BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In general, medical services have been received through facilities such as hospitals located in a country.

The facilities for medical services are mainly divided into general hospitals and private hospitals. The general hospitals or the private hospitals of comparatively large scales have various kinds departments (for example, an internal dept., surgical dept., urology, and the like), each department having doctors classified as medical specialists and interns, offer comprehensive medical services.

Alternately, the private hospitals offer medical services with one or two subject (s) of medical treatment.

The expenses of medical services offered by general or private hospitals are charged based on the calculated amount at the related department in advance.

However, when the services offered by the hospitals are compared with those of

advanced nations, a large amount of expenses occurs by dint of difference of economical status, monetary values, and the like, even though there are little difference in qualities.

Accordingly, there is a problem that a patient has to receive a medical treatment at a nearest hospital with paying a large amount of treatment expenses, owing to the fact that the treatment expenses are not opened to the public, though such a difference of expenses occurs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the problem as mentioned above. An integrated system for medical and tourist services on internet and operational method thereof of the present invention is characterized in that, it is capable of receiving various cultural benefit or gaining economical returns, as well as obtaining medical services of the same quality, even when there exist the difference of medical expenses caused by difference of economical status, monetary value, and medical level of each country.

Also, the present invention is characterized in that, it is capable of offering various package goods related to medical and tourist services, or finding a package goods relevant to medical and tourist services within the scope of payable expenses of a client, when the client specifies the payable amount.

The object of the present invention is to receive information from a user system having a communication function and service providers of various information related to medical treatments, tours, and tourist sites, search input information to the server site in real time, and offer a various information from a host computer making data of information to maintain and control the information, and various information of the data base stored in the host computer to the server site so as to search and reserve information related to medical and tourist services.

The method of the present invention is characterized in that, the method comprises: a step of providing screens capable of sharing information among members and non-members alike, when a client connects internet with the user system; a step of providing a dialogue box for the member's logging-in and the client's ID and password; a step of providing an goods selection mode capable of selecting a package goods selection mode or a free selection mode from the member's exclusive using module, when the client's ID and password is verified; a step of providing various modes in succession so as to select medical, tourist, traffic, lodging, and interpretative services, when the client chooses the free selection mode; a step of providing packaged goods of the medical, tourist, traffic, lodging, and interpretative services, when the client chooses the package goods selection mode; and a step of storing information related to the goods chosen by the client in a database module in CGI (Computer Gateway Interface ; hereinafter called as CGI).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 shows a schematic block diagram showing a structure of an integrated system for medical and tourist service according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 shows a block diagram showing a connecting relationship between a serve and a host computer of integrated service system according to the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart showing a flow of controlling a serve site by the host computer of an operational method of integrated system according to the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a detailed block diagram of a module of a general purpose.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart showing each module of a host computer of an operational method of integrated system according to the present invention, and (a) is a flow chart showing a flow of a service subscriber module, (b) of a tourist service subscriber module, (c) of a subscriber management module, (d) of an information analysis module, and (3) of

a package goods module.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart showing a flow of an operational method of integrated system for medical and tourist services on internet according to the present invention DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the preferred embodiments illustrated in the attached drawings.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic structure of an integrated system for medical and tourist services on internet according to the present invention. As shown in Fig. 1, a client (or a subscriber) system 10 comprises a mobile telephone having communication function, a computer, and a communication means capable of connecting internet with internet chip.

A host computer 30 receives information from service providers providing various information such as of medical treatments, tours, and tourist sites, controls and maintains said information by linking information of service providers so as to share the information, and controls various kinds of data so as to be analyzed by the managers.

A serve site 20 comprises a lot of hypertext documents so as to make the client can search or choose the information (for example, detailed information related to medical treatments, tours, tourist sites) wanted by a client, and receives information with the exclusive lines connected, The client connects the user system 10 to the serve site 20 on internet, then selects a hypertext document formed so as to be able to select at the serve site 20 information provided from the host computer 30. The selected data are stored in the database of the host computer 30.

The host computer 30 searches the information input by the client to the serve site 20

in real time, and provides various information related to the searched contents to the monitor of the serve site of the user system 10.

When the client chooses a hypertext document of the serve site 20, the host computer 30 provides detailed items related to the selected medical facilities, tourist companies, and the likes based on the stored database, to the client terminal to be searched.

As shown in Fig. 2, the host computer 30 receives information on internet : from service providers of information related to medical treatments, tours, tourist sites, and the likes, or homepages operated by medical facilities; from medical service provider subscribing module 31 through linking, so as to be able to share the information from said providers, or homepages operated by service providers of tourist services or tourist companies; or from tourist service provider subscribing module 32 through linking, so as to be able to share the information from said providers.

A database module 33 makes data of information from the service providers subscribed and shared by said service provider subscribing modules 31,32, and the service providers stored in said database module 33 are controlled by a provider control module 34, relating to medical facilities and tourist companies, and the likes.

Data of said database module 33 classifies quality levels of service providers in graduation by an information analysis 35, and analyzes service grades by calculating expenses (for example, an operation for fat elimination, a test-tube baby, and the like) related to medical services provided by medical facilities, taking monetary value of each country into consideration. For example, the expense related to an operation for fat elimination is calculated on the basis of US dollars for each country, and tourist sites available with the difference among countries may be searched, or medical or tourist goods may be prepared in packages.

The information analysis 35 stores the medical services supplied by the database

module 33, and the tourist services related to said medical services by the rated money basis, and the storing order is to store from the small to large amount and vise versa, so that the client may choose medical services, then tourist services.

A service-providing module 36 makes the client choose detailed goods of medical facilities, tourist sites, and the likes, or packaged goods, among the service goods stored in the information analysis module 35.

Accordingly, the client may choose a hypertext document of service goods related to various medical treatments and tours by connecting the user system 10 to the web module of the serve site 20, so that the client can be supplied with medical facilities and tourist services related to the selected information.

As shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, when the client connects the user system 10 to the serve site 20 on internet, the client can be supplied with screens capable of sharing information among members and non-members alike (steps 100,110).

The serve site 10 provides with hypertext documents introducing companies operating integrated service systems and service outlines, journalistic information, membership entry procedures, and the likes, and with hypertext documents reporting official announcements about various services such as official announcements and new tidings related to integrated services, introductions of medical and tourist services, introductions of package goods, impressions of the served, membership entries.

The official announcements about various services are displayed in screens configured in CGI with the data stored in database module 33, suitable for clients to watch (refer to Fig. 4).

Then, the client is supplied with a dialogue box for the member's logging-in and if the client inputs the client's ID and password to the dialogue box, the ID and password stored in the database module 33 are checked (steps 120,130).

When the client's ID and password are agreed with those of the stored, the client is supplied with the goods selection mode capable of selecting package selection service mode or free selection service mode from the member's exclusive modes (step 150).

If the client chooses the free selection mode, various modes related to reservations are displayed on the screen instantly, so that the client can choose medical, tourist, traffic, and lodging services, reservations, and the likes according to the free selection modes. For example, the mode for selecting medical services can make the client choose a country, hospitals, histories of medical specialists offered by the mode (steps 160,170).

Also, the free selection mode provides with a dialogue box to enter the amount of money taking the client's economical status into consideration. If the client input an amount of money to the box, the database module 33 searches package goods related to medical, tourist, traffic, interpretational services within said amount, and provides with package goods related to said medical and tourist services, or expenses related to said medical and tourist services calculated and selected as the most suitable goods. When the client chooses a service goods, the process is completed (not shown in Fig.).

When the client chooses a package goods, the information related said package goods are stored in the database module 33 through CGI (steps 190,200).

As shown in Fig. 5a, medical facilities taking charge of medical services, doctors and the competitive powers of medical services are studied through local guides or internet, and when said medical services have more than a set level (the facilities where expenses are comparatively low but medical services are rated high), cooperation with said facilities will be realized (step 310).

The kinds of services offered by said medical facilities are decided (for example, an operation for fat elimination in the plastic surgery, a test tube baby in the obstetrics and gynecology), that is, the departments of each medical facility having competitive powers

are selected, various cost ranges are decided on the basis of the grade of said hospitals and medical teams, and public information materials about said medical facilities (verified as having excellent medical teams, facilities, pictures, case, and the like) are supplied (steps 320,330,340).

Said various materials are stored in the database module 33 (step 350).

As shown in Fig. 5b, materials about service goods such as tourist sites, lodging facilities, medical facilities offered by tourist companies taking charge of tourist services, and cooperation with said companies will be realized (step 410).

The tourist companies are decided on a basis of the service goods thereof (for example, a rape flower tour in Cheju-do for A Tourist Agency, The Korean Fold Village in Yongin for B Tourist Agency), the cost of said service goods are selected, and information about each tourist site, lodging facility, and the like are supplied and input (steps 420,430,440).

Said tourist sites, lodging facilities, and likes are stored in the database module 33 (step 450).

As shown in Fig. 5c, if modifications of information or special events occurred when various information (for example, modifications of medical facilities, tourist companies, and the likes) stored in the database module 33 are searched at a voluntary intervals, the modified information related to thereof are supplied and input to the database module 33 (step 510).

The data of the reasons of modifications and modified information of said modified providers stored in the database of database module 33 may be read, redrawn up in hypertext to be restored in the database module 33, and kept as the most recent materials (steps 520,530,540,550).

Said procedures are to give the best services constantly to the clients by the cooperated providers with updating the new addresses or modified contents.

As shown in Fig. 5d, the information related to medical and tourist services out of the information stored in the database module 33 are searched, analyzed, and classified by costs, and the providers having competitive powers may be selected among providers offering medical and tourist services. The costs and service qualities of the selected providers are listed (steps 610,620).

The basis of said analysis is to analyze comparison of service costs and service qualities, and the likes. That is, after service costs, service qualities, and the likes of each country are compared, a medical facility having the same level of medical technology but offering the difference of medical cost is found, then an analysis is made if a tour is possible with said difference in the host country.

When the analyzed results are decided as economical, the services are offered as service goods of the service providing module 36 and the package goods module 37 are offered (steps 630,640).

When the analyzed results are decided as unpromising, the contents of medical and tourist goods are denoted as it is, or eliminated (steps 650,660).

As shown in Fig. 5e, when the client connects the user system 10 to the serve site 20, the host computer 30 provides the serve site 20 with the data stored in the database module 33 in real time. When the client chooses medical facilities and tourist companies, a search is made if a similar package goods related to said selected information are present. Then, a decision is made if the package goods are available, and the package goods are chosen from the package goods module 37 when available, whereas the step proceeds to the next stage when unavailable (steps 710,720).

Also, after availability of the selected package goods is searched in terms of time or capacity, if the package goods service is unavailable, the message of"service impossible" is input, whereas the service is available at other time period, the next service out of the

information stored in the database module 33 and offered by the host computer is chosen by the client (steps 730,740,750).

The information related to said medical facilities, tourist sites, and the likes are notified to the local agent, or provided by E-mail of the user system of the client or by mail (step 760,770).

As shown in Fig. 5f, the client confirms availability of a package goods and an option of thereof (steps 810,820).

When the option of said package goods is confirmed, the option is notified to an agent in charge of business related to the option, or the information is provided to the user system 10 of the client (steps 830,840).

On the other hand, when a lot of clients seek services of medical and tourist related companies offering services of substantial economy as well as of good quality, after being supplied with medical and tourist services out of package goods, the services can be offered as a tourist goods.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart showing a flow of an operational method of integrated system.

The operational conditions of the present invention are as follows.

Integrated service goods offering medical and tourist services are made public through local the agent or the server site 20.

Clients who want to be supplied with medical and tourist services through said public relations select and medical facilities and tourist sites or package goods capable of serving medical facilities and tourist sites together.

Alternately, clients input a rated amount of money to be served with medical and tourist services, and make the server site 20 select available package goods within said amount of money in real time, or supply with the most suitable medical and tourist goods after searching thereof within said amount of money.

In case that clients reserve package goods through the local agent, the clients make the local agent select the most suitable goods for them related to medical and tourist services, in the same manner as described above. For example, the clients may choose the suitable medical facilities and the best courses of tourist sites in season, through the agent or the server site 20.

The clients confirm the chosen medical facilities, courses of tourist sites, traffic services, through said agent or server site 20. Reserving information may be confirmed by confirming information being supplied in real time from the host computer 30, in connected state to the serve sites 20, or confirmed by E-mails of the clients or telephone calls, to prevent information from exposing when an agent acts as intermediaries.

The clients are notified the necessary expenses for medical facilities and tours after the clients confirmed the reserving information so as to pay the expenses. When the clients paid the expenses, the clients are notified with information of dates, times, traffic services, lodgings, and the likes related to medical and tourist services through the local agent or by E-mails of the clients or telephone calls.

Also, the local agent of available services or clients may depart directly using traffic services. When the clients arrive in a country where supplies with medical and tourist services, the clients make local guides manage schedules related to medical and tourist services. During performing management, the health conditions of the patients, or the likes may be informed to the families or friends in the home country.

When medical treatments and tours of the clients (patients) are completed, the clients may depart from the country.

Finally, questionnaire on the names of diseases or the provided services of medical facilities and tourist companies are prepared, and the results thereof are stored in the database so that not only the follow-up services of the clients can be done, but also the

better services for another clients can be supplied on the basis of the surveyed contents.

As described above, in the present invention, since clients can receive various cultural benefit or gaining economical returns, as well as obtaining medical services of the same quality, even wherein exists the difference of medical expenses caused by difference of economical status, monetary value, and medical level of each country, there is an effect that the clients can take rests or economic interests.

Also, there is an effect that the clients can be supplied with the same quality of medical services within the payable expenses taking the economic status of the clients into consideration.