System for corporate traveler planning and travel management
US7050986B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 16, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 23, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/025
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A client-server system for corporate travel planning, expense reporting and travel management that utilizes a corporate database server to enable accurate and timely pre-travel and post-travel decision making that is fed by a travel planning process and an expense reporting process, plus a SABRE data feed of all booked data and back office system data as well as a hand-off of exchange and void ticket information that comprises a Travel Planning module, a Travel Decision Maker module, and a Travel Expense Reporting module. The system uses a corporate database environment communicating with a real-time CRS data feed that enhances the Travel Planning module by offering the traveler live choices of air, car, and hotel availability based upon company travel policy as well as live access to current or company negotiated fares while also allowing the Travel Decision Maker module to make comparisons between booked information and actual current travel data.
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