Travel planning system that produces answers involving mulitple sales channels/PNRs/tickets per answer
First Claim
1. A method for producing a travel solution comprised of multiple travel units, the method comprising:
- sending a travel planning query to a travel planning system, the travel query including a specification of whether or not to expand a search space to include multiple passenger name records, or tickets or sales channels; and
processing the travel query to return solutions with a specification of possible partitions of the solutions into at least one of passenger name records (PNRs), tickets or sales channels for the returned solutions.
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Abstract
Techniques for producing a travel solution comprised of multiple travel units are disclosed. The techniques include sending a travel planning query having a partition specification to a travel planning system. The travel planning system processes the travel query to produce solutions based on partitions. Possible partitions can include passenger name records (PNRs), tickets or sales channels for the returned solutions. Processing can involve relaxing constraints, rules or regulations on solutions and re-pricing solutions, as multiple tickets, by partitioning the solutions by a partition. Tickets can be produced for different portions of the multiple travel units from the travel solution using different selling methods or points of sale channels.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for producing a travel solution comprised of multiple travel units, the method comprising:
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sending a travel planning query to a travel planning system, the travel query including a specification of whether or not to expand a search space to include multiple passenger name records, or tickets or sales channels; and processing the travel query to return solutions with a specification of possible partitions of the solutions into at least one of passenger name records (PNRs), tickets or sales channels for the returned solutions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium for producing a travel solution comprised of multiple travel units, the computer program product comprising instructions to cause a computer to:
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send a travel planning query to a travel planning system, the travel query including a specification of whether or not to expand a search space to include multiple passenger name records, or tickets or sales channels; and process the travel query to return solutions with a specification of possible partitions of the solutions into at least one of passenger name records (PNRs), tickets or sales channels for the returned solutions. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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