KR101973610B1 - Methods for providing tour plans and reservation service - Google Patents

Abstract

In the travel schedule planning and reservation service providing method according to the present invention, a server providing travel schedule planning and reservation service performs the following steps.
In the first step, at least one travel content of accommodation, a tourist spot, a restaurant, a guide, and a transportation means is provided to the user. In the second step, the travel period is input from the user, and the travel contents are selected by dividing the travel period into at least two classes according to the required degree. In the third step, the essential contents selected from the user are incorporated into the entered travel schedule. In the fourth step, it is determined whether the next-ranked contents selected by the user exists. In the fifth step, if there is the next-ranked content, it is determined whether or not the next-ranked contents can be included in the input travel period. In the sixth step, when the entire subordinate contents are included in the inputted travel period, the subordinate contents are incorporated into the travel schedule. If the subordinate contents are not all included in the inputted travel period, Request selection of some of the next-generation contents, or recommend some of the next-generation contents. In the seventh step, the travel schedule including the incorporated travel contents is finally confirmed by the user, and reservation of the reservationable contents among the travel contents is proceeded.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002]

The present invention relates to a travel schedule and a reservation service providing method.

The tourism industry has become a national strategic business, but the development of travel products and the provision of travel information are still insufficient. Moreover, along with the development of the Internet, it is becoming common for travelers to follow up their travel destinations online and obtain prior information therefrom, thereby providing systematic and reasonable travel information through the Internet.

Korean Patent No. 234598, Japanese Patent No. 239296, and Japanese Patent No. 239297 disclose a system for providing travel information via the Internet and creating a travel plan accordingly. These inventions can be used to calculate a scheduled time to be spent on a travel destination based on a travel scheduled time and a visited place information input by a user and to adjust a scheduled consumption time therefrom or to recommend a facility Route and visit recommendation time to provide a time schedule or to search for a basic stay time for a facility that a traveler wishes to visit to set up a travel time schedule. As described above, the above-mentioned inventions focus on the provision and calculation of a travel-consuming scheduled time appropriately according to a place that a traveler intends to visit, and it is a matter of realizing that various desires desired by the traveler such as travel expenses, travel distance, It does not provide optimal information on multiple factors such as facilities. Korean Patent Application Publication No. 2002-0007790 discloses a system for calculating and presenting a plurality of optimized travel information.

However, such a system is also a passive method that allows the user to select a preferred travel course or plan, and in the event that content such as a preferred travel destination is excluded by the optimization system, additional services must be provided by inputting new conditions And other discomfort.

In addition, when the travel plan is similar to that of the existing product in the optimization result, it is inconvenient to search for a product similar to the travel course or plan optimized for the schedule on the site that sells the travel product by itself in order to reduce the cost of the user .

In addition, the existing online travel information only extracts information corresponding to the place and time selected by the traveler on a one-to-one basis, and provides it uniformly, without purchasing a specific travel product, and reserves himself / herself based on the provided schedule information.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reducing the travel schedule unnecessarily searched by grasping a subjective preference of a travel planner, and at the same time, it is possible to reduce travel information Provide methods of providing and reserving.

The present invention also provides a method of providing and reserving travel information for providing a service so that a reservation can be made in a lump sum according to a travel schedule established not only in establishing a travel schedule but also providing information.

In the travel schedule planning and reservation service providing method according to the present invention, a server providing travel schedule planning and reservation service performs the following steps.

In the first step, at least one travel content of accommodation, a tourist spot, a restaurant, a guide, and a transportation means is provided to the user. In the second step, the travel period is input from the user, and the travel contents are selected by dividing the travel period into at least two classes according to the required degree. In the third step, the essential contents selected from the user are incorporated into the entered travel schedule. In the fourth step, it is determined whether the next-ranked contents selected by the user exists. In the fifth step, if there is the next-ranked content, it is determined whether or not the next-ranked contents can be included in the input travel period. In the sixth step, when the entire subordinate contents are included in the inputted travel period, the subordinate contents are incorporated into the travel schedule. If the subordinate contents are not all included in the inputted travel period, Request selection of some of the next-generation contents, or recommend some of the next-generation contents. In the seventh step, the travel schedule including the incorporated travel contents is finally confirmed by the user, and reservation of the reservationable contents among the travel contents is proceeded.

In addition, the travel contents may be arranged in a time-series manner so as to be optimized in terms of time, distance, and cost when the travel contents are incorporated in the third and sixth steps.

In addition, the travel contents finally incorporated after the sixth step may be arranged in a time-series manner so as to be optimized in terms of time, distance and cost.

Also, the optimization of the travel contents can be provided by referring to the previously created travel schedule reference.

In the third step, it is first determined whether all of the selected essential contents can be included in the inputted travel period. If the essential contents can be included in the inputted travel period, And requests a user to select some of the subordinate contents or recommends some of the subordinate contents if the entire subordinate contents are not included in the inputted travel period Delivery method.

In addition, the second step may include at least two or more grade-specific drop zones for dragging and dropping the selected travel contents to the user's display to determine the rating.

In addition, the grade drop zone may generate an event for selection of essential travel contents and selection of subordinate travel contents other than essential travel contents.

And may further include a second drop zone for selecting categories, service classes, and preference ratings of the dropped travel contents.

And repeating the fourth and fifth steps before the sixth step with respect to the selected subordinate contents when the selected grade of the travel contents is three or more.

The present invention enables selection of grades, such as selection, which are essential in the optimization of content, to thereby grasp the subjective preference of the travel planner, thereby reducing unnecessary travel schedules, and at the same time, Thereby minimizing the inconvenience of having to schedule again.

In addition, the travel information provision and reservation system according to the present invention provides a service for making a reservation in a lump sum according to a travel schedule established not only by establishing a travel schedule but also providing information.

In addition, the travel information provision and reservation system according to the present invention can present a similar travel product to the established travel schedule, allowing the user to compare the price of the existing product with the schedule scheduled by the user without a separate search, Furthermore, it is possible to judge whether or not grouping of travel contents of a lower grade is prioritized, and to propose to the user in reverse.

1 is a block diagram for explaining a travel information providing and reservation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing and reserving travel information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 3 to 12 are schematic diagrams sequentially illustrating a process of receiving data on a travel schedule from a user.
13 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a travel schedule according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, functions and connection relationships of the entire travel information providing and reservation system for performing the travel information providing method according to one embodiment will be described. 1 is a block diagram for explaining a travel information providing and reservation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For convenience of explanation, the travel schedule planning and reservation service providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention will be briefly referred to as a management server.

The management server 20, which performs travel schedule planning and reservation service provisioning according to an embodiment of the present invention, provides various travel information, and includes other servers 30 for managing reservations related to the travel information, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > 10 < / RTI >

In addition, the user is provided with the travel schedule planning and reservation service providing method according to the present embodiment through the various user terminals 40 from the management server 20.

The travel schedule planning and reservation service providing method according to one embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 12. FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing and reserving travel information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 to 12 are schematic diagrams sequentially illustrating a procedure of receiving data on a travel schedule from a user.

In the travel schedule planning and reservation service providing method according to the present invention, a management server, that is, a server for providing travel schedule planning and reservation service performs the following steps.

First, the management server provides the user with at least one travel content of accommodation, a tourist spot, a restaurant, a guide, and a transportation means to the user (S10).

Next, the user inputs a travel period, and selects the travel contents by dividing the travel period into at least two classes according to the required degree (S20).

More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the user inputs travel information such as a title, a travel period, and the number of people, and confirms that the server receives input from the server according to the present embodiment.

4 shows an example of a user interface for travel scheduling provided by the management server to the user's terminal. The user can input the ① tour title, ② check the date of the tour and the area to visit, ③ click on the full screen map to check the schedule information on the map. The user can also select the travel contents on the schedule by ④ the tour date, and ⑤ delete the schedule that is scheduled for the date or the corresponding day.

The user can select the travel contents of the 11th, that is, the hotels to be accommodated or the like, by dragging and dropping any one of the travel contents of the 11th to the 7th area in the state where the 7th area is activated, The user can inquire or input information related to the user.

Also, the user can change the categories and types of travel contents to be selected in the area (9). The types of travel contents include accommodation, sightseeing spots, restaurants, guides, and transportation. After selecting a category, the user can select a text input or a tag and filter the information in the category. Also, the user can filter the information related to the travel content presented by the management server, check the total schedule cost, add the transportation means to the schedule, and optimize the travel contents to be incorporated in the schedule. .

The server can provide convenience to the user by displaying the location of the filtered information provided by the management server in blue, and displaying the selected information in orange in the schedule.

Travel contents belonging to each category can be selected as follows. As shown in FIG. 5, (1) a hotel icon is selected to switch to an interface for selecting a hotel, and (2) a drop box is selected to search for a specific hotel or to filter by category or category. In this process, as shown in FIG. 6, (1) the selected hotel may be deleted, (2) the filtered information in the sorting drop box may be sorted by a certain criterion, and (3) the detailed information about the hotel may be additionally inquired. Also, as shown in FIG. 7, (4) each destination of the schedule can be dragged and corrected, and (5) details of the destination can be confirmed.

Referring to FIG. 8, as described above, the position of the filtered information is indicated by navy blue, and the place selected by the schedule is orange. At this time, the destination icon indicates the category.

① Click on the camera icon to switch to the interface for selecting sightseeing spots. In this case, ② you can select the location, enter the name of the sightseeing spot or select the tag to search tourist attractions, and ③ click on the plus button of the destination to add it to the schedule or add it by drag and drop method.

① Click on the fork and knife icon to switch to the interface for selecting the restaurant. In this case, you can select ② the location, enter the restaurant name or select the tag to search the restaurant, and ③ click the plus button on the destination to add the restaurant to the schedule or add it by drag and drop.

1) Click on the person icon to switch to the interface for selecting the guide. In this case, you can filter the guide by selecting the ② tag, check the language gender of the filtered guide, and then add the guide by dragging and dropping it by clicking the plus button of the guide information.

Also, click the ① transportation icon to switch to the interface for selecting the transportation mode. You can add transportation to your schedule in a manner similar to the other selection process described above.

Through these steps, the user selects travel contents from the user. In this process, the drag and drop zones A1, A2, and A3 shown in FIG. 3 can be used. The drag and drop zone according to the present embodiment is an interface for receiving input from a user to a degree of preferring inclusion in a travel schedule, that is, a necessary degree.

For example, the first drop zone A1 receives the travel contents and the preferences of the server by dragging and dropping the travel contents that the user desires to include in the corresponding areas. The second drop zone A2 may be included according to the situation or may be used to receive travel contents having a preferential preference that may not be included. And the second drop zone A2 can be replaced by simply dragging and dropping the travel contents into the activated region 7. [ However, in a case where the priority is subdivided and inputted, it is also possible to provide an additional drop zone in addition to the first drop zone A1 and the second drop A2.

In addition, when the user desires to select a preferred category or category that is essentially preferred but is not limited to the content, it further includes a third drop zone A3 for selecting the category, service class, and preference rating of the dropped travel content .

That is, the user can drag and drop the travel contents into the drop zones A1, A2, and A3 to generate essential events for selection of travel contents and subordinate travel contents other than the essential travel contents, Service class, and preference class.

And then performs a series of processes as described below such as optimizing the travel schedule by using the travel contents and related information inputted or selected by the user.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step S20, after registering the contents of interest according to the grade and the intensity of the progress of the course, the user is preferentially included in the itinerary according to the user's preference.

That is, the essential content selected from the user is incorporated into the entered travel schedule. In step s310, it is determined whether all of the selected essential contents can be incorporated in the itinerary. If so, the essential contents are incorporated into the itinerary in step S320. In this case, when all the necessary contents can not be incorporated, the user can be notified or a part of the contents can be selected. This process is limited in advance in the travel content selection step to restrict input of essential contents exceeding the travel schedule May be used.

Next, it is determined whether the next-ranked contents selected by the user exists (S330).

If there is a next-level content, it is determined whether or not all of the next-ranked contents can be included in the entered travel period (S340). If all the next-ranked contents are included in the entered travel period, the next content is incorporated into the travel schedule S370).

If all of the next ranked contents are not included in the input travel period, the user is requested to select some of the next-ranked contents or recommends some of the next-ranked contents to be selected from the user (S360)

If there are more subordinate contents, the above steps S330, S340, and S370 may be repeated.

After that, the user can finally confirm the last incorporated travel schedule and proceed with the reservation (S380). However, prior to this process, it is possible to further carry out the enrichment step in terms of time, distance and cost, and it is also possible to further provide the information associated with the travel product to the user. The related contents will be described in detail later.

In addition, it is also possible to optimize the travel schedule to optimize travel contents (essential contents, next-level contents) into the travel schedule to arrange the travel contents in a time-series manner. In this case, it is also possible to perform a plurality of optimization processes.

In addition, the optimization of travel contents can be performed in real time in terms of time, distance, and cost, but it can be performed by referring to previously stored travel schedule reference, that is, by performing optimization according to the existing time, . These travel schedule references may include travel schedules and pricing information for existing travel products.

Referring to FIG. 13, a method of linking with an existing product or opening a new travel product at the optimization step will be described. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a travel schedule according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the method of providing travel schedule and reservation service according to the present embodiment, a server providing travel schedule and reservation service performs the following steps. In a certain portion, similar to the previously described embodiment, the technical features in the optimization step are differentiated.

As described above, first, at least one travel content of a lodging, a sightseeing spot, a restaurant, a guide, and a transportation means is provided to a user, a travel period is input from a user, .

Next, the essential content selected by the user is incorporated into the entered travel schedule, and it is determined whether the next-ranked content selected from the user exists. If there is the next-ranked content, it is determined whether the next contents can be included in the entered travel period .

If the entire contents of the next ranked contents can be included in the entered travel period, the subordinate contents are incorporated into the travel schedule, and if the entire next contents are not included in the entered travel period, Request a selection or recommend some of the next-generation content.

The travel schedule and service providing method according to the present embodiment further performs the optimization and merchandise linking steps before the travel schedule including the incorporated travel contents is finally confirmed to the user.

Specifically, in this step, the incorporated travel contents are optimally arranged in terms of time, distance and cost, and are arranged in a time-lapse manner. At the same time, the optimized travel schedule and the schedule of the travel goods ], And provides the user with either a travel product or a travel schedule based on the comparison result.

For example, it is checked whether there is a pre-stored travel schedule reference similar to the optimized travel schedule (S410), and a similar pre-stored travel schedule reference is provided to the user, that is, S420) and receives a choice as to whether to replace it.

On the other hand, if priority travel travel contents are changed, if there is a tour product including a similar travel schedule reference among the pre-stored travel schedule references, that is, if there is a pre-stored travel reference that differs only in some of the remaining sub- It is possible to provide the user with the travel schedule and the price information including the different contents information so as to be able to replace them.

On the other hand, it is judged whether an optimized travel schedule and a travel schedule and grouping of the pre-stored other person are possible (S510). If the grouping is possible, a travel product grouping the travel schedule of the grouping- Product schedule information, and price information (S520). This process provides a method of bundling and commercializing the same or similar travel schedule when a plurality of users do not have a similar product.

In this case, when changing the subordinate travel contents among the optimized travel schedules preferentially, it is also possible to determine whether similar travel schedules are groupable among the travel schedule references of the previously stored others. That is, if only a content of a subordinate order other than essential contents is changed and a schedule among a large number of users can be grouped, a travel product grouped by a user and a travelable schedule of a groupable travelable user is grouped, Information can be provided so that a product can be selected.

Thereafter, the travel schedule including the incorporated travel contents or the pre-stored travel goods selected from the user or the opened travel products are finally confirmed by the user (S610), and reservation for the reservationable contents among the travel contents is performed (S620 ).

While the present invention has been described with reference to exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. have.

Claims (9)

A server providing travel schedule planning and reservation service,
A first step of providing a user with at least one travel content of accommodation, sightseeing spot, restaurant, guide, and transportation means;
A second step of receiving a travel period from a user and selecting the presented travel contents by dividing the travel period into at least two classes according to a required degree;
A third step of incorporating essential contents selected by the user into the inputted travel schedule;
A fourth step of determining whether the next-ranked contents selected by the user exists;
A fifth step of determining whether the next contents can be included in the inputted travel period when the next contents are present;
If the entire contents of the subordinate contents are included in the travel period, the subordinate contents are incorporated into the travel schedule. If the subordinate contents are not all included in the inputted travel period, A sixth step of requesting a selection of a part or recommending a part of the next ranked contents;
And a seventh step of receiving a final confirmation from the user of the travel schedule including the incorporated travel contents or the previously stored travel goods selected from the user and proceeding to make reservation for the reservationable contents among the travel contents ,
[0030] The step of arranging the travel contents before the seventh step, optimizing the incorporated travel contents in terms of time, distance and cost, And providing the user with either a travel product or a travel schedule based on the comparison result,
At least two or more grade-specific drop zones for dragging and dropping the provided travel contents to the user's display in order to select and classify the provided travel contents in the second step,
The grade drop zone generates an event for selecting essential travel content and selecting subordinate travel content other than essential travel content,
And a second drop zone for selecting a service class of the dropped travel contents,
Wherein the travel contents are optimized in terms of time, distance, and cost when the travel contents are incorporated in the third and sixth steps in a time-
Arranging the travel contents finally incorporated after the sixth step to be optimized in terms of time, distance and cost,
The first step determines whether all of the selected essential contents can be included in the input travel period. If the essential contents can be included in the input travel period, And if the entire contents of the subordinate contents are not included in the input travel period, the user is requested to select some of the subordinate contents or recommend some of the subordinate contents,
And repeating the fourth step and the fifth step before the sixth step with respect to the selected subordinate contents when the selected grade for the travel contents is three or more,
In the second step, the travel contents provided by the server are displayed in a first color on the user interface including the geographical information, and the travel contents selected by the user are displayed in the second color,
If the grouping of the touring schedule and the grouping of the other groups is possible, the touring service provider creates a touring product grouping the touring schedule of the groupingable other person when the grouping is possible, And price information,
If preferentially changing the most-travelable travel contents among the optimized travel itineraries, it is determined whether similar travel itineraries among the travel time references of the pre-stored others are groupable, and when the grouping is possible, And providing the grouped tour product schedule information and price information to the user by opening a product . delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the optimization of the travel contents is provided with reference to a travel schedule reference prepared in advance.

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