Patent ID: 8510138

Claim:
A method of verifying a ticket, comprising: receiving coded data associated with a ticket for a ticket offering posting for a ticket being offered for resale by a first user, that had previously purchased the ticket, for a ticketed event; determining, using a computing device, if the received coded data, associated with the ticket offering posting for the ticket being offered for resale, is in accordance with a first specified format; determining, via the computing device, if the received coded data, associated with the ticket offering posting for the ticket being offered for resale, corresponds to coded data stored in a data store; determining, via the computing device, if event data, including at least an event name, received in association with the coded data, associated with the ticket offering posting for the ticket being offered for resale, corresponds to stored event data, including at least the stored name of the ticketed event, associated with an issued ticket for the event; and transmitting, via the computing device, a positive verification indication based at least in part on the determination that: the received coded data, associated with the ticket offering posting for the ticket being offered for resale, is in accordance with a first specified format; the received coded data, associated with the ticket offering posting for the ticket being offered for resale, corresponds to coded data stored in the data store; and the received event data including at least the received event name, associated with the ticket offering posting for the ticket being offered for resale, corresponds to the event data, including at least the stored name of the ticketed event, associated with the issued ticket for the event.