IP Library Granted Patent US 9,978,096
Granted Patent B2
US 9,978,096 · App. 14/010,408 · Granted May 22, 2018

Method and system for illustrating where a ticket is located in an event venue

Inventors: Ashley Gibson (Pacifica, CA); Liza Walsh (San Francisco, CA); Gabriel Manuel Correa (San Francisco, CA); Steven Min Lau (Belmont, CA); Benjamin Issasschar Salles (San Mateo, CA); Sandy Ngo (San Francisco, CA); Ronald Levi (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: STUBHUB, INC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,978,096
App. No.
14/010,408
Granted
May 22, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system accepts event criteria for at least one ticket and at least one event; accepts price criteria for the ticket(s) and the event(s); displays an interactive graphics-based event venue map illustrating a location of all sections at a venue with at least one ticket meeting the event and price criteria; accepts section selection criteria, at least one section being selected from the interactive graphics-based event venue map; displays ticket information to allow a user to drill down to a specific ticket, cause a location of the specific ticket to be displayed in the interactive venue map; and enable a capability to utilize the interactive venue map to choose a section of interest, causing corresponding ticket information to be displayed in the web browsing language.

Claims (40)

1. A method of illustrating locations of available tickets in an event venue, comprising:

presenting, by an application of a client computing device, a user interface allowing a user to perform a search of tickets listed for sale by a ticket service;

accepting, at the user interface, event criteria for a ticket at an event;

displaying, by the application, an interactive graphics-based event venue map for the event venue illustrating locations of sections having tickets meeting the event criteria located at the event venue;

receiving, from the user through the application, a selection of a particular section of interest on the interactive graphics-based event venue map;

in response to receiving the selection, adjusting a scale of the particular section corresponding to an event venue section having the tickets to the event using the interactive graphics-based event venue map within the application;

accepting, via a selection through the interactive graphics-based event venue map, the particular section of interest; and

displaying ticket information corresponding to tickets located in the particular section of interest as an overlay on the interactive graphics-based event venue map.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving price criteria for the event.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a ticket listing corresponding to tickets meeting the event criteria.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying prices at which tickets to the event have been sold.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a number of available tickets within one or more sections at the event venue.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the overlay is displayed when the user hovers a mouse over a section on the interactive graphics-based event venue map.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interactive graphics-based event venue map is shown in color coded sections.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising displaying a list of colored boxes outside the interactive graphics-based event venue map corresponding to the colored coded sections.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein only the color coded sections have ticket availability.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the overlay displays a number of tickets available and a price range for the tickets available in the particular section of interest.

11. A system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instruction from the non-transitory memory to perform operations comprising:

presenting a user interface allowing a user to perform a search of tickets listed for sale by a ticket service;

accepting, at the user interface, event criteria for a ticket at an event;

displaying an interactive graphics-based event venue map for an event venue illustrating locations of sections having tickets meeting the event criteria located at the event venue;

receiving, from the user through an application, a selection of a particular section of interest on the interactive graphics-based event venue map;

in response to receiving the selection, adjusting a scale of the particular section corresponding to an event venue section having the tickets to the event using the interactive graphics-based event venue map within the application;

accepting, via a selection through the interactive graphics-based event venue map, the particular section of interest; and

displaying ticket information corresponding to tickets located in the particular section of interest as an overlay on the interactive graphics-based event venue map.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving price criteria for the event.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying a ticket listing corresponding to tickets meeting the event criteria.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise:

displaying prices at which tickets to the event have been sold.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein operations further comprise:

displaying a number of available tickets within one or more sections at the event venue.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the overlay is displayed when the user hovers a mouse over a section on the interactive graphics-based event venue map.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the interactive graphics-based event venue map is shown in color coded sections.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying a list of colored boxes outside the interactive graphics-based event venue map corresponding to the colored coded sections.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein only the color coded sections have ticket availability.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the overlay displays a number of tickets available and a price range for the tickets available in the particular section of interest.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 13, 2020
From: STUBHUB, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 051929/0645 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2020
From: EBAY INC.
To: STUBHUB, INC.
Reel/Frame 051693/0524 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE UNEXECUTED TO EXECUTED ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENTATION INSIDE THE ASSIGNMENT. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 046725 FRAME: 0138. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 4, 2018
From: STUBHUB, INC.
To: EBAY INC.
Reel/Frame 047014/0645 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2018
From: STUBHUB, INC.
To: EBAY INC.
Reel/Frame 046725/0138 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: GIBSON, ASHLEY; WALSH, LIZA; CORREA, GABRIEL MANUEL; LAU, STEVEN MIN; SALLES, BENJAMIN ISSASSCHAR; NGO, SANDY; LEVI, RONALD
To: STUBHUB, INC
Reel/Frame 035045/0071 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 13492599 · Jun 8, 2012
Continuation 12983014 · Dec 31, 2010
Continuation 11552782 · Oct 25, 2006
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