Business to business computer system for communicating and processing rental car reservations using web services

    公开(公告)号:US10929920B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US14057490

    申请日:2013-10-18

    摘要: A system, method, and computer program product are disclosed whereby a business partner computer system interfaces with a rental vehicle reservation management computer system via a web service connector. The web service connector can be configured to (1) receive, via a network, a document, the document comprising a web service request by a computer system of a business partner for a rental vehicle transaction with respect to a replacement rental vehicle reservation, (2) process the received document in accordance with a web service specification document to create one or more data objects having a format supported by a rental vehicle reservation management software program, and (3) communicate the one or more data objects to the rental vehicle reservation management software program for automatic processing thereby of the one or more data objects for management of the replacement rental vehicle reservation in accordance with the request.

    Mobile Device-Enhanced Rental Vehicle Returns
    3.
    发明申请
    Mobile Device-Enhanced Rental Vehicle Returns 审中-公开
    移动设备增强租赁车辆退货

    公开(公告)号:US20140278608A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US14212339

    申请日:2014-03-14

    IPC分类号: G06Q30/00 G06Q10/02

    摘要: A number of techniques are disclosed for making it more convenient and efficient for customers to conduct various rental vehicle transactions. As an example, a technique for performing an automated pickup of a rental vehicle using a mobile device is disclosed. As another example, a technique for performing an automated return administration of a rental vehicle using a mobile device is disclosed. As another example, a technique for permitting customer to select a particular rental vehicle for a rental vehicle transaction using a mobile device is disclosed. Also disclosed is a technique for permitting a customer to keylessly start a rental vehicle using a machine-sensible item such as his/her mobile device without requiring the customer to possess a smart key.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一些技术,使得客户进行各种租赁车辆交易更方便和有效。 作为示例,公开了使用移动设备执行租赁车辆的自动拾取的技术。 作为另一示例,公开了一种使用移动设备执行租赁车辆的自动返回管理的技术。 作为另一示例,公开了一种允许客户使用移动设备选择用于租赁车辆交易的特定租赁车辆的技术。 还公开了一种允许客户使用诸如他/她的移动设备的机器敏感项目来无钥匙地启动租赁车辆的技术,而不需要客户拥有智能钥匙。

    Business to business computer system for communicating and processing rental car reservations using web services
    5.
    发明授权
    Business to business computer system for communicating and processing rental car reservations using web services 有权
    商务到商业计算机系统,用于通过网络服务进行租车预约

    公开(公告)号:US08600783B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-03

    申请号:US10865116

    申请日:2004-06-10

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/00

    摘要: An Internet-enabled automatic rental vehicle transaction system, the system comprising a web service connector in communication with a rental vehicle software program, the web service connector being configured to (1) receive, via a network, a document from a computer system of an authorized purchaser of rental vehicle services on behalf of another, the document comprising a web service rental vehicle reservation request, (2) process the received document in accordance with a web service specification document to create one or more data objects having a format supported by the rental vehicle software program, and (3) communicate the one or more data objects to the rental vehicle software program, and wherein the rental vehicle software program is configured to automatically process the one or more data objects for fulfillment of the reservation request.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有互联网的自动租赁车辆交易系统,所述系统包括与租赁车辆软件程序通信的网络服务连接器,所述网络服务连接器被配置为(1)经由网络从计算机系统接收文档 代表另一方的租赁车辆服务的授权购买者,该文件包括网络服务租赁车辆预约请求,(2)根据Web服务规范文档处理接收到的文档,以创建一个或多个数据对象,其具有由 租赁车辆软件程序,以及(3)将所述一个或多个数据对象传达到所述租赁车辆软件程序,并且其中所述租赁车辆软件程序被配置为自动处理所述一个或多个数据对象以实现所述预约请求。

    Method and apparatus for improved customer direct on-line reservation of rental vehicles
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for improved customer direct on-line reservation of rental vehicles 有权
    用于改善客户直接在线预订租赁车辆的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US08108231B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-31

    申请号:US11039203

    申请日:2005-01-20

    IPC分类号: G06Q50/00 G06Q10/00

    摘要: Disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein the functionality of managing customer profiles/accounts is expanded upon to provide customers with greater control over the profile data stored in their associated personalized accounts/profiles, particularly in connection with the “favorite” or “preferred” branch locations for rental vehicle reservations that are stored in the customer profiles/accounts. Also disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website wherein customers who plan to travel via general aviation (GA) are provided with a GA reservation creation path that is responsive to their GA travel needs. Also disclosed herein is an improvement to a reservation booking website for rental vehicle reservations wherein customers are provided with a streamlined ability to log into their customer profiles/accounts. Preferably fields for customer entry of a password for a customer profile/account (and optionally a field for customer entry of a user name for a customer profile/account) are provided on several of the displayed web pages (e.g., a choose vehicle page, a renter information page, a choose location page etc.), or more preferably, on all of the web pages that are displayed to the customer when the customer has not yet logged into his/her profile/account.

    摘要翻译: 这里公开了对于租赁车辆预约的预订预订网站的改进,其中管理客户简档/帐户的功能被扩展以向客户提供对存储在其相关联的个性化帐户/简档中的简档数据的更大控制,特别是与 存储在客户资料/帐户中的租赁车辆预订的“最喜爱的”或“优选的”分支机构。 这里还公开了对预约预订网站的改进,其中计划通过通用航空(GA)旅行的客户被提供有响应于他们的GA旅行需求的GA预留创建路径。 本文还公开了对于租赁车辆预约的预订预订网站的改进,其中向客户提供登录其客户简档/帐户的简化能力。 优选地,用于客户输入客户简档/帐户的密码(以及可选地,客户输入客户简档/帐户的用户名的字段)的字段在几个所显示的网页上提供(例如,选择车辆页面, 或者更优选地,当客户还没有登录到他/她的个人资料/账户时,在向客户显示的所有网页上。