Reservation management apparatus and method for making arrangements according to degrees of importance of reservations
First Claim
1. A reservation management apparatus in an information processing system for receiving reservation requirements and determining whether to accept the reservation requirements, comprising:
- entry means for entering requirements of a first reservation;
storage means for storing information of a second reservation that was previously registered and storing predetermined standards for determining degrees of importance;
detection means for determining whether there is a duplication between the first reservation and the second reservation, according to the information of the second reservation stored in said storage means and the requirements of the first reservation, when the requirements of the first reservation are entered;
importance degree determination means for calculating an importance degree of the first reservation according to the requirements of the first reservation, and an importance degree of the second reservation according to the information of the second reservation, by referring to the predetermined standards for determining degrees of importance stored in said storage means; and
arrangement means for determining whether to accept the requirements of the first reservation, based on a comparison between the importance degree of the first reservation and the importance degree of the second reservation, which are calculated by said importance degree determination means, wherein the first reservation is accepted when the importance degree of the first reservation is greater than the importance degree of the second reservation.
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Abstract
A reservation management apparatus automatically determining importance degrees of reservations such as a resource, a scheduling, etc. This apparatus allows an arrangement of duplicate reservations, using the importance degrees, and a determination of reservation acceptance. An entry unit functions for entering the requirements of the first reservation, a storage unit stores information of the second reservation previously entered and registered, a detection unit determines whether or not there is a duplication between the first reservation requirement and the second reservation information, an importance degree determination unit calculates the importance degrees of the first and second reservations and a plurality of items for each of the reservations, an arrangement unit arranges the first reservation as requested, cancels or changes the duplicate second reservation, and refuses to arrange the first reservation, and an output unit outputs results of a determination.
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14 Claims
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1. A reservation management apparatus in an information processing system for receiving reservation requirements and determining whether to accept the reservation requirements, comprising:
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entry means for entering requirements of a first reservation; storage means for storing information of a second reservation that was previously registered and storing predetermined standards for determining degrees of importance; detection means for determining whether there is a duplication between the first reservation and the second reservation, according to the information of the second reservation stored in said storage means and the requirements of the first reservation, when the requirements of the first reservation are entered; importance degree determination means for calculating an importance degree of the first reservation according to the requirements of the first reservation, and an importance degree of the second reservation according to the information of the second reservation, by referring to the predetermined standards for determining degrees of importance stored in said storage means; and arrangement means for determining whether to accept the requirements of the first reservation, based on a comparison between the importance degree of the first reservation and the importance degree of the second reservation, which are calculated by said importance degree determination means, wherein the first reservation is accepted when the importance degree of the first reservation is greater than the importance degree of the second reservation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A reservation management method in an information processing system comprising the steps of:
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entering requirements of a first reservation; determining whether there is a duplication between a first reservation and a second reservation, according to the requirements of the first reservation and information of the second reservation that was previously registered; calculating an importance degree of the first reservation according to the requirements of the first reservation, and an importance degree ofthe second reservation according to the information of the second reservation, by referring to predetermined standards for determining degrees of importance; and determining whether to accept the first reservation by comparing the importance degree of the first reservation and the importance degree of the second reservation, wherein the first reservation is accepted when the importance degree of the first reservation is greater than the importance degree of the second reservation.
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