JP2001167161A - Internet lodging reservation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable accommodations to effectively operate vacant rooms. SOLUTION: This system is operated under the condition of being provided with the terminal equipment 11 of the accommodations, a server 21 and the terminal equipment 31 of a user connectable to the Internet 3. The terminal equipment of the accommodations sets list data composed of at least vacant room information, dates or the date and time when the rooms are not occupied and a stay charge corresponding to the vacant room information and the dates or the date and time and sends out the list data through the Internet to the server. The server receives and stores the list data from the terminal equipment of the accommodations, secularly presents the vacant room information and the stay charge corresponding to a request from the terminal equipment of the user based on the list data and the date or the date and time at present, receives a reservation and automatically distributes the reception information to the terminal equipment of the accommodations.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an internet accommodation reservation system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram (block diagram) showing a conventional Internet accommodation reservation system. In this conventional system, an accommodation facility 1 such as a hotel or a ryokan provides a part of the total number of rooms as a contract room to an operating company 2 of a site affiliated therewith. For example, if the accommodation facility 1 is a facility having 100 rooms, for example, 30 of them are provided to the operating company 2 throughout the year as contract rooms. The site operating company 2 has a server 4 that can be connected to the Internet 3 and publishes the vacant room information of the room provided from the accommodation facility 1 (the vacant room information of the above contract room, for example, 30 rooms) to the Internet 3. . For example, what month and how many rooms of type A are vacant and their usage fee is how many yen, what months and what days are how many rooms of type B are vacant and their usage fee is how many yen, Publish information. On the other hand, if necessary, the user 5 of the Internet 3 accesses the server 4 through his / her terminal (usually a personal computer) 6 to see the published information, To book. Since this reservation is received by the server 4, the site operating company 2 notifies the accommodation facility 1 of the reservation status by telephone, facsimile, or the like.

[0003]

In the conventional system described above, the accommodation facility 1 provides a part of the total number of rooms as a contract room to the operating company 2 of the site affiliated with the accommodation facility 1 for a certain period. Therefore, there has been a problem that the accommodation facility 1 cannot always operate the empty room effectively. For example, if the accommodation facility 1 is a facility having 100 rooms, for example, 30 of them will be provided as a contract room to the operating company 2 over a certain period of time (for example, one year). The accommodation facility 1 cannot operate freely. Therefore, there is a problem that the accommodation facility 1 cannot always operate the empty room effectively. Specifically, for example, a contract room (for example, 30 out of 100 rooms)
Room) is full, and even if all 30 contract rooms are vacant, accommodation facility 1 cannot operate freely because these 30 rooms are contract rooms. However, there was a problem that it was wasted. vice versa,
If 30 contract rooms out of 100 rooms are full and 70 rooms other than the contract room are all vacant, for example, if the contract room is set to 50 rooms in advance, profits that may have been obtained will not be obtained. There was a problem that would. Furthermore, since the fee for the contract room is fixed, the fee cannot be changed according to the daily reservation status. Therefore, there is a problem that if the fee is reduced, a room that may have been used is left empty.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide an Internet accommodation reservation system in which accommodation facilities 1 can effectively operate empty rooms.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, an Internet accommodation reservation system according to claim 1 is provided.
A system that operates under conditions including a terminal device of an accommodation facility, a server, and a terminal device of a user that can be connected to the Internet, wherein the terminal device of the accommodation facility has at least vacant room information and the room is vacant. It is possible to set a list data including a date or date and time, and a usage fee corresponding to the vacant room information and the date or date and send the list data to the server via the Internet. A terminal device, wherein the server receives and stores list data from the terminal device of the accommodation facility, and based on the list data and the current date or date and time, vacant room information and The usage fee is disclosed in response to a request from the user's terminal device, and a reservation is accepted, and the received information is further transmitted to the accommodation facility. Characterized in that it is a server for automatic delivery to the end device. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the Internet accommodation reservation system according to the first aspect, wherein the terminal device of the user includes a portable terminal device. An internet accommodation reservation system according to claim 3 is the Internet accommodation reservation system according to claim 1 or 2,
The terminal device of the accommodation facility is a terminal device that can change the setting of the list data at any time and transmit it to a server.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an Internet accommodation reservation system which operates under conditions including an accommodation terminal device, a server, and a user terminal device which are connectable to the Internet. The terminal device sets list data including at least vacant room information, a date or date and time when the room is vacant, and usage charges corresponding to the vacant room information and the date or date and time, and A terminal device capable of transmitting data to the server via the Internet, wherein the server receives and stores list data from the terminal device of the accommodation facility, and stores the list data and Based on the date or date and time, the vacant room information and usage fee are opened in response to a request from the terminal device of the user. And, and we accept the reservation, because more is a server that automatically distributes the reception information to the terminal apparatus of the accommodation actuated is utilized as follows, actions and effects accordingly obtained. (I) The accommodation facility uses the terminal device to generate list data including at least vacant room information, a date or date and time when the room is vacant, and usage charges corresponding to the vacant room information and the date or date and time. Then, the list data is sent to the server via the Internet. (Ii) Then, the server receives and stores the list data from the terminal device of the accommodation facility, and based on the list data and the current date or date and time, the vacant room information and the usage fee. Is disclosed in response to a request from the user's terminal device, the reservation is accepted, and the reception information is automatically distributed to the terminal device of the accommodation facility. Therefore, according to the Internet accommodation reservation system according to the first aspect, the accommodation facility can effectively use the vacant room. That is, according to the Internet accommodation reservation system according to the first aspect, unlike the conventional system shown in FIG. 3, the accommodation facility does not necessarily provide the total number of rooms to the operating company of the site affiliated therewith. Is not required to be provided as a contract room for a certain period of time, and by publishing the above list data on all vacant rooms on the Internet, it becomes possible to effectively operate vacant rooms.

[0007] According to the Internet accommodation reservation system of the second aspect, in the Internet accommodation reservation system of the first aspect, the user's terminal device includes a portable terminal device. A room can be reserved using the terminal device. Therefore, the accommodation facility can operate the empty room more effectively. According to the Internet accommodation reservation system of the third aspect, in the Internet accommodation reservation system of the first or second aspect, the terminal device of the accommodation facility can change the setting of the list data as needed and send it to the server. Since it is a device, the accommodation facility can operate the empty room more effectively.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram (block diagram) showing an embodiment of the Internet accommodation reservation system according to the present invention.

[0009] This Internet accommodation reservation system,
Terminal device 11 of accommodation facility 10, server 21, and terminal device 31 of user 30 connectable to Internet 3
A system that operates under conditions with FIG.
In FIG. 1, one accommodation facility 10 and the user 30 are illustrated as representatives, but there are actually many accommodation facilities 10 and users 30.

The terminal device 11 of the accommodation facility 10 is composed of, for example, a personal computer (personal computer). The terminal device 11 can set list data including at least vacant room information, a date or date and time when the room is vacant, and usage charges corresponding to the vacant room information and the date or date and time. It is possible to send the list data to the server 21 via the Internet 3. For example, if the accommodation facility 10 is 1
If it is a facility having 00 rooms, and there is an empty room after the set time (for example, after noon on December 3) at the time of setting the list data (for example, at noon on December 3), for example, FIG. (B) Create (set) the list data 40, 40 'as shown in (b), and transfer the list data 40, 40' to the server 2 via the Internet 3.
1 can be sent.

Referring to FIGS. 2A and 2B, a specific description will be given by taking the list data 40 as an example. Note that, for the list data 40 ′, “′” is added to the reference numeral of the corresponding part, and description thereof will be omitted unless otherwise required. Figure (a)
Column 41 is a setting column (description column) of vacant room information (for example, room type, room number, room size, facilities, etc.), and in the example of FIG. -Type "). Column 42 contains the A-
A column for setting a date when a room of the type is vacant, a column 43 for setting a time, a column 44 for setting a usage fee corresponding to the vacant room information and the date or date and time, 4
Reference numeral 5 denotes a column for setting the number of empty rooms (the number of empty rooms). The meaning of the list data 40 is as follows, and the meaning will be more apparent from the description of the server 21 described later. The meaning of the list data 40 is that, at noon on December 3, which is the point in time when the list data 40 is set, the room of the A-type is moved to 18:00 before the current day (December 3). For the reservation at, it is provided to the user 30 for 6500 yen, and 18:00 to 2
For reservations at 2:00, we offer 6000 yen and at 21:
For reservations after 00, we offer 5000 yen,
For reservations that use a room one day ahead (December 4), it is offered at 7000 yen, and for reservations that use a room two days ahead (December 5), it is 7500. Offer to,
This means that a reservation for using a room three days ahead (December 6) is provided at 8500, which is set as the list data 40. The terminal device 11 of the accommodation facility 10 can change the setting of the list data 40 as described above as needed (rewritten) and send it to the server 21.

The server 21 is composed of, for example, a personal computer. The server 21 receives the list data 40 (and 40 ', hereinafter the same unless otherwise specified) from the terminal device 11 of the accommodation facility 10 via the Internet 3 (see FIG. 1). The list data 40 is received and stored, and based on the list data 40 and the current date or date and time, the vacant room information and the usage fee are transmitted in response to a request from the terminal device 31 of the user 30. The reservation is accepted in response to the reservation, and the received information is automatically distributed to the terminal device 11 of the accommodation facility 10. In addition,
The number of vacancies can also be disclosed.

More specifically, it is as follows.

(I) When the list data 40 is sent from the terminal device 11 of the accommodation facility 10 via the Internet 3 (see FIG. 1), the server 21 receives and stores the list data 40. .

(Ii) The server 21 has a calendar or a timer, and based on the current date or date and the list data 40, the vacant room information and the usage fee are transmitted over time to the terminal device 31 of the user 30. Will be disclosed in response to a request from the company (see FIG. 1). For example,

A: If the date and time when the user 30 has made a request from the terminal device 31 is after noon on December 3 and before 18:00, here, the user 30 wants to make a reservation (want to use a room). If the date is the same day (December 3), based on the list data 40,
"A-type room of accommodation 10 is 6500 yen, B-
A room of type can be reserved for 7500 yen ". Also, the date that the user 30 wants to make a reservation is 1
If the date is earlier (December 4), list data 4
0, the number of A-type rooms of the accommodation facility 10 is 70
00 yen and B-type room can be reserved for 8000 yen. " Similarly, if the user 30 wants to make a reservation two days ahead (December 5),
Based on the list data 40, the information that "the A-type room of the accommodation facility 10 can be reserved for 7500 yen and the B-type room can be reserved for 8500 yen" is disclosed, and the date that the user 30 wants to reserve is 3 If the date is earlier (December 6), based on the list data 40, “A-
8500 yen for type room, 950 for B-type room
It can be reserved for 0 yen ".

B: The date and time when the request from the terminal device 31 of the user 30 is received is from 18:00 on December 3 to 21:00.
In the case where the date is before 00, the date on which the user 30 wants to make a reservation is the current day (December 3), and based on the list data 40, "the A-type room of the accommodation facility 10 is 6000 A room of a yen or B-type can be reserved for 7,000 yen. " If the date on which the user 30 wants to make a reservation is one day ahead (December 4) or later, the process is the same as the case a.

C: If the date and time of the request from the terminal device 31 of the user 30 is after 21:00 on December 3, the date on which the user 30 wants to make a reservation is the current day (December 3). ), Based on the list data 40, "the A-type room of the accommodation facility 10 is 5000
Yen and B-type rooms can be reserved for 6000 yen. "
Disclose information to the effect. If the date on which the user 30 wants to make a reservation is one day ahead (December 4) or later, the process is the same as the case a.

D: If the current date changes and the current date changes to December 4, the server 21 changes the data “today (12/3)” in the list data 40 to “today (12 /
4), "1 day ahead (12/4)" is replaced with "1 day ahead (12 /
5) ”and“ 2 days ahead (12/5) ”as“ 2 days ahead (12 /
6) ”and“ 3 days ahead (12/6) ”as“ 3 days ahead (12 /
7) ", the information is disclosed automatically in the same manner as in the above cases a to c.

(Iii) Looking at the information disclosed as described above, the user 30 makes a reservation (for example, sends reservation instruction data to the server 21) as necessary using the terminal device 31 (FIG. 2). 1). The terminal device 31 includes, for example, a personal computer and a portable terminal device (for example, a mobile phone (for example, an I-Mode mobile phone) having the same function as the terminal device 31 in the present system). The server 21 receives the reservation from the user 30,
Further, the reception information is automatically distributed to the terminal device 11 of the accommodation facility 10 (see the reference numeral in FIG. 1). For example, user 30
In the case where a reservation is made on the day (December 3) for the A-type room, the number of available rooms is reduced by one (10-
1 = 9), and the data is automatically distributed to the terminal device 11 of the accommodation facility 10 together with the information that the reservation has been made. When the number of available spaces becomes 0, the information indicating that the room is full is disclosed to the user 30.

According to the Internet accommodation reservation system described above, the following operational effects can be obtained. (A) The accommodation facility 10 uses the terminal device 11 to provide at least vacant room information (see reference numeral 41 in FIG. 2) and the date or date and time when the room is vacant (reference numerals 42 and 4 in FIG. 2).
3), and list data (see reference numeral 40 in FIG. 2) including the vacant room information and the usage fee (see reference numeral 44 in FIG. 2) corresponding to the date or date and time. Server 21 via Internet 3
To the terminal device 11 of the accommodation facility 10
The user 3 receives and stores the list data 40 from the user 3, and, based on the list data 40 and the current date or date and time, vacant room information and usage charges are given to the user 3.
0 is disclosed in response to a request from the terminal device 31 and the reservation is received, and the reception information is automatically distributed to the terminal device 11 of the accommodation facility 10. It can be operated effectively. That is, unlike the conventional system shown in FIG. 3, the accommodation facility 10 does not necessarily have to provide a part of the total number of rooms as a contract room to the operating company 20 of the site affiliated with the accommodation facility 10 for a certain period of time. By publishing the above list data on all the vacant rooms on the Internet 3, it becomes possible to operate the vacant rooms effectively. (B) Since the terminal device 31 of the user 30 includes a portable terminal device (the terminal device 31 of the user 30 can also be constituted by a portable terminal device), the user 30 is a portable terminal device. Can be used to make a reservation for a room. Therefore, the accommodation facility 10 can operate the empty room more effectively. (C) The terminal device 11 of the accommodation facility 10 has the list data 4
Since the terminal device can change the setting of “0” as needed and send it to the server 21, the accommodation facility 10 can operate the empty room more effectively. For example, when the reservation situation is not good, the fee in the list data 40 is changed to a lower fee (for example, “6500” in FIG. 2A is changed to “5500”, and “6000” is changed to “50”).
00 ”,“ 5000 ”to“ 4000 ”), and sends it to the server 21 by changing the setting.
The user 30 is encouraged to use the empty room, and the empty room can be operated more effectively.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately modified within the scope of the present invention.

[0023]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram (block diagram) showing an embodiment of an Internet accommodation reservation system according to the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are diagrams each showing an example of list data. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram (block diagram) showing a conventional Internet accommodation reservation system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Internet 10 Accommodation facility 11 Terminal device 21 Server 30 User 31 Terminal device 40, 40 'List data

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A system that operates under conditions including a terminal device of an accommodation facility, a server, and a terminal device of a user that can be connected to the Internet, wherein the terminal device of the accommodation facility includes at least vacant room information and Setting list data including a date or date and time when the room is vacant, and usage charges corresponding to the vacant room information and the date or date and sending the list data to the server via the Internet. The server receives and stores list data from the terminal device of the accommodation facility, and based on the list data and the current date or date and time, , The vacant room information and the usage fee are disclosed in response to a request from the terminal device of the user, and a reservation is accepted, and the reception information is further Internet booking system, which is a server for automatic delivery to the serial accommodation of the terminal device. 2. The internet accommodation reservation system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device of the user includes a portable terminal device. 3. The internet accommodation reservation system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device of the accommodation facility is a terminal device capable of changing the setting of the list data at any time and sending it to a server.