TRAVEL INFORMATION FUTURE FARE GRAPH
First Claim
1. A method in a computer system for presenting airline fare information, the method comprising:
- receiving a search request having a search criterion that includes a departure location and at least one return location;
for each return location, identifying a fare for an airline flight with that return location that satisfies the search criterion for multiple departure dates;
generating a future fare graph that includes a plot line for each return location indicating the identified fares at the departure dates; and
sending the generated graph for presentation to a user.
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Abstract
A method and system for presenting travel information in a way that facilitates identifying travel plans that satisfy objectives is provided. A travel information system collects travel information for the travel items on various observation dates including the current date and presents the travel information to a user in a way that facilitates travel planning and travel shopping. The travel information system stores the travel information in an observation store. To provide travel information that satisfies a search criterion, the travel information system retrieves the travel information that satisfies the search criterion either from flight information of the observation store or from current flight information provided in real time from a source of travel information. The flight information system provides the travel information in various formats to facilitate travel planning. These formats include a fare history graph, an interval grid, a route map, a future fare graph, and/or a departure date/duration grid.
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20 Claims
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1. A method in a computer system for presenting airline fare information, the method comprising:
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receiving a search request having a search criterion that includes a departure location and at least one return location;
for each return location, identifying a fare for an airline flight with that return location that satisfies the search criterion for multiple departure dates;
generating a future fare graph that includes a plot line for each return location indicating the identified fares at the departure dates; and
sending the generated graph for presentation to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-readable medium embedded with instructions for generating a presentation of airline fare information, by a method comprising:
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receiving a search request having a search criterion that includes a departure location and a return location;
identifying a fare for an airline flight with that return location that satisfies the search criterion for multiple departure dates;
generating a future fare graph that includes a plot line for the return location indicating the identified fares at the departure dates; and
sending the generated graph to a user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method in a computing device for presenting flight fare information, the method comprising:
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receiving from a user a search request having a search criterion that includes a departure location and at least one return location;
sending the search request to a flight information system;
in response to sending the search request, receiving from the flight information system a future fare graph that includes a plot line for each return location indicating fares at the departure dates, the fares being identified for airline flights that satisfy the search criterion for multiple departure dates; and
presenting the future fare graph to the user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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