Patent ID: 7356488

Claim:
A reservation system for an article or a service, comprising: input means for obtaining a weather forecast for a date and at each of geographic areas of providing an article or a service; means for setting a price of the article or a charge for the service in accordance with the weather forecast obtained for the date and at the geographic areas; accept means for accepting a reservation for purchasing the article at the set price or a reservation for utilizing the service at the set charge to be purchased or utilized on any of the date at any of the geographic areas of providing the article or the service; means for issuing a reservation number for uniquely identifying the reservation accepted; means for identifying a reserver making the reservation from the reservation number when purchasing the article or when utilizing the service; means for receiving a cancel request from the reserver together with the reservation number; means for determining, based on the weather forecast on the date of providing the article or the service, whether or not the cancel of the article or the service should be permitted; and display control means for controlling a display which is connected to the reservation system to display an outcome of the determination.