US 7,561,963 B2
System, method, and computer program product for comparing the cost of driving an owned or leased vehicle to the cost various transportation options
Tony Brice, Colleyville, Tex. (US); Russell L. Strothmann, Broken Arrow, Okla. (US); and Amela Abadzic, Plano, Tex. (US)
Assigned to Sabre Inc., Southlake, Tex. (US)
Filed on Oct. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/246,644.
Prior Publication US 2007/0083327 A1, Apr. 12, 2007
Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 701—210  [701/123; 705/6] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for comparing a cost of driving a traveler's vehicle to a cost of other transportation options, the system comprising:
a computing device capable of calculating a total cost to drive the traveler's vehicle on a trip, the traveler's vehicle defined by a vehicle make and a vehicle model, the trip at least partially defined by a number of miles from a departure location to a destination location; the computing device further capable of calculating a total cost to drive a rental vehicle on the trip, the trip further defined by a number of days from a beginning of the trip to an end of the trip, the rental vehicle defined by a vehicle type; and the computing device further capable of comparing the total cost to drive the traveler's vehicle on the trip to the total cost to drive the rental vehicle on the trip.