SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RESERVATION

• Main Author: KONISHI OSAMU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.01.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND,DEAF OR MUTE; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; DIAGRAMS; DISPLAY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; GLOBES; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; PLANETARIA; SEALS; SIGNALLING; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for reservation in which the retrieval, selection and reservation of a facility such as a restaurant can be implemented from a navigation apparatus. SOLUTION: A data storage server 5 receives the name of a facility, the content of the reservation of the facility, and the information on the present position from the navigation apparatus, specifies the information of the facility position, calculates the scheduled arrival time based on the specified facility position and the present position information, and transmits the content of the reservation of the facility and the scheduled arrival time to the facility. The facility judges whether or not the reservation of the facility is possible, and transmits the information on acceptance or rejection of the reservation of the facility, and the information on the availability of a parking lot to the data storage server 5 via the Internet and an interchanging device 4.