JP2016207173A - Reservation processing system, reservation processing server, and merchandise transaction processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select a reservation desiring candidate matched with reservation conditions of the side of a reservation desiring candidate and advantageous for the side of the merchandise provider in accordance with the conditions of the merchandise which fluctuate in a period of time until a reservation determination period without limiting a width of the conditions when the merchandise is reserved as a reservation desiring candidate.SOLUTION: Assuming that a client A purchases a merchandise, and this assumption is reflected in a condition setting table of the other client, and is not reflected in the condition setting table of the client A itself. A message to the effect that "any selection choice is guaranteed" is provided to the client A whose tentative merchandise is determined. The condition setting table of the client A is updated according to the reservation application state of a client other than the client A. Although the reduction in charge does not matter, an increase in charge is not performed. The utility of the client A is guaranteed not to fall lower than that of the charge. When the utility of the client A is increased if the merchandise is changed, the tentatively determined merchandise is changed. Implementing a quick reservation, a reservation at high price, and a slow schedule confirmation desire date can make the client advantageous.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

  The present invention includes a reservation terminal that receives and transmits reservation information related to a product purchase reservation from a reservation applicant, and a reservation processing server that performs reservation reception processing based on the reservation information received from the reservation terminal. The present invention relates to a reservation processing system, a reservation processing server, and a commodity transaction processing program.

  Reservation processing systems that make reservations for the purchase of goods such as tickets for transportation means (airplanes, trains, etc.), the right to use facilities, and admission tickets for events using a communication network such as the Internet have become widespread.

  The reservation system basically presents a list that matches the conditions of the desired product from the product provider side by specifying the desired product with the condition specified by the purchase applicant side, and purchase request by referring to this list The flow is such that the person chooses.

  By the way, in the reservation processing system, the condition (especially price) of the desired product may vary. At the time of reservation, if the price of the product to be reserved is higher than the price desired by the purchaser, the purchaser needs to check frequently the price reduction due to the sale period that may be executed in the future. is there.

  In addition, after the reservation is confirmed (after the purchase of the product), if the same product has a low price, the reservation applicant suffers a disadvantage.

  On the other hand, the product provider assumes that demand is low and demand for products that are lower than the normal price increases, and demand for products that assumes normal demand (or prosperous price) is low. There is a case.

  In Patent Document 1, a reservation terminal that receives reservation information including a plurality of reservation request candidates and reservation determination request time and transmits the reservation information to the reservation processing server, and reservation request candidates based on reservation information received from the reservation terminal. One of them is assigned to a provisional reservation which is a provisional reservation, and the provisional reservation is made on condition that a predetermined condition is satisfied with respect to the reservation information received later until the reservation decision desired time is reached. A reservation processing system is described that includes a reservation processing server that assigns candidates to reservation products for the reservation information of the later arrival and supplements the candidates for the preliminary reservation as the provisional reservation.

  According to this Patent Document 1, it is possible to adapt to the conditions (price) that fluctuate between the reservation time and the time when the reservation is actually determined.

WO2005 / 098700

  However, the conventional reservation processing system included in Patent Document 1 has the following problems.

  (Problem 1) The product provider will present the conditions (price) for giving incentives to reservation applicants who have a late reservation decision desired time or who have many options for reservation candidates. In some cases, it is not possible to wait for a reservation under favorable conditions (price cheaper) than the presented conditions (price), which may be disadvantageous for the reservation applicant.

  (Problem 2) The product providing side presents a condition (price) to the reservation applicant and does not change the condition thereafter. Even if other reserved products meet the conditions of the reservation applicant and are advantageous to the product provider, they cannot be changed, which may be disadvantageous for the product provider.

  In consideration of the above facts, the present invention does not limit the range of conditions when a product is reserved as a candidate for reservation, and in addition to the conditions of the product that fluctuates during the period until the reservation confirmation time, It is an object of the present invention to provide a reservation processing system, a reservation processing server, and a product transaction processing program that can select reservation request candidates that meet the reservation conditions of the above and that are advantageous to the product provider.

  The present invention includes a reservation terminal that receives and transmits reservation information related to a product purchase reservation from a reservation applicant, and a reservation processing server that performs reservation reception processing based on the reservation information received from the reservation terminal. In the reservation processing system, the reservation terminal includes a plurality of reservation request candidates that specify a product desired to be input, which is input by the reservation requester, an allowable condition for each reservation request candidate, and a time limit for finalizing the reservation. The reservation processing server has a function of receiving reservation information including a reservation confirmation time to be specified and transmitting the reservation information to the reservation processing server, and the reservation processing server is configured to determine the actual condition of each reservation request candidate based on the reservation information received from the reservation terminal. If it is possible to guarantee at least one reservation request candidate under the judgment of whether or not the condition meets the allowable condition, the actual condition that varies until the reservation finalization time is determined as the allowable condition. Based on the determination result of whether or not to match, the reservation request candidate that can be guaranteed is updated, and the reservation request candidate that can be guaranteed when the reservation confirmation time is reached and is advantageous to the product provider side This is a reservation processing system having a function of selecting and sending a reservation processing result to the reservation person terminal.

  According to the present invention, the reservation applicant inputs reservation information related to a product purchase reservation using the reservation terminal.

  The reservation information includes a plurality of reservation request candidates that specify products for which reservation is desired, permissible conditions for each reservation request candidate, and a reservation confirmation time that specifies a time limit for finalizing the reservation.

  When the reservation terminal receives the reservation information, it transmits it to the reservation processing server.

  In the reservation processing server, based on the reservation information received from the reservation person terminal, a determination is made as to whether or not the actual conditions of each reservation request candidate match the allowable conditions.

  In the reservation processing server, there is a case where at least one reservation request candidate can be guaranteed based on the determination as to whether or not this is the case. In other words, if the reservation request candidate cannot be guaranteed, the reservation itself becomes invalid.

  As described above, when at least one reservation request candidate can be guaranteed, the reservation that can be guaranteed based on the determination result of whether or not the actual condition that fluctuates up to the reservation confirmation timing meets the allowable condition Update the candidate.

  If the reservation candidate can be guaranteed, information indicating the guarantee may be transmitted to the reservation terminal and notified to the reservation applicant. The reservation applicant who has received the notification can recognize that at least one reservation request candidate has been secured.

  The reservation processing server selects a reservation request candidate that can be guaranteed when the reservation confirmation timing is reached, and is advantageous to the product provider, and transmits the reservation processing result to the reservation terminal (reservation requester) Notifications).

  Thereby, it is possible to execute a reservation process in which a disadvantage does not occur for both the reservation applicant and the product provider.

  In the present invention, the reservation terminal is notified of the actual conditions that can guarantee the reservation of the reservation request candidate when the reservation is accepted.

  The reservation applicant can guarantee the corresponding reservation request candidate by inputting the allowable condition that satisfies the notified actual allowable condition. For example, if the reservation applicant must make a reservation, at least one reservation request candidate can be secured at the time of accepting the reservation.

  In addition, when the acceptable conditions are input so as to satisfy the notified actual allowable conditions for a plurality of reservation request candidates, they are reservation request candidates that can be guaranteed when the reservation confirmation timing is reached, and are advantageous to the product provider side. By selecting an appropriate reservation candidate, there is no disadvantage for both the reservation applicant and the product provider.

  In the present invention, the reservation processing server prohibits the update if the guarantee reservation candidate that can be guaranteed changes in actual conditions that are disadvantageous for a specific reservation requester as the reservation decision time approaches. The actual conditions of the current reservation request candidate are maintained.

  A change in actual conditions when a specific reservation applicant performs a reservation may be a fluctuation that is disadvantageous to the reservation applicant. However, when a change in actual condition that is disadvantageous for a specific reservation applicant occurs, the update is prohibited and the actual condition of the current reservation request candidate is maintained. Thereby, a specific reservation applicant does not suffer from a disadvantage.

  In the present invention, maintenance of the actual conditions of the reservation request candidate is performed only for the specific reservation requester.

  It is possible to minimize the disadvantage on the product provider side due to the prohibition of renewal when a change in actual conditions that is disadvantageous for a specific reservation applicant occurs. Moreover, the condition balance of the entire system can be maintained.

  In the present invention, when the reservation terminal receives reservation information, information indicating that the actual conditions of the reservation request candidate that can be guaranteed do not fluctuately fluctuate, and a timing for performing the reservation reception process Information indicating that the result of the reservation process is more advantageous as the period of the reservation confirmation time is longer.

  Information indicating that the actual conditions of reservation candidates that can be guaranteed do not fluctuate unfavorably for reservation applicants, and the longer the period between the reservation acceptance process and the reservation confirmation period, the longer the reservation process result. By notifying information indicating that it is advantageous, it is possible to appeal that the reservation processing system has a strategy resistance.

  In the present invention, the reservation information includes information related to the priority of the selection element when there are a plurality of reservation guarantee candidates that can be guaranteed, and the information related to the priority includes the reservation request at the reservation confirmation timing. In the selection of candidates, priority is given to the determination of the advantage of the product provider.

  Since the information on the priority included in the reservation information is prioritized over the determination of the advantage on the merchandise provider side in the selection of the reservation request candidate at the reservation confirmation timing, it is possible to suppress the reservation applicant from being disadvantaged.

  In the present invention, the reservation processing server formulates information on the priority of selection elements when there are a plurality of reservation guarantee candidates that can be guaranteed, based on the reservation information history of each reservation applicant, Information regarding the priority is given priority over the determination of the advantage on the merchandise provider side in the selection of the reservation request candidate at the reservation confirmation timing.

  The reservation processing server formulates information regarding the priority of the selection element when there are a plurality of reservation reservation candidates that can be guaranteed, based on the reservation information history of each reservation applicant. The information on the established priority is a material for determining what is called preference regarding each reservation of the reservation applicant.

  For this reason, since the information regarding the priority that has been established is prioritized over the determination of the advantage on the product provider side in the selection of the reservation request candidate at the reservation confirmation timing, it is possible to suppress the reservation applicant from being disadvantaged. .

  In the present invention, when the reservation reservation candidate that can be guaranteed is updatable, the reservation processing server determines whether or not to update the reservation request candidate every time the update is possible for the reservation terminal. Notify the decision.

  In the reservation processing server, when a reservation request candidate that can be guaranteed is updatable, the reservation processing server notifies the reservation terminal whether or not the reservation request candidate is to be updated each time the update is possible. As a result, it is possible to incorporate the wishes of the reservation applicant in the reservation process. If there is no reply to the notification, it may be notified together with whether or not to update and the decision time.

  The present invention is a reservation that specifies a plurality of reservation request candidates that are received from a reservation requester terminal and that specify a product that the reservation applicant inputs and that is desired for reservation, permissible conditions for each reservation request candidate, and a time limit for finalizing the reservation. A determination means for determining whether or not the actual condition of each reservation request candidate conforms to an allowable condition based on the reservation information including the fixed time, and at least one reservation request candidate is determined based on the determination by the determination means. An update means for updating a reservation request candidate that can be guaranteed based on a determination result as to whether or not an actual condition that varies until the reservation confirmation time is satisfied meets an allowable condition when the reservation can be guaranteed; Notifier that notifies the reservation terminal of the reservation processing result for the reservation applicant that can be guaranteed when the fixed time is reached and that is confirmed by selecting a reservation candidate that is advantageous to the product provider. When is a reservation processing server with.

  The present invention is a reservation that specifies a plurality of reservation request candidates that are received from a reservation requester terminal and that specify a product that the reservation applicant inputs and that is desired for reservation, permissible conditions for each reservation request candidate, and a time limit for finalizing the reservation. The reservation confirmation is made when at least one reservation request candidate can be guaranteed based on the reservation information including the confirmation time, based on whether or not the actual condition of each reservation request candidate meets the allowable condition. Based on the determination result of whether or not the actual conditions that fluctuate up to the timing match the allowable conditions, the reservation request candidate that can be guaranteed is updated, and the reservation request that can be guaranteed when the reservation finalization time is reached A product transaction processing program that causes the computer to notify the reservation terminal of the reservation processing result for the reservation applicant that is confirmed by selecting a reservation candidate that is a candidate and advantageous to the product provider. It is.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the range of conditions when a product is reserved as a candidate for reservation is not limited. It has an excellent effect of being able to select a reservation candidate that matches the reservation conditions on the side and that is advantageous to the product provider.

1 is a configuration diagram of a reservation processing system using a communication network according to the present embodiment. It is a control block diagram of an input terminal and a reservation processing server applied to the reservation processing system according to the present embodiment. (A) is a perspective view of the input terminal applied to this embodiment, (B) is a front view for specifying the angle of view of the monitor screen as an output device of the input terminal. It is the functional block diagram which showed the process for performing the reservation process by the input terminal and reservation process server applied to the reservation processing system which concerns on this Embodiment according to the function. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the goods transaction reservation application program in the input terminal which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a control flowchart which shows the flow of the goods transaction processing program in the reservation processing server which concerns on this Embodiment. A communication protocol between the input terminal 12 and the reservation processing server, in which the operation procedure of the input terminal 12 shown in FIG. 5 is associated with the processing flow of the reservation processing server shown in FIG. 6 as one communication flow. It is. FIG. 7 is a control flowchart showing a flow of processing in the commodity transaction processing execution unit 32 when an update of the condition setting table is incorporated according to the modification of FIG. 6. It is a front view (first half) of the output device (monitor screen) of an input terminal according to Example 1 of this embodiment along the flow for airline ticket reservation. It is a front view (latter half) of the output device (monitor screen) of an input terminal according to Example 1 of this embodiment along the flow for airline ticket reservation. It is a front view (first half) of the output device (monitor screen) of an input terminal according to Example 2 of this embodiment along the flow for airline ticket reservation. It is a front view (latter half) of the output device (monitor screen) of an input terminal according to Example 2 of this embodiment along the flow for airline ticket reservation. It is a front view (first half) of the output device (monitor screen) of an input terminal according to Example 3 of this embodiment along the flow for airline ticket reservation. It is a front view (latter half) of the output device (monitor screen) of an input terminal according to Example 3 of this embodiment along the flow for airline ticket reservation. It is a front view (part) of the output device (monitor screen) of an input terminal according to Example 4 of this embodiment along the flow for airline ticket reservation.

(System configuration)
FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of a reservation processing system for accepting a reservation at the time of a merchandise transaction and realizing a merchandise transaction according to the present embodiment.

  The reservation processing system is constructed by a network centered on a communication network 10 such as the Internet.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a communication line network 10 is connected to a portable communication terminal 12M via a notebook personal computer 12N, a desktop personal computer 12D, and a wireless communication device 14 as input terminals according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the notebook personal computer 12N, the desktop personal computer 12D, and the portable terminal 12M are collectively referred to as “input terminal 12” or the like. In FIG. 1, three input terminals 12 are connected, but this number is not limited.

  The portable communication terminal 12M transmits and receives information wirelessly via the wireless communication device 14. In the notebook personal computer 12N and the desktop personal computer 12D, the wireless communication device 14 may be interposed to transmit and receive information wirelessly.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the communication line network 10 includes a reservation processing management device 16 (hereinafter, referred to as “reservation processing server 16”) that processes reservations received from the reservation processing input terminal device 16. Is connected.

  The reservation processing server 16 mainly receives product transaction reservation information from the input terminal 12 connected to the communication line network 10, gives incentives to the customer, taking into account price fluctuations of the product, and has strategic resistance. It has a role to collectively manage reservation processing according to the above. Detailed functions of the reservation processing system using the input terminal 12 and the reservation processing server 16 will be omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the input terminal 12 includes a microcomputer 18 having a CPU 12A, a RAM 12B, a ROM 12C, an I / O 12D, and a bus 12E such as a data bus and a control bus for interconnecting them.

  An input device 12F, an output device 12G, a hard disk (HDD) 12H, and a wireless (or wired) communication I / F 12I are connected to the I / O 12D. The communication line network 10 is connected to the communication I / F 12I. The I / O 12D may be connected to an I / F that is a connection end with an external device represented by USB.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the reservation processing server 16 includes a microcomputer 16 having a CPU 16A, a RAM 16B, a ROM 16C, an I / O 16D, and a bus 16E such as a data bus and a control bus for interconnecting them.

  A hard disk (HDD) 16H and a wireless (or wired) communication I / F 16G are connected to the I / O 16D. The communication line network 10 is connected to the communication I / F 16G.

  The reservation processing server 16 basically only needs to transmit and receive data, and an input device operated by the customer and an output device such as a monitor visually checked by the customer are not essential. For example, at the time of maintenance, a PC or the like may be connected to a dedicated or general-purpose I / F to substitute for an input device or an output device.

  In the input terminal 12, a product transaction reservation application program is registered in advance. When the product transaction reservation application program is activated by operating the input device 12F of the input terminal 12, an initial screen for realizing product transactions is displayed on the output device 12G (here, the monitor screen). FIG. 3 shows an image display form of the output device 12G (monitor screen) of the input terminal 12.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, the angle of view (ratio of x dimension to y dimension) of the output device 12G (monitor screen) of the notebook personal computer 12N and the angle of view of the screen of the portable terminal 12M (x dimension and y). May be different from the ratio of dimensions), but in the merchandise transaction reservation application program registered in each, the angle of view (the ratio of the x dimension to the y dimension) is appropriately adjusted by recognizing the device (see FIG. 3 (B)).

  That is, in FIG. 3B, the angle of view of the output device 12G (monitor screen) (the ratio between the x dimension and the y dimension) is set to “1: 1”, but it is displayed in landscape orientation depending on the type of the input terminal 12. In some cases, it is displayed vertically. For example, the format of the output device 12G (monitor screen) shown in FIGS. 9 to 15 shown below is an example, and the contents other than the contents are appropriately changed depending on the type of the input terminal 12.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the product transaction reservation application program operates in the product transaction reservation execution unit 22 which is one function of the microcomputer 18 (see FIG. 2). The merchandise transaction reservation execution unit 22 reserves the authentication information received by the operation input of the input device 12F, the analysis function 24 that analyzes information related to the merchandise transaction (for example, reservation information), and the information related to the merchandise transaction analyzed by the analysis function 24. A transmission function 26 for transmitting to the processing server 16, a reception function 28 for receiving information from the reservation processing server 16, and an image processing function 30 for displaying the received information on the output device 12G (monitor screen) are provided.

  On the other hand, when the reservation processing server 16 receives information relating to the commodity transaction from the input terminal 12 (see FIG. 1), the commodity transaction processing execution unit 32 (see FIG. 2), which is one function of the microcomputer 20 and the hard disk 16H (see FIG. 2). 4 (B)) is started based on the product transaction processing program and executes the product transaction.

  FIG. 4B is a functional block diagram for product transactions of the product transaction processing execution unit 32 in the reservation processing server 16. 4 does not limit the hardware configuration of the reservation processing server.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, the hard disk 16H of the reservation processing server 16 has a customer management database 34 for managing (including authentication) a customer as a function constituting a part of the product transaction processing execution unit 32. A product inventory database 36 for managing product inventory and a condition setting database 38 in which product transaction conditions for each customer are set are stored.

  The communication I / F 16G is connected to the information receiving unit 40 and receives information (authentication information, reservation plan information, product plan related information, etc.) from the input terminal 12 (see FIG. 4A).

  The information reception unit 40 is connected to the authentication execution unit 42 and the product transaction information reception unit 44.

  The authentication execution unit 42 authenticates the customer of the received reservation information based on the customer information registered in the customer management database 34.

  The authentication execution unit 42 is connected to the product transaction information receiving unit 44, and sends an acceptance permission signal to the product transaction information receiving unit 44 when the authentication is properly performed.

  Upon receiving this permission signal, the merchandise transaction information accepting unit 44 accepts the merchandise plan related information and sends it to the condition setting table reading unit 46.

  The condition setting table reading unit 46 is connected to the condition setting database 38 and reads a condition setting table corresponding to a customer who has requested a product transaction based on product plan related information (including customer information), and sets the condition setting. The table information is sent to the product plan confirmation unit 48 together with the product plan related information.

  In addition, the product transaction information receiving unit 44 sends the confirmed desired time information received as one of the product plan related information to the confirmed desired time management unit 50. The desired confirmation time information is a time for finalizing the product transaction requested by the customer.

  A timer 52 is connected to the confirmed desired time management unit 50 and monitors the confirmed desired time.

  A product inventory database 36 is connected to the product plan confirmation unit 48. The product plan confirmation unit 48 confirms the presence or absence of the product plan requested by the customer based on the product plan related information and the condition setting table information.

  The product plan confirmation unit 48 is connected to the product plan information transmission unit 54 and the product plan update unit 56.

  The product plan information sending unit 54 sends, via the communication I / F 16G, information on the presence / absence of the product plan requested by the customer, and information indicating that the product plan is guaranteed under the current conditions when one or more product plans exist. To the input terminal 12 (notify the customer).

  The product plan update unit 56 is connected to the product inventory database 36. The merchandise plan update unit 56 updates the merchandise plan based on the merchandise inventory that changes from moment to moment. In the update of the product plan, it is determined whether there is a product plan that can be newly added as a product plan requested by the customer. In addition, when there is a product plan that can be newly added, the superiority or inferiority of the existing product plan is determined. In addition, it is preferable not to change the product plan already notified to the customer to deteriorate for the customer.

  As a result, when there are a plurality of product plans requested by the customer, the product plan update unit 56 always updates the product plan that is most advantageous to the product provider as the highest priority, and temporarily updates the product plan to the update plan temporary storage unit 58. Stored in

  The update plan temporary storage unit 58 is connected to the determined desired time monitoring unit 50. In the update plan temporary storage unit 58, when a signal indicating that the finalized desired time is reached is input from the finalized desired time monitoring unit 50, the currently stored product plan is determined as a finalized product plan. It is sent to the confirmed product plan sending unit 60.

  The confirmed product plan sending unit 60 sends information about the confirmed product plan to the input terminal 12 (notifies the customer) via the communication I / F 16G.

  The operation of this embodiment will be described below.

(Operation procedure on the input terminal 12 side)
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of the commodity transaction reservation application program in the input terminal 12, that is, the input terminal processing routine for executing the commodity transaction reservation.

  When the commodity transaction reservation application program is activated on the input terminal 12, first, in step 100, an initial screen is displayed on the output device 12G. For example, as shown in FIG. 9A, the initial screen is an airline ticket purchase guide screen. In the next step 102, authentication information is input using the input device 12F. The authentication information is, for example, an identification code for identifying a customer.

  In the next step 104, the inputted authentication information is transmitted to the reservation processing server 16. In the next step 106, it is determined whether or not the authentication is completed. If a negative determination is made in step 106, the process proceeds to step 108 to determine whether or not an authentication error is received. If a negative determination is made in step 108, the process returns to step 106, and step 106 and step 108 are repeated until an affirmative determination is made in any case.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step 108, it is determined that the authentication could not be performed, the process proceeds to step 110, an authentication error process is executed, the process proceeds to step 136, a communication completion process is executed, and this routine ends. . Note that the authentication error process may include re-authentication, and if authentication is completed by re-authentication, an affirmative determination may be made in step 106.

  When an affirmative determination is made in step 106 (or when authentication is completed by re-authentication), the process proceeds to step 112, and a reservation plan input screen is displayed on the output device 12G. For example, if the airline ticket is purchased, the reservation plan includes a departure date, a departure place, and a destination as shown in FIG.

  In the next step 114, it is determined whether or not the input of the reservation plan has been completed. If an affirmative determination is made in this step 114, the process proceeds to step 116 to transmit information relating to the reservation plan to the reservation processing server 16. Control goes to step 118.

  In step 118, it is determined whether or not a list of conditions for the desired product plan has been received from the reservation processing server 16 as a response to the information related to the reservation plan. If an affirmative determination is made in step 118, the process proceeds to step 120, and the condition list screen for the desired product plan is displayed on the output device 12G.

  The desired product plan condition list screen is a screen on which, for example, a list of product plans suitable for the reservation processing server 16 is displayed based on the reservation plan, as shown in FIG. 9C.

  Based on this desired product plan condition list screen, the customer selects the desired product plan (candidate for reservation), desired price (allowable conditions), desired date and time for schedule confirmation (reservation confirmation time) as related information for the product plan. Is input (step 122).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 9 (D), the related information of the product plan is that the purchase of the desired product plan (candidate for reservation) is a flight and the desired price (allowable conditions) is each for a ticket purchase. This is the desired purchase price of the flight, and the schedule finalization date (reservation finalization date) is the ticket finalization date.

  In other words, the desired product plan is selected by selecting a desired flight name from among the departure flights listed on the list screen.

  As the desired price, the desired price when purchasing the ticket for the selected departure flight is input. The input of the desired price may be recognized as the selection of the flight. In other words, a flight for which no desired price is input is determined as a non-selected flight.

  The input of the desired price is a so-called bid, and it is also possible to input a price that deviates from common sense (for example, 10 yen). From the product provider side, even a price that deviates from common sense may be adopted as a service to attract customers.

  The desired date and time of schedule confirmation is the final date and time when the customer can wait for confirmation of the flight number of the air ticket to be purchased. That is, it can be said that the period from the reservation time to the schedule confirmation desired date and time is a grace period in which air ticket cancellation and price fluctuation can be taken into account.

  In the next step 124, the related information of the product plan input in step 122 is transmitted to the reservation processing server 16, and the process proceeds to step 126.

  In step 126, it is determined whether or not there is a product plan that meets (applies to) the customer's wishes, and it is determined whether or not the information that guarantees the compatible product plan has been received. .

In addition, when negative determination is made at step 126. The process proceeds to step 130 and it is determined whether or not a notice of transaction failure has been received. If a negative determination is made, the process returns to step 126. Here, during the repetition of step 126 and step 130 until the schedule confirmation desired date and time,
If there is a cancellation or price fluctuation and a suitable product plan comes out, an affirmative determination is made at step 126 and the routine proceeds to step 128. If a suitable product plan does not appear during the repetition of step 126 and step 130 until the schedule confirmation desired time, an affirmative determination is made in step 130, the process proceeds to step 136, and a communication completion process is executed. This routine ends. Therefore, it is preferable that the customer inputs the relevant information of the product plan so that at least one can guarantee.

  In step 128, a screen for guiding the guaranteed product is displayed on the output device 12G, and the process proceeds to step 132.

  In step 132, it is determined whether a confirmed product plan has been received. That is, since the confirmed product plan is scheduled to be transmitted from the reservation processing server 16 at the desired schedule confirmation time, this step 132 is a standby step until the desired schedule confirmation date and time.

  When the schedule confirmation desired time, that is, when an affirmative determination is made at step 132, the routine proceeds to step 134 where a screen for guiding the confirmed product is displayed, and then the routine proceeds to step 136 where a communication completion process is executed. Ends.

(Processing procedure at the reservation processing server)
FIG. 6 is a control flowchart showing the flow of the commodity transaction processing program in the reservation processing server 16, that is, the flow of processing in the commodity transaction processing execution unit 32.

  In step 150, an authentication process based on the reception of the identification code of the customer (for example, customer A) is executed. After the authentication is completed, the process proceeds to step 152 to determine whether the reservation plan for customer A is received from the input terminal 12 or not. To be judged.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step 152, the process proceeds to step 154, and a list of desired product plans based on the reservation plan is transmitted to the input terminal 12.

  In the next step 156, it is determined whether or not the related information of the product plan has been received from the input terminal 12. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step 158 to set the condition setting table applied to the customer A. Read from the table database 38 and go to step 160.

  In step 160, it is determined whether there is a tradeable product plan based on the read condition setting table.

  If a negative determination is made in step 160, the process proceeds to step 162, where it is determined whether or not the schedule confirmation desired time designated by the customer A has been reached. If a negative determination is made in step 162, the process proceeds to step 164, and it is determined whether or not the condition setting table applied to the customer A has been changed.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step 164, there is a possibility that there is a product plan that can be traded for customer A, and therefore the process proceeds to step 158. If a negative determination is made in step 164, there is no possibility that there is a product plan that can be traded for customer A at the present time, and the process proceeds to step 162.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step 162, it is determined that a merchandise plan that can be traded for customer A has not come out by the desired time of schedule confirmation, and in step 165, the customer A is notified that the transaction has not been established. The routine ends.

  On the other hand, in step 160, if an affirmative determination is made, that is, if there is a tradeable product plan in the desired product plan received from customer A, the process proceeds from step 160 to step 166.

  In step 166, the input terminal 12 (customer A) is notified that one of the product plans is guaranteed, and the process proceeds to step 168. This product plan to be guaranteed is a provisional product plan up to the final desired date, and may be changed to another desired product plan for customer A.

  If customer A wishes to confirm with the provisionally set product plan and receives a notification to that effect, the provisionally set product plan may be confirmed without waiting for the schedule confirmation desired time.

  In step 168, it is determined whether or not the schedule confirmation desired time has been reached, and if an affirmative determination is made, the process proceeds to step 170 to satisfy the condition of customer A and the most convenient for the product provider at the time of arrival. A good (for example, the highest profit rate) product plan is selected, and then the process proceeds to step 172 to notify the input terminal 12 (customer A) of the selected product plan, and this routine ends.

  For example, when there are a plurality of product plans that match the wishes of the customer A, there is no problem with any product plan from the customer A as long as the product plan meets the wishes of the customer A. On the other hand, from the product provider side, for example, even if a product plan with a high profit margin is provided among a plurality of product plans, it does not deviate from the wishes of the customer A, and the so-called “win-win” relationship. It is possible to obtain a result that is convenient for both.

(Communication protocol between input terminal and reservation processing server)
7 shows the relationship between the operation procedure of the input terminal 12 shown in FIG. 5 and the processing flow of the reservation processing server shown in FIG. 6 as one communication flow. Is a communication protocol between. In the following description of the communication protocol, the numbers in parentheses are the step numbers given in FIG. 5 or FIG.

  When the commodity transaction reservation application of the input terminal 12 is activated, the initial screen is displayed (100), and the input identification code for authentication is transmitted to the reservation processing server 16, the authentication processing is executed in the reservation processing server 16. (150).

  Upon receiving the authentication confirmation transmission, the input terminal 12 displays a reservation plan input screen (112), inputs the reservation plan, and transmits it to the reservation processing server 16 (116).

  The reservation processing server 16 searches for the desired product plan and transmits a list of desired product plans to the input terminal 12 (154).

  As a result, a product plan related information input screen is displayed on the input terminal 12 (120). Based on the product plan related information input screen, product plan related information is input and transmitted (122, 124).

  The reservation processing server 16 reads the condition setting table for each customer (158), selects a suitable product plan, and if there is a product plan that can be traded, notifies the input terminal 12 that the product plan is guaranteed. (166). Upon receiving this notification, the input terminal 12 displays a screen in which the guaranteed product plan is guided (128).

  From the guidance of this guarantee product plan to the schedule decision desired time, the compatible product plan is updated based on the fluctuation of the condition setting table for each customer.

  When the desired schedule confirmation time is reached, the reservation processing server 16 selects one of the compatible product plans at the time when the desired confirmation time is reached (170) and notifies the input terminal 12 (172).

  The input terminal 12 displays a screen for guiding the confirmed product plan that has been notified.

(Modification)
Note that, in the present embodiment, the description is focused on the product transaction for a specific customer. However, for example, the product transaction for a specific customer may affect other customers.

  Therefore, the change in the situation based on the product transaction for a specific customer may be updated each time, and the condition setting table set for each customer may be updated.

  FIG. 8 is a control flowchart showing the flow of processing in the commodity transaction processing execution unit 32 when the update of the condition setting table is incorporated in FIG. Note that steps indicating the same processing as in FIG. 6 have the same step number appended with the symbol “A”.

  In step 150A, an authentication process based on reception of an identification code of a customer (for example, customer A) is executed. After the authentication is completed, the process proceeds to step 152A to determine whether or not a reservation plan for customer A has been received from the input terminal 12. To be judged.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step 152A, the process proceeds to step 154A, and a list of desired product plans based on the reservation plan is transmitted to the input terminal 12.

  In the next step 156A, it is determined whether or not the related information of the product plan has been received from the input terminal 12, and if an affirmative determination is made, the process proceeds to step 158A to apply the condition setting to the condition setting table applied to the customer A. Read from the table database 38 and proceed to Step 160A.

  In step 160A, based on the read condition setting table, it is determined whether there is a product plan that can be traded.

  If a negative determination is made in step 160A, the process proceeds to step 162A, and it is determined whether or not the schedule confirmation desired time designated by the customer A has been reached. If a negative determination is made in step 162A, the process proceeds to step 164A, and it is determined whether or not the condition setting table applied to the customer A has been changed.

  If an affirmative determination is made in step 164A, there is a possibility that there is a product plan that can be traded for customer A, and therefore the process proceeds to step 158A. If a negative determination is made in step 164A, there is no possibility that there is a merchandise plan that can be traded for customer A at the present time, and the process proceeds to step 162A.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative determination is made in step 162A, it is determined that a product plan that can be traded for customer A has not come out by the time the schedule is desired, and in step 165A, the customer A is informed that the transaction has not been established. The routine ends.

  On the other hand, in step 160A, if the determination is affirmative, that is, if there is a tradeable product plan in the desired product plan received from customer A, the process proceeds from step 160A to step 166A.

  In step 166A, the input terminal 12 (customer A) is notified that one of the product plans is guaranteed, and the process proceeds to step 180. This product plan to be guaranteed is a provisional product plan up to the final desired date, and may be changed to another desired product plan for customer A.

  If customer A wishes to confirm with the provisionally set product plan and receives a notification to that effect, the provisionally set product plan may be confirmed without waiting for the schedule confirmation desired time.

  In step 180, the product plan with the maximum utility at the present time and the utility level are stored, and the process proceeds to step 168A.

  In step 168A, it is determined whether or not the schedule confirmation desired time has been reached, and if an affirmative determination is made, the process proceeds to step 170A, where the condition of customer A is satisfied and the product providing side is most convenient at the time of arrival. A good (for example, the highest profit rate) product plan is selected, then the process proceeds to step 172A to notify the input terminal 12 (customer A) of the selected product plan, and this routine ends.

  On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step 168A, the process proceeds to step 182 to update the condition setting table applied to the customer A according to the change in the situation, and the process proceeds to step 168A.

  For example, when there are a plurality of product plans that match the wishes of the customer A, there is no problem with any product plan from the customer A as long as the product plan meets the wishes of the customer A. On the other hand, from the product provider side, for example, even if a product plan with a high profit margin is provided among a plurality of product plans, it does not deviate from the wishes of the customer A, and the so-called “win-win” relationship. It is possible to obtain a result that is convenient for both.

  In this modification, the condition setting table for customer A may vary depending on the customer other than customer A. Therefore, by updating the condition setting table for customer A according to the change in the situation, customer A and For both product providers, it is possible to select a more appropriate product plan.

  Examples of ticket reservation processing systems for airline ticket purchase to which the reservation processing system described in this embodiment can be applied are listed below. In addition, this invention is not limited to the example of the said enumerated example, It is the same content, such as ticket reservation (including one way and round trip), a concert, a movie, etc. of public transport, such as a train, a ship, and a bus. It can be applied to various reservations such as lectures held multiple times, hotels (number of consecutive nights, guest room types, etc.), a first pass of a theme park, and an expressway ticket. Further, the options may be presented not only at a single date and time but also at a plurality of dates and times.

Example 1
9 and 10 relate to the first embodiment and explain the flow of the airline ticket reservation process according to the output device 12G (monitor screen) of the input terminal 12. FIG. The date, flight number, etc. are fictitious numerical values, and are not limited to the numerical values.

On January 10, a customer A living in Tokyo came up with an idea to go to Osaka on February 1, and started the commodity transaction reservation application program using the input terminal 12.
(1) First, an authentication process is executed on the screen of FIG.
(2) Next, Haneda-Itami flights on February 1 are specified on the reservation plan input screen of FIG. 9B.
(3) Thereafter, the product plan list of FIG. 9C is displayed as a response from the reservation processing server 16.
(4) Customer A wants to pay 10000 yen for flight 002. It may be 001 flight for 8000 yen. Flight 003 will not be in time. As the related information, the selection of the desired product, the desired price, and the desired date and time for confirming the schedule are input (see FIG. 9D) and transmitted to the reservation processing server 16.
(5) As of January 15th, the reservation processing server 16 has contacted (see FIG. 10A), and the output device 12G of the input terminal 12 receives “2/1 (Sat. ), The seat guarantee for either flight 001 or flight 002 has been finalized. Please wait until the scheduled date and time (1/31 (Friday), 22:00) to confirm the flight.
(6) After the display of (5) above, the reservation processing server 16 receives a notification at the desired date and time of schedule confirmation ((1/31 (Fri), 22:00)) (see FIG. 10B), and the input terminal 12 on the output device 12G, “The flight reserved by Mr. XX was confirmed from Tokyo Haneda → Osaka Itami, 2/1 (Sat), 002, 8:00 → 9:00. It is 000 yen.

Thereby, the customer A can ensure a desired flight at a desired price.
(7) In the above (5), if there is no guarantee that can be guaranteed, the reservation processing server 16 will contact the following (see FIG. 10 (C)). “Saturday) flights are currently not guaranteed. Please wait until the scheduled date and time (1/31 (Friday), 22:00)”.
(8) After the display of (7), if the flight cannot be secured by the desired date and time of schedule confirmation, the reservation processing server 16 will contact you as follows (see Fig. 10 (D)). Unfortunately, the flight you booked didn't have the flight you wanted. "

(Example 2)
11 and 12 relate to the second embodiment and explain the flow of the airline ticket reservation process according to the output device 12G (monitor screen) of the input terminal 12. FIG.

  In Example 1, since the price of each flight is not displayed, when the customer A inputs a price lower than the sales price for all flights, all flights may not be guaranteed.

  Therefore, in Example 2, the current price of each flight is displayed.

  The outline of purchase in Example 2 is as follows (see FIGS. 11A to 11D and FIGS. 12A and 12B).

“As of December 10th, customer A was invited to a wedding in Osaka on February 8. I want to secure a flight to Osaka right now because it is an indispensable task. You can get up early and take flight 001. There is a morning taxi reservation, so I'd like you to decide which one you want three days in advance. "
(1) Immediately after making a reservation, the product provider will contact you.

“The seat guarantee for XX is reserved for 2/8 (Sat), 001 or 002. Please wait until 2/5 (Wed), 17:30. Is displayed.
(2) The product provider contacted at 17:30 on Wednesday, February 5th.

  “The flight of Mr. XX ’s reservation has been confirmed on Flight 2/8 (Sat) 001. The price is 3,000 yen. Good trip” is displayed.

  In the second embodiment, since the same price as the current price is input for the 002 flight, the 002 flight is always guaranteed.

  On the other hand, regarding 001 flight, since one flight (002 flight) is secured, it is possible to present an extremely low price. If this flight 001 is secured, it is forced to get up early, but it can be purchased at a low price.

Example 3
13 and 14 relate to the third embodiment and explain the flow of the airline ticket reservation process according to the output device 12G (monitor screen) of the input terminal 12. FIG.

  The third embodiment is an embodiment in which incentive payment is performed.

  The outline of purchase in Example 3 is as follows (see FIGS. 13A to 13D and FIGS. 14A and 14B).

As of February 6th, Customer A is on a business trip to Osaka on February 10th. I think that A can be any amount up to the upper limit of 20,000 yen, but it is not easy to apply for a high transportation fee each time.
(1) Customer A inputs 20,000 yen for flight 001, 20,000 yen for flight 002, desired confirmation date 2/7 (Friday), 24:00.
(2) Immediately after making a reservation, the product provider will contact you.

“The seat guarantee for either 001, 002 or 002 has been confirmed for XX ’s reservation. Please wait until 2/7 (Fri), 24:00. Is displayed.
(2) The product provider contacted at 24:00 on Friday, February 7th.

  “The flight of Mr. XX's reservation has been confirmed as 2/00 (Monday) 001. The price is 10,000 yen. A good trip” is displayed.

Example 4
FIG. 15 relates to the third embodiment. In the first embodiment, the second embodiment, and the third embodiment, the case where the screen for appealing that the airline ticket reservation process gives an incentive to the customer is added. This is explained according to the output device 12G (monitor screen).

  Example 4 is an example in which strategy resistance is guaranteed.

  FIG. 15 (A) is the same as FIG. 11 (B) of the second embodiment, and FIG. 15 (C) is the same as FIG. 11 (C) of the second embodiment.

  The feature of the fourth embodiment is to provide a message that appeals to the customer to guarantee the strategy resistance, as shown in FIG. 15B, between FIGS. 15A and 15C. It is in.

  That is, the following message is displayed in FIG.

  “After the price is entered, if the price of the ticket drops by the desired date and time, the new price will be applied, but if the price goes up, the new price will not be applied. Please apply early. "Is displayed.

  As a result, the customer recognizes that there will be no loss even if time passes, so there is no hesitation in making reservations early and looking at trends such as price fluctuations over time, and Very accurate customer demand can be collected.

  In addition, in the said Example 1-Example 4, when inputting, you may make it select from the list | wrist displayed on the said pull-down menu, for example by displaying a pull-down menu.

  Alternatively, only a single price and options acceptable for the price may be input. Further, the first desired price and a relative area for the first desired price may be input.

(Additional examples of services)
In the present embodiment (including examples), the following services may be added. In addition, the air ticket ticket of Example 1-Example 4 is demonstrated as an example as goods to which a service is added.

  (Additional service 1) A provisionally determined flight may be presented to the customer.

  For example, a message such as “Currently tentative decision is 001 flight, may be changed to 002 flight by the scheduled date and time of confirmation” is notified to the customer.

  (Additional service 2) A charge table for the customer himself / herself may be displayed at all times so that the customer can freely change and cancel the application before the desired date and time of schedule confirmation.

  A customer who has made a reservation request but has not received a notice to guarantee either of them will raise the price of the reservation application, or a customer who needs to arrive earlier than scheduled will cancel the late flight, It is assumed that only early flights will be left. Therefore, if the change and cancellation after the reservation application can be performed freely, the usefulness of the customer is enhanced. In this case, the schedule desired date and time may be changed.

  (Additional service 3) A cancellation fee may be generated only when the tentatively decided flight is almost full.

  For example, to a customer, “The 001 flight that is currently tentatively determined by your schedule is expected to be fully booked. Tomorrow 2/11 (Tuesday) Cancel the application for that flight after 0:00 If you do, you will be charged a cancellation fee, but if you change to another flight you are applying for due to our reasons, there will be no cancellation fee.

  (Additional service 4) When a provisionally decided flight is almost full, the customer may be allowed to select to accept the cancellation rule or delete the flight from the reservation.

  For example, to a customer, “The 001 flight that is currently tentatively determined by your schedule is expected to be fully booked. Tomorrow 2/11 (Tuesday) Cancel the application for that flight after 0:00 If you do not agree to the cancellation policy, please cancel your flight reservation by 2/11 (Tuesday) and 00:00. However, rest assured that your travel on any of the flights you have booked is guaranteed, but if you change to another flight that you are applying for due to our reasons, there will be a cancellation fee. "Do not do."

(Strategic resistance)
As described above, in the present embodiment (including the examples), it is advantageous for the customer to execute “early reservation (declaration)”, “reservation at a high price”, and “scheduled schedule finalization date”. be able to.

  For example, in the case of Example 1 to Example 4 (see particularly Example 3 including Example 4), the following procedure is the realization of strategy resistance.

  (Procedure 1) The product (air ticket ticket) provider determines a charge table (condition setting table) dedicated to each customer for all customers at the start of the reservation. Of course, the same price table may be set for different customers, or may be distinguished by membership type, birthday special sale, or the like.

  (Procedure 2) Before the customer makes a reservation application, the product provider freely changes the area of each customer in a form linked to the number of vacant seats as in the conventional case.

  (Procedure 3) When a specific customer A makes a reservation application, if any one of the reservation applications of the customer A has a product (air ticket) that is less than the price determined by the product provider, 1 Is treated as a provisionally determined product (assuming that customer A purchases the product) and is reflected in the condition setting table (charge table) of another customer. On the other hand, it is not reflected in the charge table (condition setting table) of the customer A himself who applied for the reservation.

  (Procedure 4) The merchandise providing side performs a “guaranteed any option” notification to the customer A whose provisionally decided merchandise has been decided.

  (Procedure 5) The product provider updates the condition setting table (charge table) of customer A according to the reservation application status of customers other than customer A. However, for products (air ticket tickets) that have been provisionally determined for customer A, the rate may be reduced, but the rate is not increased. That is, it is guaranteed that the utility of customer A will not drop any further.

  (Procedure 6) If the utility of customer A increases when the product (air ticket ticket flight) changes due to price reduction in the condition setting table (fee table) of customer A, the temporarily determined product is changed. .

  The tentatively determined product up to now is no longer a tentatively determined product, and the price can be increased while the price of the new tentatively determined product is not increased.

  (Procedure 7) The above (Procedure 6) is continued until the schedule confirmation desired date and time reported by the customer A.

  If the customer A's own information is not used when determining the condition setting table (charge table) of the customer A, the strategy resistance is strictly satisfied.

(About utility optimization)
Further, in the present embodiment (including the examples), the utility of the customer (for example, refer to the item “About policy resistance”, procedure 5 and procedure 6) is optimized for the examples 1 to 4. List the purchase of goods (air ticket) for example.

(Utility Optimization 1) Assumption of Linear Utility Assume that an input of a customer A is 001 flight → 10,000 yen and 002 flight → 15,000 yen. As a result of the renewal, if the 001 flight of the tentative decision is 9,000 yen and the 002 flight is 12,000 yen, the 001 flight will get 1,000 yen and the 002 flight will get 3,000 yen (this In this case, 1,000 yen <3,000 yen), it is determined that customer A prefers flight 002, and the provisionally determined flight is changed (updated) to flight 002.

(Utility optimization 2) Confirm with the customer each time the price fluctuates. To the customer, "Your current tentative flight is 001 and the charge is 9,000 yen, but the charge for the 002 flight is 12,000 yen. The message “Would you like to change your tentative flight?” If customer A approves the change, the provisionally determined flight is 002.

  After that, if the price of flight 001 becomes cheaper, the customer says, “Your current tentative flight is 002 and the price is 12,000 yen, but the price of 001 is 6,000 yen. The message “Would you like to change your tentative flight?” This is continued until the schedule confirmation desired date and time reported by the customer A.

(Utility optimization 3)
It is determined from the preference input by the customer, or is automatically estimated from the usual customer behavior.

  Customer preference input refers to pre-selecting items related to customer preferences, such as whether to prioritize price or schedule, or to select in advance from the priority of large machines or small machines. The selected information is reflected in the pros and cons of updating the provisionally determined product.

  Also, the automatic estimation from the usual customer behavior means that the usage form of the repeater customer, such as that he likes a particular flight, from the behavior history, is mainly made into a database and the product provider determines.

  The utility optimization 2 and utility optimization 3 may be combined.

10 Communication network 12N (12) Notebook PC (Reserver terminal)
12D (12) Desktop PC (Reserver terminal)
14 Wireless communication device 14
12M (12) Mobile communication terminal (reservee terminal)
16 Reservation processing input terminal device (reservation processing server)
12A CPU
12B RAM
12C ROM
12D I / O
12E bus 18 microcomputer 12F input device 12G output device 12H hard disk (HDD)
12I Communication I / F
16A CPU
16B RAM
16C ROM
16D I / O
16E bus 20 microcomputer 16H hard disk (HDD)
16G communication I / F
22 commodity transaction reservation execution unit 24 analysis function 26 transmission function 28 reception function 30 image processing function 32 commodity transaction processing execution unit 34 customer management database 36 commodity inventory database 38 condition setting database 40 information reception unit 42 authentication execution unit 44 commodity transaction information reception Unit 46 Condition Setting Table Reading Unit 48 Product Plan Confirmation Unit 50 Confirmation Desired Time Management Unit 52 Timer 54 Product Plan Information Sending Unit 56 Product Plan Update Unit 58 Update Plan Temporary Storage Unit 60 Confirmed Product Plan Sending Unit

Claims (10)

A reservation processing system comprising a reservation terminal that receives and transmits the reservation information related to a product purchase reservation from a reservation requester, and a reservation processing server that performs a reservation reception process based on the reservation information received from the reservation terminal. Because
The reservation terminal is
Receiving reservation information including a plurality of reservation request candidates that specify a product that the reservation applicant has entered, an acceptable condition for each reservation request candidate, and a reservation confirmation time that specifies a time limit for finalizing the reservation, and Has a function to send to the reservation processing server,
The reservation processing server
Based on the reservation information received from the reservation terminal, if it is possible to guarantee at least one reservation request candidate after determining whether or not the actual conditions of each reservation request candidate meet the allowable conditions,
Based on the determination result of whether or not the actual conditions that change until the reservation confirmation time meets the allowable conditions, update the reservation request candidates that can be guaranteed,
Select a reservation request candidate that is a reservation request candidate that can be guaranteed when the reservation confirmation time is reached, and that is advantageous to the product provider side,
It has a function to send the reservation processing result to the reservation terminal.
Reservation processing system. The reservation terminal is
The reservation processing system according to claim 1, wherein an actual condition capable of guaranteeing the reservation of the reservation request candidate is notified at a time of accepting the reservation. The reservation processing server
When the reservation requestable candidate that can be guaranteed changes in actual conditions that are disadvantageous for a specific reservation requester as the reservation confirmation time approaches, the update is prohibited and the actual conditions of the current reservation requesting candidate The reservation processing system according to claim 1, wherein the reservation processing system is maintained.   The reservation processing system according to claim 3, wherein the maintenance of the actual condition of the reservation request candidate is executed only for the specific reservation requester. When the reservation terminal accepts reservation information,
Information indicating that the actual conditions of the reservation candidate that can be guaranteed do not fluctuate unfavorably, and the reservation processing result becomes more advantageous as the period between the reservation reception process and the reservation finalization period is longer. The reservation processing system of any one of Claims 1-4 which alert | reports the information which shows this. The reservation information includes information on the priority of the selection element when there are a plurality of reservation candidate candidates that can be guaranteed,
The reservation processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the information on the priority is prioritized over the determination of the advantage on the merchandise provider side in selecting a reservation request candidate at the reservation confirmation time. . The reservation processing server
Based on the reservation information history of each reservation applicant, formulate information on the priority of the selection element when there are a plurality of reservation candidate candidates that can be guaranteed,
The reservation processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the information on the priority is prioritized over the determination of the advantage on the merchandise provider side in selecting a reservation request candidate at the reservation confirmation time. .   When the reservation request candidate that can be guaranteed is updatable, the reservation processing server notifies the reservation terminal whether or not to update the reservation request candidate every time the update is possible. The reservation processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 7. Accepted from the reservation terminal, a plurality of reservation candidates that specify the product that the reservation applicant has entered, and the reservation confirmation time that specifies the permissible conditions for each reservation request candidate and the time limit for finalizing the reservation, A determination means for determining whether or not the actual conditions of each reservation request candidate meet the allowable conditions based on the reservation information included;
Based on the determination result as to whether or not the actual conditions that change until reaching the reservation confirmation time when at least one reservation request candidate can be guaranteed under the determination by the determination means, An update means for updating reservation candidates that can be guaranteed;
Reservation processing result for a reservation applicant who is a reservation request candidate that can be guaranteed at the time when the reservation confirmation time is reached and that is confirmed by selecting a reservation request candidate advantageous to the product provider side is notified to the reservation terminal. Notification means;
Reservation processing server with. Accepted from the reservation terminal, a plurality of reservation candidates that specify the product that the reservation applicant has entered, and the reservation confirmation time that specifies the permissible conditions for each reservation request candidate and the time limit for finalizing the reservation, Based on the reservation information included, if it is possible to guarantee at least one reservation request candidate based on whether or not the actual conditions of each reservation request candidate meet the allowable conditions,
Based on the determination result of whether or not the actual conditions that change until the reservation confirmation time meets the allowable conditions, update the reservation request candidates that can be guaranteed,
Reservation processing result for a reservation applicant who is a reservation request candidate that can be guaranteed at the time when the reservation confirmation time is reached and that is confirmed by selecting a reservation request candidate advantageous to the product provider side is notified to the reservation terminal. That
A commodity transaction processing program to be executed by a computer.

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