Patent ID: 6937991
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. In an organization having a large number of members, and also having a travel center disposed to make travel arrangements for respective organization members when requested to do so, a method for enhancing preparedness of organization members for international travel comprising the steps of: transmitting a travel notification message from said travel center to each of a selected number of travel service providers associated with said organization, transmitting said travel notification message during a given member interaction when said travel center is requested to make international travel arrangements for a given one of said organization members, said travel notification message identifying: said given member, an intended travel time period for said given member, and an intended travel destination for said given member; operating at least one computer respectively associated with said selected number of travel service providers to determine whether said given member was identified in a previously received travel notification message; transmitting a first travel preparation message to said given member from a given travel service provider, transmitting said first travel preparation message during said given member interaction and when the computer of said given travel service provider determines that said given member has not been identified in said previously received travel notification message, said first travel preparation message comprising a complete list of travel services available from said given travel service provider; and transmitting a second travel preparation message to said given member from said given travel service provider, transmitting said second travel preparation message during said given member interaction and when the computer of said given travel service provider determines that said given member has been identified in said previously received travel notification message, said second travel preparation message comprising a list of updating travel services available from said given travel service provider.