Patents by Inventor Bruce G. Laval

Bruce G. Laval has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for managing attraction admission
    Patent number: 6889098
    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: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce G. Laval, Gregory B. Hale
  • Method and system for managing attraction admission
    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