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1. A method of providing a ticket service to a user, comprising:
- determining, by a processor of a ticket provider, preferences for the user;
applying, by the processor, one or more of the preferences to a ticket inventory; and
providing, electronically by the ticket provider, one or more recommendations based on the applying to the user through a user device.
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Abstract
Ticket recommendations are provided based on user preferences, which can include user-set preferences and preferences based on user history. Preferences are compared with ticket information such as comments by other users of specific seats and areas, price, location near friends of the user, location near venue establishments, etc. After a ticket is purchased, recommendations of areas outside the venue may be provided to the user. In another embodiment, a user is presented with advantages and/or disadvantages of events outside the original event of interest.
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1. A method of providing a ticket service to a user, comprising:
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determining, by a processor of a ticket provider, preferences for the user; applying, by the processor, one or more of the preferences to a ticket inventory; and providing, electronically by the ticket provider, one or more recommendations based on the applying to the user through a user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12)
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10. The method of 1, further comprising recommending seats near seats purchased by friends of the user.
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13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by one or more processors of a server are adapted to cause the server to perform a method comprising:
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determining, by a ticket provider, preferences for the user; applying one or more of the preferences to a ticket inventory; and providing, by the ticket provider, one or more recommendations based on the applying to the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A network-based system comprising:
one or more servers to electronically deliver ticket recommendations to a user in response to determining, by a ticket provider, preferences for the user;
applying one or more of the preferences to a ticket inventory; and
determining seat recommendations based on the applying.
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22. A method of providing ticket services to a user comprising:
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determining, by a processor of a ticket provider, at least one event of interest to the user; searching for tickets for the at least one event and other events related to the at least one event; determining advantages and disadvantages of the tickets found in the searching; and presenting, electronically by the ticket provider, at least an advantage or a disadvantage for at least one of the tickets found for the other events. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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