Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Daniel Chapik
  • Patent number: 6173209
    Abstract: The invention is a method and system for managing admission to an attraction. In one or more embodiments, the system comprises a first queue by which customers may access the attraction by waiting in line and a second queue by which customers may access the attraction in a manner which avoids the first queue. The system includes a first validator for validating an entitlement of a customer to receive an assigned time in the future for accessing the attraction via the second queue, a media distributor for distributing a media to an entitled customer, the media including the assigned time at which the entitled customer is entitled to access the attraction in the future, and a second validator for validating the entitled customer access to the attraction at the time provided on the media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce G. Laval, Gregory B. Hale