for 3 hours a duration is defined for each reservation therefore the scheduling process considers the following issues when attempting to schedule a reservation availability masks defined for the resources required by procedures in the schedule group the facilities 35 45 55 communicate their availability back to the central scheduling server 80 via their respective remote schedule servers 38 48 58 the scheduling server 80 then communicates the various reservation candidates directly to the client 20 if the client 20 wishes to select one of the reservation candidates the client 20 so notifies the scheduling server 80 if the client does not want to select any of the reservation candidates an alternative set of reservation candidates is generated in the same manner as the initial set of candidates upon receipt of the client 39 s notification as to which reservation candidate the client wishes to select the scheduling server 80 communicates the notification to the selected facility 35 45 55 via the facility 39 s remote schedule server the schedule server 38 48 58 the scheduling system 10 then generates information related to the selected reservation including the client information the service constraints the reservation date and time the facility at which the reservation will occur and the specific resources to be utilized at the facility during the reservation resources include the specific room to be utilized for the reservation along with the staff and equipment required to fulfill the reservation staff denotes the technical professional or administrative staff whom are represented within the facility equipment denotes the types of machinery or apparatus located within the facility.