System and method for interactive messaging and/or allocating and/or upgrading and/or rewarding tickets, other event admittance means, goods and/or services

Patent 7203665 Issued on April 10, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date:

February 6, 2026. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Donner, Irah H.

Application

No. 11347990 filed on 02/06/2006

US Classes:

705/64, Secure transaction (e.g., EFT/POS)705/5, Reservation, check-in, or booking display for reserved space705/67, Including authentication705/37, Trading, matching, or bidding705/26, Electronic shopping (e.g., remote ordering)340/825, SELECTIVE235/382, Permitting access235/384Transportation

Examiners

Primary: Backer, Firmin

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley LLP

Foreign Patent References

0 597 225 EP 05/01/1994
0 712 215 EP 05/01/1996
0 750 406 EP 12/01/1996
2265795 GB 10/01/1996
08214362 JP 08/01/1996
10-506517 JP 06/01/1998
10-209939 JP 08/01/1998
WO 95/19078 WO 07/01/1995
WO 99/34636 WO 07/01/1999

International Class

G06F 99/00

Abstract

A method, system, server architecture and/or tangible medium upgrade and award admittance of events to an event customer, preferably via a data communication network. The method includes, for example, receiving a communication from the event customer, the communication including a request to obtain admittance to at least one event, the communication also including an identifier associated with the event customer, admitting the event customer at the point of sale system after verification of the request, and updating a database indicating that the request was processed. The method also includes determining first predetermined criteria associated with the event indicative of at least one other event customer not attending the event, releasing an allocation associated with the at least one other event customer, and notifying at least another of the event customers to perform the upgrade and/or reallocation.

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