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SPORTS AND CONCERT EVENT TICKET PRICING AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEM

  • US 20170103350A1
  • Filed: 12/20/2016
  • Published: 04/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A ticketing system configured for changing ticket numbers for seats that have not yet been transferred to an event that is already active to improve ticket value from a first level to a second level for the event using the ticketing system programmed by a computer memory and a gate structure coupled to the ticketing system, the system comprising:

  • an aggregation module communicating via a network coupled to the ticketing system, a plurality of listings of tickets that are being provided in a secondary market for the same event in a storage of the ticketing system from one or more databases, the one or more databases being the source of the plurality of listings of the tickets, each ticket listing including a number of tickets available, a number information per ticket, and a location information of the seat or seats within the venue;

    a filter module, provided under control by a processor of the ticketing system, the the filtering module being provided to filter the plurality of listings of tickets to remove tickets with an anomalous listing number and outputting a plurality of remaining listings of tickets;

    a grouping module, provided under control by the processor, the grouping module being provided to process the plurality of remaining listings of tickets into one or more equivalent sections;

    a forming module, under control by the processor, for providing a distribution of listing numbers for the remaining listings of tickets for each one or more equivalent sections, the distribution of listing numbers being a distribution of secondary market-numbers;

    an identifying module configured for identifying, by the processor, at least one ticket that has not been transferred from an initial seller for the event in a primary market, the at least one ticket being a not transferred ticket, the not transferred ticket having an initial number and a location of the seat or seats; and

    the module being configured for setting, by the processor, a revised number from the initial number for the not transferred ticket by associating the location of the seat or seats to an equivalent section and determining the revised number based on the distribution of listing numbers for the remaining listings of tickets in the associated equivalent section;

    an outputting device coupled to the network;

    a ticket outputted from the outputting device coupled to the network; and

    a gate structure coupled to the network to receive information from the ticket outputted from the outputting device to either lock or unlock the gate structure for a user.

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