Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for identifying effective purchase options for travel. One exemplary method includes accessing, by a computing device, calendar data for a user including a location and a time for an appointment; identifying, by the computing device, a first purchase option including travel from a prior location to the appointment location, so that the user is scheduled to arrive at the location of the appointment prior to the appointment time; identifying, by the computing device, a second purchase option including travel, different than the travel of the first purchase option, from the prior location to the location of the at least one appointment; determining, by the computing device, a fare associated with each of the purchase options; receiving, at the computing device, a selection of at least one of the purchase options; and publishing, by the computing device, the selected at least one of the purchase options.

Abstract: A knowledge base of information is generated to facilitate servicing of equipment from multiple manufacturers. A network (10) receives and publishes equipment servicing questions and answers from network users. Each equipment servicing question and associated answer submitted is validated and then stored in a searchable database (20).