Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Reservation – check-in – or booking display for reserved space
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-14
2006-11-14
Dixon, Thomas A. (Department: 3639)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Reservation, check-in, or booking display for reserved space
Reexamination Certificate
active
07136821
ABSTRACT:
A centralized travel packaging system retrieves available vendor offered travel products from airline, hotel, car rental companies, etc., as well as associated pricing, time restrictions, use restrictions, class, availability, rules, and description(s). Travelers, agents and distributors search the centralized travel packaging system for possible package matches based on the traveler's criteria. The system compiles packages either in advance or interactively with the requestor using an intelligent matching mechanism retained within the centralized travel packaging system. The matching method uses requestor criteria and additional criteria such as geographic distributions, type of product, time considerations, cost, defined restrictions, expert travel packaging knowledge base, and distribution channel limitations to match vendor offered travel products. Upon selection of a package, the system processes the request for purchase to include cost determination, commission schedules and payment. Packages are reformulated if offered products become unavailable or restrictions or traveler criteria change. Vendors of travel products are able to control available inventory by submitting travel product offerings with restrictions for consideration in the centralized travel packaging system.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4862357 (1989-08-01), Ahlstrom et al.
patent: 5006978 (1991-04-01), Neches
patent: 5058044 (1991-10-01), Stewart et al.
patent: 5193056 (1993-03-01), Boes
patent: 5237499 (1993-08-01), Garback
patent: 5253166 (1993-10-01), Dettelbach et al.
patent: 5270921 (1993-12-01), Hornick
patent: 5404291 (1995-04-01), Kerr et al.
patent: 5452450 (1995-09-01), Delory
patent: 5570283 (1996-10-01), Shoolery et al.
patent: 5581756 (1996-12-01), Nakabayashi
patent: 5604898 (1997-02-01), Saijyo et al.
patent: 5615269 (1997-03-01), Micali
patent: 5682525 (1997-10-01), Bouve et al.
patent: 5696898 (1997-12-01), Baker et al.
patent: 5724575 (1998-03-01), Hoover et al.
patent: 5732398 (1998-03-01), Tagawa
patent: 5734838 (1998-03-01), Robinson et al.
patent: 5737592 (1998-04-01), Nguyen et al.
patent: 5809144 (1998-09-01), Sirbu
patent: 5832451 (1998-11-01), Flake
patent: 5839114 (1998-11-01), Lynch et al.
patent: 5864840 (1999-01-01), Leung et al.
patent: 5870733 (1999-02-01), Bass et al.
patent: 5897620 (1999-04-01), Walker
patent: 5924082 (1999-07-01), Silverman
patent: 5941947 (1999-08-01), Brown et al.
patent: 5948040 (1999-09-01), DeLorme
patent: 6018715 (2000-01-01), Lynch
patent: 6023679 (2000-02-01), Acebo
patent: 6035288 (2000-03-01), Solomon
patent: 6055519 (2000-04-01), Kennedy et al.
patent: 6085178 (2000-07-01), Bigus et al.
patent: 6119094 (2000-09-01), Lynch et al.
patent: 6304850 (2001-10-01), Keller et al.
patent: 6332135 (2001-12-01), Conklin et al.
patent: 6370544 (2002-04-01), Krebs et al.
patent: 6377932 (2002-04-01), DeMarcken
patent: 6385604 (2002-05-01), Bakalash et al.
patent: 6442566 (2002-08-01), Atman et al.
patent: 6466941 (2002-10-01), Rowe et al.
patent: 6839679 (2005-01-01), Lynch et al.
patent: 0 507 110 (1992-10-01), None
patent: 507 110 (1992-10-01), None
patent: 0 624 964 (1994-11-01), None
patent: 0 748 095 (1996-12-01), None
patent: 0 748 095 (1996-12-01), None
patent: 843286 (1998-05-01), None
patent: WO 97/15008 (1997-04-01), None
patent: WO 97/32268 (1997-09-01), None
patent: WO 97/44745 (1997-11-01), None
patent: WO 98/44438 (1998-10-01), None
patent: WO 01/61568 (2001-08-01), None
patent: WO 01/69506 (2001-09-01), None
Business Editors; United Connection unveils SuperShopper feature with new 2.0 release; Oct. 1996; Computers/Electronics & Travel Writers; dialog 2 pages.
Son, Hugh; Going Places; Apr. 9, 2000; New York Daily News; p. 3; proquest copy 2 pages.
Bookit I Pro (webventures.com/bookitpro) website, Mar. 24, 2000.
Worldspan (worldspan.ro) website, Mar. 24, 2000.
Byebyenow.com (byebyenow.com) website, Mar. 24, 2000.
Internetview 2.0 (itatn.com) website, Mar. 24, 2000.
Genesys- The Travel Technology Consultancy (genesys.net) website, Mar. 24, 2000.
Affinity Solutions (ngcan.com/affinity) website, Mar. 24, 2000.
NTS Travel Response (ntstravel.com/companyoverview) website, Mar. 24, 2000.
IONA Pressroom (iona.dom/pressroom/archive/vti.html) website, Mar. 24, 2000.
S2 Systems News (s2systems.dom/pages
ews/releases
ews—netx.htm) website, Mar. 24, 2000.
Bar-David Yosh
Kohavi Itai
Dixon Thomas A.
Lerner David Littenberg Krumholz & Mentlik LLP
Neat Group Corporation
LandOfFree
Method and apparatus for the composition and sale of... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Method and apparatus for the composition and sale of..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method and apparatus for the composition and sale of... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3697851