Patent ID: 8812357

Claim:
A method of providing a customer with a tanning session in accordance with a regulated tanning interval schedule, the method comprising: (a) providing a tanning system having at least a first, a second and a third tanning intensity (i) wherein the first, second and third tanning intensity correspond with (1) a first, second, and third tanning bed, respectively, (2) a first, second, and third strength of bulbs, respectively, and (3) first, second and third tanning duration, respectively, and (ii) wherein the first tanning duration is shorter than the second tanning duration, and the second tanning duration is shorter than the third tanning duration; (b) identifying the customer; (c) identifying whether the customer used the first, second, or third tanning bed during a previous tanning session and identifying a tanning duration used with the identified first, second, or third tanning bed; and (d) initiating the tanning session in accordance with the regulated tanning interval schedule establishing that the customer be permitted to use by limiting the tanning duration for the selected bed to: (i) a first tanning duration if the customer did not use the first, second or third tanning bed during the previous tanning session; (ii) the first or a second tanning duration if the customer used the first tanning duration during the previous tanning session; (iii) the first, second, or a third tanning duration if the customer used the second tanning duration during the previous tanning session; and (iv) the first, second, or a third tanning duration if the customer used the third tanning duration during the previous tanning session.