BACKGROUND With the rapid advance of computer technology expand ing the practical
application of personal computers, coupled with a near-quarterly reduction in computer …

Related US Application Data (60) Division of application No. 1 1/929,075, filed on Oct. 30,
2007, which is a continuation of application No. 09/553,337, filed on Apr. 20, 2000, which is …

(57) ABSTRACT A Consumer/Service Provider internet Scheduling System and method that
is an internet integrated Consumer driven System for most efficiently matching a …

BACKGROUND Consumers have the flexibility to purchase electronic devices in the comfort
of their homes by logging on to any one of hundreds of online retailers, selecting an …

A variety of methods and systems are offered by the present invention for a user to access
an online reservation system which offers the ability to book appointments for services with …

Related US. Application Data now Pat. No. 5,694,546, said application No. 09/553, 337 is a
division of application No. 08/982,157,? led on Dec. 1, 1997, now Pat. No. 6,125,388, which …

BACKGROUND 0002 Internet browsers of today generally display forms by rendering
HyperTextMarkup Language (HTML) to pro duce fields arranged in a format that can be …

An on-line communications service allows a plurality of service providers to provide services
to respective groups of subscribers, with the on-line service from each provider being …

The present invention teaches an online reservation system providing services of multiple
categories of service providers. A user may enter the online reservation system by clicking …

0004 2. Description of Related Art 0005 Web users may typically visit destination sites, for
example, a ticket purchasing site, to eventually purchase a product or service. Following the …