Systems, methods, and machine-readable storage media for interfacing with a computer flight system
US8452625B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 29, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/02
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided herein are systems, methods and machine-readable media for interfacing with computer flight systems. For example, one embodiment is described wherein an unknown and/or changing inventory of aircraft, potentially including aircraft owned or operated by third parties, is managed to provide flight schedules, fare structures, and reservation inventories to computer flight systems. Another embodiment is described wherein aircraft inventory is allocated dynamically and/or adjusted in real-time in response to bookings of seats on aircraft flights in the flight schedule. Another embodiment is described wherein aircraft inventory may be changed by suppliers of aircraft, including changes to costs for using a portion of the inventory (e.g., using an aircraft for a day), and a management system may modify booking class inventories on one or more flights in the flight schedule in response.
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