JP4067864B2 - Ticket bank system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ticket bank system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a user has made a reservation or application as a system for selling a ticket for using a service such as a boarding pass for boarding a vehicle such as an airplane, train or ship. A ticket system that can automatically issue a ticket for using the service and manage ticketing information is provided.
[0003]
In this case, for example, a user who applies for a ticket for boarding an airplane goes to a sales branch such as a travel agency as a service sales agent, or calls the sales branch to obtain a desired ticket. Apply for an airline ticket. Then, the person in charge of the sales branch applies for the ticket by telephone or online to a ticket center of an airline company as a service provider. When information such as an airplane destination and flight number is input at the ticket center, the ticket system processes the information, and a predetermined ticket for boarding the airplane is issued by the ticket issuing machine.
[0004]
Subsequently, the ticket is sent to the sales branch and delivered to the user at the sales branch.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional ticket system, a user can receive a ticket only within a place designated by a service provider or a service sales agent and within a time range.
[0006]
For example, if the ticket is a boarding pass for an airplane, the user will go to the date specified at the contact point of the designated sales branch of a travel agent or the date specified at the contact point of the airline ticket center. I had to go out and I couldn't get a ticket at a convenient place at my convenience.
[0007]
In addition, if you apply for multiple tickets including family and friends tickets, the representative must receive all the tickets at the same time. I couldn't get my tickets individually at good time. For this reason, it is necessary for the representative to distribute tickets to family members and friends, which is troublesome.
[0008]
The present invention solves the problems of the conventional ticket system and stores the ticket in an electronic state so that the user can receive the ticket at a convenient place and at a convenient time. It is another object of the present invention to provide a ticket bank system that can receive each ticket at a different place and at a different time even when a plurality of tickets are applied together.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To that end, the ticket bank system of the present invention comprises a service providing host system for creating information related to a ticket, a ticket issuing storage server for storing ticket issuing information, and a distribution server for transmitting the ticket issuing information, and providing the service A ticket bank center system connected to a host system via a network; and a ticketing machine connected to the ticket bank center system for issuing a ticket based on the ticket issuing information. For a plurality of tickets applied at the same time, the ticket issuing information of the ticket is transmitted to a ticket issuing machine designated for each ticket.
[0010]
In another ticket bank system of the present invention, the ticketing machine is a ticketing machine provided at a service sales agent or an automatic ticketing machine.
[0011]
In yet another ticket bank system of the present invention, further the ticket bank center system sends a copy of the ticket to the thus designated destination to the user of the ticket.
In the ticket bank center system of the present invention, the ticket providing center system is connected to a service providing host system that creates information related to a ticket and a ticket issuing machine that issues a ticket based on the ticket issuing information, and stores the ticket issuing information. A ticket bank center system including a ticket storage server that performs and a distribution server that transmits the ticket information, and transmits the ticket information of the ticket to a ticketing machine designated for each ticket for a plurality of tickets applied at the same time.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a ticket bank system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
[0014]
In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a service provider, and 11 denotes a service provider host system as a computer system used by the service provider 10 for performing business. In the present embodiment, the service provider 10 includes, for example, theaters, movie theaters, theme parks, stadiums, exhibition halls, amusement parks, stations, airfields, airplanes, trains, buses, ships, etc. If you are a person who operates sports facilities such as transportation facilities, hotels, inns and other accommodation facilities, drinks, restaurants, golf courses, ski resorts, etc. It can be anything such as an individual, a corporation, a for-profit company, or a public interest group.
[0015]
Here, there are a plurality of the service provider 10, and the service provider 10 includes a service provision host system 11 constructed exclusively for use in performing each business. The service provider 10 may be a person who performs the same kind of work or a person who performs a different kind of work. For example, all of the service providers 10 may be airlines, some of the service providers 10 may be airlines, and some may be railway companies. The service providing host system 11 includes a computing unit such as a CPU and an MPU, a storage unit such as a semiconductor memory and a magnetic disk, a server as a computer having an input / output interface and the like, a host device and the like, and a network connected to the host device. A computer having a computing unit such as a CPU and an MPU, a storage means such as a semiconductor memory and a magnetic disk, an input means such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display means such as a CRT and a liquid crystal display, a printer, an input / output interface, etc. As a business terminal.
[0016]
In the present embodiment, the service providing host system 11 accepts a reservation, application, etc. of a ticket for using a service provided by the service provider 10 and creates data for issuing the ticket. . In addition, the ticket may be a vacant seat such as a seating boarding pass for a vehicle such as an airplane, a train, a bus, or a ship, an entrance ticket for a facility such as a theater or a movie theater, or a use ticket for a hotel or an inn. In the case of a service with a limited number of vacancies or the like, that is, a ticket for using a service with a limited quantity that can be provided, the service providing host system 11 provides at the present time as the number of available seats. The number of possible services, that is, the stock status of the service is checked, and data for issuing a ticket is generated according to the stock status.
[0017]
Reference numeral 40 denotes a user who uses the service, which is generally an individual, but may be any entity such as a corporation, a for-profit company, or a public interest group. The user 40 has a user terminal 41 such as a stationary phone, a mobile phone, a facsimile machine, a personal computer, an Internet connection terminal, etc., and can acquire information such as the ticketing status. The user terminal 41 may have a function of transmitting information. In the figure, only one user 40 is shown, but a plurality of users may be used.
[0018]
Reference numeral 50 denotes a service sales agent such as a travel agent or a ticket agency, and a contract is made in advance with each of the service provider 10 and the service provided by the service provider 10 is used. To issue a ticket for delivery to the user 40. In addition, the service sales agent 50 can accept the reservation, application, etc. of the ticket, and can perform a service for the service provider 10. In the figure, only two service sales agents 50 are shown, but it may be singular or three or more.
[0019]
Here, the service sales agent 50 includes a ticket issuing machine 51. It is desirable that the ticket issuing machine 51 can handle all of the tickets for using the service provided by the service provider 10 with a single unit. In this case, the ticket issuing machine 51 includes a plurality of hoppers for individually storing paper media so as to be able to issue tickets having various sizes and paper quality and having various printing forms. It is desirable that the printer comprises a multi-hopper type printing machine capable of storing a plurality of types of paper media.
[0020]
In addition, 60 is a commercial facility such as a convenience store, a supermarket, a department store, a shopping mall, a theater, a movie theater, a theme park, a stadium, an exhibition hall, an amusement park, a station, an airfield, a hotel, an inn such as a hotel, It is an automatic machine such as a KIOSK terminal disposed in a sports facility such as a golf course or a ski resort, and includes a ticketing machine 61. The ticket issuing machine 61 is the same as the ticket issuing machine 51.
[0021]
Reference numeral 20 denotes a ticket center for issuing tickets, and has a ticket center system including a ticketing control server 21. Reference numeral 30 denotes a ticket bank center for issuing tickets, and includes a ticket bank center system including a ticket storage server 31 for storing ticket issuing information and a distribution server 32 for transmitting ticket data and ticket information. The ticket center system and the ticket bank center system are connected to each other so that they can communicate with each other.
[0022]
Here, the ticket issue control server 21, the ticket issue storage server 31 and the distribution server 32 are servers as computers each having a calculation means such as a CPU and an MPU, a storage means such as a semiconductor memory and a magnetic disk, and an input / output interface, respectively. Yes, they are connected so that they can communicate with each other. The ticket issuing control server 21, the ticket issuing storage server 31, and the distribution server 32 may be configured independently or may be configured integrally. For example, each of the ticketing control server 21, the ticketing storage server 31, and the distribution server 32 may be a part of a plurality of systems constructed in a large-scale computer. A distributed server in which a plurality of servers are organically combined may be used. Further, the ticket center 20 and the ticket bank center 30 may be integrally configured.
[0023]
The person who operates the ticket center 20 and the ticket bank center 30 may be any person, corporation, commercial enterprise, public interest group, etc., and each of the service provider 10 and the service sales agent 50. A contract has been signed in advance. The person who operates the ticket center 20 and the ticket bank center 30 may be the same person as the service provider 10 or the service sales agent 50.
[0024]
In the present embodiment, the ticket center system is communicably connected to each service providing host system 11 via the network 35 and receives data for issuing a ticket created by the service providing host system 11. It is supposed to be. Here, the network 35 may be any wireless or wired dedicated communication network or public communication network, the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), or the like. The network 35 is preferably a dedicated network, but may be a VPN (Virtual Private Network) using a public communication network.
[0025]
And the ticket issuing control server 21 is based on the data for issuing the ticket received from the service providing host system 11 according to the type of ticket for using the service provided by each service provider 10. It controls electronic documents, edits the ticket form as a ticket form, and manages ticketing. The data for issuing the ticket and the information related to the ticket are transmitted by a protocol that differs for each service providing host system 11. Therefore, the ticket center 20 has information reception means (not shown) that can receive data for issuing the ticket and information related to the ticket in accordance with a protocol for each service providing host system 11.
[0026]
Further, the ticket bank center system of the ticket bank center 30 receives information related to the ticket via the information receiving means of the ticket center 20. The ticket issue storage server 31 stores and manages the ticket issue data designated to be stored in the data for issuing the ticket received from the service providing host system 11. In addition, the distribution server 32 generates the ticketing data of the user 40 stored in the ticketing storage server 31 according to the command transmitted from the user terminal 41, or the ticketing machine 51 of the service sales agent 50 or the automatic To the ticketing machine 61 of the machine 60. Further, it has a function of transmitting ticket information to the user terminal 41.
[0027]
The ticket bank center system is communicably connected to the ticket issuing machine 51 of the service sales agent 50 and the ticketing machine 61 of the automatic machine 60 via the network 36. Here, like the network 35, the network 36 may be any network such as a wireless or wired dedicated communication network or public communication network, the Internet, a LAN, a WAN, or a VPN.
[0028]
Furthermore, the ticket bank center system is communicably connected to the user terminal 41 via the network 37. Here, like the networks 35 and 36, the network 37 may be any wireless or wired dedicated communication network or public communication network, the Internet, a LAN, a WAN, a VPN, or the like. The networks 35, 36 and 37 may be the same network.
[0029]
Next, the operation of the ticket bank system configured as described above will be described.
[0030]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the operation of the ticket bank system in the first embodiment of the present invention.
[0031]
In the present embodiment, the ticket bank system provides a distribution service. In this case, the ticket bank center 30 stores the ticket in an electronic state, and transmits ticket issuing data of a predetermined ticket to a predetermined service sales agent 50 in response to a request from the user 40 to issue the ticket. Be able to. For example, when the user 40 applies for his / her ticket and a family / friends ticket together, a service sales agent 50 for issuing his / her ticket and a service sales agent 50 for issuing a family / friend ticket. Can be designated independently for each ticket, so that each person can receive the ticket at the service sales agent 50 that is convenient for him / her.
[0032]
First, the service providing host system 11 of each service provider 10 transmits ticket issuing data as data for issuing a ticket to the ticket center 20. The service provider 10 accepts ticket reservations, applications, etc. from the user 40 in advance and inputs them to the service provider host system 11. In the present embodiment, the method of accepting ticket reservation, application, etc. and inputting it to the service providing host system 11 is a normal method, and the description thereof is omitted. The service providing host system 11 generates data for issuing a ticket, that is, ticket issuing data when reservation, application, etc. of the ticket are input. Here, when the ticket is a ticket for using a service with a limited quantity that can be provided, the service providing host system 11 checks the stock status of the service, and according to the stock status. Although the ticket issuing data is created, the method of creating the ticket issuing data is a normal method, and the description thereof is omitted.
[0033]
Subsequently, when the ticketing data is received from the service providing host system 11 at the ticket center 20, the ticketing control server 21 uses the service provided by each service provider 10 based on the ticketing data. The electronic document is controlled according to the type of ticket, the ticket surface as a ticket form is edited, and the ticket issuance is managed. In this case, even ticket issuing data transmitted by a protocol different for each service providing host system 11 can be received by an information receiving means (not shown). The ticket issuing control server 21 functions as a ticket surface editing unit that edits the ticket surface according to the type of ticket for using the service provided by each service provider 10 and creates ticket surface editing data.
[0034]
Subsequently, the ticket issue data edited by the ticket issue control server 21 is transmitted to the ticket bank center 30, and stored and managed by the ticket issue storage server 31.
[0035]
It is assumed that the user 40 has applied for his / her ticket and family and friends' tickets together. That is, it is assumed that a plurality of tickets are applied together. Then, it is assumed that the user 40 has paid for all the applied tickets and has already purchased all the tickets, but the plurality of tickets have not been issued at the present time. In other words, the plurality of tickets are handled as issued by the service provider 10, are issued electronically by the service provider host system 11 of the service provider 10, and the ticket data is stored in the ticket storage server 31. Suppose that it is in a state that has been done.
[0036]
Subsequently, the user 40 operates the user terminal 41 to authenticate the person, and as shown by an arrow (1) in FIG. A command for designating the service sales agent 50 to receive each is transmitted to the ticket bank center 30.
[0037]
Subsequently, the user 40 and his / her family and friends go to the designated service sales agent 50 to request receipt of the ticket. Then, the designated service sales agent 50 operates the terminal (not shown) after authenticating the user 40 and its family and friends, respectively, and is indicated by an arrow (2) in FIG. In such a manner, a ticket issuing request for the corresponding ticket is transmitted to the ticket bank center 30.
[0038]
Subsequently, the distribution server 32 of the ticket bank center 30 responds to the instruction received from the user terminal 41 and the ticket issuing request received from the service sales agent 50 to the users stored in the ticket issuing storage server 31. The ticket issuing data corresponding to each of the plurality of 40 purchased tickets is transmitted to the ticket issuing machines 51 of the respective service sales agents 50 as indicated by the arrow (3) in FIG. Then, each ticket issuing machine 51 issues a ticket by printing a predetermined matter in a predetermined form on a predetermined paper medium in accordance with the received ticketing data. The user 40 and his / her family and friends can receive the issued ticket from each service sales agent 50.
[0039]
As described above, in the present embodiment, after the ticket issuing data created by the service providing host system 11 of each service providing company 10 is received by the ticket center 20 and the ticket face is edited, the user is sent from the ticket bank center 30. 40 is sent to the ticketing machine 51 of the service sales agent 50 designated, and is issued.
[0040]
Therefore, when the user 40 applies for his / her ticket and a family / friends ticket together, a service sales agent 50 for issuing his / her ticket and a service sales agent 50 for issuing a family / friend ticket. Can be designated independently for each ticket, so that each person can receive the ticket at the service sales agent 50 that is convenient for him / her. Therefore, the user 40 does not need to receive the tickets for the family and friends together and distribute the tickets in advance before using them. Then, the user 40 and the family and friends can meet at the place where the ticket is used and receive the service provided by the service provider 10 together.
[0041]
Moreover, the cost of the service provider 10 can be reduced, and the operation work can be made more efficient.
[0042]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Note that description of the same structure and the same operation as those of the first embodiment is omitted.
[0043]
FIG. 3 shows the operation of the ticket bank system in the second embodiment of the present invention.
[0044]
In the present embodiment, the ticket bank system provides a distribution service. In this case, the user 40 can designate an automatic machine 60 such as a KIOSK terminal and issue a ticket. Therefore, when the user 40 applies for his / her ticket and a family / friend's ticket together, each person can receive the ticket at the automatic machine 60 that is close to him / her. This eliminates the need for the user 40, family members and friends to visit the service sales agent 50.
[0045]
In this case, the user 40 operates the user terminal 41 to authenticate the person, and as shown by the arrow (1) in FIG. A command specifying the automatic machine 60 that should receive each of the plurality of tickets is transmitted to the ticket bank center 30.
[0046]
Subsequently, the user 40 and his / her family and friends go to the designated automatic machine 60, operate the automatic machine 60 to authenticate the person, and in FIG. As shown, a ticket issue request for the corresponding ticket is transmitted to the ticket bank center 30.
[0047]
Subsequently, the distribution server 32 of the ticket bank center 30 responds to the instruction received from the user terminal 41 and the ticket issuing request received from the automatic machine 60, to the user 40 stored in the ticket issuing storage server 31. The ticket issuing data corresponding to each of the plurality of purchased tickets is transmitted to the automatic machine 60 as shown by the arrow (3) in FIG. Then, the ticket issuing machine 61 of each of the automatic machines 60 issues a ticket by printing a predetermined item on a predetermined paper medium in a predetermined form according to the received ticket issuing data. The user 40 and his / her family and friends can receive a ticket issued from the ticket issuing machine 61 in each automatic machine 60.
[0048]
As described above, in the present embodiment, after the ticket issuing data created by the service providing host system 11 of each service providing company 10 is received by the ticket center 20 and the ticket face is edited, the user is sent from the ticket bank center 30. 40 is transmitted to the ticketing machine 61 of the automatic machine 60 designated, and is issued.
[0049]
Therefore, when the user 40 applies for his / her ticket and a family / friends ticket together, the automatic machine 60 for issuing his / her ticket and the automatic machine 60 for issuing a family / friend ticket for each ticket. Therefore, each person can receive a ticket at the automatic machine 60 that is convenient for him / her. Therefore, the user 40 does not need to receive the tickets for the family and friends together and distribute the tickets in advance before using them.
[0050]
In general, an automatic machine 60 such as a KIOSK terminal is close to the user, and is more convenient than visiting a service sales agent 50. Furthermore, facilities such as theaters, movie theaters, theme parks, stadiums, exhibition halls, amusement parks, stations, airfields, hotels, inns, etc. When it is installed in a sports facility such as a ski resort, the user 40 and family and friends do not need to carry the ticket for a long time and do not feel bothered. There is no risk of losing tickets.
[0051]
Furthermore, the cost of the service provider 10 can be reduced, and the operation work can be made more efficient.
[0052]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The description of the same structure and the same operation as those of the first and second embodiments will be omitted.
[0053]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the operation of the ticket bank system in the third embodiment of the present invention.
[0054]
In the present embodiment, the ticket bank system provides a copy providing service. In this case, the user 40 can check his / her ticket information (ticket use time, location, etc.) stored in the ticket bank center 30 without issuing a ticket. Therefore, the user 40 does not feel uneasy even if the ticket is not at hand.
[0055]
In this case, the user 40 operates the user terminal 41 to authenticate the user, and then issues a copy request for sending a copy of the ticket to the ticket bank as shown by an arrow (1) in FIG. Transmit to the center 30.
[0056]
Here, the copy of the ticket is a ticket that the user 40 has paid for and has been purchased but has not been issued at the present time, that is, the ticket is electronically issued by the service providing host system 11, This is a copy of information related to the ticket stored in the ticket issuing storage server 31. The copy of the information is a copy of the record (log) including matters such as the usage time and place of the ticket, and is a copy of the matter described on the ticket surface when the ticket is issued.
[0057]
In addition, the user 40 can designate a method for sending a copy of the ticket. In this case, for example, it may be specified that a copy of the ticket is displayed on the screen of the Internet connection device using a browser, or is sent to the user terminal 41 in the form of an e-mail. May be designated, sent to the user 40 by mail or facsimile, or designated to be sent to the automatic machine 60 designated by the user 40 for printing. , It may be specified to be received from the service sales agent 50 designated by the user 40.
[0058]
Further, the user 40 may transmit a copy request for sending a copy of the ticket by operating the automatic machine 60, or may request the service sales agent 50 to transmit the copy request.
[0059]
Subsequently, the distribution server 32 of the ticket bank center 30 responds to the copy request received from the user terminal 41 with a copy of the ticket purchased by the user 40 stored in the ticket issuing storage server 31. As shown by an arrow (2) in FIG. In this case, a copy of the ticket is sent by a method designated by the user 40.
[0060]
Thus, in the present embodiment, the user 40 can confirm a copy of his / her ticket stored in the ticket bank center 30 without issuing a ticket. Therefore, the user 40 does not feel uneasy even if the ticket is not at hand.
[0061]
In addition, the copy providing service in the present embodiment can be applied to mobile commerce (Internet specialist, event reservation dealer, etc.). In this case, as the mobile commerce service expansion, the mobile commerce user can also receive the same service.
[0062]
In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, It can change variously based on the meaning of this invention, and does not exclude them from the scope of the present invention.
[0063]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a user can receive a ticket at a convenient place and at a convenient time, and even when applying for a plurality of tickets at the same time, Can be received separately at another location.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a ticket bank system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation of the ticket bank system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation of a ticket bank system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation of a ticket bank system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 Service providing host system 31 Ticketing storage server 32 Distribution server 35, 36, 37 Network 40 User 50 Service sales agent 51, 61 Ticketing machine 60 Automatic machine

Claims (4)

(A) a service providing host system for creating information about tickets;
(B) a ticket bank center system that includes a ticket storage server that stores the ticket issuing information of the ticket and a distribution server that transmits the ticket issuing information, and is connected to the service providing host system via a network;
(C) a ticketing machine connected to the ticket bank center system and issuing a ticket based on the ticketing information of the ticket;
(D) The ticket bank center system transmits ticket issue information of the ticket to a ticket issuing machine designated for each ticket for a plurality of tickets applied at the same time . 2. The ticket bank system according to claim 1, wherein the ticket issuing machine is a ticket issuing machine disposed at a service sales agent or an automatic ticketing machine. It said ticket Bank Center system, ticket bank system according to claim 1 or 2, send a copy of the ticket to the destination that therefore designated by the user of the ticket. (A) connected to a service providing host system that creates information about the ticket and a ticketing machine that issues a ticket based on the ticketing information of the ticket;
(B) a ticket bank center system comprising a ticketing storage server for storing ticketing information of the ticket and a distribution server for transmitting the ticketing information,
(C) A ticket bank center system characterized by transmitting ticket issue information of a ticket to a ticket issuing machine designated for each ticket for a plurality of tickets applied simultaneously.

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