Competitive Availability Tools
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1. A system comprises:
- an availability system that receives an availability query for seating availability for a flight and that produces a potential availability response for the flight specified in the availability query;
an availability predictor system that predicts seating availability and provides a prediction of seating availability of a second, different flight that is a competitive flight to the flight in the availability query; and
decision logic that compares the predicted answer from the availability predictor system and the potential answer from the availability system to determine whether the potential answer from the availability system should be modified, before the potential answer is sent as an actual availability answer from the availability system.
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Abstract
A competitive, availability prediction system for predicting relative, competitive availability of seating on an airline flight is described. The system includes an availability predictor that predicts seating availability on a competitive flight, an availability system that produces an actual availability response for a flight and decision logic that compares the predicted answer from the availability predictor and the potential answer from the availability system to establish a decision with respect to actual availability.
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23 Claims
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1. A system comprises:
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an availability system that receives an availability query for seating availability for a flight and that produces a potential availability response for the flight specified in the availability query; an availability predictor system that predicts seating availability and provides a prediction of seating availability of a second, different flight that is a competitive flight to the flight in the availability query; and decision logic that compares the predicted answer from the availability predictor system and the potential answer from the availability system to determine whether the potential answer from the availability system should be modified, before the potential answer is sent as an actual availability answer from the availability system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of predicting relative, competitive availability of seating on an airline flight comprises:
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providing by a seating availability system that includes a computer, a potential availability answer for a query for seat availability information for a flight; producing by an availability predictor, a prediction of seating availability for a second, different flight that is a competitive flight to the flight in the availability query; and comparing the predicted answer from the availability predictor and the potential answer from the availability system and based on the comparison, producing an actual seat availability answer from the seating availability system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a computer readable storage medium for modify seat availability answer, the computer program product comprises instructions for causing a computer to:
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receives an availability query for seating availability for a flight and produce an potential availability answer for the flight; predicts seating availability of a second, different flight that is a competitive flight to the flight in the availability query; and compare the predicted answer from the availability predictor system and the potential answer from the availability system to determine whether the potential answer from the availability system should be modified, before the potential answer is sent as an actual availability answer from the availability system. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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