Patent ID: 7725402

Claim:
A method for booking a performance venue, the method comprising: publishing at least one of a performance's expected performance date, region, and venue size over a communications link; pre-selling at least one performer endorsement entity to the performance using a market module associated with a booking engine to at least one consumer using at least one client station, the at least one client station being connected to the booking engine over the communications link, wherein the at least one performer endorsement entities are pre-sold before a venue is booked, and wherein the total number of pre-sold performer endorsement entities at any given time comprises a marketable audience block, and wherein the marketable audience block is accessible to at least one venue and at least one performer or artist before a venue is booked; and selecting a particular venue, using the market module, at which the performance is to take place, the particular venue selected from a group of at least one venue.