NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION ENABLED WEARABLE APPAREL GARMENT AND METHOD TO CAPTURE GEOSPATIAL AND SOCIALLY RELEVANT DATA OF A WEARER OF THE WEARABLE APPAREL GARMENT AND/OR A USER OF A READER DEVICE ASSOCIATED THEREWITH
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1. A wearable apparel garment comprising:
- a textile region configured to cover an epidermis region of a human mammal;
a near-field communication tag coupled to the textile region of the wearable apparel garment at an externally visible area thereof; and
a message communication area adjacent to the near-field communication tag configured to direct a responsive action of another human mammal in establishing a communication link between a reader device of the another human mammal and the near-field communication tag.
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Abstract
A wearable apparel garment includes a textile region configured to cover an epidermis region of a human mammal and a near-field communication tag coupled to the textile region of the wearable apparel garment at an externally visible area thereof. The wearable apparel garment also includes a message communication area adjacent to the near-field communication tag configured to direct a responsive action of another human mammal in establishing a communication link between a reader device of the another human mammal and the near-field communication tag.
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1. A wearable apparel garment comprising:
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a textile region configured to cover an epidermis region of a human mammal; a near-field communication tag coupled to the textile region of the wearable apparel garment at an externally visible area thereof; and a message communication area adjacent to the near-field communication tag configured to direct a responsive action of another human mammal in establishing a communication link between a reader device of the another human mammal and the near-field communication tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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patterning a textile region of a wearable apparel garment to cover an epidermis region of a human mammal; securing a near-field communication tag onto the textile region of the wearable apparel garment at an externally visible area thereof; providing a message communication area adjacent to the near-field communication tag secured onto the textile region of the wearable apparel garment; and directing, through the message communication area, a responsive action of another human mammal in establishing a communication link between a reader device of the another human mammal and the near-field communication tag. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method comprising:
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providing, through a server device, a plurality of wearable apparel garments to an entity, each wearable apparel garment of the plurality of wearable apparel garments including; a textile region configured to cover an epidermis region of a human mammal; a near-field communication tag coupled to the textile region of the wearable apparel garment at an externally visible area thereof; and a message communication area adjacent to the near-field communication tag configured to direct a responsive action of another human mammal in establishing a communication link between a reader device of the another human mammal and the near-field communication tag; monitoring, during at least one social situation, readings of the near-field communication tags associated with the plurality of wearable apparel garments procured from the entity through a plurality of reader devices of a corresponding plurality of another human mammals; and obtaining, through at least one of the server device and another server device, information related to market intelligence based on the monitored readings of the near-field communication tags. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system comprising:
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a wearable apparel garment comprising a textile region configured to cover an epidermis region of a human mammal, the wearable apparel garment further comprising; a near-field communication tag coupled to the textile region of the wearable apparel garment at an externally visible area thereof; and a message communication area adjacent to the near-field communication tag configured to direct a responsive action of another human mammal in establishing a communication link therebetween; a plurality of reader devices associated with a corresponding plurality of another human mammals having a capability to read near-field communication tag in response to the message communication area and to transmit data associated with information read from the near-field communication tag; and a server device to receive data transmitted from at least one reader device of the plurality of reader devices following the reading of near-field communication tag therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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