System and method for selecting and reserving airline seats
First Claim
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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Abstract
This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event.
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34 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 31)
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9. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program which embodies a method performed by a general purpose computer for interactively selecting one or more seats on an airplane by an end user over a network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving payment information; receiving, via an application running on the general purpose computer from a server coupled to the general purpose computer over the network, data including information descriptive of available individual seats on one or more airplanes, the data processed by the application to generate an interactive seating display on the general purpose computer representing individual seats on the one or more airplanes, the data processed by the application to generate an additional display of information about one or more of the individual seats in response to a mouse indicator being positioned over a portion of the interactive seating display; and receiving from the end user a selection of one or more seats by one or more mouse clicks. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. 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:
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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 selection of 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. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 32)
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24. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program which embodies a method performed by a general purpose computer for interactively selecting one or more seats on an airplane by an end user over a network, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving payment information; receiving, via an application running on the general purpose computer from a server coupled to the general purpose computer over the network, data including information descriptive of available individual seats on one or more airplanes, the data processed by the application to generate an interactive seating display on the general purpose computer representing individual seats on the one or more airplanes, the data processed by the application to generate an additional display of information about selection of seats in response to a mouse indicator being positioned over a portion of the interactive seating display; and receiving from the end user a selection of one or more seats selected by one or more mouse clicks. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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33. A computer-implemented method for interactively selecting one or more seats on a flight by an end user over a network, the method comprising:
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receiving over the network from a personal computing device first data representing payment information; transmitting second data to an application running on the personal computing device, 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 personal computing device 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 personal computing device third data representing one or more seats selected by one or more mouse clicks.
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34. A computer-implemented method for interactively selecting one or more seats on a flight by an end user over a network, the method comprising:
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receiving over the network from a personal computing device first data representing payment information; transmitting second data to an application running on the personal computing device, 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 personal computing device 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 selection of seats in response to the end user placing a mouse indicator over a portion of the interactive seating display; and receiving from the personal computing device third data representing one or more seats selected by one or more mouse clicks.
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Specification