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Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20090006142

System and method for tracking spending based on reservations and payments

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#416Gelco Reservation Manager 2.0

Applies to Claims 1,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,2,20,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Submitted by: Susan MurrayLast updated: about 4 years ago

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Summary / Description

Summary / Description

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.

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Type of Prior Art	Print Publication

Publication Title *	Gelco Reservation Manager 2.0

Author	this is a product description published by Gelco Information Network, Inc.

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Medium	Other printed publication

Publication Date *	2003

URL	http://www.gelcoexpense.com/pdf...

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See summary (above) for excerpt Submitted by Susan Murray on behalf of Dennis Kole.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:obtaining a schedule of bookings made by a user through an electronic service portal;

obtaining a schedule of payment transactions to pay for bookings, the payment transactions comprising one or more of a credit card payment, a cash payment, or a payment via a cash card or debit card; and

using the schedule of bookings made via the electronic service portal to identify payment transactions reimbursable to the user from a separate entity and generating an expense report of the reimbursable payment transactions.

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The reference describes a system which integrates expense management and travel reservations.

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The computer-implemented method of Claim 1, wherein the bookings by the user through the electronic service portal are related to services performed by the user for the separate entity.

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See claim 1.

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The computer-implemented method of Claim 2, wherein the entity is an employer of the user.

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The computer-implemented method of Claim 2, wherein the obtaining a schedule of payment transactions to pay for bookings, further comprises obtaining one or more payment transactions from a portable device on to which the user manually records transactions.

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See claim 1.

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The computer-implemented method of Claim 2, wherein the obtaining a schedule of payment transactions to pay for bookings, further comprises obtaining a schedule of credit card payment transactions.

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See claim 1.

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The computer-implemented method of Claim 2, wherein the electronic service portal has access to a calendar of the user.

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See claim 1.

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The computer-implemented method of Claim 2, wherein the calendar comprises a travel schedule of the user.

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See claim 1.

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The computer-implemented method of Claim 2, further comprising providing user access to the report in a modifiable form.

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See claim 1.

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The computer-implemented method of Claim 8, further comprising submitting the expense report to the separate entity for approval in accordance with a set of predetermined criteria.

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See claim 1.

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A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions which when executed perform a method comprising:obtaining a schedule of bookings made by a user through an electronic service portal;

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See claim 1.

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The machine-readable medium of Claim 10, wherein the bookings by the user through the electronic service portal are related to services performed by the user for the separate entity.

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See claim 1.

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The machine-readable medium of Claim 11, wherein the entity is an employer of the user.

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See claim 1.

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The machine-readable medium of Claim 11, wherein the obtaining a schedule of payment transactions to pay for bookings, further comprises obtaining one or more payment transactions from a portable device on to which the user manually records transactions.

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See claim 1.

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The machine-readable medium of Claim 11, wherein the obtaining a schedule of payment transactions to pay for bookings, further comprises obtaining a schedule of credit card payment transactions.

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See claim 1.

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The machine-readable medium of Claim 11, wherein the electronic service portal has access to a calendar of the user.

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See claim 1.

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The machine-readable medium of Claim 11, wherein the calendar comprises a travel schedule of the user.

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See claim 1.

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The machine-readable medium of Claim 11, further comprising providing user access to the report in a modifiable form.

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See claim 1.

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The machine-readable medium of Claim 17, further comprising submitting the expense report to the separate entity for approval in accordance with a set of predetermined criteria.

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A system comprising:a means for obtaining a schedule of bookings made by a user through an electronic service portal;

a means for obtaining a schedule of payment transactions to pay for bookings, the payment transactions comprising one or more of a credit card payment, a cash payment, or a payment via a cash card or debit card; and

a means for using the schedule of bookings made via the electronic service portal to identify payment transactions reimbursable to the user from a separate entity and generating an expense report of the reimbursable payment transactions.

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See claim 1.

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The system of Claim 19, wherein the bookings by the user through the electronic service portal are related to services performed by the user for the separate entity.

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See claim 1.

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