BOOKING ENGINE FOR BOOKING AIRLINE TICKETS ON MULTIPLE HOST ENVIRONMENTS
First Claim
1. A method of booking an air travel itinerary comprising the steps of:
- receiving customer travel requirements;
performing an initial search to gather itineraries meeting said requirements;
displaying results of said search to the customer;
receiving an indication of an itinerary of interest from said customer;
determining an appropriate host environment for re-pricing said itinerary of interest;
re-pricing the itinerary of interest on said appropriate host environment to obtain details of and confirm the availability of the itinerary of interest;
receiving an instruction from said customer to book the itinerary of interest;
determining an appropriate host environment on which to book the itinerary; and
booking the itinerary on the appropriate host environment.
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Abstract
A system and method of booking an itinerary on at least one of a multiplicity of host environments include a plurality of host adaptor modules. Each host adaptor module is configured to interact with one of the plurality of host ticketing environments. A booking engine is provided for receiving commands related to booking the air travel itinerary and determining an appropriate host ticketing environment for processing the commands based on a number of predefined criteria. When the booking engine receives a command it forwards the command to a first host adaptor module which is associated with first host ticketing environment selected by the booking engine for processing the command. The host adaptor module receives the command and issues the command to said first host ticketing environment. The first host adaptor module in turn receives a response from the first host ticketing environment and determines whether the response comports with an expected response. If the response does not comport with the expected response, the booking engine identifies a second appropriate host environment for processing the command and forwards the command to a second host adaptor module associated with the second host ticketing environment. The second host adaptor module then issues the command to the second host ticketing environment.
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8 Claims
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1. A method of booking an air travel itinerary comprising the steps of:
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receiving customer travel requirements;
performing an initial search to gather itineraries meeting said requirements;
displaying results of said search to the customer;
receiving an indication of an itinerary of interest from said customer;
determining an appropriate host environment for re-pricing said itinerary of interest;
re-pricing the itinerary of interest on said appropriate host environment to obtain details of and confirm the availability of the itinerary of interest;
receiving an instruction from said customer to book the itinerary of interest;
determining an appropriate host environment on which to book the itinerary; and
booking the itinerary on the appropriate host environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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