Patent ID: 8005685
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for ranking a list of travel options for a selected user, comprising: determining a plurality of selected travel preferences attributable to the selected user; for each of the plurality of selected travel preferences attributable to the selected user, determining, using a computer, a pecuniary value for the selected travel preference based at least in part on historical travel data related at least to the selected user or one or more users similar to the selected user to which the selected travel preference applies; determining actual prices for a plurality of travel options; for each of the plurality of travel options, adjusting the actual price determined for the travel option based at least in part on the determined pecuniary values for one or more of the selected travel preferences attributable to the selected user to obtain an adjusted price; and ranking each of the plurality of travel options based at least in part on the adjusted prices of the travel options.