System and method for improved itinerary providing merchant information
First Claim
1. A method of issuing a customer, traveling to a destination, a travel itinerary related to the customer'"'"'s travel plans and a list of merchants, the method comprising the steps of:
- preparing the travel itinerary, the travel itinerary indicating reservation information identifying a reservation of the customer for at least one of an accommodation and a means of transport;
identifying merchants local to the customer'"'"'s travel destination;
including, in connection with the travel itinerary, the list of the merchants local to the customer'"'"'s travel destination; and
supplying the travel itinerary and list of merchants to the customer.
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Abstract
Method of preparing an itinerary for a customer traveling to a destination. The method includes the steps of providing on the itinerary reservation information identifying the customer'"'"'s schedule in relation to at least one of an accommodation, means of transport, and event and providing on the itinerary a listing of merchants local to a destination related to the customer'"'"'s reservation information. The listed merchants are determined based on their relevance to at least one of the customer'"'"'s past spending habits and the past spending habits of a group of other customers deemed similar to the customer.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of issuing a customer, traveling to a destination, a travel itinerary related to the customer'"'"'s travel plans and a list of merchants, the method comprising the steps of:
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preparing the travel itinerary, the travel itinerary indicating reservation information identifying a reservation of the customer for at least one of an accommodation and a means of transport; identifying merchants local to the customer'"'"'s travel destination; including, in connection with the travel itinerary, the list of the merchants local to the customer'"'"'s travel destination; and supplying the travel itinerary and list of merchants to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of issuing an entity a travel itinerary and list of merchants, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring various customers'"'"' uses of their financial transaction instruments at merchants in a designated area; categorizing and recording identities of the merchants from the monitoring step, at which the customers use their financial transaction instruments; receiving a request for travel arrangements from the entity, wherein a destination of the travel is proximate to the designated area; processing the request for travel arrangements received in the receiving step; preparing an itinerary setting forth the travel arrangements; including, in connection with the itinerary, the list of merchants selected from at least one category from the categorizing step; and providing the itinerary and the list of merchants to the entity. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having control logic stored therein for a causing a computer to perform a method of issuing an customer a travel itinerary setting forth travel arrangements, the control logic comprising the steps of:
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first computer readable program code means for causing the computer to obtain a list of merchants located in a designated area; second computer readable program code means for enabling the computer to receive a request from the customer for travel arrangements to a destination proximate to the designated area; third computer readable program code means for causing the computer to prepare the travel arrangements and itinerary based on the request received in the receiving step; fourth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to include in connection with the travel itinerary names of merchants from the list of merchants from the obtaining step; and fifth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to provide the travel itinerary to the customer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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