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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2009
William Waytena, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amir H. Raubvogel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert R. Sachs, San Mateo, CA (US);
William Waytena, San Francisco, CA (US);
Amir H. Raubvogel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert R. Sachs, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lo-Q PLC, Oxfordshire, GB;
Abstract
A system and method for assigning and managing patron reservations to one or more of a plurality of attractions receive reservation requests at personal communication devices (PCDs). Reservation requests are transmitted to a computer associated with the selected attraction, which determines a proposed reservation time based on information describing the attraction, the patron, previously-made reservations maintained in a virtual queue, and the current state of a physical queue associated with the attraction. Proposed reservation time is transmitted to the PCD for confirmation or rejection by the patron. Confirmed reservations are entered in the virtual queue. Patrons are alerted by the PCD when their reservation time is approaching.