公开(公告)号：US20140108121A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-17

申请号：US12945706

申请日：2010-11-12

申请人： Kenneth S. Norton ,  Heather Folsom ,  Mikhail Leder ,  Daniel Thomasset ,  Jake Chambers

发明人： Kenneth S. Norton ,  Heather Folsom ,  Mikhail Leder ,  Daniel Thomasset ,  Jake Chambers

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q10/02 ,  G06Q10/109 ,  G06Q30/0241 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q50/10

摘要： In methods and systems for allowing a user to book an appointment with a service provider, and for charging the service provider a fee for a successfully booked appointment, a user provides a search request via a client computer. In response, a calendar system provides search results including a link corresponding to a service provider. Upon user selection of the link corresponding to the service provider, the calendar system provides a calendar view showing available time slots of the service provider. The user selects an appointment time and available service, which initiates an appointment request to schedule an appointment with the service provider. Upon determining that the appointment request can be accepted, the calendar system books the appointment. Then the calendar system charges the service provider a pre-arranged fee for the booked appointment. In some embodiments the calendar system also collects payments from the user for the services provided.

摘要翻译： 在用于允许用户与服务提供商预约的方法和系统中，并且为服务提供商收取成功预约约会的费用，用户经由客户端计算机提供搜索请求。 作为响应，日历系统提供包括对应于服务提供商的链接的搜索结果。 在用户选择对应于服务提供商的链接之后，日历系统提供显示服务提供商的可用时隙的日历视图。 用户选择约会时间和可用服务，其启动预约请求以与服务提供商进行约定。 在确定可以接受约会请求后，日历系统预约约会。 然后日历系统向服务提供商收取预订预约的预先安排的费用。 在一些实施例中，日历系统还从所提供的服务收集用户的付款。