摘要 |
Methods for checking for the availability of a rental resource by providing a pre-computed availability data set for at least one rental resource including an availability data entry for each of a plurality of rental periods beginning on each of a plurality of start times and extending for each of a plurality of time units, receiving a rental resource availability request including at least a desired rental period which has a start time and an end time, querying the pre-computed availability data set for the desired rental period, determining, based on the querying, whether or not a rental resource is available for the rental period, and returning a positive response when a rental resource is available for the desired rental period.
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