Patent ID: 6389454
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
A computer implemented method of scheduling an appointment at a plurality of facilities providing a plurality of services, comprising:receiving a packet of client information from a client, said client information including personal data, service data, client appointment preference data, and payment data; comparing said service data to a set of service constraints in order to determine any limitation on the scheduling of said appointment; inputting said client information into a scheduling server; verifying said client information; generating a predetermined number of appointment candidates from said plurality of facilities based upon an analysis of said client information and said appointment scheduling limitations; communicating said appointment candidates to said client; generating an appointment based upon said client's selection of one of said appointment candidates; generating appointment information related to said appointment, said appointment information including said client information, said service constraints, an appointment date, an appointment time, the identity of the available facility, and the resources to be utilized; reporting at least a portion of said appointment information to said client and all of said client information to said available facility; and confirming said appointment in said scheduling server.