Patent ID: 7945463
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of processing electronic queue data, the method comprising: receiving electronic data messages from a plurality of online user terminals over a data network, wherein the electronic data messages include requests for tickets to attend an event; storing electronic data from the received electronic data messages in a first electronic queue maintained in processor readable memory, wherein the electronic queue data comprises the stored electronic data, so that there is a number of ticket-related requests in the first electronic queue; determining or estimating the number of online ticket-related requests that are in the first electronic queue using a system including one or more processors, based at least in part on the number of online ticket-related requests that are in the first electronic queue and historical queue abandonment data, transmitting over the data network a displayable notification corresponding to the at least one selected displayable notification-type to a user terminal associated with at least one user that has an online ticket-related request in the first electronic queue,