Abstract: A system includes at least one processing circuit including at least one memory and one or more processors configured to: obtain, via a user interface, a non-bounded query relating to a travel trip, the non-bounded query excluding at least one parameter associated with the travel trip; identify, via a first machine learning model, the at least one excluded parameter based on the non-bounded query; identify, via a second machine learning model and from among a first set of travel results that match the non-bounded query and the excluded parameter, a second set of the travel results that meet a presentation threshold of customer popularity based on at least one of a location selected by one or more users or a time selected by the one or more users; and present, via the user interface, one or more travel results of the second set, and the presentation threshold.

Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to a system. The system can include at least one processing circuit comprising at least one memory and one or more processors, the one or more processors configured to obtain interaction data of a media channel, the interaction data comprising timeseries emphasis data; execute a neural network using the interaction data as input to generate a transformed timeseries emphasis data for the media channel, the neural network configured to estimate a shape function; and execute a Bayesian regression model using the transformed timeseries emphasis data for the media channel as input to generate one or more performance variables for the media channel.

Abstract: An image classification system is provided for determining a likely classification of an image using multiple machine learning models that share a base machine learning model. The image classification system may be a browser-based system on a user computing device that obtains multiple machine learning models over a network from a remote system once, stores the models locally in the image classification system, and uses the models multiple times without needing to subsequently request the machine learning models again from the remote system. The image classification system may therefore determine likely a classification associated with an image by running the machine learning models on a user computing device.

Abstract: A method includes predicting a first future timeseries for a first variable using a first model, predicting future values for a plurality of second variables using one or more second models, wherein the first variable is a function of the second variables, generating a second future timeseries for the first variable as based on the future values for the plurality of second variables, and providing a composite timeseries forecast for the first variable by combining the first future timeseries and the second future timeseries.

Abstract: Systems and methods for travel-specific natural language processing are disclosed. The techniques described herein include maintaining a first dataset having a standardized text format and a second dataset having a noisy text format, each of which corresponds to a travel-specific lexicon. The techniques include generating training data corresponding to a first training objective and a second training objective based on the first dataset and the second dataset. A machine-learning model can be trained using the training data according to the first and second training objectives.

Abstract: A booking management system for secure authentication of payment information and delayed transaction processing is provided. Third-party services partner with booking management systems to aggregate and list offerings of the third-party services in a digestible display on a one-stop platform. A booking management system can manage the authentication of payment card information on behalf of any number of such third-party services. The booking management system may receive a delayed transaction request from one or more such third-party service. The booking management system may provide virtual payment information to the third-party services for delayed transactions. The third-party services may later initiate the delayed transactions using the virtual payment information, without being required to perform authentication processing on the payment card information maintained by the booking management system.

Abstract: A method includes storing, in computer memory, a tessellation comprising a plurality of tiles corresponding to a plurality of geographical regions. The plurality of tiles are stored with travel times in a plurality of transportation modalities across a plurality of edges of the plurality of tiles. The method also includes storing, in the computer memory, associations between a plurality of points of interest and corresponding tiles of the plurality of tiles based on locations of the plurality of points of interests relative to the plurality of geographic regions, determining, by one or more processors, a first set of the plurality of tiles reachable from a first tile of the plurality of tiles in up to a first total travel time based on the travel times across the plurality of edges, and identifying, by the one or more processors, a first set of the plurality of points of interest associated with the first set of the plurality of tiles.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing improved graphical user interfaces are disclosed. A method includes: receiving experience information associated with an experience; evaluating the experience information based on contextual information associated with the experience; determining a priority of the experience information based on the evaluation; retrieving a digital object template from a limited number of digital object templates based on the determined priority of the experience information; populating the retrieved digital object template with corresponding experience information to generate a contextual digital interface object; and providing the contextual digital interface object on a graphical user interface of a user device, the contextual digital interface object comprising a selectable feature based on the corresponding experience information.

Abstract: A method includes storing, in computer memory, a tessellation comprising a plurality of tiles corresponding to a plurality of geographical regions. The plurality of tiles are stored with travel times in a plurality of transportation modalities across a plurality of edges of the plurality of tiles. The method also includes storing, in the computer memory, associations between a plurality of points of interest and corresponding tiles of the plurality of tiles based on locations of the plurality of points of interests relative to the plurality of geographic regions, determining, by one or more processors, a first set of the plurality of tiles reachable from a first tile of the plurality of tiles in up to a first total travel time based on the travel times across the plurality of edges, and identifying, by the one or more processors, a first set of the plurality of points of interest associated with the first set of the plurality of tiles.

Abstract: A user of a personal computing device may identify multiple travel items of interest displayed for purchase by a network-based travel service. However, the user may not desire to purchase the travel items in a single purchase. Upon making a travel purchase that includes a first travel item that does not include a second travel item corresponding to the first travel item, the user may employ the network travel package service to search for second travel items corresponding to the first travel item, select from discounted travel packages including the first travel item and second travel items returned from the search, and purchase a discounted travel package. Beneficially, multiple travel items may be purchased separately while obtaining a package discount as compared to the stand-alone price of the travel items.

Abstract: Secure authentication and delayed transaction processing for booking management systems is provided. Third-party services partner with booking management systems to aggregate and list offerings of the third-party services in a digestible display on a one-stop platform. A booking management system can manage the authentication of payment card information on behalf of any number of such third-party services. The booking management system can maintain and process authentication information associated with traveler payment cards, and provide virtual payment information to the third-party services for delayed transactions. The third-party services may later initiate the delayed transactions using the virtual payment information, without being required to perform authentication processing on the traveler payment card information maintained by the booking management system.

Abstract: Secure authentication and delayed transaction processing for booking management systems is provided. Third-party services partner with booking management systems to aggregate and list offerings of the third-party services in a digestible display on a one-stop platform. A booking management system can manage the authentication of payment card information on behalf of any number of such third-party services. The booking management system can maintain and process authentication information associated with traveler payment cards, and provide virtual payment information to the third-party services for delayed transactions. The third-party services may later initiate the delayed transactions using the virtual payment information, without being required to perform authentication processing on the traveler payment card information maintained by the booking management system.

Abstract: A network-based service may be provided for facilitating queries for a number of items, such as travel services. A user may submit a query including criteria for determining one or more relevant items. Based on the submitted query, the network-based service may present the user with information regarding the actions of other similar users of the network-based service, such as searches performed by the other users. Based on this information, the user may elect to supplement the current query to conform to the actions for other users. In some embodiments, actions by other users may be based at least in part on a category of the querying user. By presenting actions of similar users, a current user may be enabled to select the most relevant query terms for identifying a desired item.

Abstract: A network-based service is disclosed for disambiguating search queries based on a location-based clustering of search results corresponding to the query. In one embodiment, a user may submit a query for travel items, such as hotel accommodations. The service can determine, based on the query, an initial set of hotels providing such accommodations. The service can then cluster the hotels according to their geographic positions. If the service identifies multiple clusters, the user can be prompted to select a specific cluster to receive additional information regarding the cluster. Illustratively, if a user submits a query for a hotel in “Springfield,” the service may ask the user to select among multiple clusters of results, each corresponding to a different city named “Springfield” in which results have been located.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for automatically orchestrating the handling of events through a processing pipeline without limitation (or without a substantial limitation) as to the size of the event payload associated with the event. The event pipeline system stores event payloads in data stores and generates notifications regarding the events. The notifications may be placed into event streams for handling by various processing components of the event pipeline system. The processing components may receive notifications or events that they are to process, and may separately access event payloads from the data stores. The processing components may generate and save processed event payloads to the data stores in a streaming fashion such that the computing resources of the processing components do not limit (or substantially limit) the size of the event payloads that the processing components may handle.

Abstract: An image classification system is provided for determining a likely classification of an image using multiple machine learning models that share a base machine learning model. The image classification system may be a browser-based system on a user computing device that obtains multiple machine learning models over a network from a remote system once, stores the models locally in the image classification system, and uses the models multiple times without needing to subsequently request the machine learning models again from the remote system. The image classification system may therefore determine likely a classification associated with an image by running the machine learning models on a user computing device.

Abstract: A travel advisory generation system is provided that enables generation of travel advisories based upon one or more selected parameters (e.g., location, origin, destination, date, date range, travel provider, class of service, etc.). These travel advisories may be further incorporated into travel search results, providing relevant advisory information in conjunction, e.g., concurrently or in-line, with travel options. The advisories may be further customized in order to display desired notifications and not display undesired notifications to selected users of the travel advisory generation system (e.g., system operators, travel service providers (including, but not limited to, travel agents and travel managers of an organization), and travelers).

Abstract: A user of a personal computing device may interact with a network-based travel service with respect to one or more travel items. The network-based travel service may monitor the users' interactions, determine user's travel interests, and provide relevant travel item provider devices information for generating user-specific offers. For example, anonymized user statistics, suggested terms for a user-specific offer, or estimated likelihood of acceptance may be provided to the travel item provider. The network-based travel service may receive and evaluate user-specific offers submitted by the travel item provider, cause presentation to corresponding users, and enable the users to accept, decline or propose modifications to the offers.

Abstract: A network-based service may be provided for facilitating queries for a number of items, such as travel services. A user may submit a query including criteria for determining relevant items. The network-based service may be configured to generate opaque search results in response to queries, revealing sufficient detail to allow the user to confirm the relevance of the travel item, but insufficient detail to disclose the identity of the supplier. Based on the submitted query or other information, the network-based service may associate a persona with the user, such as the persona of a business or leisure traveler. The network-based service may use the persona to determine a travel item or items best suited to the user, by identifying the travel item attributes that correlate positively with preferences of the persona. The network-based service may then generate an opaque search result that reveals travel item attributes desired by the persona.