Patent ID: 8655692

Claim:
A system implemented on a computer having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform for venue bidding over network connections, comprising: a venue bidding sub-system, implemented on the computer and deployed over a network, configured for, via the network, retrieving information related to a venue including at least one criterion specified by a venue representative in connection with a solicitation for at least one bid on the venue with the at least one criterion, displaying the retrieved information related to the venue to one or more subscribers of the venue bidding system, receiving at least one bid from the one or more subscribers, in response to the solicitation with respect to the venue with the at least one criterion, to book the venue for a future event in compliance with the at least one criterion, and storing the at least one bid via electronic means; and a venue representative control sub-system, implemented on the computer and deployed over a network, configured for facilitating the venue representative to make the solicitation with the at least one criterion to be satisfied by the at least one bid, providing information related to the at least one bid to the venue representative, and facilitating, electronically via the network, the venue representative to select, at the venue representative's discretion, a bid placed by a subscriber to book the venue for a future event via the venue bidding sub-system.