JP2012128821A - Weather-insured article distribution device, weather-insured article distribution server, and weather insurance system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solatium or sympathy service easily through a weather-insured article distribution device, a weather-insured article distribution server, and a weather insurance system when it continues to rain, snow, hail, or sleet by a certain amount or more in a predetermined place and a predetermined time zone.SOLUTION: A weather insurance system 10 includes: a plurality of business main terminals 100 which provide article plans for weather-insured travel, weather-insured hotel, weather-insured marriage ceremony, etc.; a reservation server 200 as a weather-insured article distribution device which distributes a reservation site carrying those article plans; a plurality of client terminals 300 which access the reservation server 200 to browse the reservation site; a weather insurance determination server 400 which determines whether the weather insurance solatium or sympathy service is applied; and an insurance company terminal 500 which accesses the weather insurance determination server 400. Those terminals and servers are connected through the Internet 20.

Description

The present invention relates to a product distribution apparatus with weather insurance, a weather insurance determination server, and a weather insurance system for making reservations for various plans on a network.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, websites (hereinafter referred to as reservation sites) that can make reservations for travel, hotels, weddings, and the like on networks such as the Internet have been distributed. These products generally tend to be less satisfactory if it rains all the time, but because it is not the responsibility of the business owners who provided these products, The business owners did not provide gifts or services.

On the other hand, since users spend time and money on travel, hotel accommodation, weddings, etc., the weather on the day of the event has been of great interest from the reservation stage. However, for the business owner side, there is a circumstance that he wants to avoid reducing his profits due to an accidental event such as rain, and there is no service like weather insurance.

An object of the present invention is to provide a weather insurance insurance contractor and the business owner who is an insured person to provide a product distribution device with weather insurance, and the insurance business operator to provide a weather insurance determination server By providing a weather insurance system.

The product distribution device with weather insurance according to the present invention is connected to a plurality of client terminals via a network, posts a product plan with weather insurance that matches the search conditions acquired from the client terminal on the product plan information distribution site, and A product distribution apparatus with weather insurance that accepts reservations for product plans, and stores product plan data including information on the product plans submitted from business owner terminals connected via a network together with the submission date and time Storage means, reservation management means for managing reservations for the product plan, and the product plan storage means that matches the search conditions acquired from the client terminal and has reservations available in the reservation management means. The product plan data extracted from Search result generating means for generating as a list, reservation content storing means for storing product plan data reserved from the client terminal, and reservation content notifying means for transmitting the product plan data to the client terminal It is characterized by.

Here, the search condition acquired from the client terminal is a search condition related to the date or area specified on the client terminal in a reservation site for a plan such as a trip, a hotel or a wedding provided by the product distribution apparatus with weather insurance. is there.
The user operates the client terminal to access a reservation site provided by the product distribution apparatus with weather insurance, and inputs a desired schedule or area as a search condition. Then, the search condition is transmitted to the product distribution apparatus with weather insurance to request a plan that matches the search condition. The search condition is not particularly limited, and an item may be specified according to the content of the plan provided by the business owner terminal.
When the product distribution device with weather insurance recognizes a request from the client terminal, the product plan storage means, reservation management means, search result generation means, reservation content storage means, and reservation content notification means meet the search conditions from the client terminal. At the same time, the plan data having a free reservation is extracted, the contents of the reservation are transmitted to the client terminal connected via the network, and the reservation for each plan is received and managed.

In addition, although the product distribution apparatus with weather insurance may be configured by one apparatus, it may be configured by a plurality of apparatuses. When configured by a plurality of devices, the plurality of devices may be combined to include a product plan storage unit, a reservation management unit, a search result generation unit, a reservation content storage unit, and a reservation content notification unit. For example, when the product distribution device with weather insurance is composed of two devices, the device mainly comprises one product plan storage means, reservation management means and search result generation means, and the other device has reservation content storage means and Reservation content notification means is provided.

The product plan storage means stores plan data submitted from the business owner terminal. The plan data includes, for example, information such as the plan name, location, price, and area. Further, the date and time when the plan data was submitted is stored as the submission date and time of each plan data in the product plan storage means.
The search result generation means extracts plan data that matches the search conditions acquired from the client terminal from the plan storage means, and creates a search result list. The search result list may be a list of plans or a list of places, and is displayed on the web page as a search result. There are various forms for displaying the search result list. Since there are usually multiple plans for one plan provision location, for example, a list of plans may be displayed, or a list of plan provision locations where all plans are organized by plan provision location may be displayed. Good.

The weather insurance judgment server of the present invention is mainly used by insurance companies and is connected to a reservation server as a product distribution apparatus with weather insurance and a plurality of client terminals via a network, and applies a weather insurance gift or a gift service. A weather insurance determination server for determining whether or not to perform, an insurance application storage means for acquiring and storing the product plan data from the reservation server, a weather management means for managing past weather data, and the insurance application storage A weather judgment means for comparing the means with the weather management means and judging whether or not to apply the weather insurance bonus or the visit service, and a weather judgment result output means for outputting the result of the weather judgment, It is characterized by having.

The weather insurance determination server accumulates reservation data for each user in the insurance application storage means in conjunction with data from a product distribution apparatus with weather insurance or a client terminal. In the reservation data, for example, a target area of weather insurance, a target date and time, a target time zone, and the like are accumulated for each reservation unit of the user. The weather insurance determination server may include the reservation content notification means.

The weather management means of the weather insurance determination server periodically accumulates past weather data published by the Japan Meteorological Agency in Japan and past weather data published by each country overseas. The weather determination means periodically compares the insurance application storage means and the weather management means, and a predetermined amount or more of rain, snow, hail or sleet in the target area, target date and time, and target time zone specified in advance for each user. If you continue to get down, apply the weather insurance gift or service. The weather determination result output means outputs the result of the weather determination as a file.

The weather insurance determination server may be configured with a single device, but may be configured with a plurality of devices. In the case of a plurality of devices, the plurality of devices may be combined to include insurance application storage means, weather management means, weather determination means, and weather determination result output means. For example, when the weather insurance determination server is composed of two devices, one device is mainly provided with insurance application storage means, and the other device is provided with weather management means, weather determination means, and weather determination result output means. .

In the product distribution apparatus with weather insurance according to the present invention, the plan is preferably a travel plan, a hotel plan, or a wedding plan.
In the present invention, the reservation site provided by the product distribution apparatus with weather insurance is a reservation site for a travel plan, a hotel plan, or a wedding plan, and the search result page includes a travel plan, a hotel plan, or a marriage that meets the search conditions. A list of formula plans is displayed as a search result list. Therefore, the above-described effects can be achieved at the reservation site.

The product distribution apparatus with weather insurance according to the present invention may be a reservation site characterized in that only members can make a reservation.

The weather insurance system of the present invention is connected to a plurality of client terminals via a network, and the plan data of the product plan is submitted from a plurality of business owner terminals providing the product plan. And a weather insurance determination server according to claim 2.

The figure which shows the outline of a structure of the weather insurance system concerning embodiment of this invention. The block diagram which shows the detail of a structure of the weather insurance system concerning embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Outline of weather insurance system configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a weather insurance system including a reservation server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the weather insurance system 10 includes a plurality of business owner terminals 100 that provide product plans such as travel with weather insurance, hotels with weather insurance, weddings with weather insurance, and the like. Whether to apply a reservation server 200 as a product distribution device with weather insurance that distributes a reservation site, a plurality of client terminals 300 that can view the reservation site by accessing the reservation server 200, and a weather insurance gift or a gift service A weather insurance determination server 400 that determines whether or not is connected to an insurance company terminal 500 that accesses the weather insurance determination server 400 via the Internet 20.

The Internet 20 is the Internet based on a general-purpose protocol such as TCP / IP, but is not limited to this. For example, an intranet such as a LAN (Local Area Network), a network such as a communication line network or a broadcast network in which a plurality of base stations capable of transmitting and receiving information via a wireless medium constitute a network, and a medium for directly receiving data Any configuration for transmitting and receiving data, such as the wireless medium itself, can be used.

The business owner terminal 100 proposes various product plans such as travel with weather insurance, hotels with weather insurance and weddings with weather insurance, and these plans are submitted to the reservation server 200 via the Internet 20 as plan data. The That is, the business owner terminal 100 is a travel agency that introduces a travel destination or a hotel, or a wedding hall introduction company that introduces a wedding hall, and submits various plan data at each plan providing place to the reservation server 200.
The reservation server 200 provides a website (hereinafter referred to as a reservation site) that can make reservations for various trips with weather insurance, hotels with weather insurance, and weddings with weather insurance. In the reservation server 200, the plan data submitted from the business owner terminal 100 is accumulated, and a search result page in which plan data matching the search conditions acquired from the client terminal 300 is displayed as a search result list is distributed to the client terminal 300. Is done.
The client terminal 300 has access means for accessing the reservation server 200 via the Internet 20, requests a reservation site to be browsed by the access means, and displays the reservation site received from the reservation server 200 by display means such as a screen. .

Details of the weather insurance system configuration

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of the configuration of the weather insurance system including the reservation server according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The business owner terminal 100 is connected to the reservation server 200, the client terminal 300, the weather insurance determination system 400, and the insurance company terminal 500 via a network, and includes storage means and arithmetic processing means. In the present embodiment, the business owner terminal 100 is a travel agency, and submits plan data for a travel plan with weather insurance to the reservation server 200, and in addition, a reservation page for a travel plan with weather insurance is provided in response to a request from the client terminal 300. Transmit and receive reservation information from the client terminal 300 to perform reservation processing.

As storage means, a plan database 110 for storing plan data registered at the business owner terminal 100 and a reservation ledger database 120 for storing user reservation contents for each plan are provided.

On the other hand, as the arithmetic processing means, the plan registration unit 151 that registers various plans proposed by the business owner as plan data in the plan database 110, and the plan data stored in the plan database 110 are submitted to the reservation server 200. Plan submission unit 152, page request receiving unit 161 that receives a reservation page request from client terminal 300, page creation unit 162 that creates the requested reservation page, and a page that delivers the created page to client terminal 300 A transmission unit 163, a reservation receiving unit 171 that receives reservation information from the client terminal 300, a user information acquisition unit 172 that acquires user information from the reservation server 200 based on the reservation information, and the reservation information to the weather insurance determination system 400 A reservation transmission unit 173 for transmission is provided. .

Here, the reservation receiving unit 171 and the reservation ledger database 120 function as reservation management means of the present invention. That is, the weather insurance system 10 according to the present embodiment constitutes the product distribution apparatus with weather insurance according to the present invention by each calculation means of the reservation server 200 described later and the reservation management means of the business owner terminal 100. Note that the reservation receiving unit 171 and the reservation ledger database 120 (reservation management means) may be provided in the reservation server 200.

In the plan registration unit 151, each travel plan input by input means (not shown) of the business owner terminal 100 is registered in the plan database 110 as plan data.
The plan submission unit 152 submits, to the reservation server 200, plan data that has a free reservation among the plan data stored in the plan database 110. Specifically, with reference to the reservation ledger database 120, a plan in which the number of reservations in each plan is less than a predetermined number is extracted in association with the plan data stored in the plan database 110. In addition, as a method for submitting, RSS (RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary), which is a content distribution format using XML, can be used. In addition, although the submission is performed periodically, it may be submitted sequentially according to the season or the time of the event.

The page request receiving unit 161 receives a page request from the client terminal 300. Specifically, when any plan data is selected on the reservation site distributed by the reservation server 200, a page request is transmitted from the client terminal 300 to the business owner terminal 100 that submitted the plan data, and the business owner terminal The page request receiving unit 161 receives the page request 100.
The page creation unit 162 creates a page requested by the client terminal 300. The page transmission unit 163 transmits the created web page to the client terminal 300.

The reservation receiving unit 171 receives the reservation information transmitted from the client terminal 300 and performs reservation processing. As the reservation processing, user information is acquired based on the reservation information transmitted from the client terminal 300, the reservation information is registered in the reservation ledger database 120, and a notification that there is a reservation is transmitted to the reservation server 200. To do.
When the reservation information is received by the reservation receiving unit 171, the user information acquiring unit 172 acquires user information from the user information database 220 of the reservation server 200 based on the reservation information, and returns the user information to the reservation receiving unit 171.
The reservation transmission unit 173 transmits the data in the reservation ledger database 120 to the weather insurance determination system 400.

The reservation server 200 is connected to the business owner terminal 100, the client terminal 300, the weather insurance determination server 400, and the insurance company terminal 500 via a network, and includes storage means and arithmetic processing means. The reservation server 200 accesses the business owner terminal 100, the client terminal 300, or the weather insurance determination server 400 regularly or as necessary, and transmits / receives various data to be transmitted via these from the network.

As storage means, a plan database 210 as plan storage means for storing plan data submitted from a plurality of business owner terminals 100, and a user information database 220 as user information storage means for storing user information such as user IDs. And.

The plan database 210 has a table structure in which information for each plan data submitted from a plurality of business owner terminals 100 is stored as one record. That is, data obtained by adding the advertiser ID of the business owner terminal 100 to the data of the plan database 110 of the business owner terminal 100 is one record of the plan database 210 in the reservation server 200.

On the other hand, as arithmetic processing means, a plan receiving unit 251 that receives plan data submitted from the business owner terminal 100, a page request receiving unit 261 that receives a page request from the client terminal 300 and receives a search condition, A plan search unit 262 that extracts plan data corresponding to the search condition from the plan database 210, a page creation unit 263 that creates a page requested by the client terminal 300, and a page transmission unit that sends the created page to the client terminal 300 H.264.
In the present embodiment, the plan search unit 262 functions as search result generation means of the present invention.

The plan receiving unit 251 registers the plan data submitted from the business owner terminal 100 in the plan database 210 for each advertiser.
The page request receiving unit 261 receives a page request from the client terminal 300.
The plan search unit 262 extracts plan data that matches the search condition from the plan database 210 when the page request reception unit 261 receives the search condition.
The page creation unit 263 creates a page requested by the client terminal 300.
The page transmission unit 264 transmits the web page created by the page creation unit 263 to the client terminal 300.

The client terminal 300 includes calculation processing means for performing various calculations.

As the arithmetic processing means, a page request unit 351 that requests a web page to be browsed from the reservation server 200, a page reception unit 352 that receives a web page distributed from the reservation server 200, and a terminal display of the received web page A page display unit 353 that displays the screen from the means, a search condition transmission unit 354 that transmits the search condition selected on the displayed web page to the reservation server 200, and a reservation information transmission unit that transmits the reservation information to the business owner terminal 100 355.
The page request unit 351, the page reception unit 352, the search condition transmission unit 354, and the reservation information transmission unit 355 function as an access unit of the present invention.

The page request unit 351 may request the reservation server 200 for a web page to be browsed, or may request the business owner terminal 100 for a reservation page of a selected plan. In the former, a travel search page distributed by the reservation server 200 is requested. At this time, user information such as a user ID may be transmitted to the reservation server 200. The latter is transmitted when the travel plan displayed on the travel search result page distributed from the reservation server 200 is selected.
The page receiving unit 352 receives a web page transmitted from the business owner terminal 100 or the reservation server 200.
The page display unit 353 displays the received web page by output means such as a screen.

The search condition transmission unit 354 transmits the search condition input by the input unit of the client terminal 300 to the reservation server 200. That is, by transmitting the search condition, a search result page that displays plan data that matches the search condition is requested.
The reservation information transmission unit 355 transmits the reservation information input by the input unit of the client terminal 300 to the business owner terminal 100.

The client terminal 300 may be any device that can be connected to the business owner terminal 100 and the reservation server 200 via the Internet, and is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include a mobile phone and a laptop computer. In FIG. 2, the configuration in which one business owner terminal 100 and one client terminal 300 are connected to the reservation server 200 is illustrated, but actually, the reservation server 200 includes a number of business owner terminals 100. The plan is accepted and a reservation site is provided to a large number of client terminals 300.

The weather insurance determination server 400 is connected to the business owner terminal 100, the reservation server 200, the client terminal 300, and the insurance company terminal 500 via a network, and includes storage means and arithmetic processing means. The weather insurance determination server 400 accesses the business owner terminal 100, the reservation server 200, the client terminal 300, or the insurance company terminal 500 periodically and as necessary, and transmits and receives various data to be transmitted via the network. To do.

As storage means, a reservation ledger database 410 as insurance application storage means for storing reservation data transmitted from the business owner terminal 100, and past data as weather management means for storing past weather information input by an input means (not shown). As a result of collating the weather database 420, the reservation ledger database 410, and the past weather database 420, a weather insurance collation result database 430 is provided as weather judgment means for accumulating user information for applying the weather insurance bonus or the visit service. .

On the other hand, as arithmetic processing means, a reservation receiving unit 451 that receives reservation data transmitted from the business owner terminal 100, a page request receiving unit 461 that receives a page request from the insurance company terminal 500, and a request from the insurance company terminal 500 are requested. A page creation unit 462 that creates the created page, a page transmission unit 463 that transmits the created page to the insurance company terminal 500, and a weather determination unit 471 that compares the reservation ledger database 410 and the past weather database 420. ing.

The reservation receiving unit 451 registers the reservation data transmitted from the business owner terminal 100 in the reservation ledger database 410.
The page request receiving unit 461 receives a page request from the insurance company terminal 500. The page request receiving unit 461 collates each insurance application data registered in the reservation ledger database 410 against the weather determination unit 471 and the past weather database 420, and provides user information for applying the weather insurance gift or visit service. It is requested to store in the verification result database 430.
The page creation unit 462 creates a matching result page of the matching result database 430.
The page transmission unit 463 transmits the web page created by the page creation unit 462 to the insurance company terminal 500.

The insurance company terminal 500 includes calculation processing means for performing various calculations.

As calculation processing means, a page request unit 551 that requests a web page to be browsed to the weather insurance determination server 400, a page reception unit 552 that receives a web page distributed from the weather insurance determination server 400, and the received web And a page display unit 553 for displaying the page on the screen from the terminal display means.
Note that the page request unit 351 and the page receiving unit 352 function as the access means of the present invention.

The page request unit 551 requests the weather insurance determination server 400 for a web page to be browsed.
The page receiving unit 552 receives the web page transmitted from the weather insurance determination server 400.
The page display unit 553 displays the received web page by output means such as a screen.

The insurance company terminal 500 may be any device that can be connected to the weather insurance determination server 400 via the Internet, and is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include a mobile phone and a laptop computer.

The present invention can be used as a product distribution apparatus with weather insurance, a weather insurance determination server, and a weather insurance system that provide a reservation site on a network.

10 weather insurance system 20 Internet 100 business owner terminal 110 plan database 120 reservation ledger database 151 plan registration unit 152 plan submission unit 161 page request reception unit 162 page creation unit 163 page transmission unit 171 reservation reception unit 172 user information acquisition unit 173 reservation Transmission unit 200 Reservation server 210 Plan database 220 User information database 251 Plan reception unit 261 Page request reception unit 262 Plan search unit 263 Page creation unit 264 Page transmission unit 300 Client terminal 351 Page request unit 352 Page reception unit 353 Page display unit 354 Search Condition transmission unit 355 Reservation information transmission unit 400 Weather insurance determination server 410 Reservation ledger database 420 Past weather database 430 Matching result database 451 Reservation reception part 461 Page request reception part 462 Page creation part 463 Page transmission part 500 Insurance company terminal 551 Page request part 552 Page reception part 553 Page display part

Claims (7)

Product distribution with weather insurance that is connected to multiple client terminals via a network, and that has a product plan with weather insurance that meets the search conditions acquired from this client terminal posted on the product plan information distribution site and accepts reservations for that product plan A device,
Product plan storage means for storing product plan data including information related to the product plan submitted from a business owner terminal connected via a network together with a submission date;
Reservation management means for managing reservations for the product plan;
The product plan data that satisfies the search conditions acquired from the client terminal and has a reservation available in the reservation management unit is extracted from the product plan storage unit, and the extracted product plan data is generated as a search result list Search result generation means for
Reservation content storage means for storing product plan data reserved from the client terminal;
Reservation content notification means for transmitting the product plan data to the client terminal;
A product distribution apparatus with weather insurance, comprising: A weather insurance determination server that is connected to a reservation server as a product distribution apparatus with weather insurance according to claim 1 and a plurality of client terminals via a network, and determines whether to apply a weather insurance gift or service. There,
Insurance application storage means for acquiring and storing the product plan data from the reservation server;
Weather management means for managing past weather data;
A weather determination means for comparing the insurance application storage means and the weather management means to determine whether to apply a weather insurance gift or a reward service;
Weather determination result output means for outputting the result of the weather determination;
A weather insurance determination server characterized by comprising: The product distribution apparatus with weather insurance according to claim 1,
The product distribution apparatus with weather insurance, wherein the plan is a travel plan. The product distribution apparatus with weather insurance according to claim 1,
The product distribution device with weather insurance, wherein the plan is a hotel plan. The product distribution apparatus with weather insurance according to claim 1,
The product distribution apparatus with weather insurance, wherein the plan is a wedding plan. 6. The product distribution apparatus with weather insurance according to claim 1, wherein only a member can make a reservation. The product distribution apparatus with weather insurance according to claim 1, wherein plan data of the product plan is submitted from a plurality of business owner terminals that are connected to a plurality of client terminals via a network and provide a product plan.
A weather insurance determination server according to claim 2;
A weather insurance system characterized by comprising:

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