Secure Access Personal Entertainment Area with Advertising Based on Travel Destination

• US 20110022474A1
• Filed: 07/24/2009
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pranay Jain, Virat Agarwal
• Original Assignee: Pranay Jain, Virat Agarwal
• Inventors: Agarwal, Virat, Jain, Pranay
• Application Number:
  US12/508,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20110022474A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.66
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute

Abstract

The technology disclosed herein provides methods and devices for providing advertising to travelers at travel points based on a destination of travel, the destination information gleaned from a user identification document such as a credit card, travel ticket, or the like. Embodiments of the disclosed technology provide a secure access personal entertainment area at a travel point comprising an electronically secured entrance user input receiving device to glean data from user access identification documents. Within the secure entertainment area is a plurality of entertainment activities. Further, within this area, advertisements exhibited to the user of the secure access personal entertainment area are based, at least in part, upon user interaction with the plurality of entertainment activities.

Claims

1. A secure access personal entertainment area at a travel point comprising:

an electronically secured entrance further comprising a user input receiving device;

said user input receiving device is configured to glean data from user access identification documents and grant access to a secure entertainment area;

a plurality of entertainment activities within said secure entertainment area; and

advertisements exhibited to said user of said secure access personal entertainment area based, at least in part, upon a point of travel gleaned from a said user access identification document.

2. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 1, wherein said secure access personal entertainment area comprises an individual booth for each said user.

3. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 1, wherein said secure access personal entertainment area comprises a console for each said user.

4. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 1, wherein said user input receiving device is a card reader.

5. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 4, wherein said card reader is selected from the group consisting of a credit card reader, passport reader, driver license reader, ticket reader, and a combination thereof.

6. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 1, wherein said point of travel is an origin of travel.

7. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 6, wherein said origin of travel is gleaned from said user access identification document by said user input receiving device based on at least one of a billing address, a residential address, and a ticket purchase location of a said ticket associated with said user.

8. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 1, wherein said point of travel is a destination of travel.

9. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 8, wherein said user access identification document is a ticket granting travel privileges to said user.

10. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 9, wherein access to said secure access personal entertainment area is granted only after said gleaning of said data from said ticket.

11. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 10, wherein said advertisements are further based on a class of ticket used to gain entry.

12. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 1, wherein said advertisements are further based on an ethnicity of said user, and said ethnicity is determined based upon at least one of a name and an origin of travel gleaned from said user access identification document.

13. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 1, wherein an entertainment activity of said plurality of entertainment activities comprises a media offering and a selection of said media is provided based on said data gleaned from said ticket.

14. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 13, wherein said advertisements are further based on media chosen by said user.

15. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 8, wherein said destination is determined based, at least in part, on advertisements acted upon by said user, and further ads displayed are based, at least in part, on said destination.

16. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 1, wherein sophistication of said user is determined based on advertisements acted upon by said user and further ads displayed are based, at least in part, on said sophistication.

17. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 1, wherein an entertainment activity of said plurality of entertainment activities comprises shopping for goods or services.

18. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 17, wherein said advertisements exhibited to said user are based, at least in part, on said goods or services selected for viewing by said user.

19. The secure access personal entertainment area of claim 1, wherein said advertisements exhibited to said user are based, at least in part, on a time of day.

20. A system for providing targeted advertisements to a user using said secure access personal entertainment area of claim 1.