Patent ID: 8527330
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computer-based system for calculating savings, raw data; categorizing, by the computer-based system, the raw data into a plurality of categories of data, each category of data corresponding to one of a plurality of pre-defined variables, the plurality of pre-defined variables comprising an online transaction volume, a change in adoption rate, and a difference between an agent assisted transaction fee and an online transaction fee; multiplying, by the computer-based system, the online transaction volume, by the change in adoption rate and by the difference between the agent assisted transaction fee and the online transaction fee, to obtain a savings between the agent assisted transaction fee and an online travel reservations; displaying, by the computer-based system, the savings to a customer; and receiving, by the computer-based system, an online travel reservation from the customer in response to the displaying the savings.