Patent ID: 11899914
Assignee: HOLLYWOOD.COM LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A computer-implemented method comprising:
displaying, by a client computing device, a graphical user interface to a user comprising a selectable seat selection input, a plurality of user inputs, and a purchase input;
receiving, by the client computing device, personalized information from at least one server computing device, the personalized information identifying at least one theatre location, one or more movies playing at the at least one theatre location, dates, and showtimes associated with the one or more movies and the dates, the at least one theatre location having been selected previously by the user;
for a particular one of the at least one theatre location, displaying on the graphical user interface, by the client computing device, at least one identification of at least one movie showing at the particular theatre location, movie dates on which a particular one of the at least one movie is showing, and a particular showtime on a particular date of the movie dates;
if the user enters at least one user selection into at least one of the plurality of user inputs, updating automatically, by the client computing device, the graphical user interface, the at least one user selection changing any of the particular theatre location, the particular movie, the particular date, and the particular showtime;
receiving pre-fetched information before the selectable seat selection input is selected by the user, the pre-fetched information comprising seat chart information to be used by the client computing device to display a seating chart for each of a plurality of showtimes at which the particular movie is showing at the particular theatre location;
using, by the client computing device, the seat chart information to display a particular seating chart for an auditorium at the particular theatre location, the particular movie, the particular date, and the particular showtime in response to the user having selected the selectable seat selection input, the particular seating chart to allow the user to select particular seats for which to purchase tickets; and
completing, by the client computing device, a purchase of at least one ticket for the particular movie showing at the particular theatre location at the particular showtime on the particular date in response to receiving an indication that the user has selected the purchase input.