Private, secure travel system
AssigneeBank of America Corporation
InventorsVijaya L. Vemireddy, Kevin A. Delson
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Abstract
A system for providing private, secure travel is provided. The system may include a transceiver. The transceiver may be operable to receive and transmit communication from and to a plurality of travelers and a plurality of service providers. The system may include an itinerary booking module. The itinerary booking module may process itinerary communications received from the plurality of travelers. The itinerary booking module may determine a plurality of legs included in each received itinerary. The itinerary booking module may book, via the transceiver, at least one service provider for each leg of each itinerary. The system may include a unique identifier generator. The unique identifier generator may generate a unique identifier for each of the plurality of travelers.
Claims15
A method for implementing a private, secure travel itinerary, the method comprising:
- receiving the itinerary from a traveler, said itinerary comprising a plurality of legs;
- transmitting the itinerary to a central processing system;
- generating, at the central processing system, a unique anonymous identifier, said unique identifier identifying:
- the itinerary;
- and
- comprising a biometric identifier associated with the traveler;
- anonymously booking, using the unique identifier, by the central processing system, each leg included in the itinerary, with a service provider, wherein the central processing system uses the unique identifier to book travel services from the service provider without providing the service provider with personal information of the traveler, wherein the unique identifier is dynamic and varies for each leg of the itinerary;
- transmitting, from the central processing system, the unique identifier and a plurality of details relating to the one or more service providers to the traveler;
- and
- during travel of the traveler, anonymously validating the anonymous booking with the service provider.
A central processing system for private, secure travel itinerary implementation, the system comprising:
- a transceiver, said transceiver operable to receive and transmit communications to a plurality of travelers and a plurality of service providers;
- a unique identifier generator, said unique identifier generator operable to generate a unique identifier for each of the plurality of travelers, where each unique identifier identifies an itinerary for one of the plurality of travelers and comprises a biometric identifier associated with the one of the plurality of travelers;
- and
- an itinerary booking module, said itinerary booking module operable to:
- process itinerary communications received from the plurality of travelers;
- and
- determine a plurality of legs included in each received itinerary;
- and
- anonymously book, using the unique identifier for each of the plurality of travelers, via the transceiver, each leg of each itinerary with at least one service provider from the plurality of service providers, wherein the central processing system uses each unique identifier to book travel services for one of the plurality of travelers from the at least one service provider without providing the at least one service provider with personal information of the one of the plurality of travelers, wherein each unique identifier for each of the plurality of travelers is dynamic and varies for each leg of each received itinerary;
- transmit each unique identifier and a plurality of details relating to at least one service provider to each of the plurality of travelers;
- and
- anonymously validate, during travel of each of the plurality of travelers, the anonymous booking with the at least one service provider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.