System for on-site management of an event

1. An event check-in system comprising:

a gatekeeper system for validating ticket information for a plurality of attendees of an event, the gatekeeper system being operable to communicably connect by a wireless connection signal to mobile check-in devices; and

one or more mobile check-in devices communicably connected to the gatekeeper system, each mobile check-in device being operable to receive ticket identifiers for attendees of the event and to transmit the ticket identifiers for the attendees to the gatekeeper system;

wherein the gatekeeper system is a mobile check-in device, and wherein the gatekeeper system is wirelessly connected to each of the one or more mobile check-in devices.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gatekeeper system comprises a portable, ruggedized, and waterproof case that substantially encloses the gatekeeper system.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the gatekeeper system further comprises an area inside the portable, ruggedized, and waterproof case for storing the computing system.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gatekeeper system comprises an uninterrupted power supply.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gatekeeper system comprises a router, a switch, and a computing system for validating ticket information for the plurality of attendees.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising one or more wireless access points operable to connect by the wireless connection signal to the one or more mobile check-in devices.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein each wireless access point comprises a connector operable to couple the respective wireless access point to a support structure.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the support structure is selected from a group consisting of: a pole; a speaker stand; a fence; and scaffolding.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gatekeeper system is further operable to receive ticket identifiers for attendees of the event.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more mobile check-in devices comprises:

a memory for storing a set of instructions; and

a processor operable, upon execution of the set of instructions, to:

initiate scanning of the ticket identifier from a ticket;

receive the scanned ticket identifier;

transmit the ticket identifier to the gatekeeper system via the wireless connection signal;

receive an indication of validity of the ticket from the gatekeeper system via the wireless connection signal; and

display the indication of validity of the ticket.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further operable, upon execution of the set of instructions, to:

transmit, to the gatekeeper system via the wireless connection signal, a request to update a first ticket information to identify that the attendee associated with the ticket identifier is checked-in.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is further operable, upon execution of the set of instructions, to:

retrieve one or more status indicators from the mobile check-in device; and

transmit, the gatekeeper system via the wireless connection signal, the one or more status indicators.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gatekeeper system comprises:

a memory for storing ticket information and a set of instructions; and

a processor operable, upon execution of the set of instructions, to:

receive a ticket identifier scanned from a ticket;

compare the ticket identifier to the stored first ticket information;

based on the comparison, generate an indication of validity of the ticket; and

transmit the indication of validity of the ticket.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further operable, upon execution of the set of instructions, to update the stored first ticket information based on the comparison.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further operable, upon execution of the first set of instructions, to:

receive one or more status indicators from one or more mobile check-in devices via the wireless connection signal; and

display indicator information based on the one or more status indicators.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further operable, upon execution of the set of instructions, to:

access a first ticket information from an event management system, the first ticket information identifying, for each of the plurality of attendees of the event:

an ticket identifier associated with the attendee; and

whether the attendee is checked-in or not checked-in.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further operable, upon execution of the set of instructions, to transmit a ticket indication message to an event management system, the ticket indication message configured to cause the event management system to update a master ticket information.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further operable, upon execution of the set of instructions, to:

receive an update message from an event management system, the update message including an indication of one or more changes to a master ticket information; and

update the stored first ticket information based on the update message to match the master ticket information.

19. The system of claim 1 , wherein the gatekeeper system is communicably connected by the wireless connection signal to a server of an event management system.