Patron service allocation

A method for scheduling a service of a service establishment, the method comprising:

• receiving a first request from a first customer for the service;
• adding an entry for the first customer to a wait-list prioritizing service access;
• determining a first customer availability for the first customer;
• periodically receiving updates to the first customer availability;
• and
• re-arranging the wait-list based at least in part on said updates to the first customer availability.

A method for scheduling a service of a service establishment for customers having associated devices capable of providing location data for the customers, the method comprising:

• receiving a request from a customer for the service;
• adding an entry for the customer to a wait-list prioritizing access to the service;
• associating the customer's associated device with the wait-list entry;
• predicting an availability of the service;
• predicting customer availability for selected customers of the wait-list;
• and
• re-arranging the wait-list based at least in part on the predicted service availability and the predicted customer availability.

A method comprising:

• receiving customer information from a party including one or more customers requesting services from a service establishment, the customer information including location data for at least one member of the party;
• generating service availability information in response to receiving the customer information;
• and
• providing, to a wireless service provider that provides wireless services to the device corresponding to one of the one or more customers, the service availability information;
• periodically receiving updates to said location data;
• and
• periodically updating the service availability to account for said updated location data.

An article comprising a computer-accessible medium having associated therewith instructions for scheduling a service of a service establishment that, when accessed, cause one or more processors to perform:

• receiving a first request from a first customer for the service;
• adding an entry for the first customer to a wait-list prioritizing service access;
• predicting availability of the service;
• determining a first estimated time of arrival (ETA) for the first customer based at least in part on a first obstacle to the first customer receiving the service;
• and
• re-arranging the wait-list based at least in part on comparing the predicted availability and the first ETA.

An article comprising a computer-accessible medium having associated therewith instructions for scheduling a service of a service establishment that, when accessed, cause one or more processors to perform:

• receiving a first request from a first customer for the service;
• adding an entry for the first customer to a wait-list prioritizing service access;
• determining a first customer availability for the first customer;
• periodically receiving updates to the first customer availability;
• and
• re-arranging the wait-list based at least in part on said updates to the first customer availability.

An article comprising a computer-accessible medium having associated therewith instructions for scheduling a service of a service establishment for customers having associated devices capable of providing location data for the customers, the instructions, when accessed, causing one or more processors to perform:

• receiving a request from a customer for the service;
• adding an entry for the customer to a wait-list prioritizing access to the service;
• associating the customer's associated device with the wait-list entry;
• predicting an availability of the service;
• predicting customer availability for selected customers of the wait-list;
• and
• re-arranging the wait-list based at least in part on the predicted service availability and the predicted customer availability.

An article comprising a computer-accessible medium having associated therewith instructions that, when accessed, cause one or more processors to perform:

• receiving customer information from a party including one or more customers requesting services from a service establishment, the customer information including location data for at least one member of the party;
• generating service availability information in response to receiving the customer information;
• and
• providing, to a wireless service provider that provides wireless services to the device corresponding to one of the one or more customers, the service availability information;
• periodically receiving updates to said location data;
• and
• periodically updating the service availability to account for said updated location data.

A system comprising:

• a memory controller;
• a device for accessing a computer-accessible medium communicatively coupled with the memory controller;
• and
• an article comprising a computer-accessible medium having associated therewith instructions that, when accessed, cause one or more processors to:
• receiving a first request from a first customer for the service;
• adding an entry for the first customer to a wait-list prioritizing service access;
• predicting availability of the service;
• determining a first estimated time of arrival (ETA) for the first customer based at least in part on a first obstacle to the first customer receiving the service;
• and
• re-arranging the wait-list based at least in part on comparing the predicted availability and the first ETA.