REAL-TIME SUBJECTIVE AND DEMOGRAPHIC VENUE EVALUATION METHOD

• US 20070226063A1
• Filed: 02/22/2007
• Published: 09/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael F. Hanson
• Original Assignee: Michael F. Hanson
• Inventors: Hanson, Michael F.
• Application Number:
  US11/678,058
• Publication Number:
  US 20070226063A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/15
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for providing a real-time evaluation of venues such as clubs, bars and restaurants. The real-time evaluation provides a user member with an instantaneous snapshot of a venue'"'"'s happenings. The method evaluates a venue based upon both subjective and demographic criteria. Subjective criteria provide an understanding of the feeling or mood associated with a venue. Demographic criteria provide information on who is attending a venue. The method provides a real-time impression or view of the ever-changing happenings in a venue.

Claims

1. A method of venue evaluation, comprising:

providing to a member user in real-time, over an electronic network, a venue information, wherein the venue information includes both a real-time subjective critical review of the venue and a real-time demographic analysis of member users attending the venue.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the subjective critical review is compiled and submitted by member users attending the venue in real-time.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the subjective critical review comprises ambiance factors.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the ambiance factors include a subjective review of the nonmember patrons attending the venue.

5. The method of claim 1, further including providing to the member user an encyclopedic database editable by member users evaluating the venue.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the demographical analysis includes statistical information regarding the demographic makeup of member users attending the venue.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the demographic makeup of member users includes at least one demographic selected from the group consisting of age, gender, schooling, marital status, political party affiliations, school affiliations, team affiliations, club affiliations, organizational affiliations, hobbies, interests, profession, sexual orientation, annual income, sporting team preferences, relationship status, musical preferences, entertainment preferences, food preferences and combinations thereof.

8. The method of claim 1, further including graphically displaying venue and user locations as location coordinates on a map.

9. The method of claim 1, further including the user member providing a set of desired demographic criteria by which to further evaluate the venue based upon user members attending a venue matching the desired demographic criteria.

10. The method of claim 1, further including evaluating the venue by the user members who have registered an intention of attending the venue.

11. A method of venue evaluation, comprising:

providing to a member user in real-time, over an electronic network, a venue information,

wherein the venue information includes both a real-time subjective critical review of the venue including ambiance factors comprised of a subjective review of the nonmember patrons attending the venue, and

a real-time demographical analysis includes statistical information regarding the demographic makeup of member users attending the venue; and

graphically displaying venue and member user locations as location coordinates on a map.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein a popularity of the venue is further graphically displayed on the map.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the popularity is represented by glowing bars, wherein more bars represent increasing popularity of a venue.

14. The method of claim 11, further including assembling a user alert list, wherein the user alert list comprises a list of user members having a select member demographic profile of compatibility.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein a user member is notified over a network if another user within the user alert list is in close physical proximity.

16. The method of claim 11, further including broadcasting messages between user members over the electronic network.

17. A method of venue evaluation, comprising:

providing to a member user in real-time, over an electronic network, a venue information,

wherein the venue information includes both a real-time subjective critical review of the venue including ambiance factors comprised of a subjective review of the nonmember patrons attending the venue, and

the real-time demographical analysis includes statistical information regarding the demographic makeup of member users attending the venue;

providing an encyclopedic database editable by users evaluating the venue; and

graphically displaying venue and user locations as location coordinates on a map.

18. The method of claim 17, further including the user member providing a set of desired demographic criteria by which to further evaluate the venue based upon user members attending a venue matching the desired demographic criteria.

19. The method of claim 17, further including assembling a user alert list, wherein the user alert list comprises a list of user members having a select member demographic profile of compatibility and notifying the user member over a network if another user within the user alert list is in close physical proximity.

20. The method of claim 17, further including evaluating the venue by the user members who have registered an intention of attending the venue.

21. The method of claim 17, further including a highlighted portion graphically represented on the map, wherein the highlighted portion represents a collection of venues whose respective coordinates on the map fall within the highlighted portion of the map.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the highlighted portion comprises a glow of varying intensity, wherein increasing interest levels in a highlighted portion are represented by increasing intensities of glow.