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US 2020/0265349 A1Published application
Travel advisory notifications
AssigneeExpedia, Inc.
InventorsAngus Yee-Jen Fan, Bruce Alan Wynn
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Abstract
A travel advisory generation system is provided that enables generation of travel advisories based upon one or more selected parameters (e.g., location, origin, destination, date, date range, travel provider, class of service, etc.). These travel advisories may be further incorporated into travel search results, providing relevant advisory information in conjunction, e.g., concurrently or in-line, with travel options. The advisories may be further customized in order to display desired notifications and not display undesired notifications to selected users of the travel advisory generation system (e.g., system operators, travel service providers (including, but not limited to, travel agents and travel managers of an organization), and travelers).
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A system comprising:
- a data storage device configured to maintain a travel advisory associated with a travel item parameter;
- and
- a computing device in communication with the data storage device, the computing device configured to at least:
- in response to a travel item search query, obtain information regarding a plurality of travel items available for acquisition;
- determine, on a per-travel item basis, whether the travel advisory pertains to each travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition, wherein to determine, on the per-travel item basis, whether the travel advisory pertains to each travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition, the computing device is configured to at least:
- identify a first travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition that is associated with the travel item parameter;
- determine that the travel advisory pertains to the first travel item;
- identify a second travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition that is not associated with the travel item parameter;
- and
- determine that the travel advisory does not pertain to the second travel item;
- and
- cause at least:
- (i) the information regarding a plurality of travel items available for acquisition, and (ii) an indication, on the per-travel item basis, of whether the travel advisory pertains to each travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition to be displayed as results of the search query, wherein the results indicate that the travel advisory pertains to the first travel item but does not pertain to the second travel item.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- as implemented at a computing system based on specific computer-executable instructions:
- obtaining a travel item search query,
- obtaining, in response to the search query, information regarding a plurality of travel items available for acquisition;
- determining, on a per-travel item basis, whether a travel advisory pertains to each travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition, wherein the travel advisory is associated with a travel item parameter, and wherein determining, on the per-travel item basis, whether the travel advisory pertains to each travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition comprises:
- identifying a first travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition that is associated with the travel item parameter;
- determining that the travel advisory pertains to the first travel item;
- identifying a second travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition that is not associated with the travel item parameter;
- and
- determining that the travel advisory does not pertain to the second travel item;
- and
- causing i) the information regarding a plurality of travel items available for acquisition and ii) an indication, on the per-travel item basis, of whether the travel advisory pertains to each travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition to be displayed as results of the search query, wherein the results indicate that the travel advisory pertains to the first travel item but does not pertain to the second travel item.
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One or more non-transitory computer readable media including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to at least:
- obtain, in response to a travel item search query, information regarding a plurality of travel items available for acquisition;
- determine, on a per-travel item basis, whether a travel advisory pertains to each travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition, wherein the travel advisory is associated with a travel item parameter, and wherein to determine, on the per-travel item basis, whether the travel advisory pertains to each travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition, the travel advisory computing device is configured to:
- identify a first travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition that is associated with the travel item parameter;
- determine that the travel advisory pertains to the first travel item;
- identify a second travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition that is not associated with the travel item parameter;
- and
- determine that the travel advisory does not pertain to the second travel item;
- and
- causing i) the information regarding a plurality of travel items available for acquisition and ii) an indication, on the per-travel item basis, of whether the travel advisory pertains to each travel item of the plurality of travel items available for acquisition to be displayed as results of the search query, wherein the results indicate that the travel advisory pertains to the first travel item but does not pertain to the second travel item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.