System and business method for offering seat upgrades to patrons at a public facility
First Claim
1. A method of doing business in a public facility comprising:
- determining the location of a first customer within the facility;
transmitting to the first customer an image of a view from another location within the facility; and
offering the customer an opportunity to move to the different location.
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Abstract
A virtual ticket control system for upgrading tickets of customers to a public facility. The virtual ticket control system comprises: 1) a plurality of access points disposed throughout the public facility, each of the access points establishing a communication link to at least one of a plurality of virtual ticket devices used by customers and receiving at least one virtual ticket transmitted by the at least one virtual ticket device; 2) a memory for storing a seating database identifying empty seats in the public facility and occupied seats in the public facility; and 3) a ticket upgrade controller coupled to the plurality of access points and the memory and capable of receiving a first virtual ticket from a first one of the plurality of virtual ticket devices. The ticket upgrade controller compares a location of a first seat associated with the first virtual ticket with the seating database and identifies a first empty seat having a more desirable location than the first seat location. The ticket upgrade controller generates a ticket upgrade offer message associated with the first empty seat and transmits the ticket upgrade offer message to the first virtual ticket device.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of doing business in a public facility comprising:
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determining the location of a first customer within the facility;
transmitting to the first customer an image of a view from another location within the facility; and
offering the customer an opportunity to move to the different location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A virtual ticket control system for upgrading tickets of customers to a public facility comprising:
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a plurality of access points capable of being disposed throughout said public facility, each of said access points capable of establishing a communication link to at least one of a plurality of virtual ticket devices used by customers and receiving at least one virtual ticket transmitted by said at least one virtual ticket device;
a memory capable of storing a seating database identifying empty seats in said public facility and occupied seats in said public facility; and
a ticket upgrade controller coupled to said plurality of access points and said memory and capable of receiving a first virtual ticket from a first one of said plurality of virtual ticket devices, wherein said ticket upgrade controller compares a location of a first seat associated with said first virtual ticket with said seating database and identifies a first empty seat having a more desirable location than said first seat location and wherein said ticket upgrade controller generates a ticket upgrade offer message associated with said first empty seat and transmits said ticket upgrade offer message to said first virtual ticket device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of upgrading tickets of customers to a public facility comprising:
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establishing a communication link between at least one of a plurality of virtual ticket devices used by customers and a first one of a plurality of access points capable of being disposed throughout the public facility;
receiving a first virtual ticket transmitted by a first one of the plurality of virtual ticket devices;
accessing in a memory a seating database identifying empty seats in the public facility and occupied seats in the public facility; and
comparing a location of a first seat associated with the first virtual ticket with the seating database;
identifying a first empty seat having a more desirable location than the first seat location;
generating a ticket upgrade offer message associated with the first empty seat; and
transmitting the ticket upgrade offer message to the first virtual ticket device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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