TRAVEL EXPENSE OPTIMIZER
First Claim
1. A microprocessor-based system, comprising:
- a travel plan optimizer hosted on a computer;
a repository of travel policies and rules of an organization;
a unit configured to obtain market data on travel components of a travel plan for a trip by a person of the organization,wherein the travel plan optimizer is configured to;
in response to receiving a travel request for the trip by the person of the business organization,optimize the travel plan for the trip by the person of the business organization by automatically selecting travel components with consideration of costs of individual travel components, a total cost of travel components and conformance of the travel components to the travel policies and rules of the organization.
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Abstract
A method includes electronically searching for pricing and availability of travel components for a trip requested by an employee of an organization. The travel plan is optimized for cost and conformance to travel policies and rules of the organization by selecting travel components for the trip using a microprocessor-based solution. The optimized travel plan is presented on an interactive interface with decision tools to an agent of the organization for approval or automatic re-optimization with current pricing and availability of the travel components for the trip. Financial reports on cost savings achieved by optimization and re-optimization of the travel plans by organization and its units are presented.
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20 Claims
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1. A microprocessor-based system, comprising:
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a travel plan optimizer hosted on a computer; a repository of travel policies and rules of an organization; a unit configured to obtain market data on travel components of a travel plan for a trip by a person of the organization, wherein the travel plan optimizer is configured to; in response to receiving a travel request for the trip by the person of the business organization, optimize the travel plan for the trip by the person of the business organization by automatically selecting travel components with consideration of costs of individual travel components, a total cost of travel components and conformance of the travel components to the travel policies and rules of the organization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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electronically searching for pricing and availability of travel components for a trip by a particular employee of an organization to a particular destination; optimizing a travel plan for the particular employee'"'"'s trip by selecting travel components for the trip using a microprocessor-based travel management solution; presenting the optimized travel plan for the particular employee'"'"'s trip for to an agent of the organization; and after presenting, re-optimizing the travel plan for the particular employee'"'"'s trip using current information on the travel components for the trip. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions capable of being executed on a microprocessor, which instructions when executed:
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electronically search for pricing and availability of travel components for a trip by a particular employee of an organization to a particular destination; optimize a travel plan for the particular employee'"'"'s trip by selecting travel components for the trip; and upon review by an agent of the optimized travel plan for the particular employee'"'"'s trip, re-optimize the travel plan for the particular employee'"'"'s trip using current information on the travel components for the trip. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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