JP2002170015A - Air service preservation system by internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air service reservation system by the Internet allowing a person to perform an information retrieval and empty inquiry to an air service reservation only by the operation and input on a Web of the Internet. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a processing program for displaying, in the Web site of a Web server for air service reservation on the Internet, a commodity having commodity set items of at least departure airport, arrival airport, transfer airport, using airline company, transfer air service airline company, using (boarding) class thereof, using (boarding) class of transfer air service airline company, and airline company reservation system(CRS) classification stored therein, and automatically judging the CRS when receiving a reservation input to perform a reservation processing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an airline flight reservation system using the Internet, which can search for airline information from a web site on the Internet, search for airlines, and make reservations.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, booking a flight ticket, especially an international flight ticket, is complicated, and even a travel agent requires a certain amount of training to smoothly make a booking using an airline terminal. Had become. One of the factors that complicates the reservation business is that each airline's reservation system (C
RS: computer reservation system). Generally, at least the departure airport code, arrival airport code, connecting airport code, departure date, airline code, and flight class code are required to make a ticket reservation. Can be set independently. Physical seat types are currently
There are four types of flight classes: First Class, Business Class, Premium Economy Class, and Economy Class. There are Business Class, Discount Premium Economy Class, Discount Economy Class, Individual Comprehensive Charge, Cheap Air Ticket, etc., and each class uses a unique character selected from 26 characters from A to Z for each class. Therefore, when selecting a class code in the reservation business,
Even veteran reservation staff often refer to the code table, complicating the reservation business. In addition, there are websites of travel agencies that disclose information about airline tickets on the Internet, but the reservation systems (CRS: Computer Reservation
Due to the difference in system), simply providing information such as airline price and airline, etc., reservations are made by telephone, facsimile, mail, store, etc. without changing from the past is the current situation.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned situation, and is capable of automatically retrieving information on airmail, inquiring airlines, and reserving airmail simply by inputting an operation on the Internet web. It is an object of the present invention to provide an airline flight reservation system using the Internet.

[0004]

[MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] In order to achieve the above object, an airline reservation system using the Internet according to the present invention includes at least a departure airport, an arrival airport, and a web server for airline reservation on the Internet. Airports, transfer airports, passenger airlines, transfer airlines, and use (boarding) classes, transfer airline use (boarding) classes,
In addition to displaying a product on which a product setting item of the CRS category is stored on a website, when a reservation is input, a processing program for automatically determining an airline reservation system (CRS) and performing a reservation process is provided. In the airline reservation system using the Internet according to the present invention, a CRS type is provided in a registration format of a product setting item to be stored in a product displayed on a website, and a CRS type is provided.
An airline reservation system (CRS) corresponding to the code input for the type is provided with a processing program for automatically determining and performing a reservation process.

[0005]

An airline reservation system using the Internet according to the present invention will be described below. If you have access to the flight booking website on the Internet for flight booking, the web server will, according to the processing program, provide at least the departure airport, arrival airport, transfer airport, airline carrier and transfer flight carrier. , And use (boarding) class, connecting airline carrier (boarding) class, CR
The merchandise storing the merchandise setting items of the S category is displayed on the website. Then, if the user inputs to the product as instructed on the screen, the processing program of the web server specifies the content of the product setting items stored in the product, and sets the airline reservation system set in advance. (CRS) is automatically determined and a reservation process is performed.
In the airline reservation system using the Internet according to the present invention, a CRS type is provided in a registration format of a product setting item stored in a product displayed on a website, and at the time of setting, an airline reservation system to be used for the CRS type ( When the CRS) code is input, the web server automatically determines the airline reservation system (CRS) set to the CRS type by the processing program and performs the reservation process.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an airline reservation system using the Internet according to the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an airline reservation system 1 using the Internet according to the present invention. In the figure, a web server 2 for providing a web site for airline reservations on the Internet via an internet line, and a plurality of airline reservation system (CRS) computers 3 connected to the web server 2 via an SITA line. In addition to the above, at least the departure airport, arrival airport, transfer airport, use airline, transfer airline, and use (boarding) class, transfer airline use (boarding) class, and CRS classification The product on which the product setting items are stored is displayed on the website, and when the user inputs the product according to the instructions shown on the screen, the processing program of the web server executes the content of the product setting items stored in the product. Process for identifying and automatically identifying the airline reservation system (CRS) to process the reservation Program 4 is visceral. Figure 2 shows the product settings required for flight booking: departure airport, arrival airport, transfer airport, passenger airline, transfer airline, and use (boarding) class, transfer airline use (boarding) class, CR
The S section is shown. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the processing program. The product setting items are set in the web server 1, and when there is a search input from the user, the product in which the product setting items are stored is displayed on a web page, and the content of the product setting items is automatically specified. When there is a reservation input (empty inquiry, reservation) from the user, a preset airline reservation system (CRS) is automatically determined and accessed, and a reservation process is performed based on the product setting items. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the reservation, FIGS. 5 to 9 are web pages, FIG. 10 is a screen diagram of a registration format of data shown in “product details”, and FIGS. 11 to 15 are web pages. In the figure, as shown on the registration setting screen of the reservation service,
The minimum requirements for airline bookings are CRS classification, departure city,
Destination city, transfer airport, user airline, transfer flight airline,
The system is configured so that a use (boarding) class and a transfer flight airline use (boarding) class can be set. In the booking operation, the web server 1 firstly sends an end user who wishes to make a flight reservation to a departure city, a region, and boarding (use) by clicking on a corresponding place on the web page as shown in FIG. Class, airline (optional)
(In this example, select the departure city name as Tokyo, the region as North America / Canada / Mexico / Caribbean, the boarding class as Discount Economy, and the airline as Delta Airlines.) 6 and FIG.
A list of cities is displayed on a web page as shown in FIG.
Next, the end user clicks on the desired destination, the "search" icon (here, for example, selects Orlando), and the web server 1 displays, as shown in FIG.
Airline, fare,
Product titles and airfare types (boarding classes) are listed on the web page. If the user clicks on the “Details” icon if he or she likes one of these items (here, the product title shown at the top is selected as an example), the web server 1 will display, as shown in FIG.
Display "product details" on a web page. This “product details” is displayed based on the user input and the data of the registration format (title is “course details”) of the data shown in the above “product details” shown in FIG. 10, and as the product setting items, Departure airport, arrival airport, airline carrier,
The use (boarding) class, the transfer flight airline use (boarding) class, and the CRS classification are stored and set. In addition, this screen displays the “Schedule (departure)” icon,
Click the "Schedule (Return)" icon to open a window where you can check your flight schedule. Further, when the user clicks the "go to reservation after vacancy inquiry" icon on the screen, web server 1 accesses a preset airline reservation system (CRS) computer (in this embodiment, the CRS type is set). If a code is input for the CRS type, the web server automatically determines and accesses the airline reservation system (CRS) corresponding to the code by the processing program.)
As shown in 11, a vacancy inquiry screen is displayed on a web page. When the user enters the desired outbound departure date, return departure date, and number of passengers on the vacancy inquiry screen, and clicks the "vacancy inquiry" icon, the web server 1 executes the airline reservation system (CRS) using the processing program. The user accesses the computer and displays a vacancy inquiry result screen on a web page as shown in FIG. When the user selects an outgoing route and a return route on the vacant seat inquiry result screen and clicks the "reservation" icon, the web server 1 displays an vacant seat inquiry screen on the web page as shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, the reservation registration is a service for members only. Therefore, when the login ID and the password are input and the "input completed" icon is clicked, the web server 1
Is an airline reservation system (C
RS) access the computer and as shown in FIG.
Display the passenger information input screen on the web page. This screen shows information about the flight booked,
The processing program includes the required product settings for flight booking: departure airport, arrival airport, transfer airport, carrier airline, transfer carrier airline, and travel (boarding) class,
The content of the transfer flight airline use (boarding) class and CRS classification is specified. The user enters the passenger information,
When the "input completed" icon is clicked, the web server 1 accesses the airline reservation system (CRS) computer, and a reservation is made according to the specified product setting items. As shown in FIG. "Screen is displayed on the web page, whereby the reservation is completed.

[0007] In the above embodiment, the setting items of the commodities of the web server required for reservation include CRS classification, departure city, destination city, transfer airport, use airline, transfer flight airline, and use (boarding) class. Although a transfer flight airline use (boarding) class is provided and the reservation is made with the setting items of this product, it is of course possible to include the setting items of other products as necessary. In the above embodiment, as described above, the registration format is provided with a CRS type for setting which CRS is to be reserved, and a code indicating an airline reservation system (CRS) to be used is entered and set. For example, at the time of reservation, the airline reservation system (CRS) is automatically determined and the reservation can be made. (If the CRS type is not specifically set, which airline reservation system (CRS) to select is set in advance in the processing program. The reason for setting the CRS type is that which airline reservation system (C
This is because, in some cases, it is possible to decide whether to make a reservation with RS) or to make a decision arbitrarily. Furthermore, the processing program stores at least a departure airport, an arrival airport, a transfer airport, a carrier airline, a transfer carrier airline, and a use (boarding) class, a transfer flight carrier on a web server for flight reservation on the Internet. Usage (boarding) class,
A product in which product setting items of the CRS category are stored is displayed on a website, and when a reservation is input, an airline reservation system (CRS) is automatically discriminated to perform a reservation process, or a product to be displayed on the website. A CRS type is provided in the registration format of the product setting items to be stored in the CRS, and any program having a procedure for automatically determining the airline reservation system (CRS) corresponding to the code inputted in the CRS type and performing a reservation process is provided. It may be a program. Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the reservation operation on the screen is described in detail, but of course, the screen configuration, order, reservation operation, and the like are not limited to the embodiment, as long as the processing program of the above procedure is included. Any screen configuration, order, or reservation operation may be used.

[0008]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the airline reservation system using the Internet according to the present invention, the airline information can be searched from the air inquiry by simply inputting the operation on the Internet web. A remarkable effect that can be made automatically up to the reservation is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an airline reservation system using the Internet of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing product setting items essential for airline reservation.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a processing program.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a reservation procedure.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of a web page screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of a web page screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram of a web page screen.

FIG. 8 is a screen diagram of a web page.

FIG. 9 is a screen diagram of a web page.

FIG. 10 is a screen diagram of a registration format of data shown in “product details”.

FIG. 11 is a web page screen diagram.

FIG. 12 is a screen diagram of a web page.

FIG. 13 is a web page screen diagram.

FIG. 14 is a web page screen diagram.

FIG. 15 is a web page screen diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 airline reservation system using the Internet 2 web server 3 airline reservation system (CRS) computer 4 processing program

Claims (2)

[Claims] [Claim 1] At least a departure airport, arrival airport, transfer airport, use airline, transfer flight airline, and use (boarding) class, transfer flight airline use Boarding) class,
In addition to displaying a product on which a product setting item of the CRS category is stored on a website, when a reservation is input, a processing program for automatically determining an airline reservation system (CRS) and performing a reservation process is provided. Airline flight reservation system via the Internet. 2. A CRS type is provided in a registration format of a product setting item stored in a product displayed on a website, and an airline reservation system (CRS) corresponding to a code input in the CRS type is automatically determined to perform a reservation process. An airline reservation system using the Internet, comprising: