US 2004/0002904 A1Published application

System and method for wirelessly transacting access to a set of events and associated digital content/products

AssigneeAt&T Knowledge Ventures, L.P.

InventorsDavid A. Deas, Lalitha Suryanarayana, Bruce Edward Stuckman, David Randall Wolter, Rias Muhamed, Russell William White, Michael Grannan

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Abstract

One or more content providers push data related to: movies, movie products, digital movie content over a network (e.g., a LAN, a WAN, the Internet, or a wireless network) onto an information filling station which, in turn, wirelessly transacts (over a network based on the 802.11b protocol) and transmits any requested data to a portable computer-based device (e.g., laptop, a pen-based computer device, a PDA, a wireless phone, or a pager). The portable device performs financial transactions for: purchasing movie tickets (directly or via auctions), downloading digital entertainment content of interest (e.g., copy of a movie of interest, copy of a movie identified based on a prestored profile, copy of soundtrack of a movie of interest), or movie related products. Any purchased digital content is either transferred wirelessly onto the portable device or, optionally, sent on a storage medium to a physical address associated with the profile.

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Dependent claims

A business method for wirelessly transmitting requested information and digital data content related to one or more events from an information filling station (IFS) to a portable computer-based device, said transmission based upon a wireless protocol, said business method as implemented in said IFS comprising the steps of:

a. receiving a request, from said portable device, for information related to one or more events scheduled at one or more venues of interest;
b. transmitting said requested information to said portable device;
c. receiving, from said portable device, at least one identified venue of interest and at least one identified event of interest in said identified venue of interest;
d. transmitting, to said portable device, available pricing and auction information regarding the availability of tickets for said identified event of interest;
e. transmitting, to said portable device, one or more advertisements indicating availability and pricing of:
digital content related to said identified event of interest, digital content related to one or more additional events identified based upon a profile of the user of said portable device, or event related products;
f. receiving, from said portable device, an identification indicating digital content of interest, event related products of interest, and tickets of interest;
g. facilitating a financial transaction based upon said received identification in step f;
h. upon successful completion of said financial transaction, transmitting, to said portable device, a purchase confirmation with instructions for collecting said tickets of interest;
and
i. delivering said identified digital content of interest and said event related products of interest.

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An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein aiding in a wireless interaction between an information filling station (IFS) and a portable device, said interaction facilitating transfer of requested information and digital data content related to one or more events, said medium further comprising:

a. computer readable program code receiving a request, from said portable device, for information related to one or more events scheduled at one or more venues of interest;
b. computer readable program code extracting said requested information and aiding in the transmission of said requested information to said portable device;
c. computer readable program code receiving, from said portable device, at least one identified venue of interest and at least one identified event of interest in said identified venue of interest;
d. computer readable program code extracting available pricing and auction information regarding the availability of tickets for said identified event of interest and aiding in the transmission of said extracted pricing and auction information;
e. computer readable program code identifying and aiding in transmission, to said portable device, of one or more advertisements indicating availability and pricing of:
digital content related to said identified event of interest, digital content related to one or more additional events identified based upon a profile of the user of said portable device, or event related products;
f. computer readable program code receiving, from said portable device, an identification indicating digital content of interest, event related products of interest, and tickets of interest;
g. computer readable program code facilitating a financial transaction based upon said received identification in step f;
h. upon successful completion of said financial transaction, computer readable program code aiding in the transmission, to said portable device, of a purchase confirmation with instructions for collecting said tickets of interest;
and
i. said computer readable program code facilitating the delivery of said identified digital content of interest and said event related products of interest.

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A method for wirelessly transmitting requested information and digital data content related to movies from an information filling station (IFS) to a portable computer-based device, said transmission based upon a wireless protocol, said method as implemented in said IFS comprising the steps of:

a. receiving a request, from said portable device, for information related to movies playing at one or more theaters of interest;
b. transmitting said requested information to said portable device;
c. receiving, from said portable device, at least one identified theater of interest and at least one identified movie of interest in said theater of interest;
d. transmitting, to said portable device, available pricing and auction information regarding the availability of tickets for said identified movie of interest;
e. transmitting, to said portable device, one or more advertisements indicating availability and pricing of:
digital content related to said identified movie of interest, digital content related to one or more movies identified based upon a profile of the user of said portable device, or movie related products;
f. receiving, from said portable device, an identification indicating digital content of interest, movie related products of interest, and tickets of interest;
g. facilitating a financial transaction based upon said received identification in step f;
h. upon successful completion of said financial transaction, transmitting, to said portable device, a purchase confirmation with instructions for collecting said tickets of interest;
and
i. delivering said identified digital content of interest and said movie related products of interest.

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A method for wirelessly receiving information and digital data content related to movies from an information filling station (IFS) onto a portable device, said method as implemented in the portable device comprising the steps of:

a. receiving from said IFS and based upon an request, information related to movies playing at one or more theaters of interest;
b. identifying, based upon said rendered information, at least one theater of interest and at least one movie of interest in said theater of interest;
c. transmitting, to said IFS, said identified information;
d. receiving, from said IFS, available pricing and auction information regarding the availability of tickets for the identified movie(s) of interest;
e. receiving, from said IFS, one or more advertisements indicating availability and pricing of:
digital content related to the identified movie(s) of interest, digital content related to one or more movie identified based upon a profile of the user of the portable device, or one or more movie related products;
f. rendering said one or more advertisements;
g. identifying, based upon said rendered advertisements and based upon an input in the portable device, tickets of interest, digital content and/or movie related products of interest;
h. performing a financial transaction with said IFS, said transaction based upon said received pricing and auction information and said identified digital content of interest;
i. upon successful completion of said financial transaction, receiving from said IFS, a purchase confirmation with instructions for collecting said tickets of interest;
and
j. receiving any identified digital content of interest and/or movie related products of interest.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.