EVENT TICKET PURCHASING
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1. A method, comprising:
- aggregating information regarding events, where for each event the aggregated information includes an event name, an event time, and an event venue, and wherein the aggregated information is stored in a memory in a network device;
receiving a request for a list of events or a list of venues from a user device;
obtaining, from a memory in the user device, a profile of a user of the user device;
generating the list of events or the list of venues based on an analysis, performed by a computing system, of the profile and the aggregated information regarding events; and
sending, to the user device, the list of events or the list of venues;
receiving, from the user device, a selection of a venue from the list of venues or a selection of an event from the list of events; and
transmitting, to a navigation device separate from the user device and associated with the user, information indicative of a geographical location of the selected venue or a venue associated with the selected event.
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Abstract
A method may include aggregating information regarding events, where for each event the aggregated information includes an event name, an event time, and an event venue. The method may further include receiving a request for a list of events or a list of venues from a user device and obtaining, from the user device, a profile of a user of the user device. The method may further include generating, based on the profile and the aggregated information regarding events, the generated list of events or the list of venues and sending, to the user device, the list of events or the list of venues.
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1. A method, comprising:
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aggregating information regarding events, where for each event the aggregated information includes an event name, an event time, and an event venue, and wherein the aggregated information is stored in a memory in a network device; receiving a request for a list of events or a list of venues from a user device; obtaining, from a memory in the user device, a profile of a user of the user device; generating the list of events or the list of venues based on an analysis, performed by a computing system, of the profile and the aggregated information regarding events; and sending, to the user device, the list of events or the list of venues; receiving, from the user device, a selection of a venue from the list of venues or a selection of an event from the list of events; and transmitting, to a navigation device separate from the user device and associated with the user, information indicative of a geographical location of the selected venue or a venue associated with the selected event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A user device comprising:
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a receiver to receive a list of events or a list of venues for which a user of the user device may purchase tickets, and to receive a plurality of images, where each of the images is associated with one of the events or venues; a memory to store the list of events or the list of venues and the plurality of images, where the memory stores a profile of the user, wherein the profile includes a list of events and venues for which the user purchased tickets or expressed an interest; and a display to show, to the user, the list of events or the list of venues next to one or more of the plurality of images, where the display automatically cycles through showing the one or more of the plurality of images so as to display all of the plurality of images over a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising a network device, the network device comprising:
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a memory to store event information for a plurality of events, where, for each event, the event information includes an event name, an event time, and an event venue; a receiver to receive, from one of a plurality of user devices, a request for events or venues, where the receiver receives, from the one of the user devices, a profile of a user associated with the one of the user devices, where the profile includes information indicative of preferences of the user with respect to venues and events; processing logic to generate, based on the profile and the event information, a list of events or a list of venues in response to the request; and a transmitter to send, to the one of the user devices, the list of events or the list of venues, wherein the receiver is configured to receive, from the one of the user devices, a selection of a venue from the list of venues or a selection of an event from the list of events, and wherein the receiver is configured to receive an instruction to send information indicative of a geographical location of the selected venue or a venue associated with the selected event, and wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit, to a navigation device separate from the user device and associated with the user, the information indicative of the geographical location of the selected venue or the venue associated with the selected event. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer-readable memory device including instructions executable by at least one processor, the computer-readable medium comprising:
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one or more instructions to receive a request for a list of events or a list of venues from a user; one or more instructions to send, from a user device to a network device, a profile of the user of the user device for the generation, based on the profile, of the list of events or the list of venues, where the profile includes a list of events or venues to which the user has previously purchased tickets or indicated an interest; one or more instructions to receive, in the user device from the network device, the list of events or the list of venues; one or more instructions to receive, from the user, a selection of a venue from the list of venues or a selection of an event from the list of events; and one or more instructions to receive, from the user, an instruction to transmit, to a navigation device separate from the user device and associated with the user, information indicative of a geographical location of the selected venue or a venue associated with the selected event. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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