Patents by Inventor Sophie Rabbe

Sophie Rabbe 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).

  • Patent number: 8315892
    Abstract: A method of assigning a place to a customer, including the steps of: determining a set of business rules associated with the provision of the place to the customer; determining a set of available places, the or each of the set of available places having one or more attributes; determining one or more customer preferences in respect of the one or more attributes; applying the business rules to define a set of allowed combinations of place and customer; determining a score in relation to the set of allowed combinations of place and customer; selecting the highest scoring allowed combination from the set of allowed combination of place and customer; and assigning the place to the customer based on the highest scoring allowed combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Amadeus S.A.S.
    Inventors: Hugues Gabriel, Sophie Rabbe
  • Publication number: 20120053968
    Abstract: The method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention allows managing an inventory of items where a disconnection has been done between the physical item (as offered by a provider) and the marketing offering (which availability and price will be requested by a customer). A physical item can thus be marketed in several marketing offers, and a booking in one of those marketing offers is not directly assigned to a physical item but is allowed to “float” between them, so as to maximize the availability. The method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention allows multi-days inventory containing more marketing products than physical ones. A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides the possibility to choose between a strong continuity for the bookings (the booking will be refused if it can not be placed continuously for the whole duration of its stay), or a softer continuity that allows possible changes of room type during the stay, while minimizing their numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Anthony Debarge, Celine Mioland, Sophie Rabbe, Phillipe Larosa, Mourad Boudia
  • Publication number: 20090287629
    Abstract: A method of assigning a place to a customer, including the steps of: determining a set of business rules associated with the provision of the place to the customer; determining a set of available places, the or each of the set of available places having one or more attributes; determining one or more customer preferences in respect of the one or more attributes; applying the business rules to define a set of allowed combinations of place and customer; determining a score in relation to the set of allowed combinations of place and customer; selecting the highest scoring allowed combination from the set of allowed combination of place and customer; and assigning the place to the customer based on the highest scoring allowed combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: AMADEUS S.A.S.
    Inventors: Hugues Gabriel, Sophie Rabbe