Patents by Inventor Wayne Polk

Wayne Polk has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060184422
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of processing transaction data relating to settlement of travel transactions that utilizes a graphical user interface is described. A user of a travel-agency computer system enters data corresponding to a financial transaction relating to travel using the graphical user interface, and the travel-agency computer system communicates corresponding information to a computer system of a travel settlement entity via a network. The computer system of the travel settlement entity retrieves corresponding data from a database and processes the data. The travel settlement entity sends a communication to the travel agency via the network based upon the processed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Sandy Cooper, Mark Diskin, Mike Dubois, Kim McCall, Wayne Polk, Sadanand Kusma, Pardeep Kumar, Lucianne Leighton, Lorna Russell, Phil Myers
  • Publication number: 20040088204
    Abstract: The present invention is a computer-implemented method of retrieving raw data from a database that stores data pertaining to multiple travel transaction records and travel documents. That is, the raw data stored in the database includes the information found on a travel document. A summary of the travel transaction record is based on information in the supporting documents. The computer implemented method includes the step of retrieving the raw data and dynamically creating a summary of a travel transaction record concerning all related documents. Moreover, the computer-implemented method further includes the step of dynamically creating a document image of such supporting documentation using the raw data stored in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher Plum, Michael Dubois, Wayne Polk, Mark Diskin, Rebecca Briggs, Bruce Berndt, Keith Venzke, Tom Cooper