Centralized College Event Platform for Public Dissemination and Ticketing
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Solution Overview
Problem
College events often suffer from limited dissemination of information, leading to low attendance and depressed ticket prices due to insufficient marketing beyond the college's own students and alumni, and there is a need for a cost-effective way for event hosts to promote events to the public-at-large and for the public to efficiently identify and purchase tickets to various college events.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system and method for widespread dissemination of college event information, allowing event organizers to upload and screen event details through an organizer portal, which are then processed by a central unit and made accessible to users via a user portal for selection and ticketing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If event hosts use traditional marketing methods targeting only current students and alumni, then marketing costs are controlled, but event information dissemination is limited and attendance is low
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a universal online platform that serves multiple functions: event information dissemination, ticket sales, and audience engagement. This single platform replaces multiple traditional marketing channels, enabling event hosts to reach broader audiences beyond students and alumni without proportionally increasing marketing costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary online system between event hosts and potential attendees. This intermediary platform aggregates event information from multiple colleges and makes it accessible to the public-at-large, solving the dissemination problem without requiring each event host to invest heavily in independent marketing efforts.
2Adaptability or versatility
If event hosts expend considerable time and expense to promote events beyond their own students and alumni, then event information reaches broader audiences, but marketing costs and time investment increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges event promotion efforts across multiple colleges into a single unified platform. By combining event information from various event hosts into one accessible system, the patent enables broader audience reach without requiring each individual event host to invest separate time and resources into promotion.
Solution Approach 2:
The online platform enables event hosts to easily upload and manage their own event information without requiring extensive marketing expertise or resources. The system automatically handles dissemination to the public-at-large, allowing event hosts to maintain control over their events while benefiting from expanded reach.
3Adaptability or versatility
If students and alumni actively seek college events hosted by other colleges, then awareness of diverse college events increases, but time required for event discovery increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments event information by college, event type, date, and location, making it easily navigable for users. This organized structure allows students and alumni to efficiently discover events from other colleges without having to search through unorganized information, reducing time investment while maintaining broad event discovery capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified online platform serves as a universal event discovery tool for all students and alumni, regardless of their home college. This single system replaces the need for users to separately search multiple college websites or event calendars, providing comprehensive event access while minimizing search time.
4Productivity
If limited dissemination of college event information is maintained, then marketing costs are reduced, but attendance and ticket revenue decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The online platform acts as an intermediary that efficiently connects event information with potential attendees. By centralizing event listings and providing easy access to ticket purchasing, the system improves ticket sales efficiency while simultaneously enhancing event information accessibility to the public-at-large.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces traditional mechanical marketing and ticket distribution methods with an automated online platform. This substitution enables widespread information dissemination and efficient ticket sales without requiring proportional increases in human resources or marketing expenditure, thus improving productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-implemented system for widespread dissemination of college event information for multiple geographical regions overcomes the inability of many event organizers to widely promote event college event information, and the inability of many prospective attendees to sufficiently research and identify college events that may be of interest. The system includes an event organizer portal for uploading event information from multiple event organizers in multiple geographical regions, an event management portal for identifying and rejecting unacceptable events, a central processing unit for storing the accepted event information in multiple categories and sorting it into multiple subcategories, and a user portal for accessing and displaying desired event information and for ordering ticket(s) to a selected event. A corresponding method is also provided.