Graphical user interface based airline travel planning
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method to cause display devices to render user interfaces that present selectable multi-destination itineraries to users, comprising:
- providing, by operation of a computer, instructions causing a display device to render a travel itinerary user interface, the travel itinerary user interface comprising;
a calendar region comprising a plurality of selectable date cells;
a destination region, the destination region displayed proximate to a date cell in the calendar region in response to a user selection of the date cell, the destination region comprising selectable destination options;
an itinerary region displayed proximate to the calendar region, the itinerary region displaying an itinerary generated in response to selection by the user of the date cells and destinations in the calendar region, the itinerary region comprising one or more information fields associated with each flight in a generated itinerary;
one or more user configurable parameter regions displayed within the calendar region, the itinerary region, or both, each user configurable parameter region comprising one or more user configurable parameters that modify the generated itinerary in response to user input regarding the one or more configurable parameters;
one or more display icons displayed proximate to a date cell in the calendar region in response to user selection of the date cell, the one or more display icons corresponding to a flight in the generated itinerary on the date cell the display icon is displayed proximate to and configured to be responsive to a drag and drop operation that moves the one or more display icons from a set of first date selections to a second set of date selections,wherein the itinerary region is configured to automatically update in response to changes to the one or more display icons, the one or more user configurable parameter regions, or both.
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Abstract
Graphical user interface (GUI) based methods and systems to generate and revise travel itineraries, including to permit a user to input or select multiple sequential travel destinations and corresponding dates in a calendar based GUI, to generate a travel itinerary using default itinerary parameters, to display the travel itinerary and user configurable itinerary parameter within the GUI, and to revise the travel itinerary in response to user configured itinerary parameters. An itinerary parameter may be configurable to apply to a selected portion of the itinerary or to the entire itinerary. User selectable options may be displayed in a natural language format. User input may be performed with relatively few actions, and may be performed exclusively or nearly exclusively with a pointing device.
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1. A computer-implemented method to cause display devices to render user interfaces that present selectable multi-destination itineraries to users, comprising:
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providing, by operation of a computer, instructions causing a display device to render a travel itinerary user interface, the travel itinerary user interface comprising; a calendar region comprising a plurality of selectable date cells; a destination region, the destination region displayed proximate to a date cell in the calendar region in response to a user selection of the date cell, the destination region comprising selectable destination options; an itinerary region displayed proximate to the calendar region, the itinerary region displaying an itinerary generated in response to selection by the user of the date cells and destinations in the calendar region, the itinerary region comprising one or more information fields associated with each flight in a generated itinerary; one or more user configurable parameter regions displayed within the calendar region, the itinerary region, or both, each user configurable parameter region comprising one or more user configurable parameters that modify the generated itinerary in response to user input regarding the one or more configurable parameters; one or more display icons displayed proximate to a date cell in the calendar region in response to user selection of the date cell, the one or more display icons corresponding to a flight in the generated itinerary on the date cell the display icon is displayed proximate to and configured to be responsive to a drag and drop operation that moves the one or more display icons from a set of first date selections to a second set of date selections, wherein the itinerary region is configured to automatically update in response to changes to the one or more display icons, the one or more user configurable parameter regions, or both. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device to render user interfaces that present selectable multi-destination itineraries to users, the device comprising:
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a display device that is configured to render a user interface, the user interface comprising; a calendar region comprising a plurality of selectable date cells; a destination region, the destination region displayed proximate to a date cell in the calendar region in response to a user selection of the date cell, the destination region comprising selectable destination options; an itinerary region displayed proximate to the calendar region, the itinerary region displaying an itinerary generated in response to selection by the user of the date cells and destinations in the calendar region, the itinerary region comprising one or more information fields associated with each flight in a generated itinerary; one or more user configurable parameter regions displayed within the calendar region, the itinerary region, or both, each user configurable parameter region providing one or more user configurable parameters that modify the generated itinerary in response to user input regarding the one or more configurable parameters; one or more display icons displayed proximate to a date cell in the calendar region in response to user selection of the date cell, the one or more display icons corresponding to a flight in the generated itinerary on the date cell the display icon is displayed proximate to and configured to be responsive to a drag and drop operation that moves the one or more display icons from a set of first date selections to a second set of date selections, wherein the itinerary region is configured to automatically update in response to changes to the one or more display icons, the one or more user configurable parameter regions, or both. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-executable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to generate a user interface comprising; a calendar region comprising a plurality of selectable date cells; a destination region, the destination region displayed proximate to a date cell in the calendar region in response to a user selection of the date cell, the destination region comprising selectable destination options; an itinerary region displayed proximate to the calendar region, the itinerary region displaying an itinerary generated in response to selection by the user of the date cells and destinations in the calendar region, the itinerary region comprising one or more information fields associated with each flight in a generated itinerary; one or more user configurable parameter regions displayed within the calendar region, the itinerary region, or both, the user configurable parameter region comprising one or more user configurable parameters that modify the generated itinerary in response to user input regarding the one or more configurable parameters; one or more display icons displayed proximate to a date cell in the calendar region in response to user selection of the date cell, the one or more display icons corresponding to a flight in the generated itinerary on the date cell the display icon is displayed proximate to and configured to be responsive to a drag and drop operation that moves the one or more display icons from a set of first date selections to a second set of date selections, wherein the itinerary region is configured to automatically update in response to changes to the display icons, the one or more user configurable parameter regions, or both. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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