METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED ON TICKET SEARCH

• US 20190325000A1
• Filed: 07/03/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: ZHANG, Yan, HU, Qianying, Zhang, Junjie
• Application Number:
  US16/503,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20190325000A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/14 Travel agencies

Abstract

First information and ticket information related to a travel destination in a search time period are acquired according to the travel destination, valuable reference information is provided for a user through multi-dimensional data information, and the user may make a basic decision for travel time through the first information and the ticket information provided by the method. Through multi-dimensional compound information including the acquired first information and ticket information and the like, the techniques of the present disclosure may assist the user in deciding travel time from various perspectives, and may improve the user experience in information searching. Interaction frequencies between a server terminal and a client terminal and query frequencies through the server terminal are reduced, thus reducing the pressure of a server. Meanwhile, the user may select time more conveniently, simply and quickly, thus enhancing the foreseeability of the user and improving user experience.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a ticket search request of a user, the search request including a search destination;

determining a travel destination for search and a search time period according to the search destination;

acquiring, according to the travel destination and the search time period, first information and ticket information related to the travel destination in the search time period;

displaying a first user interface of a search result, the first user interface including a multi-dimensional data presentation area including a first information display area and a ticket information display area; and

displaying the first information related to the travel destination in the search time period in the first information display area, and the ticket information in the ticket information display area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the ticket information includes prices of tickets to the travel destination at various search time points in the search time period; and

the method further comprises displaying a variation tendency chart of the prices of tickets in the ticket information display area.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

the variation tendency chart of the prices of tickets is presented in one of the following charts;

a bar chart, a column chart, and a line chart; and

the method further comprises displaying a variation tendency of the first information in the search time period in the first information display area, the variation tendency chart of the first information including one or a combination of the following charts;

a bar chart, a column chart, a pie chart, and a line chart.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the travel destination for search includes:

determining whether the search destination has ticket-related information;

in response to a determination that the search destination has no ticket-related information,

acquiring a related city of the search destination, the related city including a combination of one or more of the following cities;

a city having a hierarchical relationship with the search destination, a city having a regional association with the search destination, and a city adjacent to the search destination; and

determining the travel destination according to the related city of the search destination.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first information includes weather information of the travel destination at various search time points in the search time period;

the acquiring the first information related to the travel destination in the search time period includes acquiring the weather information of the travel destination at the various search time points in the search time period, and a variation tendency of the weather information; and

displaying a variation tendency chart of the weather information of the travel destination in the search time period in the first information display area.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein:

the multi-dimensional data presentation area includes the first information display area and the ticket information display area; and

the method further comprises;

presenting, in the multi-dimensional data presentation area, a variation tendency chart of prices of tickets and the variation tendency chart of the weather information in the search time period; and

presenting the variation tendency chart of the prices of tickets and the variation tendency chart of the weather information in the same chart by aggregation and superposition.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first information comprises traveler volume information of the travel destination at various search time points in the search time period; and

the acquiring the first information related to the travel destination in the search time period includes;

acquiring an actual traveler volume of the travel destination at the various search time points in the search time period;

acquiring a predicted traveler volume of the travel destination at the various search time points in the search time period;

determining, according to the actual traveler volume and the predicted traveler volume, the traveler volume information of the travel destination at the various search time points in the search time period and a variation tendency of the traveler volume information in the search time period; and

displaying, in the first information display area, a variation tendency chart of the traveler volume information of the travel destination at the various search time points in the search time period.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the multi-dimensional data presentation area includes the first information display area and the ticket information display area; and

the method further comprises;

presenting, in the multi-dimensional data presentation area, a variation tendency chart of prices of tickets and the variation tendency chart of the traveler volume information in the search time period; and

presenting the variation tendency chart of the prices of tickets and the variation tendency chart of the traveler volume information in the same chart by aggregation and superposition.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the acquiring the predicted traveler volume of the travel destination at the various search time points in the search time period comprises;

acquiring, based on a travel platform, a volume of independent visitors who search for the travel destination, and using the volume of independent visitors as the predicted traveler volume; and

the determining, according to the actual traveler volume and the predicted traveler volume, the traveler volume information of the travel destination at the various search time points in the search time period and the variation tendency of the traveler volume information in the search time period includes;

adding the actual traveler volume and the volume of independent visitors as the traveler volume information; and

determining, according to the traveler volume information at the various search time points in the search time, a variation tendency of the traveler volume information in the search time period.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first information includes event information of the travel destination;

the event information includes a combination of one or more of the following information;

traditional holiday information of the travel destination, low or peak travel season information of the travel destination, recommended travel attraction information of the travel destination, and flowering season information of the travel destination; and

the method further comprises;

displaying the event information presented by identification information in the search time period in the first information display area; and

displaying a variation tendency chart of prices of tickets and the identification information of the event information in the search time period in the multi-dimensional data presentation area.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the ticket is an air ticket and the first information comprises a combination of one or more of the following information;

weather information, traveler volume information, and hotel information; and

the method further comprises;

displaying a variation tendency chart of prices of tickets and the variation tendency chart of the first information in the search time period in the multi-dimensional data display area; and

displaying the variation tendency chart of the prices of tickets and the variation tendency chart of the first information in different presentation manners in the same chart by aggregation and superposition, and the presentation manners comprise a column chart and a line chart.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the search time period includes:

setting a default time period of a system;

or determining a search start date of the search time period according to a current system time, and determining a search end date of the search time period according to the determined search start data and a search time length set by default; and

calculating the search time length in a calculation unit of a day or a month.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the method further comprises acquiring a current system time in advance; and

the displaying the first user interface of the search result includes;

displaying the first information related to the travel destination in the search time period in the first information display area by highlight; and

displaying the ticket information in the ticket information display area by highlight.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein after the displaying the first user interface of the search result, the method further comprises:

receiving a monitoring request of the user, wherein the monitoring request comprises a monitoring behavior for a time period in the search time period;

querying, according to the monitoring request, second information and ticket information corresponding to a specific time comprised in the time period; and

displaying a second user interface of a monitoring result, wherein the second user interface comprises a second information display area and a ticket information display area, the second information related to the travel destination corresponding to the specific time is displayed in the second information display area, and the ticket information is displayed in the ticket information display area, the second information related to the travel destination corresponding to the specific time including information related to the first information.

15. One or more memories stored thereon computer readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

receiving an information collection request including a travel destination and a search time period;

collecting, according to the travel destination and the search time period, first information and ticket information related to the travel destination in the search time period; and

sending an information acquisition response including the first information and the ticket information related to the travel destination in the search time period.

16. The one or more memories of claim 15, wherein:

the first information comprises weather information of the travel destination; and

the method further comprises collecting the weather information, the collecting the weather information including collecting the weather information of the travel destination at various search time points in the search time period from a database.

17. The one or more memories of claim 15, wherein:

the first information comprises traveler volume information of the travel destination; and

the method further comprises collecting the traveler information, the collecting the traveler information including;

collecting an actual traveler volume of the travel destination at various search time points in the search time period from the database;

collecting a predicted traveler volume of the travel destination at the various search time points in the search time period from the database; and

determining, according to the actual traveler volume and the predicted traveler volume, the traveler volume information at the various search time points in the search time period.

18. The one or more memories of claim 17, wherein the determining, according to the actual traveler volume and the predicted traveler volume, the traveler volume information at the various search time points in the search time period includes:

determining the traveler volume information by adding the actual traveler volume and the predicted traveler volume;

or

setting a corresponding weight for the actual traveler volume and the predicted traveler volume respectively, and determining the traveler volume information by adding the weighted actual traveler volume and the weighted predicted traveler volume.

19. The one or more memories of claim 15, wherein:

the ticket includes an air ticket and the ticket information comprises prices of air tickets in the search time period; and

the acquiring ticket information related to the travel destination in the search time period comprises;

acquiring the prices of the air tickets from a travel departure place to the travel destination at various search time points in the search time period.

20. A device comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories stored thereon computer readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising;

receiving a ticket search request of a user, the search request including a search destination;

determining a travel destination for search and a search time period according to the search destination;

acquiring, according to the travel destination and the search time period, first information and ticket information related to the travel destination in the search time period;

displaying a first user interface of a search result, the first user interface including a multi-dimensional data presentation area including a first information display area and a ticket information display area; and

displaying the first information related to the travel destination in the search time period in the first information display area, and the ticket information in the ticket information display area.