# US 2014/0195277 A1 · Systems and methods for generating dynamic seating charts

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- Number: US 2014/0195277 A1
- Document ID: US20140195277A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/148,354
- Filed: 2014-01-06
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-05
- Inventors: Stanley H. KIM
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195277A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
- G06Q 10/028: {for seating or spaces in a venue}
- G08B 5/221: {Local indication of seats occupied in a facility, e.g. in a theatre}
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS

## Abstract

This invention relates to systems and methods for creating seating charts in digital form, and more particularly to systems and methods for user-driven creation and visualization of interactive digital seating charts, particularly for ticketing and reservations systems.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic seating chart generation system in an electronic system for generating a digital interactive seating chart comprising:
a graphic seating map generator that generates a digital seating map from an image of a venue;
a seat database comprising fields for storing locations of seats in the venue;
a seat identity generator associated with the seat database and configured to generate and store seating information, wherein the seating information is associated with the digital seating map and the seat identity generator is configured to generate a dynamic interactive seating chart.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the digital map is a digital visual representation of the venue, section or individual seats.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein the system is configured to generate the digital representation from a graphical input, a manual input, or an automatic generation process.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, wherein the system is configured to receive a user-input image, and the image is scanned and displayed to the user on a display.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, further comprising an object recognizer module configured to generate a map of the venue and/or seats.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The system of claim 5, wherein object recognizer module is programmed to recognize the boundaries of a venue, section and/or individual seats.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein the system comprises a manual input that allows a user to generate a digital map of the venue and/or seats.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein system provides predetermined shapes that can be overlaid onto the venue, section of the venue or one more seats.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the predetermined shapes displayed to the user are determined through a wizard that dynamically presents templates based on the user's input.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the system comprises an input for receiving dimensions of the venue or a section of the venue to generate an outline of the venue or section.

### Claim 11 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, wherein the system further comprises a manual wizard configured to create a digital grid that is translated into a digital seating map.

### Claim 12 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, wherein the seat identity generator is further configured to designate a specific identifier for each seat in the venue.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The system of claim 12, wherein the seat identifier is automatically generated based on the seating map.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The system of claim 12, wherein the system allows modifications to the seat identifier by the user.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The system of claim 12, wherein the seat identifier is associated with a seat on the seating map.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The system of claim 12, wherein the system stores additional information about each seat on the seating map.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The system of claim 16, wherein the seat identifier and additional information created from the seat identity generator are linked to additional data stores for providing additional seat information.

### Claim 18 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, further comprising an electronic ticketing system configured to allow visualization and display seating inventory information.

### Claim 19

A method in an electronic system for generating a dynamic seating chart for a venue, comprising:
generating a digital seating map;
generating a seating identifier associated with a seating database; and
linking the seating identifier with the digital seating map.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The method of claim 19, further comprising providing an electronic ticket to a seat in the venue associated with the seating identifier.