KR20150046955A - Method and system for a seating arrangement - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for a server arranging seats for a plurality of participants. The method for a server arranging seats includes: (a) a step of authorizing seat reservations of first and second participants individually in the case of the first participant requesting a reservation for a seat 1 and the second participant requesting a reservation for a seat 2 while the seat 1 and seat 2 are available; (b) a step of adding a third participant on the waiting reservation list for the seat 2 and then transmitting to the second participant the waiting reservation list for the seat 2 in the case of a third participant requesting a reservation for the seat 2; (c) a step of canceling the reservation for the seat 2 of the second participant and authorizing the reservation for the seat 2 of the third participant in the case of the second participant requesting to cancel the reservation for the seat 2. According to the present invention, all the participants are able to reserve a seat in real time, referring to information on other participants and current situation of the seat reservation.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEATING ARRANGEMENT [0002]

The present invention is directed to a method and system for arranging a plurality of attendant seats.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and a system for providing a seat reservation status and a seat reservation information to all attendees at a conference and arranging attendant seats using various terminals such as a bar code reader, a smart phone, and a computer .

With the development of networks, communication infrastructure has been established and the Internet has been spreading rapidly, and internet business is actively proceeding based on such Internet environment.

On the other hand, conferences, business forums and academic conferences are generally used as a forum for networking among participating members. At this time, members from various countries around the world will be present, and the organizer will arrange seats for conferences, meals, etc., in advance for each participant, or place them individually on request.

However, such seating arrangements can be very inefficient. Placing a seat unilaterally by the organizer can reduce the chance of meeting among attendees, and furthermore, it is possible to individually request and arrange attendees, because the needs of the attendees can be changed in real time according to the seating arrangement of the other attendees to be.

Therefore, there is a need for a method of arranging seats of a plurality of users at a conference in real time using online.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and a system that can provide conference attendees' information and seat reservation status to all attendees and arrange seats in real time using various terminals such as a barcode reader.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of arranging a plurality of attendants' seats, comprising the steps of: (a) requesting a first attendee to make a reservation for seat 1; Approving seat reservations of the first attendee and the second attendee, respectively, when the seat 1 and the seat 2 are before reservation; (b) when the third attendee requests the reservation for the seat 2, the server adds the third attendee to the reservation waiting list of the seat 2 and informs the second attendee of the reservation waiting list of the seat 2 Transmitting; And (c) when the second attendee requests to cancel the reservation for the seat 2, the server cancels the reservation for the seat 2 of the second attendee and approves the reservation for the seat 2 of the third attendee The method comprising the steps of:

Further, the method may further include: generating a database for each participant when the first attendee, the second attendee, and the third attendee transmit attendee detail information before the step (a); And a barcode including a seat reservation authority and the attendee detail information to the first attendee, the second attendee, and the third attendee, respectively.

Further, in the step (a), the first attendee and the second attendee may request a seat reservation using the bar code. After the step (a) And transmitting a reservation result for the first participant to the third participant when the first participant requests a seat search of the first participant.

According to the present invention, all attendees can reserve seats in real time by referring to other attendees' information and seat reservation status.

Further, according to the present invention, even if a seat that has already been reserved is requested to be reserved, a waiting list is transmitted to the pre-reservation person, so that the seat can be conceded, and the seat can be reserved more efficiently.

1 is a network configuration diagram of a seating arrangement system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a flowchart showing a process of arranging a plurality of attendees' seats according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a seat reservation status according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is a view showing an example of displaying the seat reservation detail status according to an embodiment of the present invention
5 is a diagram showing an example of displaying a reservation status of a reserved seat according to an embodiment of the present invention
6 is a view showing an example of a seat or attendee search screen according to an embodiment of the present invention

It is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the description of the embodiments described below, and that various modifications may be made without departing from the technical scope of the present invention. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

In the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals. And in the accompanying drawings, some of the elements may be exaggerated, omitted or schematically illustrated. It is intended to clearly illustrate the gist of the present invention by omitting unnecessary explanations not related to the gist of the present invention. Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a network configuration diagram of a seating arrangement system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the seating arrangement system according to the present invention includes a server 100 and may include terminals 110 to 160 to be used by each participant.

In the network configuration as shown in FIG. 1, the user terminals 110 to 160 may transmit user information and the like to the server 100 to construct a database. Furthermore, the user terminals 110 to 160 may request a seat reservation status or attendee information search, and may request a reservation or standby by designating an arbitrary seat.

As shown in FIG. 1, the user terminals 110 to 160 include computers 110, 120, and 160 and smart phones 140 and 150 that can be connected to a server via a wire / wireless network, as well as barcode readers 110 and 130 . In particular, in the case of the barcode readers 110 and 130, it is possible to request the server 100 to reserve a seat by receiving barcode information unique to the attendee. However, when the participant information is transmitted and registered in the seating arrangement system, it is more appropriate to use the computers 110, 120 and 160 and the smart phones 140 and 150 as user terminals.

The seating arrangement server 100 receives the attendee information from the user terminals 110 to 160 to generate a database, issues a barcode including the seat reservation authority and the attendee detail information to each attendee, And can control a series of processes of accepting reservations or proceeding to a standby state by receiving a reservation request of each attendee.

Specific examples in which information between the user terminals 110 to 160 and the server 100 are transmitted and received will be described later with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of the server 100 arranging a seat according to an embodiment of the present invention.

At steps 210, 215 and 217, the server 100 receives a registration request for the attendee information and the seating arrangement system from the user terminal 110, 120, 130. Thereafter, the server 100 can establish a database and manage the information of each participant in step 220. [

At steps 222, 224, and 226, the server 100 may issue a unique barcode to each attendee. The barcode is generated including the seat reservation authority and attendee information. For example, when a participant inputs his or her barcode into the barcode reader, the barcode can be used in such a manner that attendee information included in the barcode is transmitted to the server 100 and automatically logged into the seating arrangement program. Such a barcode can be generated by the server 100 in a printable two-dimensional barcode format.

In step 230, the first participant 110 may request the server 100 for a seat reservation status. In step 235, the server 100 may provide the seat reservation status requested by the first participant to the first participant 110 have. An example of displaying the seat reservation status according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described later with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 attached hereto.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a seat reservation status according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying a seat reservation detail status according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For example, the first participant can input his / her barcode into a barcode reader including a touch screen installed at a conference conference room and log into the seating arrangement program.

At this time, if the first participant selects the "seat reservation" menu among the menus displayed on the touch screen, the barcode reader can display the seat reservation status as shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 3, one table is for eight participants.

At this time, if the first participant selects the A1 table, the barcode reader can display the seat reservation status as shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 4, the table A1 has no reserved seats. In the example of FIG. 5, all the seats are reserved.

Returning to the description of FIG. 2 again, at step 240, the first participant may request a reservation for a particular seat. If the first seat requested for reservation is before the reservation, the server 100 may approve the reservation of the first participant for the first seat at step 245. [

In step 250, the third party can request a reservation for a specific seat. If the second seat requesting reservation is before the reservation, the server 100 determines in step 255 whether the second seat of the third party You can approve the reservation of the third participant for two seats.

For example, in the example of FIG. 2, if the first participant desires to reserve the first seat of A1, the first participant may request the reservation by touching the first seat on the touch screen shown in FIG. 2 . At this time, the touch screen switches to the screen as shown in FIG. 6, and the field of FIG. 6 automatically displays the participant information of the first participant. Such participant detail information may be converted or generated by the barcode reader in the barcode information, or received from the server 100 and displayed.

Then, the first participant checks his / her detailed information again, and when the "SAVE" button in FIG. 6 is clicked, the placement of the first participant in the first seat of the first table can be completed. In the previous example, a reservation request for the second seat of the third participant may also proceed in the same manner.

On the other hand, in step 260, the second participant may request the server 100 to search the seat of the first participant, for example. It is possible to check the seats of the first participant and desire to be placed in the same table or another table.

Alternatively, the second participant may request the server 100 of information of the participant who has reserved the specific table. This is because the user may want to reserve the seat of the table in consideration of the information of the attendees who have already reserved the seat. In this case, the server may provide the search result to the second participant in step 265.

An example in which an attendee searches for a seat reservation status of another attendee or a detailed information of a reservation of an arbitrary table according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described later with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 attached hereto.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example of displaying a reservation status of a reserved seat according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a seat or attendee search screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, for example, the second participant can input his / her barcode into the barcode reader including the touch screen installed at the conference conference site and log in to the seating arrangement program.

At this time, if the second participant selects the "seat reservation" menu among the menus displayed on the touch screen, the bar code reader can display the seat reservation status as shown in FIG. 3. At this time, if the first participant selects the A1 table, The seat reservation status as shown in FIG. 5 can be displayed. In the example of FIG. 5, the table A1 is a case where all seats are reserved.

In this case, the second participant can request the server 100 for detailed information of the subscribers of the table A1. For example, if the second participant touches the first seat of the A1 table in the example of FIG. 5, the display screen is switched as shown in FIG. 6, and the details of the attendant who reserved the first seat of A1 can be displayed. The details of such attendees may include attendee name, registration number, technology field, nationality, affiliation, email, address, whether the event for which the seat is reserved is for example an opening reception, a gala dinner, and the like.

On the other hand, the second participant may specify the first participant and desire to search for the seat of the first participant. In this case, if the second participant selects the "SEARCH SEARCH" menu among the menus displayed on the touch screen, the bar code reader can display the search screen as shown in FIG. 5. At this time, the second participant can display the first participant's name, The server 100 can display the seating arrangement number of the first participant together with the detailed information of the first participant.

Returning to the description of FIG. 2 again, at step 270, the second attendee may request a reservation reservation for any seat that has already been reserved. For example, in the example of FIG. 5, even if the first seat of the table A1 is reserved for the first participant and the second seat is reserved for the third participant, the second participant can request a reservation for the second seat have.

When the server 100 receives the reservation request for the second participant, the server 100 can transmit the reservation waiting list to the first reservation of the seat. That is, in the above example, the third participant can be informed of the fact that the second participant has requested the reservation for the second seat.

In this case, if the third participant cancels the reservation for the second seat at step 285, at step 290, the server 100 may place the second seat to the second participant who has been waiting for the reservation. These steps 270 to 290 are designed so that attendees such as conferences can concede a seat by considering each other.

The embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are merely illustrative of specific embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention. It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention are possible in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

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Claims (5)

A method for placing a seat of a plurality of participants in a server,
(a) when a first attendee requests a reservation for seat 1, a second attendee requests a reservation for seat 2, and if seat 1 and seat 2 are before reservation, the first attendee and the second attendee Steps to approve each seat reservation
(b) when the third attendee requests the reservation for the seat 2, the server adds the third attendee to the reservation waiting list of the seat 2 and informs the second attendee of the reservation waiting list of the seat 2 Transmitting; And
(c) when the second attendee requests to cancel the reservation for the seat 2, the server cancels the reservation for the seat 2 of the second attendee and approves the reservation for the seat 2 of the third attendee ≪ / RTI >
2. The method of claim 1, wherein, prior to step (a)
Generating a database for each of the attendees when the first attendee, the second attendee, and the third attendee transmit attendee detail information; And
The second attendee, and the third attendee, the barcode including the seat reservation authority and the attendee detail information, respectively, to the first attendee, the second attendee, and the third attendee.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein step (a)
And the first attendee and the second attendee request seat reservation using the barcode.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein after the step (a)
Further comprising transmitting a reservation result for the first participant to the third participant when the third participant requests the first participant to search for the seat.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein after the step (a)
Further comprising transmitting the detailed information of the second participant to the third participant when the third participant requests the search for the second participant.

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