KR101946566B1 - System and method invitation management - Google Patents

Abstract

The method comprising: receiving an online invitation for at least one event among a plurality of events preset from a host terminal; and providing a template corresponding to an event for which an online invitation is requested to the host terminal to the host terminal, A step of generating a new link and storing an online invitation provided through the preview when the input of the host terminal is completed, Determining at least one guest terminal to transmit the online invitation based on the guest list received from the at least one guest terminal, and transmitting the online invitation to the at least one guest terminal.

Description

{SYSTEM AND METHOD INVITATION MANAGEMENT}

The present invention relates to an invitation management system and an invitation management method for providing an online invitation, and more particularly, to an invitation management system and an invitation management system for generating an online invitation using a template of an online invitation, ≪ / RTI >

Due to the development of information and communication technology and the spread of information and communication devices, a variety of methods of transmitting information in a conventional manner have been rapidly computerized. Particularly, with the spread of information communication devices, online invitations for various events printed on paper and transmitted by mail are being electronically transmitted through an information communication device such as a smart phone.

For example, a wedding invitation card, a birthday party, a high school online invitation, an exhibition invitation, or an online invitation for a performance or the like are electronically transmitted to guests through an information communication device, and a guest accesses a predetermined application or web page to transmit an electronically- .

The time and effort required to transmit the online invitation are reduced by transmitting the online invitation through the information communication device through the information communication device. However, there is a problem in that it is not easy to create an electronic online invitation and personalization of the electronic online invitation is not easy .

Further, in order to view an online invitation, a predetermined application must be installed in the guest terminal that received the online invitation, and when the predetermined application is not installed, the online invitation can not be actually browsed.

Korean Laid-Open Patent No. 2014-0158223 (disclosed on November 13, 2014)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been conceived to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an invitation management system and an invitation management method for providing a template for creating an online invitation and providing a preview according to an input.

In addition, the present invention has a problem in providing not only map information about a place related to an event through an invitation but also a navigation service linked thereto.

In order to solve the above-described problems, an invitation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is an invitation management system that includes an invitation management apparatus that generates an online invitation for an event in response to a request from a host terminal and provides the invitation to the guest terminal The invitation management apparatus includes a template management unit for providing at least one template corresponding to a type of an event requested to be generated by the host terminal and a preview management unit for providing a preview of the template and an invitation editing screen using the template to the host terminal An invitation sender for transmitting an online invitation stored in the guest terminal, and an invitation sender for transmitting the invitation to the guest terminal, When the link is selected by the link, And a navigation providing unit for providing a navigation service.

Wherein the guest terminal is provided with one or more navigation applications, and when the link is selected, the guest terminal transmits geographical information included in the online invitation as an argument value to the navigation application, and the navigation application, as the navigation service, It is possible to display the route information to the place.

Wherein the link includes a URL, and the navigation providing unit includes a script for collecting geographical information included in the online invitation from a guest terminal accessed through the URL, and wherein the guest uses the information collected as the navigation service, Path information from the current location of the terminal to the event place can be generated and provided to the guest terminal.

The path information may be displayed through a web browser installed in the guest terminal.

The navigation providing unit includes an information collecting unit for collecting geographical information from the online invitation, a route generating unit for generating the route information by applying the current location of the guest terminal and the geographical information with reference to the map information, A map API for providing information, and a map information linking unit for linking the map information and the route information.

It is possible to reduce the time and effort required for creating an online invitation by providing a template for creating an online invitation and providing an invitation management system and an invitation management method for providing a preview according to the input.

In addition, it is possible to reduce the time and effort required for creating an online invitation by automatically changing the template based on the degree of harmony of the image and the template input by the host.

In addition, the present invention provides map information on an event occurrence place on an online invitation, and provides a navigation service linked with the map information, thereby providing useful information to a guest who wants to visit the event place.

1 is a schematic diagram of an invitation management system according to an embodiment.
2 is a control block diagram showing the configuration of an invitation management apparatus of an invitation management system according to an embodiment.
Fig. 3 is an example of a screen showing an example of a template selection screen. Fig.
4 is an exemplary screen view showing an example of a screen on which a preview of an invitation is provided;
5 is a control block diagram for specifically explaining the operation of the interface providing unit of the invitation management system of FIG.
FIG. 6 is an exemplary screen view showing an example of a geographical information providing screen. FIG.
Fig. 7 is an exemplary screen view showing an example of a gallery providing screen.
8 is a flowchart illustrating an invitation generation method according to an embodiment.
9 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a navigation providing unit included in an invitation management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Brief Description of the Drawings The advantages and features of the present invention, and how to accomplish them, will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Also, in certain cases, there may be a term selected arbitrarily by the applicant, in which case the meaning thereof will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, the term used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the term, not on the name of a simple term, but on the entire contents of the present invention.

In the present invention, an event refers to various events such as a wedding ceremony, a wedding reception, a concert, an exhibition, a concert, a presentation, and an online invitation is a document to be sent to a guest of each event. An online invitation is electronically generated, do.

In addition, the host means an event principal of each event, and the host can be determined according to the kind of event. For example, if the event is a wedding, the host may be a bridegroom, a bride, or an ambassador. In the case of a concert, a host may be a sponsor of a concert or a performer.

Also, a guest means a subject to be invited to an event, and a guest may be specified by a host, but is not necessarily specified by a host. For example, if the event is an exhibition, the person who requested the invitation to the exhibition can all be a guest.

In addition, the online invitation may include an image and information about the event at the time of creation, as well as a link for providing an associated service. The link may be an identifier or a URL of a specific application, and a guest terminal that has received an online invitation may access a linked URL according to a link selection of a guest, or may execute a mounted application program to receive a service related to an event .

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 is a schematic diagram of an invitation management system according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, an invitation management system according to an exemplary embodiment may include a host terminal 100, a guest terminal 300, and an invitation management device 200.

The host terminal 100 is connected to the communication network and can communicate with the invitation management apparatus 200. The host terminal 100 provides an interface for inputting information to the host, and can receive predetermined information from the host.

For this purpose, the host terminal 100 may be a plasma display panel (PDP), a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, a light emitting diode (LED) panel, or an organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel, an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panel, and the like.

The host terminal 100 may also include touch input means such as a keypad, a push button or a membrane button, a touch pad, etc. The input / Or may be implemented in a form of a touch screen as possible.

The host terminal 100 can transmit the information inputted by the host to the invitation managing apparatus 200 connected through the communication network and can display the online invitation provided from the invitation managing apparatus 200 to the user.

The host terminal 100 may be a smart phone having high portability and easy access to the communication network, as shown in FIG. 1, but is not limited thereto. For example, the host terminal 100 may be an information processing device used in a fixed position such as a desktop or a portable information processing device such as a portable media player (PMP), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet PC, It should be understood that the term " device "

That is, the host can communicate with the invitation management apparatus 200 using the host terminal 100 to create a membership subscription and an online invitation for using the online invitation management service, and if necessary, To the management device 200 and request the transmission of the generated online invitation. The specific operation of the host terminal 100 will be described in more detail with the description of the operation of the invitation management device 200. [

The guest terminal 300 is connected to a communication network and can communicate with the invitation management apparatus 200. [

More specifically, the guest terminal 300 can receive an online invitation from the invitation management device 200 and display the received online invitation. To this end, the guest terminal 300 may include the above-described input means and display means.

The invitation management system can generate an online invitation according to the input of the host terminal 100 and transmit the generated online invitation to the guest terminal 300. [ Hereinafter, the invitation managing apparatus 200 will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

2 is a control block diagram showing a configuration of an invitation management apparatus 200 of an invitation management system according to an embodiment.

Fig. 3 is an example of a screen showing an example of a template selection screen. Fig.

4 is an exemplary screen view showing an example of a screen on which a preview of an invitation is provided;

2, the invitation management apparatus 200 includes a communication unit 210, a storage unit 220, a member management unit 230, a template management unit 240, an interface providing unit 250, An invitation sending unit 270, and a navigation providing unit 280. The invitation transmitting unit 270 may be a web browser,

The communication unit 210 is connected to the communication network and can exchange data with the host terminal 100 or the guest terminal 300. The communication unit 210 may be connected to a communication network through a GSM / 3GPP communication system (GSM, HSDPA, LTE advanced), a 3GPP2 system communication system (CDMA system), or a wireless communication protocol such as WiMAX, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI >

Various data necessary for driving the invitation managing apparatus 200 in the storage unit 220, for example, member information, a template classified according to an event, an operating system, and the like can be stored.

The member management unit 230 manages the member information. Here, the member information may include information such as ID, password, personal information, address, e-mail, telephone number, and payment information. Further, the member information may further include a guest list for specifying a guest terminal, for example, contact information of a member.

The template management unit 240 manages the template of the online invitation. The templates of the online invitations can be classified and managed according to the types of events and the template management unit 240 can provide only the templates corresponding to the events requested by the host terminal 100 to the host terminal 100. [

For example, when the user selects the wedding as an event, the template management unit 240 searches for a template corresponding to the wedding ceremony, and transmits a plurality of templates 401 and 402 corresponding to the wedding ceremony to the host terminal 100).

At this time, each template may be given access authority. When the template access authority is granted, the template management unit 240 may restrict the template provided to the host terminal 100 according to the access right of the host terminal 100. [

For example, the template management unit 240 can divide a template into a paid template and a free template, and restrict the selection of a paid user's paid template. At this time, the free user may select the paid template through the use of the one-time item or conversion to the paid member. If the template has the access right, the template management unit 240 may display the free template 401 and the paid template separately.

On the other hand, in most cases, the information included in the online invitation is difficult to be displayed on the guest terminal 300 at one time, and the template of the online invitation may be composed of a plurality of areas.

In one embodiment, the template of the online invitation may consist of a first area immediately provided to the guest terminal 300 and a second area displayed on the guest terminal 300 according to the input of the guest.

Specifically, the first area means an area displayed without a guest input, and representative images and representative information can be inserted in the first area. At this time, the representative image means an image representing an event, and may be an image selected by the user, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Also, the representative information means representative information about the event, and the location, time, etc. of the event may be representative information, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The second area may be displayed on the guest terminal 300 according to the input of the guest. The second area may include host information, geographical information, a gallery, and a guestbook. If the second area displays a plurality of pieces of information, the information selected by the guest may be selectively displayed.

When the user selects a specific template, the template managing unit 240 delivers the selected template to the interface providing unit 250, and the interface providing unit 250 generates the interface including the selected template, As shown in FIG.

For example, the interface providing unit 250 may provide a template and a screen for inputting information of a host to the host terminal 100 as shown in FIG. At this time, the template provided to the host terminal 100 may be updated in real time according to the input of the user of the host terminal 100, and may provide a preview of the online invitation to the host.

Hereinafter, the operation of the interface providing unit 250 and the interface provided to the host terminal 100 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7. FIG.

5 is a control block diagram for specifically explaining the operation of the interface providing unit 250 of the invitation management system of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an exemplary screen view showing an example of a geographical information providing screen. FIG.

Fig. 7 is an exemplary screen view showing an example of a gallery providing screen.

Referring to FIG. 5, the interface providing unit 250 includes a representative region generating unit 251 and a detailed region generating unit 252. The detailed area generating unit 252 may include a host information generating unit 253, a geographical information generating unit 254, a gallery generating unit 255, and a guest book generating unit 256.

The representative region generating unit 251 may generate the first region corresponding to the input of the host and provide the first region to the host terminal 100. [

Specifically, the representative region generating unit 251 may set an image input through the host terminal 100 as a representative image, and set representative information using the information transmitted from the host terminal 100. [ That is, the representative region setting unit may generate the first region by inserting the representative image and representative information into a predetermined region in the template in a predetermined manner.

At this time, the preset method can be changed dynamically. For example, the size of the area where the representative information is displayed may vary depending on the length of the representative information set in advance, or the size of the representative information may be reduced.

Also, the representative region generating unit 251 can edit the representative image and insert the representative image at a predetermined position. for example. The representative image may be enlarged or reduced according to the size of the representative image to insert the representative image at a predetermined position or a representative image may be inserted at a predetermined position by deleting a representative image. Such a representative image editing method can be determined through analysis of the representative image.

In one embodiment, when the ratio of the representative image does not match the preset ratio, the representative region generating unit 251 may enlarge or reduce the ratio of the representative image so as to match the ratio of the predetermined position.

4, if the representative image 412 does not coincide with a preset position, size, and ratio, the representative region generating unit 251 may calculate the center of the picture to correspond to the size of the predetermined position It is possible to extract a part of the representative image so that the representative image can be set by inserting the extracted image at a predetermined position.

In another embodiment, the representative region generating unit 251 recognizes a face in the representative image, edits the representative image so that the recognized face is displayed centrally in the predetermined region, inserts the edited image into the predetermined region A representative image can be set.

Thus, by automatically editing the representative image according to the characteristics of the representative image, the time and effort required for creating the online invitation can be minimized.

On the other hand, if the representative image is selected, the representative region generation unit 251 analyzes the degree of harmony between the representative region and the first region, and can change the template provided to the host terminal 100 accordingly. In this case, the degree of harmonization refers to the structure of the first region, or the information such that the representative image inserted at a predetermined position with the structure such as color matches with the degree of harmony, and the degree of harmony can be calculated through analysis of the first region.

In one embodiment, the representative region generating unit 251 can analyze the degree of harmonization based on the structure of the first region such as the shape, position, and size of the region into which the representative image is inserted. Specifically, the representative region generating unit 251 may extract the focusing region from the representative image according to a preset reference. In this case, the focusing area refers to an area having a central feature of the representative image, and the focusing area may be an area where a focused object such as a face, a hand, or a sculpture is located.

When the focusing area is extracted, the degree of harmonization can be analyzed based on the size, shape, and position of the focusing area, and the similarity with the shape, position, and size of the position where the representative image is inserted. That is, as the structure of the focusing area and the area of the image is similar, the degree of harmonization is analyzed to be high, and the degree of harmonization is analyzed to be low as the focusing area and the structure of the image insertion area are not similar.

In another embodiment, the representative region generating unit 251 can analyze the degree of harmony based on the hue of the first region and the hue of the representative image. When the representative image is superimposed on the representative image as shown in FIG. 4, there is a problem that the degree of recognition of the representative information is lowered when the color of the representative image is the same as or similar to the display color of the representative information.

Therefore, the representative region generating unit 251 can determine the degree of similarity between the hue of the representative information and the hue of the representative image superimposed with the representative information, and analyze the degree of harmony using the similarity. That is, the representative region generating unit 251 analyzes the color of the representative image portion overlapping the representative information with a lower degree of similarity as the color of the representative information is similar to that of the representative image, The degree of harmonization can be analyzed to be as high as that of the displayed color.

If the degree of harmony analyzed through the above process is lower than a preset reference value, the representative region generation unit 251 may request the template management unit 240 to change the template and provide the modified template to the host terminal 100 . At this time, the representative image generation unit may analyze the harmony between each template managed by the template management unit 240 and the representative image, and request the change to the template having the optimal harmony.

On the other hand, when the degree of harmony is lower than a preset reference value, the representative region generating unit 251 may automatically correct representative images and representative information. Specifically, the representative region generating unit 251 can replace the representative image with another image or re-edit the representative image so that the degree of harmony of the first region is higher than a preset reference value.

The detailed area display unit generates and provides a second area for providing detailed information according to the input of the host.

Specifically, the host information generating unit 253 receives host information, generates host information, and generates a second area using the host information. At this time, since the host information varies depending on the type of the event, the host information generating unit 253 can receive the host information according to the event that the host terminal 100 requests to generate. For example, if the event is a birthday, the host information is information about the parent, and if the event is a performance, the host information can be a performer.

On the other hand, when there are a plurality of hosts, the host information generating unit 253 can generate a plurality of host information. For example, the host of the wedding can be a bridegroom, a bride, and a parent, so host information for all of them can be generated.

At this time, the host information may be automatically generated based on the member information stored in the member management unit 230 described above.

The geographical information generating unit 254 may provide geographical information on the event place. Here, the geographical information may be one of map information corresponding to an event place, public transportation information corresponding to an event place, and parking lot information corresponding to an event place.

Specifically, the geographical information generating unit 254 may specify an event place where an event occurs according to a user input, and may generate a second region using geographical information on the specified event place. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the geographical information generating unit 254 displays an event place on a previously stored map to generate map information 421, and searches for public transportation information such as a subway, bus, To generate the public transportation information 422, 423, and to generate the parking lot information 424 by searching the parking lot corresponding to the event place.

The gallery generation unit 255 may generate a second region for providing an image or moving image input through the host terminal 100. [ At this time, the image or moving image inputted through the host terminal 100 may be displayed in accordance with a preset reference.

The gallery generating unit 255 may arrange a plurality of images according to a predetermined pattern as shown in FIG. In order to arrange a plurality of images, the gallery generating unit 255 extracts the focusing areas described above from a plurality of images, sets weights according to the sizes of the extracted focusing areas, and arranges the plurality of images based on the set weights .

For example, as shown in FIG. 7, a large image of a person corresponding to a focusing area is assigned to a position occupying a large weight with a high weight, and an image in which a focusing area is small or does not exist is small And can be assigned to positions occupying specific gravity.

The guest book generating unit 256 may generate and provide a guest book. At this time, the guestbook can be created based on the SNS service provided by other service providers such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

The navigation setting unit 257 can set and provide the navigation service in the online invitation. Here, the navigation service can provide not only the commercial navigation application already installed in the guest terminal, but also the guest terminal in which the navigation application is not installed, through the invitation management system on-line.

The host terminal 100 may arrange a link for providing a navigation function provided by the navigation setting unit 257 in one area of a template constituting an online invitation so that the user can select the link.

The link extracts information such as geographical information and event place included in the online invitation as an argument and transmits the extracted information to the installed navigation application program or the URL of the invitation management apparatus according to the installation of the navigation application of the guest terminal And executes the installed web browser to connect the guest terminal to the invitation management server so that the script provided by the navigation providing unit (280 in FIG. 2) described later is executed.

Accordingly, as the link is selected, the guest terminal can display the route information through the navigation application or display the route information on the web browser.

The above-described configuration has an advantage that a navigation service can be provided even if a separate application program for receiving the online invitation of the present invention is not installed in the guest terminal.

Referring again to FIG. 2, when the user completes the input through the interface providing unit 250, the invitation generating unit 260 stores the online invitation. Specifically, the invitation generation unit 260 may generate a new link and store an online invitation provided through a preview on the generated new link to generate an online invitation, but the method of creating and storing an online invitation is limited to this It is not.

The invitation sending unit 270 transmits the online invitation generated by the invitation creating unit 260 to the guest terminal 300. The guest terminal 300 to which the online invitation is to be transmitted may be determined according to the guest list received from the user.

At this time, the guest list may be generated based on the telephone number list. Specifically, the invitation sending unit 270 can receive the telephone number list from the host terminal 100 and select at least one telephone number from the received telephone number list to generate the guest list.

The invitation sender 270 can analyze the status of each guest terminal 300 to determine a method of transmitting an invitation online or reconfigure an online invitation if necessary. It may happen that the online invitation can not be browsed depending on the type, performance, installation application, and the like of the guest terminal 300.

Therefore, the invitation sender 270 sends a signal to the guest terminal 300 to collect the status of each guest terminal 300, such as the type, performance, installation application, and the like, The method can be determined.

For example, when the SNS application is installed in the A guest terminal 300 and the SNS is not installed in the B guest terminal, the invitation sending unit 270 determines the SNS application as the transmission method for the A guest terminal 300, The guest terminal sets the text message as the transmission method.

On the other hand, depending on the type of the guest terminal 300, the size of the screen for displaying the online invitation may be different, and the ratio of the screen may be different. Therefore, the invitation sending unit 270 can determine the online invitation transmission rate based on the type or performance of each guest terminal 300, reconstruct the online invitation at the determined ratio, and transmit the online invitation to each guest terminal 300.

The navigation providing unit 280 provides an extended function from the map information provided by the above-described geographical information generating unit 254, and in addition to simply displaying an event place on a map, It is possible to provide information on the shortest path.

In particular, when the navigation application is not installed in the guest terminal 300, the navigation provisioning unit 280 generates a script that can receive information on the current location, geographical information included in the online invitation, When the URL is set on the link, the script is executed to collect information and provide the route information to the guest terminal.

A detailed description of the structure of the navigation providing unit 280 will be described later.

8 is a flowchart illustrating an invitation management method according to an embodiment.

8, when the invitation generation request 501 is received, the invitation management apparatus 200 provides a template corresponding to the event to the host terminal 100 (502). Specifically, at least one template corresponding to the event may be provided to the host terminal 100, and a template selected by the host terminal 100 among the at least one template may be provided to the host terminal 100. At this time, if the access right of the templates selectable by the host terminal 100 is limited, the templates may be classified and displayed on the host terminal 100 according to the access authority, and the right to select the templates may be limited according to the access right of the horses It is possible.

The invitation managing apparatus 200 provides a preview according to the input of the user of the host terminal 100, that is, the host (503). As described above, the invitation management system can provide an interface for inputting information of a host. When a predetermined content is input to the interface, the invitation management system can reflect the inputted contents in a template to provide a preview.

That is, as described above, the first region and the second region can be generated according to the input of the user, and a preview can be provided to the host terminal 100. [ In addition, the invitation management system may change the template provided to the host terminal 100 based on the degree of harmony of the representative image and the first region, or modify the representative image so as to have a degree of harmony equal to or higher than a preset reference value .

When the input is completed (YES in 504), the invitation management device 200 stores the invitation (505). In one embodiment, a new link may be created and the online invitation provided via a preview on the new link created may be stored.

The invitation management apparatus 200 transmits an invitation to the guest terminal 300 (506). The guest terminal 300 to which the invitation is to be transmitted may be determined according to the guest list transmitted from the host terminal 100. The invitation management apparatus 200 may change the transmission method of the online invitation according to the guest terminal 300, The ratio of invitations can be adjusted and transmitted.

9 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a navigation providing unit included in an invitation management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9, the navigation providing unit 280 of the invitation management server according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a script for collecting geographical information included in an online invitation from a guest terminal accessed through a URL included in an online invitation And generates route information from the current location of the guest terminal to the event site using the collected information as a navigation service, and provides the route information to the guest terminal.

In order to implement such a function, the navigation providing unit 280 may include an information collecting unit 281 for collecting geographical information from the online invitation, a route information acquiring unit 280 for applying the present location and geographical information of the guest terminal by referring to the map information, A map API 283 for providing the map information, and a map information linking unit 284 for linking the map information and the route information.

The information collecting unit 281 may be configured by a script and collects information on the current location, geographical information included in the online invitation, and event place from the connected guest terminal according to the selection of the URL of the link included in the online invitation .

At this time, the information collection by the information collection unit 281 can be performed by a direct input method of a guest through a guest terminal or an automatic input method by a response of an OS of a guest terminal according to a request of a script according to a predetermined protocol have.

The path generating unit 282 can generate path information from the current position to the destination, that is, the event place, by mapping the information collected by the information collecting unit 281 on the map information.

The map API 283 can provide map information. The map API 283 may be provided to the route generation unit 282 in cooperation with an external commercial API providing system.

The map information linking unit 284 can link the map information and the route information. The navigation service is updated in real time according to the location of the user, that is, the guest terminal. To this end, the map information linking unit 284 periodically interlocks the map information and the route information to display the optimal route according to the current position of the guest terminal .

In addition, the navigation providing unit 280 according to the embodiment of the present invention can provide a plurality of guest-linked navigation services.

More specifically, the invitation management server can transmit an online invitation to each of a plurality of guest terminals. When providing the route information by executing the current navigation service among the plurality of guest terminals, the invitation management server judges whether the invitation is overlapped in each route information .

As a result of the determination, if there is an overlapping route, the map information linking unit 284 can provide a function of allowing the guest terminals to be accompanied by the route information and the notification message that are overlapped, have.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Therefore, the disclosed methods should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. It is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.

100: Host terminal 200: Invitation management device
210: communication unit 220:
230: Member management section 240: Template management section
250: Interface providing unit 260: Invitation generating unit
270: Invitation sending part 280: Navigation providing service
300: guest terminal

Claims (5)

An invitation management system including an invitation management device for generating an online invitation for an event in response to a request from a host terminal and providing the invitation to the guest terminal,
The invitation managing apparatus comprises:
A template management unit for providing one or more templates corresponding to the types of events requested by the host terminal;
An interface providing an invitation editing screen using the template to the host terminal and providing a preview of the template;
An online invitation generation unit for storing an online invitation including a link when the editing process using the editing screen is completed;
An invitation sending unit for sending an online invitation stored in the guest terminal; And
And a navigation providing unit for providing a navigation service linked to the link when the link is selected by the guest terminal,
The template management unit,
The one or more templates are classified into a free template and a paid template, and the types of templates provided to the host terminal are limited according to an access right corresponding to a free user or a paid user set for the host terminal,
The invitation-
An online transfer method for transferring the online invitation to the guest terminal according to the collected state, determining an online transfer method for transferring the online invitation to the guest terminal according to the collected state, And transmits the online invitation to the guest terminal according to the determined online transmission method. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the guest terminal is provided with one or more navigation applications,
Wherein when the link is selected, the navigation application transmits the geographical information included in the online invitation as an argument value to the navigation application, so that the navigation application displays the route information from the current location to the event site. The method according to claim 1,
The link includes a URL,
The navigation providing unit may include a script for collecting geographical information included in the online invitation from the guest terminal accessed through the URL, and may further include a script for collecting the geographical information from the current location of the guest terminal to the event site And provides the generated guest information to the guest terminal. The method of claim 3,
The route information includes:
And displayed on a web browser installed in the guest terminal. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the navigation providing unit comprises:
An information collecting unit collecting geographical information from the online invitation;
A route generation unit for generating the route information by applying the current location and the geographical information of the guest terminal by referring to the map information;
A map API for providing the map information; And
A map information linking unit that links the map information and the route information to the guest terminal,
The invitation management system comprising:

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