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System and method for selecting and reserving airline seats

  • US 7,881,953 B2
  • Filed: 06/05/2009
  • Issued: 02/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program which embodies a method for interactively selecting one or more seats on a flight by an end user over a network, the method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving over the network from a general purpose computer first data representing payment information;

    transmitting second data to an application running on the general purpose computer, the second data including information descriptive of available individual seats on one or more flights, the second data encoded to cause the application to generate an interactive seating display on the general purpose computer representing individual seats on the one or more flights, the second data encoded to cause the application to generate an additional display of information about one or more of the individual seats in response to the end user placing a mouse indicator over a portion of the interactive seating display; and

    receiving from the general purpose computer third data representing one or more seats selected by one or more mouse clicks.

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