Patent ID: 9247520
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: storing amenity service point data specifying, for a plurality of amenities in a venue, a respective plurality of different geographic points at which the amenities are located within the venue; determining locations of a plurality of mobile computing devices that are within the venue; determining, for each particular amenity among the plurality of amenities, a crowdedness level of the particular amenity based in part on the locations of the plurality of mobile computing devices relative to the geographic point corresponding to the particular amenity; receiving a request to view information relating to a certain amenity; causing display of particular information relating to the certain amenity, wherein the information includes an indication of the crowdedness level of the certain amenity periodically re-determining the crowdedness level of the certain amenity during a duration of an event at the venue; determining the locations of the plurality of mobile computing devices that are within the venue based in part upon: determining, for each particular amenity among the plurality of amenities, the crowdedness level of the particular amenity based in part upon a number of mobile computing devices that are associated with a particular set of the wireless access points that are near to the geographic point corresponding to the particular amenity.