System for corporate travel planning and management
First Claim
1. A client-server system for corporate travel planning, expense reporting and travel management comprising:
- a computerized reservation system;
a relational database server communicably linked to the computerized reservation system; and
a travel planning, expense reporting and travel management system resident within a personal computer providing a graphical user interface for communication between the computer user, the travel planning, expense reporting and travel management system and the relational database server.
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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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19 Claims
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1. A client-server system for corporate travel planning, expense reporting and travel management comprising:
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a computerized reservation system;
a relational database server communicably linked to the computerized reservation system; and
a travel planning, expense reporting and travel management system resident within a personal computer providing a graphical user interface for communication between the computer user, the travel planning, expense reporting and travel management system and the relational database server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for corporate travel planning, expense reporting and travel management utilizing a personal computer communicably linked to a relational database server that is communicably linked to a computerized reservation system that provides travel information from the computerized reservation system to the relational database server and the travel planning, expense reporting and travel management system that comprises the steps of:
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preparing a travel request;
obtaining approval for travel;
preparing an expense report; and
obtaining approval for the expense report. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A client-server system for corporate travel planning, expense reporting and travel management comprising:
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a computerized reservation system;
a relational database server communicably linked to the computerized reservation system; and
a travel planning, expense reporting and travel management system resident within a personal computer providing a graphical user interface for communication between the computer user, the travel planning, expense reporting and travel management system and the relational database server, the travel planning, expense reporting and travel management system comprising a travel planning module, a travel expense reporting module and a travel decision maker module, the travel planning module includes means for automated approval of travel requests before travel expenses are incurred and a series of graphical user interfaces for the planning and booking of routine and non-routine trips including air, hotel and car accommodations, the travel expense reporting module includes means for automated expense report approval and means for automated expense report approval and routing, and the travel decision maker module incorporates information from the trip planning module and the expense reporting module for providing pre-travel and post-travel reporting. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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Specification