Method and apparatus for providing availability of airline seats
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1. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium comprises instructions for causing a computer to:
- produce a prediction of availability of a seat for a mode of transportation in accordance with an availability query.
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Abstract
A computer program product, method and system for producing seat availability information for a mode of travel such as airline travel produce a prediction of availability of a seat in accordance with an availability query. The prediction is used in place of making an actual query to an airline or other travel mode availability system.
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1. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium comprises instructions for causing a computer to:
produce a prediction of availability of a seat for a mode of transportation in accordance with an availability query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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18. A method for providing availability information for a seat on an airline, comprises:
producing a prediction of availability of the seat in accordance with an availability query.
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27. A system for producing an availability answer in response to a query for airline seat availability information, comprises:
a predictor that is responsive to the query and produces an answer that corresponds to a prediction of airline seat availability.
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