TRAVEL COMFORT INDEX
First Claim
1. A travel booking method which identifies the expected level of comfort of a travellers journey from one place to another when planning a travel route by identifying each sector of travel within that route, identifying the expected level of comfort of a traveller within that sector of travel, calculating the expected levels of comfort of each route and comparing travel routes made up of sectors of travel using standard statistical measures to indicate a travel route as that which provides a preferred expected level of comfort to the traveller.
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Abstract
A travel booking system calculates the comfort level of a traveller for a trip by including factors for each sector of a trip, such as an aircraft seat pitch and seat width, the flight time of a flight sector, the travel distance at any airport transits en route, the confusion level at an airport, the facilities available at a hotel, the cost of the trip, the corporate travel requirements, the travellers own preferences, and factoring these together by a process as shown to arrive at an overall comfort level. From this alternative travel routes can be compared to allow a choice of a trip route which will be as comfortable as possible and meet a required cost level.
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10 Claims
- 1. A travel booking method which identifies the expected level of comfort of a travellers journey from one place to another when planning a travel route by identifying each sector of travel within that route, identifying the expected level of comfort of a traveller within that sector of travel, calculating the expected levels of comfort of each route and comparing travel routes made up of sectors of travel using standard statistical measures to indicate a travel route as that which provides a preferred expected level of comfort to the traveller.
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5. A travel management system for booking travel having a storage system retaining information on:
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sectors of travel journeys; the information including at least some of; the travel time of each sector of a journey; the distance of each sector of a journey; the percentile traveller build limitations of each sector of a journey; the facilities available within each sector of a journey, the degree of confusion associated with being a traveller in each sector of a journey, the number of time zones covered in each sector of a journey, the risk associated with each sector of a journey; traveller profiles including at least some of; the traveller physical build percentile; the traveller special food requirements; the traveller special travel requirements; the traveller special accommodation requirements; a calculator calculating for each sector of a journey the potential level of comfort of the traveller within each sector on the basis of at least the specified factors, a calculation system calculating the potential levels of comfort of the complete journey, a display displaying the calculated potential level of comfort for the journey. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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