Business to Business Computer System for Communicating and Processing Rental Car Reservations Using Web Services
First Claim
1. An Internet-enabled automatic rental vehicle transaction system, the system comprising:
- a processor; and
a memory;
wherein the processor and memory are configured as a web service connector, the web service connector for communication with a rental vehicle reservation management software program, the web service connector being configured to (1) receive, via a network, a document, the document comprising a web service request by a computer system of a business partner for a rental vehicle transaction with respect to a replacement rental vehicle reservation, (2) process the received document in accordance with a web service specification document to create one or more data objects having a format supported by the rental vehicle reservation management software program, and (3) communicate the one or more data objects to the rental vehicle reservation management software program for automatic processing thereby of the one or more data objects for management of the replacement rental vehicle reservation in accordance with the request.
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are disclosed whereby a business partner computer system interfaces with a rental vehicle reservation management computer system via a web service connector. The web service connector can be configured to (1) receive, via a network, a document, the document comprising a web service request by a computer system of a business partner for a rental vehicle transaction with respect to a replacement rental vehicle reservation, (2) process the received document in accordance with a web service specification document to create one or more data objects having a format supported by a rental vehicle reservation management software program, and (3) communicate the one or more data objects to the rental vehicle reservation management software program for automatic processing thereby of the one or more data objects for management of the replacement rental vehicle reservation in accordance with the request.
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28 Claims
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1. An Internet-enabled automatic rental vehicle transaction system, the system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory; wherein the processor and memory are configured as a web service connector, the web service connector for communication with a rental vehicle reservation management software program, the web service connector being configured to (1) receive, via a network, a document, the document comprising a web service request by a computer system of a business partner for a rental vehicle transaction with respect to a replacement rental vehicle reservation, (2) process the received document in accordance with a web service specification document to create one or more data objects having a format supported by the rental vehicle reservation management software program, and (3) communicate the one or more data objects to the rental vehicle reservation management software program for automatic processing thereby of the one or more data objects for management of the replacement rental vehicle reservation in accordance with the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer program product for interfacing a business partner computer system with an automated rental vehicle transaction computer system, the automated rental vehicle transaction computer system having a rental vehicle reservation management software program configured to receive and automatically process a plurality of rental vehicle transaction requests for a plurality of replacement rental vehicle reservations, the computer program product comprising:
a plurality of instructions resident on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the instructions being executable by a processor to (1) receive, via a network, a document, the document comprising a web service request by the business partner computer system for a rental vehicle transaction with respect to a replacement rental vehicle reservation, (2) process the received document in accordance with a web service specification document to create one or more data objects having a format supported by the rental vehicle reservation management software program, and (3) communicate the one or more data objects to the rental vehicle reservation management software program for automatic processing thereby of the one or more data objects for management of the replacement rental vehicle reservation in accordance with the request. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for web service connecting a business partner computer system with a rental vehicle reservation management computer system, the method comprising:
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receiving, via a network, a document, the document comprising a web service request by the business partner computer system for a rental vehicle transaction with respect to a replacement rental vehicle reservation; identifying a type of rental vehicle transaction from among a plurality of types of rental vehicle transactions for the received document, the plurality of types of rental vehicle transactions comprising at least two selected from the group consisting of a request to create the replacement rental vehicle reservation, a request to modify the replacement rental vehicle reservation, a request to extend the replacement rental vehicle reservation, a request to cancel the replacement rental vehicle reservation, a request to obtain a price rate for the replacement rental vehicle reservation, a request to find a rental vehicle location at which the replacement rental vehicle reservation for an insured or claimant is to be fulfilled, a request to retrieve stored data for the replacement rental vehicle reservation, a request to terminate the replacement rental vehicle reservation, and a request to return any error messages for the replacement rental vehicle reservation; processing the received document against a web service specification document to determine whether the document is properly formatted as a valid rental vehicle transaction request, wherein the web service specification document is configured to define a plurality of data and format requirements for the different types of rental vehicle transactions; in response to a determination that the document is properly formatted, transforming the received document into a plurality of data objects having the format supported by a rental vehicle reservation management software program according to the defined requirements in the web service specification document, the rental vehicle reservation management software program configured to automatically process the one or more data objects for management of the replacement rental vehicle reservation in accordance with the request; and communicating the one or more data objects to the rental vehicle reservation management software program for automatic processing thereby; and wherein the method steps are performed by a processor. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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Specification