Method and system for employee reservation of meeting rooms
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving at a first computer system a request from an employee to reserve a room in an office building at a date and time;
accessing in a database at the first computer system a reservation record that is associated with the requested room;
determining whether the room is available based on an indication in the reservation record of the room'"'"'s status at the date and time requested;
if the requested room is available, performing the following;
updating the reservation record associated with the requested room in the database at the first computer system to indicate that the room has been reserved at the date and time requested; and
automatically updating an account record associated with the requesting employee to reflect a cost for the use of the reserved room.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system for reserving a resource from a commonly available set of resources. A request from an employee to reserve a room in an office building at a date and time may be received at a first computer system. A reservation record that is associated with the requested room may be accessed in a database at the first computer system, and a determination may be made whether the room is available based on an indication in the reservation record of the room'"'"'s status at the date and time requested. If the requested room is available, the reservation record associated with the requested room in the database at the first computer system may be updated to indicate that the room has been reserved at the date and time requested, and an account record associated with the requesting employee may be automatically updated to reflect a cost for the use of the reserved room.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving at a first computer system a request from an employee to reserve a room in an office building at a date and time;
accessing in a database at the first computer system a reservation record that is associated with the requested room;
determining whether the room is available based on an indication in the reservation record of the room'"'"'s status at the date and time requested;
if the requested room is available, performing the following;
updating the reservation record associated with the requested room in the database at the first computer system to indicate that the room has been reserved at the date and time requested; and
automatically updating an account record associated with the requesting employee to reflect a cost for the use of the reserved room. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A machine-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to implement a method comprising:
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receiving at a first computer system a request from an employee to reserve a room in an office building at a date and time;
accessing in a database at the first computer system a reservation record that is associated with the requested room;
determining whether the room is available based on an indication in the reservation record of the room'"'"'s status at the date and time requested;
if the requested room is available, performing the following;
updating the reservation record associated with the requested room in the database at the first computer system to indicate that the room has been reserved at the date and time requested; and
automatically updating an account record associated with the requesting employee to reflect a cost for the use of the reserved room. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a storage unit to store a plurality of records that each contain reservation data for a plurality or rooms;
a storage unit to store a plurality of cost records that assign a cost to an entity for the use of a room in an office building; and
a means for processing a request to reserve a room in the office building, wherein if processing the request results in reservation of a room, the processing includes updating a cost record to assign a cost to an entity for the use of the room. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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