KR20210066202A - Apparatus and method for providing goods procurement service - Google Patents

Abstract

A device and a method for providing a procurement service are disclosed. According to one embodiment, the device for providing a procurement service comprises: a database for storing service information for each of a plurality of lodging companies, including location information, usage status information, and service product information of each of the plurality of lodging companies; an information obtaining unit for obtaining travel information including travel place information and travel schedule information of the user from the user; an information extraction unit for extracting service information for one or more lodging companies among a plurality of lodging companies based on the location information and the usage status information; an information providing unit for providing service information to the user; and a product requesting unit for transmitting a request for the selected item to the lodging company selected by the user from among the one or more lodging companies.

Description

Apparatus and method for providing procurement service for goods {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GOODS PROCUREMENT SERVICE}

The disclosed embodiments relate to techniques for providing sourcing services for travelers.

As people's interest in travel increases day by day, the demand for tourism in various regions, both domestically and abroad, is increasing. People often pack their luggage for travel by considering external conditions such as climate, culture, accommodation, and food of the area they are traveling to and internal conditions such as the number of people and travel schedules.

However, the longer the travel period, the greater the number of people traveling, and the more exclusive the culture of the travel region, the greater the amount of luggage to be carried and the greater the number of considerations. In addition, there is a risk of losing luggage during check-in procedures at crowded airports, which puts a great burden on travel that should be enjoyable.

(Patent Document 1) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1759662 (2017.07.19. Announcement)

The disclosed embodiments are for procurement of goods locally for travelers.

An apparatus for providing a product procurement service according to an embodiment includes a database for storing service information for each of the plurality of accommodation companies including location information, usage status information, and service product information of each of the plurality of accommodation companies, from a user to the user An information acquisition unit for acquiring travel information including travel place information and travel schedule information of a service for one or more accommodation companies corresponding to the travel information among the plurality of accommodation companies based on the location information and the usage status information An information extraction unit for extracting information, an information providing unit for providing the user with service information on the one or more accommodation companies, and the one or more accommodation companies selected by the user as the accommodation company selected by the user in the service product information of the selected accommodation company and an article requesting unit for transmitting a request for an article selected by the user based on the article.

The service item information may include information on one or more items classified as clothing, daily necessities, baby products, household medicines, special products, or luxury items.

The item request unit may transmit a rental request for the item classified as the clothing to the selected accommodation company when there is an item classified as the clothing among the selected items.

The service information for each of the plurality of accommodation companies further includes product price information corresponding to the service product information of each of the plurality of accommodation companies and accommodation price information of each of the plurality of accommodation companies corresponding to the travel schedule information. and the travel information may further include travel expense information of the user.

The method of providing a product procurement service according to an embodiment includes the steps of: storing service information for each of the plurality of accommodation companies including location information, usage status information, and service product information of each of the plurality of accommodation companies; obtaining travel information including travel place information and travel schedule information of a; service information for one or more accommodation companies corresponding to the travel information among the plurality of accommodation companies based on the location information and the usage status information extracting, providing service information on the one or more accommodation companies to the user, and the one or more accommodation companies selected by the user as the accommodation company selected by the user based on the service product information of the selected accommodation company by the user and sending a request for the selected article.

The service item information may include information on one or more items classified as clothing, daily necessities, baby products, household medicines, special products, or luxury items.

The transmitting may include transmitting a rental request for the item classified as the clothing to the selected accommodation company when there is an item classified as the clothing among the selected items.

The service information for each of the plurality of accommodation companies further includes product price information corresponding to the service product information of each of the plurality of accommodation companies and accommodation price information of each of the plurality of accommodation companies corresponding to the travel schedule information. and the travel information may further include travel expense information of the user.

According to the disclosed embodiments, the user may purchase goods necessary for travel at the travel destination by requesting the procurement of goods from the accommodation company located in the travel destination based on the travel information obtained from the user and the service information for each accommodation company stored in the database.

Also, according to the disclosed embodiments, it is possible to provide a reliable product procurement service in terms of safety by providing detailed information to the user about baby products and emergency medicine among the items provided by the accommodation company.

Also, according to the disclosed embodiments, by requesting a rental instead of purchase for clothing items provided by accommodation companies in a travel destination, a user can easily experience clothes suitable for the culture of the travel destination without burdening the price.

Also, according to the disclosed embodiments, by additionally considering accommodation price information, product price information, and travel cost information, it is possible to provide a product procurement service suitable for a user's economic situation.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for providing a product procurement service according to an embodiment;
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a product procurement service according to an embodiment;
3 is a block diagram illustrating and describing a computing environment including a computing device suitable for use in example embodiments;

Hereinafter, specific embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings. The following detailed description is provided to provide a comprehensive understanding of the methods, apparatus, and/or systems described herein. However, this is merely an example and the disclosed embodiments are not limited thereto.

In describing the embodiments, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the disclosed embodiments, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. And, the terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the disclosed embodiments, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users and operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the content throughout this specification. The terminology used in the detailed description is for the purpose of describing the embodiments only, and should in no way be limiting. Unless explicitly used otherwise, expressions in the singular include the meaning of the plural. In this description, expressions such as "comprising" or "comprising" are intended to indicate certain features, numbers, steps, acts, elements, some or a combination thereof, and one or more other than those described. It should not be construed to exclude the presence or possibility of other features, numbers, steps, acts, elements, or any part or combination thereof.

Hereinafter, the 'product procurement service' refers to a service that a user can purchase or rent from a lodging company in a travel destination without having to take general items necessary for travel to a travel destination. In this case, the accommodation company may be a hotel that provides accommodation services, but is not limited thereto.

Hereinafter, the 'database' refers to a device in which information of a service provider related to procurement of goods in a travel destination is pre-stored. For example, the 'database' may be implemented in the form of HDD or SDD, but is not limited thereto.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 100 for providing a product procurement service according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1 , the apparatus 100 for providing a product procurement service according to an embodiment includes a database 110 , an information acquisition unit 120 , an information extraction unit 130 , an information providing unit 140 , and a product request unit ( 150).

The database 110 stores service information for each of the plurality of lodging companies, including location information, usage status information, and service product information of each of the plurality of lodging companies.

Hereinafter, 'service information' means all information related to a plurality of previously affiliated lodging companies, for example, the name of the lodging company, a list of goods provided by the lodging company, the location of the lodging company, and the current status of the lodging company. It may include, but is not limited to, vacancies, reservation status of the accommodation company, evaluation of other travelers on the accommodation company, and the like.

Hereinafter, 'service product information' refers to all information related to goods provided by a plurality of previously affiliated lodging companies.

According to an embodiment, the service item information may include information on one or more items classified as clothing, daily necessities, baby products, household medicines, special products, or luxury items.

According to an embodiment, the service information for each of the plurality of lodging companies further includes product price information corresponding to the service product information of each of the plurality of lodging companies and lodging price information of each of the plurality of lodging companies corresponding to the travel schedule information. may include

Specifically, the lodging price information may be information obtained by calculating the cost of lodging at each lodging company based on the number of stay days.

The information obtaining unit 120 obtains travel information including travel place information and travel schedule information of the user from the user.

Hereinafter, 'travel information' refers to all information related to the user's travel plan obtained through the web or mobile, for example, the number of trips, the duration of the trip, the date and time of the trip, the place to travel, the user. may include, but is not necessarily limited to.

According to an embodiment, the travel information may further include travel expense information of the user.

Specifically, the travel expense information may include the budget amount set by the user in relation to accommodation and the budget amount set by the user in order to use the goods procurement service through the accommodation company in the local area, but is not necessarily limited thereto. no.

The information extraction unit 130 extracts service information on one or more accommodation companies corresponding to travel information among a plurality of accommodation companies based on location information and usage status information.

According to an embodiment, the information extraction unit 130 first extracts service information on one or more accommodation companies having location information corresponding to travel place information, and from among the service information on one or more accommodation companies extracted primarily Service information on one or more lodging companies having usage status information corresponding to travel schedule information may be secondarily extracted.

Specifically, the information extraction unit 130 may primarily extract service information for one or more accommodation companies located within a predetermined distance from the user's travel place. Thereafter, the information extraction unit 130 extracts service information for one or more accommodation companies that are not booked on the date corresponding to the current user's travel schedule, in view of the usage status, from among the service information for the lodging companies extracted primarily can be extracted progressively.

According to an embodiment, the information extraction unit 130 may tertiarily extract service information for one or more accommodation companies based on the user's accommodation-related budget, and based on the user's item-related budget, one or more accommodation companies Service information for can be extracted quaternary.

Specifically, the information extraction unit 130 may tertiarily extract service information about one or more accommodation companies that offer accommodation prices within a budget amount set in relation to accommodation by the user in consideration of the user's travel schedule. have. Thereafter, the information extraction unit 130 presents the product price within the budget amount that the user has set in order to use the product procurement service when considering the product required for the user's travel among the service information for the lodging company extracted tertiarily. It is possible to extract service information for one or more lodging companies in a quaternary manner.

The information providing unit 140 provides service information on one or more accommodation companies to the user.

According to an embodiment, when the information extracting unit 130 thirdly extracts service information for one or more lodging companies, the information providing unit 140 provides the tertiary extracted service information for one or more lodging companies to the user. Also, when the information extraction unit 130 extracts the fourth service information for one or more lodging companies, it is possible to provide the user with the quaternary extracted service information for the one or more lodging companies.

According to an embodiment, the information providing unit 140 may provide service information on one or more accommodation companies extracted by the information extraction unit 130 to the user through a web or mobile environment accessed by the user.

According to an embodiment, the information providing unit 140 applies an emphasis element to information on items classified as childcare products or over-the-counter medicines to the user when there is an item classified as childcare products or over-the-counter medicines among the items selected by the user. can provide

Specifically, the 'emphasis element' is a visual indication applied to information about the item in order to emphasize to the user that the information about the item is information about an item classified as a child care product or an over-the-counter drug. , underline, shade, etc. may be implemented, but is not necessarily limited thereto. By applying the 'emphasis factor', the user can be made aware in advance of items classified as childcare products or household medicines that require special attention in terms of safety.

The item request unit 150 transmits a request for the item selected by the user based on service product information of the accommodation company selected as the accommodation company selected by the user among one or more accommodation companies.

Specifically, when the information providing unit 140 provides the extracted service information to the user, the user selects a necessary item from among the accommodation company to be used and the items provided by the accommodation company, based on the received service information, and makes a request for the item. The unit 150 sends a request to the selected accommodation company for the item selected by the user.

According to an embodiment, when there is an item classified as clothing among the items selected by the user, the item requesting unit 150 may transmit a rental request for the item classified as clothing to the accommodation company selected by the user. have.

According to an embodiment, when receiving additional requested item information other than the item information provided by the selected accommodation company from the user, the item requesting unit 150 may transmit a request for the additional requested item to the selected accommodation company.

Specifically, the additional requested item means an item that is not currently provided by the selected accommodation company among items necessary for travel included in the travel information.

According to an embodiment, after the item requesting unit 150 transmits a request for provision of the item selected to the user to the accommodation company selected by the user, a response to provide the item or the item is provided according to the provision request from the accommodation company The response may be received and provided to the user.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a product procurement service according to an exemplary embodiment. The method illustrated in FIG. 2 may be performed, for example, by the apparatus 100 for providing a product procurement service described above.

Referring to FIG. 2 , first, the goods procurement service providing apparatus 100 stores service information for each of the plurality of lodging businesses including location information, usage status information, and service product information of each of the plurality of lodging companies ( 210 ). .

Thereafter, the goods procurement service providing apparatus 100 obtains travel information including the user's travel place information and travel schedule information from the user ( 220 ).

Thereafter, the product procurement service providing apparatus 100 extracts service information on one or more accommodation companies corresponding to travel information among a plurality of accommodation companies based on the location information and the usage status information ( 230 ).

Thereafter, the product procurement service providing apparatus 100 provides service information on one or more accommodation companies to the user ( 240 ).

According to an embodiment, the product procurement service providing apparatus 100 applies an emphasis element to information on items classified as childcare products or over-the-counter medicines when there is an item classified as childcare or over-the-counter medicine among the items selected by the user. can be provided to users.

Thereafter, the product procurement service providing apparatus 100 transmits a request for an item selected by the user based on service product information of the accommodation company selected as the accommodation company selected by the user among one or more accommodation companies ( 250 ).

According to an embodiment, when there is an item classified as clothing among items selected by the user, the apparatus 100 for procurement service may transmit a rental request for the item classified as clothing to the accommodation company selected by the user. .

In the illustrated flowchart, the method is described by dividing the method into a plurality of steps, but at least some of the steps are performed in a reversed order, are performed together in combination with other steps, are omitted, are performed in sub-steps, or are not shown. One or more steps may be added and performed.

3 is a block diagram illustrating and describing a computing environment 10 including a computing device suitable for use in example embodiments. In the illustrated embodiment, each component may have different functions and capabilities other than those described below, and may include additional components in addition to those described below.

The illustrated computing environment 10 includes a computing device 12 . In one embodiment, the computing device 12 may be the apparatus 100 for providing a procurement service.

Computing device 12 includes at least one processor 14 , computer readable storage medium 16 , and communication bus 18 . The processor 14 may cause the computing device 12 to operate in accordance with the exemplary embodiments discussed above. For example, the processor 14 may execute one or more programs stored in the computer-readable storage medium 16 . The one or more programs described above may include one or more computer executable instructions, which, when executed by the processor 14 , cause the computing device 12 to perform operations according to the exemplary embodiment. can be configured to do so.

Computer-readable storage medium 16 is configured to store computer-executable instructions or program code, program data, and/or other suitable form of information. The program 20 stored in the computer readable storage medium 16 includes a set of instructions executable by the processor 14 . In one embodiment, computer-readable storage medium 16 includes memory (volatile memory, such as random access memory, non-volatile memory, or a suitable combination thereof), one or more magnetic disk storage devices, optical disk storage devices, flash It may be memory devices, other forms of storage medium accessed by computing device 12 and capable of storing desired information, or a suitable combination thereof.

Communication bus 18 interconnects various other components of computing device 12 , including processor 14 and computer readable storage medium 16 .

Computing device 12 may also include one or more input/output interfaces 22 and one or more network communication interfaces 26 that provide interfaces for one or more input/output devices 24 . The input/output interface 22 and the network communication interface 26 are coupled to the communication bus 18 . Input/output device 24 may be coupled to other components of computing device 12 via input/output interface 22 . Exemplary input/output device 24 may include a pointing device (such as a mouse or trackpad), a keyboard, a touch input device (such as a touchpad or touchscreen), a voice or sound input device, various types of sensor devices, and/or imaging devices. input devices, and/or output devices such as display devices, printers, speakers and/or network cards. The exemplary input/output device 24 may be included in the computing device 12 as a component constituting the computing device 12 , and may be connected to the computing device 102 as a separate device distinct from the computing device 12 . may be

Meanwhile, an embodiment of the present invention may include a program for performing the methods described in this specification on a computer, and a computer-readable recording medium including the above-described program. The above-described computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, local data files, local data structures, and the like alone or in combination. The above-described media may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be commonly used in the field of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include hard disks, magnetic media such as floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and program instructions specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROMs, RAMs, flash memories, and the like. Hardware devices are included. Examples of the above-described program may include high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like as well as machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler.

Although representative embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention with respect to the above-described embodiments. . Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the following claims as well as the claims and equivalents.

10: Computing Environment
12: computing device
14: Processor
16: computer readable storage medium
18: communication bus
20: Program
22: input/output interface
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120: information acquisition unit
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Claims (8)

a database for storing service information for each of the plurality of lodging companies, including location information, usage status information, and service product information of each of the plurality of lodging companies;
an information obtaining unit for obtaining travel information including travel place information and travel schedule information of the user from the user;
an information extraction unit for extracting service information on one or more accommodation companies corresponding to the travel information among the plurality of accommodation companies based on the location information and the usage status information;
an information providing unit providing service information on the one or more accommodation companies to the user; and
and a product requesting unit configured to transmit a request for the product selected by the user to the accommodation company selected by the user from among the one or more accommodation companies, based on service product information of the selected accommodation company.
The method according to claim 1,
The service item information includes information on one or more items classified as clothing, daily necessities, childcare products, medicines, specialties, or luxury goods, the goods procurement service providing apparatus.
3. The method according to claim 2,
The article requesting unit transmits a rental request for the article classified as the clothing to the selected accommodation company when there is an article classified as the clothing among the selected items.
The method according to claim 1,
The service information for each of the plurality of accommodation companies further includes product price information corresponding to the service product information of each of the plurality of accommodation companies and accommodation price information of each of the plurality of accommodation companies corresponding to the travel schedule information. and,
The travel information may further include travel expense information of the user.
storing service information for each of the plurality of lodging companies including location information, usage status information, and service product information of each of the plurality of lodging companies;
obtaining travel information including travel place information and travel schedule information of the user from a user;
extracting service information on one or more lodging companies corresponding to the travel information among the plurality of lodging companies based on the location information and the usage status information;
providing service information on the one or more accommodation companies to the user; and
and transmitting a request for the item selected by the user to the accommodation company selected by the user from among the one or more accommodation companies, based on service product information of the selected accommodation company.
6. The method of claim 5,
The service item information includes information on one or more items classified as clothing, daily necessities, baby products, household medicines, specialties, or luxury goods.
7. The method of claim 6,
The transmitting may include transmitting a rental request for the item classified as clothing to the selected accommodation company when there is an item classified as the clothing among the selected items.
6. The method of claim 5,
The service information for each of the plurality of accommodation companies further includes product price information corresponding to the service product information of each of the plurality of accommodation companies and accommodation price information of each of the plurality of accommodation companies corresponding to the travel schedule information. and,
The travel information, further comprising travel expense information of the user, the product procurement service providing method.

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