JP3805938B2 - Designated ticket resale method and designated ticket resale system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is applicable to a case in which it is necessary to use a train in front of it immediately without purchasing the designated ticket while canceling it, or when the use of the designated seat becomes unnecessary due to the change of destination. of the ticket to re-sell, if it can be sold relates to the ticket re-sales method and ticket re-sale system to refund to the person who canceled.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, reserved tickets such as reserved seat express tickets, reserved seat green tickets, sleeper tickets, compartment tickets, etc. have been purchased together with a ticket, but if the applicable train is no longer available due to schedule changes or other reasons You can get a refund by paying a predetermined fee at the green counter or the station counter before the train starts.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the past, if you had to use a train in front of it immediately without purchasing the designated ticket and canceling it, or if you no longer need to use a reserved seat due to a change of destination, If you re-sell at that stage, even if you are waiting for a cancellation, even if you want to get a reserved ticket, it will be invalidated, and the train will be operated with the reserved seat empty.
[0004]
For example, (1) If you have purchased a Shinkansen reserved seat for Tokyo 20:00 to Shin-Osaka, but you suddenly get on the Shinkansen free seat for Tokyo 18:00 to Shin-Osaka on the same day, There is a time of less than 2 hours until the departure time of the reserved train, so if it is resold during that time, the same designated ticket may be sold to other people, but such cancellation procedure in the car is not Can not.
[0005]
Also, (2) If you purchase a Shinkansen reserved seat bound for Hakata in Tokyo at 12:00 and get on the train, but suddenly, if your destination is Shin-Osaka, you can receive a cancellation procedure early in the car As in the case of (1), if the train is resold before Shin-Osaka-Hakata arrives in Shin-Osaka, the designated ticket for the previous section may be sold to other people. However, such a cancellation procedure cannot be taken in the car.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and by reselling the designated ticket for the corresponding section by actually taking a cancellation procedure from the inside of the vehicle for the time zone and section where the sale is still in time, The purpose is to provide a designated voucher resale method and a designated voucher resale system in which, when sold, a refund is made to the canceled person.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the designated ticket resale method of the invention of claim 1, when a request for cancellation of a designated ticket from one station to another station in time for resale in the car occurs, a cancellation application is made from the in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal to the center computer. The information related to the designated ticket is sent, the resale permission information of the designated ticket is distributed from the center computer to the client computers in various places, and the refund permission information is registered in the center computer when the designated ticket is resold In response to a refund inquiry from any of the client computers, the refund is permitted if there is an appropriate one in light of the refund permission information.
[0008]
The designated ticket resale method of the invention of claim 2 allows the information related to the canceled designated ticket to be valid to be input to an in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal and accepts the information related to the designated ticket entered in the previous stage to the cancellation Information related to the designated ticket transmitted from the terminal to the center computer and received by the center computer in the previous stage is distributed to the client computer, the corresponding designated ticket is resold, and the designated ticket resold in the previous stage Refund information is registered, and in response to a refund inquiry from the client computer, when the refund information related to the designated ticket is registered, refund permission information is transmitted to the client computer.
[0009]
The invention of claim 3 is the designated ticket resale method of claim 2, wherein when the information related to the canceled designated ticket valid in advance is inputted to the in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal, an acceptance certificate with a refund special provision is issued. In addition, a refund is made in exchange for the acceptance certificate with the refund special provision.
[0010]
The designated ticket resale system of the invention of claim 4 comprises an in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal, a center computer, and client computers in various locations, and the in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal is different from one station to another station in time for resale. When an application for cancellation of the designated ticket occurs, the input of the information related to the designated ticket is received and transmitted to the center computer, and the center computer receives the transmission from the cancellation acceptance terminal and receives the cancellation Register information related to the designated ticket for which you applied, distribute reselling permission information for the designated ticket to client computers in various locations, register refunding permission information from any client computer, and any client computer Refund permission information in response to a refund inquiry from The client computer registers the refund permission information in the center computer when reselling the designated ticket and relates to the designated ticket corresponding to the refund request. A refund inquiry is transmitted to the center computer.
[0011]
In the designated ticket resale system according to the invention of claim 4, when an application for canceling the designated ticket from one station to another station in time for resale in the car occurs, the in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal has information related to the designated ticket Is received and sent to the center computer. The center computer receives the transmission from the in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal, registers information related to the designated ticket for which the cancellation application is made, and distributes the resale permission information of the designated ticket to the client computers in various places.
[0012]
When the client computer resells the designated ticket distributed from the center computer, the client computer registers the refund permission information in the center computer.
[0013]
When the canceled person goes to one of the counters and requests a refund, the client computer at the counter makes a refund inquiry to the center computer. On the other hand, the center computer, in light of the refund permission information, grants a refund if applicable. As a result, the counter performs a refund procedure for the designated ticket corresponding to the person requesting the refund.
[0014]
In this way, the designated ticket that was suddenly canceled in the car is resold, and if it can actually be resold, the original purchaser will be refunded to prevent the designated ticket from being wasted. Reduce the loss incurred by users who cancel
[0015]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the designated ticket resale system according to the fourth aspect, when the center computer accepts information on the canceled designated ticket, the cancellation acceptance confirmation signal is transmitted from the cancellation acceptance terminal. returned to the Cancel accepting terminal receives the cancellation application acceptance confirmation signal of the ticket that has been returned from the center computer is configured to issue a certificate accept refund rider with cancellation.
[0016]
In the designated ticket resale system according to the invention of claim 5, when an application for canceling the designated ticket from one station to another station in time for resale in the car occurs, the in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal has information related to the designated ticket Is received and sent to the center computer, and a proof of acceptance for cancellation with a refund special offer is issued.
[0017]
Then, if a person who has received the proof of acceptance of the cancellation with a refund special contract comes to the refund window and requests a refund, if the corresponding designated ticket is actually resold , the person is refunded. This prevents paying back to another person by mistake.
[0019]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present invention, a limited express ticket, a green ticket, a sleeper ticket, etc. for which a seat such as a reserved seat limited express ticket, a reserved seat green ticket, a sleeper ticket, a compartment ticket, etc. is specified are collectively referred to as a specified ticket. A handy terminal carried by the conductor in the vehicle and an in-vehicle terminal mounted on each train are collectively referred to as a receiving terminal. A computer that manages ticketing for all trains is referred to as a center computer, and a terminal computer that is installed at a counter or a travel agency nationwide and is connected to the center computer and performs ticketing processing is referred to as a client computer.
[0020]
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a designated ticket resale system according to one embodiment of the present invention. This system allows the conductor to carry around in the train for immediate cancellation acceptance, or to connect to the receiving terminal 1 installed in a predetermined place in the train, for example, the conductor compartment, via train radio or a wired transmission line The center computer 2 and client computers 3A, 3B, 3C,.
[0021]
Acceptance terminal 1 accepts the input of information related to the designated ticket when issuing an application for cancellation of the designated ticket from one station to another station in time for resale in the car, and issues an acceptance certificate with a refund special agreement Terminal.
[0022]
The center computer 2 is a distributed or centralized large computer that manages ticketing for all trains nationwide. The client computer 3 (hereinafter, the symbol “3” is used when it is not necessary to individually identify the client computer 3) is installed at a counter or a travel agency in the whole country, and is connected to the center computer to issue a ticket. It is a computer that performs. The center computer 2 and the client computer 3 use a conventionally used system, and a new program according to the present invention is installed.
[0023]
Next, the operation of the designated ticket resale system configured as described above will be described. In the following, for the sake of clarity, Mr. A purchased a reserved seat limited express ticket for Shinkansen bound for Shin-Osaka from 20:00 Tokyo on one day. The procedure for reselling a designated ticket will be explained in the case of boarding the Shinkansen non-reserved seat from 18:00 Tokyo to Shin-Osaka on the same day, and canceling in the car soon. In addition, Mr. B shall purchase the resale designated ticket.
[0024]
As shown in the flowchart in Fig. 2 and the flowchart in Fig. 3, Mr. A boarded the 18:00 train while holding the designated ticket at 20:00, and requested the conductor to cancel with a special refund policy. Then (step S05 in the flowchart of FIG. 3), the conductor obtains necessary information such as the date, train number, car number, normal / green identification, seat number, etc. related to the designated ticket requested for cancellation from the receiving terminal 1. Input (step S10).
[0025]
Information related to the designated ticket is transmitted from the receiving terminal 1 to the center computer 2, and the center computer 2 receives the cancel information. When the information related to the canceled designated ticket is received by the center computer 2 and registered in its own database, an acceptance confirmation signal is returned to the origination acceptance terminal 1. Upon receipt of this acceptance confirmation signal, the acceptance terminal 1 prints out an acceptance certificate with a refund special provision. The conductor hands this to Mr. A (step S15).
[0026]
The center computer 2 also immediately distributes resale permission together with information related to the designated ticket to the client computers 3 in various places when a cancellation with a refund special contract occurs (step S20). Upon receiving this information, the client computer 3 re-registers it as a reserved seat that can be sold in the same manner as a normal reserved seat (step S25).
[0027]
Thereafter, if any client computer 3 purchases the designated ticket related to the canceled designated seat by the sales deadline time (steps S30 and S35), the client computer 3 obtains the result of the resale of the designated ticket. Information on (especially, the boarding section of the designated seat related to the designated ticket is necessary) is transmitted to the center computer 2 (step S40).
[0028]
When the center computer 2 receives information on the resale result of the designated seat with a refund special provision from the client computer 3 in each place, the center computer 2 registers the resale result information for the corresponding seat in its own database (step S45).
[0029]
After this, if Mr. A presents an acceptance certificate with a refund special offer at any window or a window dedicated to refund within the specified period and requests a refund, the staff will inquire from the client computer 3 to the center computer 2 Transmit (step S50 in the flowchart of FIG. 4).
[0030]
In response to this inquiry, the center computer 2 searches the database for the resale record data of the designated ticket related to the designated seat (step S55). If there is no record of resale, a signal of refund OK is returned to the client computer 3 that has inquired for a refund (step S60, S65, S70).
[0031]
In response to a reply from the center computer 2, the client computer 3 at the window where Mr. A has come to request a refund presents the boarding section of the resold designated ticket and the refund OK or refund NO to the staff. Therefore, if the clerk is OK, the clerk will deduct a predetermined refund fee from Mr. A from the consideration of the designated ticket purchased by Mr. B (step S75).
[0032]
In this way, in the above-described embodiment, it is necessary to use a train in front of it immediately without purchasing the designated ticket and canceling it, or the use of the reserved seat ahead becomes unnecessary due to the destination change. If you sell the designated ticket in the applicable section, if you can sell it, you can refund it to the canceled person, there is time until the sales deadline, and the designated ticket that can be resold in the meantime This also eliminates the waste of vacant seats, and at the same time allows the user to reduce the loss due to cancellation.
[0033]
In the above example, the procedure for changing the train ahead has been described. However, the procedure can be effectively used in the following cases. For example, this is a case where a Shinkansen reserved seat bound for Hakata in Tokyo at 12:00 is purchased and the train is taken, but suddenly, the destination becomes Shin-Osaka. In such a case, the boarding section that can be resold differs depending on the time of the cancellation procedure. For example, if it is immediately after departure from Tokyo, there is a margin of about 3 hours to Shin-Osaka, and it can be resold between Shin-Osaka and Hakata. However, if you arrive after Shin-Osaka, if you sell the designated ticket 15 minutes before the Shinkansen arrives at the station where the Shinkansen stops, the section from the station that meets the conditions Only the designated ticket can be resold.
[0034]
In this way, which section can be resold is determined by comparing the train schedule data and the current time on the center computer 2 side and distributed to the client computer 3.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the designated ticket resale method of the invention of claim 1, when an application for canceling a designated ticket from one station to another station in time for resale in the car occurs, the in-car cancellation acceptance terminal Will send information related to the designated ticket that has been applied for cancellation to the center computer from the center computer, distribute the resale permission information of the designated ticket from the center computer to client computers in various places, and refund permission information when the designated ticket is resold In response to a refund inquiry from one of the client computers, a refund will be permitted if there is any that is applicable. Users who are less likely to remain and unavoidably cancel can also be canceled by refund It is possible to reduce the loss incurred me.
[0036]
According to the designated ticket resale method of the invention of claim 2, information related to the designated ticket that has been canceled in the vehicle is input to the in-vehicle cancellation receiving terminal, and the information related to the designated ticket is input from the cancellation receiving terminal to the center computer. The information related to the designated ticket received by the center computer is distributed to the client computer, the corresponding designated ticket is resold, the refund information relating to the designated ticket resold by the client computer is registered, and the client computer In response to the refund inquiry, if the center computer has registered the refund information related to the designated ticket, the refund permission information is sent to the client computer, so the reserved seat canceled in the car suddenly becomes vacant Canceled unavoidably The user also it is possible to reduce the losses due to canceled by the refund.
[0037]
In the specified ticket resale method of the invention of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 2, when information related to the specified ticket canceled in the car is input to the in-vehicle cancellation receiving terminal, Since an acceptance certificate with a refund special agreement is issued and a refund is issued in exchange for an acceptance certificate with a refund special agreement, refunds can be made only to those who have the authority to receive refunds, and illegal receipt of refunds can be prevented.
[0038]
According to the designated ticket resale system of the invention of claim 4, by reselling a designated ticket that is suddenly canceled in the car, and if it can actually be resold, by refunding to the original purchaser It is possible to prevent the designated ticket from being wasted, and to reduce the loss incurred by the user who inevitably canceled it.
[0039]
According to the designated ticket resale system of the invention of claim 5, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 4, it is possible to prevent a payback to another person by mistake.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing procedures for accepting designated ticket cancellation and reselling designated tickets according to the embodiment described above.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a designated ticket cancellation acceptance process according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing designated ticket resale processing according to the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Reception terminal 2 Center computer 3, 3A, 3B, ... Client computer

Claims (5)

When an application for cancellation of a designated ticket from one station to another station in time for resale in the car occurs, the information related to the designated ticket that has been applied for cancellation is sent from the in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal to the center computer,
Deliver reselling permission information for the designated ticket from the center computer to client computers in various locations,
If the designated ticket is resold, register the refund permission information in the center computer,
In response to a refund inquiry from any one of the client computers, a refund is permitted if there is an appropriate ticket according to the refund permission information. A step of inputting information related to the canceled designated ticket that has been canceled ahead into the in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal;
Transmitting the information related to the designated ticket entered in the previous step from the cancellation acceptance terminal to a center computer;
Distributing information related to the designated ticket received by the center computer in the previous stage to a client computer, and reselling the designated designated ticket;
Registering the refund information for the designated ticket resold in the previous stage;
A method for reselling a designated ticket comprising a step of transmitting refund permission information to the client computer when refund information related to the corresponding designated ticket is registered in response to a refund inquiry from the client computer.   A step of issuing an acceptance certificate with a refund special provision when the information related to the canceled designated ticket valid in advance is input to the in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal, and refunding in exchange for the acceptance certificate with the refund special provision The designated ticket resale method according to claim 2. It consists of an in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal, a center computer, and client computers in various locations.
When the application for canceling a designated ticket from one station to another station in time for resale occurs, the in-vehicle cancellation acceptance terminal accepts input of information related to the designated ticket and transmits it to the center computer,
The center computer receives the transmission from the cancellation acceptance terminal, registers information related to the designated ticket for which the cancellation application has been made, and distributes resale permission information of the designated ticket to client computers in various locations, Refund permission information from any client computer is registered, and in response to a refund inquiry from any client computer, the refund is permitted if there is any applicable.
The client computer registers refund permission information in the center computer when reselling the designated ticket, and transmits a refund inquiry related to the designated ticket corresponding to a refund request to the center computer. Designated ticket resale system to do. When the center computer receives information related to the canceled designated ticket, it returns a cancellation acceptance confirmation signal to the cancellation acceptance terminal of the transmission source,
The Cancel accepting terminal according to claim 4, wherein the center receives the cancellation application acceptance confirmation signal of the ticket that has been returned from the computer to issue a certificate accept refund rider with cancellations Designated ticket resale system.

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