System and method for quantitative peer travel and expense benchmarking analysis

US7881997B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Toni Elizabeth Scanlan · London, GB
• Nhan T. Pham · Sydney, AU
• Srinivas K. Kumandan · Scottsdale, US
• Jeffrey J. Raible · Glendale, US
• Matthew Davis · London, GB
• Keith R. Janian · Danvers, US
• Sivagini Ahamparam · Scottsdale, US
• Lori J. Cales · Peoria, US
• Orville A. Williams · Glendale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2005
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 14, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system, computer product and method are provided for providing business travel and expense benchmarking analysis. A first data storage receives and stores travel data for peer entities. A second data storage receives and stores expense transaction data for the plurality of peer entities. A data storage server aggregates the metrics of the travel data and the expense transaction data of the plurality of peer entities, generating aggregated travel and expense data. A processor compares a travel and/or expense transaction metric of an individual entity to a corresponding metric of the aggregated travel data and expense transaction data and a communications interface electronically communicates the result of the comparison to a client host computer.