Patent ID: 8290785

Claim:
A method for distributing premium tickets to spectator events, the premium tickets being offered for sale at a market value price above a face value of the premium ticket providing producers of spectator events with an option to release a limited number of premium seats for sale to profit from market value of the released premium seats comprising, the following steps: establishing a central distribution processor which stores information concerning the availability of premium tickets to spectator events which may be purchased at a premium price; installing interface software compatible with the central distribution processor at a plurality of remote show box offices, the interface software facilitating the uploading of relevant premium ticket information to the central distribution processor, the interface software including an interface screen including an interactive seating chart and menus for indicating a date of the spectator event, a time of the spectator event and a price at which seats are to be sold, wherein the remote show box offices are controlled by producers of the spectator event; entering available premium ticket information at the spectator event remote show box office via a user interface associated with the interface software, the user interface permitting the plurality of remote show box offices to selectively enter available premium ticket information for uploading to the central distribution processor; uploading the available premium ticket information to the central distribution processor; and providing patrons with access to the central distribution processor for determining the availability of premium tickets and purchasing available premium tickets; splitting a premium paid on the sale of the premium tickets is split between an operator of the present system and the producers of the spectator event.