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US 2013/0096961 A1Published application
System and Method for Electronic Ticket Exchange and Delivery
AssigneePogoSeat Inc.
InventorsEvan Owens, Daniel Simon
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Abstract
A system and method are described to electronically exchange seat tickets before or during an event in a way that eliminates the need to print or possess a paper ticket for a new seat while ensuring authenticity of the new electronic seat ticket. The system and method overcome current logistical constraints of upgrading a ticket during an event, and offers event attendees an option for exchanging their previously purchased ticket before or during an event.
Claims19
An electronic ticketing method comprising:
- receiving at a computing system a communication across a network connection from a mobile device, the communication including identification of one or more current seat ticket at an event and a request for one or more new seat ticket at the event;
- determining by the computing system a price for the one or more current seat ticket;
- determining by the computing system one or more available seat ticket at the event and a price for each of the one or more available seat ticket;
- calculating by the computing system a change cost for the one or more available seat ticket based on a difference between the one or more current seat ticket price and each of the one or more available seat ticket price;
- communicating from the computing system across the network connection to the mobile device an indication of the one or more available seat ticket at the event and the change cost for the one or more available seat ticket;
- receiving at the computing system across the network connection from the mobile device one or more selected seat ticket from the one or more available seat ticket;
- receiving at the computing system an electronic delivery point for each one or more selected seat ticket;
- and
- communicating each one or more selected seat ticket to the received electronic delivery point.
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A system for mobile device-enabled electronic ticketing comprising:
- a computing system configured to communicate through a network connection with a mobile device to identify one or more current seat ticket and to receive a request from the mobile device for one or more available seat ticket at an event;
- and
- a venue store comprising information about seat tickets including a price for each of the seat tickets and an indication of whether each of the seat tickets is available for sale;
- wherein the computing system is further configured to
- communicate with the venue store to determine a price for each one or more current seat ticket and to identify one or more available seat ticket at the event and the ticket price for each of the one or more available seat ticket;
- determine a change cost for each of the one or more available seat ticket, the change cost for each of the one or more available seat ticket being based on a difference in price between the one or more current seat ticket and the one or more available seat ticket;
- communicate to the mobile device an indication of the one or more available seat ticket and the change cost for each of the one or more available seat ticket;
- receive from the mobile device one or more selected seat ticket from the one or more available seat ticket;
- receive from the mobile device one or more electronic delivery point for the one or more selected seat ticket;
- and
- communicate the one or more selected seat ticket to the received one or more electronic delivery point.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereupon computing instructions comprising:
- a code segment to receive at a computing system a communication across a network connection from a mobile device, the communication including identification of one or more current seat ticket at an event and a request for one or more new seat ticket at the event;
- a code segment to determine by the computing system a price for e one or more current seat ticket;
- a code segment to determine by the computing system one or more available seat ticket at the event and a price for each of the one or more available seat ticket;
- a code segment to calculate by the computing system a change cost for the one or more available seat ticket based on a difference between the one or more current seat ticket price and each of the one or more available seat ticket price;
- a code segment to communicate from the computing system across the network connection to the mobile device an indication of the one or more available seat ticket at the event and the change cost for the one or more available seat ticket;
- a code segment to receive at the computing system across the network connection from the mobile device one or more selected seat ticket from the one or more available seat ticket;
- a code segment to receive at the computing system an electronic delivery point for each one or more selected seat ticket;
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- a code segment to communicate each one or more selected seat ticket to the received electronic delivery point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.