Patent ID: 8498894

Claim:
In a computer network comprising a server node and a plurality of user nodes for users desirous of attending an entertainment event, a method for distributing perishable entertainment inventory for an entertainment event comprising: apportioning a first number of units of perishable entertainment inventory to a database stored on the server node; providing notice to the plurality of user nodes of the perishable entertainment inventory; designating a deadline for winning the perishable entertainment inventory; receiving entries from the users to win the perishable entertainment inventory at the server node up to the designated deadline, each entry corresponding to a particular user profile stored within the database; apportioning the first number of units to a selected number of entries; sending notice to the user nodes corresponding to addresses stored within the user profiles of the selected entries; and sending a list of the entries selected to attend an event of the perishable entertainment inventory to a promoter of the perishable entertainment inventory, said list containing at least the names of the users listed within the user profiles of the selected entries.