ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,431, issued on June 24.
"Venue management system and venue tracking applications" was invented by Raj Kangkoban (Mason, Ohio) and Melissa Sage (Mason, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed toward a network-based venue management system comprising a venue management server and one or more location sensors coupled to a network. The sensors are arranged to detect the location of a customer within a venue, as the customer travels within the venue. The venue management server is arranged to receive location information from the sensors and to track the customer, providing real-time geo-location information to the cu...