Patent ID: 7881997
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for providing business travel and expense benchmarking analysis to an individual entity, the system comprising: first data storage operable to receive and store travel data for a plurality of peer entities; second data storage operable to receive and store expense transaction data for the plurality of peer entities; a data storage server operable to aggregate a plurality of metrics of the travel data and the expense transaction data of the plurality of peer entities, thereby generating aggregated travel and expense data; a processor operable to receive data representing a selection of a first travel metric and to compare at least one of the first travel metric and a corresponding expense transaction metric of the individual entity to a corresponding metric of the aggregated travel data and expense transaction data; a benchmarking engine operable to generate benchmarking analysis data and a plurality of comparative views of the benchmarking analysis data based on a result of the comparison by the processor; and a communications interface operable to electronically communicate the benchmarking analysis data to a client host computer.