Maximal availability inventory

US10824965B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Amadeus S.A.S. · FR

Inventors

• Florent Pellerin · Antibes, FR
• Vincent Bossert · Antibes, FR
• Fabien Mourgues · Roquefort-les-Pins, FR
• Mourad Boudia · Antibes, FR
• Thierry Delahaye · Nice, FR
• Bruno Mousli · Antibes, FR
• Antoine Cheinet · Grasse, FR
• Benoit Lardeux · Valbonne, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/087
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Virtualization methods and systems for optimizing the availability of items in an inventory of items in a reservation system. The items are classified into item types and an item type is defined by a requestable set of at least one characteristic. Reservations may be received for a set of at least one characteristic that is a subset of an item type. After a reservation has been accepted, all the availabilities of the requestable sets of at least one characteristic in the inventory are updated. The reservation system may be a hotel reservation system and item types may be hotel room types or other bookable products. The reservation system may be a flight reservation system and item types may be bookable places on flights.