Patent ID: 8799184
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a lowest resulting air fare for a trip, the method comprising: receiving a user request specifying a first route for the trip at a processor of a computer, wherein the user request comprises a departure location of the first route, an arrival location of the first route, and an air fare set by an airline company for the trip; recalling a table stored in a database based on the departure location and the arrival location of the user request, the database comprising a plurality of stored tables, each table having a departure location and an arrival location associated therewith, wherein each table of the database includes a plurality of entries, and wherein each entry comprises one or more flights including the departure location associated with table, the arrival location associated with the table, and optionally one or more additional locations, and an expected air fare for the one or more flights; building, with the processor, one or more alternative requests using the entries in the table, wherein each alternative request results in a second route having the departure location and the arrival location of the user request; calculating an air fare for each alternative request; and comparing, with the processor, the air fare of the user request and the air fare for each alternative request in order to determine a lowest air fare for the trip.