Event invitation method and system

• US 7,406,433 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2002
• Issued: 07/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Haseda, Hisashi, Ikematsu, Kuniaki, Mashimo, Seiichi, Hatta, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Jeanty; Romain
• Application Number:
  US10/090,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20020138325A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,337 Days
• Field of Search: 705/9
• US Class Current: 705/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An event invitation method according to this invention comprises the steps of acquiring position information of a customer registered in advance; judging whether or not information concerning an invitation to an event to a terminal of the customer based on at least a positional relationship between the customer and a site of the event; and sending information concerning the invitation to the event to the terminal of the customer if it is judged that the invitation to the event should be sent to the customer. With this method, for example, by sending event invitation information to customers who can reach the event site by the opening time or ending time of the event, collection of customers who attend the event and resale of canceled tickets can be performed efficiently.

Claims

1. An event invitation method comprising:

acquiring position information of a customer registered in advance;

judging whether or not an invitation to an event is to be sent to a terminal of said customer based on at least a positional relationship between said customer and a site of the event;

sending information concerning said invitation to said event to a terminal of said customer if it is judged that said invitation to said event should be sent to said customer;

receiving from a terminal of said customer, an attendance request for a plurality of persons, said attendance request including information of respective destinations to which information concerning an entrance ticket should be sent;

judging whether or not entrance tickets are assigned to said plurality of persons for said attendance request; and

if it is judged that said entrance tickets are assigned to at least said plurality of persons, sending said information concerning said entrance ticket to respective terminals of said plurality of persons according to said information of said respective destinations.

2. The event invitation method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving cancellation of a ticket from a customer; and

performing processing of refunding a corresponding amount of money to said customer who canceled said ticket in response to an issuance of a ticket corresponding to said canceled ticket to another customer.

3. A program embedded on a medium when executed by a computer for causing said computer to perform a processing for invitation of an event, said program comprising:

acquiring position information of a customer registered in advance;

judging whether or not an invitation to an event is to be sent to a terminal of said customer based on at least a positional relationship between said customer and a site of the event;

sending information concerning said invitation to said event to said terminal of said customer if it is judged that said invitation to said event should be sent to said customer;

receiving from a terminal of a customer, an attendance request for a plurality of persons, said attendance request including information of respective destinations to which information concerning an entrance ticket should be sent;

judging whether or not entrance tickets can be assigned to said plurality of persons for said attendance request; and

if it is judged that said entrance tickets can be assigned to at least said plurality of persons, sending said information concerning said entrance ticket to respective terminals of said plurality of persons according to said information of said respective destinations.

4. An event invitation system, comprising:

means for acquiring position information of a customer registered in advance;

means for judging whether or not an invitation to an event is to be sent to a terminal of said customer based on at least a positional relationship between said customer and a site of the event;

means for sending information concerning said invitation to said event to said terminal of said customer if it is judged that said invitation to said event should be sent to said customer;

means for receiving from a terminal of a customer, an attendance request for a plurality of persons, said attendance request including information of respective destinations to which information concerning an entrance ticket should be sent;

means for judging whether or not entrance tickets can be assigned to said plurality of persons for said attendance request; and

sending said information concerning said entrance ticket to respective terminals of said plurality of persons according to said information of said respective destinations, if it is judged that said entrance tickets can be assigned to at least said plurality of persons.