KR20080004858A - Travel service offer system and method to use intergation mileage - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for providing a travel service offer with integrated mileage are provided to manage scattered mileage integrally, and offer a travel product recommendation/reservation service by extracting a recommended travel product from a database based on registered travel pattern information of a user when the integrated mileage exceeds a predetermined value. A client terminal(10) requests registration by transmitting personal information of the user. A service server(20) registers the user based on the personal information, manages the mileage of each user integrally, extracts the recommended travel product information corresponding to the integrated mileage from the database(30), transmits the extracted information to the client terminal, requests payment for the travel product selected by the user, and requests a reservation for the paid travel product. The database stores the user, integrated mileage, and travel product information. Each cooperated mileage server(40) transfers the mileage accumulated to each user to the service server. Each travel agency server(50) determines/provides the recommended travel product to the service server and makes the reservation according to a request of the service server.

Description

Travel service offer system and method to use intergation mileage}

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic configuration of a travel providing service system according to an integrated mileage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a service server in FIG.

3 is a flow chart illustrating a process for a user to register in a service server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting integrated mileage management of a service server and transmitting recommended travel product information to a user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a flow chart showing the detailed information inquiry and payment process for the recommended travel product of the user according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed information inquiry and payment process for a recommended travel product of a user according to another embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of transmitting a reservation completion message and a reservation completion message for a travel product paid by a user by a service server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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10: client terminal 20: service server

30: Database 40: Mileage Affiliate Server

50: travel agency server

The present invention relates to a travel service providing system. In particular, when integrated mileage is integrated and managed, and integrated mileage exceeds a predetermined threshold, the integrated mileage using an integrated mileage, characterized in that to provide an optimized travel product recommendation and reservation service for each individual. A travel service providing system and method.

In general, companies such as credit card companies, airlines, oil companies, and telecommunications companies provide mileage to customers at a certain rate of purchase of goods or service charges to increase sales of products related to their company. If more than a certain amount of mileage accumulates, the trend is to introduce a system that provides prizes, cash and free tickets.

However, in the case of using this mileage system, the user has to manage the mileage granted from each of the different mileage providers individually, so that the user forgets the mileage earned, or they leave it as it is. Do.

In particular, in recent years, mileage providers have often deducted or deleted mileage that has not been used for a certain period of time due to poor performance, resulting in a loss of opportunity as the user misses an opportunity to use the mileage granted.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to integrate and manage the distributed mileage, and at the same time when the integrated mileage exceeds a predetermined reference value, the travel tendency information of the registered customer, that is, Based on the information such as the destination, travel time, airline, and lodging desired by the traveler, the most optimized recommended travel products are extracted from the DB and provided to the customers through the Internet, wired and wireless communication networks, etc. The present invention provides a system and method for providing a travel service using integrated mileage so that travel products can be automatically booked.

The device of the present invention for achieving the above object is to receive the user's personal information to request membership, receive the recommended travel product information according to the user's integrated mileage, and select the user's recommended travel product and request for reservation The client terminal and the user's personal information is input to determine whether to approve the subscription, the mileage is integratedly managed for each approved user, and the extracted travel product information according to the integrated mileage accumulated by each user is extracted and transmitted. A service server that requests payment of travel expenses for selected travel products and requests reservation of completed travel products, a database storing user's personal and integrated mileage information, travel product information, and mileage accumulated for each user Integration with a plurality of mileage affiliate servers for transferring the service server to the service server Determining the recommended travel products for each mileage is provided to the service server, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of travel agency server for booking the corresponding travel products according to the travel product reservation request of the service server.

The method of the present invention for achieving the above object is a step in which a user registers as a member to a service server that provides a travel product according to the integrated mileage through a client terminal, and the service server receives the user's personal information and registers as a member. Approving a step, the service server is integrated with the mileage of the user subscribed from a plurality of mileage partner server and integrated management, and the service server receives the recommended travel product information for each integrated mileage from a plurality of travel agency server In the step of integrated management, when the integrated mileage of the user is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value, the service server extracts the optimized travel product information optimized according to the integrated mileage and personal information, and transmits the recommended travel product information to a client terminal. And the user recommending the Receiving goods information, accessing and logging into the service server, providing a detailed travel goods information screen to a client terminal of a user to which the service server is logged in, selecting a travel goods desired by the user; The service server requesting the user to pay the travel expenses corresponding to the selected travel product, selecting a travel expense payment method for the travel product selected by the user, and executing a payment; Making a reservation request to a travel agency server, transmitting the reservation completion message to the service server at the same time as the travel agency server reserves a travel product, and the service server sends the travel reservation information and the remaining mileage to the user's client terminal. Characterized by comprising the step of transmitting information The.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that in the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts will be omitted so as not to deviate from the gist of the present invention.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic configuration of a travel service providing system according to the integrated mileage according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a service server according to the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention The system configuration according to the example includes a client terminal 10, a service server 20, a database 30, a mileage affiliate server 40, and a travel agency server. It is connected to the Internet to exchange various information data.

The client terminal 10 receives the user's personal information and requests membership registration to the service server 20, receives recommended travel product information according to the user's integrated mileage from the service server 20, and the service. It is responsible for selecting the user's recommended travel products and requesting reservations on the server 20, and can be connected to the Internet and have a web browser, which can exchange data with the service server 20 such as a computer, mobile phone, PDA, etc. Various devices may be used and are not limited to specific devices. In this case, if the client terminal 10 is a mobile communication terminal, a component such as a mobile communication base station is required but is omitted for simplicity of the drawings.

The service server 20 receives the user's personal information, determines whether to approve the subscription, converts and manages the mileage transmitted from a plurality of mileage affiliates for each approved user in a predetermined manner, and manages the accumulated mileage for each user. It is responsible for the function of extracting and transmitting the recommended travel product information according to the integrated mileage, requesting the payment of travel expenses for the travel product selected by the user, and requesting the reservation of the completed travel product, referring to FIG. 2. Looking at the detailed configuration of the service server 20, the web server 21 for communicating with the client terminal 10 of the user, the authentication server 22 for performing the user registration and authentication procedures, and exceeds the predetermined integrated mileage threshold Search server 23 for searching and extracting recommended travel products optimized for each user, and recommended travel extracted by search server 23 A mail server 24 for transmitting the product and the travel product reservation information selected by the user to the client terminal 10, a payment server 25 for processing the travel expenses for the travel product selected by the user, and a communication with the travel agency server It is configured to include a reservation server 26 for the reservation processing of travel products.

The database 30 may include a member information database storing personal information of a registered user, an integrated mileage database provided by a plurality of mileage affiliate servers 40 and converted into mileage information integrated for each member, and a plurality of travel agency servers. It comprises a travel product database, such as the stored travel product information is stored.

At this time, the personal information stored in the member information database is preferably a user's preferred travel such as desired travel area, desired travel time, desired travel cost, etc., in addition to general membership information such as ID, password, name, address, and contact information. The information related to the condition and a list of mileage affiliates in which the user is registered as a member are indexed and stored. Accordingly, the service server 20 may receive the mileage obtained by the user from the plurality of mileage affiliate servers 40, and the search server 23 may control the user under the control of the service server 20. It is possible to search and extract the recommended travel products optimized for each user exceeding a predetermined integrated mileage threshold using the preferred travel condition information.

In addition, the travel product database 30 stores detailed travel product information provided from each travel agency server 50. As shown in Table 1, reference mileage, travel product name, travel area, travel agency, travel period, Information such as travel schedules and travel features is stored.

Table 1

Data field Contents Reference mileage (travel_mileage) 50,000 Travel product name (travel_name) Bangkok, Thailand Tour Travel agency (travel_agent) Hana Tour Travel_term 2006.08.01 ~ 2006.08.05 Travel_schedule Day 1: 06:00 Incheon Airport ... Travel_intro Undersea Tour, Elephant Tracking, Temple Tour, ...

The mileage affiliate server 40 grants the mileage corresponding to the registered user when purchasing a product or using the service, and transfers the mileage accumulated for each user to the service server 20, preferably, airlines, Any company that provides miles to customers, including oil companies, card companies, and department stores.

The travel agency server 50 determines the recommended travel product for each integrated mileage and provides the recommended travel product to the service server 20, and reserves the corresponding travel product according to the travel product reservation request of the service server 20.

Hereinafter, a tour providing service method using the integrated mileage of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a user registers at the service server 20 in the travel providing service method using integrated mileage according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, the user accesses the homepage of the service server 20. Then, if a member registration request is requested on the homepage (S11), the service server 20 transmits and displays the terms of use and the member information input window to the client terminal 10 of the user (S12). In the input window, in addition to the general personal details such as ID, password, name, social security number, and contact information, the user's preferred travel conditions such as the desired travel area, desired travel time, and preferred travel cost, and a list of mileage partners with which the user is a member An item capable of filling in is displayed.

Subsequently, when the user inputs the member information and transmits it to the service server 20 (S13), the service server 20 controls the authentication server 22 so that the user is already a member (S14) or the user. It is determined whether the member ID overlaps with the specified ID already exists (S15), and if there is not a duplicate member without a duplicate member, the ID is assigned to the user and registered as a member at the same time (S16). As a result of the determination in step S14 and step S15, if the user is already a registered member or the ID specified by the user already exists, the service server 20 sends a duplicate error message to the client terminal 10 of the user. Display (S17), and re-enter the member information or ID to repeat the above process (S12 ~ S17) to the user registration process.

4 is a service server 20 integrated management of the mileage of the user registered as a member of the travel providing service method using the integrated mile according to an embodiment of the present invention, recommended to the user who accumulated integrated mileage exceeding a predetermined threshold value As a flow chart illustrating a process of transmitting travel product information, first, when a user purchases a product or uses a service through a plurality of mileage partners, such as an airline, an oil company, a card company, or a product purchase company (S21), each mileage partner While providing a certain mileage to the customer at the same time to transfer (or transfer) the mileage to the service server 20 through the mileage partner server 40. (S22)

Subsequently, the service server 20 converts the mileage received from each mileage affiliate server 40 into an integrated mileage by applying a predetermined ratio for each affiliated company, and then stores and manages it in the integrated mileage database 30 for each member. (S23)

Subsequently, whenever the above-mentioned integrated mileage accumulation event (S23) occurs, the service server 20 searches the integrated mileage database to determine whether the integrated mileage currently accumulated for each member exceeds a reference value (S24). As a result of the determination of the step (S24), if the accumulated integrated mileage exceeds the reference value, the service server 20 controls the search server 23 to search the travel product database and one or more recommended trips optimized for the member. In this case, the process of receiving the travel goods information from the travel agency server 50 and storing them in the travel goods database is omitted in FIG. 4. The database already stores the travel product information provided from the plurality of travel agency servers 50, in particular the current date. And that the integrated mileage stars Travel information constantly updated on the premise.

Subsequently, the service server 20 controls the mail server 24 to transmit one or more recommended travel product information extracted in the step S25 to the client terminal 10 of the corresponding member (S26). The travel product information is transmitted to the member's E-mail registered in the member information database 30. When the mobile phone is registered, the travel product information is transmitted in duplicate with the E-mail in the form of SMS, so that the user can easily integrate the mileage and recommend in real time. The travel product information can be received.

5 is a recommended travel after the user accesses and logs in to the homepage of the service server 20 after receiving the recommended travel product information from the service server 20 of the travel providing service method using the integrated mileage according to an embodiment of the present invention As a flow chart showing a detailed information search and payment process for a product, an embodiment in which only integrated mileage is used as a payment method for a travel product will be described.

First, the user receives the integrated mileage and the recommended travel product information through the e-mail or SMS from the service server 20 (S31), and then accesses the homepage of the service server 20 using the Internet and then registers. When entering the given ID and password (S32), the service server 20 requests authentication to the authentication server 22 using the input ID and password information, the authentication server 22 is connected to the homepage It is determined whether the user is a member. (S33)

As a result of the determination in step S33, when the user is confirmed as a member, the service server 20 logs in the user and simultaneously displays a screen including detailed information on the recommended travel product on the client terminal 10 of the user. Accordingly, the user can search for information on the plurality of recommended travel products through the screen of the client terminal 10 and, if there is a desired travel product, can make a reservation request to the service server 20 by pressing the reservation button. S34)

Subsequently, the service server 20 determines whether a reservation button is input from the client terminal 10 of the user (S35), and if it is determined that the user has applied for a predetermined travel product by pressing the reservation button, The service server 20 displays the integrated mileage payment information input window corresponding to the recommended travel product selected by the user on the client terminal 10 of the user.

Subsequently, the service server 20 determines whether the user approves the integrated mileage payment (S37). If the user approves the integrated mileage payment, the service server 20 controls the payment server 25 to control the user's. After the mileage is added or subtracted from the total integrated mileage by the amount of use, the related databases 30 are updated (S38).

On the other hand, Figure 7 is connected to the home page of the service server 20 after the user receives the recommended travel product information from the service server 20 of the travel providing service method using the integrated mileage according to another embodiment of the present invention Later, as a flow chart showing a process for making detailed information on the recommended travel products and making a payment, an embodiment in which a travel product is used as a payment method including cash in addition to the integrated mileage will be described.

First, the user receives the integrated mileage and the recommended travel product information through the e-mail or SMS from the service server 20 (S41), and then accesses the homepage of the service server 20 using the Internet and then registers as a member. When inputting the given ID and password (S42), the service server 20 requests authentication to the authentication server 22 using the input ID and password information, the authentication server 22 is connected to the homepage It is determined whether the user is a member (S43).

As a result of the determination in step S43, when the user is confirmed as the member, the service server 20 logs in the user and simultaneously displays a screen including detailed information about the recommended travel product on the client terminal 10 of the user. Accordingly, the user can search for information on the plurality of recommended travel products through the screen of the client terminal 10 and, if there is a desired travel product, can make a reservation request to the service server 20 by pressing the reservation button. (S44)

Subsequently, the service server 20 determines whether a reservation button is input from the client terminal 10 of the user (S45), and if it is determined that the user has applied for a predetermined travel product by pressing the reservation button, The service server 20 displays the payment information input window corresponding to the recommended travel product selected by the user on the client terminal 10 of the user. (S46) In this case, an item for selecting a payment means in the payment information input window. This includes, and the user may choose to pay using only the integrated mileage, pay the combined mileage and cash (including card payment) or pay using only cash (including card payment). In particular, in this case, even if the travel product desired by the user among the various recommended travel products provided by the service server 20 is impossible to pay with only the integrated mileage, the reservation is possible by additional cash payment.

When the user selects a predetermined payment method and approves the payment in step S46, the service server 20 receives the user's payment method and payment approval information, and determines the payment method. In case of selecting only the integrated mileage (S47), the service server 20 controls the payment server 25 to add or subtract the mileage by the amount used for payment of the travel product from the user's total integrated mileage, and then connect the related databases 30. It is updated. (S48)

In addition, if the user chooses to pay together with the integrated mileage and cash (S49), the service server 20 interworks with an external cash and card payment server (not shown) to process a part of the payment for the travel product payment. At the same time, the payment server 25 is controlled to add or subtract the mileage by the difference of the payment amount of the travel product from the total integrated mileage, except for the cash payment part, and update the related databases 30.

In addition, if the user chooses to pay in cash instead of integrated mileage (S51), the service server 20 will process the payment for the travel product payment in conjunction with an external cash and card payment server (not shown). S52)

8 is a service server 20 using the integrated mileage of the present invention, the service server 20 is connected to the travel agency server the travel product selected and paid by the user to complete the reservation, the user finally receives a travel product reservation completion message As a flow chart showing the process of transmitting to the first, the service server 20 first determines whether the payment of the travel costs for the travel product selected by the user is completed (S61), and as a result of the determination in the step (S61), When the processing is completed, the reservation server 26 accesses a travel agency server that provides the corresponding travel products among the plurality of travel agency servers 50 under the control of the service server 20, transmits member information, and applies for travel product reservation. (S62)

Subsequently, when the travel agency server completes the processing of the reservation of the travel product under the member's name, and notifies the reservation completion message to the service server 20 (S63), the service server 20 controls the mail server 24 again to control the user. Finally, the travel reservation service process using the integrated mileage according to an embodiment of the present invention is completed by transmitting the travel reservation information to the client terminal 10. (S64)

What has been described above is only one embodiment for implementing a system and method for providing travel services using integrated mileage according to the present invention, and various substitutions, modifications, and changes are possible without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Therefore, it is not limited to the above-described embodiment and the accompanying drawings.

As described above, the present invention provides easy and practical use of various mileages acquired by consumers by integrating and managing the distributed mileage and providing optimized travel product recommendation and reservation services for each individual when the integrated mileage exceeds a predetermined threshold. It has the advantage to benefit.

In addition, many mileage providers have the advantage of increasing corporate image renewal and sales by providing mileage that can be easily used by consumers without establishing a system for managing the mileage system individually.

In addition, companies providing the system according to the present invention can easily attract members by providing differentiated and competitive value-added services in partnership with a number of mileage providers and travel agencies, and can generate advertisement revenue through various channels such as websites. It has the advantage to be devised.

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A client terminal 10 that receives user's personal information and requests membership registration, receives recommended travel product information according to the user's integrated mileage, selects a user's recommended travel product, and makes a reservation request; Enter the personal information of the user to determine whether to approve the subscription, integrated management of mileage for each approved user, extract and send recommended travel product information according to the integrated mileage accumulated for each user, A service server 20 for requesting a payment for a travel expense and requesting a reservation of a travel product for which payment is completed; A database 30 in which user's personal information, integrated mileage information, and travel product information are stored; A plurality of mileage affiliate servers 40 transferring mileages accumulated for each user to the service server 20, It comprises a plurality of travel agency server 50 to determine the recommended travel products per integrated mileage to provide to the service server 20, and to book the corresponding travel products in accordance with the travel product reservation request of the service server 20 Travel service providing system using integrated mileage, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, wherein the service server 20, A web server 21 for communicating with the client terminal 10 of the user, Authentication server 22 to perform the user registration and authentication procedures, Search server 23 for searching and extracting the recommended travel products optimized for each user exceeding a predetermined integrated mileage threshold, A mail server 24 for transmitting the recommended travel goods extracted by the search server and the travel goods reservation information selected by the user to the client terminal 10; Payment server 25 for processing the travel expenses for the travel product selected by the user, Travel service providing system using the integrated mileage, characterized in that it comprises a booking server 26 for communicating with the travel agency server 50 to process the payment of the completed travel products. The method of claim 1, wherein the database 30, Member information database that stores personal information of registered users, Integrated mileage database provided by the plurality of mileage partner server 40, the converted mileage information is integrated and stored for each member, Travel service providing system using integrated mileage, characterized in that comprises a travel product database stored in the travel product information provided from a plurality of travel agency server (50). The method of claim 3, wherein In the member information database, information related to a user's preferred travel conditions such as a desired travel region, a desired travel time, a desired travel cost, and a list of mileage affiliates in which the user is a member are additionally indexed and stored. Travel service system using mileage. In the travel providing service system using the integrated mileage comprising a client terminal 10, service server 20, database 30, mileage affiliate server 40, travel agency server 50, A first step in which a user subscribes as a member to a service server 20 providing a travel product based on integrated mileage through a client terminal 10, A second step in which the service server 20 integrates and manages the mileage of the registered user, and transmits the recommended travel product information to the user who accumulated integrated mileage exceeding a predetermined threshold value; A third step in which the user accesses and logs in to the homepage of the service server 20 and performs detailed information inquiry and payment for the recommended travel product; The service server 20 has a fourth step of completing the reservation by connecting the travel product selected and settled by the user with the travel agency server 50, and finally sending a travel product reservation completion message to the user. How to provide travel services using integrated mileage. The method of claim 5, wherein the first step, A method of providing a travel service using integrated mileage, wherein a member information input window for displaying a user's preferred travel conditions and a list of mileage partners registered as a member is displayed in addition to items related to personal details. The method of claim 6, The user's preferred travel condition is a travel service providing method using integrated mileage, characterized in that the desired travel area, the desired travel time, the desired travel cost items are displayed and displayed. The method of claim 5, wherein the second step, When a user purchases a product or uses a service through a plurality of mileage partners, Transferring the mileage to the service server 20 through the mileage affiliate server 40 at the same time as granting a predetermined mileage to the user at each mileage affiliate company; Converting the mileage received by the service server 20 into an integrated mileage by applying a predetermined ratio for each mileage affiliate, and storing and managing the mileage in the integrated mileage database 30 for each member; Determining, by the service server 20, whether the integrated mileage currently accumulated for each member exceeds a reference value; As a result of the determination in the above step, if the accumulated integrated mileage exceeds the reference value, the service server 20 controls the search server 23 to search and extract one or more recommended travel product information optimized for the corresponding member. Wow, The service server 20 controls the mail server 24 and transmits the extracted recommended travel product information and the integrated mileage information to the client terminal 10 of the member. How to provide travel services. The method of claim 5, wherein the third step, Receiving, by the user, integrated mileage information and recommended travel product information from the service server 20 through e-mail or SMS; A user accessing the homepage of the service server 20 and logging in as a member; If the user is authenticated as a member, displaying, by the service server 20, a screen including detailed information about the plurality of recommended travel products on the client terminal 10 of the user; Requesting retrieval and reservation of detailed information about the recommended travel product selected by the user; Displaying, by the service server 20, a payment information input window corresponding to the recommended travel product on the client terminal 10 of the user; And after the service server 20 confirms the payment approval information of the user, controls the payment server to add or subtract the mileage from the total integrated mileage of the user by the payment cost, and then update the related databases 30. How to provide travel services using integrated mileage. The method of claim 5, wherein the fourth step, Determining, by the service server 20, whether or not the payment of the travel cost for the travel product selected by the user is completed; As a result of the determination in the above step, if the payment is completed, the reservation server 26 accesses the corresponding travel agency server 50 under the control of the service server 20 to reserve the travel product for which the user has completed payment; The travel agency server 50 completes the process of booking a travel package under a member's name, and notifies the service server 20 of the reservation completion message; And the service server 20 controlling the mail server 24 to transmit the travel reservation completion information to the client terminal 10 of the user.

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