Interactive venue seat map
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorsOliver Oxenham, Wesley Allan Oxenham
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Abstract
Methods and systems provide an interactive venue seat map that shows where a user's contacts or friends are sitting to help the user select seats when purchasing tickets for an event, such as a concert or sporting event. The tickets can be purchased from an online ticket seller, such as StubHub, Inc. Information regarding where the friends are sitting can be obtained from a ticker server of the online ticket seller, a social network, or a list of contacts. The interactive venue map can show the seats or sections where the friends are sitting using photos of the friends. The user can use the map to determine which seats the user would like to purchase.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- directing presentation of an interactive map of a venue including one or more user-selectable venue features;
- obtaining input selecting a first feature of the one or more user-selectable venue features;
- identifying a second feature of the venue related to the first feature;
- obtaining foot traffic congestion data for the venue;
- calculating a route from a current location to at least the second feature based on the foot traffic congestion data;
- and
- directing presentation of the route on the interactive map.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause a system to perform one or more operations, the operations comprising:
- directing presentation of an interactive map of a venue including one or more user-selectable venue features;
- obtaining input selecting a first feature of the one or more user-selectable venue features;
- identifying a second feature of the venue related to the first feature;
- obtaining foot traffic congestion data for the venue;
- calculating a route from a current location to at least the second feature based on the foot traffic congestion data;
- and
- directing presentation of the route on the interactive map.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform one or more operations, the operations comprising:
- directing presentation of an interactive map of a venue including one or more user-selectable venue features;
- obtaining input selecting a first feature of the one or more user-selectable venue features;
- identifying a second feature of the venue related to the first feature;
- obtaining foot traffic congestion data for the venue;
- calculating a route from a current location to at least the second feature based on the foot traffic congestion data;
- and
- directing presentation of the route on the interactive map.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.