COMPUTER NETWORK BASED UNIVERSAL RESERVATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A computer network based universal reservation system enabling one or more clients to schedule reservations for services provided by one or more service providers, said system comprising:
- a universal reservation processing center, said universal reservation processing center being enabled to receive one or more service offers, wherein the service offers are defined by the service offer providers;
one or more service offering systems, each said service offering system enabling service offer providers to define one or more service offers, wherein a service offer includes information indicating whether said universal reservation processing center is delegated authority to complete reservation requests with clients relating to the service offer; and
one or more marketplace systems, each said marketplace system being enabled to receive the one or more service offers from said universal reservation processing center, present the clients the one or more service offers, receive reservation requests from the clients relating to the one or more service offers, and communicate received reservation requests to said universal reservation processing center;
wherein said universal reservation processing center communicates the one or more service offers from said one or more service offering systems to said one or more marketplace systems; and
wherein said universal reservation processing center processes reservation requests received from said one or more marketplace systems.
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Abstract
A computer network based universal reservation system (CNBURS) that enables clients to schedule reservations for services provided by service providers. In one embodiment the CNBURS includes a single universal reservations processing center (URPC), one or more service offering systems (SOSs) and one or more marketplaces. The URPC receives service offers defined by the service offer providers. Each SOS enables service offer providers to define one or more service offers. Each marketplace system receives the service offer(s) from the URPC, presents the clients the service offer(s), receives reservation requests from the clients relating to the service offer(s), and communicates received reservation requests to the URPC. The URPC communicates the service offer(s) from the one or more SOSs to the one or more marketplace systems and processes reservation requests received from the one or more marketplace systems.
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31 Claims
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1. A computer network based universal reservation system enabling one or more clients to schedule reservations for services provided by one or more service providers, said system comprising:
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a universal reservation processing center, said universal reservation processing center being enabled to receive one or more service offers, wherein the service offers are defined by the service offer providers; one or more service offering systems, each said service offering system enabling service offer providers to define one or more service offers, wherein a service offer includes information indicating whether said universal reservation processing center is delegated authority to complete reservation requests with clients relating to the service offer; and one or more marketplace systems, each said marketplace system being enabled to receive the one or more service offers from said universal reservation processing center, present the clients the one or more service offers, receive reservation requests from the clients relating to the one or more service offers, and communicate received reservation requests to said universal reservation processing center; wherein said universal reservation processing center communicates the one or more service offers from said one or more service offering systems to said one or more marketplace systems; and wherein said universal reservation processing center processes reservation requests received from said one or more marketplace systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer network based universal reservation system enabling one or more clients to schedule reservations for services provided by one or more service providers, said system comprising:
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a service offering system that defines a service offer by a service provider; a universal reservation processing center that receives the service offer; a service interface broker corresponding with said service offering system, wherein said service interface broker connects said corresponding service offering system with said universal reservation processing center for communication there between via a computer network; an API interfacing said corresponding service interface broker and service offering system; and a plurality of marketplace systems, wherein each said marketplace system receives the service offer from said universal reservation processing center, presents the clients the service offer, receives reservation requests from the clients relating to the service offer, and communicates received reservation requests to said universal reservation processing center; wherein said universal reservation processing center communicates the service offer from said service offering system to said marketplace systems; and wherein said universal reservation processing center processes reservation requests received from said marketplace systems. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer network based universal reservation system enabling one or more clients to schedule reservations for services provided by one or more service providers, said system comprising:
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a plurality of service offering systems that define one or more service offers by one or more service providers; a universal reservation processing center that receives the one or more service offers; a marketplace system that receives the one or more service offers from said universal reservation processing center, presents a client the one or more service offers, receives a reservation request from the client relating to the one or more service offers, and communicates the received reservation request to said universal reservation processing center; a marketplace interface broker corresponding with said marketplace system that connects said corresponding marketplace system with said universal reservation processing center for communication there between via a computer network; and an API interfacing the corresponding marketplace interface broker and marketplace system; wherein said universal reservation processing center communicates the one or more service offers from said service offering systems to said marketplace system; and wherein said universal reservation processing center processes the reservation request received from said marketplace system. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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