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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Shigeki Hirose, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dennis Denker, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Adam Sussman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Craig Mclane, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Sean Moriarty, Pasadena, CA (US);
Shigeki Hirose, Sammamish, WA (US);
Dennis Denker, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Adam Sussman, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Craig McLane, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Sean Moriarty, Pasadena, CA (US);
Ticketmaster, Hollywood, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides apparatus and methods for queuing access by large numbers of Internet or other network-based users to networked systems and resources with limited capacity. In one example embodiment, a queuing system provides user access to network resources, such as that of a ticketing system. A computer system receives a first request for a first resource The first request is queued in computer readable memory. A determination is made that the first request for the first resource has been abandoned. A queued second request is identified, wherein the second request is similar to the first request. The second request is associated with the abandoned first resource.