Management of multiple channels of travel services display on a dual screen monitor

• US 20040167809A1
• Filed: 09/26/2003
• Published: 08/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Excambria, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Excambria, Inc.
• Inventors: Jafri, Vajid Husain, Jafri, Sajid Husain
• Application Number:
  US10/672,405
• Publication Number:
  US 20040167809A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events

Abstract

Individual transactions may be provided through a dedicated line from a global destination system (GDS). The transactions may related to airline flights, and costs, between an originating location and a destination. These transactions may be displayed on a first one of dual screen monitors. The individual transactions may also be provided through the internet from non-legacy airlines and on special fares from the legacy airlines. These individual transactions may be displayed on the other one of the dual screen monitors simultaneously with the display on the first one of the screen monitor. The traveler may select one of the individual transactions simultaneously displayed on the dual screen monitors.

Claims

1. In a method of offering travel services for travel from a specified departure location to a specified destination at a specified time,

providing first travel information on a non-internet basis for flights between the specified departure location and the specified destination at the specified time,

providing second travel information on an internet basis for travel between the specified departure location and the specified destination at the specified time, and

providing for a visual display of the first travel information and the second travel information respectively on first and second adjacent monitors.

2. In a method as set forth in claim 1 wherein

the first travel information and the second travel information are displayed on the adjacent monitors to simplify the selection of a preferred travel by a user and to provide for the selection by the user among a full range of travel information.

3. In a method as set forth in claim 1 wherein

the first and second monitors indicate selective ones of the departure location, the destination, the time of departure and the price.

4. In a method of presenting offers of a travel service, the steps of:

sending a first request for details of the travel service to a global distribution system through a medium other than the internet,

sending a second request through the internet to a server,

receiving from the global distribution system, in response to the first request, first details of travel services,

receiving through the internet, in response to the second request, second details of travel services, and

respectively displaying the first and second details of the travel services in first and second adjacent monitors to obtain a selection of an individual one of the travel services by a user.

5. In a method as set forth in claim 4 wherein

the first and second travel services are respectively displayed in an adjacent visual relationship on the first and second adjacent monitors to facilitate the selection of the one of the travel services by the user and to provide for the selection among a full range of travel services.

6. In a method as set forth in claim 4 wherein

the first request is sent through a wide area network and the first details of the travel services are received through the wide area network and wherein

the second request is sent through the internet and the second details are received through the internet.

7. In a method as set forth in claim 4 wherein

the first and second details include selective ones of a departure location, a destination, a time of departure and a price.

8. In a method as set forth in claim 5 wherein

the first request is sent through a wide area network and the first details of the travel services are received through the wide area network and wherein

the second request is sent through the internet and the second details are received through the internet and wherein

the first and second details include selective ones of the departure location, the destination, the time of departure and the price.

9. In a method of presenting offers of a travel service, the steps of:

receiving from a first storage of information, by a medium other than the internet, first details of the travel service in response to a first request,

receiving from a second storage of information, through the internet, second details of the travel service in response to a second request, and

respectively displaying the first and second details of the travel service in a relationship on adjacent monitors to provide for a simplified selection by a user of one of the first and second details of travel service and to provide for the selection among a full range of details of the travel service.

10. In a method as set forth in claim 9 wherein

the first storage of information is in a global distribution system and the first details of the travel service are received from the global distribution system through a wide area network.

11. In a method as set forth in claim 9 wherein

the first and second details of the travel service are respectively displayed in an adjacent relationship on the adjacent monitors to provide for a simplified selection by a user of one of the first and second details of travel service and to provide for the selection among a full range of details of the travel service.

12. In a method as set forth in claim 10 wherein

the first and second details of the travel service are respectively displayed in an adjacent relationship or an adjacent pair of monitors to provide for a simplified selection by a user of one of the first and second details of travel service and to provide for the selection among a full range of details of the travel service.

13. In a method as set forth in claim 9 wherein

the first detail of the travel service are provided in a wide area network.

14. In a method of offering travel services, the steps of:

providing first travel information from a legacy server between a specified travel location and a destination for a particular date,

determining whether the itinerary information is complete,

providing second travel information from sources other than the legacy server,

providing the second travel information through the internet, and

respectively providing the first and second travel information on first and second adjacent monitors.

15. In a method as set forth in claim 14,

when the itinerary information is not complete, providing for the user to complete the itinerary information.

16. In a method as set forth in claim 14,

providing for a printing of a ticket when the ticket has been selected on the basis of an individual one of the first and second travel information.

17. In a method as set forth in claim 14,

providing accounting records of a purchases of a ticket when the ticket has been selected on the basis of an individual one of the first and second travel information.

18. In a method as set forth in claim 15,

providing for the printing of a ticket when the ticket has been selected on the basis of an individual one of the first and second travel information,

providing accounting records of a purchase of a ticket when the ticket has been selected on the basis of an individual one of the first and second travel information.

19. In a method of offering travel services, the steps of:

requesting first travel information from a legacy server,

providing the first travel information on a non-internet basis,

requesting second travel information from a source other than the legacy server,

providing the second travel information on an internet basis,

respectively displaying the first and second travel information on first and second adjacent monitors, and

printing a ticket selected from the first and second travel information.

20. In a method of providing travel information, involving particular parameters, the steps of:

providing on a non-internet basis first travel information involving the particular parameters,

providing on an internet basis second travel information involving the particular parameters, and

providing for a visual display of the first and second travel information respectively on first and second adjacent monitors.

21. In a method as set forth in claim 21 wherein

the first travel information involves legacy transactions and the second travel information involves non-legacy transactions.

22. In a method as set forth in claim 21 wherein

the first travel information is provided through a wide area network and wherein

the first travel information and the second travel information are provided in the first and second monitors at a processing station.