Event application

• US 9,659,102 B1
• Filed: 03/21/2016
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Bodkin, Joseph George, Huffines, Christopher Michael, Cronin, John E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Application Number:
  US15/076,043
• Time in Patent Office: 428 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

The present invention includes systems and methods for providing event information. A one-time use app is downloaded to a user device when a user elects to purchase the app. The app receives event-related information from an event database. The event database receives information from a plurality of sources. The sources are each associated with an application programming interface. The app provides event-related information to the user through purchased options. The app can filter information based on a user profile before providing the information to the user.

Claims

1. A method for providing event information, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a user device for an application specific to an event, the request received over a communication network at an event venue server;

transmitting, from the event venue server, the application over a network for download by the user device based on the received request, wherein access to the application is limited to a predefined time period associated with the event;

receiving a user selection of at least one information display option via the application, wherein the user selection of an information display option corresponds to a request for information from the event venue server;

determining that the user selection was received within the predefined time period associated with the event; and

transmitting information from an event database associated with the event venue server to the user device for display within the application based on the user selection and the determination that the user selection was received within the predefined time period associated with the event, wherein another request determined to have been received outside the predefined time period is denied.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received request is provided through scanning a barcode on an event ticket associated with the event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein access to the application is only allowed on the day of the event.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the information associated with the selected information is filtered before display using a user profile.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the event database receives information from a plurality of sources, each of the plurality of sources delivering information through an associated application programming interface to the event database.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the event database receives information from at least one source owned by a third party.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is automatically deleted after the event.

8. A system for providing event information, the system comprising:

a network interface that communications over a communication network to;

receive a request from a user device for an application specific to an event,

transmit the application over a network for download by the user device based on the received request, wherein access to the application is limited to a predefined time period associated with the event,

receive a user selection of at least one information display option via the application, wherein the user selection of an information display option corresponds to a request for information from the event database,

a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor determines that the user selection was received within the predefined time period associated with the event; and

an event database that stores information for transmission from an event database to the user device for display within the application based on the user selection and the determination that the user selection was received within the predefined time period associated with the event, wherein another request determined to have been received outside the predefined time period is denied.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the received request is provided through scanning a barcode on an event ticket associated with the event.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein access to the application is only allowed on the day of the event.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the information associated with the selected information is filtered before display using a user profile.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the event database receives information from a plurality of sources, each of the plurality of sources delivering information through an associated application programming interface to the event database.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the event database receives information from at least one source owned by a third party.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the application is automatically deleted after the event.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for providing event information, the method comprising:

receiving a request from a user device for an application specific to an event, the request received over a communication network at an event venue server;

transmitting the application over a network for download by the user device based on the received request, wherein access to the application is limited to a predefined time period associated with the event;

receiving a user selection of at least one information display option via the application, wherein selection of an information display option corresponds to a request for information from the event venue server;

determining that the user selection was received within the predefined time period associated with the event; and

transmitting information from an event database associated with the event venue server to the user device for display within the application based on the user selection and the determination that the user selection was received within the predefined time period associated with the event, wherein another request determined to have been received outside the predefined time period is denied.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the received request is provided through scanning a barcode on an event ticket associated with the event.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein access to the application is only allowed on the day of the event.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the information associated with the selected information is filtered before display using a user profile.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the event database receives information from a plurality of sources, each of the plurality of sources delivering information through an associated application programming interface to the event database.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the event database receives information from at least one source owned by a third party.