Patent ID: 8311859
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a lowest resulting air fare for a trip, the method comprising: receiving a user request having a requested route for the trip at a processor of a computer, wherein the user request comprises a departure location, an arrival location, and a corresponding air fare for the trip; removing the corresponding air fare from the user request to obtain a modified request; automatically determining a set of additional requests by causing the processor to search in a database using the modified request, wherein each additional request comprises the departure location, the arrival location, and optionally one or more additional locations, and the database comprises the additional requests and an expected air fare for each additional request; combining one or more of the additional requests by the processor to produce one or more alternative requests each of which results in a route having the departure location and the arrival location; calculating a resulting air fare in real time for each alternative request; and comparing by the processor the corresponding air fare for the trip and the resulting air fare for each alternative request in order to determine the lowest resulting air fare for the trip including the requested route.