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An active reservation system that allows an event vendor to maintain a stand-alone inventory control system which ties directly to an active reservation server, which in turn is distributed through Internet-based reservation systems (web sites) to the users of the Internet. The reservation system in

An active reservation system that allows an event vendor to maintain a stand-alone inventory control system which ties directly to an active reservation server, which in turn is distributed through Internet-based reservation systems (web sites) to the users of the Internet. The reservation system includes a local event server that provides the means of maintaining the inventory and the communications with the active reservation server. The local event server allows the event vendor to allocate, control and reserve their inventory at their place of business. This server can then communicate over a network to an active reservation server, which maintains data that Internet-based reservation systems use to provide access to the inventory. The event vendor maintains total control over their inventory while allowing access to that inventory by a much larger audience.

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1. A method for operating an Internet based active reservation system for the purchase of goods and services, comprising:(a) providing an owner event server located at and operated by a local event owner having an available inventory of goods and services at a local site; (b) providing an active res

1. A method for operating an Internet based active reservation system for the purchase of goods and services, comprising:(a) providing an owner event server located at and operated by a local event owner having an available inventory of goods and services at a local site; (b) providing an active reservation server located at and operated by user remote from said local site, said active reservation server accepting only data from said owner event server and formatting said data for viewing by an Internet-based consumer; (c) allocating said available inventory by only said owner event server at all times between local inventory and Internet inventory; (d) adjusting said available inventory by only said event owner at said owner event server at all times based on purchases of goods and services at said local event site; (e) communicating said allocated Internet inventory only to said active reservation server; (f) receiving purchase requests for goods and services in said Internet inventory at said active reservation server from said Internet-based consumer; (g) communicating said purchase requests from said active reservation server to said owner event server; (h) accepting said purchase requests solely at said local event server and adjusting said Internet inventory only by said owner event server at all times to establish an adjusted Internet inventory; (i) communicating said accepting and said adjusted Internet inventory from said owner event server to said active reservation server; and (j) communicating said accepting and confirmation indicia relative thereto from said active reservation system to said Internet consumer.