Computer reservation system with means to rank travel itineraries chosen in terms of schedule/fare data
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1. A system for providing a plurality of alternative travel itineraries ranked in order of preference in accordance with previously stored travel policy data, comprising:
- means for accessing a data base comprising travel data including separately maintained travel schedule data items, fare data items, and fare limitation information, said travel schedule data items including arrival and departure information;
means for processing said travel data including--means for merging selected ones of said travel schedule data items with applicable ones of said fare data items to create a plurality of schedule/fare data items;
means for evaluating each schedule/fare data item in accordance with said fare limitations information to provide said plurality of alternative travel itineraries;
means for scoring individual ones of said alternative travel itineraries with a relative score in accordance with said travel policy; and
means for displaying said alternative travel itineraries as scored in accordance with said travel policy.
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A remote data base containing flight schedule, fare, and fare limitations information is accessed from a local computer terminal. The information retrieved is sorted and scored in accordance with a predetermined travel policy stored in the local computer memory, and as applied to a proposed travel itinerary. A ranked list of applicable flights is merged into a single display.
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1. A system for providing a plurality of alternative travel itineraries ranked in order of preference in accordance with previously stored travel policy data, comprising:
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means for accessing a data base comprising travel data including separately maintained travel schedule data items, fare data items, and fare limitation information, said travel schedule data items including arrival and departure information; means for processing said travel data including-- means for merging selected ones of said travel schedule data items with applicable ones of said fare data items to create a plurality of schedule/fare data items; means for evaluating each schedule/fare data item in accordance with said fare limitations information to provide said plurality of alternative travel itineraries; means for scoring individual ones of said alternative travel itineraries with a relative score in accordance with said travel policy; and means for displaying said alternative travel itineraries as scored in accordance with said travel policy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for providing a plurality of alternative travel itineraries ranked in order of preference in accordance with a previously determined travel policy, comprising:
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accessing a data base comprising travel data including separately maintained travel schedule data items, fare data items, and fare limitation information, said travel schedule data items including arrival and departure information; processing said travel data to include the steps of-- merging selected ones of said travel schedule data items with applicable ones of said fare data items to create a plurality of schedule/fare data items; evaluating each schedule/fare data item in accordance with said fare limitations information to provide said plurality of alternative travel itineraries; scoring individual ones of said alternative travel itineraries with a relative score in accordance with said travel policy, and displaying said alternative travel itineraries as scored in accordance with said travel policy. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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