Patent ID: 8577767
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for processing communications between a travel insurer and a travel service provider, comprising the steps of: storing, at a travel insurer system, a plurality of mappings between messaging formats used by a plurality of travel service providers and a messaging format used by a travel insurer; receiving, at the travel insurer system, itinerary data in a first messaging format corresponding to a consumer travel itinerary generated by a first travel service provider, wherein the itinerary data includes destination information and cost information; converting, at the travel insurer system, the itinerary data in the first messaging format to itinerary data in the travel insurer messaging format based on a stored mapping of the first messaging format to the travel insurer messaging format; determining, at the travel insurer system, at least one optimal travel insurance policy based on the itinerary data in the travel insurer messaging format; and transmitting information pertaining to the at least one optimal travel insurance policy to the first travel service provider for presentation to a customer of the travel service provider.