US Patent Issued to Flash Seats on Nov. 11 for "Paperless venue entry and location-based services" (Ohio, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,350, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Flash Seats LLC (Los Angeles).

"Paperless venue entry and location-based services" was invented by Samuel Gerace (Novelty, Ohio), Michael Rojas (North Canton, Ohio) and Matthew Servant (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When attending an event at a venue, the attendee typically presents ticket information that is scanned by a venue scanner. In conventional systems, once validated, the scanner prints a paper stub that typically includes seat location data. Production of this paper stub can be dispensed with, and the associated data conveyed by the paper stub as well as additional info...