JP2011043507A - Navigation system having ticket sales assisting function, route search server, and recommended route guide method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an event site side or a facility manager side to control recommended arrival time and a recommended route for each ticket purchaser or subscriber, to the event site or facility, when selling tickets. <P>SOLUTION: A ticket sales server 50 transmits ticket information to a route search server 30 when tickets are sold, and makes a request for the creation of recommended information, including recommended arrival time and a recommended destination, based on the ticket information. The search server 30 generates the recommended information, including the recommended arrival time and the recommended destination on the basis of the ticket information. The ticket sales server 50 issues access information for purchasers or subscribers of tickets to access the route search server. The access information contains ticket information, link information to the search server 30, or the like. When the search server 30 accepts a ticket access based on the access information, the server searches for a recommended route that arrives at the recommended destination at the recommended arrival time, on the basis of the recommended information, and guides the route to an access origin. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a navigation system having a ticket sales support function, a route search server, and a recommended route guidance method when selling entrance tickets to facilities such as event venues, theaters, and stadiums. Tickets that can be used to distribute the congestion around the venues and facilities as much as possible by controlling the recommended arrival time and recommended route to the event venues and facilities of the purchaser at the time of sale by the event venues and facility operators The present invention relates to a navigation system having a sales support function, a route search server, and a recommended route guidance method.

  Conventionally, as a system for selling tickets such as admission tickets to enter facilities such as event venues, theaters, and stadiums, users can use personal computers, mobile phones and other terminal devices from the Internet. 2. Description of the Related Art There is provided a ticket sales system that can access a site such as a virtual store that sells tickets via a network to reserve or apply for a ticket. Such a ticket sales system is disclosed in, for example, the following Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-14837).

  In such a ticket sales system, for example, in order to reserve a concert ticket, it is possible to reserve and obtain a ticket from a portable terminal. In this case, when the user accesses the ticketing server from the mobile terminal via the Internet and transmits information such as the type of ticket, the ticketing server digitally converts the digital ticket including data representing the items described in the ticket and the personal identification number. A signature is applied, this is further converted into a two-dimensional barcode, and is transmitted as an electronic ticket to the portable terminal via the Internet. Then, when an entrance management device disposed in a place where the ticket is used, for example, a concert venue, reads and authenticates the two-dimensional barcode as an electronic ticket displayed on the display means of the portable terminal, the user's entrance Is now allowed. Such a sales system is also applied to air ticket sales.

  Thus, the user can reserve and obtain a desired ticket while staying at home or the like without going to a ticket sales counter such as a concert venue window or a ticket center. Such a sales system is applied not only to sales of admission tickets to enter facilities such as event venues, theaters, and stadiums, but also to sales of railway tickets and boarding passes (air tickets) for aircraft. ing.

  A system in which a two-dimensional code such as a QR code is printed on a printed matter such as a magazine or a newspaper, and various services are received based on information read by a two-dimensional code reader. One example is an electronic ticket using a QR code. In addition, for example, a QR code is printed on an advertisement published in a magazine, etc., and a site read from the QR code is accessed to obtain more detailed information provided by the advertiser, or a store operated by the advertiser A system for obtaining a map of the location of is well known.

Such a system is disclosed in, for example, the following Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-318886). In this system, the content server transmits on-paper information to be printed on a magazine and detailed information corresponding to the information to the information providing server, and receives an assignment of a QR code corresponding to the detailed information. The content server prints the print information and the assigned QR code on the magazine. A user who purchases this magazine reads the QR code with a QR code reader. The printer connected directly or indirectly to the QR code reader transmits the read QR code to the information providing server via the network. The information providing server reads detailed information and map information corresponding to the QR code transmitted from the printer from the user database and the map database, and supplies them to the printer via the network. The printer prints this information on paper.

  If such a technology is applied to the ticket sales system as described above, detailed information such as print information provided based on a two-dimensional code such as a QR code will be used to start an event held at the event venue or facility on the ticket. It is possible to provide (print) information on the time, information around the venue, and congestion. In order to provide guidance around the venue, a route to the venue, and a map, it is preferable to link the navigation systems.

  A general navigation device, a route search device and a route search method used in a communication navigation system are disclosed in, for example, the following Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-165681). This navigation system is configured to send information on a departure point and a destination from a portable navigation terminal to an information distribution server, and the information distribution server searches and guides a route that matches a search condition from road network and traffic network data. Has been. As the search condition, there are means for moving from the departure place to the destination, for example, walking, automobile, combined use of railroad and walking, and the route is searched as one of the search conditions.

  The information distribution server has roads (routes) of map data as nodes and nodes as the positions of inflection points, links connecting the nodes as links, and cost information (distance and required time) of all links as a database. ing. Then, the information distribution server sequentially searches for a link from the departure node to the destination node with reference to the database, and traces the node and link with the smallest cost information of the link as a guide route. The shortest route can be guided to the portable navigation terminal. As such a route search method, a method called label determination method or Dijkstra method is used. Patent Document 3 also discloses a route search method using this Dijkstra method.

  A route search system that searches for routes that use transportation is a database of operation time data of each transportation based on route search conditions such as departure date, departure location, destination, arrival time specified by the user. It has a time database and data that makes the traffic network a database based on this. Then, referring to these databases, each available means of transportation (individual trains and route buses) connecting the departure point and destination, including connections (transfers), is sequentially traced to meet the route search conditions. It is configured to present one or a plurality of candidates for a guide route (departure station, destination station, route, train, etc.). As route search conditions, it is generally possible to specify conditions such as required time, number of transfers, and fares.

  The search data in the route system using the transportation system and the navigation system that guides the route is the same as the road network data in the in-vehicle navigation system and the pedestrian navigation system. In addition to the data networked as a bidirectional link, the operation time and required time of each link are added as link cost data for each means of transportation operated on each traffic route. Furthermore, there is a system in which fare data is added and the fare of the searched guide route is guided together.

JP 2001-148037 A JP 2001-318886 A JP 2001-165681 A

  The above-described information providing system using a two-dimensional code such as a QR code is usually uniform information provided to an unspecified number of users. Therefore, when the system disclosed in Patent Document 2 is applied in ticket sales, the latest details can be accessed by the two-dimensional code printed on the ticket. It becomes uniform information for all.

  That is, even if the system disclosed in Patent Document 2 is used, there is a problem in that individual detailed information and optimum information according to individual ticket purchasers cannot be provided. For example, a sports stadium has a plurality of entrance gates, and different entrance gates are used depending on the watching position (seat) selected by the user. In such a case, the entrance gate is usually printed on the ticket together with the seat. Therefore, route guidance to different entrance gates cannot be provided as common detailed information to everyone. If it is compellingly provided as detailed information, there is a problem that the route guidance to all entrance gates must be written together and the user must select.

  Also, in the case of a large-scale event, a large number of participants will come to one event venue at the time of the event, resulting in congestion of surrounding traffic. In such a case, it becomes possible to control the surrounding congestion by providing information allocated so that the route and arrival time are distributed as individual detailed information to individual ticket purchasers by the event operator, The system disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a problem in that such individual detailed information cannot be provided.

  The inventor of the present application has made various studies to solve the above problems, and as a result, the navigation system is linked to ticket sales, and the recommended arrival time of each ticket purchaser or reservation person at the event venue or facility at the time of ticket sales. The present invention has been completed by conceiving that the above problem can be solved if individual detailed information such as a recommended route can be provided individually using a two-dimensional code or the like.

  That is, the present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the event venue side or the facility operator side provides the recommended arrival time and recommended route to the event venue or facility of each ticket purchaser or reservation person at the time of ticket sales. It is an object of the present invention to provide a navigation system having a ticket sales support function, a route search server, and a recommended route guidance method that can control the congestion around the venue and the facility as much as possible.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application is
A ticket sales server that sells tickets for participating in an event held at a predetermined time at a predetermined location, and a route search server that searches and guides a recommended route from a desired departure place to a destination A navigation system having a ticket sales support function,
The ticket sales server transmits ticket information to the route search server at the time of ticket sales, a recommended information request means for requesting generation of recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the ticket information, Access information issuing means for issuing access information for the purchaser or the reservation person to access the route search server,
The route search server sets a different recommended arrival time for each fixed number of tickets based on the ticket information, generates recommended information including the recommended arrival time and a recommended destination, and the access information A route search means for searching for a recommended route arriving at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time based on the recommended information,
Sending the recommended information including the recommended arrival time and the recommended destination generated by the recommended information generating means to the ticket sales server,
The access information issuing means issues a ticket to which access information including link information for accessing the route search server and the recommended information is added,
When receiving the ticket access based on the access information, the route search server searches for a recommended route that arrives at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time, and guides the recommended route to an access source.

  According to claim 2 of the present application, in the navigation system having the ticket sales support function according to claim 1, a different time is set as the recommended arrival time for each ticket having an entrance at a certain number of recommended destinations. It is characterized by that.

  The invention according to claim 3 of the present application is characterized in that, in the navigation system having a ticket sales support function according to claim 1 or claim 2, the access information is a two-dimensional code and is printed on a ticket.

The invention according to claim 4 of the present application is the navigation system having the ticket sales support function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ticket sales server is configured to access at least the route search server at the time of ticket sales. Issuing access information including a reservation ID, adding the reservation ID to the route search server, transmitting ticket information, and requesting generation of recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the ticket information ,
The route search server stores recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination generated by the recommended information generating means in association with the reservation ID in a recommended information database,
When receiving the ticket access based on the access information, the route search server extracts a corresponding recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the reservation ID, and obtains a recommended route arriving at the recommended destination at the recommended arrival time. Searching and guiding the recommended route to the access source.

The invention according to claim 5 of the present application is
A route connected to a ticket sales server that sells tickets for participating in an event held at a predetermined time at a predetermined location via a network, and searching for and guiding a recommended route from a desired departure point to a destination A search server,
The ticket sales server transmits ticket information to the route search server at the time of ticket sales, a recommended information request means for requesting generation of recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the ticket information, An access information issuing means for issuing access information for a purchaser or a reservation person to access the route search server,
The route search server sets a different recommended arrival time for each fixed number of tickets based on the ticket information, generates recommended information including the recommended arrival time and a recommended destination, and the access information A ticket search means for searching for a recommended route arriving at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time based on the recommended information,
Sending the recommended information including the recommended arrival time and the recommended destination generated by the recommended information generating means to the ticket sales server,
The access information issuing means issues a ticket to which access information including link information for accessing the route search server and the recommended information is added,
When receiving the ticket access based on the access information, the route search server searches for a recommended route that arrives at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time, and guides the recommended route to an access source.

  The invention according to claim 6 of the present application is characterized in that, in the route search server according to claim 5, a different time is set as the recommended arrival time for each ticket having an entrance at a certain number of recommended destinations. .

  The invention according to claim 7 of the present application is the route search server according to claim 5 or claim 6, wherein the access information is printed on the ticket with a two-dimensional code, and the route search server should be added to the access information. The recommendation information is transmitted to a ticket sales server.

The invention according to claim 8 of the present application is the route search server according to claim 5 or claim 6, wherein the ticket sales server includes at least a reservation ID for accessing the route search server at the time of ticket sales. Issuing information, requesting the generation of recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the ticket information by adding the reservation ID to the route search server and transmitting ticket information;
The route search server stores recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination generated by the recommended information generating means in association with the reservation ID in a recommended information database,
When receiving the ticket access based on the access information, the route search server extracts a corresponding recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the reservation ID, and obtains a recommended route arriving at the recommended destination at the recommended arrival time. Searching and guiding the recommended route to the access source.

The invention according to claim 9 of the present application is
The ticket sales server transmits ticket information to the route search server at the time of ticket sales, a recommended information request means for requesting generation of recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the ticket information, An access information issuing means for issuing access information for a purchaser or a reservation person to access the route search server,
A route connected to a ticket sales server that sells tickets for participating in an event held at a predetermined time at a predetermined location via a network, and searching for and guiding a recommended route from a desired departure point to a destination A recommended route guidance method using a search server,
The access information issuing means issuing a ticket with link information for accessing the route search server and access information including the recommended information;
In the route search server, the recommended information generation means sets a different recommended arrival time for each fixed number of tickets based on the ticket information, generates recommended information including the recommended arrival time and a recommended destination, and generates the ticket. When receiving the ticket access based on the access information and the step of transmitting to the sales server, the route searching means searches for a recommended route arriving at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time based on the recommended information, and the recommended It has a step of guiding a route to an access source.

  The invention according to claim 10 of the present application is characterized in that, in the recommended route guidance method according to claim 9, a different time is set for each ticket having an entrance at a certain number of recommended destinations as the recommended arrival time. To do.

  The invention according to claim 11 of the present application is the recommended route guidance method according to claim 9 or claim 10, wherein the access information is printed on the ticket in a two-dimensional code, and the route search server adds the access information to the access information. Transmitting the recommended information to the ticket sales server.

The invention according to claim 12 of the present application is the recommended route guidance method according to claim 9 or claim 10, wherein the ticket sales server includes at least a reservation ID for access to the route search server at the time of ticket sales. Issuing access information, adding the reservation ID to the route search server and transmitting ticket information to request generation of recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the ticket information,
The route search server stores recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination generated by the recommended information generating means in a recommended information database in association with the reservation ID;
When the route search server accepts the ticket access based on the access information, the route search means extracts the corresponding recommended arrival time and the recommended destination based on the reservation ID, and arrives at the recommended destination at the recommended arrival time. And searching for a recommended route to guide the recommended route to an access source.

In the invention according to claim 1,
The ticket sales server transmits ticket information to the route search server at the time of ticket sales, a recommended information request means for requesting generation of recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the ticket information, An access information issuing means for issuing access information for a purchaser or a reservation person to access the route search server,
The route search server sets a different recommended arrival time for each fixed number of tickets based on the ticket information, generates recommended information including the recommended arrival time and a recommended destination, and the access information A ticket search means for searching for a recommended route arriving at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time based on the recommended information,
Sending the recommended information including the recommended arrival time and the recommended destination generated by the recommended information generating means to the ticket sales server,
The access information issuing means issues a ticket to which access information including link information for accessing the route search server and the recommended information is added,
Upon receiving ticket access based on the access information, the route search server searches for a recommended route that arrives at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time, and guides the recommended route to an access source.

According to such a configuration, it is possible to allocate a recommended arrival time and a recommended route for each fixed number of tickets. The facility operator will be able to control. Therefore, congestion around the venue and facility can be dispersed.
In addition, the user who has purchased the ticket can easily access the route search server and receive guidance on the recommended arrival time and the recommended route allocated according to the ticket information. In addition, the route search server does not need to have a storage means or a database for holding recommended information such as ticket information and recommended arrival time.

  In the invention according to claim 2, in the invention according to claim 1, a different time is set for each ticket having an entrance at a certain number of recommended destinations as the recommended arrival time. At each entrance, the event venue side and the facility operator side can control the arrival time and route of the ticket reservation person to the event venue and facility. Therefore, congestion around the venue and facility can be dispersed.

  In the invention according to claim 3, in the invention according to claim 1 or claim 2, the access information is a two-dimensional code, and is printed on the ticket. By simply reading the dimension code and manipulating the link information, it is possible to easily access the route search server and receive guidance on the recommended arrival time and recommended route allocated according to the ticket information.

  In the invention according to claim 4, in the invention according to claim 1 or 2, the ticket sales server issues access information including at least a reservation ID for access to the route search server at the time of ticket sales. Adding the reservation ID to the route search server and transmitting ticket information to request generation of recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the ticket information, and the route search server sends the recommended information The recommended information including the recommended arrival time and the recommended destination generated by the generating means is stored in a recommended information database in association with the reservation ID, and when the route search server accepts ticket access based on the access information, Based on the reservation ID, the corresponding recommended arrival time and recommended destination are extracted, and arrive at the recommended destination at the recommended arrival time. A recommended route to explore, to guide the recommended route to access source.

  According to such a configuration, the ticket sales server only needs to settle the ticket reservation and add access information to the route search server to the reservation ID, and ticket sales can be made through the Internet. In addition, since the recommended arrival time and recommended route can be assigned to each ticket, the event venue side and the facility operator side can control the arrival time and route to the event venue and facility of the ticket reservation person. Therefore, congestion around the venue and facility can be dispersed.

  In the invention according to claims 5 to 8 of the present application, it is possible to provide a route search server constituting the navigation system according to claims 1 to 4 of the present application, respectively. In the inventions according to claims 9 to 12 of the present application, a recommended route guidance method using the route search server according to claims 5 to 8 of the present application can be provided.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing a configuration of a navigation system having a ticket sales support function according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the navigation system which has a ticket sales assistance function concerning Example 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of POI information regarding an event hall. It is a schematic diagram which shows the concept of the data of a road network. It is a schematic diagram which shows the concept of the data of a traffic network. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process sequence of the navigation system which has a ticket sales assistance function concerning Example 1 of this invention. It is a system block diagram which shows the structure of the navigation system which has a ticket sales assistance function concerning Example 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the navigation system which has a ticket sales assistance function concerning Example 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the recommendation information memorize | stored in a recommendation information database. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process sequence of the navigation system which has a ticket sales assistance function concerning Example 1 of this invention.

  Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples and drawings. However, the embodiments shown below illustrate a navigation system for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and are not intended to specify the present invention for this navigation system. The present invention can be equally applied to navigation systems of other embodiments included in the scope.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a configuration of a navigation system 10 having a ticket sales support function according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the navigation system 10 includes a ticket sales server 50, a route search server 30, and terminal devices 20 and 21 connected via a network 12 such as the Internet.
In the navigation system 10, the ticket sales server 50 and the route search server 30 cooperate to perform the processing described below.

  First, the ticket sales server 50 sells tickets according to the purchaser's request. Tickets are entrance tickets to facilities such as event venues, theaters, and stadiums. In the following explanation, these facilities are referred to as event venues, and events held at these facilities are referred to as events. To do. The ticket is printed with the name of the event venue, the date and time of the event, the seat of the ticket purchaser, and the entrance near the seat. Of course, the seat is determined according to the purchaser's request. These pieces of information are recorded as ticket information in the database 502 and used for sales management or the like. The payment is made using cash, credit card, or the like. In the case of payment by credit card, it may be configured to cooperate with a payment server of a credit card company.

  When the ticket information in the ticket sales server 50 is confirmed, the route search server 30 determines the ticket information determined at the time of ticket sales from the ticket sales server 50, that is, the name of the event venue, the date and time of the event, the seats at the venue, and the entrance. And the like, the recommended information corresponding to the ticket information, for example, the recommended arrival time and the recommended destination (entrance) are generated.

  The recommended information is sent to the ticket sales server 50, which encodes the recommended information into a two-dimensional code such as a QR code and prints the QR code on the ticket 503 issued by the printing apparatus 500. In the QR code, link information (URL information) for linking to the route search server 30 is recorded, and the recommended information described above is added as a parameter.

  The user who purchased the ticket reads the QR code using the terminal device 20 such as a personal computer or the terminal device 21 such as a mobile phone, and accesses the route search server 30 using the link information read from the QR code. Recommended information (recommended arrival time and recommended destination) is added to the link information as a parameter. Based on this recommended information, the route search server 30 uses the destination at the time of route search as the recommended destination, searches for the recommended route that arrives at the recommended arrival time at the recommended destination, and guides it to the terminal device 20 or the terminal device 21. .

  The recommended destination is the entrance near the seat where the ticket purchaser is seated at the event venue or facility, and the recommended arrival time is the recommended time of arrival at the entrance based on the start time of the event. Therefore, if the recommended information generated by the route search server 30 is set to a different time for each fixed number of tickets or a different time is set for each ticket having a fixed number of recommended destinations, a large number of recommended information is generated. It becomes possible to intentionally distribute the arrival time of the ticket purchaser at the event venue. In addition, the arrival time of the ticket purchaser at the event venue can be intentionally distributed for each entrance (recommended destination).

  By using the ticket sales support function by such a route search server 30 (navigation service), the event operator can issue detailed information specific to each ticket purchaser, and to the venues of many event participants. You will be able to control the route and arrival time. Therefore, the congestion around the event venue can be dispersed, and the risk of unexpected accidents can be avoided.

  Hereinafter, the navigation system 10 having the ticket sales support function according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described based on specific examples, but before that, the detailed configuration of the navigation system 10 according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration of the navigation system 10 of FIG.

  The ticket sales server 50 includes a control unit 501, a communication unit 51, a recommended information request unit 52, a reservation / sales unit 53, an access information issue unit 54, a ticket printing unit 55, a display unit 56, and an operation input unit 57. ing.

  On the other hand, the route search server 30 includes a control unit 301, a communication unit 31, a recommended information request storage unit 32, a recommended information generation unit 33, a map database 34, a route search network database 35, a POI information database 36, and a ticket access reception unit 38. The route search means 39 is provided.

  In the ticket sales server 50, the control unit 501 is a microprocessor having a RAM, a ROM, and a processor (not shown), and controls the operation of each unit by a control program stored in the ROM. The communication means 51 is a communication interface for transmitting and receiving communication data with the route search server 30 and the like via the network 12.

The reservation / sale means 53 sells the ticket according to the request of the ticket purchaser. When selling tickets, the name of the event venue, the date and time of the event, the seat of the ticket purchaser, the entrance near the seat, etc. are determined. The seat number determined according to the purchaser's request is input from the operation input means 57. These pieces of information are recorded as ticket information in the database 502 and used for sales management or the like.

  The recommended information request unit 52 sends the ticket information determined by the reservation / sale unit 53 to the route search server 30 and requests generation of recommended information. The access information issuing means 54 encodes link information for accessing the route search server 30 in the ticket into a QR code. The ticket printing means 55 prints ticket information and access information encoded in a QR code on a ticket. The display unit 56 displays a monitor image of the ticket sales server 50 and the like.

  To the link information (URL information) recorded in the QR code, recommended information generated by the route search server 30 based on a request from the recommended information request unit 52 is added as a parameter. As will be described later, the route search server 30 receives the ticket information determined at the time of ticket sales, that is, the name of the event venue, the date and time of the event, the seats and entrances at the venue, etc. This is information indicating a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination (entrance) generated by the recommended information generating means 33 according to the ticket information.

  In the route search server 30, the control unit 301 is a microprocessor having a RAM, a ROM, and a processor (not shown), and controls the operation of each unit by a control program stored in the ROM. The communication means 31 is a communication interface for transmitting / receiving communication data to / from the ticket sales server 50 and the terminal devices 20 and 21 via the network 12.

  The recommended information request storage unit 32 stores the recommended information request transmitted together with the ticket information from the ticket sales server 50. The recommended information generation unit 33 generates recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination according to the ticket information based on the ticket information in the recommended information request stored in the recommended information request storage unit 32. The recommended destination is position information indicating the entrance of the event venue in the ticket information, and the recommended arrival time is a recommended arrival time at the recommended destination. For example, the recommended information is to set a different time for each fixed number of tickets or to set a different time for each ticket having a fixed number of recommended destinations.

  For example, the recommended arrival time can be controlled so that the participants enter in order from the back of the event venue by setting the early arrival time in order from the ticket information having the seat at the back of the event venue. This recommended information is transmitted to the ticket sales server 50, added as a parameter to the link information recorded in the QR code (link information for accessing the route search server 30), and the QR code is printed on the ticket. The ticket purchaser can read the QR code printed on the ticket by the terminal device 20 or the terminal device 21 and operate the link information to access the route search server 30.

  The ticket access receiving unit 38 receives access from the terminal device 20 or the terminal device 21 based on the link information, and extracts recommended information added to the link information. The route search means 39 sets a recommended destination as the destination for route search out of the recommended information extracted by the ticket access reception means 38, and also recommends the recommended arrival time to the destination as the arrival time at the destination. Search for a route. Although it is necessary to set the departure point for the route search, the departure point may be set by inquiring the terminal device 20 or the terminal device 21 from the route search server 30. The recommended route searched by the route search means 39 is sent to the terminal device 20 or the terminal device 21, and provides route guidance to the ticket purchaser.

  The route search server 30 includes a route search network database 35 and a map database 34 for normal route guidance, and stores information on various places of interest (POI) in the POI information database 36. Yes. Information of these databases can be acquired and added from a POI information distribution server or other information distribution server (not shown) via the network 12. Similarly, a desired search result can be acquired by transmitting a desired search request to the POI information distribution server or another information distribution server.

  Since the route search server 30 generates recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the individual ticket information, the POI information shown in FIG. 3 is acquired from the ticket sales server 50, and the POI information database 36 is obtained. Remember it. The POI information shown in FIG. 3 exemplifies information related to the event venue A. The location information (for example, the entrance node number connected to the road link around the venue, or the latitude of the entrance a to the entrance n of the event venue)・ Longitude, etc.), the number of seats that enter from each entrance, and the seat number of each seat.

  The recommended information generating means 33 refers to the POI information for each event venue as shown in FIG. 3 based on the ticket information (event holding time, entrance, seat number) for each ticket, and the recommended destination corresponding to each ticket. A recommended arrival time can be generated. As described above, the recommended arrival time may be determined by setting a different time for each fixed number of tickets, or setting a different time for each ticket having a fixed number of recommended destinations. For example, a different time is set every 10 minutes for every 100 tickets. The POI information related to the event venue can be obtained from the ticket sales server 50 when the recommended information request is received.

  Next, a route search method in the route search server 30 will be described. The road network data for route search in the pedestrian navigation system and the car navigation system is configured as follows. For example, when the road is composed of roads A, B, and C as shown in FIG. 4, the end points, intersections, and bending points of the roads A, B, and C are used as nodes, and the roads connecting the nodes are directed links. Link cost data with node data (node latitude / longitude), link data (link number) and link cost of each link (link distance or time required to travel the link) as data Composed.

  That is, in FIG. 4, Nn (◯ mark) and Nm (◎ mark) indicate nodes, and Nm (◎ mark) indicates a road intersection. Directional links connecting the nodes are indicated by arrow lines (solid line, dotted line, two-dot chain line). As for the links, there are links facing in the upward and downward directions of the road, but in FIG. 4, only the links in the direction of the arrows are shown for the sake of simplicity.

  When route search is performed using such road network data as a route search database, links linked from the starting node to the destination node are traced to accumulate the link cost, thereby minimizing the accumulated link cost. Search and guide the route. That is, in FIG. 4, when the route search is performed with the departure point as the node AX and the destination as the node CY, the road travels from the node AX along the road A, turns right at the second intersection, enters the road C, and reaches the node CY. The link cost is accumulated sequentially, and a route that minimizes the accumulated link cost is searched for and guided.

  Although other routes from the node AX to the node CY are not shown in FIG. 4, there are actually other such routes, so a plurality of routes that can be reached from the node AX to the node CY are displayed. A search is performed in the same manner, and a route with the lowest link cost is determined as the optimum route. This method is performed by, for example, a known method called the Dijkstra method.

  On the other hand, the traffic network data for route search of the transportation system is configured as follows. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, in the case of traffic routes A, B, and C, each station (each airport on an aircraft route) provided on each traffic route A, B, and C is a node, and the nodes are connected. A section is represented by a directional link, and node data (latitude / longitude) and link data (link number) are network data. In FIG. 5, Nn (○ mark) and Nm (◎ mark) indicate nodes, Nm (◎ mark) indicates a transit point (such as a transfer station) on a traffic route, and a directional link connecting each node. It is indicated by an arrow line (solid line, dotted line, two-dot chain line). As for the links, there are links facing in the upward and downward directions of the traffic route, but in FIG. 5, only the links in the direction of the arrows are shown for the sake of simplicity.

  However, the traffic network basically has a different link cost compared to the road network. In other words, in the road network, the link cost is fixed and static, but in the traffic network, as shown in FIG. 5, trains and airplanes (hereinafter referred to as individual trains and airplanes) that operate the traffic route. A plurality of means of transportation). The time of departure from one node and the time of arrival at the next node are determined for each means of transportation (specified by timetable data and operation data), and individual routes do not necessarily link to adjacent nodes. There is a case. This is the case, for example, with express trains and trains that stop at each station. In such a case, a plurality of different links exist on the same traffic route, and the required time between nodes may differ depending on the transportation means.

  In the transportation network illustrated in FIG. 5, a plurality of transportation means (routes) Aa to Ac... Exist on the same link of the transportation route A, and a plurality of transportation means (routes) Ca to Cc. Will do. Therefore, unlike a simple road network, the transportation network of a transportation facility has a data amount proportional to the total number of transportation means (routes such as individual airplanes and trains). For this reason, the data of the traffic network becomes a huge amount of data compared to the data amount of the road network. Accordingly, much time is required for route search accordingly.

  In order to search for a route from a certain departure point to a certain destination using such traffic network data, all the means of transportation that can be used (ride) when arriving from the departure point to the destination are searched. It is necessary to specify the means of transportation that matches the search conditions.

  For example, in FIG. 5, when performing a route search in which the departure point is a node AX of the traffic route A and a specific departure time is designated and the node CY of the traffic route C is the destination, the route operates on the traffic route A. Of the transportation means Aa to Ac..., All transportation means after the departure time are sequentially selected as the departure route. Based on the arrival time at the transit node on the transit route C, among all the transit means Ca to Cc... Operating on the transit route C, all combinations of transit means after the time that can be boarded at the transit node. The total time required for each route, the number of transfers, and the like are guided.

  Next, a processing procedure in the navigation system 10 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to the processing sequence diagram of FIG. In the process of step ST1, the ticket purchaser purchases a ticket to participate in a desired event in the ticket sales server 50.

  When the ticket sales server 50 determines a seat or the like according to the purchaser's request and the ticket information is confirmed, the ticket sales server 50 transmits a recommended information request together with the ticket information to the route search server 30 in sequence SQ1. The ticket information includes information such as the event venue, event date and time, and entrance. When the route search server 30 receives the recommended information request, the recommended information generating means 33 generates recommended information including a recommended destination and a recommended arrival time according to the ticket information in the process of step ST2, and this recommended information is displayed in the sequence SQ2. It is transmitted to the ticket sales server 50.

  When ticket recommendation server 50 receives the recommended information from route search server 30, it prints the ticket in sequence SQ3. At this time, the access information for accessing the route search server 30 is printed on the ticket as a QR code. This access information is link information to the route search server 30 and is obtained by adding recommended information as a parameter.

  The ticket purchaser who has received this ticket reads the QR code, which is the access information printed on the ticket, using the terminal device 20 in the process of step ST3. In sequence SQ4, the link information read from the QR code is operated to access (link) the route search server 30.

  If there is a ticket access based on the above link information from the terminal device 20, the route search server 30 uses the recommended destination as the route search destination and the recommended arrival time to the destination in the process of step ST4. The route search condition is set as the arrival time, and the recommended route is searched. In step SQ5, the route search server 30 sends the searched recommended route data to the terminal device 20, and guides the recommended route to the event venue.

  The navigation system having the ticket sales support function according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above has a configuration in which the ticket sales server 50 prints and issues a ticket. The same processing as in the first embodiment can also be performed in the Internet sales system that issues a reservation ID after the payment.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the navigation system 10 according to the second embodiment of the present invention using such a system for ticket sales via the Internet. The configuration of this system is basically the same as the configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, but in the system of FIG. 7, the ticket sales server 30 connects the terminal device 20 and the terminal device 21 to the network 12 such as the Internet. It is different in that the ticket is sold through.

  Further, the ticket sales server 50 in FIG. 7 is different in that the reservation ID is issued to the terminal devices 20 and 21 that have purchased the ticket without printing the ticket. Link information for accessing the route search server 30 is added to the reservation ID as access information. The route search server 30 includes a recommended information database 37 and is different in that it stores recommended information requested by the ticket sales server 30.

  That is, when the route search server 30 receives the recommended information request including the ticket information and the reservation ID from the ticket sales server 50 and generates the recommended information, it is stored in the recommended information database 37 in association with the reservation ID. When there is a ticket access by operating the link information from the terminal device 20, the route search server 30 reads the recommended information corresponding to the corresponding reservation ID from the recommended information database 37.

  Based on the recommended information read from the recommended information database 37, the route search server 30 searches the recommended route using the recommended destination as the route search destination and the recommended arrival time as the arrival time at the destination. Guide the recommended route searched. That is, in the navigation system 10 according to the second embodiment, the route search server 30 stores recommended information generated based on the reservation ID issued at the time of ticket sales, and the reservation ID is received when there is a ticket access from the terminal device 20. This is different from the first embodiment in that the recommended information is read out by using as a key and the recommended route is searched and guided.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the navigation system 10 according to the second embodiment. This navigation system 10 is basically the same as the configuration of the navigation system 10 in FIG. 2, but differs from the first embodiment in that the route search server 30 includes a recommended information database 37 and recommended information search means 371.

  In the navigation system 10 according to the second embodiment illustrated in FIG. 8, when the recommended information request based on the ticket information including the reservation ID is received from the ticket sales server 50, the route search server 30 causes the recommended information generation unit to change the ticket information to the ticket information. Based on this, recommended information including a recommended destination and a recommended arrival time is generated, and the recommended information is stored in the recommended information database 37 in association with the reservation ID. This recommendation information request does not need to include the personal information of the ticket purchaser, and only the reservation ID and the ticket information are sufficient.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of recommended information stored in the recommended information database 37. As shown in FIG. 9, the recommended information generated by the recommended information generating unit 33 based on the ticket information is stored in correspondence with the reservation ID. The recommended arrival time and the recommended destination are stored for each reservation ID, and the recommended destination is the entrance near the seat determined in the reservation sales of the ticket corresponding to each reservation ID and its position information.

  When the route search server 30 receives a ticket access including a reservation ID from the terminal device 20, the recommended information search unit 371 searches the recommended information database 37 using the reservation ID as a search key, and obtains the recommended information corresponding to the reservation ID. Based on the recommended information, the read / route search means 39 searches the recommended route using the recommended destination as the route search destination and the arrival time at the destination as the recommended arrival time. Then, the recommended route obtained as a result of the search is guided to the terminal device 20.

  FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing a processing sequence of the navigation system 10 according to the second embodiment described above. First, in sequence SQ11, the ticket purchaser accesses the ticket sales server 50 using the terminal device 20, and makes a ticket purchase field reservation to participate in a desired event.

  The ticket sales server 50 determines a seat and the like according to the purchaser's request and determines ticket information. When payment is completed, a reservation ID is issued and ticket reservation is completed. When the ticket reservation is completed, the ticket sales server 50 transmits access information including a reservation ID and link information for accessing the route search server 30 to the terminal device in sequence SQ12.

  In addition, the ticket sales server 50 transmits a recommended information request including a reservation ID and ticket information to the route search server 30 in sequence SQ13. The ticket information includes information such as the event venue, event date and time, and entrance. In the process of step ST11, the route search server 30 that has received the recommended information request from the ticket sales server 50 generates recommended information including a recommended destination and a recommended arrival time according to the ticket information in the process of step ST11. In the process, the recommended information is stored in the recommended information database 37 in association with the reservation ID (see FIG. 9).

  On the other hand, the ticket purchaser accesses the route search server 30 from the terminal device 20 based on the access information (link information and reservation ID to the route search server 30) received from the ticket sales server 50 in sequence SQ14. When the route search server 30 receives a ticket access based on the access information from the terminal device 20, the recommended information search unit 371 searches the recommended information database 37 in the process of step ST13 using the reservation ID as a key, and finds the corresponding recommended information. read out.

  Next, the route searching means 39 recommends the arrival time at the destination based on the recommended information read out from the recommended information database 37 by the recommended information searching means 371 with the recommended destination as the destination of the route search in the process of step ST14. The recommended route is searched as time. Then, the route search server 30 sends the recommended route data searched by the route search means 39 in sequence SQ15 to the terminal device 20 to guide the recommended route to the event venue.

  In this navigation system 10, there may be a plurality of ticket sales servers 50. In that case, if a rule is determined so that the reservation IDs do not overlap by adding an identifier of the ticket sales server 50 to the reservation ID. The route search server 30 can accept the recommended information request from a plurality of ticket sales servers.

  According to the system of the second embodiment, since the recommended information including the recommended arrival time and the recommended destination is stored for each reservation ID on the route search server 30 side, the recommended information can be corrected. For example, for a recurring event, the recommended arrival time is assigned to each ticket. As a result, the following events are used to provide feedback on the recommended arrival time and recommendation for the next event. It is also possible to modify the destination allocation.

  Although rare, even if the planned event venue is changed, it is possible to deal with it by changing the stored contents of the recommended information database 37 without changing the reservation ID. In these cases, the above-described correction can be handled by overwriting information corresponding to the same reservation ID.

  As described above in detail, according to the navigation system having the ticket sales support function of the present invention, the recommended arrival time and recommended route to the event venue and facility of the purchaser or the reservation person of each ticket at the time of ticket sales It is possible to disperse the congestion around the venue and the facility as much as possible by controlling the site and the facility operator.

  According to the present invention, the organizer may recommend a large number of event participants, such as arrival times at different event venues, depending on ticket information such as seats and entrances for each participant. It is possible to alleviate the congestion around the event venue.

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A ticket sales server that sells tickets for participating in an event held at a predetermined time at a predetermined location, and a route search server that searches and guides a recommended route from a desired departure place to a destination A navigation system having a ticket sales support function,
The ticket sales server transmits ticket information to the route search server at the time of ticket sales, a recommended information request means for requesting generation of recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the ticket information, An access information issuing means for issuing access information for a purchaser or a reservation person to access the route search server,
The route search server sets a different recommended arrival time for each fixed number of tickets based on the ticket information, generates recommended information including the recommended arrival time and a recommended destination, and the access information A ticket search means for searching for a recommended route arriving at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time based on the recommended information,
Sending the recommended information including the recommended arrival time and the recommended destination generated by the recommended information generating means to the ticket sales server,
The access information issuing means issues a ticket to which access information including link information for accessing the route search server and the recommended information is added,
The route search server, when accepting ticket access based on the access information, searches for a recommended route that arrives at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time, and guides the recommended route to an access source. Functional navigation system.   The navigation system having a ticket sales support function according to claim 1, wherein a different time is set as the recommended arrival time for each ticket having an entrance at a certain number of recommended destinations.   The navigation system having a ticket sales support function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the access information is a two-dimensional code and is printed on a ticket. The ticket sales server issues access information including at least a reservation ID for access to the route search server at the time of ticket sales, transmits the ticket information with the reservation ID added to the route search server, and Request generation of recommended information including recommended arrival time and recommended destination based on ticket information,
The route search server stores recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination generated by the recommended information generating means in association with the reservation ID in a recommended information database,
When receiving the ticket access based on the access information, the route search server extracts a corresponding recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the reservation ID, and obtains a recommended route arriving at the recommended destination at the recommended arrival time. The navigation system having a ticket sales support function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the navigation system searches and guides the recommended route to an access source. A route connected to a ticket sales server that sells tickets for participating in an event held at a predetermined time at a predetermined location via a network, and searching for and guiding a recommended route from a desired departure point to a destination A search server,
The ticket sales server transmits ticket information to the route search server at the time of ticket sales, a recommended information request means for requesting generation of recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the ticket information, An access information issuing means for issuing access information for a purchaser or a reservation person to access the route search server,
The route search server sets a different recommended arrival time for each fixed number of tickets based on the ticket information, generates recommended information including the recommended arrival time and a recommended destination, and the access information A ticket search means for searching for a recommended route arriving at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time based on the recommended information,
Sending the recommended information including the recommended arrival time and the recommended destination generated by the recommended information generating means to the ticket sales server,
The access information issuing means issues a ticket to which access information including link information for accessing the route search server and the recommended information is added,
The route search server, when accepting ticket access based on the access information, searches for a recommended route that arrives at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time, and guides the recommended route to an access source. .   6. The route search server according to claim 5, wherein a different time is set as the recommended arrival time for each ticket having an entrance at a certain number of recommended destinations.   7. The access information is printed on the ticket in a two-dimensional code, and the route search server transmits the recommended information to be added to the access information to a ticket sales server. Route search server. The ticket sales server issues access information including at least a reservation ID for access to the route search server at the time of ticket sales, transmits the ticket information with the reservation ID added to the route search server, and Request generation of recommended information including recommended arrival time and recommended destination based on ticket information,
The route search server stores recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination generated by the recommended information generating means in association with the reservation ID in a recommended information database,
When receiving the ticket access based on the access information, the route search server extracts a corresponding recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the reservation ID, and obtains a recommended route arriving at the recommended destination at the recommended arrival time. The route search server according to claim 5, wherein the route search server searches and guides the recommended route to an access source. The ticket sales server transmits ticket information to the route search server at the time of ticket sales, a recommended information request means for requesting generation of recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination based on the ticket information, An access information issuing means for issuing access information for a purchaser or a reservation person to access the route search server,
A route connected to a ticket sales server that sells tickets for participating in an event held at a predetermined time at a predetermined location via a network, and searching for and guiding a recommended route from a desired departure point to a destination A recommended route guidance method using a search server,
The access information issuing means issuing a ticket with link information for accessing the route search server and access information including the recommended information;
In the route search server, the recommended information generation means sets a different recommended arrival time for each fixed number of tickets based on the ticket information, generates recommended information including the recommended arrival time and a recommended destination, and generates the ticket. When receiving the ticket access based on the access information and the step of transmitting to the sales server, the route searching means searches for a recommended route arriving at a recommended destination at a recommended arrival time based on the recommended information, and the recommended A recommended route guidance method comprising a step of guiding a route to an access source.   The recommended route guidance method according to claim 9, wherein a different time is set for each ticket having an entrance at a certain number of recommended destinations as the recommended arrival time.   10. The access information is printed on the ticket in a two-dimensional code, and the route search server includes a step of transmitting the recommended information to be added to the access information to a ticket sales server. 10. The recommended route guidance method according to 10. The ticket sales server issues access information including at least a reservation ID for access to the route search server at the time of ticket sales, transmits the ticket information with the reservation ID added to the route search server, and Request generation of recommended information including recommended arrival time and recommended destination based on ticket information,
The route search server stores recommended information including a recommended arrival time and a recommended destination generated by the recommended information generating means in a recommended information database in association with the reservation ID;
When the route search server accepts the ticket access based on the access information, the route search means extracts the corresponding recommended arrival time and the recommended destination based on the reservation ID, and arrives at the recommended destination at the recommended arrival time. The recommended route guidance method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of searching for a recommended route to be performed, and guiding the recommended route to an access source.

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