Method and system for real-time booking by an electronic document

• US 20060047541A1
• Filed: 08/24/2005
• Published: 03/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gino Li
• Original Assignee: Gino Li
• Inventors: Li, Gino
• Application Number:
  US11/209,734
• Publication Number:
  US 20060047541A1
• 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

A method and system for real-time booking by an electronic document. The system has a proxy server, a booking server and a ticket issue system. A user sends booking request data to the proxy server through a mobile phone, wireless phone, computer equipment or portable electronic device connected with a telephone service station or public switched telephone network. Next, the proxy server performs a booking and confirmation procedure on the booking server. Finally, the ticket issue system prints an airline ticket or receipt to thus complete the payment and receipt acquirement procedure.

Claims

1. A system for real-time booking by an electronic document, comprising:

a mobile device, which outputs electronic documents respectively containing a booking request data and a booking data confirmation and receives electronic documents respectively containing a booking result data and a receipt;

a proxy server, which receives the electronic document containing the booking request data output by the mobile device, combines a user setting and the electronic document containing the booking request data into a booking parameter data to output, receives and transfers the electronic document containing the booking result data to the mobile device, receives the electronic document containing the booking data confirmation, and combines the user setting and the booking result data into a payment data to output;

a booking server, which receives the booking parameter data output by the proxy server, outputs the booking result data corresponding to the booking parameter data to the proxy server, receives the payment data output by the proxy server, and outputs a ticket print data corresponding to the payment data to the proxy server; and

a ticket issue system, which receives the ticket print data output by the proxy server and outputs the receipt corresponding to the ticket print data.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a telephone service station to transfer the electronic documents between the mobile device and the proxy server in a wireless manner.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone.

4. The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mobile device is a notebook.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the booking server is a global distribution system.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the receipt is a plane ticket.

7. A system for making a real-time reservation in an electronic document manner, comprising:

a mobile device, which outputs a booking request data and a booking data confirmation and receives a booking result data;

a public switched telephone network, which receives the booking request data output by the mobile device, packages the booking request data into an electronic document to output, receives an electronic document containing the booking result data, outputs the booking result data to the mobile device, receives the booking data confirmation, packages the booking data confirmation into an electronic document to output;

a proxy server, which receives the electronic document containing the booking request data, combines a user setting and the electronic document containing the booking request data into a booking parameter data to output, receives the booking result data, packages the booking result data into an electronic document to output, receives the electronic document containing the booking data confirmation, combines the booking result data and the user setting a payment data to output;

a booking server, which receives the booking parameter data, outputs the booking result data corresponding to the booking parameter data to the proxy server, receives the payment data output by the proxy server, and outputs a ticket print data corresponding to the payment data to the proxy server; and

a ticket issue system, which receives the ticket print data output by the proxy server and outputs the receipt corresponding to the ticket print data.

8. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the mobile device is a wireless phone.

9. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the booking server is a global distribution system.

10. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the receipt is an electronic ticket.

11. The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the receipt is an airline ticket.

12. A method for real-time booking by an electronic document, wherein a user uses a mobile device to edit a booking request data for being sent out by an electronic document, the method comprising the steps of:

(A) receiving an electronic document containing the booking request data;

(B) verifying a reality of the user;

(C) finding a user setting corresponding to the user verified;

(D) booking airline seats or hotel rooms according to the booking request data and the user setting, and accordingly producing a booking result;

(E) reporting the booking result to the mobile device;

(F) receiving an electronic document containing a booking data confirmation and sent by the mobile device for confirming the booking request data; and

(G) proceeding a payment according to the booking request data and the user setting and accordingly obtaining a receipt.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the receipt is an airline ticket.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the reality of the user in step (B) is verified by checking a phone number corresponding to the mobile device and packaged in the electronic document containing the booking request data.