Multi-City Criteria Correlation and Cost Query Apparatus
First Claim
1. A computer apparatus comprised of:
- at least one user interface with a plurality of fields adapted to receive at least one destination criteria for creating a quasi-unique user query record object;
at least one city information database including a plurality of city data attributes, each of said city data attributes corresponding to at least one city and said at least one destination criteria;
at least one hardware processing component configured with software to perform at least one multi-criteria correlation;
at least one temporary database to store the results of said at least one multi-criteria correlation;
at least one hardware component to create at least one city pair object;
at least one rate provider database which is configured to receive said at least one city pair object and to produce at least one city pair report object containing rate information; and
at least one hardware processing component configured with software to display data from said city pair report object in a multi-destination comparison report.
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Abstract
A multi-city criteria correlation and cost query (MCCQ) apparatus generates potential travel destination suggestions. The MCCQ apparatus is configured with a user interface adapted to receive source and destination criteria from a user which is processed using a multi-criteria correlation processor and comparing the destination criteria to information about destinations in a city database. City data record objects and city pair objects are formed for each identified destination alternative and transmitted to an internal or third party supplier of travel cost or other pertinent travel data. City response record objects or city pair report objects are generated corresponding to the data attributes of each city data record object or city pair object and are stored in a temporary aggregation database. In various embodiments results are sorted and/or filtered to generate a multi-destination comparison report including cost or other data which may be displayed as a physical document or on a user interface component.
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34 Claims
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1. A computer apparatus comprised of:
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at least one user interface with a plurality of fields adapted to receive at least one destination criteria for creating a quasi-unique user query record object; at least one city information database including a plurality of city data attributes, each of said city data attributes corresponding to at least one city and said at least one destination criteria; at least one hardware processing component configured with software to perform at least one multi-criteria correlation; at least one temporary database to store the results of said at least one multi-criteria correlation; at least one hardware component to create at least one city pair object; at least one rate provider database which is configured to receive said at least one city pair object and to produce at least one city pair report object containing rate information; and at least one hardware processing component configured with software to display data from said city pair report object in a multi-destination comparison report. - 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 for producing a multi-destination comparison report comprised of the steps of:
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receiving at least one destination criterion; forming at least one user query record object; correlating said at least one user query record object with at least one city data attribute; forming a quasi-unique city list; forming at least one city data record object; querying at least one rate supplier database; forming at least one city response record object; processing said at least one city response record object using a sort and filter processor; creating a multi-destination comparison report object; and displaying said multi-destination comparison report object. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A destination suggestion system comprised of:
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at least one user interface with a plurality of fields adapted to receive at least one destination criteria for creating a quasi-unique user query record object; at least one city information database including a plurality of city data attributes, each of said city data attributes corresponding to at least one city and said at least one destination criteria; at least one hardware processing component configured with software to perform at least one multi-criteria correlation; at least one temporary database to store the results of said at least one multi-criteria correlation; at least one hardware component to create at least one city pair object; at least one third party rate provider database which is configured to receive said at least one city pair object and to produce at least one city pair report object containing rate information; and at least one hardware processing component configured with software to display data from said city pair report object in a multi-destination comparison report. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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