KR20080047776A - System and method of integrated managing for exhibition and visiting - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for managing exhibition and visiting integrally are provided to guide information for the exhibition and companies joined in the exhibition integrally to a visitor through various media, offer various types of ticketing service to the visitor, enable the visitor to facilitate admission/exit and registration, and offer information for the visitors visiting or wanting to visit a booth to the company. A gate terminal(114) controls a gate depending on permission by reading member card information. A database(102) stores member information including the member card information and virtual account information. An exhibition/visiting management server(100) requests a bank system(104) to collect an exhibition ticket price to a virtual account of a member corresponding to the member card information when the member card information is received from the gate terminal, and provides approval information to the gate when payment approval information is received from the bank system. A booth terminal(116) reads out and transmits the member card information. The exhibition management/visiting server stores visit information for a booth to the member information corresponding to the member card information when the member card information is received from the booth terminal.

Description

Exhibition and Visit Integrated Management System and Method {SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTEGRATED MANAGING FOR EXHIBITION AND VISITING}

1 is a block diagram of the exhibition and visit integrated management system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3 is a service architecture diagram according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a database structure diagram according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a block diagram of a gate terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a block diagram of a booth terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flow chart of the exhibition and visit integrated management method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an exhibition and visit management system, and more particularly to a system and method for integrated management of exhibition and visit.

In general, a large-scale trade fair or exhibition (hereinafter referred to as an exhibition) receives and records personal information such as personal information of the visitors for managing the visitors, and then distributes an ID card with the visitor's name or photo at the reception desk. When the visitor with the ID card visits a specific booth to present a business card or provide personal information, the company staff of the booth provided materials to the visitor.

The company participating in the exhibition built a sales information database based on the business card information and personal information presented by the visitors, and provided the visitors with various information for sales even after the exhibition was closed.

However, the above-mentioned method causes an attendant to have the trouble of presenting a business card or providing personal information at every booth visit, and requires a separate manpower to exhibit a database of the business card information and personal information. There was a problem.

Accordingly, various efforts have been made to solve the above problems.

For example, there is a patent application No. 2000-0004967 filed under the name of “Guest Data Management System and Method thereof” in the Korean Patent Office.

The visitor data management system includes a device for inputting visitor data, a host computer electrically connected to the input device, installed in each booth, a host computer having a program for managing input visitor data, and electrically connected to the host computer. Disclosed is a technology including an RF card reader which is an input device for notifying a visitor whether a visitor visits the host computer, and a device for outputting data stored in the host computer according to a request of an exhibitor or an observer.

However, the above-described prior art did not provide integrated management of exhibitions and visits that provide various exhibitions and exhibitions.

In more detail, the above-mentioned prior art merely discloses that the device installed in the booth identifies whether the visitor is to be visited and provides the visitor's booth visit information to the host computer.

Thus, in the related art, visitors can be informed of the exhibition and exhibitors participating in the exhibition through various media, providing various ticketing services, and easily entering and leaving, visiting registration, and visiting booth registration. Participants were urgently required to develop integrated management techniques that would be attending or visiting booths or providing information about customers who visited the booth.

The present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned conventional problems, the visitor can be informed to the exhibition and exhibitors participating in the exhibition through a variety of media, providing a ticketing service in a variety of ways, and enter and leave To facilitate registration, registration of booth visits, etc., and to provide exhibitors with integrated exhibition and visit management systems and methods that provide information about customers who will visit or visit the booth or visit the booth. do.

The exhibition hall integrated management system according to the present invention for achieving the above object and to solve the problems of the prior art, the gate terminal for reading the membership card information, and controls the gate according to the approval; A database that stores member information including member card information and virtual account information; When the membership card information is provided from the gate terminal, a request is made to a financial institution system to pay a member's virtual account corresponding to the membership card information. If payment approval information is provided from the financial institution system, authorization information is provided to the gate. Characterized in that it comprises a management server to provide.

The exhibition and visit integrated management system of the present invention can guide visitors to the exhibition and exhibitors participating in the exhibition through a variety of media, providing a variety of ticketing services, as well as enter and leave, visit and booth visit It facilitates registration, etc., and provides exhibitors with integrated information on customers who will visit or visit the booth, or who visited the booth.

The present invention is based on the ubiquitous technology, while providing convenience of visits, and seeks to diversify the promotion method of the exhibitors.

The configuration of the exhibition and visit integrated management system to which the present invention described above is applicable will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

The exhibition and visit integrated management system is largely composed of an exhibition and visit management server 100, a database 102, a gate terminal 114, a booth terminal 116, a ticketing machine 118, and each device has an internal network. Connected through.

The exhibition and visitor management server 100 includes a financial institution system 104, a reservation service system 106, a content production company system 108, a visitor terminal 110, an exhibitor terminal 112, an exhibition planner terminal 113. Is connected via a network such as and the Internet.

The exhibition management server 104 provides an observer management service and a content management service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the visitor management service includes a subscription service, advance booking service, ticketing service, entry / exit service, evaluation service, and settlement service.

The membership registration service issues a membership card for the member to perform the passage of the exhibition, immediately approve it, and register the visit to the booth. The membership card includes an RFID tag and a barcode, thereby providing a quick reading and easy reading of the membership card information in the gate terminal 114 and the booth terminal 116.

Here, the member information is composed of customer information, member card serial number, member identification information (ID), password, member virtual account information.

Since the member information is used as various exhibition visit registrations and booth visit registration information, customers can easily perform visit registration and booth visit registration regardless of the exhibition type through a single subscription through online.

In addition, the member virtual account information is a virtual account information issued through the financial institution system 104, to provide a prepaid card function of the member card. As described above, the present invention provides a membership card having a prepaid card function, thereby supporting various payment services such as advance reservation at an exhibition, instant approval at a gate, and a transportation card.

The booking and ticketing service is performed through the booking service system 106 connected through a web site provided by the exhibition and visit management server 100. The exhibition and visit management server 100 and the reservation service system 106 share exhibition information, fare policy, and company information, so that members and general customers can visit the exhibition, and ticketing according to the reservation is mailed. Or through ticketing machine 116.

Particularly, in the present invention, when a member who has not made a reservation and ticketing passes through the gate, the gate terminal 114 reads the member card in real time, and immediately executes a payment in a virtual account of the member card to approve the member card. To provide convenience for visitors to the exhibition.

The entrance or business trip service is performed by the member who issued the membership card by performing the visit registration and the entrance registration by simply reading the membership card through the gate terminal 114 when the member who issued the membership card observes the exhibition. Provide convenient visit registration and entrance registration.

The evaluation service provides an ease of evaluation by allowing the exhibition management server to fill out a questionnaire about the exhibition to visitors and exhibitors on / offline.

 In particular, electronic leaflets are provided for survey participants.

This questionnaire enables the analysis between the visitor and the exhibitor, the visitor and the exhibitor, and the integrated analysis of the visitor, the exhibitor and the exhibition.

The settlement service provides a function to settle various payments for reservations, ticketing, membership card use, and membership entry and exit details, such as a financial institution system, a reservation service system, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the content management service includes a content management service, a message management service, a remote management service, and another system interworking service.

The content management service distributes general advertisements and video contents for promotion of exhibitors to content display terminals (gate terminals, booth terminals) in the exhibition hall and guides them to the visitors in the exhibition hall. Here, the content display terminal (gate terminal, booth terminal) displays the content according to a predetermined schedule. In addition, distribution, schedule, and upload of the content information are controlled by type and group for the content display terminal. The content information is distributed on / offline, and the exhibition and visit management server 100 stores and manages history information about distribution. In addition, the exhibition and visit management server 100 stores and manages the history of the use application and the company use of the booth terminal, and provides the advertisement application history management and advertisement status query function.

The message management service provides a function of real-time transmission and display when an emergency announcement occurs, and in particular, the message is displayed in a manner flowing from right to left.

The remote management service is a remote control of the content display terminal (gate terminal, booth terminal) by the exhibition and visit management server 100, in particular, it includes a function to kill a specific process (Kill).

The other system interworking service enables the exhibitor to inquire various status information while providing content information to visitors by using each booth terminal. In addition, by using the gate terminal, it displays content information and displays greeting / authentication error information for entry / exit customers. The booth terminal provides the function of the participating companies to file a claim using the touch screen, and the status of the claim is displayed on the booth terminal.

The content display terminal includes a booth terminal and a gate terminal.

As shown in Fig. 4, the database 102 includes member information, content information, ticketing information, and terminal management information.

The member information includes basic information on visitor and company registered as a member, membership card information, visitor registration information, booth visit registration information, questionnaire preparation information, and the like.

The content information is composed of guide content information, advertisement content information, etc. for a company participating in an exhibition or exhibition. The various content information may be provided through the exhibition planner terminal 113.

The ticketing information is composed of booking information, ticketing information, immediate approval information for each exhibition.

The terminal management information is composed of various management information such as the booth terminal 116, the content information download history information for the gate terminal 114, the content information display schedule information, and the like.

The gate terminal 114 accesses the exhibition and visit management server 100 through an internal network, and reads an RFID tag or a barcode of a member card and opens a circuit breaker to enter a member when the member reserves the exhibition. If the exhibition is not reserved, the member must be immediately opened after the approval, and if the barcode is read, the member will be opened by opening the circuit breaker.

In addition, the gate terminal 114 displays content information provided from the exhibition and visit management server 100 through a display device according to a preset schedule.

The configuration of the gate terminal 114 described above will be described with reference to FIG.

The gate terminal 114 includes a control unit 200, a memory unit 202, a communication module 204, a display device 206, a gate 208, an RFID reader 210, and a barcode reader 212.

The controller 200 controls the gate terminal 114 as a whole, and when the member card information or the admission ticket information is read from the RFID reader 210 or the barcode reader 212, the display and visit management server 100 is read. And to control the opening and closing of the gate 208 in accordance with the approval information from the exhibition and visit management server 100. Here, the exhibition and visit management server 100 performs the visit registration and booking confirmation and the admission or immediate approval according to the membership card information and provides the result to the controller 200.

In addition, the controller 200 receives content information provided by the exhibition and visit management server 100, stores the content information in the memory unit 202, and displays the content information through the display device 206 according to a predetermined schedule.

The memory unit 202 stores various information including a processing program of the controller 200, and in particular, stores content information and schedule information.

The communication module 204 is responsible for communication between the control unit 200 and the exhibition and visit management server 100 through a network.

The display device 206 displays various pieces of information under the control of the controller 200.

The gate 208 opens and closes under the control of the controller 200.

The RFID reader 210 reads the RFID tag of the membership card and provides it to the controller 200.

The barcode reader 212 reads the barcode displayed on the membership card or the admission ticket and provides the barcode to the controller 200.

The booth terminal 116 is installed in each booth of the exhibition and connects to the exhibition and visit management server 100 through an internal network, and displays content information provided through on / offline according to a predetermined schedule.

In addition, when the booth terminal 116 reads the RFID tag information or the barcode of the member card according to the member's booth visit, the booth terminal 116 provides the booth visit member information to the exhibition and visit management server 100.

The configuration of the booth terminal 116 described above will be described with reference to FIG. 6.

The booth terminal 116 includes a control unit 300, a memory unit 302, a communication module 304, a display device 306, an RFID reader 308, a barcode reader 310, and an operation panel 312. .

When the member card information or the admission ticket information is read from the RFID reader 308 and the barcode reader 310, the controller 300 provides it to the exhibition and visit management server 100 to perform booth visit registration.

In addition, the controller 300 receives content information provided by the exhibition and visit management server 100, stores the content information in the memory unit 302, and displays the content information through the display device 306 according to a predetermined schedule.

The memory unit 302 stores various information including a processing program of the controller 300, and in particular, stores content information and a schedule.

The communication module 304 is responsible for communication between the control unit 300 and the exhibition and visit management server 100 through a network.

The display device 306 displays various information under the control of the controller 300.

The RFID reader 308 reads the RFID tag of the membership card and provides it to the controller 300.

The barcode reader 310 reads the barcode of the member card and provides the barcode to the controller 300.

The operation panel 312 interfaces between the user and the control unit 300 so that employees of the exhibitor can provide various request data to the exhibition and visit management server 100 located at a remote location through the control unit 300. .

The ticketing machine 118 performs ticketing for non-members.

The financial institution system 104 charges tickets in the virtual account corresponding to the membership card in response to an immediate approval request of the gate terminal 114 through the exhibition and visit management server 100 or a reservation payment request of the booking service system 106. And the result is notified to the gate terminal 114 or the reservation service system 106 through the exhibition and visit management server 100.

The reservation service system 106 provides an online booking service for various exhibitions that are performed at the exhibition hall to members or general visitors who are connected through a network.

The content production company system 108 produces advertisement content information, exhibition content information, exhibitor content information, and the like, and provides them to the exhibition and visit management server 100.

The visitor terminal 110 visits a predetermined web site provided by the exhibition and visit management server 100, and performs member registration and visit registration, booking, questionnaire creation, and the like.

The exhibitor terminal 112 visits the web site provided by the exhibition and visit management server 100, and performs an application for participation, inquiry of visited customer information, and filling out a questionnaire.

 An exhibition management method of the exhibition management system will now be described with reference to FIG. 5.

First, the booking and ticketing service process consisting of 400 ~ 410 steps will be described.

Through the member terminal 110, a member may visit a web site operated by the exhibition and visit management server 100 and request a reservation for any one exhibition (step 400).

In response to the reservation request, the exhibition and visit management server 100 connects the reservation service system 106 and the member terminal 110 to provide a reservation service to the member (step 402). Upon providing the booking service, the booking service system 206 requests the financial institution service system 104 to pay the price from the virtual payment account for the member (step 404) in the case of a paid exhibition. The financial institution service system 104 executes payment of the corresponding payment from the virtual payment account and notifies the payment approval (step 406).

When the payment approval is notified, the reservation service system 106 performs ticketing (408,410), and the ticketing may be made through the exhibition and visit management server 100 or may be sent by a member's mail.

This completes the booking and ticketing of any exhibition.

Now, the entry and visit registration process consisting of steps 412 to 426 will be described.

On the other hand, when the member card information is read as one member approaches the RFID reader or barcode reader, the gate terminal 114 provides the member card information to the exhibition and visit management server 100 (412). step).

When the member card information is provided, the exhibition and visit management server 100 checks whether the gate terminal 114 has made a reservation for the exhibition in which the gate terminal 114 is installed, that is, the object of approval immediately through the member information on the member ( Step 414).

If the member is subject to approval immediately, the exhibition and visit management server 100 requests the financial institution service system 104 for payment from the virtual payment account of the member (step 416), and the financial institution service according to the request. The system 104 performs the payment of the payment from the virtual payment account and notifies the payment approval (step 418).

If the payment is approved, the exhibition and visit management server 100 provides approval information to the gate terminal 114 (step 420), and the gate terminal 114 controls the gate according to the approval information (step 424). .

In addition, the exhibition and visit management server 100 stores the visit information for the exhibition in the member information (step 426).

If the member is a customer who made a reservation, the exhibition and visit management server 100 provides the approval information immediately without performing the payment procedure.

This completes the entry and visit registration process for members entering through the gate.

The booth visit registration procedure is explained.

When the member card information is read as one member approaches the RFID reader or the barcode reader, the booth terminal 116 provides the member card information to the exhibition and visit management server 100 (step 428). .

The exhibition and visit management server 100 performs booth visit registration by additionally storing the booth visit registration information in the member information corresponding to the member card information.

Then, the questionnaire registration procedure is explained.

Through the member terminal 110 and the company terminal 112, a member or a company employee records answers to a questionnaire of a predetermined form provided by the exhibition and visit management server 100, and displays and records the recorded questionnaire information. Provided to the server 100 (step 436).

The exhibition and visit management server 100 provided with the questionnaire information registers the questionnaire information in the database 102, thereby enabling a detailed evaluation of the exhibition.

Finally, the inquiry service procedure is described.

Through the member terminal 110 and the exhibitor terminal 112, the member or the exhibitor employee may request an inquiry about the information about the company he visited or information about the member who visited his company.

In response to the request, the exhibition and visit management server 100 transmits information about a company visited by a member or a visitor to a member or exhibitor terminals 110 and 112, so as to perform active sales even after the exhibition. do.

As described above, the present invention can guide visitors to the exhibition and exhibitors participating in the exhibition through various media, and provides ticketing services in various ways, as well as entering and leaving the booth, registering for visits to booths, etc. To facilitate this, the exhibitor can be provided with information on the customers who will visit the booth or booth and the customers who visited the booth.

In addition, the present invention enables entry and exit, visit registration and booth visit registration through a membership card issued to the visitor, thereby facilitating registration of the visit and booth visit registration and facilitating the database of the visit and booth visit registration information. To be able.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage of providing a differentiated ticketing service to the member by immediately approving the same time when the member who does not fulfill the reservation or on-site ticketing, etc. when entering through the gate.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Modifications are possible.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

Claims (15)

In the exhibition and visit integrated management system, A gate terminal that reads the member card information and controls the gate according to whether the card is authorized; A database for storing member information including member card information and virtual account information; When the membership card information is provided from the gate terminal, a request is made to a financial institution system to pay a member's virtual account corresponding to the membership card information. If payment approval information is provided from the financial institution system, authorization information is provided to the gate. Display management server to provide Exhibition and visit integrated management system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The exhibition management server, It is checked whether the member corresponding to the membership card information has made a reservation for the exhibition, and as a result, if the reservation is fulfilled, the approval information is provided to the gate. If the booking has not been fulfilled, the exhibition and visit integrated management system characterized in that for requesting payment to the virtual account. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The exhibition management server, Exhibition and visit integrated management system, characterized in that the addition of observer information for the exhibition to the member information of the approved member. The method of claim 1, A booth terminal for reading and transmitting the member card information; If the booth terminal provides the membership card information, the exhibition and visit integrated management system characterized in that the visit information for the booth in addition to the member information corresponding to the member card information. The method according to claim 1 or 4, The gate terminal and the booth terminal, With a display device, And the content information is displayed through the display apparatus according to a predetermined schedule. The method of claim 5, The content information is downloaded online or offline from the exhibition management server, exhibition and visit integrated management system. The method of claim 1, The exhibition management server Providing a questionnaire through a visitor terminal or a company terminal through a network, receiving the questionnaire information according to the provided questionnaire, Exhibition and visit integrated management system, characterized in that stored in the database as exhibition evaluation information. The method of claim 4, wherein The exhibition management server In response to an inquiry request from an observer terminal or a business terminal through a network, Provide information about the visited registered company to the visitor terminal; Exhibition and visit integrated management system, characterized in that to provide the information about the visited registered customer to the corresponding company terminal. In the exhibition and visit integrated management method, Requesting a financial institution to pay a member's virtual account corresponding to the member card information when the member card information read information is received from the gate terminal; Providing the approval information to the gate when the payment approval information is provided. Exhibition and visit integrated management method comprising a. The method of claim 9, It is checked whether the member corresponding to the membership card information has made a reservation for the exhibition, and as a result, if the reservation is fulfilled, the approval information is provided to the gate, and if the reservation is not fulfilled, the payment to the virtual account is requested. Display and visit integrated management method characterized in that. The method of claim 9 or 10, And the step of additionally storing the visitor information on the exhibition in the member information of the approved member. The method of claim 9, And receiving visitor information on the booth in the member information corresponding to the member card information, when the member card information read information is received from the booth terminal. The method of claim 9 or 12, Downloading content information and / or schedule information to the gate terminal and the booth terminal; Exhibition and visit integrated management method characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 9, And providing a questionnaire through a visitor terminal or a company terminal through a network, receiving questionnaire information according to the provided questionnaire, and storing the questionnaire information in a database as exhibition evaluation information. . The method of claim 12, In response to an inquiry request from an observer terminal or a business terminal through a network, Provide information about the visited registered company to the visitor terminal; And providing information on the visited registered customer to the terminal of the corresponding company.

Images