Method and apparatus of controlling reservation for goods and the like

A method of controlling the reservation for goods and the like includes the steps of setting and registering individual identification means for each individual applicable to individual data of an unspecified number of the general public, reserving tangible and/or intangible various goods and the like controlled by an information data control unit (2) from an individual whose individual identification means have been set and registered, through communication means, setting a reservation code to the reservation data for each of various goods and the like reserved and notifying the individual, receiving various urgent information data such as the change or cancel of the reservation data to which the reservation code has been set from at least either the individual side or the information data control unit (2) side, and changing or canceling the contents of the reservation data, and sending through the communication means the contents of the reservation data to notify the individual. An apparatus practicing the above method will also be provided.