Interactive itinerary planning system having link kit to be embedded in web pages and operation method thereof

Abstract

To provide an interactive itinerary planning system that can be embedded in a web page, and an operation method thereof.SOLUTION: An interactive itinerary planning system and method embed a link kit in the syntax of a web page containing an article to provide interactive links, to retrieve terms from the article, to parse the retrieved terms using a lexicon, to obtain a name of a POI, and to output interactive requests, establish a floating editing unit in the web page for editing a travel itinerary, and establish an interactive operation key for the name of the POI in order to generate and add it to the travel itinerary being edited using the floating editing unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a travel itinerary planning system, and more particularly to an interactive itinerary planning system for embedding in a web page and a method of operating the system.

Background Art

[0002] Currently, as the popularity of tourism increases, many travel information websites on the Internet are publishing various articles on various travel topics written by professional editors to attract readers' interest in spending money on travel. Unfortunately, due to the limited functionality of the web pages that publish travel-related articles, readers can only read the articles or copy the articles to share them, and cannot directly use the articles when planning their own travel itinerary. Even if such travel information platform services are generally provided by Google SEO or FB ads to induce traffic, due to the limited interactivity of the article pages, it is impossible to further encourage users to have a higher utilization dependence and platform loyalty with limited functionality. Of course, there are also many diverse travel itinerary planning websites or apps in the market to assist users when applying, planning, or sharing travel itineraries. However, most of these itinerary planning platforms focus on attraction pins, route calculation, or ticket issuance. There is a lack of professional-quality articles themed on travel to guide users in planning their own travel itineraries.

[0003] In view of this problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a trip planning system capable of expanding the interactive function of an article web page so that a travel information website can have a trip planning function on its own article web page without changing the overall platform system architecture. Readers can plan their own trips by directly using the information in the article while reading the article, thereby solving the above-mentioned technical problems of the prior art, enhancing the reading loyalty and utilization dependence of users on the website platform, and thus achieving the goal of promoting the development of the cultural industry.

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] The main object of the present invention is to provide an interactive trip planning system that can be embedded in a web page and an operation method thereof. The present invention embeds a series of programming codes in the syntax of the web page, whereby the web page including the article can quickly and easily be equipped with a trip planning function. According to the present invention, both the usability and bidirectionality of the article web page and the value of the article are improved.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0005] To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an interactive itinerary planning system for embedding within a web page so that a web page containing articles can provide an itinerary planning function. The web page may be provided by at least one cross-domain travel information platform, so that readers can directly use the planning function when creating and editing at least one travel itinerary while reading the articles contained in the web page. The travel information platform is connected by telecommunication with a server computer. The interactive itinerary planning system of the present invention includes an interactive module, a search module, and a glossary module. The interactive module is communicatively connected to the search module and the glossary module, and is provided with a link kit for embedding within the syntax of the web page containing the article to establish an interactive link between the interactive module and the article web page. The glossary module includes a plurality of terms. The plurality of terms includes the names of POIs (points of interest) for travel purposes. The search module obtains data, preferably terms such as place names, from the articles within the web page, analyzes it using the plurality of terms, obtains the name of at least one POI (point of interest), and outputs an interactive request. In response to the interactive request, the interactive module establishes a floating editing unit for editing the itinerary within the article web page, and at the same time establishes an interactive operation key for the name of the POI of the article web page, whereby the name of the POI can be added to the itinerary being edited by activating the interactive operation key. The floating editing unit can be used to edit the itinerary by adding, deleting, or modifying the name of the POI, whereby a web page of articles that simply shares travel experiences can easily be equipped with a travel itinerary planning function. In some preferred embodiments, when the search module determines that a certain term is the name of a POI, it further aggregates the names of POIs having the same meaning to form at least one name set.

[0006] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, after the analysis step, when the names of a plurality of POIs are obtained, the search module further aggregates the POIs with the same name to form at least one name set, and sorts the obtained name set according to its hit count. When the hit count of the name set exceeds the threshold, the search module determines the position of the name of the POI in the article web page, and arranges an interactive operation key on the name of the first POI in the name set. The interactive operation key includes an add key and a save key. By activating the add key, the name of the corresponding POI is added to the travel schedule being edited, and by activating the save key, the name of the corresponding POI is included in the floating editing unit together with the link to the corresponding article web page. The floating editing unit includes a trigger button, a floating interactive window, and a travel summary menu. When the trigger button is activated, the name of the included POI is edited, the corresponding travel schedule is modified, and the floating interactive window is expanded in the article web page to search for the name of the interacted POI. The order of the names of the POIs in the travel schedule can be changed by dragging the names. When the add key is activated, the travel summary menu is displayed to provide a summary list of the currently valid travel schedule in order to quickly add the name of the POI to the travel schedule. The floating interactive window is provided with a travel export button, a travel route display button, and a group discussion button. When the travel export button is activated, the interactive module copies or shares the travel schedule. When the travel route display button is activated, the floating interactive window uses the map to display the position of the name of the POI and the travel route, and the daily travel routes are presented in different colors. When the group discussion button is activated, the floating interactive window displays at least one travel group for leaving a message. The word book module is a database, and regularly collects and compiles the article web pages of the travel information platform to compare and expand the word book using the content of the article web pages.

[0007] In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a method of operating the above-described interactive itinerary planning system for embedding within a web page so that a web page containing an article can provide an itinerary planning function. The web page may be provided by at least one cross-domain travel information platform, so that a reader can directly use the planning function when creating and editing at least one travel itinerary while reading the article included in the web page. The travel information platform is connected by telecommunication with a server computer. The method of the present invention includes the steps of embedding a link kit within the syntax of the article web page to form an interactive link; obtaining data from the article web page and parsing the obtained data such as terms or place names using a word list to obtain the name of at least one POI and outputting an interactive request; establishing a floating editing unit for editing a travel itinerary within the article web page in response to the interactive request, and establishing an interactive operation key for the name of the POI within the article web page in response to an interactive request for adding the name of the POI to the travel itinerary; and editing the travel itinerary using the interactive editing unit. By the method of the present invention, an itinerary planning function can be easily added to an article web page that merely shared a travel experience.

[0008] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, after retrieving data of an article web page, if multiple names of POIs are obtained after the analysis step, the method further aggregates the POIs with the same name to form at least one name set, sorts the obtained name set according to its hit count, and if the hit count of the name set exceeds a threshold, determines the position of the name of the POI in the article web page, and arranges an interactive operation key at the first position where the name of the POI in the name set appears. The interactive operation key includes an add key and a save key. By activating the add key, the name of the corresponding POI is added to the travel schedule being edited, and by activating the save key, the name of the corresponding POI is included in the floating editing unit together with a link to the corresponding article web page. The floating editing unit includes a trigger button, a floating interactive window, and a travel summary menu. When the trigger button is activated, the names of the included POIs are edited, the corresponding travel schedule is modified, and the floating interactive window is expanded in the article web page to search for the interactively named POI. The order of the names of the POIs in the travel schedule can be changed by dragging the names. When the add key is activated, to quickly add the name of the POI to the travel schedule, the travel summary menu is displayed to provide a summary list of the currently active travel schedule. The floating interactive window is provided with a travel export button, a travel route display button, and a group discussion button. When the travel export button is activated, the interactive module copies or shares the travel schedule, when the travel route display button is activated, the floating interactive window uses a map to display the position of the name of the POI and the travel route, and the daily travel routes are presented in different colors, and when the group discussion button is activated, the floating interactive window displays at least one travel group for leaving a message. The method may further include the step of periodically collecting and compiling the article web pages of the travel information platform to expand the vocabulary using the content of the article web pages.

[0009] In summary, the present invention embeds a link kit within the syntax of an article web page to form an interactive link. As a result, even if the server computer of the travel information platform and the server computer of the present invention, i.e., the word book, do not have a direct connection, the present invention enables the article web page of the platform to generate a function of adding the name of a POI in the article web page to the travel schedule or a function of saving the name to a floating editing unit. Therefore, the travel information platform can easily achieve the effect of adding a travel planning function to each article web page without performing complex structural adjustments. Furthermore, the floating editing unit not only enables the user to directly drag and drop on a floating interactive window to sort the order of POIs in the travel schedule, but also enables the user to preview the travel route using a map and conduct group discussions to leave messages, etc. This significantly improves the extended application of the article web page, thereby strengthening the user's dependence on the article web page within the travel information platform.

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0011] The following description of the preferred embodiments accompanied by drawings is provided to enable those skilled in the art to clearly understand the content of the present invention.

[0012] Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2, which are a schematic diagram and a flowchart of preferred embodiments of the present invention, respectively. As shown, an interactive itinerary planning system 1 for embedding in a web page includes an interactive module 10, a search module 11, and a glossary module 12 to enable a web page containing articles to provide an itinerary planning function. The web page 20 is preferably provided by at least one travel information platform 2 regardless of which network domain it belongs to, so that when a reader reads an article included in the web page 20, the planning function can be directly used when creating and editing at least one travel itinerary. The travel information platform 2 is connected to a server computer 3 via a communication network. The interactive module 10 is communicably connected to the search module 11 and the glossary module 12 and includes a link kit 100. The glossary module 12 includes a plurality of terms 120 such as place names. The operation method of the interactive itinerary planning system 1 may include the following steps.

[0013] As shown in FIG. 2, in step S10, the link kit 100 is embedded in the syntax of the article web page 20, whereby the interactive module 10 and the article web page 20 form an interactive link, that is, the search module 11 is connected to the article web page 20 via the interactive module 10, thereby enabling the interactive itinerary planning system 1 to obtain data from the article web page 20 without directly connecting to the server computer 3. In step S11, the search module 11 obtains data from the article web page 20, analyzes the data using the dictionary 12 to obtain the names of at least one POI, and outputs an interaction request 111 to the interactive module 10. The data searched by the search module 11 is preferably terms, especially place names or the names of attractions. In step S12, in response to the interaction request 111, the interactive module 10 establishes a floating editing unit 101 for editing the travel itinerary within the article web page 20. In parallel, in step S13, the interactive module 10, in response to the interactive request 111, establishes an interactive operation key 102 at a position corresponding to the name of the POI within the article web page 20. The interactive operation key 102 is used to add the name of the POI to the travel itinerary by activating the interactive operation key 102. Further, in step S14, the floating editing unit 101 is used to edit the name of the POI in the travel itinerary. By using the present invention, it becomes easy to add an itinerary planning function to the article web page 20 that only shared travel experiences, and the extensibility of the application of the article web page is improved.

[0014] Please refer to FIGS. 3 to 5, which are respectively the schematic diagram, flowchart, and application schematic diagram of the second preferred embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the interactive itinerary planning system 1 for embedding in a web page includes an interactive module 10, a search module 11, and a glossary module 12. The present invention enables a web page 20 including articles to provide an itinerary planning function. The web page 20 can be provided by at least one cross-domain travel information platform 2. When reading the articles included in the web page 20, the reader can directly use the planning function when creating and editing at least one travel itinerary 13. The interactive module 10 is equipped with a link kit 100 and is communicatively connected to the search module 11 and the glossary module 12. The interactive module 10, the search module 11, and the glossary module 12 may be located in the same host computer or server computer. Only the interactive module 10 and the search module 11 may be located in the same host or server computer, and the glossary module 12 may be arranged in another host or server computer. Furthermore, the glossary module 12 may be a database 4 with a plurality of terms 120. The travel information platform 2 is communicatively connected to a server computer 3. The operation method of the interactive itinerary planning system 1 may include the following steps:

[0015] Referring to FIG. 4, in step S20, embed the link kit 100 in the syntax of the article web page 20 to enable the interactive function. The link kit 100 can be in any form such as a script tag or an iframe tag. In other words, the link kit 100 is programming code: <script type="”text / javascript”src=”https: / / www.funliday.com / sdk / 0.0.4 / fPlannerTool.bundle.js”">< / script>It can be represented as another arbitrary program module. With this link kit 100, the itinerary planning system 1 forms an interactive link with the article web page 20, that is, the search module 11 links to the article web page 20 via the interactive module 10. In other words, while the interactive itinerary planning system 1 and the travel information platform 2 are connected and interact with each other by the link kit 100, the interactive itinerary planning system 1 and the travel information platform 2 are communicably connected to their respective hosts or servers without a direct connection between the server computer 3 and the database 4.

[0016] When the user loads the article web page 20, the link kit 100 executes an initialization operation and executes step S21. In step S21, the search module 11 obtains data such as place names from the article web page 20 to form a DOM tree (Document Object Module), etc. The search module 11 further uses the terms 12 in the word list to analyze the obtained data to obtain the names of a plurality of POIs. Further, in step S210, the POIs with the same name are collected to form at least one name set, and the name set is sorted according to the hit count. When the hit count of the name set is equal to or greater than a preset threshold, the position of the corresponding POI name in the web page is determined and tagged at the first position where the POI name appears. For example, if the title of the article forms the name of POI100, the title is tagged. Therefore, in step S211, the search module 11 outputs the name 110 of at least one POI and the interaction request 111 to the interactive module 10.

[0017] In addition, the interactive module 10 responds to both the interaction requests 111, establishes a floating editing unit 101 for editing the travel schedule 13 within the article web page 20 at step S22, and establishes interactive operation keys 102 at positions corresponding to tags within the article web page 20 at step S23. The floating editing unit 101 includes a trigger button 1010, a floating interactive window 1011, and a travel itinerary summary menu 1012. The interactive operation keys 102 may include an addition key 1020 for adding the name 110 of a POI to the travel schedule 13 and a save key 1021 for saving the name 110 of the POI. When the edit trigger button 1010 is activated, the floating interactive window 1011 is deployed within the article web page 20 for, among other things, editing or collecting the name of the PO, establishing or editing the travel schedule 13, and searching for the name 110 of the POI. The order of the names of the POIs within the travel schedule 13 can be sorted / re-sorted by a drag operation. Further, when the order of the names of the POIs is changed, when the stay time is changed, or when the departure time is changed, the interactive module 10 immediately calculates and updates the route and the stay time. When the addition key 1020 is activated, the travel itinerary summary menu 1012 is displayed for the then-effective travel schedule 13 in order to facilitate quickly adding the newly found name 110 of the POI to the relevant travel schedule 13. When the save key 1021 is activated, the corresponding name 110 of the POI is saved to the floating editing unit 101 along with a link to the source article web page 20.

[0018] In step S24, the floating dialog window 1011 is used to edit the content of the names of the POIs within the travel schedule 13, thereby adding a travel planning function to the article web page 20 that was originally just for sharing travel experiences, thereby improving the extensibility of the application of the web article. In other words, the readers of the article are allowed to directly use the article to edit the travel schedule 13 while reading the article web page 20, thereby improving the two-way nature and direct usability of the travel information platform 2. In this embodiment, the floating dialog window 1011 may include a travel export button 10110, a travel route display button 10111, and a group discussion button 10112. When the travel export button 10110 is activated, the dialog module 10 copies or shares the travel schedule 13. When the travel route display button 10111 is activated, the floating dialog window 1011 uses a map to display the positions and routes of the POIs of the travel schedule 13, and the travel routes on different dates are presented in different colors. When the group discussion button 10112 is activated, the floating dialog window 1011 displays at least one travel group for leaving messages.

[0019] Furthermore, in step S25, the vocabulary module 12 periodically collects and compiles at least one of the article web page 20 of the travel information platform 2 or a travel-related forum, etc. in order to correct and expand the terms 120 in the vocabulary module 12 by comparing the content of the vocabulary with the content of the article web page and related network materials. In some preferred embodiments, when the search module determines that a certain term is the name of a POI, it further aggregates the names of the POIs having the same meaning to form at least one name set.

[0020] The various modules described in the present invention can be implemented using hardware or software supplemented by hardware. For example, the interactive module 10, the search module 11, the glossary module 12, etc. can refer to the technical characteristics of the integration of various hardware devices such as a CPU, a microprocessor, a memory, or a signal transceiver supplemented by a software program.

[0021] Therefore, the above description relates only to certain preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any and all changes and modifications to the embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. All such changes and modifications shall be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Description of Reference Numerals

[0022] 1 Interactive Itinerary Planning System 10 Interactive Module 100 Link Kit 101 Floating Editing Unit 1010 Trigger Button 1011 Floating Interactive Window 10110 Itinerary Export Button 10111 Itinerary Route Display Button 10112 Group Discussion Button 1012 Itinerary Summary Menu 102 Interactive Operation Key 1020 Add Key 1021 Save Key 11 Search Module 110 Name of POI 111 Interactive Request 12 Glossary Module 120 Terms 13 Travel Schedule 2 Travel Information Platform 20 Article Web Page 3 Server Computer 4 Database Steps S10~S14, S20~S25

[0023] [Description of reference numerals in the selected figure] 1 Interactive travel planning system 10 Interactive module 100 Link kit 101 Floating editing unit 102 Interactive operation key 11 Search module 111 Interactive request 12 Word book module 120 Term 2 Travel information platform 20 Web page 3 Server computer

Claims

1. An interactive itinerary planning system for editing at least one travel itinerary while reading a news web page, The interactive itinerary planning system includes an interactive module, a search module, and a glossary module that are communicatively connected, The interactive module is provided with a link kit for embedding in the syntax of the news web page to form an interactive link between the interactive module and the news web page, The glossary module includes a plurality of terms, The search module obtains terms from the news web page, compares the terms with a set of the terms in the glossary module, and if there is a match, determines that the term is the name of a POI (point of interest) and is configured to output an interactive request, The interactive module is configured to establish a floating editing unit for editing the travel itinerary in the news web page in response to the interactive request and establish interactive operation keys at the positions of the terms in the news web page for subsequent processing of the terms, Interactive itinerary planning system.

2. The interactive itinerary planning system according to claim 1, wherein the subsequent processing includes adding the name of the POI to the travel itinerary edited by the floating editing unit.

3. The interactive itinerary planning system according to claim 1, wherein the subsequent processing includes adding the name of the POI to a POI list.

4. The interactive itinerary planning system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the plurality of terms include the names of POIs for travel purposes.

5. The interactive itinerary planning system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the search module is further configured to calculate a hit count of the terms in the news web page that match the terms in the glossary module, sort the terms in the order of the hit count, and then output the result.

6. The interactive itinerary planning system according to claim 5, wherein the search module selects the name of the POI whose hit count exceeds a threshold and is in the first order, determines the position of the name of the POI in the news web page, and then tags the position.

7. The interactive itinerary planning system according to claim 5, wherein when the search module determines that the term is the name of a POI, it further aggregates the names of POIs having the same meaning to form at least one name set.

8. The interactive itinerary planning system according to claim 6, wherein when the search module determines that the term is the name of a POI, it further aggregates the names of POIs having the same meaning to form at least one name set.

9. The interactive itinerary planning system according to claim 2, wherein the interactive operation key includes an addition key, and by activating the addition key, the name of the corresponding POI is added to the travel itinerary being edited. The floating editing unit includes a trigger button, a floating interactive window, and a travel summary menu. When the trigger button is activated, the corresponding travel itinerary is edited, and the floating interactive window is deployed within the article web page to search for the names of the POIs that have been made interactive. The order of the names of the POIs within the travel itinerary can be changed by dragging the names.

10. The interactive itinerary planning system according to claim 3, wherein the interactive operation key includes a save key, and by activating the save key, the name of the corresponding POI is saved within the floating editing unit together with a link to the corresponding article web page. The floating editing unit includes a trigger button, a floating interactive window, and a travel summary menu. When the trigger button is activated, the name of the POI is saved, and the floating interactive window is deployed within the article web page to search for the names of the POIs that have been made interactive. The order of the names of the POIs within the travel itinerary can be changed by dragging the names.

11. The floating interactive window includes a trigger button, a floating interactive window, and a travel summary menu. When the itinerary export button is activated, the interactive module copies or shares the travel itinerary. When the itinerary track display button is activated, the floating interactive window displays the positions of the names of the POIs and the itinerary route within a map, and the daily itineraries are presented in different colors. When the group discussion button is activated, the floating interactive window displays at least one travel group for leaving messages. The interactive itinerary planning system according to claim 9.

12. The word book module includes a database and is configured to periodically collect and compile the article web pages so as to expand the word book using the content of the article web pages of the travel information platform. The interactive itinerary planning system according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

13. A method for interactively planning a journey within an interactive itinerary planning system for editing at least one travel itinerary while reading an article web page, The interactive itinerary planning system includes an interactive module, a search module, and a word book module that are communicatively connected. The interactive module is provided with a link kit for embedding in the syntax of the article web page to form an interactive link between the interactive module and the article web page. The word book module includes a plurality of terms, the travel information platform is communicatively connected to a server computer, and the method includes: Embedding the link kit in the syntax of the article web page to form an interactive link; Obtaining terms from the article web page, comparing the terms with a set of terms in the word book module, and if there is a match, determining that the term is the name of a POI (point of interest) and outputting an interactive request; In response to the interactive request, establishing a floating editing unit for editing a travel itinerary in the article web page and establishing an interactive operation key at the position of the term in the article web page for subsequent processing of the term. A method including the above steps.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the subsequent processing includes adding the name of the POI to the travel itinerary edited by the floating editing unit.

15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the subsequent processing includes adding the name of the POI to a POI list.

16. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein the plurality of terms include the names of POIs for travel purposes.

17. Calculating a hit count of terms in the article web page that match terms in the word book module; sorting the terms in the order according to the hit count, and then outputting the result, the method according to any one of claims 13 to 15.

18. Selecting, by the search module, the name of a POI in the first order whose hit count exceeds a threshold; determining the position of the name of the POI in the article web page, and then tagging at the position, the method according to claim 17.

19. When the search module determines that a term is the name of a POI, further comprising the step of aggregating names of POIs having the same meaning to form at least one name set, the method according to claim 17.

20. When the search module determines that a term is the name of a POI, further comprising the step of aggregating names of POIs having the same meaning to form at least one name set, the method according to claim 18.

21. The interactive operation key includes an additional key, and by activating the additional key, the name of the corresponding POI is added to the travel schedule being edited, The floating editing unit includes a trigger button, a floating interactive window, and a travel summary menu, The method includes, When the trigger button is activated, expanding the floating interactive window into the article web page to search for the name of the POI in an interactive manner, and to change the order of the name of the POI by dragging the name, for editing the corresponding travel schedule, In the case of the additional key, displaying the travel summary menu further comprising, the method according to any one of claims 13 to 15.

22. The interactive operation key includes a save key, and by activating the save key, the name of the corresponding POI is saved in the floating interactive window together with a link to the source article web page, The floating editing unit includes a trigger button, a floating interactive window, and a travel summary menu, The method includes, When the trigger button is activated, to edit the corresponding travel schedule, to search for the name of the interactive POI, and to change the order of the names of the POIs by dragging the names, the step of expanding the floating interactive window within the article web page; in the case of the additional key, the step of displaying the travel summary menu; The method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, further comprising.

23. The floating interactive window includes a trigger button, a floating interactive window, and a travel summary menu. When the itinerary export button is activated, the interactive module copies or shares the travel schedule. When the itinerary track display button is activated, the floating interactive window displays the position of the name of the POI and the itinerary route on the map, and the daily itinerary is presented in different colors. When the group discussion button is activated, the floating interactive window displays at least one travel group for leaving a message. The method according to claim 21.

24. The method according to any one of claims 13 to 15, further comprising the step of periodically collecting and compiling the article web page to expand the vocabulary using the content of the article web page of the travel information platform.

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