JP2005190115A - Event information provision device and system for event such as marriage ceremony - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an event information provision device and system, allowing even a customer experiencing an event for the first time, or temporally not capable of devoting oneself to the event to easily and efficiently accomplish the event, in service application related to the specific event. <P>SOLUTION: This event information provision device providing information data including at least a kind, a holding date, a holding place and schedule data of at least one event produces and holds the schedule data wherein schedule dates of a plurality of pieces of preparation work for preparation of the event to be sequentially executed until the holding date are associated to a calendar. Contents related to one piece of preparation work of the plurality of pieces of preparation work are selectively displayed according to a relative temporal change between a present date and a date of the preparation work of the schedule data. This system comprises the event information provision device and at least one terminal device connected thereto. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an event information providing apparatus and system for providing information related to an event to a customer who plans to execute a specific event such as a wedding or a reception, that is, an event.

  Various economic activities such as mail-order sales, paid distribution of music or video information through a network such as the Internet are widely performed. General consumers browse web pages provided by vendors via home PCs or mobile phones on the go, and use their email communications with vendors to conduct economic activities for services and goods anytime and anywhere. It can be done.

  However, there are various needs that are demanded when it comes to consumers. It is not limited to individual economic activities such as purchasing a single item or booking an accommodation for only a certain period of time. There is a need to provide services. For example, a service that provides a total of various services related to a series of events such as weddings, receptions, etc. has been desired.

  However, in a series of services related to such a series of events, that is, events, it is possible to experience an event such as a wedding for the first time by simply displaying a variety of services on a Web page and waiting for the customer's judgment. Or, for customers who cannot concentrate on time, it is normal to give up judgment and abandon the use of such services, and it does not adequately answer customer needs.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an event information providing apparatus that can easily and efficiently achieve such an event even in a customer who cannot experience the event for the first time in a service application related to a specific event or cannot concentrate on time. Is to provide a system.

  An event information providing apparatus according to the present invention is an event information providing apparatus that provides information data including at least a type of an at least one event, an event date, an event location, and schedule data, and should be executed in order by the event date. In accordance with the relative time change between the date and time of the preparation work of the schedule data and the current date and time, holding means for creating and holding schedule data in which the scheduled date and time of a plurality of preparation work for event preparation is associated with the calendar, And display means for selectively displaying contents related to any one of the plurality of preparatory work.

  An event information providing system according to the present invention includes at least one terminal device, and an event information providing device that provides the terminal device with information data including at least a type of the at least one event, a date and time, a holding place, and schedule data. An event information providing system including: a holding unit that creates and holds schedule data in which a plurality of preparation work dates and times for preparation of the event to be executed in order by the date and time are associated with a calendar; and Display means for selectively displaying contents related to any one of the plurality of preparatory work according to a relative time change between the date and time of the preparatory work of the schedule data and the current date and time. And

  According to the event information providing apparatus and system of the present invention, information data related to a specific event is provided in the form of a home page, for example. The information data includes schedule data for achieving the event, and the content of the information data is updated to a content that prompts the customer to take an appropriate action according to the progress of the scheduled action specified in the schedule. . This makes it possible to easily and efficiently achieve such an event even for customers who have no experience in the event or do not have sufficient time.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an embodiment of the present invention, and shows the configuration of the entire system including a wedding / banquet system 40. The wedding / banquet system 40 is an event information providing apparatus according to the present invention. The wedding / banquet system 40 is a server system that is usually installed at a wedding hall where weddings and receptions are held, and is connected to the Internet 30 to enable normal IP (Internet Protocol) communication. Distribution and mail transmission / reception functions. A person-in-charge terminal 50 is connected to the wedding / banquet system 40 so that a person in charge of the event at the wedding hall holding the wedding or reception can operate the system. The system according to the present invention includes a wedding / banquet system 40 that is an event information providing apparatus, a plurality of terminals 10a to 10c, a plurality of terminals 20a to 20c, and a terminal 50.

  A plurality of terminals 10a to 10c and 20a to 20b are connected to the wedding / banquet system 40 via the Internet 30 to perform IP communication. Each of the terminals 10a to 10c is a terminal used by a customer as a marriage party, a terminal of a wedding attendant, or an acquaintance of a marriage party as shown in the figure. The terminals 20a to 20c are terminals used by business operators such as hotel accommodation facilities. Any one of these terminals 20a to 20c may be a basic computer system for the business of the contractor. Each of the plurality of terminals 10a to 10c and 20a to 20b has a function such as a browser for browsing a normal web page and a mailer function for sending and receiving mail, and even a normal personal computer has the same function. It may be a portable information terminal such as a portable telephone or PDA (Personal Data Assistant).

  FIG. 2 shows a detailed configuration of the wedding / banquet system 40 shown in FIG. In the wedding / banquet system 40, a Web server 42 that distributes Web pages and a mail server 43 that collects and distributes mails are connected to the Internet 30 via a firewall 41 that provides appropriate security. The wedding / banquet system 40 further includes a customer registration unit 44, a schedule management unit 45, a cost management unit 46, a customer information registration DB 47, a wedding hall common information DB 48, and a music / image distribution DB 49.

  The customer registration unit 44 generates a dedicated home page for each customer as information data based on the determination of the wedding and wedding reception between the customer and the wedding hall staff, and for accessing the dedicated home page. It has a function of issuing IDs and passwords to customers. The customer can access a dedicated homepage dedicated to the customer through his / her terminal 10a using the ID and password. The customer may also distribute this ID and password to attendees and acquaintances. Thereby, the attendant may be able to browse this dedicated home page using his / her terminal 10b and an acquaintance using his / her terminal 10c. The customer registration unit 44 further has a function of registering schedule addition / change according to the customer's wishes via the terminal 10a.

  The content of the dedicated home page as information data, that is, the content includes at least date information, type, and location information data. The dedicated home page further includes schedule data that can be displayed in a calendar format such as a calendar. A plurality of preparation work (hereinafter abbreviated as work) necessary for the event is generated from the standard pattern stored in the wedding hall common information DB 48 and added to the schedule data. The multiple tasks include, for example, meeting reservations, attendee registration, attendee attendance management, creation of sealed letter invitations, attendee accommodation reservations, carry-in registration, costume matching and hair make rehearsal reservations. , Beauty salon reservations, cooking, drinks and gifts reservations, photos, videos, bouquets, flower arrangements, candles, cakes, gifts for parents, seat tags and / or name book reservations, music registration, moderator registration, etc. Consists of diverse work. Other contents may include information such as image distribution to a friend or acquaintance on the day of the wedding, other registration related to marriage, such as new house, furniture, or honeymoon information.

  The schedule management unit 45 updates the contents of the schedule data posted as one content of the dedicated home page, and the results of the action schedule included in the schedule data, that is, the execution of the work schedule, are updated with the schedule data. To reflect. It also has a function to change the content of the content posted on the dedicated homepage according to the progress of the schedule and the digestion of the action schedule. Thus, the customer can confirm the schedule for preparing a wedding or reception, for example, a schedule data such as a visit date to a wedding place and a deadline for various reservations. In addition, necessary procedures such as a procedure for a government office or a moving procedure can be confirmed from the display contents appropriately changed according to the progress of the schedule. Note that a schedule list for the day, for example, a time unit schedule from entering the wedding hall on the wedding day, to the wedding ceremony, to the reception, may be displayed. Information such as various services other than weddings provided by the wedding hall, meals, and the location of the second party may also be displayed. Services related to these pieces of information are realized by the customer selecting a desired service via the terminal 10a.

  The expense management unit 46 provides a function for collectively managing expenses generated by transactions with various vendors made through a dedicated homepage. As an example of a transaction with a merchant, it is possible to record the cost of a transaction between a customer and the merchant according to the various services described above. The expense recording is usually registered by the customer directly entering the expense screen form. Furthermore, the cost may be automatically recorded according to the transaction in cooperation with a vendor terminal or system. As information related to the cost, a product name, quantity, delivery date, details, and total amount that are reserved at any time are assumed. For a product that takes time until the quantity becomes clear, for example, a dish or a gift, an expected numerical value may be entered in a form to perform provisional calculation.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of schedule data held and updated by the wedding / banquet system. Schedule data 471 is managed in association with the customer information table 470. The customer information table 470 includes information indicating that the event type is wedding, the bride and groom's name, the location of the event, date and time information, a dedicated homepage generated according to customer registration, and schedule data 471. It includes link information, customer identifier (ID) and password, and information that specifies a reminder period to remind the customer to work. The customer information table 470 and the schedule data 471 are stored in the customer information registration DB 47 (see FIG. 2). The schedule data 471 is a schedule recommended exclusively for a customer based on an optimal schedule pattern registered in advance by calculating backward from the date of wedding to the date of registration based on the date of the wedding or reception of the customer. Is generated as

  In the example shown in FIG. 3, the schedule data 471 is composed of date data D1 to Dm (m is a positive number) corresponding to each day from the registration date (July 1) to the celebration date (September 20). . Each of the date data D1 to Dm includes a corresponding date, schedule information and result information registered on that day, and link information for associating with related service contents. By this link information, the contents included in the wedding hall common information DB 48 and the music / image distribution DB 49 are associated. As the contents of contents, service contents for providing services by contractors such as hotel reservations, and various contents such as image contents such as real estate photos related to new house search service and audio contents by wedding recording service are related. obtain. The plurality of service contents may be associated with the expense management screen 473 so that scheduled or actual expenses are recorded. Information on the expense management screen 473 is stored in the customer information registration DB 47 (see FIG. 2) together with the customer information table 470 and the schedule data 471.

  In the registration schedule information and the record information in each of the day data D1 to Dm, state information such as incomplete, working, and completed is set and updated according to the progress of the action. As a result, it is possible to search for a work that has not been completed at a certain current date, that is, a scheduled or work in progress, and further search for content such as services from the corresponding link information. For example, as shown in the figure, the schedule for sending out the invitation for July 27 in the date data D3 is searched as of July 6 in the date data D1, and the invitation is sent from the shipping link corresponding to the schedule for sending the invitation. Some service content related to the dispatch of a letter can be identified. The content of the scheduled performance in the date data is changed with the progress of the date and time, so that the content displayed on the dedicated home page is dynamically changed with time. The association, that is, the link to the content can be realized in various forms such as a method for designating a specific site address, a method for referring to an image file, an audio file, or an HTML document file.

  FIG. 4 shows a basic processing procedure in the wedding / banquet system 40. The processing procedure of this figure will be described with reference to the components shown in FIGS.

  First, the wedding / banquet system 40 performs registration in the customer's system in response to a request from the customer (step S1). In this registration, the person in charge of the wedding hall inputs the schedule for the wedding and reception of the customer by using the terminal 50, so that the date from the wedding date to the registration date is calculated in reverse, and the optimum schedule pattern registered in advance. Therefore, a schedule recommended exclusively for the customer is generated, and this is associated with the customer ID and stored in the customer information registration DB 47. In the recommended schedule data, for example, a schedule for work required for marriage such as a deadline for preparing for a wedding / banquet, a procedure for a government office, and a procedure for moving is set.

  Next, the wedding / banquet system 40 delivers a dedicated home page including a recommended schedule with the target date and time as the date and time desired by the customer as described above (step S2). The customer can confirm the schedule and the scheduled behavior by browsing this dedicated home page via the terminal 10a. The browsing of the dedicated home page can also be viewed through the terminal 10b or 10c by third parties including attendees and other acquaintances. This browsing may be permitted only to the attendees and other acquaintances by providing an appropriate password on the dedicated home page.

  Next, the wedding / banquet system 40 determines whether there is a change in case the customer wants to change the schedule (step S3). If there is a customer's individual request, this is reflected in the schedule data. (Step S4). In response to this, the dedicated home page is updated in the form of a menu display of update schedule data reflecting the individual desires of the customer and corresponding service content (step S5).

  Next, the wedding / banquet system 40 determines whether or not there is a customer action input (step S6). If a service is requested as a specific action, the customer designates this to execute any of the specific services, that is, service 1 to service n (n is a positive number) (step S7). Types of services include, for example, meeting reservations, attendee registration, attendance management for attendees, creation of sealed letter invitations, attendance reservations for attendees, registration of carry-on items, costume matching and hair make rehearsal reservations, Reservation of beauty salon and reservation of food, drinks and gifts, photos, videos, bouquets, flower arrangements, candles, cakes, gifts for parents, reservation of seat tags and / or name books, registration of music, registration of moderators, etc. Service is assumed.

  Next, the wedding / banquet system 40 performs expense schedule performance management based on the execution result of the service (step S8). Expense schedule performance management may be registered by the customer filling in the form on the expense screen, and preferably, the expense is automatically recorded according to the contents of the service by linking with the service provider system of the service concerned. To do.

  On the other hand, if the customer does not request a service as a specific action in step S6, the wedding / banquet system 40 checks the scheduled date (step S9). That is, it is monitored at which point in the timeline the schedule date is in the schedule data. Then, it is determined whether or not the current date and time is close to the date and time of some action schedule and / or whether or not it is over (step S10). If the scheduled date and time is approaching for a predetermined time (the date and time of the announcement), the dedicated homepage will be displayed including the announcement data that prompts the action, or actions will be taken toward the terminals 10a to 10c such as customers or attendees. An e-mail including the urging notice data is transmitted (step S11).

  As a result of the above processing, the wedding / banquet system 40 reflects the scheduled performance of the action (incomplete, in progress, or finished) in the schedule, and updates the content of the dedicated home page with new content that depends on the content of the performance ( Step S12). The content of the dedicated home page is updated by changing the content of the scheduled performance in the schedule data together with the progress of the work.

  FIG. 5 explains how the schedule screen provided by the wedding / banquet system changes. In this example, the screen 63 shown at the top of the figure is a screen example displayed on July 18, and the screen 63 'shown at the bottom shows a screen example displayed on July 31. The current date and time on both screens are indicated by bold frames in the calendar display. In the screen example of July 18 of the screen 63, since the invitation scheduled for July 21 is imminently scheduled, a message prompting the customer to prepare the invitation is displayed, Link information linked to the content of the service related to the invitation preparation is displayed. On the other hand, in the screen example of July 31 of the screen 63 ′, since it is approaching the wedding on the 20th of the following month, a message prompting the customer to prepare for the wedding day is displayed, and the wedding Link information linked to the contents of the service related to the day is displayed.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the expense management screen 473 provided by the wedding / banquet system. The expense management screen 473 is displayed as a part of the content of the customer's dedicated home page. Through this screen form, the customer registers the results of transactions based on various services. The cost management screen 473 displays a list of product names, quantities, amounts, etc. of registered products. The customer can estimate the cost based on the total amount displayed in the list on this screen. It should be noted that an extract or the like whose quantity is blank may be calculated by inputting an expected numerical value. Preferably, the system may automatically calculate the quantity so that the quantity is not registered unless the number of participants is determined, such as a drawer, food, or drink. In addition, an approximate calculation of celebrations received from related parties such as attendees may be temporarily calculated to finally check whether there is any excess or deficiency.

  FIG. 7 shows an operation procedure in which a customer receives a service provided with a supplier in this embodiment. This operation procedure shows an example in which a wedding is used as one service related to an invitation. The operation procedure of this figure will be described with reference to the components shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 as appropriate.

  First, the customer enters the attendee's name, address, relationship with the bride and groom, e-mail address, sealed letter, or e-mail invitation form such as e-mail form from the terminal 10a. The list-type participant information is registered in the customer information registration DB 47 (step S21). Next, the customer creates an invitation text from the terminal 10a, and registers the invitation paper and envelope in the customer information registration DB 47. In this case, the format information of the standard invitation text included in the wedding hall common information DB 48, the type of envelope such as invitation paper, pattern, etc. are presented to the customer, and the customer can select any You can create a sentence. Next, the customer formally instructs the creation of an invitation (step S22). At this time, from the registered attendee list, printing of addresses and names corresponding to the sealed list, and printing of invitation text are registered in the customer information registration DB 47.

  Next, the person in charge of the wedding hall confirms the registered contents of the customer using the terminal 50, and places an order with the merchant by contacting the merchant by e-mail (step S23). The ordering from this supplier may be made not only by a mail method but also via a Web screen. Thereby, the trader confirms the information by the terminal 20b. Next, the trader notifies the delivery date by registering the delivery date in the customer information registration DB 47 using the terminal 20b (step S24). The person in charge of the wedding hall confirms this on the terminal 50, and then displays the product name, quantity, and amount in the expense calculation list of the terminal 10a to register the ordering information and informs the customer of the delivery date by e-mail (step) S25). Such information is also preferably displayed on a customer-specific page.

  Following this communication, the customer sends an invitation to the attendant by mail or handing (step S26). Next, the customer makes an attendance inquiry to the attendant and receives a reply to the invitation (step S27). Based on this attendance, the customer registers attendance information in the customer information registration DB 47 by inputting the attendance in the attendee list in the terminal 10a (step S28). Next, the customer creates the text of the invitation email from the terminal 10a and registers the date and time of sending the email in the customer information registration DB 47. Furthermore, the format of the Web screen for attendance registration is selected, and the text and posted image to be posted there are registered in the customer information registration DB 47. The format of the Web screen is displayed from the standard contents of the wedding hall common information DB 48 (step S29).

  Next, the person in charge of the wedding hall confirms the registered content of the customer on the terminal 20b, and registers the delivery of the invitation mail in the customer information registration DB 47 (step S30). Next, an invitation mail with URL, ID and password is sent from the wedding hall to the attendees (step S31). On the other hand, the attendee accesses through the terminal 10b, confirms the contents of the invitation, and registers in the customer information registration DB 47 when the attendance is entered (step S32). The customer can confirm this registration information in the form of a participant list via the terminal 10a. Through the above operation, the customer can finish a series of work related to the invitation only by operating his / her terminal.

  In addition, as an example of the operation procedure, the operation related to invitation printing was explained. However, reservation of meeting, registration of carry-on items, registration of attendees, creation of seating table, clothing alignment and hair make rehearsal reservation, esthetic reservation Reservations for food, food, drinks and gifts, photos, videos, bouquets, flower arrangements, candles, cakes, gifts for parents, reservations for seat tags and / or name books, music registration, moderator registration, friends, acquaintances Various operations such as image distribution or music distribution on the wedding day, reservation of the accommodation facilities of the attendees, and the like can be executed by the same procedure.

  In the above embodiment, the event / information providing system according to the present invention is a wedding / banquet system that provides various work for the wedding day through the Internet site for customers who plan to have a wedding and reception. It was disclosed as one example. With the realization of this wedding / banquet system, customers who plan to have weddings and receptions can receive a variety of wedding-related services without going to the wedding hall each time and having a meeting with the person in charge. . In addition, a series of information including schedules from wedding preparations to weddings is comprehensively provided in the form of a dedicated website. Through this dedicated home page, all parties concerned such as customers, wedding staff, attendees, etc. can share wedding information, and collaboration according to their roles is facilitated. In addition, the dedicated home page is updated to appropriately navigate customers as the schedule progresses, so that various actions leading to the wedding can be performed more efficiently.

  In the present embodiment, an event such as a wedding for one customer has been described, but the event information providing apparatus and system according to the present invention can naturally process a plurality of events for a plurality of customers. Assumed.

  The event information providing apparatus and system according to the present invention are not limited to weddings and receptions as in the embodiments, and can be provided to a system that provides information related to various events.

It is an Example of this invention, and is a block diagram which shows the structure of the whole system containing a wedding / banquet system. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the detail of the wedding / banquet system shown by FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the schedule data which a wedding / banquet system holds and updates. It is a flowchart which shows the fundamental process sequence in a wedding / banquet system. It is explanatory drawing explaining the mode of the change of the schedule screen which a wedding / banquet system provides. It is a figure which shows the example of the expense management screen which a wedding / banquet system provides. It is a flowchart of the operation | movement procedure in which a customer receives provision of service between a provider in a present Example.

Explanation of symbols

10a to 10c, 20a to 20c, 50 terminal 20a, 20b dealer terminal 30 internet 40 wedding / banquet system 41 firewall 42 web server 43 mail server 44 customer registration unit 45 schedule management unit 46 cost management unit 47 customer information registration DB
48 Wedding hall common information DB
49 Music / Image Distribution DB
50 Person in charge terminal 471 Schedule data

Claims (10)

An event information providing apparatus that provides information data including at least an event type, an event date and time, and an event location of at least one event,
Holding means for creating and holding schedule data including a plurality of preparation operations for preparation of the event to be executed in order by the date and time and the scheduled date and time corresponding thereto;
Display means for selectively displaying any of the plurality of preparatory work according to a relative time change between the scheduled date and time and the current date and time of the preparatory work;
An event information providing apparatus comprising:   2. The event information providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising changing means for changing the contents of the schedule data in response to a change request input.   2. The event information provision according to claim 1, wherein when the scheduled date and time is before the current date and time, the display unit selectively displays notification data that prompts execution of preparation work corresponding to the scheduled date and time. apparatus. An event information providing system comprising: at least one terminal device; and an event information providing device that provides the terminal device with information data including at least an event type, an event date and time, and an event location of at least one event,
Holding means for creating and holding schedule data including a plurality of preparation operations for preparation of the event to be executed in order by the date and time and the scheduled date and time corresponding thereto;
Display means for selectively displaying any of the plurality of preparatory work according to a relative time change between the scheduled date and time and the current date and time of the preparatory work;
An event information providing system comprising:   5. The event information providing system according to claim 4, further comprising changing means for changing the contents of the schedule data in response to a change request input.   5. The event information provision according to claim 4, wherein, when the scheduled date and time is before the current date and time, the display means selectively displays notification data that prompts execution of a preparatory work corresponding to the scheduled date and time. system.   7. The event information providing system according to claim 4, further comprising authentication means for permitting the terminal device to display the information data.   It further comprises means for holding information data of a plurality of external vendor systems respectively corresponding to the plurality of preparation operations, and adding and displaying information data of the vendor systems corresponding thereto when displaying the preparation operations. The event information providing system according to any one of claims 4 to 6.   7. The event information providing system according to claim 4, further comprising cost calculation means for holding the cost information data of the event and calculating the planned cost and the actual cost according to the schedule and actual result of the schedule data. .   The event information providing system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the event type is a wedding and / or a reception.

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