摘要:
A method and system are described for event and service inventory management. One embodiment comprises: in response to a user request for tickets to an event, searching a database for available tickets of a set of tickets purchased prior in time; displaying to a user information about booked but unused tickets; and, in response to identifying unused tickets, allowing the user to book the available event tickets, without the user having received separate authorization to obtain tickets to the event.
摘要:
One embodiment of the present invention includes a meeting planning tool that contains information about as many different aspects of a meeting as desired, including the cost of the meeting, both in direct expenses and indirect costs to the enterprise or organization, thus allowing a meeting planner to optimize the overall cost of the meeting to the lowest point in a total-cost-of-ownership approach to planning.
摘要:
A method for changing a personal profile or context during a transaction, is described. In one embodiment, the method is to be implemented on a system. In one embodiment the method comprises receiving travel selections for a first leg of an itinerary; receiving an assignment of the travel selections for the first leg to a first profile; receiving travel selections for a second leg of the itinerary; receiving an assignment of the travel selections for the second leg to a second profile; and billing for the first and second legs of the itinerary as a single multi-leg travel itinerary, and billing the first leg of the itinerary to the first profile and billing the second leg of the itinerary to the second profile.
摘要:
In one embodiment, method that can be performed on a system, is provided to take not just a person's time and location into consideration, but also has knowledge of and takes into account their availability, their preferences, their schedule, their purpose for being at their current location, and/or their next goal or stop (not just in terms of location but also in terms of activity). One embodiment is able to take into account a real-time view of supplier inventory and deduce and make available much better-adapted offerings and support for that person's travels and endeavors.
摘要:
Login credentials for at least one website, such as a social networking website, are received from a user purporting to act on behalf of an entity, for example, in the context of registering the entity with a system for electronic bill payment. Social data relating to the entity is retrieved from the websites using the login credentials. The social data comprises a plurality of social connections, each reflecting a respective relationship between the entity and a respective third party. A plurality of relevant social connections comprising at least a subset of the plurality of social connections is determined, each social connection of the plurality of relevant social connections reflecting a relationship to a respective third party that is deemed to be reliable. A reliability rating of the entity is then determined based on the plurality of relevant social connections.
摘要:
An event that potentially relates to payments of an entity is detected by an electronic payment system. In response to detecting the event, automatically and without user intervention, a set of rules relating to the payments of the entity that relates to the event is retrieved, financial information relating to the set of rules relating is retrieved, a payment is determined based on the event, the set of rules and the financial information and the payment is effected. The rules may be user defined and stored in a rules database. The financial information may be drawn from the electronic payment system and/or websites of various service providers based on one or more rules. The payment may be scheduled for future execution, or may be executed immediately based on one or more rules.
摘要:
Systems and methods are provided to provide enhanced business to business information within an electronic money exchange. Various types of information relating to a plurality businesses are collected from a variety of sources, including transaction information, rating information, offerings information and publicly available information, such as information from third-party websites. The collected information is analyzed to create various metrics that relate to business's reliability and creditworthiness and enhanced profiles are created for each of the plurality of businesses. Facilities are provided for querying businesses to search the enhanced profiles of the plurality of businesses using various search criteria and to establish relationships with selected businesses.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a method that can be performed on a system, is provided for automatic review of travel changes and improved suggestions and rules set. In one embodiment, the method comprises generating an aggregate of travel history data based on one or more travelers, the data including changes made to travel selections of an itinerary following an initial purchase of the travel selections; receiving a request for travel options in relation to a requested travel itinerary; and generating a first set of travel options for the requested travel itinerary, based at least in part on the aggregate of travel history data, the first set of travel options to result in a cost lower than a second set of travel options, if changes are made to selected travel options of the requested travel itinerary following an initial purchase of the selected travel options.
摘要:
In one embodiment, a system and method are provided that allows easy integration of an existing third-party information or services management system into a services platform such as a Platform without requiring actual compiled code to be written. In addition, in one embodiment, the system and method allow developers to create new applications without requiring actual code to be written, which applications run on a services platform such as a Platform and are easily billable, upgradeable and supportable.