KR20010094888A - System for making reservation using card media - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A reservation system using card media is provided to allow a customer to efficiently confirm a reservation performed by using the card media through a card terminal. CONSTITUTION: The reservation system comprises a plurality of data terminals(UI-1 to UI-n) for transmitting reservation information including card media information inputted by a user; a managing server(MS) for transmitting the reservation information including the card media information from the data terminals(UI-1 to UI-n) to card terminals(CT-1 to CT-n) corresponding to the reservation information, the managing server(MS) transmitting data to the data terminals(UI-1 to UI-n) or receiving data from the terminals(UI-1 to UI-n); and the plurality of card terminals(CT-1 to CT-n) for receiving the reservation information from the managing server(MS) and for confirming the reservation on the basis of the reservation information and a card information included in the reservation information.

Description

Reservation system using card media {SYSTEM FOR MAKING RESERVATION USING CARD MEDIA}

The present invention relates to a reservation system using a card medium, and more specifically, to make a reservation by using a card medium to make a reservation efficiently by making various reservations using a card medium and immediately confirming the reservation through a card terminal. It's about the system.

Currently, it is common to reserve tickets, accommodation tickets for hotels and condominiums, tickets for buses and trains, seats for restaurants, various viewing tickets such as movies, and admission tickets for various event events. These reservations can be made by phone, etc. to each business, or it is common to make a reservation by phone or the Internet with a reservation agency (for example, a credit card company or a reservation service provider through the Internet). .

However, in this case, if you receive a reservation by phone or the like at each store, you should record it in the reservation list and check the reservation guest in the reservation list when the guest comes. It was inconvenient, such as having to tell the store manager whether they had made a reservation and waiting for the store manager to confirm the reservation.

In addition, when a reservation is made through a booking agent, the booking agent notifies the reservation agency by telephone, fax, or e-mail, and the reservation agency collects the reservation information delivered from the booking agent in a file or in its own database. Manage your booking guests by building a. However, even in this case, as in the case described above, there was an inconvenience in that the reservation guest had to inform the store manager of who and when the reservation was made, and wait for the store manager to confirm the reservation.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a reservation system using a card medium that can efficiently confirm the reservation by confirming various reservations using the card medium in real time through the card terminal. The purpose is to provide.

1 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a reservation system using a card medium according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the card terminal shown in FIG.

3 is a signal flow diagram of reservation and reservation transaction processing in the system shown in FIG.

4 is a signal flowchart of a reservation cancellation or correction process in the system shown in FIG.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: central processing unit (MCU) 12: keypad

14: contactless IC card reader / recorder

16: Contact IC Card Read / Write

18: MS card read / record

20: display 22: document output unit

24: network communication connection 26: data storage

28: program storage unit CT-1 to CT-n: card terminal

CS: Communication Server MS: Management Server

PS: payment authentication server UI-1 ~ UI-n: user terminal

In order to achieve the above object, a reservation system using a card medium according to the present invention comprises a plurality of data terminals for transmitting reservation request information including card medium information input by a user, and the data terminal through a network. A management server for transmitting and receiving data and transmitting reservation information including card medium information to a card terminal corresponding to the reservation request information from the data terminal, receiving and storing the reservation information from the management server, And a plurality of card terminals for confirming reservation based on card information read from the card medium and card information included in the stored reservation information.

In addition, the system according to the present invention, further comprises a payment authentication server for performing the payment authentication process of the card medium using the card medium information, the management server is a reservation included in the card medium information and the reservation request information Sending the reservation amount corresponding to the item to the payment verification server to request payment verification processing, and upon receiving the transaction approval information or transaction rejection information from the payment verification server, transmit the corresponding information to the user terminal, and the transaction approval information. When receiving the reservation information is transmitted to the card terminal of the merchant of the reservation requested service.

Hereinafter, a reservation system using a card medium according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a reservation system using a card medium according to the present invention.

In the drawing, reference numerals CT-1 to CT-n are card terminals installed at affiliated merchants, and the affiliated merchants include airlines, hotels, condominiums, travel agencies, express bus companies, movie theaters, amusement parks, restaurants, and various event event agencies. Can be. The card terminals CT-1 to CT-n can use both a contactless card such as an RF-IC card and a contact card such as an IC card and an MS card.

In addition, CS is a communication server for communication with the card terminals CT-1 to CT-n, and this communication server CS is a public telephone network (PSTN) or a private line network (for example, KORNET, HINET- of Korea Telecom). It is configured to enable communication with the card terminals CT-1 to CT-n through a communication network NETWORK1 consisting of P, CO-LAN, etc.). Here, a modem for communication is installed between the communication network NETWORK1 and the communication server CS.

In addition, the management server (MS) is connected to the communication server (CS) via a dedicated line, the management server (MS) is a card terminal of the affiliated merchant corresponding to the reservation reservation information received by the user ( Any one of CT-1 to CT-n) transmits the communication server (CS), the modem (Modem) and the communication network (NETWORK1).

The management server (MS) operates its own reservation service web on the Internet, and the manager of the affiliated store connects to the reservation service web using authentication information such as his or her affiliated store ID and password, and accepts a reservation from his or her affiliated store. Information can be viewed or downloaded.

The payment server (PS) of, for example, a credit card company or a debit card bank is connected to the management server (MS) through a dedicated line, and the payment authentication server (PS) is a reservation transmitted from the management server (MS). Using the authentication information such as the credit card number or debit card number and password of the customer and the reservation amount, the customer's credit information and the ability to pay the reservation amount are authenticated, and the authentication result is transmitted to the management server (MS). It is supposed to be.

In addition, the management server (MS) accesses the reservation service web on the self-operated Internet through the Internet network (NETWORK1) using a user terminal (UI-1 ~ UI-n), his credit card number Alternatively, reservations are made by inputting card numbers (or member IDs) such as debit card numbers and passwords. The user terminals UI-1 to UI-n may be, for example, wired Internet access terminals such as computers or wireless Internet access terminals such as mobile phones capable of Internet service.

As described above, the management server MS constructs and stores a database such as reservation registration, reservation correction, reservation cancellation, etc., by the user, and also communicates with the communication server from the card terminals CT-1 to CT-n. A reservation transaction history (ie, information on a reservation transaction generated when a subscriber contacts his / her card with a card terminal) input through (CS) is stored in a database.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the card terminal shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the card terminal CT includes a keypad 12 composed of various keys, an RF-IC card reader / writer 14 capable of reading and recording an RF-IC card, which is a contactless card, and an IC card. IC card read / write section 16 capable of reading and writing the information, MS card read / write section 18 capable of reading and writing MS cards, and processing status and processing results of the card terminal, for example. For example, the display 20 comprising a liquid crystal panel, a slip output unit 22 for outputting a slip of a card use result, a data storage unit 26 for storing reservation information received from the management server MS, and the like. The central processing unit (MCU) 10 responsible for the overall control of the card terminal, the program storage unit 28 that stores the operation control program of the central processing unit 10, and the communication server (CS) through the communication network Network communication connection unit 24 for communication with It may be configured to also.

Next, referring to Fig. 3, the operation of reservation and reservation transaction processing in the system of the present invention will be described.

First, the user accesses the Internet reservation service website of the management server (MS) using his user terminal (UI), and inputs a card number (or member ID) and password such as his credit card and debit card, etc. In addition, select a reservation item (item) to be reserved from the reservation list and input reservation information.

Here, the configuration of the reservation list will be described schematically. The reservation list consists of themes such as travel, culture and events, and food. The travel theme consists of sub-themes such as transportation and lodging, for example, the transportation sub-theme contains items such as aircraft, trains and buses, and information such as departure point, destination, time and fee for each item is provided. The sub-theme has items such as hotels and condominiums, and each item provides information about the affiliated hotels and condominiums (location and fee). In addition, cultural and event themes consist of subthemes such as movies, performances, and exhibitions, and various information on movie theaters, performance halls, and exhibition halls for each subtheme (for example, in the case of movie theaters, movie titles, running hours and fees) Information, etc.) is provided. In addition, the food theme is composed of sub-themes such as Korean food, Chinese food, Western food, etc., and is configured to view a list of affiliated restaurants and food menus and rates of each affiliated restaurant for each subtheme.

Items such as aircraft, trains, buses, etc. of the sub-theme for the traffic are to input the time, the starting point, the destination, the number of reserved seats, the seat class, etc. of the transportation to be reserved by the user. The sub-themed hotel, condominium, etc. for the accommodation is to enter the accommodation time, room grade, number of guests, etc. of the accommodation establishment that the user wants to stay. The sub-theme movie theaters, performance halls, and exhibition hall items for the movies, performances, and exhibitions may be inputted with content, time, and number of people to watch. In addition, in the food theme, the user inputs the affiliated restaurant, reservation time, and number of people to use.

The reservation information selected and input as described above is transmitted from the user terminal UI to the management server MS through the Internet network NETWORK2 together with user authentication information [your card number (or member ID) and password] ( S10), the management server (MS) performs a user authentication process using the user authentication information.

Here, when the user authentication information is made up of a card number and password, the management server (MS) transmits the payment authentication request information including the card number, password and use amount, etc. to the payment authentication server (PS) S11). On the other hand, if the user authentication information is composed of the member ID and password, the management server (MS) performs the authentication process for the member and then stored in the database corresponding to the member ID card number (user at the time of member registration) And the payment authentication request information including the card number, the password, and the amount used is transmitted to the payment verification server PS (S11).

The payment verification server (PS) receives the payment verification request information and performs payment verification processing as to whether the credit card account or the debit card account for the corresponding card number is available for payment, and as a result transaction approval information. Or transmits the transaction rejection information to the management server (MS).

Thereafter, when the management server MS receives the transaction approval information as the payment authentication result information from the payment authentication server PS, the management authentication information includes reservation approval information including a reservation code in the corresponding user terminal UI. When the transaction rejection information is received as the payment authentication result information from the PS), the reservation rejection information is transmitted to the corresponding user terminal UI (S13).

In addition, the management server (MS) stores the reservation information received from the user terminal and the transaction approval information received from the payment authentication server (PS), the database for each merchant stores. Here, a reservation code is assigned to each reservation information, and this reservation code is databased together with the reservation information and transaction approval information. This merchant database is for the administrator of the merchant to access the Internet reservation service website of the management server (MS) using a merchant terminal (not shown), enter the merchant ID and password, and view or download the reservation status of the merchant. It is to make it possible.

In addition, the management server (MS) completes the reservation including the card number, such as a reservation code, reservation time, reservation number, reservation item, credit card and debit card for the transaction information approved by the payment authentication server (PS) The information is transmitted to the card terminal CT of the affiliate store corresponding to the reservation information via the communication server CS, the modem, and the network NETWORK1 (S14 and S15).

The card terminal CT stores the reservation completion information received through the communication network connection unit 24 in the data storage unit 26.

Thereafter, when the user who made a reservation through the user terminal IU arrives at the affiliated store and presents the reservation card used for the reservation, the affiliated store manager performs the reservation confirmation through the card terminal CT (S16). Here, in the reservation confirmation procedure, if there is a key input for the reservation confirmation mode through the keypad 12 of the card terminal CT, the central processing unit 10 sets the reservation confirmation mode, and the card reading / recording unit 14 to 18. The reservation information corresponding to the same number is read out by comparing the card number read out through the reservation card number stored in the data storage unit 26, and reservation information (for example, reservation time, The number of reservations, reservation items) on the display 20.

Here, if the affiliated store is a movie theater, the cinema ticket office may grant the user a viewing ticket corresponding to the reservation time, the number of people to be reserved, and the reserved item (corresponding to the movie title). And, if the merchant is a railway station, a bus station or an airline, the ticket office may grant the user a boarding pass (boarding pass) corresponding to the reservation time, the number of persons to be reserved and the reserved item (seat class, etc.). If the affiliated restaurant is a restaurant, the counter may guide the user to a seat corresponding to the reservation time, the number of persons to be reserved, and the reserved item (for example, the type of food).

Thereafter, the central processing unit 10 of the card terminal CT receives the reservation transaction completion information including the reservation code in the reservation information confirmed by the reservation confirmation procedure, the communication network NETWORK1, the modem and the communication server. The network communication connection unit 24 is controlled to transmit to the management server MS via CS (S17, S18).

Subsequently, upon receiving the reservation transaction completion information from the card terminal CT, the management server MS records the information indicating that the reservation transaction is completed in the reservation information stored in the database corresponding to the reservation code.

On the other hand, the central processing unit 10 of the card terminal CT controls to delete the reservation information confirmed by the reservation confirmation procedure in the data storage unit 24.

Next, with reference to Fig. 4, the process of correcting or canceling the reservation contents made by the user in the state where the above reservation operation is made will be described.

First, when the user accesses the Internet reservation service web site of the management server (MS) using his user terminal (UI), selects the reservation correction (or cancellation) menu and inputs the reservation code given at the time of reservation. The reservation contents reserved by the user are displayed on the screen. In this case, when the reservation is corrected, the reserved reservation contents may be input again. In case of cancellation, the reservation cancellation confirmation button on the screen may be clicked.

As described above, the selection reservation correction information (or reservation cancellation information) is transmitted from the user terminal UI to the management server MS through the internet network NETWORK2 together with the reservation code previously given (S21).

When the management server MS receives the reservation code together with the reservation correction information, the management server MS assigns and records a code indicating that the reservation is corrected in the reservation information of the database corresponding to the reservation code, and grants a new reservation code based on the reservation correction information. The reservation correction information (preferably including the old reservation code and the new reservation code) is recorded in the database. On the other hand, when the management server (MS) receives a reservation code together with the reservation cancellation information, the code indicating that the reservation is canceled is recorded in the reservation information of the database corresponding to the reservation code and recorded.

Thereafter, the management server MS assigns a new reservation code to the corrected reservation information and transmits, together with the new reservation code, information indicating that reservation correction is completed to the user terminal UI through the Internet network ( S23). On the other hand, when the reservation is canceled, the management server MS transmits information indicating that the reservation is canceled with respect to the reservation information requested for cancellation to the user terminal UI through the Internet network (S23).

In addition, the reservation correction information including the new reservation code, reservation time, number of reservations, reservation items, credit card and debit card, etc. for the corrected reservation information together with the previous reservation code, the communication server (CS ), And transmits to the card terminal CT of the affiliate store corresponding to the reservation correction information through the modem and the network NETWORK1 (S24). On the other hand, in the case of the reservation cancellation, the management server (MS) corresponds to the reservation cancellation information, the reservation cancellation information including the existing reservation code via the communication server (CS), the modem (Modem) and the communication network (NETWORK1) The card is transmitted to the merchant's card terminal (CT) (S24)

When the card terminal CT receives the reservation correction completion information through the communication network connection unit 24, the central processing unit 10 stores the reservation correction completion information in the data storage unit 26, and also the previous reservation code. Control to delete the data recorded in the corresponding data storage unit 26. On the other hand, when the card terminal CT receives the reservation cancellation information through the communication network connection unit 24, the central processing unit 10 is a data storage unit 26 corresponding to the existing reservation code included in the reservation cancellation information Control to delete the data recorded in.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiment, It can variously deform and modify in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, and can implement. For example, in the above embodiment, a personal computer has been described as an example of a connection terminal for accessing an Internet reservation service web site, but a mobile phone or the like that can be connected to the Internet can also be used.

As described above, when making a reservation using the present invention, since the reservation details of the user are stored in the card terminal, the user can confirm the reservation details only by presenting his / her own card. Therefore, in the present invention, since various reservations using the card media can be confirmed in real time through the card terminal, the shop manager does not need to deliver to the business manager who the reservation was made in whose name and when. The inconvenience of having to wait while checking the reservation list can be completely eliminated.

Claims (4)

A plurality of data terminals for transmitting reservation request information including card medium information input by a user; A management server performing data transmission and reception with the data terminal through a network, and transmitting reservation information including card medium information to a card terminal corresponding to the reservation request information from the data terminal; And a plurality of card terminals for receiving and storing the reservation information from the management server and confirming a reservation by card information read from a card medium of a user and card information included in the stored reservation information. Reservation system using card media. The card according to claim 1, further comprising a payment authentication server for performing payment authentication processing of the corresponding card medium by using the card medium information. The management server transmits a reservation amount corresponding to the reservation item included in the card medium information and the reservation request information to the payment authentication server to request payment verification processing, and transaction approval information or transaction rejection information from the payment authentication server. Receiving the corresponding information to the user terminal, while receiving the transaction approval information reservation system using a card medium, characterized in that for transmitting the reservation information to the card terminal of the affiliated shop of the requested service. 3. The reservation system using a card medium according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the card medium is a contactless IC card, a contact IC card, and a magnetic card. 4. The reservation system using a card medium according to claim 3, wherein the card terminal has a reading unit which reads the contactless IC card, the contact IC card, and the magnetic card, respectively.