System and method for fleet card management

• US 20040249767A1
• Filed: 06/03/2004
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: United States Postal Service (Government of the United States of America)
• Original Assignee: United States Postal Service (Government of the United States of America)
• Inventors: Perrin, Donald R.
• Application Number:
  US10/859,571
• Publication Number:
  US 20040249767A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/24 Credit schemes, i.e. "pay after"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/403 Solvency checks

Abstract

System and method for managing purchase data of a credit card account associated with a vehicle in a fleet through the use of a management system. The management system receives transaction data from a credit card system and organizes the transaction data into a sortable listing for viewing by a user. The sortable listing may indicate a probability of fraud. The management system downloads data regarding a vehicle from home station. The management system may also provide invoices to a financial department for payment of the transactions.

Claims

1. A method for managing a credit card account associated with a vehicle comprising:

sending transaction data regarding a credit card account to a management system;

downloading data regarding information on each vehicle associated with a home station;

organizing the transaction data to provide a sorted listing of the transaction data associated with each vehicle; and

formatting the sorted listing for viewing over an Internet web page.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the management system with identifying information for issuance of a user ID and password in order to access the sorted listing.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user ID and password allow access to information associated with the provided identifying information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending an invoice to a financial department based upon the transaction data.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising sending payment associated with the invoice to a credit card system for payment to at least one of a vendor and a parent company.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing information to a credit card company identifying a driver and the vehicle; and

issuing a credit card account associated with the vehicle to the user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the sorted listing according to data located in at least one of a detailed table, a summary table, a reference table, a security table, a temporary load table, and a load status table in the management system.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the sorted listing on an Internet web page, wherein the sorted listing is viewable by at least one of vehicle, driver, supplier, and type of product purchased.

9. A system for managing a credit card account associated with a vehicle, comprising:

a management system;

a credit card system; and

a home station;

wherein the credit card system provides the management system with transaction data associated with the credit card account;

wherein the management system downloads identifying information associated with the vehicles from the home station, organizes the transaction data into a sortable list associated with the vehicle, and displays the sortable listing over an Internet web page.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the management system includes a server for receiving the transaction data and a database for storing the transaction data and the identifying information associated with the vehicle.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the server receives the transaction data through a firewall.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising a financial department;

wherein the management system sends invoices to the financial department; and

the financial department sends payment associated with the invoice to the credit card system for payment to at least one of a vendor and a parent company.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the management system issues a user ID and password associated with supplied information for access to the Internet web page.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the sortable list is displayed to according to data located in a detailed table, a summary table, a reference table, a security table, a temporary load table, and a load status table in the management system.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the sortable listing is displayed on an Internet web page by at least one of vehicle, driver, supplier, and type of product purchased.