CPC G07C 9/00896 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0261 (2013.01); G07C 9/00817 (2013.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G07C 9/29 (2020.01); G07C 2009/00841 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. A method for allowing access to fitness centers comprising:
establishing a mobile computer application for use on a user's smart electronic device;
allowing the user to download the mobile computer application for storage, access and use on the user's smart electronic device and registering the user to establish a user account;
enabling individual and non-affiliated fitness centers to present time-based membership offers on the mobile computer application that are unique to each individual and non-affiliated fitness center and valid only at the individual and non-affiliated fitness center, thereby defining participating individual and non-affiliated fitness centers;
presenting the user with the identification of all of the participating individual and non-affiliated fitness centers available for access and use to the user;
allowing the user to view the presented participating individual and non-affiliated fitness centers available for access and use to the user;
presenting to the user the time-based membership offers of the participating individual and non-affiliated fitness centers;
allowing the user to purchase one or more time-based memberships from any one or more of the participating individual and non-affiliated fitness centers;
storing the one or more purchased time-based memberships on the mobile computer application residing on the user's smart electronic device;
activating one particular purchased time-based membership when the user enters the individual fitness center associated with the one particular purchased time-based membership;
validating the one particular purchased time-based membership at the individual fitness center each time the user enters the individual fitness center associated with the one particular purchased time-based membership throughout the duration of the purchased time-based membership; and
allowing the user access to use of facilities in the individual fitness center available under the one particular purchased time-based membership throughout the duration of the purchased time-based membership starting on the date of activation; and
presenting all time-based memberships purchased by the user on the mobile computer application, and displaying a list of all purchased time-based memberships that are still valid, including any purchased time-based memberships that have not been activated and also all purchased time-based memberships that have been activated including the time remaining on each of the purchased, valid and activated time-based memberships.
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