| 6041305 |
Method and apparatus of controlling reservation for goods and the like |
| Mar-21-2000 |
A method and apparatus for controlling the reservation for goods and the like is provided includes the performance and apparatus for effecting performance of a sequence of steps. Steps including setting... |
| 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... |
| 6023685 |
Computer controlled event ticket auctioning system |
| Feb-8-2000 |
An automated event ticket auctioning system receives and evaluates bid information records received from a plurality of remote terminals. The bid information records correspond to bids for one or more... |
| 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... |
| 6018715 |
Automated travel planning system |
| Jan-25-2000 |
An automated travel planning system (10) is provided. The system (10) includes a database (12) which stores information relating to each individual traveler and business entity customer of a travel agency... |
| 6014628 |
Method and system for tracking any entity through any set of processes utilizing a temporal projection |
| Jan-11-2000 |
A method and system for generically tracking an entity in a specific domain. The system includes a generic application interface for receiving and processing tracking data regarding a tracked item. The... |
| 6012036 |
Site and workspaces layout process employing MDS a PDI formula in which density is calculated using measured span of circumscribing-convex-hulls |
| Jan-4-2000 |
A process is provided for producing layouts of building units on a quadrieral facility site, and layouts of personnel workstations and items of equipment (collectively "workplace elements") in quadrilateral... |
| 6009408 |
Automated processing of travel related expenses |
| Dec-28-1999 |
A system (10) for facilitating the processing of travel related expenses includes a database (40) which stores a traveler profile (50), a customer profile (52), and a traveler category rule set (56). A... |
| 6005534 |
Digital information system |
| Dec-21-1999 |
The invention relates to a digital information system (10) for displaying information on at least one display means with the aid of at least one projector (22). The exposures are presented at places accessible... |
| 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... |
| 5987425 |
Variable margin pricing system |
| Nov-16-1999 |
A variable margin pricing system and method that generates retail prices based on customer price sensitivity. Products are grouped into pools from a first pool for most price sensitive products to a last... |
| 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... |
| 5978770 |
Assigning and managing patron reservations for distributed services using wireless personal communication devices |
| Nov-2-1999 |
A system and method for assigning and managing patron reservations to one or more of a plurality of attractions receive reservation requests at personal communication devices (PCDs). Reservation requests... |
| 5973619 |
Automated vehicle dispatch and payment honoring system |
| Oct-26-1999 |
An automated vehicle dispatch and payment honoring system which is comprised of a computerized system with specialized software which enables a user to select a particular Taxi or vehicular transport company... |
| 5953705 |
Ticketless system and processing method and memory medium storing its processing program |
| Sep-14-1999 |
A ticketless system for processing information for issuance of an airplane ticket or the like by using an IC card. The ticketless system includes a coupon ticket issuing module for recording coupon ticket... |
| 5948040 |
Travel reservation information and planning system |
| Sep-7-1999 |
Computerized travel reservation information and planning system that generates "map ticket" output in various media, for guidance and transactions en route. Such print or electronic documents can include... |
| 5946660 |
Automated storage system |
| Aug-31-1999 |
An automated storage system comprising a plurality of self-storage, facilities which are collectively networked to a central command center, wherein a customer may communicate with the central command... |
| 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... |
| 5943651 |
Automatic airline ticket issuer and entry card creating system |
| Aug-24-1999 |
An airline ticket issuing apparatus connected via a communications line to a seat reservation system is installed in a travel agency and so on. This airline ticket issuing apparatus records, on an airline... |
| 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... |
| 5930761 |
Ticket package management software |
| Jul-27-1999 |
A computer process which permits easy management of one or more season ticket packages for a ticket administrator. A schedule of games is color-coded to readily indicate ticket availability. The color-codes... |
| 5926799 |
Computerized linens management system for hotels and similar institutions |
| Jul-20-1999 |
In a computerized linens management system for a hotel, room attendants place soiled linens in bags identified with corresponding room numbers. All soiled items placed in each room bag and all linen items... |
| 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... |
| 5918209 |
Method and system for determining marginal values for use in a revenue management system |
| Jun-29-1999 |
A method and system for determining marginal values for perishable resources expiring at a future time, for example, an airline seat, hotel room night, rental car day or the like, for use in a perishable... |
| 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... |
| 5893072 |
Insurance classification plan loss control system |
| Apr-6-1999 |
A loss control system for an insurance classification plan has a policy holder database, a predictive apparatus and a derived actual loss ratio generator. The policy holder database generates signals indicative... |
| 5870714 |
EPL scheduled price verification system and method |
| Feb-9-1999 |
A scheduled price verification system and method which ensure that a scheduled price change has been scheduled for an electronic price label (EPL) associated with an item. The system includes a storage... |
| 5864818 |
Automated hotel reservation processing method and system |
| Jan-26-1999 |
A hotel reservation system receives hotel reservations from a travel agent or other authorized user and enters information relating to the traveler and the reservation into a hotel reservation terminal.... |
| 5848395 |
Appointment booking and scheduling system |
| Dec-8-1998 |
An appointment booking and scheduling system is described, for booking appointments with operatives (e.g. service engineers) visiting customer sites within a defined geographic area. The system includes... |
| 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... |
| 5839114 |
Automated system for selecting an initial computer reservation system |
| Nov-17-1998 |
An automated system (10) is provided for selecting an initial computer reservation system. The system (10) includes a database (12) which stores data relating to each computer reservation system (30) utilized... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 5832452 |
Hotel database inquiry system |
| Nov-3-1998 |
A method of using a computer to select hotels described in a database. A special user interface permits entry of criteria in one or more categories that describe the hotel. The computer searches the database... |
| 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... |
| 5812985 |
Space management system |
| Sep-22-1998 |
An improved system for space management in retail stores is described. The space management system includes price display labels mounted on rails along the edges of shelves in a store. A communications... |
| 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... |
| 5797127 |
Method, apparatus, and program for pricing, selling, and exercising options to purchase airline tickets |
| Aug-18-1998 |
An apparatus, method, and program for determining a price of an option to purchase an airline ticket, and for facilitating the sale and exercise of those options. By purchasing an option, a customer can... |
| 5797126 |
Automatic theater ticket concierge |
| Aug-18-1998 |
A theater-ticket concierge system in which individual kiosks are in wireless communication with a central station so that, based upon programming from the central station, the individual events of interest... |
| 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... |
| 5794177 |
Method and apparatus for morphological analysis and generation of natural language text |
| Aug-11-1998 |
This invention improves information retrieval and the precision of language processing by providing an apparatus and method for organizing, utilizing, analyzing, and generating morphological data. The... |
| 5793639 |
Baggage receiving and handling method in airport, baggage receiving and handling system in airport, and baggage automatic handling apparatus |
| Aug-11-1998 |
An airport baggage receiving and handling method receives a passenger's baggage, identifies the baggage and processes the baggage for the passenger's flight. The method includes providing identification... |
| 5781892 |
Method and apparatus for interacting with a computer reservation system |
| Jul-14-1998 |
A method and apparatus is disclosed for interacting with a computer reservation system. A client computer (12) generates commands in response to user input. A server computer (14) receives the commands... |
| 5745901 |
Workflow initiated by graphical symbols |
| Apr-28-1998 |
A method for workflow processing of objects stored in the memory of a computer system in accordance with the invention includes storing an object, which is to be processed, in the memory of a computer... |
| 5732398 |
Self-service system for selling travel-related services or products |
| Mar-24-1998 |
In a self-service system of selling travel-related services or products by means of an interactive travel service system functioning like a travel agent, to simplify the search process by the system and... |
| 5726885 |
Hire vehicle transportation system |
| Mar-10-1998 |
The invention provides a hire vehicle transport system of the type in which a plurality of usable vehicles are available for hire at one or more collection and return points, and a control center performs... |
| 5724520 |
Electronic ticketing and reservation system and method |
| Mar-3-1998 |
A method and system of issuing an electronic authorization and validation for pre-scheduled activities such as airline reservations to eliminate paper tickets. The passenger makes the reservation and allows... |
