Venue experience management

• US 9,781,562 B1
• Filed: 10/23/2015
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Evenue LLC
• Original Assignee: Evenue LLC
• Inventors: Piacentile, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Ajibade Akonai, Olumide T
• Application Number:
  US14/921,903
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/44 Event detection
• 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 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for venue experience management. In one implementation, one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of a first device are received at a communication interface of a location determination device, one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of a second device are received at the communication interface of the location determination device, a processing device of the location determination device processes the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device to determine a relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device, and one or more actions are initiated based on the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a communication interface of a location determination device, one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of a first device;

determining, based on the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device, an incidence of one or more events;

based on a determination of the incidence of the one or more events,

receiving, at the communication interface of the location determination device, one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of a second device, and

processing, by a processing device of the location determination device, the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device to determine a relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device; and

initiating one or more actions with respect to the incidence of the one or more events based on the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors of the first device comprise at least one of:

an accelerometer, a GPS receiver, a microphone, a magnetometer, a camera, a light sensor, a temperature sensor, an altitude sensor, a pressure sensor, a proximity sensor, a tactile sensor, an NFC device, a WiFi interface, or a Bluetooth interface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors of the second device comprise at least one of:

an accelerometer, a GPS receiver, a microphone, a magnetometer, a camera, a light sensor, a temperature sensor, an altitude sensor, a pressure sensor, a proximity sensor, a tactile sensor, an NFC device, a WiFi interface, or a Bluetooth interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device comprises processing the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device in conjunction with an identification of one or more relationships between a first user associated with the first device and a second user associated with the second device, to determine a relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device and a relative compatibility of the first user and the second user.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein initiating one or more actions comprises initiating one or more actions based on the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device and the relative compatibility of the first user and the second user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device comprises processing the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device in conjunction with a determination of a utilization of a resource associated with at least one of the first device or the second device, to determine a likelihood of a user associated with at least one of the devices exchanging the resource.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing of the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device is initiated based on the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device comprises processing the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device to determine a prior location of the first device and processing the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device based on the prior location of the first device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device comprises processing the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device to determine a travel path of the first device and processing the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device based on the travel path of the first device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein initiating one or more actions comprises initiating one or more actions with respect to the incidence of the one or more events based on (a) the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device and (b) the travel path of the first device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating one or more actions comprises providing one or more notifications to the second device based on the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating one or more actions comprises providing one or more notifications to the first device based on the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein determining an incidence of one or more events comprises determining a noise level perceived with respect to the first device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating one or more actions comprises initiating one or more actions with respect to the incidence of the one or more events based on (a) the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device and (b) a prediction generated with respect to the first device based on an action initiated by a third device with respect to another incidence of the one or more events.

17. The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more sensors of the second device comprise at least one of:

an accelerometer, a GPS receiver, a microphone, a magnetometer, a camera, a light sensor, a temperature sensor, an altitude sensor, a pressure sensor, a proximity sensor, a tactile sensor, an NFC device, a WiFi interface, or a Bluetooth interface.

15. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, to;

receive, at a communication interface of a location determination device and in conjunction with a noise level perceived with respect to a first device and determined to be associated with an incidence of an event, one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of the first device;

receive, at the communication interface of the location determination device, one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of a second device;

process the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device to determine a relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device; and

initiate one or more actions with respect to the incidence of the event based on the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more sensors of the first device comprise at least one of:

an accelerometer, a GPS receiver, a microphone, a magnetometer, a camera, a light sensor, a temperature sensor, an altitude sensor, a pressure sensor, a proximity sensor, a tactile sensor, an NFC device, a WiFi interface, or a Bluetooth interface.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of a first device;

determining, based on the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device, an incidence of one or more events;

based on a determination of the incidence of the one or more events,

receiving one or more inputs originating at one or more sensors of a second device, and

processing the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device in relation to the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device to determine a relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device; and

initiating one or more actions with respect to the incidence of the one or more events based on the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the processing of the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the first device is initiated based on the one or more inputs originating at the one or more sensors of the second device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein initiating one or more actions comprises providing one or more notifications to the second device based on the relative proximity of the first device in relation to the second device.