Method and system for attribute-based evaluation of travel-related products and services
First Claim
1. An evaluation system comprising:
- a vendor which, upon receiving a request, supplies information about a specific travel-related product or service as a list of entries, each entry describing a travel-related product or service; and
an evaluation-service whichreceives the list of entries,computes values for each of a number of attributes associated with the travel-related product or service described by each entry in the list of entries, computing the attribute values for each entry using information contained in the entry, information contained in a database, and values of attributes computed for one or more entries in the list of entries,computes one or more evaluation scores for each entry in the list of entries using the attribute values computed for the attributes associated with the entry, andtransmits the evaluation scores for display to the user, printing to the user, or storage in a computer-readable medium for subsequent access by a user.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing automated evaluation of travel-related products and services to consumers. The evaluations may be carried out by a travel-related-products-and-services provider, by a separate products-and-services evaluator on behalf of the vendor, or by a client-side component of an evaluation system. Travel-related products and services are evaluated, according to certain embodiments of the present invention, by computing values for a number of attributes associated with travel-related products and services, and by then computing one or more scores based on the computed values of the attributes. In certain embodiments of the present invention, one or more scores for each travel-related product and/or service are displayed to a user to facilitate the user'"'"'s selection of a product and/or service.
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1. An evaluation system comprising:
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a vendor which, upon receiving a request, supplies information about a specific travel-related product or service as a list of entries, each entry describing a travel-related product or service; and an evaluation-service which receives the list of entries, computes values for each of a number of attributes associated with the travel-related product or service described by each entry in the list of entries, computing the attribute values for each entry using information contained in the entry, information contained in a database, and values of attributes computed for one or more entries in the list of entries, computes one or more evaluation scores for each entry in the list of entries using the attribute values computed for the attributes associated with the entry, and transmits the evaluation scores for display to the user, printing to the user, or storage in a computer-readable medium for subsequent access by a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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