System and method for integrated travel and expense management
First Claim
1. A computerized method for integrating travel and expense management information comprising:
- retrieving at least one travel data record corresponding to a travel request;
retrieving at least one expense data record reflecting at least one expense transaction;
comparing the at least one expense data record to the at least one travel data record; and
determining a likelihood that the at least one expense data record matches the at least one travel data record.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for integrating travel and expense management. The present invention enables an entity to integrate not only data that matches exactly, but also determine the likelihood that data that does not match exactly nevertheless corresponds to each other. The system comprises: a network; at least one terminal coupled to the network; and at least one server coupled to the network. The server comprises a program that includes: retrieving travel data records corresponding to travel requests; retrieving expense data records reflecting expense transactions; comparing the expense data records to the travel data records; and determining a likelihood that the expense data records match the travel data records.
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32 Claims
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1. A computerized method for integrating travel and expense management information comprising:
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retrieving at least one travel data record corresponding to a travel request;
retrieving at least one expense data record reflecting at least one expense transaction;
comparing the at least one expense data record to the at least one travel data record; and
determining a likelihood that the at least one expense data record matches the at least one travel data record. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A computer program product comprises, a computer usable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to integrate travel and expense management information, the control logic comprising:
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first computer readable program code means for retrieving at least one travel data record corresponding to a travel request;
second computer readable program code means for retrieving at least one expense data record reflecting at least one expense transaction;
third computer readable program code means for comparing the at least one expense data record to the at least one travel data record; and
fourth computer readable program code means for determining a likelihood that the at least one expense data record matches the at least one travel data record.
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32. A computerized system for integrating travel and expense management information comprising:
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a network;
at least one terminal coupled to the network;
at least one server coupled to the network; and
wherein the at least one server comprises a program that retrieves at least one travel data record corresponding to a travel request;
that retrieves at least one expense data record reflecting at least one expense transaction;
that compares the at least one expense data record to the at least one travel data record; and
that determines a likelihood that the at least one expense data record matches the at least one travel data record.
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