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US 12,657,625 · App. 17/660,902 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Pay-by-the-hour facility

Inventor: Kazuharu Ishida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TAISHO SKY BUILDING, INC.
G06Q30/0645G06Q10/02G06Q30/0283G07B15/02G07C9/00904
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,657,625
App. No.
17/660,902
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An on-demand rental facility that can improve operational efficiency of a facility by improving convenience for a reservation person wherein a management server for managing information of the on-demand rental facility includes: a reservation manager that receives a reservation from a reservation person; a storage unit that stores reservation information on the reservation person and reservation date and time of a room and a parking lot 26 received by the reservation manager; a reservation person common key setting part that sets a reservation person unlocking key common to the room and the parking lot associated with the reservation information; and a reservation person key issuer that issues the set reservation person unlocking key to the reservation person. The reservation person can unlock the room and the parking lot by using the reservation person unlocking key, and the convenience for the reservation person can be improved.

Claims (33)

1 . An on-demand rental facility in which a usage time is set and a facility is rented, wherein

the facility comprises at least a first facility and a second facility different from the first facility,

the on-demand rental facility comprises a management server for managing information on the first facility and the second facility, and

the management server is connected via a communication line to a reservation person input means that receives information input from a reservation person of the first facility and the second facility to the management server, and comprises:

a reservation manager that receives a reservation from the reservation person via the reservation person input means;

a storage that stores reservation information on the reservation person and reservation date and time of the first facility and the second facility received by the reservation manager;

a reservation person common key setting part that sets a reservation person unlocking key common to the first facility and the second facility associated with the reservation information, wherein the reservation person unlocking key includes a first key portion and a second key portion, wherein:

the first facility is configured to unlock based on the first key portion independent of the second key portion; and

the second facility is configured to unlock based on the second key portion; and

a reservation person key issuer that issues the reservation person unlocking key set in the reservation person common key setting part to the reservation person; wherein:

the management server is further connected via a communication line to a user input means that receives information input to the management server by a user who is a user of the first facility related to the reservation information stored in the storage and is different from the reservation person,

the reservation manager further comprises:

a reservation person receiver that receives event holding information on a reservation date and time and a reserved location of an event to be held using the first facility from the reservation person via the reservation person input means, and causes the storage to store the received event holding information; and

a user receiver that receives user information on the user of the event related to the event holding information via the user input means, to cause the storage to store the user information, and

the management server further comprises a user notifier that notifies the user that the user information has been received.

2 . The on-demand rental facility according to claim 1 , wherein the management server comprises a fee billing part that charges the reservation person for a total usage fee of the first facility and the second facility.

3 . The on-demand rental facility according to claim 1 , wherein

the facility comprises a third facility different from the first facility and the second facility,

and

the management server causes the storage to store user information on a user of the third facility by receiving a reservation of the third facility via the user input means, and comprises:

a user common key setting part that sets a user unlocking key common to the first facility and the third facility associated with the reservation information and the user information; and

a user key issuer that issues the user unlocking key set in the user common key setting part to the user.

4 . The on-demand rental facility according to claim 1 , wherein the management server comprises a location information notifier that notifies the user of location information related to a reserved location included in the event holding information stored in the storage.

5 . The on-demand rental facility according to claim 1 , wherein

the management server comprises:

a registration receiver that receives registration of provided item information on provided item to be provided at the event related to the event holding information via the reservation person input means, to cause the storage to store the provided item information; and

an application receiver that receives an application for use of the provided item related to the provided item information via the user input means.

6 . The on-demand rental facility according to claim 1 , wherein

the management server comprises:

a reservation person side receiver that receives a message of the reservation person via the reservation person input means;

a user side receiver that receives a message of the user via the user input means; and

a message viewer that allows both the reservation person and the user to view the message received by the reservation person side receiver and the user side receiver.

7 . The on-demand rental facility according to claim 1 , wherein the management server comprises a usage fee billing part that charges a usage fee for each user with respect to users of the event related to the event holding information.

Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019042727 · Oct 31, 2019
Related Publication 20220253927A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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