WO2012020979A2

WO2012020979A2 - Method and system for providing reservation status information on a real-time basis

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Publication number: WO2012020979A2
Application number: PCT/KR2011/005834
Authority: WO
Inventors: 조홍래
Original assignee: Cho Hong Rai
Priority date: 2010-08-11
Filing date: 2011-08-10
Publication date: 2012-02-16
Also published as: WO2012020979A3; KR101167611B1; KR20120015032A; WO2012020979A9

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing reservation status information on a real-time basis. The method and system of the present invention involve providing a timetable with reservation status information based on a timeline indicating the present time, and activating reservation status information close to the timeline and providing the activated information.

Description

Method and system for providing reservation status information in real time

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing advance status information, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing advance status information according to advance status.

Most people travel by means of transportation such as trains, airplanes, buses, and enjoy cultural life using performances such as movies and plays. In particular, in the case of using a vehicle or a performance, a ticket may be purchased immediately on the spot or a ticket may be reserved using the Internet. In order to make it easier for a user to make a reservation or purchase of such a performance, a vehicle, or the like, a display device is provided at a ticket office informing the status of the reservation. In addition, a time table indicating the reservation status is also provided on a web page that provides a reservation for a performance or a vehicle.

In this case, the large theater provides a plurality of performances instead of one, and the plurality of performances are performed a plurality of times each time. However, the conventional display device provides only a performance title and a performance time. Accordingly, when the user is sold out of the performance corresponding to the performance time for the purpose of viewing, there is an inconvenience of checking whether the viewing is possible at another time of the performance. In addition, when there is a time constraint on the viewing time due to the user's preemption, there is an inconvenience that the user must check all the performance time of the viewable performance and the viewable performance in addition to the performance for the purpose of viewing.

Similarly, in the case of a vehicle, there are a plurality of carriers that provide transportation to a specific destination and provide transportation to a specific destination multiple times over time for each carrier. However, even in the case of a vehicle, the display device provides only a vehicle to a specific time and a specific destination. Accordingly, when the vehicle corresponding to the time desired by the user is sold out, there is a need for the user to separately check other specific time and vehicle.

Therefore, there is a need for a method that can help users to book or purchase tickets for transportation to a specific destination and viewing a specific performance.

The present invention provides a method and system for providing advance status information of each of a plurality of contents included in a time table using a timeline corresponding to a current time.

The present invention provides a method and system that can confirm the reservation status of each of a plurality of contents at a time by activating the reservation status information of the contents on the basis of the timeline moved corresponding to the passage of the current time.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing advance status information, wherein the advance status information of each of a plurality of contents is provided in a time table, and the advance status of the contents is based on movement of a timeline corresponding to a current time. Activating the information.

The providing of the reservation status information may include providing the reservation status information of each of the contents in the order of a start time.

The activating reservation status information of the content may include: activating and providing reservation status information corresponding to a time adjacent to the timeline, and deactivating and providing reservation status information except the activated reservation status information. It may include a step.

The method may further include updating the advance status information based on the advance progress status of the content.

The updating of the reservation status information may update at least one of a color, a value, and a ratio indicating the reservation status information according to a change in the remaining seat of the content.

The method may further include providing detailed information specifying content on the time table in association with the time table.

The providing of the detailed information may be provided by rolling the detailed information according to any one of a slide method and a flip method.

The method may further include providing additional information related to a category of content on the time table together with the time table.

In addition, the detailed information for specifying the content may include at least one of an image, a title, a providing place, a rating, and a type of the content.

In addition, the reservation status information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the reservation status providing unit for providing the reservation status information of each of the plurality of contents in the time table, and based on the movement of the time line corresponding to the current time It may include an activation unit for activating the reservation status information of the content.

The advance status information providing unit may arrange and provide advance status information of each of the contents in order of start time.

The activator may activate and provide reserved state information corresponding to a time adjacent to the timeline, and deactivate and provide reserved state information except the activated reserved state information.

The mobile terminal may further include an updater configured to update the reservation status information on the basis of the advance progress status of the content.

The updater may update at least one of a color, a numerical value, and a ratio indicating the advance status information according to a change in the remaining seat of the content.

The apparatus may further include a detailed information providing unit configured to provide detailed information specifying content on the time table in association with the time table.

The detail information providing unit may provide the detail information by rolling the detailed information according to any one of a slide method and a flip method.

The apparatus may further include an additional information providing unit configured to provide additional information related to a category of content on the time table together with the time table.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, reservation status information of each of a plurality of contents included in a time table may be provided using a timeline corresponding to a current time.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the reservation status of each of the plurality of contents may be checked at a time by activating the reservation status information of the contents based on the timeline moved in response to the passage of the current time.

According to FIG. 1, the reservation status information providing system 100 may include a detail information providing unit 110, a reservation status information providing unit 120, an activation unit 130, an updater 140, and an additional information providing unit 150. ) May be included.

2 and 3 are views provided to explain a screen configuration for providing detailed information, a time table, and additional information of content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 to 6 are views provided to explain additional information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart provided to explain the operation of the reservation status information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart provided to explain a process of providing and activating advance status information in a time table according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a reservation status information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The detail information provider 110 may provide detailed information of each of the plurality of contents. Here, referring to FIG. 3, the detailed information 200 of the content includes an image 210 of the content, a title 220 of the content, a place where the content is provided 230, a rating 240 of the content, and a type of the content. And at least one of 250. In this case, the content may include a performance including a movie, a play, a musical, an exhibition, a concert, or a transportation means including a train, an airplane, a bus, and the like.

For example, when the content is a movie, the image 210 of the content is a movie poster, the title 220 of the content is a movie title, the place of providing the content 230 is a theater, the rating 240 of the content, the rating of the content The type 250 may be a movie type such as digital, analog, 3D, or 4D. In this case, when there is no rating or type set in the content, the rating 240 and the type 250 of the content may be omitted from the detailed information 200 of the content.

As another example, when the content is a train, the image 210 of the content is a logo image for each train type, and the title 220 of the content is a content name of KTX, Saemaul Lake, Mugunghwa Lake, a commuter train, and a place of providing the content 230. May be a boarding gate. As such, when the content is a vehicle, the detailed information of the content may further include at least one of the source information and the destination information.

In addition, the detail information providing unit 110 may provide detailed information specifying content on the time table in association with the time table. In this case, the detail information providing unit 110 may provide the detailed information by rolling the slide information or the flip method.

For example, if the total number of contents is 15 and 10 contents can be displayed at a time, the detail information providing unit 110 may display the total 15 contents by rolling detailed information for specifying the contents. . In other words, the detail information providing unit 110 may display detailed information of ten contents and advance status information of the ten contents. Subsequently, the detail information providing unit 110 may display detailed information of the remaining five contents and reservation status information of the five contents. As such, as the detailed information of the content is changed through rolling, the reservation status information of the corresponding content may also be changed in conjunction with the detailed information.

The advance status information providing unit 120 may provide advance status information of each of the plurality of contents in a time table 300. In this case, the reservation status information providing unit 120 may arrange the reservation status information of each of the plurality of contents in the order of the start time and provide the reservation status information to the time table.

Here, the start time means a start time of the content provided plural times on a daily basis. For example, when the content is a movie, the start time may be a start time for each number of movies that are aired a plurality of times in the A theater. More specifically, referring to FIG. 3, in the case of the content 1 aired at the place 1, the start time of the content 1 may include 13:05, 15:40, 18:20, and 21:00. Then, the reservation status information providing unit 120 may arrange and display the reservation status information of the content 1 in the order of the start time of the content 1.

In this case, the reservation status information providing unit 120 may provide the reservation status information 330 for each content reflecting the reservation progress status to the time table in real time. Here, the reservation status information may include a start time of the content and remaining seats for each start time. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the reservation status information providing unit 120 may include 12:55 35 seats, 15:20 87 seats, 18:00 43 seats, and 20:30 sold out as the reservation status information of the content 2. Can be provided to a timetable. In this case, referring to FIG. 3, the reservation status information may further include unique information 340 related to the content, such as during a check, maintenance, or delay / delay. Then, the reserved state information providing unit 120 may display the singularity information related to the content in the time table.

As another example, when the content is a bus, the start time may be a departure time for each number of buses that depart multiple times to the destination C. As in the case where the content is a performance such as a movie, more specifically, the start time of the content may include the departure times of the superior express bus departing from the departure X to the arrival Z for one day on the day of departure. In this case, the reservation status information providing unit 120 may provide the reservation status information 330 for each content reflecting the reservation progress status of each bus to the time table in real time.

The activation unit 130 may activate the reservation status information of the plurality of contents based on the movement of the timeline corresponding to the current time. Here, the timeline 310 is display information indicating the current time (indicating). In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, the activator 130 may display the display information on the time table in the form of a slide bar. Then, since the current time changes as the time elapses, the activator 130 may move the timeline corresponding to the current time.

For example, when the current time is 12:50, referring to FIG. 3, the timeline 310 may be located at 12:50. In this case, when time elapses and the current time is 13:00, the timeline 310 may gradually move and be positioned at 13:00 as time elapses. Here, the activator 130 may provide the time table to gradually slide the timeline to reflect the passage of time. For example, the activator 130 may provide a movement of the timeline by synchronizing a timeline with a timeline.

In this case, the activator 130 may activate the reservation status information corresponding to the time adjacent to the moved timeline. Here, the time adjacent to the timeline may mean a time corresponding to a timeline or time closest to the timeline among the advance status information for each of the plurality of contents.

For example, referring to FIG. 3, when the current time is 12:50, the activator 130 may reserve a time corresponding to 13:05, which is the closest time to the timeline 310 among the time-reserved state information of each content 1. The state information 350 may be activated and provided to the time table. In the same way, the activator 130 is most suitable for the reservation status information 370 and the timeline 310 corresponding to the time corresponding to the timeline 310 among the reservation status information for each of contents 2 to 10. The

reservation status information

330 and 360 corresponding to a close time may be provided to the time table.

In this case, the activation unit 130 may activate the reservation status information corresponding to the time adjacent to the timeline for a preset reference time based on the current time. For example, when the reference time is set to 5 minutes after the start time, the activation unit 130 may maintain the activation of the reservation status information until the time when the start time of the content elapses, plus 5 minutes of the reference time.

As another example, for a vehicle that is difficult to board after the departure time, the reference time may be set as the start time. Then, the activation unit 130 may activate the reservation status information corresponding to the time adjacent to the timeline only until the start time of the content.

In this case, the activator 130 may deactivate and provide the remaining reservation status information except the reserved reservation status information among the reservation status information for each of the plurality of contents.

For example, referring to FIG. 3, when the current time is 12:50, the activator 130 may store the remaining reserved state information except the reserved state information 350 of the activated content 1 among the reserved state information of the content 1. Can be provided inactive. That is, the activation unit 130 may deactivate and provide the reservation status information of the content 1 corresponding to the start time of the content 1 of 15:40, 18:20, and 21:00. In the same way, the activator 130 may deactivate and provide the remaining reservation status information except the reserved reservation status information among the reservation status information of the contents 2 to 10.

Meanwhile, when the start time of the content is greater than or equal to the reference time as the timeline moves, the activation unit 130 may release the activation of the activated reservation status information. For example, referring to FIG. 3, when the current time is 12:55 and the reference time is set to 5 minutes from the start time of the corresponding content, the activator 130 may activate the reserved

reservation status information

330, 350,. Among the 360 and 370, the reservation state information 370 having the start time of the content corresponding to the reference time or more may be released. In this case, the activator 130 may delete the reservation status information that is greater than or equal to the reference time from the time table, display the reservation status information in black, or transparently.

As the activation unit 130 releases the reservation state information, the activation unit 130 may activate and provide the reservation state information adjacent to the timeline among the reservation state information of the deactivated content. For example, when the current time is 12:55, the activator 130 releases the reservation state information 370 of the content 3 and activates the reservation state information adjacent to the timeline among the state information of the inactive content 3. Can provide. That is, the activator 130 may activate and provide the reservation status information corresponding to 14:30 nearest to the current time among the reservation status information of the content 3 corresponding to 12:55 after the current time.

The updater 140 may update and provide the reservation status information based on the advance progress status of each of the plurality of contents. In this case, the updater 140 may update at least one of the color, the numerical value, and the ratio indicating the reservation status information according to the change of the remaining seat of the content.

For example, referring to FIG. 3, the updater 140 may update the reservation status information by displaying the remaining seats that are changed according to the reservation progress status in a number of 35 seats, 87 seats, 43 seats, and the like.

As another example, the updater 140 may update the reservation status information using the vertical bar 380 with the ratio of the remaining remaining seats. In this case, the updater 150 may update the reservation status information using various forms such as a clock and an hourglass in addition to the vertical bar.

As another example, the updater 140 may change the color when the remaining residual seat is sold out, less than 1/3, more than 1/3, less than 2/3, more than 2/3, and more than 3/3. You can update separately. In this case, when the reservation status information of the content corresponds to the sold out, the user cannot reserve the sold out content, so the updater 140 reserves the reservation status information of the sold out content rather than the reservation status information of the remaining content. You can provide it to the timetable less noticeably. To this end, the updater 140 may display the reservation status information of the sold out content as translucent or display it on the time table using a dim color. For the same reason, since the user cannot purchase or purchase the content corresponding to the specific information 340 related to the content such as checking, maintenance, delay / delay, etc., the updater 140 may check the special information related to the content ( The color of 340 may be displayed as translucent, or may be displayed on the time table using a dim color. As such, the updater 140 may reduce the customer's confusion even when an unexpected accident occurs in a performance hall, an airport, a train station, etc. by providing the specific information 340 related to the content in the time table.

The additional information providing unit 150 may provide additional information related to the category of the content on the time table together with the time table. In this case, referring to FIG. 2, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide additional information 400 related to the category of the content together with the detailed information 200 and the time table 300 of the content.

For example, when the category of the content is a performance such as a movie, the additional information provider 150 may provide additional information related to the performance. In this case, referring to FIG. 4, the additional information 400 may include a box office 410, a real-time performance search 420, and notification information 430. Here, the box office may be configured as a list displaying detailed information of upcoming content. In this case, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide detailed information of the selected scheduled content among the displayed scheduled contents. Here, the detailed information of the selected scheduled content may include at least one of a notice video of the scheduled content, character information of the scheduled content, and a synopsis of the scheduled content.

The additional information providing unit 150 may provide a real-time performance search 420 together with the box office 410 as shown in FIG. 4. In this case, the additional information providing unit 150 may be provided by sorting in order of popular performance search terms searched on a specific portal site among performances that are being performed or scheduled to be performed.

In addition, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide the announcement information 430 together with the box office 410 and the real-time performance search 420. Here, referring to FIG. 4, the notification information 430 may include at least one of event information such as a fan signing event, a discount event, a free gift presentation, entrance notification information, and lost and found information.

As another example, when the category of the content is a vehicle such as a train, the additional information provider 150 may provide additional information related to the vehicle together with the time table. In this case, the additional information related to the vehicle may include at least one of travel package information, tour company price comparison information, and notification information associated with the vehicle.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 5, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide an advertisement as the additional information 400 regardless of the category of the content. In this case, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide an advertisement in the form of a video or a still image.

In addition, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide an advertisement by using at least one of an area corresponding to the reserved state information deactivated in the time table and an area corresponding to the previous timeline. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide an advertisement using an area corresponding to the inactive reservation status information. As another example, when the current time is night, such as 22:00, the area corresponding to the timeline before the timeline may be wider than the area corresponding to the reserved state information deactivated in the time table. Then, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide an advertisement by using an area corresponding to the timeline.

According to FIG. 7, first, the detail information providing unit 110 may provide detailed information for specifying content on a time table (S710). In this case, the detail information providing unit 110 may provide detailed information for specifying the content on the time table in association with the time table.

Here, the detail information 200 of the content may include at least one of an image 210 of the content, a title 220 of the content, a place where the content is provided 230, a rating 240 of the content, and a type 250 of the content. It may include. For example, the content may be a performance including a movie, a play, a musical, an exhibition, a concert, or a vehicle including a train, an airplane, a bus, or the like. In this case, the detail information providing unit 110 may provide the detailed information by rolling the slide information or the flip method.

Next, the reservation status information providing unit 120 may provide reservation status information of each of the plurality of contents in the time table (S720).

In this case, the reserved state information providing unit 120 may arrange the reserved state information of each of the plurality of contents in the order of the start time and provide the reserved state information to the time table as shown in FIG. 3. Here, the reservation status information may include a start time of the content and remaining seats for each start time.

In addition, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide additional information with a time table (S730). In this case, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide additional information related to the category of the content on the time table. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the content category is a movie, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide a box office, a real-time performance search, and announcement information as additional information. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the additional information providing unit 150 may provide an advertisement as additional information.

Hereinafter, a process of providing advance status information to a time table based on a timeline moved according to a current time will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 8.

First, the reservation status information providing unit 120 may provide reservation status information of each of a plurality of contents in a time table (S810). In this case, a timeline indicating a current time may be displayed in the time table.

Subsequently, when the current time is changed (S820: YES), the activator 130 may move the position of the timeline in response to the changed current time (S830).

For example, when the current time is 10:00 and the timeline is located at 10:00, and one minute has elapsed and the current time is 10:01, the activator 130 may change the current time from 10:00 to 10. You can move the timeline gradually until: 01. Then, when the timeline is paused at 10:01 and the current time is 10:02, the activator 130 may gradually move the timeline to indicate 10:02.

In addition, the activation unit 130 may activate the reservation status information of the content on the basis of the moved timeline (S840).

At this time, the activation unit 130 may activate the reservation status information corresponding to the time adjacent to the moved timeline. Here, the time adjacent to the timeline may mean a time corresponding to a timeline or time closest to the timeline among the advance status information for each of the plurality of contents. In addition, the activator 130 may deactivate and provide the remaining reservation status information except the reserved reservation status information among the reservation status information for each of the plurality of contents.

Subsequently, the updater 140 may update the reservation status information in the time table (S850). In this case, the updater 140 may update the reservation status information in real time based on the advance progress status of the content.

For example, when the reservation cancellation of the content occurs, the updater 140 may update the reservation status information by adding the reserved cancellation number to all remaining seats of the content. As another example, when the content is reserved, the updater 140 may update the reservation status information by subtracting the reserved number of the remaining seats of the content. In this case, when the remaining seat of the content is sold out, the updater 140 may update the reservation status information of the corresponding content to "sold out". As such, as the reservation status information is updated in real time, the configuration for updating the reservation status information may be located before step S910 or may be located between steps S910 to S940.

Methods according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

Claims

Providing advance status information of each of the plurality of contents in a time table; And

Activating advance status information of the content based on a movement of a timeline corresponding to a current time;

Method for providing reservation status information comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

Providing the advance status information,

And providing reservation status information of each of the contents in order of start time.
The method of claim 1,

Activating the reservation status information of the content,

Activating and providing advance status information corresponding to a time adjacent to the timeline; And

Deactivating and providing the reservation status information except the activated reservation status information

Method for providing reservation status information comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

Updating the advance status information based on the advance progress status of the content

The reservation status information providing method further comprising.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The updating of the reservation status information may include:

And updating at least one of a color, a numerical value, and a ratio representing the reservation status information according to a change in the remaining seat of the content.
The method of claim 1,

Providing detailed information specifying content on the time table in association with the time table

The reservation status information providing method further comprising.
The method of claim 6,

Providing in conjunction with the time table,

And providing the detailed information by rolling in accordance with any one of a slide method and a flip method.
The method of claim 1,

Providing additional information related to a category of content on the time table together with the time table

The reservation status information providing method further comprising.
The method of claim 1,

Detailed information for specifying the content,

And providing at least one of an image, a title, a place, a rating, and a type of the content.
An advance status providing unit for providing advance status information of each of a plurality of contents in a time table; And

Activator for activating the advance status information of the content on the basis of the movement of the timeline corresponding to the current time

Reservation status information providing system comprising a.
The method of claim 10,

The booking state information providing unit,

And providing reservation status information of each of the contents in order of start time.
The method of claim 10,

The activator,

And providing reserved state information corresponding to a time adjacent to the timeline, and deactivating and providing reserved state information except the activated reserved state information.
The method of claim 10,

An update unit for updating the advance status information based on the advance progress status of the content

The reservation status information providing system further comprising.
The method of claim 13,

The update unit,

And updating at least one of a color, a value, and a ratio indicating the reservation status information according to a change in the remaining seat of the content.
The method of claim 10,

Detail information providing unit for providing the detailed information specifying the content on the time table in conjunction with the time table

The reservation status information providing system further comprising.
The method of claim 15,

The detail information providing unit,

And providing the detailed information by rolling in accordance with any one of a slide method and a flip method.
The method of claim 10,

An additional information providing unit that provides additional information related to a category of content on the time table together with the time table.

The reservation status information providing system further comprising.
The method of claim 10,

Detailed information for specifying the content,

The reservation status information providing system comprising at least one of an image, a title, a providing place, a rating, and a type of the contents.