Restaurant selection, wait time and attendance management

A system comprising:

• one or more server computers coupled to a network;
• and
• one or more databases coupled to the one or more server computers;
• wherein the one or more server computers are for:
• at a Web site, via a first graphical user interface, allowing a user to make a first selection of a restaurant;
• at the Web site, for a selected restaurant, providing a second graphical user interface for the user, including an indication of a current wait time or a current estimated wait time at the restaurant, wherein the current wait time or the current estimated wait time has been provided by the restaurant for access via the Web site;
• via the second graphical user interface, allowing the user to make a second selection to have a party of one or more individuals added to a wait list for the restaurant;
• and
• upon the user making the second selection, electronically communicating the second selection to the restaurant or electronically making the second selection available to the restaurant, wherein, upon the restaurant receiving or accessing the second selection, the party is added to the wait list on a condition that the party, or a specified portion of the party, must arrive at the restaurant a specified amount of time prior to the expiry of the current wait time or the current estimated wait time.

A computer readable medium or media containing instructions for executing a method comprising:

• using one or more computers, at a Web site, via a first graphical user interface, allowing a user to make a first selection of a restaurant;
• using one or more computers, at the Web site, for a selected restaurant, providing a second graphical user interface for the user, including an indication of a current wait time or a current estimated wait time at the restaurant, wherein the current wait time or the current estimated wait time has been provided by the restaurant for access via the Web site;
• using one or more computers, via the second graphical user interface, allowing the user to make a second selection to have a party of one or more individuals added to a wait list for the restaurant;
• and
• using one or more computers, upon the user making the second selection, electronically communicating the second selection to the restaurant or electronically making the second selection available to the restaurant, wherein, upon the restaurant receiving or accessing the second selection, the party is added to the wait list on a condition that the party, or a specified portion of the party, must arrive at the restaurant a specified amount of time prior to the expiry of the current wait time or the current estimated wait time to avoid being subject to removal from the wait list, wherein the condition is specified in an arrangement between an owner or an operator of the Web site and the restaurant.