Unified Search Engine for Private Jet Charter and Spot Booking
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for searching travel options between an origin and a destination are limited, offering only commercial public options or private options where all spots in a transport mode are acquired together, resulting in limited user choices.
Innovation Solution
A method that allows clients to search for private jet routes by receiving queries with departure and destination geographic identifiers, selecting available private jets for new charter segments, identifying available spots on existing shared segments, and updating a user interface to present pricing options for both new charter segments and available spots.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing systems only support commercial public options or private charter options, then system complexity remains simple, but user choice and service versatility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments private jet travel into two distinct options: full charter segments (private option) and individual spot bookings on shared segments (hybrid option). This segmentation allows the system to offer diverse service types while managing complexity through modular architecture that handles each segment type independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The search engine is designed to handle multiple query types universally - it can search for both full charter options and available spots on existing segments using the same interface and processing logic. This multi-functionality increases service versatility without proportionally increasing system complexity.
2Loss of time
If the system provides separate interfaces for searching charter segments and available spots, then interface simplicity is maintained, but user time and network traffic increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the search functionality for charter segments and available spots into a single unified search interface. When a user submits a query with origin and destination, the system simultaneously returns both full charter options and available spot listings, eliminating the need for separate search actions and reducing user time and network traffic.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary processing to organize and prepare both charter and spot availability data in advance, so that when a user submits a query, both types of results can be quickly retrieved and presented together without requiring sequential searches or additional network requests.
3Productivity
If the system processes queries separately for charters and spots, then processing simplicity is maintained, but computational efficiency and network bandwidth utilization decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple query processing operations into a single unified processing pipeline. Instead of making separate network requests for charter availability and spot availability, the system processes both queries simultaneously in one operation, improving computational efficiency and reducing network bandwidth consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous processing capability by handling charter and spot searches in an integrated manner, ensuring that computational resources are utilized efficiently without idle periods between separate search operations. This continuous processing improves overall productivity while minimizing energy waste.
Data Source
AI summary
This document describes a universal search engine. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a client device, a query that includes a departure geographic identifier and a destination geographic identifier for a private jet route. A set of available private jets for creating a new client-initiated private jet segment from the departure geographic location to the destination geographic location is selected for a given time period. One or more available spots on existing shared private jet segments that are scheduled to travel from the departure geographic location to the destination geographic location are identified for the time period. A user interface at the client device is updated to present one of, for each available private jet, a first required amount for creating a client-initiated private jet charter segment, or, for each available spot, a second required amount for claiming the spot.