| 6366925 |
Network based legal services system |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A system for conducting legal services, including: an interrogative interface via which clients input information relevant to matters in connection with which the legal service is engaged; a retainer acknowledgment... |
| 6356874 |
Computer-based method and system for ordering services |
| Mar-12-2002 |
In a method of ordering services, like booking hotel rooms, the ordering is performed via a user terminal connected to a central data processing device. A service request is specified and information of... |
| 6336097 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for constructing large numbers of travel fares |
| Jan-1-2002 |
According to the present invention, apparatus, systems and methods are provided in which a computer (the "fare construction computer system") is programmed to construct travel fares in conformance with... |
| 6332129 |
Method and system for utilizing a psychographic questionnaire in a buyer-driven commerce system |
| Dec-18-2001 |
A system for processing the sale of goods and services includes a psychographic questionnaire to gather and assess buyers' needs and purchasing patterns. In a buyer-driven commerce system, the questionnaire... |
| 6329919 |
System and method for providing reservations for restroom use |
| Dec-11-2001 |
The present invention is an apparatus, system, and method for providing reservations for restroom use. In one embodiment, a passenger on an airplane may submit a reservation request to the system for restroom... |
| 6321223 |
Method of identifying multilingual text for DOS |
| Nov-20-2001 |
The present invention is related to a text identification method for opening a specific file which is edited by double-byte characters for the double-byte language systems, such as Traditional Chinese,... |
| 6317685 |
Method and system for providing alternate routes with a navigation system |
| Nov-13-2001 |
A feature for a navigation system that provides an evaluation of alternate routes. According to this feature, the navigation system compares the actual time of travel along a route to the estimated time... |
| 6314361 |
Optimization engine for flight assignment, scheduling and routing of aircraft in response to irregular operations |
| Nov-6-2001 |
An automated, real-time decision support system for reassigning, rescheduling, and rerouting aircraft in response to flight operation disruptions, in which sets of optimal solutions are provided through... |
| 6308160 |
System and method for integrating operation of an indoor golf facility into operation of an airport concourse |
| Oct-23-2001 |
A method and system for operating and integrating an indoor golf facility in the operations of airport terminals, airlines, and goods and service providers. An integrated management system is provided... |
| 6304850 |
Computer-implemented system and method for booking airline travel itineraries |
| Oct-16-2001 |
A method and apparatus for purchasing an airline ticket, includes entering into a computer information describing a flight desired by a consumer, including a target price, and performing a search on an... |
| 6298332 |
CD-ROM product label apparatus and method |
| Oct-2-2001 |
A CD-ROM provides all or part of a product labeling system for engaging purchasers. Executables, data, or both are recorded on a CD-ROM hang-tag or other product labeling structure in order to deliver... |
| 6295521 |
Travel planning system |
| Sep-25-2001 |
An airline travel planning system is described. The system includes a server computer executing a server process including a search process to search for set of pricing solutions in accordance with at... |
| 6278965 |
Real-time surface traffic adviser |
| Aug-21-2001 |
A real-time data management system which uses data generated at different rates, by multiple heterogeneous incompatible data sources. In one embodiment, the invention is as an airport surface traffic data... |
| 6275808 |
Pricing graph representation for sets of pricing solutions for travel planning system |
| Aug-14-2001 |
An airline travel planning system is described. The system includes a server computer executing a server process including a search process to search for set of pricing solutions in accordance with at... |
| 6263323 |
Technique for producing constructed fares |
| Jul-17-2001 |
A technique for producing constructed fares that include an arbitrary added to a published fare is described. The techniques determine interior cities that appear with gateway cities in arbitraries for... |
| 6263315 |
Revenue management system and method |
| Jul-17-2001 |
A revenue management software system supports decisions to accept or deny requests for resource capacity (seats, rooms, volume/weight, air time, etc.) using control logic that accesses multidimensional... |
| 6249767 |
Portable information terminal surrounding formulation of an optimum plan |
| Jun-19-2001 |
A portable information terminal including a self-positioning measuring device is provided to make reservations and obtain status information of available services from a plurality of reservation centers... |
| 6161097 |
Automated traffic management system and method |
| Dec-12-2000 |
A data management system and method that enables acquisition, integration and management of real-time data generated at different rates, by multiple, heterogeneous incompatible data sources. The system... |
| 6125351 |
System and method for the synthesis of an economic web and the identification of new market niches |
| Sep-26-2000 |
An economy comprises a relation among agents, goods and services. Each good and service in the economy consists of combinations of more primitive goods and services. Goods and services can be complements... |
| 6122620 |
System for the radio transmission of real-time airline flight information |
| Sep-19-2000 |
A flight delivery system that utilizes an architectural structure and network that allows real-time digital signals to be stored, retrieved and converted to an audio signal for radio transmission to achieve... |
| 6119094 |
Automated system for identifying alternate low-cost travel arrangements |
| Sep-12-2000 |
An automated system (10) is provided for identifying alternate low-cost travel arrangements. The system (10) obtains inventory information specifying the rates and/or availability of a plurality of travel... |
| 6112185 |
Automated service upgrade offer acceptance system |
| Aug-29-2000 |
An automated service upgrade offer acceptance system is provided for receiving (i) reservations for a selected category of assigned services, such as seating, and (ii) offers for upgraded services, such... |
| 6107932 |
System and method for controlling access to a venue using alterable tickets |
| Aug-22-2000 |
An alterable ticket and a system and method for controlling access to and within a venue using the alterable ticket. As described in one aspect of the disclosure, a ticket holder purchases such a ticket... |
| 6085164 |
Apparatus and method of allocating flight inventory resources based on the current market value |
| Jul-4-2000 |
The present invention relates to an inventory control method and architecture that maximizes revenues derived from the sale of a given inventory resource to a customer. More particularly, the present invention... |
| 6035278 |
Method and system for schedule and task management |
| Mar-7-2000 |
A method and system are provided for scheduling and time management. The invention is adapted for use with computer systems, including intranet and Internet systems. The schedule owner schedule tasks and... |
| 6023679 |
Pre- and post-ticketed travel reservation information management system |
| Feb-8-2000 |
Methods and system for effecting the instantaneous data transmission to a locally operated computer system upon an occurrence in the computer reservation system (CRS). Specifically, a method for automatically... |
| 6009403 |
Travel plan preparing device |
| Dec-28-1999 |
A travel plan preparing device used for preparing a travel plan by accessing a data base from terminal and acquiring information about service facilities existing on the route from the starting place to... |
| 6003009 |
Transfer information management device and transfer information management method |
| Dec-14-1999 |
A transfer information management device provides helpful transfer information to airport users. The transfer information management device is used in connection with a plurality of management devices... |
| 5987420 |
Reservation media issuing system using fuzzy logic |
| Nov-16-1999 |
The present system comprises a device which issues tickets, a central processing device and an entrance gate device which controls entry to the site. The central processing device establishes appropriate... |
| 5983200 |
Intelligent agent for executing delegated tasks |
| Nov-9-1999 |
An intelligent agent executes tasks by using intelligent agent learning modules which store information necessary to execute the tasks. A computer receives a command to execute a task or receives data... |
| 5960405 |
Worldwide marketing logistics network including strategically located centers for frequency programming crystal oscillators to customer specification |
| Sep-28-1999 |
A worldwide logistics network includes a processing center for receiving customer orders for crystal oscillators over communications links, processing the orders, and generating work orders that are selectively... |
| 5953706 |
Transportation network system |
| Sep-14-1999 |
A transportation network system and method which integrates communications and data transmission requirements for ground transportation service providers into a single, centrally controlled network. The... |
| 5943653 |
Electronic coupon storage and retrieval system correlated to highway exit service availability information |
| Aug-24-1999 |
A system for providing data related to discounted services available near a given location. The system includes a memory storing compressed service data representative of a plurality of services in various... |
| 5940803 |
Itinerary making system |
| Aug-17-1999 |
An itinerary making system for preparing an itinerary according which facilities can be used timely, by a simple inputting operation. When a traveler enters desired facility information and visiting purposes... |
| 5933810 |
Reservation management apparatus and method for making arrangements according to degrees of importance of reservations |
| Aug-3-1999 |
A reservation management apparatus automatically determining importance degrees of reservations such as a resource, a scheduling, etc. This apparatus allows an arrangement of duplicate reservations, using... |
| 5926798 |
Method and apparatus for performing computer-based on-line commerce using an intelligent agent |
| Jul-20-1999 |
A method, computer program product and system, for performing computer-based on-line commerce in which a client computer issues a commercial request and a plurality of server computers is available to... |
| 5926793 |
Digital-timeshare-exchange |
| Jul-20-1999 |
A novel Digital-Timeshare-Exchange that includes a database and an automated process that uses specific steps to instantly trade, sell, or exchange timeshare properties within a digital network environment.... |
| 5924075 |
Itinerary preparing system |
| Jul-13-1999 |
A system which is capable of planning a tour time schedule using simple facility information entered by a traveler and then easily and quickly preparing a complete itinerary for implementing a comfortable... |
| 5909668 |
Banquet hall reservation management system |
| Jun-1-1999 |
The present invention relates to providing a banquet hall reservation management system for managing reservation and vacancy status of divisible banquet halls even when a partition pattern of a banquet... |
| 5897620 |
Method and apparatus for the sale of airline-specified flight tickets |
| Apr-27-1999 |
An unspecified-time airline ticket representing a purchased seat on a flight to be selected later, by the airlines, for a traveler-specified itinerary (e.g., NY to LA on March 3rd) is disclosed. Various... |
| 5842176 |
Method and apparatus for interacting with a computer reservation system |
| Nov-24-1998 |
A method and apparatus is disclosed for interacting with a computer reservation system. The invention allows multiple sessions to be established with a computer reservation system simultaneously. When... |
| 5835716 |
Method and system for brokering excess carrier capacity |
| Nov-10-1998 |
The invention is a method for brokering carrier capacity. The method comprises a dual path; one path that allows entry into a data processing system of available carrier capacity which is comprised of... |
| 5832453 |
Computer system and method for determining a travel scheme minimizing travel costs for an organization |
| Nov-3-1998 |
A computer system and a method for determining a travel scheme minimizing travel costs for an organization, where the organization expects to purchase travel trips for a plurality of travelers for a plurality... |
| 5832454 |
Reservation software employing multiple virtual agents |
| Nov-3-1998 |
A reservation program provides for greater speed and ease of use than has been possible with existing systems. In a typical implementation, the reservation software is run on a personal computer connected... |
| 5832451 |
Automated travel service management information system |
| Nov-3-1998 |
A method (1000) of automatically managing travel service information is provided. The method generates a business entity profile and individual profile for customers (1004, 1006), and stores the information... |
| 5829037 |
Multiprocessor system having a large number of processor system components connected to a plurality of serial high-speed-buses |
| Oct-27-1998 |
A multiprocessor system has a plurality of serial system buses arranged in parallel to which is connected a large number of system components (PSK1, PSK, SSK). The system components (PSK1, PSKm, SSK) are... |
| 5819227 |
Tour schedule processor for moving bodies |
| Oct-6-1998 |
A tour schedule processor stores a tour schedule, in which a variety of transportation means are used, in a vehicle-installed data terminal and a personal digital assistant (PDA) such as a palm top computer,... |
| 5809477 |
Method, apparatus and medium for allocating beds in a pediatric intensive care unit and for evaluating quality of care |
| Sep-15-1998 |
Computer implemented processes are disclosed for quantifying the severity of condition of patients of a pediatric hospital or pediatric intensive care unit. The measure of severity of condition can be... |
| 5797117 |
Month field division multiplexing solution for year 2000 computer date problem |
| Aug-18-1998 |
The invention provides a method for solving, for an interim period of up to seven years, what is commonly known as the year 2000 computer date problem. The method is based on utilizing the presently unused... |
| 5790426 |
Automated collaborative filtering system |
| Aug-4-1998 |
An automated collaborative filtering (ACF) system for recommending at least one item to a first user based on similarity in preference of the user as compared with other users. The ACF system stores rating... |
