AIRCRAFT RESERVATION SYSTEM: abstract simplified (18176524)
- This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18176524 Titled 'AIRCRAFT RESERVATION SYSTEM'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes an aircraft reservation system that includes several components. These components include a reservation acceptance unit, a recommended candidate flight extraction unit, a reservation rate estimation unit, a recommended flight selection unit, and a recommended flight proposal unit.
The reservation acceptance unit is responsible for accepting reservations from customers. The recommended candidate flight extraction unit extracts a list of recommended flights that meet certain conditions, such as having available seats and meeting specific utilization spot and date/time requirements.
The reservation rate estimation unit estimates the reservation rate for the recommended flights at a predetermined time before the desired departure date and time. The recommended flight selection unit then selects the best recommended flight based on the highest reservation rate at the time of acceptance or the highest estimated reservation rate among the recommended flights.
Finally, the recommended flight proposal unit is responsible for proposing the selected recommended flight to the customer.
Original Abstract Submitted
An aircraft reservation system includes: a reservation acceptance unit; a recommended candidate flight extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of recommended candidate flights which satisfy a utilization spot condition and a utilization date and time condition and have a vacant seat; a reservation rate estimation unit configured to estimate a reservation rate at a time point a second predetermined time earlier than a desired departure date and time, for the plurality of recommended candidate flights; a recommended flight selection unit configured to select, as a recommended flight, the recommended candidate flight with the reservation rate at the time point when the reservation is accepted by the reservation acceptance unit being highest or the recommended candidate flight with the reservation rate estimated by the reservation rate estimation unit being highest among the plurality of recommended candidate flights; and a recommended flight proposal unit.
