Patent ID: 7584110
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of making a hotel reservation comprising: receiving a reservation request from a client by a booking source; transmitting, by the booking source, a price blind reservation request to a third party web service computer, wherein the web service computer is a price agnostic intermediary and wherein a price of a reservation is not specified in the reservation request and is not available to the third party price agnostic web service computer; processing the price blind reservation request, by the third party price agnostic web service computer, wherein the processing comprises: forwarding the reservation request to the hotel from the third party web service computer; receiving, by the third party web service computer, a confirmation from the hotel; receiving, by the third party web service computer, polling inquiries from the booking source; and transmitting, by the third party web service computer, the confirmation to the booking source, wherein the reservation request is based on allocation parameters to the booking source from the hotel.