Method to personalize and enhance the value of consumer items for use in outdoor activities
First Claim
1. An enhanced recreational item, comprising:
- a. a recreational item; and
b. a RFID tag attached to the recreational item, the RFID tag comprising personalized event related information that is electronically deposited on the RFID tag and/or a link to information
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method to personalize and enhance the value of consumer items for use in outdoor activities. It utilizes radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, computers, PDAs, and cell phones to link, record, and retrieve positional, personal, and historical data. The personalization and association of an object to a unique event by the consumer will lead to enhanced value of the product. Information that is stored on cell phones, PDAs, computers, and external databases are transferred as multimedia messages. The information is cataloged and organized using the unique RFID number. The subject line of the multimedia message is the RFID tag number. Commercial items such as skis, coats, hats, shoes, shirts, pants, gloves, sun glasses, surfboards, bicycles, wetsuits, cell phones, computers, golf clubs, golf balls, fishing poles, and lures will be produced that contain RFID tags.
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20 Claims
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1. An enhanced recreational item, comprising:
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a. a recreational item; and
b. a RFID tag attached to the recreational item, the RFID tag comprising personalized event related information that is electronically deposited on the RFID tag and/or a link to information - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of enhancing a recreational item, comprising:
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a. Attaching an RFID tag to a recreational item;
b. Recording personalized event information;
c. Depositing the event information on the RFID tag wherein the event information is recorded during the event. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of recording and recalling a consumer experience, comprising:
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a. Associating an RFID tag to a recreational item to allow the RFID-tagged item to be associated with an event;
b. Experiencing said event with the RFID-tagged recreational item;
c. Recording information comprising personal and historical information associated with said event, and d. depositing the information on the RFID tag that is associated with the recreational item so that the experience can be recalled from the RFID tag that is associated with the recreational item; and
e. recalling said information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method of personalizing a consumer item for use in outdoor activities, the method comprising:
- (a) linking;
(b) recording; and
(c) retrieving positional, personal, and historical data in a commercial item. - View Dependent Claims (12)
- (a) linking;
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13. A method of retrieving and sharing personalized event-related information wherein the subject line of a message or name of a data set is an RFID identifier.
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14. A tracking and recording system comprising:
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a. a recording device, b. a recreational item, c. an RFID tag attached to the recreational item, the RFID tag containing personalized event-related information that has been captured by the recording device and electronically deposited on the tag;
d. an information retrieval device; and
e. a database. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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- 18. A method of using an RFID tag, the method comprising recording on the RFID tag personalized event information such as location, time, and events that are associated with a recreational event, wherein the RFID tag is attached to an item that is associated with said recreational event.
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