Method and system for testing of policies to determine cost savings
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a computer server, identities of a set of one or more persons associated within an organization, wherein the one or more person'"'"'s travel related expenditures are governed by at least a first and second policy;
from the set of one or more persons, the computer server identifying a first group governed by the first policy and identifying a second group governed by the second policy;
identifying, at the computer server, the travel costs incurred by the first group and the travel costs incurred by the second group; and
following the passage of a predetermined length of time, the computer server performing a cost analysis and identifying a cost savings achieved by the first policy, based on travel costs incurred by the first group during the predetermined length of time, and identifying a cost savings achieved by the second policy, based on travel costs incurred by the second group during the predetermined length of time.
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Abstract
Method and system for testing policies to determine cost savings, which in one embodiment comprises receiving identities of a set of one or more persons associated within an organization, the one or more person'"'"'s travel related expenditures are to be governed by at least a first and second policy; from the set of one or more persons, identifying a first group governed by the first policy and identifying a second group governed by the second policy; identifying the travel costs incurred by the first group and costs incurred by the second group; and following the passage of a predetermined period of time, in view of the respective separate policies, performing a cost analysis on travel costs incurred by the first group during the predetermined period of time and the travel costs incurred by the second group during the predetermined period of time.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving, at a computer server, identities of a set of one or more persons associated within an organization, wherein the one or more person'"'"'s travel related expenditures are governed by at least a first and second policy; from the set of one or more persons, the computer server identifying a first group governed by the first policy and identifying a second group governed by the second policy; identifying, at the computer server, the travel costs incurred by the first group and the travel costs incurred by the second group; and following the passage of a predetermined length of time, the computer server performing a cost analysis and identifying a cost savings achieved by the first policy, based on travel costs incurred by the first group during the predetermined length of time, and identifying a cost savings achieved by the second policy, based on travel costs incurred by the second group during the predetermined length of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions which when executed by a computer server, perform a method comprising:
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receiving, at the computer server, identities of a set of one or more persons associated within an organization, wherein the one or more person'"'"'s travel related expenditures are governed by at least a first and second policy; from the set of one or more persons, the computer server identifying a first group governed by the first policy and identifying a second group governed by the second policy; identifying, at the computer server, the travel costs incurred by the first group and the travel costs incurred by the second group; and following the passage of a predetermined length of time, the computer server performing a cost analysis and identifying a cost savings achieved by the first policy, based on travel costs incurred by the first group during the predetermined length of time, and identifying a cost savings achieved by the second policy, based on travel costs incurred by the second group during the predetermined length of time. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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means for receiving, at a computer server, identities of a set of one or more persons associated within an organization, wherein the one or more person'"'"'s travel related expenditures are governed by at least a first and second policy; means for identifying, by the computer server, from the set of one or more persons, a first group governed by the first policy and a second group governed by the second policy; means for identifying, by the computer server, the travel costs incurred by the first group and the travel costs incurred by the second group; and means for performing, by the computer server, following the passage of a predetermined length of time, a cost analysis and identifying a cost savings achieved by the first policy, based on travel costs incurred by the first group during the predetermined length of time, and identifying a cost savings achieved by the second policy, based on travel costs incurred by the second group during the predetermined length of time.
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