System and Method of Transferring Reservations for Transportation Services

A computer-implemented method of transferring reservations for transportation resources, comprising:

• establishing a relationship between first and second vendors which provides for transfer of a reservation inquiry from the first vendor to the second vendor, the relationship including a revenue sharing arrangement;
• transferring the reservation inquiry from the first vendor to the second vendor which provides a rental resource to the customer in accordance with the reservation inquiry;
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• distributing payment between the first and second vendors in accordance with the revenue sharing arrangement.

A computer program product usable with a programmable computer processor having computer readable program code embodied therein, comprising:

• computer readable program code which provides for establishing an agreement between first and second vendors through a transportation service provider which provides for transfer of a reservation inquiry from the first vendor to the second vendor, the agreement including a revenue sharing provision which is managed by the transportation service provider;
• computer readable program code which transfers the reservation inquiry from the first vendor to the second vendor when the first vendor cannot service the reservation inquiry which originated from a customer to the first vendor, the second vendor providing a rental resource to the customer in accordance with the reservation inquiry if selected by the customer;
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• computer readable program code which provides for receiving payment from the customer for the rental resource through the transportation service provider which distributes the payment between the first and second vendors in accordance with revenue sharing provision of the agreement.

A computer system for transferring reservations for transportation resources, comprising:

• means for establishing an agreement between first and second vendors through a transportation service provider which provides for transfer of a reservation inquiry from the first vendor to the second vendor, the agreement including a revenue sharing provision which is managed by the transportation service provider;
• means for transferring the reservation inquiry from the first vendor to the second vendor when the first vendor cannot service the reservation inquiry which originated from a customer to the first vendor, the second vendor providing a rental resource to the customer in accordance with the reservation inquiry if selected by the customer;
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• means for receiving payment from the customer for the rental resource through the transportation service provider which distributes the payment between the first and second vendors in accordance with revenue sharing provision of the agreement.