CN107015731B - Presentation method and system for round trip combined air ticket price - Google Patents

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CN107015731B
CN107015731B CN201710283159.2A CN201710283159A CN107015731B CN 107015731 B CN107015731 B CN 107015731B CN 201710283159 A CN201710283159 A CN 201710283159A CN 107015731 B CN107015731 B CN 107015731B
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The invention discloses a method and a system for presenting the price of a round-trip combined air ticket, wherein the method comprises the following steps: s1, displaying an input interface, wherein the display input interface receives input information, and the input information comprises voyage type selection information, departure date selection information, return date selection information, departure city input information and arrival city input information; s2, receiving a trigger instruction, executing the operation of searching for the air ticket, and displaying an outbound flight list, wherein the outbound flight list comprises different round-trip total prices and corresponding outbound flights; s3, receiving a target outbound flight selection instruction under the target round-trip total price; s4, calculating the difference between the actual round-trip total price and the target round-trip total price formed by each return flight and the target outbound flight; and S5, displaying a return flight list, wherein the return flight list comprises a target round-trip total price, a difference price and a corresponding return flight. The invention improves the consistency and the use experience of the price in the selection of the round-trip combined air ticket.

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Presentation method and system for round trip combined air ticket price
Technical Field
The invention relates to a method and a system for presenting a round-trip combined air ticket price.
Background
In the existing flow of selecting the round-trip combination ticket, an outbound flight corresponding to a certain round-trip combination price needs to be selected first, then the return flight is skipped to a return selection list, and the return flight corresponding to the previously selected price needs to be found and a proper flight is selected, so that the round-trip combination ticket can be purchased at an expected price. The method breaks the consistency of the price in the process of selecting the round-trip combined air ticket, increases the cognitive difficulty of the user on the price in the process of selecting the round-trip combined air ticket, and is not beneficial to providing convenient use experience for the user.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a method and a system for presenting a round-trip combined air ticket price, aiming at overcoming the defects that the price presentation is lack of continuity and the cognitive difficulty of a user on the price is increased in the round-trip combined air ticket selection process in the prior art.
The invention solves the technical problems through the following technical scheme:
a presentation method of a round trip combination ticket price, comprising the steps of:
s1, displaying an input interface, wherein the display input interface receives input information, and the input information comprises voyage type selection information, departure date selection information, return date selection information, departure city input information and arrival city input information;
s2, receiving a trigger instruction, executing the operation of searching for the air ticket, and displaying an outbound flight list, wherein the outbound flight list comprises different round-trip total prices and corresponding outbound flights;
s3, receiving a target outbound flight selection instruction under the target round-trip total price;
s4, calculating the difference between the actual round-trip total price and the target round-trip total price formed by each return flight and the target outbound flight;
s5, displaying a return flight list, wherein the return flight list comprises the target round-trip total price, the spread price and the corresponding return flight.
Preferably, the information displayed by the forward flight list at the same total round trip price further includes the airline to which the forward flight belongs, the departure time, the arrival time, the terminal and the cabin type when the flight departs and arrives, and/or the information displayed by the return flight list at the same price difference further includes the airline to which the return flight belongs, the departure time, the arrival time, and the terminal and the cabin type when the flight departs and arrives.
Preferably, the information displayed by the outbound flight list at the same total round trip price further includes an outbound flight waypoint rate, a baggage amount and a return sign notice, and/or the information displayed by the return flight list at the same difference price further includes a return flight waypoint rate, a baggage amount and a return sign notice.
Preferably, different outbound flight information of the outbound flight list at the same total round-trip price are displayed in the same area, and/or different return flight information of the return flight list at the same difference price are displayed in the same area.
Preferably, the display input interface further comprises a voyage type selection area, a departure date selection area, a return date selection area, a departure city input area and an arrival city input area; and selecting the flight type information, the departure date information and the return date information in the flight type selection area, the departure date selection area and the return date selection area respectively, and inputting the departure city information and the arrival city information in the departure city input area and the arrival city input area respectively.
A system for presenting a price of a round trip combination ticket, comprising:
the system comprises a first interface display module, a second interface display module and a third interface display module, wherein the first interface display module is used for displaying an input interface, and the display input interface receives input information, and the input information comprises voyage type selection information, departure date selection information, return date selection information, departure city input information and arrival city input information;
the second interface display module is used for displaying a departure flight list, and the departure flight list comprises different total return prices and corresponding departure flights;
the selection module is used for receiving a target outbound flight selection instruction under the target round-trip total price at the second interface display module;
the calculating module is used for calculating the difference between the actual round-trip total price and the target round-trip total price formed by each return flight and the target outbound flight;
and the third interface display module is used for displaying a return flight list, and the return flight list comprises the target round-trip total price, the difference price and the corresponding return flight.
Preferably, the information displayed by the forward flight list at the same total round trip price further includes the airline to which the forward flight belongs, the departure time, the arrival time, the terminal and the cabin type when the flight departs and arrives, and/or the information displayed by the return flight list at the same price difference further includes the airline to which the return flight belongs, the departure time, the arrival time, and the terminal and the cabin type when the flight departs and arrives.
Preferably, the information displayed by the outbound flight list at the same total round trip price further includes an outbound flight waypoint rate, a baggage amount and a return sign notice, and/or the information displayed by the return flight list at the same difference price further includes a return flight waypoint rate, a baggage amount and a return sign notice.
Preferably, different outbound flight information of the outbound flight list at the same total round-trip price are displayed in the same area, and/or different return flight information of the return flight list at the same difference price are displayed in the same area.
Preferably, the display input interface further comprises a voyage type selection area, a departure date selection area, a return date selection area, a departure city input area and an arrival city input area; and selecting the flight type information, the departure date information and the return date information in the flight type selection area, the departure date selection area and the return date selection area respectively, and inputting the departure city information and the arrival city information in the departure city input area and the arrival city input area respectively.
On the basis of the common knowledge in the field, the above preferred conditions can be combined randomly to obtain the preferred embodiments of the invention.
The positive progress effects of the invention are as follows: according to the method and the system for presenting the round-trip combined ticket price, the user selects the outbound flight corresponding to a certain combined price, then displays the selected round-trip total price again, and can smoothly enter the next process only by selecting the return flight corresponding to the corresponding difference without causing troubles due to the price, so that the consistency of the price in the round-trip combined ticket selection process is improved, the cognitive difficulty of the user on the price in the process of selecting the round-trip combined product is reduced, and the use experience of the user is improved.
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Fig. 2 is a schematic interface display diagram after steps 102 and 103 are executed in the presentation method for the round trip combined air ticket price in embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of an interface display after step 105 is executed in the method for presenting a round trip combined air ticket price in embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of a spread interface display after the step 105 is executed in the method for presenting the prices of round trip combined tickets in embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a presentation system of the round trip combined ticket prices of embodiment 2 of the present invention.
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The invention is further illustrated by the following examples, which are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1, the method for presenting the round trip combined air ticket price of the embodiment includes:
step 101, displaying an input interface, wherein the input information is received by the display input interface, and the input information comprises flight type selection information, departure date selection information, return date selection information, departure city input information and arrival city input information. For example, the voyage type is "round trip", the departure date is "06 months 11 days", the return date is "06 months 20 days", the departure city is input as "shanghai", and the arrival city is input as "tokyo". In addition, the display input interface also comprises a voyage type selection area, a departure date selection area, a return date selection area, a departure city input area and an arrival city input area; and selecting the flight type information, the departure date information and the return date information in the flight type selection area, the departure date selection area and the return date selection area respectively, and inputting the departure city information and the arrival city information in the departure city input area and the arrival city input area respectively.
The method comprises the steps of 102, receiving a trigger instruction, executing a ticket searching operation, displaying a departure flight list, wherein the departure flight list comprises different total round-trip prices and corresponding departure flights, after the trigger instruction of ' ticket searching ' is displayed on a display input interface, executing the ticket searching operation and entering the departure flight list after the trigger instruction is received, as shown in FIG. 2, the uppermost part of the departure flight list is displayed as a character of ' selected departure flight-Tokyo 06, 11, and Wednesday ' for displaying departure date selection information, departure city input information and arrival city input information selected and input in step 101, as shown in the figure 2, the departure flight list respectively displays different total round-trip prices and corresponding departure flights under the character, for example, three trips are respectively displayed under ' ¥ 6180 total round-trip price ', in addition, the information displayed under the same total round-trip price ' also comprises a departure flight list, a departure flight time, an arrival time, flight type, a flight arrival flight type, a flight destination station, a destination.
And 103, receiving a target outbound flight selection instruction under the target round-trip total price, wherein the user selects the target outbound flight to be 12:55 Pudont T2-15:25 Tatian T1 under the condition of '¥ 6180 round-trip total price' as shown in the figure 2.
And 104, calculating the difference between the actual round-trip total price of each return flight and the target outbound flight and the target round-trip total price, and calculating the difference between the actual round-trip total price of each return flight and the target outbound flight in the return list, wherein the actual round-trip total price of each return flight and the target outbound flight is 12:55 Pudont 2-15:25 Tata T1, and the round-trip total price of ¥ 6180.
The return flight list is displayed with the characters of "return trip selected: tokyo-shanghai 06 month, 20 days and wednesday" as shown in fig. 3, the top of the return flight list is displayed with the characters of "return trip selected: tokyo-shanghai 06 month, 20 days and wednesday" as shown in fig. 101, for example, the total return trip price of "selected: ¥ (total return trip price)", the difference is "+ ¥" as shown below the characters, the return flight list includes the total return trip price of the target, the difference and the corresponding return flight, further, the information of the return flight list displayed at the same difference includes the station, the type of the tank, the return trip point rate, the arrival time, the departure and arrival flight list at the same difference, the station, the type of the tank, the return trip point rate, the baggage and the return trip destination point, the return trip destination station, the destination point, the destination station, the destination.
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As shown in fig. 5, the presentation system for the round trip combined ticket price of the present embodiment includes:
the first interface display module 201 is configured to display an input interface, where the display input interface receives input information, where the input information includes flight type selection information, departure date selection information, return date selection information, departure city input information, and arrival city input information; in addition, the display input interface also comprises a voyage type selection area, a departure date selection area, a return date selection area, a departure city input area and an arrival city input area; selecting the voyage type information, the departure date information and the return date information in a voyage type selection area, a departure date selection area and a return date selection area respectively, and inputting the departure city information and the arrival city information in a departure city input area and an arrival city input area respectively;
a second interface display module 202, configured to display a departure flight list, where the departure flight list includes different total round-trip prices and corresponding departure flights; in addition, the information displayed by the outbound flight list under the same round-trip total price also comprises the airline company to which the outbound flight belongs, the departure time, the arrival time, the terminal building when the flight departs and arrives, the cabin type, the inbound flight waypoint rate, the luggage amount and the rejection notice; in addition, different outbound flight information of the outbound flight list under the same round-trip total price is displayed in the same area;
a selection module 203, configured to receive a target outbound flight selection instruction at a target round-trip total price at the second interface display module 202;
a calculating module 204, configured to calculate a difference between an actual round-trip total price formed by each return flight and the target outbound flight and the target round-trip total price;
a third interface display module 205, configured to display a return flight list, where the return flight list includes the target round-trip total price, the difference price, and a corresponding return flight; in addition, the information displayed by the return flight list at the same price difference also comprises the airline company to which the return flight belongs, the departure time, the arrival time, the terminal building when the flight departs and arrives, the cabin type, the arrival point rate of the return flight, the luggage amount and the rejection sign; in addition, the return flight list displays different return flight information in the same area under the same price difference.
While specific embodiments of the invention have been described above, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that this is by way of example only, and that the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims. Various changes and modifications to these embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, and these changes and modifications are within the scope of the invention.

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1. A presentation method of a round trip combination ticket price is characterized by comprising the following steps:
s1, displaying an input interface, wherein the display input interface receives input information, and the input information comprises voyage type selection information, departure date selection information, return date selection information, departure city input information and arrival city input information;
s2, receiving a trigger instruction, executing the operation of searching for the air ticket, and displaying an outbound flight list, wherein the outbound flight list comprises different round-trip total prices and corresponding outbound flights;
s3, receiving a target outbound flight selection instruction under the target round-trip total price;
s4, calculating the difference between the actual round-trip total price and the target round-trip total price formed by each return flight and the target outbound flight;
s5, displaying a return flight list, wherein the return flight list comprises the target round-trip total price, the spread price and the corresponding return flight.
2. The method for presenting the price of a roundtrip combined ticket according to claim 1, wherein the information displayed by the outgoing flight list at the same roundtrip total price further comprises an airline to which the outgoing flight belongs, a departure time, an arrival time, a terminal and a space type at which the flight departs and arrives, and/or the information displayed by the returning flight list at the same difference price further comprises an airline to which the returning flight belongs, a departure time, an arrival time, a terminal and a space type at which the flight departs and arrives.
3. The method for presenting a round-trip combined ticket price of claim 1, wherein the information displayed by the outbound flight list at the same total round-trip price further comprises an outbound flight punctuation rate, an amount of baggage and a return sign awareness, and/or the information displayed by the return flight list at the same difference price further comprises a return flight punctuation rate, an amount of baggage and a return sign awareness.
4. The method for presenting a round-trip combined ticket price of claim 1, wherein different outbound flight information of the outbound flight list at the same round-trip total price are displayed in the same area, and/or different return flight information of the return flight list at the same spread price are displayed in the same area.
5. The method of presenting a price for a roundtrip combination ticket according to claim 1, wherein said display input interface further comprises a flight type selection area, a departure date selection area, a return date selection area, a departure city input area, and an arrival city input area; and selecting the flight type information, the departure date information and the return date information in the flight type selection area, the departure date selection area and the return date selection area respectively, and inputting the departure city information and the arrival city information in the departure city input area and the arrival city input area respectively.
6. A system for presenting a price of a round trip combination ticket, comprising:
the system comprises a first interface display module, a second interface display module and a third interface display module, wherein the first interface display module is used for displaying an input interface, and the display input interface receives input information, and the input information comprises voyage type selection information, departure date selection information, return date selection information, departure city input information and arrival city input information;
the second interface display module is used for displaying a departure flight list, and the departure flight list comprises different total return prices and corresponding departure flights;
the selection module is used for receiving a target outbound flight selection instruction under the target round-trip total price at the second interface display module;
the calculating module is used for calculating the difference between the actual round-trip total price and the target round-trip total price formed by each return flight and the target outbound flight;
and the third interface display module is used for displaying a return flight list, and the return flight list comprises the target round-trip total price, the difference price and the corresponding return flight.
7. The system for presenting a price of a roundtrip combined ticket according to claim 6, wherein the information displayed by the outgoing flight list at the same total round trip price further comprises an airline to which the outgoing flight belongs, a departure time, an arrival time, a terminal and a space type at which the flight departs and arrives, and/or the information displayed by the returning flight list at the same difference price further comprises an airline to which the returning flight belongs, a departure time, an arrival time, a terminal and a space type at which the flight departs and arrives.
8. The system for presenting a round trip combination ticket price of claim 6 wherein the information displayed by the outgoing flight list at the same total round trip price further comprises an outgoing flight waypoint rate, an amount of baggage and a return sign advisory, and/or the information displayed by the returning flight list at the same spread price further comprises a returning flight waypoint rate, an amount of baggage and a return sign advisory.
9. The system for presenting a round-trip combined ticket price of claim 6, wherein different outbound flight information of the outbound flight list at the same round-trip total price are displayed in the same area, and/or different return flight information of the return flight list at the same spread price are displayed in the same area.
10. The system for presenting a price for a roundtrip combination ticket according to claim 6, wherein the display input interface further comprises a flight type selection area, a departure date selection area, a return date selection area, a departure city input area, and an arrival city input area; and selecting the flight type information, the departure date information and the return date information in the flight type selection area, the departure date selection area and the return date selection area respectively, and inputting the departure city information and the arrival city information in the departure city input area and the arrival city input area respectively.
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