"METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED TRAVEL TRANSACTION BILLING AND RECONCILING"
Application 1262/DELNP/2007 published 2007-08-03, filed 2007-02-15
There is provided a method and system for improved travel transaction billing and reconciling that permits a financial services provider to generate a centralized, detailed and customized billing statement based on travel itinerary data and information received from a travel agent or agency for travel transactions booked during a billing period, which can permit expedited generation and submission of the billing statement at the end of a billing period to a responsible client for faster payment of billed transactions. The financial services provider does not wait for receipt of travel supplier charges before generating the billing statement for travel transactions based on received travel agent records. The financial services provider can subsequently reconcile, unique reference indicator, the billing statement travel transactions or travel itinerary data against travel supplier charges received from the travel supplier for the booked travel transactions.
Applicant
1)AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY,INC
:AMERICAN EXPRESS TOWER, WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER, 200 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10285-4900, USA U.S.A.
Inventor
1)SARAH TASKER 2)OLIVIER SAUSER 3)STEVE PRESTON 4)JOHN WARD-CADDLE 5)ALAN HOLMES 6)VAL MOORE 7)JOY LAMB
International Info
Classification: G06Q 30/00
Publication Number: WO 2006/017681
Application Date: 2005-08-04
Priority Information
60/599,353 U.S.A. 2004-08-06