Abstract: A device, system and method managing inventory of provider objects are provided.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an intermediation server, from a requesting device, a request for one or more items provided by a provider system; generating, at the intermediation server, an intermediate reply comprising data indicative of the one or more items provided by the provider system; determining, at the intermediation server, whether the request is eligible for direct distribution; in response to determining that the request is eligible for direct distribution, generating, at the intermediation server, an adjusted reply by: communicating with a hosted offer management system to receive instructions for adjusting the intermediate reply, the hosted offer management system providing hosted provider object services for the provider system; and adjusting, at the intermediation server, the intermediate reply based on the instructions; and providing, from the intermediation server, to the requesting device, the adjusted reply in response to the request.

Abstract: A device, system and method controlling operation of a client device via an intermediation server are provided. The server maintains indications of possible steps associated with respective provider systems, the possible steps comprising a subset given possible steps of a computing-process flow implemented at a client device in conjunction with communicating with provider systems. The server provides to one or more of the provider systems, a communication from the client device received in conjunction with implementing a given step of the computing-process flow, and receives, from a given provider system, a response to the communication. The server provides to the client device: the response; and an indication of one or more respective possible steps associated with the given provider system in the indications, the one or more respective possible steps for implementation at the client device in conjunction with receiving the response and implementing the computing-process flow.

Abstract: A device, system and method controlling operation of a client device via an intermediation server are provided. The server maintains indications of predefined data descriptions, associated with respective provider systems, comprising a subset of given predefined data descriptions to be provided at a client device during implementation of a computing-process flow in conjunction with communicating with the respective provider systems. The server: provides, to the respective provider systems, a communication from the client device received in conjunction with implementing a given step of the computing-process flow; and receives, from a given provider system, a response to the communication.

Abstract: A method includes: receiving, at a computing device implementing a first node of a plurality of nodes forming a decentralized content distribution system, an inbound content request from an entry one of the nodes, the inbound content request including inbound search parameters derived from a client request received at the entry node; selecting, at the computing device, based on the inbound content request and a set of node profiles corresponding to the plurality of nodes, a further one of the nodes; transmitting an outbound content request to the selected further node, the outbound content request containing outbound search parameters based on the inbound search parameters; receiving, from the further node, subsidiary content corresponding to the outbound search parameters; and generating and transmitting, to the entry node, a response to the inbound content request, the response including an offer identifier and at least a portion of the subsidiary content.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an intermediation server, from a requesting device, a request for one or more items provided by a provider system; generating, at the intermediation server, an intermediate reply comprising data indicative of the one or more items provided by the provider system; determining, at the intermediation server, whether the request is eligible for direct distribution; in response to determining that the request is eligible for direct distribution, generating, at the intermediation server, an adjusted reply by: communicating with a hosted offer management system to receive instructions for adjusting the intermediate reply, the hosted offer management system providing hosted provider object services for the provider system; and adjusting, at the intermediation server, the intermediate reply based on the instructions; and providing, from the intermediation server, to the requesting device, the adjusted reply in response to the request.

Abstract: To differentially respond to data requests, a request handling server stores (i) a predefined set of response definitions, each response definition having a distinct assigned virtual requester identifier, and (ii) for each virtual requester identifier, a selection criterion. The server receives a data request associated with one of a plurality of requesters, and includes (i) request parameters and (ii) a requester attribute set. The data request may be a request for travel product offers formatted according to the New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard. The server compares the requester attribute set with the selection criteria; based on the comparison, assigns a selected one of the virtual requester identifiers to the data request; retrieves an active one of the response definitions corresponding to the selected virtual requester identifier; obtains response data according to the request parameters and the active response definition; and transmits, in response to the data request, the response data.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an intermediation server; from a requesting device; a request for one or more items provided by a provider system; generating, at the intermediation server, an intermediate reply comprising data indicative of the one or more items provided by the provider system; determining, at the intermediation server, whether the request is eligible for direct distribution; in response to determining that the request is eligible for direct distribution, generating, at the intermediation server, an adjusted reply by: communicating with a hosted offer management system to receive instructions for adjusting the intermediate reply, the hosted offer management system providing hosted provider object services for the provider system; and adjusting, at the intermediation server, the intermediate reply based on the instructions; and providing; from the intermediation server, to the requesting device, the adjusted reply in response to the request.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an intermediation server; from a requesting device; a request for one or more items provided by a provider system; generating, at the intermediation server, an intermediate reply comprising data indicative of the one or more items provided by the provider system; determining, at the intermediation server, whether the request is eligible for direct distribution; in response to determining that the request is eligible for direct distribution, generating, at the intermediation server, an adjusted reply by: communicating with a hosted offer management system to receive instructions for adjusting the intermediate reply, the hosted offer management system providing hosted provider object services for the provider system; and adjusting, at the intermediation server, the intermediate reply based on the instructions; and providing; from the intermediation server, to the requesting device, the adjusted reply in response to the request.

Abstract: To differentially respond to data requests, a request handling server stores (i) a predefined set of response definitions, each response definition having a distinct assigned virtual requester identifier, and (ii) for each virtual requester identifier, a selection criterion. The server receives a data request associated with one of a plurality of requesters, and includes (i) request parameters and (ii) a requester attribute set. The data request may be a request for travel product offers formatted according to the New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard. The server compares the requester attribute set with the selection criteria; based on the comparison, assigns a selected one of the virtual requester identifiers to the data request; retrieves an active one of the response definitions corresponding to the selected virtual requester identifier; obtains response data according to the request parameters and the active response definition; and transmits, in response to the data request, the response data.

Abstract: An automated system and a method for checking an already issued airline ticket prior to having a requester submitting a change request of the already issued airline ticket are described. The system comprises a ticket data retriever unit for retrieving, with a ticket reference provided by the requester, the already issued airline ticket from a ticket database. Then, an issued fare rule finder element retrieves, from a rule database, one or more rule scenarios applying to the already issued airline ticket and governing what changes are permitted. After which a decision module element combines the one or more rule scenarios into a set of permitted options and restrictions and deliver them to the requester. Hence, the requester knows all about the permitted options and restrictions prior to actually requesting to change the already issued airline ticket.

Abstract: In one aspect thereof the exemplary embodiments provide a computer-implemented method that includes, in response to a request to redeem customer award units, processing data representing at least one commercial fare in conjunction with data representing at least one conversion rule so as to generate at least one converted redemption fare. The method further includes operating on the at least one converted redemption fare with a faring engine to output at least one travel solution calculated in award units.

Abstract: A ticket change constrainer which allows reissuing or revalidating an already issued airline ticket includes a ticket change domain reducer operable to reduce an input search domain of change opportunities on the basis of change conditions set in the already issued ticket. It also includes a ticket change valuer operable to weigh the change opportunities of the reduced search domain and to return a reduced valued search domain of change opportunities. The weighing of the change opportunities is done on the basis of pricing method popularity scores updated in a ticket change memory by a ticket change watcher agent from actual change transactions handled by the system. The change conditions include standard pricing methods of the airline industry. The input search domain of change opportunities is produced by a conventional fare-driven search engine on the basis of a ticket change request issued by an end-user of the system.

Abstract: Method for automatically generating a text portion applicable to a customer for at least one product, characterized in that it includes at a server side based on a plurality of data. According to the invention, rules data are processed so that a reduced rule is obtained and further used for generating the text portions with an engine dedicated to this task.

Abstract: A method is provided for guaranteeing a set of valid additional services or products to offer to a user, which additional services or products are associated with a main service or product. The method includes building an affinity matrix of a plurality of additional services and products to attribute an affinity level between each additional service or product with at least one other additional service or product based on the association with the main service or product, determining a coherence level between the additional services or products and the main service or products such that an additional service or product can be marked as valid if the coherence level meets a predetermined level, and generating the set of valid additional services or products to offer to the user based on the affinity level and the coherence level.

Abstract: An automated system and a method for checking an already issued airline ticket prior to having a requester submitting a change request of the already issued airline ticket are described. The system comprises a ticket data retriever unit for retrieving, with a ticket reference provided by the requester, the already issued airline ticket from a ticket database. Then, an issued fare rule finder element retrieves, from a rule database, one or more rule scenarios applying to the already issued airline ticket and governing what changes are permitted. After which a decision module element combines the one or more rule scenarios into a set of permitted options and restrictions and deliver them to the requester. Hence, the requester knows all about the permitted options and restrictions prior to actually requesting to change the already issued airline ticket.

Abstract: A ticket change constrainer which allows reissuing or revalidating an already issued airline ticket includes a ticket change domain reducer operable to reduce an input search domain of change opportunities on the basis of change conditions set in the already issued ticket. It also includes a ticket change valuer operable to weigh the change opportunities of the reduced search domain and to return a reduced valued search domain of change opportunities. The weighing of the change opportunities is done on the basis of pricing method popularity scores updated in a ticket change memory by a ticket change watcher agent from actual change transactions handled by the system. The change conditions include standard pricing methods of the airline industry. The input search domain of change opportunities is produced by a conventional fare-driven search engine on the basis of a ticket change request issued by an end-user of the system.