Managing third party interactions with venue communications

• US 10,592,924 B1
• Filed: 06/05/2015
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Cronin, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Brandenburg, William A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Busch, Christopher C
• Application Number:
  US14/732,363
• Time in Patent Office: 1,747 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0252 based on events or environment, e.g. weather or festivals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/42 Centralised routing

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing third party interactions with event venue communications are provided. Incoming communications may be received from a third party device and stored in a database. Each communication may be associated with one or more parameters. When the parameters associated with a specified communication are determined to have been met, one or more targets are identified for the specified communication. Such identified targets may be associated with a particular communications hub that may be provided with the specified communication to direct to the identified targets.

Claims

1. A system for managing communications in an event venue, the system comprising:

one or more communications interfaces that receive one or more incoming communications from a third party device, wherein each of the one or more incoming communications has a predefined data structure comprising a control word and corresponding content, wherein the one or more communications interfaces also receive a message from a user device associated with a target and reply to the user device with a personalized message;

a database that stores information regarding the one or more incoming communications, each incoming communication associated with one or more parameters;

a memory that stores instructions; and

a processor that executes the instructions, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor causes the processor to;

determine that the one or more parameters associated with a specified communication from the third party device have been met, wherein the specified communication is one of the one or more incoming communications,

identify the target based on the specified communication, the target located in a section of the event venue,

identify that the section of the event venue is associated with a first wireless communications hub of a plurality of wireless communications hubs distributed within the event venue based on a respective range of each of the plurality of wireless communications hubs,

parse the control word from the specified communication into a command, wherein the command concerns text loop activation,

provide the command and the corresponding content from the specified communication to the first wireless communications hub in response to identifying the target, and

generate the personalized message based on receipt of the message from the user device associated with the target; and

the first wireless communications hub, wherein the first wireless communications hub sends at least the command and the corresponding content from the specified communication to the user device associated with the target, wherein the user device sends the message in response to receipt of the command and the corresponding content from the specified communication.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the corresponding content is an audio file and the command comprises a command to play the audio file, wherein the user device communicates the corresponding content to the target by playing the audio file as specified by the command.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the corresponding content is a picture and the command comprises a command to display the picture, wherein the user device communicates the corresponding content to the target by displaying the picture as specified by the command.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the corresponding content identifies a pattern of one or more “

on”

states and one or more “

off”

states and the command comprises a command to control a hardware component of the user device according to the pattern, wherein the hardware component comprises at least one of a vibration motor and a flash.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the corresponding content comprises a message and the command comprises a command to display a message identified within the corresponding content, wherein the user device communicates the corresponding content to the target by displaying the message as specified by the command.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the corresponding content identifies a phone number corresponding to an event venue system, wherein the user device uses the phone number to send the message, where a text identifier is determined from the message and used to send the personalized message to the user device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the command comprises a command to activate a camera of the user device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of a date or a time.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters identify at least the section of the event venue.

10. A method for managing third party interactions with event venue communications, the method comprising:

receiving one or more incoming communications over a communication network from a third party device, wherein each of the one or more incoming communications has a predefined data structure comprising a control word and corresponding content;

storing information regarding the one or more incoming communications in memory, each incoming communication associated with one or more parameters;

executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor causes the processor to;

determine that the one or more parameters associated with a specified communication from the third party device have been met, wherein the specified communication is one of the one or more incoming communications,

identify a target based on the specified communication, the target located in a section of the event venue,

identify that the section of the event venue is associated with a first wireless communications hub of a plurality of wireless communications hubs distributed within the event venue based on a respective range of each of the plurality of wireless communications hubs, and

parse the control word from the specified communication into a command, wherein the command concerns text loop activation,

provide the command and corresponding content to the first wireless communications hub in response to identifying the target, wherein the first wireless communications hub sends at least the command and the corresponding content from the specified communication to a user device associated with the target, wherein the user device sends a message in response to receipt of the command and the corresponding content from the specified communication, and generate a personalized message based on receipt of the message from the user device associated with the target; and

replying to the message by sending the personalized message to the user device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the corresponding content is an audio file and the command comprises a command to play the audio file, wherein the user device communicates the corresponding content to the target by playing the audio file as specified by the command.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the corresponding content is a picture and the command comprises a command to display the picture, wherein the user device communicates the corresponding content to the target by displaying the picture as specified by the command.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the corresponding content identifies a pattern of one or more “

on”

states and one or more “

off”

states and the command comprises a command to control a hardware component of the user device according to the pattern, wherein the hardware component comprises at least one of a vibration motor and a flash.

14. The method of claim 10, corresponding content comprises a message and the command comprises a command to display a message identified within the corresponding content, wherein the user device communicates the corresponding content to the target by displaying the message as specified by the command.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the corresponding content identifies a phone number corresponding to an event venue system, wherein the user device uses the phone number to send the message, where a text identifier is determined from the message and used to send the personalized message to the user device.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the command comprises a command to activate a camera of the user device.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more parameters comprise at least one of a date or a time.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more parameters identify at least the section of the event venue.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for managing third party interactions with event venue communications, the method comprising:

receiving one or more incoming communications over a communication network from a third party device, wherein each of the one or more incoming communications have a predefined data structure comprising a control word and corresponding content;

storing information regarding the one or more incoming communications in memory, each communication associated with one or more parameters;

determining that the one or more parameters associated with a specified communication from the third party device has been met, wherein the specified communication is one of the one or more incoming communications;

identifying a target based on the specified communication, the target located in a section of the event venue;

identifying that the section of the event venue is associated with a first wireless communications hub of a plurality of wireless communications hubs distributed within the event venue based on a respective range of each of the plurality of wireless communications hubs;

parsing the control word from the specified communication into a command, wherein the command concerns text loop activation;

providing the command and corresponding content to the first wireless communications hub in response to identifying the target, wherein the first wireless communications hub sends at least the command and the corresponding content from the specified communication to a user device associated with the target, wherein the user device sends a message in response to receipt of the command and the corresponding content from the specified communication;

receiving the message from the user device;

generating a personalized message based on receipt of the message from the user device; and

replying to the message by sending the personalized message to the user device.