JP2009116424A - Automatic reservation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic reservation system capable of automatically searching a shop or a facility matching a desired condition of a user. <P>SOLUTION: In the automatic reservation system, a shop information management system 3 for controlling automatic reservation includes: a receiving section 11 for receiving condition information to automatically reserve the shop or the facility transmitted from a mobile terminal 1; a shop information search section 12 for searching a shop and facility database in which shops and facilities are registered, for the shop or the facility information based on the condition information; a reservation availability checking processing section 13 for checking whether or not it is possible to reserve the shop or the facility extracted by the shop information search section 12 in the range specified by the condition information; and a transmission section 14 for transmitting the shop or the facility information on which the reservation confirmation processing section 13 confirmed that the reservation is possible, as automatic reservation available information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic reservation apparatus that automatically reserves restaurants, accommodation facilities, and the like according to user-specified conditions.

  In the conventional reservation system, if the reservation conditions are entered from a personal computer via a communication network such as the Internet, the store list that meets the conditions is returned, and the reservation can be made by entering the personal information necessary for the reservation. . However, each time it is desired to use, a series of operations of inputting usage conditions, searching for a store, and making a reservation is necessary, and there is a problem in terms of user convenience.

  For example, when there is a sudden social gathering with a client, or when you want to use a dining place or accommodation in a place where you are not familiar with such as a business trip destination, it is traditional to use the area information from a mobile terminal. It is necessary to search for meal places, accommodation facilities, etc., extract a plurality of candidates, and inquire each other or make a reservation from a telephone number or the like when making a reservation. In particular, when it is desired to make a reservation due to sudden business, a series of operations from searching for a store to making a reservation may be troublesome.

  Therefore, as a technique for simplifying the processing on the user side, Patent Literature 1 uses a mobile phone equipped with a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, which has been spreading in recent years, to store in advance. A store guidance system for specifying the distance to the user based on the location information of the store held on the guidance server side and providing optimal store information around the user is disclosed.

  When the user connects the mobile phone to the store guidance system, the store guidance system acquires the user's position information (latitude and longitude) from a GPS receiver mounted on the mobile phone and transmits it to the store guidance server. The store guidance server calculates the distance between two points from the received user location information (latitude, longitude) and store location information (latitude, longitude) managed in advance in the database, and displays a list of stores that exist within a certain range. Sent to the user's mobile phone. The user can make a store reservation based on this information.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, when a store that can be reserved is used immediately before, it is possible to reserve these stores without doing inefficiency such as walking around or making a phone call. A reservation system is disclosed.

In this store reservation method, information about stores that can be reserved is registered in advance in a database, and vacancy information in the registered stores is additionally registered in the database. Then, based on the search condition for searching for the store input from the user's mobile terminal, a store that satisfies the search condition is extracted, and the information related to the extracted store is displayed on the user's mobile terminal and reserved. It encourages selection of stores.
JP 2007-147468 A Table 01/063474

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, although the nearest store information is extracted based on the location information, it is confirmed whether reservation is possible by one extracted store, one case, telephone or the like. As described above, there is a problem that the operation until the reservation is troublesome.

  In addition, the technique described in Patent Document 2 is for registering information about a store that can be reserved in a database in advance. For example, if you want to know about a schedule after several weeks, you can always make a reservation at that time. There is no need to check. However, if it is confirmed that the reservation is possible, the store is supposed to be extracted, but the reservation is full and the extraction may be lost.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic reservation system capable of automatically searching for a store or a facility that matches a user's desired conditions.

  The automatic reservation system according to the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives condition information for automatic reservation of a store or facility sent from a mobile terminal, and stores or facilities information based on the condition information. A store facility extraction unit that is extracted from the store / facility database, a reservation confirmation unit that confirms whether or not a reservation within the range indicated by the condition information is possible for the store or facility extracted by the store facility extraction unit, and the reservation confirmation And a transmission unit that transmits the store or facility information that the unit has confirmed that reservation is possible to the mobile terminal as automatic reservation possible information.

  Another automatic reservation system according to the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives condition information for automatic reservation of a store or facility sent from a mobile terminal, position information of the mobile terminal, and a store or facility registered in advance. The location information is compared, and when the mobile terminal is within a predetermined range, the store facility extraction unit that extracts the store or facility information, and the store or facility extracted by the store facility extraction unit includes the condition information A reservation confirmation unit that confirms whether or not a reservation within the range shown is possible, and a transmission unit that transmits the store or facility information that the reservation confirmation unit has confirmed that reservation is possible to the mobile terminal as automatic reservation possible information.

  Another automatic reservation system according to the present invention includes a store information management device that receives data input from a mobile terminal, and a reservation confirmation device that checks whether reservation of store information acquired by the store information management system is possible. The store information management device receives the condition information for automatic reservation of the store or facility sent from the mobile terminal, and the store facility that acquires the store or facility information that is a reservation candidate based on the condition information An acquisition unit, and the reservation confirmation device includes a reservation confirmation unit that confirms whether or not a reservation in a range indicated by the condition information is possible in the store or facility extracted by the store facility acquisition unit, The store information management device transmits the store or facility information that the reservation confirmation unit has confirmed that reservation is possible to the mobile terminal as automatic reservation enable information.

  The automatic reservation method according to the present invention receives condition information for automatic reservation of a store or a facility sent from a mobile terminal, and stores the store or facility information based on the condition information. It is extracted from the database, and it is confirmed whether or not reservations within the range indicated by the condition information are possible for the extracted stores or facilities, and the store or facility information that the reservation confirmation unit confirms that reservation is possible is automatically reserved information. Transmit to the mobile terminal.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the automatic reservation system which can also perform automatic search of the shop or the facility which matched a user's desired conditions can be provided.

  Hereinafter, specific examples to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to an automatic reservation system that automatically reserves a store such as a restaurant or a facility such as a ryokan / hotel.

First embodiment.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an automatic reservation system according to the present embodiment. The automatic reservation system 10 includes a mobile terminal 1, a customer information management database (DB) 2, a store information management system 3, a store information management database 4, and a reservation confirmation system 5.

  The subscriber of the automatic reservation system according to the present embodiment can connect the mobile terminal 1 with store information such as a store to be visited or a store location area, a price range, a store genre, the number of users, and a day of the week to be used. And usage conditions such as specific date and time are registered in advance. From the mobile terminal 1, the time specified by the user, such as the desired date and time, or the time specified by the user, the time specified by the system administrator, or the store information and usage conditions immediately registered in the case of a specific date and time Reservation information (condition information) is transmitted to the store information management system 3. This reservation information includes, for example, location information of the mobile terminal 1, location information specified by the user, area information that can be moved within a predetermined time from a location specified by the user, usage information according to the purpose of use, genre information of the dish One or more of reservation number information, accommodation days information, facility equipment information, user information including gender / age of the user, and average unit price information may be included.

  The store information management system 3 lists stores that can be reserved from the store information management database 4 based on the reservation information and the user information of the customer information management database 2, and transmits this to the store information management system 3. The store information management system 3 uses the reservation confirmation system 5 to check whether the listed stores can actually be reserved. Only store information that can be reserved is further listed and transmitted to the mobile terminal 1. When the user picks up a store to be reserved from the list and selects “reserve” on the mobile terminal 1, a reservation request is transmitted to the store information management system 4, and the store information management system 4 reserves the store. Therefore, in this embodiment, it is possible to automatically reserve a store simply by inputting a reservation condition to the mobile terminal 1 in advance.

  Next, each configuration will be described in more detail. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the customer information management database 2. The customer information management database 2 includes, for example, a communication unit 31, a memory 32, an input / output unit 33, and a CPU 34. The user information input from the mobile terminal 1 via the store information management system 3 is stored in the memory 32 of the customer information management database 2. In the user information, for example, user identification information for identifying the user, basic user information necessary for the reservation process, and user favorite store information are stored. The customer information management database 2 is connected to the store information management system 3 via a communication line, and the above-described data is input via the communication unit 31.

  Here, the customer information management database may be constructed by registering necessary information from a user who subscribes to the automatic reservation system. Further, when the mobile terminal 1 is a mobile phone, customer information managed by a mobile phone company may be used.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the mobile terminal 1. The mobile terminal 1 includes, for example, a wireless antenna 21, a communication unit 22, a display unit 23, a CPU 24, an input / output unit 25, a GPS control unit 26, and a memory 27. The mobile terminal 1 is connected to the store information management system 3 through a communication line.

  The mobile terminal 1 uses the input / output unit 25 as the information on the reserved store, as a store to be visited, the location of the store, the price range, the store genre, etc., the number of users, the day of the week to be used, It has a function of registering usage conditions such as specific date and time in advance. Also, it has a function that can input such information appropriately when it is desired to make a reservation. In addition, the registered reservation information and the user at the specified time, such as the time specified by the user such as the desired date and time, the time specified by the user such as the previous day, the time specified by the system administrator, or immediately in the case of a specific date and time, It has a function of transmitting identifiable user identification information to the store information management system 3 via the communication unit 22 and the wireless antenna 21. In addition, the communication unit 22 has a function of receiving a reservable store list from the store information management system 3. When a store is picked up from the received list and the “Reserve” button is pressed in the input / output unit 25, the user identification information is sent to the store information management system 3 via the communication unit 22 and the wireless antenna 21 in the reservation execution request. , Store identification information is sent and transmitted. And the communication part 22 receives the reservation confirmation notification transmitted when the shop information management system 3 confirms a reservation.

  It should be noted that usage conditions such as the location of the store or the store location, price range, store genre, etc., the number of users, the day of the week to be used and the specific date and time are registered in the customer information management database 2. Also good.

  Moreover, in a present Example, it has a function which turns off the automatic reservation function in which a user makes a reservation inquiry to the store information management system 3 from the mobile terminal 1 automatically. Off or on can be set for each time zone or area. The time zone or area for turning on or off the automatic reservation function is stored in the memory 27, and the automatic reservation function can be enabled or turned off in conjunction with the schedule function of the mobile terminal 1 or the like. By turning off the automatic reservation function, it is possible to prevent the automatic reservation function from working when it is not necessary.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the store information management system. The store information management system 3 includes a receiving unit 11 that receives condition information for automatic reservation of a store or facility sent from a mobile terminal, the store or facility information based on the condition information, and store information in which the store and facility are registered. A store information search unit 12 as a store facility extraction unit extracted from the database 4, and a reservation confirmation processing unit 13 that confirms whether or not a reservation within the range indicated by the condition information is possible for the store or facility extracted by the store information search unit 12. The reservation confirmation processing unit 13 includes a transmission unit 14 that transmits the store or facility information that has been confirmed to be available for reservation to the mobile terminal 1 as automatic reservation available information. The receiving unit 11 includes a user request receiving unit 11a and a reservation execution request receiving unit 11b. The reservation confirmation processing unit 13 includes a customer information search unit 13a and a reservation available number update unit 13b. Furthermore, the transmission unit 14 includes a store information list transmission unit 14a and a reservation confirmation notification transmission unit 14b.

  The user request receiving unit 11a has a function of receiving reservation information transmitted from the mobile terminal 1. The reservation information is condition information such as the genre of the store where the reservation is desired, the number of reservations, and the budget, as described above. The store information search unit 12 has a function of inquiring the store that matches the reservation condition to the store information management database 4 using the reservation information transmitted from the mobile terminal 1.

  The store information list transmission unit 14a has a function of transmitting a store list that matches the reservation conditions returned from the store information management database 4 to the reservation confirmation system 5, and a reservation returned as store information that can be reserved from the reservation confirmation system. It has a function of transmitting a possible list to the mobile terminal 1. The reservation execution request receiving unit 11 b has a function of receiving a reservation execution request from the mobile terminal 1.

  Of the reservation confirmation processing unit 13, the customer information search unit 13 a uses the user identification information transmitted together with the reservation execution request as a reservation confirmation process when the reservation execution request is received from the mobile terminal 1. It has a function of accessing the information management database 2 and inquiring user basic information (name, telephone number, etc.) necessary for reservation. Further, the reservable number updating unit 13b has a function of subtracting the reservable number of the store from the reservation confirmation system 5 using the store identification information transmitted together with the reservation execution request, and registering the user basic information as a reservation person. Have.

  In addition, the reservation confirmation notification transmitter 14b has a function of notifying the mobile terminal 1 that the reservation has been confirmed. In addition, when transmitting a list of reservable stores and a notification of reservation confirmation to the mobile terminal 1, it is possible to view information such as the store location, store overview, and recommended service stored in the store reservation information database. Send link information to the page.

  The store information management system 3 is connected to the mobile terminal 1, customer information management database 2, store information management database 4, and reservation confirmation system 5 through a communication line.

  The store information management database 4 stores store identification information capable of identifying a store, store basic information such as store name, store position, store owner, and price range, and link information for browsing from the mobile terminal 1. The store information management database 4 can also have the same configuration as the customer information management database 2 shown in FIG. The store information management database 4 is connected to the store information management system 3 through a communication line.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the reservation confirmation system 5. The reservation confirmation system 5 includes a reservation availability determination unit 51, a reservation possible number subtraction unit 52, a reservation confirmation unit 53, a communication unit 54, and a reservable store storage unit 55 having reservable information for each store. When a store list that matches the reservation conditions is sent from the store information management system 3, the reservation availability determination unit 51 compares the store information with the store information in the store store unit 55, and only the store information that can be reserved is set as a list that can be reserved. It transmits via the communication part 54. The reservation possible number subtraction unit 52 subtracts the reservation number from the reservation available stores stored in the reservation available store storage unit 55 when the reservation is confirmed. The reservation confirmation unit 53 confirms the reservation status of each store in order to update the reservation status of the store that can be reserved at a predetermined timing. Note that the reservation confirmation unit 53 does not have the reservable store storage unit 55, and the reservation confirmation unit 53 confirms the reservation status for the store in the store list that matches the reservation conditions sent from the store information management system 3. Good. In that case, a storage unit becomes unnecessary.

  Next, in the automatic reservation system according to the present embodiment, an operation when executing automatic reservation using request information from the user will be described. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the automatic reservation system according to the present embodiment. Here, a case where a restaurant is reserved by an automatic reservation system will be described.

  This automatic reservation system has the following two usage methods. The first is a case where a user actually makes a reservation for a store by inputting reservation conditions. The second is a case where the user inputs a reservation condition and extracts a store that matches the condition. The former is used when actually making a restaurant reservation using the system when eating with friends, when traveling, or when there is a sudden entertainment. The latter picks up what restaurants are in the desired location near the planned location, such as when there is a wedding after a few weeks, for example, a month later when you plan to eat with friends Use for. In FIG. 5, the sequence in the latter case is indicated by a solid line, and the sequence in the former case is indicated by a solid line + broken line. First, the latter case will be described.

  First, a reservation request is transmitted from the mobile terminal 1 to the store information management system (step S1). As an input of a request, for example, there is a method for specifying a store to be reserved. Alternatively, there is a method of making a reservation (request reservation) based on information such as a station name of a place to be reserved, a category of a store to be reserved (restaurant → Western food, hotel, etc.), and a desired price range. Furthermore, there is a method of making a reservation (reservation using preference information) using information such as user preference information and reservation desired day of week registered in the customer information management database 2 in advance. Necessary information is sent to the store information management system 3 according to each method. At this time, user identification information that can identify the user is also sent.

  When the reservation request is, for example, “reservation using preference information”, the store information management system 3 stores information such as an area, a store category, a price range, or a specific store in the customer information management database 2 using the user identification information as a key. The user preference information is inquired (step S2). The customer information management database 2 returns the condition information of the user preference information based on the user identification information (step S3).

  The store information management system 3 stores in the store information management database 4 based on user preference information sent from the customer information management database 2 and various types of information (hereinafter also referred to as condition information) input from the mobile terminal 1. Access is made and a store that matches the condition information is extracted (step S4). The store information management database 4 returns a store list that matches the conditions to the store information management system 3 (step S5). The store information management system 3 transmits a store list that matches the condition information to the mobile terminal 1 (step S8). Thereby, the user can acquire store information that matches a desired condition.

  Next, the case of actually making a reservation will be described. The process is the same as described above until a store list that matches the condition in step S5 is acquired. Next, the store information management system 3 inquires of the reservation confirmation system 5 whether the store list can actually be reserved (step S6). The reservation confirmation system 5 returns a reservation available list from the sent store list (step S7). The store information management system 3 transmits a list of stores that can actually be reserved to the mobile terminal 1 (step S8).

  The mobile terminal 1 that has received the list of stores that can be reserved selects a desired store from the list, and transmits a reservation execution request to the store information management system 3 (step S9).

  The store information management system 3 inquires of the customer information management database 2 about user basic information necessary for the reservation process using the user identification information as a key (step S10). The customer information management database 2 returns the inquired user basic information to the store information management system 3 (step S11). The store information management system 3 requests the reservation confirmation system 5 to subtract the reservable number of stores for which the reservation is confirmed (step S12). At this time, user basic information is registered as a reservation person. The reservation confirmation system 5 sends a reservation count subtraction completion notification to the store information management system 3 (step S13), and the store information management system 3 transmits a reservation confirmation notification to the mobile terminal 1 (step S14).

  As described above, when making a reservation for a restaurant or an accommodation facility, the location, price range, or go-to store is specified as information for identifying the store to the mobile terminal 1, and the number of users, time, etc. are specified as usage information. If registered in advance, the reservation conditions are automatically transmitted from the mobile terminal 1 to the store information management system 3, and a list of stores that can be reserved that meet the conditions is returned to the mobile terminal 1. When the user picks up a store to be reserved from the store list and transmits a reservation request from the mobile terminal 1 to the store information management system 3, the store information management system 3 automatically completes the reservation.

  In the present embodiment, when a user makes a reservation, if the store designation condition is input in advance, the user can make a reservation only by selecting a store that is automatically extracted. The reason is that the store information management system 3 automatically picks up a store that matches the reservation conditions, checks whether the reservation can be made, and automatically extracts user information necessary for the reservation from the customer information management database 2. Because it comes. Therefore, in order to know whether or not the store or facility to be used can be used, it is not necessary to make an inquiry to the store or facility or directly visit the store.

  In addition, various conditions can be used depending on the usage scene when automatically making a reservation for a store or facility. The reason for this is that it is possible to search for a reservation that matches the user's preference by using a request reservation in which the condition is entered according to the scene to be used or a preference information registered in the database as a reservation condition. This is because it has a function capable of executing a reservation using the.

  Furthermore, this function is not operated in a scene where automatic reservation is not desired, which is convenient. The reason is that automatic reservation processing is executed in a scene not intended by the user due to the presence of an automatic reservation function, and a reservation confirmation screen is transmitted to the mobile terminal, and it is necessary to press a button not to make a reservation. On the other hand, the present embodiment has a function of turning off the automatic reservation system, so that the automatic reservation system only needs to be turned on when necessary.

Modification of the first embodiment 1.
Next, a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. When transmitting a reservation request from the mobile terminal 1, it is possible to add a reservation condition so that a store can be searched for at a distance from the current position of the mobile terminal 1, that is, a place where the mobile terminal 1 can reach within minutes. In this case, in FIG. 5, a function of inquiring the current position to a system capable of acquiring position information such as GPS in step S2 and transmitting the inquiry result to the store information management system 3 is added.

  When the store information management system 3 extracts stores that match the conditions from the store information management database 4, this position information is also taken into account, and stores within a predetermined distance range from the current position can be extracted.

Modification 2 of the first embodiment 2.
Next, another modification of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. In this modification, when making a reservation execution request from the mobile terminal 1 to the store information management system 3, the number of reservations and the time are changed with respect to the store, and an inquiry is made as to whether or not a reservation can be made. After the reception, a function for changing the reservation information such as the number of reservations and the reservation place and inquiring the reservation store again is added.

  For this reason, after the reservation execution request S9 shown in FIG. 6, information in which the number of reservations and the time are changed is sent to the store information management system 3. The store information management system 3 inquires of the reservation confirmation system 5 whether the number of reservations can be changed. Alternatively, after receiving the reservation-available store list transmission S8 shown in FIG. 6, information from which the reservation location and the number of people have been changed is sent, and the processing from the reservation available inquiry (step S6) is executed again.

Second embodiment.
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an automatic reservation system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the automatic reservation system 10 b includes a mobile terminal 1, a customer information management database 2, a store information management system 3, a store information management database 4, a reservation confirmation system 5, and a location information management center 6. The position information acquisition system 7 is further included.

  The store information management system 3 is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment, and the mobile terminal receives the location information acquired from the mobile terminal 1 for receiving the condition information for automatic reservation of the store or the facility. A store facility extraction unit that compares location information acquired from the system 7 with location information of a store or facility registered in advance, and extracts the store or facility information when the mobile terminal is within a predetermined range; The reservation confirmation unit that confirms whether or not reservations within the range indicated by the condition information can be made to the store or facility extracted by the store facility extraction unit, and the store or facility that the reservation confirmation unit confirms that reservation is possible And a transmitting unit that transmits information to the mobile terminal as information that can be automatically reserved.

  The location information management center 6 acquires and manages user location information at regular time intervals. The mobile terminal 1 communicates with the position information acquisition system 7 and acquires the current position. When the location information management center 6 determines that the current location of the user is in an area where there is a store that the user wants to reserve, such as a favorite store, the location information management center 6 inquires of the store information management system 3 whether reservation is possible. Then, the reservable shop information necessary for the reservation is transmitted to the mobile terminal 1.

  The location information management center 6 sends a request at regular time intervals to transmit location information to the mobile terminal 1, and the mobile terminal 1 acquires its own location from the location information acquisition system 7. The location information management center 6 selects the user's favorite from the customer information management database 2 based on the user location information transmitted from the mobile terminal 1 and the user identification information that can identify the user transmitted from the mobile terminal 1. The area where the store is located and the preferred area are inquired, and it is determined whether or not the position information and the area match. If the location information and the area match, the user identification information and the store basic information that can identify the favorite store are transmitted to the store information management system 3. The location information management center 6 is connected to the customer information management database 2, the mobile terminal 1, and the store information management system 3 through a communication line.

  Next, the operation of the automatic reservation system according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the automatic reservation system according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 8, an operation in the case where automatic restaurant reservation is executed using user location information will be described.

  The location information management center 6 transmits a location information transmission request to the mobile terminal 1 at regular intervals (step S21). The mobile terminal 1 transmits a position information transmission request to the position information acquisition system 7 or the like (step S22). The mobile terminal 1 receives position information from the position information acquisition system 7 or the like (step S23).

  The mobile terminal transmits position information and user identification information to the position information management center 6 (step S24). The location information management center 6 inquires of the customer information management database 2 about the location area of the user's favorite store using the user identification information (step S25). The customer information management database 2 returns the location area of the favorite store (step S26).

  The location information management center 6 compares the current location of the user with the location area of the favorite store, and determines whether the user is in the store location area. If it is determined that the user is in the store location area, the location information management center 6 sends the user identification information and the store basic information to the store information management system 3, and transmits an automatic reservation request (step S27).

  The store information management system 3 uses the store information sent from the location information management center 6 and inquires of the reservation confirmation system 5 whether reservation is possible (step S28). The reservation confirmation system 5 returns a store list that can be reserved to the store information management system 3 (step S29). Then, the store information management system 3 transmits a list of stores that can be reserved to the mobile terminal 1 (step S30).

  A specific store is specified in the store list from the mobile terminal 1, and a reservation execution request is transmitted to the store information management system (step S31). The store information management system 3 inquires of the customer information management database 2 about user basic information necessary for the reservation process using the user identification information as a key (step S32). The customer information management database 2 returns the inquired user basic information to the store information management system 3 (step S33).

  The store information management system 3 subtracts the reservation possible number of stores to be confirmed in the reservation confirmation system 5, and registers the user basic information as a reservation person (step S34). The store information management system 3 receives a process completion notification from the reservation confirmation system 5 (step S35). Finally, store information management system 3 transmits a reservation confirmation notice to mobile terminal 1 (step S36).

  In this embodiment, when a favorite restaurant registered in advance by a user, a restaurant that the user wanted to visit once, a restaurant that was introduced or advertised on television, etc. are registered, the location information management center 6 performs the registration. When a user enters an area near the store, an automatic reservation is made. Thereby, the user can easily make a reservation at a restaurant, store, or facility that he / she wants to go to, which is very convenient.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiments, the hardware configuration has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any processing can be realized by causing a CPU (Central Processing Unit) to execute a computer program. It is. In this case, the computer program can be provided by being recorded on a recording medium, or can be provided by being transmitted via the Internet or another transmission medium.

1 is a schematic diagram showing an automatic reservation system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a customer information management database. It is a figure which shows an example of a mobile terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the shop information management system in 1st Example of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the automatic reservation system concerning 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the automatic reservation system concerning the 2nd Example of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the automatic reservation system concerning the 2nd Example of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of the automatic reservation system concerning the 2nd Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile terminal 2 Customer information management database 3 Store information management system 4 Store information management database 5 Reservation confirmation system 5 Reservation confirmation system 5 Location information management center 7 Location information acquisition system 10, 10b Automatic reservation system 11 Receiving part 11a User request reception Unit 11b reservation execution request receiving unit 12 store information search unit 13 reservation confirmation processing unit 13a customer information search unit 13b reservable number update unit 14 transmission unit 14a store information list transmission unit 14b reservation confirmation notification transmission unit 21 wireless antenna 22 communication unit 23 Display unit 25 Input / output unit 26 Control unit 27, 32 Memory 31 Communication unit 33 Input / output unit 51 Reservability determination unit 52 Reservable number subtraction unit 53 Reservation confirmation unit 54 Communication unit 55 Reservable store storage unit

Claims (14)

A receiving unit for receiving condition information for automatic reservation of a store or facility sent from a mobile terminal;
A store facility extraction unit that extracts store or facility information based on the condition information from a store / facility database in which stores and facilities are registered, and
A reservation confirmation unit for confirming whether or not reservations in the range indicated by the condition information are possible for the store or facility extracted by the store facility extraction unit;
The automatic reservation system which has a transmission part which transmits the shop or facility information which the said reservation confirmation part confirmed as reservation possible to the said mobile terminal as automatic reservation possibility information. The condition information includes the location information of the mobile terminal, location information specified by the user, area information movable within a predetermined time range from the location specified by the user, usage information according to the purpose of use, cooking genre information, reservation information 2. The automatic reservation system according to claim 1, comprising one or more of: number-of-persons information, number-of-stays-information, facility-equipment-information, user information including user gender / age, and average unit price information. The automatic reservation system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the store information includes store information registered in advance by a user. The store or facility number extracted by the store facility extraction unit and / or the upper limit of the number of stores or facilities for which the reservation confirmation unit confirms that reservation is possible is set in advance. Automatic reservation system described. The mobile terminal has a setting unit for determining whether or not to operate the automatic reservation system, and operates the automatic reservation system only when a user needs it. Automatic reservation system described in the section. The automatic reservation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the mobile terminal selects the condition information when operating the automatic reservation system. The receiving unit receives the change of the condition information from the mobile terminal after the transmitting unit has transmitted automatic reservation enable information to the mobile terminal,
The reservation confirmation unit confirms whether or not the reservation in the range indicated by the changed condition information is possible,
The said transmission part transmits the store or facility information which the said reservation confirmation part confirmed again that reservation is possible to the said mobile terminal as re-automatic reservation possible information. The one of the Claims 1 thru | or 6 characterized by the above-mentioned. Automatic reservation system. The condition information is designated position information designated by a user,
The automatic reservation according to claim 1, wherein the receiving unit receives the specified position information as the condition information when position information periodically acquired by the mobile terminal matches the specified position information. system. The automatic reservation system according to claim 8, wherein only store information designated in advance by a user is registered in the store / facility database. A receiving unit for receiving condition information for automatic reservation of a store or facility sent from a mobile terminal;
A store facility extraction unit that compares the location information of the mobile terminal with the location information of a store or facility registered in advance, and extracts the store or facility information when the mobile terminal is within a predetermined range;
A reservation confirmation unit for confirming whether or not reservations in the range indicated by the condition information are possible for the store or facility extracted by the store facility extraction unit;
The automatic reservation system which has a transmission part which transmits the shop or facility information which the said reservation confirmation part confirmed as reservation possible to the said mobile terminal as automatic reservation possibility information. A store information management device that receives data input from the mobile terminal, and a reservation confirmation device that confirms whether the store information acquired by the store information management device can be reserved,
The store information management device
A receiving unit for receiving condition information for automatic reservation of a store or facility sent from the mobile terminal;
A store facility acquisition unit that acquires store or facility information that is a reservation candidate based on the condition information,
The reservation confirmation device has a reservation confirmation unit for confirming whether or not a reservation in the range indicated by the condition information is possible in the store or facility extracted by the store facility acquisition unit,
The said store information management apparatus is an automatic reservation system which transmits the store or facility information which the said reservation confirmation part confirmed that reservation was possible to the said mobile terminal as automatic reservation possible information. The said shop facility acquisition part acquires the said shop or facility as a reservation candidate, when the distance of the position of the said mobile terminal and the store or facility registered previously is in a predetermined range. Automatic reservation system. The automatic reservation system according to claim 11, wherein the store facility acquisition unit extracts from a store / facility database in which stores and facilities are registered. Receive condition information for automatic reservation of stores or facilities sent from mobile terminals,
Based on the condition information, store or facility information is extracted from a store / facility database in which stores and facilities are registered,
Check whether it is possible to make a reservation in the range indicated by the condition information in the extracted store or facility,
An automatic reservation method in which the reservation confirmation unit transmits the store or facility information confirmed as being available for reservation to the mobile terminal as automatic reservation possible information.

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