Patent AU-2021202226-A1 (AU)
Title: A computer-enabled method, system and computer program for providing an intuitive user interface arranged to create a dynamic floor plan utilisable by an allocation algorithm to perform the task of managing a function or event
Inventor: PETROULAS PETER
IPC: G06Q50/12
Filed: 2021-04-13
Abstract: A COMPUTER-ENABLED METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR 
PROVIDING AN INTUITIVE USER INTERFACE ARRANGED TO CREATE A 
DYNAMIC FLOOR PLAN UTILISABLE BY AN ALLOCATION ALGORITHM TO 
PERFORM THE TASK OF MANAGING A FUNCTION OR EVENT 
ABSTRACT 
An embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-enabled method for devising a 
floor plan for a function or event utilising a system arranged to manage a volumetric space/time 
framework that defines one or more spaces in a venue, comprising the steps of: 
providing a functions user interface in communication with a functions module executable on 
the system, the functions user interface being arranged to allow a booking requester to enter 
required and optional information regarding a plurality of products and services required for the 
function in the form of function information including at least one of a preferred date and time, a 
type of occasion, a desired monetary budget and a plurality of physical items relevant to a 
function or event, whereby the function information includes attributes arranged to define spatial 
attributes utilised in the spatial placement or arrangement of each one of the plurality of physical 
items in the volumetric space/time framework relative to each other one of the plurality of 
physical items, and the spatial placement or arrangement of the each one of the plurality of 
physical items relative to the physical boundaries of the one or more spaces, 
the user interface utilising the attributes to provide an interface that allows the booking 
requester to graphically arrange representations each one of the plurality of physical items on a 
representation of the one or more spaces to create a floor plan, 
whereby the floor plan and the physical items and function information are arranged by the 
functions module within a space/time framework that associates the plurality of physical items 
and the one or more spaces with the availability and cost of one or more of the plurality of 
products and services provided by the venue over a period of time, 
whereby, utilising the required and optional information, the functions module utilises the 
volumetric space/time framework to select at least a sub-set of products and services available 
for provision according to the attributes, whereby the booking requester can select one or more 
of the sub-set of products and services provided, 
whereby the selection of the sub-set of products and services is utilized with the required and 
optional information to determine the availability of the venue and the availability of the one or 
more of the plurality of products and services based on the function information and the 
volumetric space/time framework, 
whereby the user interface provides a facility to allow the booking requester to vary the 
function information and the placement of physical items in the one or more spaces iteratively in 
order to achieve a desired outcome.