US 12,725,192 B2 · Accommodation search

Abstract

A method for assisting selection of an accommodation by an accommodation search system includes receiving user credentials from a user device; receiving trip parameters from the user device; determining a basic list of accommodations that correspond with the trip parameters; determining one or more factors that apply to each individual accommodation of the basic list of accommodations; applying a weight value to each of the one or more factors that apply to each individual accommodation of the basic list of accommodations; aggregating the weight values of the one or more factors that apply to each individual accommodation to determine an aggregate weighted score for each individual accommodation of the basic list of accommodations; sorting the basic list of accommodations into a sorted list of accommodations based on the aggregate weighted score for each individual accommodation; and providing the sorted list of accommodations to the user device for viewing by a user.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method for assisting selection of an accommodation by an accommodation search system comprising:

a) at a server computer, receiving user credentials for a user from a user device;
b) at the server computer, identifying locations of interest comprising a first location of interest and a second location of interest, the locations of interest being associated with the user;
c) at the server computer, receiving search parameters from the user device;
d) at the server computer, using the search parameters and the locations of interest to obtain from the accommodation search system a set of accommodations located near the locations of interest, the set of accommodations comprising a first accommodation and a second accommodation;
and
e) at the server computer, returning the set of accommodations to the user device in a map interface, wherein the map interface displays a displayed map showing the first location of interest, the second location of interest, the first accommodation, and the second accommodation.

3 more elements

A server comprising:

a) a processor;
b) a communications interface to communicate over a network with a user device;
and
c) memory containing programming for the processor, wherein the programming instructs the processor to:
i) receive user credentials for a user from the user device,
ii) identify locations of interest comprising a first location of interest and a second location of interest, the locations of interest being associated with the user,
iii) receive search parameters from the user device,
iv) use the search parameters and the locations of interest to identify a set of accommodations located near the locations of interest, the set of accommodations comprising a first accommodation and a second accommodation, and
v) return the set of accommodations to the user device in a map interface, wherein the map interface displays a displayed map showing the first location of interest, the second location of interest, the first accommodation, and the second accommodation.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/990,131Filed 20 Dec 2024 · continuation

Priority

22 Jun 2015

Published

US 2025/0124093 A117 Apr 2025

Granted

1 Sep 2026

Term ends

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Classification17 codes

G06Q 30/0625
By investigating goods or services: by formulating product or service queries, e.g. using keywords or predefined options
G01C 21/343
Specially adapted for specific applications: calculating itineraries
G01C 21/3682
Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities: output of POI…
G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…

Family

Application62/183,071Us provisional application · filed 22 Jun 2015

Application62/183,075Us provisional application · filed 22 Jun 2015

Application15/188,768Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Jun 2016

Application16/211,673Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Dec 2018

US 10,162,901 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Dec 2018

Application17/227,725Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Apr 2021

US 10,977,326 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 13 Apr 2021

US 11,709,903 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 25 Apr 2023

Application18/331,062Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Jun 2023

US 2025/0124093 A1Pre-grant publication · published 17 Apr 2025

US 12,204,598 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2016/0371383 A1Published application

US 2019/0108192 A1Published application

US 2021/0232650 A1Published application

US 2023/0315794 A1Published application

US 12,725,192 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

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Abstract

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