Methods and systems for validating real time network communications

Abstract

Methods and systems for managing network communications are described. An example resource management system includes a communications manager configured to access information regarding communication protocols used by corresponding broker systems and to provide message translations based on an origin and/or destination of the message to be transmitted. A message processor is coupled to the communications manager and is configured to serialize incoming and/or outgoing broker messages and to facilitate queuing of incoming and outgoing message traffic with broker systems. A communications configurer is configured to track one or more communication attributes of broker systems and changes thereto to ensure communications between the resource management systems are broker systems are conducted in accordance with the communication attributes of the broker systems. A communications rules provider is configured to determine which broker system is to be communicated with in order to fulfill a resource request.

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         72 . A system for managing network communications for ticketing, the system comprising:
 a communications manager module that:
 receives, from a broker system , substantially real-time status information that identifies a status of one or more tickets for an event, the one or more tickets being one managed by one or more of the plurality of broker systems; and 
 updates a ticket data store to associate a ticket identifier for each of the one or more tickets with the received real-time status information; 
   a message processor module that:
 receives a request for the ticket from a requester; 
   a rules provider module that:
 identifies, using the ticket data store, that the broker system controls the ticket; 
 facilitates transmission of one or more messages between the ticket management system and the broker system, the messages resulting in a request for transfer of the ticket to the requester; 
 determines whether the request for transfer successfully resulted in the transfer of the ticket to the requester; 
 updates, in a broker data store and based on the determination, a transfer-result variable associated with the broker; 
 determines a success rate of the broker, wherein the success rate is the determined based on the transfer-result variable; 
 determines whether the success rate passes a satisfaction condition; and 
 when it is determined that the success rate does not pass the satisfaction condition, inhibits the broker from participating in a future ticket transaction. 
   
     
     
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