Multi-facility reservation scheduling system

• US 20030005055A1
• Filed: 05/14/2002
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Debra Deahl Valentine, Gail R. Couchman, Michael B. Jenkins, Richard S. Couchman, Stephen M. Ralston
• Original Assignee: Debra Deahl Valentine, Gail R. Couchman, Michael B. Jenkins, Richard S. Couchman, Stephen M. Ralston
• Inventors: Jenkins, Michael B., Couchman, Gail R., Valentine, Debra Deahl, Ralston, Stephen M., Couchman, Richard S.
• Application Number:
  US10/145,457
• Publication Number:
  US 20030005055A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of scheduling a reservation at a plurality of facilities providing a plurality of services, comprising receiving a packet of client information from a client (20), the client information including personal data, service data, client reservation preference data, and payment data; comparing the service data to a set of service constraints in order to determine any limitations on the scheduling of the reservation; inputting the client information into a scheduling server (80); verifying the client information; generating a predetermined number of reservation candidates based upon an analysis of the client information and the reservation scheduling limitations; communicating the reservation candidates to the client (20); generating a reservation based upon the client'"'"'s selection of one of the reservation candidates; generating reservation information related to the reservation, the reservation information including the client information, the service constraints, a reservation date, a reservation time, the identity of the available facility (35), (45), (55), and the resources to be utilized; reporting at least a portion of the reservation information to the client and all of the client information to the available facility (35), (45), (55); and confirming the reservation in the scheduling server (80). A data processing system (10) for scheduling a reservation from among a plurality of facilities is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of scheduling a reservation at a plurality of facilities providing a plurality of services, comprising:

receiving a packet of client information from a client, said client information including personal data, service data, client reservation preference data, and payment data;

comparing said service data to a set of service constraints in order to determine any limitations on the scheduling of said reservation;

inputting said client information into a scheduling server;

verifying said client information;

generating a predetermined number of reservation candidates based upon an analysis of said client information and said reservation scheduling limitations;

communicating said reservation candidates to said client;

generating a reservation based upon said client'"'"'s selection of one of said reservation candidates;

generating reservation information related to said reservation, said reservation information including said client information, said service constraints, a reservation date, a reservation time, the identity of the available facility, and the resources to be utilized;

reporting at least a portion of said reservation information to said client and all of said client information to said available facility; and

confirming said reservation in said scheduling server.

2. The computer-implemented method of scheduling a reservation of claim 1 wherein said facilities are comprised of at least two facilities selected from the group consisting of hotels, motels, arenas, stadiums, convention halls, convention centers, exhibit centers, and multi-purpose facilities.