| 摘要 |
User accounts can allow respective users to access any their respectively owned ticket. Each ticket in a group of tickets provides its owner the right to redeem the ticket to attend a particular event. A first user initially owns a ticket in the group. Ownership of the ticket is transferred from the first user to a second user, such that, subsequent to the transfer, the second user has the right to redeem the ticket but the first user does not. A code is generated for the ticket, the code being based on a characteristic of a device associated with the second user. The code is unique across codes in the group of tickets. Redeeming the ticket to attend the particular event includes analyzing the code. A history for the ticket can be stored, the history including an indication of the transfer occurrence. |
| 主权项 |
1. A ticket management system for centrally and dynamically managing assignments of tickets to users, the ticket management system comprising:
an account engine that: allows a first user to access a first account, the first account being configured to have the capability of allowing the first user to access any tickets owned by the first user, the first user owning a ticket, ownership of a ticket by a user providing the user with the right to redeem the ticket to attend an event, wherein a group of tickets comprises the ticket, and all tickets in the group of tickets provide respective users owning the ticket the right to redeem it to attend a particular event, and allows a second user to access a second account, the second account being configured to have the capability of allowing the second user to access any tickets owned by the second user; a ticket transferer that transfers ownership of the ticket from the first user to the second user, such that, subsequent to the transfer, the second user has the right to redeem the ticket but the first user does not; a device identifier that determines a first identifier of a first device associated with the second account and predicted to be used in an attempt to redeem the transferred ticket, the first identifier including a first MAC address and uniquely identifying the first device among other devices; and a code generator that transforms, using a processor, a first code associated with the ticket prior to transfer and the first identifier of the first device associated with the second account into a second code for the transferred ticket, the second code including the first identifier of the first device associated with the second account, the first code including another identifier of another device associated with the first account, wherein redeeming the transferred ticket to attend the particular event comprises: receiving the second code at a second device from the first device associated with the second account, the second code including the first MAC address and uniquely identifying the first device among other devices, and determining by the second device that the received second code identifier corresponds to the first identifier including the first MAC address of the first device from which the second code was received. |
