Universal Ticketing and Payment System
First Claim
1. A system for selling access to multiple events at multiple venues to multiple purchasers including:
- a plurality of passes associated with a member, wherein each of the passes contain data indicative of an identity of the pass;
a computer system accessible by users from remote locations using a network, wherein said computer system operates to provide;
a membership function which establishes and maintains a member account associated with the member including data identifying the account,a booking function which enables the member to purchase access to one or more future events at different venues,a memory function which retains information about the member and about the events to which the member has purchased access,a distribution function which enables the member to allocate entry authorization to specific events for a selected set of the passes associated with the member account, anda verification function which provides an admission indication signal based upon said entry authorization selected for each of said passes;
a plurality of readers at locations associated with venues hosting the events, wherein said readers are capable of reading said data on the passes and transmitting an interrogation signal associated with the pass to the computer system responsive to the data indicative of the identity of the pass;
wherein the verification function operates in response to said interrogation signal and provides said admission indication signal to the venue associated with said interrogation signal based upon said pass associated with the interrogation signal.
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Abstract
A remotely-accessible computer system allows a purchase to establish an account and then purchase admission to live events or venues. The system provides the purchaser with a pass containing data identifying the account established for the purchaser which account contains information about purchased admissions. The pass can be used to gain access multiple events. The purchaser presents the pass at the entrance to the event and a reader reads the identification data and forwards it to the system. The system checks that the purchaser has purchased entry to the particular event and provides a signal to the event indicating whether admission to the event should be allowed or refused.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for selling access to multiple events at multiple venues to multiple purchasers including:
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a plurality of passes associated with a member, wherein each of the passes contain data indicative of an identity of the pass; a computer system accessible by users from remote locations using a network, wherein said computer system operates to provide; a membership function which establishes and maintains a member account associated with the member including data identifying the account, a booking function which enables the member to purchase access to one or more future events at different venues, a memory function which retains information about the member and about the events to which the member has purchased access, a distribution function which enables the member to allocate entry authorization to specific events for a selected set of the passes associated with the member account, and a verification function which provides an admission indication signal based upon said entry authorization selected for each of said passes; a plurality of readers at locations associated with venues hosting the events, wherein said readers are capable of reading said data on the passes and transmitting an interrogation signal associated with the pass to the computer system responsive to the data indicative of the identity of the pass; wherein the verification function operates in response to said interrogation signal and provides said admission indication signal to the venue associated with said interrogation signal based upon said pass associated with the interrogation signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for managing access to multiple events at multiple venues to multiple users including:
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a plurality of passes associated with a member, wherein each of the passes contain an identifier; a computer system accessible from remote locations using a network, wherein said computer system operates to provide; a membership function which establishes and maintains a member account associated with the member, wherein said member account includes information about the member and information about the events at one or more venues to which the member has access, and a management function which enables the member to manage an event authorization status associated with each of the passes, wherein said event authorization status indicates whether the pass is authorized to enter a specific event associated with the member account; a plurality of readers at locations associated with venues hosting the events, wherein said readers are capable of reading said identifier on the passes and communicating an interrogation signal associated with the pass to the computer system; wherein the management function operates in response to said interrogation signal and provides an authorization signal to the venue associated with said interrogation signal based upon the event authorization status of the pass associated with the interrogation signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of obtaining information about the purchasing transactions of an attendee at a live event comprising:
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providing a computer system; establishing in the computer system a plurality of accounts, each one associated with a particular attendee of live events; providing to each attendee a pass containing data identifying the account of that attendee; allowing a purchase of goods or services at the event to be made using the pass and receiving data relating to the purchase at the computer system; storing that data in the computer system in association with the attendee'"'"'s account; and analyzing the stored data to obtain information about the attendee'"'"'s purchases at the event. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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