Web Enabled Business to Business Computer System for Rental Car Services Including Data Display Functionality - 4

Abstract

An Internet enabled, business-to-business computerized transaction system is disclosed in its preferred embodiment for use in providing rental car services for high volume users and comprises an Internet web portal through which the high volume user may access an integrated business computer network for the rental vehicle service provider. The rental vehicle services provider computer network is configured to interconnect a geographically diverse plurality of branch offices, cataloguing their available rental vehicles and schedules for same as well as handling all transactional data relating to its business. The Internet web portal provides ubiquitous connectivity and portability for a multi-level business organization who regularly places high volumes of rental purchases with its business partner. Utilizing the method and apparatus of the present invention large volumes of rental transactions may be placed, monitored, altered during performance, and closed out with financial accounting and payment being made virtually without human intervention.

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         47 . A rental vehicle reservation management computer system for processing a plurality of rental vehicle reservations, the computer system being configured to:
 (1) provide a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) screens for display over the Internet on a purchaser computer,   (2) accept input from the purchaser computer over the Internet and through the provided GUI screens,   (3) create a plurality of rental vehicle reservations in response to the accepted input, wherein the rental vehicle reservations correspond to a plurality of replacement vehicles for a plurality of vehicles undergoing repair at a plurality of repair facilities, each rental vehicle reservation having an authorized number of days, and   (4) provide at least one report for display on the purchaser computer through a provided GUI screen, the at least one report comprising details about the plurality of rental vehicle reservations including sorted data therefor that identifies at least one selected from the group consisting of (1) the repair facilities where the vehicles are undergoing repair, (2) the authorized number of days for the plurality of rental vehicle reservations, and (3) a number of days behind for rental vehicle reservations that have been open for more than the authorized number of days, the number of days behind being calculated as a difference between the number of authorized days for an open rental vehicle reservation and a number of days that that rental vehicle reservation has been open.   
     
     
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