ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,438, issued on July 15, was assigned to AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. (Fort Worth, Texas).
"Adjusting seat booking availability" was invented by Jonathan Tracy (Tempe, Ariz.), James Fox (Tempe, Ariz.), Julianne Bowles (Tempe, Ariz.), Michael Costello (Tempe, Ariz.), Daniel Muzich (Phoenix) and Thomas Trenga (Mesa, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer based system for remapping prime class seat bookings is disclosed. The system remaps prime class bookings a floor class, or if the floor class is closed, into a higher, displacement class. Via remapping, airline systems, such as inventory management systems, revenue management system...