KR102419826B1 - Method for Providing Customized Travel Products in Network and Management Server Used Therein - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method for providing customized travel products through a network and a management server used therein. The present invention is implemented by the processes of: receiving, by a management server, a travel agency registration request including information on a region of interest from a travel agency terminal; receiving a travel quote request including travel area information and travel itinerary information from a user terminal; selecting at least one travel agency among registered travel agencies based on the travel area information and the information on the region of interest; transmitting a bid participation request including the travel area information and the travel itinerary information to a terminal of the selected travel agency; and receiving bid participation information from the travel agency terminal. According to the present invention, a traveler can travel through the travel agency which provides a service which can satisfy various details of a travel planned by a user, such that the satisfaction level of the travel can be greatly increased. In addition, according to the present invention, the travel agency can successfully attract customers and sell travel products without spending unnecessary advertising expenses by selectively bidding on the travel quotation request corresponding to the field of expertise of the user.

Description

Method for Providing Customized Travel Products in Network and Management Server Used Therein

The present invention relates to a method for providing a customized travel product through a network and a management server used therefor, and more particularly, to a traveler who travels through a travel agency that provides a service that can satisfy various details of a trip he or she has planned. not only can greatly increase the satisfaction of travel, but also allow travel agencies to selectively bid on requests for travel quotations that are in line with their areas of expertise, thereby promoting successful travel and sales of travel products without spending unnecessary advertising costs. It relates to a method of providing a customized travel product through a network that allows the user to do so, and a management server used therefor.

Travel products that can satisfy the needs and tastes of travelers with diverse and unique characteristics, while the requirements and tastes of travelers are changing from conventional uniform package tours to special tours, themed tours, and free tours. It is practically impossible for travel agencies to individually design and release

For this reason, it is very difficult for travelers to find travel products that can satisfy their own travel needs and tastes, and in particular, it is even more difficult to directly find a travel agency specializing in each region, theme, and specific field that fits the travel concept they want. there is a problem.

In addition, small and medium-sized travel agencies have their own specialized travel fields that are different from large travel agencies, but are having difficulties in attracting related travelers due to the difficulty in spending huge advertising expenses.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is not only to greatly increase the satisfaction of travel, but also to greatly increase the satisfaction of the traveler by allowing the traveler to travel through a travel agency that provides services that can satisfy various details of the trip he or she has planned. , a method of providing customized travel products through a network, and the management used therein, which allows travel agencies to successfully attract and sell travel products without spending unnecessary advertising costs by selectively bidding on requests for travel quotations that are consistent with their field of expertise It is to provide a server.

The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the aforementioned problems, and include other technical problems that can be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing customized travel products through a network, comprising: (a) receiving, by a management server, a travel agency registration request including information on an area of interest from a travel agency terminal; (b) receiving, by the management server, a travel estimate request including travel area information and travel schedule information from a user terminal; (c) selecting, by the management server, at least one travel agency from among registered travel agencies based on the travel area information and the area of interest information; (d) transmitting, by the management server, a bid participation request including the travel area information and travel schedule information to the terminal of the selected travel agency; and (e) receiving, by the management server, bidding participation information from the travel agency terminal.

Preferably, (f) the management server, further comprising the step of transmitting the bidding participation information to the user terminal.

On the other hand, the management server according to the present invention, the receiving unit for receiving a travel agency registration request including the region of interest information from the travel agency terminal, and receiving a travel estimate request including the travel region information and travel schedule information from the user terminal; a determination unit configured to select at least one travel agency from among registered travel agencies based on the travel area information and the area of interest information; and a transmitter for transmitting a bidding participation request including the travel area information and travel schedule information to the terminal of the selected travel agency, wherein the receiving unit receives the bidding participation information from the travel agency terminal.

Preferably, the transmitter transmits the bidding participation information to the user terminal.

According to the present invention, as a traveler can travel through a travel agency that provides a service that can satisfy various details of a trip that he or she has planned, it is possible to greatly increase the satisfaction of the trip.

In addition, according to the present invention, travel agencies can make successful sales of travel services and travel products without spending unnecessary advertising costs by selectively bidding on a request for a travel estimate that matches their field of expertise.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the aforementioned effects, and include other effects that can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing customized travel products through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a functional block diagram showing the structure of a management server executing a method for providing customized travel products through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an execution process of a method for providing a customized travel product through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention; and
4 to 8 are diagrams illustrating a screen state of a user terminal in an execution process of a method for providing a customized travel product through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the same components in the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing customized travel products through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 , a system for providing customized travel products through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 100 , a management server 200 , and a travel agency terminal 300 .

The user terminal 100 is a wired/wireless communication terminal such as a smart phone or PC used by a user who is a traveler who purchases a travel product through a customized travel product providing service through a network according to the present invention, and such a user terminal 100 A predetermined application program required to use the customized travel product providing service according to the present invention may be installed in the .

The management server 200 is a server installed and operated by a business operator that provides a customized travel product provision service through a network according to the present invention. Receive a travel agency registration request, receive a travel estimate request including travel area information and travel schedule information from the user terminal 100, and select at least one travel agency from among a plurality of travel agencies based on the travel area information and the area of interest information and transmits a bidding participation request including travel area information and travel schedule information to the terminal 300 of the selected travel agency, receives bidding participation information from the travel agency terminal 300, and transmits the bidding participation information to the user terminal 100 and receives the travel agency selection information and travel confirmation request from the user terminal 100 , and transmits the travel confirmation request to the terminal 300 of the travel agency selected by the user.

The travel agency terminal 300 is a wired/wireless communication terminal such as a smart phone or PC used by a travel agency that sells travel products through a customized travel product providing service through a network according to the present invention. A predetermined application program required to use the customized travel product providing service according to the present invention may be installed.

2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a structure of a management server 200 that executes a method for providing a customized travel product through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2 , the management server 200 for executing the method for providing a customized travel product through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a receiving unit 210 , a storage unit 230 , a determining unit 250 , and a transmitting unit. (270).

The receiving unit 210 of the management server 200 receives a travel estimate request, a travel agency selection information and a travel confirmation request, and a travel join request from the user terminal 100 , and a travel agency registration request, bidding participation information from the travel agency terminal 300 . , and a travel confirmation message.

The determination unit 250 of the management server 200 selects a travel agency to which the bidding participation request is transmitted based on the travel area information included in the travel estimate request and the area of interest information included in the travel agency registration request.

The transmitting unit 270 of the management server 200 transmits the bid participation information and the travel confirmation message of the travel agency to the user terminal 100 , and transmits the bid participation request, the travel confirmation request, and the travel join request to the travel agency terminal 300 . send

On the other hand, various types of received information from the receiving unit 210 , various types of determination and selection information from the determining unit 250 , and various types of transmission information from the transmitting unit 270 are accumulated and stored in the storage unit 230 of the management server 200 . do.

3 is a signal flow diagram illustrating an execution process of a method for providing a customized travel product through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, an execution process of a method for providing a customized travel product through a network according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 .

First, the travel agent in charge of accessing the management server 200 through the travel agent terminal 300 has the name of the travel agency, information on the area of interest that the travel agency mainly provides services, contact information such as the phone number of the travel agent in charge, and business registration As travel agency registration information such as number, business license, and annual sales is input through the travel agency terminal 300, the management server 200 receives a travel agency registration request including the input information from the travel agency terminal 300 (S405) .

Accordingly, the determination unit 250 of the management server 200 determines the qualification requirements of the travel agency based on each information included in the travel agency registration request, and when it is determined that the qualification requirements are met, registration as a cooperative travel agency of the travel agency Approves, and stores various registration information included in the travel agency registration request in the travel agency account (S410).

On the other hand, in implementing the present invention, the determination unit 250 of the management server 200 based on the business registration number included in the travel agency registration request through the National Tax Service server status information (continuation / suspension / closure) of the business operator Inquiry, if the business operator status information is 'Closed/Closed', the registration of the travel agency will be disapproved, and if the business status information is 'Continue', it will be possible to approve the registration of the travel agency.

In addition, in implementing the present invention, the determination unit 250 of the management server 200 extracts the opening date information described in the business registration certificate from the business registration certificate included in the travel agency registration request, and calculates based on the opening date information It may be possible to approve the registration of the travel agency only if the business history up to the present point in time is greater than or equal to a predetermined standard number of years (eg, 3 years).

In addition, in implementing the present invention, the determination unit 250 of the management server 200 registers the travel agency only when the annual sales included in the travel agency registration request is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference sales (eg, 100 million). may approve.

In addition, in implementing the present invention, when the management server 200 disapproves the registration of the travel agency, by transmitting a travel agency registration disapproval guide message including the reason for disapproval to the travel agency terminal 300 , the travel agency person in charge of the travel agency disapproves the registration The reason may be supplemented later to guide you to re-request for travel agency registration.

On the other hand, a user who wants to request a quote for a travel product planned and designed by himself/herself accesses the management server 200 through the user terminal 100, and then selects the planned travel area through the user terminal ( 100), and after selecting the planned travel schedule as shown in FIG. 5, travel number information (number of adults/number of children/number of infants/number of children/gender/age, etc.), whether or not a ticket is required as shown in FIG. Information on selection, information on whether or not accommodation is required, information on accommodation selection (luxury hotels, mid-range hotels, budget hotels, etc.), information on desired cities and tourist destinations, information on whether or not a local vehicle is required, information on whether or not a local guide is required, information on whether to provide local meals As selection information, other necessary information and detailed request information are input (S415), the management server 200 receives a travel estimate request including each of the selection information and input information from the user terminal 100 (S420) .

Accordingly, the determination unit 250 of the management server 200 selects one or more travel agencies in which the same area as the travel area information included in the travel estimate request received from the user terminal 100 is stored and registered as the area of interest information, (S425), a bid participation request including each information included in the travel estimate request in step S420 described above is transmitted to the terminal 300 of the selected travel agency (S430).

Accordingly, information on the estimated cost calculated for the travel product by the person in charge of the travel agency who has confirmed the bid participation request received from the management server 200, and local privilege services that the travel agency can provide (eg, free breakfast, etc.) is input to the travel agency terminal 300, the management server 200 receives the bidding participation information including the input information from the travel agency terminal 300 (S435).

On the other hand, the management server 200 transmits the bidding participation information received from each travel agency terminal 300 to the user terminal 100 as described above (S440), and thus the user can also view the information through the screen of the user terminal 100. As shown in 7, bidding participation information including estimated cost information calculated by each travel agency can be checked for each travel agency.

In this way, a user who has confirmed each bidding participation information of a plurality of travel agencies checks the estimated cost and local privilege service information included in each bidding participation information, and the registration information of each travel agency in step S410 provided together with the bidding participation information By referring to FIG. 8 , as shown in FIG. 8 , a specific travel agency is selected ( S445 ), and as a 'confirmation request' button is inputted, the management server 200 receives travel agency selection information and a travel confirmation request from the user terminal 100. becomes (S450).

Accordingly, the management server 200 transmits the travel confirmation request received from the user terminal 100 to the terminal 300 of the travel agency selected by the user (S460). By selecting , the management server 200 receives a travel confirmation message from the travel agency terminal 300 (S465), and transmits it to the user terminal 100 (S470).

On the other hand, the management server 200 stores travel area information, travel estimate cost information calculated by the travel agency, local privilege service information, and travel agency registration information so that other users can view the confirmed travel schedule information in this way ( 230) will be available for publication.

In this way, when another user who wants to join (join) the predetermined travel schedule selects 'join tour' through the screen of his/her user terminal 100, the predetermined travel schedule information and related information are provided as described above. When the other user who has confirmed this selects a predetermined travel schedule and inputs travel number information, the management server 200 wants to join (join) the predetermined travel schedule from the terminal 100 of the user. A travel join request including travel person information (number of persons, gender, age) is received (S475), and the management server 200 joins (joins) the travel agency terminal 300 that has confirmed the corresponding travel schedule in step S465 described above. ) will be able to transmit a travel join request including the desired travel person information (S480).

Meanwhile, in carrying out the present invention, when the management server 200 receives the travel join request in step S475 described above, the travel personnel who want to join (join) to the terminal 100 of the user who has previously confirmed the travel schedule. The user terminal ( 100), by sending a travel join request including information on the number of desired members of the travel agency to the travel agency terminal 300 only when receiving a join approval message from 100), by giving the user who has previously confirmed the travel schedule the right to approve the join It would be desirable to prevent a decrease in travel satisfaction due to the influx of unwanted travelers.

In addition, in carrying out the present invention, the user who has confirmed the travel schedule first selects 'join approval', and discount request information (for example, 5%), and in this case, the management server 200 determines whether the request discount rate included in the join approval message from the user terminal 100 exceeds a predetermined reference rate (eg, 10%) After determining, if it does not exceed a predetermined reference ratio, by transmitting a travel join request including the discount request information to the travel agency terminal 300, the travel agency representative makes a final decision on whether to approve the join with reference to the discount rate requested by the user will be able to make it

On the other hand, if the requested discount rate exceeds the predetermined reference rate, the management server 200 to the user terminal 100 'excessive discount request for the cost estimate is not allowed.' In addition to transmitting a guide message such as, etc. to the user terminal 100 , a travel join request excluding the corresponding discount request information may be transmitted to the travel agency terminal 300 .

Accordingly, as the travel agent selects 'final approval' of travel join through the travel agency terminal 300 after reviewing the availability of local accommodation and additional reservations for air tickets, the management server 200 receives the final approval of the join from the travel agency terminal 300 The message is received, and the message may be transmitted to the user terminal 100 requesting to join the trip and the user terminal 100 in which the travel schedule has been previously determined.

On the other hand, while the travel schedule at the destination is in progress, the user may input a support request for an emergency situation such as a disease or accident that occurred locally through the user terminal 100 (S485), and the local support request The management server 200 received from the user terminal 100 may transmit a corresponding local support request to the travel agency terminal 300, so that prompt local support through the travel agency representative is executed (S490).

On the other hand, in implementing the present invention, the management server 200 collects the travel estimate requests received from the plurality of user terminals 100 in step S420 described above, and then includes travel area information included in each travel estimate request and It may also be possible to extract the travel estimate requests having the same travel itinerary information, and transmit an integrated quotation request proposal message including all of the extracted travel quotation requests to each user terminal 100 that has transmitted each extracted travel estimate request.

Accordingly, as the receiving unit 210 of the management server 200 receives an approval message for an integrated quotation request from each user terminal 100, the determination unit 250 of the management server 200 receives each of the extracted travel quotation requests. It may be possible to induce a travel agency to propose a more competitive cost estimate by generating an integrated quotation request that integrates these, and transmitting a bid participation request including the same to the travel agency terminal 300 .

In addition, in carrying out the present invention, the 'selection information (Y/N) for accepting join (joining) with other travelers' and 'join acceptance condition information' input by the user in the request for a travel estimate in step S420 described above. may be included, and the 'joint acceptance condition information' may include gender selection information and age group selection information for the target traveler in addition to the same travel area and the same travel itinerary.

Accordingly, in the management server 200, the determination unit 250 collects the travel estimate requests received from the plurality of user terminals 100 in step S420 described above, and then selects information on accepting a join (joining) with other travelers. After first extracting the travel estimate requests included as 'Y', the second extraction It may be possible to transmit an integrated quotation request proposal message including all of the travel quotation requests to each user terminal 100 that has transmitted the secondly extracted travel quotation request.

Accordingly, as the receiving unit 210 of the management server 200 receives each of the approval messages for the integrated quotation request from each user terminal 100, the determination unit 250 of the management server 200 receives the second extracted travel estimate. It may be possible to generate an integrated quotation request by integrating the requests, and transmit a bid participation request including the request to the travel agency terminal 300 .

In addition, in carrying out the present invention, the user who has selected a travel agency in step S445 described above may input discount request information (eg, 5%) for the estimated cost calculated by the travel agency, in this case the management server ( 200) determines whether the requested discount rate included in the travel confirmation request exceeds a predetermined reference rate (for example, 10%), and then includes the discount request information if it does not exceed the predetermined reference rate By transmitting the travel confirmation request to the travel agency terminal 300 , the travel agency representative may determine whether to confirm the travel with reference to the discount rate requested by the user.

On the other hand, the management server 200, when the requested discount rate exceeds a predetermined reference rate, 'excessive discount request for the estimate cost is not allowed.' In addition to transmitting a guide message such as such to the user terminal 100 , a travel confirmation request excluding the discount request information may also be transmitted to the travel agency terminal 300 .

In addition, in carrying out the present invention, the program for executing the method for providing customized travel products through a network according to the present invention is installed in the user terminal 100 and the travel agency terminal 300 according to the present invention or various types of computer-readable programs It may be recorded on a recording medium or stored in a server that transmits the corresponding program through a network.

Terms used in the present invention are only used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It should be understood that this does not preclude the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

In the above, preferred embodiments and applications of the present invention have been illustrated and described, but the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments and applications described above, and the present invention is not limited to the scope of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art to which this belongs, of course, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or prospect of the present invention.

100: user terminal, 200: management server,
300: travel agency terminal.

Claims (4)

(a) receiving, by the management server, a travel agency registration request including information on a region of interest, which is a travel region mainly provided by a travel agency, from a travel agency terminal;
(b) receiving, by the management server, a travel estimate request including travel area information and travel schedule information from at least one user terminal;
(c) extracting, by the management server, a travel estimate request in which the travel area information and the travel schedule information are the same from among the plurality of travel estimate requests;
(d) transmitting, by the management server, an integrated quotation request proposal message including the extracted travel quotation request to at least one user terminal that has transmitted the extracted travel quotation request;
(e) receiving, by the management server, an approval message for the integrated quotation request from the at least one user terminal;
(f) generating, by the management server, an integrated quotation request integrating the extracted travel quotation request;
(g) selecting, by the management server, at least one travel agency from among registered travel agencies based on the travel area information and the area of interest information;
(h) transmitting, by the management server, a bid participation request including the integrated quotation request to the terminal of the selected travel agency;
(i) receiving, by the management server, bidding participation information from the travel agency terminal;
(j) receiving, by the management server, a support request for an emergency situation occurring in a travel area from the user terminal; and
(k) sending, by the management server, a support request for the emergency situation to the travel agency terminal
includes,
The travel estimate request includes selection information (Y/N) for acceptance of joining with other travelers, and information on conditions for acceptance of joining, including information on gender and age group selection for travelers to join,
In step (c),
The management server primarily extracts a travel estimate request in which the selection information for acceptance of joining with other travelers is included as 'Y', and the joining acceptance condition information included in the first extracted travel estimate request. A method of providing customized travel products through a network in which the second extraction of a request for a travel quotation that matches each other.
According to claim 1,
After step (i), before step (j),
transmitting, by the management server, the bidding participation information to the user terminal;
posting, by the management server, the confirmed travel itinerary information;
receiving, by the management server, a travel join request including information on the number of people who want to join from a terminal of another user who wants to join the confirmed travel itinerary;
transmitting, by the management server, a join approval request including the join desired travel number information to the user terminal; and
Receiving, by the management server, a travel estimate discount request according to join approval from the user terminal
A method of providing customized travel products through a network further comprising a.
a receiving unit for receiving a travel agency registration request including information on a region of interest, which is a travel region mainly provided by a travel agency, from a travel agency terminal, and receiving a travel estimate request including travel region information and travel schedule information from at least one user terminal;
a determination unit configured to extract a travel estimate request having the same travel area information and travel schedule information from among the plurality of travel estimate requests; and
A transmitter for transmitting an integrated quotation request proposal message including the extracted travel quotation request to at least one user terminal that has transmitted the extracted travel quotation request
includes,
The receiving unit receives an approval message for the integrated quotation request from the at least one user terminal,
The determination unit generates an integrated estimate request by integrating the extracted travel estimate request, and selects at least one travel agency from among registered travel agencies based on the travel area information and the area of interest information,
The transmitter transmits a bidding participation request including the integrated quotation request to the terminal of the selected travel agency,
The receiving unit receives bidding participation information from the travel agency terminal, and receives a support request for an emergency situation occurring in a travel area from the user terminal,
The transmitter transmits a support request for the emergency situation to the travel agency terminal,
The travel quote request includes selection information (Y/N) for acceptance of joining with other travelers, and information on conditions for acceptance of joining including information on gender and age group selection for travelers to join,
The determination unit first extracts a travel estimate request in which the selection information for acceptance of joining with other travelers is included as 'Y', and the joining acceptance condition information included in the first extracted travel estimate request is A management server that secondary extracts a request for a travel quote that matches each other.
4. The method of claim 3,
The transmitter transmits the bidding participation information to the user terminal,
The management server publishes the confirmed travel itinerary information, and the receiving unit receives a travel join request including information on the number of people who want to join from a terminal of another user who wants to join the confirmed travel itinerary, and the transmitter receives the join request. A management server that transmits a join approval request including travel number information to the user terminal, and the receiving unit receives a travel estimate discount request according to the join approval from the user terminal.

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