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Ticket tracking and redeeming system and method

  • US 7,536,307 B2
  • Filed: 02/10/2004
  • Issued: 05/19/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating an automated redemption of an unused ticket, comprising steps of:

  • setting, via a computer system, an aging period;

    identifying, via a computer system, a scheduled date of an issued ticket;

    adding, via a computer system, the aging period to the scheduled date;

    determining, via a computer system, at the scheduled date plus the aging period whether all or a portion of the issued ticket is unused;

    if all or a portion of the ticket has not been used,identifying, via a computer system, the issued ticket as an unused ticket and setting a ticket status field in a table;

    comparing, via a computer system, information in an invoice table and a central reservation system database to determine at least one of a use of the ticket and a change to the ticket;

    calculating, via a computer system, a residual value of the ticket based on a contract term associated with the ticket and any changes to the ticket or partial use of the ticket;

    storing, via a computer system, the residual value in the invoice table;

    comparing, via a computer system, the residual value to a minimum threshold for presenting a ticket redemption offer to a client;

    generating, via a computer system, a report based at least in part on the table and the comparing the residual value step; and

    transmitting, via a computer system, the report to at least one of a client travel agency and a client of the unused ticket.

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