SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC VENUE DEMOGRAPHICS AND MARKETING

• US 20120232958A1
• Filed: 03/09/2012
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bar & Club Statistics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Bar & Club Statistics, Inc.
• Inventors: Silbert, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US13/416,235
• Publication Number:
  US 20120232958A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Systems and methods for acquiring, managing, providing, and/or utilizing information identifying and/or descriptive of patrons of a venue are provided.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a central controller device and from a data gathering device at a remote venue, an indication of an identifier for each patron of a plurality of patrons of the venue and an indication of a status of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue;

determining, by the central controller device and based on the identifiers of the patrons, demographic data descriptive of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue;

compiling, by the central controller device and based on the demographic data descriptive of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue, a demographic summary descriptive of the venue;

receiving, by the central controller device and from a mobile device operated by a user, a request for demographic information; and

transmitting in response to the receiving of the request for the demographic information, and by the central controller device and to the mobile device operated by the user, a signal that causes the mobile device to display a graphical representation of the demographic summary descriptive of the venue.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifier for each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue comprises an encoded identifier.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the identifier for each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue comprises an encrypted identifier.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the identifier for each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue comprises a cryptographic hash tag.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the indication of the status of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue comprises an indication of whether each patron has entered or exited the venue.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the demographic data descriptive of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue comprises:

receiving, by the central controller device and from the data gathering device at the remote venue, an indication of the demographic data descriptive of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the demographic data descriptive of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue comprises:

querying a database utilizing the identifier for each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the database comprise one or more third-party databases.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the compiling of the demographic summary descriptive of the venue, comprises:

compiling a graph of the plurality of patrons of the venue based on one or more of physical heights and physical weights for each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the compiling of the demographic summary descriptive of the venue, comprises:

compiling a graph of the plurality of patrons of the venue based on mailing address information for each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the request for the demographic information from the mobile device of the user, comprises:

receiving an indication of a geographic location of the mobile device; and

identifying, based on the geographic information of the mobile device, the venue.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the request for the demographic information from the mobile device of the user, comprises:

receiving an indication of a selection of the venue, by the user, from a menu of a plurality of available venues.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the request for the demographic information from the mobile device of the user, comprises:

receiving an indication of a demographic preference defined by the user.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

identifying, based on the demographic preference of the user, the venue.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the compiling of the demographic summary descriptive of the venue is further based on the demographic preference of the user.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the demographic summary descriptive of the venue comprises a summary of a real-time composition of the plurality of patrons of the venue.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the demographic summary descriptive of the venue comprises a summary of a historic composition of the plurality of patrons of the venue.

18. A system, comprising:

a computerized processing device; and

a memory in communication with the computerized processing device, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the computerized processing device, result in;

receiving, from a data gathering device at a venue, an indication of an identifier for each patron of a plurality of patrons of the venue and an indication of a status of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue;

determining, based on the identifiers of the patrons, demographic data descriptive of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue;

compiling, based on the demographic data descriptive of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue, a demographic summary descriptive of the venue;

receiving, from a mobile device operated by a user, a request for demographic information; and

transmitting in response to the receiving of the request for the demographic information, and to the mobile device operated by the user, a signal that causes the mobile device to display a graphical representation of the demographic summary descriptive of the venue.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

the data gathering device at the venue.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by an electronic processing device, result in:

receiving, from a data gathering device at a venue, an indication of an identifier for each patron of a plurality of patrons of the venue and an indication of a status of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue;

determining, based on the identifiers of the patrons, demographic data descriptive of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue;

compiling, based on the demographic data descriptive of each patron of the plurality of patrons of the venue, a demographic summary descriptive of the venue;

receiving, from a mobile device operated by a user, a request for demographic information; and

transmitting in response to the receiving of the request for the demographic information, and to the mobile device operated by the user, a signal that causes the mobile device to display a graphical representation of the demographic summary descriptive of the venue.