Patent ID: 8655735

Claim:
A method provided by an intermediary for selling tickets between consumers, the method comprising: receiving by at least one computing device from a first consumer a request to sell a ticket, in which the first consumer purchased the ticket directly from a provider of the ticket or purchased the ticket indirectly from the provider of the ticket, and in which the provider placed on the ticket at least one restriction on transferability; receiving by the at least one computing device from a second consumer an indication to purchase the ticket; and based at least in part on the provider having authorized for the ticket a transfer that is contrary to the at least one restriction on transferability: charging by the at least one computing device at least one of the first consumer and the second consumer a service fee in connection with a sale of the ticket from the first consumer to the second consumer; and causing by the at least one computing device the ticket to be transferred from the first consumer to the second consumer, wherein the service fee is retained by the intermediary, and wherein the provider of the ticket is paid an inducement in connection with the sale of the ticket from the first consumer to the second consumer.