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Title:
SEAT RESERVATION METHOD AND SEAT RESERVATION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005284898
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To make a user simultaneously make reservations for a plurality of trains at the time of reservation to allow the user to select a train for use according to convenience to the user.

When reservations from the user are accepted, temporary reservations for seats of a plurality of trains are accepted, and temporary reservation information is stored in a storage device. It is discriminated whether temporary reservations for the plurality of trains are possible or not, and the probability that actual reservations will be made is forecast with respect to temporary reservations for each train, and seat stocks of individual trains are managed as the numbers of seats allowed to be reserved, per movement section in accordance with a forecast result. When the user requests actual reservations at an arbitrary timing, a corresponding seat is reserved in response to this request, and a result is stored in the storage device and the user is informed of a seat position. Furthermore, ticket information is generated and is stored in the storage device, and a ticket is issued on the basis of ticket information.


Inventors:
EGUCHI TOSHIHIRO
KUSABA TOSHIYUKI
KAKUMOTO YOSHIKI
Application Number:
JP2004100125A
Publication Date:
October 13, 2005
Filing Date:
March 30, 2004
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HITACHI LTD
International Classes:
G06Q30/06; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/30; G07B1/00; (IPC1-7): G07B1/00; G06F17/60
Domestic Patent References:
JPH07168895A1995-07-04
JP2002312440A2002-10-25
JPH06259625A1994-09-16
JP2003281240A2003-10-03
JP2002140401A2002-05-17
JP2002092107A2002-03-29
JPH0728917A1995-01-31
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ichiro Suzuki
Kenjiro Take