Methods of estimating a throughput of a resource, a length of a queue associated with the resource and/or a wait time of the queue

• Main Authors: Sahadi, Scott Sebastian, Ziskind, Benjamin Harry, Mathews, Benjamin Keeling, Francis, Ian Michael, BARNABY, Christopher Simon Peter, Galley, Christopher Simon, Bass, Joshua David, Miller, Gary Richard
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.05.2023
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE; CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; PHYSICS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS

Aspects of the disclosure describe estimating a throughput of a resource within a venue. A server may determine an operating throughput of the resource. The server may receive event schedule data identifying a plurality of scheduled times corresponding to a plurality of events occurring at one or more of the resource and nearby points of interest, which may cause a throughput of the resource to deviate from the operating throughput of the resource. The server may estimate the throughput of the resource based on the operating throughput and the event schedule data. Based on the estimated throughput, the server may perform one or more actions.