Entertainment event ticket purchase and exchange system
CA 2404079 C · Owner: Cianciaruso, Benito · Inventors: Patrick, Robert; Nestor, Tod A.; Cianciaruso, Benito
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An electronic ticket exchange system enables venue owners to sell tickets to patrons at a fair market value for each event, and patrons to more easily trade and transfer the tickets among one another after they have been purchased from the venue owner. Tickets for an event are initially offered to the public by the venue owner, using a market-making system. Patrons submit bids over a limited time period, for seats of different quality and an , initial price is established for each quality of seat. A trading system provides for a secondary market in which patrons who have purchased tickets for an event can readily transfer them to other patrons, without requiring the services of a …
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- Filed March 22, 2001 and granted September 30, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 22, 2021.
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