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WO1990009002A1
WO1990009002A1 PCT/GB1990/000166 GB9000166W WO9009002A1 WO 1990009002 A1 WO1990009002 A1 WO 1990009002A1 GB 9000166 W GB9000166 W GB 9000166W WO 9009002 A1 WO9009002 A1 WO 9009002A1
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Simon Peter Eddison
Robert Nigel Smith
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    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • G06Q20/38—Payment protocols; Details thereof
    • G06Q20/40—Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
    • G06Q20/409—Device specific authentication in transaction processing
    • G06Q20/4093—Monitoring of device authentication
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    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
    • G06Q10/02—Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
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    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • G06Q20/08—Payment architectures
    • G06Q20/12—Payment architectures specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
    • G06Q20/127—Shopping or accessing services according to a time-limitation
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    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • G06Q20/30—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices or networks
    • G06Q20/34—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices or networks using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
    • G06Q20/341—Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/0014—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00
    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/08—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means
    • G07F7/10—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by coded identity card or credit card or other personal identification means together with a coded signal, e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric data
    • G07F7/1008—Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C11/00—Arrangements, systems or apparatus for checking, e.g. the occurrence of a condition, not provided for elsewhere
    • G07C2011/02—Arrangements, systems or apparatus for checking, e.g. the occurrence of a condition, not provided for elsewhere related to amusement parks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C11/00—Arrangements, systems or apparatus for checking, e.g. the occurrence of a condition, not provided for elsewhere
    • G07C2011/04—Arrangements, systems or apparatus for checking, e.g. the occurrence of a condition, not provided for elsewhere related to queuing systems

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  • This invention relates to reservation systems, and may have particular although not exclusive application to amusement parks and fairground attractions.
  • amusement parks have become very popular in the U.K., and in many other countries.
  • amusement parks there are a number of attractions in which the customers may participate.
  • a standard fee provides entry into the park and the option to participate in any of the attractions without further payment.
  • Preferred embodiments of the present invention aim to alleviate some of these problems. More generally, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided:
  • a reservation system for a repetitive event comprising:
  • a first calculating means arranged to calculate the expected time taken for said first number of persons to experience the event
  • output means arranged to receive said expected time from the first calculating means and to output to a user a corresponding reservation time of the event for which a new reservation request may be accepted.
  • the system further includes updating means arranged to update said first register repetitively by decreasing said first number by the number of reservations for the event which have been taken up since the last update, and incrementing said first number by the number of new reservations which have been accepted since the last update.
  • the reservation system includes at least one reservation station and at least one portable hand ⁇ held device which interfaces with said reservation station to enable a user to input a said*reservation request and receive a said reservation time, via said reservation station.
  • Said hand-held device is preferably in the form of a card.
  • Said hand-held device preferably includes means for displaying at least one said reservation time.
  • Said hand-held device preferably includes alarm means for providing a visible and/or audible alarm in connection with at least one said reservation time.
  • the reservation system includes monitoring means for monitoring any delays in the running of the event and outputting information to amend existing said reservation times to take into account any such delays.
  • a method of making reservations for a repetitive event using a system as above in accordance with the first aspect of the invention, the method comprising the steps of:
  • the invention may have numerous alternative, additional or optional features.
  • it may include one or more of the various features mentioned in the following description or illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a reservation system
  • Figure 2a is a schematic representation of an individual electronic card
  • Figure 2b illustrates an alternative electronic card to that shown in Figure 2a;
  • Figure 3 is a schematic block diagram of the card of Figure 2b;
  • Figure 4 illustrates an example of a multiple reservation station
  • Figure 5 illustrates an individual reservation station
  • Figure 6 is a block diagram illustrating the components of the reservation station of Figure 5.
  • the reservation system 1 includes a computer 2 (for example, of the personal computer type), which controls operation of the reservation system as a whole.
  • the computer communicates via a multiplexer 3 with a number of reservation stations 4, each of which is adapted for use with a plurality of electronic cards 5.
  • the computer 2 also communicates with a ride 6, for which reservations are to be made by means of the system 1.
  • the ride 6 is one of many provided in an amusement park (or theme park) .
  • a customer pays a single entry fee to the park, whereafter all rides are then free.
  • the system could operate just as well, if the customer had to make a payment for each of the rides, - either in advance, or when the ride is actually taken.
  • each customer Upon entering the amusement park, each customer is given an electronic card 5.
  • each such card 5 is provided with an identifying tag so that, if the customer attempts (deliberately or otherwise) to leave the park without returning the card, detectors at the exits of the park will detect the passage of the card 5 and sound an alarm.
  • the electronic card 5 is used for making reservations for the various rides in the amusement park. To do this, the card 5 is inserted in any one of the number of reservation stations 4, and used to make a reservation for a particular ride.
  • the customer When the electronic card 5 is inserted into the reservation station 4, the customer then uses a keyboard on the reservation station 4 to indicate the number of reservations that are desired. Then, the reservation station 4 communicates with the computer 2, via the multiplexer 3.
  • the computer 2 has a register which records the number of existing reservations for the particular ride 6, and calculates the expected time taken for this number of persons to participate in the ride 6. It then outputs to the customer at the reservation station 4 the earliest reservation time for which the reservation request may be accepted for the ride 6. If this is acceptable to the customer, the customer confirms this by an appropriate entry on the keyboard of the reservation station. In an optional feature, the customer may press an advance key repeatedly, to obtain another reservation time that is more to his liking. The customer can then confirm acceptance of this later reservation time.
  • the expected time of that reservation is communicated to the electronic card 5.
  • An electronic timer in the card 5 is then activated. Five minutes (or any other predetermined time) before the time of the reservation, the timer in the card 5 emirs an audible bleep and/or a visual indication, to alert, the customer to make his way to the ride, in order to take UD his reservation.
  • the supervisor at the ride is activated.
  • 6 may allow customers with reservations to take part in the ride, only if they turn up within a predetermined time after their reservation - for example, within fifteen minutes of their allotted reservation.
  • the reservation station 4 prints out a slip which indicates the ride, the number of people, and the reserved time. This slip is then attached by suitable means to the electronic card 5.
  • Figure 2a shows one example of the electronic card 5.
  • the ' card 5 is an infra-red reader 7, by means of which communication is provided between the card 5 and the reservation stations 4.
  • the card 5 also carries a number of slots 8, each of which is adapted to receive a print-out from one of the reservation stations 4.
  • Figure 2b illustrates an alternative embodiment of electronic card, and this is denoted by the reference 5b.
  • the card 5b has an infra-red reader 7 for communication with the reservation stations 4.
  • the card 5b includes a liquid crystal display 9, on which the respective information is displayed.
  • the card 5b also includes a cancel button 11, which the customer depresses to delete a respective reading, when he has been on the respective ride.
  • the display may automatically delete an entry, a predetermined time (e.g. 15 minutes) after the specified reservation.
  • FIG 3 shows a simple block diagram of the electronic card 5b of Figure 2b.
  • the card 5b is controlled by a micro processor unit 10, which communicates with the infra-red reader 7, the LCD screen 9, the cancel button 11 and the alarm/bleeper 12.
  • the example of the multiple reservation system 13 that is shown in Figure 4 illustrates one example of how a number of reservations can be made simultaneously by a number of customers.
  • the multiple reservation station 13 contains a number of individual reservation stations 4, each of which includes a respective LED display screen 14 and a respective operating panel 15.
  • the LED screen displays instructions and information to the customer.
  • the operating panel 15 includes a slot 16 to receive an electronic card 5, a key-pad 17 to input information, and a plurality of operator buttons including an advance button 18, an accept button 19, and a cancel button 20.
  • a print-out slot 21 At the bottom of the operating panel 15 is a print-out slot 21.
  • an infra-red transmitter 23 for communication with a card 5 disposed in the slot.
  • Figure 6 is a simple block schematic diagram of the individual reservation station 4 that is illustrated in Figure 5.
  • the operation of the reservation station 4 is controlled by a respective micro-processor unit 22, which communicates with the infra-red transmitter 23, the LED display screen 14, the printer 24 and the key-pad and buttons 17 to 20. Externally, the reservation station4 communicates with the electronic card 5 and the ride 6.
  • the system may be varied in a number of ways.
  • the computer 2 may calculate an expected reservation time for a customer, using a predetermined expected throughput rate for the particular ride. Alternatively, it may continuously monitor the throughput rate of the ride over one or more predetermined periods, and continuously extrapolate this data to provide an expected reservation time, for a particular request.
  • a supervisor at a respective ride may have the facility to input data to the main computer 2 - for example, to identify periods for which the ride may be temporarily inactive - for example, due to an operating fault.
  • the computer 2 simply continuously monitors the number of customers experiencing the respective ride, which should automatically take into account any real time delays due to operating difficulties.
  • the computer 2 and/or reservation stations 4 may communicate with all of the electronic cards directly by means of, for example, radio links.
  • a revised reservation time may be transmitted to each of the relevant electronic cards.
  • the electronic card is of the type 5b of Figure 2b
  • the new reservation time (and/or countdown time) may automatically be updated.
  • the alarm may bleep and an additional light provided on the card may flash, to alert the customer to the fact that a reservation time has been altered.
  • the card may also be provided with such a visual and/or audible alarm, to indicate a significant change of reservation time.
  • the customer Upon seeing this, the customer then inserts the card into the nearest reservation station 4 , which updates the reservation time for the customer, displays an appropriate message on the screen 1 4 , and prints out a new reservation slip, which the customer can then insert into his card 8.
  • the arrangement may be such that customers can insert their cards 5 into the stations 4 at any time, to confirm their reservation time(s) and any updates or modifications thereto.
  • various displays around the amusement park which are continuously updated by the or each computer 2.
  • the displays indicate the amount of time that any particular ride is running late, at that moment. Then, the customers can themselves make the appropriate adjustment to their reservation times, without the need for any more sophisticated communication between the computer 2/reservation station 4 and the electronic cards 5.
  • each individual reservation station 4 is for a particular, dedicated ride. It may be located immediately adjacent that ride. Additional similar reservation stations may be disposed around the park. In a modified arrangement, each individual reservation station 4 may be used to make a reservation on any desired one of a number of different rides (or attractions). Then, additional keys will be required on the operating panel 15, for the user to select the ride(s) for which he wishes to make a reservation.
  • an individual, respective main computer 2 for controlling the reservations for one particular ride.
  • a single main computer 2 may control the reservations for a plurality of different rides.
  • the electronic card 5 may be replaced by a more simple multi-event timer, provided with slots 8 to receive the printed reservation slips.
  • the customer uses the reservation station 4 much as before,- to make a reservation.
  • the timer card is not inserted into the reservation station 4.
  • the reservation slip is printed, and may be inserted into a respective slot 8 in the timer card.
  • a number of different alarm times may be set, for different reservation times, in the multi-event timer.
  • the customer may simply collect reservation slips printed and dispensed from reservation stations 4, and then maintain his own independent check on the time, to ensure that he turns up at the appropriate ride at the reserved time.
  • a reservation system whereby, in an amusement park, customers may simply and effectively make reservations for rides, and be assured of being able to participate in the respective events within a reasonable period of time of turning up at the attraction.
  • the system may make any number of reservations for various different rides, but the limits to the number of reservations may be predetermined, if desired.
  • the arrangement may be such that no card 5 may be used to make a second reservation for a given ride, until the first ride has been taken (or the reservation time for that first ride has passed).
  • the operating system may be so arranged that, before a new reservation time is offered for a chosen ride, the computer automatically checks all existing reservations for that card, to ensure that there is no conflict of reservations.
  • each individual electronic card 5 has a unique identification, which is scanned by each reservation station, each time that the card is inserted in a reservation station. This scanning operation may be used to check the validity or integrity of the particular electronic card.
  • the reservation cards such as 5 may include means by which they may be read mechanically. For example, they may store information in punched hole format. Reservation times may be printed directly onto them. They may include a magnetic stripe, which may be read (and possibly written to) by the reservation stations.

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Le système décrit, qui permet de réserver une course dans un parc d'attractions, comprend un certain nombre de postes de réservation (4) disposés autour du parc d'attractions. On munit les clients entrant dans le parc chacun d'une carte électronique, qui peut être introduite dans n'importe lequel des postes de réservation (4). Ensuite, en utilisant un clavier à touches (17), le client demande une réservation pour une course particulière. Le système de réservation tient compte des réservations faites et calcule la durée prévisible entre la réservation et la course. En résultat à ce calcul, le système offre au client la durée d'attente la plus courte pour la course. Le client peut ensuite soit accepter cette durée ou demander une durée plus longue. Les cartes électroniques comportent de préférence des organes affichant les durées de réservation pour les diverses courses et/ou des horloges/des indicateurs indiquant que le moment de la course réservée approche. Grâce à l'utilisation de ce système, la durée des queues d'attente pour les diverses courses peut être réduite, rendant ainsi plus distrayant le temps passé par le client dans le parc et augmentant les recettes potentielles des exploitants du parc.
PCT/GB1990/000166 1989-02-02 1990-02-01 Systemes de reservation Ceased WO1990009002A1 (fr)

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GB898902243A GB8902243D0 (en) 1989-02-02 1989-02-02 Queue reduction system
GB8902243.8 1989-02-02
GB8913507.3 1989-06-13
GB8913507A GB2228123A (en) 1989-02-02 1989-06-13 Reservation systems

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