MULTI-FACILITY APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING SYSTEM

摘要

A computer-implemented method of scheduling a reservation at a plurality of facilities providing a plurality of services, comprising receiving a packet of client information from a client (20), the client information including personal data, service data, client reservation preference data, and payment data; comparing the service data to a set of service constraints in order to determine any limitations on the scheduling of the reservation; inputting the client information into a scheduling server (80); verifying the client information; generating a predetermined number of reservation candidates based upon an analysis of the client information and the reservation scheduling limitations; communicating the reservation candidates to the client (20); generating a reservation based upon the client's selection of one of the reservation candidates; generating reservation information related to the reservation, the reservation information including the client information, the service constraints, a reservation date, a reservation time, the identity of the available facility (35), (45), (55), and the resources to be utilized; reporting at least a portion of the reservation information to the client and all of the client information to the available facility (35), (45), (55); and confirming the reservation in the scheduling server (80). A data processing system (10) for scheduling a reservation from among a plurality of facilities is also disclosed.