WO2017047828A1

WO2017047828A1 - System for calculation/payment of optimized flight fare and hotel bill and method therefor

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Publication number: WO2017047828A1
Application number: PCT/KR2015/009596
Authority: WO
Inventors: 원용연
Original assignee: 원용연
Priority date: 2015-09-14
Filing date: 2015-09-14
Publication date: 2017-03-23

Abstract

Disclosed are a system for the calculation and purchase of an optimized flight fare, and a method therefor. The system comprises: a plane ticket information reception module for receiving plane ticket information from an open API provision server in real-time; a hotel information reception module for receiving hotel information from the open API provision server in real-time; a plane ticket/hotel information storage module for storing plane ticket information received in the plane ticket information reception module and hotel information received in the hotel information reception module; a user travel information reception module for receiving, from a user terminal, user travel information including departure cities, stopover cities, arrival cities, departure date, total duration of travel, duration of stay in each stopover city, and arrival date; a plane ticket/hotel search module for searching for plane ticket information and hotel information stored in the plane ticket/hotel information storage module according to user travel information received in the user travel information reception module; a search information provision module for providing the user terminal with the plane ticket information and hotel information according to the search results; and a plane ticket/hotel purchase module for making proxy-purchase of a plane ticket and a hotel voucher according to the plane ticket information and hotel information selected from the user terminal, and providing the proxy-purchased plane ticket and hotel voucher to the user terminal.

Description

Optimal calculation / payment system of airfare and hotel charges and its method

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to calculating, booking, and paying optimized airfare hotel rates, and more particularly, to an optimized calculation / payment system and method of airfare and hotel charges.

Travelers use a variety of online vendors to buy tickets and hotel vouchers at lower prices. For example, Expedia, skyscanner and the like.

These vendors are often buying cheap airline tickets and hotel accommodations from airlines and hotels and selling them to travelers. Buying large quantities in advance is cheaper than airlines and hotels selling tickets and hotel lodging.

Online vendors provide search information on tickets and hotels of a desired date, and such hotel information or ticket information is limited to hotel information or ticket information previously purchased by the vendor.

In addition, the online vendor's site will search for flights and hotels on a given date and city if the traveler enters the desired date and city. There is a problem that it is very inconvenient to search.

For example, if a backpacker travels to Central and South America for two months, they will travel to Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Nicaragua. Buying hotel accommodation is very difficult, complicated and takes a long time. Searching One by One It is virtually impossible to find and purchase tickets and hotel vouchers for the best and lowest cost. This is because the number of such cases may vary depending on the date even for the same airline or the same hotel, and there are various cases depending on the order of travel in the country or the duration of the stopover.

Therefore, there is a need for a service that allows travelers to search for accommodation tickets and tickets at best and lowest travel scenarios and prices under desired conditions. And if you buy multiple tickets and accommodation without going through a vendor, the purchase is also time-consuming and difficult. Vendors have already purchased tickets and hotel accommodations, so there is no difficulty in purchasing them directly, but if they do not go through the vendor, they will have to buy them separately from several airlines and hotels.

An object of the present invention is to provide an airfare optimization calculation and purchase system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an airfare optimization calculation and purchase method.

In accordance with the above-described object of the present invention, an airfare and hotel rate optimization calculation / payment system comprises: a ticket information receiving module for receiving real-time ticket information from an open API providing server; A hotel information receiving module for receiving hotel information from the open API providing server in real time; A ticket / hotel information storage module storing ticket information received from the ticket information receiving module and hotel information received from the hotel information receiving module; A user travel information receiving module for receiving user travel information including a departure city, a transit city, an arrival city, a departure date, a total travel period, a transit period for each transit city, and an arrival date from the user terminal; A ticket / hotel search module for searching for ticket information and hotel information stored in the ticket / hotel information storage module according to the user travel information received by the user travel information receiving module; A search information providing module for providing the ticket information and the hotel information according to the search result to the user terminal; It may be configured to include a ticket / hotel purchase module for purchasing the corresponding ticket and hotel accommodation voucher according to the ticket information and hotel information selected from the user terminal, and providing the purchased ticket and hotel accommodation voucher to the user terminal.

In this case, the search information providing module may be configured to search for ticket information and hotel information by applying all applicable waypoints when there are two or more stopover cities.

The search information providing module may be configured to provide the searched airline ticket information and the hotel information to the user terminal in order of lowest price.

The ticket / hotel purchase module may be configured to receive a fee for the purchase agent from the airline or the hotel.

And it may be configured to further include an advertisement display module for displaying the advertising content of the airline or hotel and receive an advertising fee.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the airfare and hotel rate optimization calculation / payment method, the ticket information receiving module receives the real-time ticket information from the open API providing server and stores in the ticket / hotel information storage module, the hotel information receiving module Receiving hotel information from the open API providing server in real time and storing it in a ticket / hotel information storage module; Receiving, by the user travel information receiving module, user travel information including a departure city, a transit city, an arrival city, a departure date, a total travel period, a transit period for each transit city, and an arrival date from the user terminal; Searching, by the ticket / hotel search module, the ticket information and the hotel information stored in the ticket / hotel information storage module according to the user travel information received by the user travel information receiving module; Providing, by the search information providing module, ticket information and hotel information according to the search result to the user terminal; The ticket / hotel purchase module may be configured to include purchasing the corresponding ticket and hotel accommodation voucher according to the ticket information and the hotel information selected from the user terminal and providing the purchased ticket and hotel accommodation voucher to the user terminal. .

Here, the searching of the ticket information and the hotel information stored in the ticket / hotel information storage module according to the user travel information received by the user travel information receiving module may be performed when the ticket / hotel search module has two or more transit cities. It may be configured to search for ticket information and hotel information by applying all applicable waypoints and provide search results to the user terminal.

The providing of the ticket information and the hotel information according to the search result to the user terminal by the search information providing module may be configured to provide the searched ticket information and the hotel information to the user terminal in order of lowest price. .

In the meantime, the ticket / hotel purchase module purchases the corresponding ticket and hotel accommodation voucher according to the ticket information and the hotel information selected from the user terminal, and provides the purchased terminal ticket and hotel accommodation voucher to the user terminal. Or it may be configured to receive a fee for the purchase agent from the hotel.

The advertisement display module may further include displaying advertisement content of an airline or a hotel and receiving an advertisement fee.

According to the above-described airfare and hotel fee optimization calculation / payment system and method thereof, a user searches for a ticket and a hotel of a desired date and period and a city of travel using the ticket information and hotel information provided from an open API providing server, and It is configured to calculate and provide the most optimal and lowest price of the ticket information and hotel information, the user can easily and conveniently book and purchase tickets and hotels.

In addition, since the user calculates an optimal order of travel destinations by inputting only the travel periods (passage periods) for each travel destination (via waypoints), travel scheduling can be very convenient.

In addition, since the user does not take a separate fee for the purchase agent, the user can purchase a ticket and a hotel accommodation ticket at a low cost, and the fee can be received from the airline and the hotel to maintain a stable profit structure.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an airfare and hotel charge calculation method of a conventional vendor company and an optimization calculation method of airfare and hotel charges according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of an optimization calculation / payment system for airfare and hotel charges according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A to 3E are exemplary views of a user interface screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an optimization calculation / payment method of airfare and hotel charges according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As the inventive concept allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing the drawings, similar reference numerals are used for similar elements.

Terms such as first, second, A, and B may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. The term and / or includes a combination of a plurality of related items or any item of a plurality of related items.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

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

Referring to FIG. 1, in the prior art, when traveling to three cities of Seoul, London, and Paris, a plurality of times or several dozen searches are performed while differently inputting a travel period, a departure date, and a travel order in each city. The best and lowest airfares and hotel rates were calculated.

However, according to the present invention, it is configured to automatically calculate and provide the best and lowest airfares and hotel charges at once by inputting irrespective of the travel order of each city and inputting the travel period of each city.

As such, when traveling to several countries, the trip order, airline, hotel, etc. are automatically calculated at the lowest price, so that travel scheduling is very convenient and cost can be reduced as much as possible.

2 is a block diagram of an optimization calculation / payment system for airfare and hotel charges according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the airfare and hotel charge optimization calculation / payment system 100 according to the present invention includes a ticket information receiving module 110, a hotel information receiving module 120, a ticket / hotel information storing module 130, and a user. It may be configured to include a travel information receiving module 140, a ticket / hotel search module 150, a search information providing module 160, a ticket / hotel purchase module 170 and the advertisement display module 180.

The airfare and hotel fee optimization calculation / payment system 100 is configured to provide the user with the lowest priced ticket information and hotel information by using the ticket information and the hotel information provided by the open AIP providing server 10. If you are traveling through multiple cities, simply enter the destination, travel period, departure date, and arrival date (return), and we will automatically search for airlines and hotels that offer the lowest prices and hotel fees. It is composed.

Since the open API providing server 10 provides a database of all ticket information and hotel information not yet assigned by a vendor or a personal purchase, the optimizing calculation / payment system of airfare and hotel charges 100 works with such a database. However, there is an advantage that the burden of the cost is reduced.

Hereinafter, the detailed structure is demonstrated.

The ticket information receiving module 110 may be configured to receive ticket information in real time from the open API providing server 10. In addition, the hotel information receiving module 120 may be configured to receive hotel information in real time from the open API providing server 10.

The open API providing server 10 may be configured to receive and provide, in real time, ticket information and hotel information not yet allocated from the airline server 30 and the hotel server 40.

The ticket information receiving module 110 and the hotel information receiving module 120 may not only provide ticket information and hotel information provided by the airline server 30 or the hotel server 40, but also tickets from other vendor vendors' vendor servers (not shown). It may also be configured to receive information and hotel information in real time.

The ticket / hotel information storing module 130 may store the ticket information received by the ticket information receiving module 110 and the hotel information received by the hotel information receiving module 120. In this case, the ticket information and the hotel information, as well as the unassigned ticket information and hotel information, may be included as well as the ticket information and hotel information already assigned to the vendor server (not shown).

The user travel information receiving module 140 may be configured to receive user travel information including a departure city, a transit city, an arrival city, a departure date, a total travel period, a transit period for each transit city, and an arrival date from the user terminal 20. have. Here, the destination city may be the same as or different from the departure city.

The ticket / hotel search module 150 may be configured to search for ticket information and hotel information stored in the ticket / hotel information storage module 130 according to the user travel information received by the user travel information receiving module 140.

The flight / hotel search module 150 searches for numerous airlines and hotels.

In this case, the ticket / hotel search module 150 may be configured to search for ticket information and hotel information by applying all applicable waypoints when there are two or more transit cities. That is, the transit city may have various cases according to the number, and may be configured to search for all the numbers of all cases. If there are two transit cities, the order of destinations can be two cases; if there are three transit cities, the order of destinations can be six cases. Do a search for each destination sequence. If a transit period is determined for each travel destination (stopover), the departure date and arrival date of the stopover can be set according to the transit period.

On the other hand, the travel period of the stopover, that is, the stopover period, may not be determined. For example, if you travel 10 days in order of Seoul, London, Paris, and Seoul, you could travel 5 days in London, 5 days in Paris, 4 days in London and 6 days in Paris. . It can also be configured to calculate both the ticket price and the hotel price for all cases along the transit period.

The search information providing module 160 may be configured to provide both the ticket information and the hotel information to the user terminal 20 according to a number of travel scenarios searched by the ticket / hotel search module 150. The search information providing module 160 may be configured to arrange the previously searched flight information and hotel information in the lowest price order and provide them to the user terminal 20.

Alternatively, the search information providing module 160 may be configured to provide only one travel scenario of the lowest price to the user terminal 20.

The user may search for numerous travel scenarios on the user terminal 20 to select an optimal travel scenario, or may select and use one travel scenario calculated at the lowest price as it is.

If the order of waypoints or waypoints have already been determined, one or several travel scenarios can be estimated, and the user can receive a closer travel scenario that the user desires by one input and search. Can be.

The ticket / hotel purchase module 170 may be configured to purchase the corresponding ticket and hotel accommodation ticket according to the ticket information and the hotel information selected from the user terminal 20.

The ticket / hotel purchasing module 170 may be configured to provide the user terminal 20 with the ticket for the purchase and the hotel accommodation right.

In this case, the ticket / hotel purchase module 170 may be configured to receive a fee for the purchase agent from the airline or the hotel. And may not be configured to take a fee from the user. The user can purchase at a lower price without a fee. In the case of a ticket or hotel accommodation voucher of the vendor, it may be configured to be provided to the user at a price provided by the vendor.

Meanwhile, the advertisement display module 180 may be configured to display advertisement contents of the airline or hotel at all times or display advertisement contents of the airline or hotel at the time of purchase.

The advertisement display module 180 may be configured to display advertisement content and receive an advertisement fee, and in this case, may not be configured to receive a fee from a user.

Accordingly, it is possible to provide a ticket or hotel accommodation voucher to the user at a lower price.

3A illustrates a screen for inputting a travel departure date, a destination, and a travel end date.

3B is a screen outputting a travel scenario by varying the order of each travel destination, that is, a waypoint and setting various travel periods for each travel destination. The airfare and hotel accommodation rates for each travel scenario are calculated and displayed.

FIG. 3C is configured to input a stay duration for each travel destination from a shortest period to a longest period through a bar. In FIG. 3C, all travel scenarios may be calculated for all stop periods according to the shortest five days to the longest eleven.

In FIG. 3D, it can be seen that tens or hundreds of travel scenarios are arranged in order of price. You can choose the best travel scenario among them.

In FIG. 3E a travel scenario selected by the user is shown. At this time, when the user wants to change the hotel of any one of them to another hotel, only the hotel of the date is configured to be changed to another hotel and made a reservation and purchase. Of course, the ticket can also be purchased for a specific flight by replacing another airline or another flight of the same carrier.

Referring to FIG. 4, the ticket information receiving module 110 receives the real time ticket information from the open API providing server 10 and stores the ticket information in the ticket / hotel information storage module 130, and the hotel information receiving module 120 is opened. Hotel information is received in real time from the API providing server 10 and stored in the ticket / hotel information storage module 130 (S101).

Next, the user travel information receiving module 140 receives the user travel information including the departure city, the transit city, the arrival city, the departure date, the total travel period, the transit period for each transit city, and the arrival date from the user terminal 20. (S102).

Next, the ticket / hotel search module 150 searches for ticket information and hotel information stored in the ticket / hotel information storage module 130 according to the user travel information received by the user travel information receiving module 140 (S103). .

In this case, the ticket / hotel search module 150 may be configured to search for ticket information and hotel information by applying all applicable waypoints when there are two or more transit cities, and provide the search result to the user terminal 20.

Next, the search information providing module 160 provides the ticket information and the hotel information according to the search result to the user terminal 20 (S104).

In this case, the search information providing module 160 may be configured to provide the searched flight information and the hotel information to the user terminal 20 in order of lowest price.

Next, the ticket / hotel purchase module 170 purchases the ticket and hotel accommodation voucher according to the ticket information and the hotel information selected from the user terminal 20, and transfers the purchased ticket and hotel accommodation voucher to the user terminal 20. To provide (S105).

In this case, the ticket / hotel purchase module 170 may be configured to receive a fee for the purchase agent from the airline or the hotel.

Next, the advertisement display module 180 displays the advertisement content of the airline or hotel and receives an advertisement fee (S106).

Although described with reference to the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can understand that the present invention can be variously modified and changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below. There will be.

Claims

A ticket information receiving module to receive ticket information from an open API providing server in real time;

A hotel information receiving module for receiving hotel information from the open API providing server in real time;

A ticket / hotel information storage module storing ticket information received from the ticket information receiving module and hotel information received from the hotel information receiving module;

A user travel information receiving module for receiving user travel information including a departure city, a transit city, an arrival city, a departure date, a total travel period, a transit period for each transit city, and an arrival date from the user terminal;

A ticket / hotel search module for searching for ticket information and hotel information stored in the ticket / hotel information storage module according to the user travel information received by the user travel information receiving module;

A search information providing module for providing the ticket information and the hotel information according to the search result to the user terminal;

Optimization calculation of airfare and hotel charges, including a ticket / hotel purchase module that purchases the corresponding ticket and hotel accommodation voucher according to the ticket information and hotel information selected from the user terminal and provides the purchased ticket and hotel accommodation voucher to the user terminal / Payment system.
The method of claim 1, wherein the ticket / hotel search module,

And if more than one transit city is configured to retrieve ticket information and hotel information by applying all applicable waypoints.
The method of claim 1, wherein the search information providing module,

And the searched flight information and hotel information arranged in the lowest price order to provide to the user terminal.
The method of claim 1, wherein the ticket / hotel purchase module,

And an airfare and hotel charge optimization calculation / payment system, characterized in that configured to receive a fee for the purchase agent from the airline or the hotel.
The method of claim 1,

And an advertisement display module for displaying advertisement contents of an airline or a hotel and receiving an advertisement fee.
The ticket information receiving module receives real-time ticket information from the open API providing server and stores the ticket information in the ticket / hotel information storage module, and the hotel information receiving module receives the real-time hotel information from the open API providing server to the ticket / hotel information storage module. Storing;

Receiving, by the user travel information receiving module, user travel information including a departure city, a transit city, an arrival city, a departure date, a total travel period, a transit period for each transit city, and an arrival date from the user terminal;

Searching, by the ticket / hotel search module, the ticket information and the hotel information stored in the ticket / hotel information storage module according to the user travel information received by the user travel information receiving module;

Providing, by the search information providing module, ticket information and hotel information according to the search result to the user terminal;

The ticket / hotel purchase module purchases the corresponding ticket and hotel accommodation voucher according to the ticket information and hotel information selected from the user terminal and provides the purchased ticket and hotel accommodation voucher to the user terminal. Optimization calculation / payment method.
The method of claim 6, wherein the ticket / hotel search module searches for ticket information and hotel information stored in the ticket / hotel information storage module according to user travel information received by the user travel information receiving module.

And if more than one transit city is configured, retrieving the ticket information and the hotel information by applying all applicable waypoints.
The method of claim 6, wherein the search information providing module provides the ticket information and the hotel information according to the search result to the user terminal.

And the searched ticket information and hotel information arranged in the lowest price order to provide to the user terminal.
The method of claim 6, wherein the ticket / hotel purchase module purchases the corresponding ticket and the hotel accommodation voucher according to the ticket information and the hotel information selected from the user terminal and provides the purchased ticket and the hotel accommodation voucher to the user terminal. Is,

Method for optimizing the airfare and hotel charges, characterized in that configured to receive a fee for the purchase agent from the airline or the hotel.
The method of claim 6,

The advertisement display module is configured to further display the advertising content of the airline or hotel and receive an advertising fee, the method of optimizing calculation / payment of airfare and hotel charges.