AUTOMATED, CONDITIONAL EVENT TICKETING AND RESERVATION TECHNIQUES IMPLEMENTED OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK

摘要

Various techniques are described herein for providing ticketing reservation and purchasing functionality for enabling and/or facilitating users in performing activities/operations relating to group ticket reservations and/or automated conditional ticket purchases for various types of events which are scheduled to occur at one or more different venues.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for facilitating automated conditional purchasing of event tickets via a computer network, the method comprising causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions for:
causing at least one component of the computer network to identify a first upcoming event which is scheduled to occur at a first venue; causing at least one component of the computer network to generate a first set of instructions for causing a Ticketing graphical user interface (“Ticketing GUI”) to be displayed at an end user's device, wherein the first set of instructions include instructions for configuring the Ticketing GUI to enable a first end user to initiate a ticket reservation invitation transaction for inviting at least one identified invitee to accept at least one reserved ticket for the first upcoming event; causing at least one component of the computer network to notify the at least one identified invitee of the ticket reservation invitation transaction; causing at least one component of the computer network to monitor the ticket reservation invitation transaction in order to determine if the at least one identified invitee has accepted the ticket reservation invitation; and if it is determined that the at least one identified invitee has accepted the ticket reservation invitation, automatically causing at least one component of the computer network to fund at least one reserved ticket purchase transaction relating to a purchase of at least one reserved ticket for the first upcoming event.