| 摘要 |
Techniques are provided for use, for example, in restaurant selection, wait time and attendance management, such as by an individual or group planning to attend a restaurant. At a Web site, a user may select a restaurant and be provided with the current wait time or estimated current wait time at the restaurant. The user may choose, via the Web site, to have a party added to the wait list for the restaurant, on condition that the party, or a specified portion of the party, must arrive at the restaurant a specified amount of time prior to expiry of the current wait time or current estimated wait time to avoid being removed from the wait list. The Web site may have arrangements with restaurants which may cooperate with the foregoing, including providing wait times to the Web site and adding online users to wait lists on conditions. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method comprising:
using one or more computers, at a Web site, via a graphical user interface, allowing a user to make a first selection of a restaurant; using one or more computers, at the Web site, for a selected restaurant, providing a graphical user interface for the user, including an indication of a current wait time or a current estimated wait time at the restaurant, wherein the current wait time or the current estimated wait time has been provided by the restaurant for access via the Web site; using one or more computers, at the Web site, via a graphical user interface, allowing the user to make a second selection to have a party of one or more individuals added to a wait list for the restaurant; and using one or more computers, upon the user making the second selection, electronically communicating the second selection to the restaurant or electronically making the second selection available to the restaurant, wherein, upon the restaurant receiving or accessing the second selection, the party is added to the wait list on a condition that the party, or a specified portion of the party, must arrive at the restaurant a specified amount of time prior to the expiry of the current wait time or the current estimated wait time to avoid being subject to removal from the wait list. |
