System and methods for third-party access to a network-based system for providing location-based upcoming event information

• US 9,953,275 B2
• Filed: 04/15/2016
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gibson, Ashley, Costello, Cass Patrick, Wu, Conny C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shanmugasundaram, Kannan
• Application Number:
  US15/130,857
• Publication Number:
  US 20160232460A1
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90335 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A system and methods for third-party access to a network-based system for providing location-based upcoming event information are described. The location-based upcoming event information may be accessed from the network-based system by a server-side web application implemented by a third party. The server-side web application may be configured to communicate with the network-based system that provides online marketplace and ticket fulfillment services and to generate a query based upon the location of a user and other event criteria. The server-side web application may communicate the query to the network-based system and, in response, receive location-based upcoming event information which may be displayed to a user as a list and/or information on a map. The location-based upcoming event information may comprise an aggregate of ticket inventory available from multiple online marketplaces providing the user with multiple purchasing options.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the computer system to perform operations comprising;

determining a location of a user device associated with a user;

determining an event based on an event query comprising a first search criterion related to the determined location and a second search criterion related to an event type selected by the user;

aggregating, from different seller platforms, ticket information associated with a plurality of tickets for the event available for sale by the different seller platforms; and

causing to be displayed on the user device an interface comprising a first node presenting an interactive seat map of a venue for the event based on the aggregated ticket information that includes tickets available for sale by at least two of the different seller platforms, a second node presenting event-related content based on the first search criterion, and a third node presenting event-related content based on the second search criterion,

wherein the interactive seat map comprises graphical elements representing seat locations associated with the plurality of tickets, wherein each graphical element is interactive, and wherein when a graphical element is activated by a user interaction via the interface, price information and a name of a seller platform offering the associated ticket are displayed on the interface, and

wherein the second node further presents at least one of advertisement content or news based on the determined location, and wherein the third node further presents at least one of advertisement content or news based on the event type.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the price information and the name of the seller platform are displayed in a pop-up window over the interactive seat map.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein sections on the interactive seat map for which tickets are not available for sale are displayed in a first color and wherein sections on the interactive seat map for which tickets are available for sale by at least one of the different seller platforms are displayed in a second color different from the first color.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein sections for which tickets are available for sale by at least one of the different seller platforms and that are located within a first distance of each other are displayed in a same color and wherein sections for which tickets are available for sale by at least one of the different seller platforms and that are separated by at least the first distance are displayed in a different color.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the second node presents event information customized for the determined location and the third node presents event information customized for the selected event type, and wherein the first, second, and third nodes are presented simultaneously in the interface.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise in response to detecting that a first graphical element is activated, removing from display information of tickets not associated with a section containing a seat location corresponding to the first graphical element.

7. A method comprising:

determining, by one or more hardware processors, a location of a user device associated with a user;

determining, by the one or more hardware processors, an event based on an event query comprising a first search criterion related to the determined location and a second search criterion related to an event type selected by the user;

aggregating, from different seller platforms, ticket information associated with a plurality of tickets for the event available for sale by the from different seller platforms; and

causing to be displayed on the user device an interface comprising a first node presenting an interactive seat map of a venue for the event based on the aggregated ticket information that includes tickets available for sale by at least two of the different seller platforms, a second node presenting event-related content based on the first search criterion, and a third node presenting event-related content based on the second search criterion,

wherein the interactive seat map comprises graphical elements representing seat locations associated with the plurality of tickets, wherein each graphical element is interactive, and wherein when a graphical element is activated by a user interaction via the interface, price information and a name of a seller platform offering the associated ticket are displayed on the interface, and wherein the second node further presents at least one of advertisement content or news based on the determined location, and wherein the third node further presents at least one of advertisement content or news based on the event type.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the price information and the name of the seller platform are displayed in a pop-up window over the interactive seat map.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein sections on the interactive seat map for which tickets are not available for sale are displayed in a first color and wherein sections on the interactive seat map for which tickets are available for sale by at least one of the different seller platforms are displayed in a second color different from the first color.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein sections for which tickets are available for sale by at least one of the different seller platforms and that are located within a first distance of each other are displayed in a same color and wherein sections for which tickets are available for sale by at least one of the different seller platforms and that are separated by at least the first distance are displayed in a different color.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the second node presents event information customized for the determined location and the third node presents event information customized for the selected event type, and wherein the first, second, and third nodes are presented simultaneously in the interface.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising in response to detecting that a first graphical element is activated, removing from display information of tickets not associated with a section containing a seat location corresponding to the first graphical element.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

determining a location of a user device associated with a user;

determining an event based on an event query comprising a first search criterion related to the determined location and a second search criterion related to an event type selected by the user;

aggregating, from different seller platforms, ticket information associated with a plurality of tickets for the event available for sale by the different seller platforms;

and causing to be displayed on the user device an interface comprising a first node presenting an interactive seat map of a venue for the event based on the aggregated ticket information that includes tickets available for sale by at least two of the different seller platforms, a second node presenting event-related content based on the first search criterion, and a third node presenting event-related content based on the second search criterion,

wherein the interactive seat map comprises graphical elements representing seat locations associated with the plurality of tickets, wherein each graphical element is interactive, and wherein when a graphical element is activated by a user interaction via the interface, price information and a name of a seller platform offering the associated ticket are displayed on the interface, and wherein the second node further presents at least one of advertisement content or news based on the determined location, and wherein the third node further presents at least one of advertisement content or news based on the event type.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the price information and the name of the seller platform is displayed in a pop-up window over the interactive seat map.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein sections on the interactive seat map for which tickets are not available for sale are displayed in a first color and wherein sections on the interactive seat map for which tickets are available for sale by at least one of the different seller platforms are displayed in second color different from the first color.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein sections for which tickets are available for sale by at least one of the different seller platforms and that are located within a first distance of each other are displayed in a same color and wherein sections for which tickets are available for sale by at least one of the different seller platforms and that are separated by at least the first distance are displayed in a different color.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the second node presents event information customized for the determined location and the third node presents event information customized for the selected event type, and wherein the first, second, and third nodes are presented simultaneously in the interface.