Traveler service system with a graphical user interface for accessing multiple travel suppliers
First Claim
1. A method for providing travel services, the method comprising:
- maintaining a traveler database having traveler information;
receiving a request for at least one travel service, the request identifying a traveler;
requesting information regarding the at least one travel service from a Global Distribution System (GDS);
retrieving traveler data from the traveler database; and
displaying the traveler data in conjunction with the information from the GDS.
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Abstract
A travel service system and related methods provide a unified and consistent Graphical User Interface (GUI) to travel counselors regardless of the General Distribution System that maintains travel related services and reservations. The system is capable of interfacing with multiple air, car and hotel reservation systems. In addition, the system maintains traveler profiles that include data indicating a traveler'"'"'s preferences, biographical data, and preferred payment information. Furthermore, the system maintains data regarding a client'"'"'s travel policies and contracts with various travel service suppliers such as airlines, hotels, and car rental agencies. The data from these various sources can be used to provide default information for various fields in the interface, and to search for and provide travel services that are consistent with the client'"'"'s travel policies. In some embodiments of the invention, the system enforces the client'"'"'s travel policies by not allowing a user to select options that would violate the client'"'"'s travel policies.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for providing travel services, the method comprising:
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maintaining a traveler database having traveler information;
receiving a request for at least one travel service, the request identifying a traveler;
requesting information regarding the at least one travel service from a Global Distribution System (GDS);
retrieving traveler data from the traveler database; and
displaying the traveler data in conjunction with the information from the GDS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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14. A computerized traveler service system comprising:
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a travel services component capable of being communicably coupled to at least one Global Distribution System (GDS);
a database management system operably coupled to the travel services component;
a client database maintained by the database management system and having client information; and
a traveler database maintained by the database management system and having traveler information;
wherein the travel services component presents graphical user interface (GUI) elements selected from the at least one GDS and the traveler database in response to a request.
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25. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for providing travel services, the method comprising:
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maintaining a traveler database having traveler information;
receiving a request for at least one travel service, the request identifying a traveler;
requesting information regarding the at least one travel service from a Global Distribution System (GDS);
retrieving traveler data from the traveler database; and
displaying the traveler data in conjunction with the information from the GDS.
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