Integrated systems and methods for managing booking information
AssigneeWhitewater West Industries Ltd.
InventorsAaron MENDELSON, David BLACK, Michael JUNGEN, Eric DUNAWAY, Zachary McCALLUM
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Abstract
Systems and methods for booking one or more experiences that allows the system to individually manage and customize each user's experience are disclosed. The systems and methods can also be operable to track users at a geographic location or destination and collect data based upon such users and the tracking of such users. The system may be accessible via software applications executed upon mobile devices and/or permanent hardware kiosks and/or via a web-based interface.
Claims18
A system for tracking users within a geographic area and managing entitlements, the system comprising:
- an in-park network operable within the geographic area, the in-park network including:
- one or more tracking devices configured to be associated with one or more users within the geographic area, at least one tracking device of the one or more tracking devices including a unique identifier;
- a plurality of sensors distributed throughout the geographic area, at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors configured to determine a presence of the at least one tracking device within a specified range and communicate the presence of the at least one tracking device to the in-park network;
- one or more processor(s) operatively connected to the plurality of sensors, configured to receive and process data from the plurality of sensors via the in-park network to determine a location of an individual user of the one or more users within the geographic area in real-time;
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- a graphic user interface, accessible via a computing device in communication with the in-park network, the graphic user interface comprising:
- an account management module for creating and managing user accounts corresponding to the one or more users, each user account being linked to one or more entitlements;
- an entitlement sharing module configured to allow a first user account to share at least a subset of the one or more entitlements with a second user account;
- a real-time tracking module configured for determining, based on data received from the local server, a current location of a first user corresponding to the first user account and a second user corresponding to the second user account, and displaying, on the GUI, the location and the entitlement;
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- a user notification module configured to send one or more notifications to the first user or the second user based on the current location and the entitlement.
A method for tracking users within a geographic area and managing entitlements via a user interface, comprising:
- associating a tracking device with a user, the tracking device including a unique identifier;
- determining a presence of the tracking devices using a plurality of sensors distributed throughout the geographic area and communicating detection data to an in-park network corresponding to the geographic area;
- receiving and processing data from the sensors at a local server within the in-park network to determine the location of the user in real-time;
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- transmitting the location of users within the geographic area on a user interface accessible via a computing device connected to the in-park network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.