CPC G06Q 30/0206 (2013.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0205 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
applying a machine-learned model to event information for a future event of an event type associated with a historical attendance, the machine-learned model configured to generate a predicted attendance for the future event;
identifying a number of tickets greater than a capacity of a venue of the future event based on the predicted attendance;
distributing, via a ticket exchange server, up to the identified number of tickets to prospective attendees of the future event, the distributed tickets identifying a section of the venue but not identifying a specific seat within the venue; and
in response to receiving a location of a mobile device including a distributed ticket captured by a GPS receiver of the mobile device indicating that the mobile device is located at the section identified by the distributed ticket within the venue, assigning, via the ticket exchange server, a seat within the section to the distributed ticket, and detecting a near-field signal transmitted by the mobile device identifying the distributed ticket to the seat within the section to physically unlock the seat.
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