receives time stamped voucher data will be described as an example. This also applies to the description of the operations of the user terminal device 2, the registration server device 3, and the time stamp server device 4 described later.

  (Step S <b> 101) The receiving unit 101 determines whether voucher data has been received from the user terminal device 2. For example, the receiving unit 101 may determine whether or not voucher data associated with a user identifier has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S102. If not received, the process proceeds to step S106.

  (Step S102) The thumbnail generation unit 108 generates a thumbnail image for the voucher data received in step S101.

  (Step S103) The storage unit 102 transmits the voucher data received in step S101 and the thumbnail image generated in step S102 to the registration server device 3. For example, the storage unit 102 transmits these pieces of information to the registration server device 3 in association with the user identifier associated with the voucher data received in step S101. The accumulating unit 102 may transmit an instruction for registering the transmitted voucher data and the like and an instruction for accumulating in the storage unit to the registration server device 3 together with these pieces of information.

  (Step S104) The completion transmission unit 105 transmits information indicating that the process for the received voucher data is completed, and information indicating that the process is completed to the user terminal device 2 that is the transmission source of the voucher data. To do.

  (Step S <b> 105) The adding unit 106 transmits a time stamp instruction for the voucher data transmitted by the storage unit 102 in step S <b> 103 to the queue server device 5. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S106) The instruction acquisition unit 107 determines whether a time stamp instruction is received from the queue server device 5. If received, the process proceeds to step S107. If not received, the process proceeds to step S112.

  (Step S107) The voucher transmitting unit 1031 transmits to the registration server device 3 an instruction for requesting transmission of the voucher data indicated by the time stamp instruction received in step S106.

  (Step S108) The voucher transmitting means 1031 determines whether or not voucher data is received from the registration server device 3 in accordance with the instruction transmitted in step S107. If received, the process proceeds to step S109. If not received, the process returns to step S108.

  (Step S109) The voucher transmitting means 1031 transmits the voucher data received in step S108 to the time stamp server device 4.

  (Step S110) The stamp receiving means 1032 determines whether or not the voucher data with time stamp corresponding to the voucher data transmitted in step S109 has been received from the time stamp server device 4. If received, the process proceeds to step S111. If not received, the process returns to step S110.

  (Step S111) The update unit 104 transmits the voucher data with the time stamp received in Step S110 to the registration server device 3. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S112) The instruction receiving unit 109 determines whether or not an instruction including calling of voucher data has been received from the user terminal device 2. If received, the process proceeds to step S113. If not received, the process proceeds to step S101. Return.

  (Step S113) The transmission unit 110 determines whether or not the instruction received in step S112 is an instruction to execute a process that requires calling the voucher data to which the time stamp is added, and the calling is necessary. If it is an instruction to execute processing, the process proceeds to step S114, and if it is an instruction to execute processing that does not require calling, the process proceeds to step S117.

  (Step S114) The transmission unit 110 transmits to the registration server device 3 an instruction for requesting transmission of voucher data with a time stamp corresponding to the voucher data indicated by the instruction received in step S112.

  (Step S115) The transmission unit 110 determines whether or not time stamped voucher data has been received from the registration server device 3 in accordance with the instruction transmitted in step S114. If received, the process proceeds to step S116. If not received, the process returns to step S115.

  (Step S116) The transmission unit 110 transmits the time stamped voucher data received in step S115 to the user terminal device 2 that has transmitted the instruction received in step S112. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S117) The transmission unit 110 transmits to the registration server device 3 an instruction for requesting transmission of a thumbnail image corresponding to the voucher data indicated by the instruction received in Step S112.

  (Step S118) The transmission unit 110 determines whether or not a thumbnail image has been received from the registration server device 3 in accordance with the instruction transmitted in step S117. If received, the process proceeds to step S119. If not received, the process returns to step S118.

  (Step S119) The transmission unit 110 transmits the thumbnail image received in step S118 to the user terminal device 2 that has transmitted the instruction received in step S112. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2, the process is terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

Next, an example of the operation of the user terminal device 2 will be described.
The terminal transmission unit 202 reads the voucher data stored in the voucher data storage unit 201 and transmits the voucher data to the server device 1 when a timing specified in advance or a trigger occurs. For example, the terminal transmission unit 202 transmits the voucher data to the server device 1 when the voucher data acquired by a scanner or a camera (not shown) is accumulated in the voucher data storage unit 201. The terminal transmission unit 202 may delete the transmitted voucher data from the voucher data storage unit 201. Then, the terminal receiving unit 204 determines whether or not the information indicating that the process for the transmitted voucher data has been completed is received, and if the information is received, the output unit 205 has completed the received process. Is output (for example, displayed).

  In addition, the reception unit 203 determines whether or not an instruction including a voucher data call is received from the user. When the instruction is received, the terminal transmission unit 202 transmits the instruction including the voucher data call to the server device 1. To do. Then, the terminal receiving unit 204 determines whether or not the time-stamped voucher data or the thumbnail image transmitted from the server device 1 is received in response to this instruction, and if received, the information received by the output unit 205 Is output (for example, displayed).

Next, the operation of the registration server device 3 will be described.
The first receiving unit 301 determines whether or not the voucher data and the thumbnail image are received from the server device 1. If received, the registration processing unit 302 stores the received voucher data and the thumbnail image in the storage unit 303. To accumulate.

  Further, when the first receiving unit 301 determines whether or not it has received an instruction from the server device 1 in response to the time stamp instruction and requesting voucher data stored in the storage unit 303. The first transmission unit 304 reads the voucher data indicated by the received instruction from the storage unit 303 and transmits the voucher data to the server device 1, specifically, to the voucher transmission unit of the acquisition unit 103 of the server device 1.

  Further, the first receiving unit 301 determines whether or not time stamped voucher data has been received from the server device 1, and if received, the registration processing unit 302 stores the received time stamped voucher data as data. The voucher data corresponding to the voucher data with time stamp stored in the unit 303 is updated (for example, overwritten).

  Further, the first receiving unit 301 determines whether or not an instruction for requesting time stamped voucher data has been received from the server device 1, and if received, the first transmitting unit 304 indicates the received instruction. The voucher data with time stamp is read from the storage unit 303 and transmitted to the server device 1.

  In addition, the first receiving unit 301 determines whether or not an instruction for requesting a thumbnail image has been received from the server device 1, and if received, the first transmitting unit 304 displays the thumbnail image indicated by the received instruction. The data is read from the storage unit 303 and transmitted to the server device 1.

  Next, an example of the operation of the time stamp server device 4 will be described.

  The second receiving unit 401 determines whether or not the voucher data is received from the server device 1, and when received, the time stamp processing unit 402 acquires time stamp information for the voucher data, and the acquired time stamp information and The voucher data with time stamp integrated with the voucher data is created, and the second transmission unit 403 transmits the generated voucher data with time stamp to the server device 1.

  Next, an example of the operation of the queue server device 5 will be described. Here, a description will be given of a case where the queue 502 takes out a time stamp instruction added to the queue every predetermined time.

  The third receiving unit 501 determines whether or not a time stamp instruction has been received from the server device 1, and if received, the queue 502 adds the received time stamp instruction to the queue.

  In addition, the queue 502 determines whether or not it is time to transmit the time stamp instruction. If it is time, the queue 502 is added in the order in which the pre-designated number of time stamp instructions added to the queue are added. Take out in order. Then, the third transmission unit 503 transmits the time stamp instruction taken out by the queue 502 to the server device 1. When there is no time stamp instruction in the queue, the time stamp instruction is not taken out or transmitted.

  Hereinafter, an example of a specific operation of the voucher data processing system 10 in the present embodiment will be described.

  When the user A causes the receipt, which is a voucher document, to be read by a scanner (not shown) connected to the user terminal device 2, voucher data, which is image data obtained by the reading, is accumulated in the voucher data storage unit 201. Suppose that For example, it is assumed that a file name “P2213.png” is automatically added to the voucher data in accordance with a predetermined rule or the like. This file name is a combination of a voucher data identifier “P2213” and an extension indicating the file type of voucher data “.png”. The voucher data whose file name is “P2213.png” may be hereinafter referred to as voucher data “P2213.png”. The same applies to other data.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a display example of voucher data stored in the voucher data storage unit 201.

  The user A inputs the user identifier “1002UA” as the user identifier from the user terminal device 2 via the network, logs in the server device 1, and transmits the voucher data “P2213.png” to the user terminal device 2. , Terminal transmission unit 202 transmits voucher data “P2213.png” to server device 1 in response to this operation. A file name and a voucher data identifier may be prepared separately, and the voucher data identifier may be transmitted in association with the voucher data.

  When the reception unit 101 of the server device 1 receives the voucher data “P2213.png” from the user terminal device 2, the thumbnail generation unit 108 generates a thumbnail image of the received voucher data. For example, the received voucher data is reduced in resolution to generate a thumbnail image. As for the file name of the thumbnail image, it is assumed that “_s” is added to the end of the voucher data identifier included in the file name of the voucher data and an extension “.png” indicating the file type of the thumbnail image is added. The storage unit 102 registers a set of the received voucher data “P2213.png”, the thumbnail image “P2213_s.png” generated by the thumbnail generation unit 108, and the user identifier “1002UA” input by the user A at the time of login. It transmits to the server device 3.

  Further, the completion transmitting unit 105 reads template information used to create information indicating that the processing for the voucher data is completed from a storage unit (not shown), and the voucher data file received by the receiving unit 101 is read into the read template information. The voucher data identifier “P2213” included in the name is arranged, information indicating that the process for the voucher data having the voucher data identifier “P2213” received by the receiving unit 101 is completed, and the acquired information is It transmits to the user terminal device 2 which is the transmission source of the voucher data “P2213.png”.

  Further, the adding unit 106 transmits a time stamp instruction having the voucher data identifier “P2213” to the queue server device 5 as information indicating the voucher data “P2213.png” to which the time stamp is to be assigned. The voucher data identifier may be used as a time stamp instruction, and a set of the voucher data identifier and the identifier of the server device 1 (for example, address information such as an IP address) may be used as a time stamp instruction. Information including an instruction for acquiring a time stamp (for example, a command requesting acquisition of a time stamp) may be used as the time stamp instruction.

  When the first reception unit 301 of the registration server device 3 receives a set of the voucher data “P2213.png”, the thumbnail image, and the user identifier “1002UA” from the server device 1, the registration processing unit 302 receives The information is associated and stored in the storage unit 303.

  FIG. 4 is a voucher data management table for managing information such as voucher data accumulated in the storage unit 303 by the registration processing unit 302. The voucher data management table has attributes of “voucher data”, “thumbnail”, and “user ID”. “Voucher data” is voucher data or voucher data with time stamp, and here, the file name of voucher data or voucher data with time stamp is shown. Each of these file names is composed of a combination of a voucher data identifier and an extension of a file arranged behind the voucher data identifier. Here, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the extension of the voucher data with time stamp is “.pdf” and the extension of the voucher data other than the voucher data with time stamp is other than “.pdf”. However, the extension of the voucher data with time stamp and the other voucher data may be the same extension. “Thumbnail” is a thumbnail image, and here, “User ID” indicating the file name of the thumbnail image is a user identifier. Each record (row) of the voucher data management table corresponds to one set of information including one voucher data received by the first receiving unit 301.

  The registration processing unit 302 receives a set of information composed of the voucher data, the thumbnail image, and the user identifier, which is the information received by the first receiving unit 301 and accumulated in the storage unit 303. By accumulating as attribute values of attributes corresponding to the respective information in one record of the management table, one set of information received by the first receiving unit 301 is associated and managed. FIG. 4 shows the voucher data management table in a state immediately after a record for information including the voucher data “P2213.png” accumulated by the registration processing unit 302 is added.

  When the terminal receiving unit 204 of the user terminal device 2 receives information indicating that the processing for the transmitted voucher data is completed from the server device 1, the output unit 205 displays information indicating that the received processing is completed, The information is displayed on the monitor 205a of the user terminal device 2.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display example of information indicating that the processing by the output unit 205 has been completed.

  The third receiving unit 501 of the queue server device 5 receives the time stamp instruction having the voucher data identifier “P2213” transmitted from the server device 1. The queue 502 adds the received time stamp instruction to the queue.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a list of time stamp instructions for explaining a time stamp instruction queue managed by the queue 502. The “time stamp instruction” indicates a time stamp instruction added to the queue. Here, for explanation, an identifier is attached to each time stamp instruction, and the attribute value of “time stamp instruction” indicates the identifier of this time stamp instruction. Here, it is assumed that the identifier of the time stamp instruction having the voucher data identifier “P2213” is “TSF1”. In the list shown in FIG. 6, the time stamp instruction is read sequentially from the top row (record) in the list, and the read row is deleted. Also, the line containing the newly added time stamp instruction is added at the bottom of the list. As a result, the time stamp instructions can be read in the order of addition.

  Each time a predetermined time elapses, the queue 502 reads the time stamp instruction placed in the top row of the list shown in FIG. 6 and deletes the read row. The third transmission unit 503 transmits the time stamp instruction read by the queue 502 to the server device 1.

  Here, it is assumed that, as a result of the time stamp instructions being read in the order of addition to the queue with the passage of time, the queue 502 has read a time stamp instruction whose time stamp instruction identifier is “TSF1”. The third transmission unit 503 transmits to the server apparatus 1 a time stamp instruction having the time stamp instruction identifier “TSF1” read from the queue 502, that is, a time stamp instruction having the voucher data identifier “P2213”.

  When the instruction acquisition unit 107 of the server device 1 receives the time stamp instruction having the voucher data identifier “P2213” transmitted from the queue server device 5, the voucher transmission unit 1031 of the acquisition unit 103 displays the voucher indicated by the time stamp instruction. Information having a voucher data identifier “P2213” is transmitted to the registration server device 3 as an instruction to request data. For example, the voucher transmitting unit 1031 may transmit the voucher data identifier “P2213” as an instruction to request voucher data, and obtain the voucher data identifier “P2213” and the voucher data indicated by the voucher data identifier. A combination with information indicating an instruction (for example, a command for requesting transmission of voucher data) may be transmitted as an instruction for requesting voucher data.

  When the first receiving unit 301 of the registration server device 3 receives an instruction for requesting voucher data from the server device 1, the registration processing unit 302 receives from the storage unit 303 the voucher data identifier “ The voucher data corresponding to “P2213” is read out. Specifically, in the record of the voucher data management table shown in FIG. 4, the file name “P2213.png” whose portion excluding the extension from the file name that is the attribute value of “voucher data” matches “P2213”. ”And the voucher data of the detected file name is read from the storage unit 303. Then, the first transmission unit 304 transmits the voucher data “P2213.png” read by the registration processing unit 302 to the server device 1.

  The voucher transmitting means 1031 of the server device 1 receives the voucher data “P2213.png” transmitted from the registration server device 3 in response to an instruction to request voucher data, and time-stamps the received voucher data “P2213.png”. It transmits to the server device 4.

  When the second receiving unit 401 of the time stamp server device 4 receives the voucher data “P2213.png” transmitted from the server device 1, the time stamp processing unit 402, for example, hashes information acquired from the voucher data And a time stamp token which is time stamp information using the current time information, and voucher data with a time stamp integrating the acquired time stamp token and voucher data. The file name of the voucher data with time stamp is the file name “P2213.pdf” obtained by changing the extension of the file name of the original voucher data “P2213.png” to the extension of the file format of the acquired voucher data with time stamp. ”. In other words, it is assumed that the file name is obtained by adding the extension “.png” of the time-stamped voucher data to the voucher data identifier “P2213” of the original voucher data. The second transmission unit 403 transmits the time stamp attached voucher data “P2213.pdf” acquired by the time stamp processing unit 402 to the server device 1.

  When the stamp receiving unit 1032 of the server apparatus 1 receives the voucher data “P2213.pdf” with the time stamp from the second transmission unit 403 of the time stamp server apparatus 4, the updating unit 104 converts the received voucher data with the time stamp into It transmits to the registration server device 3. An instruction to update the corresponding voucher data may be transmitted with the voucher data to be transmitted together with the data to be transmitted.

  When the registration server device 3 receives the time-stamped voucher data “P2213.pdf” from the server device 1, the registration processing unit 302 obtains the voucher data identifier from the file name of the received time-stamped voucher data “P2213.pdf”. “P2213” is acquired, and the voucher data corresponding to this voucher data identifier is updated with the received voucher data with time stamp. Here, the registration processing unit 302 receives the certificate with the time stamp received from the file name that is the attribute value of the “voucher data ID” in the record of the voucher data management table shown in FIG. The file name “P2213.png” that matches the voucher data identifier “P2213” acquired from the file name of the data is detected, and the voucher data “P2213.png” of the detected file name is received as the received voucher data “ Overwrite with “P2213.pdf”. Then, the detected file name “P2213.png” in the voucher data management table is overwritten with “P2213.pdf” which is the file name of the received voucher data with time stamp. As a result, the voucher data “P2213.png” stored in the storage unit 303 is updated to the voucher data “P2213.pdf” associated with the time stamp.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an updated voucher data management table.

  In order for the user A to start application software or the like for verifying the time stamp code in the user terminal device 2 and verify the time stamp code given to the voucher data whose voucher data identifier is “P2213”. Assume that an instruction to verify voucher data whose voucher data identifier is “P2213” is input to the user terminal device 2. The verification of the time stamp code is, for example, a process for confirming the time when the voucher data to which the time stamp code is added exists, and for checking whether the voucher data has been altered after the time stamp is added. And The accepting unit 203 accepts the input of the verification instruction, and the terminal transmission unit 202 transmits the instruction to call the voucher data for verification and the voucher data identifier “P2213” to the server device 1 in response to the instruction. . This instruction is an instruction with an identifier of “verification call instruction”. Hereinafter, this instruction is referred to as a verification call instruction. This instruction is, for example, an instruction including a call for voucher data, and an instruction including information indicating a call for voucher data for verification. The identifier of the instruction only needs to identify the instruction, and may be a command name of the instruction, a menu name used for inputting the instruction, or the like. Note that the user terminal device 2 includes, for example, a processing unit (not shown) that executes application software or the like for verifying the time stamp code.

  The instruction receiving unit 109 of the server apparatus 1 receives the verification call instruction and the voucher data identifier “P2213” transmitted from the user terminal apparatus 2, and the transmission unit 110 receives the verification call instruction with time stamped voucher data. It is determined whether or not the instruction needs to be called.

  FIG. 8 is an instruction determination table used for determining whether or not the instruction for calling the voucher data is an instruction that needs to call the voucher data with time stamp. It is assumed that the instruction determination table stores an identifier of an instruction that needs to call the voucher data with time stamp.

  The transmission unit 110 determines whether or not an identifier that matches the received verification call instruction is included in the instruction determination table illustrated in FIG. 8. Since the matching identifier is included here, the transmitting unit 110 transmits an instruction for requesting the voucher data with the time stamp corresponding to the voucher data identifier “P2213” to the registration server device 3. The instruction to request here is information having, for example, a voucher data identifier “P2213” and an instruction to request voucher data with a time stamp.

  When the second receiving unit 401 of the registration server device 3 receives from the server device 1 an instruction to request time stamped voucher data corresponding to the voucher data identifier “P2213”, the first transmission unit 304 is shown in FIG. The file name corresponding to the voucher data identifier “P2213” indicated by the received instruction from the file name that is the attribute value of “voucher data ID” in the record of the voucher data management table is “P2213”. .Pdf "is read out, and the voucher data with the time stamp of the detected file name is read from the storage unit 303 and transmitted to the server apparatus 1.

  The transmission unit 110 of the server device 1 receives the voucher data with time stamp from the registration server device 3 and transmits the received voucher data with time stamp to the user terminal device 2.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of time stamped voucher data and verification results.
When the terminal receiving unit 204 of the user terminal device 2 receives the time stamped voucher data from the server device 1, the output unit 205 displays the time stamped voucher data 2051 on the monitor 205a as shown in FIG. A verification result 2052 performed on the voucher data with the time stamp is displayed when a processing unit (not shown) executes application software or the like.

  Further, the user A activates application software used for inputting the form data in the terminal device 2 and uses the application software menu or the like to convert the voucher data whose voucher data identifier is “P2213” into the form data. It is assumed that an instruction to be displayed for reference at the time of input is input to the user terminal device 2. The reception unit 203 receives an input of an instruction to display the voucher data for reference, and the terminal transmission unit 202 receives an instruction to call the voucher data for reference and the voucher data identifier “P2213” in response to the instruction. Transmit to device 1. This instruction is an instruction with an identifier “reference call instruction”. Hereinafter, this instruction is referred to as a reference call instruction. This instruction is, for example, an instruction including a call for voucher data, and an instruction including information indicating a call for voucher data for reference. Note that the user terminal device 2 has, for example, a processing unit (not shown) that executes application software or the like used to input form data.

  The instruction receiving unit 109 of the server apparatus 1 receives the reference call instruction and the voucher data identifier “P2213” transmitted from the user terminal apparatus 2, and the transmitting unit 110 receives the voucher data with the time stamp as the received reference call instruction. In order to determine whether or not it is an instruction that needs to be called, it is determined whether or not an identifier that matches the identifier “reference call instruction” is included in the instruction determination table shown in FIG. Since the matching identifier is not included here, the transmission unit 110 transmits an instruction for requesting a thumbnail image corresponding to the voucher data identifier “P2213” to the registration server device 3. The instruction requested here is, for example, information including a voucher data identifier “P2213” and an instruction to request a thumbnail image.

  The second receiving unit 401 of the registration server device 3 receives an instruction for requesting a thumbnail image corresponding to the voucher data identifier “P2213” from the server device 1, and the first transmission unit 304 receives the voucher data shown in FIG. In the management table, a record (row) in which the portion excluding the extension from the file name that is the attribute value of “voucher data ID” matches the voucher data identifier “P2213” indicated by the received instruction is detected. The attribute value “P2213_s.png” of “thumbnail” is acquired, the thumbnail image having the file name “P2213_s.png” is read from the storage unit 303 and transmitted to the server apparatus 1.

  The transmission unit 110 of the server device 1 receives the thumbnail image from the registration server device 3 and transmits the received voucher data with time stamp to the user terminal device 2.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example of thumbnail images.
When the terminal receiving unit 204 of the user terminal device 2 receives the thumbnail image from the server device 1, the output unit 205 displays the thumbnail image 2053 on the monitor 205a as shown in FIG. In this example, the thumbnail image 2053 is displayed beside the form data input screen 2054.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, after the voucher data received from the user terminal device 2 is accumulated, the information indicating that the processing for the voucher data is completed before the time stamp is acquired for the voucher data. Since the voucher data is transmitted to the user terminal device that has transmitted the voucher data, the user can be notified of the process of adding the time stamp to the voucher data and storing it without causing stress. Thereby, for example, the user can efficiently perform a process of adding a time stamp to the voucher data.

  In the embodiment described above, the voucher data received by the receiving unit 101 is stored in the registration server device 3. However, the server device 1 is provided with a storage unit (not shown) similar to the storage unit 303. In this way, the storage unit 102 may store voucher data or the like in this storage unit. In this case, for example, the storage unit 102 may appropriately perform the same processing as the registration processing unit 302 and store the voucher data, thumbnail images, and the like in the storage unit. In this case, processing performed on data such as voucher data stored in the registration server device 3 (for example, processing in which the acquisition unit 103 reads voucher data, processing in which the update unit 104 gives a time stamp, and the like) What is necessary is just to perform with respect to corresponding data, such as voucher data stored in the storage part.

  In the above embodiment, the time stamp server device 4 is used to acquire the time stamp. However, the acquisition unit 103 does not use the time stamp server device 4 but the voucher data stored by the storage unit 102. May be used to obtain a time stamp. For example, the acquisition unit 103 includes a processing unit similar to the time stamp processing unit 402, and performs processing similar to the time stamp processing unit 402 using this processing unit to acquire a time stamp for the voucher data. May be. For example, the acquisition unit 103 may perform the same processing as the time stamp processing unit 402 using this processing unit, and acquire time stamp information or voucher data with time stamp for the voucher data. In this case, the voucher transmitting unit 1031 and the stamp receiving unit 1032 may be omitted. Note that the acquisition unit 103 may perform the process of acquiring voucher data according to the time stamp instruction as appropriate.

  In the above embodiment, the time stamp instruction is transmitted to the queue server apparatus 5 and the time stamp instruction is added to the queue 502 of the queue server apparatus 5. However, the server apparatus 1 is similar to the queue 502. A queue may be provided, and the adding unit 106 may add a time stamp instruction to the queue, and the instruction acquiring unit 107 may receive the time stamp instruction read in the order of addition from the queue.

  If at least one of the registration server device 3, the time stamp server device 4, and the queue server device 5 is omitted as in the above case, data is transmitted and received between the omitted server device and the server device 1. The transmission unit, transmission unit, reception unit, reception unit, and the like used in the above may be omitted, or may be appropriately replaced with an input unit, an output unit, or the like.

  In each of the above embodiments, each process (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication means (such as an information transmission unit) existing in one apparatus may be physically realized by one medium.

  In each of the above embodiments, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory. At the time of execution, the program execution unit may execute the program while accessing a storage unit (for example, a recording medium such as a hard disk or a memory).

  The software that realizes the server device in each of the above embodiments is a program as described below. That is, the program includes a receiving unit that receives voucher data that is data of a voucher document from a user terminal device, a storage unit that stores voucher data received by the receiving unit, and voucher data stored by the storage unit. An acquisition unit that acquires a time stamp and an update unit that updates information related to voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit so that the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit becomes voucher data provided with the time stamp obtained by the acquisition unit And after the accumulating unit accumulates the voucher data and before the obtaining unit obtains the time stamp for the voucher data, the user terminal device that has transmitted the voucher data to the information indicating that the processing for the voucher data is completed It is a program for functioning as a completion transmission unit that transmits to the network.

  In the program, the functions realized by the program do not include functions that can be realized only by hardware. For example, a function that can be realized only by hardware such as a modem or an interface card in an acquisition unit that acquires information or an output unit that outputs information is not included in the function realized by the program.

  Further, the computer that executes this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the external appearance of a computer that executes the program and realizes the server device according to the embodiment. The above-described embodiment can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed on the computer hardware.

  11, a computer system 900 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) drive 905, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a monitor 904.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the computer system 900. In FIG. 12, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 905, a computer 901 is connected to an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 911, a ROM 912 for storing a program such as a boot-up program, and the MPU 911, and receives instructions of an application program. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 913 that temporarily stores and provides a temporary storage space, a hard disk 914 that stores application programs, system programs, and data, and a bus 915 that interconnects the MPU 911, ROM 912, and the like Prepare. The computer 901 may include a network card (not shown) that provides connection to the LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 900 to execute the functions of the server device and the like according to the above-described embodiment may be stored in the CD-ROM 921, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 905, and transferred to the hard disk 914. Instead, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 914. The program is loaded into the RAM 913 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 921 or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS) or a third-party program that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the server device according to the above-described embodiment. The program may include only a part of an instruction that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 900 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the server device according to the present invention is suitable as a server device that handles voucher data, and is particularly useful as a server device that acquires and assigns a time stamp for voucher data.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Server apparatus 2 User terminal apparatus 3 Registration server apparatus 4 Time stamp server apparatus 5 Queue server apparatus 10 Voucher data processing system 101 Receiving part 102 Accumulation part 103 Acquisition part 104 Update part 105 Completion transmission part 106 Addition part 107 Instruction acquisition part 108 Thumbnail Generation unit 109 Instruction reception unit 110 Transmission unit 201 Voucher data storage unit 202 Terminal transmission unit 203 Reception unit 204 Terminal reception unit 205 Output unit 205a Monitor 301 First reception unit 302 Registration processing unit 303 Storage unit 304 First transmission unit 401 Second Reception unit 402 Time stamp processing unit 403 Second transmission unit 501 Third reception unit 502 Queue 503 Third transmission unit 1031 Voucher transmission unit 1032 Stamp reception unit

Claims (9)

A receiving unit for receiving voucher data, which is data of a voucher document, from a user terminal device;
An accumulator for accumulating voucher data received by the receiver;
An acquisition unit for acquiring a time stamp for the voucher data stored by the storage unit;
An update unit that updates information related to the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit, so that the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit becomes voucher data to which the time stamp obtained by the acquisition unit is attached;
The voucher data is transmitted after the accumulating unit has accumulated the voucher data, and before the obtaining unit obtains a time stamp for the voucher data, information indicating that the processing for the voucher data has been completed. A server device comprising: a completion transmission unit that transmits to a user terminal device. The acquisition unit
Voucher transmission means for transmitting the voucher data stored in the storage unit to a time stamp server device;
Stamp receiving means for receiving time stamped voucher data integrated with time stamp information from the time stamp server device, and
The server device according to claim 1, wherein the update unit updates information related to the voucher data stored by the storage unit using the voucher data with a time stamp received by the stamp receiving unit. 3. The server device according to claim 2, wherein the updating unit overwrites the voucher data stored by the storage unit using the voucher data with a time stamp received by the stamp receiving unit. An addition unit for adding a time stamp instruction to the queue, which is an instruction to acquire a time stamp for the voucher data stored by the storage unit;
An instruction acquisition unit that acquires time stamp instructions from the queue in the order of addition;
4. The server device according to claim 2, wherein the voucher transmitting unit transmits the voucher data stored in the storage unit to the time stamp server device in accordance with a time stamp instruction acquired by the instruction acquisition unit. The additional part is:
Sending the time stamp instruction to a queue server device having a queue,
The instruction acquisition unit
The server device according to claim 4, wherein a time stamp instruction is received from the queue server device. A thumbnail generation unit for generating a thumbnail image of the voucher document indicated by the voucher data received by the reception unit;
The server device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores the thumbnail image in association with the voucher data. An instruction receiving unit that receives from the user terminal device an instruction including calling of voucher data stored in the storage unit;
The server device according to claim 6, further comprising: a transmission unit that transmits voucher data to which a time stamp is given or a thumbnail image associated with the voucher data in accordance with an instruction received by the instruction reception unit. An information processing method performed using a reception unit, an accumulation unit, an acquisition unit, an update unit, and a completion transmission unit,
A receiving step for receiving voucher data, which is data of a voucher document, from the user terminal device;
An accumulating step in which the accumulating unit accumulates the voucher data received in the receiving step;
The obtaining unit obtains a time stamp for the voucher data accumulated in the accumulation step;
An update step for updating the information related to the voucher data accumulated in the accumulation step so that the voucher data accumulated in the accumulation step is the voucher data provided with the time stamp obtained in the acquisition step,
Information indicating that the processing for the voucher data is completed after the completion transmitting unit has accumulated the voucher data in the accumulation step and before acquiring the time stamp for the voucher data in the acquisition step, A completion transmission step of transmitting the voucher data to the user terminal device that has transmitted the voucher data. Computer
A receiving unit for receiving voucher data, which is data of a voucher document, from a user terminal device;
An accumulator for accumulating voucher data received by the receiver;
An acquisition unit for acquiring a time stamp for the voucher data stored by the storage unit;
An update unit that updates information related to the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit, so that the voucher data accumulated by the accumulation unit becomes voucher data to which the time stamp obtained by the acquisition unit is attached;
The voucher data is transmitted after the accumulating unit has accumulated the voucher data, and before the obtaining unit obtains a time stamp for the voucher data, information indicating that the processing for the voucher data has been completed. A program for functioning as a completion transmission unit that transmits to a user terminal device.

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