KR20010111962A - Subscribing system for occupying seat according to the selected menu and method having the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a reservation system and a service method using the same that can change a seat that can be reserved according to a menu selected by a user.

The reservation service method of the present invention provides a restaurant-related information to a user, and transmits a seat that can be reserved according to a food menu selected by the user to a terminal device of the user. When the user selects a reserved seat, the restaurant is notified of the reservation status. In addition, the reservation result may be notified to the financial institution with which the user transacts so as to change the account status of the user who applied for the reservation.

Description

System to designate reserved seat by menu and service method using same {SUBSCRIBING SYSTEM FOR OCCUPYING SEAT ACCORDING TO THE SELECTED MENU AND METHOD HAVING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a reservation system and method through a network, and more particularly to a system and a service method using the same can change the seat available for reservation according to the menu requested by the user.

By the early 1990s, only a few people knew how to use a computer, and among those who knew how to use a computer, only a few could use the Internet as a means of communication. The age has come. As described above, one of the biggest reasons why the use of the Internet can be popularized is the practical use of the World Wide Web (WWW).

Recently, various services such as e-commerce, e-news, cyber stock trading, and electronic mail (e-mail) have been provided based on the internet using the web. Internet service is emerging as the most important business as it is easily accessible through the Internet.

In general, the Internet refers to a plurality of unit networks divided by an Internet Protocol (hereinafter, referred to as IP) address and a plurality of hosts having individual IP addresses provided in each unit network. Based on the Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (hereinafter referred to as TCP / IP), the Local Area Network (LAN) or Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) It is a data communication network capable of performing data communication. In this case, the host means that a computer or a computer equipped with a communication modem and a telephone are connected, and mutual communication is possible only with a unique IP address assigned to each host.

1 is a block diagram of a conventional network for accessing the Internet. As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional network for accessing the Internet includes an Internet terminal device 10 provided with a command input by a user to obtain desired information, and a command and a corresponding user from the Internet terminal device 10. A wired network 20 that receives an IP address and performs a connection with another terminal device, and a gateway that receives a command and an IP address from the wired network 20 and converts the data into a type of data used on the Internet. 30, the Internet 40 for arranging a connection between different networks to execute the command transmitted from the gateway 30, and a web server that receives web commands from the Internet 40 and provides Web information. Web server 50 and an Internet service provider for receiving a command from the Internet 40 and connecting to another network. And an intranet 70 connected to the Internet 40 through the Internet service provider 60, and a database 80 owned by the intranet 70 itself.

Referring to FIG. 1, the operation of the network is executed. First, the Internet terminal device 10 executes an Internet program, attempts to connect to a network to which the user wants to have an IP address. The connection attempt is made by connecting to the Internet 30 through a wired network 20 to which the Internet terminal device 10 is connected, and then to the Internet 40 using a protocol such as TCP / IP. Once the connection is established, the Internet 40 informs the Internet terminal device 10 of the information of the place where the user wants to connect, and then performs data transmission from each other. If the desired information is in a database of a specific network connected to the Internet 40, the information of the database 80 connected to the intranet through the Internet service provider 60 connected to the Internet 40 and connected to the intranet You will be connected to

Through the network of the above structure, the user is trying to search for information through the Internet called "sea of information", extract the desired information and make it as your own information.

In particular, computer communication among users such as e-commerce, chat, and the like, and the search and reservation system using the Internet, are rapidly spreading recently. These services allow customers to visit stores directly and purchase goods. The conventional commerce system that has been selected has been drastically changed, so that customers can search for a specific product at home and purchase a desired product, make a reservation, or reserve a specific service without visiting the store.

For example, a user may visit a specific shopping mall site, search for various products, order necessary items, or communicate with a user in or outside of Korea through the Internet. It is also possible to reserve seats for various performances such as concerts, plays and movies or for restaurants and restaurants.

In the case of making a reservation through the Internet as described above, if the purpose of the user is limited to viewing the performance, such as a concert, the user may reserve a seat selected by the user from among the seats allocated to the user's desired price. The seats can be adjusted.

On the other hand, in a reservation system such as a restaurant such as a restaurant, a reservation order is received from a customer, a selected seat is designated, and a food order is received from a customer who visited at the reserved time. At this time, seats that can be reserved can be allocated according to the number of people who reserve the seats, but the seats are not changed or the contents of the service are not differentiated depending on the ordered food, the reservation time, and the use of restaurants.

Accordingly, a restaurant that provides a service does not know whether a reserved customer is ordered, and there is a problem in that the seat cannot be efficiently operated at various times such as dinner or Christmas or birthday when a lot of guests are crowded.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a reservation system and a service method using the same that can be reserved seats and service contents according to the application content of the customer.

1 is a block diagram of a general network.

2 is a block diagram of a reservation system in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of a reservation service method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is an internal layout showing the seats available for reservation in the restaurant in the reservation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100: network 210, ..., 210-n: user

220, ..., 220-n: Restaurant 230: Financial Services Server

232: customer database 240: reservation service server

242: User Database 244: Restaurant Database

In order to achieve the above object, the reservation service method of the present invention comprises the steps of providing a plurality of restaurant-related information to the user, presenting the seat available for reservation according to the menu of the restaurant selected by the user, and the user selected It may include the step of notifying the restaurant of the seat reservation status.

The restaurant-related information may include a restaurant's location, transportation method, menu, price, internal seat arrangement status, and discount rate.

The reserved seat can be changed according to the choice of the restaurant owner.

The notifying the restaurant of the reservation may further include notifying a financial institution having the account of the user to change the asset information of the user who applied for the reservation.

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

2 is a block diagram of a reservation system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the reservation system of the present invention may include a reservation service server 240 capable of processing reservation tasks with a plurality of users 210,..., 210-n through the network 100. have. The reservation service server 240 may include a database 242 of a user who intends to make a reservation using the reservation system of the present invention, and a plurality of restaurants 220,... -n) and a database 244 that stores detailed information about the plurality of restaurant menus.

In addition, the financial service server 230 may be included to enable electronic payment through the network 100 in the operation of the reservation system of the present invention. Banks or other financial institutions capable of processing payments may process electronic payments for customers with accounts, which may include a customer database 232 that stores information about the customers.

The reservation service server 240 may establish a database 244 by receiving restaurant-related information from the plurality of restaurants 220,..., 220-n through the network 100. The restaurant related information may include the location of the restaurant, the menu, the price per menu, the recommended food, and the internal layout of the restaurant. In addition, the reservation compliance rate for the plurality of users 210,..., 210-n may be calculated and stored in the user database 242 for reference of the reservation service. In addition, the reservation service server 240 may further increase the reliability of the reservation culture by allowing the payment service for the user's reservation application to be made directly with the financial service server 230 through the network 100.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a service method using a reservation system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the service method using the reservation system of the present invention will first identify a user who intends to use the reservation system through the network (S10). In the service method of the present invention, when a user requests a reservation, the reservation request information such as the number of guests, the number of people, the time, the menu, and the like must be transmitted to the restaurant, and the membership is operated in order to secure the reliability of the reservation request. Would be desirable.

If the user is confirmed, the information of the restaurant applying for the reservation service of the present invention will be output to the user (s12). In this case, the restaurant information may include the location and size of the restaurant by region, and may include the menu and price of the restaurant, an internal layout of the restaurant, and items of the recommended menu. At this time, each restaurant may recommend to the user by changing the price for each menu according to season, date, or time, or may decide whether to change the price according to the estimated time of stay and present it. In particular, the location of restaurants by region may be provided as a graphic using a map, so that a general user may easily find the location of the restaurant visually.

You may also have a fixed seat reservation for a certain period of time to increase your booking rate. Such reservation service details can be developed for each restaurant by itself, and the restaurant that has developed this can provide a service to a general user by notifying the reservation service server of the present invention.

In addition, the restaurant transmits detailed related information of the corresponding restaurant, such as a menu and a price, to the reservation service server of the present invention in real time, so that the user may check the availability of the reservation in real time.

If the user selects a desired menu from the menu of the selected restaurant at the desired date and time, the reserved seat will be output through the screen (s14). An example screen of a reserved seat is shown in FIG. 4. That is, as shown in Figure 4, the screen showing the interior seat layout of the restaurant, seats (in white) and seats that cannot be reserved (in black) will be displayed according to the price of the menu selected by the user. . At this time, the seats available for booking by price will be determined by the restaurant, and accordingly the reservation service server will output them to the user.

In the case of concerts or concerts where entrance prices differ depending on the seats, seats that can be reserved are determined according to the price, so there is no need to classify the seats separately. However, in the service industry where seats are not determined according to price, such as restaurants, it is inefficient for service providers to provide luxury seats to low-priced menus or users who make reservations. Distinguishing this by number of people will be efficient in terms of service provision.

When a user applies for a reservation for a reserved seat, the user will be notified of the reservation details (s20). If the user does not make a reservation, the user may search again and select a desired restaurant.

In particular, the restaurant may present the user with a different discount rate according to the reservation time, date, or menu in order to secure a reservation application customer.

In addition, when a user who applied for a reservation cancels a reservation application two days or one day before the reservation date, the reservation request may be made by deducting and refunding a certain percentage of the reservation price.

Of course, the server provides table information (that includes seating capacity per table) to each business when the user requests a search for a seat reservation so that the user can reserve the entire table. can do.

Up to now, the case of applying the reservation system of the present invention to a restaurant has been described.

Hereinafter, the case of applying the reservation system of the present invention to a concert or a movie theater will be briefly described.

In concerts or cinemas, certain events (eg music performances, movie screenings, etc.) must be held at certain times according to a predetermined program. Of course, even if all the reservation of the seat is not made, the corresponding event should be proceeded, and thus has an adverse result from the position of hosting the event or of all users who want to participate but cannot reserve a seat.

Therefore, using the reservation system of the present invention, when a user connects to a server through a terminal device combined with a communication network, inputs a desired price for reservation, the server searches for information on a concert or a movie theater that can be reserved at a corresponding price, and then returns to the user terminal device. After transmitting, the user browses the search information through the display unit coupled with the terminal device, and then the reservation is possible.

If the user inputs '50, 000 won or less' as the price that he / she wants to make a reservation, the A movie theater with a reservation price of 40,000 won by the server, a B concert with a reservation price of 25,000 won, and a reservation price of 10,000 won A case where an in-house C movie theater is searched will be described as an example. Of course, A, B, and C applied in the present example do not mean separate venues, and a plurality of bookable information having different prices may be searched even in the same concert or movie theater. .

On the terminal device display unit of the user, a plurality of reservation information retrieved by the server is output according to a predetermined classification condition (for example, classification by price, classification by region, etc.), and based on the information, the user may select an event venue (ie, Concert, movie theater) can be reserved.

In addition, the plurality of bookable information output to the terminal device display unit of the user may be applied in colors distinguished for each price range. Thus, Cinema A is red (for example, $ 30,000 to $ 50), Concert B is blue (for example, $ 2 to $ 30,000), Theater C is green (for example, 2 It can be applied with less than 10,000 won.

In addition, the plurality of event information output on the display unit of the user terminal may not search only for information that can be reserved, but may also search for information that has been reserved. If all information is found, it is possible to make a reservation or not a reservation for the corresponding information item. It may further include a separate information item to be displayed.

Of course, the retrieved price information may be changed by the difference between the current time and the event time.

Although the above has been described using restaurants, concerts, and cinemas as an example, the reservation system of the present invention can be applied to any service that a business can make reservations and the owner can change seats by price. It will be natural for those who have knowledge of.

As described above, according to the reservation system of the present invention and the service method using the same, by being able to flexibly adjust the seats that can be reserved according to the reservation matters such as the user's application menu, the service provider can increase the seat utilization rate according to the reservation service. Can be.

In addition, it is possible to secure the reliability of the reservation by enabling electronic payment according to the seat reservation through a financial institution.

Although the above has been described in detail through the preferred embodiment of the reservation system of the present invention and a service method using the same, the contents are not limited to the field of the present invention described in the claims below. In addition, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

In the method of booking a seat through the network, Providing a list of restaurants and detailed information related to the restaurants to the user; Presenting a seat available for reservation according to a food menu selected by the user among the restaurant-related detailed information; And Notifying the restaurant of the reservation status of the seat selected by the user Reservation service method comprising a. The method of claim 1, For more information about the restaurant A reservation service method comprising at least one of a restaurant location, transportation method, price, internal seating status, or a discount rate. The method of claim 1, Notifying the restaurant of the reservation status Notifying the financial institution holding the account of the user so that an electronic payment can be made through the account of the user who applied for the reservation. Booking service method further comprising. In a system for reserving seats through a network, Information providing means for providing a list of restaurants and detailed information related to the restaurants to the user; Seat providing means for presenting a seat available to the user according to a food menu selected by the user from among the restaurant-related detailed information; And Reservation result transmission means for notifying the restaurant of the reservation status of the seat selected by the user Reservation system comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein A restaurant database that stores a list of restaurants and restaurant-specific details. More including the reservation system. The method of claim 4, wherein User database for storing the user information to apply for seat reservation to the restaurant More including the reservation system. The method of claim 4, wherein Payment processing means for notifying a financial institution having the user's account to make an electronic payment through the account of the user who applied for the reservation Booking system that includes more. The recording medium may be tangibly embodied and read by the digital processing device so that a program of instructions that can be executed by the digital processing device is tangibly embodied so that the reservation service method can be changed according to a menu selected by the user. To The reservation service method, Providing a list of restaurants and detailed information related to the restaurants to the user; Presenting a seat available for reservation according to a food menu selected by the user among the restaurant-related detailed information; And Notifying the restaurant of the reservation status of the seat selected by the user Computer recording medium comprising a.