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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2008
Asit Dan, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Robert Filepp, Westport, CT (US);
Kavitha Ranganathan, New York, NY (US);
Daniela Rosu, Ossining, NY (US);
Asit Dan, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Robert Filepp, Westport, CT (US);
Kavitha Ranganathan, New York, NY (US);
Daniela Rosu, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention concerns methods and apparatus for implementing a multi-user advance reservation system where reservations are specified in terms of flexible constraints, inflexible constraints and business values. The specification of reservations in this manner allows an entity managing the reservation system to arbitrate among reservations received from a user population with a view toward maximizing business value across the user population. In methods and apparatus of the present invention, penalties and rewards associated with various reservation outcomes can be specified in reservations to assist in business value maximization. In an example, a reservation having a low business value may be declined when there is a significant possibility that a reservation having a high business would be submitted during the pendency of service delivery to the user issuing the reservation with a low business value.