Methods of selecting and assigning plane seats
OwnerPaul Caseyinventor
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Abstract
A method of assigning seats includes receiving a booking request from a customer, the booking request including a passenger age designation for each passenger to identify each passenger as an adult or a child, identifying an aircraft with seats of different sizes including at least one standard seat of a first width and at least one reduced seat of a second width, confirming availability of at least one empty seat with a size corresponding to the passenger age designation for each passenger, and calculating a total fare that is a sum of (i) a first product of a standard fare for a standard seat and a number of adults, and (ii) a second product of a reduced fare for the at least one reduced seat and a number of children.
Claims14
A method of assigning seats in an aircraft, comprising:
- receiving a booking request from a customer, the booking request including a passenger age designation for each passenger to identify each passenger as an adult or a child;
- identifying an aircraft with seats of different sizes including at least one standard seat of a first width and at least one reduced seat of a second width;
- confirming availability of at least one empty seat with a size corresponding to the passenger age designation for each passenger;
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- calculating a total fare that is a sum of (i) a first product of a standard fare for a standard seat and a number of adults, and (ii) a second product of a reduced fare for the at least one reduced seat and a number of children.
A method of seating passengers on an aircraft, comprising:
- receiving a booking request from a customer, the booking request including a passenger age designation for each passenger to identify each passenger as an adult or a child;
- locating seats of different sizes on the aircraft including at least one standard seat of a first width and at least one reduced seat of a second width;
- allowing children to sit in the at least one reduced seat while restricting adults from sitting in the at least one reduced seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.