Determining interest areas at a venue location of an event

• US 10,592,826 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2015
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: StubHub, Inc.
• Original Assignee: StubHub, Inc.
• Inventors: Akpala, Romiwa Charles
• Primary Examiner(s): Danneman, Paul
• Application Number:
  US14/633,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20160253601A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,846 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0623 Item investigation

Abstract

System, computer-readable medium, and methods are provided to determine interest areas of an event held at a venue location. A communication interface of a server device may receive a search request for an event, where the search request includes event data indicating a venue location of the event. An interest processing component of the server device determines an excitement interest in the event based on at least one of the event data and interest data of a user account. An area processing component of the server device determines one or more excitement areas at the venue location based at least on the excitement interest in the event. A ticket processing component of the server device determines one or more available event tickets for the event at the venue location based at least on the one or more excitement areas at the venue location. A transceiver of the communication interface that transmits an indication of the one or more available event tickets to a client device configured to access the one or more available event tickets.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive a search request for an event, wherein the search request comprises event data indicating a venue location of the event;

a non-transitory memory configured to store instructions;

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations, the operations comprising;

determine an excitement interest in the event based on an action or a presence of a person of interest identified by at least one preference of a user, the at least one preference received from a client device associated with the user;

determine at least one seat located within the venue location for the event based on the excitement interest in the event and an analysis of a probability of the action or the presence of the person of interest occurring within a predetermined distance of the at least one seat located within the venue location;

determine an availability of at least one event ticket at the venue location corresponding to the at least one seat; and

a transceiver of the communication interface to transmit, to a graphical user interface of the client device, an indication of the availability of the at least one event ticket and a description of the excitement interest expected by the probability to occur within the predetermined distance from the at least one seat.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors determines the excitement interest based on the event data, wherein the predetermined distance of the at least one seat comprises predetermined area within a radius from the action or the presence of the person of interest, and wherein the event comprises at least one of the following:

a sports event, a performance event, a concert event, a movie event, and a comedic event.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the event comprises the sports event, and wherein the area within the radius from the action or the presence of the person of interest comprises at least one of the following:

a player entrance area, a player exit area, and a player resting area.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors determines the at least one seat is located within an area expected to seat one or more individuals identified as the person of interest, and wherein the one or more individuals identified comprises at least one of the following:

an athlete, a celebrity, and a political figure.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the excitement interest is further based on at least one of a home team of the venue location, a visiting team to the venue location, and a level of importance of the event, and wherein based on the excitement interest, the one or more processors determines the at least one seat is within the predetermined distance of an area expected to seat the person of interest.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors determines probability of the action occurring based on a statistical analysis and availability of players participating in the event.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein determining the availability of the at least one event ticket includes an interest level corresponding to the at least one preference received from the client device associated with the user.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the client device is a wearable computing device configured to display, on a graphical user interface of the client device, the indication of the availability of the at least one event ticket, and wherein the wearable computing device displays a view from the at least one event ticket.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions that, when executed by a server device, cause the server device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a communication interface of the server device, event data to indicate an event at a venue location;

determining, by one or more processors of the server device, an excitement interest in the event based on an action or a presence of a person of interest identified by at least one preference of a user, the at least one preference received from a client device associated with the user;

determining, by the one or more processors, at least one seat located within the venue location for the event based on the excitement interest in the event and an analysis of a probability of the action or the presence of the person of interest occurring within a predetermined distance of the at least one seat located within the venue location;

determining, by the one or more processors, an availability of at least one event ticket at the venue location corresponding to the at least one seat; and

transmitting, by a transceiver of the communication interface to the client device, an indication of the availability of the at least one event ticket and a description of the excitement interest expected by the probability to occur within the predetermined distance from the at least one seat.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors determines the excitement interest based on the event data, wherein the predetermined distance of the at least one seat comprises predetermined area within a radius from the action or the presence of the person of interest, and wherein the event comprises at least one of the following:

a sports event, a performance event, a concert event, a movie event, and a comedic event.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein determining availability of the at least one seat comprises determining an area expected to seat the person of interest, and wherein the person of interest is at least one of the following:

an athlete, a celebrity, and a political figure.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein determining the area expected to seat the person of interest is based on determining at least one of the following:

the venue location, a home team of the venue location, a visiting team to the venue location, and a level of importance of the event.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein determining the probability of the action occurring comprises analyzing statistical performance, behaviors, and availability of players participating in the event.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein determining the excitement interest in the event is based on the at least one preference received from a client device associated with the user, and wherein the indication of the availability of the one or more event ticket includes a safety level corresponding to the at least one preference of the user.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium causes the server device to perform the operations comprising:

causing the client device to display, on a graphical user interface of the client device, a view from the at least one seat, wherein the client device is a wearable computing device.

16. A method, comprising:

receiving event data and interest data of a user account via a communication interface of a server device from a client device associated with the user account, wherein the event data comprises an indication of a venue location of an event and an excitement interest corresponding to an action or person of interest identified by at least one preference of the user;

determining, by one or more processors of the server device, at least one seat located within the venue location for the event based on the excitement interest in an occurrence of the action or presence of the person of interest and an analysis of a probability of the action or the presence of the person of interest occurring within a predetermined distance of the at least one seat located within the venue location;

determining, by the one or more processors of the server device, an availability of at least one event ticket at the venue location corresponding to the at least one seat; and

transmitting, by a transceiver of the communication interface to a graphical user interface of the client device, an indication of the at least one event ticket and a description of the excitement interest expected by the probability to occur within a predetermined distance from the at least one seat to the client device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one seat is located in an excitement area within a predetermined distance from the occurrence of the action or presence of the person, and wherein the action or person comprises at least one of the following:

proximity of a celebrity, proximity of a political person, proximity of an athlete, fly ball, home run, foul ball, or receiving a memento from the event.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein determining at least one seat comprises determining an area expected to seat one or more individuals identified in the excitement interest corresponding to the venue location.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein determining the at least one seat is based on determining a probability of a ball landing proximate to the at least one seat, and wherein the probability is based on the following:

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the at least one event ticket corresponds to a first event on a first date, the method comprising:

determining, by the one or more processors, a second seat located at a second location within the venue location based on a second probability of a ball landing within a predetermined radius of the second seat; and

determining, by the one or more processors, an availability of a second event ticket associated with the second seat, the second event ticket correspond to a second event on a second date, and wherein indication of the availability of the at least one event ticket further comprises a second indication of the availability of the second event ticket.