GOAL ORIENTED TRAVEL PLANNING SYSTEM
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Abstract
A travel system for processing travel requests based on a user'"'"'s travel destination goal such as a meeting place and time. The travel system selects a destination terminal, if one is not provided, and estimates a travel time between the destination terminal and the destination goal. An itinerary is then built interactively with the user selecting air, bus or train transportation, ground transportation, and, optionally, hotels, restaurants, and activities.
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84 Claims
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1-60. -60. (canceled)
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61. A system for processing travel requests, comprising:
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a means for receiving a travel request, wherein the travel request comprises a departure location, travel destination and desired arrival time and providing at least one travel option to a user based on the travel request; and
a constraint relaxation arrangement for receiving an indication reflecting that the provided information was not selected by a user and directing said travel goal arrangement to provide alternate travel options. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A system for processing travel requests, comprising:
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a hotel locator for providing information associated with one or more hotels based on a travel request from a user; and
a constraint relaxation arrangement for an indication reflecting that the provided information was not selected by a user and directing the hotel locator to provide alternate information associated with one or more hotels.
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70. A system for processing travel requests, comprising:
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a transportation locator for providing information associated with one or more transportation options based on a travel request from a user; and
a constraint relaxation arrangement for an indication reflecting that the provided information was not selected by a user and directing the transportation locator to provide alternate information associated with one or more transportation options. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72)
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73. A system comprising a processing element, said processing element:
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receives a user input travel request comprising of a departure location, travel destination, and desired destination arrival time;
accesses one or more databases comprising travel options; and
determines one or more travel options comprising transportation to an intermediate location and transportation from the intermediate location to the destination which ensure arrival at the destination by the arrival time. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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83. A computer program product for processing travel requests, comprising a travel goal arrangement for receiving a travel request including a departure location, travel destination and desired arrival time;
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first computer-readable program code means for directing a constraint relaxation arrangement to direct least one of the hotel locator, transportation locator, and ground transportation locator to provide alternate information associated with one or more hotels, one or more transportation options, and one or more modes of ground transportation, respectively, based on an indication reflecting that the provided information was not selected by a user.
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84. A computer program product for processing travel requests, wherein said computer program product comprises:
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a computer-readable processing element having computer-readable program code means embodied in said processing element, said computer-readable program code means comprising;
first computer-readable program code means for receiving user input comprising of a departure location, travel destination, and desired destination arrival time;
second computer-readable program code means for analyzing travel requests; and
third computer-readable program code means for determining one or more travel options which ensure arrival at the destination by the desired arrival time based on a travel time from an intermediate location to the destination.
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