the particular one of the seat icons 630 is assigned but not currently unoccupied when an entire portion of the particular one of the seat icons 610 e g the seat bottom 642 seat back cushion 644 and arm rests 646 is transitioned from the first display state to the second display state this indicates that the seat corresponding to the particular one of the seat icons 610 is assigned and occupied as disclosed above in reference to the method 300 for managing patron servicing resources for an event in a venue each one of the seat icons 610 can be displayed in a manner to indicate a request for service in a manner that alters such request indication dependent upon a duration of time that has passed since the request for service was received for example as indicated in fig6 a first service duration indicator 650 e g a first color or pattern indicates that a pending service response is in a first duration of time since a request for service was received a second duration indicator 652 e g a second color or pattern indicates that a pending service response is in a second duration of time since the request for service was received and a third duration indicator 652 e g a third color or pattern indicates that a pending service response is in a third duration of time since the request for service was received in this manner an indication for response to a request for service can be escalated and associated reporting e g venue service response grading can be performed in dependent upon such.