Method and apparatus for controlling and monitoring group travel related services
First Claim
1. A computerized reservation system for managing group travel related services and for automatically updating modifications to group travel related data, comprising:
- at least one remote storage unit storing;
a master inventory of travel related services,a plurality of passenger name records, andat least one group control record, each group control record being indicative of a particular group inventory of travel related services and group related passenger name records that are a subset of said plurality of passenger name records for customers that reserve said travel related services from said particular group inventory,wherein said subset of group related passenger name records, said master inventory of travel related services and said at least one group control record contain cross referencing data to each other,a remote computer system coupled to said at least one storage unit for automatically updating group travel related data in said master inventory, said at least one subset of group related passenger name records, and said at least one group control record responsive to modifications to group travel related data in at least one of the three; and
a plurality of local computer systems in electronic communication with said remote computer system for making group reservations and modifying said group travel related data.
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Abstract
A computerized reservation system including controlling and monitoring of group travel related services is presented. In addition to master inventory of travel related services and a set of passenger name records which correlate individuals with reserved travel related services from the master inventory, the present invention uses a group control record which includes a group inventory which is a subset of the master inventory, and a number of group related passenger name records, which are a subset of the general passenger name records. When changes are made to any one of the master inventory, group control records or group passenger name records, appropriate changes are automatically made in the others of these three. Thus, the monitoring and controlling of group travel related services is greatly facilitated.
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14 Claims
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1. A computerized reservation system for managing group travel related services and for automatically updating modifications to group travel related data, comprising:
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at least one remote storage unit storing; a master inventory of travel related services, a plurality of passenger name records, and at least one group control record, each group control record being indicative of a particular group inventory of travel related services and group related passenger name records that are a subset of said plurality of passenger name records for customers that reserve said travel related services from said particular group inventory, wherein said subset of group related passenger name records, said master inventory of travel related services and said at least one group control record contain cross referencing data to each other, a remote computer system coupled to said at least one storage unit for automatically updating group travel related data in said master inventory, said at least one subset of group related passenger name records, and said at least one group control record responsive to modifications to group travel related data in at least one of the three; and a plurality of local computer systems in electronic communication with said remote computer system for making group reservations and modifying said group travel related data. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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2. A method of operating a computerized reservation system for travel related services to manage group travel related reservations, the system including a plurality of local computer systems, at least one remote computer system, and at least one remote storage device storing a master inventory of travel related services and a plurality of master passenger name records that correlate individuals with reserved travel related services from said master inventory, the method comprising the computer implemented steps of:
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creating at least one group control record including a group inventory of travel related services for a particular group, said group inventory being a subset of said master inventory, and a plurality of group related passenger name records for customers that reserve said travel related services for said particular group, said group related passenger name records being a subset of said master passenger name records, said creating step implemented utilizing said at least one remote computer system; storing said at least one group control record in said at least one remote storage device; cross referencing group travel related data in said master inventory, said at least one group control record, and said group related passenger name records to provide cross referencing data among the three, said cross referencing step implemented utilizing said at least one remote computer system; and utilizing said cross referencing data to access and automatically update group travel related data in said master inventory, said group related passenger name records and said at least one group control record responsive to modifications to group travel related data in at least one of the three made using said plurality of local computer systems or said at least one remote computer system, said utilizing step implemented utilizing said at least one remote computer system. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computerized reservation system for managing group travel related services and for automatically updating modifications to group travel related data, comprising:
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means for storing a master inventory of travel related services; means for storing a plurality of passenger name records; means for creating a plurality of group control records, each group control record being indicative of a particular group inventory of travel related services and group related passenger name records that are a subset of said plurality of passenger name records for customers that reserve said travel related services from said particular group inventory; means for storing said plurality of group control records; means for cross referencing group travel related data in said group related passenger name records, said group control records, and said master inventory to provide cross referencing data among the three; remote computer controlled means, connected to each of said means for storing and responsive to said means for cross referencing group travel related data, for automatically updating group travel related data in each of said group control records and said respective subset of group related passenger name records responsive to changes to data in said master inventory, for automatically updating group travel related data in said master inventory and respective subsets of group related passenger name records responsive to changes to data in each of said plurality of group records, and for automatically updating group travel related data in said master inventory and respective group control records responsive to changes to data in said plurality of subsets of group related passenger name records; and a plurality of local computer controlled means in electronic communication with said remote computer controlled means for making group reservations and modifying said group travel related data.
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