KR20030067002A - Method and System for Offering Touring Information Through Internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a system for offering the tour information using the Internet are provided to offer diverse tour information to the foreign tourists by a moving picture, voice, comparison shopping, schedule manager, and e-mail call service through the Internet. CONSTITUTION: A web server(31) manages all processes for inputting, storing, searching, extracting the tour information, and interfacing a booking management system(32). The booking management system(32) offers a booking service for lodging, transportation, a restaurant, and facilities. A database server(33) manages the interface for inputting, querying, searching, and inquiring the data by connecting to the web server(31). The database server(33) includes a member information database(34), a tour information database(35) storing the realistic information as a VOD(Video On Demand), a language support database(36), a geographic information database(37), and a comparison shopping database(38).

Description

Method and system for providing tourist information using the Internet {Method and System for Offering Touring Information Through Internet}

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing tourist information using the Internet. More specifically, by providing various tourist information and comparative shopping services through the Internet to foreign tourists visiting Korea, more effective tourist services are provided to foreign tourists. The present invention relates to a method and system for providing tourist information using the Internet.

At present, due to the development of the Internet-based network, there is a great change in information and transactions, and the era of sharing all information and trading without borders is approaching rapidly.

In addition, the creation of virtual spaces through the network has brought about various services and online real-time transactions in these virtual spaces, and offline real-world transactions and various agency services as well as electronic commerce on-line are being activated. to be.

In general, in order to travel or tour a specific area or tourist attraction, a travel or tourist (hereinafter referred to as a tourist) himself collects the local tourist information through various channels, prepares a tour schedule, and reserves accommodation and transportation. This is done through a procedure. In order for the tourists to collect tourism information of various countries, they can access the internet sites provided by the tourism offices, tourism corporations, travel agencies, and the local governments of the destinations, and collect the desired tourism information or collect them by phone or pamphlet. Done.

However, the tourism information provided through the Internet provides tourist information in a uniform and unidirectional way to foreigners who speak different languages, and thus cannot satisfy the taste of tourists, the purpose of the tourism, and the form of tourism. Finding information is very difficult.

In addition, foreigners can directly use hotels, department stores and duty-free shops to purchase domestic tourism products or specialties, so they can not purchase the expensive items because they do not know the hassle or wasteful information that would waste time other than sightseeing. There was this.

The present invention was created to improve the situation as described above, the general text and image information as well as video information, voice information, geographic information, comparison shopping, schedule manager, email call to tourists visiting the country using the Internet The purpose is to provide a method and system for providing tourist information using the Internet that can provide more effective tourist services to foreign tourists visiting Korea by providing various tourist information such as services.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a tourist information providing system using the Internet according to the present invention;

2 and 3 are a flow chart for explaining a tourist information providing method using the Internet according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is an exemplary view for displaying the comparison shopping information on the screen according to the present invention.

♣ Explanation of symbols for main part of drawing ♣

10: user client 10 _{1-10 N} 20: Internet

30: Tourism information system 31: Web server

32: reservation management system 33: database server

34: Membership Database (DB) 35: Tourist Information Database (DB)

36: linguistic support database (DB) 37: geographic information database (DB)

38: Comparative Shopping Database

The present invention for the above purpose, the step of accessing a website for providing tourist information tourists via the Internet; Displaying a tour information service guide and a membership registration screen through a web page, and performing a login procedure for checking whether the user is a member; If the user is a non-member through the login procedure, checking whether the user has selected a paid member by guiding a free member and a paid member service; If the user selects a paid member, receiving a paid member fee; In the step of performing the login procedure, checking a paid member and a membership level when the user is a member, and granting authority to search sample tourism information and data when the user is a free member; If the user is a paid member, authorizes to search all tourism information and data, and according to the menu of the main screen selected by the user, tourism information, language support, geographic information, comparative shopping information, schedule manager and email call service In addition to providing a guide service, security services, legal advice, trade advice, etc. as an additional service provides a tourist information providing method using the Internet, characterized in that made.

Another feature of the present invention consists of a plurality of user clients connecting to the Internet, the Internet which is a network for transmitting and receiving data through remote communication, a website providing various tourist information and various comparison shopping services to Internet users. The shopping mall website is a web server that handles all processes such as input and storage of tourist information, retrieval of tourist information, extraction of tourist information, and an interface to a reservation management system. Reservation management system that provides reservation of railway, bus transportation, renowned restaurant reservation and convenience reservation service, database server connected to the web server for data input, query, search and inquiry, user to join Member information database, text to store their personal information Tourist information database that stores on-demand videos made of image information and videos, and language support database that stores the words necessary for foreigners to visit Korea in the form of voice and text, English and Korean phonetic symbols and Hangul notation on occasion. Includes a geospatial database that stores geospatial data that experts in Korea travel consult for geospatial information according to the desired schedule, a comparative shopping database that stores comparison data and related information for comparing tourist prices in Korea and prices in Korea. It provides a tourist information providing system using the Internet, characterized in that configured.

Hereinafter, a method and system for providing tourist information using the Internet according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of a system for providing tourist information using the Internet according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are flowcharts illustrating a method for providing tourist information using the Internet according to the present invention. 4 is an exemplary diagram for displaying comparative shopping information according to the present invention on a screen.

Referring to this, as shown in FIG. 1, the tourism information providing system using the Internet according to the present invention includes a personal computer (PC), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, and an Internet TV connected to the Internet 20. For example, all-in-one that provides various tourist information and various comparison shopping services to a plurality of user clients 10 ₁ to 10 _N as a means, the Internet 20 as a network for remotely transmitting and receiving data, and internet users. It consists of the website 30 of net (www.all-in-one-net.com).

The website 30 is a web server 31 which is in charge of all processes such as input and storage of tourist information, retrieval of tourist information, extraction of tourist information, and an interface to a reservation management system 32, and a stay of tourists. Reservation management system 32 that provides various accommodation reservations, airline, rail and bus transportation reservations, renowned restaurant reservations, and facility reservation services, and data input, query, search and Database server 33 in charge of the interface, such as inquiry, the member information database 34 for storing and managing the personal information of users who sign up, general text and image information as well as more realistic information produced by video using a video camera Information database (35) that stores video on demand (VOD), voices and texts that foreigners need to visit Korea, A linguistic support database (36) that stores a data that can be learned in advance and printed and carried by building a database by tying it in some cases, including doors, Korean phonetic symbols, and Korean notation, and when tourists visit Korea It is a service that informs the way when it is necessary to move to another specific location.The geographic information database (37), which stores geographic information for consulting the geographic information by the experts of Korea travel information according to the schedule desired by the customer, The comparison shopping database 38 stores comparison data and related information for providing comparison data and related information so as to compare prices of Korea and providing information that may be of great benefit to customers in shopping.

The video on demand stored in the tourist information database 35 is produced in a format described by a specific character, such as cultural facilities, accommodations, transportation guides, tourist products, shopping guides, restaurants guides and the like and provide a video.

When the web server 31 requests information through a website 30 that provides tourist information in order to consult a tourist schedule when a foreigner visits Korea, the head office sends the information within 48 hours via email. As a service, an expert of travel information in Korea will consult the travel schedule according to the style and purpose desired by the customer. In addition, when a customer requests information through the head office website (30) on the Internet by leaving the emergency situation or a course during a tour, the head office provides an email call service that provides information through email. .

The operation of the tourist information providing system using the Internet and the tourist information providing method using the Internet according to the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

As shown in FIG. 2, when an unspecified number of tourists accesses the Internet 20 through their user client 10 and provides a website 30 providing tourist information (S11), the web server 31 ) Displays a screen for tourist information, service guide and membership registration through a web page (S12), and performs a login procedure for checking whether the user is a member (S13).

When the user is a non-member through the login procedure, the web server 31 outputs the member agreement and personal information input window to the screen and stores member personal information input from the user in the member information database 34 (S14). The service guides the free member and the paid member service to encourage the user to join the paid member and confirms whether or not the user has selected the paid member (S15). Payment will be made through credit card and bankbook payment (S16).

The free member is limited to the search of some data such as samples of text, images, videos, and language support samples, and the paid members are classified into silver members and gold members. Received images, videos, language support, geographic information, comparison shopping information, schedule manager and email call services, etc. Gold members provide all rights and guides of silver members, escort services, legal advice, trade advice You will receive additional services such as

In the step (S13) of performing the login procedure, if the user is a member, the paid member and the membership class are checked (S17). If the user is a free member, the user is given the authority to search sample tourism information and data. In addition, a menu screen displaying sample tourism information is displayed separately (S18), and when the user selects a sample information displayed on the screen or requests a search, the selected sample information, search information, and a paid member registration guide message are displayed on the screen. (S19).

In step (S17), if the user is a paid member, the user selects the paid member and the membership level and displays a menu screen (S20). Silver members provide text, images, video services, linguistic support, geographic information, comparison shopping information, schedule managers, and email call services for Korean tourist information. Gold members provide guides with all rights of Silver members. , Additional services such as escort services, legal advice, trade advice (S21).

The tourism information provided to the paid members is based on on-demand more realistic information produced by video using video cameras as well as general text and image information of local cultural facilities, accommodations, transportation information, tourism products, shopping guides, restaurants, etc. It is produced and provided as a video (VOD), and the linguistic support service is able to pre-learn and print a database by categorizing the words necessary for foreigners to visit Korea in voice and text, English and Korean phonetic symbols, and Korean notation. It is provided so that you can carry it with you. In addition, geographic information is a service that informs the way when a foreigner needs to move from one location to another when visiting Korea, and geographic information consulted by an expert in Korea travel information according to the schedule desired by the customer. Service, the schedule manager service is a service that allows foreigners to consult their travel itinerary when they visit Korea. When a request is made through the website 30, for example, the information is provided through e-mail within 48 hours, and an email call service. When the customer requests the information through the website 30 on the Internet will provide the information via e-mail according to a specific situation.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the comparison shopping menu is selected from the main screen, the web server 31 displays a menu screen providing price comparison information for each country (S31), and the product desired by the user. When the large classification is selected by checking whether the large classification is selected (S32), the small classification list is displayed on the screen and the user checks whether the small classification of the corresponding product is selected (S33).

When the user selects the sub-category of the corresponding product, the detailed product information search window as shown in FIG. 4 is output to the screen (S34), and the country price comparison information of the searched corresponding product is displayed on the screen (S35). If the user chooses to purchase the product, for example, the payment is made through a credit card and bankbook payment (S36).

As described above, the present invention allows foreign tourists to provide various information such as general text and image, video information, voice information, geographic information, comparison shopping, schedule manager, and email call service to tourist information through the Internet. It is.

In addition, the tourist information providing method and system using the Internet according to the present invention are not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the technical gist of the invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing a comparative shopping service for a variety of tourist information for tourists through the Internet, it is possible to provide more efficient tourism services to foreigners who are visiting Korea and maximize the competitiveness of the domestic tourism industry. It is effective.

Claims (5)

Accessing a website for providing tourist information through the Internet by a tourist; Displaying a tour information service guide and a membership registration screen through a web page, and performing a login procedure for checking whether the user is a member; If the user is a non-member through the login procedure, checking whether the user has selected a paid member by guiding a free member and a paid member service; If the user selects a paid member, receiving a paid member fee; In the step of performing the login procedure, checking a paid member and a membership level when the user is a member, and granting authority to search sample tourism information and data when the user is a free member; If the user is a paid member, authorizes to search all tourism information and data, and according to the menu of the main screen selected by the user, tourism information, language support, geographic information, comparative shopping information, schedule manager and email call service In addition to providing a guide, as a supplementary service, security services, legal advice, trade advisory, etc., comprising the steps of providing tourist information using the Internet. The method of claim 1, The free member is limited to the search for some data such as samples of texts, images, videos, and language support samples, and the paid members are classified into silver and gold members. , Video is provided, language support, geographic information, comparison shopping information, schedule manager and email call services, etc. Gold members provide all rights and guides of silver members, escort services, legal advice, trade advice, etc. The tourist information providing method using the Internet, characterized in that receiving additional services. The method of claim 1, In the step of selecting a predetermined menu from the main screen, when the user selects a comparison shopping menu, displaying a menu screen providing price comparison information for each country and confirming whether the user has selected a major category of a desired product; If the user selects a large classification, displaying a small classification list on a screen and confirming that the user has selected a small classification of the corresponding product; When the user selects a sub-category of the corresponding product, displaying a product detail information search window on a screen and displaying country price comparison information of the searched corresponding product on a screen; If the user chooses to purchase the product, the method of providing tourism information using the Internet, comprising the step of paying the purchase price through credit card and bankbook payment. A plurality of user clients 10 _{1-10 N} connecting to the Internet 20, Internet 20, which is a network for transmitting and receiving data through remote communication, It is composed of a website 30 that provides a variety of tourist information and various comparison shopping services to Internet users, The shopping mall website 30 is a web server 31 which is in charge of all processes such as input and storage of tourist information, retrieval of tourist information, extraction of tourist information, and an interface to a reservation management system 32, and tourist accommodation. Reservation management system 32 that provides various accommodation reservations, airline, rail and bus transportation reservations, renowned restaurant reservations, and facility reservation services, and data input, query, search and Database server 33 in charge of the interface, such as inquiry, the member information database 34 for storing and managing the personal information of users to join the membership, tourism information database for storing on-demand video made of text and image information, video (35) ), The words necessary for foreigners to visit Korea are stored in the form of voice and text, English and Korean phonetic symbols and Hangul notation on a case-by-case basis. A linguistic support database (36), a geographic information database (37) where geographic data is stored by a specialist in Korea's travel information consulting the geographic information according to a schedule desired by the customer, and a comparison for comparing prices of tourists' home countries and Korea. Tourism information providing system using the Internet, characterized in that it comprises a comparison shopping database (38) for storing data and related information. The method of claim 4, wherein On-demand video stored in the tourism information database 35 is produced using the Internet, characterized in that the production of cultural facilities, accommodation, transportation information, tourism products, shopping guide, restaurant guide, etc. to be described by the character Tourist information system.