KR20160116507A - Apparatus, method and computer program for determining prices of travel packages - Google Patents

Abstract

The present embodiment discloses an apparatus for determining prices of travel packages. The apparatus includes a selection request receiving part which receives a selection request for travel packages including travel period information from a user terminal; an information collection part which collects one or more first information relates to the travel packages; an information classification part which extracts second information related to the travel period information in the first information and classifies the second information by the same category; and a variation price determination part which determines the starting price of a first travel package corresponding to the selection request, in consideration of the second information. So, the price of the travel packages can be lowered or raised.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING PRICES AND TRAVEL PACKAGES [0002]

The present invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for determining a travel product price, more particularly, to a travel product price determination apparatus, a method and a computer program, And a computer program for determining a price of a travel product.

With the development of the Internet, the e-commerce market has been formed, and online shopping has been increasing rapidly. It is a big advantage of online shopping that you can buy desired goods with few clicks and deliver the products to the desired place without going directly to the store.

In such online shopping, a user accesses an e-commerce server to purchase a desired commodity, searches through a process, and designates a desired commodity.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2007-0005957

Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus, method, and computer program for determining a price of a travel commodity to determine a price of a travel commodity in consideration of one or more information related to a travel destination and a travel period in determining a price of a travel commodity.

The tour product pricing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a selection request receiver for receiving a selection request for a tour product including travel period information from a user terminal; An information collecting unit for collecting at least one first information related to the travel goods; An information classifying unit for extracting second information related to the travel period among the at least one first information and classifying the second information by the same category; And a variable price determining unit for determining an initial price of the first travel product corresponding to the selection request, taking into consideration the second information.

The apparatus for determining pricing according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an information providing unit for providing an initial price of the first travel product and the first travel product to a user terminal; And a goods purchase processing unit for receiving a purchase request for the first travel product from the user terminal in response to the provision of the information and processing the purchase of the first travel product by the user in response to the purchase request have.

According to the present embodiment, the information collecting unit collects third information related to the travel period of the first travel product after receiving the purchase request, and the information classification unit compares the first information of the first travel product The variable price determining unit determines the variable price of the first travel product corresponding to the selection request at a predetermined time interval in consideration of the fourth information, Information or the fourth information is information disclosed after receiving the purchase request, and the fourth information may be information including contents contradicting the second information before the purchase request is received.

The apparatus may further include a purchase customer management unit for transmitting the variable price of the first travel product to the user terminal at predetermined time intervals.

A method for determining a tour product price according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes receiving from a user terminal a selection request for a tour product including travel period information from a communication unit; The control unit collecting at least one first information related to the travel product; Extracting second information related to the travel period among the one or more pieces of first information, and classifying the second information by the same category; And the controller may determine an initial price of the first tour product corresponding to the selection request, taking into consideration the second information.

A computer program according to an embodiment of the present invention may be stored in a medium for executing any one of the methods of determining the price of a travel product according to an embodiment of the present invention using a computer.

In addition to this, another method for implementing the present invention, another system, and a computer-readable recording medium for recording a computer program for executing the method are further provided.

Other aspects, features, and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and the detailed description of the invention.

The apparatus, method, and computer program product for determining travel pricing according to embodiments of the present invention can determine a price of a travel product considering one or more information related to travel destinations and travel periods.

In addition, the apparatus, method, and computer program for determining travel pricing according to embodiments of the present invention may be configured to determine travel pricing based on a travel period of a user, You can lower or raise the price.

1 is a diagram of a travel product pricing system 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for determining a travel product price according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 to 6 are flowcharts illustrating a method of determining a travel product price according to embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal 200. FIG.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. The effects and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, but may be implemented in various forms.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like or corresponding components throughout the drawings, and a duplicate description thereof will be omitted .

In the following embodiments, the terms first, second, and the like are used for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another element, not the limitative meaning.

In the following examples, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the following embodiments, terms such as inclusive or possessed mean that a feature or element described in the specification is present, and does not exclude the possibility that one or more other features or components are added in advance.

If certain embodiments are otherwise feasible, the particular process sequence may be performed differently from the sequence described. For example, two processes that are described in succession may be performed substantially concurrently, and may be performed in the reverse order of the order described.

Throughout the specification, a shopping application refers to a set of computer programs that realize a shopping function by allowing users to perform specific tasks provided in a virtual environment. The shopping applications described herein may vary.

1 is a diagram of a travel product pricing system 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the tour product pricing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a tour product pricing apparatus 100, user terminals 200 and 400, and a communication network 300.

The travel product pricing decision apparatus 100 provides a service for registering one or more pieces of sales information from one or more seller terminals and providing one or more registered pieces of sale information, A function of the tour product price determination server that individually determines the price of the deal information related to the registered travel, in consideration of the information related to the travel product, while being a shopping service providing server that enables purchase and payment processing from the buyer Can be performed simultaneously.

In addition, the travel product price determination apparatus 100 may search for and provide travel related deal information corresponding to a search request or a search request of a buyer. In response to the selection request for the travel product received from the user, the travel product pricing decision apparatus 100 determines whether or not the travel destination selected by the user and the travel product of the travel period (hereinafter referred to as the first travel product) Including, boarding airplanes, lodging, selection of tour courses, etc.). The travel goods pricing decision apparatus 100 can calculate the price of the first travel product of the user individually considering the information related to the first travel product. Accordingly, the travel product pricing apparatus 100 determines a lower price for a travel product such as a travel-avoiding region or a travel avoiding period due to poor weather, terrorism, or the like, By determining higher prices, pricing policies for future travel products can be reasonably applied. Further, in determining the travel avoiding condition and the travel preference condition, the travel product pricing decision apparatus 100 repeats the process of collecting information and determining the price at predetermined time intervals, thereby determining the travel condition of the user Time, etc.) is a preferred condition or an avoided condition. Here, the travel product pricing decision apparatus 100 can receive information related to travel conditions from an external portal service providing server, a weather information management server, a news information providing server, a social network service server, have.

The travel product price determination apparatus 100 can store and manage search, purchase, and click history of users who visited the travel product price determination apparatus 100 such as purchase history, search history, click history, and the like. The purchase history is related to the history purchased through the travel product price determination apparatus 100, and may include a result of statistically analyzing the entire purchase history. The search history is related to the history retrieved through the travel product price determination apparatus 100, and may include a result of statistically analyzing the entire search history. The click history is related to the history clicked through the travel product price determination apparatus 100, and may include a result of statistically analyzing clicks on deal information, clicks on detailed information among deal information, and the like. Purchase history, search history, and click history can be stored and managed by user, date, month, time, and season. Purchase history, search history, and click history can be analyzed and stored and managed based on the user's age, sex, and area. Purchase history, search history, and click history can be received from an external social network providing server and a portal service providing server as well as the travel product pricing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user can access the travel product pricing device 100 through the user terminal 200. [ The user can input the search word and retrieve the deal information to be purchased. In addition, the user can input a connection request for a shopping site including a search word through the user terminal 200. [

The plurality of user terminals 200 and 400 refer to a communication terminal that can use a web service in a wired / wireless communication environment. Here, the user terminals 200 and 400 may be the user's personal computer 201 or the user's portable terminal 202. Although the portable terminal 202 is illustrated as a smartphone in FIG. 1, the concept of the present invention is not limited thereto, and a terminal equipped with an application capable of web browsing as described above can be borrowed without limitation.

In more detail, the user terminal 200 may be a computer (e.g., a desktop, a laptop, a tablet, etc.), a media computing platform (e.g., a cable, a satellite set top box, a digital video recorder), a handheld computing device E. G., A PDA, an email client, etc.), any form of cellular telephone, or any other type of computing or communication platform, but the invention is not so limited.

Meanwhile, the communication network 300 connects the plurality of user terminals 200 and 400 to the travel product pricing device 100. That is, the communication network 300 refers to a communication network that provides a connection path so that the user terminals 200 and 400 can connect to the trip product pricing device 100 and then transmit and receive data. The communication network 300 may be a wired network such as LANs (Local Area Networks), WANs (Wide Area Networks), MANs (Metropolitan Area Networks), ISDNs (Integrated Service Digital Networks), wireless LANs, CDMA, Bluetooth, But the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for determining a travel product price according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the tour product pricing apparatus 100 includes a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a storage unit 130, a selection request receiving unit 140, an information collecting unit 141, an information classifying unit 142 A variable price determining unit 143, an information providing unit 144, a product purchase processing unit 145, and a purchase customer management unit 146.

The communication unit 110 may include one or more components that enable communication between the travel product pricing device 100 and the user terminals 200 and 400. For example, the communication unit 110 may include a local communication unit, a mobile communication unit, and a broadcast receiving unit.

A short-range wireless communication unit includes a Bluetooth communication unit, a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication unit, a near field communication unit, a WLAN communication unit, a Zigbee communication unit, Data Association) communication unit, a WFD (Wi-Fi Direct) communication unit, an UWB (ultra wideband) communication unit, an Ant + communication unit, and the like.

The mobile communication unit transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The broadcast receiving unit receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from outside through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. According to the embodiment, the shopping service providing apparatus 100 may not include the local communication unit, the mobile communication unit, and the broadcast receiving unit.

The communication unit 110 receives a shopping site access request from the user terminals 200 and 400 and transmits a main page of the shopping site corresponding to the access request. Also, the communication unit 110 receives a search request for deal information registered at the shopping site from the user terminals 200 and 400, searches for one or more deal information corresponding to the search request, Lt; / RTI > In addition, the communication unit 110 can receive a selection request, a purchase request, and the like for a travel product from the user terminals 200 and 400, and displays a detailed screen of the tour product corresponding to the selection request, Together with the price information of the goods, and transmits the purchase processing screen corresponding to the purchase request.

The control unit 120 typically controls the overall operation of the trip commodity price determination apparatus 100. For example, the control unit 120 may include a communication unit 110, a storage unit 130, a selection request receiving unit 140, an information collecting unit 141, an information classification unit 142, the variable price determining unit 143, the information providing unit 144, the goods purchase processing unit 145, and the purchase customer management unit 146.

The control unit 120 may include any kind of device capable of processing data, such as a processor. Herein, the term " processor " may refer to a data processing apparatus embedded in hardware, for example, having a circuit physically structured to perform a function represented by a code or an instruction contained in the program. As an example of the data processing apparatus built in hardware, a microprocessor, a central processing unit (CPU), a processor core, a multiprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) circuit, and a field programmable gate array (FPGA), but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The storage unit 130 temporarily or permanently stores the data processed by the control unit 120. Here, the storage unit 130 may include a magnetic storage medium or a flash storage medium, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The selection request receiving unit 140 receives a selection request for a travel product including travel period information from the user terminals 200 and 400. [ Here, the travel period information is time information related to the departure and arrival selected by the user, and may include a departure date, a departure time, an arrival date, and an arrival time, and may optionally include an ascending date and an ascending time.

The information collecting unit 141 may collect one or more pieces of first information related to the travel goods. Here, the travel product refers to a travel product that is provided to the user through the travel product price determination device 100, and includes a travel product such as an overseas trip, a domestic trip, a ticket / leisure, a water park, a resort / condo, a pension, a camping / The information on the travel goods includes information on the travel destination, the tour course included, the starting means information, the information on the arrival means, the number of persons traveling with each other, the applicable price information by age, the price information per departure date, Including information on taxes and fees, surrounding tourist information, pricing information based on additional personnel, frequently asked questions and answers, and benefit information for purchasing customers. The information collecting unit 141 collects at least one first information related to the travel goods except the travel period, that is, the first information related to the travel destination, from an external server (portal service server, news providing server, social network service server, etc.). At this time, the information collection unit 141 generates a search term including a keyword matching with the travel product so as to collect information corresponding to the travel product, and transmits a search request to an external server using the search term And by receiving the result of this, information related to the travel product can be collected.

The information classifying unit 142 extracts second information related to the travel period from among the at least one first information, and classifies the second information according to the same category. The information classifying unit 142 extracts second information related to the travel period of the user from information related to the travel product, that is, information related to the travel destination. More specifically, the information classification unit 142 determines the month including the user's travel period from among the first information, and the second information that can be matched with the month or correspond to the month . Or the information classification unit 142 determines a season including the user's travel period from among the first information and extracts second information that can be matched with the season or correspond to the season. The information classification unit 142 classifies the extracted second information into groups belonging to the same category. More specifically, the information classification unit 142 determines one or more categories among the second information, and classifies one or more pieces of information included in the same category. For example, the information classification unit 142 determines categories based on weather-related information, political-related information, economic-related information, event-related information, and the like, and classifies one or more pieces of information included in each category. In another embodiment, the information classifier 142 may classify one or more categories of relevance into the travel, among the second information. More specifically, the information classification unit 142 can classify the second information into information having a positive effect and information having a negative effect. For example, the information classifying unit 142 may classify the second information corresponding to the travel period of the user as travel information such as' weather is fine, '' terror risk is low, '' there is a festival in the area, , There is information that can be a good condition for traveling and bad travel conditions in relation to travel such as 'cloudy weather', 'high risk of terrorism', 'zero temperature', 'typhoon or heavy rain' And can be classified into information that can be obtained. Here, the classification of the second information into information belonging to the same category is classified as a rational standard in socio-wisdom, a classification for information management convenience, or an information classification as an absolute standard. Of course, the information classifying unit 142 may classify the second information into categories such as weather, politics, economy, and events, or classify and classify categories such as positive and negative effects, . That is, the information classification unit 142 may classify the information including the weather-related keyword into weather-related information, and classify the information including the keyword stored in advance in correspondence with the positive effect into information related to the positive effect. At this time, the keyword associated with the category may be changed in accordance with the passage of time as information previously stored by the administrator.

Based on the second information, the change price determining unit 143 determines an initial price of the first travel product corresponding to the selection request. At this time, the change price determining unit 143 determines the initial price of the first travel product based on the first information group having the positive effect and the second information group having the negative effect. More specifically, the variable price determining unit 143 assigns a first weight to information having a positive effect, gives a second weight to a group of information having a negative effect, and determines a first weight and a second weight based on the first weight and the second weight The sum of the weights corresponding to the number of the second information is calculated, and the price change value is calculated based on the sum of the weights. That is, when the number of pieces of information belonging to the first group is 109 and the number of pieces of information belonging to the second group is 98, the variable price determining unit 143 determines that the sum of 109 * first weight and 98 * second weight is the total weight And the price change value can be calculated so as to be proportional to the sum of the weights. Finally, the variable price determining unit 143 adds up the base price of the travel product and the price change value to determine the initial price of the first travel product. Here, the basic price of a travel product refers to information obtained by summing the costs associated with transportation means, accommodation facilities, and other tour courses included in the travel product, based on the actual selling price when designing the travel product.

The information providing unit 144 provides detailed information of the first travel product including the information about the first travel product and the initial price of the first travel product to the user terminal. At this time, detailed information of the first travel product is generated and provided according to a pre-designed user interface, and some or all of the second information acquired through the information collection unit 141 and the information classification unit 142 may be provided together have. Accordingly, the travel product pricing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention can determine, based on the travel conditions selected by the user, the weather, economy, politics, and other related information And the like.

The product purchase processing unit 145 may receive a purchase request for the first travel product from the user terminal in response to providing the detailed screen of the first travel product. The product purchase processing unit 145 controls the steps such as the address input step, the payment processing step, and the purchase completion step to be sequentially processed in response to the receipt of the purchase request for the first travel product. The steps such as the address entry step, the settlement processing step, and the purchase completion step related to the purchase of the commodities are related to the purchase of commodities in the general electronic commerce and are a technique that can be practically carried out at a technical level of a person skilled in the art .

In a further embodiment, the travel product pricing determination apparatus 100 collects third information related to the first travel product after the purchase is completed, determines a variation interval of the first travel product in consideration of the third information, , And performs the function of providing the change price to the user who is the buyer of the first travel product. As a result, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 can perform price adjustment considering the change of circumstances after purchase of the travel product. Through such price adjustment, it is possible to make a more reasonable price Policies can be established. According to the present embodiment, the information collecting unit 141 collects third information related to the travel period of the first travel goods after receiving the purchase request. Here, the process of collecting the third information is the same as the collecting of the first information or the second information, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The information classification unit 142 may extract fourth information that can change the initial price of the first travel goods among the third information. Herein, the third information or the fourth information refers to information that is disclosed after receiving the purchase request, in particular, the third information is information related to the travel period of the first travel goods, and the fourth information is information before the purchase request Or information that is contradictory to the second information. For example, with respect to the travel period of the first travel product, the information classification unit 142 may extract fourth information that the 'weather is blurry', which is contrary to the second information that the 'weather is fine'. In addition, the information classifying unit 142 can extract fourth information 'bomb terrorism occurrence', which is contrary to the second information 'no terrorism risk', with respect to the travel period of the first travel product. The variable price determining unit 143 assigns weights to the fourth information, adds the weights to each other, and calculates the variable price based on the sum of the weights. In this case, the variable price of the first travel product refers to the price fluctuation range from the initial price, and may be either a positive value or a negative value, 0. The purchase customer management unit 146 may transmit the variable price of the first travel product to the user terminals 200 and 400 of the user who purchased the first travel product. At this time, the purchase customer management unit 146 may further provide the fourth information used to calculate the change price.

2, the selection request receiving unit 140, the information collecting unit 141, the information classification unit 142, the variable price determining unit 143, the information providing unit 144, the goods purchase processing unit 145, The control unit 120 includes a selection request receiving unit 140, an information collecting unit 141, an information classification unit 142, a variable price determination unit 140, An information providing unit 144, a product purchase processing unit 145, and a purchasing customer management unit 146. [0033]

3 to 6 are flowcharts illustrating a method of determining a travel product price according to embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the method of determining a travel product price according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a selection request receiving step S110, an information collecting and extracting step S120, and an initial pricing step S130 of a travel product can do.

In step S110, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 receives a selection request for a tour product including travel period information from the user terminals 200 and 400. [ The operation of S110 is the same as the operation of the selection request receiving unit 140, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In step S120, the travel product pricing apparatus 100 may collect one or more pieces of first information related to the travel product. The travel product price determination apparatus 100 extracts second information related to the travel period from among the at least one first information, and classifies the second information by the same category. The operation of S120 is the same as the operation of the information collecting unit 141 and the information classification unit 142, and thus the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In step S130, the travel product pricing apparatus 100 determines an initial price of the first travel product corresponding to the selection request based on the second information. The operation of S130 is the same as the operation of the fluctuation price determiner 143, and thus the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 4, a method for determining a travel product price according to a second embodiment of the present invention includes a selection request reception step S210, an information collection and extraction step S220, an initial pricing step S230, A processing step S240, and a variable price calculation step S250.

The operations of S210, S220, and S230 are the same as the operations of S110, S120, and S130, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In S240, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 may receive a purchase request for a travel product from the user terminal in response to providing a detailed screen of the tour product selected by the user. The travel product price determination apparatus 100 controls the steps of the address input step, the payment processing step, the purchase completion step, and the like to be sequentially processed in response to the receipt of the purchase request for the first travel product. Here, the operation of S240 is the same as the operation of the commodity purchase processing unit 145, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In step S250, the information collecting unit 141 collects third information related to the travel period of the first travel product after receiving the purchase request, and the third information on the first travel product The fourth information capable of changing the initial price of the first information. The operation of S250 is the same as the operation of the purchase customer management unit 146, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 5, a method of determining a travel product price according to a third embodiment of the present invention includes a selection request reception step S310, an information collection and extraction step S320, a price determination step S330, S340), a variable price calculation step S350, and a variable price providing step S360.

Steps S310, S320, S330, S340, and S350 are the same as the operations of S210, S220, S230, S240, and S250, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In step S360, the tour product price determination device 100 transmits the calculated change price of the travel product to the user terminal of the user who is the buyer of the tour product. At this time, the trip commodity price determination apparatus 100 may provide the fourth information related to the fluctuation price.

Referring to FIG. 6, a method of determining a travel product price according to a fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a selection request receiving step S410, an information collecting step S420, a first sorting step S430, a second sorting step S440 A rating calculation step S450, an evaluation rating calculation step S460, and a price calculation step S470.

In step S410, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 receives a request for selection of a travel product from the user terminal. In S420, the travel product price determination apparatus 100 collects information related to the travel condition selected by the user. More specifically, the travel product price determination apparatus 100 can collect information corresponding to a travel destination, a travel period, and the like.

In step S430, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 determines representative categories of the collected information and classifies the one or more pieces of information in each category. For example, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 determines a representative category of each information based on a category-specific keyword registered in advance by an administrator, or determines a representative category based on a source of each information. That is, the travel product price determination apparatus 100 can use keywords, weather, economy, politics, terrorism, and the like used for searching each information. In this case, the keyword itself may be a representative category of the searched information .

In S440, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 secondarily classifies one or more pieces of information classified in each category on the basis of an effect obtained or derived from the information. That is, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 can classify first information giving a positive effect and second information giving a negative effect. For example, the trip commodity price determination apparatus 100 may calculate information on the effect of the collected one or more information on the traveler based on the information related to the clear weather, safe security, special festival period and the like giving a positive effect and cloudy weather , Unreliable security, and the occurrence of terrorist bombings. Here, the method of correlating information with effects is based on whether the keyword includes a keyword corresponding to a negative effect of the text included in the information, or includes a keyword corresponding to a positive effect. At this time, if one piece of information includes both a keyword corresponding to a negative effect and a keyword corresponding to a positive effect, the information may be determined to correspond to a negative effect. Here, the keyword corresponding to the negative effect and the keyword corresponding to the positive effect may include one or more keywords as keywords stored in advance by the administrator.

In S450, the tour product pricing apparatus 100 matches the class of the first information and the class of the second information according to the class stored in advance. In another embodiment, the trip commodity price determination apparatus 100 calculates a corresponding grade for each piece of information. Here, the corresponding grade can be calculated in correspondence with the category of the primary classification to which each information belongs and the effect of the secondary classification. That is, the travel goods pricing decision apparatus 100 assigns individual weights to the respective keywords when registering the keywords corresponding to the category and the effect corresponding to the category, can do. That is, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 can calculate the class corresponding to each piece of information by summing the weights of the category, which is the primary criterion previously given, and the effect of the secondary criterion.

In step S460, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 may calculate the final rating of the tour product by adding the rating for the first information and the rating for the second information.

In step S470, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 calculates the price of the travel product based on the evaluation grade. In general, the tour product price determination apparatus 100 can calculate the price of a commodity that is proportional to the evaluation grade.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal 200. FIG.

7, a user terminal 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a sensing unit 210, a communication unit 220, an output unit 230, a user input unit 240, a control unit 250, An audio / video (A / V) input unit 260, and a memory 270. However, not all illustrated components are required. The user terminal 200 may be implemented by more components than the components shown, or the user terminal 200 may be implemented by fewer components.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The sensing unit 210 acquires position information of the user terminal 200. When the user terminal 200 moves, the sensing unit 210 can acquire the moving speed information, the moving time information, and the like to determine the location information of the device 100 to be changed.

The sensing unit 210 includes a magnetism sensor 211, an acceleration sensor 212, an on / humidity sensor 213, an infrared sensor 214, a gyroscope sensor 215, (GPS) 216, an air pressure sensor 217, a proximity sensor 218, and an RGB sensor (illuminance sensor) 219. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. The function of each sensor can be intuitively deduced from the name by those skilled in the art, so a detailed description will be omitted.

The sensing unit 210 may acquire status information of the user terminal 200. [ The sensing unit 210 may acquire information about at least one of the inclination of the user terminal 200, the direction in which the user terminal 200 is located, and the movement of the user terminal 200.

Also, the sensing unit 210 may sense a user input. The sensing unit 210 may obtain information on at least one of a time length of a user input sensed and a type of a user input.

The communication unit 220 may include at least one component that enables communication between the user terminal 200 and at least one user terminal 200 or 400 or between the user terminal 200 and the travel pricing device 100 have. For example, the communication unit 220 may include a short-range communication unit 221, a mobile communication unit 222, and a broadcast reception unit 223.

The short-range wireless communication unit 221 includes a Bluetooth communication unit, a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication unit, a near field communication unit, a WLAN communication unit, a Zigbee communication unit, IrDA, an infrared data association) communication unit, a WFD (Wi-Fi Direct) communication unit, an UWB (ultra wideband) communication unit, an Ant + communication unit, and the like.

The mobile communication unit 222 transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The broadcast receiving unit 223 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from outside via a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The user terminal 200 may not include the broadcast receiving unit 223 according to the embodiment.

The communication unit 220 acquires information such as deal information, price information, detailed screen information, and the like from the travel product pricing apparatus 100. The communication unit 220 may directly communicate with at least one other user terminal 400 to obtain information such as a location. According to another example, the communication unit 220 can communicate with the travel product pricing apparatus 100 to receive various services provided by the travel product pricing apparatus 100. [

In addition, the communication unit 220 may acquire context information indicating that the status of the user of the user terminal 200 is changed.

The output unit 230 may include a display unit 231, an acoustic output unit 232, a vibration motor 233, and the like.

The display unit 231 outputs information to be processed by the user terminal 200. For example, the display unit 231 may output the user interface provided by the travel product pricing apparatus 100. [ Also, the display unit 231 can output the generated content summary information.

Meanwhile, when the display unit 231 and the touch pad have a layer structure and are configured as a touch screen, the display unit 231 can be used as an input device in addition to the output device. The display unit 231 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display A 3D display, and an electrophoretic display. In addition, the user terminal 200 may include two or more display units 231 according to the implementation mode of the user terminal 200. At this time, the two or more display units 231 may be arranged to face each other using a hinge.

The audio output unit 232 outputs audio data received from the communication unit 220 or stored in the memory 270. [ Also, the sound output unit 232 may output sound signals related to the functions performed by the user terminal 200 (for example, the background sounds output from the shopping service site and the sound effects generated each time the user performs the operation on the shopping service site) Output. The sound output unit 232 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The vibration motor 233 can output a vibration signal. For example, the vibration motor 233 may correspond to the output of audio data or image data (e.g., an effect sound produced each time an operation is performed at a shopping service site, an image changed as a result of performing an operation at a shopping service site) A vibration signal can be outputted. In addition, the vibration motor 233 may output a vibration signal when a touch is input to the touch screen.

The control unit 250 typically controls the overall operation of the user terminal 200. For example, the control unit 250 may include a sensing unit 210, a communication unit 220, an output unit 230, a user input unit 240, an A / V input unit 260 ), The memory 270, and the like.

The control unit 250 can access the trip product pricing unit 100 to check the deal information registered in the shopping service providing apparatus 100 and control the processing based on the user event input from the user .

In addition, the control unit 250 controls the goods-retrieval request or the purchase request according to the user's input to be transmitted to the travel-product-price determination apparatus 100, and transmits the search request or purchase request corresponding to the search request or purchase request to the user terminal 200).

In addition, the control unit 250 controls the tour product price determination apparatus 100 to periodically receive the change price information for the purchased product.

The user input unit 240 means a means for the user to input data for controlling the user terminal 200. For example, the user input unit 240 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (a contact type capacitance type, a pressure type resistive type, an infrared ray detection type, a surface ultrasonic wave conduction type, A tension measuring method, a piezo effect method, etc.), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

The user input unit 240 can obtain a user input. For example, the user input unit 240 may obtain an input such as a user input for a shopping service, a search request, a purchase request, a payment, a payment completion, and a delivery completion message.

The A / V (Audio / Video) input unit 160 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 261 and a microphone 262. The camera 261 can obtain an image frame such as a still image or a moving image through the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. The image captured through the image sensor can be processed through the control unit 250 or a separate image processing unit (not shown).

The image frame processed by the camera 261 may be stored in the memory 270 or transmitted to the outside through the communication unit 220. [ The camera 261 may be equipped with two or more cameras according to the configuration of the terminal.

The microphone 262 receives an external acoustic signal and processes it as electrical voice data. For example, the microphone 262 may receive acoustic signals from an external device or speaker. The microphone 262 may use various noise reduction algorithms to remove noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.

The memory 270 may store a program for processing and control of the controller 250 and may store data to be input / output (e.g., a plurality of menus, a plurality of first hierarchical submenus corresponding to the plurality of menus, A plurality of second layer submenus corresponding to each of the plurality of first layer submenus, and the like).

The memory 270 may store metadata relating to the shopping application in advance. The memory 270 may also store information about the length and type of user input obtained. The memory 270 may store status information of the user terminal 200.

The memory 270 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (e.g., SD or XD memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory) SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory) , An optical disc, and the like. Also, the user terminal 200 may operate a web storage or a cloud server that performs a function of storing the memory 270 on the Internet.

Programs stored in the memory 270 may be classified into a plurality of modules according to their functions, for example, a UI module 271, a touch screen module 272, a notification module 273, .

The UI module 271 can provide a specialized UI, a GUI, and the like that are interlocked with the user terminal 200 for each shopping application. The touch screen module 272 senses a touch gesture on the user's touch screen and can transmit information on the touch gesture to the control unit 250. [ The touch screen module 272 according to an embodiment of the present invention can recognize and analyze the touch code. The touch screen module 272 may be configured as separate hardware including a controller.

Various sensors may be provided in or near the touch screen to sense the touch or near touch of the touch screen. An example of a sensor for sensing the touch of the touch screen is a tactile sensor. A tactile sensor is a sensor that detects the contact of a specific object with a degree or more that a person feels. The tactile sensor can detect various information such as the roughness of the contact surface, the rigidity of the contact object, and the temperature of the contact point.

In addition, a proximity sensor is an example of a sensor for sensing the touch of the touch screen.

The proximity sensor refers to a sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or a nearby object without mechanical contact using the force of an electromagnetic field or infrared rays. Examples of proximity sensors include a transmission type photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection type photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection type photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation type proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, and an infrared proximity sensor. The user's touch gestures can include tap, touch & hold, double tap, drag, panning, flick, drag and drop, swipe, and the like.

The notification module 273 may generate a signal for notifying the user terminal 200 of the occurrence of an event. The notification module 273 may output a notification signal in the form of a video signal through the display unit 231 or may output a notification signal in the form of an audio signal through the sound output unit 232, It is possible to output a notification signal in the form of a vibration signal.

The embodiments of the present invention described above can be embodied in the form of a computer program that can be executed on various components on a computer, and the computer program can be recorded on a computer-readable medium. At this time, the medium may be a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, an optical recording medium such as CD-ROM and DVD, a magneto-optical medium such as a floptical disk, , A RAM, a flash memory, and the like, which are specifically configured to store and execute program instructions. Further, the medium may include an intangible medium that is implemented in a form that can be transmitted over a network, and may be, for example, a medium in the form of software or an application that can be transmitted and distributed through a network.

Meanwhile, the computer program may be designed and configured specifically for the present invention or may be known and used by those skilled in the computer software field. Examples of computer programs may include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The specific acts described in the present invention are, by way of example, not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. For brevity of description, descriptions of conventional electronic configurations, control systems, software, and other functional aspects of such systems may be omitted. Also, the connections or connecting members of the lines between the components shown in the figures are illustrative of functional connections and / or physical or circuit connections, which may be replaced or additionally provided by a variety of functional connections, physical Connection, or circuit connections. Also, unless stated otherwise such as " essential ", " importantly ", etc., it may not be a necessary component for application of the present invention.

The use of the terms " above " and similar indication words in the specification of the present invention (particularly in the claims) may refer to both singular and plural. In addition, in the present invention, when a range is described, it includes the invention to which the individual values belonging to the above range are applied (unless there is contradiction thereto), and each individual value constituting the above range is described in the detailed description of the invention The same. Finally, the steps may be performed in any suitable order, unless explicitly stated or contrary to the description of the steps constituting the method according to the invention. The present invention is not necessarily limited to the order of description of the above steps. The use of all examples or exemplary language (e.g., etc.) in this invention is for the purpose of describing the present invention only in detail and is not to be limited by the scope of the claims, It is not. It will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, and alterations may be made depending on design criteria and factors within the scope of the appended claims or equivalents thereof.

10: Travel goods pricing system
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200, 400: user terminal
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Claims (9)

A selection request receiver for receiving a selection request for a travel product including travel period information from a user terminal;
An information collecting unit for collecting at least one first information related to the travel goods;
An information classifying unit for extracting second information related to the travel period among the at least one first information and classifying the second information by the same category;
And a variable price determining unit for determining an initial price of the first travel product corresponding to the selection request, taking into consideration the second information.
The method according to claim 1,
A price providing unit for providing an initial price of the first travel product and the first travel product to a user terminal;
And a merchandise purchase processing unit for receiving a purchase request for the first travel product from the user terminal in response to the providing of the information and processing the purchase of the first travel product by the user in response to the purchase request, Product pricing device.
3. The method of claim 2,
The information collecting unit collects third information related to the travel period of the first travel goods after receiving the purchase request,
The information classification unit
Extracts fourth information capable of changing an initial price of the first travel goods among the third information, and the fluctuation price determining unit
Determines a change price of the first travel goods corresponding to the selection request at a predetermined time interval in consideration of the fourth information,
The third information or the fourth information is information disclosed after receiving the purchase request,
Wherein the fourth information is information including content contrary to the second information before the purchase request is received.
The method of claim 3,
And a purchase customer management unit for transmitting the variable price of the first travel product to the user terminal at predetermined time intervals.
Receiving from the user terminal a selection request for a travel product including travel period information by a communication unit;
The control unit collecting at least one first information related to the travel product;
Extracting second information related to the travel period among the one or more pieces of first information, and classifying the second information by the same category;
And the controller determines an initial price of the first travel product corresponding to the selection request in consideration of the second information.
6. The method of claim 5,
Providing the first price of the first travel product and the first travel product to the user terminal;
Wherein the communication unit receives a purchase request for the first travel product from the user terminal in response to providing the information, and the control unit processes purchase of the first travel product by the user in response to the purchase request; The method comprising the steps of:
The method according to claim 6,
The step of collecting the first information
The controller collects third information related to the travel period of the first travel goods after receiving the purchase request,
The step of classifying the second information by the same category
Wherein the controller extracts fourth information that can change an initial price of the first travel product among the third information,
The step of determining the initial price
The controller determines the change price of the first travel product corresponding to the selection request at a predetermined time interval in consideration of the fourth information,
The third information or the fourth information is information disclosed after receiving the purchase request,
Wherein the fourth information is information including contents contradicting with the second information before the purchase request is received.
8. The method of claim 7,
And the communication unit transmitting the variable price of the first travel product to the user terminal at a predetermined time interval.
9. A computer program stored on a medium for carrying out the method of any one of claims 5 to 8 using a computer.

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