AIRLINE TRAVEL TECHNOLOGIES
First Claim
1. A method for reducing the costs and enhancing revenue controls associated with airline travel distribution, wherein the need for transactional verification and reconciliation is eliminated, the method comprising:
- combining a sales transaction and a usage transaction into one centralized transaction, wherein each sales transaction represents a usage transaction; and
eliminating the advanced issuance of an accountable and specific travel authorization.
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Abstract
A method for reducing the costs and enhancing revenue controls associated with airline travel distribution. The method combines a sales transaction and a usage transaction into one centralized transaction. Thus, the each sales transaction represents a usage transaction. Furthermore, the method eliminates the advanced issuance of an accountable and specific travel authorization. The present invention also discloses a system for reducing the costs and enhancing revenue controls associated with airline travel distribution. The system includes a bill per use module that combines each sales transaction with a corresponding usage transaction into one centralized transaction. Accordingly, each sales transaction represents a usage transaction. Thus, the bill per use module eliminates the advanced issuance of an accountable and specific travel authorization.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for reducing the costs and enhancing revenue controls associated with airline travel distribution, wherein the need for transactional verification and reconciliation is eliminated, the method comprising:
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combining a sales transaction and a usage transaction into one centralized transaction, wherein each sales transaction represents a usage transaction; and
eliminating the advanced issuance of an accountable and specific travel authorization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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- 7. A system for reducing the costs and enhancing revenue control associated with airline travel distribution, wherein the need for transactional verification and reconciliation is eliminated, the system comprising a bill per use module that combines each sales transaction with a corresponding usage transaction into one centralized transaction, wherein each sales transaction represents a usage transaction, wherein the bill per use module further eliminates the advanced issuance of an accountable and specific travel authorization.
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13. A computer storage medium readable by a computing system and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for reducing the costs and enhancing revenue controls associated with airline travel distribution, said computer process comprising the steps of:
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combining a sales transaction and a usage transaction into one centralized transaction, wherein each sales transaction represents a usage transaction; and
eliminating the advanced issuance of an accountable and specific travel authorization.
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