Fare availability calendar

A computer system comprising:

• a reservation server comprising one or more processors configured to:
• receive an identification of an origination location for generating a travel itinerary;
• receive an identification of a destination location for generating the travel itinerary;
• request an availability for a plurality of fare classes for travel from the origination location to the destination location;
• generate a fare selection interface including a graphical representation for each of a plurality of available fare classes, each of the available fare classes having an availability for at least one of a plurality of days, the graphical representation of each available fare class in the fare selection interface including:
• a visual indication associated with the fare class, a price associated with the fare class, and a selection control that allows a user to select whether the fare class is to be included in a calendar;
• receive an identification of a plurality of selected fare classes selected through the fare selection interface, the selection controls for each of the plurality of selected fare classes individually selected by a user from the plurality of available fare classes represented in the fare selection interface;
• and
• generate a calendar display having a representation of a plurality of days and the visual indications associated with the plurality of selected fare classes in a single calendar window, wherein the visual indication associated with each selected fare class is displayed in the calendar to indicate one or more of the days for which each selected fare class has availability;
• and
• an availability server comprising one or more processors configured to:
• determine, for the plurality of days, an availability for each of the plurality of fare classes in response to the request;
• and send data identifying the availability for each of the plurality of fare classes to the reservation server for use in generating the calendar display.

An article comprising at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations

• comprising:
• receiving an identification of an origination location for generating a travel itinerary;
• receiving an identification of a destination location for generating the travel itinerary;
• determining, for a plurality of time periods and for travel from the origination location to the destination location, an availability for each of a plurality of fare classes, wherein each time period defines a time range from a beginning time to an ending time, with the plurality of time periods collectively spanning more than one date;
• generating a fare selection interface including a graphical representation for each of a plurality of available fare classes, each of the available fare classes having an availability for at least one of the plurality of time periods, the graphical representation of each available fare class in the fare selection interface including:
• a visual indication associated with the fare class, a price associated with the fare class, and a selection control that allows a user to select whether the fare class is to be included in a calendar;
• receiving an identification of a plurality of selected fare classes selected through the fare selection interface, the selection controls for each of the plurality of selected fare classes individually selected by a user from the plurality of available fare classes represented in the fare selection interface;
• and
• displaying a calendar having a representation of the plurality of time periods and the visual indications associated with the plurality of selected fare classes in a single calendar window, wherein the visual indication associated with each selected fare class is displayed in the calendar to indicate one or more of the time periods for which each selected fare class has availability.

An article comprising at least one non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving an identification of an origination location for generating a travel itinerary;
• receiving an identification of a destination location for generating the travel itinerary;
• determining, for a plurality of days and for travel from the origination location to the destination location, an availability for each of a plurality of fare classes, wherein each time period defines a time range from a beginning time to an ending time, with the plurality of periods collectively spanning more than one date;
• generating a fare selection interface including a graphical representation for each of a plurality of available fare classes, each of the available fare classes having an availability for at least one of the plurality of time periods, the graphical representation of each available fare class in the fare selection interface including:
• a visual indication associated with the fare class, a price associated with the fare class, and a selection control that allows a user to select whether the fare class is to be included in a calendar;
• receiving an identification of a plurality of selected fare classes selected through the fare selection interface, the selection controls for each of the plurality of selected fare classes individually selected by a user from the plurality of available fare classes represented in the fare selection module;
• and
• generating calendar data for display in a single calendar window, the calendar data comprising a calendar display that includes a representation of the plurality of time periods and the visual indications of the plurality of selected fare classes, the visual indications in the calendar display identifying the availability for each of the plurality of selected fare classes for each of the plurality of time periods.

A computer-implemented method for displaying fare availability, the method comprising:

• receiving an identification of travel itinerary parameters for generating a travel itinerary for travel between an origination location and a destination location, wherein at least one of the travel itinerary parameters are identified through a selection on a user interface;
• determining by operation of a processor, for a plurality of time periods and for travel from the origination location to the destination location, an availability for each of a plurality of fare classes, wherein each time period defines a time range from a beginning time to an ending time, with the plurality of time periods collectively spanning more than one date;
• displaying on a display device a fare selection interface including a graphical representation for each of a plurality of available fare classes, each of the available fare classes having an availability for at least one of the plurality of time periods, the graphical representation of each available fare class in the fare selection interface including:
• a visual indication associated with the fare class, a price associated with the fare class, and a selection control that allows a user to select whether the fare class is to be included in a calendar;
• receiving an identification of a plurality of selected fare classes selected through the fare selection interface, the selection controls for each of the plurality of selected fare classes individually selected by a user from the plurality of available fare classes represented in the fare selection interface;
• using a processor to generate data identifying the availability for each of the plurality of selected fare classes for each of the plurality of time periods;
• and
• displaying on a display device a calendar having a representation of the plurality of time periods and the visual indications associated with the plurality of selected fare classes in a single calendar window, wherein the visual indication associated with each selected fare class is displayed in the calendar to indicate one or more of the time periods for which each selected fare class has availability.