JP2004259185A - Restaurant occupy/vacant information providing system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To return a reply of a store such as an entrance permission notice to a personal digital assistant in real time when entrance inquiry information from the personal digital assistant is received by a store terminal in simple constitution. <P>SOLUTION: This restaurant occupy/vacant information providing system includes a plurality of store terminals 4 set in the restaurants to receive the entrance inquiry information from a customer's personal digital assistant 15. The store terminals include: a communication means 5; an entrance permission informing means 10 for transmitting an entrance permission notice to the personal digital assistant by the communication means in the case where an entrance possibility determination means decides that the entrance inquiry information is conformable to an entrance accept condition of the restaurant side when the entrance inquiry information is received from the personal digital assistant or another store terminal by the communication means; and an entrance inquiry information transfer means 12 for transferring the entrance inquiry information to another store terminal through the communication means when the entrance possibility determination means decides that the entrance inquiry information is not conformable to the entrance accept condition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, when a mobile information terminal such as a mobile phone transmits shop entry information for inquiring whether or not a restaurant can be entered into a restaurant terminal installed in a restaurant, a response to the entry possibility is received in real time by the mobile information terminal. The present invention relates to a restaurant vacancy information providing system and a method thereof.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, when a customer intends to visit a required store such as a restaurant in the future, if it is possible to obtain in advance information on the congestion state such as whether or not the store can be entered, it is unnecessary to take a step Convenient without any.
[0003]
As an example of a conventional system responding to such a request, a system capable of remotely monitoring an image of a surveillance camera for monitoring the inside of a store and providing the image to a customer terminal to inform the customer of the congestion state in the store. (For example, see Patent Document 1).
[0004]
As another system, a customer information center, a shop terminal, and a server form a network information center on the Internet, and the server centrally manages congestion information such as the number of waiting customers at each shop. Some are provided to terminals (for example, see Patent Document 2).
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-218441 A
[Patent Document 2]
JP, 2002-163404, A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the former conventional system, a large number of surveillance cameras are installed in each store, and image providing devices for providing images from these surveillance cameras to customer terminals via the Internet are provided. However, since the system is relatively large, there is a problem that initial costs and running costs increase.
[0008]
Further, in the latter conventional apparatus, it is necessary to construct a relatively large-scale system since congestion information such as the number of waiting customers and time at each store is always centrally managed in real time by a server. Similarly, there is a problem that the cost is high.
[0009]
In addition, the congestion information of each of these stores must be accessed and browsed one by one for each store, which is cumbersome, and the congestion information of a plurality of stores needs to be centrally managed in real time by the server. However, there is a problem that the configuration becomes complicated and the load increases.
[0010]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a purpose thereof is to provide a store-side notification, such as a store-entry consent notice, when a store terminal receives store-inquiry information from a portable information terminal with a simple configuration. The present invention provides a restaurant full / vacancy information providing system and a method thereof for returning a response to a portable information terminal in real time.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is a restaurant having a plurality of restaurant-equipped store terminals for receiving, from a portable information terminal of the customer, entrance inquiry information for inquiring whether or not the customer can enter the restaurant. An empty information providing system, wherein the shop terminal is a communication means capable of bidirectional transmission and reception with the portable information terminal and another shop terminal, and the communication means transmits the shop entry reference information to the portable information terminal or other information. When received from the shop terminal, the shop entrance inquiring information, at least the restaurant side including the number of customers who can enter the restaurant side to determine whether or not to meet the entrance acceptance determination means, When it is determined by the entry possibility determination means that the conditions for accepting entry are satisfied, the entry acceptance notification means for transmitting an entry acceptance notification to the portable information terminal by the communication means, Fill in When it is determined that the inquiry information does not conform to the above-mentioned entrance acceptance condition, there is provided an entrance inquiry information transfer means for transferring the entrance inquiry information to another store terminal via the communication means. This is a restaurant vacancy information providing system that is a feature of the restaurant.
[0012]
In this claim and the following claims, the portable information terminal includes a portable telephone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and the like. The store terminal comprises a computer system.
[0013]
In the invention according to claim 2 of the present application, the store terminal includes a download unit that causes the portable information terminal to download a connection application program for connecting the portable information terminal to the communication unit so as to enable two-way communication. The restaurant full / vacancy information providing system according to claim 1, wherein:
[0014]
The invention according to claim 3 of the present application is the restaurant full information providing system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shop terminal includes an acceptance condition input means for inputting the entry acceptance condition. It is.
[0015]
The invention according to claim 4 of the present application is characterized in that the entrance inquiry information transfer means overlaps the restaurant terminal of the store terminal that has received the first entrance inquiry information from the portable information terminal with another store terminal in the same area. The restaurant full availability information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the restaurant full availability information providing system has a function of transferring information at random.
[0016]
The invention according to claim 5 of the present application is characterized in that the entry inquiry information transfer means is connected to another restaurant in the same area and in the same area as the restaurant of the shop terminal that has received the first entry inquiry information from the portable information terminal means. 4. The restaurant full / vacancy information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising a function of sequentially transferring the information to a restaurant terminal. 5.
[0017]
The invention according to claim 6 of the present application is directed to the customer terminal, wherein the store terminal stores customer information on the customer including the telephone number of the portable information terminal of the customer when receiving the customer entrance inquiry information by the communication means. The restaurant vacancy information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising an information storage unit.
[0018]
In the invention according to claim 7 of the present application, the store terminal includes a list list that shows a plurality of store availability determination results including a store availability determination result determined by a store availability determination of a store terminal of another store. 7. A restaurant vacancy information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising optional means for transmitting and displaying the portable information terminal in response to a request from the portable information terminal. It is.
[0019]
The invention according to claim 8 of the present application is a step of receiving entry inquiry information for inquiring whether or not a customer can enter a restaurant from a portable information terminal of the customer by a restaurant terminal installed in a restaurant, and Upon receiving the above-mentioned entrance inquiry information, a decision step of judging whether or not the entrance inquiry information meets the entrance acceptance condition of the restaurant by the entrance permission / inhibition determination; Transmitting the entry acceptance notification to the portable information terminal via the communication means by the entry acceptance notification means when it is determined that the entry shop reference information satisfies the entry acceptance conditions; and When it is determined that the entrance inquiry information does not meet the entrance acceptance conditions, the entrance inquiry information is transmitted to another store terminal by the entrance inquiry information transfer means via the communication means. When a restaurant full empty information providing method characterized in that it comprises a.
[0020]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0021]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram mainly showing a configuration of a shop terminal in a restaurant vacancy information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of the restaurant vacancy information providing system 1. FIG. 3 is a process flowchart showing a process flow of the entire restaurant vacancy information providing system 1.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 2, the restaurant full / vacancy information providing system 1 divides a required area into a plurality of areas 2 which are areas A, B,..., N, and a plurality of restaurants 3 in these areas A to N. , A store terminal 4 is installed.
[0023]
The restaurant 3 is a restaurant that provides food and drink, such as a bar, a restaurant, a restaurant, and a karaoke store, and forms, for example, required chain stores AO, BO, and CO to HO in the areas A to N.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 1, each store terminal 4 is constituted by a computer system, and includes a communication unit 5, an entry availability determination unit 6, an option check unit 7, a display unit 8 having a GUI (Graphical User Interface) function, and input of reception conditions. The system includes a means 9, a store consent notification means 10, a customer information storage means 11, a store inquiry information transfer means 12, a download means 13, and a transmission means 5a.
[0025]
The communication means 5 bidirectionally transmits and receives via a telecommunication network 16 to and from a portable terminal 15 which is a portable information terminal of a customer (user) such as a portable telephone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or the like. Communication means. In FIG. 1, the transmission means 5a is shown separately from the communication means 5 in FIG. 1. However, this transmission means 5a is merely shown separately from the communication means 5 for the sake of illustration. 5 shows a part of a transmission function provided in 5.
[0026]
The communication means 5 is used for inquiring whether or not it is possible for the customer's portable information terminal 15 or other store terminals 4a, 4b,. Upon receiving the shop entry information including the number of applicants, the telephone number of the portable information terminal 15 of the customer is associated with the customer information on the customer, such as the name and ID number of the customer, and the customer information in the customer database is stored. It has a function to accumulate in the means 11 and a function to give the received entrance inquiry information to the entrance possibility determination means 6.
[0027]
When the store entrance inquiry information is input, the store entrance determination unit 6 gives an alarm signal to warn of the input to the reception condition input unit 9 to output an alarm, and allows the operator to enter the store reception condition. It has a function of prompting the input and a function of determining whether or not the entrance inquiry information conforms to the entrance acceptance conditions of the restaurant 3 side. For example, a function of determining whether or not the restaurant 3 can accept a customer's request, such as the time at which the customer is scheduled to visit the shop or the number of applicants in the shop inquiry information, Even if a predetermined time has passed since an alarm prompting the input of a condition is given to the receiving condition input means 9, if there is no input of the receiving condition, the entering inquiry information is transferred to another store terminal 4 by the entering inquiry information transferring means 12. Function.
[0028]
When it is determined that the customer's entry request indicated by the entry inquiry information from the mobile information terminal 15 is to be accepted, the entry permission / inhibition judging means 6 compares the entry acceptance result with the option checking means 7 and the display unit 8. It has a function of giving to the plug acceptance / own store flag adding means 12a the judgment result when it is judged that it is impossible for the customer to enter the store, while giving it to the store acceptance notifying means 10.
[0029]
The option checking means 7 has a function of checking whether or not option selection information indicating that an option is selected is included in the shop entrance inquiry information from the customer. As an example of the option, for example, a plurality of There is a service that creates a list of entry possibility determination results of the store 3 and sends it to the portable information terminal 15 for display on the display unit 15a, which is displayed on the display unit 15b of the portable information terminal 15 shown in FIG. It can be set by an option setting operation such as clicking on the option setting display button 15c.
[0030]
The option checking means 7 determines whether or not a flag of another restaurant 3 is added to the entry inquiry information input to the entry possibility determination means 6 and reads the name of the restaurant 3 read from the flag to the entry. It is recorded as list data in association with the availability judgment result and the reception (reception) time of the entrance inquiry information, and when it is detected that the option selection information for the list display is included in the entrance inquiry information. And a function to return the list data from the communication means 5 to the portable information terminal 15.
[0031]
The entry possibility judging means 6 includes, among the entry possibility decision results determined here, a decision result of acceptance to accept the customer's entry into the shop, together with customer information such as a customer ID number which can identify the customer, as well as option check means. 7 and a display unit 8 to provide the entry consent notification means 10.
[0032]
Upon receipt of this entry acceptance decision result, the entry acceptance notifying means 10 reads the telephone number from the customer information storage means 11 from the customer's ID number, and the communication means 5 transmits the telephone number to the portable information terminal 15 of this telephone number. It has a function of transmitting a call via the communication network 16, transmitting information about the store such as the store name, a store acceptance notification including the number of people who have accepted the store, and displaying the information on the display units 15 a and 15 b of the portable information terminal 15.
[0033]
The store entrance inquiry information transfer unit 12 includes a flag check / own store flag adding unit 12a, a store list database 12b within the own area, an adjacent area ID database 12c, and a transmission unit 5a.
[0034]
When the flag check / own store flag adding means 12a determines that entry into the store is impossible based on the entry possibility decision result 6, the entry permit / inhibit decision means 6 inputs the shop reference information. It is checked whether or not the own store flag is added to the inquiry information, and when it is determined that the own store flag is already added, the other store information is not added to this store entrance inquiry information without adding the own store flag. Transfer to terminal 4.
[0035]
On the other hand, when the flag check / own store flag adding means 12a determines that the own store flag is not added to the store inquiry information, it adds the own store flag to the store inquiry information, and Is referred to from its database 12b, and a list of stores (own area store list) in A, which is an area to which the restaurant 3 to which the restaurant 3 belongs belongs, is transferred from the database 12b according to the random number table. It has a function of randomly extracting a to-be-stored terminal, for example, 4b (see FIG. 1), and transmitting it to the next store terminal b by the transmission means 5a via the wireless network 16.
[0036]
If the flag check / own store flag adding means 12a detects that the flags of all store terminals 4, 4a,... Listed in the store list within the own area are added to the store entrance inquiry information, It is determined that the entrance inquiry information has been transferred to all the store terminals 4, 4a, 4b,... In the own area. Therefore, next, the ID of the area adjacent to the own area is extracted from the adjacent area ID database 12c, and the store terminal 4b of the restaurant 3 in this adjacent area, for example, B, is randomly extracted based on a random number table. It has a function of transmitting to the terminal 4 by the transmitting means 5a.
[0037]
Then, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the customer P once goes to the restaurant 3, the portable information terminal 15 is held over the store terminal 4 in the restaurant 3, or within a predetermined distance. A function of downloading a connection application for wirelessly connecting the store terminal 4 to the store information terminal 4 by short-range communication such as Bluetooth (trademark) or attaching an e-mail to the portable information terminal 15 when approached. Having.
[0038]
However, the download destination of the connection application is not necessarily limited to the shop terminal 4. For example, the connection application can be downloaded from a homepage established by a chain store headquarters, an operating company, a regional promotion society, etc. of a plurality of restaurants 3. May be.
[0039]
Next, the operation of the restaurant vacancy information providing system 1 will be described mainly with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a process flowchart mainly showing the operation of the restaurant vacancy information providing system 1, and symbols in FIG. 3 with numbers attached to S indicate steps of the flowchart.
[0040]
As shown in FIG. 4, when the customer goes to the restaurant 3 such as a pub, the portable information terminal 15 is connected to the store terminal 4 installed on the cashier counter 3a of the restaurant 3 on the way home, for example. By wirelessly connecting the portable information terminal 15 to the store terminal 4 by bringing it closer to the short-range communicable range or by holding it over a transmitting unit or the like, the connection application program is connected to the portable information terminal 15 from the download unit 13 of the store terminal 4. Downloaded.
[0041]
As shown in FIG. 3, the download of the connection application program (S1) is carried out on the homepage established by the WWW server 17 managed and operated by the chain store headquarters of the restaurant 3 and the operating company, the Regional Promotion Association, and the like. The access can also be performed by the terminal 15.
[0042]
Thereafter, in S2, if the customer has gone to the restaurant 3 again and has attempted to go to the restaurant 3 where the connection application program has been downloaded, it is determined whether or not the restaurant 3 can enter. In order to make an inquiry, the connection application program downloaded in S1 is activated and transmitted to the restaurant terminal 4 of the restaurant 3 as entrance inquiry information.
[0043]
As a method of inquiring the restaurant 3 whether or not the restaurant 3 is open for business or the number of vacant seats, a method of starting the connection application program and then simply inputting the name of the restaurant, and a method of determining the area to which the restaurant 3 belongs are described. There are two ways to specify and enter each.
[0044]
As shown in the display section 15a of the portable information terminal 15 in FIG. 5, there is a method of simply inputting a store name such as “Izakaya × Hamamatsucho store”. Then, a display button such as "TEL" is displayed on the display unit 15a. When the display button is clicked, the mobile information terminal 15 is connected to the shop terminal 4 of the restaurant 3 of the telephone number. The application program is wirelessly connected, and entry inquiry information for inquiring whether or not the restaurant 3 is open or the number of vacant seats is transmitted to the shop terminal 4.
[0045]
On the other hand, as shown in the display section 15b of the portable information terminal 15 in FIG. 5, for example, an area to be searched which is not a shop name such as the Hamamatsucho north exit area, the number of people who want to enter the shop, a list display in the option menu, etc. There is a way to enter a selection of options. This list display is to display on the display unit 15b of the portable information terminal 15 a list of restaurants 3 that are allowed to enter and restaurants 3 that are not allowed to enter, and a display of the store terminal 4 shown in FIG. 9 is a display example corresponding to a list display on the display unit 8a of the unit 8. However, the display unit 8a of the display unit 8 displays the display unit 8a of the display unit 8 of the store terminal 4 when the reception condition input means 9 of the store terminal 4 on the side of the restaurant 3 inputs the reception conditions of the own store. This is an example of a displayed list display, and during this list display, the answers to the restaurant inquiry information of the restaurant 3 transferred before the own restaurant are displayed in a list, for example, in order of reception time.
[0046]
As shown in FIG. 3, when the entry inquiry information from the portable information terminal 15 is received by the communication means 5 of the store terminal 4 in S3, the customer enters by the entry possibility determination means 6 of the shop terminal 4 in the next S4. It is determined whether or not the store is possible.
[0047]
The entry possibility judging means 6 determines whether or not the customer's entry inquiry information matches the restaurant's acceptance condition input from the acceptance condition input means 9; When the number of vacant seats is smaller than the number of vacant seats on the side of the store 3, it is determined that entry into the store is not permitted when the number of desired occupants is larger than the number of vacant seats or when the store is closed.
[0048]
The entrance acceptance notice is returned to the portable information terminal 15 by the entrance acceptance notice means 10, and the display section 15a displays, for example, “Izakaya × Hamamatsucho OK”. On the other hand, if it is determined by the entry possibility judging means 6 that entry is not possible, the own entry flag is added to the entry inquiry information by the entry inquiry information transfer means 12 in S5, and then the same area as the restaurant 3 is added. Next, the next restaurant 3 is randomly extracted, and the entry information from the portable information terminal 15 is transferred to the shop terminal 4 of the next restaurant 3.
[0049]
The next store terminal 4 operates in substantially the same manner as the first store terminal 4 described above. That is, the entry permission information is judged by the entry permission / inhibition judging means 6 based on the entrance inquiry information received by the communication means 5, and when it is judged that the entry is possible (see S6 in FIG. 3), a notice of acceptance of entry is entered. The information is returned to the portable information terminal 15 by the store consent notification means 10.
[0050]
On the other hand, when the vacancy on the side of the restaurant 3 is smaller than the number of people who want to enter the restaurant 3 or when it is determined that the restaurant cannot be entered due to a holiday or the like, the flag check / own store flag adding means 12a uses the flag check / own store flag adding means 12a. It is checked whether or not the flag is added to the in-store inquiry information. If the own store flag is added to the in-store inquiry information, the in-store inquiry information is already received by the in-store terminal 4 once. Therefore, the store terminal 4 of the next restaurant 3 is randomly extracted from the store list DB 12 within the own area without adding the own store flag, and the entrance inquiry information is transferred to the store terminal 4 by the transmitting means 5a. I do.
[0051]
As shown in FIG. 2, the entry inquiry information from the portable information terminal 15 is stored in the same area as the restaurant 3 that was first accessed until a consent notice of entry into the portable information terminal 15 is returned to the portable information terminal 15. Store terminals 4 of a plurality of restaurants 3 in area A are sequentially and randomly transferred.
[0052]
Further, if the entry confirmation information is not returned to the shop terminals 4 of all the restaurants 3 in the same area (area) A even if the entry inquiry information is transferred, the adjacent area B adjacent to the area A is not returned. The restaurant 3 is randomly and sequentially transferred to the restaurant terminal 4 of the restaurant 3 within the restaurant 3 until a restaurant 3 that returns a consent notice of entry permission is displayed.
[0053]
Therefore, according to the restaurant vacancy information providing system 1, when the customer intends to go to the required restaurant 3, the connection application program of the portable information terminal 15 is started in advance and the restaurant 3 The shop terminal 4 transmits entry inquiry information for inquiring whether entry is possible or not, and the result of the entry permission can be confirmed by viewing the display unit 15a of the portable information terminal 15. In addition, if it is not possible to enter the restaurant 3 that has been accessed first, it is possible to enter the restaurant 3 in the same area (area) as the first restaurant 3 or another restaurant 3 in the adjacent area. Until the acceptance notice is received, the restaurants 3 that can enter the store can be automatically searched sequentially.
[0054]
In addition, the search for the restaurant 3 where entry is possible is automatically executed by accessing the store terminal 4 of the first restaurant 3 from the portable information terminal 15, and the entry of the restaurant 3 as in the conventional system described above is performed. This is very convenient because it is not necessary to access the centralized server each time the store is determined not to be available.
[0055]
In addition, since it is possible to search the entry availability status of the plurality of restaurants 3 by a simple configuration in which the entrance inquiry information from the portable information terminal 15 is sequentially transferred between the shop terminals 4 of the plurality of restaurants 3, the centralized server is used. There is no need to configure a large-scale system unlike the conventional system provided.
[0056]
For this reason, the initial cost and running cost of the restaurant full / vacancy information providing system 1 can be reduced.
[0057]
Then, as shown in FIG. 2, when the entrance inquiry information from the portable information terminal 15 is transferred to a plurality of restaurants 3, it is sequentially performed for each of the predetermined required areas A to N. It is possible to preferentially enclose customers by town.
[0058]
In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, when the entrance inquiry information from the portable information terminal 15 is transferred to a plurality of restaurants 3, the restaurant 3 belonging to the same restaurant chain store is preferentially transferred. The inquiry information transfer means 12 may be configured. According to this, it is possible to enclose customers by a required restaurant chain store.
[0059]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention relates to a method in which, when a customer intends to go to a restaurant, whether or not the customer can send a mobile information terminal to the restaurant terminal of the restaurant in advance to enter the restaurant and send inquiry information to determine whether or not the customer can enter the restaurant When the inquiry is made, the store acceptance notification is returned to this portable information terminal from the store terminal only of the restaurant accepting the store, so that the customer can enter a restaurant that can enter without actually going to the restaurant. You can easily and quickly search.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram mainly showing a configuration of a store terminal in a restaurant full / vacancy information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of transfer when the restaurant inquiry information supply system shown in FIG. 1 transfers entry inquiry information from a portable information terminal among a plurality of store terminals.
FIG. 3 is a process flowchart of the restaurant vacancy information providing system shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of a case where a connection application program is downloaded from the shop terminal shown in FIG. 1 or the like to a portable information terminal.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of each display unit of the portable information terminal and the shop terminal during wireless communication between the portable information terminal and the shop terminal shown in FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 restaurant vacancy information providing system 3 restaurant 4 shop terminal 5 communication means 5 a transmission means 6 entry possibility determination means 7 option check means 8 display unit 8 a display unit of display unit 9 acceptance condition input means 10 entry acceptance notification means 11 Customer information storage means 12 Entry inquiry information transfer means 12a Flag check / own store flag adding means 12b Store list DB in own area
12c Adjacent area IDDB
13 download means 15 portable information terminal

Claims (8)

A restaurant vacancy information providing system comprising a plurality of restaurant-installed store terminals that receives, from a mobile information terminal of the customer, entrance inquiry information for inquiring whether or not a customer can enter a restaurant,
The store terminal above is
Communication means capable of bidirectional transmission and reception with the portable information terminal and the other store terminal;
When the store entrance inquiry information is received from the portable information terminal or another store terminal by this communication means, the store entrance inquiry information includes at least a restaurant entrance acceptance condition including at least the number of customers who can enter the store. Means for judging whether or not the store is acceptable, and transmitting a notice of consent to the portable information terminal to the portable information terminal by the communication means when it is judged that the condition for accepting the store is satisfied. Entry acceptance notification means to
If the entry possibility determination means determines that the entry inquiry information does not meet the entry acceptance conditions, the entry inquiry information for transferring the entry inquiry information to another store terminal via the communication means. Transfer means;
A restaurant full / vacancy information providing system comprising: The store terminal includes a download unit that causes the portable information terminal to download a connection application program for connecting the portable information terminal to the communication unit so that the portable information terminal can perform two-way communication.
The restaurant full / vacancy information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the system is provided. The store terminal includes an acceptance condition input unit that inputs the entry acceptance condition,
The restaurant full / vacancy information providing system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: The entrance inquiry information transfer means has a function of transmitting the first entrance inquiry information from the portable information terminal at random without duplicating it to another shop terminal in the same area as the restaurant of the store terminal that has received the first entrance inquiry information. The restaurant full / vacancy information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The entry inquiry information transfer means has a function of sequentially transferring the first entry inquiry information from the portable information terminal means to another store terminal in the same region and the same chain store as the restaurant of the store terminal that has received the first entrance inquiry information. The restaurant vacancy information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: The store terminal, when receiving the customer's entrance inquiry information by the communication means, the customer information storage means for storing customer information about the customer including the telephone number of the portable information terminal of the customer,
The restaurant vacancy information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: In response to the request of the portable information terminal, the store terminal displays a plurality of list information indicating a plurality of store availability determination results, including the store availability determination result determined by the store availability determination of the store terminal of another store. Optional means to send and display on this mobile information terminal,
The restaurant full / vacancy information providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: A step of receiving entry inquiry information inquiring whether or not the customer can enter the restaurant from the portable information terminal of the customer by the shop terminal of the restaurant, and a step of receiving the entry inquiry information by the shop terminal A determining step of determining whether or not the store inquiries information meets the restaurant acceptance conditions on the restaurant side by determining whether or not the store can be entered;
A step of transmitting an entry acceptance notice to the portable information terminal via the communication means by the entry acceptance notice means when it is judged that the entry inquiry information satisfies the entry acceptance condition by the entry permission judgment. When,
When it is determined that the entry inquiry information does not meet the entry acceptance conditions by the entry availability determination, the entry inquiry information is transmitted to another store terminal via the communication unit by the entry inquiry information transfer unit. Sending,
A restaurant full vacancy information providing method, comprising:

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