David A Falk

8352454, Jan 8, 2013

Apr 11, 2007

11/734077

David Alan Falk - Evanston IL, US
Kevin Richard Bess - Wheaton IL, US
Gregory Douglas Fast - Des Plaines IL, US

Travelport Development LLC - Chicago IL

G06F 7/24
G06F 17/30

707708, 707600, 707770, 707771

A system and method are provided for performing data searches in response to a user request. The system has an application server that is configured to receive user requests, to send search requests based on the user requests, and to communicate with a plurality of search provider systems. The search provider systems each have searchable data and are configured to receive the search requests from the application server and generate search results in response to the search request. A rules manager resides on the application server and is configured to identify a set of search provider systems to send the search request to based on the user request. The method includes the steps of: receiving a user request; determining a set of search providers based on the user request; sending a search request to the set of search providers; receiving search results from at least one of the search providers; merging the search results received from the set of search providers; and sending the merged search results to the user.

20130041902, Feb 14, 2013

May 21, 2012

13/476900

Garner Swann - Redwood City CA, US
Parthasarathy Sundaram - Bellevue WA, US
Jeremy Paul Todd - Los Gatos CA, US
Rajat Shroff - Redwood Shores CA, US
Alan Todd Kaiser - San Jose CA, US
Nicholas Briggs - Sunnyvale CA, US
David Falk - Castro Valley CA, US
Daniel L. Pritchett - San Jose CA, US

REARDEN COMMERCE, INC. - Foster City CA

G06F 17/30

707737, 707E17014

A system and method for searching travel services. A server computer receives a travel request from a client device operated by a user. The server computer identifies travel options according to the travel request. The server computer classifies the travel options into predefined groups, the classifying based on at least one of past transactions, input from domain experts, input from semantic analysts, analytics data, user preferences, and company policies. The server computer presents the options via presentation of the predefined groups.

20180137442, May 17, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

15/870405

- SAN FRANCISCO CA, US
Parthasarathy Sundaram - Sunnyvale CA, US
Jeremy Paul Todd - Los Gatos CA, US
Rajat Shroff - Redwood Shores CA, US
Alan Todd Kaiser - San Jose CA, US
Nicholas Briggs - Sunnyvale CA, US
David Falk - Northbrook IL, US
Daniel L. Pritchett - San Jose CA, US

G06Q 10/02
G06F 17/30
G06Q 30/06

A system and method for searching travel services. A server computer receives a travel request from a client device operated by a user. The server computer identifies travel options according to the travel request. The server computer classifies the travel options into predefined groups, the classifying based on at least one of past transactions, input from domain experts, input from semantic analysts, analytics data, user preferences, and company policies. The server computer presents the options via presentation of the predefined groups.

20160350681, Dec 1, 2016

Aug 9, 2016

15/232662

- SAN FRANCISCO CA, US
Parthasarathy Sundaram - Bellevue WA, US
Jeremy Paul Todd - Los Gatos CA, US
Rajat Shroff - Redwood Shores CA, US
Alan Todd Kaiser - San Jose CA, US
Nicholas Briggs - Sunnyvale CA, US
David Falk - Castro Valley CA, US
Daniel L. Pritchett - San Jose CA, US

G06Q 10/02
G06Q 30/06

A system and method for searching travel services. A server computer receives a travel request from a client device operated by a user. The server computer identifies travel options according to the travel request. The server computer classifies the travel options into predefined groups, the classifying based on at least one of past transactions, input from domain experts, input from semantic analysts, analytics data, user preferences, and company policies. The server computer presents the options via presentation of the predefined groups.