System and a method for prefetching travel information
First Claim
1. A system for prefetching travel information relevant to travel products from travel suppliers, prior to a process of making travel reservations by users, the system comprising:
- a prefetcher for accessing the travel information;
a cache for storing the travel information accessed by said prefetcher; and
a front-end, wherein the system is able to receive queries from the user and respond to the queries, such that said cache of the system caches the travel information, wherein said prefetching creates a comprehensive cache having a substantially high probability of containing the travel information that the user needs.
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Abstract
A system and a method is disclosed for prefetching travel information relevant to travel products from travel suppliers, prior to a process of making travel reservations by users. The system includes a prefetcher for retrieving the travel information. The system also includes a cache for storing the travel information retrieved by the prefetcher and a front-end wherein the system is able to receive queries from the user and respond to the queries. Prefetching creates a comprehensive cache having a substantially high probability of containing the travel information that the user needs.
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1. A system for prefetching travel information relevant to travel products from travel suppliers, prior to a process of making travel reservations by users, the system comprising:
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a prefetcher for accessing the travel information;
a cache for storing the travel information accessed by said prefetcher; and
a front-end, wherein the system is able to receive queries from the user and respond to the queries, such that said cache of the system caches the travel information, wherein said prefetching creates a comprehensive cache having a substantially high probability of containing the travel information that the user needs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for prefetching travel information relevant to travel products from travel suppliers, prior to a process of making travel reservations by users, wherein the travel information is stored in a cache, the method comprising:
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determining the set of travel suppliers that need to be queried; and
performing the following for each travel supplier;
making a connection to that travel supplier;
determining what queries need to be sent to the supplier, based on the protocol that is defined by the specific supplier and the travel information that needs to be retrieved from the supplier;
performing the following for each query that is needed;
sending the query to the supplier and retrieving the results; and
storing the results in the cache; and
terminating said connection to the supplier. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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