Use of ticket for purchasing

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for facilitating payment for products purchased at events. More particularly, a ticket, rather than cash or credit cards, can be used to purchase products at events. For example, ticket holder can purchase food and drinks at a merchant's concession using the ticket or the ticket holder can purchase souvenirs at a gift shop associated with the event using the ticket. A bar code or the like can be scanned by the merchant and communicated to a payment provider to facilitate the transaction. The purchase can be made anonymously, such that information regarding the user cannot be obtained by merchant and/or sold for use by marketing companies.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising
 a non-transitory memory storing instructions;   one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:   receiving, from a user device associated with a first user, a request for performing a transaction using a gift ticket;   determining, using ticket information obtained from the request received, if the gift ticket is approved to perform a purchase associated with the transaction, wherein the determining is based in part on a limitation on the use of the gift ticket specified by a second user; and   in response to the determining, authorizing the purchase using the gift ticket.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , executing instructions further causes the system to perform operations comprising:
 in response to the determining, declining the purchase using the gift ticket.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the limitation includes an admission to an event. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the ticket information is associated with an account information of the first user. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the limitation is displayed on the gift ticket. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein a first user information is anonymous. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein a funding source for the transaction depends, at least in part, on an item for purchase. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , executing instructions further causes the system to perform operations comprising:
 Creating an ad hoc account that provides funds for the gift ticket.   
     
     
         9 . A method comprising:
 receiving, from a user device, a request for performing a purchase using a gift card;   determining, using card information obtained from the request received, a purchasing power associated with the gift card, wherein the purchasing power is a predetermined monetary amount established in an ad hoc account; and   in response to the determining, authorizing the purchase using the gift card.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the determining further includes items approved for purchase with the gift card. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the gift card includes a limitation, the limitation included on at least one of a quick response code, radio frequency identification code, and bar code. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the limitation includes a product for purchase. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the limitation includes an age restriction. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the purchasing power is modifiable by a user. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the gift card includes admission to an event. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 in response to the determining, declining the purchase using the gift card if a limitation associated with the gift card is violated.   
     
     
         17 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
 receiving, from a user device, a request to purchase a gift card;   determining, based on an information associated with the request, a limitation on a use of the gift card, the limitation including a purchasing power as established in a dummy user account; and   generating, a digital gift card including the limitation.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory medium of  claim 17 , wherein the gift card includes an admission to an event. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory medium of  claim 17 , wherein the limitation is displayed on the gift card. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory medium of  claim 17 , wherein the information for a user associated with the user device is anonymous.