Flight Booking Social Integration via OAuth Intermediary
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current social networking platforms do not effectively integrate social information sharing among users during flight reservations, limiting the ability to select seats based on social compatibility with fellow passengers.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that utilizes OAuth protocols to obtain and share social information from social networks, integrating it with flight booking systems to present a seating chart with social information and calculate a social relevance score for passenger matching, allowing users to select seats based on common traits and preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If social information is integrated with flight booking systems, then users can select seats based on social compatibility, but system complexity increases due to OAuth protocol integration and data sharing mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary module that acts as a bridge between the flight booking system and social network platforms. This intermediary handles OAuth authentication, retrieves social information, and processes compatibility calculations, thereby isolating the complexity from the core flight booking system while enabling enhanced seat selection functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is divided into distinct functional modules: authentication module for OAuth handling, data retrieval module for social information collection, compatibility calculation module for social relevance scoring, and seat selection module for final seat assignment. This segmentation allows each component to be developed and maintained independently, managing overall system complexity.
2Measurement precision
If social information of multiple passengers is obtained and processed, then better passenger matching is achieved, but data processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating social relevance scores and identifying common traits among passengers during the information retrieval phase, before the actual seat selection process. This preparation reduces the computational burden during final seat assignment, speeding up the overall process while maintaining high matching accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements adjustable parameters in the compatibility calculation algorithm, allowing the system to prioritize different social traits (e.g., common interests, profession, location) based on user preferences or flight context. This flexibility enables optimization of processing time by focusing calculations on the most relevant parameters for each specific scenario.
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AI summary
Device, system, and method of sharing social network information. A method of sharing social information includes: obtaining from a social network social information of passengers associated with a flight; and presenting the social information to a prospective passenger of said flight. The obtaining includes obtaining from the social network in bulk social information of at least two passengers associated with a flight, by sending a query which includes an identifier of said flight, and which excludes any identifier of any passenger on said flight.