Abstract: A travel system uses information pertaining to an initial origin and an ultimate destination of a traveler, instead of specific airports (or other travel depots) to plan and book a complete itinerary. The complete itinerary may include transportation, lodging, and/or car rentals for one or more travel legs to/from one or more destinations. In some embodiments, the travel system may import information associated with one or more appointments from the traveler's calendar to automatically plan and book the complete itinerary.

Abstract: A travel system uses information pertaining to an initial origin and an ultimate destination of a traveler, instead of specific airports (or other travel depots) to plan and book a complete itinerary. The complete itinerary may include transportation, lodging, and/or car rentals for one or more travel legs to/from one or more destinations. In some embodiments, the travel system may import information associated with one or more appointments from the traveler's calendar to automatically plan and book the complete itinerary.

Abstract: Today's institution application process distracts the resources of admissions offices with paper shuffling and processing away from the intellectual match-up of quality applicants and suitable higher education opportunities. The invention replaces this old way of doing things with a more efficient, unified system. This system uses the power of partnership to centrally collect and distribute application information. As a result, the system removes the duplicative administrative efforts, which happen concurrently at each institution, and delivers information and analysis far in excess of what each institution could provide independently.