Patents by Inventor Wayne L. Flake

Wayne L. Flake 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).

  • Automated travel service management information system
    Patent number: 5832451
    Abstract: A method (1000) of automatically managing travel service information is provided. The method generates a business entity profile and individual profile for customers (1004, 1006), and stores the information in a relational database. Customer reservation services information retrieved from all available sources is also stored in the same database (1010). Consequently, the customer reservation services information and the profile information is made available, simultaneously, for use by an agent in processing a customer's travel request (1013).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne L. Flake, Krishna Kambhampaty, Stephen B. Molsberry, Gregory B. Clem
  • Method and apparatus for interacting with a computer reservation system
    Patent number: 5781892
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for interacting with a computer reservation system. A client computer (12) generates commands in response to user input. A server computer (14) receives the commands and generates requests to a computer reservation system through application program interfaces responsive to the commands. After receiving sets of reservation data from the computer reservation system in response to the requests, the received data is normalized and selected portions are returned to the client computer (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas J. Hunt, George A. Smith, Wayne L. Flake