Systems and methods for accessing content at an event

• US 9,654,913 B1
• Filed: 09/17/2013
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bamtech LLC (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Bamtech LLC (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Evans, Chad, Ritter, Adam
• Primary Examiner(s): Cumming, William D
• Application Number:
  US14/029,416
• Time in Patent Office: 1,337 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141, 4554042, 4554142, 4554563
• 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, the method comprising:

receiving, by at least one server having one or more processors via a computer network, a request to check-in to an event from the client device, the check-in request including geographic location information of the client device;

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

in response to the client device being located at the first venue, transmitting a plurality of event information comprising options available at the first venue via the computer network to the client device for display on the client device; and

in response to the client device being located outside of the first venue, determining one or more second venues within a second predetermined radius and transmitting a list of the one or more second venues via the computer network to the client device for display on the client device, the second predetermined radius being greater than the first predetermined radius.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received location information comprises at least one of latitude and longitude of the client device or a confidence level indication.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

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

4. The method of claim 1,

wherein the client device is a mobile device;

wherein the received geographic location of the client device is determined by the client device using at least one of a GPS, a cell-tower, or a Wi-Fi triangulation; and

wherein determining whether the client device is at the first venue is based on the received geographic location of the client device and a predefined coordinate map of the first venue.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

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

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of event information comprises at least one of an instant re-play of a portion of the event, event statistics, event commentary, transportation information, weather updates, information about another event, or highlights and/or instant replays.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to the client device being located outside of the first venue and the one or more second venues being within the second predetermined radius, transmitting information of a respective distance between each of the one or more second venues and the client device via the computer network to the client device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the event at the first venue is in progress; and

based upon determination that the client device is located at the first venue and the event is in progress, transmitting the event information comprising the options available at the first venue to the client device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

subsequent to transmitting the plurality of event information comprising the options available at the first venue to the client device, determining that the event ends; and

storing information of the event into a storage device available for the client device for a predetermined period.

10. A system for accessing content on a client device, the system comprising:

a server having one or more processors coupled to memory, the server configured to;

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

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

based upon determination that the client device is located outside of the first venue, determine that one or more second venues are within a second predetermined radius, the second predetermined radius being greater than the first predetermined radius; and

transmit a list of the one or more second venues and information of a respective distance between each of the one or more second venues and the client device via the computer network to the client device for display on the client device.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the received location information comprises at least one of latitude and longitude of the client device or a confidence level indication.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the client device is a mobile device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the received geographic location of the client device is determined by the client device using at least one of a GPS, a cell-tower, or a Wi-Fi triangulation.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein determining whether the client device is at the first venue is based on the received geographic location of the client device and a predefined coordinate map of the first venue.

15. The system of claim 10, further comprising the server configured to:

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

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising processor executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor of a server, causing the server to perform operations comprising:

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

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

based upon determination that the client device is located outside of the first venue, determining that one or more second venues are within a second predetermined radius, the second predetermined radius being greater than the first predetermined radius; and

transmitting a list of the one or more second venues and information of a respective distance between each of the one or more second venues and the client device via the computer network to the client device for display on the client device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the received location information comprises at least one of latitude and longitude of the client device or a confidence level indication.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the client device is a mobile device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the received geographic location of the client device is determined by the client device using at least one of a GPS, a cell-tower, or a Wi-Fi triangulation.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein determining whether the client device is at the first venue is based on the received geographic location of the client device and a predefined coordinate map of the first venue.