Systems and methods for accessing content at an event

• US 8,538,389 B1
• Filed: 07/01/2011
• Issued: 09/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bamtech LLC (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (Major League Baseball)
• Inventors: Evans, Chad, Ritter, Adam
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D
• Application Number:
  US13/175,241
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/456.3, 705/14.27, 705/14.64, 726/30, 700/94, 709/204, 709/206, 345/156, 715/204, 715/753
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

The accessing of event related content on a client device at an event techniques include a method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. In some embodiments of these techniques, the method includes receiving a request to check-in to the event from the client device. The check-in request includes geographic location information of the client device. The method further includes determining whether the client device is located at a venue holding the event based on the received geographic location information of the client device and a first predetermined radius. The method further includes determining whether the event at the venue is in progress. The method further includes transmitting a first plurality of event information to the client device based upon determination that the client device is located at the venue and the event is in progress.

Claims

1. A method for accessing content on a client device at an event, the method comprising:

receiving a request to check-in to the event from the client device, the check-in request including geographic location information of the client device;

determining whether the client device is located at a venue holding the event based on the received geographic location information of the client device and a first predetermined radius;

determining whether the event at the venue is in progress; and

based upon determination that the client device is located at the venue and the event is in progress, transmitting a first plurality of event information to the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein based upon determination that the client device is not at the venue, determining one or more venues within a second predetermined radius of the client device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising transmitting information regarding the one or more venues to the client device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the received location information includes latitude and longitude of the client device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the received location information includes a confidence level indication.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein based upon determination that the client device is not at the venue or the event is not progress, transmitting a second plurality of event information to the client device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second plurality of event information is a subset of the first plurality of event information.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a notification to a social network application regarding the client device checked into the event.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is a mobile device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the received geographic location of the client device is determined by the client device based on one or more of the following:

GPS, cell-tower, and Wi-Fi triangulation.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the client device is at the venue is based on the received geographic location of the client device and a predefined coordinate map of the venue.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising

determining compliance with one or more rules associated with the geographic location of the client device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of event information includes an instant re-play of a portion of the event.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of event information includes event statistics.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of event information includes event commentary.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of event information includes transportation information.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of event information includes weather updates.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of event information includes information about another event.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of event information includes highlights and/or instant replays.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of processor executable instructions that when executed by a processor configure a computing apparatus to:

receive a request to check-in to the event from the client device, the check-in request including geographic location information of the client device;

determine whether the client device is at a venue holding the event based on the received geographic location information of the client device and a first predetermined radius;

determine whether the event at the venue is in progress; and

based upon determination that the client device is at the venue and the event is progress, transmit a first plurality of information relating to the event to the client device.