KR20070076196A - Ticket reservation system capable of lending wireless internet device and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for reserving a ticket and lending a wireless Internet terminal are provided to enable a user to obtain required information at a low price during moving by lending the wireless Internet terminal to the user and returning the wireless Internet terminal at a destination place. A reservation manager(110) manages reservation and issuance of a railroad ticket. A terminal manager(120) receives rental application of the wireless Internet terminal from the user(150) simultaneously with ticket reservation and assigns a serial number linked with the railroad ticket to the wireless Internet terminal. An information manager(130) checks the destination place of the railroad ticket linked with the lent wireless Internet terminal and transmits destination information to the wireless Internet terminal. The wireless Internet terminal is traced by using an AP(Access Point) installed in a station or along railroad, or attaching a patch type position tracer to the wireless Internet terminal.

Description

Ticket reservation system capable of lending wireless internet device and method

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to better understand the drawings cited in the detailed description of the invention, a brief description of each drawing is provided.

1 is a view for explaining a ticket reservation system that can be rented of the terminal for the wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a ticket reservation method capable of renting a terminal for a wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket reservation system and method through the Internet, and more particularly, to a ticket reservation system and method capable of returning after returning to a destination after renting a wireless internet capable terminal and using it while moving.

Recently, with the development of the Internet, self-ticketing functions such as internet ticket reservation and home ticketing have become possible, and sales methods for expanding the distribution network by designating agents for ticket sales through the Internet are being used. Due to the lack of linkage between business method and sales method, synergies for profit are not achieved.

Meanwhile, due to the development of the Internet, it is possible to acquire necessary information through the Internet anytime and anywhere, and portable Internet terminals such as a personal digital assistant (PDA) or a wireless notebook are becoming popular. However, these portable Internet terminals are expensive and can be burdensome for everyone to buy and use in general.

In addition, busy businessmen are purchasing portable Internet terminals to view important tasks even during travel time using public transportation, but expensive price burdens are also a big problem.

Therefore, there is a need for the development of a complementary device that makes it possible to use a portable Internet terminal for long travel times using public transportation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a ticket reservation system capable of renting a terminal for a wireless Internet.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a ticket reservation method capable of renting a terminal for a wireless Internet.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a ticket reservation system capable of renting a terminal for a wireless Internet includes a reservation manager, a terminal manager, and an information manager.

The reservation management unit manages the ticket reservation and ticketing of the transportation means. The terminal manager receives a rental application for a terminal capable of wireless Internet with the reservation of the ticket and assigns a unique number so that the terminal is linked to the ticket.

The information manager detects the destination of the ticket linked to the loaned terminal and transmits information about the destination to the terminal. The means of transportation is rail transportation.

The rented terminal is connected to the Internet by a wireless access point (AP) installed along the station premises and railway lines to enable real-time location tracking or location by attaching a patch type location tracking device.

The reservation manager receives information regarding a sub-destination to be moved again at a station corresponding to the destination, in addition to a starting point and a destination, when the ticket is reserved, and the information manager receives real-time traffic information and the sub-destination from the destination to the sub-destination. Sends tourist information to the terminal.

The ticket reservation system manages the reservation status of the terminals capable of wireless Internet, transmits the unique number of the reserved terminal to the server of each railway station, the scheduled return time of the reserved terminal from each railway station, and the returned terminal. It further comprises a main server for receiving information and managing the terminals.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of reserving a ticket for a rental of a terminal for a wireless Internet, the method comprising: reserving a ticket for a vehicle; And assigning a unique number so as to be linked to a ticket, and transmitting information on the destination to the rented terminal. The means of transportation is rail transportation.

The rented terminal is connected to the Internet by a wireless access point (AP) installed along the station premises and railway lines to enable real-time location tracking or location by attaching a patch type location tracking device.

The booking of the ticket of the transportation means may include receiving information on a sub-destination to be moved again at a station corresponding to the destination, in addition to a starting point and a destination, and real-time traffic information from the destination to the sub-destination when the ticket is reserved. And transmitting the tourist information of the sub-destination to the terminal.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a view for explaining a ticket reservation system that can be rented of the terminal for the wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a ticket reservation system 100 capable of renting a terminal for a wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a reservation manager 110, a terminal manager 120, and an information manager 130.

The reservation manager 110 manages the ticket reservation and ticketing of the transportation means. The terminal manager 120 receives a rental application of a terminal capable of wireless internet with a reservation of a ticket and assigns a unique number NUM so that the terminal is linked to the ticket.

The information manager 130 identifies the destination of the ticket linked to the loaned terminal and transmits information (ID) about the destination to the terminal.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a ticket reservation method capable of renting a terminal for a wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the ticket reservation method 200 capable of renting a terminal for a wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention receives a rental application for a terminal capable of wireless internet in step 210 of reserving a ticket for a transportation means. And a step 220 of assigning a unique number so that the terminal is linked to the ticket and a step 230 of transmitting information about the destination to the rented terminal.

Hereinafter, a ticket reservation system 100 and a method 200 capable of renting a terminal for a wireless Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

Step 210 of booking the ticket of the transportation means is performed in the reservation management unit 110. That is, the reservation management unit 110 manages the ticket reservation and ticketing of the transportation means. Here, the transportation means is a railway transportation means.

However, the present invention is not limited to rail transportation, and may be transportation by boat, airplane, or highway bus. For the convenience of explanation, the following description will focus on rail transportation.

The user 150 connects to a homepage that operates a rail vehicle and transmits reservation information IR to the reservation management unit 110. The reservation information IR includes a departure point, a destination, a departure time, and the like.

Means for the user 150 to access the reservation management unit 110 may be both an Internet connection through a modem and a PSTN, or a wired method using a dedicated line, an ISDN, and a wireless Internet connection through a cellular, PCS, microwave, or satellite communication network. I can accept it. That is, the user 150 may be any method as long as the user 150 can be connected to the Internet using any of the above methods.

Step 220 of receiving a rental application for a wireless internet enabled terminal and assigning a unique number so that the terminal is linked to the ticket is performed by the terminal manager 120.

The terminal manager 120 receives a rental application of a terminal capable of wireless internet with a reservation of a ticket and assigns a unique number NUM so that the terminal is linked to the ticket.

The user 150 may apply for a rental of a terminal capable of wireless Internet in order to receive an Internet service during a time of moving to a destination by using a rail vehicle.

The terminal is a portable IT device capable of wireless Internet, such as a notebook, PSP (PlayStation Potable), portable DVD player, PMP (Potable Multimedia Player), PDA.

The rented terminal is connected to the Internet by a wireless access point (AP) installed along the station premises and railway tracks to enable real-time location tracking or location by attaching a patch type location tracking device.

The terminal manager 120 receives information such as a departure point, a destination, and a departure time of the user from the reservation information IR and assigns a unique number NUM to the terminal to be rented to the user 150. By assigning a unique number NUM, it is possible to manage the loaned terminal.

The user 150 may select a device to be rented after booking the ticket, pay the ticket and the rental fee of the terminal, and receive the ticket and the terminal at the ticket office in the departure station waiting room.

Alternatively, the user 150 may directly rent a terminal after receiving a ticket and confirming the ticket by directly visiting a terminal rental store in a waiting room in the departure station.

Step 230 of transmitting the information about the destination to the loaned terminal is performed by the information manager 130. The information manager 130 identifies the destination of the ticket linked to the loaned terminal and transmits information (ID) about the destination to the terminal.

When the user 150 accesses the Internet by using a loaned terminal, the user can use the Internet without using a separate authentication or payment of an Internet usage fee by using a unique number NUM. To this end, the entity operating the rail transport contracts with the wireless Internet service provider about the use of the railroad customer's Internet in advance.

Information (ID) of the destination provided by the information manager 130 may be various information such as a tour guide, a restaurant location, a menu, and a traffic guide of the destination. The information manager 130 includes a database such as tourism information and traffic information of the whole country in order to provide the information (ID) regarding the destination as described above.

The reservation management unit 110 receives information regarding a sub-destination to be moved again at the station corresponding to the destination in addition to the starting point and the destination when the ticket is booked. That is, the user 150 may further include information about the sub-destination, which is a place to move again from the destination station to arrive at the reservation information IR. For example, if the destination is Busan Station, the sub-destination may be Haeundae to move from Busan Station.

Then, the reservation manager 110 transmits information about the sub-destination to the terminal manager 120, and the information manager 130 communicating with the terminal manager 120 provides real-time traffic information from the destination to the sub-destination and tourism information of the sub-destination. Send to the terminal.

The information manager 130 may select necessary information in addition to the real-time traffic information and tourism information of the sub-destination or may receive a request from the user and transmit the requested information to the rented terminal used by the user 150.

The information manager 130 may transmit the above information to the mail address of the user 150 included in the reservation information IR of the user 150. Alternatively, information may be provided using a unique IP address of the rented terminal.

By such a ticket reservation system 100 and method 200, the user 150 can obtain the necessary information through a terminal capable of wireless Internet at a low price during the travel time by rail transportation means.

The ticket reservation system 100 manages the reservation status of terminals capable of wireless Internet, transmits a unique number (NUM) of the reserved terminals to servers of each railway station (not shown), and returns the reserved terminals from each railway station. It further includes a main server 140 for receiving a predetermined time and returned terminal information to manage the terminals.

The main server 140 immediately transmits the unique number NUM and the reservation status of the terminal to a server (not shown) of each railway station in real time immediately after the reservation, and receives and manages the information of the devices returned to each station.

The server of each station receives information such as a scheduled time for the terminal to be reserved and returned from the main server 140 in real time, and retransmits the information of the return terminal to the main server 140. The main server 140 determines the real-time location of the loaned device through the location of the AP connected to each device, and the user 150 forcibly taken out the device without returning it to the internet using the attached location tracking device. Location tracking is possible.

The battery of a portable terminal tends to run out quickly. To compensate for this, splashpads can be included in rental devices. The splash pad is a pad that enables charging regardless of the type of terminal and the charging method.

The splash pad uses a low DC voltage, so it is safe to install a power supply line for each chair of the railroad car and consumes less power. Mugunghwa or Saemaulho, which do not have a table, can rent a splash pad and use the power cord installed on the chair.

In the case of high-speed railway, splash pads can be applied to the table to provide a charging service that continues charging by simply placing the device on the table.

If it is difficult to apply the splash pad to all trains, apply one room of one train to the IT room, install the splash pad on a chair or table, and assign the person who reserved the device to this room first. If you do, you will be using a terminal such as a laptop without worrying about charging.

If the user 150 brings a personal device, the guest room may be used if the user only pays the use fee of the splash pad.

Although the description of the present invention has been described with reference to rail transportation means, this is only one embodiment of the present invention for the convenience of description, and the technical idea of the present invention can be used for water transportation using a ship, highway bus, airplane, etc. have.

As described above, optimal embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and the specification. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the claims or the claims.

Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, the ticket reservation system and method according to the present invention can rent the wireless internet-enabled terminal while traveling through public transportation to obtain necessary information during the travel time at a low price and save time for busy modern people. There is an advantage to this.

Claims (9)

A reservation management unit that manages ticket reservation and ticketing of transportation means; A terminal management unit that receives a rental application for a terminal capable of wireless internet together with the reservation of the ticket and assigns a unique number so that the terminal is linked to the ticket; And A ticket reservation system capable of renting a terminal for a wireless Internet, comprising: an information management unit for identifying a destination of a ticket linked to the rented terminal and transmitting information on the destination to the terminal. The method of claim 1, The ticket reservation system capable of renting a terminal for wireless Internet, characterized in that the means of transportation is rail transportation. The terminal of claim 2, wherein the loaned terminal includes: Wireless Internet terminals can be rented by accessing the Internet by a wireless access point (AP) installed along the station premises and railway tracks to enable real-time location tracking or location tracking by attaching a patch type location tracking device. Ticket reservation system. The method of claim 2, wherein the reservation management unit, Receive information on the sub-destination to be moved again at the station corresponding to the destination in addition to the origin and destination when the ticket is booked, And the information manager transmits real-time traffic information from the destination to the sub-destination and tourism information of the sub-destination to the terminal. The method of claim 2, Manage the reservation status of the wireless Internet-enabled terminals, and transmit the unique number of the reserved terminal to the server of each railway station, receiving the expected return time of the reserved terminal and the returned terminal information from each railway station A ticket reservation system capable of renting a terminal for a wireless Internet, further comprising a main server managing terminals. Booking a ticket for the vehicle; Accepting a rental application for a wireless internet enabled terminal and assigning a unique number so that the terminal is linked to the ticket; And And a step of transmitting information on the destination to the rented terminal. The method of claim 6, The method of booking a ticket for renting a wireless internet terminal, characterized in that the means of transportation is a rail transportation. The terminal of claim 7, wherein the loaned terminal comprises: Wireless Internet terminals can be rented by accessing the Internet by a wireless access point (AP) installed along the station premises and railway tracks to enable real-time location tracking or location tracking by attaching a patch type location tracking device. How to book a ticket. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of booking a ticket of the transportation means, Receiving information on a sub-destination to be moved again at a station corresponding to the destination in addition to a starting point and a destination when the ticket is reserved; And And real-time traffic information from the destination to the sub-destination and the tourist information of the sub-destination to the terminal.

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