SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AIRLINE SEAT RESERVATIONS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- locating, using a processor of a computing system, information identifying a flight previously selected by a user;
identifying, using the processor, a seat that the user has selected on the flight; and
transmitting, to a home or office personal computing device of the user, data including a status of the flight or seat selected by the user, the data including a unique identifier;
wherein the unique identifier is associated, in a data storage system, with a data record comprising the information identifying the flight and seat that the user has selected.
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Abstract
This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
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12 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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locating, using a processor of a computing system, information identifying a flight previously selected by a user; identifying, using the processor, a seat that the user has selected on the flight; and transmitting, to a home or office personal computing device of the user, data including a status of the flight or seat selected by the user, the data including a unique identifier; wherein the unique identifier is associated, in a data storage system, with a data record comprising the information identifying the flight and seat that the user has selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a data storage system; and one or more processors, configured to perform a method comprising; locating information identifying a flight previously selected by the user; identifying a seat that the user has selected on the flight; and transmitting, to a home or office personal computing device of the user, data including a status of the flight or seat selected by the user, the data including a unique identifier; wherein the unique identifier is associated, in the data storage system, with a data record comprising the information identifying the flight and seat that the user has selected. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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