KR102345125B1 - Method and apparatus for providing room reservation service - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for providing a room reservation service. The method for providing a room reservation service according to one embodiment of the present invention may include the steps of: receiving room information on rooms available for reservation on specific dates for a user and items necessary for room reservation from a plurality of accommodation terminals; receiving first selection information on a period for the user to use the accommodation from the user terminal; providing a list of rooms available for reservation to the user terminal based on the first selection information and the room information; receiving second selection information on any one of the rooms included in the room list from the user terminal; receiving user information corresponding to the items required for the room reservation from the user terminal; generating room reservation information for the user and the room corresponding to the user information based on the first selection information, the second selection information, and the user information; providing the room reservation information to the accommodation terminal; receiving approval information for the room reservation information from the accommodation terminal; and providing the approval information to the user terminal. Thus, the price of the room capable of producing the optimal profit is calculated.

Description

Method and device for providing room reservation service {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ROOM RESERVATION SERVICE}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a room reservation service.

The content described below merely provides background information related to an embodiment according to the present invention and does not constitute the prior art.

Recently, many people are using lodging establishments to enjoy leisure. The number of guest rooms in lodging establishments across the country is estimated to exceed 1 million, and the number of rooms is expected to significantly increase when taking into account small-sized and civilians providing accommodation services without registration.

The conventional method of reserving a room in a lodging establishment is a method of making a reservation by calling the establishment that the service user wants to use and confirming whether a reservation is possible at the desired time, or making a reservation when the service user travels to a specific area or In this case, there are a method of making a reservation through a travel agency, etc. or a method of making a reservation using a computer reservation system.

Among them, a method of using a computer reservation system is widely used with the development of Internet technology and the spread of communication terminals. There may be two methods of making a hotel reservation using a computerized reservation system. In other words, a method of opening a website on a communication network to enable reservation management through a communication network at a specific hotel, a service user accessing the website to make a reservation for a lodging establishment, and a specific service operator connecting a plurality of hotels with a chain There is a method of managing reservations for service users on behalf of the service users.

Accommodation establishments such as hotels do not use only one of these methods, but are receiving room reservations through various methods such as phone reservations, travel agencies, homepages opened directly, and reservation agencies. However, reservations by each method are managed individually, and real-time integrated management is not performed. Accordingly, problems such as overlapping reservations or over booking may occur, and service users' dissatisfaction is caused such as reservation cancellation not being handled promptly.

An object of the present invention is to provide a room reservation service.

Another object of the present invention is to calculate the price of a room that can produce an optimal profit and provide it to the user.

A method of providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object includes the steps of: receiving room information about rooms that the user can reserve by date and items necessary for room reservation from a plurality of accommodation terminal terminals; Receiving first selection information for a period for the user to use the accommodation from a terminal, providing a list of rooms available for reservation to the user terminal based on the first selection information and the room information, from the user terminal Receiving second selection information for any one of the rooms included in the room list, receiving user information corresponding to an item required for room reservation from the user terminal, the first selection information; Based on the second selection information and the user information, generating room reservation information for a user and the room corresponding to the user information, providing the room reservation information to the accommodation terminal, the accommodation terminal It may include receiving approval information for the room reservation information from the user terminal and providing the approval information to the user terminal.

The room information includes a first price and a lowest price, which are reference prices corresponding to each preset season, and the step of providing a list of available rooms to the user terminal includes grouping the rooms based on the room information , based on a preset price setting algorithm, generating first price information for each of the rooms included in the room list and providing the room list including the first price information to the user terminal may include

The generating of the first price information may include: acquiring a first price for each room corresponding to the season including the first selection information; based on the remaining period from the reservation date to the start date of the first selection information period to calculate a first weight; calculating a second price by giving the first weight to the first price; calculating a second weight based on a preset demand prediction method; The method may include calculating a third price by assigning a second weight to the price.

Calculating the second weight may include calculating an increase/decrease rate of reservation compared to the previous year based on room reservation data for the same period of the previous year, and calculating a second weight based on the increase/decrease rate.

The step of calculating the increase/decrease rate is a step of calculating a first increase/decrease rate of reservation compared to the previous year corresponding to the first room included in any one of the lodging establishments among a plurality of accommodation establishments. Included in the rest of the accommodation establishments except the accommodation establishments. Calculating a second increase/decrease rate of reservation from the previous year corresponding to rooms belonging to the group including the first guest room among the selected rooms and the first increase/decrease rate and the second increase/decrease rate based on a preset weighting method The method may include calculating a third increase/decrease rate by assigning a weight to the rate.

The second increase/decrease rate may represent an average of increase/decrease rates of reservations compared to the previous year corresponding to each of the rooms belonging to the group including the first room.

After calculating the third price, obtaining second price information for each room provided by the competing service provider, grouping the rooms provided by the competing service provider based on the second price information, and the first The method may include setting the third price to be less than the lowest price among prices corresponding to rooms provided by the competing service providers belonging to the same class group as the group including the guest room.

After calculating the third price, for a second room belonging to any one of the grouped groups and having the highest reservation rate, the reservation rate is preset than the average of the reservation rates of rooms other than the second room in the group. If it is higher than the ratio, increasing the price corresponding to the second room by a predetermined ratio and lowering the price corresponding to each of the remaining rooms in the group except for the second room by the ratio.

The third price may not be less than the lowest price.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service includes a memory in which at least one program is recorded and a processor for executing the program, wherein the program is provided to a room available for reservation by the user by date from a plurality of accommodation terminal terminals. Receiving room information for and items necessary for room reservation, receiving first selection information for a period in which the user will use the accommodation from a user terminal, based on the first selection information and the room information, the user Providing a list of rooms available for reservation to a terminal, receiving second selection information about any one of the rooms included in the room list from the user terminal; Receiving corresponding user information, generating room reservation information for a user and the room corresponding to the user information based on the first selection information, the second selection information, and the user information, the accommodation establishment It may include instructions for performing the steps of providing the room reservation information to a terminal, receiving approval information for the room reservation information from the lodging facility terminal, and providing the approval information to the user terminal .

The present invention may provide a room reservation service.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to calculate the price of a room that can generate an optimal profit and provide it to the user.

1 is a block diagram illustrating subjects for providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram illustrating a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings as follows. Here, repeated descriptions, well-known functions that may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, and detailed descriptions of configurations will be omitted. The embodiments of the present invention are provided in order to more completely explain the present invention to those of ordinary skill in the art. Accordingly, the shapes and sizes of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for clearer description.

Throughout the specification, when a part "includes" a certain element, it means that other elements may be further included, rather than excluding other elements, unless otherwise stated.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating subjects for providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , subjects for providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention include a room reservation service providing apparatus 110 , a lodging establishment terminal 120 , and a user terminal 130 .

The device for providing a room reservation service 110 may refer to a device that calculates the price of a room that can generate an optimal profit and provides it to the user terminal 130 .

The device for providing a room reservation service 110 may refer to a device for generating room reservation information by receiving user information corresponding to an item required for room reservation from the user terminal 130 .

The room reservation service providing apparatus 110 may perform a function of a server or a platform for providing a room reservation service.

The accommodation terminal 120 may be a device that provides approval information based on the room reservation information received from the room reservation service providing device 110 .

The user terminal 130 may be a device that provides user information to the room reservation service providing device 110 .

Each of the room reservation service providing apparatus 110 and the accommodation terminal 120 , the room reservation service providing apparatus 110 , and the user terminal 130 may be interconnected through a communication network.

The communication network refers to an access path for data transmission and reception between the above entities. For example, the communication network includes wired networks such as LANs (Local Area Networks), WANs (Wide Area Networks), MANs (Metropolitan Area Networks), and ISDNs (Integrated Service Digital Networks), or wireless LANs such as wireless LANs, CDMA, Bluetooth, and satellite communication. The network may be encompassed, but the scope of the communication network applicable to the present invention is not limited thereto.

2 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , according to the method for providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention, first, an apparatus for providing a room reservation service provides room information and room reservation for a room that a user can reserve by date from a plurality of accommodation terminal terminals. A necessary item may be received (S210).

Here, the room information may include a first price and a lowest price that are reference prices corresponding to each of the preset seasons.

In this case, the first price may mean a price to be sold at each accommodation establishment, and the lowest price may mean a price set in consideration of the minimum profit at each accommodation establishment.

Next, it is possible to receive the first selection information about the period during which the user will use the accommodation from the user terminal (S220).

Next, a list of rooms available for reservation may be provided to the user terminal based on the first selection information and the room information ( S230 ).

Next, second selection information for any one of the rooms included in the room list may be received from the user terminal (S240).

Next, user information corresponding to the item required for the room reservation may be received from the user terminal (S250).

Next, based on the first selection information, the second selection information, and the user information, the user corresponding to the user information and room reservation information for the room may be generated ( S260 ).

Next, the room reservation information may be provided to the accommodation terminal (S270).

Next, approval information for the room reservation information may be received from the accommodation terminal (S280).

Next, the approval information may be provided to the user terminal (S290).

As an optional embodiment, the step of receiving user information corresponding to the item required for the room reservation from the user terminal (S250) includes a first generated based on a first credential including identity authentication information from the user terminal. Receiving a presentation and performing identity authentication of a user of the user terminal by using the first presentation.

Here, the first credential may be generated by the identity authentication authority including the user's identity authentication information and the first signature of the identity authentication authority, and may be removed from the identity authentication authority after being issued to the user terminal. In addition, the first signature may be verified using the first public key stored in the online storage.

In addition, the first presentation may include a second signature generated to be verifiable by the user terminal through the first public key in order to zero-knowledge proof that the first signature is included in the first credential. can

Here, the zero-knowledge proof refers to a method of proving that one knows the information without exposing the information it possesses.

The step of performing identity authentication of the user may include performing identity authentication of the user of the user terminal using the first presentation and the first public key.

Through this, since the room reservation service providing apparatus does not directly receive or store the user's identity authentication information from the user terminal, when the server is attacked by a third party, the user's identity authentication information can be safely protected.

As an optional embodiment, the online storage matches and stores the first public key and the second signature, and when the room reservation service providing apparatus requests the public key, it is possible to check whether the second signature is duplicated, so that once generated You can avoid using a presentation multiple times.

As an optional embodiment, the user terminal receives a Selective Disclosure Request (SDR) from the accommodation terminal, and selects some of the claims included in the second credential in response to the selective disclosure request to generate a presentation. can The accommodation terminal may indirectly check whether the user terminal includes the full second credential by frequently changing claim items necessary for generating room reservation information through a selective disclosure request.

At least one claim included in the presentation is included in the second credential issued by the device for providing room reservation service, and the content of the at least one claim indicates that the user terminal has generated room reservation information with the device for providing room reservation service If it is verified that the lodging facility is confirmed, the hotel terminal may transmit the approval information, which is information that confirms and approves the room reservation information, to the device for providing room reservation service.

Through this, if there is no fourth signature generated together with the user terminal while generating the presentation, the accommodation terminal does not provide approval information, so that even if the second credential stored in the user terminal is leaked You can prevent reservation information from being created.

As an optional embodiment, generating the room reservation information (S260) may include issuing a second credential including the room reservation information to the user terminal.

More specifically, first, the user terminal may transmit user identity authentication information to the service providing apparatus.

Next, the user terminal may receive a second credential from the service providing apparatus.

The second credential serves as a certificate proving that the user terminal has generated room reservation information for receiving a service, and a third signature used to issue a plurality of claims and the second credential may include

In relation to the issued second credential, the service providing device may store only the public key for proof of the third signature and delete the remaining information.

Through this, since the second credential message issued to the user terminal is not stored in any other place including the service providing device, the user terminal may have self-sovereignty.

As an optional embodiment, the step of providing the room reservation information (S270) includes receiving a second presentation generated based on the first credential and the second credential from the user terminal and performing the second presentation. It may include the step of providing the accommodation to the terminal.

More specifically, the user terminal may generate a fourth signature based on a third signature included in the second credential while generating a second presentation based on the first credential and the second credential. . The apparatus for providing a room reservation service may receive a second presentation including the second signature and the fourth signature from the user terminal, and request approval information for room reservation information while transmitting the second presentation to the accommodation terminal.

Here, the fourth signature may be a signature generated to prove zero knowledge that the third signature is included in the issued second credential. That is, the fourth signature is exposed instead of the third signature, and by performing verification through the public key on the fourth signature, it is proved that the third signature is included in the issued second credential even if the third signature is not exposed. can be

Accordingly, the accommodation terminal receives the public key from the external storage in which the public key is stored and verifies the second signature and the fourth signature, so that at least one claim included in the second presentation is issued by the service providing device It may be verified whether the user terminal is included in the given credential and whether the content of at least one claim has generated the service providing device and room reservation information.

Through this, the security can be improved by preventing the first signature included in the first credential issued to the user terminal and the third signature included in the second credential from being exposed.

As an optional embodiment, the issuing of the second credential may include issuing the second credential including the room reservation information and a third signature of the service provider to the user terminal, and verifying the third signature. Storing a possible second public key in the online storage and removing temporary storage information of the issued second credential.

As an optional embodiment, the step of providing the approval information to the user terminal (S290) includes the steps of providing a payment interface for payment corresponding to the room to the user terminal and when payment is completed through the payment interface , providing the approval information to the user terminal.

As an optional embodiment, after the step (S290) of providing the approval information to the user terminal, receiving the check-in information necessary for the user to check in to the room from the user terminal and the door lock of the room to the user terminal It may include the step of providing a smart key for unlocking.

Here, the smart key may be used to unlock or set a lock by interacting with a corresponding smart door lock.

In an optional embodiment, the receiving of the check-in information includes: receiving a third presentation generated based on the first credential and the second credential from the user terminal and the user terminal using the third presentation may include performing identity authentication of the user and authentication of room reservation information.

Here, the third presentation may be a different presentation from the second presentation.

As an optional embodiment, when the user completes check-in after providing the smart key, an amount excluding a preset fee may be paid to the accommodation establishment.

3 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , according to the method for providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention, first, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service may group the rooms based on the room information ( S310 ).

For example, according to the grade set for each guest room in each accommodation establishment, the group may be divided into standard type, deluxe type, and suite type.

For another example, based on the first price set for each guest room, if it exceeds 500,000 won, the first group; The following may be divided into a fourth group and grouped.

The method and price for dividing the group are merely examples according to one embodiment, and do not limit the scope of the present invention.

Next, based on a preset price setting algorithm, first price information may be generated for each of the rooms included in the room list ( S320 ).

Next, the room list including the first price information may be provided to the user terminal (S330).

4 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , according to the method for providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention, first, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service may obtain a first price for each room corresponding to a season including the first selection information. There is (S410).

Next, a first weight may be calculated based on the period remaining until the start date of the first selection information period based on the reservation date ( S420 ).

Here, the first weight may be calculated so that the first weight increases as the remaining period decreases.

For example, if the remaining period is 3 months or more, a first weight of 0.5 may be given, and if the remaining period is 2 months or more and less than 3 months, a first weight of 0.7 may be given, and if the remaining period is 1 month or more, 2 If it is less than a month, a first weight of 0.9 may be given. If the remaining period is less than one month, the first weight may not be assigned. The first weight is only an example according to an embodiment, and does not limit the scope of the present invention.

Next, a second price may be calculated by giving the first weight to the first price (S430).

Next, based on the preset demand prediction method, a second weight may be calculated ( S440 ).

The content of the demand prediction method will be described later with reference to FIG. 5 .

Next, a third price may be calculated by assigning a second weight to the second price (S450).

Here, the third price may not be less than the lowest price.

For example, if the lowest price of any one room is 100,000 won and the third price to which the first and second weights are applied is 80,000 won, the third price may be adjusted to 100,000 won, which is the same as the lowest price. The above price is only an example according to an embodiment, and does not limit the scope of the present invention.

5 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In particular, FIG. 5 shows an example of calculating the second weight based on the demand prediction method.

Referring to FIG. 5 , according to the method for providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention, first, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service may calculate an increase/decrease rate of reservation compared to the previous year based on room reservation data for the same period of the previous year. (S510).

Reservation data for each room may be acquired in the same period of the previous year with respect to the period of use included in the first selection information. The increase/decrease rate of reservations compared to the previous year may be calculated by comparing the reservation rate for the period with the current reservation rate on the same date of the previous year as the current reservation date.

For example, if the current reservation date is June 1, 2021, and the period of use included in the first selection information is August 1 to August 5, 2021, 2020 as of June 1, 2020 Acquire data on the reservation rate from August 1 to August 5, and compare it with the reservation rate from August 1, 2021 to August 5, 2021 as of June 1, 2021 have.

Next, based on the increase/decrease rate, a second weight may be calculated ( S520 ).

As an optional embodiment, the second weight may be calculated based on search data of users for the last month.

For example, if the period of use included in the first selection information is from August 1, 2021 to August 5, 2021, and the search volume of users for the period of use has increased in the last month, the room for the period of use The second weight may be calculated so that the use price increases.

In this way, the demand of users can be predicted. When the reservation rate increases compared to the previous year, it is determined that there is a large demand from users for the period of use included in the first selection information, and a second weight may be calculated so that the price of the room increases.

As an optional embodiment, even when the amount of searches by users increases with respect to the period of use, it is determined that the demand from users is high for the period of use, and the second weight may be calculated so that the price of the room increases.

6 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6 , according to the method for providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention, first, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service is compared with the previous year corresponding to a first room included in any one of a plurality of accommodation establishments. A first increase/decrease rate of the reservation may be calculated (S610).

Next, it is possible to calculate a second increase/decrease rate of reservation compared to the previous year corresponding to the rooms belonging to the group including the first room among the rooms included in the accommodation establishments other than the accommodation establishment ( S520 ).

Here, the second increase/decrease rate may indicate an average of the rate of increase/decrease in reservations compared to the previous year corresponding to each of the rooms belonging to the group including the first guest room.

Next, a third increase/decrease rate may be calculated by assigning weights to the first increase/decrease rate and the second increase/decrease rate based on a preset weighting method ( S530 ).

Here, the third increase/decrease rate may represent a value obtained by adding a weight to the first increase/decrease rate and the second increase/decrease rate to correct and add the values.

For example, if the first increase/decrease rate is 10% and the second increase/decrease rate is 15%, a weight of 0.8 is given to the first increase/decrease rate to calculate 8%, and a weight of 0.2 is applied to the second increase/decrease rate. It is possible to calculate 3% by giving a weight, and to calculate the third increase/decrease rate as 11% by adding up the two weighted increase/decrease rates. The increase/decrease rate and weight are merely examples according to an embodiment, and do not limit the scope of the present invention.

7 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7 , according to the method for providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service receives second price information for each room provided by a competing service provider after calculating a third price. can be obtained (S710).

Next, rooms provided by the competing service providers may be grouped based on the second price information (S720).

Next, the third price may be set to be less than the lowest price among prices corresponding to the rooms provided by the competing service providers belonging to the group of the same class as the group including the first guest room (S730).

For example, second price information on rooms included in a suite-type group among rooms provided by a competing service provider may be acquired. When the lowest price in the second price information is 600,000 won and the third price corresponding to the rooms included in the suite-type group among the rooms provided by the service provider exceeds 600,000 won, the third price is 59 It can be set in thousands of dollars. The above price is only an example according to an embodiment, and does not limit the scope of the present invention.

As an optional embodiment, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service may generate a target sales point model of the accommodation establishment based on the previous year's room price and sales rate of the accommodation establishment, and dynamically change the price of the room using this.

Here, the target sales score may be calculated by multiplying a growth rate by a value obtained by multiplying an excess revenue obtained by subtracting the lowest price set for a corresponding room from the previous year's room price and a sales rate.

The target sales score model may include target sales points for each period of this year to reach the target sales score based on the sales volume for each period of the previous year.

Accordingly, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service may calculate a target achievement rate by comparing the current sales score of a specific room with the target sales score for each period, and dynamically change the price of the room based on the target achievement ratio.

For example, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service may change the price of the room to be higher as the target achievement rate is higher.

Through this, it is possible to adjust the sales score of the room managed by the device for providing the room reservation service to be close to the target.

As an optional embodiment, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service may dynamically change the price of a room based on a relative ranking of target achievement rates for rooms belonging to the same group.

For example, when the target achievement rate of the first room belonging to the specific group is higher than the target achievement rate of the second room belonging to the same group as the specific group, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service may change the price of the first room to be higher.

Through this, it is possible to reduce the demand for the first room managed by the device for providing the room reservation service and increase the demand for the second room, thereby achieving a balance between the target achievement rates of the first and second rooms.

As an optional embodiment, the apparatus for providing a room reservation service may dynamically change the price of a room based on a room price of a competing service provider belonging to the same group.

For example, when the room reservation service providing apparatus changes the price of the first room to be higher when the target achievement rate of the first room belonging to the specific group is higher than the target achievement rate of the second room belonging to the same group as the specific group , the price of the first room may be changed to become higher as a relative value obtained by subtracting the price of a third room of a competing service provider belonging to the same group as the specific group from the price of the first room increases.

8 is an operation flowchart illustrating a method of providing a room reservation service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8 , according to the method for providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the device for providing a room reservation service belongs to any one of the grouped groups and has the highest reservation rate after calculating the third price. With respect to the second high room, if the reservation rate is higher than the average of the reservation rates of the rooms other than the second room in the group by a predetermined ratio or more, the price corresponding to the second room is increased by a predetermined ratio, The price corresponding to each of the remaining rooms in the group except for the 2 rooms may be reduced by the above ratio.

For example, if the preset ratio is 30%, the reservation rate of the second room is 60%, and the average reservation rate of the remaining rooms is 30%, the price of the second room may be increased by 5% and the prices of the remaining rooms may be decreased by 5% . The above ratio and reservation rate are only examples according to an embodiment, and do not limit the scope of the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating a computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The apparatus for providing a room reservation service according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the computer system 1000 such as a computer-readable recording medium.

Referring to FIG. 9 , the computer system 1000 includes one or more processors 1010 , a memory 1030 , a user interface input device 1040 , a user interface output device 1050 , and storage that communicate with each other via a bus 1020 . (1060). Additionally, the computer system 1000 may further include a network interface 1070 coupled to the network 1080 . The processor 1010 may be a central processing unit or a semiconductor device that executes processing instructions stored in the memory 1030 or the storage 1060 . The memory 1030 and the storage 1060 may be various types of volatile or non-volatile storage media. For example, the memory may include ROM 1031 or RAM 1032 .

The specific implementations described in the present invention are only examples, and do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way. For brevity of the specification, descriptions of conventional electronic components, control systems, software, and other functional aspects of the systems may be omitted. In addition, the connection or connection members of lines between the components shown in the drawings illustratively represent functional connections and/or physical or circuit connections, and in an actual device, various functional connections, physical connections that are replaceable or additional may be referred to as connections, or circuit connections. In addition, unless there is a specific reference such as “essential” or “importantly”, it may not be a necessary component for the application of the present invention.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, and the scope of the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the scope of the scope of the present invention. will be said to belong to

110: Room reservation service providing device
120: hotel terminal
130: user terminal
1000: computer system 1010: processor
1020: bus 1030: memory
1031: rom 1032: ram
1040: user interface input device
1050: user interface output device
1060: storage 1070: network interface
1080: network

Claims (10)

delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete a memory in which at least one program is recorded; and
a processor executing the program
including,
the program is
Receiving room information on rooms available to the user by date and items necessary for room reservation from a plurality of accommodation terminal terminals;
Receiving first selection information for a period in which the user will use the accommodation from the user terminal;
providing a list of rooms available for reservation to the user terminal based on the first selection information and the room information;
receiving second selection information about any one of the rooms included in the room list from the user terminal;
receiving user information corresponding to an item required for the room reservation from the user terminal;
generating room reservation information for a user and the room corresponding to the user information based on the first selection information, the second selection information, and the user information;
providing the room reservation information to the accommodation terminal;
receiving approval information for the room reservation information from the accommodation terminal; and
providing the approval information to the user terminal
Includes instructions for performing
The room information is
Including the first price and the lowest price, which are the reference prices corresponding to each of the preset seasons,
The step of providing a list of rooms available for reservation to the user terminal,
grouping the rooms based on a first price included in the room information;
generating first price information for each of the rooms included in the room list based on a preset price setting algorithm; and
providing the room list including the first price information to the user terminal
including,
The step of generating the first price information includes:
obtaining a first price for each room corresponding to a season including the first selection information;
calculating a first weight based on a period remaining until a start date of the first selection information period based on a reservation date;
calculating a second price by giving the first weight to the first price;
calculating a second weight based on a preset demand prediction method; and
calculating a third price by giving a second weight to the second price
including,
Calculating the second weight includes:
calculating an increase/decrease rate of reservations compared to the previous year based on the room reservation data for the same period of the previous year; and
Calculating a second weight based on the increase/decrease rate
including,
Calculating the increase/decrease rate comprises:
Calculating a first increase/decrease rate of reservation compared to the previous year corresponding to the first room included in any one of the lodging establishments among a plurality of accommodation establishments;
calculating a second increase/decrease rate of reservation compared to the previous year corresponding to rooms belonging to the group including the first room among the rooms included in the accommodation establishments other than the accommodation establishment; and
calculating a third increase/decrease rate by assigning weights to the first increase/decrease rate and the second increase/decrease rate based on a preset weighting method
including,
The second increase/decrease rate is
It is characterized in that it represents the average of the increase/decrease rate of reservations compared to the previous year corresponding to each of the rooms belonging to the group including the first room,
The program is
After calculating the third price,
obtaining second price information for each room provided by a competing service provider;
grouping rooms provided by the competing service providers based on second price information; and
setting the third price to be less than the lowest price among prices corresponding to rooms provided by the competing service provider belonging to the group of the same class as the group including the first guest room;
including,
The program is
After calculating the third price,
For the second room belonging to any one of the grouped groups and having the highest reservation rate, when the reservation rate is higher than the average of the reservation rates of rooms other than the second room in the group by a preset ratio or more, the second room raising the price corresponding to , by a predetermined ratio, and lowering the price corresponding to each of the remaining rooms in the group except for the second room by the ratio
including,
The third price is not less than the lowest price, characterized in that the room reservation service providing apparatus.

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