Method and System for Managing Rental Vehicle Reservations with User Authorization Limits
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1. An Internet-enabled rental vehicle reservation management method, the method comprising:
- a rental vehicle reservation management computer system creating and managing a plurality of replacement rental vehicle reservations in response to inputs from a user received via the Internet;
the rental vehicle reservation management computer system assigning the user with an authorization limit that imposes a financial commitment monetary limit that the user can make on replacement rental vehicle reservations over a specified time period; and
the rental vehicle reservation management computer system imposing the authorization limit on the user as the user interacts with the rental vehicle reservation management computer system to create and manage the replacement rental vehicle reservations.
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Abstract
An Internet-enabled rental vehicle reservation management method and system are disclosed. Via the system and method, authorization limits can be assigned to the users who create and manage replacement rental vehicle reservations through the system, where these authorization limits impose financial commitment monetary limits that the users can make on replacement rental vehicle reservations over a specified period of time. In an exemplary embodiment, these authorization limits are customized on a per user basis.
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1. An Internet-enabled rental vehicle reservation management method, the method comprising:
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a rental vehicle reservation management computer system creating and managing a plurality of replacement rental vehicle reservations in response to inputs from a user received via the Internet; the rental vehicle reservation management computer system assigning the user with an authorization limit that imposes a financial commitment monetary limit that the user can make on replacement rental vehicle reservations over a specified time period; and the rental vehicle reservation management computer system imposing the authorization limit on the user as the user interacts with the rental vehicle reservation management computer system to create and manage the replacement rental vehicle reservations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An Internet-enabled rental vehicle reservation management system, the system comprising:
a rental vehicle reservation management computer system configured to (1) create and manage a plurality of replacement rental vehicle reservations in response to inputs from a user received via the Internet, (2) assign the user with an authorization limit that imposes a financial commitment monetary limit that the user can make on replacement rental vehicle reservations over a specified time period, and (3) impose the authorization limit on the user as the user interacts with the rental vehicle reservation management computer system to create and manage the replacement rental vehicle reservations. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 20, 21)
- 16. The system of claim wherein the rental vehicle reservation management computer system is further configured to (1) provide a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) menus to the purchaser computers via the Internet for display thereon, and (2) receive the inputs for creating and managing the replacement rental vehicle reservations from the users through the provided GUI menus.
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22. An Internet-enabled rental vehicle reservation management system, the system comprising:
a rental vehicle reservation management computer system for communicating with a plurality of purchaser computers via the Internet, the rental vehicle reservation management computer system configured to (1) receive inputs from the purchaser computers via the Internet, (2) automatically book a plurality of rental vehicle reservations without human intervention on the part of personnel of a rental vehicle service provider that provides a plurality of rental vehicles to a plurality of renters in accordance with the rental vehicle reservations, (3) provide a plurality of management functions for the booked rental vehicle reservations in response to further input from the purchaser computers, the management functions comprising a reservation extension by a user of a purchaser computer, an authorization by a user of a purchaser computer of a request for a rental vehicle reservation extension requested by someone other than that user, an authorization by a user of a purchaser computer for a rental vehicle reservation booked by someone other than that user, and a change in replacement rental vehicle reservation authorization by a user of a purchaser computer, (4) maintain a user profile for each of a plurality of users of the purchaser computers, each user profile defining a customized authorization limit for the user corresponding to that user profile, wherein the authorization limit places a financial monetary limit on the reservation authorizations that the user corresponding to that user profile can make on rental vehicle reservations over a specified time period, and (5) impose the customized authorization limits stored in the user profiles as the users interact with the rental vehicle reservation management computer system through the purchaser computers to book and provide management functions for the rental vehicle reservations. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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