Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120089406 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUPING TRIP ITINERARIES - A system, a computer-readable storage medium including instructions, and a computer-implemented method to group trip itineraries is described. A plurality of trip itineraries is obtained, wherein the plurality of trip itineraries is obtained in response to a search query received from a user of a computer system. A dominating trip itinerary and a dominated trip itinerary from the plurality of trip itineraries is identified, wherein the dominating trip itinerary satisfies predetermined domination criteria with respect to the dominated trip itinerary. A user interface to be displayed on the computer system is generated, wherein the user interface is generated to present details of the dominating trip itinerary to the exclusion of details of the dominated trip itinerary. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089407 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING TRIP ITINERARIES - A system, a computer-readable storage medium including instructions, and a computer-implemented method for filtering trip itineraries is described. Trip itineraries are received. A position of a first time slider on a time axis of a time graph displayed in a user interface of a computer system is determined, wherein the first time slider is configured to be moved across the time axis of the time graph. A first set of the trip itineraries is identified based on the position of the first time slider on the time axis. Graphical representations of the first set of the trip itineraries are displayed on the time graph, wherein a graphical representation of a trip itinerary indicates a departure time and duration of the trip itinerary. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089427 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUPING TRIP ITINERARIES - A system, a computer-readable storage medium including instructions, and a computer-implemented method to group trip itineraries is described. A plurality of trip itineraries is obtained by a client computer system from a server, wherein the plurality of trip itineraries is obtained in response to a search query received from a user of the client computer system. A dominating trip itinerary and a dominated trip itinerary from the plurality of trip itineraries is identified by the client computer system, wherein the dominating trip itinerary satisfies a predetermined domination criterion with respect to the dominated trip itinerary. A user interface to be displayed on the client computer system is generated by the client computer system, wherein the user interface is generated to present details of the dominating trip itinerary to the exclusion of details of the dominated trip itinerary. | 04-12-2012 |
20120221363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING HOTEL INFORMATION - When searching for accommodations, although one or more accommodations may satisfy factors or criteria set by a traveler (e.g., a user), the traveler may desire to locate an accommodation that is also in a convenient area. A convenient area may be an area in which a concentration of points of interest (POIs) is high. For example, a traveler on a leisure trip may desire to stay at a hotel that is in an area with a relatively high concentration of restaurants or tourist attractions, or as a traveler on a business trip may desire to stay at a hotel near an airport or convention hall. Thus, some example embodiments provide accommodation search results to one or more users based on a concentration of points of interest. The accommodation search results may be provided graphically, textually, or any suitable combination thereof. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING HOTEL INFORMATION - When searching for accommodations, although one or more accommodations may satisfy factors or criteria set by a traveler (e.g., a user), the traveler may desire to locate an accommodation that is also in a convenient area. A convenient area may be an area in which a concentration of points of interest (POIs) is high. For example, a traveler on a leisure trip may desire to stay at a hotel that is in an area with a relatively high concentration of restaurants or tourist attractions, or as a traveler on a business trip may desire to stay at a hotel near an airport or convention hall. Thus, some example embodiments provide accommodation search results to one or more users based on a concentration of points of interest. The accommodation search results may be provided graphically, textually, or any suitable combination thereof. | 08-30-2012 |
20130046788 | CALENDAR-BASED SUGGESTION OF A TRAVEL OPTION - Calendar-based suggestion of travel options involves suggesting a travel option based on events stored in a calendar of a user. For example, a user in San Francisco may be scheduled for a business trip to New York, and the user's calendar may show a dinner reservation in San Francisco on Saturday, September 3 and business meeting in New York on Monday, September 5. A suggestion machine accesses calendar data of the user and travel data for several available travel options (e.g., flights from San Francisco to New York). Based on the accessed calendar data and travel data, the suggestion machine determines that one or more travel options (e.g., a flight on Sunday, September 4) are compatible with the dinner reservation and the business meeting on the user's calendar. The suggestion machine presents these compatible travel options to the user. | 02-21-2013 |
20140046706 | CALENDAR-BASED SUGGESTION OF A TRAVEL OPTION - Calendar-based suggestion of travel options involves suggesting a travel option based on events stored in a calendar of a user. For example, a user in San Francisco may be scheduled for a business trip to New York, and the user's calendar may show a dinner reservation in San Francisco on Saturday, September 3 and business meeting in New York on Monday, September 5. A suggestion machine accesses calendar data of the user and travel data for several available travel options (e.g., flights from San Francisco to New York). Based on the accessed calendar data and travel data, the suggestion machine determines that one or more travel options (e.g., a flight on Sunday, September 4) are compatible with the dinner reservation and the business meeting on the user's calendar. The suggestion machine presents these compatible travel options to the user. | 02-13-2014 |
20140058884 | PRESENTING A TRAVEL OPTION - Presentation of travel options may involve presenting a travel option based on an event stored in a calendar of a user. A suggestion machine may access calendar data of the user and travel data for a travel option (e.g., a flight from San Francisco to New York). Based on the accessed calendar data and travel data, the suggestion machine may present one or more travel options to the user. | 02-27-2014 |
20140129335 | PRESENTING A REVIEW BASED ON A USER PURPOSE - A review of a venue may be presented based on a purpose (e.g., a user purpose) by a system (e.g., a suitably programmed machine). In particular, the system may identify a purpose of a user (e.g., a first user purpose) for being within a city. The system may access a review of a venue that is located within the city. The review may indicate an opinion of the user with respect to the venue. The system may determine that the purpose of the user matches the purpose of another user (e.g., a second user purpose) for being within the city. Hence, the system may present the review of the venue to the other user, based on the two users having the same purpose for being within the city. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129382 | PRESENTING A VENUE BASED ON ITS NEIGHBORHOOD - A venue may be presented based on its neighborhood within a city by a system (e.g., a machine suitably programmed by one or more software components). In particular, the system may identify a purpose of the user (e.g., a user purpose) in submitting a request for a presentation of venues that are located within the city. The system may access a database that correlates this identified purpose (e.g., business or romance) with a neighborhood that lies within the city. The system may determine a venue (e.g., for presentation, suggestion, or recommendation) based on the venue being located within a neighborhood that is correlated with the purpose. Hence, the system may present the venue to the user in fulfillment of the user's request. | 05-08-2014 |
20140324486 | TRAVEL OPTION PRESENTATION - A machine may be configured to provide a travel shopping service, not only to direct users of the machine, but also to users of other travel shopping services provided by partner websites whose operators have entered into partnership agreements with an operator of the machine. The machine may provide a common module to one or more partner websites or operators thereof. When a user views a partner website in a browser, the common module configures and causes the browser to obtain and implement a custom module generated or updated specifically for that partner website. The custom module configures and causes the browser to communicate with the machine, for example, in response to fulfillment conditions specified by the operator of the partner website and used as a basis for generating or updating the custom module. Information obtained from the machine may then be presented by the browser to the user. | 10-30-2014 |