Automated processing of travel related expenses
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating the processing of travel related expenses, comprising the steps of:
- receiving travel itinerary information for a traveler associated with a customer;
retrieving information from a traveler profile, a customer profile, and a category rule set from a database;
determining a specified amount of funds to be allocated to the traveler;
transferring the specified amount of funds from an account of the customer;
providing at least a portion of the transferred funds to the traveler; and
receiving a record of any transactions in which the traveler spends the portion of transferred funds, thereby facilitating the processing of travel related expenses.
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Abstract
A system (10) for facilitating the processing of travel related expenses includes a database (40) which stores a traveler profile (50), a customer profile (52), and a traveler category rule set (56). A controller (36), connected to the database (40), receives travel itinerary information for a traveler associated with a customer (12). The controller (40) determines a specified amount of funds to be allocated to the traveler and transfers the specified amount of funds from an account of the customer (12). In addition, the controller (40) provides at least a portion of the transferred funds to the traveler, for example, through an automatic teller machine network (20). The controller (40) receives a record, for example, via an electronic data interchange interface (24), of any transactions in which the traveler spends the portion of transferred funds, thereby facilitating the processing of travel related expenses.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating the processing of travel related expenses, comprising the steps of:
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receiving travel itinerary information for a traveler associated with a customer; retrieving information from a traveler profile, a customer profile, and a category rule set from a database; determining a specified amount of funds to be allocated to the traveler; transferring the specified amount of funds from an account of the customer; providing at least a portion of the transferred funds to the traveler; and receiving a record of any transactions in which the traveler spends the portion of transferred funds, thereby facilitating the processing of travel related expenses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for facilitating the processing of travel related expenses, comprising the steps of:
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determining at least one predicted expense of a traveler associated with a customer; electronically receiving receipt information from a provider, the receipt information relating to at least one actual expense of the traveler; electronically transmitting the receipt information to the customer, thereby facilitating the processing of travel related expenses; and reporting to the customer the actual expense of the traveler against the predicted expense. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A system for facilitating the processing of travel related expenses, comprising:
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a database operable to store traveler profile information, customer profile information, and traveler category rule set information; and a controller connected to the database and operable to; receive travel itinerary information for a traveler associated with a customer; determine a specified amount of funds to be allocated to the traveler; transfer the specified amount of funds from an account of the customer; provide at least a portion of the transferred funds to the traveler; and receive a record of any transactions in which the traveler spends the portion of transferred funds, thereby facilitating the processing of travel related expenses. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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