Extended web enabled business to business computer system for rental vehicle services

US8401881B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Crawford Group, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Timothy Robert Weinstock · Holden, US
• Kimberly Ann DeVallance · Chesterfield, US
• Randall Allan Haselhorst · Imperial, US
• Craig Stephen Kennedy · Chesterfield, US
• David Gary Smith · Wildwood, US
• William T. Tingle · Eureka, US
• Anita K. Klopfenstein · O'Fallon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 11, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 19, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 11, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/40
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An Internet-enabled rental vehicle reservation management method and system are disclosed. Via the system and method, authorized purchasers can select a rental vehicle service provider from a among a plurality of competitive rental vehicle service providers via at least one graphical user interface (GUI) menu, and the authorized purchasers can further interact with the system and method to (1) automatically book a rental vehicle reservation with a selected competitive rental vehicle service provider without human intervention on the part of personnel of the selected competitive rental vehicle service provider operating the computer system and (2) manage the booked rental vehicle reservation. In an exemplary embodiment, the reservations created and managed through the system and method are replacement rental vehicles and the authorized purchasers are insurance company personnel.