Patents by Inventor Bernard A. Phillips

Bernard A. Phillips has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • INDEXING TRAVEL ACCOMMODATIONS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20140214461
    Abstract: A method for evaluating travel accommodations is provided that includes identifying a plurality of hotel properties and assigning a hotel marketability index score to one or more of the properties such that one or more of the properties may be ranked. The hotel marketability index score may be based on a selected one or more characteristics associated with one or more of the hotel properties, the characteristics including rate competitiveness, hotel availability, hotel location within a cluster location, and hotel quality within the cluster location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: MICHAEL DILIBERTO, JOHN CAINE, CHRISTOPHER MURDOCK, JOSHUA J. FRANCIA, JIM JIANQUIANG CHEN, AMIT PODDAR, JAYADAS CHELUR, JAMES M. ROZELL, BERNARD A. PHILLIPS
  • System and method for determining a hotel marketability index score in a network environment
    Patent number: 8688490
    Abstract: A method for evaluating travel accommodations is provided that includes identifying a plurality of hotel properties and assigning a hotel marketability index score to one or more of the properties such that one or more of the properties may be ranked. The hotel marketability index score may be based on a selected one or more characteristics associated with one or more of the hotel properties, the characteristics including rate competitiveness, hotel availability, hotel location within a cluster location, and hotel quality within the cluster location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Travelweb LLC
    Inventors: James M. Rozell, Bernard A. Phillips
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDEXING TRAVEL ACCOMMODATIONS IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20110106583
    Abstract: A method for evaluating travel accommodations is provided that includes identifying a plurality of hotel properties and assigning a hotel marketability index score to one or more of the properties such that one or more of the properties may be ranked. The hotel marketability index score may be based on a selected one or more characteristics associated with one or more of the hotel properties, the characteristics including rate competitiveness, hotel availability, hotel location within a cluster location, and hotel quality within the cluster location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: James M. Rozell, Bernard A. Phillips
  • System and method for indexing travel accommodations in a network environment
    Patent number: 7848945
    Abstract: A method for evaluating travel accommodations is provided that includes identifying a plurality of hotel properties and assigning a hotel marketability index score to one or more of the properties such that one or more of the properties may be ranked. The hotel marketability index score may be based on a selected one or more characteristics associated with one or more of the hotel properties, the characteristics including rate competitiveness, hotel availability, hotel location within a cluster location, and hotel quality within the cluster location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Travelweb LLC
    Inventors: James M. Rozell, Bernard A. Phillips