Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for travel itinerary bidding via blockchain
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Application No.: US15370657Application Date: 2016-12-06
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Publication No.: US10679152B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Ankur Arora
- Applicant: Mastercard International Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US NY Purchase
- Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Purchase
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Main IPC: G06Q10/02
- IPC: G06Q10/02 ; G06Q30/08 ; G06Q30/06 ; G06Q50/14

Abstract:
A method for processing travel bids via blockchain includes: receiving an itinerary request including a travel itinerary comprised of reservation requests, each reservation request including a type identifier and reservation details; transmitting a blockchain transaction to a blockchain network for each reservation requests, the transaction including the reservation details and a unique identifier; receiving merchant bid for each reservation request, wherein each merchant bid includes a bid amount and additional bidding details; identifying a winning bid for each reservation request based on the bid amount and additional bidding details included in each corresponding merchant bid; and transmitting a new blockchain transaction to the blockchain network for each reservation request, wherein the blockchain transaction includes the unique identifier and indicates unavailability of the corresponding reservation request.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180157999A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL ITINERARY BIDDING VIA BLOCKCHAIN Public/Granted day:2018-06-07
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