WEB APPLICATION FOR A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE TO PROVIDE LOCATION-BASED UPCOMING EVENT INFORMATION

• US 20110282700A1
• Filed: 05/05/2011
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Cockcroft, Oliver
• Application Number:
  US13/101,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20110282700A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/5
• 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

Systems and methods related to providing location-based upcoming event information are described. The location-based upcoming event information may be provided to users of an online secondary ticket marketplace using the web application installed on a mobile computing device of the user. The web application may be configured to communicate with a network-based system that provides online marketplace and ticket fulfillment services and to provide the user with upcoming event information based on the location of the user and other event criteria, such as artists and/or genres of interest to the user.

Claims

1. A method for providing upcoming event information on a mobile computing device of a user, the method comprising:

(a) determining a location of the user through the mobile computing device;

(b) determining one or more artists of interest to the user;

(c) determining, by a processor, locations and dates of the one more artists performing within a predetermined distance from the location of the user; and

(d) presenting results from step (c) to the user on the mobile computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) comprises searching a media library of the user on the mobile computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying a list of artists from the media library.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an indication of which of the one or more artists from the results the user is interested in purchasing tickets for.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising presenting the user on the mobile computing device details for the user to purchase a ticket.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising processing a ticket purchase request received from the user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising sharing the results with other users.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the results are shared with other users using a third-party social networking service.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) comprises searching genres and artists on the mobile computing device.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable program instructions that, when executed, cause a mobile computing device of a user perform a method to:

(a) determine a location of the user through the mobile computing device;

(b) determine one or more artists of interest to the user;

(c) determine locations and dates of the one more artists performing within a predetermined distance from the location of the user; and

(d) present results from step (c) to the user on the mobile computing device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein step (b) comprises searching a media library of the user on the mobile computing device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises to display a list of artists from the media library.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises to receive an indication of which of the one or more artists from the results the user is interested in purchasing tickets for.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises to present the user on the mobile computing device details for the user to purchase a ticket.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises to process a ticket purchase request received from the user.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises to share the results with other users.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the results are shared with other users using a third-party social networking service.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein step (b) comprises searching genres and artists on the mobile computing device.

19. A system comprising:

means for determining a location of the user through the mobile computing device;

means for determining one or more artists of interest to the user;

means for determining, by a processor, locations and dates of the one more artists performing within a predetermined distance from the location of the user; and

means for presenting results from step (c) to the user on the mobile computing device.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising means for receiving an indication of which of the one or more artists from the results the user is interested in purchasing tickets for and processing a ticket purchase transaction from the mobile computing device.