Patent ID: 7840425
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a computer reservation system, comprising: creating by the computer reservation system a fare family database defining a plurality of fare families each comprised of a plurality of fare classes, the fare family database containing determination rules for determining an association of at least one fare family for each fare class, each fare class being defined according to commercial parameters and services, receiving from a user station, via an interface of the computer reservation system, a user request for information relating to travel products comprised of priced travel solutions for at least one travel date, searching with at least one search engine of the computer reservation system at least a travel segment database and a fare database for travel solutions meeting input criteria of the user request to determine a selling price amount associated with each travel solution in accordance with an associated fare class to form identified travel products comprised of priced travel solutions, accessing by the computer reservation system the determination rules contained in the fare family database, applying with a fare fixing engine of the computer reservation system the determination rules to the identified travel products to determine a fare family associated with each identified travel product, sorting the identified travel products by their associated determined fare family, building a reply to the user request, said reply configured to produce a display of data relating to those identified travel products that meet the input criteria, said display of data comprising, for each identified travel product, a selling price amount, the identified travel products being sorted when displayed into fare families each comprised of a plurality of fare classes, and outputting the reply for display to a user that originated the user request.