Patent ID: 8903870

Claim:
A method for tracking a location of users of a travel risk management system during travel and notifying the users of travel risk, the method comprising the travel risk management system performing steps of: storing input travel itinerary information for a user of the travel risk management system in a user travel database of the system, wherein the travel itinerary information includes user identification information, travel date information for the time period in which the user is traveling, and geographic location information for at least one destination of the user during the travel time period; transmitting a location request message from an application server of the travel risk management system to a portable computing device of the user, when a current time is within the time period of the travel itinerary information in which the user is traveling; receiving a location response message from the user's portable computing device at the application server, wherein information in the location response message includes the actual location of the user; comparing the actual location of the user, as determined by receiving a location response message from the user's portable computing device at the application server, to an expected location of the user determined based on the stored travel itinerary information; determining whether the actual location of the user is different than the expected location of the user from the travel itinerary information by comparing the actual location of the user to an expected location of the user determined based on the stored travel itinerary information; updating the travel itinerary information with the actual location of the user in response to determining that the actual location of the user is different than the expected location of the user from the travel itinerary information; storing on the system travel related information and travel risk information for a plurality of countries, the travel risk information including a current risk rating and a risk trend for each country; providing a graphical interface to the user comprising a home page that provides access to the travel related information and the travel risk information; determining an occurrence of a risk management event and a geographic location of the event; determining by a risk management response routine whether the user is within an affected location of the event; and transmitting by the risk management response routine a notification message to the user if the user is within the affected location of the event.