Patents Assigned to OBOOK INC.
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Patent number: 12288168Abstract: A blockchain-based room inventory management system includes a property management system (PMS) module and an intermediate server system. The PMS module may be under a hotel's direct control. The intermediate server system communicates with at least one online travel agency (OTA) module and/or at least one booking engine using Ethereum-based smart contracts for confirming and processing a room reservation event. If the room reservation event is confirmed to be a successful transaction, the intermediate server system also updates the successful transaction into the PMS module and a blockchain formed by multiple node servers. The blockchain contains multiple blocks arranged in a chronological order for distinguishing successful transactions of different moments. In this way, each successful transaction is prevented from wrongly preceded by a later successful transaction. And the room inventory management system neutralizes an overbooking issue accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignees: OBOOK HOLDINGS INC., OBOOK INC.Inventors: Chun Kai Wang, Chung Han Hsieh, Chih Yang Liu
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Publication number: 20240152880Abstract: A multi-channel payment method for a multi-channel payment system comprises the payer or the payee who initiated the payment request logs in to the multi-channel payment system; the payer or the payee who initiated the payment request placing an order in the multi-channel payment system, wherein the order comprises a designated payment gateway; the multi-channel payment system determining a predicted fee of the order according to the designated payment gateway, past order records, and a real-time exchange rate; the multi-channel payment system performing an anti-money laundering verification of the order; the payer reviewing the order and the predicted fee through a multiple auditing method; and the multi-channel payment system executing payment from the payer to the payee according to the order and the designated payment gateway, and storing a payment detail of the order.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: OBOOK INC.Inventors: Chun-Kai Wang, Chung-Han Hsieh, Chun-Jen Chen, Po-Hua Lin, Wei-Te Lin, Pei-Hsuan Weng, Mei-Su Wang, I-Cheng Lin, Cheng-Wei Chen
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Patent number: 11562403Abstract: A method for profit sharing is provided. The method includes deciding a first sharing rate according to a first event information and a first category information; obtaining a first sharing amount according to the first sharing rate and a first shared profit of the first category information; deciding a second sharing rate according to a second event information and a second category information; obtaining a second sharing amount according to the second sharing rate and a second shared profit of the second category information; deciding a total sharing amount by summing up the first sharing amount and the second sharing amount; and returning the total sharing amount in response to receiving a request from a user device.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: OBOOK INC.Inventors: Chun-Kai Wang, Chung-Han Hsieh, Hsiu-An Teng, Chih-Yang Liu, Wei-Te Lin, I-Cheng Lin, Shin-Ying Chu, Zih-Hao Lin, Kang-Hsien Chang
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Publication number: 20220398582Abstract: An information delivery method for transferring fund is provided. The information delivery method includes receiving payment information, determining whether a transfer condition is met according to the payment information, in response to determining that the transfer condition is met, obtaining source account information of a source entity and destination account information of a destination entity in the payment information, determining a transfer path according to the source account information of the source entity and the destination account information of the destination entity, and transmitting the payment information from the source entity to the destination entity according to the transfer path.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: OBOOK INC.Inventors: Chun-Kai Wang, Chung-Han Hsieh, Chih-Yang Liu, Wei-Te Lin, I-Cheng Lin, Jun-De Liao, Kang-Hsien Chang, Chun-Jen Chen, Pei-Hsuan Weng, Yi-Hsuan Lai, Ming-Hung Lin, Shu-Ming Chang, Zih-Hao Lin
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Publication number: 20220222590Abstract: A blockchain-based room inventory management system includes a property management system (PMS) module and an intermediate server system. The PMS module may be under a hotel's direct control. The intermediate server system communicates with at least one online travel agency (OTA) module and/or at least one booking engine using Ethereum-based smart contracts for confirming and processing a room reservation event. If the room reservation event is confirmed to be a successful transaction, the intermediate server system also updates the successful transaction into the PMS module and a blockchain formed by multiple node servers. The blockchain contains multiple blocks arranged in a chronological order for distinguishing successful transactions of different moments. In this way, each successful transaction is prevented from wrongly preceded by a later successful transaction. And the room inventory management system neutralizes an overbooking issue accordingly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicants: OBOOK HOLDINGS INC., OBOOK INC.Inventors: Chun Kai Wang, Chung Han Hsieh, Chih Yang Liu