Computer-based right distribution system
AssigneeTicketmaster
InventorKenton F. Brett
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Abstract
An automated ticket auctioning system receives and evaluates bid information records received from a plurality of remote terminals. Each bid information record corresponds to at least one bid for one or more desired seats at a venue. Each bid information record may also include a plurality of additional bids identified for different seats in the venue. The separate bids in each bid information record are prioritized. The automated ticket auctioning system includes a central controlling computer operable to receive the bid information records and determine, in order of priority, whether any of the bids in a bid information record is accepted. If one bid in a bid information record is accepted, all lower priority bids in that bid information record are dismissed.
Claims24
A method of distributing a plurality of priority rights, the method comprising:
- receiving over a network at a computing system a plurality of bid records from a plurality of users, the bid records including bid amount data, wherein the bid amount data is associated with a quantity of priority rights being bid on;
- correlating, via the computing system, a selected bid record received from a selected user with a subset of priority rights, wherein:
- (a) the subset of priority rights is selected from the plurality of priority rights at least partially based on the selected bid record bid amount data, and
- (b) the subset of priority rights includes a quantity of priority rights that corresponds to the quantity of priority rights being bid on,
- wherein the computing system is configured to perform such correlation;
- and
- distributing the subset of priority rights to the selected user.
A system configured to distribute a plurality of priority rights, the method comprising:
- a computing device;
- a program stored in tangible memory, that when executed by the computing device, is configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a plurality of bid records from a plurality of users, the bid records including bid amount data, wherein the bid amount data is associated with a quantity of priority rights being bid on;
- correlating a selected bid record received from a selected user with a subset of priority rights, wherein:
- (a) the subset of priority rights is selected from the plurality of priority rights at least partially based on the selected bid record bid amount data, and
- (b) the subset of priority rights includes a quantity of priority rights that corresponds to the quantity of priority rights being bid on,
- wherein the computing system is configured to perform such correlation;
- and
- distributing the subset of priority rights to the selected user.
A computer readable medium storing instructions, that if executed by a computing device, are configured to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a plurality of bid records from a plurality of users, the bid records including bid amount data, wherein the bid amount data is associated with a quantity of priority rights being bid on;
- correlating a selected bid record received from a selected user with a subset of priority rights, wherein
- (a) the subset of priority rights is selected from the plurality of priority rights at least partially based on the selected bid record bid amount data, and
- (b) the subset of priority rights includes a quantity of priority rights that corresponds to the quantity of priority rights being bid on, wherein the computing system is configured to perform such correlation;
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- distributing the subset of priority rights to the selected user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.