System for displaying selected assembly-facility seating views

A method for displaying to a user a perspective view of an assembly facility from a selected seat in the facility for a selected event occurring at the facility, comprising the steps of:

• (a) receiving from the user an event input signal encoding the user's selection of said event, and a seat-selection input signal encoding a tentative seat selection;
• (b) searching a proxy seat data structure, said proxy seat data structure encoding information concerning a plurality of seats in the facility that are specified as proxy seats, wherein the view from each said proxy seat is specified as approximating the view from one or more respective said seats within the facility the selected event, to produce a proxy-seat signal encoding an identification of a selected proxy seat corresponding to the tentative seat selection;
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• (c) displaying to the user a visual representation of the view from the selected proxy seat.

An automated ticket selection machine for obtaining a ticket for a selected seat at a selected event, comprising:

• (a) means for receiving from a customer an event selection;
• (b) means for receiving from the customer a tentative seat selection;
• (c) means for displaying to the customer a perspective view from a proxy seat wherein the view from said proxy seat approximates the view from the selected seat;
• (d) means for receiving from the customer a yes or no confirmation signal indicating whether or not the tentative seat selection is to be confirmed.