MODIFYING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN VENDORS AND REGIONS OF A VENUE
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- maintaining, at a venue management system, an association between a vendor and a region of a venue, the region comprising a set of locations to which users attending the venue are associated and the association indicating the vendor provides products to the users associated with the region;
obtaining information from the vendor describing order fulfillment by the vendor, the information from the vendor including data indicating a length of time for the vendor to fulfill received orders;
obtaining information from an additional vendor describing products offered by the additional vendor;
obtaining information from the additional vendor information describing order fulfillment by the additional vendor, the information from the additional vendor including data indicating a length of time for the additional vendor to fulfill received orders;
determining whether to modify the association between the vendor and the region of the venue based at least in part on the information describing order fulfillment by the vendor, the information describing products offered by the additional vendor, and the information describing order fulfillment by the additional vendor; and
modifying the association between the vendor and the region of the venue to associate the additional vendor with the region in response to determining to modify the association between the vendor and the region of the venue.
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Abstract
To improve user interaction with a venue, a venue management system is associated with the venue and maintains information associated with users and with vendors associated with the venue. The venue management system receives orders for products or services from users and communicates the received orders to vendors associated with the venue to be fulfilled. The venue management system may group orders having one or more common characteristics received from various users and communicate the group to a vendor to allow the vendor to more efficiently fulfill orders. Further, the venue management system maintains associations between vendors and regions of the venue and may dynamically modify the associations between vendors and regions of a venue to expedite the fulfillment of orders received from various users.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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maintaining, at a venue management system, an association between a vendor and a region of a venue, the region comprising a set of locations to which users attending the venue are associated and the association indicating the vendor provides products to the users associated with the region; obtaining information from the vendor describing order fulfillment by the vendor, the information from the vendor including data indicating a length of time for the vendor to fulfill received orders; obtaining information from an additional vendor describing products offered by the additional vendor; obtaining information from the additional vendor information describing order fulfillment by the additional vendor, the information from the additional vendor including data indicating a length of time for the additional vendor to fulfill received orders; determining whether to modify the association between the vendor and the region of the venue based at least in part on the information describing order fulfillment by the vendor, the information describing products offered by the additional vendor, and the information describing order fulfillment by the additional vendor; and modifying the association between the vendor and the region of the venue to associate the additional vendor with the region in response to determining to modify the association between the vendor and the region of the venue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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maintain, at a venue management system, an association between a vendor and a region of a venue, the region comprising a set of locations to which users attending the venue are associated and the association indicating the vendor provides products to the users associated with the region; obtain information from the vendor describing order fulfillment by the vendor, the information from the vendor including data indicating a length of time for the vendor to fulfill received orders; obtain information from an additional vendor describing products offered by the additional vendor; obtain information from the additional vendor information describing order fulfillment by the additional vendor, the information from the additional vendor including data indicating a length of time for the additional vendor to fulfill received orders; determine whether to modify the association between the vendor and the region of the venue based at least in part on the information describing order fulfillment by the vendor, the information describing products offered by the additional vendor, and the information describing order fulfillment by the additional vendor; and modify the association between the vendor and the region of the venue to associate the additional vendor with the region in response to determining to modify the association between the vendor and the region of the venue. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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