Methods and systems for determining user location

A non-transitory computer readable media that stores a program, said program capable of being executed by a computer to cause the computer to:

• receive at a computer system global positioning satellite and/or cellular network location data, wherein the location data corresponds to the approximate location of a first mobile computer terminal;
• based at least in part on the location data, determine if the first mobile computer terminal is within a first area, wherein presence in the first area is needed in order to be authorized to access a first service, wherein the first service relates to acquisition of a first ticket for a sporting event or a concert event at a venue;
• and
• at least partly in response to failing to determine that the first mobile computer terminal is in the first area, transmit a map to the first mobile computer terminal, the map including at least the first area, and inhibiting the acquisition of the first ticket for the event at the venue from the first mobile computer terminal;
• determining if a changed location of the first mobile computer terminal is within the first area;
• at least partly in response to determining that the changed location of the first mobile computer terminal is within the first area, enabling an acquisition of the first ticket for the event and inhibiting the acquisition of more than a predetermined quantity of tickets for the event by a user of the first mobile computer terminal.

A method of processing location data for a computer terminal, the method comprising:

• receiving at a computer system location data corresponding to the approximate physical location of a first terminal;
• based at least in part on the location data, determining if the first terminal is within a first area, wherein presence in the first area is needed in order to be entitled to access a first service related to the acquisition of a first ticket for a sporting event or a concert event;
• and
• at least partly in response to failing to determine that the first terminal is in the first area, transmitting to the first terminal location information indicating that the first ticket may be acquired in the first area, transmitting a map to the first mobile computer terminal, the map including at least the first location, and inhibiting the acquisition of the first event ticket from the first terminal;
• determining if a changed location of the first terminal is within the first area;
• at least partly in response to determining that the changed location of the first terminal is within the first area, enabling an acquisition of the first event ticket and inhibiting the acquisition of more than a predetermined quantity of tickets for the event by a user of the first terminal.