APPARATUS AND METHOD TO MONITOR CUSTOMER DEMOGRAPHICS IN A VENUE OR SIMILAR FACILITY
First Claim
1. A venue monitoring and reporting system comprising:
- a network;
a central server in data communication with the network;
a customer device in data communication with the network;
a local server in data communication with the network, the local server located at a venue remote from the central server;
at least one camera in data communication with the local server, the at least one camera positioned and arranged with respect to the venue to view a customer as the customer enters the venue; and
wherein the central server, the customer device and the local server cooperate with the network to use images captured by the at least one camera to produce at least one of a total number of customers at the venue or a demographic characteristic of the customers at the venue, wherein the total number or the demographic characteristic at least approximates an actual total number or an actual demographic characteristic of the customers at the venue, and wherein the at least one of the total number of the customers or the demographic characteristic of the customers at the venue is made viewable on the customer device.
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Abstract
A venue monitoring and reporting system includes a network, a central server in data communication with the network, a customer device in data communication with the network, a local server in data communication with the network, the local server located at a venue remote from the central server, at least one camera in data communication with the local server, the at least one camera positioned to view a customer as the customer enters the venue, and wherein the central server, the customer device and the local server cooperate with the network to use images captured by the at least one camera to produce at least one of a total number of customers at the venue or a demographic characteristic of the customers at the venue, wherein the total number of the customers or the demographic characteristic of the customers at the venue is made viewable on the customer device.
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22 Claims
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1. A venue monitoring and reporting system comprising:
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a network; a central server in data communication with the network; a customer device in data communication with the network; a local server in data communication with the network, the local server located at a venue remote from the central server; at least one camera in data communication with the local server, the at least one camera positioned and arranged with respect to the venue to view a customer as the customer enters the venue; and wherein the central server, the customer device and the local server cooperate with the network to use images captured by the at least one camera to produce at least one of a total number of customers at the venue or a demographic characteristic of the customers at the venue, wherein the total number or the demographic characteristic at least approximates an actual total number or an actual demographic characteristic of the customers at the venue, and wherein the at least one of the total number of the customers or the demographic characteristic of the customers at the venue is made viewable on the customer device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for venue monitoring and reporting comprising:
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recording a customer a venue using at least one camera in data communication with a local server, the at least one camera positioned and arranged with respect to the venue to record the customer enters the venue; using images captured by the at least one camera to produce via a central server in data communication with the local server via a network at least one of a total number of customers at the venue or a demographic characteristic of the customers at the venue, wherein the total number or the demographic characteristic at least approximates an actual total number or an actual demographic characteristic of the customers at the venue; and transmitting from the central server to a customer device for display on the customer device the at least one of the total number of the customers or the demographic characteristic of the customers at the venue.
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