System and method for providing a tertiary market for used tickets
AssigneeFliptix, LLC
InventorSeth Siegel
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Abstract
A system and method for the sale, purchase, and reuse of tickets previously purchased is provided. The system and method provide a tertiary market for used ticket by enabling the tickets of “early exits” to be resold to later attendees who wish to attend the remaining duration of the event. The system and method can be applied to any event in which tickets or passes of some sort are sold, both single-day and multi-day, including but not limited to: sporting events; concerts; festivals; and conferences. Tickets are made available through an electronic system that captures the ticket information either upon departure, or soon after. Upon recapture, tickets are then made available to a new consumer through the same process.
Claims20
A computerized method for providing a market for resale of a right to occupy a vacated seat or space at an event upon the departure of a ticket holder from an event while the event is in progress at a venue, comprises, using one or more computers:
- electronically tracking when the ticket holder has left the event;
- electronically offering for resale the right to occupy a previously vacated seat or space to a third party that is not in the venue;
- electronically processing the resale of the right to occupy a previously vacated seat or space;
- electronically transmitting to the third party that is not in the venue a ticket representing the resold right to occupy a previously vacated seat or space;
- and
- electronically transmitting to the venue a record of the ticket representing the resold right to occupy a previously vacated seat or space.
The method of claim 8, wherein the step of transmitting to the third party further includes transmitting a scannable barcode image of a ticket representing the right to occupy a previously vacated seat or space to the third party.
Computer readable media, having stored thereon, computer executable process steps sufficient to control one or more computers to provide a market for resale of a right to occupy a previously vacated seat or space upon the departure of a ticket holder from an event while the event is in progress at a venue by performing steps comprising:
- electronically tracking when the ticket holder has left the event;
- electronically offering for resale the right to occupy a previously vacated seat or space to a third party that is not in the venue;
- electronically verifying that the third party is not located in the venue;
- electronically processing the resale of the right to occupy a previously vacated seat or space;
- electronically transmitting to the third party that is not in the venue a resale ticket;
- and
- electronically transmitting to the venue a record of the resale ticket.
A system for providing a market for resale of the right to occupy a previously vacated seat or space upon the departure of a ticket holder from an event while the event is in progress comprising a server, the server receiving a notification that the ticket holder has left the event;
- and in response to said notification, transmitting an offer to sell a resale ticket for a resale of the right to occupy a previously vacated seat or space to a plurality of mobile apps executing on respective mobile devices of a plurality of prospective buyers that are not in the venue;
- the server receiving a request to purchase the resale ticket from one of the plurality of mobile apps, the server electronically processing the resale ticket;
- the server transmitting to said one mobile app a resale ticket and electronically transmitting to the venue a record of the resale ticket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.