Trip quote system and method
AssigneeAir Routing International, L.P.
InventorsRoberto Nicholas Cormack, John Legh-Page
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Abstract
A system and method of providing an air travel pricing quote, including estimated fees for third-party air flight services and fuel vendors at each stop along the route of an air travel trip. A traveler is able to quickly and automatically retrieve air travel pricing quotes, thereby bypassing the detailed and time-consuming process of drawing up a flight plan, determining foreign and domestic third-party air flight service vendors across the globe, and arranging third-party air flight services.
Claims23
A system for automatically providing a trip quote summary report for at least one air travel trip having at least one trip leg, comprising:
- a user interface configured to allow a user to input a price quote request for an air travel trip including air flight services provided by at least one third-party vendor;
- a price quoting system communicably coupled to the user interface via a network and configured to receive and process the price quote request;
- at least one database communicably coupled to the price quoting system for storing and updating air travel data and air flight service information;
- a data engine communicably coupled to the price quoting system and configured to access the air travel data and air flight service information in the at least one database and process the price quote request into the trip quote summary report, wherein the trip quote summary report includes a summary of third-party fees for the air flight services provided by the at least one third-party vendor and an estimated aircraft fuel pricing for the at least one air travel trip;
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- a render engine communicably coupled to the price quoting system and configured to convert the trip quote summary report into at least one graphic image viewable on the user interface.
A method of automatically providing a trip quote summary report for at least one air travel trip having at least one trip leg, comprising:
- entering and submitting a price quote request for air flight services provided by at least one third-party vendor to a price quoting system, wherein the price quote request is entered via a user interface;
- querying at least one database communicably coupled to the price quoting system to retrieve air travel data and air flight service information corresponding to the price quote request;
- processing the air travel data and air flight service information to obtain the trip quote summary report, wherein the trip quote summary report includes a summary of third-party fees for the air flight services provided by the at least one third-party vendor and an estimated aircraft fuel pricing for the at least one air travel trip;
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- displaying the trip quote summary report to the user in at least one graphic image viewable on the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.