Event Notification System for Dynamic Ticket Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
The secondary ticket market lacks an efficient mechanism for buying and selling tickets, leading to unused tickets and imbalanced supply and demand, particularly for high-demand events, where buyers seek specific seat locations, resulting in a favorable market for secondary transactions.
Innovation Solution
A network-based system that provides users with upcoming event notifications and allows mobile ticket purchases, enabling users to receive alerts and transact purchases through a mobile device via text messages or hyperlinks for phone calls or website navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional primary market ticket sales are used, then ticket distribution is limited to fixed supply, but high-demand events result in significant supply and demand imbalance with unused tickets expiring
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by notifying users of upcoming events and seat availability before the event occurs. Alert notifications are sent in advance with hyperlinked telephone numbers that enable users to immediately call agents and purchase tickets, ensuring tickets are sold before the event rather than relying on last-minute primary market sales.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary secondary market system with agents who facilitate transactions between ticket holders and buyers. The alert notification system with hyperlinked telephone numbers acts as an intermediary mechanism that connects potential buyers with available tickets, enabling efficient matching of supply and demand without requiring direct primary market purchases.
2Quantity of substance
If fixed supply of seating is maintained, then venue capacity is controlled, but high-demand events create supply and demand imbalance favoring secondary market
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces dynamics by enabling flexible ticket allocation through the secondary market. Instead of fixed primary market allocations, the system allows tickets to be dynamically traded based on real-time demand. The alert notification system dynamically connects buyers with available seats, allowing the market to adapt to varying demand levels for different events and seat locations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of ticket availability from fixed primary market supply to dynamic secondary market supply. By implementing an alert notification system that provides real-time information about available tickets and enables immediate purchase through hyperlinked telephone numbers, the system transforms the static ticket distribution model into a dynamic one that responds to market conditions.
3Ease of operation
If buyers seek specific seat locations, then demand for particular seats increases, but supply of desired locations becomes imbalanced
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by providing buyers with real-time information about available seat locations through alert notifications. The notifications include specific seat availability data, and the hyperlinked telephone numbers enable immediate verification and purchase. This feedback loop allows buyers to make informed decisions about seat selection while ensuring sellers receive timely information about buyer interest, balancing seat location demand with available supply.
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AI summary
A method of providing event notification of upcoming events is provided. A method may include receiving a search request comprising search criteria. The method may also include performing a first search for one or more upcoming events based on the search criteria. Further, the method may include modifying the search criteria and performing a second search for one or more upcoming events based on the modified search criteria. The method may further include determining an upcoming event based on at least one of the first search and the second search. In addition, the method may include transmitting a notification of the upcoming event from the network-based system to a user device.