Hourly Rental Storage Reservation System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional hourly rental facility management systems do not allow users to reserve storage facilities in advance, leading to potential unavailability of locker facilities when needed, requiring users to visit the management apparatus and lacking advance reservation capabilities.
Innovation Solution
An hourly rental facility management system that includes a management server connected via a communication line, allowing users to input and display information, reserve storage compartments with specific attributes, and manage storage reservations in association with facility reservations, enabling users to check availability and reserve storage space alongside the rental facility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users reserve storage means in advance through the management server, then storage availability is improved and user convenience is enhanced, but system complexity increases due to integration of reservation functions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the facility reservation function and storage reservation function into a single integrated management server system. The management server accepts both facility reservations and storage reservations through the same user input means, stores both types of reservations in association with each other in the storage unit, and manages them as a unified system. This merging approach improves storage availability through advance reservations while avoiding the complexity of separate independent reservation systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The management server is designed with multi-functionality to handle both facility reservations and storage reservations. The same management server, user input means, and display interface that manage facility bookings also manage storage compartment reservations. This universal system allows users to reserve both facilities and storage space through a single interface, improving reliability without proportionally increasing system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If users must visit the management apparatus to use locker facilities, then operational control is maintained, but user convenience deteriorates and time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service system where users can independently reserve storage compartments and receive notification of their reservation status and access instructions through the display interface. The system automatically processes reservation requests, checks availability, and provides users with the information needed to access their reserved storage compartments without requiring physical visits to the management apparatus for booking purposes. This self-service capability significantly improves user convenience and reduces time consumption.
3Measurement precision
If storage reservation information is stored in association with user information, then reservation management accuracy is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The management server stores facility reservation information and storage reservation information in association with each other and with user information in a unified manner in the storage unit. By combining these related data elements into an integrated storage structure managed by the same system, the patent achieves accurate reservation management that reflects the relationship between facility usage and storage needs, while avoiding the complexity of separate independent reservation management systems.
Data Source
AI summary
An hourly rental facility management system includes a management server for managing information with connection to an Internet, a room that is connected to the management server via the Internet in such a manner as to be able to communicate with each other, a user input means, and a storage means including storage compartments having a predetermined storage space that stores goods. The management server includes a storage unit, a facility reservation accepting unit that accepts user information of a user who uses the room being an hourly rental facility, and facility reservation information, and a storage reservation accepting unit that accepts a reservation for the storage means as storage reservation information. The storage reservation accepting unit includes an availability display unit that causes a display to display the availability of the storage means.