US 2019/0318274 A1Published application

Discovering and reserving travel solutions

AssigneePros Travel Commerce, Inc.

InventorsDimitar Kamenov, Boyan Manev, Ivan Goychev, Georgi Kremenliev

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Abstract

A system and method to facilitate discovery and reservation of travel options suitably include routing processing, flight selection processing, and fare validation processing. Flight selection processing generates flight combinations for each routing discovered by the routing processing. Not all flight combinations are allowed to proceed thus permitting better flight combinations to emerge. Fare validation processing loads fares, checks availability, and validates them according to the specifics associated with each fare. A list of low cost travel solutions is returned to a travel consumer.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for a travel request, the method comprising:

periodically calculating, by a processor node associated with a computer, potential routings and split points for later use in the creation of theoretical travel paths for potential travel itineraries;
obtaining, by a search node associated with the computer, a travel request having at least one origination and at least one destination;
creating, by a routing module associated with the search node, at least one theoretical travel path for a travel itinerary based on the travel request;
generating, by a travel module associated with the search node, travel combinations based on travel routings associated with each theoretical travel path;
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providing a list of valid travel itinerary options from the travel combinations in response to the travel request.

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Application: 16/279,754Filed 19 Feb 2019
Priority: 15 Nov 2010
Published: 17 Oct 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06Q 10/02
Administration; Management: reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
G06Q 10/0283
For seating or spaces in a venue: for travel seating
G06Q 10/0285
For seating or spaces in a venue: for lodging
G06Q 30/0641
Electronic shopping [e-shopping]: utilising user interfaces specially adapted for shopping

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Application61/413,932Us provisional application · filed 15 Nov 2010
Application61/413,922Us provisional application · filed 15 Nov 2010
Application13/167,624Continuation · filed 23 Jun 2011
Application16/279,754Continuation
US 10,242,327 B2Related patent
US 2012/0123909 A1Published application
US 2019/0318274 A1This patent

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