US 12,093,850 B2
Real-time ticket server for vacated stadium seats
Marc Eric Lore, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to JUMP PLATFORMS, INC., Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed by UpTix, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/109,089.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172128 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); G06Q 20/04 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01); G06Q 40/04 (2012.01); G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/10 (2020.01); G07C 9/20 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01)
CPC G06Q 10/02 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/06315 (2013.01); G06Q 20/045 (2013.01); G06Q 20/407 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0284 (2013.01); G06Q 40/04 (2013.01); G07C 9/00571 (2013.01); G07C 9/10 (2020.01); G07C 9/215 (2020.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
providing, via a real-time ticket exchange server configured to monitor a use of each seat in a stadium during an event at the stadium, a first ticket for a first section of the stadium to a first client device of a first user in response to a request for the first ticket from the first user and a second ticket for the first section of the stadium to a second client device of a second user in response to a request for the second ticket from the second user, wherein a specific seat within the first section is not assigned for the first ticket until after the first client device arrives at the first section of the stadium and is not assigned for the second ticket until after the second client device arrives at the first section of the stadium;
in response to detecting that the first client device is physically located at the first section of the stadium, selecting a seat within the first section from a set of available seats within the first section and assigning the seat to the first ticket based on groups of tickets sold for the first section that have not yet been assigned seats such that the selected seat does not prevent any group of tickets from being able to be seated in consecutive seats within the section;
unlocking the seat in response to detecting, via the first client device of the first user, a presence of the first user at the seat;
receiving, via the real-time ticket exchange server, an indication from the first user surrendering the seat prior to a completion of the event and locking the seat in response; and
after receiving the indication that the first user surrendered the seat and in response to detecting that the second client device is physically located at the seat,
unlocking the seat.