JP2007249549A - Accommodation facility use system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the efficiency of a series of business processing including reservation of an accommodation facility, check-in, unlocking of a guest room provided and check-out by use of a two-dimensional data code. <P>SOLUTION: A reservation code is generated according to reservation of the accommodation facility 21 on a Web by a computer 301 with browser function used by a user 31, and the generated reservation code is transmitted to an accommodation facility device 201 having computer configuration, and also transmitted to the computer 301 of the user 31 to be reproducible in the form of a two-dimensional data code 401, to enable automatic check-in in the accommodation facility device 201 by use of the reproduced two-dimensional data code 401 brought by the user 31. In the accommodation facility device 201, a different two-dimensional data code is issued based on the two-dimensional data code 40 to enable unlocking of the guest room provided to the user 31 and automatic check-out by use of the different two-dimensional data code. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention enables automatic check-in at an accommodation facility by using a two-dimensional data code issued with an accommodation reservation on the web, and another two-dimensional data code issued based on the two-dimensional data code. The present invention relates to an accommodation facility use system that enables unlocking and automatic checkout of a guest room provided to a user.

  With the spread of the Internet, systems that can make reservations for accommodations such as hotels and inns on the web have become common. Such a system publishes a reservation site that can be browsed by a computer having a browser function on the web, provides vacant room information, and transmits the accommodation facility reservation data form to a computer that browses the reservation site. In addition, it is constructed so that a reservation can be received by receiving an already entered data form transmitted from the computer.

  Such a scheme is common as a system on the web that accepts reservations for not only accommodation facility reservations but also any goods or services. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a reservation service system that lends rental products at a library or rental store to a user who has made a reservation for books and various rental products via the Internet. In this system, when a rental product is reserved on the web by a mobile communication terminal on the user side, reservation registration information that can identify the rental reserved item can be displayed on the display unit in the form of a two-dimensional data code. Send to mobile communication terminal. Then, the reservation registration information is displayed in the form of a two-dimensional data code on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal possessed by the user who goes to the rental facility, and this is read by the rental product lending terminal installed in the facility. The system is built to lend the corresponding rental reservation items.

  In accommodation facilities, for example, an electronic lock is provided on a door of a guest room provided to a user in order to ensure security. The electronic lock generally uses a magnetic card as a key for unlocking. In other words, a security code for unlocking is set on the electronic lock, a security code is recorded on the magnetic card, and the security code recorded on the magnetic card is read on the electronic lock, and it matches the set security code. It is a mechanism that enables the unlocking on the condition. On the other hand, Patent Document 2 discloses an invention in which a two-dimensional data code is used as a key for unlocking an electronic lock. That is, a key for unlocking is converted into a two-dimensional data code and displayed on a monitor, which is captured by a camera built in the mobile phone and displayed on the display unit. Then, the recognition camera at the entrance / exit where the electronic lock is installed reads the two-dimensional data code displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone, and the control unit executes a verification process of the read data. The lock signal is output to the electronic lock.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-196643 JP 2004-238965 A

  Techniques that use a two-dimensional data code in certain limited situations such as rental of rental products and unlocking of electronic locks are known as can be seen in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above. However, using a two-dimensional data code in a limited aspect means that the two-dimensional data code only has a single value. For example, in the case of the invention described in Patent Document 1, the value entrusted to the two-dimensional data code is limited to the value as reservation registration information that can specify the rental reserved item. In the case of the invention described in Patent Document 2, the value entrusted to the two-dimensional data code remains as the value of the key of the electronic lock. In other words, the two-dimensional data code described in Patent Document 1 merely represents information called reservation registration information as a form called a two-dimensional data code. Further, the two-dimensional data code described in Patent Document 2 merely expresses information that can be a key of an electronic lock as a form of a two-dimensional data code.

  On the other hand, assuming an accommodation facility utilization system, it is noticed that various aspects can occur, such as reservation of a guest room, check-in, unlocking of an electronic lock provided to the door of the provided guest room, check-out, etc. . For this reason, when trying to increase the efficiency of the accommodation facility utilization system with reference to the prior art that gives only a single value to the two-dimensional data code as described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, Naturally, the use of the two-dimensional data code is shredded for each situation, and the consistency of the use of the two-dimensional data code cannot be recalled. For this reason, it is difficult to conceive a truly efficient accommodation facility utilization system from the above prior art.

  An object of the present invention is to use a two-dimensional data code to improve the efficiency of a series of business processes from reservation of an accommodation facility to check-in, unlocking of a provided guest room, and check-out.

  The present invention relates to a host device having a computer configuration for publishing a reservation site that can be browsed by a computer having a browser function on the web, and a computer installed in an accommodation facility connected to the host device through a communication network so that data communication is possible. An accommodation facility apparatus having a configuration; a front code reader installed at the front of the accommodation facility for reading and decoding a two-dimensional data code; and transmitting the decoded code to the accommodation facility device; and at an entrance of each guest room of the accommodation facility A guest room code reader that reads and decodes the two-dimensional data code installed and transmits the decoded code to the accommodation facility apparatus, and is installed on a door of each guest room of the accommodation facility, and receives an unlock signal from the accommodation facility apparatus. An electronic lock whose unlocking operation is controlled accordingly, and the host device As means for executing by the computer function, means for transmitting an accommodation facility reservation data form to the computer browsing the reservation site on the web so as to be input, and the input data form transmitted from the computer. A reservation code is generated in response to the receiving means and the received data form, and the reservation code is stored on a medium that can be possessed by a user of the computer to the computer that has transmitted the data form. A means for transmitting in a reproducible manner in the form of a code, and the reservation information included in the data form is associated with the generated reservation code via the communication network in response to reception of the input data form Means for transmitting to the accommodation facility device, and the accommodation facility device, Included in the two-dimensional data code read and decoded by the front code reader, and means for storing the received reservation information and the reservation code associated therewith in the storage unit. Means for executing a check-in process including specifying a guest room that provides reservation information associated with the reservation code stored in the storage unit that matches the code, and the check-in process A guest code is generated, and the generated guest code is stored in the storage unit in association with the guest room specified by the check-in process, and the user can have the generated guest code Means for outputting in a reproducible form in the form of a two-dimensional data code on a medium, and the guest room code reader reads Receiving the code contained in the decoded two-dimensional data code, and unlocking the electronic lock of the guest room on condition that the code corresponding to the code matches the unlocking code stored in the storage unit A means for outputting a signal, and a code included in the two-dimensional data code read and decoded by the front code reader, and is associated with a guest code stored in the storage unit that matches the code Means for performing a check-out process on the reservation information that has been checked-in.

  According to the present invention, an automatic check-in at an accommodation facility is made possible by a two-dimensional data code issued in association with an accommodation facility reservation on the web, and another two-dimensional data issued based on the two-dimensional data code. The data code enables unlocking and automatic checkout of guest rooms to be provided to users, thus streamlining a series of business processes from reservation of accommodation to check-in, unlocking of provided rooms, and checkout. can do.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

[System Overview]
An outline of the accommodation facility utilization system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The accommodation facility use system according to the present embodiment has four types of accommodation facility reservation processing, accommodation facility check-in processing, guest room unlocking processing provided to the user, and accommodation facility check-out processing. Execute the process.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a scheme for realizing accommodation facility reservation processing. First, the guest use system of the present embodiment includes a host computer 101 as a host device installed in the headquarters 11 and an accommodation facility device 201 having a computer configuration installed in each of accommodation facilities 21 such as a plurality of hotels and inns. It consists of and.

  The host computer 101 includes a web server function, and publishes a reservation site for the accommodation facility 21 on the web. The host computer 101 also manages a reservation database 151 (see FIG. 5) and a guest database 171 (see FIG. 6). The reservation database 151 manages reservation information transmitted from a user 31 who desires to use the accommodation facility 21. Details thereof will be described later with reference to FIG. The guest database 171 manages guest information transmitted from the accommodation facility 21. Details thereof will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The accommodation facility 21 is, for example, a facility managed by an operator of the headquarters 11 or a facility of the same series as the operator of the headquarters 11. In this embodiment, the accommodation facility apparatus 201 installed in the accommodation facility 21 includes a server 211, a front terminal 231 that is a client, and a guest room locking device 251. The terminal 231 and the cabin locking device 251 are connected via a LAN network 271 so as to be able to perform data communication (see FIG. 7).

  A user 31 who wants to use the accommodation facility 21 accesses a reservation site published by the host computer 101 via a portable electronic terminal such as a mobile phone or a computer 301 such as a personal computer. 21 reservations can be made. The computer 301 used by the user 31 is required to have an environment capable of connecting to the Internet in order to view information on a reservation site published on the web, and to have a browser function by installing browser software. is there.

  In order to reserve the accommodation facility 21 on the system constructed as described above, the user 31 uses the computer 301 to access a reservation site that the host computer 101 discloses on the web. Then, reservation information on the reservation site, that is, user information, reservation plan, and payment information are input and transmitted to the host computer 101.

  The host computer 101 registers the received reservation information in the reservation database 151 (see FIG. 5), and generates a reservation code for each reservation. Then, the reservation code generated on the medium that can be held by the user 31 of the computer 301 is transmitted to the computer 301 that has transmitted the reservation information so that it can be reproduced in the form of the two-dimensional data code 401. For this purpose, the host computer 101 generates a reservation data code based on the reservation code. The reservation data code is composed of data that allows the computer 301 used by the user 31 to reproduce the reservation code in the form of a two-dimensional data code 401. As an example, when the computer 301 used by the user 31 is a portable electronic terminal, for example, a mobile phone, the host computer 101 transmits the generated reservation data code by mail. Thereby, the computer 301 which is a mobile phone can display the two-dimensional data code 401 on the screen based on the reservation data code received by mail. As another example, when the computer 301 used by the user 31 is a personal computer, the host computer 101 transmits the generated reservation data code so that it can be displayed on the screen of the computer 301. As a result, the computer 301, which is a personal computer, can display the two-dimensional data code 401 on the screen based on the received reservation data code and print out this display image on a recording medium such as transfer paper. .

  The host computer 101 further includes the server 211 constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201 of the accommodation facility 21 in which the reservation information (user information, reservation plan and payment information) transmitted from the user 31 is reserved together with the generated reservation code. Send to. Transmission of the reservation information with such a reservation code is performed by batch processing (see FIG. 22). This batch processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The server 211 constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201 includes an accommodation management file 212 (see FIG. 9) for managing information about the guest, and the reservation information with the reservation code received from the host computer 101 is used as guest information. Register in the management file 212. Therefore, the accommodation facility apparatus 201 can recognize the guest information (user information, reservation plan, and payment information) linked to the reservation code by specifying the reservation code.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a scheme for realizing the check-in process of the accommodation facility 21 (FIG. 2A) and the unlocking process of the guest room provided to the user 31 (FIG. 2B).

  As shown in FIG. 2A, a front code reader 232, a ticket issuing device 233, a receipt printer 234, and a payment terminal 235 are connected to the front terminal 231 constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201 (see also FIG. 11). ). The front code reader 232 is a device that reads and decodes a two-dimensional data code, and includes a wireless communication unit 232a for short-range wireless communication (see FIG. 11). The ticket issuing device 233 issues a key 233a for unlocking the electronic lock 252 (see FIG. 12) provided in the guest room locking device 251 constituting the accommodation facility device 201. The receipt printer 234 issues a receipt 234a (see FIG. 3) to be transferred to the user 31 who has settled the accommodation fee. The settlement terminal 235 enables settlement of accommodation expenses or the like with a credit card.

  A user 31 who has made a reservation for a desired accommodation facility 21 on a reservation site published on the web by the host computer 101 can reproduce the reservation data code transmitted from the host computer 101 in the form of a two-dimensional data code 401. Or, in the state reproduced in the form of the two-dimensional data code 401, the user goes to the front of the reserved accommodation facility 21. The “state where the reservation data code can be reproduced in the form of the two-dimensional data code 401” means a state where the computer 301 of the user 31 is a mobile phone and the two-dimensional data code 401 can be displayed on the screen. On the other hand, “the state in which the reservation data code is reproduced in the form of the two-dimensional data code 401” means that the computer 301 of the user 31 is a personal computer and the two-dimensional data code 401 is recorded on a recording medium such as transfer paper. It means the state printed out.

  The user 31 who goes to the front of the reserved accommodation facility 21 requests himself or the front desk of the accommodation facility 21 to check in, and receives the two-dimensional data code 401 based on the reservation data code. Hold it over the reader 232 to read it. Then, the front terminal 231 recognizes the reservation code decoded by the front code reader 232, searches for guest information linked to the recognized reservation code from the accommodation management file 212, and executes a check-in process.

  At this time, the front terminal 231 generates a guest code composed of a code different from the reservation code, and generates a guest data code based on the generated guest code. The guest data code is composed of data that can be reproduced in the form of a two-dimensional data code 501. As an example, when the computer 301 used by the user 31 is a portable electronic terminal, for example, a mobile phone, the front terminal 231 drives and controls the wireless communication unit 232a of the front code reader 232, and the generated guest data code is displayed at a short distance. Send by wireless communication or email. Thereby, the computer 301 which is a mobile phone can display the two-dimensional data code 501 on the screen based on the guest data code received by short-range wireless communication or e-mail. As another example, the front terminal 231 drives and controls the ticket issuing device 233 and issues a card key 233a on which a two-dimensional data code based on the generated guest data code is printed. The two-dimensional data code 501 based on the guest code is inevitably having information different from the two-dimensional data code 401 based on the reservation code because the guest code is a code different from the reservation code.

  The accommodation facility apparatus 201 registers the guest code generated in the check-in process in the accommodation management file 212 in association with the corresponding guest information. Then, the guest code is transmitted to the guest room locking device 251. The guest room locking device 251 registers the received guest code.

  As shown in FIG. 2B, the electronic lock 252 (see FIG. 12) described above is installed on the door 22 of the guest room of the accommodation facility 21. In addition, a guest room code reader 253 (see also FIG. 12) is installed beside the door 22 so as to correspond to each guest room. The guest room code reader 253 is a device that reads and decodes a two-dimensional data code.

  The user 31 who has completed the check-in goes to the guest room provided from the accommodation facility 21 and holds the two-dimensional data code 501 acquired with the check-in process over the guest room code reader 253. The two-dimensional data code 501 in this case is displayed on the screen of a mobile phone that is the computer 301 or printed on the card key 233a that has been issued. Then, the guest room locking device 251 recognizes the guest code decoded by the guest room code reader 253 and verifies the identity with the registered guest code. As a result of the collation, when it is recognized that the two guest codes are the same, an unlock signal is transmitted to the electronic lock 252 so that the door 22 is opened.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a scheme for realizing the check-out process of the accommodation facility. When the user 31 of the accommodation facility 21 checks out, he / she goes to the front of the accommodation facility 21 and asks the receptionist of the accommodation facility 21 himself / herself to receive the two-dimensional data code 501 based on the guest data code. Hold the code reader 232 for reading. Then, the front terminal 231 recognizes the guest code decoded by the front code reader 232, searches for guest information linked to the guest code recognized from the room management file 212, and executes a checkout process. Then, the front code reader 232 transmits a clear code instructing that the registered guest code should be cleared to the guest room locking device 251 of the guest room provided to the checked-out user 31. In response to this, the guest room locking device 251 clears the registered guest code.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the host computer 101 installed in the headquarters 11 is reserved in accordance with the reservation of the accommodation facility 21 on the web by the computer 301 having the browser function used by the user 31. A code is generated, and the generated reservation code is transmitted to the accommodation facility apparatus 201 having the computer configuration, and the reservation code is also transmitted to the computer 301 of the user 31 so that it can be reproduced in the form of the two-dimensional data code 401. The accommodation facility apparatus 201 of the accommodation facility 21 reserved by the user 31 enables automatic check-in at the accommodation facility apparatus 201 by the reproduced two-dimensional data code 401 brought by the user 31, and the two-dimensional Another two-dimensional data code 501 is issued based on the data code 401, and the unlocking and automatic check-out of the guest room provided to the user 31 is enabled by this another two-dimensional data code 501. Therefore, a series of business processes from reservation of the accommodation facility 21 to check-in, unlocking of the provided guest room, and check-out can be made efficient.

[System Details]
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the host computer 101. The host computer 101 is mainly composed of a microcomputer 102 that executes information processing. The microcomputer 102 is configured by connecting a ROM 104 that stores fixed data and a RAM 105 that stores variable data in a rewritable manner through a system bus 106 in a CPU 103 that centrally controls each unit.

  The CPU 103 is also connected with an HDD 107, a CD-ROM drive 108, and an external storage device 109. The reservation database 151 and the guest database 171 described above are stored and saved in the external storage device 109.

  The host computer 101 includes a display device 110 and an input device 111 as input / output devices of the microcomputer 102. The display device 110 and the input device 111 are connected to the CPU 103 via the system bus 106. The host computer 101 also includes a communication interface 112 connected to the CPU 103 via the system bus 106. The communication interface 112 is configured to connect the host computer 101 to a public network (communication network).

  In FIG. 4, the RAM 105 is shown as a single component, but may actually be composed of a plurality of chips. The RAM 105 constituted by a single chip needs to be backed up by a battery. In the case of the RAM 105 constituted by a plurality of chips, at least one chip is backed up by a battery or is constituted by a non-volatile memory, and stored data can be stored without receiving power supply. All or part of the computer program installed in the HDD 107 is copied to the battery backup area or the non-volatile memory area of the RAM 105, and the copied computer program is interpreted by the CPU 103 and executed. Some computer programs that are copied to the RAM 105 and interpreted and executed by the CPU 103 are functions for managing the reservation database 151 and the guest database 171 stored in the external storage device 109 as functions of the web server in the host computer 101. The server function is executed. When such a computer program is executed, the storage area of the RAM 105 is used as a work area or the like.

  In FIG. 4, the host computer 101 is expressed as a single device, but the host computer 101 may be configured as a distributed type in which a plurality of devices are distributed.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the file structure of the reservation database 151 managed by the host computer 101. The reservation database 151 has a data structure capable of storing a hotel name 151b, reservation information 151c, a reservation code 151d, and a transmission flag 151e in association with a hotel ID 151a that is an identification code for specifying the accommodation facility 21.

  When the computer 301 of the user 31 browsing the reservation site that the host computer 101 discloses on the web makes a reservation for a specific accommodation facility 21 on the reservation site, the identification code given to the accommodation facility 21 is a hotel. Set to ID 151a. The hotel name 151b is text data about the designation of the corresponding accommodation facility 21. The identification code set and stored in the hotel ID 151a and the text data stored in the hotel name 151b are managed in a separate file that associates the identification code with the text data. The reservation for the specific accommodation facility apparatus 201 on the reservation site by the computer 301 of the user 31 includes the identification code of the accommodation facility apparatus 201. Therefore, if there is a reservation, the identification code of the accommodation facility apparatus 201 is Will be identified. The identification code thus identified is set in the hotel ID 151a of the reservation database 151, and the text data managed in association with the identification code is stored in the hotel name 151b.

  The reservation information 151c in the reservation database 151 stores reservation information (user information, reservation plan, and payment information) transmitted from the computer 301 of the user 31 who makes a reservation for a specific accommodation facility 21 on the reservation site. The As described above, the host computer 101 that has received the reservation information generates a reservation code. A place where the reservation code generated in this way is stored is a reservation code 151 d in the reservation database 151.

  As described above, the host computer 101 configures the accommodation facility apparatus 201 of the accommodation facility 21 in which the reservation information (user information, reservation plan, and payment information) transmitted from the user 31 is reserved together with the generated reservation code. To the server 211 that performs the batch processing. In such processing, it is the hotel ID 151a in the reservation database 151 that identifies the accommodation facility device 201 of the reserved accommodation facility 21, and the reservation information to be transmitted is the reservation information stored in the reservation information 151c. The reservation code to be transmitted is the reservation code stored in the reservation code 151d. When the host computer 101 transmits the reservation information together with the reservation code, the host computer 101 sets a flag on the transmission flag 151e in the reservation database 151. That is, the transmission flag 151e stores flag data indicating that the reservation information is transmitted together with the reservation code.

  Therefore, the host computer 101 can manage the reservation information from the user 31 by referring to the reservation database 151.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the file structure of the guest database 171 managed by the host computer 101. The guest database 171 has a data structure capable of storing a hotel name 171b and guest information 171c in association with a hotel ID 171a that is an identification code for specifying the accommodation facility 21.

  The guest information 171c stored in the guest database 171 is information transmitted by batch processing from the server 211 constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201. That is, the server 211 constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201 transmits the guest information to the host computer 101 by batch processing in association with the identification code that identifies the accommodation facility 21 in which the server 211 is installed. The host computer 101 stores the received identification code in the hotel ID 171a, and stores the received guest information in the guest information 171c. Then, text data corresponding to the identification code stored in the hotel ID 171a is retrieved from the above-described separate file that manages the identification code and text data in association with each other, and this is stored in the hotel name 171b.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the accommodation facility apparatus 201. As described above, the accommodation facility apparatus 201 installed in the accommodation facility 21 includes the server 211, the front terminal 231 that is a client, and the guest room locking device 251. These server 211, front terminal 231, and guest room The locking device 251 is connected via a LAN network 271 so that data communication is possible.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the server 211 that configures the accommodation facility apparatus 201. The server 211 is mainly composed of a microcomputer 221 that executes information processing. The microcomputer 221 is configured by connecting a ROM 223 that stores fixed data to a CPU 222 that centrally controls each unit and a RAM 224 that stores variable data in a rewritable manner via a system bus 225. An HDD 226 and a CD-ROM drive 227 are also connected to the CPU 222. The above-described accommodation management file 212 (see FIG. 9) and schedule file 213 (see FIG. 10) are stored and saved in the HDD 226.

  The server 211 includes a display device 216 and an input device 217 as input / output devices of the microcomputer 221. The display device 216 and the input device 217 are connected to the CPU 222 via the system bus 225. The server 211 also includes a LAN interface 218 and a communication interface 219 that are connected to the CPU 222 via the system bus 225. The LAN interface 218 connects the server 211 to the front terminal 231 and the guest room locking device 251 via the LAN network 271 so that data communication is possible. The communication interface 219 is configured to connect the server 211 to a public line network.

  In FIG. 8, the RAM 224 is shown as a single component, but may actually be composed of a plurality of chips. The RAM 224 constituted by a single chip needs to be backed up by a battery. In the case of the RAM 224 composed of a plurality of chips, at least one chip is backed up by a battery or is composed of a non-volatile memory and can store stored data without receiving power. All or a part of the computer program installed in the HDD 226 is copied to the battery backup area or the nonvolatile memory area of the RAM 224, and the copied computer program is interpreted by the CPU 222 and executed. When such a computer program is executed, the storage area of the RAM 224 is used as a work area or the like.

  FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a file structure of the accommodation management file 212 managed by the server 211 constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201. The accommodation management file 212 has a data structure that can store a guest code 212b, guest information 212c, check-in information 212d, and check-out information 212e in association with the reservation code 212a.

  As described above, the host computer 101 associates the reservation information stored in the reservation information 151c in the reservation database 151 with the reservation code stored in the reservation code 151d and performs batch processing to the server 211 of the accommodation facility apparatus 201. Send to. In the server 211, the reservation code received from the host computer 101 is stored in the reservation code 212a of the accommodation management file 212, and the reservation information is stored in the guest information 212c as guest information. When the check-in information is received from the front terminal 231 (see step S211 in FIG. 17), the check-in date and time and the guest room at that time are stored in the check-in information 212d of the accommodation management file 212. When the checkout information is received from the front terminal 231 (see step S221 in FIG. 20), the checkout date and time and the guest room at that time are stored in the checkin information 212d of the accommodation management file 212.

  FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a file structure of the schedule file 213 managed by the server 211 that configures the accommodation facility apparatus 201. The schedule file 213 has a data structure capable of managing the reservation status of one day (year / month / day) for each guest room of the accommodation facility 21. The guest room is specified by the guest room number 213a, the date is specified by the date 213b, and the reservation status is specified by the reservation status 213c.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the front terminal 231 that is a client constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201. The front terminal 231 is mainly configured by a microcomputer 241 that executes information processing. The microcomputer 241 is configured by connecting a ROM 243 that stores fixed data to a CPU 242 that centrally controls each unit and a RAM 244 that stores variable data in a rewritable manner via a system bus 245. An HDD 246 and a CD-ROM drive 247 are also connected to the CPU 242.

  The front terminal 231 includes a display device 236 and an input device 237 as input / output devices of the microcomputer 241. The display device 236 and the input device 237 are connected to the CPU 242 via the system bus 245. The front terminal 231 also includes a LAN interface 238 connected to the CPU 242 via the system bus 245. The LAN interface 238 connects the front terminal 231 to the server 211 via the LAN network 271 so that data communication is possible.

  The front code reader 232, the ticket issuing device 233, the receipt printer 234, and the payment terminal 235 described above are connected to the CPU 242 of the microcomputer 241 via the external device interface 239 connected to the system bus 245, and data communication is performed with the CPU 242. It is free.

  In FIG. 11, the RAM 244 is shown as a single component, but may actually be composed of a plurality of chips. The RAM 244 constituted by a single chip needs to be backed up by a battery. In the case of the RAM 244 constituted by a plurality of chips, at least one chip is backed up by a battery or is constituted by a nonvolatile memory, and stored data can be stored without receiving power supply. All or a part of the computer program installed in the HDD 246 is copied to the battery backup area or the non-volatile memory area of the RAM 244, and the copied computer program is interpreted by the CPU 242 and executed. When such a computer program is executed, the storage area of the RAM 244 is used as a work area or the like.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the guest room locking device 251 constituting the accommodation facility device. The guest room locking device 251 includes a control unit 254 configured by an integrated circuit processor and memory, and an electronic lock 252 and a guest room code reader 253 are connected to the control unit 254. A LAN interface 255 is also connected to the control unit 254 so that data communication with the server 211 is possible. And the control part 254 has the guest code memory | storage area | region 254a as a memory | storage part in the memory. In this guest code storage area 254a, the guest code transmitted from the server 211 (see step S213 in FIG. 17) is stored.

  The control unit 254 has a computer program as firmware in its memory. In accordance with this computer program, the processor in the control unit 254 executes processing. That is, the control unit 254 decodes the two-dimensional data code (for example, the two-dimensional data code 501) read by the guest room code reader 253, and collates the identity with the guest code stored in the guest code storage area 254a. The control unit 254 confirms the identity between the data of the two-dimensional data code (for example, the two-dimensional data code 501) read and decoded by the guest room code reader 253 and the guest code stored in the guest code storage area 254a. In this case, an unlock signal is output to the electronic lock 252. The electronic lock 252 has an auto-lock function for unlocking by receiving an unlocking signal.

[Accommodation reservation processing]
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a flow of reservation processing for the accommodation facility 21 executed by the CPU 103 of the host computer 101. FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing screen transitions displayed on the computer 301 of the user 31 during the reservation process for the accommodation facility 21 shown in FIG. In this case, the computer 301 of the user 31 is a personal computer.

  The host computer 101 transmits the hotel selection screen A to the computer 301 of the user 31 who accesses the reservation site at the reservation site to be disclosed on the web (step S11).

  FIG. 14A shows a state in which the hotel selection screen A is displayed on the screen of the computer 301 of the user 31. As shown in FIG. 14A, the hotel selection screen A is a screen that displays a plurality of accommodation facilities 21 in a matrix and enables selection of a desired accommodation facility 21 according to an operation on the computer 301. . In the hotel selection screen A, a cancel button A1 is displayed.

  As subsequent processing, the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 executes determination of whether or not a hotel is selected (step S12) and determination of whether or not cancellation is specified (step S13). When the cancel button A1 is selected and designated by the operation of the computer 301 by the user 31 (Y in step S13), the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 executes a memory clear process (step S39) and ends the process.

  On the other hand, when one accommodation facility 21 is selected and designated by the operation of the computer 301 by the user 31 (Y in step S12), the host computer 101 selects the hotel ID 151a in the reservation database 151 shown in FIG. The identification code linked to the accommodation facility 21 is temporarily registered (step S14). Then, the host computer 101 transmits the user information input form B to the computer 301 that has executed the hotel selection (step S15). This user information input form B constitutes a part of a data form for accommodation facility reservation.

  FIG. 14B shows a state where the user information input form B is displayed on the screen of the computer 301 of the user 31. This user information input form B is a form for inputting user information such as the name, address, and telephone number of the user 31. The user 31 can input necessary items to the user information input form B by an operation on the computer 301. Then, a confirmation button B1, a return button B2, and a cancel button B3 are displayed on the display screen of the user information input form B.

  As subsequent processing, the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 executes determination of presence / absence of a confirming operation (step S16), determination of presence / absence of return designation (step S17), and determination of presence / absence of cancellation designation (step S18). When the return button B2 is selected and specified by the operation of the computer 301 by the user 31 (Y in step S17), the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 is the user who accesses the hotel selection screen transmission process in step S11, that is, the reservation site. The process returns to the process of transmitting the hotel selection screen A to the computer 301 of 31. When the cancel button B3 is selected and designated (Y in step S18), the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 executes a memory clear process (step S39) and ends the process.

  On the other hand, when the confirmation button B1 is selected and designated by the operation of the computer 301 by the user 31 (Y in step S16), the host computer 101 displays the user information input in the user information input form B. 5 is temporarily registered in the reservation information 151c in the reservation database 151 shown in FIG. 5 (step S19). Then, the host computer 101 transmits the reservation plan input form C to the computer 301 that has executed the selection designation of the confirmation button B1 (step S20). This reservation plan input form C constitutes a part of a data form for accommodation facility reservation.

  FIG. 14C shows a state where the reservation plan input form C is displayed on the screen of the computer 31 of the user 31. This reservation plan input form C is a form for inputting a reservation plan including specification of the guest room of the selected accommodation facility 21. The user 31 can select and input a desired reservation plan from the reservation plan input form C by an operation on the computer 301. On the display screen of the reservation plan input form C, a confirmation button C1, a return button C2, and a cancel button C3 are displayed.

  As subsequent processing, the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 executes determination of presence / absence of confirmation operation (step S21), determination of presence / absence of return designation (step S22), and determination of presence / absence of cancellation designation (step S23). When the return button C2 is selected and designated by the operation of the computer 301 by the user 31 (Y in step S22), the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 returns to the transmission process of the user information input form B in step S15. When the cancel button C3 is selected and designated (Y in step S23), the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 executes a memory clear process (step S39) and ends the process.

  On the other hand, when the confirmation button C1 is selected and designated by the operation of the computer 301 by the user 31 (Y in step S21), the host computer 101 displays the reservation plan selected and input on the reservation plan input form C in FIG. Are temporarily registered in the reservation information 151c in the reservation database 151 (step S24). Then, the host computer 101 transmits the payment information input form D to the computer 301 that has executed the selection designation of the confirmation button C1 (step S25). This payment information input form D constitutes a part of a data form for accommodation facility reservation.

  FIG. 14D shows a state where a payment information input form D is displayed on the screen of the computer 301 of the user 31. This payment information input form D is a form for inputting a payment method and related information. The payment method means, for example, cash payment or credit payment. The information related to the payment method is, for example, a credit number or a credit card expiration date when credit payment is selected. The user 31 can select and input a desired payment method from the payment information input form D and input related information by an operation on the computer 301. Then, on the display screen of the payment information input form D, a confirmation button D1, a return button D2, and a cancel button D3 are displayed.

  As subsequent processing, the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 executes determination of presence / absence of a confirming operation (step S26), determination of presence / absence of return designation (step S27), and determination of presence / absence of cancellation designation (step S28). When the return button D2 is selected and designated by the operation of the computer 301 by the user 31 (Y in step S27), the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 returns to the transmission process of the reservation plan input form C in step S20. When the cancel button D3 is selected and designated (Y in step S28), the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 executes a memory clear process (step S39) and ends the process.

  On the other hand, when the confirmation button D1 is selected and designated by the operation of the computer 301 by the user 31 (Y in step S26), the host computer 101 displays the payment method and the like selected and input on the payment information input form D. 5 is temporarily registered in the reservation information 151c in the reservation database 151 shown in FIG. 5 (step S29). Then, the host computer 101 generates a confirmation screen E, and transmits the generated confirmation screen to the computer 301 that has performed selection and designation of the confirmation button D1 (step S30).

  FIG. 14 (e) shows a state in which a confirmation screen E is displayed on the screen of the computer 301 of the user 31. This confirmation screen E includes user information input from the user information input form B shown in FIG. 14B, a reservation plan selected and input from the reservation plan input form C shown in FIG. 14D is a screen in which reservation information such as a payment method selected and designated from the payment information input form D shown in FIG. On the display screen of the confirmation screen E, a transmission button E1, a return button E2, and a cancel button E3 are displayed.

  As subsequent processing, the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 executes determination of presence / absence of transmission operation (step S31), determination of presence / absence of return designation (step S32), and determination of presence / absence of cancellation designation (step S33). When the return button E2 is selected and designated by the operation of the computer 301 by the user 31 (Y in step S32), the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 returns to the payment information input form D transmission processing in step S25. Further, when the cancel button E3 is selected and designated (Y in step S33), the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 executes a memory clear process (step S39), and ends the process.

  On the other hand, when the transmission button E1 is selected and designated by the operation of the computer 301 by the user 31 (Y in step S31), the host computer 101 generates a reservation code, and a reservation data code is generated based on the reservation code. Is generated (step S34). The reservation data code generated in this way is constituted by data that can reproduce the reservation code in the form of a two-dimensional data code 401 in the computer 301 used by the user 31. Then, the host computer 101 registers the generated reservation code in the reservation code 151d in the reservation database 151 shown in FIG. 5 (step S35), generates the reservation completion screen F, and generates the reservation completion screen generated by the transmission button E1. The data is transmitted to the computer 301 that has executed the selection designation (step S36).

  FIG. 14 (f) shows a state where the reservation completion screen F is displayed on the screen of the computer 301 of the user 31. This reservation completion screen F includes the reservation information included in the confirmation screen E and a display for guiding the user 31 that the reservation has been completed. Further, the two-dimensional data based on the reservation data code generated in step S34. The code 401 is included. The print button F1 is displayed on the display screen of the reservation completion screen F.

  As described above, the reservation data code generated in step S <b> 34 is configured by data that can reproduce the reservation code in the form of the two-dimensional data code 401 in the computer 301 used by the user 31. As an example, the host computer 101 transmits the generated reservation data code so that it can be displayed on the screen of the computer 301 of the user 31. As a result, the computer 301, which is a personal computer, can display the two-dimensional data code 401 on the screen based on the received reservation data code and print out this display image on a recording medium such as transfer paper. . That is, the host computer 101 determines whether or not there is a print designation as a process following step S36 (step S37). Therefore, if printing is designated (Y in step S37), the host computer 101 transmits a reservation completion screen printing instruction to the computer 301 of the user 31 (step S38). The computer 301 of the user 31 executes printout processing by a printer (not shown) in response to receiving a reservation completion screen print instruction. As a result, the user 31 can obtain a hard copy of the two-dimensional data code 401 representing the reservation code in the form of the two-dimensional data code.

  Thereafter, the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 executes a memory clear process (step S39) and ends the process. Thereby, the screen display of the computer 301 of the user 31 returns to the top page display as shown in FIG. 14G, and the reservation process of the accommodation facility 21 on the web is completed.

  At this time, in the reservation database 151 managed by the host computer 101, new reservation information is registered every time the reservation process of the accommodation facility 21 on the web is completed in accordance with the reservation code registration process in step S35. . Then, as will be described later with reference to FIG. 22, the host computer 101 registers in the reservation database 151 toward the server 211 constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201 installed in each accommodation facility 21 at every predetermined timing. A reservation code is added to the reserved information and transmitted. Therefore, in the reserved accommodation facility 21, the server 211 constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201 receives the reservation information together with the reservation code. Accordingly, the server 211 registers the received reservation code in the reservation code 212a in the accommodation management file 212 shown in FIG. 9, and registers the received reservation information together with the reservation code in the guest information 212c as guest information.

[Accommodation check-in process]
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of check-in processing executed by the CPU 242 of the front terminal 231 that is a client constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201. The user 31 who goes to the front of the reserved accommodation facility 21 requests himself or the front desk of the accommodation facility 21 to check in, and receives the two-dimensional data code 401 based on the reservation data code. Hold it over the reader 232 to read it. Then, the front code reader 232 reads and decodes the two-dimensional data code 401 and transmits the decoded reservation code to the front terminal 231.

  The front terminal 231 waits for the presence / absence of reception of a code (step S101). Therefore, when the decoded reservation code is received from the front code reader 232, it is determined that the code has been received (Y in step S101), and the received code is transmitted to the server 211 to execute a guest information transmission request ( Step S102).

  FIG. 16 shows a user information transfer process executed in response to reception of a guest information transmission request (step S102 in FIG. 15) transmitted from the front terminal 231 executed by the CPU 222 of the server 211 constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201. It is a flowchart which shows the flow. When the server 211 receives the guest information transmission request from the front code reader 232 (step S201), the server 211 searches for the reservation code 212a or the guest code 212b in the accommodation management file 212 shown in FIG. 9, and is the same as the received code. Find the reservation code or guest code you want. If there is a corresponding reservation code or guest code, the guest information registered in the corresponding guest information 212c is acquired and transferred to the front terminal 231 (step S202).

  At this time, the server 211 determines whether the code accompanying the guest information transmission request transmitted from the front terminal 231 is the reservation code registered in the reservation code 212a or the guest code registered in the guest code 212b. Can be recognized. Therefore, the server 211 causes the guest information transferred in step S202 to be accompanied by the type code of the reservation code and the guest code.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart of FIG. 15 executed by the CPU 242 of the front terminal 231. When the front terminal 231 determines reception of the guest information transmitted by the server 211 (Y in step S103), the front terminal 231 displays the received guest information on the screen (step S104). The front terminal 231 determines whether the code received and determined in step S101 is the reservation code based on the type code of the reservation code and the guest code accompanying the guest information transmitted from the server 211. It is determined whether it is a code (step S105).

  When the front terminal 231 obtains a determination result with the reservation code as a result of the determination in step S105 (Y in step S105), the front terminal 231 generates check-in information (step S106). The check-in information in this case is the check-in date and time and the guest room number. The check-in date and time can be acquired based on the current date and time counted by the clock function of the microcomputer 241 of the front terminal 231. The guest room number is included in the guest information received from the server 211.

  Subsequently, the front terminal 231 generates a guest code, and generates a guest data code based on the generated guest code (step S107). The guest data code is composed of data that can be reproduced in the form of the two-dimensional data code 501 as described above. Therefore, in the following step S108, whether the code based on the two-dimensional data code 401 read by the front code reader 232 determined to be received in step S101 is the two-dimensional data code 401 displayed on the screen of the mobile phone, or It is determined whether the two-dimensional data code 401 is printed out on a recording medium such as transfer paper. For example, this determination can be performed by including the type code in the two-dimensional data code 401.

  The front terminal 231 determines that the code based on the two-dimensional data code 401 read by the front code reader 232 determined to be received in step S101 is printed on a recording medium such as transfer paper as a result of the determination in step S108. When the determination result that the data code 401 is obtained (Y in step S108), the ticket issuing process of the card key 233a (see FIG. 3) on which the guest data code is printed is executed (step S109). This process is executed by transmitting the image data of the guest data code generated in step S107 to the ticket issuing device 233 together with the print command. The ticket issuing device 233 that has received the print command issues a card key 233a on which the two-dimensional data code 501 based on the image data of the guest data code accompanying the print command is printed.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S108, the front terminal 231 displays a code based on the two-dimensional data code 401 read by the front code reader 232 determined to be received in step S101 on the screen of the mobile phone 2 When the determination result that it is a dimension data code is obtained (N in step S108), a wireless transmission process of the guest data code is executed (step S110). This process is executed by transmitting the guest data code generated in step S107 to the front code reader 232 together with a wireless transmission command. The front code reader 232 that has received the wireless transmission command drives and controls the built-in wireless communication unit 232a for short-range wireless communication, and wirelessly transmits the guest data code. Then, although it is premised that it has a short-range wireless communication function, the two-dimensional data code 401 displayed on its own screen is held over the front code reader 232 to the mobile phone that is the computer 301 of the user 31. The wirelessly transmitted guest data code is received. As a result, the two-dimensional data code 501 based on the received guest data code can be displayed on the mobile phone.

  As another embodiment, the process of step S108 may be a process of determining an active selection operation at the front terminal 231. That is, the front terminal 231 can select whether to perform the process of step S109 or the process of step S110, and determine the result of the selection operation in step S108. In this case, in the two-dimensional data code 401, the code based on the two-dimensional data code 401 read by the front code reader 232 determined to be received in step S101 is the two-dimensional data code 401 displayed on the screen of the mobile phone. In other words, it is not necessary to include a type code indicating whether the two-dimensional data code 401 is printed out on a recording medium such as transfer paper.

  Thereafter, the front terminal 231 transmits the check-in information (check-in date and time and guest room number) generated in step S106 and the guest code generated in step S107 to the server 211 (step S111). At this time, the front terminal 231 causes the code (reservation code) determined to be received in step S101 to accompany the check-in information and the guest code.

  FIG. 17 shows a flow of check-in processing executed in response to reception of check-in information (step S111 in FIG. 15) transmitted from the front terminal 231 executed by the CPU 222 of the server 211 constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201. It is a flowchart. When the CPU 103 of the server 211 receives the check-in information and the guest code transmitted from the front terminal 231 (Y in step S211), it registers the received check-in information and guest code in the room management file 212 (step S212). ). In other words, the server 211 searches the accommodation management file 212 for the reservation code 212a in which the reservation code associated with the check-in information and the guest code is registered, and the guest code associated therewith. The received guest code is registered in 212b, and the received check-in information is registered in check-in information 212d. Thereby, the server 211 can manage information of the user 31 who has checked in by referring to the accommodation management file 212.

  Then, the server 211 searches for the room number from the room information registered in the guest information 212c in the room management file 212 associated with the searched reservation code 212a, and the room number of the room number searched. The guest code registered in the guest code 212b is transmitted to the locking device 251 (step S213).

  FIG. 18 illustrates a guest code registration process executed in response to the reception of a guest code transmitted from the server 211 executed by the processor included in the control unit 254 of the guest room locking device 251 constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201. It is a flowchart which shows a flow. When the guest room locking device 251 receives the guest code from the server 211 (Y in step S301), the guest room locking device 251 registers the received guest code (step S302). The place to register is the guest code storage area 254a of the control unit 254.

  With the above process, the check-in process is completed.

[Room unlocking process]
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing the flow of the unlocking process executed by the processor included in the control unit 254 of the guest room locking device 251 constituting the accommodation facility device 201. The user 31 who has completed the check-in can use the card key 233a on which the two-dimensional data code 501 based on the guest data code issued in step S109 in FIG. 15 is printed or the guest data code wirelessly transmitted in step S110. And go to the room provided by the accommodation facility 21. Then, the two-dimensional data code 501 acquired with the check-in process is held over the guest room code reader 253. The two-dimensional data code 501 in this case is printed on the issued card key 233a or displayed on the screen of a mobile phone which is the computer 301.

  The guest room code reader 253 decodes the read two-dimensional data code 501 and transmits the decoded code to the control unit 254 of the guest room locking apparatus 251. Thereby, the processor included in the control unit 254 of the guest room locking device 251 determines code reception (step S311), and the received code is the same as the guest code stored in the guest code storage area 254a. The sex is determined (step S312). As a result of the determination, if the identity between the received code and the guest code stored in the guest code storage area 254a can be confirmed (Y in step S312), the unlocking process is executed (step S313). The unlocking process is performed by transmitting an unlocking signal to the electronic lock 252. As a result, the electronic lock 252 performs an unlocking operation, and the door 22 of the passenger compartment where the electronic lock 252 is provided can be opened.

  With the above processing, the cabin unlocking process is completed.

[Accommodation check-out process]
When the user 31 of the accommodation facility 21 checks out, he / she goes to the front of the accommodation facility 21 and asks the receptionist of the accommodation facility 21 himself / herself to receive the two-dimensional data code 501 based on the guest data code. Hold the code reader 232 for reading. Then, the front code reader 232 reads and decodes the two-dimensional data code 401 and transmits the decoded reservation code to the front terminal 231.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the front terminal 231 stands by for the presence / absence of reception of a code (step S101). Therefore, when the decoded reservation code is received from the front code reader 232, it is determined that the code has been received (Y in step S101), and the received code is transmitted to the server 211 to execute a guest information transmission request ( Step S102).

  When the server 211 receives the guest information transmission request from the front code reader 232 (step S201 in FIG. 16), as already described with reference to FIG. 16 in the check-in processing item, the accommodation management file shown in FIG. The reservation code 212a or the guest code 212b in 212 is searched, and the reservation code or guest code common to the received code is searched. If there is a corresponding reservation code or guest code, the guest information registered in the corresponding guest information 212c is acquired and transferred to the front terminal 231 (step S202 in FIG. 16). At this time, the server 211 determines whether the code accompanying the guest information transmission request transmitted from the front terminal 231 is the reservation code registered in the reservation code 212a or the guest code registered in the guest code 212b. Can be recognized. Therefore, the server 211 causes the guest information transferred in step S202 to be accompanied by the type code of the reservation code and the guest code.

  Returning to the description of the flowchart of FIG. 15 executed by the CPU 242 of the front terminal 231. When the front terminal 231 determines reception of the guest information transmitted by the server 211 (Y in step S103), the front terminal 231 displays the received guest information on the screen (step S104). The front terminal 231 determines whether the code received and determined in step S101 is the reservation code based on the type code of the reservation code and the guest code accompanying the guest information transmitted from the server 211. It is determined whether it is a code (step S105).

  The front terminal 231 produces | generates checkout information, when the determination result with a guest code is obtained as a result of determination in step S105 (N of step S105) (step S112). The checkout information in this case is the checkout date and time and the guest room number. The checkout date and time can be acquired based on the current date and time counted by the clock function of the microcomputer 241 of the front terminal 231. The guest room number is included in the guest information received from the server 211.

  Thereafter, the front terminal 231 transmits the checkout information (checkout date and time and guest room number) generated in step S112 to the server 211 (step S113). At this time, the front terminal 231 causes the check-in information to be accompanied by the code determined to be received in step S101 (guest code).

  And the front terminal 231 performs a payment process (step S115), and complete | finishes a process. The settlement process is performed by cash settlement or credit card settlement. The credit card payment can be executed by the payment terminal 235 connected to the front terminal 231. The settlement ends when the user 31 pays the accommodation fee and hands over the receipt 234a printed and issued by the receipt printer 234 connected to the front terminal 231 to the user 31.

  FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the flow of check-out processing executed by the CPU 242 of the front terminal 231 that is a client constituting the accommodation facility apparatus 201. When the CPU 103 of the server 211 receives the checkout information and the guest code transmitted from the front terminal 231 (Y in step S221), it registers the received checkout information and guest code in the room management file 212 (step S222). ). That is, the server 211 searches the guest management code 212 for the guest code 212b in which the received guest code is registered, and registers the received checkout information in the checkout information 212e associated therewith. . Thereby, the server 211 can manage the information of the user 31 checked out by referring to the accommodation management file 212.

  Then, the server 211 searches for the guest room number from the guest information registered in the guest information 212c in the guest management file 212 associated with the searched guest code 212b. A clear code (unlocking signal) is transmitted to the guest room locking device 251 (step S223). The clear code is a code including an instruction to clear the guest code storage area 254a included in the control unit 254 of the guest room locking device 251.

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a flow of registration clear processing executed by a processor included in the control unit 254 of the guest room locking device 251 constituting the accommodation facility device 201. When the guest room locking device 251 receives the clear code from the server 211 (Y in step S321), the guest room code storage area 254a of the control unit 254 is cleared and the guest code registered in the guest code storage area 254a. Is deleted (step S322).

  With the above processing, the checkout processing is completed.

[Batch transmission processing of reservation information and accommodation information]
FIG. 22 is a timing chart showing a transmission / reception process by a batch process of reservation information and accommodation information between the host computer 101 and the accommodation facility apparatus 201 installed in each accommodation facility 21. As shown in FIG. 22, in the present embodiment, a host computer 101 is installed in the headquarters 11, and accommodation facility apparatuses 201 are installed in a plurality of accommodation facilities 21 such as a hotel A, a hotel B, a hotel C,. Has been. A plurality of accommodation facilities 21 such as a hotel A, a hotel B, a hotel C,... Are affiliated facilities of a person who operates the headquarters 11 as an example.

  The host computer 101 adds a reservation code to the reservation information registered in the reservation database 151 and transmits it to the server 211 that constitutes the accommodation facility apparatus 201 installed in each accommodation facility 21 at each predetermined timing. . At this time, the CPU 103 of the host computer 101 can determine the reservation information that has not been transmitted by referring to the transmission flag 151e in the reservation database 151. Therefore, the hotel ID 151a in the reservation database 151 includes only the data that has not been transmitted. The reservation code registered in the reservation code 151d is added to the reservation information registered in the corresponding reservation information 151c and sent in batch to the accommodation facility 21 specified by. After batch transmission, a flag indicating that transmission has been completed is set in the corresponding transmission flag 151e.

  From the server 211 configuring the accommodation facility apparatus 201 installed in each accommodation facility 21, the reservation code registered in the reservation code 212a in the accommodation management file 212 is batch-transmitted to the host computer 101 at every predetermined timing. To do. The data to be transmitted in batches include the untransmitted check-in information and reservation code when the check-in information is set in the check-in information 212d in the accommodation management file 212, and the check-out information 212e in the accommodation management file 212. This is the checkout information and reservation code that have not been transmitted. The guest information registered in the guest information 212c in the room management file 212 is originally the same information as the reservation information registered in the reservation information 151c in the reservation database 151 transmitted from the host computer 101. When the host computer 101 receives the reservation code registered in the reservation code 212a in the accommodation management file 212 transmitted from the server 211, the host computer 101 refers to the reservation database 151 and makes a reservation registered in the corresponding reservation information 151c. It is possible to access information. Thereby, the host computer 101 can manage which user facility 31 checks in and when the user 31 checks in all the accommodation facilities 21 that are affiliated facilities.

It is a schematic diagram which shows the scheme which implement | achieves the reservation process of an accommodation establishment as one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the scheme which implement | achieves the check-in process (FIG. 2 (a)) of an accommodation establishment, and the unlocking process (FIG.2 (b)) of the guest room provided to a user. It is a schematic diagram which shows the scheme which implement | achieves the checkout process of an accommodation establishment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a host computer (high-order apparatus). It is a schematic diagram which shows the file structure of the reservation database which a host computer (high-order apparatus) manages. It is a schematic diagram which shows the file structure of the guest person database which a host computer (host apparatus) manages. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of an accommodation establishment apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the server which comprises an accommodation establishment apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which shows the file structure of the accommodation management file which the server which comprises an accommodation establishment apparatus manages. It is a schematic diagram which shows the file structure of the schedule file which the server which comprises an accommodation establishment apparatus manages. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the front terminal which is a client which comprises an accommodation establishment apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the guest room locking apparatus which comprises an accommodation establishment apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the reservation process of the accommodation establishment in a host computer (high-order apparatus). It is a schematic diagram which shows the screen transition displayed on a user's computer in the reservation process of the accommodation establishment shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the check-in process in the front terminal which is a client which comprises an accommodation establishment apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the user information transmission process which the server which comprises an accommodation establishment apparatus performs according to reception of the guest information transmission request (step S102 in FIG. 15) transmitted from the front terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the check-in process performed according to reception of the check-in information (step S111 in FIG. 15) which the server which comprises an accommodation establishment apparatus transmitted from the front terminal. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the guest code registration process which the guest room locking apparatus which comprises an accommodation facility apparatus performs according to reception of the guest code transmitted from the server. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the unlocking process which the guest room locking apparatus which comprises an accommodation establishment apparatus performs. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the checkout process in the front terminal which is a client which comprises an accommodation establishment apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the registration clear process in the guest room locking apparatus which comprises an accommodation establishment apparatus. It is a timing chart which shows the transmission / reception process by the batch process of the reservation information and accommodation information between a host computer (high-order apparatus) and the accommodation establishment apparatus installed in each accommodation establishment.

Explanation of symbols

21 accommodation facility, 22 door, 101 host computer (host device), 201 accommodation facility device, 232 front code reader, 252 electronic lock, 253 guest room code reader, 254a guest code storage area (storage unit), 301 computer, 401 2 Dimension data code, 501 Two-dimensional data code, B User information input form (data form for accommodation facility reservation), C User information input form (data form for accommodation facility reservation), D Information input form (accommodation facility reservation) Data form)

Claims (5)

A host device having a computer configuration that publishes on the web a reservation site that can be browsed by a computer having a browser function;
An accommodation facility device of a computer configuration installed in an accommodation facility connected to the host device via a communication network so as to be capable of data communication;
A front code reader installed at the front of the accommodation facility to read and decode a two-dimensional data code, and to transmit the decoded code to the accommodation facility device;
A guest room code reader installed at the entrance of each guest room of the accommodation facility to read and decode a two-dimensional data code, and to transmit the decoded code to the accommodation facility device;
An electronic lock that is installed on the door of each guest room of the accommodation facility, and the unlocking operation is controlled in response to an unlocking signal from the accommodation facility device;
Comprising
The upper device is a means for executing by its computer function,
Means for transmitting an accommodation facility reservation data form to the computer for browsing the reservation site on the web;
Means for receiving the completed data form transmitted from the computer;
A reservation code is generated in response to receiving the input data form, and the reservation code is reproduced in the form of a two-dimensional data code on a medium that can be possessed by the user of the computer to the computer that has transmitted the data form. Means to send as possible,
Means for transmitting the reservation information included in the data form to the accommodation facility device in association with the generated reservation code via the communication network in response to receiving the input data form;
Comprising
As the means for executing the accommodation facility apparatus by its computer function,
Means for storing the received reservation information and a reservation code associated therewith in a storage unit;
The guest room that receives the code included in the two-dimensional data code read and decoded by the front code reader and provides reservation information associated with the reservation code stored in the storage unit that matches the code Means for performing a check-in process including identification of
Means for generating a guest code in association with the check-in process, and storing the generated guest code in the storage unit in association with the guest room specified by the check-in process;
Means for outputting the generated guest code so that it can be reproduced in the form of a two-dimensional data code on a medium that the user can carry;
The code included in the two-dimensional data code read and decoded by the guest room code reader is received, and on the condition that the code corresponding to the unlock code stored in the storage unit is stored for the guest room corresponding to the code. Means for outputting an unlocking signal to the electronic lock;
A code included in the two-dimensional data code read and decoded by the front code reader is received, and a check-in process associated with a guest code stored in the storage unit that matches the code is completed. Means for performing a checkout process on the reservation information;
An accommodation facility use system comprising:   The process of transmitting the reservation code executed by the host device to the computer is executed so that the portable electronic terminal which is the computer can display the reservation code in the form of a two-dimensional code on its display unit. The accommodation facility use system according to claim 1.   The accommodation facility use according to claim 1, wherein the process of transmitting the reservation code executed by the host device to the computer is executed so that the computer can print out the reservation code in the form of a two-dimensional code. system.   The process of outputting the generated guest code executed by the accommodation facility device is executed so that the portable electronic terminal can display the guest code in the form of a two-dimensional code on its display unit. Item 2. The accommodation facility use system according to item 2. The accommodation facility according to claim 3, wherein the processing of outputting the generated guest code executed by the accommodation facility apparatus is executed so that the guest code can be printed out in a two-dimensional code form on a printer. Usage system.

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