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5897620 |
Method and apparatus for the sale of airline-specified flight tickets
An unspecified-time airline ticket representing a purchased seat on a flight to be selected later, by the airlines, for a traveler-specified itinerary (e.g., NY to LA on March 3rd) is disclosed....
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5893072 |
Insurance classification plan loss control system
A loss control system for an insurance classification plan has a policy holder database, a predictive apparatus and a derived actual loss ratio generator. The policy holder database generates...
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5870714 |
EPL scheduled price verification system and method
A scheduled price verification system and method which ensure that a scheduled price change has been scheduled for an electronic price label (EPL) associated with an item. The system includes a...
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5864818 |
Automated hotel reservation processing method and system
A hotel reservation system receives hotel reservations from a travel agent or other authorized user and enters information relating to the traveler and the reservation into a hotel reservation...
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5848395 |
Appointment booking and scheduling system
An appointment booking and scheduling system is described, for booking appointments with operatives (e.g. service engineers) visiting customer sites within a defined geographic area. The system...
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5842176 |
Method and apparatus for interacting with a computer reservation system
A method and apparatus is disclosed for interacting with a computer reservation system. The invention allows multiple sessions to be established with a computer reservation system simultaneously....
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5839114 |
Automated system for selecting an initial computer reservation system
An automated system (10) is provided for selecting an initial computer reservation system. The system (10) includes a database (12) which stores data relating to each computer reservation system...
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5835716 |
Method and system for brokering excess carrier capacity
The invention is a method for brokering carrier capacity. The method comprises a dual path; one path that allows entry into a data processing system of available carrier capacity which is comprised...
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5832452 |
Hotel database inquiry system
A method of using a computer to select hotels described in a database. A special user interface permits entry of criteria in one or more categories that describe the hotel. The computer searches...
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5832451 |
Automated travel service management information system
A method (1000) of automatically managing travel service information is provided. The method generates a business entity profile and individual profile for customers (1004, 1006), and stores the...
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5832454 |
Reservation software employing multiple virtual agents
A reservation program provides for greater speed and ease of use than has been possible with existing systems. In a typical implementation, the reservation software is run on a personal computer...
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5812985 |
Space management system
An improved system for space management in retail stores is described. The space management system includes price display labels mounted on rails along the edges of shelves in a store. A...
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5809477 |
Method, apparatus and medium for allocating beds in a pediatric intensive care unit and for evaluating quality of care
Computer implemented processes are disclosed for quantifying the severity of condition of patients of a pediatric hospital or pediatric intensive care unit. The measure of severity of condition can...
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5797117 |
Month field division multiplexing solution for year 2000 computer date problem
The invention provides a method for solving, for an interim period of up to seven years, what is commonly known as the year 2000 computer date problem. The method is based on utilizing the...
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5797127 |
Method, apparatus, and program for pricing, selling, and exercising options to purchase airline tickets
An apparatus, method, and program for determining a price of an option to purchase an airline ticket, and for facilitating the sale and exercise of those options. By purchasing an option, a...
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5797126 |
Automatic theater ticket concierge
A theater-ticket concierge system in which individual kiosks are in wireless communication with a central station so that, based upon programming from the central station, the individual events of...
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5794177 |
Method and apparatus for morphological analysis and generation of natural language text
This invention improves information retrieval and the precision of language processing by providing an apparatus and method for organizing, utilizing, analyzing, and generating morphological data....
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5793639 |
Baggage receiving and handling method in airport, baggage receiving and handling system in airport, and baggage automatic handling apparatus
An airport baggage receiving and handling method receives a passenger's baggage, identifies the baggage and processes the baggage for the passenger's flight. The method includes providing...
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5745901 |
Workflow initiated by graphical symbols
A method for workflow processing of objects stored in the memory of a computer system in accordance with the invention includes storing an object, which is to be processed, in the memory of a...
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5732398 |
Self-service system for selling travel-related services or products
In a self-service system of selling travel-related services or products by means of an interactive travel service system functioning like a travel agent, to simplify the search process by the...
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5726885 |
Hire vehicle transportation system
The invention provides a hire vehicle transport system of the type in which a plurality of usable vehicles are available for hire at one or more collection and return points, and a control center...
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5648900 |
Method and apparatus for controlling and monitoring group travel related services
A computerized reservation system including controlling and monitoring of group travel related services is presented. In addition to master inventory of travel related services and a set of...
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5644721 |
Multiple currency travel reservation information management system and method
Methods and system for effecting the consolidation of travel reservation information including bookings and ticketing using different currencies is disclosed. Specifically, a method is disclosed in...
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5634016 |
Event management system
A computer integrated event management system is disclosed that coordinates the entire process of event planning and implementation using specialized software combined with a microcomputer network...
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5598351 |
Communication system
A communication system for facilitating introductions comprising a plurality of terminals, recording means for recording a visual image of an individual at said terminal and for storing said image...
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5581461 |
Computerized system and method for storage, processing and transfer of inventory and other data among a central processor/database and a number of remote locations
A system and method for a novel and highly advanced data handling network which is ideally disposed for the management of inventory data among a number of dispersed locations, such as a hotel...
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5570283 |
Corporate travel controller
A system for controlling travel primarily in a corporate environment that interconnects travelers, travel agents and airline CRSs so that a traveler can communicate with the CRS with a user...
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5483444 |
System for awarding credits to persons who book travel-related reservations
A computerized system provides incentives for travel agents and similar persons to book particular travel-related reservations. The system achieves this by awarding cumulative credits to travel...
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5463546 |
Lodging facility automated processing station
A hotel automated processing station is placed within the outside wall in close proximity to the entrance to the main office of a hotel. In this manner, should the attendant be unavailable for a...
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5422809 |
Method and apparatus for providing travel destination information and making travel reservations
Apparatus and Method for providing travel destination information and making travel destinations which includes an information storage and retrieval system for storing, referencing and retrieving...
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5412191 |
Service desk for the registration, booking and/or payment of goods, vouchers and the like
In the case of a service desk for the registration, booking and/or payment of goods, vouchers and the like, having a service section (38) including at least a data display device (28), a data input...
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5408417 |
Automated ticket sales and dispensing system
An automated ticket sales and dispensing system is customer operated to provide tickets for various entertainment events, travel, and other products and services such as lottery tickets, gift...
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5404291 |
Inventory control process for reservation systems
A reservations system for hotel chains in which matrix arrays defining maximum rooms for sale, protected inventory, and matrices derived from these two, all by room-type/rate-category combinations....
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5289369 |
Car rent system
A highly automated car-rental system based on a specially equipped fleet of cars for hire and one or more control stations. An authorized subscriber can enter any car of the fleet which is free for...
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5272474 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring the status of tables
A first table status control unit, which may be a master or maitre d' table status control unit, includes a first plurality of visual indicators, each visual indicator corresponding to an...
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5253166 |
Pre-ticket travel reservation record keeping system
A record keeping system communicates with an airline's customer reservation system and a corporate client database system. A dedicated queue within the customer reservation system is accessed daily...
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5253165 |
Computerized reservations and scheduling system
A computerized reservations and scheduling system is provided which alternately allows transportation consumers to select from pre-scheduled transportation services provided by transportation...
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5239480 |
Automatic ticket dispensing system
The system includes a plurality of self-service terminals each of which includes a central processor and which services a plurality of locations at which sporting, dramatic, musical, etc. events...
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5237499 |
Computer travel planning system
A computer based system for processing travel requests directed to a specific venue from individual members of a sponsored group. The system comprises a data base containing a venue file including...
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5225990 |
Apparatus and methods for baggage reconciliation and location
A baggage checking system is described, primarily for use at airports and distinct from airline seat reservation systems. The baggage checking system takes flight numbers, travellers'...
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5151692 |
Boarding gate seat checkin apparatus and method
In a checkin gate apparatus, a seat table for checking practically occupied seats and also unoccupied seat deleting function are additionally provided to check which seats remain unoccupied, before...
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5095195 |
Automated videocassette dispensing terminal with reservation feature
A system for renting pre-recorded videocassettes in which an automatic videocassette dispensing terminal communicates with and becomes part of a store's computerized videocassette rental system....
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4984156 |
Automatic checkin apparatus
In an automatic checkin apparatus, an air ticket is received by an air ticket reading section; a data indicative of the number of baggages is inputted via key board; and a boarding card and baggage...
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4965437 |
Ticket issuing apparatus
A ticket issuing apparatus includes a printing section constituted by a printing control circuit and a printing head, a communication interface connected to a desired host computer through a...
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4931932 |
Computerized system with means to automatically clear and sell wait-listed customer reservations
The present invention relates to an electronic inventory clearing system having particular utility as an airline reservation system. The system includes one or more devices for storing information...
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4845625 |
Flight bidding system or the like especially for airline personnel
A system and procedure is disclosed for evaluating published bid line data of commercial airlines and developing therefrom an ordered set of bid lines arranged according to the degree to which such...
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4794530 |
Credit settlement and ticketing terminal system
A credit settlement and ticketing terminal system comprises a terminal unit for issuing request information, and a central unit for performing a processing for ticketing a ticket or the like by...
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4775936 |
Overbooking system
A system and method for determining a recommended overbooking level for a scarce resource such as seats on a vehicle, e.g. an aircraft, so that the the advance bookings are at a level which...
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4752876 |
Self service terminal for lodging industry including room key dispenser
A self service terminal for a lodging facility includes room key dispensing and receiving. The present invention allows a guest to automatically check into a lodging facility, have an appropriate...
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4703423 |
Apparatus and method for generation of brand name specific advertising media
An apparatus and a data processing methodology for the creation, display and/or generation of brand name specific advertising media based upon a combination of sponsor and consumer input, is...
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