System and method for transferring a service policy between domains

• US 8,095,402 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2006
• Issued: 01/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deem, Incorporated (Jack Taylor Family Voting Trust U A D 4 14 99)
• Original Assignee: Rearden Commerce Inc
• Inventors: Orttung, Mark, Mihic, Matthew, Mortimore, William Charles Jr., Handel, Sean
• Primary Examiner(s): Boyce, Akiba Robinson
• Application Number:
  US11/484,037
• Publication Number:
  US 20080010100A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,010 Days
• Field of Search: 705/13, 705/5, 705/6, 705/1
• US Class Current: 705/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/025 Coordination of plural reservations, e.g. plural trip segments, transportation combined with accommodation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

A method for transferring a service policy between domains, is described. In one embodiment, the method is to be implemented on a system.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

receiving, via a computing device, travel selections for a first leg of an itinerary;

receiving, via the computing device, a selection of a first profile of a first domain to be assigned for the travel selections for the first leg, the first profile to be selected from a group of profiles corresponding to a user who is a person, wherein the first profile comprises a first plurality of rights and a first set of billing account information;

receiving, via the computing device, travel selections for a second leg of the itinerary;

receiving, via the computing device, a selection of a second profile of a second domain to be assigned for the travel selections for the second leg, the second profile to be selected from the group of profiles corresponding to the user, wherein the second profile comprises a second plurality of rights and a second set of billing account information, wherein at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile is not included in the second plurality of rights;

receiving, via the computing device, a request from the user to provide the at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile to the second profile, wherein the request from the user to provide the at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile to the second profile is created by the user logging into the first profile of the first domain and generating a transfer token, and requesting the transfer token be transmitted via an electronic messaging means to the second profile of the second domain;

providing, using the computing device, the at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile to the second profile, wherein the providing comprises the user logging into the second profile of the second domain and depositing the transfer token in the second profile of the second domain, whereby the second profile includes the at least one of the first plurality of rights for the purpose of billing the second leg of the itinerary; and

billing, using the computing device, the first and second legs of the itinerary as a single multi-leg travel itinerary, wherein the first leg of the itinerary is billed to the first profile assigned for the first leg and the second leg of the itinerary is billed to the second profile assigned for the second leg wherein the at least one of the first s plurality of rights is used in billing the second leg.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing the at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile to the second profile includes providing rights to discounts on purchases of services or products applicable to the first domain to the second profile.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first domain corresponds to an entity and the second domain corresponds to a non-employment use set of profiles for a set of users.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the first domain provides employment to a set of users that corresponds to a set of profiles within the first domain.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transfer token is a digital rights management (DRM) type of transfer technology.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic messaging means is email.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transfer token identifies rights that are transferable.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the transfer token further identifies rights that are not transferable.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the transfer token further identifies whether the transfer of rights is indefinite.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the transfer token further identifies a time limit on the transfer of rights.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing the rights comprises determining the providing of the rights is within a predetermined set of rules corresponding to the first domain.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the predetermined set of rules includes a limit on a quantity of transferring of rights per a predetermined period of time, per one or more of an individual user and a group of users.

13. A machine readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions which when executed perform a method comprising:

receiving, via a computing device, travel selections for a first leg of an itinerary;

receiving, via the computing device, a selection of a first profile of a first domain to be assigned for the travel selections for the first leg, the first profile to be selected from a group of profiles corresponding to a user who is a person, wherein the first profile comprises a first plurality of rights and a first set of billing account information;

receiving, via the computing device, travel selections for a second leg of the itinerary;

receiving, via the computing device, a selection of a second profile of a second domain to be assigned for the travel selections for the second leg, the second profile to be selected from the group of profiles corresponding to the user, wherein the second profile comprises a second plurality of rights and a second set of billing account information, wherein at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile is not included in the second plurality of rights;

receiving, via the computing device, a request from the user to provide the at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile to the second profile, wherein the request from the user to provide the at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile to the second profile is created by the user logging into the first profile of the first domain and generating a transfer token, and requesting the transfer token be transmitted via an electronic messaging means to the second profile of the second domain;

providing, using the computing device, the at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile to the second profile, wherein the providing comprises the user logging into the second profile of the second domain and depositing the transfer token in the second profile of the second domain, whereby the second profile includes the at least one of the first plurality of rights for the purpose of billing the second leg of the itinerary; and

billing, using the computing device, the first and second legs of the itinerary as a single multi-leg travel itinerary, wherein the first leg of the itinerary is billed to the first profile assigned for the first leg and the second leg of the itinerary is billed to the second profile assigned for the second leg, wherein the at least one of the first plurality of rights is used in billing the second leg.

14. The machine readable medium of claim 13, wherein the providing rights of the first profile to the second profile includes providing rights to discounts on purchases of services or products applicable to the first domain to the second profile.

15. The machine readable medium of claim 14, wherein the first domain corresponds to an entity and the second domain corresponds to a non-employment use set of profiles for a set of users.

16. The machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the first domain provides employment to a set of users that corresponds to a set of profiles within the first domain.

17. A computer system comprising:

at least computing device for;

receiving, via the computing device, travel selections for a first leg of an itinerary;

receiving, via the computing device, a selection of a first profile of a first domain to be assigned for the travel selections for the first leg, the first profile to be selected from a group of profiles corresponding to a user who is a person, wherein the first profile comprises a first plurality of rights and a first set of billing account information;

receiving, via the computing device, travel selections for a second leg of the itinerary;

receiving, via the computing device, a selection of a second profile of a second domain to be assigned for the travel selections for the second leg, the second profile to be selected from the group of profiles corresponding to the user, wherein the second profile comprises a second plurality of rights and a second set of billing account information, wherein at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile is not included in the second plurality of rights;

receiving, via the computing device, a request from the user to provide the at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile to the second profile, wherein the request from the user to provide the at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile to the second profile is created by the user logging into the first profile of the first domain and generating a transfer token, and requesting the transfer token be transmitted via an electronic messaging means to the second profile of the second domain;

providing, using the computing device, the at least one of the first plurality of rights of the first profile to the second profile, wherein the providing comprises the user logging into the second profile of the second domain and depositing the transfer token in the second profile of the second domain, whereby the second profile includes the at least one of the first plurality of rights for the purpose of billing the second leg of the itinerary; and

billing, using the computing device, the first and second legs of the itinerary as a single multi-leg travel itinerary, wherein the first leg of the itinerary is billed to the first profile assigned for the first leg and the second leg of the itinerary is billed to the second profile assigned for the second leg wherein the at least one of the first plurality of rights is used in billing the second leg.