Patent ID: 7548868

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for presenting a coherent view of an inventory of seats in a venue, wherein the view is presented to a plurality of users and dynamically maintained based on selections by the users, the method comprising: displaying, to a first user, at least one view of the venue that indicates a physical layout of seats in the venue and a status of each of the seats; querying a database for information relating to availability of seats for the venue in response to a mouse over of at least one of the seats in the view of the venue by the user, the information indicating updates to the status of each of the seats based on selections made by other users that have viewed the at least one view of the venue and wherein the mouse over initiates display of current available seat information that indicates seats that have not been previously taken; determining a clickable area for selection with a mouse by the user for each seat that indicates the status of each seat based on a response to the query; and displaying, to the first user, an updated at least one view that indicates the status of each seat including selections made by other users.