Venue management system and method
AssigneeAlvarado Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorsLarry D. Witherspoon, JR., J. Bret Armatas
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Abstract
A venue management system and method that effectively integrates and automates access control systems, membership and/or loyalty programs, and similar programs and systems to allow a sports team or other organization to more effectively monitor and track ticket holders' attendance histories, purchase histories, spending patterns and other behaviors and to provide rewards and other incentives more closely tied to these behaviors.
Claims22
A computer-implemented method of checking-in users at an event, the method comprising:
- receiving, with a computer system, account information for at least one user and storing the account information in a user account administered by the computer system;
- associating the account with at least one mobile device used by the user;
- receiving from the mobile device an indication that the user used the mobile device to scan a Quick Response (QR) code or other identification information associated with the event;
- confirming a user activity performed by the user at the event;
- comparing, with the computer system, the user activity with a plurality of stored user activities accessible by the computer system;
- determining if the user activity corresponds with one of the stored user activities;
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- associating a reward with the user account if the user activity corresponds with one of the stored user activities, wherein the one of the stored user activities is associated with the reward.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable computer program stored thereon, the computer program comprising:
- a code segment for receiving account information for at least one user and storing the account information in a user account administered by the computer system;
- a code segment for associating the account with at least one mobile device used by the user;
- a code segment for receiving from the mobile device an indication that the user used the mobile device to scan a Quick Response (QR) code or other identification information associated with an event;
- a code segment for confirming a user activity performed by the user at the event;
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- a code segment for associating a reward with the user account based on the user activity.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable computer program stored thereon, the computer program comprising:
- a code segment for receiving account information for at least one user and storing the account information in a user account administered by the computer system;
- a code segment for associating the account with at least one mobile device used by the user;
- a code segment for receiving from the mobile device an indication that the user used the mobile device to scan a Quick Response (QR) code associated with an event;
- a code segment for confirming a user activity performed by the user at the event based on the QR code;
- a code segment for comparing the user activity with a plurality of stored user activities accessible by the computer system;
- a code segment for determining if the user activity corresponds with one of the stored user activities;
- and
- a code segment for associating a reward with the user account if the user activity corresponds with one of the stored user activities, wherein the one of the stored user activities is associated with the reward;
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- wherein the user activity comprises at least one of:
- donating a specified amount of money to a cause affiliated with or endorsed by the event,
- using the mobile device to check-in to the event at or before a threshold amount of time prior to the event,
- using the mobile device to purchase a specified amount of goods or services at the event or at a store associated with the event, and
- using the mobile device to indicate when the user exits the event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.