Electronic ticketing system and method

Claim 1

A system for electronically exchanging paperless tickets for an event in a secondary market from ticket sellers to ticket buyers, the system comprising: means for associating the paperless tickets with authentication data of the ticket seller; means for receiving from ticket sellers electronic asks comprising an ask quantity and an ask price; means for receiving from a ticket buyer an electronic bid comprising a bid quantity and a bid price; means for comparing the bid to the asks; means for completing a transfer of the paperless tickets when the bid price equals the ask price and the ask quantity is equal to or greater than the bid quantity; means for reassociating the paperless tickets with authentication data of the ticket buyer, the authentication data of the ticket buyer being provided by the ticket buyer, and wherein the authentication data does not constitute a physical material; and means for granting access to the event upon presentation of the buyer authentication data of the paperless ticket without the buyer presenting any Personalized physical material.

Claim 2

A system for electronically exchanging paperless tickets for an event in a secondary market from ticket sellers to ticket buyers, the system comprising: means for associating the paperless tickets with authentication data of the ticket seller; means for receiving from ticket sellers electronic asks comprising an ask quantity and an ask price; means for receiving from a ticket buyer an electronic bid comprising a bid quantity and a bid price; means for comparing the bid to the asks; means for completing a transfer of the paperless tickets when the bid price equals the ask price and the ask quantity is equal to or greater than the bid quantity; means for reassociating the paperless tickets with authentication data of the ticket buyer, the authentication data of the ticket buyer being provided by the ticket buyer, and wherein the authentication data does not constitute a physical material; and means for granting access to the event upon presentation of the buyer authentication data of the paperless ticket without the buyer presenting any Personalized physical material.

Claim 7

A method of electronically exchanging paperless tickets for an event in a secondary market from ticket sellers to ticket buyers, the method comprising the steps of: associating the paperless tickets with authentication data of the ticket seller; receiving from ticket sellers electronic asks comprising an ask quantity and an ask price; receiving from a ticket buyer an electronic bid comprising a bid quantity and a bid price; comparing the bid to the asks; completing a transfer of the paperless tickets when the bid price equals the ask price and the ask quantity is equal to or greater than the bid quantity; reassociating the paperless tickets with authentication data of the ticket buyer, the authentication data of the ticket buyer being provided by the ticket buyer, and wherein the authentication data does not constitute a physical material; and presenting authentication data of the ticket buyer at an access device operably connected to the system without the buyer presenting any personalized physical material.

Claim 8

A method of electronically exchanging paperless tickets for an event in a secondary market from ticket sellers to ticket buyers, the method comprising the steps of: associating the paperless tickets with authentication data of the ticket seller; receiving from ticket sellers electronic asks comprising an ask quantity and an ask price; receiving from a ticket buyer an electronic bid comprising a bid quantity and a bid price; comparing the bid to the asks; completing a transfer of the paperless tickets when the bid price equals the ask price and the ask quantity is equal to or greater than the bid quantity; reassociating the paperless tickets with authentication data of the ticket buyer, the authentication data of the ticket buyer being provided by the ticket buyer, and wherein the authentication data does not constitute a physical material; and presenting authentication data of the ticket buyer at an access device operably connected to the system without the buyer presenting any personalized physical material.

Claim 12

A system for electronically exchanging paperless tickets for an event in a secondary market from ticket sellers to ticket buyers, the system comprising: a data center which associates the paperless tickets with authentication data of a ticket seller, the data center further being adapted to receive from ticket sellers electronic asks comprising an ask quantity and an ask price, and to receiving from a ticket buyer an electronic bid comprising a bid quantity and a bid price, compares the bid to the asks, completes a transfer of the paperless tickets when the bid price equals the ask price and the ask quantity is equal to or greater than the bid quantity, reassoicates the paperless tickets with authentication data of the ticket buyer, the authentication data being provided by the ticket buyer, and wherein the authentication data does not constitute a physical material, and allows access to the venue upon presentation of the buyer authentication data to an access device operably connected to the data center without the buyer presenting any personalized physical material.

Claim 13

A system for electronically exchanging paperless tickets for an event in a secondary market from ticket sellers to ticket buyers, the system comprising: a data center which associates the paperless tickets with authentication data of a ticket seller, the data center further being adapted to receive from ticket sellers electronic asks comprising an ask quantity and an ask price, and to receiving from a ticket buyer an electronic bid comprising a bid quantity and a bid price, compares the bid to the asks, completes a transfer of the paperless tickets when the bid price equals the ask price and the ask quantity is equal to or greater than the bid quantity, reassoicates the paperless tickets with authentication data of the ticket buyer, the authentication data being provided by the ticket buyer, and wherein the authentication data does not constitute a physical material, and allows access to the venue upon presentation of the buyer authentication data to an access device operably connected to the data center without the buyer presenting any personalized physical material.

Claim 17

A system for electronically exchanging paperless tickets for an event from a ticket seller to a ticket buyer, the system comprising: a primary market for the event having a paperless ticket, and each paperless ticket is associated through authentication data to a primary market owner; the paperless ticket having a primary market price responsive to a secondary market; the secondary market having a secondary market owner of the paperless ticket; means for associating the paperless ticket with the authentication data of the secondary market owner of the paperless ticket, means for receiving from secondary market event ticket owner electronic asks comprising an ask quantity and an ask price; means for receiving from a secondary market event ticket buyer an electronic bid comprising a bid quantity and a bid price; means for comparing a bid to the asks; means for completing a transfer of the paperless ticket at a secondary market price wherein the bid price equals the ask price and the ask quantity is equal to or greater than the bid quantity; means for reassociating the secondary market paperless ticket through authentication data to the secondary market paperless ticket buyer, the authentication data associated with the secondary market paperless ticket buyer being provided by the secondary market paperless ticket buyer, and wherein the authentication data does not constitute a physical material; means for granting access to the event upon presentation of the authentication data associated with the secondary market paperless ticket without the buyer presenting any personalized physical material; and means for adjusting the primary market price in response to the secondary market price.

Claim 18

A system for electronically exchanging paperless tickets for an event from a ticket seller to a ticket buyer, the system comprising: a primary market for the event having a paperless ticket, and each paperless ticket is associated through authentication data to a primary market owner; the paperless ticket having a primary market price responsive to a secondary market; the secondary market having a secondary market owner of the paperless ticket; means for associating the paperless ticket with the authentication data of the secondary market owner of the paperless ticket, means for receiving from secondary market event ticket owner electronic asks comprising an ask quantity and an ask price; means for receiving from a secondary market event ticket buyer an electronic bid comprising a bid quantity and a bid price; means for comparing a bid to the asks; means for completing a transfer of the paperless ticket at a secondary market price wherein the bid price equals the ask price and the ask quantity is equal to or greater than the bid quantity; means for reassociating the secondary market paperless ticket through authentication data to the secondary market paperless ticket buyer, the authentication data associated with the secondary market paperless ticket buyer being provided by the secondary market paperless ticket buyer, and wherein the authentication data does not constitute a physical material; means for granting access to the event upon presentation of the authentication data associated with the secondary market paperless ticket without the buyer presenting any personalized physical material; and means for adjusting the primary market price in response to the secondary market price.

Claim 21

A method of electronically exchanging paperless tickets for an event from a ticket seller to a ticket buyer, the method comprising the steps of: selling a paperless ticket in a primary market to a primary market buyer at a primary market price, and the primary market price being responsive to a secondary market price for the paperless ticket; associating the paperless ticket with authentication data of a secondary market seller of the paperless ticket; receiving from the secondary market paperless ticket seller electronic asks comprising an ask quantity and an ask price; receiving from a secondary market paperless ticket buyer an electronic bid comprising a bid quantity and a bid price; comparing the bid price to the ask price; completing a transfer of the paperless ticket at a secondary market price wherein the bid price equals the ask price and the ask quantity is equal to or greater than the bid quantity; reassociating the paperless ticket through authentication data to the secondary market event paperless ticket buyer, the authentication data associated with the secondary market paperless ticket buyer being provided by the secondary market paperless ticket buyer, and wherein the authentication data does not constitute a physical material; granting access to the event upon presentation of the authentication data associated with the secondary market paperless ticket at an access device operably connected to the system without the buyer presenting any personalized physical material; and adjusting the primary market price in response to the secondary market price of the paperless ticket.

Claim 22

A method of electronically exchanging paperless tickets for an event from a ticket seller to a ticket buyer, the method comprising the steps of: selling a paperless ticket in a primary market to a primary market buyer at a primary market price, and the primary market price being responsive to a secondary market price for the paperless ticket; associating the paperless ticket with authentication data of a secondary market seller of the paperless ticket; receiving from the secondary market paperless ticket seller electronic asks comprising an ask quantity and an ask price; receiving from a secondary market paperless ticket buyer an electronic bid comprising a bid quantity and a bid price; comparing the bid price to the ask price; completing a transfer of the paperless ticket at a secondary market price wherein the bid price equals the ask price and the ask quantity is equal to or greater than the bid quantity; reassociating the paperless ticket through authentication data to the secondary market event paperless ticket buyer, the authentication data associated with the secondary market paperless ticket buyer being provided by the secondary market paperless ticket buyer, and wherein the authentication data does not constitute a physical material; granting access to the event upon presentation of the authentication data associated with the secondary market paperless ticket at an access device operably connected to the system without the buyer presenting any personalized physical material; and adjusting the primary market price in response to the secondary market price of the paperless ticket.