Coupa Software Inc.

Dan Benson

Doug Benson

Jeffrey Hellman

Valerie Layman

Alison Guilbeaux

Dawn Fink

Choon Peck

One computer-implemented method comprises receiving requests to create subforms associated with a digitally stored expense trip preapproval form; in a particular subform, receiving input specifying input values for attributes of the particular subform, the plurality of input values collectively specifying the travel expense item; programmatically transmitting, to a price modeling server, a query comprising the input values and requesting a cost value for a travel item corresponding to the input values, and receiving a predicted cost of the travel expense item; automatically updating the particular subform to display the predicted cost and to populate the predicted cost into a total cost attribute, the total cost attribute being separate from the predicted cost; receiving an updated value of the total cost attribute and updating it; in response to determining that the updated total cost attribute differs from the predicted cost, presenting a notification specifying an amount of the difference.

Smart trip preapproval prediction

In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a machine-implemented technique that improves the traditional methods of expense reimbursement processes by allowing an authorized delegate, e.g., administrative assistant, that is acting on behalf of another, e.g., account owner, to add expense items through a device on which the delegate is logged-in to, as opposed to a device on which the account owner is logged-in to, all without requiring the delegate to manage multiple user accounts and in an automated fashion.

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Dan Benson