METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESERVING FUTURE PURCHASES OF GOODS AND SERVICES
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1. A method for using electronic options for goods or services or events or places, comprising:
- selecting from a server application on a server network device with one more processors, a sub-set of reservations from a set of available reservations used to reserve a spot in a facility or at an event, wherein individual reservations from the sub-set of reservations are associated with and selectable with plurality of electronic options;
displaying the plurality of electronic options associated with the sub-set of reservations on a plurality of client applications on a plurality of client network devices each with one or more processors from the server network device via a communications network, wherein the plurality of electronic options are not supplied or governed via a central government agency and are not supplied or governed via security laws and wherein the electronic options includes a plurality of different electronic option terms for a plurality of different suppliers, wherein the electronic option terms for a desired supplier are unique to the desired supplier;
receiving a payment message on the server application on the server network device via the communications network from a first client application on a first client network device including electronic payment of a pre-determined electronic option fee to purchase an electronic option for an individual reservation in the sub-set of reservations;
recording the purchase of the electronic option from the server network device in a database associated with the server network device;
receiving an exercise message on the server application on the server network device from the first application on the first client network device via the communications network to exercise the purchased electronic option for the selected individual reservation; and
for sending a confirmation message from the server application on the server network device via the communications network to the first client application on the first client network device indicating the purchased electronic option is valid and can be exercised by the first client network device for the purchased electronic option at the facility or event.
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Abstract
A method and system for reserving future purchases of goods or services or events. A sub-set of reservations from a set of available reservations used to reserve a spot in a facility or at an event are associated with and selectable with plural electronic options. The plural electronic options are also associated with reservation requests if no actual available reservation are available and automatically converted to electronic options for actual reservation if a reservation later becomes available at the facility or event.
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1. A method for using electronic options for goods or services or events or places, comprising:
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selecting from a server application on a server network device with one more processors, a sub-set of reservations from a set of available reservations used to reserve a spot in a facility or at an event, wherein individual reservations from the sub-set of reservations are associated with and selectable with plurality of electronic options; displaying the plurality of electronic options associated with the sub-set of reservations on a plurality of client applications on a plurality of client network devices each with one or more processors from the server network device via a communications network, wherein the plurality of electronic options are not supplied or governed via a central government agency and are not supplied or governed via security laws and wherein the electronic options includes a plurality of different electronic option terms for a plurality of different suppliers, wherein the electronic option terms for a desired supplier are unique to the desired supplier; receiving a payment message on the server application on the server network device via the communications network from a first client application on a first client network device including electronic payment of a pre-determined electronic option fee to purchase an electronic option for an individual reservation in the sub-set of reservations; recording the purchase of the electronic option from the server network device in a database associated with the server network device; receiving an exercise message on the server application on the server network device from the first application on the first client network device via the communications network to exercise the purchased electronic option for the selected individual reservation; and for sending a confirmation message from the server application on the server network device via the communications network to the first client application on the first client network device indicating the purchased electronic option is valid and can be exercised by the first client network device for the purchased electronic option at the facility or event. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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2. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein a plurality of instructions for causing one or more processors on one or more network devices to execute the steps of:
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selecting from a server application on a server network device with one more processors, a sub-set of reservations from a set of available reservations used to reserve a spot in a facility or at an event, wherein individual reservations from the sub-set of reservations are associated with and selectable with plurality of electronic options; displaying the plurality of electronic options associated with the sub-set of reservations on a plurality of client applications on a plurality of client network devices each with one or more processors from the server network device via a communications network, wherein the plurality of electronic options are not supplied or governed via a central government agency and are not supplied or governed via security laws and wherein the electronic options includes a plurality of different electronic option terms for a plurality of different suppliers, wherein the electronic option terms for a desired supplier are unique to the desired supplier; receiving a payment message on the server application on the server network device via the communications network from a first client application on a first client network device including electronic payment of a pre-determined electronic option fee to purchase an electronic option for an individual reservation in the sub-set of reservations; recording the purchase of the electronic option from the server network device in a database associated with the server network device; receiving an exercise message on the server application on the server network device from the first application on the first client network device via the communications network to exercise the purchased electronic option for the selected individual reservation; and for sending a confirmation message from the server application on the server network device via the communications network to the first client application on the first client network device indicating the purchased electronic option is valid and can be exercised by the first client network device for the purchased electronic option at the facility or event.
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20. A system for using electronic options for goods or services or events comprising in combination:
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a non-transitory computer readable medium on a server network device with one or more processors; the non-transitory computer readable medium including a plurality of instructions causing the one or more processors on the server network device; for selecting from a server application on the server network device with one more processors, a sub-set of reservations from a set of available reservations used to reserve a spot in a facility or at an event, wherein individual reservations from the sub-set of reservations are associated with and selectable with plurality of electronic options; for displaying the plurality of electronic options associated with the sub-set of reservations on a plurality of client applications on a plurality of client network devices each with one or more processors from the server network device via a communications network, wherein the plurality of electronic options are not supplied or governed via a central government agency and are not supplied or governed via security laws and wherein the electronic options includes a plurality of different electronic option terms for a plurality of different suppliers, wherein the electronic option terms for a desired supplier are unique to the desired supplier; for receiving a payment message on the server application on the server network device via the communications network from a first client application on a first client network device including electronic payment of a pre-determined electronic option fee to purchase an electronic option for an individual reservation in the sub-set of reservations; for recording the purchase of the electronic option from the server network device in a database associated with the server network device; for receiving an exercise message on the server application on the server network device from the first application on the first client network device via the communications network to exercise the purchased electronic option for the selected individual reservation; and for sending a confirmation message from the server application on the server network device via the communications network to the first client application on the first client network device indicating the purchased electronic option is valid and can be exercised by the first client network device for the purchased electronic option at the facility or event.
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