System and method for reallocating and/or upgrading and/or rewarding tickets, other event admittance means, goods and/or services

[0366]FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the invention that incorporates one or more of the architectures or communications methods described above. In FIG. 23, the process begins as all tickets are checked in, for example, as the patrons enter the reserved seating area, such as a stadium or theater, through, for example, bar code readers, scanners, infrared readers, and / or manually or other method where the patron is checked in, either at the gate, seat or other location. For example, patrons can optionally check in a predetermined time before the event through a wireless device, Internet connection, manual or voice recognition telephone, or other manner. The important point is to provide a standard manner for allowing patrons to check in, and if the patron fails to check in using a predetermined procedure, to allow that seat to be provided to another willing patron in accordance with a process to be described below. The patron may check in either a predetermined time before or after the eve

[0370]FIG. 24 is a flowchart of the invention. In FIG. 24, the process begins as all tickets are checked in, for example, as the patrons enter the reserved seating area, such as a stadium or theater, through, for example, bar code readers, scanners, infrared readers, and / or manually or other method where the patron is checked in, either at the gate, seat or other location. For example, patrons can optionally check in a predetermined time before the event through a wireless device, Internet connection, manual or voice recognition telephone, or other manner. The important point is to provide a standard manner for allowing patrons to check in, and if the patron fails to check in using a predetermined procedure, to allow that seat to be provided to another willing patron in accordance with a process to be described below. Currently, such a process is impossible and unthinkable in view of the difficulty reserved seating events have in simply getting the patrons seated prior to the beginni

[0374]FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the invention. In FIG. 25, the process begins as all tickets are checked in, for example, as the patrons enter the reserved seating area, such as a stadium or theater, through, for example, bar code readers, scanners, infrared readers, and / or manually or other method where the patron is checked in, either at the gate, seat or other location. For example, patrons can optionally check in a predetermined time before the event through a wireless device, Internet connection, manual or voice recognition telephone, or other manner. The important point is to provide a standard manner for allowing patrons to check in, and if the patron fails to check in using a predetermined procedure, to allow that seat to be provided to another willing patron in accordance with a process to be described below. Currently, such a process is impossible and unthinkable in view of the difficulty reserved seating events have in simply getting the patrons seated prior to the beginni