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Abstract

An online reservation method and system is described where networked remote devices, such as networked cameras, telescopes, and radio controlled cars, planes, ships, toys, robots are rented to interested renters. Renters use the reservation system to select devices from a group of remote devices offered for rent, reserve the devices for available time slots, and control the reserved devices remotely. Some embodiments provide tools for the users to record remotely operated sessions and to share live or previously recorded sessions with other users. The reservation system also manages auctions for reserving the use of high demand remote devices during certain time slots. Some embodiments allow a user who has reserved a remotely operated device for a time slot to rent it back to other users for a same or a different price that the user originally paid to reserve the use of the device during the time slot.

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