KR20090081957A - Service system for comparing cost of travel goods via online and the method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An online travel product price comparison service system and a method thereof are provided to minimize a burden and inconvenience caused by travel product management, and to decide whether a travel product is suitable for a customer's propensity and travel purpose. A price comparison server(100) classifies various travel products of plural travel agencies, and outputs/displays price comparison results among the travel products. A travel agency registration server(200) distinguishes items capable of classifying and deciding on the travel agencies, and inputs the distinguished items. A travel product registration sever(300) distinguishes the travel products, and inputs price matters on the travel products. A reference price generating server(400) calculates various prices for the travel products.

Description

Service system for comparing cost of travel goods via online and the method

The present invention relates to a price comparison service system and method for online travel products, and to compare and analyze the price and value of travel products sold by a plurality of travel companies on a patent network. A travel product price comparison service system and method are described.

With the rapid development and spread of the Internet, almost all travel agencies operate their own sites, promote and sell their own travel products, and customers who want to travel also visit the travel agencies in person or use the telephone to review the travel products. Instead of purchasing, it is becoming increasingly common to review a product online and immediately purchase it using an electronic payment method.

In addition, most Internet users review the information and price of the product that they want to purchase on the online price comparison site in advance, or compare the price and product information of similar products on the Internet shopping site in advance. As a result of the development of the Internet and the development of search technology, it is necessary to compare the price and performance of almost all the products online according to the development of the Internet and the search technology. It is becoming.

On the other hand, there are two types of price comparisons for general industrial products such as electronics and clothing, which are currently online. The first is the price comparison of the same product produced by a specific company, which allows a customer to lower a specific product. The second form is to provide information on where to buy, and the second is to compare prices between similar products that can be classified into the same product group. This allows consumers to compare and analyze the performance of the product. It is a form of providing information so that users can make a good judgment about purchasing a product. Through such an online price comparison, consumers can easily and easily obtain information that can purchase their desired products at a lower cost.

While online price comparisons have been actively conducted for general industrial products, actual online price comparisons for travel products have not been made at this time, so the list is only available to look at similar products of travel agencies classified by region or type. The price comparison is possible only when the customer examines the relative price comparison between travel product A and travel product B. This is due to the complexity of the service structure and price structure of the travel product.

First of all, the price of a tour product is that the price of a travel agency that travels the same destination for the same time period, for example, a travel agency that sells a trip to Bangkok, Thailand for three nights and four days, does not have the same price. The price varies depending on the date of departure.

In addition, the products of other travel agencies that sell similar products on the same travel destination and the same schedule include all factors for tourism such as transportation, lodging, entrance fees and meals, which include air, which is a component of the travel products. Combinations will make the price even more different, so even if you have travel products in the same region and in the same itinerary, it is difficult to compare the goods at the same price.

In addition, price comparison is relatively easy because industrial products such as computers have many clear and objective criteria for comparing their performance, but price comparison is more difficult than travel products because it is difficult to compare performance between similar products for travel products. . For example, based on a few simple computer specifications, such as computer speed, memory capacity, or graphics processing system, consumers can easily compare performance to determine and select the best product for them.

On the other hand, the travel products are similar in components to each other, and the general information included in the description of the travel products is almost similar, so it is difficult to clearly compare the products even when looking at the details of the products and compare the performance of the products as in general industrial products. It is very difficult to set objective standards objectively, and it is difficult to set subjective criteria to determine which travel products are most suitable and satisfactory to you.

Moreover, in general industrial products, factors such as color and design may vary according to the subjective preferences of the customers, and the performance of the industrial products may also be different according to the customer's purpose of use. Likewise, in the case of travel products, the components of the travel products may vary according to the subjective preferences of the individual. In particular, the travel products are service products that do not have a certain form, and the width and variety of customers who select travel products rather than users of general industrial products. Because of its wider range, the subjective preferences of customers may be more important in the selection of travel products. For example, a seat of the same class may prefer a national flag to a foreign carrier, and a hotel of the same class may prefer a hotel located in a seaside resort than a hotel located in the city center and at the same price level. Even a restaurant may prefer Chinese to Western food. In addition, there may be customers who want to visit as many destinations as possible, but there may be customers who like leisurely relaxing schedules. There may be a difference.

For these reasons, the actual price comparison for travel products is difficult and consumers who want to travel to find out which travel products will benefit them will not spend much time and effort on reviewing, comparing and analyzing individual travel products. The disadvantages of simple price comparisons in travel products and the disadvantages of simple comparisons of objective grades of travel components, namely, personal preferences and tastes for travel, and personal judgment criteria If the same value is compensated for the missing part, it is necessary to select a product more suitable for you.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, in comparing the prices of travel products, a plurality of travel products including the travel products specified by the customer and the region or type to which the customer wants to go, not merely a relative price comparison between the products. By providing a way of suggesting prices that can be used as a baseline for comparison of prices across the entire military, it is possible to make objective price comparisons between travel products more efficiently, and according to the individual's personal preferences and subjective preferences. It is an object of the present invention to provide an online travel product price comparison service system and method that suggests a comparative standard that can be meaningful to determine whether it is more suitable for you.

The present invention has been made in order to achieve the above technical problem, the online travel product price comparison service system of the present invention categorized and provided a variety of travel products of a number of travel agencies and travel as the customer requests by accessing according to a predetermined procedure A travel product price comparison server for displaying and displaying a price comparison result between products; A travel agency registration server for classifying and classifying the travel agency and an item for determining the travel agency; A travel product registration server for classifying the travel products according to a designated method and inputting the various items including price information for the travel products; Reference price generation server and user terminal that calculates various prices that can be the standard for comparison of the price of travel products by processing the price of all the travel products entered as data as the customer requests price comparison It is done interconnected via wired or wireless internet.

In the above-described configuration, the reference price generation server sets a starting price and a last price based on the price of the input travel product, sets a random class section, and ends the price to equally match the price spot of the travel product belonging to the section. A price unit setting unit for setting a unit so that the price of the input product can be represented only to a predetermined place; Arithmetic formula setting unit which calculates and sets the travel price adjusted by the price unit setting unit to determine an operation method for calculating an average price of all travel product prices included in the comparison target based on the reference price and the requested standard. ; Price display management unit that displays and manages the calculation result according to the customer's request and displays and manages it according to the specified method. It can be made, including.

On the other hand, when selecting a travel product, the items are categorized so that they can make choices on subjects that can be judged subjectively based on the customer's personal preferences or inclinations or the customer's preferences, and items that are considered important by personal judgment. And setting a weight according to the weight of the user's preference after the customer selects a desired item among these items, and may further include a preference index generation server for generating a customer's preference index.

The travel product price comparison server is a communication management unit that is in charge of various managements for providing an optimal interface to customers in response to various user terminals connected to various managements for access to themselves in a system connected through a wired or wireless Internet environment. ; A member management unit that manages basic services, including membership and withdrawal of members who are customers, and all services provided to or required by the members, including mileage or points for the members; A price comparison request unit for supporting and executing a price comparison of a required travel product by selecting or inputting a desired content; A price comparison display unit which processes the price comparison matters of the customer requested by the price comparison request unit and outputs the result in a manner desired by the customer; To provide the necessary online purchasing device to enable the customer to purchase the travel product as a result of the output displayed in the price comparison display, and to compare the price of the transaction management unit and all databases processed by itself, in which all means and methods are managed and processed. It may include a database management unit for processing, storing and managing the database, the member database and the commerce database.

The travel agency registration server may include an evaluation setting register configured to set an evaluation item for a travel agency, input an evaluation result, classify the evaluation method thereof, and quantify or grade the evaluation method; A travel agency registration unit for participating in a travel agency or a travel-related company in order to provide a service provided by the travel product price comparison server to a customer and directly inputting a requirement for the company according to a given input form; A travel agency database manager for storing and managing all the databases set and input in the evaluation setup register and the travel agency register into an evaluation database and a travel agency database, and outputs an evaluation result for the travel agency according to the request of the connected user, and as a result It can be achieved by including an evaluation management unit for setting and managing a variety of methods for extracting and the format required when outputting the results.

The preference index generation server is a preference item management unit for classifying and setting and managing the items to be able to select the subjective preferences and choices that are considered important according to the customer's preference; A weight setting unit for setting various methods for setting priorities or expressing the importances numerically according to the importance of the subjective judgment of the customer among the set items and setting the respective equations accordingly; A preference calculation method setting unit that sets a formula to arithmeticly process each weight according to a weight formula setting when a customer selects a preference setting item and displays weights for these items according to the displayed method; A weight display management unit which selects a travel product corresponding to the result based on the result of the calculation process, displays the result, and manages and outputs a list of the travel product to a required interface; It can be made including a database management unit that stores and manages all the databases processed by itself.

On the other hand, another feature of the present invention is the online travel product price comparison service method having a variety of travel products and compare the prices of the travel products on-line, a variety of travel products of the travel agency by region, type, schedule or departure date Set up a classification system to classify, classify travel products according to the set classification system, input details required for product description, and enter and store the price of the classified travel products according to the travel schedule period and applause. And a price input step; Receiving a request for price comparison by selecting at least one travel classification condition of a travel product to be subjected to price comparison after receiving a desired price comparison method from a user terminal; A step of setting a travel product price class section for setting a first price and a last price of a section and dividing it into a plurality of classes in order to divide the travel product price at an arbitrary interval according to the number or characteristics of the travel product groups corresponding to the selected travel classification condition; A price end unit adjustment step of constantly adjusting end units of all travel product prices belonging to the corresponding ranks for each class section by using various calculation methods including rounding operations; Calculating a price distribution for each applause according to the applause by using all travel product prices whose end units are adjusted for each section; Set the operation method to calculate the most frequent price or average price for each applause, calculate the most frequent price or average price for each applause and output the calculated average price and present it to the user terminal. Comprising the step of allowing to compare the price and price of the specific travel products corresponding to the specified price comparison request target.

In the above-described configuration, in order to calculate the most frequent price for each applause, the price corresponding to the most distribution according to the price distribution per applause is set as the most frequent price, and when the number of the most distributions is plural, the sum of the corresponding prices is added. The price divided by the sum of the number of distributions can be determined as the most frequent price.

On the other hand, in order to calculate the average price for each applause, the calculation method is set to {highest frequency price + (lowest price most frequent + high price most frequent price) / 2) / 2 and calculated according to the average price Can be determined by

In addition, it is possible to compare the height of the price by presenting the most frequent price for each applause and the average price calculated as a reference price to compare the price of the travel product.

Alternatively, it is possible to compare the high and low prices by presenting the most frequent price for each applause calculated as a reference price to compare prices.

In addition, in order to compare the travel products with the subjective inclination preferences along with the price comparison, set the items that can evaluate the travel products according to the subjective preferences of the customers, and then input the evaluation results or the corresponding matters in advance. Making; Receiving at least one item selected by the customer from the user terminal among the set and input items; Receiving a weight of a weight for an item selected from a user terminal; Generating a list by selecting a product list corresponding to the first item according to the input weight order; Determining whether there is another item to which the weight is input; If there are other items, selecting and generating all lists included in the item corresponding to the weight value of the next size; and if there are no other items with weights, the generated list is used as the final list. It may further comprise the step of outputting in order to compare the preferences with the price comparison.

In the above-described configuration, in order to set the weight of the weight according to importance, the user sets the sum of a certain weight score regardless of the number of items selected by the user terminal, and the score of the selected item by the user terminal allocating scores per item according to the selected item. The total can be set equal to the total of the set weight scores.

In addition, when setting items that can be evaluated according to subjective preferences, items entered by a travel agency operating or selling a travel product, items input by a specific person designated by an administrator or an administrator, and items that can be input by general users or customers You may want to identify and evaluate the items.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention, in the online travel product comparison service method for comparing a travel product with a variety of travel products on-line, the personal tendency or taste of the travel and the subjective preference of the customer rather than the travel product price Setting a preference comparison item to evaluate the travel product according to the above, inputting the details of the travel product, and inputting an evaluation score of the preference comparison item set in each travel product in advance; Randomly selecting one or more preference comparison items according to a user's preference taste from a user terminal; Weighting the selected item by the user terminal according to the preference weight of the customer and giving an evaluation score accordingly; Calculating a customer preference index for the corresponding travel product using the evaluation score input to the selected travel product by the selected item and the evaluation score granted by the user terminal; and comparing the travel product using the customer preference index. Can be.

According to the online travel product price comparison system and method of the present invention, it minimizes the burden and inconvenience on managing the travel products such as the classification and product input of the travel products, while at the same time reflecting the needs of customers in selecting the travel products, It is possible to quickly and easily determine whether the price of this travel product is high or whether there is a travel product that can be bought cheaper with a similar product to the customer. It is possible to provide meaningful information to make it easier and faster to make a decision about whether it is the most suitable for the purpose of travel and customer preferences.

Hereinafter, an online travel product price comparison system and method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of the overall network of the online travel product price comparison system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the online travel product price comparison system of the present invention classifies and stores various travel products of a plurality of travel agencies and displays the result of the price comparison between the travel products as the customer accesses and requests according to a predetermined procedure. A travel agency registration server 200 that classifies and registers general information about the travel agency and items that can objectively determine the travel agency based on the travel product price comparison server 100 serving as a main server; A travel product registration server 300 for inputting and managing a travel product to classify the travel products according to a designated method and viewing various items including price information for the travel products; The reference price generation server 400 and the customer select a travel product to generate a comparison reference price that can be used for price comparison as requested by the customer is automatically classified and calculated according to the set method all the travel product prices entered When the customer's personal preferences or inclinations can be classified into the items that can be selected by the customer's subjective preferences and the items that can be selected by the individual judgment that is important to them. The preference index generation server 500 that performs a function of allowing a user to select a desired item and setting a weight on the selected item is connected to each other through a wired or wireless internet. Customer) terminal 600 is connected to travel product price comparison service To receive offers.

In the above-described configuration, the user (customer) is connected to the travel product price comparison server 100, which is the main server, via a wired or wireless Internet environment through his terminal 600, and prescribed necessary procedures such as membership registration and membership authentication. Through the travel product registration server 300 to look through the various travel agency products can be searched. The customer also selects a plurality of travel products displayed and displayed in various ways by the travel product price comparison server 100 to perform a price comparison between the travel products, or to classify the travel products such as by region or travel type. By selecting one or more conditions, you can conduct a price comparison on all the travel products included in the conditions through the condition search, and then view the results in the order of lowest or highest price. In summary, you can quickly see only what you need.

2 is a functional block diagram of a travel product price comparison server in the online travel product price comparison service system of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, in the system of the present invention, the travel product price comparison server 100 corresponds to various user terminals 600 which are largely connected with general management of access to itself through a wired or wireless Internet. A communication manager 110 that is in charge of general management for providing an interface to a user in an optimal manner; Member management unit 120 for managing the basic membership management, such as membership and withdrawal of the user as a user and the services provided to the member, such as mileage or points for the member or necessary for the member; A price comparison request unit 130 which displays and provides price comparisons in various ways so as to request and execute a price comparison of a required travel product by selecting or inputting desired contents; A price comparison display unit 140 which processes the price comparison items of the customer requested by the price comparison request unit 130 and outputs the result in various manners desired by the user; A commerce manager 150 which provides an online purchase apparatus necessary for a user to purchase a travel product, which is a result output to the price comparison display unit 140, and manages and processes all means and methods thereof; It includes all databases processed by the travel product price comparison server 100, that is, price comparison database 161, member database 162 and commerce database 163 and a database manager 160 for managing these databases separately. Can be.

3 is a functional block diagram of a travel agency registration server in the online travel product price comparison service system of the present invention. As shown in Figure 3, in the system of the present invention, the travel agency registration server 200 is a travel company or a travel-related company participating in order to provide a service provided by the travel product price comparison server 100 to the user As a merchandise seller, you register as a merchandise and enter all the objective data for these companies, register them, and quantify them to output the results. Before registering the merchandise on the tour merchandise registration server 300, all travel agencies or related companies The company must first register as a travel agency in the travel agency registration server 200 and receive the approval through the authentication procedure and then register.

The travel agency registration server 200 may include an evaluation setting register 210 which allows an administrator to set an evaluation item for a travel agency, input an evaluation result, and classify and evaluate an evaluation method thereof; In order to provide the service provided by the travel product price comparison server 100 to the user, all participating travel agencies or travel-related companies are registered and entered in the event register 220 for their businesses according to a given input form. The database, that is, the evaluation database 241 and the travel agency database 242 and the travel agency database management unit 230 that manages these databases separately and managed according to the request of the user connected to the travel product price comparison server 100 After extracting data related to the travel agency from the travel agency database manager 230, the evaluation result may be output according to a designated format, and the evaluation management unit 240 may manage the result extraction method and the output format.

On the other hand, the travel agency evaluation items are those that can be grasped by objective rankings or figures on the travel agencies, that is, the customer satisfaction rankings according to the survey results of the travel agency's sales, the number of employees, the size of travelers sent out, etc. This includes post-travel evaluations of customers based on kindness rankings and surveys, which are not entered by the travel agency, but are input by the operation manager of the travel product price comparison server 100 or by external evaluation agencies to give more fairness. You will be able to request and enter the results.

4 is a functional block diagram of a reference price generation server in the online travel product price comparison service system of the present invention. In the system of the present invention shown in FIG. 4, the reference price generation server 400 is classified according to the travel product classification criteria in the travel product registration server 300, rather than simply comparing the price of the travel product A and the price of the travel product B. To derive a price that can be a comparison criterion for absolute comparison of the prices of goods included in the same region and the same type of travel, according to one or more conditions specified by the user according to the travel product classification criteria, among all registered travel products Will take care of the process.

Specifically, the reference price generation server 400 divides the price of all the travel products input from the travel product registration server 300 into data and divides the data into several sections and sets the price unit to adjust the price section as necessary. And adjust the prices of all the entered products according to a fixed price unit, that is, by setting the class of price and setting the first and last price of the class, which is the starting price to classify, and rounding the price of travel products belonging to this class. A price unit setting unit 410 for setting an end position of the price so that the price can be represented only up to the required position by using; Compute the price distribution table for each applause by arranging the price of the travel product adjusted by the price unit setting unit 410 by applause to generate a reference price for price comparison and include it in the comparison object according to the requested criteria. An operation formula setting unit 420 for setting and setting an expression of a travel price operation for calculating an average price of all travel product prices; A price display manager 430 for determining and managing a display method and a range of the display to display and manage the calculation result according to a predetermined method when outputting and displaying the calculation result according to a user's request; It may include a price database management unit 440 that manages the price database 450 and the price database 450 that stores all data entered during the reference price generation process and all data according to the calculation.

As such, when the user accesses the travel product price comparison server 100 through his terminal 600 and performs the price comparison of the travel product according to the condition selected by the price comparison request unit 120, the travel product registration server 300 The price of all the travel products included in the classification criteria conditions selected by the user among all the travel products entered in the) is adjusted according to the conditions set in the price unit setting unit 410, and the arithmetic formula setting unit 420 from the adjusted prices The reference price and the average price that is the basis for the price comparison is generated according to the formula set in, and the travel price comparison server 100 in the manner specified by the price display management unit 430 according to the method selected by the user using this result And output it from the price comparison display unit 140 to display on the terminal interface of the user.

5 is a functional block diagram of a preference index generation server in the online travel product price comparison service system of the present invention. It is difficult for a customer to determine which travel product is best for him, even if he compares or compares the price of the travel package as a component of the travel package. Even if you compare the prices and compare the prices of airlines or lodging hotels that are components of a travel package, and still compare the prices to other destinations in the same or similar neighborhood, the customer still chooses the right product for his or her tendency. This is difficult to do because there are no data or explanations on the items for making judgments based on the individual's preferences, tastes, and personal preferences for travel, and there is no basis for comparing them.

Accordingly, the preference index generation server 500 compensates for the drawbacks of the existing travel product comparison or price comparison, so that the preference index can be compared to the individual's inclination and taste, and the individual's preference. It is possible to provide various criteria that can be judged accordingly, and to provide criteria for comparison by selecting and weighting items that the customer thinks are important to them so that they can reflect the customer's opinion on these items. It provides a way to do it.

The preference index generation server 500, as shown in Figure 5, in addition to the components of the general travel products can be set to provide a variety of items that can be distinguished according to the customer personal preferences and subjective preferences and set the user A preference item manager 510 in charge of a function of classifying and setting items so as to make a selection therefor; With respect to the items set in the preference item management unit 510, the number of items that can be selected according to the importance of the subjective judgment of the customer may be limited to a certain number, or the items may be selected as priorities according to the majority or scored by items. A weight setting unit that has various methods for assigning weights to the user, and a weight setting unit for selecting a method appropriately according to the type or region of the travel product or the number of travel products provided so that the customer can use it. 520; The weight setting unit 520 determines how the customer's preferences are processed and displayed according to the weights selected and input by the customer, and sets a formula for the customer's preference. A preference calculation method setting unit 530 which displays an index on all products through the same processing method and compares each travel product based on the index; The preference calculation method setting unit 530 is provided with various methods such as scores, percentages, graphs, etc. of the travel product's preference index according to the customer's preference, which is processed by the price comparison display unit ( A weight display management unit 540 which is sent to 140; The preference database 560 and the preference database manager 550 managing the preference database may be included.

Meanwhile, the item is set in the preference item management unit 510 and the weight setting method is determined in the weight setting unit 520, and the registered item is registered in the evaluation setting registration unit 210 of the travel agency registration server 200 and the travel agency according to the subject of evaluation. It is sent and displayed by the registration unit 220 and the travel product registration server 300, and is input and stored together with other items in the evaluation setting registration unit 210 and the travel agency registration unit 220, when registering the travel product travel product registration server 300 ), The items to be inputted are automatically displayed and the travel agency evaluates and inputs the items so that all registered travel products have at least one evaluation of the items set in the preference item management unit.

As described above, when the customer, the user, accesses the travel product price comparison server 100 through the terminal 600 and requests the price comparison request for the specific product group from the price comparison request unit 130, the weight display management unit ( In step 540, the data transmitted is displayed, and the customer selects and weights the items according to the weight of the preference among the displayed customer preference items. When the customer sets the weight, the selected items are arithmetic processed by the formula set in the preference calculation method setting unit 530 according to the evaluation set at the time of product registration, and included in the comparison object selected by the customer in the price comparison requesting unit 130. It will generate an index that can compare each preference to the travel product.

6 is an exemplary diagram of a price unit setting table performed by a price unit setting unit of the reference price generation server shown in FIG. 4. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the price unit setting unit 410 of the reference price generation server 400 adjusts the price input as necessary for the price of the travel product input from the travel product registration server 300. Therefore, it is applied to calculate the reference price and average price that can be compared, which can be too large because of the variety of contents included in the price of various travel products and the variety of travel product components. It may be difficult to calculate the reference price, and it may be difficult to distinguish the distribution of the price because the frequency of input price is small or the distribution is too large. This is for calculation.

To this end, first, the class of price is set to set the starting price and the ending price of each class section. Thus, the class can be set as necessary without classifying the classes at regular intervals. In FIG. 6, the travel product prices are divided into four classes of 0 to 300000, 300001 to 500000, 500001 to 1000000, and 1000001 to infinity, and the intervals are not constant. In this way, each class is set, the start price and the end price of each class section are set, and then the unit of price is set, which specifies the end unit of the price included in the class. Thus, all prices included in the class have the same end units.

In FIG. 6, the starting price is set to 0, the ending price is set to 300000, and the unit is set to 5000. The method is set to rounding, and the standard 1 is set to 2500 and the standard 2 is set to 7500. Accordingly, travel products whose price is included in the range of 0 to 300,000 won are adjusted by rounding up the price based on 2500 and 7500, so the adjusted price is 5000 or 10000 at the end unit.

The adjusted price is rounded down from 2500 to 1,500 for trips that originally priced at 192000, and to 190000 for travel, which was rounded up at 7500, as shown in the adjustment by reference price unit setting at the bottom of the chart. The price has been adjusted to 195000.

The price unit is set according to the customer's request for price comparison, and can be set differently according to the region and type of travel product, and the number of price classes is automatically changed according to the number of travel products included in the customer's request. You can also set it.

On the other hand, when the user requests a price comparison request by specifying a specific travel group classified by region or type according to the classification criteria of the travel product, the price of all the travel products included in the travel product group is the reference price generation server ( In the price unit setting unit 410 of FIG. 6, the price is adjusted according to a preset method as shown in FIG. 6 and may correspond to the frequency of the frequency distribution table according to the price of the adjusted travel product and the applause of the travel schedule period. The number of merchandise available is tabulated. For convenience, this is referred to as a price distribution table by applause of travel products.

FIG. 7 is an exemplary view of a price distribution table for each applause generated by a user specifying a travel product for Bangkok, Thailand, and requesting a price comparison. The price is a 195,000 won product on a schedule of 2 nights and 3 days, and one product belongs to the chart. There are 4 products out of 40 items registered for 3 days and 2 nights. There are 18 items for 3 days and 4 days. Among the price of the daily travel product, the product corresponding to 340,000 won shows the most frequency.

According to the method set in the price unit setting unit 410 of the reference price generation server 400, 40 pieces of travel products corresponding to Bangkok, Thailand, which are designated for the price comparison by the user, are adjusted. As a guide, a distribution table of travel products is generated for each applause, and the price distribution table for each applause is used as a data to be processed by the formula set in the calculation method setting unit 530 to calculate a reference price for a customer to compare prices.

8 is an exemplary diagram of an operation formula table performed by the operation formula setting unit of the reference price generation server shown in FIG. 4. The calculation formula setting unit 420 of the reference price generation server 400 generates a reference price based on the price distribution table for each applause generated for the travel product group corresponding to the customer specified classification condition. In dividing and setting the data prices to be calculated, the present invention sets the most frequent price, the lowest frequency most, the highest frequency, the representative price, and the average price. As shown in FIG. 8, the price of the divided price is the most frequent price (mf1) as the number of the most frequent travel products included in the same price for each applause, that is, the price corresponding to the most frequent frequency as the most frequent price. The lowest frequency group (mf2) is set to the price of the highest frequency among the prices included in the price lower than the highest frequency, and the highest frequency group (mf3) is included in the price higher than the highest frequency. It is set to the price corresponding to the highest frequency among the prices.

On the basis of the price distribution table by applause shown in FIG. have. Representative value (rp) was set equal to mf1, so rp = 340000, and average value (av) was set to the formula {mf1 + (mf2 + mf3) / 2}. ) = 350000.

The reference price table for the comparison of the price of the travel product for the Bangkok travel product requested by the customer is generated according to the calculation formula set as described above. As shown in the bottom of FIG. 8, the most representative schedule of the Bangkok travel product of Thailand is a 3 night 4 day travel product. For example, 45% of the total travel packages in Bangkok are scheduled for 3 nights and 4 days and the representative price is 340,000 won, which is 22.2% of the total travel packages for Bangkok. In addition, the average price of all Bangkok Bangkok products is 340,000 won, the lowest price is 205,000 won, the highest price is 420,000 won can be seen through the chart. The price and calculation formulas set in the example table may be changed according to the destination, type of travel, and other divisions or may be set to other formulas.

9 is an exemplary diagram of a price comparison analysis table, based on a final result calculated by the calculation formula setting unit 420 of the reference price generation server 400 by performing a request of a customer according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The comparison display unit 140 is an example of the data finally output to the customer.

The customer searched for a trip to Bangkok, Thailand, and selected three of his favorite products, A, B, and C. The schedules are different, so the price comparison between the three products is meaningless and the prices of these products are different. Compared with the present invention, it is impossible to know whether it is cheap or expensive, and one of the various price comparison methods according to the present invention is selected to request a price comparison. According to the analysis table of FIG. 9 output at the request of the customer, the customer immediately knows that the price of the selected product A is relatively high based on the displayed Thai> Bangkok representative price and the average price. It is easy to see that is relatively inexpensive.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a process of calculating a reference price for comparing a travel product price in the online travel product price comparison service method of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 10, in the online travel product price comparison service method of the present invention, a process of calculating a reference price for a travel product price comparison may first divide various travel products of various travel agencies by region, type, schedule, and departure date. Setting a classification scheme to be able to perform the classification (610); A travel product registration step 620 for classifying all the travel products according to the set classification system and inputting details necessary for product description; A price input step 630 of inputting and storing prices of the classified travel products according to the applause which is a travel schedule period; In order to perform the price comparison of the travel products, the customer selects a desired price comparison method among various price comparison methods, and accordingly, selects at least one travel classification condition of the travel product to which the price comparison is to be performed. Requesting a price comparison (640); A step of setting a travel product price class section in which the first and last prices of a section are divided into a plurality of classes in order to divide the travel product prices at random intervals according to the number or characteristics of the travel product groups corresponding to the selected travel classification condition ( 650); A price end unit adjustment step 660 of constantly adjusting end units of all travel product prices belonging to the class for each class section by using a predetermined method such as rounding; Calculating a price distribution for each applause according to the applause by using all travel product prices whose end units are adjusted for each section as data; Setting an operation method for calculating the highest frequency price for each applause and calculating the highest frequency price for each applause accordingly (680); Setting an operation method for calculating an average price for each applause and calculating an average price for each applause accordingly (690); It includes the step 700 to compare the high and low of the price by outputting and presenting the price of the specific travel product corresponding to the target price request request specified by the customer and the calculated average frequency and the calculated average price together Can be.

FIG. 11 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a product preference index according to a customer preference evaluation. In order to enable comparison between travel products according to individual's propensity and taste for travel and personal preference, the preference index generating server 500 is preferred. An item is set in the item management unit 510 and the weight setting method is determined in the weight setting unit 520 is an exemplary diagram showing a state in which the customer sets the weight among the registered customer preference evaluation items.

As can be seen in FIG. 11, as 14 items are set in the preference item management unit 510 as the customer preference evaluation item, the customer can select up to 5 items out of the 14 items, and the customer selects the item. The weight setting method is set to set the weight so that the sum of the sums is 10 points, and the customer sets four items among these weight items and gives 4 points, 3 points, 2 points, and 1 point, respectively, and the total score of the 4 items. Is set to 10 points.

FIG. 12 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a product preference index according to a customer's preference evaluation. For each travel product A, the customer preference index and the travel product A for each item calculated as the customer selects a preference item and sets a weight. It represents the total score of the customer preference index. 14 items are registered in the preference item management unit 510 of the preference index generation server 500 and the weight setting method is determined in the weight setting unit 520. The registered score is sent out to the registration unit 210 and the travel agency registration unit 220 or the travel product registration server 300 when the travel agency or the travel product is registered with the evaluation registration score set to a total of 5 out of 5 points, and the score registered for the corresponding item. Is shown, and the customer preference index for each item is shown as a product of the weight set by the customer. According to FIG. 12, a customer sets a weight of four points in the 'Travel Agency Products with Good Customer Evaluation' item, which is the top item selected by the customer, and is registered according to a five-point scale based on the four points set by the customer. The scores of the points were multiplied to yield a customer preference index of 12 points. As such, each weight set for the four items selected by the customer and the evaluation registration score of the corresponding item are multiplied to calculate the customer preference index of each item, and the sum of the customer preference index of all the selected items is the total score. In this figure it can be seen that corresponds to 30 points. Based on the total score of the customer preference index calculated as described above, it is possible to easily select a travel product that is more suitable and satisfactory to the customer among a plurality of travel products. The customer preference index calculation method according to FIG. 12 is one of various index calculation methods, and a numerical value and a calculation method such as an evaluation perfect score standard may be variously applied, and the range thereof is determined by the technical spirit of the present invention. You can lose.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a process of comparing a price of a travel product according to a preference weight setting of a customer in the online travel product price comparison service method of the present invention, which is determined to be important according to a subjective tendency of the customer along with a price comparison when selecting a travel product It shows the process of comparing the travel products with the subjective propensity preference by selecting the item and setting the weight low or high according to the weight of their preference.

As shown in FIG. 13, in the method of the present invention, the travel product price comparison process according to the preference weight setting of the customer is largely included in the components of the travel product, and in addition to the items that can be evaluated according to an objective grade. Setting an item that can be evaluated according to subjective preferences (810); Inputting an evaluation result or a corresponding item on the set item (820); Selecting one or more items that the customer prefers from the set and input items (830); Setting a weight of the weight according to the degree of importance by the judgment of the customer in the selected item (840); Generating a list by selecting a product list corresponding to the first item according to the set weight size order (850); Judging whether there are more other items for which weights have been set (860); As a result of the determination in step 850, if there are more items, the result of the determination in step 870 and step 850 that selects and generates all lists included in the item corresponding to the weight value of the next size, the weight is set If there is no other item, the generated list may be used as a final list, and outputting the travel product list corresponding thereto in order of price.

The online travel product price comparison service system and method of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

1 is an overall network configuration of the online travel product price comparison system of the present invention,

2 is a functional block diagram of a travel product price comparison in the online travel product price comparison service system of the present invention;

3 is a functional block diagram of a travel agency registration server in the online travel product price comparison service system of the present invention;

4 is a functional block diagram of a travel product registration server in the online travel product price comparison service system of the present invention;

5 is a functional block diagram of a reference price generation server in the online travel product price comparison service system of the present invention;

6 is a functional block diagram of a preference index generation server in the online travel product price comparison service system of the present invention;

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100: price comparison server for travel products,

110: communication management unit, 120: member management unit,

130: price comparison request unit, 140: price comparison display unit,

150: commerce management unit, 160: database management unit,

161: price comparison database, 162: member database,

163: commerce database,

200: travel agency registration server,

210: evaluation setting register, 220: travel agency registration,

230: travel agency database management unit, 240: evaluation management unit,

241: evaluation database, 242: travel agency database,

300: travel product registration server,

400: reference price generation server,

410: price unit setting unit, 420: arithmetic formula setting unit,

430: price display management unit, 440: price database management unit,

450: price database,

500: preference index generation server, 600: customer terminal

Claims (15)

A travel product price comparison server that categorizes and provides various travel products and outputs and displays a price comparison result between the travel products as a customer connects and requests according to a predetermined procedure; A travel agency registration server for classifying and classifying the travel agency and an item for determining the travel agency; A travel product registration server for classifying the travel products according to a designated method and inputting the various items including price information for the travel products; Reference price generation server that calculates the various prices that can be the standard of travel product price comparison by performing the processing according to the method of setting the data of all the travel products input as the customer requests price comparison; and Online travel product price comparison service system in which user terminals are interconnected through wired or wireless Internet. The method of claim 1, The reference price generation server sets a starting price and a final price based on the price of the inputted travel product, sets an arbitrary rank section, and sets a price end unit to equally match the price spot of the travel product belonging to the section. A price unit setting unit for displaying a price of a product only up to a predetermined position; Arithmetic formula setting unit which calculates and sets the travel price adjusted by the price unit setting unit to determine an operation method for calculating an average price of all travel product prices included in the comparison target based on the reference price and the requested standard. ; Price display management unit that outputs the calculation results according to the customer's request to display and manage according to a predetermined method; An online travel product price comparison service system comprising a price database management unit for inputting, storing, and managing data inputted from a reference price generation process and data according to calculation. The method of claim 2, When selecting a travel product, the items are categorized and set so as to select items that can be judged subjectively based on the customer's personal preferences or inclinations or the customer's preferences and those that are considered important by personal judgment. And a preference index generation server for generating a preference index of the customer by allowing the customer to select a desired item among these items and to arbitrarily set the weight to the selected item according to the weight of the user's preference. Travel product price comparison service system. The method of claim 3, wherein The travel product price comparison server is a communication management unit that is in charge of various managements for providing an optimal interface to customers in response to various user terminals connected to various managements for access to themselves in a system connected through a wired or wireless Internet environment. ; A member management unit that manages basic services, including membership and withdrawal of members who are customers, and all services provided to or required by the members, including mileage or points for the members; A price comparison request unit for supporting and executing a price comparison of a required travel product by selecting or inputting a desired content; A price comparison display unit which processes the price comparison matters of the customer requested by the price comparison request unit and outputs the result in a manner desired by the customer; A commerce management unit which provides an online purchase apparatus necessary for allowing a customer to purchase a travel product which is a result outputted in the price comparison display unit, and all the means and methods accompanying it are managed and processed; An online travel product price comparison service system comprising a database management unit which processes, stores, and manages all databases processed by itself into a price comparison database, a member database, and a commerce database. The method of claim 4, wherein The travel agency registration server may include an evaluation setting register configured to set an evaluation item for a travel agency, input an evaluation result, classify the evaluation method thereof, and quantify or grade the evaluation method; A travel agency registration unit for participating in a travel agency or a travel-related company in order to provide a service provided by the travel product price comparison server to a customer and directly inputting a requirement for the company according to a given input form; A travel agency database manager for storing and managing all databases set and input in the evaluation setting register and the travel agency register into a rating database and a travel agency database; On-line characterized in that it comprises an evaluation management unit for outputting the evaluation results for the travel agency according to the user's request, the various methods for extracting the results and the setting and management of the format required to output the results Travel product price comparison service system. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, The preference index generation server is a preference item management unit for classifying and setting and managing the items to be able to select the subjective preferences and choices that are considered important according to the customer's preference; A weight setting unit for setting various methods for setting priorities or expressing the importances numerically according to the importance of the subjective judgment of the customer among the set items and setting the respective equations accordingly; A preference calculation method setting unit that sets a formula to arithmeticly process each weight according to a weight formula setting when a customer selects a preference setting item and displays weights for these items according to the displayed method; A weight display management unit which selects a travel product corresponding to the result based on the result of the calculation process, displays the result, and manages and outputs a list of the travel product to a required interface; Online travel product price comparison service system comprising a database management unit for storing and managing all the databases processed in the self. In the online travel product price comparison service method comprising a variety of travel products online and compares the prices of travel products, Set up a classification system so that various travel products of various travel agencies can be classified by region, type, schedule, or departure date, classify travel products according to the set classification system, input details required for product description, and classify travel products. A travel product registration and price input step of inputting and storing the price according to the applause which is a travel schedule period; Receiving a request for price comparison by selecting at least one travel classification condition of a travel product to be subjected to price comparison after receiving a desired price comparison method from a user terminal; A step of setting a travel product price class section that divides the travel product price class into a plurality of classes by setting the first and last price of the section in order to divide the travel product prices at random intervals according to the number or characteristics of the travel product groups corresponding to the selected travel classification condition. ; A price end unit adjustment step of constantly adjusting end units of all travel product prices belonging to the corresponding ranks for each class section by using various calculation methods including rounding operations; Calculating a price distribution for each applause according to the applause by using all travel product prices whose end units are adjusted for each section; Setting an operation method for calculating the highest frequency or the average price for each applause, and calculating the highest frequency or the average price for each applause, and Outputting the calculated average price and presenting it to the user terminal based on the comparison price of the online travel product comprising the step of allowing the user terminal to compare the price and price of the specific travel product corresponding to the request target price comparison Service method. The method of claim 7, wherein In order to calculate the most frequent price for each applause, the price corresponding to the most distribution is determined as the most frequent price according to the price distribution for each applause, and if the number of the most distributions is plural, the sum of the corresponding price is the sum of the distribution number. The online travel product price comparison service method, characterized in that the price divided by the most frequent price. The method of claim 8, In order to calculate the average price for each applause, Online travel product price comparison service, characterized in that the calculation method is set to {highest frequency price + (lowest frequency price + highest frequency price) / 2} / 2 according to the calculation process to set the average price as the average price Way. The method of claim 9, The online travel product price comparison service method, characterized in that it is possible to compare the height of the price by presenting the most frequent price for each applause and the average price calculated as a reference price to compare the price of the travel product. The method of claim 7, wherein The online travel product price comparison service method, characterized in that it is possible to compare the height of the price by presenting the most frequent price for each applause calculated as a reference price to compare the price of the travel product. The method of claim 11, In order to compare the travel products with the subjective inclination preferences along with the price comparison, set the items that can be evaluated according to the subjective preferences of the customers, and then input the evaluation result or the corresponding information in advance in the set items. step; Receiving at least one item selected by the customer from the user terminal among the set and input items; Receiving a weight of a weight for an item selected from a user terminal; Generating a list by selecting a product list corresponding to the first item according to the input weight order; Determining whether there is another item to which the weight is input; If there are other items, selecting and generating all lists included in the item corresponding to the weight value of the next size; and If there is no other item having a weight set, the generated list is used as a final list, and the corresponding travel product list is output in order of price. Comparative service method. The method of claim 12, In order to set the weight of the weight according to the importance, the user sets the total weight of a certain weight regardless of the number of items selected by the user terminal, and the weight set by the sum of the scores of the selected items by the user terminal allocating scores per item according to the selected item. An online travel product price comparison service method, characterized in that it is set to be equal to the sum of the scores. The method of claim 13, further comprising: an item input by a travel agency operating or selling a travel product when setting an item that can be evaluated according to subjective preferences; Items entered by an administrator or by a specific person designated by the administrator, Online travel product price comparison service method characterized in that it is divided into items that can be input by general users or customers, and the items are evaluated. In the online travel product price comparison service method of having various travel products online and comparing the travel products, Set the preference comparison item so that the travel product can be evaluated according to the individual's preference or taste and the subjective preference of the customer, not the price of the travel product, and then enter the details of the travel product. Inputting an evaluation score of the dictionary; Randomly selecting one or more preference comparison items according to a user's preference taste from a user terminal; Weighting the selected item by the user terminal according to the preference weight of the customer and giving an evaluation score accordingly; Calculating a customer preference index for the corresponding travel product using the evaluation score input to the travel product for each selected item and the evaluation score given by the user terminal; and comparing the travel product using the customer preference index. How to compare online travel products.

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