KR20190010185A - Method And System For Providing Matching Travel Information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing custom travel information. According to the present invention, the method comprises the following steps. A service server receives a travel plan parameter from a user terminal. Then, the service server creates travel plan information based on the received travel plan parameter. According to the present invention, a user can automatically create and provide travel information tailored to his/her taste so that the user saves time spent planning an itinerary and the user have free travel without a guide. In addition, since the tourism business can provide marketing corresponding to custom travel, the user has an advantage that the feedback effect is excellent.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method and system for providing personalized travel information,

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing personalized travel information, and more particularly, to a personalized travel information providing method and system capable of providing personalized travel information.

In recent years, the introduction of high-speed Internet technology and wireless Internet has made it possible to easily access the travel information of the world. However, this is an introduction to the tourist sites, and the travel goods service through the travel agency can transmit the predetermined travel information and travel package information to users Which is based on the user selecting a travel product.

Most of these travel services are guided by group tour in the local area. In this case, they will be guided by the travel agency or guide according to the predetermined schedule. There was a problem that I had to travel according to the schedule.

In addition, there is a problem that it is difficult for a travel agency to appropriately cope with a requirement desired by a user.

In order to solve such a problem, conventionally, an application for recommending a travel destination or a local restaurant in real time using a mobile communication terminal or a navigation device possessed by most users has been provided. However, this method is also required for a user to manually search for information, There were limitations in providing comprehensive information on tourist destinations and providing tour products that matched the user's needs before the trip.

Thus, there has been a need to provide a personalized travel product suitable for a user's taste or characteristics.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2001-0078462 (published on Aug. 21, 2001)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a customized travel information providing method and system capable of providing personalized travel information services for individual users.

Further, the present invention includes other objects that can be achieved from the construction of the present invention described later, in addition to the objects explicitly mentioned.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing customized travel information, the method comprising: receiving a travel plan parameter from a user terminal; And generating travel plan information.

The travel plan parameters may include at least one of a travel region, a travel period, a traveler's gender, a traveler's age, the number of tourists, a travel type, and a travel budget.

The user terminal establishing a travel destination as a destination according to the generated travel plan information to guide the travel route, and checking the next travel destination in the travel plan information based on the current location and time of the user terminal And automatically setting the destination as the destination.

The service server executing the travel reservation according to the generated travel plan information, and automatically changing the travel plan information and the travel reservation according to the travel change request when the travel request is requested from the user terminal As shown in FIG.

Receiving a recommendation for a travel product from the tourism service terminal or the user terminal, providing the tour product offer to the user terminal or the tourist office terminal to select whether or not to approve the offer, And adding the travel goods to the travel plan information.

Meanwhile, the customized travel information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a service server that receives travel plan parameters from a user terminal and generates travel plan information based on the inputted travel plan parameters.

The travel plan parameters may include at least one of a travel region, a travel period, a traveler's gender, a traveler's age, the number of tourists, a travel type, and a travel budget.

The travel destination is set as a destination according to the travel plan information generated from the service server to guide the travel route and the next travel destination in the travel plan information is confirmed based on the current location and time of the user terminal, To the user terminal.

The service server executes the travel reservation according to the generated travel plan information, and upon receiving the request for the travel change from the user terminal, automatically changes the travel plan information and the travel reservation according to the travel change request.

The service server receives the request for a travel product from the tourist office or the user terminal and provides the travel product offer to the user terminal or the tourist office terminal to select whether or not to approve the offer, The travel goods can be included in the travel plan information.

As described above, according to the method and system for providing personalized travel information according to the embodiment of the present invention, personalized personalized travel information service can be provided.

The user can automatically create and provide travel information tailored to his / her taste. This saves time spent planning the itinerary, and allows travel free without a guide.

In addition, since the tourism business can provide marketing corresponding to a personalized type, there is an advantage that the feedback effect is as much as that.

On the other hand, the effects of the present invention are not limited to those described above, and other effects that can be derived from the constitution of the present invention described below are also included in the effects of the present invention.

1 is a configuration diagram of a personalized travel information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of providing personalized travel information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

1 shows a configuration diagram of a personalized travel information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the personalized travel information providing system 1 includes a user terminal 100, a service server 200, and a tourist office terminal 300. [

The user terminal 100 can exchange various information with the service server 200 through the communication network 10.

Here, the communication network 10 includes a LAN, a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), an internet, a 3G / 4G mobile communication network, (Wi-Fi), Wireless Broadband Internet (WIBRO), Long Term Evolution (LTE), and the like.

The user terminal 100 includes memory means such as a smart phone, a personal computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a web pad, and the like, and is equipped with a microprocessor, A terminal having a communication function, and various applications can be installed to provide various services to the user. The user terminal 100 may be provided with an application having a navigation function.

In particular, the user terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may be provided with a travel information providing application for providing personalized travel information. The travel information providing application may be installed in the user terminal 100 by downloading an installation file from an application market (not shown) such as an app store or an Android market.

The service server 200 receives travel plan parameters from the user terminal 100 and can automatically generate travel plan information based on the inputted travel plan parameters.

More specifically, the service server 200 receives a travel plan parameter including at least one of a travel area, a travel period, a tourist gender, a traveler's age, the number of tourists, a travel type and a travel budget from the user terminal 100, It is possible to automatically generate the travel plan information most suitable for the user in consideration of the local events such as weather, festival, travel type (food, sightseeing, recreation, shopping) For example, when the travel information providing application in the user terminal 100 is executed, the travel plan menu is provided so that the user can sequentially select the travel area, the travel period, the traveler's sex, the traveler's age, Can be input. At this time, when the user A wishes to travel on a sightseeing route and the user B desires to travel on a food-related basis, the service server 200 automatically generates the travel plan information by applying the tourist places in the travel area to the user A, B users can automatically generate travel plan information by prioritizing restaurants in the travel area.

If the service server 200 is expected to rain in the travel area during the trip period entered by the user, the service server 200 can additionally select the user to travel mainly in the indoor area. In consideration of the selection of the user, Can be generated. For example, if the user desires to travel indoors on a rainy day, the service server 200 can generate travel plan information on the first day and the second day of the rainy day of the user's travel schedule, have. On a non-raining day, trip plan information can be generated including outdoor and outdoor restaurants. If there is a festival or a special event in the travel area of the user's travel schedule, the service server 200 may include a festival or a special event in the travel plan information.

Then, the service server 200 stores the generated travel plan information in a database (not shown) to automatically analyze the user's taste when generating travel plan information, and automatically generates travel plan information .

The service server 200 can automatically execute the travel reservation according to the generated travel plan information. The service server 200 can automatically execute reservation of accommodation and restaurant reservation according to travel plan information. For example, the service server 200 transmits a reservation request message including a desired date and the like to the accommodation terminal and the restaurant terminal to make a reservation, and when the reservation is completed, a reservation completion message is sent to the user terminal 100, To the user.

When the service server 200 receives the travel change request from the user terminal 100, the service server 200 can automatically change the travel plan information and the travel reservation according to the travel change request. For example, when a change situation (weather deterioration or the like) occurs during a trip, the user can request the service server 200 to automatically change travel plan information or travel reservation through the user terminal 100.

The service server 200 provides the travel product offer to the user terminal 100 or the tourist office terminal 300 to request the tour operator terminal 300 or the user terminal 100 to select whether or not to approve the offer And if the travel offer is approved, the travel item can be included in the travel plan information.

More specifically, a tour product proposal, which includes a restaurant menu, pricing information, and the like, which is sold at a restaurant in a restaurant, for example, at a restaurant terminal 300 in the area where the user travels, The service server 200 can deliver it to the user terminal 100 and guide the user to the user terminal 100. When the tour product proposal is approved from the user terminal 100, the tour product information can be included in the travel plan information.

Thus, it is possible to provide the user with travel goods information in the travel area before and after the visit of the user and provide the user with the appropriate price so that the user can appropriately spend the travel related consumption, Make sure to find a tourist office to do. It also enables low-cost promotion of the travel area by transmitting information to the user who desires the travel goods.

And the user may first propose a travel product to the tourist establishment. In this case, when the tourist company confirms the recommendation and approves the offer of the travel product, the service server 200 may include the travel product in the travel plan information. In this case, for example, when the user proposes a three-person stay for three days and four nights in a lodging business, it is suggested that the hotel proposes that the accommodation is available for about 200,000 won, When the list of accommodation hotels approved for the proposal is displayed on the user terminal, the user can select one of the accommodations in the list and notify the lodging terminal of the choice.

At this time, the owner of the tourism business can appeal that the user can provide the desired service after confirming the travel goods proposed by the user to the tourism business, thereby attracting more customers. In addition, a tourist company can offer a proposal (an event) and notify a customer who matches the preference of the tourism company.

In this way, since the user communicates with the tourism businesses, it is possible to exchange information that is beneficial to both the user and the tourist company.

On the other hand, the user terminal 100 can guide the travel route by setting the travel destination as the destination according to the travel plan information generated by the service server 200. After arriving at the travel destination, the next travel destination in the travel plan information can be confirmed based on the current location and time of the user terminal 100 and automatically set as the destination.

That is, it can be automatically set as a navigation destination when departing from the travel area to the next destination in the travel plan information. When the navigation application is started (executed), the user terminal 100 can grasp the current position and time through the GPS. Then, the user terminal 100 can automatically derive the next travel destination using the current location and time, automatically guide the location and travel route of the destination by setting the inferred travel destination as the navigation destination.

For example, in the case of a travel plan in which the user finishes eating in the restaurant A and moves to the B amusement park, the user terminal 100 grasps the completion of the use of the restaurant A by using a current distance or a distance exceeding a certain distance from the beacon terminal installed in the restaurant A, You can automatically set the B amusement park as a destination by running the navigation application. The user can then navigate to the next location more quickly and easily because the user can immediately check the destination while moving without the hassle-free operation of inputting the destination by executing the navigation application.

Hereinafter, a method for providing customized travel information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of providing customized travel information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a service server may receive a travel plan parameter from a user terminal (S200).

The service server may generate travel plan information based on the entered travel plan parameters (S210).

More specifically, the service server receives a travel plan parameter including at least one of a travel area, a travel period, a tourist gender, a traveler's age, a travel number, a travel type and a travel budget from a user terminal, , Travel type information (food, sightseeing, recreation, shopping), travel route, and the like can be automatically generated. For example, when the travel information providing application in the user terminal is executed, the travel plan menu is provided so that the user can sequentially enter the travel area, the travel period, the traveler's sex, the traveler's age, have. At this time, when the user A wishes to travel on tourism, and the user B wants to travel on the food, the service server automatically generates the travel plan information by applying the tourist places in the travel area as the priority order for the user A, It is possible to automatically generate travel plan information by prioritizing restaurants in the travel area.

If the service server is expected to rain in the travel area during the travel period entered by the user, the service server can additionally select to the user whether to travel in the indoor area or the like, and the travel plan information can be generated in consideration of the selection of the user have. For example, if the user desires to travel indoors on a rainy day, the service server can generate travel plan information on the first day and the second day of the rainy day of the user's travel schedule as the indoor tourism and the indoor restaurant. On a non-raining day, trip plan information can be generated including outdoor and outdoor restaurants. If there is a festival or a special event in the travel area of the user's travel schedule, the service server 200 may include a festival or a special event in the travel plan information.

The service server stores the generated travel plan information in a database (not shown) to automatically analyze the user's taste when generating travel plan information, and can automatically generate travel plan information accordingly .

The service server can automatically execute the travel reservation according to the generated travel plan information. The service server can automatically execute reservation of accommodation and restaurant reservation according to travel plan information. For example, the service server may transmit a reservation request message including a desired date and the like to the lodging terminal and the restaurant terminal to make a reservation, and when reservation is completed, send a reservation completion message to the user terminal to inform the user that the reservation is completed have.

When the service server receives the request for the travel change from the user terminal, the service server can automatically change the travel plan information and the travel reservation according to the travel change request. For example, when a change situation (weather deterioration or the like) occurs during a trip, the user can request the service server to automatically change travel plan information or travel reservation through the user terminal.

When the service server receives a request for recommending a travel product from the tourist office terminal or the user terminal, the service server provides the travel product offer to the user terminal or the tourist office terminal to select whether or not to approve the offer, Can be included.

More specifically, when a tourist company terminal in the area to be traveled, for example, a restaurant terminal, delivers a travel product proposal including a food menu and price information to be sold in the restaurant to the user terminal through the service server, Can deliver it to the user terminal and guide the user to the user terminal. When the travel goods offer is approved from the user terminal, the travel goods can be included in the travel plan information.

Thus, it is possible to provide the user with travel goods information in the travel area before and after the visit of the user and provide the user with the appropriate price so that the user can appropriately spend the travel related consumption, Make sure to find a tourist office to do. It also enables low-cost promotion of the travel area by transmitting information to the user who desires the travel goods.

And the user may first propose a travel product to the tourist establishment. In this case, if the tourist company approves the proposal, the service server can include the travel product in the travel plan information. In this case, for example, when the user proposes a three-person stay for three days and four nights in a lodging business, it is suggested that the hotel proposes that the accommodation is available for about 200,000 won, When the list of accommodation hotels approved for the proposal is displayed on the user terminal, the user can select one of the accommodations in the list and notify the lodging terminal of the choice.

At this time, the owner of the tourism business can appeal that the user can provide the desired service after confirming the travel goods proposed by the user to the tourism business, thereby attracting more customers. In addition, a tourist company can offer a proposal (an event) and notify a customer who matches the preference of the tourism company.

In this way, since the user communicates with the tourism businesses, it is possible to exchange information that is beneficial to both the user and the tourist company.

Meanwhile, the user terminal can guide the travel route by setting the travel destination as the destination according to the travel plan information generated at the service server. After arriving at the travel destination, the next travel destination in the travel plan information can be confirmed based on the current location and time of the user terminal and automatically set as the destination.

That is, it can be automatically set as a navigation destination when departing from the travel area to the next destination in the travel plan information. When the navigation application is started (executed), the user terminal can grasp the current position and time through GPS. Then, the user terminal automatically deduces the next travel destination using the current location and time, and can automatically guide the destination location and travel route by setting the inferred travel destination as the navigation destination.

For example, in the case of a travel plan in which the user finishes eating in the restaurant A and moves to the B amusement park, the user terminal 100 grasps the completion of the use of the restaurant A by using a current distance or a distance exceeding a certain distance from the beacon terminal installed in the restaurant A, You can automatically set the B amusement park as a destination by running the navigation application. The user can then navigate to the next location more quickly and easily because the user can immediately check the destination while moving without the hassle-free operation of inputting the destination by executing the navigation application.

Embodiments of the present invention include a computer-readable medium having program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. This medium records a program for executing the above-described customized travel information providing method. The medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., alone or in combination. Examples of such media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD and DVD, programmed instructions such as floptical disk and magneto-optical media, ROM, RAM, And a hardware device configured to store and execute the program. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, Of the right.

1: Custom Travel Information System
100: user terminal
200: service server
300: Tourism terminal

Claims (10)

The service server receiving the travel plan parameters from the user terminal, and
Wherein the service server generates travel plan information based on the input travel plan parameters
And providing the personalized travel information. The method of claim 1,
The travel plan parameters include:
Wherein the personal information includes at least one of a travel region, a travel period, a tourist gender, a traveler age, a number of tourists, a travel type, and a travel budget. 3. The method of claim 2,
Setting the travel destination as a destination and guiding the travel route according to the generated travel plan information;
Further comprising the step of checking the next travel destination in the travel plan information based on the current location and time of the user terminal and automatically setting the destination as the destination. The method of claim 1,
Executing the travel reservation according to the travel plan information generated by the service server, and
Further comprising the step of automatically changing the travel plan information and the travel reservation according to the travel change request upon receipt of the travel change request from the user terminal. The method of claim 1,
When the service server receives a request for a travel product proposal from the tourist office terminal or the user terminal, providing the tour product proposal to the user terminal or the tourist office terminal to select whether or not to approve the proposal; and
Further comprising the step of including the travel goods in the travel plan information if the travel product offer is approved. Receives travel plan parameters from the user terminal,
A service server for generating travel plan information based on the inputted travel plan parameters;
And a personalized travel information providing system. The method of claim 6,
The travel plan parameters include:
Wherein the travel information includes at least one of a travel region, a travel period, a tourist gender, a traveler age, a number of tourists, a travel type, and a travel budget. 8. The method of claim 7,
Setting a travel destination as a destination according to the travel plan information generated by the service server,
Further comprising: a user terminal for confirming a next travel destination in the travel plan information based on a current location and time of the user terminal, and automatically setting the next destination as the destination. The method of claim 6,
The service server,
Executes travel reservation according to the travel plan information generated,
And automatically changes the travel plan information and the travel reservation according to the travel change request when the travel change request is received from the user terminal. The method of claim 6,
The service server,
The tour operator terminal or the user terminal to provide the tour product offer to the user terminal or the tourist office terminal to select whether or not to approve the offer,
And if the suggestion of the travel product is approved, the travel product is included in the travel plan information.

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