System, method, and computer program product for detecting and resolving pricing errors for products listed in an inventory system
First Claim
1. A system for detecting and displaying pricing errors corresponding to one or more travel products selected from an inventory system, the system comprising:
- a database comprising a plurality of first travel products in at least one category having a corresponding plurality of first parameters, a host computing element in communication with the inventory system and said database;
wherein said host computing element receives, from the inventory system, a second travel product in the at least one category having a corresponding second parameter;
wherein said host computing element determines an average of the first parameters associated with each of a plurality of first travel products in the at least one category;
wherein said host computing element compares the second parameter and the average; and
wherein said host computing element displays the second travel product when the second parameter associated therewith is different from the average so as to identify potential pricing errors corresponding to the displayed second travel product.
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Abstract
The present invention generates a concise display of travel products, received from an inventory system, that are associated with potentially erroneous fare prices. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention compare travel product sales parameters such as, for example, price and sales volume, to averages of comparable sales parameters from stored and/or real-time data in order to identify and/or display travel products having pricing and/or sales volume that differs substantially from comparable average sales parameters. Thus, the present invention may alert an operator of the system of potentially erroneous fare prices that may be displayed to a customer in response to a search for travel products.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for detecting and displaying pricing errors corresponding to one or more travel products selected from an inventory system, the system comprising:
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a database comprising a plurality of first travel products in at least one category having a corresponding plurality of first parameters, a host computing element in communication with the inventory system and said database;
wherein said host computing element receives, from the inventory system, a second travel product in the at least one category having a corresponding second parameter;
wherein said host computing element determines an average of the first parameters associated with each of a plurality of first travel products in the at least one category;
wherein said host computing element compares the second parameter and the average; and
wherein said host computing element displays the second travel product when the second parameter associated therewith is different from the average so as to identify potential pricing errors corresponding to the displayed second travel product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for detecting and displaying pricing errors corresponding to one or more travel products selected from an inventory system, the inventory system comprising travel products and parameters associated with the travel products, the method comprising:
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determining an average of a parameter associated with each of a plurality of first travel products in at least one category;
comparing a second travel product in the at least one category, the second travel product being associated with the parameter, to the plurality of first travel products so as to determine a relation between the parameter associated with the second travel product and the average;
displaying the second travel product when the parameter associated with the second travel product is different from the average so as to identify possible pricing errors corresponding to the displayed second travel product. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program product for detecting and displaying pricing errors corresponding to one or more travel products selected from an inventory system, the inventory system comprising travel products and parameters associated with the travel products, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code instructions stored therein comprising:
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first computer instruction means for determining an average of a parameter associated with each of a plurality of first travel products in at least one category;
second computer instruction means for comparing a second travel product in the at least one category, the second travel product being associated with the parameter, to the plurality of first travel products so as to determine a relation between the parameter associated with the second travel product and the average; and
third computer instruction means for displaying the second travel product when the parameter associated with the second travel product is different from the average so as to identify possible pricing errors corresponding to the displayed second travel product. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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