KR20010111751A - Method of providing demand on package tour service using internet - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing travel product information made through the Internet. More specifically, when an external user inputs various travel conditions necessary for a trip, the travel product service that meets the travel conditions of the inputted external user can be provided. The present invention relates to a method of providing an on-demand travel goods service using the Internet.

In order to achieve the above object, the on-demand travel goods service providing method using the Internet of the present invention inputs various travel information such as accommodation information, traffic information, food information, shopping information, tourism event information, geographic information, reservation information, or A travel information input / modification module for modifying and storing in a database server; A travel information search module for searching data in the database server using the input travel condition; Comprising a step of providing a travel information extraction module and a travel appreciation form for extracting the most suitable travel information by comparing the input travel conditions and the data in the database server, and posting the written travel sentiment on the travel bulletin board.

Description

METHOOD OF PROVIDING DEMAND ON PACKAGE TOUR SERVICE USING INTERNET}

The present invention relates to a method for providing travel product information made through the Internet. More specifically, when an external user inputs travel conditions such as various expenses, periods, and places necessary for the trip, the trip meets the travel conditions of the inputted external user. It relates to a method for providing on-demand travel goods service using the Internet to provide goods services.

Due to the popularization of the Internet and the increase of Internet users, the development of various Internet-based business industries is accelerating. That is, as well as providing a variety of information through the Internet, existing forms of business are being replaced or parallel based on the Internet. This trend is even more evident in the current generation of the Internet, where all everyday life is connected to the Internet and seeks to be quick and convenient. For example, there is an Internet travel agency service that can easily and conveniently provide and make reservations for various travel information as well as promotion and exhibition of travel products for people who want to travel information using the Internet.

However, the service of the existing travel agency using the Internet unilaterally provides only predetermined travel information and travel packages, thereby limiting the possibility of providing travel product information appropriate to the needs of the travel products that meet the various conditions ordered by the user. And there is a problem that the two-way information exchange between the user and the travel service provider is impossible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and provides travel information and travel products that meet the requirements immediately required for the travel conditions ordered by the travel goods user, and interactive two-way information between the travel information user and the travel information provider. The purpose is to provide a travel goods service that can communicate.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a traveler's travel appreciation text to provide sufficient prior information before the trip to an external user by posting trial and error, precautions, notes, and advices experienced during the trip.

In order to achieve the above object, the on-demand travel goods service providing method using the Internet of the present invention inputs various travel information such as accommodation information, traffic information, food information, shopping information, tourism event information, geographic information, reservation information, or A travel information input / modification module for modifying and storing in a database server; A travel information search module for searching data in the database server using the input travel condition; Comprising a step of providing a travel information extraction module and a travel appreciation form for extracting the most suitable travel information by comparing the input travel conditions and the data in the database server, and posting the written travel sentiment on the travel bulletin board.

In addition, the database server is a database that can separately record the various information necessary for travel, for example, accommodation information DB, traffic information DB, food information DB, shopping information DB, tourism event information DB, geographic information DB, It is preferably composed of a reservation information DB, a travel appreciation DB.

1 is a block diagram of a network implemented on-demand travel product service providing method using the Internet of the present invention,

2 is a diagram illustrating various data in a database server of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an on-demand travel goods service using the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a travel appreciation text writing module according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

*** Nomenclature for the main parts of the drawing ***

10,12: external user 14: mobile phone

16: Set-top box 20: web server

22: Admin Program 24: DBMS

30: Database server 32: Accommodation information DB

34: Traffic Information DB 36: Food Information DB

38: shopping information DB 40: tourism event information DB

42: geographic information DB 44: reservation information DB

46: Travel appreciation DB 50: Reservation management system

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the method for providing on-demand travel goods services using the Internet of the present invention.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network configuration of a method for providing an on-demand travel goods service using the Internet of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method of providing an on-demand travel goods service using the Internet according to the present invention includes an external reservation management system 40 and a web that are in charge of managing reservations of a plurality of external users 10 and 12 and each institution necessary for travel. The server 20 is connected to the Internet network which is a normal electronic network. The web server 20 manages all processes such as input and storage of travel information, search of travel information, extraction of travel information, and an interface to an external reservation management system 40 and the web. It is composed of a DBMS (DataBase Management System) in charge of the interface between the server 20 and the database server 30, such as data input, query, search and query.

The external users 10 and 12 are computers that can be connected to the Internet, and are typically personal computers. Other embodiments of the external users 10 and 12 include a mobile phone 14 and a set-top box 16 connected to a TV. It could be a means of communication.

In addition, the web server 20 includes an operating system that supports a GUI (Graphic User Interface) function, such as the Windows series, and a web browser capable of reading and displaying a web document linked to the web server 20 (for example, Microsoft's Explorer or Netscape Navigator, etc.) should be installed as basic software.

In addition, the management program 22 that can implement the process of the present invention in the web document is JavaScript (JAVA SCRIPT), C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE), ASP (ACTIVE SERVER PAGE), CGI (COMMON GATEWAY INTERFACE), PERL (Practical) It is preferable to write in Extraction and Report Language (FLASH), FLASH (2D & 3D Vecterizing Animation Program).

In addition, the reservation management system 40 is an external computerized system in charge of reservation work with various external organizations required for travel, for example, reservation systems such as various hotels, condominiums, youth hostels, motels, etc. It may be a transportation system to be used during the trip, that is, a reservation system for an airline, a railroad, a bus company, a reservation system for a restaurant or a famous restaurant of a hotel, etc. The management program 22 may be connected to an external reservation management system 40. In connection with the travel reservation application received from the external user (10, 12) may be in charge of the automatic booking system with the external travel-related organizations.

2 is a diagram illustrating the structure of various data in the database server 30 of the present invention. The database server includes accommodation information for each country, region, hotels, condominiums, youth hostels, motels, etc. required for accommodation, such as cost, class, location information, telephone number, address, reservation status, and characteristics of each property. Accommodation information DB 32 where data is recorded, traffic information for each country and region required during the trip, for example, travel agency information, airline information, rail traffic information, bus traffic information, cost, operating time, telephone number, reservation status Traffic information DB (34), etc. are recorded, food information for each country and region required for travel, food information DB (36), where location information of restaurants, telephone numbers, etc. are recorded, various shopping information about shopping while traveling, shopping Shopping information DB (38) where centers, shopping recommended items, etc. are recorded, tourism event information necessary for tourism by country and region, tour schedules, recommended tourist events, etc. DB (40), geographic information DB (42) for recording the travel destination map, detailed maps, etc. to make it easy to find the geographic location, geographic information DB (42), reservation information DB for recording the travel products reserved by external users (10, 12) ( 44) and a travel appreciation sentence DB 46 in which advance travel information such as trial and error, precautions, references, and advices experienced during the trip is recorded. In addition, the reservation information DB 44 may be usefully used as a reference material for supplementing or modifying travel trends or travel products of the external users 10 and 12 using the recorded travel products.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an on-demand travel goods service using the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, unless described otherwise in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, all the processes of the on-demand travel goods service providing method using the Internet of the present invention will be told that the web server is mainly performed.

When the external users 10 and 12 access the home page, the process of the present invention is largely divided into operations by the management program 22 of the web server 20. In other words, the travel information for the administrator to input a variety of new travel information, modify the existing input information to enter or modify the corresponding database (32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44) in the database server 30 Input / modification module; A travel information search module for searching a corresponding database (32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44) in the database server (30) by using travel conditions input by external users (10, 12); The travel information extraction module for comparing the input travel conditions with the corresponding databases 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 in the database server 30 and extracting the most suitable travel information is operated.

First, when the external users 10 and 12 access the home page, it is determined whether the administrator's travel information input / modification module is called in step S100, and when the call is made, the user authentication procedure that is generalized and used in the web page configuration is called. Through the authentication of the manager, and in step S102, an input form is provided to input or modify the input new travel information or modifications to the existing travel information in the corresponding database. The travel information input / modification module for the administrator may be implemented as a separate function in the website of the present invention, and may be implemented by being programmed to be independently supported by the web server 20 directly without using the Internet.

On the other hand, if the travel information input / modification module is not called in step S100, the process proceeds to step S103 to determine whether the creation of the travel appreciation text is selected, and if so, calls the travel appreciation writing module and the travel appreciation statement is not selected. In this case, the process proceeds to step S104 to display a list for the travel goods service. The introduction of such travel products is recommended to introduce the recommended tourism products and special tourism product courses, including travel product course information by country and region, so that external users 10 and 12 may be interested in the travel product. In order to provide travel products by country and region, it is desirable to additionally configure a website in a separate foreign language, and there is always an item for the external user 10 and 12 to input travel conditions in a specific place of a web page. It is preferable to make it.

When the external user selects the displayed information, detailed information on the selected item is provided. When the external user 10 or 12 selects the travel condition input item, in step S106, a travel condition input form is provided. Done. In addition, the travel condition input form may be configured such that the travel conditions such as the cost, duration, and place of the trip may be input in accordance with the characteristics of the traveler by placing the travel expenses, the travel period, and the place of travel. The travel conditions may yield a result for each of the input conditions, and may also calculate a result of combining the input conditions.

When the input travel condition is transmitted as described above, in step S108, it is determined whether the travel cost desired by the individual traveler is input. If the travel cost is not input, the process proceeds to step S110 to determine whether the travel period desired by the traveler is input. If it is determined again that the travel period is not entered, it means that only the travel place has been entered. In step S112, the condition of the entered travel place, for example, the entered travel place is Bangkok, Thailand. In this case, only the travel products including Bangkok of Thailand are extracted from the data of the database server 30 and displayed. After that, the extracted travel product information is preferably included at least once in the course of the entire trip, and information on the travel schedule and detailed tour guide information for each course may be displayed on the web page. It is desirable to be configured to.

On the other hand, if the travel period desired by the traveler is input in step S110, the process proceeds to step S114 to determine whether the travel place is input. If it is determined that the travel destination desired by the traveler is not input, it means that only the travel period is input. If the condition of the input travel period, for example, the travel period is 3 nights and 4 days, proceeds to step S116. In step S134, after sequentially extracting and providing only travel goods corresponding to three nights and four days of the data of the database server 30, the travel period is entered in step S114. Since it means that and the place is entered at the same time, proceed to step S118 if the entered travel period and place conditions, for example, the conditions of the travel period is 3 nights 4 days and the conditions of the travel place is Bangkok, Thailand If the period of the data of the database server 30 is three nights and four days, and the travel destination extracts and provides only the travel products satisfying all conditions including Bangkok, the process proceeds to step S134.

On the other hand, if the travel cost is input in step S108, the process proceeds to step S120 to determine whether the travel period is input. If the travel period is not input as a result of the determination, the travel place is determined in step S122. If it is determined again that it has been input and the travel place is not input, it means that only the travel cost is entered. If the condition of the entered travel cost, for example, the travel cost is $ 1000, the process proceeds to step S124. After extracting and providing travel products ranging from $ 900 to $ 1100, which are most suitable for $ 1000 in which the travel cost is input, from the data of the database server 30, the process proceeds to step S134, and in step S122, the travel place is If it is input, it means that the travel cost and the place are input at the same time, the flow proceeds to step S126 where the entered travel cost and the travel place, for example, the entered travel cost is 1000 months. In the case where the entered travel destination is Bangkok, Thailand, the travel condition in which the travel cost is from $ 900 to $ 1100, which is the closest to $ 1000 from the data of the database server 30, and the travel destination is Bangkok, Thailand After extracting and providing only travel products that satisfy the conditions at the same time, the process proceeds to step S134.

On the other hand, if the travel period is input in step S120, the process proceeds to step S128 to determine whether a travel place is input, and if the travel place is not determined as a result, it means that the travel cost and the travel period are input. Since the process proceeds to step S130, the database server 30 includes suitable travel information that satisfies the conditions of the input travel cost and the travel period at the same time as the method of extracting the travel cost and the location data. After extracting from the step to proceed to step S134.

On the other hand, when the travel place is input in step S128, since the travel cost, the travel period, and the travel place are all input, the cost and the period are the same as the method of extracting the data for the travel cost and the travel place. Travel information that satisfies all conditions of a place is extracted from the database server 30 and provided. The provided travel product information is preferably displayed so that the input travel condition can be presented including at least one time of the course of the entire travel product, and the specific location of the web page on which the travel product information is displayed is displayed. It is preferable that an item for requesting a reservation for the presented travel product information is provided so that the search and reservation of the travel product can be performed at the same time.

In addition, database interworking such as input, search, and update of various data through the travel conditions input from the web server 20 is coded by each DBMS (DataBase Management System) in the web server 20. It can be implemented by writing to a database.

If the external user 10 or 12 makes a reservation for the displayed travel product information in the next step S134, the process proceeds to step S136 to provide a reservation form necessary for the reservation, and the next step S138. In the reservation information input from the reservation form is stored in the reservation information DB 44, the reservation contents are notified to the system administrator by using a communication means such as an e-mail, and the flow proceeds to step S140. In addition, the input reservation information DB may be usefully used as an analysis and research data for travel patterns, preferences, and service improvement directions of external users 10 and 12 from the system administrator.

On the other hand, if the external user 10, 12 does not make a reservation in step S134, the process proceeds to step S140 to determine whether to continue searching, and if it is desired to continue searching to step S100. If you return and do not continue the search, terminate all processes.

When the creation of the travel appreciation text is selected in step S103, the management program 22 calls the travel appreciation text creation module. 4 is a flowchart invoking the travel appreciation text writing module. When the travel sentiment writing module is called by the external users 10 and 12, in step S200, a form for creating a travel sentiment is provided. It is advisable to include items on the travel appraisal form that specify the package travel options chosen by the traveler. For example, it is possible to input travel expenses, travel periods, travel places, and the like, and use these input items to allow external users 10 and 12 to search for specific travel appraisal data in the travel appreciation bulletin board to be registered later. You can use it.

In the next step (S202) is stored the input travel appreciation sentence in the travel appreciation sentence DB (46), in step S204 to register the created travel appreciation statement on the travel appreciation bulletin board. In the travel appreciation board, it is desirable to have a search function that can extract the matching appraisal texts by comparing words and keywords in the travel appreciation text by inputting a specific keyword desired by an external user (10, 12). It is desirable to have basic functions such as registering, deleting, and editing posts. Through the travel appreciation letter registered from the traveler, the external users 10 and 12 may be provided with sufficient advance travel information based on the experiences of the travelers who have already traveled before the trip, and thus may enjoy more efficient travel.

The on-demand travel product service providing method using the Internet of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may be variously modified and implemented within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. For example, the subject of the travel condition input by the external user 10, 12 is not limited to the cost, period, and place of the trip, such as accommodation hotels of the destination, food that the traveler wants to eat, transportation to travel during the trip, and the like. You will also be able to configure an input form that presents a selection of travel conditions as an option for travel conditions.

In addition, it is possible to establish a member management system, such as granting special benefits to registered members using the membership system, and providing a special preferential system for excellent members, and the on-demand travel goods service using the Internet of the present invention. It is possible to construct a system for encouraging participation in travel reservation by providing a coupon issuance service for a specific travel course to external users 10 and 12 to use.

In addition, in conjunction with the reservation management system 50 of an external agency required for travel, a corresponding course for a travel product booked from an external user 10 or 12, for example, an airline reservation or a hotel reservation, can be automatically made. You may be able to build a reservation system.

According to the method for providing on-demand travel goods service using the Internet of the present invention as described above, in providing the service of travel information using the Internet, various travel conditions of a user who uses the service are input, and the data most suitable for the received conditions. By extracting and providing travel product information that meets user's conditions, it is possible not only to interactively provide various on-demand travel information suitable for the characteristics of the individual traveler, but also to build a system that can easily cope with various consumer's travel information needs. There are advantages to it.

In addition, the travel appreciation bulletin board has the advantage of providing the external users with sufficient prior information before the trip by using trial and error, note, notes and advice of other people who have traveled earlier.

Claims (6)

In a method of providing a travel product information service by connecting a plurality of external users and a web server to the Internet, Receiving various travel goods information necessary for a trip and storing the information in a database server; Receiving a travel condition from the external user; Searching the database server for the travel product suitable for the travel condition input from the external user; And comparing the input travel condition with the travel product information in the database server and extracting the most suitable travel product. The method of claim 1, The travel conditions are on-demand travel product service providing method using the Internet, characterized in that the travel costs. The method of claim 1, The travel conditions are on-demand travel product service providing method using the Internet, characterized in that the travel period. The method of claim 1, The travel condition is a travel destination on-demand travel product service providing method characterized in that the travel place. The method of claim 4, wherein The travel product is a method of providing on-demand travel products using the Internet, characterized in that the travel place input from the external user is provided at least once. The method of claim 1, The on-demand travel product service providing method using the Internet characterized in that it further comprises the step of providing a form for writing a travel appreciation of the step and posting the written travel appreciation.