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US 8,554,634 B2Granted
Methods and systems for issuing tickets
OwnerNick Lewininventor
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for issuing tickets for events are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes providing a ticket purchaser with both an electronic ticket and a duplicate replica ticket. The replica ticket provides the user a piece of memorabilia, without presenting the issue of having multiple tickets capable of being used for entry. In an additional embodiment, the replica ticket can also be used to gain access to the event.
Claims17
A method for generating replica tickets comprising:
- implementing a webpage that includes a first interactive option to purchase an e-ticket for one or more events;
- receiving a selection of an event for purchase of the e-ticket as part of the first interactive option;
- providing the ticket purchaser with a second interactive option to purchase a replica ticket for the selected event;
- obtaining attributes from a database to create a replica ticket for a selected event using a replica ticket vendor server;
- e-mailing both the e-ticket and data for printing the replica ticket to the ticket purchaser;
- and
- printing the replica ticket to the ticket purchaser.
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A system for generating replica tickets comprising:
- a computer configured to implement a webpage configured to provide a ticket purchaser with a first interactive option to purchase electronic tickets for one or more events, the computer is further configured to receive a selection of an event for purchase of the electronic ticket as part of the first interactive option and the computer is further configured to provide a second interactive option during the process of purchasing electronic tickets for purchasing a replica ticket for the selected event;
- a replica ticket vendor server;
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- a database which contains attributes necessary to create a replica ticket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.