System and method for creating a display card
First Claim
1. A system for producing a photographic identification card comprising:
- a camera for taking a photograph of a user, the photograph defining a user'"'"'s photograph;
a printer;
identification card media, the identification card media including at least one predefined identification card boundary; and
computer readable media containing computer instructions capable of causing a programmable computer operatively connected to the camera, the printer, and to a user interface, to;
prompt the user to input the user'"'"'s name at the user interface;
cause the camera to take the user'"'"'s photograph;
cause the printer to print identification card indicia including at least the user'"'"'s name and photograph onto the identification card media within the predefined identification card boundary; and
store to non-volatile memory the user'"'"'s name and photograph, the user'"'"'s name and photograph being associated together within the memory.
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Abstract
A system and method enables a user such as a visitor to a facility to create a photographic identification card for himself. The user terminal prompts a user to enter identifying information including his name, and takes a photograph of the user. An identification badge is printed for the user upon predefined media. The identification card may be provided with a barcode and unique identification number. The user may be presented with a preview of the identification as the identification card is to be printed. Upon exiting the location, the user may scan the barcode or enter the unique identification number to sign out of the system and exit the location. A user activity log may be maintained at a server such that each time an identification card is created, printed or signed out, the log is updated with information regarding the user information, date, time, location or other information.
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136 Claims
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1. A system for producing a photographic identification card comprising:
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a camera for taking a photograph of a user, the photograph defining a user'"'"'s photograph;
a printer;
identification card media, the identification card media including at least one predefined identification card boundary; and
computer readable media containing computer instructions capable of causing a programmable computer operatively connected to the camera, the printer, and to a user interface, to;
prompt the user to input the user'"'"'s name at the user interface;
cause the camera to take the user'"'"'s photograph;
cause the printer to print identification card indicia including at least the user'"'"'s name and photograph onto the identification card media within the predefined identification card boundary; and
store to non-volatile memory the user'"'"'s name and photograph, the user'"'"'s name and photograph being associated together within the memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for controlling access to a facility when a user visits the facility thereby defining a user'"'"'s visit, the system comprising:
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an image capture device;
a printer;
a user interface; and
a computer operatively connected to the image capture device, the printer, and the user interface, wherein the computer performs the steps of;
prompting the user to identify himself;
capturing an image of the person via the image capture device;
creating a record of the user'"'"'s visit to the facility; and
printing an identification card for the user via the printer, the identification card containing at least the captured image. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of producing an identification badge for an entrant to a facility, comprising:
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providing to the entrant equipment and badge media using which the visitor can produce for himself a photographic identification badge which includes both a photographic image of the visitor and the visitor'"'"'s name printed upon the badge media; and
storing within a computer memory the photographic image of the visitor and the visitor'"'"'s name. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method of controlling access to a secure facility comprising:
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(a) providing at an entrance to a facility a camera, a user interface, and a printer;
(b) prompting a visitor to the facility to input his name to the user interface;
(c) taking a photograph of the visitor via the camera;
(d) printing via the printer an identification card for the visitor, the identification card including at least the visitor'"'"'s name and photograph; and
(e) allowing the visitor to access the facility using the identification card;
wherein steps (b), (c), and (d) are performed without security personnel physically present at the facility entrance. - View Dependent Claims (53)
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54. A method of controlling access to a secure facility comprising:
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providing at a first facility entrance first equipment using which a first visitor can make a first photographic identification card for himself, the first equipment including a first computer interface;
providing at a second facility entrance second equipment using which a second visitor can make a second photographic identification card for himself, the second equipment including a second computer interface;
providing an attendant at an attendant location that is remote from the facility entrances, the attendant capable of communicating electronically with visitors to the facility entrances to provide assistance to visitors at a plurality of separate facility entrances in making the identification cards for themselves. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57)
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58. A method of providing access to a facility comprising:
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providing to a person equipment and identification card media for making a photographic identification card for himself, the photographic identification card including a photographic image and a name of the person;
recording at a remote location an electronic record of the identification card including at least the person'"'"'s name and a date on which the identification card was created. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60)
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61. A computer readable media containing an executable, self contained computer program that can be launched within a context of a parent computer program for use in creating an identification card, the self-contained program comprising:
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fields, user screen display elements, and prompts for soliciting data entry from a user through the parent computer program;
logic for determining which of the prompts to present to the user based upon previous responses by the user to previous prompts;
formatting instructions for printing data obtained from the user in response to the prompts within a predefined boundary onto identification card media to create an identification card. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64)
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65. A system for producing identification cards and a centralized log of visitors to a facility comprising:
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a web server;
a plurality of visitor identification card making stations, the stations being in operative communication with the central web server;
wherein each station collects data from persons, prints respective identification cards for users in accordance with the collected data, and sends the collected data to the web server. - View Dependent Claims (66)
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67. A method for creating a display card comprising the steps of:
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presenting at least one user with at least one display card creating option to be selected by the at least one user;
receiving the at least one display card creating option selected by the at least one user;
presenting at least one information input field for input onto a display card;
enabling the at least one user to input user information into the at least one information input field;
receiving the user information input by the at least one user; and
creating a display card based on the user information. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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103. A system for creating a display card comprising:
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an option presenting module that presents to at least one user at least one display card creating option to be selected by the at least one user;
an option receiving module that receives the at least one display card creating option selected by the at least one user;
an input field presenting module that presents at least one information input field for input onto a display card;
an input enabling module that enables the at least one user to input user information into the at least one information input field;
a user information receiving module that receives the user information input by the at least one user; and
a display card creating module that creates a display card based on the user information. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135)
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136. A system for creating a display card comprising:
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display card creating means for enabling a user to create a display card;
inputting means for enabling the user to input user information;
photographing means for taking a photograph of the user; and
communicating means for communicating the user information and the photograph used to create the display card to a server using hypertext transfer protocol over transmission control protocol/Internet protocol.
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Specification