Amusement park management
AssigneeTechnology Patents, LLC
InventorAris Mardirossian
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Abstract
A system and/or method for, e.g., amusement park, facility management is provided. In certain example embodiments, a patron is issued a pass (e.g., handheld electronic device) when that patron enters an amusement park. The pass includes, for example, a list of attractions for which the user is authorized. In some example embodiments, patrons who are authorized for a given attraction receive priority over non-authorized patrons and therefore are able to participate in the attraction more quickly than non-authorized patrons. Authorizations preferably change in certain example embodiments depending, for example, on the length of lines in various parts of the amusement park to facilitate an efficient flow of patrons through the park.
Claims18
A method of influencing the flow of patrons at an amusement park, the method comprising:
- authorizing a patron to participate in certain attractions, but not other attractions, at the amusement park;
- issuing a pass to the patron that includes authorization information for the certain attractions that have been authorized, but does not include authorization information for the other attractions that have not been authorized;
- monitoring lines at different attractions in the amusement park;
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- based on the monitoring of the lines, adjusting which attractions are authorized and which are not with respect to new patrons arriving at the amusement park and/or patrons already at the amusement park.
A method of influencing the flow of patrons at an amusement park, the method comprising:
- determining the number of patrons in line for at least certain attractions;
- determining whether or not to authorize a patron to participate in or at a given attraction based at least on the number of patrons in line for the given attraction;
- providing a handheld electronic device to the patron that includes authorization information for at least certain attractions in the amusement park;
- allowing patrons to form at least one line to participate in an attraction;
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- giving patrons with authorization for a certain attraction priority over patrons without authorization.
A method of influencing the flow of patrons at a facility including a plurality of attractions, the method comprising:
- authorizing a patron to participate in certain attractions, but not other attractions, at the facility;
- monitoring lines at different attractions at the facility;
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- based on the monitoring of the lines, adjusting which attractions are authorized and which are not with respect to new patrons arriving at the facility and/or patrons already at the facility.
A system for influencing the flow of patrons at an amusement park, the system comprising:
- means for authorizing a patron to participate in certain attractions, but not other attractions, at the amusement park;
- means for providing the patron with a handheld electronic device that includes authorization information for the certain attractions that have been authorized, but does not include authorization information for the other attractions that have not been authorized;
- means for monitoring lines at different attractions in the amusement park;
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- means for, based on the monitoring of the lines, adjusting which attractions are authorized and which are not with respect to new patrons arriving at the amusement park and/or patrons already at the amusement park.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.