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SYSTEM FOR REGULATING ACCESS TO A RESOURCE

  • US 20100277276A1
  • Filed: 05/12/2010
  • Published: 11/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for regulating access to a resource by a plurality of users, the system comprising:

  • a plurality of portable access keys, each portable access key being provided to one of the plurality of users and having a variable access parameter associated therewith, each portable access key further allowing the respective user to indicate a desire for a number of people to access the resource; and

    a queue manager, arranged to set an access criterion for the resource, to determine that the variable access parameter for a portable access key for which a desire to access the resource has been indicated meets the access criterion, and in consequence, to allow the user of the portable access key to join an access queue, users in the access queue subsequently being provided access to the resource, the queue manager being further configured to determine a characteristic for the access queue, related to a number of users in the access queue; and

    wherein the queue manager is further configured to set the access criterion for the resource on the basis of a characteristic for the access queue.

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