Patent ID: 8214144

Claim:
A method of scheduling aviation fuel transactions during web-based flight planning, said method comprising the steps of: maintaining an electronic database containing a plurality of fixed base operators, wherein each fixed based operator has an associated airport and a related price-per-unit for at least one type of aviation fuel; receiving over a network flight information from a remote user; wherein said flight information includes an origin and destination location and aircraft information; determining a plurality of refueling airports for at least a first leg of a flight between said origin and destination location and a fuel type required from said flight information using said first server; transmitting fuel information regarding a plurality of fixed base operators over said network to the remote user using said server; wherein each fixed base operator within said plurality is associated in said database with an airport within said plurality of refueling airports and said fuel information includes a current price-per-unit for said fuel type associated in said database with each fixed base operator within said plurality; receiving over said network a selection for a fixed base operator from the remote user, wherein said selected fixed base operator is selected from said plurality of fixed base operators; transmitting an electronic fuel purchase reservation to said selected fixed base operator over said network in response to said receiving; and collecting a fee for a transaction associated with said fuel purchase reservation from said selected fixed base operator.