WO2001063474A1

WO2001063474A1 - Search for shop using portable terminal and reservation system

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Publication number: WO2001063474A1
Application number: PCT/JP2000/006554
Authority: WO
Inventors: Motonori Yoshida
Original assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Priority date: 2000-02-23
Filing date: 2000-09-25
Publication date: 2001-08-30

Abstract

A room of a shop is efficiently reserved. A method for reserving a room of a shop comprising a shop register step of previously registering information concerning shops rooms of which can be reserved in a database, an additional registering step of additionally registering information concerning available rooms of the registered shops, a shop extracting step of extracting shops fulfilling the search condition of search for a shop inputted through the user's portable terminal, a shop displaying step of displaying the information concerning the extracted shops on the user's portable terminal and prompting the user to select a shop to reserve a room of the shop, and a shop room reservation step of reserving a room of the selected shop.

Description

Description Store reservation method, store reservation database, store reservation reception terminal, store reservation mobile terminal, and storage medium storing program

The present invention relates to a store reservation method that allows a store to be reserved using a mobile terminal, a store reservation database, a store reservation reception terminal, a store reservation mobile terminal, and a storage medium storing a program. Background art

At karaoke boxes, izakayas, hotels, and other stores that take in customers, the number of customers is limited. For this reason, when it is likely to be crowded, customers often make reservations by applying in advance for use.

In such a case, if you know the number of people, start time and location in advance, you can make a reservation in advance. However, there may be cases where you are going to go to these stores just before, or the number of people you will go to is not determined unless you are right before. Can not decide. In the past, the only option was to go straight and go to another store if it was full, or if you knew the phone numbers of those stores, call from one end and make a reservation:

However, from the user's point of view, going directly takes extra time to find a store to enter. On the other hand, if you make a reservation over the phone, it is anxious from the store that the customer who made the reservation will really come to the reservation time. For example,

-In many cases, when it did not come after the scheduled time, it was often unclear whether to cancel the reservation. Disclosure of the invention

As mentioned above, there was a problem that when a store that could be reserved was used just before, it was only possible to make a reservation and make a phone call when walking around.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a reservation system and a reservation method that can make a reservation for these stores without inefficiency such as walking around or making a phone call even immediately before. And

(1) In order to achieve the above object, a store reservation method according to the present invention comprises: a store registration step of pre-registering information on a reservable store in a database; An additional registration step of additionally registering vacancy information in the store in the database, and a store that satisfies the search condition based on search conditions for searching the store input from the user's mobile terminal. An extraction step, a corresponding store display step of displaying information about the store extracted in the corresponding store extraction step on the mobile terminal of the user and prompting selection of a store to be reserved, and a corresponding store display step. And a store reservation step of making a reservation for the store.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even immediately before using a store, the store reservation method which can efficiently make a store reservation is obtained.

(2) The store reservation database according to the present invention is registered by the store information registration unit that registers the store information and the store information registration unit in response to receiving the store information of the store that can be reserved. An additional information registration unit for registering the additional information in response to the reception of the additional information at the store, and extracting a store satisfying the search condition in response to the reception of the search condition transmitted from the mobile terminal. A search unit; and an extraction result instructing transmission of information on the store extracted by the search unit. And a transmission instructing unit.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a store reservation database that can efficiently make a store reservation even immediately before using the store.

(3) The terminal for accepting store reservation according to the present invention comprises: a store information transmission instruction unit for instructing transmission of store information on a store that can be reserved; and the store transmitted by the instruction of the store information transmission instruction unit. An additional information transmission instructing unit that instructs transmission of additional information indicating the vacancy information of the store corresponding to the information at predetermined time intervals, and an instruction to transmit the reservation information transmitted from the mobile terminal that requests the reservation of the store. And a reservation receiving unit for receiving a reservation of a store based on the reservation information.

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a store reservation receiving terminal capable of efficiently registering advance information about a store that can be registered and real-time information about the store.

(4) The mobile terminal for store reservation according to the present invention transmits a search condition for searching a store to a reservation database in which stores that can be registered and their locations and the vacant information in the store are stored. A search condition transmission instructing unit that instructs a search condition, a receiving unit that receives store information and vacancy information of a store that satisfies the search condition transmitted according to the instruction of the search condition transmission instructing unit, A display section for displaying information and the vacancy information; an input section for inputting reservation information for specifying one of the stores displayed on the display section to make a reservation; and transmitting the reservation information input from the input section. And a reservation information transmission instructing unit for instructing

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, even if it is just before using a store, the store reservation portable terminal which can make a store reservation efficiently is obtained. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of a karaoke box reservation system as an example of a store reservation system according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the store terminal of the karaoke box reservation system shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the database of the karaoke box reservation system shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the portable terminal of the power box reservation system shown in Fig. 1.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the store reservation procedure in the Riki Raoke Box system shown in FIG.

FIGS. 6A and 6B show screens for registering advance information and real-time information of a store in the karaoke box reservation system shown in FIG. 1, respectively.

FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams showing a screen on which a user inputs search conditions using a portable terminal and a display example of the search results in the karaoke box reservation system shown in FIG. 1, respectively. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of a karaoke box reservation system as an example of a store reservation system according to the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, the Karaoke box reservation system is composed of a store terminal 11, a database 13, a mobile terminal 15, and a base station 17. Communication lines 12 and 14 are connected between the store terminal 11 and the database 13 and between the database 13 and the base station 17, respectively. The mobile phone 15 is connected to a base station 17 via a wireless communication line 16.

In Fig. 1, only one store terminal 11 and one user terminal 15 are provided. However, there are only the number of karaoke boxes and the number of users who have mobile terminals. Also, a plurality of base stations 17 are installed in each area.

2 to 4 are block diagrams showing the internal configurations of the store terminal 11, the database 13, and the portable terminal 15, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 2, the store terminal 11 is a store information transmission instruction unit 101 for instructing the transmission of store information to the database 13, and a store information transmitted from the mobile terminal 15 when making a reservation for a store. In response to the reception of the reservation information, the reservation reception unit 102 for accepting the reservation of the store, the additional information transmission instruction unit 103 for instructing the transmission of the additional information to the database 13, and displaying the information. It consists of a display unit 104, an input unit 105 for inputting information, and a transmitting and receiving unit 106 for transmitting and receiving information.

The store terminal 11 preliminarily inputs store information (advance information) such as the name of the store and the location of the store from an existing karaoke box, and transmits it to the database 13. During the operation of the system, real-time information (additional information) such as the current free space information and waiting time is transmitted to the database 13-As shown in Fig. 3, the database 13 The store information registration unit 210 registers the store information in response to the reception of the store information transmitted from the store terminal 11, and responds to the reception of the additional information transmitted from the store terminal 11. Additional information registration section 202 for registering additional information, search section 203 for searching a store in response to the reception of search conditions transmitted from mobile terminal 15 and search results by search section 203 (extraction It consists of an extraction result transmission instructing unit 204 that instructs transmission of the result) and a transmitting and receiving unit 205 that transmits and receives information.

Data base - scan 1 ₃ may store the pre-information input from the store terminal 1 1 (shop information) and real-time information (additional information), the search condition Based on the request from the user, a search for a store is performed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the mobile terminal 15 is a search condition transmission instructing unit 31 for instructing transmission of the input search conditions to the database 13, and a store terminal for inputting the reservation information. Reservation information transmission instructing unit 3 0 2 for instructing transmission to 1 3, location information storage unit 3 0 3 for storing the current location information of portable terminal 15 3, display unit 3 0 4 for displaying information, input information It consists of an input unit 305 for transmitting and receiving and transmitting and receiving unit 306 for transmitting and receiving information.

The mobile terminal 15 is owned by the user who uses the store. Further, the mobile terminal 15 knows which base station 17 is near by communicating with the base station 17, and uses this information as position information corresponding to the arrangement of the base station 17, and stores the information in the position information storage unit 3. 03 can be stored. As a result, the mobile terminal 15 can transmit the location information. The acquisition of the position information may be performed by other means such as GPS (GlobalPositioinngSystem).

Base station 1 7 receives the Search information from the portable terminal 1 5, and transmits it to the database 1 _3. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the flow of a reservation procedure in the karaoke box reservation system.

Hereinafter, the flow of registration, search, and reservation in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In this system, a user searches and makes a reservation on the premise that stores (karaoke boxes) are registered in advance and real-time information of each store is registered sequentially.

In step S1 of FIG. 5, the operation of the power reservation box reservation system is started. In step S2, advance information (store information) of the store is input from the store terminal 11 and registered. The input items are, for example, “Store name”, “Address”, “Map” (geographical location), “Store type”, The "price range" and "sale point" of the fee-When such an item is entered, the entered information is transmitted to the database 13 via the communication line 12 and stored.

Next, in step S3, real-time information (additional information) is registered. As the real-time information, for example, as shown in FIG. 6B, “current number of available seats”, “current waiting time”, and “reservation status by mobile terminal” are input. The input of the real-time information may be performed manually by a clerk at the store, but can be linked to a karaoke box system currently installed at a store such as a power store. The entered real-time information is additionally stored in database 13.

Next, suppose that a user who has a mobile terminal that transmits location information has just arrived at a karaoke box with a friend.

The user searches for a nearby karaoke box from his / her mobile terminal 15. For example, as shown in Fig. 7A, location: near OO, type of shop; 0 000, number of people; OO people, allowable waiting time; within OO minutes, budget; Enter the desired letters and numbers. For example, specify a specific area such as near here or near Shimbashi, and clarify the search conditions such as Karaoke box, 10 people, within 30 minutes, 200 yen / person, and search The condition is transmitted (step S4).

Base station 1 7 receives the signal from the mobile terminal 1 5, the search condition input by the user with location information for the mobile terminal 1 5 grasps the position, the data base - for transmitting to the scan 1 ₃ . Database 1 _3, near the mobile terminal 1 5 there Ru place, to the portable terminal 1 5 via the base station 1-7 to list up the full to karaoke the input conditions.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7B, three karaoke boxes satisfying the above conditions are displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal 15 such as “box A”, “B karaoke”, and “C”. C The user looks at the waiting time, place, etc. of the displayed karaoke box, selects one of them, for example, B karaoke, and transmits. The reservation information is sent via the base station 17 to the selected store, B Karaoke, and a message such as “Reserved. I'm waiting.” The number is sent to the mobile terminal 15 via the base station 17 together with the number. In this way, the search and reservation in step S5 in FIG. 5 are performed.

In B karaoke, when an application for a reservation is made from the mobile terminal 15, the phone number of the mobile terminal and, in some cases, information on the owner of the mobile terminal shall be received. In addition, the user receives the telephone number of Biki Raoke at the portable terminal 15 at the time of searching or when receiving a message indicating that the reservation has been made.

Therefore, if the user does not appear in B-force Raoke after a predetermined time, it is possible to easily notify the user of a reminder from B karaoke. Also, if the user stops going to B karaoke, it can contact B karaoke.

If a suitable karaoke box is not found after the above search, the search can be performed again to make a reservation, and if the search is still not found, the search reservation work can be stopped.

Next, in step S6 of FIG. 5, it is detected whether or not the advance information of the store has been changed. Then, returning to step S2, the change of the prior information is not registered, and the real-time information is updated in step S3.

On the other hand, even if there is no change in the prior information of the store in step S6, if a predetermined time has elapsed since the registration of the real-time information, the process returns to step S3 in step S7, and the real-time information is updated. You. If there is no change in the situation such as the number of vacant seats or waiting time, it is updated as it is. Then, in step S4, it is determined whether a search or reservation request has been made from the mobile terminal. Detect.

In the same manner as described above, the real-time information of the pre-registered store on the database 13 is updated, and the search and the reservation from the mobile terminal 15 are responded.

In the above embodiment, if the input of the real-time information in the store is linked with the Karaoke box system, the store can save the trouble of manually inputting the vacant information of the store separately. In addition, since reservation information is input moment by moment, users using mobile terminals can obtain accurate free information at the present time. As a result, the convenience is dramatically improved for both the store and the user. In the above embodiment, the case of a karaoke box has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this case. it can.

When inputting search conditions, the area can be specified, but if no special area is specified, target stores near mobile terminals can be extracted. In this way, by specifying a region, it is possible to search for target stores near the region to be moved from now on, and when searching for a target store near the user, there is no need to enter the target store, which is convenient.

In addition, as a mobile terminal, a mobile phone or a PHS (Personal Handy Phone System) can be used, but not limited thereto, a mobile phone capable of transmitting location information and receiving and transmitting data. If there is anything, whatever

In addition, in the above embodiment, the owner of the mobile terminal can be known to the store. However, only the member number can be notified, and the caller ID can be prevented from being notified to the store. Industrial applicability

According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a reservation system, a terminal for a store, and a mobile terminal for a user that can efficiently make a reservation even immediately before the store where a reservation can be made.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A store registration step of pre-registering information on stores that can be reserved in a database;

An additional registration step of additionally registering the vacancy information in the store registered in the store registration step in the database; and a search condition for searching the store input from the user's mobile terminal, the search condition being satisfied. A corresponding store extraction step of extracting a store to be stored, a corresponding store display step of displaying information on the store extracted in the corresponding store selection step on the mobile terminal of the user and prompting the user to select a store to be reserved,

A store reservation step for making a reservation for the store selected in the display step of the corresponding store;

A store reservation method comprising:

2. A store information registration unit that registers the store information in response to the reception of the store information of the store that can be reserved,

An additional information registration unit that registers the additional information in response to the reception of the additional information at the store registered by the store information registration unit;

In response to receiving the search condition transmitted from the mobile terminal, a search unit that extracts stores satisfying the search condition;

An extraction result transmission instructing unit for instructing transmission of the store information extracted by the search unit;

A database for store reservations comprising:

3. A store information transmission instruction unit for instructing transmission of store information on stores that can be reserved,

Corresponds to the store information transmitted by the instruction of the store information transmission instruction section An additional information transmission instructing unit for instructing transmission of additional information indicating vacancy information of a store to be performed at predetermined time intervals,

And a reservation accepting unit that responds to the reception of the reservation information requesting the store reservation transmitted from the mobile terminal, and that receives a reservation of the store based on the reservation information.

4. The store information includes at least information on the store name and the geographical location of the store, and the additional information includes at least information on the number of vacant seats and waiting time.

4. The terminal for accepting store reservations according to claim 3, wherein:

5. A search condition transmission instructing unit for instructing the transmission of search conditions for searching for a store to a reservation database storing stores and locations where reservations can be registered and the availability information at the store,

A receiving unit that receives store information and vacancy information of a store that satisfies the search condition transmitted according to an instruction of the search condition transmission instruction unit;

A display unit that displays the store information and the vacancy information received by the reception unit;

An input unit for inputting reservation information for specifying and reserving one of the stores displayed on the display unit;

A reservation information transmission instructing unit that instructs transmission of the reservation information input by the input unit;

A mobile terminal for store reservation, comprising:

6-the search criteria includes at least information about waiting time

The mobile terminal for store reservation according to claim 5, characterized in that:

7. The mobile terminal for store reservation according to claim 5, wherein the search condition includes a geographical condition relating to a geographical position.

8. The mobile terminal for store reservation further includes a location information storage unit for storing location information,

When the geographic condition is not input, the geographic condition is set to be near a position corresponding to the position information stored in the position information storage unit.

8. The mobile terminal for store reservation according to claim 7, wherein:

9. A database for store reservation according to claim 2,

A terminal for receiving a store reservation according to claim 3 and

A store reservation system comprising:

10. A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as the store reservation database according to claim 2 or the store reservation reception terminal according to claim 3.