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20110258005 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANCILLARY TRAVEL VENDOR FEE EXPENSE MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method and system for ancillary travel vendor fee expense management comprising: receiving, by at least one expense management application, travel expense transaction data, said travel expense transaction data further comprising at least one expense transaction attribute; generating, by the at least one expense management application, at least one travel expense transaction record, wherein said at least one travel expense transaction record includes said expense transaction data, and storing said at least one expense transaction record in an expense transaction database; determining, by at least one ancillary fee module which analyzes the at least one expense transaction attribute, whether the at least one expense transaction corresponds to a travel event, a fee for an ancillary good or service offered by a travel vendor, or a fee for an ancillary good or service offered by a travel agency; presenting the at least one expense transaction record on a computerized user interface contained within at least one expense management application, wherein it is indicated whether the at least one expense transaction is at least one ancillary fee; and, adding the at least one expense transaction record to an expense report. | 10-20-2011 |
20120059745 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPENSE MANAGEMENT - A method for expense management. An expense data record is retrieved from a trusted source and two or more sub-transactions are identified. The expense data record is then added to an expense report as two or more expense items corresponding to the two or more sub-transactions. | 03-08-2012 |
20120101858 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TARGETING MESSAGES TO TRAVELERS - A computer-implemented system and method for targeting messages to a traveler, comprising processing information associated with: receiving a request from a device of the traveler for itinerary information; utilizing geographic information, comprising itinerary information, to determine where the traveler is currently and/or is projected to be during a given time period; categorizing the geographic information and traveler information about the traveler from a database of travel and expense activity into a category; matching the category for the geographical information and/or traveler information about the traveler against a category for available targeted messages to determine if there are any matches; and transmitting targeted messages that have a category that matches a category for the geographical information and/or traveler information to the device of the traveler; wherein traveler information from the database of travel and expense activity is utilized to help determine what products and/or services travelers purchase when they travel. | 04-26-2012 |
20120101901 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TARGETING MESSAGES TO TRAVELERS - A computer-implemented method of targeting electronic messages to travelers, comprising performing processing associated with: utilizing geographic information comprising itinerary information, to determine where the travelers are currently and/or are projected to be during a given time period; creating a list of travelers which categorizes the geographic information and/or traveler information about the travelers on the list; electronically notifying a merchant with information related to the list and the current geographic information and/or current traveler information of the travelers on the list; receiving an electronic request from the merchant to transmit an electronic targeted message to some or all of the travelers on the list; and transmitting the electronic targeted message to some or all of the travelers on the list. | 04-26-2012 |
20120150572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED TRAVEL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT - A method and system, comprising: 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 comprises: 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. | 06-14-2012 |
20120330906 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING DUPLICATE TRAVEL PATH - A system and method comprising: receiving itinerary data from at least two sources; identifying a traveler associated with the itinerary data; and adding information about the identified traveler to the itinerary data. | 12-27-2012 |
20130110833 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING CANDIDATE USERS | 05-02-2013 |
20130197948 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING MESSAGES - A computer-implemented method and system of sending messages, comprising: performing processing for a person associated with receiving a request for location information for the person for an effective time; performing processing associated with receiving any travel information; performing processing associated with receiving any geolocation information; performing processing associated with receiving any expense information; performing processing associated with receiving any home or office location information; performing processing associated with receiving any current schedule/delay information for scheduled travel services; performing processing associated with determining a locations of the person using the travel information; performing processing associated with determining the location of the person using geolocation information, home/office information, expense information, or current schedule/delay information, or any combination thereof; performing processing associated with receiving information related to the location of the person using the travel information; and performing processing associated with sending a message to a device utilized by the person. | 08-01-2013 |
20130218613 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING MESSAGES - A computer-implemented method and system of determining the approximate location of a person for an effective time, comprising: performing processing associated with receiving any travel information; performing processing associated with receiving any geolocation information; performing processing associated with receiving any expense information; performing processing associated with receiving any home or office location information; performing processing associated with receiving any current schedule/delay information for scheduled travel services; performing processing associated with determining a locations of the person using the travel information; performing processing associated with determining the location of the person using geolocation information, home/office information, expense information, or current schedule/delay information, or any combination thereof; performing processing associated with receiving information related to the location of the person using the travel information; and performing processing associated with sending a message to a device utilized by the person. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218615 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED TRAVEL AND EXPENSE MANGEMENT AND DETECTING DUPLICATE TRAVEL PATH INFORMATION - Methods and systems may retrieve travel data records corresponding to travel requests; retrieve expense data records reflecting expense transactions, compare the expense data records to the travel data records, and determine a likelihood that the expense data records match the travel data records. Methods and systems may also detect possible duplicate travel path information by obtaining a set of travel paths with at least two travel paths, breaking each travel path into at least one segment comprising a single unit of travel with an origin and a destination, comparing each leg in each travel path to each leg in every other travel path to determine whether any travel paths are duplicates, and listing any segment paths that are possible duplicates. | 08-22-2013 |
20130227040 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENDING MESSAGES - A computer-implemented method and system of sending messages, comprising: performing processing for a person associated with receiving a request for location information for the person for an effective time; performing processing associated with receiving any travel information; performing processing associated with receiving any geolocation information: performing processing associated with receiving any expense information; performing processing associated with receiving any home or office location information; performing processing associated with receiving any current schedule/delay information for scheduled travel services; performing processing associated with determining a locations of the person using the travel information; performing processing associated with determining the location of the person using geolocation information, home/office information, expense information, or current schedule/delay information, or any combination thereof; performing processing associated with receiving information related to the location of the person using the travel information; and performing processing associated with sending a message to a device utilized by the person. | 08-29-2013 |
20140074958 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING SCHEDULE INFORMATION - A method and system comprising: receiving travel request data; retrieving schedule data associated with the travel request data from the database, the schedule data being further associated with a scheduled travel time; retrieving availability data associated with the travel request data from the cache, the availability data being further associated with an available travel time; and sending the schedule data and the availability data via a computer network. | 03-13-2014 |
20140095221 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS - Methods and Systems for providing a recommendation to a user, comprising: examining characteristics of a travel plan; identifying an opportunity that matches the characteristics; identifying a recommendation that matches the opportunity; and providing the recommendation to the user. | 04-03-2014 |
20140250122 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAVEL MANAGEMENT - A system and method comprising: receiving itinerary data from at least two sources; identifying a traveler associated with the itinerary data; and adding information about the identified traveler to the itinerary data. | 09-04-2014 |
20140288981 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRAVEL-BASED INTERACTIONS - Methods and systems comprising: receiving data; converting the data into machine readable data; extracting relevant data from the machine readable data; and populating a field in a report with the relevant data. | 09-25-2014 |
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20110258006 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANCILLARY OPTION MANAGEMENT - A computer-implemented method and/or system of ancillary travel option management comprising: receiving, by at least one booking and/or expense management application, travel request data for at least one traveler; retrieving, by the at least one booking and/or expense management application, at least one primary travel product and/or service option, each at least one primary travel product and/or service option from at least two providers meeting at least some of the criteria of the travel request data; determining, by the at least one booking and/or expense management application, at least one ancillary option and at least one price for the at least one ancillary option related to the at least one primary travel product and/or service; and presenting the at least one ancillary option and the at least one price for the at least one ancillary option with the at least one primary travel product and/or service option. | 10-20-2011 |
20140122239 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TARGETING MESSAGES TO TRAVELERS - A computer-implemented method of targeting electronic messages to travelers, comprising performing processing associated with: utilizing geographic information comprising itinerary information, to determine where the travelers are currently and/or are projected to be during a given time period; creating a list of travelers which categorizes the geographic information and/or traveler information about the travelers on the list; electronically notifying a merchant with information related to the list and the current geographic information and/or current traveler information of the travelers on the list; receiving an electronic request from the merchant to transmit an electronic targeted message to some or all of the travelers on the list; and transmitting the electronic targeted message to some or all of the travelers on the list. | 05-01-2014 |
20140270575 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CAPTURE PROCESSING - Systems and methods may perform processing associated with receiving, with a capture module in communication with a processor, data. Processing may be performed associated with converting, with an optical character recognition (OCR) module in communication with the capture module and the processor, the data into machine readable data. Processing may be performed associated with extracting, with a processing module in communication with the OCR module and the processor, relevant data from the machine readable data. Processing may be performed associated with populating, with the processing module, a field in a report with the relevant data. | 09-18-2014 |
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20100071027 | METHOD OF PROVIDING A MIXED GROUP COMMUNICATION SESSION - A method of providing a mixed group communication session for a mixed group containing protected users and a guest user is provided. The method uses a secure server to assign temporary Identities (IDs) to the protected users. The secure server forms a mixed group session containing desired participants from among the protected users and the guest user. The secure server provides limited group rights to the guest user in the mixed group session. During the mixed group session, the secure server uses the permanent IDs of the protected users towards other protected users and temporary IDs of the permanent users towards the guest user. Also provided is a method for providing a mixed group communication session for a mixed group containing protected users and a guest user, wherein temporary IDs are assigned to protected users and the guest user. | 03-18-2010 |
20120026947 | LOCATION BASED POLICY FOR USER EQUIPMENT OPERATING IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF A SHARED HOME LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM - A method for location based policy for UE operating in different areas of a shared home LTE system includes: responsive to detecting a trigger, determining a first enterprise operating area (EOA) in which the UE is currently located, wherein the first EOA is one of a plurality of EOAs of the LTE system; determining whether the first EOA is a home EOA or a visited EOA; when the first EOA is the home EOA, selecting a first set of policy rules for the UE; when the first EOA is the visited EOA, selecting a second set of policy rules for the UE that provides a lower Quality of Service (QoS) than the first set of policy rules; if a trust relationship exists, selecting a third set of policy rules for the UE while in the visited EOA, which provides a higher QoS than the second set of policy rules. | 02-02-2012 |
20120028626 | POLICY DETERMINATION FOR USER EQUIPMENT PROVIDNG MUTUAL AID IN A VISITED ENTERPRISE OPERATING AREA OF A LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM - A Mutual Aid QoS Function (MAQF) performs a method for determining policy for user equipment (UE) providing mutual aid in a mutual aid enterprise operating area of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. The method includes: receiving an indication that a UE is assigned to provide mutual aid in a mutual aid enterprise operating area, wherein the UE has a home enterprise operating area that is different than the mutual aid enterprise operating area; detecting that the UE has entered the mutual aid enterprise operating area; selecting a set of mutual aid policy rules for the UE while the UE is providing mutual aid in the mutual aid enterprise operating area. | 02-02-2012 |
20120092992 | SERVICE DATA FLOW DETECTION IN A CONFORMING 3GPP ACCESS NETWORK HAVING A PACKET MODIFICATION FUNCTION - A system includes: a packet processing function and a packet modification function. The packet processing function receives a packet generated by a sending application function and destined for a receiving application function. The packet includes first identifier information, and the packet processing function adds second identifier information thereto. The packet modification function: receives the packet; alters it in a way that prevents use of the first identifier information by a 3GPP conforming service data flow detection process to map the packet to a first service data flow for the sending application function; and provides the packet to a packet routing function with the second identifier information positioned in the packet to enable the packet routing function to use the second identifier information in the 3GPP conforming service data flow detection process to map the packet to the first service data flow and to a bearer for transporting the packet. | 04-19-2012 |
20130064104 | SECURE QUALITY OF SERVICE - Methods and apparatus are provided for communicating a flow of packets with a requested quality of service. An exemplary method involves receiving a first packet of a flow, determining a first reference value for the packet flow identification field of the first packet using a key value, and facilitating the requested quality of service for the first packet when the received value of the packet flow identification field of the first packet matches the first reference value. The method continues by receiving a second packet of the flow, determining a second reference value for the packet flow identification field using the key value, and facilitating the requested quality of service for the second packet when the received value of the packet flow identification field of the second packet matches the second reference value. | 03-14-2013 |
20130201922 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADMITTING A REQUEST FOR ALLOCATION OF WIRELESS CONNECTION RESOURCES IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for admitting requests for allocation of bandwidth in a communication system is provided herein. During operation, available bandwidth is logically divided for use among commercial users and public-safety users, where the commercial users utilize a predefined portion of the bandwidth and the public-safety users utilize a public-safety portion of the bandwidth. When a public-safety bearer request is made, and available bandwidth does not exist within the public safety portion of the bandwidth, some bandwidth unoccupied by commercial users from commercial portion can be used to admit the bearer request. When commercial bandwidth is occupied by commercial users, lower priority commercial users can be preempted so that commercial bandwidth can be used to handle the bearer request. In a similar manner, the public-safety portion of available bandwidth can temporarily be used by commercial users. | 08-08-2013 |
20140105017 | SERVICE DATA FLOW DETECTION IN A CONFORMING 3GPP ACCESS NETWORK HAVING A PACKET MODIFICATION FUNCTION - A system includes: a packet processing function and a packet modification function. The packet processing function receives a packet generated by a sending application function and destined for a receiving application function. The packet includes first identifier information, and the packet processing function adds second identifier information thereto. The packet modification function: receives the packet; alters it in a way that prevents use of the first identifier information by a 3GPP conforming service data flow detection process to map the packet to a first service data flow for the sending application function; and provides the packet to a packet routing function with the second identifier information positioned in the packet to enable the packet routing function to use the second identifier information in the 3GPP conforming service data flow detection process to map the packet to the first service data flow and to a bearer for transporting the packet. | 04-17-2014 |