A method and system for reserving a time slot to gain access to a resource, such as an attraction, ride, show or event, as may be found in an amusement park. A portable module is used to determine a time when the user is able to access the resource based on reservation requests and throughput, without need for a docking station or continuous communication with a central database of all reservations and queue times.
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Providing user authentication of electronic credit and debit card and electronic check transactions via a global computer network for use in the management and administration of amusement parks and theme parks, and other entertainment, sporting, theatrical, business, festival, museum, cultural and educational event venues. Maintenance of hardware for line reservation and wait time management services for amusement park and theme park attractions, and other entertainment, sporting, theatrical, business, festival, museum, cultural and educational event venues, to manage and reduce wait times; maintenance of hardware for the delivery of multi-media content regarding features of and events at amusement parks and theme parks, and other entertainment, sporting, theatrical, business, festival, museum, cultural and educational event venues via electronic devices. Ticketing services for entertainment venues, attractions, sporting venues, fairs, festivals, museums, theatrical venues, cultural events and theme parks rendered online, in-person, via phone or via personal digital assistant; entertainment services, namely, providing line reservation and wait time management services for amusement park and theme park attractions, and other entertainment, sporting, theatrical, business, festival, museum, cultural and educational event venues, to manage and reduce wait times; and rental of electronic devices for the delivery of venue information via electronic device regarding amusement parks and theme parks, and other entertainment, sporting, theatrical, business, festival, museum, cultural and educational event venues. Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for facilitating the sale, creation, validation, recording and reporting of admission to entertainment venues, attractions, sporting venues, fairs, festivals, museums, theatrical venues, cultural events and other locations; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for facilitating the sale of tickets, merchandise and reservations for entertainment venues, attractions, sporting venues, fairs, festivals, museums, theatrical venues, cultural events and other locations; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for user authentication of electronic payment transactions via the internet or as part of a closed network; Design, development, and implementation of hardware and software and technology solutions for line reservation and wait time management services for amusement park and theme park attractions, and other entertainment, sporting, theatrical, business, festival, museum, cultural and educational event venues, to manage and reduce wait times; Design, development, and implementation of hardware and software and technology solutions for the delivery of multi-media content regarding features of and events at amusement parks and theme parks, and other entertainment, sporting, theatrical, business, festival, museum, cultural and educational event venues via electronic devices; and dedicated server hosting services and server administration services to provide line reservation and wait time management services for attractions at amusement parks and theme parks, and other entertainment, sporting, theatrical, business, festival, museum, cultural and educational event venues to manage and reduce wait times.
The invention provides a system for regulating access to a resource by a plurality of users, comprising: a plurality of portable access keys, each being provided to one of the plurality of users and having a variable access parameter associated therewith, each portable access key allowing the respective user to indicate a desire for a number of people to access the resource and arranged to store this indication; a queue manager, arranged to set an access criterion for the resource; a queue interface, adapted to determine that the variable access parameter for a portable access key for which a desire to access the resource has been indicated meets the access criterion, and consequently to register the portable access key in a queue sequence. The queue manager is arranged to manage the queue sequence and to communicate to a portable access key that has been added to the queue sequence an indication of when it can access the resource and configured to set the access criterion for the resource on the basis of a length of the queue sequence.
A system for regulating access to a resource by a plurality of users is provided. The system comprises: a plurality of portable access keys, each being provided to one of the users and having an associated variable access parameter; an access barrier, having an open state allowing passage through and a closed state denying access to the resource, and defining an access queue; a sensor that determines an access queue characteristic related to a number of users in the access queue; a controller, which sets an access criterion based on the determined access queue characteristic; and a detector, located at the access barrier and which determines the variable access parameter of a portable access key when it is brought into the vicinity of the detector. The controller sets the access barrier in its open state if the variable access parameter determined by the detector meets the access criterion.
A system for regulating access to a resource (50) by a plurality of users is provided. The system comprises: a plurality of portable access keys (10), each being provided to one of the users and having an associated variable access parameter; an access barrier (20), having an open state allowing passage through and a closed state denying access to the resource, and defining an access queue (40); a sensor (60) that determines an access queue characteristic related to a number of users in the access queue; a controller (60), which sets an access criterion based on the determined access queue characteristic; and a detector (25), located at the access barrier and which determines the variable access parameter of a portable access key when it is brought into the vicinity of the detector. The controller sets the access barrier in its open state if the variable access parameter determined by the detector meets the access criterion.
A system for regulating access to a resource by a plurality of users is provided. The system comprises: a plurality of portable access keys, each being provided to one of the users and having an associated variable access parameter; an access barrier, having an open state allowing passage through and a closed state denying access to the resource, and defining an access queue; a sensor that determines an access queue characteristic related to a number of users in the access queue; a controller, which sets an access criterion based on the determined access queue characteristic; and a detector, located at the access barrier and which determines the variable access parameter of a portable access key when it is brought into the vicinity of the detector. The controller sets the access barrier in its open state if the variable access parameter determined by the detector meets the access criterion.
A method and system for reserving a time slot to gain access to a resource, such as an attraction, ride, show or event, as may be found in an amusement park. A portable module is used to determine a time when the user is able to access the resource based on reservation requests and throughput, without need for a docking station or continuous communication with a central database of all reservations and queue times.
A method and portable module are provided for managing access to a resource by resource users, comprising: a module input to allow entry of a reservation request; a processor arranged upon receipt of the reservation request to identify a time slot during which resource users may access the resource, based upon an updatable resource access parameter; and a module output arranged to indicate the identified time slot to a user of the module. A portable module and method for determining the number of tokens received from users of a network are also provided. The network comprises a plurality of portable modules and includes a root node.
