Patent ID: 11943302
Assignee: UNIVERSAL AIR TRAVEL PLAN, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. A process of handling a batch file comprising:
receiving a third-party data batch file at an intermediary transaction processing server (ITPS), the batch file comprising a plurality of passenger name records (PNRs), the PNRs of the batch file each comprising name, passage date and ticket number;
supplementing, at the ITPS, an IATA (International Air Transport Association) standardized file configuration present in the batch file such that an airline server system is enabled to collect payment funding from a settlement service provider (SSP) computing system for transactions contained in the batch file without the airline server system having been configured to make a request instruction seeking collected payment funding from the SSP computing system for transactions contained in the batch file,
searching at the ITPS for one or more missing data elements from a first passenger name record in the batch file;
if a missing data element is found in the first passenger name record by the ITPS, entering inferred data into the missing data element;
parsing at the ITPS a second passenger name record from the batch file;
sending the parsed second passenger name record to a gateway for the settlement service provider computing system; and
the settlement service provider computing system providing funding status for the batch file to the airline server system,
the airline server system not being configured to make a request instruction seeking funding status associated with transactions contained in the batch file from the settlement service provider computing system.