Patents by Inventor JAMES THEODORE BARTOT

JAMES THEODORE BARTOT 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).

  • Publication number: 20100205038
    Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for market intelligence tools for travel arrangements. A travel arrangement can be optimized by collecting and analyzing past event data for a desired travel selection. A data analysis engine aggregates, analyzes, and stores historical data of average travel ticket prices, as a function of the day of the year, for a travel selection. Another database analysis includes aggregating day-of-the-week data by the data analysis engine, wherein average travel ticket prices are given as a function of the day of the week, for both the departure day and the return day. Another database analysis includes aggregating advance purchase time data by the data analysis engine, wherein average travel ticket prices are given as a function of the number of days prior to a departure date. These database analyses are combined to form probabilities for the best and worst times to purchase travel tickets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: JOHN MICHAEL RAUSER, JAMES THEODORE BARTOT, DAVID WEI HSU