Inventors:
Paula Williams - Bal Harbour FL, US
Assignee:
ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN AND MELLOTT LLC
International Classification:
G06F017/60, G06F015/16
US Classification:
705/005000, 709/203000, 715/513000
Abstract:
A computer system for entering a reservation includes a client system, such as a personal computer (PC) client; a server system including a web server, an application server and a host reservation and database system; and a global communication system, such as the Internet, between the PC client and the server system. The PC client includes a display sub-system, such as a browser, for displaying information identifying a vehicle rental to be reserved, such as a car rental; a data entry sub-system cooperating with the display sub-system and generating a single action; and a communication sub-system cooperating with the data entry sub-system. The host reservation and database system includes a car club's car rental database which stores profile information for a plurality of car rental club members. The server system also includes a receiving component which receives a car rental club number that identifies a car rental club member, and receives a request to reserve the car rental for the member, with the request being sent in response to only the single action. A retrieval component retrieves the stored profile information from the car rental database for the member identified by the identifier, and a reservation entry component generates a reservation to reserve the car rental for the member by using the retrieved stored profile information. The Internet sends the car rental club number to the server system, and in response to only the single action being performed, sends the request to the server system.