- Number
- 10552884
- Published
- 2020-02-04
- Filed
- 2011-01-10
- Assignee
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Inventors
- Lambert; Susan Elaine, Balfour; William Robert, Kacmar; Miroslav, Kasprow; Michael Joseph, Pertschuk; Justin Jolyon
- CPC
- G06Q30/06; G06Q10/02; G06Q10/0281; G06Q30/0613; G06Q30/0627; G06Q30/0641
- Verdict
- Set aside entertainment commerce data format, business
- Source
- Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for collecting and listing entertainment ticket information from multiple data sources, and facilitating the sales of entertainment tickets over a network. In accordance with one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided for offering to sell entertainment tickets over a network. The method includes the steps of providing exhibition data importation rules for importing exhibition data, electronically receiving the exhibition data from multiple exhibition data feeds in accordance with the exhibition data importation rules, and electronically eliminating any duplicates from the exhibition data. The method further includes the step of providing, over the network, to a user a listing of entertainment exhibitions in accordance with user-selected or selected criteria, in which the listing provides an option to purchase an exhibition ticket from an entertainment ticket provider. In the method, the exhibition data may include an entertainment identification information, an entertainment exhibition location, and an entertainment exhibition time.
Background
COPYRIGHT NOTICE(1) A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which a claim for copyright is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but reserves all other copyright rights whatsoever.BACKGROUND(2) Field of the Invention(3) The present invention generally relates to computerized systems and methods for offering to sell entertainment tickets over a network. More particularly, the invention relates to systems and methods that collect and list entertainment ticket information from multiple data sources, and facilitate the sales of entertainment tickets over a network.(4) Description of the Related Art(5) In recent years, the rise of the Internet has led to an increase in the popularity of shopping and purchasing over the Internet. While remote shopping and purchasing has been available for many years in the form of catalogues, shopping channels on broadcast or cable television, or over the telephone, the presentation of information in such an environment is limited and static, and is not user-interactive. The shopper is not able to return to a previous section of the program in order to review information or availability of a product or service. A shopper may only be interested in the availability or a particular aspect of the product or service, but there is no way for the user to choo
Claims
1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a list of available entertainment offerings, the method comprising: receiving, over a network connection at a computing device, a plurality of data feeds from two or more providers, each of the plurality of data feeds comprising a data format and the data feeds carrying data including entertainment identification information relating to entertainment offerings for an entertainment exhibition from the two or more providers; processing, using a processor of the computing device, the data from the plurality of data feeds into a display listing having one or more specified data formats provided on a display device of the computing device based on data importation rules and in accordance with at least one user-selected criterion, wherein the processing based on the data importation rules includes formatting data of the plurality of data feeds from the two or more providers such that the data is consistent with the one or more specified data formats, wherein the data formats of the plurality of data feeds are different than the one or more specified data formats and wherein the formatting comprises converting the data formats of the plurality of data feeds to the one or more specified data formats; presenting, on the display device of the computing device, a user interface displaying the listing and having an option to purchase entertainment included in the listing from each of the two or more providers; and responsive to receiving, via the user interface, a user selection from the listing, directing the computing device to access a provider system of a provider associated with the user selection; wherein the directing causes the computing device to receive information of the provider system over the network connection and load the information at the computing device for purchasing the entertainment.
9. A non-transitory computer-medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, perform a method for displaying a list of available entertainment offerings, the method comprising: receiving, over a network connection at the computing device, a plurality of data feeds from two or more providers, each of the plurality of data feeds comprising a data format and the data feeds including entertainment identification information relating to entertainment offerings for an entertainment exhibition from the two or more providers; processing, using the processor, the data from the plurality of data feeds into a display listing having one or more specified data formats provided on a display device of the computing device based on data importation rules and in accordance with at least one user-selected criterion, wherein the processing based on the data importation rules includes formatting data of the plurality of data feeds from the two or more providers such that the data is consistent with the one or more specified data formats, wherein the data formats of the plurality of data feeds are different than the one or more specified data formats and wherein the formatting comprises converting the data formats of the plurality of data feeds to the one or more specified data formats; and presenting, on the display device, a user interface displaying the listing and having an option to purchase entertainment included in the listing from each of the two or more providers; and responsive to receiving, via the user interface, a user selection from the listing, directing the computing device to access a provider system of a provider associated with the user selection; wherein the directing causes the computing device to receive information of the provider system over the network connection and load the information at the computing device for purchasing the entertainment.
10. A system for displaying a list of available entertainment offerings, the system comprising: a receiver configured to receive, over a network connection, a plurality of data feeds, each of the plurality of data feeds comprising a data format and the data feeds including an entertainment identification information relating to entertainment offerings for an entertainment exhibition from the two or more providers; a processor configured to process data from the plurality of data feeds into a display listing having one or more specified data formats provided on a display device based on data importation rules and in accordance with at least one user-selected criterion, wherein processing based on the data importation rules includes formatting data of the plurality of data feeds from the two or more providers such that the data is consistent with the one or more specified data formats, wherein the data formats of the plurality of data feeds are different than the one or more specified data formats and wherein the formatting comprises converting the data formats of the plurality of data feeds to the one or more specified data formats; an output unit configured to effectuate presentation of a user interface on the display device, the user interface displaying the listing and having an option to purchase entertainment included in the listing from each of the two or more providers; and responsive to receiving, via the user interface, a user selection from the listing, the processor is configured to direct a computing device to access a provider system of a provider associated with the user selection; wherein the directing by the processor causes the computing device to receive information from the provider system over the network connection and load the information on the computing device for purchasing the entertainment.