Methods and associated systems for an airline to enhance customer experience and provide options on flights
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1. A computer-implemented method for an airline to enhance customers'"'"' experience in dealing with an airline, comprising:
- a. operating a computer-implemented service that delivers to a customer an option to fly on up to n of m selected flights which satisfy at least some criteria set by the customer, and which holds at least one seat for said customer on said m flights,i. where,1. m and n are whole numbers and2. n<
m, andii. recording information pertaining to at least said option in a data store;
b. operating a system to define each of the n chosen flights, in response to input from a customer or an entity authorized by a customer for at least one of said n chosen flights, whereby after each of the n chosen flights is defined, the customer can fly on said chosen flight; and
c. recording information pertaining to at least said chosen flights in a data store.
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A computer-implemented system and method for an airline to enhance customers'"'"' experience. A computer-implemented service is operated that delivers to a customer an option to fly on up to n of m selected flights, where m and n are whole numbers and n<m. Information is recorded in a data store, pertaining to said option. In addition, a system is operated to define each of the n chosen flights, whereby after each of the n chosen flights is defined, the customer can fly on said chosen flight. The information pertaining to said defined flights is recorded in a data store.
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34 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for an airline to enhance customers'"'"' experience in dealing with an airline, comprising:
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a. operating a computer-implemented service that delivers to a customer an option to fly on up to n of m selected flights which satisfy at least some criteria set by the customer, and which holds at least one seat for said customer on said m flights, i. where, 1. m and n are whole numbers and 2. n<
m, andii. recording information pertaining to at least said option in a data store; b. operating a system to define each of the n chosen flights, in response to input from a customer or an entity authorized by a customer for at least one of said n chosen flights, whereby after each of the n chosen flights is defined, the customer can fly on said chosen flight; and c. recording information pertaining to at least said chosen flights in a data store. - 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, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32)
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31. A computer-implemented method for an airline to enhance a customers'"'"' experience in dealing with the airline, comprising:
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a. providing a data store including relevant information regarding flights, sufficient to identify flights an airline chooses to make eligible for flight options; b. using a server with which customers may interact for flight options; c. using a server to receive inputs, from at least a customer, for flight options and searching the data store for flights eligible for flight options matching all or part of the inputs received; d. displaying the search results output from the server; e. receiving selections from at least among the search results of some or all of m flights to be grouped for flight options; f. delivering to the customer an option to fly on up to n of said m flights, on which at least one seat is held for the customer on said m flights, and recording information for at least said option in a data store, where, i. m and n are whole numbers and ii. n<
m;g. operating a service to receive from a customer or an entity authorized by a customer at least one input to define at least one of the n flights among said m flights; and h. recording information pertaining to at least said n flights in a data store.
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33. A system to provide options on flights, comprising:
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a. a data store including relevant information regarding flights, sufficient to identify flights an airline chooses to make eligible for flight options; b. a server with which customers may interact for flight options; c. a server being adapted to receive inputs for flight options and to search the data store for flights eligible for flight options matching all or substantially all the inputs received; d. at least one output device to output the search results from the server; e. a data processor being adapted to receive selections from at least among the search results of some or all of m flights to be grouped for flight options; f. a data processor being adapted to deliver to the customers options to fly on up to n of said m flights on which at least one seat is held for the customer on said m flights, and to record information for at least said options in a data store, where, i. m and n are whole numbers and ii. n<
m;g. an input device being adapted to receive from a customer or an entity authorized by a customer at least one input to define the n flights among said m flights; and h. a data processor being adapted to record information pertaining to at least said n flights in a data store.
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34. A system for providing options on flights, comprising one or more computers executing suitable program code to:
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a. deliver to a customer an option to fly on up to n of m selected flights which satisfy at least some criteria set by the customer, and which holds at least one seat for said customer on said m flights, i. where, 1. m and n are whole numbers and 2. n<
m;b. record information pertaining to at least said option in a data store; c. receive from a customer or an entity authorized by a customer at least one input to define each of n chosen flights, whereby after each of the n chosen flights is defined, the customer can fly on said chosen flights; and d. record information pertaining to at least said chosen flights in a data store.
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