Portable storage medium issuing system and issuing method

Claim 2

A portable storage medium issuing system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising means for recording an issue list containing identification data of issued portable storage medium and issued quantity of portable storage media when the repetitive operations by the second control means are completed.

Claim 3

A portable storage medium issuing system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storing means stores confirmation data for confirming issue data in addition to the identification data, and the displaying means displays the confirmation data in correspondence with the identification data, respectively.

Claim 4

A portable storage medium issuing system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: first input means for inputting identification data representing to start of issue of portable storage medium and planned issue quantity of portable storage medium when issuing a plurality of portable storage media; and second input means for inputting an issue start command when identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue and identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next are displayed on the displaying means.

Claim 5

A portable storage medium issuing system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second control means controls so as to repeat the issuing operations after the operation of the display means up to the planned issue quantity input by the first input means.

Claim 6

A portable storage medium issuing system as calimed in claim 4, wherein the readidng means starts to read out the issue data from the storing means when the issue start command inputted by the second input means.

Claim 7

A portable storage medium issuing method to issue portable storage medium by writing issue data in a memory built in the portable storage medium, comprising the steps of: storing a plurality of issue data including identification data peculiar to respective issue data in a storage means; displaying identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue and identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next to the portable storage medium currently intending to issue on a display, respectively; designating portable storage medium intending to issue next as an object of issue if the issue of portable storage medium currently intending to issue is suspended when identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue and identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next are displayed on the display; changing and setting identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue to identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next if portable storage medium intending to issue next is designated in the designating step, and displaying identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue and identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next on the display, respectively; reading out issue data corresponding to identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue and being displayed on the display from the storage means; writing the issue data read out in the reading step into the memory of portable storage medium to be issued; and controlling so as to update identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue to identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next when the writing operation in the writing step is completed, and repeating the issuing operations after the operation of the displaying step.

Claim 8

A portable storage medium issuing method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising the step of recording an issue list containing identification data of issued portable storage medium and issued quantity of portable storage media when the repetitive operations by the controlling step are completed.

Claim 9

A portable storage medium issuing method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the storing step stores confirmation data for confirming issue data in addition to the identification data, and the displaying step displays the confirmation data in correspondence with the identification data, respectively.

Claim 10

A portable storage medium issuing method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising the steps of: inputting identification data representing to start of issue of portable storage medium and planned issue quantity of portable storage medium when issuing a plurality of portable storage media; and inputting an issue start command when identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue and identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next are displayed on the displaying means.

Claim 11

A portable storage medium issuing system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the controlling step controls so as to repeat the issuing operations after the operation of the displaying step up to the planned issue quantity input by the inputting step.

Claim 12

A portable storage medium issuing system to issue portable storage medium by writing issue data into a memory built in the portable storage medium, comprising: means for storing a plurality of issue data including identification data peculiar to respective issue data; means for displaying identification data added to a plurality of issue data stored in the storing means, respectively when issuing a plurality of portable storage media; means for designating identification data of portable storage medium that is not issued out of a plurality of identification data displayed by the displaying means; means for reading out issue data corresponding to a plurality of identification data not designated by the designating means in order of storage; and means for writing issue data read by the reading means into each memory of a plurality of portable storage media to be issued in order.

Claim 13

A portable storage medium issuing system as claimed in claim 12, further comprising means for recording an issue list containing identification data of issued portable storage media and issued quantity of portable storage media when the writing operation to a plurality of portable storage media by the writing means is completed.

Claim 14

A portable storage medium issuing system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the storing means stores confirmation data for confirming issue data in addition to the identification data, and the displaying means displays the confirmation data in correspondence with the identification data, respectively.

Claim 15

A portable storage medium issuing method to issue portable storage medium by writing issue data in a memory built in the portable storage medium, comprising the steps of: storing a plurality of issue data including identification data peculiar to respective issue data in a storage means; displaying respective identification data added to a plurality of the stored issue data in the storage means when issuing a plurality of portable storage media; designating identification data of portable storage medium which is not issued from a plurality of the displayed identification data; reading out issue data corresponding a plurality of identification data not designated by the designating step in order; and writing the readout issue data in memories of a plurality of portable storage media that are to be issued.

Claim 16

A portable storage medium issuing method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising the step of recording an issue list containg identification data of issued portable storage media and issued quantity of portable storage media when the writing operation of a plurality of portable storage media by the writing step is completed.

Claim 17

A portable storage medium issuing system to issue portable storage medium by writing issue data in a memory built in the portable storage medium, comprising: means for storing a plurality of issue data including identification data peculiar to respective issue data; first display means for displaying identification data added to a plurality of issue data stored in the storing means, respectively when issuing a plurality of portable storage media; first designating means for designating identification data of portable storage medium that is not issued from a plurality of identification data displayed by the first display means; second display means for displaying identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue and identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next to portable storage medium currently intending to issue, respectively regarding the first identification data not designated as identification data of portable storage medium which is not issued as identification data for start of issue among the identification data stored in the storing means when the designation of identification data of portable storage medium which is not intended to issue is completed by the first designating means; second designating means for designating a portable storage medium intending to issue next as an object of issue if suspending the issue of portable storage medium currently intending to issue when identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue and identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next are displayed by the second display means; first control means for changing and setting identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue to identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next and display identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue and identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next on the second display means, respectively when portable storage medium intending to issue next is designated by the second designating means; means for inputting an issue start command when identification data of potable storage medium currently intending to issue and identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next are displayed on the second display means; means for reading out issue data corresponding to identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue and being displayed on the second display means when the issue start command is input by the inputting means; means for writing the issue data read by the reading means into the memory of portable storage medium to be issued; second control means for controlling so as to update identification data of portable storage medium currently intending to issue to identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next and repeat the operations after the second display means until identification data of portable storage medium intending to issue next no longer exists when the writing operation by the writing means is completed; and means for recording an issue list containing identification data and quantity of issued portable storage medium when the repetitive operation by the second control means is completed.

Claim 18

A portable storage medium issuing system comprising: a portable storage medium having a data memory and a control element; means for storing a plurality of issue data to be written into the data memory when issuing the portable storage medium; means for selecting whether each issue data is to be written into the data memory for every issue data stored in the storing means; and means for writing only issue data selected by the selecting means into the data memory of the portable storage medium to be issued.

Claim 19

A portable storage medium issuing system to issue a portable storage medium to each individual by writing issue data of each individual into a data memory of the portable storage medium having the data memory and a control element, comprising: means for storing an issue data file containing an issue data group of each individual and attribution data including data indicating whether each of the issue data is an object of issue; means for reading out issue data which are objects of issue out of the issue data group from the storing means based on the attribution data of the issue data file; and means for writing the issue data read out by the reading means into the data memory of the portable storage medium.

Claim 20

A portable storage medium issuing system to issue a portable storage medium to each individual by writing issue data of each individual in a data memory of a portable storage medium having the data memory and a control element, comprising: means for storing an issue data file containing an issue data group of each individual and attribution data including data indicating whether each of these issue data is an object of issue; first reading means for reading out an issue data file stored in the storing means; means for selecting if issue data in the issue data file read out by the first reading means are to be made as objects of issue; means for changing attribution data of the issue data file stored in the storing means according to the result of selection of the selecting means; second reading means for reading out the issue data that are the objects of issue from the issue data group from the storing means based on the attribution data changed by the changing means; and means for writing the issue data read out by the second reading means into the data memory in the portable storage medium.

Claim 21

A portable storage medium issuing method having a storage means into which data are written and a control means to control thereof, comprising the steps of: storing a plurality of issue data that are to be written into the storage means; selecting if data are to be written into the storage means for each issue data stored; and writing issue data into the storage means of the portable storage medium to be issued according to the selection in the selecting step.

Claim 22

A portable storage medium issuing method as claimed in claim 21, wherein the writing step writes only issue data selected in the selecting step into the storage means of the portable storage medium to be issued.

Claim 23

A portable storage medium issuing method to issue a portable storage medium having a data memory and a control element to each individual by writing issue data of each individual into the data memory, comprising the steps of: storing an issue data file cotaining an issue data group of each individual and attribution data including data indicating whether each of the issue data is an object of issue; and writing issue data that are objects of issue into the data memory of the portable storage medium from the issue data group based on the attribution data of the issue data file.

Claim 24

A portable storage medium issuing method to issue a portable storage medium having a data memory and a control element to each individual by writing issue data of each individual into the data memory, comprising the steps of: storing an issue data file comprising an issue data group of each individual containing data of a plurality of items and attribution data including data indicating whether each items of the issue data is an object of issue; selecting whether the each items of issue data in the issue data file are to be made as objects of issue; changing attribution data of the issue data file stored according to the result of selection in the selecting step; and writing the items of issue data that are selected as the objects of issue from the issue data group in the data memory in the portable storage medium based on the changed attribution data.