Patents by Inventor Thomas Harward Benson

Thomas Harward Benson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Computer implemented method for managing electronic ticket requests
    Patent number: 8484058
    Abstract: A ticketing management system and computer implemented method for managing ticket requests is provided including a request management system, configured to receive ticket requests and allocate tickets to purchasers, a back-end office ticketing system, configured to record ticket requests and a fulfillment center configured to receive the ticket requests from the back-end office ticketing system and deliver the tickets to the purchasers. The request management system includes a shopping module. The shopping module is configured to receive at least one primary request for an event and storing the primary request, receive at least one alternate request for an event and storing the alternative request and allocate events to a user based on the primary request and alternative request selections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Tickets.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Harward Benson, Brett Eric Michalak
  • COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC TICKET REQUESTS
    Publication number: 20100312587
    Abstract: A ticketing management system and computer implemented method for managing ticket requests is provided including a request management system, configured to receive ticket requests and allocate tickets to purchasers, a back-end office ticketing system, configured to record ticket requests and a fulfillment center configured to receive the ticket requests from the back-end office ticketing system and deliver the tickets to the purchasers. The request management system includes a shopping module. The shopping module is configured to receive at least one primary request for an event and storing the primary request, receive at least one alternate request for an event and storing the alternative request and allocate events to a user based on the primary request and alternative request selections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Harward BENSON, Brett Eric Michalak, Michael Sean Duffy
  • Computer implemented method for managing electronic ticket requests
    Publication number: 20080300925
    Abstract: A ticketing management system and computer implemented method for managing ticket requests is provided including a request management system, configured to receive ticket requests and allocate tickets to purchasers, a back-end office ticketing system, configured to record ticket requests and a fulfillment center configured to receive the ticket requests from the back-end office ticketing system and deliver the tickets to the purchasers. The request management system includes a shopping module. The shopping module is configured to receive at least one primary request for an event and storing the primary request, receive at least one alternate request for an event and storing the alternative request and allocate events to a user based on the primary request and alternative request selections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Harward Benson, Brett Eric Michalak