Patent ID: 9324043
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A computerized on-line reservation method, comprising the steps of: receiving a reservation enquiry at a computerized booking system from a user; receiving the user's social networking identification on a social networking platform at the computerized booking system; storing the social networking identification of the user in a database associated with the computerized booking system; in response to a subsequent user submitting a reservation enquiry; retrieving a list of social networking identifications (SNIDs) for that user from the social networking platform, the list comprising a group of one or more other parties registered on the social networking platform with whom the subsequent user is associated; searching, at the computerized booking system, for third party reservations having at least one overlapping reservation criterion and an associated SNID from the subsequent user's list; sending a request to the social networking platform to retrieve a city of residence of each party in the subsequent user's list of associated parties; comparing the residences of the list of associated parties with a chosen destination of the subsequent user; displaying to the subsequent user, an identification of any party from the list recorded by the social networking platform as resident in the subsequent user's destination city; and displaying to the subsequent user the SNID of a third party identified by the search together with information regarding the reservation.