JP2007306537A - Ticket booking system and method to specify destination with telephone number - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ticket booking system and method to specify a destination with a telephone number. <P>SOLUTION: Disclosed are the ticket booking system and method to specify the destination with the telephone number. A terminal device for ticket booking receives a request to book a ticket which includes the telephone number of the destination first and transmits it to a servo device for booking by using a transmitting mechanism. Then the servo device specifies the destination by collating country numbers, area codes, local numbers, and code numbers of destinations, corresponding to those numbers, which are previously registered in a collation table, and uses the specified destination to book tickets for necessary transportation means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a ticket reservation system and method. In particular, the present invention refers to a reservation system and method that can identify destinations such as stations, bus stops, ports, and subways by telephone numbers.

  With the rapid growth of the economy, it is becoming more popular for passengers to travel to their respective countries or regions for transportation, such as airplanes, trains, cars, and ships, for business or travel. Passengers can buy local transport tickets through travel agencies. Passengers can also buy tickets directly on the homepage of the local transport agency via the Internet. For this method, if the passenger accesses the reservation homepage and enters appropriate data such as identification number, name, departure date, return date, number of reservations, departure location, destination, etc. You can book an institution ticket, but if the passenger does not know the full name of the transport station at the destination, or if the name of the destination transport is incorrect, the passenger knows the destination If the name of the transport organization at the destination is not known, or if there is no transportation facility at the destination, it is difficult for the passenger to reserve the ticket himself. It is an issue that passengers need to resolve early because it is faster and more accurate to book transportation tickets.

  The present invention relates to a ticket reservation system and a method for specifying a destination by a telephone number. In the ticket reservation system, there is a ticket reservation terminal device, whereby a ticket for transportation is purchased by receiving a ticket reservation request, and the ticket reservation request includes information on a destination telephone number. There is also a ticket reservation servo device, which makes a ticket reservation for transportation, and a comparison table is provided in the reservation servo device for comparing the telephone number with the destination. Area numbers, city area numbers, and destination code numbers corresponding to these numbers are registered in advance. There is also a transmission mechanism, and the ticket reservation is performed by transmitting a ticket reservation request to the servo device using the transmission mechanism. In addition, the ticket reservation servo device checks the country code of the destination telephone number, the area code outside the city, the area number in the city and the code number of the destination corresponding to those numbers in the ticket reservation request. Identify your destination.

  The above method includes the following steps. (A) A ticket reservation request is input to the ticket terminal device, and the destination phone number is included in the ticket reservation request. (B) The ticket reservation servo device extracts the country code, the out-of-city area number, and the in-city area number from the information on the destination telephone number. (C) The ticket reservation servo device compares the destination country code, the out-of-city area number, and the in-city area number with the comparison table, and finds the code number of the destination corresponding to these numbers. (D) The destination is identified by the code number of the destination found by the ticket reservation servo device, and the ticket reservation for the necessary means of transportation is made.

  The above ticket reservation system and method use a country code, an out-of-city area number, and an in-city area number in a telephone number information to find a destination code number. By making a ticket reservation, it is possible to reduce the time for the user to search for a destination, and to reduce the mistake rate of destination input.

  The above-described ticket reservation terminal device may use a computer, a mobile phone, a credit card reader, or a PDA.

  The transmission mechanism may use a wired connection, a wireless connection, or a network connection.

  Since the above ticket reservation request includes information on the telephone number of the departure place, the ticket reservation servo apparatus compares the country code, the area code outside the area, and the area number in the city according to the telephone number of the departure place. The departure point of the transportation can be specified by finding the code number of the departure point corresponding to the number.

  The above transportation ticket may be a train ticket, a bus ticket, a ship ticket, or a subway ticket.

  The destination can be either a station, a bus stop, a port, or a subway station.

The invention of claim 1 includes a ticket reservation terminal device, a ticket reservation servo device, and a transmission mechanism, and the ticket reservation terminal device receives a ticket reservation request to buy a ticket for transportation, and the request for the ticket reservation is Including local phone number information,
The ticket reservation servo device reserves a ticket for transportation, and the reservation servo device is provided with a comparison table for comparing a telephone number with a destination. The comparison table includes a country code, a suburban area number, Area numbers and destination code numbers corresponding to those numbers are registered in advance,
The transmission mechanism performs ticket reservation by transmitting a request for ticket reservation to the servo device,
In addition, the ticket reservation servo device collates the country code of the destination telephone number, the area code outside the city, the area number in the city and the code number of the destination corresponding to those numbers in the ticket reservation request. The ticket reservation system can identify the destination by a telephone number, which is characterized by specifying the destination.
The telephone number according to claim 1, wherein the ticket reservation terminal device may use a computer, a mobile phone, a credit card reader, or a PDA. It is a ticket reservation system that can specify the destination.
The ticket reservation system according to claim 3, wherein the transmission mechanism may use a wired connection, a wireless connection, or a network connection. It is said.
In the invention of claim 4, since the request for ticket reservation includes information on the telephone number of the departure place, the servo apparatus for ticket reservation uses the country code, the area code outside the city, The telephone number according to claim 1, wherein the starting point of the transportation can be identified by comparing the area number of the vehicle with the comparison table and finding the code number of the starting point corresponding to the number. The ticket reservation system can identify the destination.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the ticket reservation servo device is a ticket distribution system. The ticket reservation system according to the first aspect can specify a destination by a telephone number.
The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that the transportation ticket may be any one of a train ticket, a bus ticket, a ship ticket, and a subway ticket. The ticket reservation system can identify the destination.
The ticket according to claim 7, wherein the destination may be any one of a station, a bus stop, a port, or a subway station. Reservation system.
In the invention according to claim 8, the user reserves a ticket for transportation in the ticket reservation servo device in the ticket reservation terminal device, and the reservation servo device is provided with a comparison table for comparing the telephone number with the destination. , The country code, the area code outside the city, the area code within the city and the code number of the destination corresponding to those numbers are registered in advance in the comparison table, and the method includes the following steps:
(A) A ticket reservation request is input to the ticket terminal device, and the ticket reservation request includes the destination telephone number;
(B) With the ticket reservation servo device, the country code, the out-of-city area number, and the in-city area number are extracted from the information on the destination telephone number,
(C) The ticket reservation servo device checks the destination country code, the out-of-city area number, and the in-city area number against the comparison table to find the destination code number corresponding to those numbers; and ,
(D) A ticket which can specify a destination by a telephone number, wherein the destination is specified by a code number of the destination found by a ticket reservation servo device and a ticket is reserved for a necessary means of transportation. It is said.
The invention of claim 9 includes, in the step (A), the ticket reservation request includes the telephone number of the departure point of the transportation ticket, and in the step (B), the ticket reservation servo device. The country code, the out-of-city area number, and the city area number are extracted from the information of the telephone number of the departure place, and the country code of the departure place is obtained by the ticket reservation servo device during the step (C). Compare the area number outside the city and the area number in the city against the comparison table, find the code number of the departure place corresponding to those numbers, and the departure found with the ticket reservation servo device in the step (D) 9. The ticket reservation method according to claim 8, wherein a ticket is reserved for a necessary means of transportation by specifying a departure place based on a code number of the place.
The invention according to claim 10 is characterized in that the transport ticket may be any one of a train ticket, a bus ticket, a ship ticket, and a subway ticket. The ticket reservation method can identify the destination.
The ticket according to claim 11, wherein the destination can be any one of a station, a bus stop, a port, or a subway station. Reservation method.

  The present invention relates to a ticket reservation system and method that can specify a destination by telephone number, and the present invention uses a country code, a suburban area number, and a local area number in the telephone number information to When reserving a train ticket by finding the station code number, the user enters the destination country code, the out-of-city area number, and the in-city area number into the terminal device 11 for ticket reservation, After transmitting the information through the transmission mechanism 12, the ticket reservation servo apparatus 13 compares the input country code, out-of-city area number, and in-city area number with the comparison table 14, and corresponds to the number. Or, it is possible to reserve a train ticket after finding the code number of a nearby destination and departure station, so that the time for the user to find the destination station and the input error rate of the destination are reduced. Can do.

  Please refer to the system structure diagram of the better embodiment of the present invention in FIG. 1 and the flowchart of the better embodiment of the present invention in FIG. In the system structure diagram of FIG. 1, the ticket reservation terminal device 11 is used to receive a ticket reservation request input by the user, and then, through the transmission mechanism 12, the ticket reservation servo device 13 sends the ticket for transportation. buy. The transportation ticket in this embodiment may be a train ticket, a bus ticket, a subway ticket, or a ship ticket, but in this embodiment, only a train ticket is described as an example. . For general passengers, information on the telephone number of the destination that he / she wants to go to is known a little (for example, a telephone of a local tourist destination or a telephone of a hotel). You can buy a ticket. The ticket reservation request includes information on the destination telephone number. The ticket reservation terminal device 11 may be a computer, a mobile phone, a PDA, or a credit card reader. Alternatively, a telephone number / destination comparison table 14 is provided in the above-described ticket reservation servo apparatus 13, and the country code, the out-of-city area number, the area number in the city, and those numbers are previously stored in the comparison table 14. The code number of the corresponding destination is registered.

  Please refer to the flowchart shown in Figure 2. When buying a train ticket, the user inputs ticket reservation data including information on the destination telephone number to the ticket reservation terminal device 11, thereby requesting a ticket reservation (step S 201). In this embodiment, the destination is a station, and the ticket reservation request includes information such as passenger information and the departure place, in which the departure place may only know the telephone of the departure place. . That is, the ticket reservation terminal device 11 transmits the ticket reservation request through the transmission method 12 to the ticket reservation servo device 13, whereby the train ticket can be reserved. This transmission mechanism may use a wired connection, a wireless connection, or a network connection. After receiving the ticket reservation request, the ticket reservation servo apparatus 13 extracts the country code, the out-of-city area number, and the in-city area number from the information of the destination and departure place telephone numbers (step S202). The ticket reservation servo device 13 is a ticket distribution system, and a telephone number / destination comparison table 14 is provided therein. In the comparison table 14, the country code, the area number outside the city, the area number in the city and the code number of the destination corresponding to these numbers are registered. FIG. 3 shows some examples, and the ticket reservation servo apparatus 13 compares the country code, the area code outside the city, and the area code inside the city with the telephone numbers of the destination and the departure city. 14, after finding the corresponding destination and departure code number (step S 203), the ticket reservation servo device 13 uses the destination and departure code numbers to determine the destination of this train ticket. After the departure station is specified, ticket reservation is performed (step S204).

  If there is no station at the destination or departure place where the user is going to go, the code number of the corresponding destination in the comparison table 14 is the code number of the station adjacent to the destination or departure place.

  In order to explain the above in more detail, two examples are described below.

  Example 1: If the user is planning to travel to Taiwan, take the train from Taipei Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall to Taichung Museum of Fine Arts. Since it is scheduled, the user inputs a ticket reservation request including information on the telephone numbers of the departure place and the destination (8862275XXX, 8864237XXX) to the ticket reservation terminal device 11 (step S201). A train ticket is reserved by transmitting to the ticket reservation servo device 13 through the transmission mechanism 12. Next, when the ticket reservation servo apparatus 13 receives the request for ticket reservation, the country code (886,886) in the information of the telephone number of the departure place and the destination (88662275, 8864237), the area code (2) 4) and the area number (275, 237) in the city (step S202), the ticket reservation servo device 13 uses the country code in the information on the telephone number of the departure and destination (88626275, 8864237). (886, 886), the area number (2, 4) outside the city, and the area numbers (275, 237) within the city are compared with the comparison table 14 (as shown in FIG. 3), and the departure place corresponding to the number And the code number (TP, TC) of the destination station (step S203), the ticket reservation servo apparatus 13 finds the code number (TP, TC) of the found departure and destination stations. Thus, the station of departure and purpose of tickets for this train Taipei, to identify the Taichung, is to carry out the reservation of the ticket (step S204).

  Example 2: If the user is planning to travel to Japan, take the train from Tokyo's Imperial Palace to Fukuoka (Fukuoka) Hakata (Hakata Sta. Area) to the National Museum of Fine Arts (Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts) Since it is scheduled, the user inputs a ticket reservation request including information on the telephone numbers of the departure and destination (81332XXXX, 8192461XXX) to the ticket reservation terminal device 11 (step S201). A train ticket is reserved by transmitting to the ticket reservation servo device 13 through the transmission mechanism 12. Next, when the ticket reservation servo device 13 receives this ticket reservation request, the country code (81, 81) and the area code (3) in the area of the telephone number information (81332, 8192461) of the departure place and destination (81332). , 92) and the area number (32, 461) in the city (step S202), the ticket reservation servo apparatus 13 uses the country code in the information on the departure and destination telephone numbers (81332, 8192461). (81, 81), the area number outside the city (3, 92), and the city area number (32, 461) are checked against the comparison table 14 (as shown in FIG. 3), and the departure place corresponding to the number Then, after finding the code number (TK, HK) of the destination station (step S203), the ticket reservation servo device 13 uses the code number (TK, HK) of the found departure and destination stations, The train ticket station of the starting point and purpose of Tokyo, to identify the Hakata, is to carry out the reservation of the ticket (step S204).

  As described above, the present invention reserves a train ticket by finding the code number of the destination station using the country code, the area code outside the city, and the city area code in the telephone number information. In this case, after the user inputs the destination country code, the out-of-city area number, and the in-city area number to the ticket reservation terminal device 11, the user transmits the information through the transmission mechanism 12 and then the ticket reservation servo. The device 13 compares the input country code, out-of-city area number, and in-city area number with the comparison table 14, and obtains the code number of the destination and departure station corresponding to or near the number. Since a train ticket can be reserved after finding it, the time for the user to search for the destination station and the input error rate at the destination can be reduced.

It is a system structure figure of the better example of this invention. It is a flowchart of the better example of this invention. It is an example of the telephone number and station comparison table of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

11 Ticket Reservation Terminal Device 12 Transmission Mechanism 13 Ticket Reservation Servo Device 14 Comparison Table

Claims (11)

A ticket reservation terminal device, a ticket reservation servo device, and a transmission mechanism, and the ticket reservation terminal device receives a ticket reservation request to purchase a ticket for transportation, and the ticket reservation request includes the telephone number information of the destination. Including
The ticket reservation servo device reserves a ticket for transportation, and the reservation servo device is provided with a comparison table for comparing a telephone number with a destination. The comparison table includes a country code, a suburban area number, Area numbers and destination code numbers corresponding to those numbers are registered in advance,
The transmission mechanism performs ticket reservation by transmitting a request for ticket reservation to the servo device,
In addition, the ticket reservation servo device collates the country code of the destination telephone number, the area code outside the city, the area number in the city and the code number of the destination corresponding to those numbers in the ticket reservation request. A ticket reservation system that can specify a destination by a telephone number characterized by specifying the destination.   The ticket that can specify a destination by a telephone number according to claim 1, wherein the ticket reservation terminal device may use a computer, a mobile phone, a credit card reader, or a PDA. Reservation system.   The ticket reservation system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission mechanism may use a wired connection, a wireless connection, or a network connection.   The ticket reservation request includes information on the telephone number of the departure place, so that the ticket reservation servo apparatus compares the country code, the area code outside the city, and the area number in the city with the comparison table. 2. The ticket reservation for specifying a destination by a telephone number according to claim 1, wherein the starting point of the transportation can be specified by collating and finding the code number of the starting point corresponding to the number. system.   2. The ticket reservation system according to claim 1, wherein the ticket reservation servo device is a ticket distribution system.   The ticket reservation for specifying a destination by a telephone number according to claim 1, wherein the transportation ticket may be a train ticket, a bus ticket, a ship ticket, or a subway ticket. system.   The ticket reservation system according to claim 1, wherein the destination may be any one of a station, a bus stop, a port, or a subway station. A user reserves a transport ticket to a ticket reservation servo device at a ticket reservation terminal device, and the reservation servo device is provided with a reference table for comparing a telephone number with a destination. , Pre-registered area codes, city area numbers and destination code numbers corresponding to those numbers, the method includes the following steps:
(A) A ticket reservation request is input to the ticket terminal device, and the ticket reservation request includes the destination telephone number;
(B) With the ticket reservation servo device, the country code, the out-of-city area number, and the in-city area number are extracted from the information on the destination telephone number,
(C) The ticket reservation servo device checks the destination country code, the out-of-city area number, and the in-city area number against the comparison table to find the destination code number corresponding to those numbers; and ,
(D) A ticket which can specify a destination by a telephone number, wherein the destination is specified by a code number of the destination found by a ticket reservation servo device and a ticket is reserved for a necessary means of transportation. Reservation method.   In step (A), the ticket reservation request includes the telephone number of the departure point of the transportation ticket, and in step (B), the ticket reservation servo device includes the telephone number of the departure point. The country code, the out-of-city area number, and the in-city area number are extracted from the information of the information, and the country code of the departure place, the out-of-city area number, the city are extracted by the ticket reservation servo device during the step (C). By comparing the area numbers in the table with the reference table, the code numbers of the departure points corresponding to these numbers are found, and the departure point code number found by the ticket reservation servo device in the step (D) is determined. 9. The ticket reservation method for specifying a destination by a telephone number according to claim 8, wherein a ticket is reserved for a necessary means of transportation by specifying the place.   9. The ticket reservation for specifying a destination by a telephone number according to claim 8, wherein the transportation ticket may be a train ticket, a bus ticket, a ship ticket, or a subway ticket. Method.   9. The ticket reservation method according to claim 8, wherein the destination may be a station, a bus stop, a port, or a subway station.

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