Amenity, special service and food/beverage search and purchase booking system
OwnerKeith Fishberginventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to systems, methods and computer program products for an a la carte amenity, special service, food/beverage and accommodation feature search and booking engines. Aspects of the present invention allow customers to identify, via arbitrary search, amenities and/or special services (including food/beverage) available at lodging facilities, restaurants clubs/lounges/bars, dwellings and travel accommodation venues. Customers are thereby presented with goods and services matching or related to their query items and are permitted to select and common desired feature options and book, reserve or purchase their selection; optionally including the booking of an accommodation such as a room or table at a restaurant as well.
Claims21
-65. (canceled)
A method of fulfilling a hospitality booking using a processor-driven central reservation system (CRS) comprising the steps of:
- establishing, at the CRS via a communications interface, connectivity to a mesh network of databases and user computing devices (UCDs);
- receiving at the CRS, a user request for a hospitality booking from a requesting UCD encompassing means for selecting a desired feature reservation, including time duration and date of said feature, said request encompassing a desired feature reservation and associated time duration and date;
- delivering at least one query for available conformant resources and its pricing to at least one database in said mesh network, said query including additional criteria as selected by said user;
- based on at least one response to said at least one query, generating for delivery to said requesting UCD at least one entry for satisfying said criteria for a desired feature reservation, said at least one entry including pricing related to said entry;
- delivering to said requesting UCD a selectable display including said at least one entry, wherein said selectable display includes optional additive features;
- upon said user selecting an entry and any optional additive features, delivering authorization to a provider associated with said user selected entry;
- and
- upon receiving confirmation of said booking order, delivering a reservation confirmation to the requester;
- wherein optional additive features include amenities, services, food, beverages and gift card products.
A system for fulfilling a hospitality reservation comprising:
- a processor-driven central reservation system (CRS);
- a digital communications interface;
- at least one data store;
- and
- access to a user computing device (UCD);
- wherein said CRS is programmed to:
- upon receiving a user request for a desired feature reservation for a hospitality booking, said request received from a UCD, said request including time duration and date of said feature, said CRS formulating and delivering at least one query to a data store for available conformant resources and pricing;
- upon response to said query, delivering to said requesting UCD at least one entry for satisfying said criteria for a desired feature reservation, said at least one entry including pricing related to said entry;
- further delivering to said requesting UCD a selectable display including said at least one entry, wherein said selectable display includes related optional additive features;
- and
- upon said user selecting an entry and any optional features, delivering a transmission to each data store associated with each selection to update the availability of each selection;
- wherein optional additive features include amenities, services, food, beverages and gift card products.
A method for dynamically selecting a hospitality-related reservation using an interactive Graphical User interface (GUI) comprising the steps of:
- on an interactive GUI, displaying selectable booking options including features;
- updating said GUI as an option or as a feature is selected;
- displaying on said GUI at least one preferred resource for satisfying a need, said preferred resource determinable based on data in a resource data store;
- affording a user an option to select said preferred resource or an alternative;
- and
- in response to said user selecting said preferred resource or an alternative, updating said display so as to provide an updated view of characteristics of any selected options or features.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.