TRAVEL INFORMATION INTERVAL GRID
First Claim
1. A method in a computer system for presenting airline fare information, the method comprising:
- receiving from a user a search request having a search criterion;
retrieving as search results flight information for airline flights that match the search criterion;
generating an interval grid from the retrieved flight information that illustrates fares of the airline flights that match the search criterion at various combinations of departure intervals of the departure date and return intervals of the return date; and
sending for presentation to the user the search results along with the generated interval grid.
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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 from a user a search request having a search criterion;
retrieving as search results flight information for airline flights that match the search criterion;
generating an interval grid from the retrieved flight information that illustrates fares of the airline flights that match the search criterion at various combinations of departure intervals of the departure date and return intervals of the return date; and
sending for presentation to the user the search results along with the generated interval grid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer-readable medium embedded with instructions for controlling a computing device to generate airline fare information, by a method comprising:
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receiving from a user a search request having a search criterion;
retrieving as search results flight information for airline flights that satisfy the search criterion;
generating a presentation of interval fare information from the retrieved flight information that illustrates fares of the airline flights that satisfy the search criterion at various combinations of departure intervals of the departure date and return intervals of the return date; and
sending for presentation to the user the search results along with the generated interval information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computing device for generating airline fare information, by a method comprising:
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a component that receives from a user a search request having a search criterion;
a component that retrieves as search results flight information for airline flights that satisfy the search criterion;
a component that generates a presentation of interval fare information from the retrieved flight information that illustrates fares of the airline flights that satisfy the search criterion at various combinations of departure intervals of the departure date and return intervals of the return date; and
a component that sends for presentation to the user the generated interval information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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