METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BOOKING TRAVEL PRODUCTS ONLINE ON THE BASIS OF UP-TO-DATE AVAILABILITY DATA DISPLAYED ON A MAP-BASED CLIENT INTERFACE
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1. A method for booking or checking or saving travel products from a travel service provider operating over a network (210) and comprising at least one server (240) running a travel application, the travel application delivering map-based interface web pages to at least one client applications (220), the method, comprising the steps in destination of:
- receiving a request from a client application (220) including a definition of a geographic area (300) at the travel application;
determining what travel products are potentially available in the defined geographic area (312);
putting together a map of the geographic area;
further including the step of;
embedding in the map the positions of the potentially available travel products (322);
retrieving from at least one server database (242) static data (141, 143, 145) corresponding to the potentially available travel products within the defined geographic area (324);
fetching from a global distribution system (GDS) real-time data (142, 146) related to the potentially available travel products within the defined geographic area (326);
merging the map, the static data and the real-time data in a map-based interface web page (100, 330);
forwarding said web page (100, 330) in response to the client application having issued the request (340).
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A method for booking or checking or saving travel products from a travel service provider operating over a network and having at least one server running a travel application delivering map-based interface web pages to at least one client applications, the method, includes:
- receiving a request from a client application including a defined geographic area;
- determining what travel products are potentially available in the defined area;
- putting together a map of the geographic area;
- embedding in the map the positions of the potentially available travel products;
- retrieving from the server database static data corresponding to the potentially available travel products within the defined area;
- fetching from a global distribution system real-time data related to the potentially available travel products within the defined area;
- merging the map, static data and real-time data in a map-based interface web page;
- forwarding web page in response to the client'"'"'s request.
- proceeding with booking, checking or saving of one of the travel products on the basis of its location on the map, contents of the static and real-time data.
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1. A method for booking or checking or saving travel products from a travel service provider operating over a network (210) and comprising at least one server (240) running a travel application, the travel application delivering map-based interface web pages to at least one client applications (220), the method, comprising the steps in destination of:
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receiving a request from a client application (220) including a definition of a geographic area (300) at the travel application; determining what travel products are potentially available in the defined geographic area (312); putting together a map of the geographic area;
further including the step of;embedding in the map the positions of the potentially available travel products (322); retrieving from at least one server database (242) static data (141, 143, 145) corresponding to the potentially available travel products within the defined geographic area (324); fetching from a global distribution system (GDS) real-time data (142, 146) related to the potentially available travel products within the defined geographic area (326); merging the map, the static data and the real-time data in a map-based interface web page (100, 330); forwarding said web page (100, 330) in response to the client application having issued the request (340). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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