System and method for selecting and reserving sets of seats

A system for selling tickets to an end user over a wide area network, the system comprising:

• a database storing a plurality of entries denoting a plurality of sets of available individual seats at a venue;
• and
• a server, configured to:
• query the database for information relating to the plurality of sets of available individual seats at the venue;
• transmit the information to an application running on a general purpose computer on the wide area network for display to the end user;
• provide a page that comprises an interactive seating map representing information relating to the sets of available individual seats from which the end user can select one or more available seats, the interactive seating map providing current available seat information on one or more of the sets of available individual seats in response to a user interaction with the seating map, the interaction comprising placing a mouse over one of the sets of available individual seats, wherein the mouse over initiates a request for the current available seat information for seats that have not been preiously taken to be displayed on the computer display of the user;
• receive from the end user a selection of current available seat information on one or more of the sets of available individual seats, wherein the selection is based on a mouse click;
• and
• accept over the wide area network from the end user a payment for the one or more selected seats.