US 2023/0237405 A1Published application

Information recording meduim destruction device management method

AssigneesTomokazu KANDA, Masuo KARAKAMA

InventorsTomokazu KANDA, Masuo KARAKAMA

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Abstract

A destruction device management method is provided that is capable of minimizing a risk that an information recording medium supposed to be disposed of as waste is taken out and distributed to a secondhand market and a risk that information leaks from the information recording medium. In the present invention, a server device records personal identification information, destruction device identification information, and location information, received from a mobile terminal, in an information recording means. As a result, the server device can centrally manage information such as where the destruction device was located, which destruction device was used, and who performed the destruction work. That is, when the destruction of information recording medium is performed using the destruction device, the record is always stored in the server device. Therefore, the risk of information recording medium being taken outside by a malicious employee or the like can be suppressed because the information recording medium cannot be taken outside (under the false pretense that it has been destructed) without actually operating the destruction device at all.

A destruction device management method for managing a plurality of destruction devices configured to physically destruct an information recording medium as waste using a system including a mobile terminal and a server device, the destruction device management method being an information recording medium destruction device management method, wherein

the plurality of the destruction devices each include:
a destruction means configured to apply a destruction action to physically destruct an information recording medium;
a counter for displaying the total number of destruction times so far;
and
an identification display including destruction device identification information that is unique information for identifying each destruction device,
the mobile terminal includes:
an information recording means configured to store personal identification information for identifying a person who uses the mobile terminal;
a location information acquisition means configured to acquire location information of the mobile terminal;
and
a camera means configured to capture an external appearance of an information recording medium to be destructed,
the server device includes:
an information recording means configured to store information received from the mobile terminal,
the information recording medium destruction device management method further comprising:
(a) a step of reading, by the mobile terminal, via its own camera means, the destruction device identification information included in the identification display of the destruction device before starting a destruction work using the destruction device;
(b) a step of acquiring, by the mobile terminal, via its own location information acquisition means, location information on a current location of the mobile terminal at the time of execution of the step (a);
(c) a step of transmitting, by the mobile terminal, to the server device,
personal identification information for identifying a person who uses the mobile terminal,
the destruction device identification information read in the step (a), and
the location information acquired in the step (b);
and
(l) a step of recording, by the server device, in an information recording means, the personal identification information, the destruction device identification information, and the location information received from the mobile terminal.

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