CN106716457A - Automated best rate guarantee - Google Patents

Abstract

The method and system permits for searching of rates offered by travel accommodation providers and comparing the retrieved rates. The methodology searches both the host site and third party sites to obtain a result listing. Based on this listing, the rates between that of the host site and the third party site are compared for discrepancies between the same or similar listings. If a discrepancy is found that makes the offering on the third party site less expensive than is offered on the host site for the same or similar accommodations, a best rate guarantee methodology is triggered. This takes into account the accommodations and pricing of each listing and based on predetermined constraints enables automatic price matching, incentives, discounts, and so forth to encourage a user to select the host site's accommodation.

Description

Automatic optimal rate ensures

Priority request

This application claims the S. Utility application number 14/718,369 of the submission of on May 21st, 2015 and 2014 5 The priority of the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/001,266 that the moon 21 was submitted to, the content of the two applications is by reference It is completely integrated in this article.

Technical field

The field of the present invention and its embodiment is related to obtain travelling lodging, i.e., seamless search direct marketing business and the 3rd Lodging rate and compare obtaining travelling square website.Especially, it is related to search for multiple databases and by externally-located price Automatic prices match is carried out so as to the method for improving the income of travelling lodging providers (direct marketing business).

Background technology

When expecting that ordering travelling stays, online travel agency (OTA) has become very common.As increasing people makes The optimum price of specific lodging is found with OtA, travelling lodging providers make great efforts to keep and/or extend their customer Storehouse.First and foremost, this is attributable to the favourable pricing tabulation of OTA, and this income for accordingly resulting in travelling lodging providers declines.

Consumer often has few worry relevant with mechanism on obtaining the approach of order of staying.They are only by one Individual factor excitation：Money.The fact is that OTA is often listed than directly by few lodging of lodging providers advertisement of travelling.These have Price/the rate listings of profit are combined with the raising of META Search Engine or the importance of both content aggregators.These entities perform with OTA identicals multiple function, can merge the present price from each OTA and some travelling lodging providers.These yuan are searched Suo Zhandian once searches for multiple third party travelling lodging websites or online list to utilize only one search string to be carried to customer For many contents.Accordingly, it would be desirable to a kind of recapture of travelling lodging providers for giving such as hotel one these entities are received The business and the mode of the chance of income walked.

The approach created for the direct loyal and continuable storehouse ordered is directly to utilize OTA and content-aggregated thing To compete.In doing so, it is necessary to consider that driving the primary factor of customer's purchase decision is：Money.Such as hotel is travelled Place provider needs to be provided a kind of effectively and automatically price in matching particular range so as to provide the price (if not Preferably then to accommodate rate) chance.The approach is current to be existed with some of inferior quality shapes or form, because hotel is frequent Contrast hotel is directly carried out " prices match " by the price that is more cheap, being found in other places that same lodging is provided.

When " the thin character segment " of these offers is reached, problem is occurred in that.Hotel and other providers apply so many Any qualified suitable prices match is limited to, so that it generally cannot correctly realize or cannot realize at all.In addition, For consumer and travelling lodging providers, it was demonstrated that " prices match " ensures that qualified process is laborious and time-consuming.Therefore, For can not only find it is specific travelling stay optimal price and also the rate to being found carries out automatic price when in place There is demand in the easy-to-use system of matching.The present invention and its embodiment meet and have exceeded these targets.Reading correlation technique：

United States Patent (USP) 6,839,679 is related to automatic pricing system.The system is from one or more computer reservation systems Acquisition defines the rate of multiple tour arrangement and/or the inventory information of availability.Inventory information together with can be used in travelling (each commercial entity with travel agency and travel agency turns round and look at one or more files for the discounted information of listed rate for arranging Visitor is relevant) it is collectively stored in database.In response to the specific travelling route from customer, system is automatically from database Lowest price, the available tour arrangement that retrieval stock and/or discount information and determination are consistent with route.As a result, using this The travel agency of system need not spend the time to the tour arrangement of manually determined lowest price.

U.S. Patent application 2014/0081678 is related to a kind of system of the processor that can include and be coupled with memory.Should Processor can determine hotel cluster and have selected for the instruction of the first hotel rate and promote the in response to receiving user One hotel reservation.Whether the processor can also monitor rate fluctuation and judge the second hotel rate less than the first hotel rate. Processor can also promote the second hotel reservation in response to determining the second hotel rate less than the first hotel rate.The treatment Device is further able in response to the second hotel reservation of promotion by messages meant to user.The processor can have been selected in user Cancel the first hotel reservation in the case of having selected the second hotel reservation and taken if user has selected for the first hotel reservation Disappear the second hotel reservation.

Various equipment are known in the art.However, their structurally and operationally mode is different in essence in the disclosure.These Implementation or search for specific website or Website Hosting and lower rate that the travelling that tries to find out is stayed.Other inventions Fail to solve the whole issue that the disclosure is instructed.The present invention and its embodiment provide one kind simply and effectively provide folding Detain and to the mode of the customer's automatic prices match of offer directly from travelling lodging providers.Of the invention at least one implements Scheme is presented and will be described in greater detail below with following accompanying drawing.

Summary of the invention

Usually, the present invention and its embodiment provide the order engine interface relevant with travelling lodging is obtained.Although Focus be on travelling is stayed, but the method can be applied to any amount of field, including common online shopping/purchase as possible Or any item that can compare between competitor.Order engine interface is intended to by travelling lodging providers trustship, rather than by Third party's order site or content-aggregated thing trustship.

When user have submitted inquiry, order engine searches for its own database and multiple third parties in the case where constraint is inquired about Database.Result is collected and is compared to each other by order engine.Compare preferably occur in inside home site find and Between the outside same travelling lodging found from third party's website or at least substantially similar lodging.Optimal price ensures mould Block with post analysis price or rate with judge travelling lodging providers whether any price measure should be taken to stimulate user to order Purchase travelling lodging providers are rather than third party's website.

The present invention and its embodiment provide the computer implemented method of transaction of being stayed for execution travelling, including such as Lower step：Client sends first and inquires about via network to order engine, wherein the first inquiry is including at least pricing information request； Order engine performs the search of the database being associated with order engine, wherein search is completed in the constraint of the first inquiry 's；Order engine performs the search of third party database, wherein search is completed in the constraint of the first inquiry；Order engine The price result that at least price result that order engine is searched for is searched for third party is compared；Judge that price result is to pass through Order engine is still more expensive or more cheap by third party database；If the price result wherein by order engine is more high It is expensive, then relatively low third party's price may be in response to by the price of the order engine price and change.

In another embodiment of the present invention, there is a kind of/non-transient computer of service rate program of accommodating Computer-readable recording medium, wherein the instruction that is stored with, when performing on computers, the instruction makes computer perform following steps：Pass through Network inquiry order engine, wherein inquiry is order engine for performing the use of the search of the database being associated with order engine The search string of family construction, at least one third party database is inquired about via network, wherein inquiry is search at least one The search string of user's construction of third-party database；Compare the result of order engine search and the knot of third party's search Really；Judge to whether there is difference between order engine result and third party database result；And automatically adjust and draw with order At least one associated characteristic is held up to encourage user to select order engine rather than third party's result.

Usually, the present invention successfully brings following benefit and target and other NM benefits and target.

An object of the present invention is to provide the side that income is transferred to travelling lodging providers from third party's order engine Method.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method for automatically adjusting the price that travelling is stayed.

An object of the present invention is to provide using both content aggregators the method to convey consistent, accurate result.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method that reputable price is provided for consumer.

An object of the present invention be to provide it is a kind of give customer discount or stimulate stay the side of selection making travelling Method.

An object of the present invention be to provide it is a kind of for identical, the more multiple prices of suitable or substantially similar item The method of option.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of method that listing error is notified travelling lodging providers.

An object of the present invention is to provide the side that a kind of price list by noncompetitive notifies travelling lodging providers Method.

Brief description of the drawings

Fig. 1 is the graphical overview of the method that embodiment of the present invention is used.

Fig. 2 is the flow chart for showing optimal price method of assuring.

Fig. 3 is the expression according to the result screen of the method for the present invention.

Detailed description of the invention

The preferred embodiments of the invention are described referring now to accompanying drawing.Identical element is using identical in the various figures Reference identify.

Each embodiment of the invention is specific reference will be made to now.These embodiments are by explaining mode of the invention Come what is provided, it is not intended to be limited to these.In fact, those of ordinary skill in the art can read this specification and check this Recognize that various modifications and variations can be carried out to it during accompanying drawing.

Typically, a user or multiple users, it may be possible to people or user's group and/or other systems, can participate in information Technological system (for example, computer) is beneficial to the operation of system and information processing.In turn, computer is processed using processor Information and these processors can be described as central processing unit (CPU).A form of processor is referred to as microprocessor.CPU is used Telecommunication circuit serves as the binary coded signal of instruction to transmit to realize various operations.These instructions can be in various treatment Device may have access to and including in operable memory area (for example, register, buffer storage, random access memory etc.) And/or refer to operation and/or the data command of other instruction and datas.These communication instructions can be as program and/or data Component batch (for example, many batches of instructions) stores and/or transmits to promote desired operation.The instruction code of these storages, for example Program, can participate in cpu circuit component and other motherboards and/or system component to perform desired operation.

One class method is computer operating system, and it can be performed by the CPU on computer；Operating system is enabled and promoted Enter user to access and operation computer information technology and resource.Some resources that can be used in information technology system include： Input and output mechanism, by the input and output mechanism, data can be transferred into computer；Memory storage, data can To be saved in memory storage；And processor, can be with processing information by the processor.These information technology systems can use Carry out gathered data so as to then retrieval, analysis and manipulation, this can be promoted by database program.These information technology systems The interface of various system components is accessed and operated there is provided permission user.

In one embodiment, the present invention can be with one or more such as, but not limited to from user input equipment The entity connection and/or communication of user, ancillary equipment, optional cipher processor equipment, and/or communication network.For example, this hair It is bright can with user, include but is not limited to personal computer, server and/or various mobile devices (including but not limited to honeycomb Phone, smart mobile phone (for example,Phone based on Android OS etc.), tablet PC (for example, AppleiPad^TM、HP Slate^TM、Motorola Xoom^TMDeng), E-book reader is (for example, Amazon Kindle^TM, Barnes and Noble Nook^TMEReader etc.), laptop computer, notebook, net book, game control Platform is (for example, XBOX Live^TM、DS、SonyProtable etc.), portable scanner and/ Or the operation client connection and/or communication of similar devices.

Network is typically considered to include client in graph topology structure, the interconnection of server and intermediate node and mutual behaviour Make.It should be noted that generally referring to process and respond long-distance user across communication in the term " server " that the application is used in the whole text The computer of the request of network, another equipment, program or its combination.Server services their letter to " client " of request Breath.Term as used herein " client " generally refers to process and make request and obtains and process to come across communication network Computer, program, another equipment, user and/or its combination from any response of server.Promotion, processing information and request And/or be further commonly referred to computer, another equipment, program or its combination that information is delivered to purpose user from source user " node ".

Network is generally acknowledged to promote the information transmission from source node to destination.Specifically specified information further The node commonly referred to " router " of the task of destination is delivered to from source.There is the network of diversified forms, such as LAN (LAN), Pico networks, wide area network (WAN), wireless network (WLAN) etc..For example, internet is generally accepted as multiple networks Interconnection, thus Terminal Server Client and server can mutually be accessed and interoperated.

The present invention can be based on computer system, and computer system can include but is not limited to component, such as：With memory The computer system of connection.

Computer system

Computer systemization can include clock, central processing unit, and (" CPU ", and/or " processor " (these terms are at this Open to be used interchangeably in the whole text, unless made opposite note)), memory is (for example, read-only storage (ROM), arbitrary access are deposited Reservoir (RAM) etc.) and/or interface bus, but it is most common not necessarily, all with conductibility and/or other can transmit Interconnect and/or communicate by system bus on one or more (mother) plates of circuit pathways, instruction is (for example, binary coding is believed Number) can by conductibility and/or other can transmission circuit path advance to realize communicating, operate, store.Optionally, count The systematization of calculation machine can be connected with internal electric source；For example, optionally power supply can be internally.Optionally, encryption processor and/or Transceiver (for example, IC) can be connected with system bus.In another embodiment, encryption processor and/or transceiver can be with Via interface bus I/O connections as internally and/or externally ancillary equipment.

In turn, transceiver may be coupled to antenna, so as to realize the wireless transmission of various communications and/or sensor agreement And reception；For example antenna may be coupled to：Texas Instruments WiLink WL1283 transponder chips (for example, there is provided 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0, FM, global positioning system (GPS) (so as to allow controller of the invention to determine its position)； Broadcom BCM4329FKUBG transponder chips (for example, there is provided 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, FM etc.)； Broadcom BCM4750IUB8 receiver chips (for example, GPS)；Infineon Technologies X-Gold 618- PMB9800 (for example, there is provided 2G/3G HSDPA/HSUPA communicate) and/or similar devices.

System clock is typically had crystal oscillator and basic letter is produced by the circuit pathways of computer system Number.Clock is typically coupled with system bus and various clock multipliers, and this is by other for interconnecting in computer systems Component improves or reduces element task frequency.Clock and various assemblies driving in computer system is embodied in whole system Information signal.This sending and receiving for embodying the instruction of the information in whole computer system can jointly claim It is communication.These can communication instruction can further be sent, be received, and surmount instant computing machine system return and/or return The reason for communicating again is arrived：Communication network, input equipment, other computer systems, ancillary equipment and/or similar devices.Certainly, on Stating random component can be directly connected to each other, and be connected with CPU, and/or the use with as illustrated in various computer systems Some modified examples are organized.

At least one of the request that CPU includes being enough to executive program components and is used to performing user and/or system generation is high Fast data processor.Frequently, processor is in itself by comprising various special processing units, such as, but not limited to：Integrated system (bus) controller, memory management control unit, floating point unit and even special treatment subelement, such as graphics process Unit, digital signal processing unit and/or similar subelement.

Additionally, processor can include internal quick access addressable memory, and can surmount processor in itself And memory is mapped and is addressed；Internal storage can be included but is not limited to：The high speed of fast register, various ranks Buffer storage (for example, rank 1,2,3 etc.), RAM etc..Processor can be by using the storage that can be accessed via IA Device address space accesses the memory, and processor can construct IA and IA is decoded, it is allowed to which it has access to The circuit paths of the specific memory address space with memory state.

CPU can be microprocessor, such as：Athlon, Duron and/or Opteron of AMD；It is the application of ARM, embedded And safe processor；IBM and/or the DragonBall and PowerPC of Motorola；IBM and the Cell processor of Sony；Yin Te Your Celeron, Core (2) Duo, Itanium, Pentium, Xeon and/or XScale；And/or similar process device.CPU leads to Cross through conductibility and/or transmission line pipeline (for example, printing) electronics and/or optical circuit) instruction to be interacted with memory with Stored instruction (that is, program code) is performed according to conventional data processing technique.Instruction transmission promotes the present invention Interior communication and surmount communication of the invention by various interfaces.If processing requirement specifies bigger speed and/or capacity, Then can similarly use distributed processors (for example, distributed implementation of the invention), main frame, multinuclear, it is parallel and/ Or supercomputing machine architecture.Alternately, if deployment request specifies bigger portability, can be using smaller Personal digital assistant (PDA).

According to specific implementation, feature of the invention can by realize R8051XC2 microcontrollers such as CAST, The MCS 5 (that is, 8051 microcontrollers) of Intel and/or the microcontroller of similar microcontroller are realized.And, in order to realize Some features of each embodiment, some feature implementations can be dependent on embedded component, such as：Application specific integrated circuit (" ASIC "), Digital Signal Processing (" DSP "), field programmable gate array (" FGPA ") and/or similar embedded technology.For example, Random component set (distribution or other) of the invention and/or feature can be via microprocessors and/or via embedded components To realize；For example, via ASIC, coprocessor, DSP, FPGA, and/or analog.Alternately, some realizations of the invention Mode can utilize and be configured and realized for realizing the embedded components of various features or signal transacting.

According to specific implementation, embedded components can include software solution, hardware solution and/or hard Certain combination of part/software solution.For example, feature of the invention discussed herein can be by realizing FPGA come real Existing, they are the semiconductor devices comprising the programmable logic components for being referred to as " logical block " and programmable interconnection, property such as high Energy FPGA Virtex series and/or the low cost S partan series of Xilinx manufactures.

Logical block and interconnection can be programmed by customer or designer, after FPGA is produced, realize of the invention What feature.Interconnected the need for level permission logical block the system according to the present invention designer/manager of programmable interconnection, had The similar single-chip programmable analog plate of point.The logical block of FPGA can be programmed to perform the function of basic logical gate, such as with (AND) and XOR or more complicated combination function, such as decoder or simple mathematical function.In most FPGA, logical block is also Including memory component, it can be simple trigger or more complete memory block.In some cases, the present invention can be with It is developed on conventional FPGA and is subsequently moved within the fixed version of more similar ASIC implementations.It is alternative or coordination Implementation can substitute FPGA or as the attached of FPGA by the final ASIC of the feature of controller of the invention immigration Plus.Depending on implementation, the above-mentioned formula component and microprocessor of having fully embedded into can be considered as " CPU " of the invention and/or " place Reason device.

Power supply

Power supply can be any canonical form powered for small electronic circuit board device, such as following battery：Alkalescence Battery, lithium hydride, lithium ion, lighium polymer, NI-G, solar cell and/or analog.By the way that other types of AC can be used Or D/C power.In the case of for solar cell, in one embodiment, shell provides aperture, by the aperture, too Positive energy battery can capture photon energy.Battery is connected with the subsequent components of of the invention at least one interconnection, so as to provide Electric current gives all of subsequent components.In one embodiment, power supply is connected with system bus components.In alternative embodiment In, provide external power source by the connection across I/O interfaces.For example, USB and/or IEEE 1394 connections carry the number of mid-span According to this and electric power and be therefore suitable power supply.

Interface adapter

Interface bus can receive multiple interface adapters, be connected to multiple interface adapters, and/or suitable with multiple interfaces Orchestration communicates, routinely but not necessarily in the form of adapter card, such as, but not limited to：Input/output interface (I/O), storage Interface, network interface and/or similar interface.Optionally, encryption processor interface can similarly be connected with interface bus.Interface Bus provides interface adapter communication each other and the communication with other components of computer system.Interface adapter Suitable for compatible interface bus.Interface adapter is routinely connected via cell body architecture with interface bus.Can be using normal The cell body architecture of rule, such as, but not limited to：AGP (AGP), card bus (Card Bus), (extension) industrial standard Architecture ((E) ISA), MCA (MCA), NuBus, periphery component interconnection (extension) (PCI (X)), PCI Express, personal computer memory card League of Nations (PCMCIA) and/or similar architecture.

Memory interface can receive multiple storage devices, connect with multiple memory device communications and/or with multiple storage devices Connect, such as, but not limited to：Storage device, removable disk equipment and/or analog.Memory interface can use connection protocol, Such as, but not limited to：(super) (serial) advanced technology attaches (packet interface) ((Ultra) (Serial) ATA (PI)), (enhancing Integrated drive electronics ((E) IDE), IEEE (IEEE) 1394, optical-fibre channel, miniature computer System interface (SCSI), USB (USB) and/or analog.

Network interface can receive communication network and communication and/or is connected with communication network.By communication network Network, user can access controller of the invention by Terminal Server Client (for example, the computer with web browser).Net Network interface can use connection protocol, such as, but not limited to：It is directly connected to, (thick, thin, twisted-pair feeder is to 10/100/ for Ethernet 1000Base T, and/or analog), token ring, the wireless connection and/or analog of such as IEEE 802.11a-x.If place Reason requires the bigger speed of regulation and/or capacity, then can be similarly using Web control device (for example, of the invention Distributed implementation) architecture to collect, load balance, and/or otherwise improve controller of the invention and want The communication bandwidth asked.Communication network can be it is following in any one and/or combination：Direct interconnection；Internet；LAN (LAN)；Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) (MAN)；As the operation mission (OMNI) of the node on internet；Security customization is connected；Wide area network (WAN), wireless network is (for example, using agreement, such as, but not limited to WAP (WAP), I patterns and/or similar association View)；And/or similar communication network.Network interface can be considered as the specialized form of input/output interface.Additionally, can be used many Individual network interface participates in various communication network types.For example, can allow to be passed via broadcast, multiple spot using multiple network interfaces Give and/or single-point transmit network communication.

Input/output interface (I/O) can receive user input equipment, ancillary equipment, encryption processor equipment and/or class Like equipment, communicated with user input equipment, ancillary equipment, encryption processor equipment and/or similar devices, and/or it is defeated with user Enter the connection of equipment, ancillary equipment, encryption processor equipment and/or similar devices.I/O can use connection protocol, such as but not It is limited to：Audio：Simulation, numeral, monophonic, RCA, stereo and/or similar agreement；Data：Apple Desktop Bus (ADB), IEEE 1394a-b, serial, USB (USB)；It is infrared；Manipulate dry；Keyboard；Musical instrument digital interface；Optics；PC AT；PS/2；Parallel；Radio；Video interface：Apple Desktop connector (ADC), BNC, coaxially, component, compound, numeral, number Word visual interface (DVI), high-definition media interface (HDMI), RCA, RF antenna, S-Video, VGA, and/or similar interface；Nothing Line transceiver：802.11a/b/g/n/x；Bluetooth；Honeycomb is (for example, CDMA (CDMA), high-speed packet access (HSPA (+)), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), global system for mobile communications (GSM), Long Term Evolution (LTE), WiMax Deng)；And/or similar agreement.The typical output equipment of usable one can include video display, and it generally includes to be based on The watch-dog of cathode-ray tube (CRT) or liquid crystal display (LCD), it has interface (for example, DVI circuits and cache), The interface receives the signal from video interface.Information that video interface combined computer system is generated and based on combined information And vision signal is generated with VRAM frame.Another output equipment is television set, and it receives the signal from video interface. Typically, video interface is by receiving the video connecting interface of video display interface (for example, receiving RCA composite video cables RCA composite video connectors；Receive DVI connector of DVI monitor cables etc.) composite video information is provided.

User input equipment is often the type of ancillary equipment (see below) and can include：Card reader, software are protected Shield device, fingerprint reader, gloves, figure tablet device, control stick, keyboard, microphone, mouse (odd number), remote controllers, regard Nethike embrane reader, touch-screen (for example, electric capacity, resistance etc.), tracking ball, touch pad, sensor are (for example, accelerometer, ring Border light, GPS, gyroscope, close to etc.), instruction pen and/or analog.

Other components of ancillary equipment, such as cooling cabinet system, including temperature sensor, ice dispensing device (provided that) and Analog, can be with the such as I/O of network interface, memory interface and/or other similar facility connection and/or communications, can be with Directly with interface bus, system bus, CPU and/or analog connection and/or communication.Ancillary equipment can be in control of the invention Outside device processed, within and/or be one part.Ancillary equipment can also include such as antenna, audio frequency apparatus (for example, tie-in line, Leading-out wire, microphone entrance, loudspeaker etc.), camera (for example, still image, video, network camera etc.), drive motor, system Ice maker, light units, video-frequency monitor and/or analog.

Ciphering unit, such as, but not limited to microcontroller, processor, interface and/or equipment, can attach, and/or with this The controller communication of invention.The MC68HC16 microcontrollers manufactured by Motorola Inc. can be used for ciphering unit and/or add Used in close unit.MC68HC16 microcontrollers are multiplied and accumulated instruction in 16MHz configurations using 16, and are needed less than one Second performs 512 RSA private key operations.Ciphering unit supports the certification of the communication from interactive agent, and allows anonymous deal. Ciphering unit can be additionally configured to the part of CPU.Equivalent microcontroller and/or processor can also be used.Other are commercially Upper available special encryption processor includes：The CryptoNetX of Broadcom and other safe processors；NCipher's Luna PCI (for example, 7100) series of nShield, SafeNet；The 40MHz's of Semaphore Communications Roadrunner 184；The cryptography accelerators of Sun are (for example, Accelerator 6000PCIe Board, Accelerator 500Daughtercard)；Via Nano Processor (for example, L2100, L2200, U2400) line, it is able to carry out password The 500+MB/s of instruction；The 33MHz 6868 of VLSI Technology；And/or analog.

Memory

Usually, it is allowed to which processor realizes that any machinery and/or embodiment of storage and/or the retrieval of information are considered as Memory.However, memory is desirable generation technique and resource, therefore, any number of memory embodiment can be replaced mutually In generation, collaboratively uses.It should be understood that controller of the invention and/or computer system can use various forms of storages Device.For example, computer system be configured such that CPU memory on piece (for example, register), ROM, RAM and it is any its The function of its storage device is provided by paper-tape puncher or paper card punch block mechanism；Certain embodiment can be realized extremely slow Operation rate.

In typical configuration, memory will be including ROM, RAM and storage device.Storage device can be any conventional Computer system is stored.Storage device can include drum；(fixed and/or removable) disc driver；Magnetic-light driver；Light Drive (that is, blue light, CD ROM/RAM/ recordable (R)/footwear (RW), DVD R/RW, HD DVD R/RW etc. can be weighed)；Equipment array (for example, RAID (RAID)；Solid-state memory device (USB storage, solid-state drive (SSD) etc.)；Other Processor readable storage medium；And/or other similar devices.Therefore, computer systemization generally needs and utilizes memory.

Assembly set

Memory can include the set of program and/or database component and/or data, such as, but not limited to：Operation system System component (operating system)；Information service device assembly (information server)；User's interface unit (user interface)；Web browser Component (Web browser)；Database；Mail service device assembly；Mail Clients component；Cryptographic service device assembly (cryptographic service Device) and/or analog (that is, being referred to as assembly set).These components can be stored in order to and from storage device and/or from can be by The storage device that interface bus is accessed is accessed.Although those the unconventional program assemblies such as in assembly set are typically Storage is in local memory device, but they can also load and/or store in memory, such as：Ancillary equipment, RAM, By the long-range storage facility of communication network, ROM, various forms of memories and/or analog.

Operating system

Operating system component is the executable program components of the operation for promoting controller of the invention.Typically, operation system System promotes the access of I/O, network interface, ancillary equipment, storage device and/or analog.Operating system can extremely be held Wrong, measurable and safe system, such as：Apple Macintosh OS X (server)；AT&T Plan 9；Be OS；The Unix and class unix system distribution (UNIX of such as AT＆T；Such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and/or analog Berkley Software Distribution (BSD) variant；The Linux of such as Red Hat, Ubuntu and/or analog Distribution)；And/or similar operating system.It would however also be possible to employ more limited and/or more unsafe operating system, such as Apple Macintosh OS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/3.1/95/ 98/CE/Millenium/NT/Vista/XP (server), Palm OS and/or analog.Operating system can be by especially excellent Change with such as iOS, on the mobile computing device of Android, Windows Phone, Tizen, Symbian and/or analog The operating system of operation.

Operating system can include that itself and/or similar assembly communicate with other components in assembly set.It is more conventional Ground, operating system communicates with other program assemblies, user interface and/or similar assembly.For example, operating system can be included, passed Send, generate, obtain and/or provide program assembly, system, user, and/or data communication, request and/or respond.Operating system, Once performed by CPU, it is possible to enable and communication network, data, I/O, ancillary equipment, program assembly, memory, user input Equipment and/or analog are interacted.Operating system can provide permission controller of the invention by communication network and other entities The communication protocol of communication.Controller of the invention can use various communication protocols as interactive subcarrier transmission machine System, such as, but not limited to：Multicast, TCP/IP, UDP, single-point transmit and/or are similar to mechanism.

Information server

Information service device assembly is the program assembly for being stored performed by CPU.Information server can be it is conventional because Special net information server, the such as, but not limited to Apache of Apache Software Foundation, the internet letter of Microsoft Breath server, and/or similar information server.The information server can be allowed by all instruments described as follows come configuration processor Component：Active Server Page (ASP), ActiveX, (ANSI) (object-oriented) C (++), C# and/or .NET, common gateway Interface (CGI) script, dynamic (D) HTML (HTML), FLASH, Java, JavaScript, actual extracting report Language (PERL), HyperText Preprocessor (PHP), pipeline, Python, WAP (WAP), WebObjects and/or Similar means.Information server can support secure communication protocols, such as, but not limited to, FTP (FTP)；Hypertext Host-host protocol (HTTP)；Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS), security socket layer (SSL), messaging protocol (for example, America Online's (ALOL) Transit time flow meter device (AIM), applications exchange (APEX), ICQ, the Internet relay chat (IRC), Microsoft Network (MSN) messenger service, exist and Transit time flow meter agreement (PRIM), Internet Engineering Task (IETF's) session start agreement (SIP) of Force, for Transit time flow meter and exist balanced extension (SIMPLE) SIP, Scalable message transmission based on open XML with exist agreement (XMPP) (that is, Jabber or Open Mobile Alliance's (OMA's) Transit time flow meter and presence service (IMPS)), Yahoo！Instant message service and/or it is similar to agreement.Information service The result of form web page is supplied to Web browser by device, and allows to manipulate generation net by being interacted with other program assemblies Page.

After domain name system (DNS) resolving, the part of HTTP request is resolved to specific information server, information service Remainder of the device based on HTTP request resolves the request of the information at the assigned position being pointed on controller of the invention. For example, such as "http://123.124.125.126/myInformation.html" request may have by dns server Resolve the IP section of the request " 123.124.125.126 " of information server at the IP address；The information server can Can so further to ask "/mylnformation.html " part analysis http request and resolved comprising information Position in the memory of " mylnformation.html "；In addition, other information service agreement can be used between ports, For example, the FTP across port communicates, and/or similar agreement.Information server can include it with the component of other in assembly set Itself communicates, and/or similar instrument.Most commonly, information server and database of the invention, operating system, other journeys The communication of sequence component, user interface, Web browser and/or analog.

Access to database of the invention can bridge mechanism to realize by multitype database, such as by following article Between the script of (for example, CGI) for enumerating and (for example, CORBA, WebObjects etc.) for being enumerated by following article are applied Communication port.Suitable language of the presently claimed invention is parsed into by bridge joint mechanism by any request of data of Web browser Method.In one embodiment, information server will provide the Web forms that Web browser can be accessed.Enter in Web forms The input item of the field of supply is labeled as having have input specific fields, and is so parsed.The term being input into Then transmitted together with field label, this plays the inquiry of the form and/or field that indicate resolver generation sensing suitable Effect.In one embodiment, resolver can correctly be connect by illustrating to utilize based on tagged text-entries The search string of conjunction/select command generates the inquiry of stsndard SQL, wherein resulting order is made as looking into via bridge machine Inquiry is supplied to the present invention.When Query Result is generated from inquiry, as a result transmitted via bridge joint mechanism, and can be through parsing So that formatting and generating new results web page by bridging mechanism.The new results web page is subsequent supplied to information server, information The new results web page can be supplied to server the Web browser of request.

And, information server can include, transmit, generate, obtain and/or provide program assembly, system, user and/ Or data communication, request and/or response.

User interface

Computer interface is in some respects similar to Automobile operation interface.Automobile operation interface element, such as steering wheel, gearshift Bar and speedometer, access, operation and display beneficial to automobile resources and state.Computer interactive interface element, such as check box, light Mark, menu, scroll bar and windows (unified and commonly referred to as widget) similarly facilitated data and computer hardware and The access of operating-system resources and state, ability, operation and display.Operate interface is commonly referred to user interface.Graphical user Interface (GUI), such as Aqua, the OS/2 of IBM, the Windows 2000/2003/ of Microsoft of Applie Macintoshes The X-Windows of 3.1/95/98/CE/Millenium/NT/XP/Vista/7 (i.e. Aero), Unix is (for example, it can include Additional Unix graphic interfaces storehouse and layer, such as K Desktop Environment (KDE), mythTV and GNU network object moulds Type environment (GNOME)), web interface storehouse (for example, ActiveX, AJAX, (D) HTML, FLASH, Java, JavaScript etc.) connects Mouth storehouse, such as but not limited to Dojo, jQuery (UI), MooTools, Prototype, Script.aculo.us, SWFObject, Yahoo！User Interface, any one of which can be used, and) provide access to graphically With the baseline and means for displaying information to user.

User's interface unit is the program assembly of the storage that CPU is performed.User interface can be behaviour as previously discussed Make system and/or operating environment is provided or with these operating systems and/or operating environment and/or positioned at these operations Conventional graphical user interface on system and/or operating environment.User interface can allow program assembly and/or system tool By the display of text and/or graphical tool, execution, interaction, manipulation and/or operation.User interface provides a kind of instrument, leads to The instrument is crossed, user can influence computer system to be interacted with computer system and/or operate computer system.User interface Its own and/or similar instrument communications can be included with other components in assembly set.Most commonly, user interface with The communication of operating system, other program assemblies and/or similar assembly.User interface can be included, transmits, generates, obtains and/or carried For program assembly, system, user and/or data communications requests, and/or response.

Web browser

Web browser component is the program assembly for being stored performed by CPU.Web browser can be conventional super text Originally application, such as the Internet groper device or Netscape Navigator of Microsoft are checked.Secure Web browse can by HTTPS, SSL and/or similar agreement are provided 128 encryptions of (or bigger).Web browsing is allowed by such as ActiveX, AJAX, (D) HTML, FLASH, Java, JavaScript, web browser plug-in unit API (for example, red fox (Firefox), Safari insertion and/ Or similar API) instrument and/or analog carry out executive program components.Web browser and similar information access tools can collect Into in PDA, cell phone and/or other mobile devices.Web browser can include it with the component of other in assembly set Itself and/or similar instrument communicate.Most commonly, Web browser and information server, operating system, integrated program group Part (for example, plug-in unit) and/or similar assembly communicate；For example, it can include, pass on, generate, obtain and/or provide program groups Part, system, user and/or data communication, request and/or response.Certainly, Web browser and information server, Ke Yikai are substituted Combination application is sent out to perform both similar functions.Combination application will similarly influence from it is of the invention enable node to user, User agent and/or analog are obtained and provide information.Combination application may using standard web browsers system on nothing With.

Mail server

Mail service device assembly is the program assembly of the storage performed by CPU.Mail server can be conventional Yin Te Net mail server, such as, but not limited to sendmail, Microsoft Exchange and/or similar mail server.Postal Part server can be allowed by following instrument come executive program components：ASP, ActiveX, (ANSI) (object-oriented) C (++), C# and/or .NET, CGI scripting, Java, JavaScript, PERL, PHP, pipeline, Python, WebObjects and/or similar Instrument.Mail server can support communication protocol, such as, but not limited to：Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP), message are passed Pass API (MAPI)/Microsoft Exchange, post office protocol (POP3), Simple Mail Transfer protocol (SMTP) And/or similar agreement.Mail server can by it is having sent, relaying and/or otherwise traversal and/or to this The entrance of invention and the email message of submitting are route, forwarded and are processed.

What the access to mail of the invention can be provided by single Web server component and/or operating system Multiple API are realized.

And, mail server can include, pass on, generate, obtain and/or provide program assembly, system, user and/ Or data communication, request, information and/or response.

Mail Clients

Mail Clients component is the program assembly for being stored performed by CPU.Mail Clients can be conventional postal Part checks application, such as Apple Mail, Microsoft Entourage, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Mozilla, Thunderbird and/or similar application.Mail Clients can support various transmission Agreement, such as：IMAP, Microsoft Exchange, POP3, SMTP and/or similar agreement.Mail Clients can with combine Other components in set include its own and/or similar instrument to communicate.Most commonly, Mail Clients and mail service The communication of device, operating system, other Mail Clients and/or analog；For example, its can include, pass on, generating, obtaining and/or Program assembly, system, user, and/or data communication, request, information and/or response are provided.Usually, Mail Clients is provided Write and/or send the instrument of email message.

Cipher server

Cryptographic service device assembly is that the program assembly for being stored that is performed by CPU, cipher processor, cipher processor connect Mouth, cipher processor equipment and/or analog.Cryptographic processor interfaces will be allowed using the encryption and/or decryption of code component Request；However, code component can be alternately run on conventional CPU.Code component allows adding for provided data Close and/or decryption.Code component allows symmetrical and asymmetrical (for example, Pretty Good Protection (PGP)), adds Close and/or decryption.Code component can use cryptographic technique, such as, but not limited to：Digital certificate is (for example, X.509 certification frame Structure), digital signature, dual signature, plus envelope, password access protection, public key management and/or similar techniques.

Code component will promote some (encryption and/or decryption) security protocols, such as, but not limited to：Verification summation, data Encryption standard (DES), elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), IDEA (IDEA), Message Digest 5 (MD5, It is one-way hash function), password, Rivest Cipher (RC5), Rijndael, RSA (its be internet encryption and certification system System, the algorithm developed using Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir in 1977 and Leonard Adleman), SHA (SHA), security socket layer (SSL), Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) and/or similar agreement.Using these encryption peaces Full agreement, the present invention can be encrypted to all entrance and/or the communication sent out and can be with wider range of communication network Serve as node in the virtual private networks (VPN) of network.

Code component is beneficial to the process of " safety certification ", and the thus access to resource is suppressed by security protocol, wherein password Component realizes and the mandate of secure resources is accessed.In addition, code component can provide the unique identifiers of content, for example, adopting The unique signature for digital audio file is obtained with MD5 hash.Code component can be with the component of other in assembly set Including its own and/or similar instrument communications.Code component supports encipherment scheme, it is allowed to which safe transmission is believed on a communication network Cease and enable that component of the invention participates in Secure Transaction as needed.Safety of the code component beneficial to the resource in the present invention Access and beneficial to the access of the secure resources in remote system, i.e. its client that can serve as secure resources and/or service Device.Most commonly, code component communicates with information server, operating system, other program assemblies and/or analog.Cipher code set Part can include, passes on, generates, obtains and/or provide program assembly, system, user and/or data communication, request and/or return Should.

Database of the invention

Database component of the invention can be embodied in the data of database and its storage.Database is to be stored Program assembly, it is performed by CPU；The program assembly part for being stored configures CPU to process stored data.Database can be with Routine data storehouse, fault-tolerant database, relational database, expansible database, such as safety database, Oracle or Sybase.Close Be database be ordinary file extension.Relational database by a series of correlation table lattices into.Form is interconnected via critical field. Critical field uses the combination allowed by carrying out form for critical field index；That is, critical field is served as group The dimension backbone point of the information from each form of conjunction.Relation is tieed up between form is generally identified by matching Chief word The link held.Chief word represents the field of the row of the form uniquely identified in relational database.More properly, they are only One ground identifies the row of the form in " one " side of many-one relationship.

Alternately, database of the invention can be realized using various standard data structures, such as array, hash, (chain Connect) list, structure, structured text file (for example, XML), form and/or analog.The data structure can be stored In memory and/or in (structuring) file.In another alternative solution, OODB Object Oriented Data Base can be used, such as Frontier, ObjectStore, Poet, Zope and/or analog.Object database can include multiple object sets, these Object set is grouped and/or is linked together by predicable；They can be related to other object sets by certain predicable. Except object is not only data item and in addition to can having the other types of function that is encapsulated in given object, towards right The database performance of elephant is similar with relational database.If database realizing of the invention is data structure, number of the invention It is desirably integrated into another component according to the use in storehouse, such as component of the invention.And, database can be implemented as data structure, The mixing of object and relational structure.Database can be merged and/or be distributed in countless by normal data treatment technology Modified example in.The part of database, such as form, can be exported and/or import and therefore disperse and/or integrated.

With reference now to Fig. 1, exist as the order engine interface 100 of the core of method.Order engine interface 100 is preferably Direct trustship is being travelled on lodging providers website, rather than on third party provider website.Order engine interface 100 and two Individual major database interaction；Order engine database/backstage 110 and any number of online travel agency (OTA)/Meta Search Engine website 120.Order engine interface 100 obtains the standard 145 of user input and the database/backstage at its own from terminal user 130 The first availability search 105 is performed in 110.Backstage 110 then returns to the result of the first availability search 115 under search constraints To order engine interface 100.

Meanwhile, identical standard is deferred to, the external data base execution second to third party OTA and Meta Search Engine website 120 can 125 are searched for property.Order engine interface 100 then receives the result from the second availability search 135.Order engine interface 100 is then identical or substantially similar between third party OTA and Meta Search Engine website 120 and database/backstage 110 by comparing Two group informations are analyzed in list.After the analysis is complete, the result 140 of compilation is forwarded to terminal user 130.Terminal user 130 The result 140 that compilation can be then based on makes a policy.

In fig. 2, it is to summarise to analyze and compare the Search Results that return from backstage and OTA/ Meta Search Engines website related The flow chart of the method 200 of connection.

Method 200 starts from step 205, by order engine to the database from order engine and OTA/ Meta Search Engine websites The Search Results for being retrieved are performed and compared.

In step 210, whether systems inspection is used for identical or basic phase with the price that OTA/ Meta Search Engines result is associated As travel stay and for it is identical stay whether less than travelling lodging providers price.If travel provider price compared with Low, then method 200 moves to step 215, and the price of lodging providers of travelling is shown together with OTA/ Meta Search Engine prices.Also Frame or message can be shown, it is ensured that customer learns the result of return, the price supplied by lodging providers of travelling for Specific lodging is minimum available rates.As a result, user will be preferably chosen using lodging providers order of travelling, and capture device Ordered by third party's website.In a step 220, method terminates.

If determine providing ratio for identical or substantially similar lodging OTA/ Meta Search Engines website in step 210 The low price of travelling lodging providers, then systems inspection is provided with judging whether lower price stays in travelling in step 225 In the tolerance constraints that business is realized.

Tolerance constraints are the management of travelling lodging providers and are apprised of the knockout price offer of their lodging and correct With those extremely low modes for providing any possible listed mistake being associated.If for example, hotel is wanted to be carried every night with $ 250/ For certain room, then hotel can realize setting constraint of the minimum price of the lodging as $ 230/ every night.If OTA is every with $ 200/ Evening provides the lodging, then in step 230, hotel ccommodation provider can be notified that.The notice is typically sensing and is responsible for price The form of the Email of manager, part with list etc., but any notice form is subjected to.Hotel can then take Correct corrective action, method 200 terminates in a step 220.

If in step 225, determining the price provided by OTA/ Meta Search Engine websites or rate to be carried in travelling lodging For business in the tolerance constraints set by the specific lodging, then method 200 moves to step 235.In this step 235, in step In 235, prices match module is started based on included in the initial search of the pricing information and terminal user's transmission for receiving Other variables come start analysis.

In step 250, price matching module by it is outside find (identical or substantially similar) stayed for specific Price compares with the price of home site (travelling lodging providers) and performs simple prices match.If it find that any price exists In narrow price zone, then the measure is usually taken.

For example, automobile rental corporation provides automobile daily with $ 37/, by third party's OTA/ Meta Search Engine websites, come from The same automobile of same company is provided daily with $ 36/.Prices match module will make customer learn the price of automobile, but By the offer price reduction $ 1 on automobile rental corporation website matching the price that third party is provided.This stimulates terminal user to select The offer of automobile rental corporation, rather than third-party.Process then terminates in a step 220.

In step 240, prices match module provides the prices match with extra discount.In this example, price The price that matching module can be calculated between externally-located lodging list and the corresponding lodging on home site is poor.Travelling is stayed The price of the list of provider is configured to match the price that OTA/ Meta Search Engines are provided.In addition, providing further to terminal user Discount.For example, in addition to prices match, terminal user can be provided the dinner of 10% discount in the dining room in hotel. What calculating should provide come in correctly stimulating terminal user, definite discount and type should be determined by hotel and system.

In step 245, prices match module provides prices match using the stimulation to terminal user.For example, price Matching module has been calculated and has had to carry out prices match, and recognized from user profile terminal user be travel reward into Member.Prices match module can then provide stimulation to utilize lodging providers of travelling to be ordered, such as can be in the trip of utilization Row lodging providers are to comprising the free bonus point that can be come into operation in the following purchase stayed.

With reference now to Fig. 3, it is using the expression of the results list of the invention.There are multiple knots on a part of screen Fruit list 370, each of corresponding price 300 close in the results list 370.The results list 370 can include such as staying The item of title, type, position and other lodging special characteristics.The results list 370 can be included from relevant with search string Multiple third party's websites any number of suitable or identical result, however, in preferred embodiments, as a result arranging Table is stayed comprising the definite travelling for simply being returned from home site or third party via different passages.

For example, it is of about every night 100 to about the three (3) of 150 individual hotel room every night that terminal user is searching price Between.Main website point search its database, and third party OTA is searched under identical standard for identical travelling lodging providers With Meta Search Engine website.Therefore, although multiple results can be retrieved, but compared and occurred over just with subsequent prices match method Between inside and outside found identical lodging.This comparing multi-level for terminal user provides and possible saving.Cause This, user may have found bigger saving for more expensive lodging.In turn, user may be provided with similar and different Prices match/discount/wait to utilize home site rather than OTA/ Meta Search Engines website to order.

It is that optimal price ensures frame 330 along the opposite side of screen.Optimal price ensures that 330 have multiple components.In the presence of Optimal price price 340, when comparing with any specific the results list 370, the optimal price price be generally at least equal to for The lowest price that the feature list is found.In some instances, for particular list optimal price price 340 be less than for The list and any price found in the results list 370.In this case, optimal price ensures frame 330 by the effect Warning terminal user.Optimal price ensures that frame 330 can also have to stimulate or discount 350 and optimal price price 340.Also deposit In the subscription options 360 of given list of the selection for subscribing.

The results list 370 or non-optimal rate price show that list is based on including price, position with exemplary list form Put, multiple features such as ratio can classify.Expanding for multiple same lists is shown in the presence of via different OTA/ Meta Search Engine websites Exhibition/collapsible menu.In the presence of lower one page or the amount of the shown the results list 370 on one page of extension for checking result 310 Option.The results list 370 has for the price 300 and subscription options 360 existing for each list.

In this example, there is matching optimal price ensures the list 320 of listed specification and price of price 340.This It is that optimal price ensures that price 340 is the result of the prices match according to the method described by Fig. 2.In this case, system hair Existing identical list 320 is lower than the price that travelling lodging providers are normally listed.The price is then matched in tolerance constraints Lowest price, the price of matching identical the results list 320.In addition, the system determines to stimulate 350 to should also be as providing.Shown It is Gift Card to stimulate 350, but given stimulation/discount can be actually any item and can be provided with travelling lodging Business or another entity are directly related.

Their option once user has read, target is so that the list from travelling lodging providers by terminal User selects.This so by the pockets of more shallow income travelling lodging providers and returned the usual institute of OTA/ Meta Search Engine websites The business for searching.

Usually, travelling lodging providers and its website have been carried out broadly describing, and in some cases, are described as Hotel chains, chain.However, the method can apply to actually any travelling lodging, including but not limited to plane ticket, pleasure boat ticket, hotel room Between reservation, theme park admission ticket, car rental reservation, sight spot admission ticket, vacation lease, travel reservation or its any combination.

Main Function in the prices match module described by Fig. 1-3 is attributed to travelling lodging providers and its preference. The flexibility helps so that each lodging providers can use whole system.In order to carry out prices match, for identical or extremely Few substantially similar lodging, externally-located price have to be lower than the price that travelling lodging providers are provided.Of the invention In preferred embodiment, prices match is completed in same lodging.That is, home site and third party's website are provided Identical is stayed and price/rate listed on a third party site is less than home site.Performed logical gate therefrom Ground constrains to determine by the predetermined tolerance limit travelled set by lodging providers.Tolerance constraints can be set to what can provide (that is, discount and stimulation) and how to provide each rank that these aspects influence the logic of systems.

In some instances, the information that terminal user is provided when search procedure is started can be based on, for particular individual To adjust tolerance constraints.For example, from the information for being provided, system can determine that terminal user is reward member or regular guest.This Terminal user is placed in can give them more more than ordinary customer preferential or more heavy discount certain rank.Therefore, although most Customer can obtain prices match in the more cheap lodging in other places, and reward customer also receives the premiums point of " x " amount Or the channel discount ordered using lodging providers of travelling.

Additionally, system can be based on global positioning system (GPS) information or any other various types of tracking letters Breath (including metadata and Internet protocol (IP) address) comes the position of track terminal user.It is individual that this causes that system is possibly based on The position of body come make some offer.In some instances, by provide the price more lower slightly than what traditional approach was provided or By providing prices match and/or discount/stimulation, this can be used for stimulating the people from certain position to use the lodging, and agreement Normally prices match is needed only for the talent outside target location.

In addition, tolerance constraints can be set to adapt to certain time and date.In many examples, during the peak value of such as a week Between, or travelling calendar, its undesirable travelling calendar that some prices match or some discount/incentive measures are provided.It is alternative Ground, this can also be encourages consumer directly opportunity for being ordered by travelling lodging providers and to increased tolerance constraints and inhale Draw more customers.The system can be directed to the demand of travelling lodging providers and adjust.Substantially, once predetermined tolerance limit about In position without visual examination, then the system makes the selection of these logics to beam.

Even, tolerance constraints can be set to not at the same level in each in above-mentioned classification and other unlisted classifications Not.These discrepant ranks correspond to the different price offer stayed to travelling.Travelling lodging providers can have They will not be in further lowering of minimum price in prices match.OTA/ Meta Search Engine websites find that the offer of the rank will be triggered Warning and notice are sent to travelling lodging providers.Between the offer price and minimum price or rate of travelling lodging providers There can be matching or not at the same level with what variable discount and incentive measure were matched based on user profile, the time of one day, moon etc. Not.This increased another layer of flexibility and customization for travelling lodging providers.

Although the present invention is described with particularity to a certain degree, it should be understood that the disclosure is provided only for example, and And some changes on the construction of part and the details of arrangement can be resorted to, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims (15)

1. it is used to perform the computer implemented method of travelling lodging transaction, comprises the following steps：

Client sends first and inquires about via network to order engine,

Wherein described first inquiry includes the request of at least pricing information；

The order engine performs the search of the database being associated with the order engine,

Wherein described search is completed in the constraint of the described first inquiry；

The order engine performs the search of at least one third party database,

Wherein described search is completed in the constraint of the described first inquiry；

The price result that at least price result that the order engine searches for the order engine is searched for the third party is entered Row compares；

Judge that the price result is equal or more expensive or more by the order engine or the third party database Inexpensively；

If the price result wherein by the order engine is more expensive, by price described in the price of the order engine Can change in response to relatively low third party's price.

2. computer implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein order engine trustship the travelling on network On the page of place.

3. computer implemented method as claimed in claim 1, also comprises the following steps：

User is bought travelling based on the amended result of compare or price and stayed.

4. computer implemented method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the travelling lodging is plane ticket, pleasure boat ticket, hotel Booking, theme park admission ticket, reservation of hiring a car, sight spot admission ticket, vacation lease, travel reservation or its any combination.

5. computer implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein by the price of the order engine in response to relatively low Third party's price and decline.

6. computer implemented method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the price declines within a predetermined range.

7. computer implemented method as claimed in claim 1, wherein by the prices of the order engine, and extremely A few discount is given in response to relatively low third party's price.

8. computer implemented method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the price and at least one discount are by pre- Conclude a contract or treaty beam to limit.

9. computer implemented method as claimed in claim 1, if wherein third party's price is in the preset range Boundary outside, then do not declined by the price of the order engine.

10. computer implemented method as claimed in claim 8, if wherein third party's price is on the boundary of the predetermined constraints Outside limit, then the price and discount are not provided.

11. non-transitory computer-readable mediums that service rate program is provided, wherein the instruction that is stored with, performs when on computers When, the instruction makes the computer perform following steps：

Via network inquiry order engine,

The wherein described inquiry order engine is used for the user of the search for performing the database being associated with the order engine The search string of construction,

Via the third party database of network inquiry at least one,

Wherein described inquiry is the search string of the user's construction for searching at least one third-party database；

The result that the order engine and the third party search for is compared；And

Judge to whether there is any difference between the order engine result and third party database result for identical,

Wherein if there is difference, then at least one characteristic being associated with the order engine automatically adjusts to encourage user to select The order engine is selected rather than third party's result.

12. non-transitory computer-readable mediums as claimed in claim 11, also comprise the following steps：

Difference between result and third-party result on the order engine notifies the offer of the order engine automatically Business.

13. non-transitory computer-readable mediums as claimed in claim 11, wherein the regulation of at least one characteristic be Completed in predetermined constraints.

14. non-transitory computer-readable mediums as claimed in claim 13, wherein the price that the travelling is stayed is conditioned.

15. non-transitory computer-readable mediums as claimed in claim 14, wherein the price after the regulation of the travelling lodging Including secondary discount.