Universal intelligent group guidance system and method
First Claim
1. A system for guiding a party of people around a facility having a plurality of events to be visited by the party, said system comprising:
- a system control center, comprising;
means for receiving and processing information identifying a party,means for receiving and processing information concerning progress of the party through the facility,means for transmitting information concerning each event to and receiving information concerning each event from a front area port and an exit area port,means for determining congestion at each of the events following completion of each event based on information input to the system control center;
means for designating an event to be visited by the party, andmeans for subsequently designating a next event to be visited by the party based on congestion at the events calculated from information input to the system control center, said next event bearing a calculated designation determined by the system control center;
each said front area port comprising means for transmitting information to and receiving information from the system control center; and
each said exit area port comprising means for transmitting information to and receiving information from the system control center;
wherein the events are visited in an order which is determined by the system control center to avoid congestion in response to information identifying the party and information concerning the events received by the system control center from the front area ports-and the exit area ports.
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Abstract
A system and method for guiding a party of people around a facility having a plurality of consecutively designated events to be visited by the party, each event having a front area port and an exit area port associated therewith, includes a system control center for transmitting information to and receiving information from the front area ports and exit area ports, a system for designating an event to be visited by the party and for subsequently designating a next event to be visited by the party, the next event bearing a designation other than the next consecutive designation compared with the designation of the event visited. The front area ports and the exit area ports are able to transmit information to and receive information from the system control center. The order in which the events are visited is determined by the system control center in response to information identifying the party and at least one of the events may be visited out of the consecutively designated order of the events.
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1. A system for guiding a party of people around a facility having a plurality of events to be visited by the party, said system comprising:
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a system control center, comprising; means for receiving and processing information identifying a party, means for receiving and processing information concerning progress of the party through the facility, means for transmitting information concerning each event to and receiving information concerning each event from a front area port and an exit area port, means for determining congestion at each of the events following completion of each event based on information input to the system control center; means for designating an event to be visited by the party, and means for subsequently designating a next event to be visited by the party based on congestion at the events calculated from information input to the system control center, said next event bearing a calculated designation determined by the system control center; each said front area port comprising means for transmitting information to and receiving information from the system control center; and each said exit area port comprising means for transmitting information to and receiving information from the system control center; wherein the events are visited in an order which is determined by the system control center to avoid congestion in response to information identifying the party and information concerning the events received by the system control center from the front area ports-and the exit area ports. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for guiding a party of people around a facility having a plurality of events, each event having means for communicating with a system control center at a front area port and at an exit area port associated therewith, said method comprising:
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(a) entering data identifying the party and data concerning the events into a system control center; (b) analyzing the entered data with respect to congestion at the events in the facility; (c) transmitting data between the system control center and the front area ports and exit area ports concerning a designated event to be visited by the party; (d) monitoring progress of the party at an event according to information identifying the party entered into the system at the ports and transmitted to the system control center; (e) after each event determining .Congestion at each of the events from information concerning congestion inputted into the System control center; (f) designating a next event to be visited by the party based on congestion at the events calculated from information inputted to the system control center, following visitation to the event designated in step (c), said next event bearing a designation which alleviates congestion in the facility; and (g) repeating steps (b) through (f) until a selected number of events as registered by the system control center have been visited. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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