6.5.4: Process Travel Services Provider Data

This process shall provide information and reservation services obtained from travel services providers. The process shall provide the information and reservation data to travelers using a kiosk, their own personal computing device, an in-vehicle unit, or a telecommunications based traveler information system, filtered and sorted based on their request. The process shall be able to request additional travel services information. The process shall send requests for payment to a process in the Provide Electronic Payment Services function for action, and shall send the response back to the process from which the payment request was received. The traveler's travel services requests shall be sent to the data archival process. An interface to the transportation information center operator is maintained to allow the operator to set the parameters for the data interfaces and for the interface with the travel services provider. This process shall accept user profile information to facilitate the information output to travelers.

This process is associated with the Transportation Information Center physical object.

This process is associated with the following functional objects:

• TIC Data Collection
• TIC Travel Services Information and Reservation
• TIC Trip Planning

This process is associated with the following data flows:

• ttsp-transaction_request
• ftsp-transaction_confirmation
• travel_services_update_request
• travel_services_data_parameters
• ftico-travel_services_operator_inputs
• ttico-travel_services_operator_information
• traveler_other_services_payment_request
• traveler_other_services_payment_result
• traveler_transaction_confirmation
• traveler_transaction_request
• traveler_personal_transaction_confirmation
• traveler_personal_transaction_request
• vehicle_transaction_confirmation
• vehicle_transaction_request
• traveler_payment_information_for_services
• traveler_travel_services_data_request
• traveler_travel_services_provider_data
• vehicle_travel_services_provider_data
• traveler_personal_travel_services_provider_data
• vehicle_payment_information_for_services
• vehicle_travel_services_data_request
• traveler_personal_payment_information_for_services
• traveler_personal_travel_services_data_request
• travel_services_data_for_travel_services
• traveler_telecomm_travel_services_data
• traveler_telecomm_travel_services_data_request
• travel_services_requests_for_archive
• profiles_for_travel_services
• travel_services_data_for_freight