SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED TRAVEL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT

• US 20100257003A1
• Filed: 04/06/2010
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Concur Technologies Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Concur Technologies Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Gorodnichev, Valery, Armstrong, Jeannine, Fredericks, Michael, Dunnick, Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 8,140,361 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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

Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for integrating travel and expense management. The present invention enables an entity to integrate not only data that matches exactly, but also determine the likelihood that data that does not match exactly nevertheless corresponds to each other. The system comprises: a network; at least one terminal coupled to the network; and at least one server coupled to the network. The server comprises a program that includes: retrieving travel data records corresponding to travel requests; retrieving expense data records reflecting expense transactions; comparing the expense data records to the travel data records; and determining a likelihood that the expense data records match the travel data records.

Claims

1. A computerized method for integrating travel and expense management information comprising:

retrieving at least one travel data record corresponding to a travel request;

retrieving at least one expense data record reflecting at least one expense transaction;

comparing the at least one expense data record to the at least one travel data record; and

determining a likelihood that the at least one expense data record matches the at least one travel data record.