KR20070037727A - Hand-held digital tour guide system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

      The present invention relates to a method of providing a tourist with a portable terminal equipped with a GPS, an electronic tourist map, an electronic dictionary capable of voice output, a wireless Internet, a digital camera, and an electronic money function, to provide a more convenient tourist. A rental step of providing a portable digital tour guide terminal and mapping the personal information of the tourist and the terminal specific information to a server system; Based on the location of the tourist automatically informs nearby tourist attractions, accommodations, and restaurants, and if the tourist makes a payment using a portable digital tour guide terminal, the payment information is transmitted to the server and stored and electronically transmitted to the merchant. A use step of issuing the document; A return step of returning and paying the portable digital tourist guide terminal received by the tourist; And it relates to a portable digital tour guide system and method comprising a preparatory step of providing automatic updates available at any time in all the above steps.

According to the present invention, tourists can easily enjoy sightseeing without a separate guide, and countries, organizations, and companies that provide portable digital tourist guide terminals to tourists can build a tourism infrastructure that meets the status of digital powerhouses to attract more tourists. It is possible.

E-map, tourism, guide, digital, electronic money

Description

      Portable Digital Tour Guide System and Method {Hand-held Digital Tour Guide System and Method}

1 is a block diagram showing a portable digital tour guide system and a system configuration for implementing the method according to the present invention

2 is an overall flowchart using a portable digital tour guide terminal in the present invention

3 is a flowchart using an electronic map service provided by a portable digital tourist guide terminal according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart using an electronic payment service provided by a portable digital tourist guide terminal according to the present invention.

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       10: wired and wireless Internet 12: information processing server

       14: payment processing server 16: content server

       18: terminal 20: merchant card

       22: Merchant Computer 24: Rental Operator Computer

      The present invention relates to a portable digital tourist guide system having a built-in complex function for tourists and a method thereof. Specifically, the present invention provides a portable digital tourist guide terminal for foreign tourists in Korea, and the tourist is provided with an electronic map and an electronic device built in the terminal. The present invention relates to a method for making tourism more convenient by using functions such as a dictionary and electronic money.

      At present, the number of tourists visiting Korea has reached 6.16 million as of 2006, while the number of Korean tourists traveling abroad has reached 11.6 million, showing a nearly double gap. In addition, the average expenditure per capita was $ 1,045 in 2004, $ 968 in 2005, and $ 860 in 2006, while the average per capita consumption of outbound tourists remained at $ 1,000. It is getting worse.

      In this regard, national and local governments have announced a number of policies and activities related to attracting tourists to Korea. Most of them are focused on developing tourism products, while most of them are focused on tourism infrastructure. It is vulnerable.

Representative contents related to the construction of tourism infrastructure include the Tourism Hub Network ( www.etourkorea.com ) and the online / mobile electronic map service ( www.mtourkorea.com ) operated by the Korea Tourism Organization. The U-Seoul tourism project is in progress to attract 12 million tourists.

      The online / mobile e-map service, launched in March by the Korea Tourism Organization, is currently targeting domestic tourists, and plans to provide services to foreign tourists through the e-map service in English, Japanese, and Chinese during the second half of the year. In the case of maps, it is inconvenient for foreign tourists to use, and since mobile e-maps are provided through three domestic mobile carriers, they are only available to domestic mobile phone subscribers with GPS functions. exist.

      In order to increase the number of visitors to Korea and increase their spending, it is natural to have something to see and do. However, no matter how well developed and possessed of the tourism products, if there is no convenient way to use them, the tourists will feel uncomfortable, and this will lead to consumption contraction and they will return home. As a result, they do not recommend Korean tourists to Korea, which can lead to serious problems that could eventually reduce the number of visitors to Korea.

      Therefore, there is an urgent need for a system for building digital tourism infrastructure that meets the national motto of digital Korea.

      It is an object of the present invention to manufacture a separate portable digital tourist guide terminal with a complex function for tourists, rather than a simple tourist information service through an electronic map or a mobile phone using a wired Internet.

      The present invention applies a GPS-based location-based service to the terminal, in addition to a simple map search and directions function using the same, it automatically searches for tourists, lodgings, restaurants, etc. located within a suitable radius around the tourists to the tourists in real time. An object of the present invention is to provide a function of notifying voice, text, or video.

      The present invention provides a function of expressing a voice through a speaker when the user clicks on it by storing Korean voice information on a tourist destination name, a cooking name, and the like. It aims to provide a function that enables more convenient communication by enabling voice expression with a click.

      An object of the present invention is to provide a function for issuing a merchant card to a merchant and the tourist who has the terminal to pay at the merchant, the terminal itself performs the role of the merchant terminal to perform payment through the wireless Internet.

An object of the present invention is to build a comprehensive information system for the operation of the terminal to provide a more secure and convenient tourism infrastructure.

      The present invention for achieving the above object,

      As a party, a host company that provides a portable digital tour guide terminal and information system, a rental company that provides a portable digital tour guide terminal to a tourist, and a tourist who actually uses the terminal and a merchant who can use the terminal participate as parties.

     An information processing server 12, a payment processing server 14, and a content server 16 connected to a wired / wireless internet 10, which is a data communication network, and a portable digital tour guide terminal 18 and a terminal 18 to be provided to a tourist can be used. Merchant card 20 to be paid to the merchant and the merchant computer 22 to check the electronic slip according to the payment at the merchant, and the rental company that specializes in the rental of the terminal 18, the rental of the terminal 18 And a rental operator computer 24 capable of performing settlement, and the information processing server 12 includes a user management module 121, a terminal management module 122, a merchant management module 123, and a user management DB ( 124, the terminal management DB 125, the merchant management DB 126 is provided, the payment processing server 14, the payment processing module 141, payment information DB 142, VAN connection module 143 The content server 16 has an electronic map module 161 and an electronic All modules 162, advertising management module 163, voice information module 164, tourism information module 165 is provided, the terminal 18, GPS module 181, electronic map module 182, Electronic dictionary module 183, voice synthesis module 184, electronic payment module 185, tourism information DB 186, electronic dictionary DB 187, voice information DB (188), advertising information DB (189) is provided In the merchant computer 22, a portable digital tour guide system consisting of an electronic slip module 221,

      A preparation step of updating the terminal 18 with the latest contents through the content server 16 at the host company or the rental company; A rental step in which the tourist rents the terminal 18 through the host or rental company and registers the related information in the information processing server 12; The electronic map, electronic dictionary, and the like mounted on the terminal 18 rented by the tourist are used, the merchant performs payment through the affiliate card 20 and the information is processed by the payment processing server 16. A use step which is transmitted to and stored in the; And a return step in which the tourist returns the terminal 18 and pays a fee.

      The main terms used in the present invention are defined.

     The terminal is a device that can be carried by a person, such as a car navigation system, a DMB receiver, a PMP, etc., and has its own processing power and storage space, and means a device manufactured separately for the method of the present invention. For example, when there is a host company that provides a portable digital tour guide terminal according to the method of the present invention and operates a system related thereto, the terminal purchases or rents the terminal according to a contract with the host company and holds it in advance. Means a company or an organization that directly lends money to the user, and the affiliated store may display advertisements on the terminal or directly make electronic payment for the purpose of generating revenue by providing real or service to tourists who possess the terminal. Corporations and individuals who have contracts with the host company Means individual business owners and for-profit organizations.

      Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings in order to explain the present invention more clearly look at a specific embodiment as follows.

      1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration for implementing a portable digital tourism guide system and a method thereof according to the present invention, the system configuration for implementing the present invention is an information processing server connected to the wired and wireless Internet 10 which is a data communication network ( 12), a payment processing server 14 for payment of a fee and settlement of a merchant, a content server 16 for updating contents, a portable digital tour guide terminal 18 for renting to tourists, and the terminal It is composed of a merchant card 20 provided to the merchant, a merchant computer 22 installed at the merchant, and a rental operator computer 24 that can perform the terminal 18 rental processing and settlement.

      Looking at the process of using the portable digital tourist guide terminal 18 in a portable digital tourist guide system having such a configuration in detail as follows.

      FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a portable digital tour guide terminal 18 according to the present invention. First, the host or rental operator inputs basic information of a tourist who wants to rent the terminal 18, and then uniquely identifies the terminal 18. FIG. Identify the information and map the two pieces of information. At this time, the basic tourist information and terminal information is preferably transmitted to the information processing server 12 and stored. In addition, in order to keep the terminal 18 up-to-date, the terminal 18 to be rented is connected to the content server 16 to update contents operated in the terminal such as an electronic map and an electronic dictionary. This process may be performed in advance as a preparation process for renting the terminal 18 to tourists.

      Tourists who rent the terminal 18 by the above process can use services such as electronic map, electronic dictionary, electronic payment. In particular, in the case of electronic payment occurs in the merchant to use the portable digital tour guide system developed in accordance with the present invention, in this case, the payment is performed using the merchant card 20 previously paid to the merchant. The affiliated card 20 is an electronic medium in which unique information of the affiliated store is recorded and may have a form of a USB storage device or a smart card.

      If the rental period has expired, the tourist must return the terminal 18 and settle the fee. The fee for use is settled through the payment processing server 16. It is preferable that the settlement of the royalties be processed at the time of return, but it is also possible to set up the rental period in advance and prepay the royalties of the relevant period according to the application method.

When rental occurs through a rental company that specializes in renting the terminal 18, the host company may settle the rental fee to the rental company by summing the usage fee generated through the terminal 18 by a predetermined period. In this case, the settlement method A is the rental company A, the rental terminal A ₁ ~ A _n rented through the rental operator, the settlement period m, the terminal fee for use f, the rental provider payment rate r, Is ∑ (∑f (A _i )) _k × r (i = 1,2, ... n, k = 1,2, ..., m)

      3 is a flowchart using an electronic map service provided by the portable digital tour guide terminal 18 according to the present invention. When the electronic map service of the terminal 18 is selected, the GPS function is automatically operated to display the current location information of the tourist. After grasping, the electronic map is printed on the screen and the tourist's location is displayed. At this time, periodically search for the presence of tourism information within a predetermined radius and display the tourism information on the electronic map.

The electronic map is preferable to select the automatic mode and the manual mode, and in the automatic mode, the voice information of the surrounding tourist information is automatically outputted, and in the manual mode, only a confirmation message indicating that there is tourist information in the surroundings is provided. Audio output is provided so that detailed information can be provided when the tourist clicks on the tourism information displayed on the electronic map.

      FIG. 4 is a flowchart of using an electronic payment service provided by the portable digital tour guide terminal 18 according to the present invention, and a method of using electronic payment as a payment using a service provided by an affiliate, that is, goods, food, accommodation, and the like. It is a flow chart.

When a tourist wants an electronic payment, the affiliated store recognizes the terminal 18 that the tourist has using the prepaid affiliated card 20, inputs the use amount and the merchant password, and then performs the payment. In this case, the payment information is transmitted from the terminal 18 to the payment processing server 14 through the wired or wireless Internet network, and the payment processing server 14 preferably performs payment through the associated VAN.

      The processing result according to the payment is transmitted to the terminal 18 again and stored according to the electronic slip form, and when the affiliated card 20 has a separate storage space, it is also stored together with the affiliated card 20. In this way, the electronic slip stored in the affiliated card 20 may be purchased and processed through the associated VAN, and if necessary, the affiliated computer 22 may display the payment details and output the electronic slip.

      The electronic payment processing method is different from the usual processing model in which a terminal for payment approval is located at a merchant and a customer presents a credit card as a payment method, and payment approval is performed. In addition, the merchant proposes a new role model that enables payment approval processing using only the merchant card that can check the merchant information and store the electronic slip.

      Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, it can be understood that other modifications can be made by those skilled in the art. For example, it can be seen that providing a portable digital tourist guide terminal equipped with an electronic map of a destination to be visited not only to foreign tourists but also to domestic outbound tourists does not depart from the basic logic of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention provides a separate portable digital tourist guide terminal for tourists and implements an integrated system for the tourist to make tourism convenient and safe for tourists alone, as well as to build a digital tourism infrastructure suitable for the status of digital power. By doing so, it is possible to attract more tourists.

Claims (5)

      Participating parties include a host company that provides a portable digital tour guide terminal and information system, a rental company that provides a portable digital tour guide terminal to a tourist, a tourist who actually uses the terminal, and an affiliate who can use the terminal.       A preparation step of updating the terminal 18 with the latest contents through the content server 16 at the host company or the rental company; A rental step in which the tourist rents the terminal 18 through the host or rental company and registers the related information in the information processing server 12;       The electronic map, electronic dictionary, and the like mounted on the terminal 18 rented by the tourist are used, the merchant performs payment through the affiliate card 20 and the information is processed by the payment processing server 16. The use step is sent to the payment is made; And a returning step for the tourist returning the terminal and paying the fee for use. The method of claim 1, A method for providing a separate portable digital tour guide terminal (18) equipped with tourism-specific content that is differentiated from normal navigation or PDA. The method according to claim 1 or 2, Of the electronic map functions provided by the terminal 18, Based on the location of the tourists, it automatically searches for the nearby tourist information and displays it on the electronic map.Then, the automatic mode notifies you by voice and the manual mode when the tourist clicks on the tourist information displayed on the electronic map. Portable digital tourist guide system and method for providing a. The method according to claim 1 or 2, When using the electronic payment function provided by the terminal 18, The terminal 18 serves as a payment approval terminal, and the merchant recognizes the merchant card 20 for verifying the merchant specific information on the terminal 18 so as to process the electronic payment. Guide system and its method. The method according to claim 1 or 2, A portable digital tour guide system and a method of calculating a fee for use of the terminal (18) between a rental company renting the terminal (18) and a host company.

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