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GPS resolution on phones is generally not high enough to pin-point your seat location. At least not on my iPhone 4. Also, most of the theaters I've been block cell signals. Seems like a much simpler solution to me.
But the theatre can provide limited WiFi to enable you to pin point your location even without being able to receive GPS.
GPS resolution on phones is generally not high enough to pin-point your seat location. At least not on my iPhone 4. Also, most of the theaters I've been block cell signals. Seems like a much simpler solution to me.
Theaters that offer assigned seating can automatically update your Tattlr profile with your seating for the given movie. In theaters that do not offer assigned seating, users would have to manually enter in their own row # and seat # after selecting their seats. I've never heard of theaters blocking cell signals.
How does this make money?
1) Charge each user a nominal fee for download. OR 2) Charge movie theaters for their participation. Imagine the profitable data we'll be supplying them with on every person that checks-in to their movie theater using Tattlr. They can incorporate their own special promotions based on the ongoing user data they obtain each time a user checks in.
This what I've come up with thus far. I could be totally off-base with these assumptions.
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Theaters that offer assigned seating can automatically update your Tattlr profile with your seating for the given movie. In theaters that do not offer assigned seating, users would have to manually enter in their own row # and seat # after selecting their seats. I've never heard of theaters blocking cell signals.
Rather than row/seat number just have a pictorial representation of the theater seating so they can tap on their general location.
Maybe if the user loaded the app and registered before the movie started, they could keep it in their pocket, unlock the phone, tap an area of the screen, and receive a vibration pattern as feedback that the theatre has been notified? It would leave the usher to determine the problem, but could reduce the "glow" annoyance. Just a thought. Best of luck.
How does this make money?
1 of 2 ways: 1) Charge each user a nominal fee for download. OR 2) Charge movie theaters for their participation. Imagine the profitable data we'll be supplying them with on every person that checks-in to their movie theater using Tattlr. They can incorporate their own special promotions based on the ongoing user data they obtain each time a user checks in. This what I've come up with thus far. I could be totally off…
It improves the service and gives them Jmp feedback.
Go talk to some movie theaters.
Also don't over engineer it. A simple wa to say that the sound isn't working for a particular movie at a particular movie theater should be a good start.
-vivek
How does this make money?
1 of 2 ways: 1) Charge each user a nominal fee for download. OR 2) Charge movie theaters for their participation. Imagine the profitable data we'll be supplying them with on every person that checks-in to their movie theater using Tattlr. They can incorporate their own special promotions based on the ongoing user data they obtain each time a user checks in. This what I've come up with thus far. I could be totally off…
It seems like selling the backend tech / service to the movie theaters is the way to, but can you create enough of a value proposition to charge them enough money (assuming a re-occuring basis) each month to stay in business?
Also, I'm not entirely familiar with how movie theaters operate, but it seems like a vast majority are controlled by a relatively low number of chains. If the individual theaters are run on a franchise model, it may be easier to penetrate. But if they're all corporate controlled, selling seems would be a much larger challenge.
[1] I've also never had too bad of an experience at the movies. Aside from some guy who was eating popcorn obnoxiously during "The Dark Knight", I can't think of anytime I've really been annoyed with someone at the theater.
Just opening your cellphone with its hideously bright screen will make you an "annoying moviegoer" to many people around you.
Interesting point. Especially given the current "bigger is better" trend for smartphone screens these days. That's why it'd be important for Tattlr to offer a short process to report the disturbance. Look at it this way: If I pull out my phone to use Tattlr to report a person chatting it up on his phone behind me during a movie, I'm simply piggybacking on the existing disturbance as opposed to creating my own disturb…
GPS resolution on phones is generally not high enough to pin-point your seat location. At least not on my iPhone 4. Also, most of the theaters I've been block cell signals. Seems like a much simpler solution to me.
Theaters that offer assigned seating can automatically update your Tattlr profile with your seating for the given movie. In theaters that do not offer assigned seating, users would have to manually enter in their own row # and seat # after selecting their seats. I've never heard of theaters blocking cell signals.