USOO8229774B2
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`(12) United States Patent
`Halavais et a].
`
`(10) Patent N0.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
`
`US 8,229,774 B2
`*Jul. 24, 2012
`
`(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARBITRATING
`THE SELECTION AND RESERVING OF
`AIRLINE SEATS
`
`(75) Inventors: Richard Arthur Halavais, Anaheim
`Hills, CA (US); Tony Cheng-Tong
`Chung, Diamond Bar, CA (U S)
`
`(73) Assignee: CEATS, Inc., Tyler, TX (US)
`
`( * ) Notice:
`
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
`This patent is subject to a terminal dis
`claimer.
`
`(21) Appl.N0.: 13/185,451
`
`(22) Filed:
`
`Jul. 18, 2011
`
`(65)
`
`Prior Publication Data
`
`US 2011/0264475 A1
`
`Oct. 27, 2011
`
`Related US. Application Data
`
`(63) Continuation of application No. 12/ 953,279, ?led on
`Nov. 23, 2010, which is a continuation of application
`No. 12/479,635, ?led on Jun. 5, 2009, now Pat. No.
`7,885,839, which is a continuation of application No.
`12/244,727, ?led on Oct. 2, 2008, now Pat. No.
`7,685,009, which is a continuation of application No.
`09/295,577, ?led on Apr. 22, 1999, now Pat. No.
`7,454,361.
`
`(51) Int. Cl.
`(2012.01)
`G06Q 10/00
`(52) US. Cl. ......................................................... .. 705/5
`(58) Field of Classi?cation Search ......... ..
`705/5
`See application ?le for complete search history.
`
`(56)
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`Primary Examiner * Shannon Campbell
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`Bear, LLP
`
`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`This invention relates to an electronic means by which people
`can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of
`event or reserve an appointment for any activity. More spe
`ci?cally, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator
`can go, for example, to the intemet and select the event or
`activity for which he wants a ticket or tickets or reserve a time
`and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of his
`choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time he
`selects is then removed from the inventory for that activity or
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`seating or time for that event.
`
`8 Claims, 30 Drawing Sheets
`
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`TNvENTTON FOR HIS WEAS HTS UWN TKXETTNGAND
`RESER’T/ATIDN SYSTEM
`
`1 THAT SPEUHCYENUE TS RWDED DDDED AND PLAIZD
`ON ASETVET wNNEC‘TED athENTTUNALLv Tl) THE TNTBTNET
`OR ANY SUCH WTDEAREA NETWORK.
`
`3 A PROSPECTTVECUSTOMER F0? TTCKETS TDANY
`EVENT LOG; UNTOTHE TNTERNET 02 0THBT
`SUM WIDEARENET‘NDRH TN HTS mENTTOML
`ANNER, WHETHBT FITDH HUME UT [THEE UT ANY
`REMOTE LOCATTDN
`
`A SATD PNWECTTVE CLBTDMET ATTACHES TO THE SERVE?
`
`RAPHTDAL BRUWSTNG MEANS THROUGH ANY IXINYBITTDNAI 6
`AND VIEWS THE AYATLABLEVENUE PERFURIIANCK DATES,
`AND/OR OTHBT 809T UFFBTTNS
`
`5 SATD PROSPEDTTVECUSTWER SHEETS A §ETHC
`AREA
`NTERESTFRDM THEAVNLABLEVBTUES SUCH
`MAY BE THEATBT TTCKETS ER A PAR‘RL‘ALAR SHCNY
`DA ATTUNESEATSFORAGVEN RIGHT ETC ,AND
`TNDI TES HTS SHE/TM THRDUGH AOWVBITLUIAL
`HYPERLTNK DR DTHER DMDATTDIE MEANS
`
`5 UPW RRSIADDESS AN TNDIIRY IS MADETDTHE
`APPRDPRTATEDATABASE ASHTNG KR A RETURN TO THE
`DUST B? FALL KNERALTZH) INFORMATION
`AVAllAlE FRDN TNHIDH HE NTLL MANEA SELECTTON UP THE
`TYPE DFVENIJE HE TS SEEHTNC‘
`
`T UPON ('DNTACITHEHYER MAKES ANDTHER
`
`FIX
`LE
`FROM WHGT HE WTLL HAKE HTS SREDTTDN 0R
`SBECTIONS
`
`a UPON REIURNTHEPRDSFB’JITN‘EDBTDNTER TS
`PRESENTS) WTTH A REFRESENTAITUN NALL AVAILABLE
`SEATTNG R7R HIS SHETED VBIIJET FROM THIS
`REPRESENTATION, WHToH NTAv BEGRAPHTCAL 0H DTSPLAYED
`TN ANY OTHER AWRDPRTATE WAY HE MAKES A SBETTUN
`U I'HESPEGFTC SEATGT WE HE Y/ISHE ID RESBTVE
`AND SUENITS SUCH T0 THESERVET
`
`Tu. THESETVER RBI/ENS PAYHBTT TTRJRNTATTDN
`RDA THEWW WSTGAER THROUGH A FORM TNPIJT
`ECHAN SM DTIDE
`PLETED
`OISTDNER‘S PAYMENT TNFORMATIDN Ts 'IERIHED
`THRGJGH DIXNBIITDNAL MEANS WTI'H ANY OED!
`DTTSITNG PRUE$SING IAEAN5
`
`E IHEWER CREATESATBAPORARY CUSTOMER
`TDENTTHCATTOH AND ASSOOLATE THE PROSPECTIVE
`WSTWRS SEECILDNS WTTH THAT SPKHFID TDENTTHW‘TTTON
`50 AS TO PHETAUDEMFUSTUN AND AILWT MULTTPLE
`STMULTAHBJIJS LSERS
`
`TgAL IF summers PAYMENT INFORMATTDN
`Y TTFATTDHSSUDDESSHJLTHEN.
`[A] THEmsTmTERSTNmHNATTuTAsstTmTN
`STEP To lsNAnEPERTTANENTmu
`[Bl THmEsPETHCSEATsAssaEaETBvTHE
`wSTmTETAREHEHmeHToNA/ATLAELE
`TNTENTDKYAND
`[B] MARKEASUNAVALLABLEONTHEGRAPHTUL
`REPRBBITATION OF THE YBIUESEATTNGAS
`PRESEII'ED m THE NEXT PROSPECTTVECUSTON EA
`TD) BITEREDTNTOTHEMDDUNTTNGAND
`ADHTNISTRATTON TNFORMATION DATABASE FOR
`LATER EETHTETAL BY THEVENUEOPERATDR
`
`TNYB). IF CUSTMER'S PAYMENT THRIRMATTDN VERLHDAITDN TS
`ND SUEESFLA. THEN
`(Al CUSTOMER TS GIN‘BI THE WORTUTITY TD IXJRRECT HTS
`SUDIATTTAI. AND TRY AGAIN
`(E) CUSTDIAER CAN RETURN TD THE BEGNNTHG AND REPEAT
`THE BITTRE PRDDESS
`
`12 A DONFTRHATTUN BE THE TRANSACTTDN, wNTNNNG I'HE
`TRANSAL‘DUN TDENTTFICATTN AND UI'HERmigITNENT
`INFUTNATTON Ts RETURNB) TO THE CLBT
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