Patent ID: 8223375
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A reception management apparatus comprising: a print data output unit that outputs, to a printer, print data of an entry pass which permits entry to a facility; a personal information input device through which personal information for identifying a scheduled visitor to the facility is inputted; an entry appointment storage unit that stores, in an appointment list, the personal information inputted through the personal information input device as scheduled visitor information with respect to the scheduled visitor to the facility; a window display device that displays, in a display screen, an input window which is used in inputting the personal information and an appointment list display window which shows by list the scheduled visitor information stored in the appointment list; a scheduled visitor information select device that is used in selecting one scheduled visitor information from among the scheduled visitor information shown in the appointment list display window; a button arrangement unit that arranges, in the display screen, a print button which is used in inputting a print instruction and a shared button which is used in simultaneously inputting the print instruction and a storage instruction to an entry-permitted list; an input device that is used in carrying out an input operation; a badge ID display control unit that, in a case where the print button is operated using the input device after the scheduled visitor information is selected using the scheduled visitor information select device, assigns a badge ID representing print number to the scheduled visitor information selected using the scheduled visitor information select device to thereby create the print data of the entry pass associated with the scheduled visitor information and output to the printer, and simultaneously displays the badge ID assigned in the scheduled visitor information displayed in the appointment list display window; and a shared button control unit that, in a case where the shared button is operated using the input device after the scheduled visitor information is selected using the scheduled visitor information select device, assigns the badge ID representing print number to the scheduled visitor information selected using the scheduled visitor information select device to thereby create the print data of the entry pass associated with the scheduled visitor information and output to the printer, and simultaneously stores, in the entry-permitted list, the personal information corresponding to the scheduled visitor information as entry-permitted visitor information with respect to an entry-permitted visitor to the facility.