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US 2014/0372156 A1Published application
Ticket Scalping Prevention Using a Networked System and Re-Usable Auxiliary Devices
AssigneePhanteye
InventorMarcus Jamal Floyd
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Abstract
A networked server system which can be organized in both a centralized and decentralized fashion that prevents ticket scalping, uses multi-use auxiliary devices instead of tickets allowing tickets to be transferred between individuals and resold within the system, eliminates the need for paper tickets, and provides greater anti-fraud and anti-counterfeiting security.
Claims2
A method for preventing event ticket scalping comprising of:
- A process to purchase a ticket on the system requiring tie purchaser to select who they arc purchasing tickets for, if not for them self;
- A process for members to forfeit tickets—re-entering them into the available ticket pool on the system negating transferability outside the system on third-party systems so their value can be controlled and the ticket can be forced to be sold at face value after which the original purchaser receives a refund for the original purchase;
- A process to verify an auxiliary device's validity and authenticity by using a scanner to scan the auxiliary device and send its details to the system which the system uses to lookup the member and tickets associated with them.
A permanent and re-usable auxiliary device for event ticketing comprising of:
- A unique identifier that is stored in the system;
- An association with a single member within the system;
- The ability to gain entrance to multiple events by its association with a single member and the tickets associated with that member within the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.