Method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8650114
APP PUB NO 20130096965A1
SERIAL NO

13662815

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A method and system for reserving future purchases of airline services using electronic options. The electronic options are used to reserve plural different types of airline services including selection of: a desired seat row location, a desired seat location in a desired row location, a plural adjacent seats in a desired row, a plural adjacent seats in a plural desired rows, a desired location in an overhead bin to store carry-on luggage, a priority boarding sequence, a priority exiting sequence, priority pre-flight baggage handling, priority post-flight baggage handling, cancellation and change privileges for a purchased airline ticket, a priority list position in a stand-by list and/or a priority list position for an automatic upgrade to a first class seat, business class seat or other non-economy seat and/or other airline services.

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  • SMART OPTIONS, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brown, Charles P Chicago, US 26 1353
Pappas, Christian S Chicago, US 18 810

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