Patent ID: 7280975
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of dynamically at least one of allocating at least one of: goods or services to an event customer; establishing communication with a mobile device user, and providing entertainment to a customer via a data communication network, said data communication network optionally comprising a server, workstations operably connectable to said server, one or more databases operably connectable to said server and said workstations, said workstations optionally including a web browser interface facilitating communication with said server, a point of sale server operably connectable to the server, a point of sale system operably connectable to the point of sale server, and wireless devices operably connectable to said server, said wireless devices including at least one of a smart card, a personal digital assistant, a mobile telephones, and a mobile data device, said wireless device comprising at least one of a transmitter and receiver and a transceiver for receiving and transmitting signals, said method comprising the at least one of the sequential, non-sequential and sequence independent steps of: (a) at least one of receiving a communication from and transmitting the communication to the event customer, the communication including a request to at least one of obtain admittance to at least one event, establish communication, and obtain at least one of goods and services, the communication optionally also including an identifier associated with an identification device; (b) optionally updating an account associated with said identifier to reflect the request; (c) at least one of accessing and verifying the account optionally by utilizing the identifier associated with the identification device at a registration system to verify the request; (d) at least one of admitting the event customer to a venue optionally after verification of the request, entering the event customer in a communication database, and entering the event customer to obtain the at least one of goods and services; (e) at least one of determining an available allocation associated with the event, establishing communication with the event customer, and notifying at least one of the event customers that are at least one of currently attending the event and registered for at least one of allocating, provisioning, upgrading and awarding responsive to said determining the available allocation, and determining the at least one of the goods and services to be provisioned for the at least one event customer; (f) accepting by at least one of the event customers at least one of said at least one of: allocating, provisioning, upgrading and awarding in accordance with predetermined criteria, said communication, and said at least one of goods and services communication; (g) obtaining at least one mobile contact address and a communication network used thereon by the event user and building a data address therefrom to establish said communication with the event user; (h) transmitting a confirmation to the at least one wireless device confirming to the at least one event customer the at least one of said at least one of: allocating, provisioning, upgrading and awarding; (i) determining event customers to be notified via the at least one wireless device, and notifying the event customers responsive to customer profiles comprising at least one of communication, patron satisfaction communication, additional revenue, additional advertising, and advertising sponsorship for advertising on the wireless device; (j) polling a plurality of users of the wireless devices for additional communications including additional requests for at least one of additional movie tickets, additional sporting event tickets, additional concessions, additional services additional offers, additional entertainment services and additional merchandise; (k) optionally, when said communication is unsuccessful or potentially unsuccessful with the event user, transmitting another communication to at least another communication network using at least a portion of the at least one mobile contact address provided by the event user and at least one network address in combination, and the event user optionally confirming receipt of said another communication; (l) optionally billing the at least one of the event customers in at least one of real-time or at a later time for at least one of said at least one of allocating, provisioning, upgrading and awarding and said at least one of goods and services in accordance with the second predetermined criteria; and (m) optionally paying by the at least one of the event customers responsive to said billing step (l).