Enhanced task scheduling for data access control using queue protocols

A system for selectively restricting access to electronic ticket assignment systems based on affinity indications, comprising:

• one or more data processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform operations including:
• receiving, at an electronic ticket assignment system, a first communication via an interface, the first communication being received from a computing device associated with a user, the first communication corresponding to a request from the user for assignment of one or more electronic tickets to an event, and the event being associated with an entity;
• receiving, at the electronic ticket assignment system, a second communication from the computing device, the second communication corresponding to profile data previously defined at a social-media network, and the profile data including a user identifier associated with the user;
• in response to receiving the second communication:
• accessing the social-media network using the profile data, the profile data being used as one or more credentials for accessing the social-media network,
• querying the social-media network for affinity indications associated with the user identifier, an affinity indication being generated based on input previously received at the social media network in association with the user identifier, and
• receiving affinity data representing a result of querying the social-media network, the result including one or more affinity indications associated with the user identifier, and each of the one or more affinity indications representing the user's affinity for the entity;
• analyzing, at the electronic ticket assignment system, the affinity data, the analysis of the affinity data including using the affinity data to estimate whether the user associated with the user identifier is a human user;
• determining, at the electronic ticket assignment system, whether to initiate a process for assigning electronic tickets, the determination being based on a result of analyzing the affinity data, wherein:
• when the result of analyzing the affinity data corresponds to an estimation that the user associated with the user identifier is a human user, initiating the process for assigning electronic tickets, and
• when the result of the analysis of the affinity data corresponds to an estimation that the user associated with the user identifier is not a human user, inhibiting the request for assignment of the one or more electronic tickets to the event.

A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions configured to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations including:

• receiving, at an electronic ticket assignment system, a first communication via an interface, the first communication being received from a computing device associated with a user, the first communication corresponding to a request from the user for assignment of one or more electronic tickets to an event, and the event being associated with an entity;
• receiving, at the electronic ticket assignment system, a second communication from the computing device, the second communication corresponding to profile data previously defined at a social-media network, and the profile data including a user identifier associated with the user;
• in response to receiving the second communication:
• accessing the social-media network using the profile data, the profile data being used as one or more credentials for accessing the social-media network,
• querying the social-media network for affinity indications associated with the user identifier, an affinity indication being generated based on input previously received at the social media network in association with the user identifier, and
• receiving affinity data representing a result of querying the social-media network, the result including one or more affinity indications associated with the user identifier, and each of the one or more affinity indications representing the user's affinity for the entity;
• analyzing, at the electronic ticket assignment system, the affinity data, the analysis of the affinity data including using the affinity data to estimate whether the user associated with the user identifier is a human user;
• determining, at the electronic ticket assignment system, whether to initiate a process for assigning electronic tickets, the determination being based on a result of analyzing the affinity data, wherein:
• when the result of analyzing the affinity data corresponds to an estimation that the user associated with the user identifier is a human user, initiating the process for assigning electronic tickets, and
• when the result of the analysis of the affinity data corresponds to an estimation that the user associated with the user identifier is not a human user, inhibiting the request for assignment of the one or more electronic tickets to the event.