Patent ID: 7789301

Claim:
A method by which a client may review a ticket proof to be used by a ticketing services bureau for the production of tickets in accordance with a ticket order, the ticketing services bureau comprising a server, the client being connected to the server by an electronic network, the method comprising the steps of: (a) creating an on-screen ticket proof by the server, (b) electronically retrieving the on-screen ticket proof by the client, (c) examining the on-screen ticket proof by the client, (d) tentatively approving the on-screen ticket proof by the client through electronic interaction with the server, (e) automatically generating an electronic ticket sample request by the server in response to the tentative approval of the on-screen ticket proof by the client, (f) printing a physical ticket sample for the client by the ticketing services bureau in response to the ticket sample request, the physical ticket sample being generated using the tentatively approved on-screen ticket proof, (g) visually inspecting the physical ticket sample by the client, and (h) confirming the tentative approval of the on-screen ticket proof by the client.