Event ticket hub

• US 10,685,382 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2013
• Issued: 06/16/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Monahan, Jay
• Primary Examiner(s): Trujillo, James
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le, Jessica N
• Application Number:
  US14/087,794
• Publication Number:
  US 20140081790A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,398 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

There are provided methods and systems to retrieve search result information and digital content. The system receives input information identifying a plurality of data sources from which to retrieve digital content. Next the system retrieves search result information, over the network, from the plurality of data sources based on the input information. Next the system retrieves the digital content, over the network, from at least one of the data sources based on the search result information. Finally, the system communicates digital content to a client machine.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

collecting, at a server machine, profile information of a user, the profile information compiled from observed user input information history over a period of time;

periodically searching, at the server machine, based on user input information, to create search results;

identifying, at the server machine, ticket information from the search results using the profile information, the ticket information pertaining to an event ticket;

providing, by the server machine, the ticket information to the user; and

automatically triggering payment and retrieval, by the server machine, of the event ticket in accordance with a subscription of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the ticket information to the user includes providing an alert to the user in response to a ticket being available.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the ticket information includes information about an event corresponding to the event ticket.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the information about the event includes an artist performing at the event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the ticket information to the user includes sending a message to a mobile device of the user.

6. A machine-readable medium that is not a transitory propagating signal, the machine-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine;

cause the machine to perform operations comprising;

collecting, at a server machine, profile information of a user, the profile information compiled from observed user input information history over a period of time;

periodically searching, at the server machine, based on user input information, to create search results;

identifying, at the server machine, ticket information from the search results using the profile information, the ticket information pertaining to an event ticket;

providing, by the server machine, the ticket information to the user; and

automatically triggering payment and retrieval, by the server machine, of the event ticket in accordance with a subscription of the user.

7. The machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein providing the ticket information to the user includes providing an alert to the user in response to a ticket being available.

8. The machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the ticket information includes information about an event corresponding to the event ticket.

9. The machine-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the information about the event includes an artist performing at the event.

10. The machine-readable medium of claim 6, wherein providing the ticket information to the user includes sending a message to a mobile device of the user.

11. A system comprising:

a data source including ticket information; and

a server machine communicatively coupled to the data source, the server machine to;

collect profile information of a user from Observed user input information history over a period of time;

periodically search the data source based on user input information, to create search results;

identify ticket information from the data source search results using the profile information, the ticket information pertaining to an event ticket;

provide the ticket information to the user; and

automatically trigger payment and retrieval, by the server machine, of the event ticket in accordance with a subscription of the user.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein to provide the ticket information to the user includes the server machine to provide an alert to the user in response to a ticket being available.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the ticket information includes information about an event corresponding to the event ticket.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein to provide the ticket information to the user includes the server machine to send a message to a mobile device of the user.