BR102018012461A2 - AIR TICKET PURCHASE SYSTEM FOR VALUE PROPOSAL AND CONFIRMATION TERM - Google Patents

Abstract

system of purchase of airline tickets for value proposition and confirmation period this innovation deals with a system of purchase of airline tickets by proposing value by the buyer and with a minimum advance period for confirmation of the sale by the transport company, in which the buyer can propose values according to his limits and needs and in comparison with the other offers offered to the transport company.

Description

DESCRIPTIVE REPORT

Airline ticket purchase system for value proposition and

CONFIRMATION TERM

Field of innovation [001] The present invention deals with an electronic commerce system, more specifically a ticket trading system for the transportation of passengers, specifically an electronic system for the sale of air and road tickets through the proposition of value and term by a buyer subject to acceptance by the transportation company.

History of innovation [002] In Brazil, the sale of airline tickets is closely related to the advance with which the ticket is purchased. In general, the earlier the ticket is purchased, the cheaper it is for the buyer. Exception made, of course, to sporadic promotions.

[003] Among the most used means of sale are the websites of airlines or ticket sales companies, where the user interested in the purchase selects the destination to which he wants to go from a certain origin and makes the purchase .

[004] Eventually, the user can opt for portals that perform a search among the various companies that operate on the chosen route, presenting a list of ticket purchase options, with their different prices and, thus, choosing the cheapest among those that meet your needs.

[005] Despite all the sales effort, there is a fraction of seats that remains unoccupied. On average, about 20% of seats on a flight are not sold on time (average idleness reported by ANAC for domestic flights).

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2/8 [006] In this scenario, the innovation solution presented here was developed, which allows the buyer to propose to a transport company, for example, air transport, a value for the purchase of the desired ticket and a minimum period for confirmation of the sale by the company, upon acceptance of the conditions proposed by the buyer.

State of the art analysis [007] It can be seen that there are no similar solutions in the state of the art that present inventive concepts to solve problems in the same way as the present innovation.

[008] For example, the patent PI 0801693-3 presents an intelligent ticket that enables the validation of access to different events, including the advance sale of tickets and user access control, being associated with the use of turnstiles connected to servers, containing bearer information and making it possible to identify the statistical profile of users.

[009] Document US5754654, on the other hand, includes a system for the sale and return of electronic tickets through a sales device that connects to a terminal, with the transaction history recorded on a storage device.

[010] The American document US20100082408 provides a method to guarantee a set of valid additional services or products to offer to a user, which additional services or products are associated with a main service or product, using an affinity matrix of a plurality of services. and additional products to assign a level of affinity between each additional service or product with at least one additional service or product based on the association with the main service or product.

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3/8 [Oil] The US20110295418 patent shows ways of carrying out a printing and ticketing system and associated operations to sell such ticket together with promotional material in the form of printed content, audio and / or video advertising and / or electronic data. [012] Document US9124782 explains a cinema ticket sales system, a portable electronic device and a method thereof, including a server and a portable electronic device comprising a camera module, a transmission module, a processing module and a positioning navigation module.

[013] As can be seen, no reference anticipates the set of characteristics of the proposed innovation.

Description of the figures [014] Figure 1 illustrates the system's operating logic from the user's point of view, acquirer of the ticket.

[015] Figure 2 illustrates the operating logic of the system from the point of view of the company, the transferor of the ticket.

[016] Figure 3 shows the transport company's registration logic on the portal, inserting the necessary information for the operation.

[017] Figure 4 shows an example of the initial screen that the user accesses to propose his ticket purchase offer.

[018] Figure 5 shows an example of the screen on which the user views his purchase offer in front of the others for the same stretch.

[019] Figure 6 shows an example of the final screen, where the user makes the payment and can make a new purchase proposal.

Detailed description of the innovation [020] The present innovation deals with a ticket purchase system, notably airline tickets, but also applicable to the purchase of tickets.

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4/8 ground tickets, where the user, who wishes to travel from a point of origin to a destination, can propose a value offer for the journey and a minimum acceptable period for confirmation of acceptance by a transport company that agrees with the conditions offered.

[021] In this description, the example of air transport is used for illustration purposes only.

[022] In other words, the system exposed here allows the buyer to offer the seller a value for a certain segment, associated with a minimum period for confirmation, so that the seller can, at his discretion, accept or not the conditions offered .

[023] Once the conditions have been accepted by the seller, it is up to the buyer, the user, to present themselves at the place of departure and proceed with the traditional procedures to take advantage of the transport service provided by the transport company that has accepted the proposal.

[024] The ticket sales system proposed here can be represented by the user's view, as illustrated in Figure 1, and by the transport company's view, as shown in Figure 2.

[025] In the flowchart of Figure 1, it is noticed that the operation works from the access to the portal by the user and the insertion of the necessary information to define the desired trip, such as origin, destination, travel date, whether it accepts connections or just direct transport, number of seats requested and, eventually, if there are special conditions, such as, for example, the elderly, children under 2 years old, people with special needs, among others.

[026] From this stage, the system opens the user with the option of proposing values and a minimum period for confirmation of acceptance by the transport company, as shown in Figure 4. Typically, the term options are

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5/8 fixed at 48h, 24h, 12h, 8h or 6h in advance. That is, this term means the minimum advance accepted by the buyer to receive confirmation of acceptance of the proposal by the transport company.

[027] When finalizing his proposal of values and deadline, the user is presented with a confirmation screen, such as the one illustrated in Figure 5, where he can view the comparison of his proposal with the others offered, in an ordered preference list from the highest value to the lowest value offered for the same stretch. On this screen, in a preferred configuration, a reminder appears to the user, that the system sells seats and spaces that in the last hour were empty, therefore, the shorter the time that the user accepts to board, the greater his chances of completing the purchase.

[028] If, in this confirmation screen, the user chooses to change the proposal, the system forwards it to the initial offer proposal screen, as shown in Figure 1. Alternatively, the user can view the prices currently practiced by the company of transportation by selecting the option to view Prices Today, where the system opens the option to access the official pages of the companies that offer transportation to that destination from that origin or, in case of transportation unavailability, a notice that there is no availability for the selection chosen by the user.

[029] However, if the user chooses to confirm the proposal, the system sends the user to complete the complete registration, inserting additional contact information, such as his full name, his CPF, mobile phone (preferably with access to a communication application like Whatsapp), the documents to be presented (RG, CNH, Passport), as well as the information of other passengers,

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6/8 if necessary, the payment method and the password to access the system, where the information would be available in a future access or consultation to previous proposals.

[030] In case the user already has a previously registered registration, only his name and password are requested, in addition to the information of the other passengers, if necessary, the form of payment.

[031] Additionally, the user also chooses how he wishes to be informed in the future by the system about the acceptance of the proposal and the issue of tickets. Typically, the options for informing the user vary between an electronic message (e-mail), the communication application (such as Whatsapp), an SMS or a combination of them.

[032] After the registration is completed, the user is informed, through a warning screen, such as the example in Figure 6, of the conditions of the proposal made (amount and deadline in advance) and of the costs involved in the commercialization of the proposal eventually accepted, when , then you can choose to send more proposals if you are interested.

[033] If the user chooses to make another proposal, selecting the option on the screen, he is sent to the beginning to inform the conditions to define the desired trip, as shown in Figure 1.

[034] If you choose to end the process, you are taken to a final screen and the operation is completed.

[035] In the flowchart of Figure 2, the operation is illustrated from the perspective of the company providing the transport service, which begins with the analysis of the offers offered by the various proponents, evaluating the list of values according to the options of terms . In a preferred configuration, as already mentioned, these deadlines are fixed at 48h, 24h, 12h, 8h or 6h in advance.

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Ί / Ζ [036] The analysis allows the company to select the proposals that suit it best and discard those that are not attractive to it. Thus, as illustrated in Figure 2, the rejected proposals generate information to the bidder that their offer has not been accepted.

[037] Already the proposals accepted by the air transport company generate a notice requesting confirmation from the user, who must confirm the proposal. If the user does not confirm it, the purchase is canceled and the company is informed of the cancellation.

[038] However, if the user confirms the purchase through an offer accepted by the transport company, the purchase is made through the system and the notice is issued to both the user and the transport company.

[039] Figure 3 illustrates the registration process of the company providing transport services, where, through access to the portal, a person, designated by the company, proceeds to fill in at least four different areas:

a) the Flight Register, where the company lists the flights offered, with destinations and origins, specifying the minimum monetary value that they accept in each section and the minimum advance notice period for confirmation; it should be noted that the company can define different values and terms for the same flight and that such information can be changed at the discretion of the transportation company;

b) Financial data, where the company inserts information for financial transactions, such as the account for the amounts to be received, allowing the monitoring of movements related to sales made;

c) the contact details, where the information of the persons designated to receive and deal with the procedures related to the marketing of

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8/8 tickets and interaction with the system and, eventually, with customers; for example, such information would include name, function, e-mail address and contact by communication application (such as Whatsapp) or, alternatively, automatically by the communication platform of the transportation company;

d) the Contract Conditions, which allows access to previously negotiated conditions, such as how to receive the amounts, the percentages related to the service provided and other contractual details.

[040] The system proposed by the present innovation may, in an alternative configuration, be integrated into the transport company's management system, allowing the reservation to be confirmed in the transport company's management system automatically when the employee gives acceptance. proposals or in accordance with the acceptance requirements stipulated by the transport company.

[041] This innovation is not limited to the representations commented or illustrated here, but must be understood in its broad scope. Many modifications and other representations of the invention will come to the mind of one versed in the technique to which this innovation belongs, having the benefit of the teaching presented in the previous descriptions and attached drawings. Furthermore, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific form disclosed, and that modifications and other forms are understood to fall within the scope of the appended claims. Although specific terms are used here, they are used only in a generic and descriptive manner and not for the purpose of limitation.

Claims (4)

1) Transport services marketing system characterized by comprising a computerized system where the user proposes, for a given destination from a certain origin, a value and a minimum confirmation period for a transport service to the transport company so that it evaluates the offer, said offer, when accepted, generating the commercialization of the transport service under the agreed conditions, said commercialization generating notices to said user and to the said transport company of the commercialization carried out and of the agreed conditions, said system providing said user with the visualization of your proposal compared to other offers for the same destination from the same source. 2) Transport services commercialization system, as described in claim 1, characterized by understanding the possibility for the user to change his proposal from the view of his proposal compared to other offers for the same destination from the same origin. 3) Transport services commercialization system, as described in claim 1, characterized by understanding the confirmation by the user of his proposal of values and maximum deadline for confirmation of the transport service after the company accepts the offered conditions and before commercialization be carried out. 4) Transport services commercialization system, as described in claim 1, characterized by being integrated into the management system of the transport company in order to allow automatic acceptance of proposals according to deadline parameters and values for the stretches of specific displacements previously established by the said transport company.