Integrating event-planning services into a payment system

Abstract

A method of managing events is disclosed. It is determined that a user is present at a particular location within an event venue. It is determined that the user has reserved the event venue for a particular time period. A selection is received from the user of a particular merchant that is committed to providing services at the event during the particular time period. The particular location within the event is associated with the particular merchant. A notification of the association of the particular location within the event venue with the particular merchant is generated for communication to the particular merchant.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 identifying, using a networked system having one or more computer processors configured to perform operations for generating projection data corresponding to an item that is to be placed in a venue, a schematic corresponding to the item;   identifying, using the networked system, a specification for how the item corresponding to the schematic is to be placed in the venue;   communicating, using the networked system, the schematic corresponding to the item and the specification for how the item corresponding to the schematic is to be placed in the venue to a mobile device; and   causing projection of the projection data by the mobile device onto a surface to help a vendor visualize how an event planner wishes the vendor to set up the item within the venue.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the projection data provides an outline of an area in which the vendor is to set up the item in the venue. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the specification includes an orientation and a location in which a vendor is to set up the item. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the specification is based on an interaction of an event planner with a user interface that allows the event planner to specify how the item is to be setup within the venue. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the identifying of the specification is based on an activating of an element of a user interface to allow a user to mark an association between the location and the vendor. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the vendor is selected from a list of vendors that an event planner has hired for a particular time period based on an interaction of the event planner with a user interface presented on a device of the event planner. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the schematic includes dimensions of the item. 
     
     
         8 . A system comprising:
 one or more computer processors;   one or more computer memories;   a set of instructions incorporated into the one or more computer memories, the set of instructions configuring the one or more computer processors to perform operations for generating projection data corresponding to an item that is to be placed in a venue, the operations comprising:
 identifying a schematic corresponding to the item; 
 identifying a specification for how the item corresponding to the schematic is to be placed in the venue; 
 communicating the schematic corresponding to the item and the specification for how the item corresponding to the schematic is to be placed in the venue to a mobile device; and 
 causing projection of the projection data by the mobile device onto a surface to help a vendor visualize how an event planner wishes the vendor to set up the item within the venue. 
   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the projection data provides an outline of an area in which the vendor is to set up the item in the venue. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the specification includes an orientation and a location in which a vendor is to set up the item. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the specification is based on an interaction of an event planner with a user interface that allows the event planner to specify how the item is to be setup within the venue. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the identifying of the specification is based on an activating of an element of a user interface to allow a user to mark an association between the location and the vendor. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the vendor is selected from a list of vendors that an event planner has hired for a particular time period based on an interaction of the event planner with a user interface presented on a device of the event planner. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the schematic includes dimensions of the item. 
     
     
         15 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations for generating projection data corresponding to an item that is to be placed in a venue, the operations comprising:
 identifying a schematic corresponding to the item;   identifying a specification for how the item corresponding to the schematic is to be placed in the venue;   communicating the schematic corresponding to the item and the specification for how the item corresponding to the schematic is to be placed in the venue to a mobile device; and   causing projection of the projection data by the mobile device onto a surface to help a vendor visualize how an event planner wishes the vendor to set up the item within the venue.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the projection data provides an outline of an area in which the vendor is to set up the item in the venue. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the specification includes an orientation and a location in which a vendor is to set up the item. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the specification is based on an interaction of an event planner with a user interface that allows the event planner to specify how the item is to be setup within the venue. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the identifying of the specification is based on an activating of an element of a user interface to allow a user to mark an association between the location and the vendor. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the vendor is selected from a list of vendors that an event planner has hired for a particular time period based on an interaction of the event planner with a user interface presented on a device of the event planner.