Individual seat selection ticketing and reservation system

Abstract

This invention relates to an electronic means by which people can select the exact seat or seats they want for any type of event or reserve an appointment for any activity such as a doctor or dentist appointment or even an appointment to have their car lubed. More specifically, a customer or a ticket re-seller or a venue operator can go, for example, to the internet and select the event or activity for which they want a ticket or tickets or reserve a time and reserve and order the exact seat or seats or the time of their choosing directly online. The seat or seats or reserved time they select is then removed from the inventory for that activity or event and made not available for any other buyer and such is so indicated by a graphical representation or other such indicator on the online map or picture representing availability of seating or time for that event. For an appointment reservation, the user connects to the internet or other wide area network, such as a bulletin board, from his home of office computer and connects to a page that displays a reservation calendar where he can interact such as to reserve a specific time period for himself.

1 . A method of reserving space or time or reserving and buying tickets for attendance or seating at any even or activity comprising the steps of:
 communicating on demand through a wide area network to any and all devices connected to said wide area network such information as is contained in a database populated with a multiplicity of entries denoting availability of space or any venue wherein said space is needed or desired;   displaying such information in a graphical or other fashion such that any end-user connected to said wide area network can view such as an informational aid in determining the best then available space or seating or time conforming to that users definition for any activity or event;   providing through said device connected to said wide area network to any end user the capability of interactively selecting a time a space a seat or seating of his choice;   providing through said device connected to said wide area network to any end user the capability of paying for the time or space or seating selection of his choice;   returning through said device connected to said wide area network to any end user verification of the successful completion of his transaction such acting as a ticket or tickets or voucher for exchange for a ticket or tickets or confirmation upon arrival at the physical location of the activity or event for which space or time or ticketing was secured.   
     
     
         2 . The method described in  claim 1 , wherein the space or time or seat or seating sought is for a theater or theater type setting. 
     
     
         3 . The method described in  claim 1 , wherein the space or time or seat or seating sought is for a stadium or other such type setting. 
     
     
         4 . The method described in  claim 1 , wherein the space or time or seat or seating sought is for an airplane or airliner. 
     
     
         5 . The method described in  claim 1 , wherein the space or time or reservation sought is accommodations on a cruise ship. 
     
     
         6 . The method described in  claim 1 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is a wire or cable or telephone line connection. 
     
     
         7 . The method described in  claim 2 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is a wire or cable or telephone line connection. 
     
     
         8 . The method described in  claim 3 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is a wire or cable or telephone line connection. 
     
     
         9 . The method described in  claim 4 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is a wire or cable or telephone line connection. 
     
     
         10 . The method described in  claim 5 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is a wire or cable or telephone line connection. 
     
     
         11 . The method described in  claim 1 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is a satellite link. 
     
     
         12 . The method described in  claim 2 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is a satellite link. 
     
     
         13 . The method described in  claim 3 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is a satellite link. 
     
     
         14 . The method described in  claim 4 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is a satellite link. 
     
     
         15 . The method described in  claim 5 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is a satellite link. 
     
     
         16 . The method described in  claim 1 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is wireless. 
     
     
         17 . The method described in  claim 2 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is wireless. 
     
     
         18 . The method described in  claim 3 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is wireless. 
     
     
         19 . The method described in  claim 4 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is wireless. 
     
     
         20 . The method described in  claim 5 , wherein the communication connection between the information server and the end user is wireless 
     
     
         21 . (canceled) 
     
     
         22 . (canceled) 
     
     
         23 . (canceled)