Seat reservation system and process
First Claim
1. A seat reservation process, the process including the steps of:
- accepting reservation requests for available seats for an event;
offering to customers an option to book a seat having one or more empty seats adjacent thereto on payment of a premium or agreeing to pay a premium or other consideration;
terminating the reservation of requests for seats at a predetermined time;
determining, after said step of terminating the reservation of requests for seats, if there are empty seats for the event; and
if there are empty seats available for the event, allocating seats having empty seats adjacent thereto to those customers who have paid or have agreed to pay said premium or other consideration.
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Abstract
A seat reservation process, the process including the steps of: accepting reservation requests for available seats for an event; offering to customers an option to book a seat having one or more empty seats adjacent thereto on payment of a premium or agreeing to pay a premium or other consideration; terminating the reservation of requests for seats at a predetermined time: determining, after the step of terminating the reservation of requests for seats, if there are empty seats for the event; and if there are empty seats available for the event, allocating seats having empty seats adjacent thereto to those customers who have paid or have agreed to pay said premium or other consideration.
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21 Claims
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1. A seat reservation process, the process including the steps of:
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accepting reservation requests for available seats for an event;
offering to customers an option to book a seat having one or more empty seats adjacent thereto on payment of a premium or agreeing to pay a premium or other consideration;
terminating the reservation of requests for seats at a predetermined time;
determining, after said step of terminating the reservation of requests for seats, if there are empty seats for the event; and
if there are empty seats available for the event, allocating seats having empty seats adjacent thereto to those customers who have paid or have agreed to pay said premium or other consideration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 18, 19)
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6. In an airline seat reservation process, an empty seat allocation process which includes the steps of:
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allocating a first seat to a passenger for a flight; and
allocating a second seat to the passenger adjacent to the first seat if the passenger provides or agrees to provide consideration for the allocation of said second seat. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 20. A seat reservation system, including a seat reservation module for generating reservation data for reserving a seat for an event and one or more empty seats adjacent thereto on payment of a premium or agreeing to pay a premium or other consideration, and an empty seat allocator for allocating empty seats on the basis of said reservation data.
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