Assigning and managing patron reservations for distributed services using wireless personal communication devices

A system for assigning and managing patron reservations to one or more of a plurality of attractions, comprising:

• at least one data transceiving device for generating a signal indicative of a reservation request and a signal from which a location of the patron can be determined, and for receiving a proposed reservation time for the reservation request;
• an interface coupled to each data transceiving device, the interface for receiving the location of the patron and providing the location of the patron to the data transceiving device;
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• a computer associated with an attraction and having a memory for storing a location of the attraction, for receiving the signals from the data transceiving device and determining a proposed reservation time for the reservation request based at least in part on a distance between the location of the patron and the location of the attraction, and for transmitting the proposed reservation time to the transceiving device.

A system for assigning and managing patron reservations to one or more of a plurality of attractions, comprising:

• reservation request logic for generating a reservation signal indicative of a reservation request and receiving a proposed reservation time;
• a location determination system for generating a location signal from which a location of the patron can be determined at the time of the reservation request;
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• a computer associated with an attraction and having a memory for storing a location of the attraction, the computer for receiving the reservation signal and the location signal and determining the proposed reservation time for the reservation request based at least in part on a distance between the location of the patron and the location of the attraction and transmitting the proposed reservation time to the reservation request logic.