Patent ID: 8374895

Claim:
A method in a computer system with a processor and a memory for presenting airline fare information, the method comprising: receiving from a user a search request having a search criterion; retrieving as search results flight information for airline flights that match the search criterion; generating by the computer system a departure interval presentation from the retrieved flight information that illustrates fares of the airline flights that match the search criterion at departure intervals of a departure date for a return date, the departure intervals being represented as sections of a circle representing 24 hours within the departure date, the lowest fare for a departure interval being displayed within the section representing that departure interval; sending by the computer system for presentation to the user the generated departure interval presentation; receiving an indication of a selection by the user of a departure interval from the departure interval presentation by the user selecting a section of the presentation corresponding to the departure interval; and in response to receiving the indication of a selection by the user of a departure interval from the departure interval presentation, generating by the computer system a return interval presentation from the retrieved flight information that illustrates fares of the airline flights that match the search criterion for the selected departure interval of the departure date and return intervals of the return date, the return intervals being represented as sections of a circle representing 24 hours within the return date, the lowest fare for the selected departure interval and a return interval being displayed within the section representing that return interval; and sending by the computer system for presentation to the user the generated return interval presentation.