Patent ID: 8244561

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for interactively providing seating information to an end user over a network, the method comprising: transmitting first data to an application running on a home or office personal computing device, the first data including information descriptive of available individual seats at a venue, the first data configured to enable the application to generate an interactive seating display on the home or office personal computing device representing individual seats at the venue, the first data enabling the application to generate an additional display of information about one or more of the individual seats in response to the end user placing a location indicator over a portion of the interactive seating display; receiving second data representing a seat selected by the end user; receiving from the home or office personal computing device third data representing payment information; requesting acceptance of the received payment information; and if the received payment information is accepted, then transmitting fourth data to a personal computing device associated with a second user, the fourth data including information indicating that the seat selected by the end user is no longer available.