System and method to automate livery vehicle scheduling from airline itinerary data

• US 9,275,352 B1
• Filed: 09/19/2014
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Mastercard International Incorporated (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Inventors: Howe, Justin Xavier
• Primary Examiner(s): Hess, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US14/491,111
• Publication Number:
  US 20160086101A1
• Time in Patent Office: 529 Days
• Field of Search: 235/384, 705/6, 705/7.14
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events

Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium to automate livery vehicle scheduling from airline itinerary data retrieved from cardholder spending.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, via a network interface, payment card transaction data from an acquirer or travel transaction data from a Global Distribution System (GDS), the payment card transaction or travel transaction data containing a cardholder identifier and a travel itinerary, the travel itinerary being for either a flight or rail carrier, the travel itinerary including;

a passenger name, a carrier name, a carrier transportation identifier, an arrival location, an arrival date, and an arrival time;

retrieving a cardholder record from a database using the cardholder identifier with a processor, the database being stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the cardholder record containing an indicator showing the cardholder has opted-into automatic livery vehicle scheduling;

transmitting, when the cardholder has opted-into automatic livery vehicle scheduling, an electronic reservation message to a vehicle livery service via the network interface, the electronic reservation message including the passenger name, the carrier name, the carrier transportation identifier, the arrival location, the arrival date and the arrival time.

2. The processing method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, via the network interface, a reservation verification message from the vehicle livery service, the reservation verification message including a confirmation number and a livery vehicle identifier.

3. The processing method of claim 2, wherein the cardholder record contains cardholder electronic contact information.

4. The processing method of claim 3, further comprising:

transmitting, via the network interface, a reservation confirmation message to the cardholder electronic contact information, the reservation confirmation message containing the confirmation number and the livery vehicle identifier.

5. The processing method of claim 4, wherein the electronic reservation message further includes the cardholder identifier.

6. The processing method of claim 5, wherein the cardholder identifier is a payment card Primary Account Number.

7. The processing method of claim 6, further comprising:

determining, with the processor, whether the cardholder has arranged for rental car transportation based at least in part on the payment card transaction data from the acquirer or the travel transaction data from the Global Distribution System, prior to transmitting the electronic reservation message to the vehicle livery service.

8. A system comprising:

a network interface configured to receive payment card transaction data from an acquirer or travel transaction data from a Global Distribution System (GDS), the payment card transaction or travel transaction data containing a cardholder identifier and a travel itinerary, the travel itinerary being for either a flight or rail carrier, the travel itinerary including;

a passenger name, a carrier name, a carrier transportation identifier, an arrival location, an arrival date, and an arrival time;

a processor configured to retrieve a cardholder record from a database using the cardholder identifier, the database being stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the cardholder record containing an indicator showing the cardholder has opted-into automatic livery vehicle scheduling;

the network interface further configured to transmit an electronic reservation message to a vehicle livery service, when the cardholder has opted-into automatic livery vehicle scheduling, the electronic reservation message including the passenger name, the carrier name, the carrier transportation identifier, the arrival location, the arrival date and the arrival time.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the network interface is further configured to receive a reservation verification message from the vehicle livery service, the reservation verification message including a confirmation number and a livery vehicle identifier.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the cardholder record contains cardholder electronic contact information.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the network interface is further configured to transmit a reservation confirmation message to the cardholder electronic contact information, the reservation confirmation message containing the confirmation number and the livery vehicle identifier.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the electronic reservation message further includes the cardholder identifier.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the cardholder identifier is a payment card Primary Account Number.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the cardholder has arranged for rental car transportation based at least in part on the payment card transaction data from the acquirer or the travel transaction data from the Global Distribution System, prior to the network interface transmitting the electronic reservation message to the vehicle livery service.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with data and instructions, when executed by a computing device the instructions causing the computing device to:

receive, via a network interface, payment card transaction data from an acquirer or travel transaction data from a Global Distribution System (GDS), the payment card transaction or travel transaction data containing a cardholder identifier and a travel itinerary, the travel itinerary being for either a flight or rail carrier, the travel itinerary including;

a passenger name, a carrier name, a carrier transportation identifier, an arrival location, an arrival date, and an arrival time;

retrieve a cardholder record from a database using the cardholder identifier with a processor, the database being stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the cardholder record containing an indicator showing the cardholder has opted-into automatic livery vehicle scheduling;

transmit, when the cardholder has opted-into automatic livery vehicle scheduling, an electronic reservation message to a vehicle livery service via the network interface, the electronic reservation message including the passenger name, the carrier name, the carrier transportation identifier, the arrival location, the arrival date and the arrival time.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, the instructions further causing the computing device to:

receive, via the network interface, a reservation verification message from the vehicle livery service, the reservation verification message including a confirmation number and a livery vehicle identifier.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the cardholder record contains cardholder electronic contact information.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, the instructions further causing the computing device to:

transmit, via the network interface, a reservation confirmation message to the cardholder electronic contact information, the reservation confirmation message containing the confirmation number and the livery vehicle identifier.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the electronic reservation message further includes the cardholder identifier.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the cardholder identifier is a payment card Primary Account Number.