Patent ID: 7050986
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a new travel reservation based on information reflecting frequent trips comprising: storing in a database a set of frequent trip records, each frequent trip record associated with a traveler and reflecting a travel itinerary; receiving selection information reflecting a selected one of the frequent trip records to form a trip request; prompting a user to indicate at least one new travel date associated with the trip request regardless of whether the selected frequent trip record has any associated travel dates; transmitting at least certain aspects of the trip request to a computerized reservation system, wherein a new travel reservation is automatically created using the transmitted aspects of the trip request; and displaying a calendar showing at least one month divided into days with at least two icons on days associated with the new travel reservation, wherein the icons represent components on the travel reservation and are selected from the group comprising a transportation component, a lodging component, and a car rental component.