Method and apparatus for providing visitors with a personalized itinerary and managed access to attractions
DCFirst Claim
1. A system for providing an itinerary to a party, said itinerary comprising a second set of attractions selected from a first set of attractions, said system comprising:
- data regarding said first set of attractions;
information about said party, at least a portion of said information distinguishing among said first set of attractions with respect to said data;
a computer having access to said data and said information, said computer having software that selects said second set of attractions from said first set of attractions, said second set of attractions consisting of at least some of said first set of attractions for which said data substantially matches with said information;
a presentation means in communication with said computer, said presentation means able to receive said itinerary from said computer and present said itinerary to said party,whereby said itinerary is customized for said party.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for creating itineraries for a party of visitors to a facility, the facility having multiple attractions. Visitors give answers to questions about their preferences, which is combined with authoritative information about their admission privileges, and information stored about the attractions and facility, to generate an itinerary. The method can be executed by a portable, handheld computer which asks the questions, accepts the answers, and processes them into an itinerary which is both portable and dynamic, adjusting in real time to schedule changes and unscheduled attraction closures. In an alternative embodiment, the itinerary can be generated as the result of an Internet transaction, or through an interaction with a facility employee. The itinerary may be presented to the party in printed form, such as a schedule or ticket book. If a facility has an access control system that uses a central database, the itinerary can generated as records in the database, thereby allowing parallel use of prior art access methods.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for providing an itinerary to a party, said itinerary comprising a second set of attractions selected from a first set of attractions, said system comprising:
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data regarding said first set of attractions; information about said party, at least a portion of said information distinguishing among said first set of attractions with respect to said data; a computer having access to said data and said information, said computer having software that selects said second set of attractions from said first set of attractions, said second set of attractions consisting of at least some of said first set of attractions for which said data substantially matches with said information; a presentation means in communication with said computer, said presentation means able to receive said itinerary from said computer and present said itinerary to said party, whereby said itinerary is customized for said party.
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2. A method of providing an itinerary to a party, said itinerary comprising a second set of attractions selected from a first set of attractions, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) providing data regarding said first set of attractions; b) gathering information about said party, at least a portion of said information distinguishing among said first set of attractions with respect to said data; c) providing a computer having access to said data and said information, said computer having software operable to select said second set of attractions from said first set of attractions; d) selecting said second set of attractions with said software such that said second set of attractions comprises at least one of said first set of attractions for which said data substantially matches with said information; e) providing a presentation means able to receive said itinerary from said computer; and
,f) presenting said itinerary to said party using said presentation means; wherein said information comprises an aversion attribute of said party and a corresponding nullifying preference of said party, wherein said data distinguishes a portion of said first set of attractions as being less desirable with respect to said aversion attribute unless said corresponding nullifying preference is present, and wherein in step d) at least one attraction from said portion of said first set of attractions is selected for said second set of attractions; whereby said itinerary is customized for said party.
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3. A method of providing an itinerary to a party, said itinerary comprising a second set of attractions selected from a first set of attractions, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) providing data regarding said first set of attractions; b) gathering information about said party, at least a portion of said information distinguishing among said first set of attractions with respect to said data; c) providing a computer having access to said data and said information, said computer having software that selects said second set of attractions from said first set of attractions; d) selecting said second set of attractions with said software such that said second set of attractions comprises at least one of said first set of attractions for which said data substantially matches with said information; e) providing a presentation means able to receive said itinerary from said computer; and
,f) presenting said itinerary to said party using said presentation means; whereby said itinerary is customized for said party. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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