Patent ID: 8600784
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A search method executed by a search system server to process a travel search request for travel-related items, the method comprising: receiving at the search system server and from a user computer, the travel search request for the travel-related items, the travel search request including an origin location and a destination location; establishing, by the search system server, a pruning list with carriers that provide travel-related items for travelers; modifying the pruning list by: responsive to modifying the pruning list, selecting, by the search system server, a set of information sources to search with respect to the travel search request based upon the carriers included in the modified pruning list, wherein information sources comprise information identifying travel-related items for travelers; and transmitting, by the search system server, a query request generated based on the travel search request, to the selected information sources for identifying travel-related items that satisfy the query request.