Patent ID: 9330512
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G07C,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing information used by an information management system connected, through a network, to a locker and a machine, the method comprising: obtaining, through a first communication circuit included in the locker, a user identifier and a locker identifier from the locker into which the user card storing a user identifier indicating a user is inserted, the locker including i) a locking mechanism in which a key storing a key identifier becomes removable when the user card is inserted and ii) a first memory storing the locker identifier; obtaining, through a second communication circuit included in the machine, the key identifier and a machine identifier from the machine that has read the key identifier, the training machine including i) a reader that reads the key identifier from the key and ii) a second memory storing the machine identifier; and outputting, using a first database that associates the locker identifier and the key identifier with each other and using the obtained locker identifier and the obtained user identifier, the user identifier corresponding to the key identifier to the machine to set the user identifier to the machine.