{"id":6742,"date":"2023-04-21T20:36:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T20:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/?p=6742"},"modified":"2023-05-02T22:02:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T22:02:12","slug":"booktone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/ru\/inventions\/booktone\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041a\u043d\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0422\u043e\u043d<sup>\u0422\u041c<\/sup>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6742\" class=\"elementor elementor-6742\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a70b083 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a70b083\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4bf27eed\" data-id=\"4bf27eed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e4e4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95e4e4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This picture IS NOT a picture of BookTone<sup>\u0422\u041c<\/sup>. The initial version had only 2 lines, later 4 lines and the largest version ended up in something close to the picture here above.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4c8b77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4c8b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>BookTone\u2122: The Innovative Ancestor of Booking.com Revolutionizing Hotel Reservations<\/h1><h2>The Invention that Paved the Way for Modern Online Booking<\/h2><p>Before the era of online hotel booking platforms like Booking.com, innovators like Marc Ren\u00e9 Deschenaux were already making strides in revolutionizing the hospitality industry. Deschenaux&#8217;s invention, BookTone\u2122, was a groundbreaking technology that allowed users to book hotel stays via phone, making the reservation process significantly more accessible and user-friendly.<\/p><h2>BookTone\u2122: A Technological Breakthrough<\/h2><p>Built on the foundation of Visual Voice technology, BookTone\u2122 utilized a specialized card inserted into a PC along with its driver to control a vocal server. This enabled BookTone\u2122 to offer callers an interactive and intuitive experience, guiding them through the booking process with ease.<\/p><p>Upon calling the BookTone\u2122 line, users were presented with a choice of 16 different languages. Once the user selected their preferred language, BookTone\u2122 would prompt them to identify the hotel by its phone number. The system would then guide the user through the process of entering their date of arrival, date of departure, room selection, and other relevant booking details.<\/p><h2>A Turbulent Journey to Success<\/h2><p>Initially developed for Hotel Access Inc., BookTone\u2122 faced a series of challenges that ultimately led to its independent development and sale by Marc Ren\u00e9 Deschenaux. After leaving Hotel Access due to an adversarial takeover involving blackmail by his partners and employees, Deschenaux continued to refine and expand upon his invention.<\/p><p>The initial version of BookTone\u2122 supported only one line, but as the technology evolved, it grew into a more robust system capable of handling multiple lines simultaneously. While the exact specifications of the largest version of BookTone\u2122 are not available, it is believed to have been a sophisticated and comprehensive booking solution for its time.<\/p><h2>A Lasting Legacy<\/h2><p>Although BookTone\u2122 may not be a widely recognized name today, its innovative approach to hotel booking laid the groundwork for the online booking platforms we now take for granted. Marc Ren\u00e9 Deschenaux&#8217;s vision and perseverance in the face of adversity led to the creation of a game-changing technology that transformed the hospitality industry.<\/p><p>BookTone\u2122 serves as a testament to the power of innovation and the importance of pushing boundaries in the realm of technology.<\/p><p>Marc Ren\u00e9 Deschenaux&#8217;s pioneering invention not only made the hotel booking process more accessible but also paved the way for the modern online booking systems we know and use today.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BookTone\u2122: \u0438\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u043e\u043a Booking.com, \u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044e\u0446\u0438\u043e\u043d\u0438\u0437\u0438\u0440\u0443\u044e\u0449\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0431\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043e\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0439 \u0418\u0437\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0435\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435, \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0448\u0435\u0435 \u043f\u0443\u0442\u044c \u043a \u0441\u043e\u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043e\u043d\u043b\u0430\u0439\u043d-\u0431\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044e \u0414\u043e \u044d\u043f\u043e\u0445\u0438 \u043e\u043d\u043b\u0430\u0439\u043d-\u043e\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0439<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inventions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marc.deschenaux.com\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}