System, method, and computer program product for reducing the burden on an inventory system by retrieving, translating, and displaying attributes information corresponding to travel itineraries listed in the inventory system
First Claim
1. A system for retrieving and displaying supplemental information corresponding to one or more travel products selected from a database based on a search request in a manner that reduces the burden on inventory systems, the system comprising:
- an inventory system comprising travel products wherein for at least some of the travel products said inventory system further comprises data representing at least one of attributes and offers associated with the travel products; and
a host computing element in communication with said inventory system for running queries on said inventory system based on a user request;
wherein said host computing element retrieves travel products from said inventory system based on the user request and displays retrieved travel products meeting the user request to the user, and wherein for those retrieved travel products having associated data representing the attributes and/or offers, said host computing element displays the data representing the attributes and/or offers with the retrieved travel products.
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Abstract
The present invention generates a concise listing of low-priced travel itinerary options including attributes information that discloses amenities or incentives that may be offered with the listed itinerary options. The invention generates the listing in response to a user input after retrieving itinerary options from an inventory system. The invention also retrieves data corresponding to the retrieved itinerary options and translates the data into attributes information that may be displayed to a user along with the listing of itinerary options. The user is thus informed of attributes corresponding to selected itinerary options prior to purchasing one of the itinerary options.
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48 Claims
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1. A system for retrieving and displaying supplemental information corresponding to one or more travel products selected from a database based on a search request in a manner that reduces the burden on inventory systems, the system comprising:
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an inventory system comprising travel products wherein for at least some of the travel products said inventory system further comprises data representing at least one of attributes and offers associated with the travel products; and
a host computing element in communication with said inventory system for running queries on said inventory system based on a user request;
wherein said host computing element retrieves travel products from said inventory system based on the user request and displays retrieved travel products meeting the user request to the user, and wherein for those retrieved travel products having associated data representing the attributes and/or offers, said host computing element displays the data representing the attributes and/or offers with the retrieved travel products. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22)
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17. A method for retrieving and displaying supplemental information corresponding to one or more travel products selected from a database based on a search request in a manner that reduces the burden on an inventory system, the inventory system comprising travel products wherein for at least some of the travel products said inventory system further comprises data representing at least one of attributes and offers associate with the travel products, the method comprising:
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retrieving travel products from an inventory system based on a user request;
displaying retrieved travel products meeting the user request to the user;
displaying data representing the attributes and/or offers for those retrieved travel products having associated data representing the attributes and/or offers with the retrieved travel products. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A computer program product for retrieving and displaying supplemental information corresponding to one or more travel products selected from a database based on a search request in a manner that reduces the burden an inventory system, the inventory system comprising travel products wherein for at least some of the travel products said inventory system further comprises data representing at least one of attributes and offers associate 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 retrieving travel products from an inventory system based on a user request;
second computer instruction means for displaying retrieved travel products meeting the user request to the user; and
third computer instruction means for displaying data representing the attributes and/or offers for those retrieved travel products having associated data representing the attributes and/or offers with the retrieved travel products. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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