KR20040066960A - The Method For Offering Service Of Preengaging & Ordering Using Local Wireless Network In Real-Time - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for providing a real-time reservation and order service by using local area network is provided to receive and process reservations and orders generated in a certain spatial range by using radio communication system, thereby reducing time and human power. CONSTITUTION: Contents inputted by a user are transmitted(110). It is judged whether the contents are reservation/order information or cancel information(120). In the case of the reservation/order information, it is judged whether the reservation/order according to the inputted contents is possible(130). If impossible, the reason is transmitted to the user(150). If possible, the contents are confirmed and stored, and then transmitted to the user(160,161). In the case of the cancel information, it is judged whether the cancel according to the inputted contents is possible(140). If impossible, the reason is transmitted tot the user(180). If possible, the contents are processed and stored, and then transmitted to the user(170,171).

Description

The Method For Offering Service Of Preengaging & Ordering Using Local Wireless Network In Real-Time}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a real-time reservation and ordering service using a local area wireless network, and more particularly, such as a reservation for an amusement facility in a theme park or an order for food in a restaurant. The present invention relates to a real-time reservation and order service providing method using a short-range wireless communication network for receiving / processing services such as reservation / ordering in real time using a wireless communication method such as RF communication.

Hereinafter, in the specification and drawings of the present invention, a method of providing a reservation service and a food order service in a theme park or a restaurant has been described, but a system and method for providing a reservation and order service in the theme park or a restaurant are described. It will be apparent that the present invention can be applied to all closed spaces having a certain regional range (not to mean the actual and spatial closure of the outside and shielded, but to all the spaces indoor and outdoor where boundaries can be set by the internal and external division).

In recent years, the service industry, such as the leisure industry and the food service industry, has been booming due to the increase in income and the introduction of a five-day workweek. , Are becoming entrepreneurial.

However, the facility for providing services such as leisure / eating out attracts many people only on a specific day such as a holiday, and thus does not receive high quality service from the user's point of view, and inefficient for the service provider. There were problems such as a decrease in sales profit due to dispersion.

For example, if you think about an amusement park on the weekends, you may end up spending too much time waiting for the amusement park, rather than spending time on it, because of the excessive concentration of users at some of the most popular playgrounds. This is a waste of time that is unnecessarily generated for the user, and is a problem that is directly related to the reduction of the sales profit, because the service provider, the users who are to be actively consumed, only concentrate on the waiting of the amusement facility.

Accordingly, there is a demand for a method for efficiently distributing a plurality of users, thereby providing a better service to a user and bringing an increase in sales profit to a service provider.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, using a wireless communication method such as RF communication for services such as reservations / orders generated within a certain spatial range, such as reservation of amusement facilities in the theme park or ordering food in restaurants It is an object of the present invention to provide a real-time reservation and order service providing method using a short-range wireless communication network for receiving and processing in real time, and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for realizing the method.

1 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for providing real-time reservation and order service in a closed area using a short range wireless communication network according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart of one embodiment of a play facility reservation method using a local area wireless communication network according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a detailed flowchart of one embodiment of a food ordering method using a short-range wireless communication network according to the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a reservation / order service providing method, wherein a user who exists within a predetermined spatial range receives and confirms and processes reservation / order and cancellation information using a terminal for short-range wireless communication. And a first step of storing; And a second step of transmitting the confirmed / processed and stored reservation / order and its cancellation information to the user's short-range wireless communication terminal.

In addition, the present invention, the reservation / order service providing system having a processor, by the user existing within a predetermined spatial range, using the terminal for short-range wireless communication, the reservation / order and its cancellation information is received, confirmed, processed and A first function of storing; And a second function of transmitting the confirmed / processed and stored reservation / order and cancellation information to the user's short-range wireless communication terminal.

To this end, in the present invention, PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) (Personal Information Communication Device) to provide in real time services such as reservations / orders generated within a certain spatial range, such as the reservation of amusement facilities in the theme park, ordering food in restaurants, etc. A wireless data communication terminal for leasing, which combines a personal digital information device such as an RF module and the like, is fabricated and used, and a wireless communication repeater using RF is manufactured to implement an internal data communication network using a dedicated wireless communication method.

Accordingly, in the specification of the present invention, the term "terminal" means a terminal for a dedicated wireless data communication in which an RF module and a personal digital assistant such as the PDA are combined.

However, in the description of the embodiment of the present invention, a separate device (eg, rent and lease deposit or anti-theft facility, member authentication device, terminal power charging device, software mounting device, etc.) for the rental and management of the terminal and However, no specific reference was made to how to provide benefits such as discounts on terminal rentals to members who have been received / registered online and offline, which will be followed by general and well-known methods that are currently widely used.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings and the embodiments are only examples of the present invention, and the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto or changed by this.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a real-time reservation and order service using a local area wireless communication network according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the real-time reservation and order service providing method using a short range wireless communication network according to the present invention, if the user's input is transmitted (110), determining whether reservation / order information or cancellation information is performed (120). ), In the case of the reservation / order information as a result of the determination 120, determining whether the reservation / order is possible according to the input content (130); if the reservation / order is not possible as a result of the determination 130, the reason for the impossible is provided to the user. Transmitting (150), and if the reservation / order is possible, including the step (161) of confirming and storing the contents (160) and then transmitting to the user, if the result of the determination 120 is the cancellation information input Determining whether it is possible to cancel according to step 140, if it is impossible to cancel as a result of the determination, and transmits the reason for the impossibility (180), if the cancellation is possible after processing / storing the contents (170) to the userAnd transmitting step 171.

That is, the present invention receives the request information of the reservation / order and cancellation occurring within a certain spatial range, such as a reservation for a play facility in a theme park or a food order for a restaurant, from a user having a predetermined terminal (110), If the inputted information is processed, the contents are processed / stored (160, 170) and then transmitted (161, 171). If the processing is impossible, the method is used to transmit the contents (150, 180).

A detailed flowchart of a specific embodiment of a representative embodiment according to the present invention, a method of reserving a play facility in a theme park, an ordering method of food in a restaurant, etc. will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 3 below.

2 is a detailed flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for reserving a playground using a short range wireless communication network according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the method of reserving a playground using a short range wireless communication network according to the present invention, first, when a user inputs reservation information such as a reservation number, a ride, and a desired time into a terminal (210), service management is performed. The server for receiving the input information (220) and determines whether the reservation is possible according to the content (221).

That is, by inquiring about the reservations previously input / stored and determining whether the reservation personnel can be boarded at the corresponding time of the ride input / received by the user (221). It transmits the reason why it is impossible (224), so that the user can resend the reservation contents whose reason is impossible, and if the reservation is possible, the reservation information according to the entered contents is stored (222) The data is transmitted to the user's terminal (223).

Then, the terminal that has received the transmitted confirmation 212 stores the received 210 reservation information and the received 212 confirmation 213 and enables later confirmation (213) so that the user can Allow other play facilities or services to be used until the scheduled time.

At this time, in the embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 2, in order to reduce the data traffic, so that the confirmed reservation content is stored in the terminal (213), so that it can be informed to the user through the alarm function of the terminal, If necessary, it is obvious that the server may perform a storage process or an alarm function of the terminal.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, in the embodiment of the present invention, if there is an error such as duplication in the reservation contents input by the user, the terminal compares / determines it so that input of the reservation information is impossible. It was.

That is, a reservation such as a reservation for a time that overlaps with the reservation information transmitted / stored on the terminal by reservation confirmation by the server, a reservation for non-business hours, a reservation for which the reservation allowance is exceeded, and a reservation for which a required input is missing. With respect to the information, the terminal determines that the input is impossible (211) and provides error information to the user to reenter the information, thereby suppressing an increase in data traffic due to unnecessary data transmission / retransmission.

3 is a detailed flowchart of an embodiment of a food ordering method using a short range wireless communication network according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 3, the food ordering method using a short-range wireless communication network according to the present invention, when the order information, such as the number of people and menus from the user is input / transmitted 310, the management device, such as a server and the like information When the signal is received (320), such as confirmation of the order contents by the administrator (321), the contents are transmitted back to the user's terminal (321), the order information and price information, etc. are stored in the user's terminal 312.

In this case, when the order input is completed by the user, as shown in FIG. 3, the price information may be calculated by the terminal (311), but the management device such as the server according to the input / transmitted order contents may be used. 321 may be calculated and transmitted, and in addition, the information transmitted by a management device such as the server may be added with sequence information such as an estimated time required or the number of meals.

In addition, the management device such as the server may be provided with a storage means for storing the transmitted data, if necessary, and as described with reference to FIG. It may be determined that the function to disable the input.

1 to 3 may be implemented by an internal data communication network configured by a dedicated wireless communication method, and in the present invention, a personal digital information device such as a PDA may be used to implement the internal data communication network. And a RF module, which can be leased and combined with an RF module, is manufactured and used, and a wireless communication repeater using RF is manufactured and used as described above.

In addition, the description of the present invention described above, the method of providing a reservation service and the food order service provided in the theme park or restaurant, but the method for providing the reservation service and the food order service made in the theme park or restaurant It has also been described above that the system and method are applicable to all enclosed spaces having a certain regional range.

As described above, the method of the present invention may be implemented in a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiments and drawings, and it is common knowledge in the art that various substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those who have

The present invention as described above, in the service such as reservation / order generated within a certain spatial range, such as the reservation of amusement facilities in the theme park, food order of restaurants, etc., the reception / processing in real time using a wireless communication method such as RF communication By not only saving time and manpower spent waiting and reception management, but also facilitating the generation of additional consumption using the saved time, there is a more economical and efficient effect for both users and service providers. .

Claims (5)

Method of providing reservation / order service, A first step of receiving, confirming, processing, and storing reservation / order and cancellation information by a user existing within a predetermined spatial range using a short-range wireless communication terminal; And A second step of transmitting the confirmed, processed and stored reservation / order and its cancellation information to the user's short-range wireless communication terminal; Real-time reservation / order service providing method within a closed area using a local area wireless communication network comprising a. The method of claim 1, The first step is, A third step of transmitting the contents of the reservation / order and cancellation information input from the user to the corresponding terminal when it is impossible to check and process the reservation / order and cancellation information; Real-time reservation / order service providing method within a closed area using a short-range wireless communication network comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The short-range wireless communication terminal, Method of providing a real-time reservation / order service in a closed area using a short-range wireless communication network characterized in that the confirmation and processing of the transmitted reservation / order and its cancellation information is stored. In the reservation / order service providing system having a processor, A first function of receiving, confirming, processing, and storing reservation / order and cancellation information by a user within a predetermined spatial range using a terminal for short-range wireless communication; And A second function of transmitting the confirmed, processed and stored reservation / order and cancellation information thereof to the terminal for short-range wireless communication of the user; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this. The method of claim 4, wherein The first function, A third function of transmitting the contents of the reservation / order and cancellation information input from the user to the corresponding terminal when it is impossible to check and process the reservation / order and cancellation information; Computer-readable recording medium recording a program comprising a.