Method and system for creating travel packages

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20030036930A1
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09932268

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The present invention relates in general to on-line transportation reservation processing and, in particular, to a system and method for identifying and purchasing travel packages on-line. In one embodiment, package components are retrieved by a package server in response to a query from a consumer. A best package component is identified from the retrieved package components. Then a listing of packages matching the best package component is depicted for the consumer with real-time prices to the consumer. In another embodiment of the present invention, real-time prices corresponding to travel packages are related to published fares for package components. The relationship is calculated to maximize the real-time price relative to the price for published fares for the travel components. In still another embodiment of the present invention, travel packages are cross-sold to consumers when they are seeking to purchase a travel component that may be included in a travel package.

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EXPEDIA INC333 - 108TH AVENUE N E BELLEVUE WA 98004

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bogdanovic, Maja Seattle, WA 5 93
Frink, Lloyd Seattle, WA 9 402
Matos, Tomas AD Sammamish, WA 3 80
Monsowitz, Eric Seattle, WA 1 63
Murch, Steve Seattle, WA 2 69
Roberts, Christopher Seattle, WA 26 246

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