KR20010007693A - Internet-Based Brokerage System for the Advance Sale of Tickets - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A ticket booking agency system using the internet is to provide real-time information related to the sale of tickets, such as the ticket sales status and seat associated information of a ticket selling company. CONSTITUTION: A ticket booking agency system using the internet is comprised of an internet booking shopping mall(10), a ticket selling company(30) and an agency server(20). An entrance purchaser(40) accesses the internet substantially and requests real-time ticket sale associated information, including ticket sales status and seat status, through the internet booking shopping mall(10). The ticket selling company(30) provides service comprising movies, concerts and sports games substantially. The agency server(20) intermediates and accesses the internet booking shopping mall(10) and the ticket selling company(30) in real time.

Description

Internet-based Brokerage System for the Advance Sale of Tickets}

The present invention relates to a ticket booking brokerage system using the Internet, the brokerage and access to the Internet ticket shopping mall and ticket ticketing company server that sells admission tickets of movie theaters, theaters, sports stadiums, etc. on the Internet, Admission ticketing mediation system that can provide the ticket sales-related information, such as seat-related information to the ticket buyer on the Web in real time.

Internet shopping malls that sell tickets for the ticket companies such as movie theaters, theaters, and sports venues on the Internet have secured a certain amount of tickets in advance in conjunction with ticket publishers such as movie theaters, theaters, and sports stadiums. Was taking the form of offering tickets to buyers. Therefore, the ticket purchaser on the web has not been provided with real-time information on ticket sales, such as the status of ticket sales and seating status by class, for example, even though the ticket for a particular movie that the ticket buyer wants to view on the web still remains. Nevertheless, the amount of tickets secured in advance in the Internet booking shopping mall sold out on the web, there was an inconvenience of going to a movie theater and making a purchase. In addition, even though there are still many ticket purchasers who want to watch a movie, movie ticketing companies such as movie theaters, performance halls, and sports stadiums cannot secure more visitors because they have secured a predetermined amount of tickets in the Internet shopping mall. There was this.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention, the ticket sales related information such as the ticket sales status and seat-related information of the ticket sales company, such as movie theaters, theaters, sports stadiums, etc. in real time It is to provide an intermediary system.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the ticket booking mediation system using the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view showing the configuration of a movie theater server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing the configuration of an intermediary server according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing the flow of tickets ticketing mediation system using the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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10: Internet reservation shopping mall 20: Brokerage server

22: mediation socket part 24: mediation program part

26: brokerage database unit 30: ticket vendor server

32: input unit 34: database unit

36: socket

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention can substantially request a ticket sale-related information including the ticket sales status and seat status of a service including a movie, a performance, a sports game in real time, the ticket for the service An internet booking shopping mall for booking; An ticket sale company which stores the ticket sale related information and substantially provides the service including a movie, a performance, and a sporting event; A ticket reservation brokerage system using the Internet including a brokerage server which transmits the ticket sales related information requested by the web user to the ticket issuer and transmits the result processed by the ticket seller to the corresponding internet ticket shop. Providing.

Therefore, when using the ticket booking mediation system using the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the ticket sales related information such as the ticket sales status and seat-related information of the ticket retailer such as movie theaters, theaters, sports stadiums, etc. in real time can do.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, tickets ticketing system using the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the ticket booking mediation system using the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the ticket reservation brokerage system using the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an Internet reservation shopping mall 10 in which an ticket purchaser 40 substantially connects to the Internet and applies for a reservation. It has a ticket server (30), such as a performance venue and sports venues, and a mediation server (20) for real-time brokering and connecting the Internet booking shopping mall (10) and the ticket retailer (30).

As shown in FIG. 2, the ticket sales company 30 may include an input unit 32 for inputting ticket sales related information such as a ticket sales status and seat related information, and the ticket sales related information input through the input unit. A socket unit for transmitting the database unit 34 and the ticket sales related information stored in the database unit 34 to the intermediary server through a specific port in accordance with the request of the internet reservation shopping mall 10 ( 36). The input unit 32 of the ticket sales company 30 may be a general computer, and the database unit 34 may be a large-capacity storage device, and the socket unit 36 receives data through a specific port. This program can be transferred.

The database unit 34 of the ticket sales company 30 has sales status information according to the service grade provided by the ticket sales company 30, for example, a seat grade and seat position, such as a movie, a performance, a sports game, etc. The seat status DB 34a, the schedule related DB 34b which stores information about the service screening or performance or game schedule, the information of the ticket holder who reserved the ticket, that is, the communication ID or contact information, etc. An online reservation store DB 34d which stores information related to the reservation information store 34c, an IP address, an e-mail, an introduction content, etc. for the online reservation store 10; It has a price information DB 34e that stores information such as taxes and cultural promotion funds included in the admission ticket, and a provision service DB 34f which has information on provision services such as movies, performances, and sporting events.

In addition, as shown in Figure 3, the mediation server 20 receives the data transmitted from the ticket sales company server 30, the ticket to the query signal for the data request from the Internet shopping mall 10 Intermediate socket 22 for transmitting to the publisher server 30, and the Internet reservation shopping mall DB (26a) that stores information about the Internet booking shopping mall 10 and the ticket retailer 30 stores the information It has an intermediary database section 26 having an ticket vending company DB 26b, and an intermediary program 24 for real-time transmission of data between the internet booking shopping mall 10 and the ticket vending company 30. . At this time, the intermediary socket portion 22 is substantially the same in the configuration operation with the socket portion 36 of the ticket sales company 30. In addition, the intermediate socket portion 22 and the intermediate program 24 preferably consists of one program.

In addition, the Internet booking shopping mall 10 is a shopping mall that reserves tickets for services such as movies, performances, sports games, etc. on the web, the configuration of which is already known, and therefore, a description thereof will be omitted. The Internet reservation shopping mall 10 provides a way for the ticket purchaser 40 to actually purchase an admission ticket on the web, and the ticket purchaser provides services such as movies, performances, and sports games through the Internet reservation shopping mall 10. It is a practical means for querying information or ticket sales related information to know the displayed response. In addition, the Internet booking shopping mall 10 preferably has a socket portion that operates the same as the intermediary server 20 and the ticket sales company server 30. Therefore, the query requested by the ticket purchaser may be transmitted to the ticket issuer server 30 through the socket part.

Further, reference numerals 50, 52, 54 preferably denote a network such as the Internet.

The structure of each data flow in response to the query requested through the socket portion of the Internet reservation shopping mall 10 and the response of the ticket issuer 30 is shown in Table 1 below. Table 1 illustrates the movie as an example.

TABLE 1

Data Division Packet Contents Timetable Request Screening Info + Screening Date Response Time + Time + Movie Code + Movie Name + Fee Classification Code Price Screening Request Screening Info + Screening Date Response Rate Classification Code (Seat Class) + Pricing Factors + Movie Registration Date Response Movie Code + Movie Honors Inquiry Screening Code + Screening Date + Session + Rate Division Key + Purchase Response Screening Code + Screening Date + Event + Rate Classification Key + Purchase Reservation Screening Code + Ticket Division + Screening Date + Round + Screening Time + Fare Classification Key + Purchase + Ticket Name + Resident Number + Movie Code Response Screening Code + Ticket Separation Key + Screening Date + Session + Screening Time + Fare Classification Key + Purchase + Ticket Name + Resident Number + Seat Information Rollback * Request Same as booking request Response same as booking request Cancellation Request Screening Code + Ticket Separator Key + Screening Date + Round + Screening Time + Rate Separator Key + Purchase + Ticket Name + Resident Number + Seat Information Response Screening Code + Ticketing Key + Screening Date + Session + Screening Time + Rate Classification Key + Number of Purchases + Ticketer's Name + Resident Number + Seating Information Reservation Request Screening Code + Screening Date + Session + Screening Time + Processing Classification Code + Status Information Response Screening Code + Screening date + Round + Running time + Processing division code + Result code + Status information

* Rollback means the initialization of the reserved information for the ticket holder, i.e., the cancellation of the reservation, in a situation where the fee for the reserved ticket is difficult to be paid for a predetermined reason.

The operation of the ticket reservation mediation system using the Internet configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4.

First, when the ticket purchaser connects to the Internet shopping mall 10 (S1) and requests the information as shown in Table 1, the socket program of the Internet shopping mall 10 has information having the data structure shown in Table 1 through a specific port. The request is transmitted to the intermediary server 20, and the intermediary program unit 24 searches the ticket issuer DB 26b of the mediation database unit 26 and transmits the information request to the server 30 of the ticket issuer. . The information request received through the socket unit 36 is retrieved and processed through the database unit 34 and retransmitted back to the intermediary server 20 through the socket unit 36, and the mediation of the intermediary server 20. The program unit 22 searches the Internet reservation shopping mall DB 26a of the intermediary database unit 26 and transmits the response data having the data structure as shown in Table 1 to the corresponding Internet reservation shopping mall 10. (S3). After confirming the result of the response to the request for information (S4), the purchaser of the admission ticket decides whether to make a reservation (S5), and if the reservation is not made, it is possible to use another service of the Internet reservation shopping mall 10 or to move to another website. If you want to apply for a reservation, if you apply for a reservation (S6), the data of the information request of the structure as shown in Table 1 is transmitted to the ticket vendor (30) and the reservation application of the database unit 34 When the charge of the admission ticket is completed by a predetermined method such as a card or a bank payment, the reservation result data is notified to the internet reservation shopping mall 10 as described above (S6).

In addition, if the ticket purchaser cancels the reservation, the reservation cancellation data shown in Table 1 is requested, and the reservation cancellation data is transmitted to the ticket issuer 30 through the flow as described above, The purchaser related information DB 34c of the database unit 34 is searched to confirm and cancel the purchaser, and the result is notified by the flow as described above. Although FIG. 4 is shown centering on the reservation, the information request data shown in Table 1 is notified of the response result through the above-mentioned flow. Accordingly, the ticket purchaser may be provided with real-time ticket sales related information.

As described above, by using the ticket booking mediation system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, ticket sales-related information such as ticket sales status and seat-related information of ticket publishers such as movie theaters, performance halls, sports stadiums, etc. Can be provided in real time. In addition, since ticket-related information is searched in real time, as long as the ticket remains, the ticket buyer may receive a desired service such as a movie, a performance, or a sports game.

In addition, through the internet booking shopping mall connected with a single real-time booking brokerage system, ticket buyers can reserve a desired seat anywhere in the country on the web, and the user's convenience is greatly increased. In addition, it can reduce costs by reducing the overlapping investment of the Internet booking shopping mall and ticketing facility companies, and contribute to the development of advanced cultural industry through the spread of the booking culture.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the embodiments of the present invention are merely exemplary and that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims (1)

An internet reservation shopping mall in which a web user can substantially request a ticket sale related information including a ticket sale status and a seat status of a service including a movie, a performance, a sports game, and reserve tickets for the service; An ticket sale company server which stores the ticket sale related information and substantially provides the service including a movie, a performance, and a sporting event; The mediation server transmits the ticket sales related information requested by the web user to the ticket issuer server and transmits the result processed by the ticket vendor to the corresponding internet reservation shopping mall in real time. Ticket booking brokerage system using the Internet.