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RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM

  • US 20090025005A1
  • Filed: 07/20/2007
  • Published: 01/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method implemented by a computing device for assigning a resource via a resource assignment service in response to an assignment request transferred from a client computer to a server computer via a communication network, said method comprising:

  • receiving, at the server computer, a plurality of registration requests from a plurality of users of one or more the client computers, each of the plurality of registration requests including a registration data for a particular user;

    identifying eligible users from the plurality of users as a function of the registration data included in each of the plurality of registration requests, the eligible users being eligible to request a resource assignment from the resource assignment service;

    generating a list of eligible users that includes each of the identified eligible users;

    assigning a random number to each eligible user in the list of eligible users;

    assigning each eligible user in the list of eligible users an authorized period of time during which the eligible user can access the resource assignment service as a function of the random number assigned to that eligible user;

    receiving, at the server computer, an assignment request from a particular eligible user via the client computer, the assignment request identifying a desired resource;

    querying a resource database storing resource data to determine whether the desired resource is available in response to the received assignment request; and

    assigning the desired resource to the particular eligible user when the desired resource is determined to be available.

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