Patent ID: 7536307

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for facilitating an automated redemption of an unused ticket, comprising steps of: setting, via a computer system, an aging period; identifying, via a computer system, a scheduled date of an issued ticket; adding, via a computer system, the aging period to the scheduled date; determining, via a computer system, at the scheduled date plus the aging period whether all or a portion of the issued ticket is unused; if all or a portion of the ticket has not been used, identifying, via a computer system, the issued ticket as an unused ticket and setting a ticket status field in a table; comparing, via a computer system, information in an invoice table and a central reservation system database to determine at least one of a use of the ticket and a change to the ticket; calculating, via a computer system, a residual value of the ticket based on a contract term associated with the ticket and any changes to the ticket or partial use of the ticket; storing, via a computer system, the residual value in the invoice table; comparing, via a computer system, the residual value to a minimum threshold for presenting a ticket redemption offer to a client; generating, via a computer system, a report based at least in part on the table and the comparing the residual value step; and transmitting, via a computer system, the report to at least one of a client travel agency and a client of the unused ticket.