Reservation method offering an alternative event

Abstract

The present invention relates to a reservation server which comprises a retaining section for retaining store/facility information including a reservation-needed service and a reservation situation, a network terminal for outputting alternative event substituting for the service, a receiving section for receiving a desired service, a reservation managing section for selectively reading out the store/facility information and the alternative event, and a transmitting section for transmitting the information and event. Accordingly, a service provider can notify a user of a service and reservation situation of a store near the user or the start/end time of the service, and the time to be taken for the service and can suggest an alternative event in a time zone convenient to the user.

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       32 . A reservation server, comprising: 
 a retaining section for retaining store information which includes the contents of services provided by a store and reservation information of the services; and    a transmitting section for transmitting, through a radio network, the store information retained in said retaining section to a user terminal which is present in a specified area (hereinafter will be called the first specified area) whose base point is the reservation server,    said transmitting section unilaterally transmitting the store information as one-way information to the user terminal, irrespective of the presence or absence of access from the user terminal.    
   
   
       33 . A reservation server as set forth in  claim 33 , comprising: 
 a receiving section for receiving, from said user terminal through the radio network, user-desiring service which is desired by a user of the user terminal; and    a reservation managing section which updates the store information retained in said retaining section based on the user-desiring service received by said receiving section, thereby accepting a reservation from the user.    
   
   
       34 . A reservation server as set forth in  claim 33 , wherein said transmitting section transmits the store information to the user terminal within the first specified area and a user terminal which is present within a second specified area whose base point is the user terminal present within the first specified area.  
   
   
       35 . A reservation system, comprising: 
 a user terminal which transceives data; and    a reservation server which is connected to the user terminal through a radio network, said reservation server including:    a retaining section for retaining store information including the contents of services provided by a store for which said reservation server is provided;    a transmitting section for transmitting, through a radio network, the store information retained in said retaining section to a user terminal which is present in a specified area whose base point is the reservation server,    wherein said transmitting section unilaterally transmits the store information as one-way information to the user terminal, irrespective of the presence or absence of accessing from the user terminal,    said user terminal including: 
 a receiving section for receiving the store information transmitted from said transmitting section of said reservation server; and  
 a displaying section for showing the store information received by said receiving section.  
   
   
   
       36 . A method of making a reservation, comprising: 
 receiving a reservation-needed request for a desired event; and;    outputting alternative event information for an event substituting for said desired event.