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Bidding for a request to reserve a service

  • US 9,934,471 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2013
  • Issued: 04/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • generating, via a processor, a database that comprises data structures indicative of a plurality of table slots for on-site dining service, a plurality of table slots for off-site dining service, a plurality of time slots, in which each time slot corresponds to a time of day that a restaurant provides dining services, and a plurality of ratios of table slots for on-site dining service to table slots for off-site dining service, in which the ratio is adjustable;

    allocating, via the processor, for a particular time slot a ratio;

    determining, via the processor based on the ratio, a quantity of table slots for on-site dining and a quantity of table slots for off-site dining for the particular time slot;

    receiving, via the processor, a request for off-site dining service at the particular time slot;

    determining, via the processor based on the quantity of table slots for off-site dining, that there are no table slots for off-site dining at the particular time slot;

    transmitting, to a remote device, a denial of the request for off-site dinging service at the particular time slot, in which the remote device and the processor are in electronic communication over a network;

    computing, via the processor, that quantity of denials for the particular time slot has exceeded a threshold; and

    adjusting, via the processor, the ratio for the particular time slot.

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