Patents by Inventor Mark J. Meier

Mark J. Meier 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling and monitoring group travel related services
    Patent number: 5648900
    Abstract: A computerized reservation system including controlling and monitoring of group travel related services is presented. In addition to master inventory of travel related services and a set of passenger name records which correlate individuals with reserved travel related services from the master inventory, the present invention uses a group control record which includes a group inventory which is a subset of the master inventory, and a number of group related passenger name records, which are a subset of the general passenger name records. When changes are made to any one of the master inventory, group control records or group passenger name records, appropriate changes are automatically made in the others of these three. Thus, the monitoring and controlling of group travel related services is greatly facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Galileo International Partnership
    Inventors: James D. Bowen, Allyson J. Henry, Mark J. Meier, Linda S. Postlethwait, Steven W. Schrimp