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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Kayak Software Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Paul M. English, Arlington, MA (US);
Travis M. Gebhardt, Maynard, MA (US);
Kristin P. Harkness, Norwalk, CT (US);
Lincoln D. Jackson, Newburyport, MA (US);
Jeff A. Rago, Lexington, MA (US);
Paul D. Schwenk, Stow, MA (US);
Brenda L. White, Norwalk, CT (US);
Kayak Software Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a methodology and system for efficiently performing travel reservation queries and presenting significant search results to a user. A travel reservation search engine constructs a first query from one or more constraints. The first query has a threshold probability of returning a first set of search results that will lead to the purchase of a travel reservation. Additionally, if determined necessary by the search engine a second query is constructed from one or more constraints. The second query returns a second set of search results.