CN1372216A - Multi-range tiket ordering system and method thereof for internation airline - Google Patents
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A multipoint ticket-booking system and its method of the internation airline contains a world wide air ticket booking business center scattered at each nexus on an information network and at least one terminal device to provide the passengers to finish the on-line operation about at least the flight distance inquire and arrangement, the price of the ticket, booking, booking-cancel and air-line exchange etc. This, invention can also provide more economic price for ticket or preferential time for the passage and an electronic funds business device to realize on-line air-ticket business.
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The present invention relates to a kind of booking and transaction system and method for air ticket, particularly relate to and a kind ofly can pass through information network, realize that international airline particularly comprises the system and the method thereof of air ticket booking with the transaction of many legs stroke.
Air ticket booking and trade mode according to traditional have following several haply:
1, the tourist service by specialty already obtains and the predetermined relevant information of stroke, recommits the tourist service industry on behalf of the booking of finishing air ticket and transaction.
2, utilize Internet to seek to be relevant to the information of predetermined stroke, by online booking or finish the booking and the transaction of air ticket in person to the mode of airline.
3, directly to airline's inquiry and the predetermined relevant information of stroke, finish the booking and the transaction of air ticket then to airline.
By obtained with the predetermined relevant information of stroke of above-mentioned several methods, it may be large quantities of written informations, also may be can be by PC record and the electronic information of handling, but no matter its form how, wherein may put down in writing many by course line that airline provided, the flight number, and huge and complicated information such as air ticket price, the passenger must spend the search of comparing of a large amount of time and energy, and judge the expense in the course line of each arrangement, can cooperate the flight number with predetermined stroke? how to determine most economical stroke? how to obtain the preferential service of airline? other are the favourable turn in the stroke even, stop or problem such as booking in advance all is that the passenger needs the problem that faces in determining stroke.
Fly nonstop to the course line if the stroke that the passenger is scheduled to is simple, then above-mentioned variety of problems will solve than being easier to, and this passenger for the stroke that arranges by oneself is also more or less freely; But, when passenger's predetermined stroke is the interna-tional date line or the course line of trans-regional property, for the passenger that only can make a strategic decision by many written information, difficulty very, even can't finish.
Travel for often taking a flight for the business people between a plurality of countries, the international airline of many legs often appears in its stroke of being scheduled to, this many leg may be connected (for example Taibei-New York-Los Angeles-Taibei) each other, also has the interruption (Taibei-New York for example, Washington-Los Angeles-the Taibei), and during whole stroke, also may comprise favourable turn, stop, the cancellation voyage, the situations such as time of deviation from voyage route or change stroke, this various situation all might make the passenger cause time or loss economically because of the improper of linking.
The service that utilizes the power of computer to provide the passenger to order air ticket also is known technology, with regard to general airline, by its database of setting up voluntarily, and operation interface can promptly provide the passenger required relevant information, for example: the course line that airline provided, the flight number, and air ticket price, by mode to airline's inquiry, the passenger can be provided by information on services soon that provided by this airline, if a certain airline can't satisfy whole strokes of passenger fully, then the passenger just needs to require service to other airlines that can satisfy all the other strokes again, this situation takes place in the stroke that comprises the many legs of interna-tional date line especially easily, unless solve this problem by airline's cooperative relationship to each other, the passenger also has another kind approach comparatively easily, already seeks service to for example tourist service such as travel agency or travel companies exactly.Therefore, existing service by booking of air ticket that computer provided or booking when facing the tour schedule of the many legs of interna-tional date line, still is difficult to provide the passenger enough services.
Other utilize computer to provide the passenger to make a reservation and order the technology of air ticket, for example also have: United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 897, among No. 620 " METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE SALE OFAIRLINE-SPECIFIED FLIGHT TICKETS " disclosed technology, then utilize computer during certain in, it is comparatively convenient to offer the passenger constantly that fails to determine to set out, economic and flexible air ticket booking and booking service, it can provide the voyage information that meets at the determined stroke of passenger, and provide the passenger to keep the service of booking, as long as the passenger is setting out constantly of determining after a while, this technology can guarantee that just passenger's booking is effective, and makes the passenger obtain more cheap return fare and flexible departure time.
In addition at United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 797, among No. 127 " METHOD; APPARATUS; ANDPROGRAM FOR PRICING; SELLING; AND EXERCISING OPTIONS TOPURCHASE AIRLINE TICKETS " disclosed technology, then be a kind of can be according to the departure place condition, destination condition and route condition, offer the air ticket subscribed services of passenger's tool selectivity admission fee, make the passenger both need not keep close watch over the risk that pocket also needn't emit loss machine marked price lattice, and can buy air ticket with preferable price.As for United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 570, No. 283 " CORPORATETRAVEL VONTROLLER " then is to disclose a kind of method that can help large-scale tourist group such as legal person or organize cost saving.
As at United States Patent (USP) the 5th, 237, among No. 499 " COMPUTER TRAVEL PLANNINGSYSTEM ", then be to disclose a kind ofly can automatically help the passenger to work out the system of a route plan, this system contains database and CPU (central processing unit), utilize CPU (central processing unit) to connect the computerized retention system of airline, the destination document that includes by database, the Member Information document, route enterprise planning document (containing multiple tourist service dealer data), and flight city document provide the travelling prospectus by the CPU (central processing unit) of sequencing for the passenger, services such as hotel and taxi are provided if necessary, even also.
Though existing above-mentioned many computers that utilize provide passenger and the relevant service of order air ticket, and provide the passenger to buy the method for air ticket in the mode of less expensive, but its major part all is services that airline unilaterally can provide, so zonal restriction is arranged aspect service usually, in case running into the air ticket of the stroke of the many legs of interna-tional date line makes a reservation when requiring, how be combined into preferable stroke for the passenger, the admission fee of less expensive, until the transaction of finishing booking or ordering air ticket, aforesaid many kinds of known technologies then can't provide sufficient service.
Primary and foremost purpose of the present invention will provide the air ticket booking and the service of ordering of passenger's international airline exactly, and particularly for many legs stroke of international airline, the present invention can provide the combination arrangement of stroke, and estimates service such as seat in the plane.
One of purpose of the present invention includes the online ticket booking function that the multistage of international airline voyage is provided.
One of purpose of the present invention also includes the online admission fee query function that the multistage of international airline voyage is provided.
One of purpose of the present invention also includes the voyage arrangement according to most economical principle provided; Or the voyage arrangement that is provided according to minimum leg principle.
In addition, the present invention can also provide the subscription services of voyage at the desired travel condition of passenger in sometime, and when voyage satisfies the travel condition of passenger's requirement, the service of notifying the passenger to confirm.
Above-mentioned purpose of the present invention is achieved in that a kind of many legs air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline, be to finish online air ticket booking by wired or wireless information network for a kind of, and the service of air ticket order, total system includes the global air ticket booking trade center of the node location that is distributed in information network, and the end device of at least one.
Global air ticket booking trade center wherein, it itself is exactly a kind of service system that can accept air ticket booking with the booking in global course line, it can provide the up-to-date information in global course line by information network, it includes: by the existing seat in the plane information in the course line that provided of each airline of the whole world, and the air ticket transaction system of accepting air ticket booking and booking.
And aforesaid end device, mainly be a kind of booking equipment that can provide the passenger to order air ticket to global air ticket booking trade center, it can be a PC (PC), PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), notebook computer (NOTE BOOK), mobile phone (mobile phone), or even other has the equipment of link information network and deal with data; End device has at least: a transaction interface (for example combination of message input device such as display and keyboard), carry out air ticket enough operating functions of when booking in order to the passenger to be provided; One voyage testing fixture, it is according to internal database or by the global air ticket booking up-to-date information that trade center provided, and searching can be satisfied all flight services of passenger's range planning, wherein includes the booking and the subscribed services of air ticket; One fare calculation device, it can calculate by the selected flight service of the passenger final transaction value of (it may include the multistage international airline that different airline provides) according to internal database or by the global air ticket booking up-to-date admission fee information that trade center provided; One online booking device is in order to the final flight service that determines of foundation passenger, finishes effective booking request to global air ticket booking trade center.
System disclosed in this invention, even also include a traction processing apparatus, in order to the identity security document of checking trading object, for example verify whether passenger's credit card number or trading password be effective, and finish air ticket booking transaction program to this whole world air ticket booking trade center.
So many legs air ticket booking system of restaurant by international airline provided by the present invention, face that the passenger proposes may comprise the range planning book of a plurality of legs the time, still can help the passenger to make satisfied voyage, finish the request of booking simultaneously, for the passenger, will very make things convenient for and safety.
Below in conjunction with embodiment and accompanying drawing, technology contents of the present invention is described in further detail.
Fig. 1 is a systemic-function block scheme of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the systemic-function block scheme of another embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the embodiment picture at the transaction interface that end device provided, and has shown the column content that can import range planning for the passenger;
Fig. 4 is the embodiment picture at the transaction interface that end device provided, and display system provides the flight service content of the multiple passenger's of satisfying range planning;
Fig. 5 is the embodiment picture at the transaction interface that end device provided, and shows that the passenger is choosing by the picture after flight that system the provides service;
Fig. 6 is the content of multistage voyage database;
Fig. 7 is the content in admission fee relevant information data storehouse;
Fig. 8 is the content of the booking database of record of native system;
Fig. 9 is the main process flow diagram of the method for realization native system;
Figure 10 A～10C is the detailed step process flow diagram of the part of native system;
Figure 11 A～11B is the detailed step process flow diagram of the part of native system;
Figure 12 is the detailed step process flow diagram of the part of native system;
Figure 13 is the transaction interface that is presented at terminating machine, in order to the picture with the one or more passengers' that finish booking individual basic document input system;
Figure 14 is the online payment operation picture that is presented at the transaction interface of terminating machine.
At first see also Fig. 1, it is a systemic-function block scheme of the present invention, and total system includes:
Whole world air ticket booking trade center 20, be positioned at a certain node location of information network 10 and utilize communications protocol (for example HTTP) and information network 10 to set up communication, it can provide the up-to-date information relevant with the seat in the plane in global course line, accept the booking request that the passenger sends by information network 10 by information network 10, and guarantees the validity of completed booking;
One voyage testing fixture 41 is to be a kind of program object, and it can ask the validity of information for instructions operating among the end device 30 or within the global air ticket booking trade center 20 in order to inspection; More particularly, whether solicited message effectively is meant according to the database of inside or the up-to-date information that is provided by global air ticket booking trade center 20, if can find the flight service of the range planning that satisfies the passenger, then aforesaid solicited message is effectively, on the contrary be invalid; In addition, voyage testing fixture 41 can also be sought out all flight services of satisfying (it may comprise the combination of multiple different course line) according to passenger's range planning and select for the passenger, even can also provide the function of formulating best flight service, no matter the result who checks is effective or invalid, all can respond and give the passenger by transaction interface 31, the so that when passenger is effective in check result, further finish online booking, booking, or the operation of abandoning making a reservation;
One fare calculation device 42, be a kind of program object equally, it can operate among the end device 30 or within the global air ticket booking trade center 20, in order to have chosen the passenger after among the multiple flight service that provides by voyage testing fixture 41 any, the up-to-date admission fee information that is provided according to aforementioned data storehouse or global air ticket booking trade center 20, and the flight service content that the passenger chooses is calculated the final transaction value of finishing air ticket booking and booking, and final transaction value is passed through transaction interface 31 respond to the passenger, so that the passenger further finishes online booking, booking, or the operation of abandoning making a reservation; And
One online booking device 43, its specific embodiment can be realized by a tool network data machine and network communication software, except downloading the required up-to-date information of booking to global air ticket booking trade center 20 by information network 10, more can be in order to send the solicited message of the booking or the booking of air ticket to global air ticket booking trade center 20, and will come from the information that global air ticket booking trade center 20 is responded, for example whether effective request is or the transaction results of relevant booking of the success or not or the like of making a reservation or ticket booking is given the passenger by transaction interface 31 responses.
Certainly, if need to pay deposit or required expense in the program of booking so that finish the request of booking and booking, the passenger pays deposit or relevant expense for convenience, among booking unit 40, the many legs of international airline disclosed in this invention, can also comprise a traction processing apparatus 44 (see figure 2)s, except identity security document in order to the checking trading object, and finish the moneytary operations of payment deposit or expense to global air ticket booking trade center 20, its detailed transaction flow please refer to Figure 12, because this mechanism of exchange and electronic money trading technology type are seemingly, the present invention only lifts a preferred embodiment flow process for your guidance, in this transaction flow, the most important thing is after the passenger finishes the booking request of air ticket really by the electronic money trading mode, whole world air ticket booking trade center 20 just can be with the booking data updating database of finishing extremely wherein, and identical booking data also will side by side be recorded in the native system one in order to the booking database of record that stores all air ticket booking records (see Fig. 8, its content see below detailed description).
Here so-called traction processing apparatus 44 can be mounted in the electronics online transaction software in the end device 30, also may be to combine with computer, or the cipher input (as keyboard or identification of fingerprint equipment) of the electronic money reading device (for example POS machine) of independent running, transaction identity or the like.
See also Fig. 3, a kind of embodiment of the information content that its transaction interface that is provided at end device 30 for the present invention 31 is shown, as can be seen from Figure 3, when the passenger seeks the flight service according to its range planning by system provided by the present invention, need input to include departure place, the departure time of a leg at least, and information such as destination, so that generate the solicited message of a ticket booking or booking.Certain this range planning of stipulating by the passenger, may only can finish by a course line of flying nonstop to, also may not belong to and fly nonstop to the course line, and must form by several legs that is connected each other, so in fact can satisfy the best flight service of passenger's range planning, will arrange and offer the passenger by voyage testing fixture 41 and select (when particularly having multiple different flight service can satisfy passenger's range planning).
On the other hand, when if the range planning that the passenger stipulates has comprised a plurality of leg because of passenger's activity schedule, by the transaction interface 31 of Fig. 3, the passenger also can be easily with departure place, the departure time of a plurality of legs that comprised in the range planning, and among the whole input systems in destination.
After above information is imported system of the present invention, the passenger can be by pressing the flight inquiring button in the transaction interface 31, whether inquiry has the flight service of satisfying range planning in having now by the flight service that airline provided, if the flight service of satisfying range planning is arranged, then voyage testing fixture 41 will be shown to the passenger to one or more flight information on services that satisfy by transaction interface 31 and carries out next step the (see figure 4) of choosing.
If the price of passenger's desire inquiry simultaneously air ticket, also need in transaction interface shown in Figure 3 31, import air ticket number or number of passengers, and the class of flight, these booking conditions will help voyage testing fixture 41 to seek the flight service that meets this condition, and after the passenger chooses a certain flight service, calculate admission fee by fare calculation device 42, be shown to passenger's (see figure 5) by transaction interface 31 again, and supply the passenger after further agreeing this admission fee, be recognized the booking or the decision of booking.
The information of course sector, for example: course line, Asia, course line, America, European course line etc.;
The information up to place name is played in the course line;
Voyage plays the information up to the time; And
The information of flight includes:
The title of airline;
The airliner model; And
The class of flight.
And above information will generate multistage voyage database as shown in Figure 6 in database, and this database may include:
Fly nonstop to the city document, wherein put down in writing the title of flying nonstop to the city, if being included in, a certain destination in the specified voyage of passenger flies nonstop in the middle of the city that the city document write down, then system is based on the principle of minimum leg, and its flight service that can provide is provided in this leg of flying nonstop to giving priority in arranging for;
Flight city document, the urban place name that the course line that wherein having put down in writing World Airways, Inc. can provide can arrive, in case voyage testing fixture 41 can't find departure place or destination in the range planning that meets the passenger in this flight city document, represent that then the passenger finishes its predetermined range planning in can't being served by the course line that existing airline is provided, at this moment, will respond an invalid response that solicited message is invalid by the voyage testing fixture 41 of native system, and in preferred embodiment of the present invention, voyage testing fixture 41 also can provide the passenger following proposed projects when solicited message is invalid:
1, provides and the immediate flight of passenger's range planning, in the time of particularly in existing seat in the plane, can't finding the flight that the time with range planning coincide, seek out smooth flight service or the flight that is connected of the range planning that can make the passenger, by advising that the passenger slightly changes the mode of the departure time of its stroke, causes passenger's range planning still can successfully finish; For example: the range planning that the passenger plans is the Taibei-New York-Los Angeles-Taibei, can be but in the flight of still having vacant position, can not find at the flight of passenger institute preset time by New York to Los Angeles via voyage testing fixture 41, voyage testing fixture 41 will be with the predetermined time of setting out from New York of passenger at this moment, or the time that first section voyage (being the Taibei-New York) arrives at New York is benchmark, seek the airliner that second section voyage (being New York-Los Angeles) can be provided backward, select for the passenger, increase the elasticity of decision voyage whereby;
2, the suggestion passenger directly consults airline and seeks assistance.
The leg connects document, has wherein write down the information of airline, departure place, destination and turnaround point, and its purposes has two:
1, provides the reference (its detailed step is seen Figure 11 B) that judges whether to merge the course line;
2, judge whether comprise dwell point in the range planning, and the reference (its detailed step is seen Figure 11 B) that whether calculates the dwell point price markup.
See also Fig. 7 again, its admission fee relevant information data storehouse for being comprised in the native system, comprising having:
Fare calculation formula document, wherein record data such as airline, cabin etc. (being class), the zone of setting out, purpose zone, fare calculation formula at least, in order to agreeing the passenger and to choose after the flight service that provides by system, calculate required admission fee according to the content of this fare calculation formula document by fare calculation device 42;
Air ticket nominal value valency document, wherein record data such as airline, cabin etc., departure place, destination, stroke classification (one way/back and forth), sailing date, air ticket face value at least, it constitutes related by this column of airline and aforesaid fare calculation formula document, in order to air ticket face value required in the fare calculation formula to be provided;
Nominal value valency coefficient document, wherein record data such as airline, cabin etc., the zone of setting out, purpose zone, stroke classification (one way/back and forth), nominal value valency coefficient at least, it constitutes related by this column of airline and aforesaid fare calculation formula document, in order to nominal value valency coefficient required in the fare calculation formula to be provided;
Navigating area admission fee document, wherein record data such as airline, cabin etc., the zone of setting out, purpose zone, sailing date, the date of making out an invoice, navigating area admission fee at least, it constitutes related by this column of airline and aforesaid fare calculation formula document, in order to navigating area admission fee required in the fare calculation formula to be provided; And
Dwell point price markup document wherein records data such as dwell point city, dwell point price markup at least, so that when having dwell point in the voyage of passenger's appointment, the dwell point price markup of airline's defined is calculated in the admission fee in the lump.
Among the end device 30 of native system, at least also have one in order to store the booking database of record of all air ticket booking records, as shown in Figure 8, its content includes at least:
The order main document for example records: data such as O/No., membership number, total admission fee, ticket booking date and treatment situation;
Order leg document, in order to write down each passenger's complete air ticket booking record, particularly in order to the data of a plurality of legs of detail record, and constitute related with aforesaid order main document by O/No., the content of its record may only include single section voyage, also may include the above voyage data of multistage, for example: O/No., leg order, leg numbering, plane order of classes or grades at school 1, departure time 1, arrival time 1, turnaround point 1, plane order of classes or grades at school 2, departure time 2, arrival time 2, turnaround point 2 ... etc. detailed and complete many legs data;
Order seat in the plane document, constitute related by O/No. with aforesaid order main document, for example wherein record: O/No., the leg order, cabin etc., data such as seat in the plane situation, particularly may write down " making a reservation " in the seat in the plane situation column wherein, or information such as " reservation seats in the plane ", the information of " reservation seat in the plane " is to be used for representing may still having in the specified range planning of passenger the seat in the plane of a certain leg not make a reservation successfully as yet, or temporarily can't successfully make a reservation because of other factors, at this moment, native system keeps the request of this booking for the passenger in will be during certain, and when successfully finishing in the future booking, by for example: announce a certain assigned address in information network 10, or by the mode of send Email to the addresses of items of mail of passenger's appointment, perhaps can pass through SMS (Short Message Service) (short message service, SMS), transmit short message to mobile communication equipment (as mobile phone or beeper) and notify the passenger, notify the passenger to finish the booking of air ticket; And
Air ticket order document for example wherein records: data such as O/No., booking code, airline's booking code, and in order to write down the relevant information after making a reservation successfully.
About realizing the flow process of method of the present invention, see also Fig. 9, it comprises following several key steps:
A, obtain the step of the solicited message of air ticket booking, this solicited message includes departure place, departure time at least, with the information of the range planning of destination, and is sent by this information network 10 by the passenger;
Whether the step of the validity of B, inspection ticket booking solicited message has the global air ticket booking service that can satisfy solicited message by seeking, to determine the validity of this solicited message in the database;
C, produce the invalid echo message of the solicited message of a ticket booking and finish this ticket booking flow process, when database does not have the flight service that can satisfy range planning;
D, provide the flight that meets solicited message information on services, when database has the flight service that can satisfy the ticket booking solicited message;
The step of E, calculating admission fee information; And
The step of F, online booking and booking after the passenger selects a certain flight service, will be sent the request of booking by this step to global air ticket booking trade center 20 again, and finished the moneytary operations of payment deposit or expense according to regulation.
As for the detailed implementation step of aforementioned each step, existing is that example is described in detail as follows with Figure 10 A to Figure 10 C at first.
Shown in Figure 10 A, at first carry out the query manipulation in course line, many legs, detailed step comprises:
F1, passenger import the departure place of specifying each leg in the voyage, destination, sailing date, air ticket number, and cabin etc.. or the like data;
F2, when the date is effective, whether the destination of checking first leg is present in is flown nonstop to city document or flight city document, if invalid date (for example the sailing date of second leg is early than the arrival destination date of first leg) then is back to step F 1;
F3, be not present in when flying nonstop to city document or flight city document when the destination of first leg, showing by transaction interface 31 does not provide this one to specify the information of the service of voyage, and returns step F 1, otherwise execution in step F4;
F4, the quantity of calculate extending point, the initial value that extends number of spots is 0, if when having down leg, then will extend number of spots to add up 1 in principle;
If when not having down leg in the specified voyage of F5 passenger, the step of execution graph 10C finishes the query manipulation in course line, many legs then, otherwise execution in step F6;
F6, inspection be the information of leg down, carries out next step then and gather;
When the departure place of F7, current leg is not equal to the destination of previous leg, the quantity of the point of interruption is added up 1;
When the departure place of F8, current leg and destination are not present in the leg and are connected document, show the information of the service that this appointment voyage is not provided by transaction interface 31, and return step F 1 prompting passenger and inquire about again;
The quantity that F9, accumulative total are extended point is back to step F 6, otherwise carries out next procedure when leg down;
If the destination of F10 final stage voyage is the departure place (promptly be considered as the Homeward Leg person) of first section voyage, then the accumulated quantity with current extension point subtracts 1;
F11, when the extension number of spots of accumulative total in allowed limits, execution graph 10C inquires about the step of global air ticket booking trade center, otherwise returns step F 8.
Step at Figure 10 C mainly is to inquire about current available seat in the plane situation by information network 10 to global air ticket booking trade center 20, and its step includes:
G1, the current inspection voyage of initialization, to establish first section voyage be current inspection voyage in order to carry out a repetitive cycling, that is to say, in regular turn each section voyage carried out the inspection of the following step;
Whether data such as G2, the departure place according to current inspection voyage, destination, sailing date have the seat in the plane that meets the current listed condition of inspection voyage to 20 inquiries of global air ticket booking trade center;
G3, when the seat in the plane that meets the current listed condition of inspection voyage is arranged, show data such as the time, cabin etc. of the voyage that all meets and seat in the plane by transaction interface 31, otherwise execution in step G7;
G4, obtain a certain voyage information that the passenger chooses;
G5, the voyage information that the passenger is chosen are recorded in the booking database of record of Fig. 8, and to set leg be current inspection voyage, are back to step G2 then;
G6, when also having down leg, setting leg is current inspection voyage, and is back to step G2, otherwise finishes the step of the global air ticket booking of inquiry trade center;
G7, notify the passenger not have any available seat in the plane the same day by transaction interface 31;
When if the current inspection voyage of G8 is first section voyage, there is the flight time, cabin of seat in the plane etc. the front and back that show the same day ... etc. information;
When if the current inspection voyage of G9 is not first section voyage, show flight time that the seat in the plane was arranged after the same day, cabin etc.. etc. information;
G10, when the passenger chooses wherein leg, execution in step G5 abandons and is back to the query manipulation that Figure 10 A carries out course line, many legs otherwise treat as.
See also Figure 11 A～Figure 11 B again, its for native system after the passenger has been provided by the voyage that provides via aforesaid step, calculate the detailed step of admission fees by fare calculation device 42, it includes:
H1, at first one or more snippets voyage of having chosen is merged the program in course line, step includes (seeing Figure 11 B) in detail for it;
H1.1, when the voyage of choosing has only leg, be back to step H2, otherwise carry out next step;
H1.2, have only two sections voyages when the voyage of choosing, and the destination of second section voyage is back to step H2, otherwise carries out next step when being the departure place (being simple ply voyage) of first section voyage;
H1.3, begin to carry out a repetitive cycling, that is to say that establishing first section voyage is current inspection voyage, carries out the inspection of the following step in regular turn to each section voyage from first section voyage;
If the departure place of the inspection voyage that H1.4 is current is the destination of voyage the last period, and the last period voyage departure place to the destination of current check voyage when flying nonstop to, obtain the dwell point price markup to stopping the price markup document, otherwise execution in step H1.6;
H1.5, current inspection voyage is merged voyage the last period;
H1.6, when also having down leg, setting leg is current inspection voyage, and is back to step H1.4, otherwise finishes to merge the Overall Steps of voyage, and carries out step down;
H2, begin to carry out a repetitive cycling, that is to say that establishing first section voyage is current inspection voyage, carries out the inspection of the following step to first section voyage in regular turn from first section voyage;
H3, obtain the fare calculation mode to fare calculation formula document;
H4, when the admission fee account form is not when calculating according to the nominal value valency, obtain price to navigating area admission fee document and be final transaction value, then execution in step H9;
H5, when the admission fee account form be when calculating according to the nominal value valency, to air ticket nominal value valency document according to airline, cabin etc., the departure place, the destination, sailing date is obtained the nominal value valency;
H6, to nominal value valency coefficient document according to airline, cabin etc., nominal value valency coefficient is obtained in the zone of setting out, purpose zone;
H7, according to formula (final transaction value=nominal value valency * nominal value valency coefficient), calculate the transaction value of this voyage;
H8, the transaction value of this voyage is added to final transaction value; And
H9, when also having down leg, setting leg is current inspection voyage, and is back to step H3, otherwise finishes whole fare calculation operations.
Lift now the technology contents of an example key diagram 11B, for example: the passenger has chosen according to its range planning several sections following flight stroke has been provided among the flight service that is provided by native system:
First section stroke: the Taibei-Hawaii;
Second section stroke: Hawaii-San Francisco;
The 3rd section stroke: San Francisco-Washington;
The 4th section stroke: Washington-New York;
The 5th section stroke: New York-Taibei.
And connect the data that has write down a straight flight line in the document in the leg, its content is:
Airline: CAL;
Departure place: the Taibei;
Destination: San Francisco;
Turnaround point; Hawaii.
Then according to the determining step of Figure 11 B, the departure place (Hawaii) that will detect second section stroke is the destination of first section stroke, and the departure place of first section stroke (Taibei) to destination being recorded as in leg connection document of second section stroke flown nonstop to the course line, turnaround point is Hawaii, so native system just can automatically be merged into a stroke with first section stroke and second section stroke, make the admission fee that comprised two-stage stroke originally change fare calculation by LAP, to make the part that stops as for the passenger in the flight line in Hawaii slightly at this always, only can in admission fee, increase the dwell point fee for price rising of a little, and can not increase the too many cost of passenger.See also Figure 12～Figure 14 at last, in case the passenger has chosen after among a plurality of voyages that provided by system any, can be according to Figure 12 listed steps example to global air ticket booking trade center 20, the operation of carrying out online booking and ordering air ticket, wherein include picture by the transaction interface 31 that is presented at terminating machine as Figure 13, with the one or more individual basic document inputs of finishing the passenger of booking, the online payment picture of the transaction interface 31 by being presented at terminating machine as Figure 14 again, with for example payer's credit card information input system one by one, native system just can pass through aforesaid traction processing apparatus 44, the data of above-mentioned input is sent to global air ticket booking trade center 20, the operation of finishing online booking and ordering air ticket by information network 10.
Though technological means of the present invention by aforesaid preferred embodiment openly as above; but it is not in order to limit the present invention; any personnel that have the knack of present technique; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; when can doing suitable change and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention is when being as the criterion with the determined protection domain of claim.
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1, a kind of air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline, by an information network, the passenger who provides at least one use to be distributed in each end device of this information network finishes the booking service of many legs air ticket of international airline, and this system includes:
One global air ticket booking trade center provides the instant relevant information in whole world team course line by this information network, accepts the booking request of passenger by this information network, and gives the validity response of this booking request;
One transaction interface provides the passenger to import and the relevant solicited message of international airline booking by this end device, and shows the result who responds this solicited message;
Booking unit, the many legs of one international airline includes:
One voyage testing fixture check whether this solicited message is effective, and the result that will check responds to this transaction interface;
One fare calculation device according to the final transaction value of this whole world air ticket booking admission fee information calculations air ticket that trade center provided, and is responded final transaction value to this transaction interface; And
One online booking device send this solicited message by this information network to this whole world air ticket booking trade center, and the result that will conclude the business responds to this transaction interface.
2, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 1, wherein should the whole world air ticket booking information that trade center provided, include the booking information that the course line is flown nonstop in the world at least.
3, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 1 wherein should be marked the booking information that trade center provided by whole world machine, included the booking information of many legs air ticket of international airline at least.
4, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 1 wherein should whole world air ticket booking trade center provide at least:
Route information;
The admission fee information of air ticket; And
Transaction Information.
5, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 4, wherein this route information includes at least:
Course sector;
Rise up to place name in the course line;
Voyage rose up to the time; And
Flight Information.
6, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 5, wherein this Flight Information also includes:
Airline's title;
The airliner model; And
The flight class.
7, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 4, wherein this admission fee information includes at least:
The fare calculation formula;
Air ticket nominal value valency; And
Nominal value valency coefficient becomes final transaction value in order to determine this face value.
8, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 7, wherein this admission fee information also includes:
Navigating area admission fee information;
Stop price markup information; And
Special incentive fare information.
9, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 1, wherein this Transaction Information includes at least:
Airline code; And
The booking code.
10, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 1, wherein the passenger includes by this end device input solicited message relevant with the international airline booking: the departure place of at least one leg, departure time, and destination.
11, the air ticket of international airline as claimed in claim 1 is ordered communication system, and wherein the passenger includes at least by this end device input solicited message relevant with the international airline booking: the departure place of a plurality of legs, departure time, and destination.
12, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 11 has the departure place of the destination of a leg for another leg at least in a plurality of legs wherein.
13, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 11 has at least the departure place of a leg not to be the destination of another leg in a plurality of legs wherein.
14, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 11, wherein the passenger also includes passenger's number and identity by this end device input solicited message relevant with the international airline booking.
15, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 11, wherein the passenger also includes the class of flight by this end device input solicited message relevant with the international airline booking.
16, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 1, wherein this voyage testing fixture is to check that whether this solicited message meets with this whole world team air ticket booking global course line relevant information that trade center provided, and the flight of satisfying this solicited message service that whether can provide is provided whereby.
17, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 1, wherein this voyage testing fixture be check this solicited message whether with the information conforms that database provided of its internal memory, the flight of satisfying this solicited message service that whether can provide is provided whereby.
18, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 17, wherein this database includes at least:
One flies nonstop to the city document, and record can provide the destination title of flight service;
One flight city document, record can provide the place name of flight service; And
The continuous document in one leg records airline, departure place, information such as destination and turnaround point.
19, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 1, wherein this online booking device is to be a network data machine.
20, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 1, wherein this terminating machine is to be selected to finish the PC that communication is connected, personal digital assistant, the group that mobile phone and notebook computer constituted with information network.
21, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 1 wherein also includes a traction processing apparatus, in order to the identity security document of checking trading object, and finishes air ticket to this whole world air ticket booking trade center and makes a reservation.
22, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 21, wherein this traction processing apparatus is to be an electronic money reading device.
23, the air ticket booking system of restaurant of international airline as claimed in claim 21, wherein this traction processing apparatus also includes the cipher input of a transaction identity.
24, a kind ofly carry out the booking method of international air ticket, comprising by information network:
Obtain one by this information network and include starting point at least, the departure time is with the air ticket booking solicited message of the predetermined voyage information of destination;
Check the validity of ticket booking solicited message, by seeking in the database whether have the flight service that to satisfy solicited message, to determine the validity of this solicited message;
When database does not have the flight service that can satisfy the ticket booking solicited message, produce the information of a refusal ticket booking; And
When database has the flight service that can satisfy the ticket booking solicited message, provide the voyage information and the admission fee information of an international airline of the condition that meets the solicited message of booking tickets.
25, booking method of carrying out international air ticket by information network as claimed in claim 24, wherein this air ticket booking solicited message obtains, be by the end device that provides at least one to be distributed in this information network, the air ticket booking request condition of the passenger being imported this end device transfers this solicited message to.
26, as claimed in claim 24ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, wherein this solicited message includes: the departure place of at least one leg, departure time, and destination.
27, as claimed in claim 24ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, wherein this solicited message includes at least: the departure place of a plurality of legs, departure time, and destination.
28, as claimed in claim 27ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket, have the departure place of the destination of a leg in a plurality of legs wherein at least for another leg by information network.
29, as claimed in claim 27ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket, have at least the departure place of a leg not to be the destination of another leg in a plurality of legs wherein by information network.
30, as claimed in claim 24ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, wherein this solicited message also includes passenger's number and identity.
31, as claimed in claim 24ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, wherein this solicited message also includes the class of flight.
32, as claimed in claim 24ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, wherein the voyage information of the international airline that this method provided is the many legs information that satisfies this solicited message for several.
33, as claimed in claim 32ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, wherein this many legs packets of information contains the airliner information of each leg, departure place, departure time, destination, and time of arrival.
34, as claimed in claim 33ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket, wherein have the departure place of the destination of a leg in this many legs information at least for another leg by information network.
35, as claimed in claim 33ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket, wherein have at least the departure place of a leg not to be the destination of another leg in this many legs information by information network.
36, as claimed in claim 32ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, wherein this many legs information is the arrangement of being finished according to most economical admission fee principle.
37, as claimed in claim 32ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, wherein this many legs information is the arrangement of being finished according to minimum leg principle.
38, as claimed in claim 24ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, wherein this database is to obtain from a global air ticket booking trade center that is connected in information network by information network.
39, as claimed in claim 24ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, wherein this database includes at least:
One flies nonstop to the city document, and record can provide the destination title of flight service;
One flight city document, record can provide the place name of flight service; And
One leg connects document, records airline, departure place, information such as destination and turnaround point.
40, as claimed in claim 24ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket, wherein also include a step of calculating final admission fee, in order to calculate final admission fee according to admission fee information and fare calculation formula that this database provided by information network.
41, as claimed in claim 40ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket, wherein also comprise the calculating that stops price markup and special incentive fare by information network.
42, as claimed in claim 40ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, wherein admission fee information includes:
The fare calculation formula:
The air ticket face value; And
Nominal value valency coefficient becomes final transaction value in order to determine this face value.
43, booking method of carrying out international air ticket by information network as claimed in claim 24, wherein also include: when this solicited message includes the information of a reservation, keep this air ticket booking solicited message, have the ticket-booking service that to satisfy the ticket booking solicited message until working as database, till notifying the passenger and obtain passenger's echo message by this information network by wired or wireless mode framework.
44, booking method of carrying out international air ticket by information network as claimed in claim 24, wherein also comprise the step of carrying out international air ticket online ordering by this information network, this orders the safety verification that step includes passenger's identity, and the step of electronic money trading.
45, as claimed in claim 24ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket, wherein also comprise the step that passenger's proposed projects is provided when solicited message is invalid by information network.
46, booking method of carrying out international air ticket by information network as claimed in claim 45, proposed projects wherein is for providing and the immediate flight of passenger's range planning, by advising that the passenger slightly changes the mode of the departure time of its stroke, causes passenger's range planning still can successfully finish.
47, as claimed in claim 45ly carry out the booking method of international air ticket by information network, proposed projects wherein includes the suggestion passenger and directly consults airline and seek to assist.
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