Method and system for managing attraction admission

US6173209A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Disney Enterprises, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bruce G. Laval · Windermere, US
• Gregory Brooks Hale · Orlando, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 10, 1999
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C2011/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention is a method and system for managing admission to an attraction. In one or more embodiments, the system comprises a first queue by which customers may access the attraction by waiting in line and a second queue by which customers may access the attraction in a manner which avoids the first queue. The system includes a first validator for validating an entitlement of a customer to receive an assigned time in the future for accessing the attraction via the second queue, a media distributor for distributing a media to an entitled customer, the media including the assigned time at which the entitled customer is entitled to access the attraction in the future, and a second validator for validating the entitled customer access to the attraction at the time provided on the media. In accordance with a method of the invention, a customer may access an attraction in a manner which avoids standing in a first waiting line by verifying entitlement to utilize a second queue, obtaining a pass entitling the customer to access the attraction at a future time, and returning to the attraction at the future time and gaining access with the pass. In this method, the customer may leave the …