Patent ID: 8463630

Claim:
An electronic ticketing system, comprising: a computing system including one or more computing device; non-transitory memory storing one or more modules, that when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations, comprising: providing over a network a first ticketing Web page form for display on a first client system to a user; determining if the user has a ticket in a reserved state by accessing information stored in computer readable memory; adjusting a first value related to an amount of time the user has to complete the first ticketing Web page form before expiration of the ticket reservation, wherein the first value is adjusted based at least in part on system load; using the adjusted first value, providing an indication, including a time value substantially corresponding to the adjusted first value, to be displayed to the user via the first client system as to the amount of time the user to complete the first ticketing Web page form before expiration of the ticket reservation; determining if the user has failed to timely complete the first ticketing Web page form; and at least partly in response to a determination that the user has failed to timely complete the first ticketing Web page form, causing a reservation expiration notice to be presented to the user by the first client system.