US 8,135,601 B2Granted

One-way like display of roundtrip fares

AssigneeAmadeus S.A.S.

InventorsBenoit Bodin, Jorge Gomes, Jean Mouyade, Pierre Voute, Nicolas Viard

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Abstract

A method of evaluating outbound and inbound fare amounts out of a plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations is disclosed. Intended to be displayed in a one-way like display, roundtrip fares are first obtained from a fare-driven availability engine receiving inputs from an online user of a travel website. Further recommendations are deduced by combining the above roundtrip fare recommendations in order to obtain a first improved list of recommendations which comprises more outbound and inbound fare combinations. Then, one-way fare amounts are determined for each combination from the first improved list of recommendations. A second improved list of recommendations, comprising outbound and inbound fare amounts evaluated on the basis of the initial roundtrip fare recommendations, is generated. Outbound and inbound fare amounts can thus be shown in a one-way like display of roundtrip fares to the online user of the travel website.

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Dependent claims

A method for a one-way like display of roundtrip travel fares on a monitor of a user, comprising the steps of displaying a list of outbound propositions with fare amounts in a first panel and of displaying a list of inbound propositions with fare amounts in a second panel, comprising:

making dependent of each other contents displayed in said first panel and of said second panel;
selecting one proposition with fare amount within one of said first and second panels;
modifying the list of propositions displayed in the other of said first and second panels depending on the selected proposition;
determining the list of outbound propositions with fare amounts, the step of determining comprising the steps of:
(i) obtaining a plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations each comprising an association of an outbound proposition with an inbound proposition,
(ii) deducing further roundtrip fare recommendations each associating an outbound proposition of one of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations with an inbound proposition of another recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations,
(iii) generating an improved list of recommendations by association of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations with the further roundtrip fare recommendations,
(iv) calculating a fare amount for the outbound proposition and a fare amount for the inbound proposition for each recommendation of the improved list of recommendations;
and
wherein:
the step of calculating comprises determining a roundtrip fare amount for each of recommendation of the improved list of recommendations;
the roundtrip fare amount of each recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations is determined by, a fare driven availability engine;
the roundtrip fare amount of each recommendation of the further roundtrip fare recommendations is deduced from roundtrip fare amount of at least one of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations;
and,
further comprising the step of deducing the roundtrip fare amount of a recommendation of the further roundtrip fare recommendations which comprises a first fare construction applicable to the outbound proposition and a second fare construction differing from the first fare construction and applicable to the inbound proposition, the step of deducing including setting the roundtrip fare amount of said recommendation as the half of the sum of:
(i) the roundtrip fare amount of a recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations for which the fare constructions applicable to the outbound proposition and to the inbound proposition are both identical to the first fare construction,
(ii) the roundtrip fare amount of a recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations for which the fare constructions applicable to the outbound proposition and to the inbound proposition are both identical to the second fare construction.

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determining the list of outbound propositions with fare amounts, the step of determining comprising the steps of:
(i) obtaining a plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations each comprising an association of an outbound proposition with an inbound proposition,
(ii) deducing further roundtrip fare recommendations each associating an outbound proposition of one of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations with an inbound proposition of another recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations,
(iii) generating an improved list of recommendations by association of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations with the further roundtrip fare recommendations,
(iv) calculating a fare amount for the outbound proposition and a fare amount for the inbound proposition for each recommendation of the improved list of recommendations;
and
wherein:
the step of calculating comprises determining a roundtrip fare amount for each of recommendation of the improved list of recommendations;
the roundtrip fare amount of each recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations is determined by, a fare driven availability engine;
the roundtrip fare amount of each recommendation of the further roundtrip fare recommendations is deduced from roundtrip fare amount of at least one of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations;
and,
further comprising the step of deducing the roundtrip fare amount of a recommendation of the further roundtrip fare recommendations which comprises a first fare construction applicable to the outbound proposition and a second fare construction differing from the first fare construction and applicable to the inbound proposition, the step of deducing including setting the roundtrip fare amount of said recommendation as the half of the sum of:
(i) the roundtrip fare amount of a recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations for which the fare constructions applicable to the outbound proposition and to the inbound proposition are both identical to the first fare construction,
(ii) the roundtrip fare amount of a recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations for which the fare constructions applicable to the outbound proposition and to the inbound proposition are both identical to the second fare construction.

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making dependent of each other contents displayed in said first panel and of said second panel;
selecting one proposition with fare amount within one of said first and second panels;
modifying the list of propositions displayed in the other of said first and second panels depending on the selected proposition;
determining the list of outbound propositions with fare amounts, the step of determining comprising the steps of:
(i) obtaining a plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations each comprising an association of an outbound proposition with an inbound proposition,
(ii) deducing further roundtrip fare recommendations each associating an outbound proposition of one of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations with an inbound proposition of another recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations,
(iii) generating an improved list of recommendations by association of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations with the further roundtrip fare recommendations,
(iv) calculating a fare amount for the outbound proposition and a fare amount for the inbound proposition for each recommendation of the improved list of recommendations;
and
wherein:
the step of calculating comprises determining a roundtrip fare amount for each of recommendation of the improved list of recommendations;
the roundtrip fare amount of each recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations is determined by, a fare driven availability engine;
the roundtrip fare amount of each recommendation of the further roundtrip fare recommendations is deduced from roundtrip fare amount of at least one of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations;
and,
further comprising the step of deducing the roundtrip fare amount of a recommendation of the further roundtrip fare recommendations which comprises a first fare construction applicable to the outbound proposition and a second fare construction differing from the first fare construction and applicable to the inbound proposition, the step of deducing including:
(i) retrieving a roundtrip fare amount of a first recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations, said first recommendation comprising an outbound proposition to which the first fare construction is applicable and an inbound proposition to which a third fare construction is applicable,
(ii) retrieving a roundtrip fare amount of a second recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations, said first recommendation comprising an outbound proposition to which a fourth fare construction is applicable and an inbound proposition to which the third fare construction is applicable,
(iii) retrieving a roundtrip fare amount of a third recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations, said first recommendation comprising an outbound proposition to which the fourth fare construction is applicable and an inbound proposition to which the second fare construction is applicable,
(iv) determining the roundtrip fare amount of the recommendation of the further roundtrip fare recommendations as the sum of the roundtrip fare amount of the first recommendation and of the roundtrip fare amount of the third recommendation minus the roundtrip fare amount of the second recommendation.

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determining the list of outbound propositions with fare amounts, the step of determining comprising the steps of:
(i) obtaining a plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations each comprising an association of an outbound proposition with an inbound proposition,
(ii) deducing further roundtrip fare recommendations each associating an outbound proposition of one of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations with an inbound proposition of another recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations,
(iii) generating an improved list of recommendations by association of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations with the further roundtrip fare recommendations,
(iv) calculating a fare amount for the outbound proposition and a fare amount for the inbound proposition for each recommendation of the improved list of recommendations;
and
wherein:
the step of calculating comprises determining a roundtrip fare amount for each of recommendation of the improved list of recommendations;
the roundtrip fare amount of each recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations is determined by, a fare driven availability engine;
the roundtrip fare amount of each recommendation of the further roundtrip fare recommendations is deduced from roundtrip fare amount of at least one of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations;
and,
further comprising the step of deducing the roundtrip fare amount of a recommendation of the further roundtrip fare recommendations which comprises a first fare construction applicable to the outbound proposition and a second fare construction differing from the first fare construction and applicable to the inbound proposition, the step of deducing including:
(i) retrieving a roundtrip fare amount of a first recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations, said first recommendation comprising an outbound proposition to which the first fare construction is applicable and an inbound proposition to which a third fare construction is applicable,
(ii) retrieving a roundtrip fare amount of a second recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations, said first recommendation comprising an outbound proposition to which a fourth fare construction is applicable and an inbound proposition to which the third fare construction is applicable,
(iii) retrieving a roundtrip fare amount of a third recommendation of the plurality of roundtrip fare recommendations, said first recommendation comprising an outbound proposition to which the fourth fare construction is applicable and an inbound proposition to which the second fare construction is applicable,
(iv) determining the roundtrip fare amount of the recommendation of the further roundtrip fare recommendations as the sum of the roundtrip fare amount of the first recommendation and of the roundtrip fare amount of the third recommendation minus the roundtrip fare amount of the second recommendation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/302,075Filed 15 Mar 2007 · us provisional application
Priority: EP 0630050722 May 2006
Published: US 2010/0010839 A114 Jan 2010
Granted: 13 Mar 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06Q 10/02
Administration; Management: reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
G06Q 10/021
Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events: re-booking existing reservations
G06F 2203/04803
Indexing scheme relating to G06F3/048: split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas