Live Nation was granted a patent for scalable database querying.

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    "detail": "In September 2026 Live Nation patented database technology for finding the best available resource across time-based records, supporting online ticketing and event operations.",
    "summary": "Live Nation was granted a patent for scalable database querying.",
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    "uspto_assignee": "Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.",
    "patent_abstract": "Embodiments described herein generally related to efficient and scalable database querying mechanisms. Various embodiments disclose processes, methods, and systems for storing resource data within a database such that the resource data may be searched across a plurality of time periods. Various embodiments disclose processes, methods, and systems for determining a best resource to return given a specific set of data points. Various embodiments disclose processes, methods, and systems for rending one or more sets of query results based on velocity of received queries for resource data.",
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    "invention_explanation": "A way to organize resource data by time period so searches can quickly compare options and return the best match.",
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  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"livenationentertainment.com","limit":20}'