Tuesday, 4 July 2017

Ticketmaster to kill long lines by checking event attendees in with smartphone audio data

Ticketmaster is launching a new ticketing system that can passively check attendees into events using audio data from smartphones to reduce entry wait time. Rather than manually scanning a QR code or a barcode from a paper ticket, a “smart tone” technology can receive attendee’s data over their smartphone’s ultrasonic sound transmission to verify their mobile ticket and ID, allowing people to cruise in simply by showing a green approved screen on their phones.

The new e-ticketing system, called Presence, is powered by Lisnr, a Cincinnati-based company that previously partnered with event-planning startup Splash and Jaguar Land Rover. With Jaguar, for example, the company can identify the driver’s seat preferences and automatically adjust...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/4/15919022/ticketmaster-lisnr-presence-mobile-ticketing-reduce-wait-time-audio-data

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/07/ticketmaster-to-kill-long-lines-by.html

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