System For Golf Reservations

• US 20110202376A1
• Filed: 11/12/2010
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Computee Internet Hosting, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Computee Internet Hosting, Inc.
• Inventors: Rodenberg, Bob
• Application Number:
  US12/945,533
• Publication Number:
  US 20110202376A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events

Abstract

A system and method for making reservations, in particular golf tee times, utilizing the Internet is disclosed. The system provides a user with access to a reservation system of a particular location, such as a golf course. The user is able to make and confirm a reservation for an event, such as a tee time, from anywhere. The system can also employ Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to enable a user to make and confirm a reservation for an event by dialing a local phone number.

Claims

1. A reservation system for implementing real time access to a plurality of individual, diverse locations, said system comprising:

a user terminal;

a first communication interface connecting said user terminal to a central computer, said central computer having specialized software thereon;

a reservation system, said central computer operatively connected to said reservation system;

said reservation system operatively connected to a plurality of different venues by a second communication interface, said reservation system providing said user with access to a plurality of events;

said user terminal constructed and arranged to enable said user to view and select one of said plurality of events;

said reservation system communicating a confirmation of said user selection to said user terminal through said communication interface.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said first and said second communication interfaces are the Internet and said user terminal both transmits data and receives data.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein said terminal includes a graphical user interface.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said reservation system includes a server, said server is in communication with at least one of a plurality of different venues, said different venues are located at the sites of said available events;

said reservation system further including a database connected to said server.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said database of reservation system contains information including at least one of a reservation time for an event, all of the reservations relating to said user and said user'"'"'s scores in a game.

6. The system of claim 4 wherein said reservation system includes information including at least one of a reservation time for an event, all of the reservations relating to said user and said user'"'"'s scores in a game, said information is stored at said different venue.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein said information is a reservation time for a golf game and said user'"'"'s scores are golf scores.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said user terminal is a telephone, said second communication interface is a public switched telephone network and the Internet, said user terminal both transmits data and receives data.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said telephone communicates with said reservation system using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

10. The system of claim 9 wherein said central computer simultaneously communicates with said user and said different venues utilizing both said first and said second communication interfaces.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein said second communication interface includes a telephone switch, said telephone switch connects the Internet to said server.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein said central computer simultaneously communicates with said user and said different venues utilizing both said first and said second communication interfaces.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein a voice activated communication system is connected to said server, said voice activated communication system accepting input from said user and converting said input to usable data in said server.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein said central computer simultaneously communicates with said user and said different venues utilizing both said first and said second communication interfaces.