Methods and systems for reducing burst usage of a networked computer system
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06Q-010/02
H04L-029/08
G06F-009/50
G06Q-030/06
출원번호
US-0462277
(2012-05-02)
등록번호
US-9147170
(2015-09-29)
발명자
/ 주소
Sussman, Adam
Ross, Brendan
Bennett, Bob
Denker, Dennis
Karonis, Andrew
출원인 / 주소
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
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171
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Methods and systems for reducing burst usage of a networked computer system are described herein. In an embodiment, resource requesters can request, within a time window, resources over a computer network before the resources are available. The resources can then be allocated in batch mode when the
Methods and systems for reducing burst usage of a networked computer system are described herein. In an embodiment, resource requesters can request, within a time window, resources over a computer network before the resources are available. The resources can then be allocated in batch mode when the resources are available. Thus, resource requests do not have to be processed in real-time, and resource requests can be received before the resources are available.
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1. A method of performing delayed allocations of electronic tickets via a computer system, the method comprising: transmitting over a network to a first terminal associated with a user information regarding a first time period when ticket requests for a first event will be accepted, wherein an elect
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A method of performing delayed allocations of electronic tickets via a computer system, the method comprising: transmitting over a network to a first terminal associated with a user information regarding a first time period when ticket requests for a first event will be accepted, wherein an electronic ticket for the first event provides one or more people with event access;receiving a first plurality of electronic ticket requests over the network from a first plurality of users during the first time period, wherein electronic ticket requests in the first plurality of electronic ticket requests are for electronic tickets at a set price;processing the first plurality of electronic ticket requests using the computer system during a second time period, wherein the second time period begins after the first plurality of electronic ticket requests has been received;transforming, by the computer system, electronic ticket requests in the first plurality of electronic ticket requests into a queue, the transformation including ranking the electronic ticket requests based on a quantity of event seating currently being requested by one or more users requesting electronic tickets;monitoring a load variable indicative of a quantity of ticket requests being received at the network;determining that a burst load condition is satisfied based on the load variable;in response to determining that the burst load condition is satisfied, allocating electronic tickets to at least a portion of the plurality users based at least in part on corresponding electronic ticket request rankings in the queue; andtransmitting a communication to one or more users allocated a requested electronic ticket. 2. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the ranking is further based at least in part on one the following criteria: a location of one or more users requesting electronic tickets;quantity of previous tickets purchased by one or more users requesting electronic tickets;value of electronic ticket purchases made by one or more users requesting electronic tickets;information related to a resale of electronic tickets by one or more users requesting the quantity of event seating currently being requested by one or more users requesting electronic tickets; andwhether one or more users are requesting an odd number of event seats. 3. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the ranking is further based at least in part on a location of one or more users requesting electronic tickets. 4. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the ranking is further based at least in part on whether one or more users are requesting an odd number of event seats. 5. The method as defined in claim 1, the method further comprising providing over the network a form including a field for indicating an acceptable alternate event. 6. The method as defined in claim 1, the method further comprising providing over the network a form to the first terminal including a field for indicating whether the user is willing to accept electronic tickets for non-contiguous seats. 7. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the second time period begins at least twelve hours after the first time period begins. 8. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first plurality of users are designated as eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period based at least in part on a first common characteristic, and a second plurality of users without the first common characteristic are not eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period, and wherein the second plurality of users are eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during a third time period that begins after the first time period begins. 9. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first plurality of users are designated as eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period based at least in part on a first common characteristic, and a second plurality of users without the first common characteristic are not eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period, wherein the first common characteristic is a membership in a first organization associated with a performer scheduled to perform at the first event. 10. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first plurality of users are designated as eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period based at least in part on a first common characteristic, and a second plurality of users without the first common characteristic are not eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period, wherein the first common characteristic is being holder of a credit card issued by a first organization. 11. The method as defined in claim 1, the method further comprising assigning a better ranking to a request requesting an electronic ticket for an even number of seats than a request requesting an electronic ticket for an odd number of seats. 12. The method as defined in claim 1, the method further comprising assigning a better ranking to a request requesting an electronic ticket for relatively fewer seats than a request requesting an electronic ticket for a relatively larger number of seats. 13. The method as defined in claim 1, the method further comprising assigning a better ranking to a request associated with a user that has purchased at least one ticket relatively more recently than a request associated with a user that has not purchased at least one ticket as recently. 14. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first time period is selected based at least in part on an event-type. 15. The method as defined in claim 1, the method further comprising: receiving during a third time period an electronic ticket request for the first event; andprocessing and allocating at least one electronic ticket to the electronic ticket request received during the third time period in substantially real-time. 16. A system comprising: one or more computing devices;a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the one or more computing devices are configured to cause the system to perform operations comprising: transmitting over a network to a first terminal associated with a user information regarding a first time period when electronic ticket requests for a first event will be accepted, wherein an electronic ticket for the first event provides one or more people with event access;receiving a first plurality of electronic ticket requests over the network from a first plurality of users during the first time period, wherein electronic ticket requests in the first plurality of electronic ticket requests are for electronic tickets at a set price;transforming, by the computer system, electronic ticket requests in the first plurality of electronic ticket requests into a queue, the transformation including ranking the ticket requests based on a quantity of event seating currently being requested by one or more users requesting electronic tickets;monitoring a load variable indicative of a quantity of ticket requests being received at the network;determining that a burst load condition is satisfied based on the load variable;in response to determining that the burst load condition is satisfied, allocating, during a second time period, wherein the second time period begins after the first plurality of electronic ticket requests has been received, electronic tickets to at least a portion of the plurality users based at least in part on corresponding electronic ticket request rankings in the queue; andtransmitting a communication to one or more users allocated a requested electronic ticket. 17. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the ranking is further based at least in part on one the following criteria: a location of one or more users requesting electronic tickets;quantity of previous tickets purchased by one or more users requesting electronic tickets;value of ticket purchases made by one or more users requesting electronic tickets;information related to a resale of electronic tickets by one or more users requesting the quantity of event seating currently being requested by one or more users requesting tickets; andwhether one or more users are requesting an odd number of event seats. 18. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the ranking is further based at least in part on a location of one or more users requesting tickets. 19. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the ranking is further based at least in part on whether one or more users are requesting an odd number of event seats. 20. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising distributing at least one allocated electronic ticket via a mobile phone. 21. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising distributing at least one allocated electronic ticket for printing to at least one user terminal. 22. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising distributing at least one allocated electronic ticket via a smart card. 23. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising providing over the network a form including a field for indicating an acceptable alternate event. 24. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising providing over the network a form to the first terminal including a field for indicating whether the user is willing to accept electronic tickets for non-contiguous seats. 25. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the second time period begins after the first time period ends. 26. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the second time period begins at least twelve hours after the first time period begins. 27. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the first plurality of users are designated as eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period based at least in part on a first common characteristic, and a second plurality of users without the first common characteristic are not eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period, and wherein the second plurality of users are eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during a third time period that begins after the first time period begins and before the first time period ends. 28. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the first plurality of users are designated as eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period based at least in part on a first common characteristic, and a second plurality of users without the first common characteristic are not eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period, and wherein the second plurality of users are eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during a third time period that begins after the first time period ends. 29. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the first plurality of users are designated as eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period based at least in part on a first common characteristic, and a second plurality of users without the first common characteristic are not eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period, wherein the first common characteristic is a membership in a first organization. 30. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the first plurality of users are designated as eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period based at least in part on a first common characteristic, and a second plurality of users without the first common characteristic are not eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period, wherein the first common characteristic is a membership in a first organization associated with a performer scheduled to perform at the first event. 31. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the first plurality of users are designated as eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period based at least in part on a first common characteristic, and a second plurality of users without the first common characteristic are not eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period, wherein the first common characteristic is being holder of a credit card issued by a first organization. 32. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising assigning a better ranking to a request requesting an electronic ticket for an even number of seats than a request requesting an electronic ticket for an odd number of seats. 33. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising assigning a better ranking to a request requesting an electronic ticket for relatively fewer seats than a request requesting an electronic ticket for a relatively larger number of seats. 34. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising assigning a better ranking to a request associated with a user that has a greater frequency of electronic ticket purchases than a request associated with a user that has a relatively lower frequency of electronic ticket purchases. 35. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising assigning a better ranking to an electronic request associated with a user that has purchased at least one ticket relatively more recently than an electronic request associated with a user that has not purchased at least one ticket as recently. 36. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the ranking of the first plurality of electronic ticket requests is further based at least in part on at least one requested electronic ticket's quality. 37. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising extending the first time period from an initial length based at least in part on how many electronic ticket requests were received during at least a first portion of the first time period and/or how many seats were requested during at least a second portion of the first time period. 38. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising: determining that at least two electronic ticket requests have been assigned the same ranking; andusing one or more criteria to re-rank at least one of the at least two electronic ticket requests. 39. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising determining that at least one form of payment proffered in association with at least one electronic ticket request has been declined or is not valid, and re-ranking at least one other electronic ticket request at least partly in response. 40. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the first time period is selected based at least in part on an event-type. 41. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein the second time period is longer than the first time period. 42. The system as defined in claim 16, wherein only a first portion of the first event seating is available to be allocated to electronic ticket requests received during the first time period, and a second portion of the first event seating is available to be allocated to electronic ticket requests received during a third time period. 43. The system as defined in claim 16, where only users in a first set of users are eligible to submit electronic ticket requests during the first time period, and users in a second set of users are eligible to submit electronic ticket requests at a later time, wherein the second set of users is larger than the first set of users, and the second set of users includes at least a portion of the first set of users. 44. The system as defined in claim 16, the operations further comprising: receiving during a third time period an electronic ticket request for the first event; andprocessing the electronic ticket request received during the third time period in substantially real-time. 45. A system comprising: one or more computing devices;a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the one or more computing devices are configured to cause the system to perform operations comprising:receiving a first plurality of electronic ticket requests over a network, at a computer system, from a first plurality of users during a first time period;transforming, by the computer system the first plurality of electronic ticket requests into a queue, the transformation including ranking the electronic ticket requests for set price electronic tickets based on a quantity of event seating currently being requested by one or more users requesting electronic tickets;monitoring a load variable indicative of a quantity of ticket requests being received at the network;determining that a burst load condition is satisfied based on the load variable;in response to determining that the burst load condition is satisfied, allocating, by the computer system, electronic tickets to at least a portion of the plurality users based at least in part on corresponding electronic ticket request rankings in the queue; andtransmitting a communication to one or more users allocated a requested electronic ticket;wherein the ranking of the first plurality of electronic ticket requests is performed, at least in part, during a second time period, wherein the second time period begins after the first plurality of electronic ticket requests has been received. 46. The system as defined in claim 45, wherein the ranking is further based at least in part on one the following criteria: a location of one or more users requesting tickets; quantity of previous tickets purchased by one or more users requesting electronic tickets;value of ticket purchases made by one or more users requesting electronic tickets; information related to a resale of electronic tickets by one or more users requesting the quantity of event seating currently being requested by one or more users requesting electronic tickets;whether one or more users are requesting an odd number of event seats. 47. The system as defined in claim 45, wherein electronic ticket requests in the first plurality of electronic ticket requests are ranked based at least in part on a location of one or more users requesting tickets. 48. The system as defined in claim 45, wherein electronic ticket requests in the first plurality of electronic ticket requests are ranked based at least in part on whether one or more users are requesting an odd number of event seats. 49. The system as defined in claim 45, the method further comprising providing over the network a form including a field for indicating an acceptable alternate event. 50. The system as defined in claim 45, the method further comprising providing over the network a form to the first terminal including a field for indicating whether the user is willing to accept electronic tickets for non-contiguous seats.
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