Cloud-Based Data Integration System

Abstract

A cloud-based data integration system comprises a communication gateway, a system database including a ticket booking record, and a processor executing a plurality of service modules. The communication gateway is configured to receive a booking message from a distributor of a plurality of distributors connected to the integration system. A booking module of the service modules is configured to validate the booking message and determine a supplier of a plurality of suppliers connected to the integration system that corresponds to the booking message, create a booking in the ticket booking record based on the booking message, and transmit the booking to the supplier corresponding to the booking of the plurality of suppliers connected to the integration system.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cloud-based data integration system, comprising:
 a communication gateway configured to receive a booking message from a distributor of a plurality of distributors connected to the integration system;   a system database including a ticket booking record; and   a processor executing a plurality of service modules, s, a booking module of the service modules is configured to:
 validate the booking message and determine a supplier of a plurality of suppliers connected to the integration system that corresponds to the booking message; 
 create a booking in the ticket booking record based on the booking message; and 
 transmit the booking to the supplier corresponding to the booking of the plurality of suppliers connected to the integration system. 
   
     
     
         2 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 1 , wherein the communication gateway includes a routing module and an authentication module executable by the processor. 
     
     
         3 . The could-based data integration system of  claim 2 , wherein the communication gateway includes a distributor API and a supplier API. 
     
     
         4 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 3 , wherein the processor executes the routing module to route the booking message to the distributor API and the distributor API translates the booking message to a format interpretable by the processor. 
     
     
         5 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 1 , wherein the booking module determines whether the booking message corresponds to a capacity-limited event after validating the booking message and before creating the booking in the ticket booking record. 
     
     
         6 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 1 , wherein the booking module is configured to cancel the booking at the supplier. 
     
     
         7 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 1 , wherein the service modules further includes a usage module configured to record a usage of a ticket in a ticket usage record of the system database. 
     
     
         8 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 7 , wherein the service modules further includes an activation module configured to transmit an activation message to each of the plurality of suppliers. 
     
     
         9 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 8 , wherein the activation module is configured to receive a usage message from one of the plurality of suppliers and record a usage of a multi-use ticket in a ticket usage record of the system database. 
     
     
         10 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 9 , wherein the activation module is configured to determine whether a number of uses of the multi-use ticket is less than a permitted number of uses of the multi-use ticket. 
     
     
         11 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 10 , wherein the activation module is configured to deactivate the multi-use ticket if the number of uses is not less than the permitted number of uses. 
     
     
         12 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 1 , wherein the service modules further includes an activation module configured to transmit an activation message to each of the plurality of suppliers. 
     
     
         13 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 12 , wherein the activation module is configured to receive a usage message from one of the plurality of suppliers and record a usage of a multi-use ticket in a ticket usage record of the system database. 
     
     
         14 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 13 , wherein the activation module it configured to determine whether a number of uses of the multi-use ticket is less than a permitted number of uses of the multi-use ticket. 
     
     
         15 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 14 , wherein the activation module is configured to deactivate the multi-use ticket if the number of uses is not less than the permitted number of uses. 
     
     
         16 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 7 , wherein the usage module compares product codes corresponding to the ticket in the ticket booking record and a supplier ID to a code mapping table to determine which distributor or distributors are associated with the ticket. 
     
     
         17 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 16 , wherein the usage module transmits a ticket usage message to the determined distributors via the communication gateway. 
     
     
         18 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 17 , wherein the ticket usage message to the distributor includes a distributor order number, a ticket number, and associated consumer information. 
     
     
         19 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 18 , wherein the distributor receives the ticket usage message by a communication unit and a processor compares the ticket usage message to a reserved ticket record. 
     
     
         20 . The cloud-based data integration system of  claim 19 , wherein the processor moves the ticket in the ticket usage message from the reserved ticket record to the ticket usage record.