System and method for reserving ground transportation
First Claim
1. A method for reserving ground transportation vehicles comprising the steps of:
- storing an inventory of ground transportation vehicles at a server, the inventory including information about each ground transportation vehicle including fees for travel in a respective ground transportation vehicle as a function of geographical zones to be traveled;
making a request from a remote computer in communication with said server for ground transportation vehicle, said request including an origination geographical zone and destination geographical zone; and
said server comparing the request to the inventory and determining those ground transportation vehicles that travel from the origination geographical zone to the destination geographical zone and forwarding those ground transportation vehicles and associated fees for traveling between the origination geographical zone and destination geographical zone to the remote computer for display.
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Abstract
An inventory of ground transportation vehicles is stored at a server. The inventory includes information about each ground transportation vehicle including fees for travel in a respective ground transportation vehicle as a function of geographical zones to be traveled. A request is made by an end user from a remote computer in communication with the server for ground transportation vehicle. The request includes an origination geographical zone and destination geographical zone. The server compares the request to the inventory and determines those ground transportation vehicles that travel from the origination geographical zone to the destination geographical zone and forwards those ground transportation vehicles and associated fees for traveling between the origination geographical zone and destination geographical zone to the remote computer for display.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for reserving ground transportation vehicles comprising the steps of:
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storing an inventory of ground transportation vehicles at a server, the inventory including information about each ground transportation vehicle including fees for travel in a respective ground transportation vehicle as a function of geographical zones to be traveled;
making a request from a remote computer in communication with said server for ground transportation vehicle, said request including an origination geographical zone and destination geographical zone; and
said server comparing the request to the inventory and determining those ground transportation vehicles that travel from the origination geographical zone to the destination geographical zone and forwarding those ground transportation vehicles and associated fees for traveling between the origination geographical zone and destination geographical zone to the remote computer for display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for reserving ground transportation vehicles comprising
a remote computer; -
a server communicating with said remote computer, said server storing an inventory of ground transportation vehicles, said inventory including information about each ground transportation vehicle, including fees for travel and a respective ground transportation vehicle as a function of geographical zones to be traveled, said remote computer making a request for ground transportation vehicles, said request including an origination geographical zone and a destination geographical zone; and
said server comparing the request to the inventory and determining those ground transportation vehicles that travel from the geographical zone to the destination geographical zone and forwarding said determined ground transportation vehicles and associated fees to said remote computer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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