Multi-passenger multi-route travel planning
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsCarl G. de Marcken, Justin A. Boyan
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Abstract
Techniques for processing a multiple passenger, multiple route query are disclosed. The techniques include a travel planning system that searches for airline tickets in response to queries and a server that sends multiple, individual queries to the travel planning system and combines solutions received from execution of the multiple individual queries by the travel planning system, producing answers for the multiple passenger, multiple route query.
Claims36
A system for processing a multiple passenger, multiple route query, the system comprising:
- a travel planning system that searches for airline tickets in response to queries and that finds answers that satisfy the queries, with the queries involving different passengers taking different, but related routes.
A system for processing a multiple passenger, multiple route query, the system comprising:
- a travel planning system that searches for airline tickets in response to queries;
- and
- a server that sends multiple, individual queries to the travel planning system and combines solutions received from execution of the multiple individual queries by the travel planning system, producing answers for the multiple passenger, multiple route query.
A method for processing a multiple passenger, multiple route query, the method comprising:
- searching for airline tickets in response to queries;
- and
- determining answers that satisfy the queries, with the queries involving different passengers taking different, but related routes.
A method comprising:
- searching for airline tickets in a travel planning system in response to queries;
- and
- sending by a server multiple, individual queries to the travel planning system;
- and
- combines by the server solutions received from execution of the multiple individual queries by the travel planning system to provide answers for the multiple passenger, multiple route query.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.