GB2384342A - A method and apparatus for ticket reservation and payment - Google Patents

A method and apparatus for ticket reservation and payment Download PDF

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GB2384342A
GB2384342A GB0308175A GB0308175A GB2384342A GB 2384342 A GB2384342 A GB 2384342A GB 0308175 A GB0308175 A GB 0308175A GB 0308175 A GB0308175 A GB 0308175A GB 2384342 A GB2384342 A GB 2384342A
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William Bryan Austin
George William Muncaster
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Motorola Solutions Inc
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    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G06Q10/02—Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events

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A method and apparatus for purchasing tickets to an event is disclosed. In the first step, a ticket broker is accessed. Then one or more seats are selected (310). Next, the option to buy tickets for the seats for a set period of time is secured (316). Then, the option to buy the tickets can be exercised if desired (318). This method and apparatus includes the ability to reserve seats while simultaneously searching for better seats.

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{74) Agent and/or Address for Service Laura Litchfield
Motorola Limited, European Intellectual Property Section, Law Department, Midpoint,Alencon Link, BASINGSTOICE, Hampshire, RG21 7PL, United Kingdom
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JAPAN: TICKETS CAN BE BOUGHT ON THE INTERNET, Internet Starting to click as a venue for ticket sales, The Nikkei Weekly, 10 August 1998, P.9. *
STAPLES, BETSY, PC Networks are far from displacing the agent, Information databases are still in their 'Toddlerhood", Travel Weekly, Vol. 48, N. 86, 26 October 1989, page 91 *
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