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
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- 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 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;
transmitting, through the communication link, at least one of a profile information of the human mammal wearing the wearable apparel garment to the reader device of the another human mammal and a geospatial information of the reader device to the server device configured to collect information from the plurality of reader devices; and
obtaining, through at least one of the server device and another server device, information related to market intelligence based on the transmitted at least one of the profile information of the human mammal and the geospatial information of the reader device associated with the another human mammal.
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Abstract
A method includes providing, through a server device, a number of wearable apparel garments to an entity and monitoring readings of near-field communication tags associated with the number of wearable apparel garments procured from the entity through a number of reader devices of a corresponding number of another human mammals. The method also includes transmitting a profile information of the human mammal wearing the wearable apparel garment to the reader device of the another human mammal and/or a geospatial information of the reader device to the server device configured to collect information from the number of reader devices. Further, the method includes obtaining, through the server device and/or another server device, information related to market intelligence based on the transmitted profile information and/or the geospatial information.
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1. 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 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; transmitting, through the communication link, at least one of a profile information of the human mammal wearing the wearable apparel garment to the reader device of the another human mammal and a geospatial information of the reader device to the server device configured to collect information from the plurality of reader devices; and obtaining, through at least one of the server device and another server device, information related to market intelligence based on the transmitted at least one of the profile information of the human mammal and the geospatial information of the reader device associated with the another human mammal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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