| US 7,587,390 B2 | ||
| System and method for receiving and loading fare and schedule data | ||
| Benjamin W. Schmitz, Chicago, Ill. (US); Patrick D. Chauncey, Chicago, Ill. (US); and Mark W. Jaeger, Evanston, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Orbitz LLC, Chicago, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 24, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/420,208. | ||
| Application 11/420208 is a continuation of application No. 09/872948, filed on Jun. 01, 2001, granted, now 7,231,382. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0206465 A1, Sep. 14, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—3 [709/207] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A system for searching a data set to identify data elements within said data set that meet user defined search criteria,
the user defined search criteria including an origination location, a destination location, and a date of travel, the system
comprising:
a network file system server;
a data search engine server communicating with the network file system server, said data search engine server including a
data storage memory;
a query distributor configured to send search queries to the data search engine server; and
an old data set comprising status information and a new data set, comprising updated status information which reflects a change
to the status information, stored on the network file system server in a manner such that said data search engine server may
selectively access and transfer portions of the old data set and the new data set to the data storage memory of the data search
engine server, where the data search engine server identifies data elements within the accessed portions of the old data set
and the new data set that meet the user defined search criteria, wherein the status information includes air carrier fare
and schedule data for flights between a plurality of origination and destination locations, and the portions of the old data
set and the new data set accessed by the data search engine server comprise flight schedule and fare data for airline flights
between the origination location and destination location on the date of travel specified in the user defined search criteria.
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