Group travel system in an online marketplace

US11126934B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Airbnb, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Lex Bayer · Palo Alto, US
• James Joseph Beshara · San Francisco, US
• Jonathan Paul Golden · San Francisco, US
• Khaled A. Hussein · San Francisco, US
• Mai Leduc · San Francisco, US
• Gabriel Schuyler Westmaas · San Francisco, US
• Johann Kevin Nicolas Camille Max Kerbrat · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 31, 2017
• Grant date: Sep 21, 2021
• Expiry date: Nov 25, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/14
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for receiving from a first computing device associated with a first user, a request to register a group trip comprising at least one trip item, the request including parameters for the group trip, and receiving authorization from a second computing device associated with a second user to be included in the group trip. The systems and method further providing for receiving from the first computing device, a request to book a trip item for the group trip, approving the request to book the trip item for the group trip based on determining that the trip item meets the parameters for the group trip, and automatically charging a payment device associated with the first user and a payment device associated with the second user according to the parameters related to the group trip.