Mobile application for an amusement park or waterpark

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10516969-B2
Application number	US-201314077009-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2013
Priority date	Nov 9, 2012
Publication date	Dec 24, 2019
Grant date	Dec 24, 2019

Abstract

A mobile application for execution upon an electronic device for an amusement park or waterpark. The mobile application provides information, entertainment or other convenience data to the user while the user is within the park. The mobile application may be configured to determine a position of the electronic device within the park and display notifications including discounts at nearby vendors or restaurants, menus of nearby eateries, or ride recommendations based upon wait times. The mobile application may allow the user to make reservations at nearby restaurants within the park. The mobile application may generate an efficient ride sequence for the user based upon characteristics of either the user or the user's participation within the park and navigate the user around the park according to the ride sequence. Puzzles, games, or other entertainment or educational activities may be displayed to the user for providing rewards based upon their participation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of providing information to a user regarding an amusement park, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a mobile application configured to be executed by a processor of a mobile device;
determining, using the processor, a first attraction for participation thereon by the user;
determining, using the processor, a geographic position of the mobile device;
determining, using the processor, a first parameter corresponding to the first attraction;
receiving, using the processor, a numerical value from the user;
comparing, using the processor, the numerical value with the first parameter;
navigating, using the processor, the user to the first attraction based on the comparing of the first parameter with the numerical value;
determining, using the processor, a second attraction for participation thereon by the user;
determining, using the processor, a wait time corresponding to the second attraction; and
navigating, using the processor, the user to the second attraction after the navigating of the user to the first attraction based on the wait time corresponding to the second attraction being less than the numerical value.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of determining, using the processor, the geographic position of the mobile device comprises the use of a global positioning system (GPS) of the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of navigating the user to the first attraction or the second attraction comprises displaying a map on a screen of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first attraction or the second attraction is configured to be selected by the user from a list of attractions displayed on the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of generating a user profile corresponding to the user, the user profile configured to be accessed by the mobile application.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the first parameter is a wait time for the first attraction and wherein the numerical value received from the user is a threshold wait time.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of navigating the user to the second attraction after the navigating of the user to the first attraction comprises displaying a map on a screen of the mobile device, the map indicating a travel route extending from the geographic position of the mobile device to the second attraction and through the first attraction.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the first parameter is a thrill level for the first attraction and wherein the numerical value is a desired thrill level of the user.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the first parameter is a thrill level and wherein the numerical value is a threshold thrill level.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the first parameter is a user height requirement and wherein the numerical value is a height.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the first parameter is a user weight requirement and wherein the numerical value is a weight.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the first parameter is a user age requirement and wherein the numerical value is an age.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving of the numerical value from the user comprises receiving a number entered by the user.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving of the numerical value from the user comprises retrieving a number from a user profile associated with the user.

15. A method of providing information to a user regarding an amusement park, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a mobile application configured to be executed by a processor of a mobile device;
determining, using the processor, a first attraction for participation thereon by the user;
determining, using the processor, a geographic position of the mobile device;
determining, using the processor, a first parameter corresponding to the first attraction;
receiving, using the processor, a numerical value from the user;
comparing, using the processor, the numerical value with the first parameter;
navigating, using the processor, the user to the first attraction based on the comparing of the first parameter with the numerical value;
determining, using the processor, a second attraction for participation thereon by the user;
determining, using the processor, a second parameter corresponding to the second attraction;
receiving, using the processor, a second numerical value from the user; and
navigating, using the processor, the user to the second attraction after the navigating of the user to the first attraction based on the second parameter being less than the second numerical value.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the step of determining, using the processor, the geographic position of the mobile device comprises the use of a global positioning system (GPS) of the mobile device.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the step of navigating the user to the first or the second attraction comprises displaying a map on a screen of the mobile device.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the first attraction or the second attraction is configured to be selected by the user from a list of attractions displayed on the mobile device.

19. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of generating a user profile corresponding to the user, the user profile configured to be accessed by the mobile application.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein the first parameter is a wait time for the first attraction and the numerical value received from the user is a threshold wait time, and
wherein the second parameter is a wait time for the second attraction and the second numerical value received from the user is a threshold wait time.

21. The method of claim 15 wherein the first parameter is a thrill level for the first attraction or the second parameter is a thrill level for the second attraction.

22. The method of claim 15 wherein the first parameter is a user height requirement for the first attraction or the second parameter is a user height requirement for the second attraction.

23. The method of claim 15 wherein the first parameter is a user weight requirement for the first attraction or the second parameter is a user weight requirement for the second attraction.

24. The method of claim 15 wherein the first parameter is a user age requirement for the first attraction or the second parameter is a user age requirement for the second attraction.

25. The method of claim 15 wherein the receiving of the numerical value or the second numerical value from the user comprises receiving a number entered by the user.

26. The method of claim 15 wherein the receiving of the numerical value or the second numerical value from the user comprises retrieving a number from a user profile associated with the user.

27. The method of claim 15 wherein the navigating the user to the second attraction after navigating of the user to the first attraction comprises displaying a map on a screen of the mobile device, the map indicating a travel route extending from the geographic position of the mobile device to the second attraction and through the first attraction.

28. A method of providing information to a user regarding an entertainment venue, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a mobile application configured to be executed by a processor of a mobile device;
determining, using the p

Assignees

• Whitewater West Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Heaven Edwin Michael Gyde
• Weston Denise
• Briggs Rick

Classifications

• H04W4/50

  Service provisioning or reconfiguring · CPC title

• H04W4/021

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title

• H04W4/024 Primary

  Guidance services · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• A63G31/00

  Amusement arrangements · CPC title