Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Use of stored search results by a travel search system
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Application No.: US15155654Application Date: 2016-05-16
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Publication No.: US09727649B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Matthew S. Garman
- Applicant: Kayak Software Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
- Current Assignee: Kayak Software Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; G06Q10/02 ; G06Q30/06 ; G06Q40/04 ; G06Q30/02 ; G06Q50/14 ; G06Q50/12

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for a dynamic information connection search engine. User actions may be detected on at least one client system. In response, a determination may be made whether the user is searching for supported information. When the user is searching for supported information, information may be extracted electronically from, for example, third party websites, direct supplier connections, and/or intermediate databases. Potential suppliers may be automatically selected in response to the detected user search. Queries may be formulated from the user search and transferred to one or more selected suppliers over a network coupling (e.g., the Internet and/or an intranet). The queries may include one or more requests for information. One or more responses may be received from the suppliers, and the responses may be used to generate a result list for the user. The result list may include information and/or query status information. Further, an electronic link may be provided to a website of one or more of the supplies from which the information was derived.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160260182A1 USE OF STORED SEARCH RESULTS BY A TRAVEL SEARCH SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-09-08
Information query