Patent ID: 8239225

Claim:
A method of verifying payment for a reservation of seats selected via an interactive seating display, the method being performed on a computer system, the method comprising: constructing first data descriptive of available individual seats at a venue, the first data configured to cause an application executing on a personal computing device to generate a graphical user interface that comprises the interactive seating display representing individual seats at the venue; receiving, from the application running on the personal computing device, second data representing one or more seats selected for a reservation with the graphical user interface comprising the interactive seating display; storing, in a computer-readable storage device, temporary data associating the one or more selected seats with a user identifier associated with the personal computing device; sending third data to a payment verification server, the third data comprising credit card information, wherein the third data is encrypted using a key that is recognized by the payment verification server; storing, in the computer-readable storage device, permanent data being based on the temporary data, the permanent data comprising a verification code received from the payment verification server in response to sending the third data encrypted using the key that is recognized by the payment verification server, the permanent data being configured to prevent a second reservation of the one or more selected seats based on the receipt of the verification code from the payment verification server; and transmitting, to the personal computing device, fourth data based on the stored permanent data, the fourth data including information that can be printed as an admission document or voucher by an end user.