KR100751390B1 - method for providing travel services - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of providing a travel service supporting a confirmation of a remote travel destination and providing a travel guide to a mobile phone located at each local travel destination of a sold travel product. Providing; Receiving a selection of a specific travel product from the mobile telephone; Real-time streaming of the local situation image of each travel destination belonging to the selected product in a predetermined time interval; Storing a local context image of each travel destination belonging to the selected product as data having a predetermined length; Downloading the stored local context image data of the specific travel destination to the mobile phone when an image of a specific travel destination is requested from the mobile phone from the mobile phone; If additional information of a specific travel destination is requested from each of the streamed travel destinations from the mobile phone, providing the travel phone information including the travel route to the specific travel destination and peripheral facility information of the travel destination to the mobile phone; .

Remote exploration, remote travel guide

Description

Method for providing travel services

1 is a diagram showing a system configuration for providing a travel service of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart showing a travel service providing procedure of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart showing a travel service providing procedure of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a travel service providing procedure according to a predetermined travel schedule in the present invention.

Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating a travel service providing procedure according to the location of the mobile phone of the user traveling in the present invention.

* Description of symbols on the main parts of the drawings *

10: user terminal (mobile phone) 20: mobile communication network

21: mutual network gateway 30: service provider network

31: server 40 to 43: remote camera

The present invention relates to a method of providing a travel service that supports identification of a remote travel destination and provides a travel guide to a mobile phone located at each local travel destination of a sold travel product.

At present, mobile communication technology has developed to provide a wireless Internet-enabled connection environment.

Therefore, the expansion of the current Internet service into the wireless environment is a matter of time.

Wireless Internet services based on these advanced mobile communication technologies will be more diversified in the future. And the wired Internet that is currently in service will become popular with wireless Internet.

Among the wired Internet services, various services related to travel products have been provided.

However, there is no service that shows the local situation of each destination belonging to each travel product in real time, and there is still no service that provides each traveler with a tour guide through the terminal directly from the local destination.

In particular, in the past, travel agencies had to hire local guide staff for each destination required for their operation, which costs money. Eventually, the cost of hiring a local guide staff was included in the price of travel products purchased by the traveler, thereby burdening the traveler.

In addition, package travel products, which are general travel products, have the disadvantage that the tourists who purchase the same package travel products must move the same destination at the same time, which makes the travel attraction less attractive, and the custom of giving an additional amount to the local tour guide staff continues. Issue.

In the future, Internet services that provide travel guides using wireless Internet technology without a tour guide staff will be necessary.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and in particular, it provides a real-time video of the local situation of each destination, and provides a travel service providing method to assist travelers to enjoy travel independently without local guide staff of each destination To provide.

A feature of the method of providing a travel service of the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: providing, at a server, various travel product menus to a connected mobile telephone; Receiving a selection of a specific travel product from the mobile telephone; Real-time streaming of the local situation image of each travel destination belonging to the selected product in a predetermined time interval; Storing a local context image of each travel destination belonging to the selected product as data having a predetermined length; Downloading the stored local context image data of the specific travel destination to the mobile phone when an image of a specific travel destination is requested from the mobile phone from the mobile phone; If the mobile phone is requested additional information of a specific travel destination from each of the streaming travel destinations, providing the travel phone information including the travel route to the specific travel destination and the peripheral facility information of the travel destination to the mobile phone; Is done.
The present invention also provides a method of providing a menu of various travel products from a server to a connected mobile telephone; When a specific travel product is selected from the mobile phone, real-time streaming of a local situation image of each travel destination belonging to the selected product in a predetermined time interval; Providing a travel schedule of the requested travel product to the mobile phone when a specific travel product is requested from the mobile phone; And providing a travel guide corresponding to the time at each predetermined time of the travel schedule according to the travel schedule from the start to the end of the travel.

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Separately, if the server continues to track the location of the mobile phone changed according to the itinerary, and it is determined that the mobile phone is located in one travel destination area corresponding to the itinerary during the tracking process, the current destination Send the instructions to the mobile phone.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a travel service providing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing a system configuration for providing a travel service of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the system of the present invention uses a wireless Internet access technology in the next generation of mobile communication, Transmission Control Protocol (hereinafter referred to as TCP) / Internet Protocol (hereinafter referred to as IP) Internet service based on the abbreviation) is provided to the user terminal.

The system of the present invention comprises a user terminal 10, a mobile communication network 20, a service providing network 30, and several remote cameras 40-43.

The user terminal 10 is one of a personal computer, a mobile telephone or a portable information terminal (PDA) having mobility, and is a device capable of receiving an Internet service through a browser. In particular, in the present invention, the user terminal 10 is limited to a mobile phone or a portable information terminal (PDA). This is to be provided with a travel guide on the go.

The mobile communication network 20 is a network that supports wireless Internet access to the user terminal 10, and the components (relay, controller and switch) that provide communication service through the wireless connection to the user terminal 10 may be used in the present invention. In addition to the components of the network, an inter-network gateway 21 for wireless internet access is included in the mobile communication network. The general function of each component of the mobile communication network is already known, and the description thereof is omitted in the present invention, and only the inter-network gateway 21 included in the mobile communication network 20 of the present invention will be described.

The mutual network gateway 21 converts the protocol so that the user terminal 10 can be provided with Internet access and services. For example, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) based on TCP / IP of a service providing network, which will be described below, is used as a wireless application protocol (WAP) for the wireless Internet of the user terminal 10. Convert it to

That is, the interconnection network gateway 21 connects the service providing network 30 based on the wired Internet connection protocol (for example, HTTP based on TCP / IP) to the mobile communication network 20.

In addition, the inter-network gateway 21 converts the page format (for example, HTML) provided from the server 31 of the service providing network 30 into a page format (for example, WML) that can be used in the user terminal.

The process of the user terminal 10 accessing the server 31 of the service providing network 30 through the operation of the interconnection network gateway 21 is as follows.

First, the user terminal 10 requests an Internet service according to its Internet connection protocol (eg, WAP). Then, the mutual network gateway 21 requests a service to the server 31 of the service providing network 30 again. The server 31 sends a response to the service request, and accordingly, the interconnection gateway 21 receives the response from the server 31 and transmits the response to the user terminal 10 through the Internet connection protocol.                     

The next service providing network 30 includes a server 31 that provides Internet services based on TCP / IP. The server 31 is operated based on a wired internet connection protocol (eg, HTTP based on TCP / IP). For example, the server 31 transfers data produced in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) to the mobile communication network 20 using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) operating on TCP / IP. send.

Next, the remote cameras 40 to 43 are installed at respective travel destinations located at remote locations, and each of the remote cameras 40 to 43 is given a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address.

The operation description of the system according to the present invention will be made around the operation of the server which is the core for providing the travel service of the present invention.

First, the user terminal (especially the mobile phone) 10 attempts to connect to the server 31 by driving the embedded browser.

The server 31 provides a web page to the user terminal 10 attempted to connect. At this time, the server 31 provides a menu of various travel products through the web page, and optionally provides a list of travel destinations corresponding to each travel product.

In addition, when the specific travel product selection is transmitted from the user terminal 10, the server 31 is connected to the remote cameras 40 to 43 of each travel destination belonging to the selected travel product. Alternatively, when the server 31 receives one travel destination selection belonging to a specific travel product from the user terminal 10, the server 31 is connected to a remote camera located at the selected travel destination. At this time, the connection of the server 31 to the remote camera uses an Internet Protocol address (IP address) assigned to each of the remote cameras 40 to 43.

At that time, an image of the local situation of the destination is input to the remote cameras 40 to 43, and after the server 31 is connected to each of the remote cameras 40 to 43, the input is transmitted from the remote cameras 40 to 43. Encode the images immediately.

Thereafter, the server 31 streams the local situation image of each encoded destination to the user terminal 10 through a web page, and simultaneously stores the local situation image of each encoded destination as image data of a predetermined length. . The stored image data is stored for sale when there is a purchase request from the user terminal 10.

In particular, the server 31 assigns an image input time to each of the remote cameras 40 to 43, and receives an image for the allocated time from each of the remote cameras 40 to 43. Therefore, the server 31 encodes the input image during the allotted time and streams it to the user terminal 10.

In addition, when a request is made through a web page from the user terminal 10, the server 31 may include real-time streaming of a local image of the destination and destination information including a travel route (transportation, map, etc.) to the destination. Information on the surrounding facilities (hotels, museums, government offices, restaurants, etc.) of the destination is provided to the user terminal 10 as additional information.

In addition, in the case of a request from the user terminal 10, the server 31 supports the reservation of the surrounding facilities. That is, when the server 31 requests a reservation for the surrounding facilities of a specific travel destination from the user terminal 10, first, information necessary for the user terminal 10 (for example, name, age, gender, occupation, and expected use date) Such as personal information). Next, when necessary information is collected from the user terminal 10, the reservation application procedure for using the peripheral facility is performed using the collected information. Here, the reservation application procedure is a number of methods, but not included in the capabilities of the server 31 of the present invention.

The server 31 of the present invention only serves to connect the corresponding user terminal 10 to a site page for requesting reservation of the surrounding facility when the reservation of a specific peripheral facility is requested from the user terminal 10. In addition, the user terminal 10 supports only the site connection so that the user can make a direct reservation request using his information.

The following describes the operation of the server 31 for providing a remote travel guide service of the present invention.

The server 31 for providing a remote tour guide service, once the real-time streaming of the image of each destination to the user terminal 10, through the web page, receives the application for purchase of travel goods.

The server 31 transmits the corresponding travel itinerary to the terminal 10 of the user who applied for the purchase, for the registered travel product purchase application. This itinerary includes the movement of the place over time from the start to the end of the trip, as well as the places of visit and options.

Next, the server 31 requests the user terminal 10 to pay for the travel goods registered in the application, and goes through a confirmation procedure for paying for the travel goods delivered from the user terminal 10.

When the payment is confirmed, the server 31 performs transportation reservation, accommodation reservation, and restaurant reservation application for the corresponding trip.                     

Thereafter, as the travel schedule proceeds according to the travel schedule transmitted above, the server 31 transmits the travel guide from the start to the end of the corresponding trip to the user terminal 10.

The server 31 provides a travel guide corresponding to a designated time according to the progress of the travel schedule stored in the user terminal 10.

To this end, the server 31 asks the user terminal 10 whether it has arrived at each travel destination according to the travel schedule, and transmits a guide to each travel destination according to the response. At this time, the server 31 transmits the next travel guide along with the local travel guide.

However, in the present invention, in consideration of the fact that the travel itinerary may be changed according to the local situation due to the nature of the trip, the travel guide through the location tracking of the user terminal 10 is further provided.

To this end, the server 31 is provided with location tracking information of the user terminal 10 provided in the mobile communication network.

As a result, the server 31 keeps track of the location of the user terminal 10 that changes according to the itinerary.

The server 31 continuously observes the location of the user terminal 10, and when the user terminal 10 is located in a specific travel area of the travel schedule, the server 31 transmits a guide of the current travel destination to the user terminal 10. In addition, the server 31 observes the time when the user terminal 10 is located in a specific travel zone and transmits to the user terminal 10 that the travel time at the travel destination has expired. The server 31 transmits information of the next travel destination according to the travel schedule to the user terminal 10.

The following describes the travel service travel service according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a remote exploration service providing procedure of the present invention. In the present invention, for the procedure of FIG. 2, as described above, a remote camera is installed at each travel destination, and each remote camera has its own unique location. Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are assigned.

Referring to Figure 2 in more detail the remote exploration service providing procedure of the present invention, once the server provides a web page to a user terminal (especially a mobile phone) connected to it. At this time, the server provides a menu of various travel products through the web page (S1).

The user checks the travel products provided to his terminal.

Thereafter, when it is confirmed whether the server selects a specific travel product from the user terminal (S2), the server accesses a remote camera installed at each travel destination belonging to the selected travel product (S3). At this time, the server accesses using the IP address of the camera located at each travel destination, and the access is made to the remote camera of each travel destination in the order of travel destination according to the travel schedule of the selected travel product.

The server then immediately encodes the video inputted in real time from each approached camera (S4).

The server streams the local context image of each encoded travel destination to the user terminal (S5). In particular, the local situation of each destination is streamed in order according to the itinerary of each travel product. The encoding of the input video and the streaming of the video to the user terminal are simultaneously performed.

In the above, the server allocates an image input time to each of the accessed remote cameras, and receives an image only during the allocated time. Therefore, video streaming is performed for a predetermined time for one travel destination.

After the real-time streaming of the travel destination local situation image, when a purchase of an image of a specific destination streamed from the user terminal is requested (S6), the server stores the requested streaming video as image data and downloads it to the user terminal ( S7). To this end, the server encodes the image of each destination currently being streamed, and stores the encoded image as image data of a predetermined length for a predetermined time.

In addition, after the real-time streaming of the above-described destination local situation image, when additional information of a specific destination streamed from the user terminal is requested (S8), the server informs the destination information including the travel route to the corresponding destination and the peripheral information of the destination. Provide to the user terminal (S9). Eventually, the user can see how to get to the desired destination through the user terminal, as well as detailed information about the local situation of the destination and the facilities (hotels, museums, government offices, restaurants, etc.) located near the destination. .

In particular, the server, after providing the surrounding facilities information of the specific travel destination to the user terminal in the above, if the reservation of the specific peripheral facilities is requested from the user terminal (S10), and asks the user terminal for personal information for the reservation (request) ( S11). And since the server is provided with personal information (information such as name, age, gender, occupation, expected date of use, etc.) from the user terminal, the server uses the received personal information to apply for reservation for the use of the peripheral facility (S12). .

Separately, in the present invention, when a reservation of a specific peripheral facility is requested from the user terminal, the server connects the corresponding user terminal to a site page for requesting a reservation of the peripheral facility.

The following describes the remote tour guide service provision procedure following the above described remote exploration service provision procedure.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for providing a remote tour guide service according to the present invention, which will be described with an example of a case where a user has a mobile phone, especially as a user terminal.

Referring to FIG. 3, the server once transmits its web page to the mobile communication network in response to a connection request transmitted from the mobile communication network. The mobile communication network converts the web page transmitted from the service providing network into a document format acceptable to the mobile communication network and provides the same to the mobile phone.

Thereafter, the server provides various travel product menus through the web page (S20).

When the mobile phone user checks the travel products provided to his terminal and selects a specific travel product (S21), the server provides a list of each destination of the selected product again through the web page (S22).                     

Then, if it is determined whether one travel destination is selected from the travel destination list from the mobile phone (S23), the server encodes a local travel destination image input through the remote camera of the selected travel destination, among the remote cameras installed in each travel destination (S24). The encoded video is streamed in real time to the mobile phone (S25).

After the real-time streaming of the video, if a specific travel product purchase request is confirmed from the mobile phone (S26), the server transmits the travel schedule of the product applied for purchase to the mobile phone through the mobile communication network (S27).

The mobile phone requests payment for the requested travel product again (S28), and when it is confirmed from the mobile phone that the payment for the applied travel product is paid (S29), the reservation for the corresponding travel application is requested. (S30).

At this time, the server requests transportation reservations, accommodation reservations, and restaurant reservations for travel products requested by mobile phone users.

After each reservation application is completed, as the travel schedule of the corresponding travel product proceeds, the server provides a travel guide from the start to the end of the corresponding trip to the mobile telephone (S31, S32).

Next, a detailed procedure for providing a travel guide to a mobile phone in the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4 or 5.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a tour guide providing procedure according to a predetermined travel schedule in the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, after the real-time streaming of the video, a specific travel product application is confirmed from the mobile phone, and the server transmits the travel schedule of the applied product to the mobile phone. The transmitted travel itinerary is stored in the mobile phone.

The procedure of FIG. 4 is that the server provides a travel guide corresponding to the time at each fixed time of the travel itinerary stored in the mobile phone.

To this end, the server inquires whether the mobile phone arrives at each destination according to the travel schedule transmitted to the mobile phone (S40).

When the server receives the arrival confirmation of the specific travel destination from the mobile phone (S41), the server transmits a guide to the mobile phone to the mobile phone (S42). At this time, the server transmits a guide to the next destination along with a guide to the destination.

 Here, the guide for the destination of arrival is information about a place to be visited from the destination where the mobile phone user currently arrives and the facility where the visit is scheduled. In addition, as a guide for the next destination, information about the route and transportation to the next destination from the current destination, and information about the local situation (weather, traffic condition, environment, etc.) of the next destination.

The above procedure of FIG. 4 is repeated until the travel itinerary ends.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a travel guide providing procedure according to a location of a mobile phone of a traveling user in the present invention. Basically, a mobile communication network provides location tracking information of a mobile phone to a server of a service providing network at predetermined time intervals. .

Referring to FIG. 5, once the server continues to track the location of the mobile phone that is changed according to the itinerary, based on the location tracking information of the mobile phone provided in the mobile communication network (S50). This allows the server to know whether the mobile phone has arrived at each destination according to the itinerary.

The server keeps observing the location of the mobile phone, and if it is determined that the mobile phone is located in a specific destination area of the travel schedule (S51), the server transmits the previously stored guidance of the current destination to the mobile phone (S52). ). Here, the server informs the travel destination, which informs the mobile phone user of the place to be visited at the current location and the place where the visit is scheduled.

Thereafter, the server transmits to the mobile phone that the travel time at the corresponding travel destination has expired (S53), and simultaneously transmits information of the next travel destination according to the travel schedule to the mobile phone (S54). The next travel destination information transmitted at this time is related to the local situation (weather, traffic condition, environment, etc.) of the next travel destination and the way to the next travel destination (travel route).

The above procedure of FIG. 5 is also repeated until the travel itinerary ends.

According to the present invention described above, when selling a travel product to a mobile phone user can provide a more practical product guide through real-time video streaming.

In addition, when operating the service of the present invention in a travel agency, it is possible to reduce the cost of hiring a local guide staff, it is possible to provide a cheaper travel products to users.

In addition, it is possible to solve the general disadvantage of the package travel package, which is a general travel product, that the travel attraction is deteriorated because several people move together at the same time, and the additional cost is always required for the local tour guide staff.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the embodiments, but should be defined by the claims.

Claims (12)

At the server, providing a menu of various travel products to the connected mobile telephone; Receiving a selection of a specific travel product from the mobile telephone; Real-time streaming of the local situation image of each travel destination belonging to the selected product in a predetermined time interval; Storing a local context image of each travel destination belonging to the selected product as data having a predetermined length; Downloading the stored local context image data of the specific travel destination to the mobile phone when an image of a specific travel destination is requested from the mobile phone from the mobile phone; When the mobile phone is requested additional information of a specific travel destination from each of the streamed travel destinations, providing the mobile phone with travel destination information including a travel route to the particular travel destination and peripheral facility information of the travel destination. Travel service providing method performed by the server, characterized in that. delete delete delete The method of claim 1 wherein the method is When the reservation of a specific peripheral facility of the peripheral facility information is requested from the mobile phone, the personal information for the reservation is queried to the user terminal, and the personal information provided from the user terminal is used to use the specific peripheral facility. A travel service providing method performed by a server, further comprising the step of performing a reservation request. The method of claim 1 wherein the method is If the mobile phone is requested to make a reservation for a specific peripheral of the peripheral facilities information, further comprising the step of connecting the mobile phone to the site page for the reservation request of the specific peripheral facilities performed by the server, characterized in that How to provide travel services. At the server, providing a menu of various travel products to the connected mobile telephone; When a specific travel product is selected from the mobile phone, real-time streaming of a local situation image of each travel destination belonging to the selected product in a predetermined time interval; Providing a travel schedule of the requested travel product to the mobile phone when a specific travel product is requested from the mobile phone; And providing a travel guide corresponding to the time at each predetermined time of the travel schedule according to the travel schedule from the start to the end of the trip. The method of claim 7, wherein the providing of the itinerary Travel service providing method performed by the server, characterized in that performed when the payment for the travel goods requested. The method of claim 1 or 7, wherein the real-time streaming of the video For cameras located at each travel destination, each given a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address, the server accesses the cameras at each travel destination in a sequence of time intervals, A method of providing a travel service performed by a server, characterized in that for immediately encoding an image which is input in real time from each of the approached cameras and streaming it to the user terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein providing the travel guide A travel service performed by a server, the method comprising: inquiring whether each destination arrives according to the travel schedule, and transmitting a guide to the mobile phone when the arrival confirmation is received from the mobile phone. How to Provide. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the travel guide And when the arrival confirmation is received, transmitting the local situation of the next travel destination and the travel route to the next travel destination to the mobile phone when the arrival confirmation is received. The method of claim 1 or 7, wherein the method The server continuing to track the location of the mobile phone that changes according to the itinerary; If it is determined in the tracking that the mobile phone is located in one travel area corresponding to the travel itinerary, transmitting a guide of the current travel destination to the mobile phone. How to provide travel services.

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