Patent ID: 7865379
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of setting a ticket price, the method comprising: storing in computer readable memory a first size estimate corresponding to a first set of potential event attendees, storing in computer readable memory a second size estimate corresponding to a second set of potential event attendees, storing in computer readable memory a first value providing a first indication as to an event ticket price for at least a portion of members of the first set, the first set characterized by the first level of income, wherein the first value is at least partly based on a survey; storing in computer readable memory a second value providing a second indication as to an event ticket price for at least a portion of members of the second set, the second set characterized by the second level of income, wherein the second value is at least partly based on the survey; accessing from memory, via a system including one or more processors, the first size estimate, the second size estimate, the first value, and the second value; accessing historical ticket sales data; and based at least in part on the historical data, the first size estimate corresponding to the first set of potential event attendees, wherein members of the first set are characterized by the first level of income, the second size estimate corresponding to the second set of potential event attendees, wherein members of the second set are characterized by the second level of income, the first value providing the first indication, and the second value providing the second indication, setting, by said one or more processors, at least a first event ticket price for a first set of tickets prior to offering the first set of tickets for sale.