公开(公告)号：US06304850B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-16

申请号：US09271356

申请日：1999-03-17

申请人： Brett Keller ,  Scot Melland ,  Martin Isaac ,  Gary LaRoy ,  Mark Krueger

发明人： Brett Keller ,  Scot Melland ,  Martin Isaac ,  Gary LaRoy ,  Mark Krueger

IPC分类号： G06F1760

CPC分类号： G06Q10/02 ,  G06Q10/025 ,  G06Q30/0633

摘要： A method and apparatus for purchasing an airline ticket, includes entering into a computer information describing a flight desired by a consumer, including a target price, and performing a search on an airline reservation system database for flights corresponding to the desired flight information. The method determines whether a flight found during the search has a fare that is at least equal to the target price, and if so books the flight to hold it for the consumer for a predetermined period of time to allow the consumer to effect payment. The consumer is informed by e-mail notification of the seat reservation and instructing the consumer regarding payment requirements to effect purchase of the airline ticket. If a flight having the target price or better is not found, the method continues to periodically perform the search over a predetermined number of days into the future, and inform the consumer by e-mail of the ongoing results of the search.

摘要翻译： 一种用于购买机票的方法和装置，包括：输入描述消费者期望的航班的信息（包括目标价格）的信息，以及在航空公司预订系统数据库上搜索与所期望的航班信息相对应的航班。 该方法确定在搜索期间发现的航班是否具有至少等于目标价格的票价，并且如果是，则将航班保存在消费者预定的时间段以允许消费者进行支付。 消费者通过座位预约的电子邮件通知通知消费者，并指示消费者关于支付要求来实现购买机票。 如果没有找到具有目标价格或更好的航班，则该方法将在以后的预定天数中继续定期执行搜索，并通过电子邮件通知消费者正在进行的搜索结果。