Patent ID: 7600680

Claim:
A computer implemented method of providing a provision of access to services, comprising the computer implemented steps of: (a) providing a ticket that enables use of services offered by one or more service providers during prespecified use periods by: defining a first use period enabling a ticket holder to use the ticket during the first use period in exchange for admission to services offered by one or more of the service providers including authorizing a right to use the ticket in exchange for admission to one of the services at least once during the first use period; causing the first use period to expire at the end of the first use period, where a ticket provider who issues the ticket receives value for the ticket holder's failure to use the ticket within the first use period, while the service providers do not receive value for the ticket holder's failure to use the ticket within the first use period; and defining a second use period enabling the ticket holder to use the ticket during the second use period in exchange for admission to services offered by one or more of the service providers, where the second use period is different from the first use period; and (b) enabling at least one of the service providers to process the ticket using a communications network including: upon remittance by a ticket holder during a use period, admitting the ticket holder to a user-selected service during the use period; and redeeming a value set by the service provider for the user-selected service.