System and Method for Providing Travel-Related Products and Services
First Claim
1. A method for presenting travel-related products for use by a traveler comprising the steps of:
- a. transmitting first data to a global distribution service, wherein said first data is capable of identifying said traveler;
b. based on said first data, accessing a record at said global distribution service corresponding to said traveler, wherein said record includes a destination and a corresponding date; and
c. based on said destination and said corresponding date contained in said record, automatically generating a list of corresponding travel-related products.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for presenting travel-related products and services to be used by a traveler. A global distribution service maintains records associated with travelers. Each record corresponds to a traveler and contains information corresponding to a destination for that traveler, along with a date or dates corresponding to that destination. The invention receives the record or information contained in the record from the global distribution service for an associated traveler indicating the traveler'"'"'s destination and corresponding date. Based on the received information, the invention automatically requests travel-related products and services from a number of providers corresponding to the destination and date. The invention then generates a list of the travel-related products and service for purchase by an agent or the traveler for use by the traveler.
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74 Claims
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1. A method for presenting travel-related products for use by a traveler comprising the steps of:
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a. transmitting first data to a global distribution service, wherein said first data is capable of identifying said traveler;
b. based on said first data, accessing a record at said global distribution service corresponding to said traveler, wherein said record includes a destination and a corresponding date; and
c. based on said destination and said corresponding date contained in said record, automatically generating a list of corresponding travel-related products. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A network of computers configured to present travel-related products for use by a traveler comprising:
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a. a first computer maintained by a global distribution service, said first computer configured to maintain a record corresponding to said traveler, said record including a destination and a corresponding date;
b. a second computer including a memory, said second computer configured to maintain an inventory of said travel-related products on said memory; and
c. a third computer operatively connected to said first computer and said second computer;
whereini. said first computer is configured to transmit first data to said third computer, said first data including said destination and said corresponding date of said record; and
ii. said third computer is configured to automatically request a first list of travel-related products from said second computer based on said destination and said corresponding date, said first list of travel-related products corresponding to said destination and said corresponding date. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for reserving travel-related products for use by a traveler comprising the steps of:
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a. extracting a destination and a corresponding date from a record maintained by a global distribution service, wherein said record corresponds to said user;
b. automatically requesting said travel-related products from a plurality of providers of said travel-related products, wherein said request is based on said destination and said corresponding date;
c. responsively generating a list of said plurality of travel-related products; and
d. reserving a first said travel-related product from said list for said traveler. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A system for presenting travel-related products for use by a traveler comprising:
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a. a record maintained by a global distribution service, wherein said record corresponds to said traveler and contains a destination and a corresponding date;
b. a first memory containing a first inventory of said travel-related products; and
c. a processor operatively connected to said global distribution service and in communication with said first memory, said processor configured to;
i. receive said destination and said corresponding date of said record from said global distribution service; and
ii. automatically request a first list of said travel-related products from said first inventory of travel said-related products based on said destination and said corresponding date. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A method for presenting travel-related products for use by a traveler comprising the steps of:
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a. generating a first list of said travel-related products corresponding to an input provided by a user, wherein said input includes at least a destination and a date;
b. purchasing a first said travel-related product from said first list, wherein said first travel-related product corresponds to said destination and said date;
c. creating a record maintained by a global distribution service, said record includes first data representative of said first purchase of said first travel-related product, wherein said first data includes said destination and said date;
d. extracting said destination and said date from said record; and
e. automatically generating a second list of said travel-related products based on said destination and said date from said record. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60)
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61. An inventory control system for managing an inventory of travel-related products offered by a provider for use by a traveler comprising:
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a. an electronic network;
b. a first processor operatively connected to said network;
c. a memory in communication with said first processor, said memory capable of storing data representative of said inventory; and
d. a display operatively connected to said network;
e. wherein said first processor is configured to;
i. receive first data from said provider over said network, wherein said first data is representative of a first travel-related product;
ii. add said first data to said memory;
iii. transmit said first data to said display;
iv. receive second data representative of a payment information for purchase of said first travel-related product;
v. create a voucher corresponding to said payment information and to said first travel-related product, wherein said voucher contains a validation code; and
vi. transmit said voucher to said traveler. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A computer program embodied in a tangible medium, said computer program presenting travel-related products for use by a traveler, said computer program performing the following steps:
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a. transmitting first data capable of identifying said traveler to a global distribution service;
b. receiving at least a portion of a record maintained by said global distribution service, said record corresponding to said traveler, wherein said portion includes a destination and a date; and
c. automatically generating a list of said travel-related products based on said destination and said date. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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