Patent ID: 7127408

Claim:
A method for selling a season ticket package, said season ticket package comprising an event ticket to each of a plurality of discrete, related, time differentiated events, said method comprising the steps of: a. placing upon a first computer storage medium retrievable information describing a season ticket package from which one or more event tickets within said season ticket package are available, the date of each of said events for which an event ticket is available, the location of a seat represented by each said event ticket in said season ticket package, a predetermined number representing a number of event tickets in said season ticket package which must be reserved before said season ticket package will be purchased, and a minimum price for each said available event ticket comprising said season ticket package; b. displaying said retrievable information to a prospective purchaser of one or more said event tickets; c. accepting from said prospective purchaser a reservation, said reservation comprising a selection of an event ticket, and payment information, d. reserving said selected event ticket in the name of said prospective purchaser, e. updating said retrievable information by removing said selected event ticket from said event tickets available for sale, f. retaining said reservation until said a predetermined number representing a number of event tickets in said season ticket package have been reserved, g. repeating steps b–e until said predetermined number representing a number of event tickets in said season ticket package that must be reserved has been met or exceeded, h. if said predetermined number has been met or exceeded, processing said payment information for all purchasers having ticket reservations, and delivering said reserved event tickets to said prospective purchasers, and i. if said predetermined number representing a number of event tickets in said season ticket package has not been met or exceeded, canceling all said ticket reservations made by said prospective purchasers.