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Collaborative ticketing system

  • US 10,296,852 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2015
  • Issued: 05/21/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a mobile ticketing application configured to run on a mobile device of a user, said mobile ticketing application comprising:

  • a user interface module that provides a touch-based user interface on the mobile device, the user interface providing functionality for the user to at least;

    browse movies and show times at theaters in a vicinity of the mobile device;

    select a movie and an associated theater and show time;

    initiate a group event in connection with the selected movie, theater and show time, wherein initiating the group event comprises selecting, from a display of social network contacts, a set of one or more social network contacts to invite to the group event, wherein the touch-based user interface provides functionality for the user to select the set of social network contacts by at least (1) tapping on a designation of a plurality of social networking contacts previously invited by the user as a group, whereby the user can select the plurality of social networking contacts to invite without individually selecting each of the plurality of social networking contacts, and (2) tapping on designations of individual social networking contacts; and

    a group event processing module that is responsive to initiation of the group event by at least;

    initiating an electronic transmission of an invitation to each selected social network contact, said invitation including a link to a server system that provides functionality for the invited social network contact to accept the invitation; and

    generate, and display on the mobile device, an encoded display representing a ticket for attending the group event, said encoded display including encoded information corresponding to the group event, said encoded display adapted to be scanned at the theater and used to control entry into the theater.

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