WO2002077890A1 - Method and system for providing air cargo reservation and information services - Google Patents

Method and system for providing air cargo reservation and information services Download PDF

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WO2002077890A1
WO2002077890A1 PCT/KR2002/000453 KR0200453W WO02077890A1 WO 2002077890 A1 WO2002077890 A1 WO 2002077890A1 KR 0200453 W KR0200453 W KR 0200453W WO 02077890 A1 WO02077890 A1 WO 02077890A1
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  • the present invention relates generally to a method and system for providing air cargo reservation and information services, and more particularly to a method and system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, which can provide to users an air cargo reservation service and the logistical information of a reserved air cargo by analyzing a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number entered in an address box on a Web browser by a user.
  • a user directly enters a domain of a desired Web site in an address (URL) box on a Web browser or selects a domain previously registered at bookmarks or favorites so as to access the Web site through the Internet.
  • URL address
  • the user who accesses the specific Web site through the above process enters a keyword in a query box provided by the corresponding Web site to search for information so as to obtain required information, and selects and checks searched results. If the selected result does not correspond to information which the user desires to find, the user undergoes inconvenience of selecting and checking a plurality of results one by one.
  • a plurality of Internet service companies provide keyword domain services to overcome the inconvenience of a conventional search process.
  • the keyword domain services are provided in two types: a first service type of outputting contents search results, to which addresses of affiliated companies possessed by a corresponding Internet service company are hyperlinked on a screen, when a user directly enters the Korean alphabets in an address box through a plug-in Web browser; and a second service type of communication service providers providing automatic search services, that is, keyword domain services to users who use leased lines provided by the communication service providers who provide Internet accessing services.
  • reservation services through the Internet are used in broad application areas such as reservation of theater and movie tickets and reservation of air tickets and tourist facilities, and the application areas continue to broaden.
  • agencies handling air cargoes provide air cargo reservation services through the Internet.
  • users familiar with conventional call reservation services do not actively utilize the air cargo reservation services through the Internet.
  • the agencies provide logistical states of cargoes requested by users using their own information networks, so accurate logistical states of the cargoes cannot be provided to the users.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, which analyzes a keyword for air cargo reservation and an air cargo reservation number entered in an address box on a Web browser by a user and connects to a corresponding airline company or an air cargo agency on-line, thus providing to users present logistical information of a reserved air cargo through the airline company as well as an air cargo reservation service .
  • the present invention provides a method of providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, comprising the steps of allowing an Internet user who registers as a member to download a plug-in client module operating program; installing the plug-in client module operating program in a client terminal and executing a Web browser; entering a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number into an address box of the Web browser by the user; analyzing a content entered in the address box of the Web browser; providing a new reservation service, if the entered content is a keyword for air cargo reservation; determining whether the air cargo reservation number has been issued by an airline company or air cargo agency, if the entered content is an air cargo reservation number; accessing a server of the airline company on-line and being provided with logistical information of a corresponding air cargo, if the air cargo reservation number has been issued by an airline company; and checking an airline company corresponding to the air cargo reservation number, accessing a server of the checked airline company on-line and being provided with logistical information of a corresponding air cargo, if the air cargo reservation number has been
  • the present invention further provides an apparatus for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, comprising a client terminal comprised of a web browser for allowing a user to access the Internet and a client module for analyzing a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number entered in an address box on the Web browser and requesting air cargo reservation and inquiry services from a server module; the Internet which is a network for transmitting/receiving data through remote communication; a client module providing system for allowing each Internet user who registers as a member to a download a plug-in client module operating program to the client terminal; a database for storing and managing membership information, air cargo reservation and logistical information of a reserved air cargo; and the server module for providing an air cargo reservation service if the keyword for air cargo reservation is received from the client module while providing an air cargo logistical information inquiry service if the air cargo reservation number is received from the client module; an air cargo agency connected to the server module through the Internet on-line for assigning a number to an air cargo reserved and received from the server module, informing the client terminal of
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figs. 2 to 4 are flowcharts of a method of providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services according to the present invention. * Description of numerals of main components in the drawings * 10: client terminal 11 : Web browser
  • client module 20 Internet
  • server module 31 client module providing system 32: contents database 40: air cargo agency
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services of the present invention
  • Figs. 2 to 4 are flowcharts of a method of providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services according to the present invention.
  • the system for proving air cargo reservation and inquiry services of the present invention comprises a client terminal 10, a server module 30 of a service provider to provide air cargo reservation and inquiry serves through the Internet 20, an air cargo agency 40 and an airline company 50.
  • the client terminal 10 is comprised of a web browser 11 to allow users to access the Internet 20 and a client module 12 to analyze a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number entered in an address box on the Web browser 11 and to request inquiry from the server module 30 which provides air cargo reservation and inquiry services.
  • the client terminal 10 is a personal computer, an Internet television, or a personal digital assistant (PDA) terminal.
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • the server module 30 receives the keyword for air cargo reservation and the air cargo reservation number requested by the client module 12, and transmits them to a Web server (not shown) of the corresponding air cargo agency 40 or the airline company 50.
  • the server module 30 is comprised of a client module providing system 31 to provide a download transmission service so as to allow each user who registers as a member to download a plug-in client module operating program to the client terminal 10, and a database 32 to store and manage contents for providing membership information, air cargo reservation and logistical information of a reserved air cargo.
  • the client module 12 is a plug-in operating program downloaded by the user so as to be provided with air cargo reservation and inquiry services.
  • the client module 12 analyzes a keyword for air cargo reservation and an air cargo reservation number entered in the address box on the Web browser 11.
  • the client module 12 executes an air cargo reservation process through the server module 30 connected thereto via the Internet 20 on-line if the entered content is the keyword for air cargo reservation. After the reservation is completed, the server module 30 transmits a reservation result screen to the corresponding air cargo agency 40 online.
  • the client module 12 transmits the air cargo reservation number to the airline company
  • the airline company 50 connected to the server module 30 on-line to request present logistical information of a corresponding air cargo.
  • the airline company 50 searches for logistical information of the corresponding air cargo on the basis of the received air cargo reservation number and transmits the searched result to the server module 30.
  • the air cargo agency 40 is connected to the server module 30 of a service company on-line, which provides air cargo reservation and inquiry services through the Internet 20. Further, the cargo agency 40 assigns an air cargo number (House Air Way Bill: HAWB) to an air cargo reserved and received from the user, accepts the corresponding air cargo, and executes the transport of the cargo to the airline company 50 and payment on behalf of the user.
  • HAWB House Air Way Bill
  • the airline company 50 is connected to the server module 30 through the Internet 20 on-line.
  • the airline company 50 inquires about present logistical information of a corresponding air cargo on the basis of the air cargo reservation number and transmits the inquired logistical information to the server module 30 if there is any request for logistical information of the air cargo reserved by a user. Further, the airline company 50 assigns an air cargo number (Master Air Way Bill: MAWB) to an air cargo reserved by a user who personally visits the airline company 50, and processes the transport of the corresponding air cargo.
  • MAWB Master Air Way Bill
  • a Web site for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services establishes cooperationship with the air cargo agency 40 and the airline company 50, and recommends that users who use the air cargo agency 40 and the airline company 50 register as members.
  • the Web site stores and manages personal information of users who register as members in the database 32, and provides a download service of a plug-in client module operating program to the Internet users.
  • an initializing routine of the client module 12 for air cargo reservation and inquiry services is executed, thus allowing a service for notifying a user of a new version of the client module operating program, and executing a routine for upgrading the client module operating program.
  • the user who desires to be provided with the air cargo reservation and inquiry services through the Internet 20 executes a conventional Internet accessing program stored in his client terminal 10, for example, a personal computer to access the Internet 20 at step S 11. Then, if the user enters a domain address of the Web site for providing the air cargo reservation and inquiry services, the server module 30 loads a Web page, for example, a home page, reads overall service contents of the air cargo reservation and inquiry services from the database
  • the server module 30 If the user selects a log-in field on the screen, the server module 30 outputs a log-in message on the screen to perform a user authentication procedure for determining whether the user is an authenticated member. If the user is not an authenticated member, the server module 30 outputs a member agreement and a membership information input box on the screen to process a member registration procedure, and stores personal information entered by the user in the database 32 at step SI 3.
  • the membership information can be an address, a contact, an email address, a job, a hobby, special ability, a new identification (ID) and a password of the user, which are directly entered by the user.
  • the server module 30 executes a download for transmitting the stored client module operating program to the client terminal 10 of the user through the client module providing system 31 when a download icon of the plug-in client module operating program allowing the user to be provided with the air cargo reservation and inquiry services is selected on the screen by the user at step SI 4.
  • the user installs the plug-in client module operating program downloaded to the client terminal 10 in his client terminal 10.
  • the plug-in client module operating program for providing the air cargo reservation and inquiry services is simultaneously executed at step SI 5.
  • the user accesses the Internet 20 by executing the Web browser 11 of his client terminal 10, the user enters a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number to the address box of the Web browser 1 1 at step SI 6.
  • the client module 12 determines whether entered content is a keyword for reservation or an air cargo reservation number at step SI 7. If the entered content is a keyword for reservation, the client module 12 executes an air cargo reservation process at step SI 8.
  • the air cargo reservation process is executed such that if the user enters a transmission place, a reception place, a transmission item, weight, and payment condition to reserve a corresponding air cargo using an air cargo reservation box provided from the server module 30 connected to the client module 12 through the Internet 20, the server module 30 transmits the reserved contents to the air cargo agency 40 connected on-line thereto to be assigned with an air cargo number HAWB, and sends the air cargo number HAWB to the client terminal 10 of the user.
  • the client module 10 sends the entered air cargo reservation number to the server module 30.
  • the server module 30 provides an air cargo logistical information inquiry service for transmitting the received air cargo reservation number to the airline company 50, receiving present logistical information of a corresponding air cargo from the airline company 50, transmitting the received logistical information to the client terminal 10 of the user, and displaying the logistical information on the screen of the Web browser 11 at step SI 9.
  • the air cargo logistical information inquiry service is processed such that when the user enters a two-character airline company code and a serial air cargo number (HAWB), for example, "OZ/1234567" to the address box after executing the Web browser 11 of the client terminal 10 at step S21, the client module 12 checks the airline company code of the entered air cargo reservation number at step S22. Then, the client module 12 requests the user to reenter the air cargo reservation number while outputting an error message if there is an error in the entered air cargo reservation number at step S23.
  • HAWB serial air cargo number
  • the client module 12 transmits the air cargo number (HAWB) to a server of the corresponding airline company 50 through the server module 30 connected to the client module 12 via the Internet 20 at step S24.
  • the corresponding airline company 50 searches for logistical information of the corresponding air cargo through its own network on the basis of the received air cargo number, and transmits the searched logistical information of the corresponding air cargo to the server module 30 at step S25.
  • the server module 30 sends the logistical information received from the airline company 50 to the client terminal 10 of the user, and the client terminal 10 displays the inquired logistical information on the screen through the Web browser at step S26.
  • the air cargo logistical information inquiry service is processed such that when the user enters a three-character airline company code and a serial air cargo number (MAWB), for example, "988123456" to the address box after executing the Web browser 11 of his client terminal 10 at step S31, the client module 12 checks the entered air cargo reservation number at step S32. Then, the client module 12 requests the user to reenter the air cargo reservation number while outputting an error message if there is an error in the entered air cargo reservation number at step S33.
  • MAWB serial air cargo number
  • the client module 12 checks the airline company 50 on the basis of first three digits of the entered air cargo reservation number, for example, "988" through the server module 30 connected to the client module 12 via the Internet 20 at step S34.
  • the client module 12 transmits the air cargo number MAWB to the server of the corresponding airline company 50 at step S35.
  • the corresponding airline company 50 searches for logistical information through its own network on the basis of the received air cargo number MAWB, and transmits the searched logistical information of the corresponding air cargo to the server module 30 at step S36.
  • the server module 30 provides the air cargo logistical information inquiry service for sending the logistical information received from the airline company 50 to the client terminal 10 of the user and allowing the client terminal 10 to display the searched logistical information on the screen through the Web browser 11 at step S37.
  • the method and system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services can provide to users logistical information of a reserved air cargo through an airline company as well as an air cargo reservation service by analyzing a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number entered by a user in an address box on a Web browser and connecting to a corresponding airline company or an air cargo agency on-line.
  • the present invention provides a method and system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, which provides present logistical information of a reserved air cargo to users through an airline company as well as an air cargo reservation service by analyzing a keyword for air cargo reservation and an air cargo reservation number entered by a user in an address box on a Web browser of a client terminal, and connecting to a corresponding airline company or an air cargo agency on-line on the basis of the analyzed result, thus allowing the air cargo reservation and inquiry services to be provided so as to increase the convenience of users.

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The present invention relates to a method and system for providing air cargo reservation and information services. The method includes the step of downloading a plug-in client module management program. Subsequently, the user sets up the management program. The user enters a keyword for air cargo reservation or air cargo reservation number. If the entered content is a keyword, a new reservation service is provided. If the air cargo reservation number has been issued by an airline company, a server of the airline company is accessed on-line and distribution information of a corresponding air cargo is provided. If the air cargo reservation number has been issued by an air cargo agency, a number of the airline company corresponding to the cargo reservation number is learned, a server of the airline company is accessed on-line and distribution information of a corresponding air cargo is provided.

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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AIR CARGO RESERVATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to a method and system for providing air cargo reservation and information services, and more particularly to a method and system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, which can provide to users an air cargo reservation service and the logistical information of a reserved air cargo by analyzing a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number entered in an address box on a Web browser by a user.
Background Art
Generally, a user directly enters a domain of a desired Web site in an address (URL) box on a Web browser or selects a domain previously registered at bookmarks or favorites so as to access the Web site through the Internet.
The user who accesses the specific Web site through the above process enters a keyword in a query box provided by the corresponding Web site to search for information so as to obtain required information, and selects and checks searched results. If the selected result does not correspond to information which the user desires to find, the user undergoes inconvenience of selecting and checking a plurality of results one by one. Recently, a plurality of Internet service companies provide keyword domain services to overcome the inconvenience of a conventional search process. The keyword domain services are provided in two types: a first service type of outputting contents search results, to which addresses of affiliated companies possessed by a corresponding Internet service company are hyperlinked on a screen, when a user directly enters the Korean alphabets in an address box through a plug-in Web browser; and a second service type of communication service providers providing automatic search services, that is, keyword domain services to users who use leased lines provided by the communication service providers who provide Internet accessing services.
Meanwhile, reservation services through the Internet are used in broad application areas such as reservation of theater and movie tickets and reservation of air tickets and tourist facilities, and the application areas continue to broaden. Recently, agencies handling air cargoes provide air cargo reservation services through the Internet. However, users familiar with conventional call reservation services do not actively utilize the air cargo reservation services through the Internet. Further, the agencies provide logistical states of cargoes requested by users using their own information networks, so accurate logistical states of the cargoes cannot be provided to the users.
Further, if a user personally visited an airline company and made an air cargo transport reservation, there is not provided to the user a method of checking the present status of the user's cargo.
Disclosure of the Invention
Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, which analyzes a keyword for air cargo reservation and an air cargo reservation number entered in an address box on a Web browser by a user and connects to a corresponding airline company or an air cargo agency on-line, thus providing to users present logistical information of a reserved air cargo through the airline company as well as an air cargo reservation service .
In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a method of providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, comprising the steps of allowing an Internet user who registers as a member to download a plug-in client module operating program; installing the plug-in client module operating program in a client terminal and executing a Web browser; entering a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number into an address box of the Web browser by the user; analyzing a content entered in the address box of the Web browser; providing a new reservation service, if the entered content is a keyword for air cargo reservation; determining whether the air cargo reservation number has been issued by an airline company or air cargo agency, if the entered content is an air cargo reservation number; accessing a server of the airline company on-line and being provided with logistical information of a corresponding air cargo, if the air cargo reservation number has been issued by an airline company; and checking an airline company corresponding to the air cargo reservation number, accessing a server of the checked airline company on-line and being provided with logistical information of a corresponding air cargo, if the air cargo reservation number has been issued by an air cargo agency. The present invention further provides an apparatus for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, comprising a client terminal comprised of a web browser for allowing a user to access the Internet and a client module for analyzing a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number entered in an address box on the Web browser and requesting air cargo reservation and inquiry services from a server module; the Internet which is a network for transmitting/receiving data through remote communication; a client module providing system for allowing each Internet user who registers as a member to a download a plug-in client module operating program to the client terminal; a database for storing and managing membership information, air cargo reservation and logistical information of a reserved air cargo; and the server module for providing an air cargo reservation service if the keyword for air cargo reservation is received from the client module while providing an air cargo logistical information inquiry service if the air cargo reservation number is received from the client module; an air cargo agency connected to the server module through the Internet on-line for assigning a number to an air cargo reserved and received from the server module, informing the client terminal of said number through the server module, and accepting a corresponding air cargo, and transmitting the accepted corresponding air cargo to a corresponding airline company; and the airline company connected to the server module through the Internet on-line for inquiring about logistical information of a corresponding air cargo through the air cargo reservation number if a request for logistical information inquiry is received from the server module, and transmitting inquired logistical information to the client terminal through the server module.
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The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and
Figs. 2 to 4 are flowcharts of a method of providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services according to the present invention. * Description of numerals of main components in the drawings * 10: client terminal 11 : Web browser
12: client module 20: Internet
30: server module 31 : client module providing system 32: contents database 40: air cargo agency
50: airline company
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
Hereinafter, a method and system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.
Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services of the present invention, and Figs. 2 to 4 are flowcharts of a method of providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services according to the present invention. Referring to Fig. 1, the system for proving air cargo reservation and inquiry services of the present invention comprises a client terminal 10, a server module 30 of a service provider to provide air cargo reservation and inquiry serves through the Internet 20, an air cargo agency 40 and an airline company 50.
The client terminal 10 is comprised of a web browser 11 to allow users to access the Internet 20 and a client module 12 to analyze a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number entered in an address box on the Web browser 11 and to request inquiry from the server module 30 which provides air cargo reservation and inquiry services. For example, the client terminal 10 is a personal computer, an Internet television, or a personal digital assistant (PDA) terminal. The server module 30 receives the keyword for air cargo reservation and the air cargo reservation number requested by the client module 12, and transmits them to a Web server (not shown) of the corresponding air cargo agency 40 or the airline company 50. The server module 30 is comprised of a client module providing system 31 to provide a download transmission service so as to allow each user who registers as a member to download a plug-in client module operating program to the client terminal 10, and a database 32 to store and manage contents for providing membership information, air cargo reservation and logistical information of a reserved air cargo. The client module 12 is a plug-in operating program downloaded by the user so as to be provided with air cargo reservation and inquiry services. The client module 12 analyzes a keyword for air cargo reservation and an air cargo reservation number entered in the address box on the Web browser 11. The client module 12 executes an air cargo reservation process through the server module 30 connected thereto via the Internet 20 on-line if the entered content is the keyword for air cargo reservation. After the reservation is completed, the server module 30 transmits a reservation result screen to the corresponding air cargo agency 40 online.
If the content entered by the user is an air cargo reservation number, the client module 12 transmits the air cargo reservation number to the airline company
50 connected to the server module 30 on-line to request present logistical information of a corresponding air cargo. The airline company 50 searches for logistical information of the corresponding air cargo on the basis of the received air cargo reservation number and transmits the searched result to the server module 30. The air cargo agency 40 is connected to the server module 30 of a service company on-line, which provides air cargo reservation and inquiry services through the Internet 20. Further, the cargo agency 40 assigns an air cargo number (House Air Way Bill: HAWB) to an air cargo reserved and received from the user, accepts the corresponding air cargo, and executes the transport of the cargo to the airline company 50 and payment on behalf of the user.
The airline company 50 is connected to the server module 30 through the Internet 20 on-line. The airline company 50 inquires about present logistical information of a corresponding air cargo on the basis of the air cargo reservation number and transmits the inquired logistical information to the server module 30 if there is any request for logistical information of the air cargo reserved by a user. Further, the airline company 50 assigns an air cargo number (Master Air Way Bill: MAWB) to an air cargo reserved by a user who personally visits the airline company 50, and processes the transport of the corresponding air cargo.
A method of providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services of the present invention having the above construction is described in detail with reference to Figs. 2 and 3. First, a Web site for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services according to the present invention establishes cooperationship with the air cargo agency 40 and the airline company 50, and recommends that users who use the air cargo agency 40 and the airline company 50 register as members. The Web site stores and manages personal information of users who register as members in the database 32, and provides a download service of a plug-in client module operating program to the Internet users. When the Web browser of the client terminal 10 is run by the user, an initializing routine of the client module 12 for air cargo reservation and inquiry services is executed, thus allowing a service for notifying a user of a new version of the client module operating program, and executing a routine for upgrading the client module operating program.
As shown in Fig. 2, the user who desires to be provided with the air cargo reservation and inquiry services through the Internet 20 executes a conventional Internet accessing program stored in his client terminal 10, for example, a personal computer to access the Internet 20 at step S 11. Then, if the user enters a domain address of the Web site for providing the air cargo reservation and inquiry services, the server module 30 loads a Web page, for example, a home page, reads overall service contents of the air cargo reservation and inquiry services from the database
32, and displays the read contents on the screen at step S12.
If the user selects a log-in field on the screen, the server module 30 outputs a log-in message on the screen to perform a user authentication procedure for determining whether the user is an authenticated member. If the user is not an authenticated member, the server module 30 outputs a member agreement and a membership information input box on the screen to process a member registration procedure, and stores personal information entered by the user in the database 32 at step SI 3. In this case, the membership information can be an address, a contact, an email address, a job, a hobby, special ability, a new identification (ID) and a password of the user, which are directly entered by the user.
If the user is the authenticated member, the server module 30 executes a download for transmitting the stored client module operating program to the client terminal 10 of the user through the client module providing system 31 when a download icon of the plug-in client module operating program allowing the user to be provided with the air cargo reservation and inquiry services is selected on the screen by the user at step SI 4.
The user installs the plug-in client module operating program downloaded to the client terminal 10 in his client terminal 10. When the user executes the operating program of the Web browser 11 by rebooting the client terminal 10, for example, a personal computer, the plug-in client module operating program for providing the air cargo reservation and inquiry services is simultaneously executed at step SI 5. After the user accesses the Internet 20 by executing the Web browser 11 of his client terminal 10, the user enters a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number to the address box of the Web browser 1 1 at step SI 6. Then the client module 12 determines whether entered content is a keyword for reservation or an air cargo reservation number at step SI 7. If the entered content is a keyword for reservation, the client module 12 executes an air cargo reservation process at step SI 8.
In this case, the air cargo reservation process is executed such that if the user enters a transmission place, a reception place, a transmission item, weight, and payment condition to reserve a corresponding air cargo using an air cargo reservation box provided from the server module 30 connected to the client module 12 through the Internet 20, the server module 30 transmits the reserved contents to the air cargo agency 40 connected on-line thereto to be assigned with an air cargo number HAWB, and sends the air cargo number HAWB to the client terminal 10 of the user.
If the information entered in the address box is an air cargo reservation number, the client module 10 sends the entered air cargo reservation number to the server module 30. The server module 30 provides an air cargo logistical information inquiry service for transmitting the received air cargo reservation number to the airline company 50, receiving present logistical information of a corresponding air cargo from the airline company 50, transmitting the received logistical information to the client terminal 10 of the user, and displaying the logistical information on the screen of the Web browser 11 at step SI 9.
As shown in Fig. 3, the air cargo logistical information inquiry service is processed such that when the user enters a two-character airline company code and a serial air cargo number (HAWB), for example, "OZ/1234567" to the address box after executing the Web browser 11 of the client terminal 10 at step S21, the client module 12 checks the airline company code of the entered air cargo reservation number at step S22. Then, the client module 12 requests the user to reenter the air cargo reservation number while outputting an error message if there is an error in the entered air cargo reservation number at step S23. If there is no error in the entered air cargo reservation number, the client module 12 transmits the air cargo number (HAWB) to a server of the corresponding airline company 50 through the server module 30 connected to the client module 12 via the Internet 20 at step S24. The corresponding airline company 50 searches for logistical information of the corresponding air cargo through its own network on the basis of the received air cargo number, and transmits the searched logistical information of the corresponding air cargo to the server module 30 at step S25.
The server module 30 sends the logistical information received from the airline company 50 to the client terminal 10 of the user, and the client terminal 10 displays the inquired logistical information on the screen through the Web browser at step S26.
As shown in Fig. 4, the air cargo logistical information inquiry service is processed such that when the user enters a three-character airline company code and a serial air cargo number (MAWB), for example, "988123456" to the address box after executing the Web browser 11 of his client terminal 10 at step S31, the client module 12 checks the entered air cargo reservation number at step S32. Then, the client module 12 requests the user to reenter the air cargo reservation number while outputting an error message if there is an error in the entered air cargo reservation number at step S33. If there is no error in the entered air cargo number, the client module 12 checks the airline company 50 on the basis of first three digits of the entered air cargo reservation number, for example, "988" through the server module 30 connected to the client module 12 via the Internet 20 at step S34. The client module 12 transmits the air cargo number MAWB to the server of the corresponding airline company 50 at step S35.
The corresponding airline company 50 searches for logistical information through its own network on the basis of the received air cargo number MAWB, and transmits the searched logistical information of the corresponding air cargo to the server module 30 at step S36. The server module 30 provides the air cargo logistical information inquiry service for sending the logistical information received from the airline company 50 to the client terminal 10 of the user and allowing the client terminal 10 to display the searched logistical information on the screen through the Web browser 11 at step S37.
As described above, the method and system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services can provide to users logistical information of a reserved air cargo through an airline company as well as an air cargo reservation service by analyzing a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number entered by a user in an address box on a Web browser and connecting to a corresponding airline company or an air cargo agency on-line.
The method and system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services according to the present invention is not restricted to the above described embodiment, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.
Industrial Applicability
As described above, the present invention provides a method and system for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, which provides present logistical information of a reserved air cargo to users through an airline company as well as an air cargo reservation service by analyzing a keyword for air cargo reservation and an air cargo reservation number entered by a user in an address box on a Web browser of a client terminal, and connecting to a corresponding airline company or an air cargo agency on-line on the basis of the analyzed result, thus allowing the air cargo reservation and inquiry services to be provided so as to increase the convenience of users.

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1. A method of providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, comprising the steps of: allowing an Internet user who registers as a member to download a plug-in client module operating program; installing the plug-in client module operating program in a client terminal and executing a Web browser; entering a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number into an address box of the Web browser by the user; analyzing a content entered in the address box of the Web browser; providing a new reservation service, if the entered content is a keyword for air cargo reservation; determining whether the air cargo reservation number has been issued by an airline company or air cargo agency, if the entered content is an air cargo reservation number; accessing a server of the airline company on-line and being provided with logistical information of a corresponding air cargo, if the air cargo reservation number has been issued by an airline company; and checking an airline company corresponding to the air cargo reservation number, accessing a server of the checked airline company on-line and being provided with logistical information of a corresponding air cargo, if the air cargo reservation number has been issued by an air cargo agency.
2. An apparatus for providing air cargo reservation and inquiry services, comprising: a client terminal (10) comprised of a web browser (11) for allowing a user to access the Internet (20) and a client module (12) for analyzing a keyword for air cargo reservation or an air cargo reservation number entered in an address box on the Web browser (11) and requesting air cargo reservation and inquiry services from a server module (30); the Internet (20), which is a network for transmitting/receiving data through remote communication; a client module providing system (31) for allowing each Internet user who registers as a member to a download a plug-in client module operating program to the client terminal (10); a database (32) for storing and managing membership information, air cargo reservation and logistical information of a reserved air cargo; and the server module (30) for providing an air cargo reservation service if the keyword for air cargo reservation is received from the client module (12) while providing an air cargo logistical information inquiry service if the air cargo reservation number is received from the client module (12); an air cargo agency (40) connected to the server module (30) through the
Internet (20) on-line for assigning a number to an air cargo reserved and received from the server module (30), informing the client terminal (10) of said number through the server module (30), and accepting a corresponding air cargo, and transmitting the accepted corresponding air cargo to a corresponding airline company (50); and the airline company (50) connected to the server module (30) through the Internet (20) on-line for inquiring about logistical information of a corresponding air cargo through the air cargo reservation number if a request for logistical information inquiry is received from the server module (30), and transmitting inquired logistical information to the client terminal (10) through the server module
(30).
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