Interactive knowledge card system

• US 20070164846A1
• Filed: 12/15/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Amuze! Interactive AB
• Original Assignee: Amuze! Interactive AB
• Inventors: Pedolsky, Richard
• Application Number:
  US11/639,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20070164846A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 11/00 Arrangements, systems or apparatus for checking, e.g. the occurrence of a condition, not provided for elsewhere
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/20 involving the use of a pass

Abstract

An interactive knowledge card system. The interactive knowledge card system having a card with user identification, several card stations, a server, and a database. Each card station has a station identifier and a user identification reader to read the user identification on the card. The server is in communication with the card stations and receives the read user identification and the station identifier from the user identification reader. The server associates the read user identification with the received station identifier. The database is in communication with the server. The database stores exhibit information associated with each station identifier and stores the read user identification and associated station identifier. The server is accessible by the user. The server retrieves the exhibit information associated with each station identifier associated with the user identification and displays the retrieved exhibit information.

Claims

1. An interactive knowledge card system comprising:

a card having a user identification;

a plurality of card stations, each of said plurality of card stations having a station identifier and an user identification reader to read the user identification on said card;

a server in communication with said plurality of card stations, said server receiving the read user identification and the station identifier from said user identification reader and associating the read user identification with the received station identifier; and

a database in communication with said server, said database storing exhibit information associated with each said station identifier, said database storing the read user identification and associated station identifier;

wherein said server is accessible by the user, retrieves the exhibit information associated with each station identifier associated with the user identification, and displays the retrieved exhibit information.

2. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 1, wherein said card further comprises a compact storage medium.

3. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 1, wherein said user identification is a bar code and said user identification mark reader is a bar code reader.

4. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of card stations are disposed at a venue.

5. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 1, further comprising an interactive device coupled to said card station for presenting information to the user.

6. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 5, wherein said exhibit information associated with a station identifier is provided on said interactive device when said identification mark reader reads said identification mark.

7. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 1, wherein said server is a local server and further comprising a remote web server having a remote database in communication with said local server and said at least one database.

8. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 1, wherein said database is accessible over the Internet.

9. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 1, further comprising an administrative computer for managing the interactive knowledge system and for providing statistical analysis.

10. An interactive knowledge card system for use at a location having a plurality of areas, each area associated with information, the system comprising:

an area identifier for each of said plurality of areas;

a mobile telephone having a mobile telephone number;

a server receiving the mobile telephone number and the area identifier from said mobile telephone, said server associating the mobile telephone number with the area identifier; and

a database in communication with said server, said database storing exhibit information associated with each said area identifier, said database storing the mobile telephone number and associated area identifier;

wherein said server is accessible by the user, retrieves the exhibit information associated with each area identifier associated with the mobile telephone number and displays the retrieved exhibit information.

11. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 10, further comprising a card having a user identification, said card listing said area identifiers.

12. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 11, wherein said card further comprises a compact storage medium.

13. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 10, wherein said server is a remote web server.

14. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 10, wherein said database is accessible over the Internet.

15. The interactive knowledge card system according to claim 10, further comprising an administrative computer for managing the interactive knowledge system and for providing statistical analysis.

16. A method for providing interactive and individualized information, the method comprising:

providing a user with a card having an user identification;

disposing a plurality of card stations throughout a location, each of the plurality of card stations having an user identification reader to read the user identification on the card;

assigning a station identifier for each of the plurality of card stations;

coupling a server in communication with the plurality of card stations;

storing exhibit information associated with each station identifier on at least one database in communication with the server;

storing on the database the user identification and station identifier of the user identification reader that read the user identification;

correlating the user identification with the exhibit information associated with the station identifier of the user identification reader that read the user identification; and

providing the exhibit information associated with each station identifier whose user identification reader that read the user identification.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the card further comprises a compact storage medium.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the identification mark is a bar code and the user identification reader is a bar code reader.

19. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the step of:

coupling an interactive device to a card station; and

providing exhibit information associated with the station identifier on the interactive device when the user identification reader reads the user identification.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the server is a local server and further comprising a remote web server having a remote database in communication with the local server and the at least one database.

21. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the step of coupling an administrative computer to the server for managing the interactive knowledge system and for providing statistical analysis.

22. The method according to claim 16, further comprising the step of coupling the database to the Internet so that the database is accessible over the Internet.