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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Arnold H. Bramnick, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Peter L. Lutz, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for managing inbound user traffic to a reservation system. The method includes receiving messages from one or more users and determining, by one or more computer processors, at least one of the one or more users is not a preferred user, based on the messages received. The method further includes sending the messages from the at least one user to a limiting component, wherein the limiting component slows the messages from the at least one of the one or more users to the reservation system.