	US 12,002,316 B1
	Paperless venue entry and location-based services
Samuel Gerace, Novelty, OH (US); Michael Rojas, North Canton, OH (US); and Matthew Servant, Frisco, TX (US)
Assigned to Flash Seats, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Flash Seats, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/060,516.
Application 18/060,516 is a continuation of application No. 17/141,946, filed on Jan. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,521,449.
Application 17/141,946 is a continuation of application No. 14/272,170, filed on May 7, 2014, granted, now 10,891,562, issued on Jan. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/926,147, filed on Jan. 10, 2014.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G07B 11/00 (2006.01); G07B 15/00 (2011.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01)

CPC G07C 9/27 (2020.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3278 (2013.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G07B 11/00 (2013.01); G07B 15/00 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00769 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A venue entry and location based services system, comprising:

a plurality of venue beacon devices configured to emit signals at a venue;

a computer system;

non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution by the computer system, cause the venue entry and location based services system to perform operations, comprising:

transmitting, using a venue device, a challenge communication to a mobile device of a user;

receiving a challenge response from the mobile device of the user, the challenge response including a credential comprising a device identifier associated with the mobile device of the user;

using the challenge response received from the user mobile device, including the credential comprising the device identifier, to identify ticket information associated with an account to determine if the mobile device is associated with previously acquired venue access privileges;

in response to the determining, using the received challenge response that the mobile device is associated with previously acquired venue access privileges, transmitting data comprising redemption data, the transmitted data enabling the user to access the venue by causing a certification code to be displayed by the mobile device, and wherein the transmitted data comprising redemption data enables at least a first item to be redeemed;

using at least one venue beacon device of the plurality of beacon devices to send a signal to the mobile device or to receive a signal to enable a location of the mobile device to be determined,

enabling the determined location of the mobile device, determined using the at least one venue beacon, to be used to generate location data, wherein the location data is displayed by the mobile device;

using a trigger, comprising:

redemption history data, and

the mobile device location,

to determine whether to enable the mobile device to provide information relating to the redemption data; and

at least partly in response to determining that the mobile device is to be enabled to provide information relating to the redemption data, enabling the mobile device to provide information relating to the redemption data when the mobile device is in proximity to a location at which the redemption data can be used to redeem the first item, the redemption data included in the data transmitted to the mobile device in response to determining, using the challenge response, that the mobile device is associated with venue access privileges;

providing a menu of target locations, the menu populated based at least in part on:

the venue, and

an event being held at the venue;

at least partly in response to a selection of a target location in the menu of target locations, providing a photographic image of at least a portion of the venue, overlaid with a graphical directional symbol.