Patent ID: 8352454
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for performing data searches in response to a user request, comprising the steps of: receiving the user request at an application server; using a schedule manager, executed on the application server, to identify a set of search provider systems that provide airline flights between an origin and a destination identified in the user request; using a rules manager, executed on the application server, to identify at least one primary search provider system and a failover search provider system from the set of search provider systems identified by the schedule manager, based on the user request; sending a search request from the application server to the at least one primary search provider system; sending a search request from the application server to the failover search provider system if no search results are received from the at least one primary search provider system; receiving search results from at least one of the search provider systems; using the rules manager to merge the search results received; and sending the merged search results from the application server to a user.