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Method, system, and computer program product for interfacing with information sources

  • US 7,668,740 B1
  • Filed: 09/22/2000
  • Issued: 02/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • ordering records of airline flights based on a combination of factors including age of cached flight availability information associated with at least a portion of the records and time-to-departure;

    querying one or more airline information sources for flight availability information corresponding to the records in accordance with the ordering; and

    caching flight availability information received from the one or more airline information sources;

    wherein the ordering, the querying, and the caching are performed within a suitably programmed computer system.

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