Empty Flight Seat Resale With Real-Time Status Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for managing and reselling empty flight seats in private aviation face challenges such as real-time synchronization issues in databases and disorganized or imposed resale costs, lacking efficiency and adaptability.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing a processor-based architecture that allows passengers to resell empty flight seats by receiving and analyzing user requests, updating databases, providing links for purchase, and synchronizing seat status in real-time, while determining resale costs and assigning seats to buyers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a system allows passengers to resell empty flight seats, then occupancy rate increases and passengers save money, but real-time synchronization in databases becomes complex and challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized seat management system as an intermediary between passengers and flight operators. This system handles all database synchronization operations automatically, allowing passengers to resell seats without directly managing complex database connections. The intermediary system maintains real-time sync by mediating communications between users and the flight operator's database.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables passengers to self-service the seat resale process through user-friendly interfaces. Passengers can list empty seats, receive inquiries, and manage transactions without technical knowledge. The automated system handles the complex synchronization and database updates in the background, making the complexity invisible to end users while maintaining high occupancy rates.
2Loss of energy
If the system manages seat resale transactions, then cost savings for passengers are achieved, but resale cost management becomes disorganized and imposed
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements automated feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor seat availability, inquiries, and transactions. Real-time feedback is provided to both sellers and buyers about seat status, pricing updates, and transaction progress. This structured feedback system organizes the resale cost management process, ensuring transparent and fair pricing while maintaining cost savings for passengers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts resale parameters such as pricing, availability status, and transaction terms based on real-time conditions. The management system automatically updates these parameters to reflect current flight status and market conditions, transforming disorganized cost management into a structured, adaptive process that optimizes both passenger savings and operator revenue.
3Productivity
If empty flight seats are held for resale, then occupancy rate improves, but waiting time for confirmation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-qualifying seats for resale and pre-preparing transaction frameworks before actual sales occur. Seats are validated for eligibility, pricing is pre-calculated, and transaction protocols are established in advance. This allows faster confirmation times when buyers inquire, as the system only needs to execute pre-prepared transactions rather than creating them from scratch during waiting periods.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system and device for reselling empty flight seats. The system receives a first user request from a first user (seller) comprising details of one or more empty flight seats for resale. The system checks if the one or more empty flight seats are eligible for resale and updates the flight database and operator accordingly. A second user (buyer) sends an inquiry to the system to inquire about the one or more empty flight seats. The system allows the second user to buy the one or more empty flight seats and updates the status of each of the empty flight seats in real-time.