System and method for ecommerce ticket sales based on seat occupancy

A system for facilitating an ecommerce sale of a ticket to an individual based on a seat occupancy by the individual, the system broadly comprising:

• a software application for downloading onto a mobile communications device, with the software application allowing the individual to specify an ecommerce payment method;
• a point-of-sale transaction system configured to allow the individual to use the mobile communications device to purchase concessions;
• an initiation mechanism configured to detect a presence of the mobile communications device, the initiation mechanism including a gate configured to initiate an authentication process, and if the authentication process is successfully completed, allow the individual to proceed;
• a seat occupancy determining mechanism configured to determine whether the individual has occupied a seat among a plurality of seats;
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• a computing device configured to—
• wait for a delay period after the individual has stopped moving, wherein the delay period is between one minute and five minutes,
• require the individual to verify a relevant characteristic of the individual,
• determine an amount owed by the individual based at least in part on the occupancy of the seat by the individual, and
• execute the ecommerce sale of the ticket via the software application using the ecommerce payment method to pay the amount owed.

A method for facilitating an ecommerce sale of a ticket to an individual based on a seat occupancy by the individual, the method broadly comprising:

• (a) providing a software application for downloading onto a mobile communications device, with the software application allowing the individual to specify an ecommerce payment method;
• (b) performing an initiation process when the individual attempts to use the software application, the initiation process including establishing communication with the software application;
• (c) electronically determining whether the individual has occupied a seat among a plurality of seats;
• (d) determining an amount owed by the individual based at least in part on the occupancy of the seat by the individual;
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• (e) executing the ecommerce sale of the ticket via the software application using the payment method to pay the amount owed.