At 206, the employee seeks appropriate services, for example, purchases prescription eyeglasses, or incurs commuter-parking fees. At 208, the employee pays the provider for the expenses incurred with the card issued to the participant. At this point, a transaction or an e-claim has occurred. At 210, the participant sends in by mail, e-mail, fax, etc., the receipt that itemizes the expenses incurred. At 212, the PSP uses the EFA system to review the expenses on-line by auditing the transaction or the e-claim. The EFA review includes the adjudication process, which will be described in more detail below.

Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry and MobileXpense, today announced the integration of the Amadeus e-Travel Management booking system with MobileXpense, the Benelux leading expense management service. From now on travellers can make their travel request, check available flights and hotel and book them directly through Amadeus e-Travel Management. All the travel data are directly integrated in the travel request that is then routed for approval according to the policy rules established for the traveller and agreed with the travel agent.

With Reservation Manager your travelers can easily create authorizations and make reservations using a single sign-on that connects your travelers to Travel Manager and your on-line booking tool. As a result your, your travelers only need to remember one user ID and password to make reservations via an on-line booking tool or travel agency, estimate costs for authorization, request ticketing, create their travel vouchers, and submit expenses for reimbursement.

This paper describes Xerox's "E-Pay System", which was the integration of IBM's ERS and the GetThere travel reservation system.