WEARABLE DEVICE

• US 20170162006A1
• Filed: 12/19/2016
• Published: 06/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blazer And Flip Flops, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Blazer And Flip Flops, Inc.
• Inventors: Sahadi, Scott Sebastian, Ziskind, Benjamin Harry, Bass, Joshua David
• Granted Patent: US 10,129,728 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A wearable device associated with a guest in a venue stores a unique identification code. The unique identification code may correspond to guest information stored at one or more guest information servers. The guest information may include ticket information, room entitlements, vouchers, payment information, credit card information, or folio information. The wearable device transmits unique identification code to a venue scanner associated with a venue device. The venue device may obtain access to at least some of the guest information based on receipt of the unique identification code. The wearable device also includes a light source that may indicate a status of the guest or of the wearable device based on the colors and/or the blinking patterns emitted by the light source. The light source may, for example, indicate a guest'"'"'s access permissions to portions of the venue.

Claims

1. A system for interactivity with a guest in a venue, the system comprising:

one or more guest information servers storing guest information; and

a wearable device comprising;

a memory storing a unique identification code, wherein the unique identification code corresponds to the guest information stored at the one or more guest information servers,

a wireless communication interface to provide the unique identification code to a venue sensor located within the venue, thereby providing a venue device with access to the guest information stored at the one or more guest information servers, the venue device communicatively coupled to the venue sensor, and

a light source, the light source indicating a status of the wearable device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the guest information includes an access dataset, wherein the venue device indicates that the guest is to be permitted access to a portion of the venue based on the access dataset.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the access dataset includes at least one of a ticket, a room entitlement, or a voucher.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the guest information includes at least one of payment information, credit card information, or folio information.

5. A wearable device for interactivity with a guest in a venue, the wearable device comprising:

a memory storing a unique identification code,

a wireless communication interface to provide the unique identification code to a venue sensor located within the venue, and

a light source, the light source indicating a status of the wearable device.

6. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the wireless communication interface includes a near-field communication (NFC) wireless communication interface.

7. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the wireless communication interface includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) wireless communication interface.

8. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the wireless communication interface includes a Bluetooth wireless communication interface.

9. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the light source emits a first color to indicate that the guest is to be permitted access to a portion of the venue.

10. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the light source emits a first blinking pattern to indicate that the guest is to be permitted access to a portion of the venue.

11. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the light source emits a second color to indicate that the guest is not to be permitted access to a portion of the venue.

12. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the light source emits a second blinking pattern to indicate that the guest is not to be permitted access to a portion of the venue.

13. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the light source emits a unique color distinct from other colors of other light sources of other wearable devices.

14. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the light source emits a unique blinking pattern distinct from other blinking patterns of other light sources of other wearable devices.

15. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the wearable device enables emission of light at the light source in response to detection by the wireless communication interface that the wearable device is within wireless communicative range of the venue sensor.

16. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the wearable device disables emission of light at the light source in response to detection by the wireless communication interface that the wearable device has not been within wireless communicative range of the venue sensor for at least a predetermined threshold period of time.

17. The wearable device of claim 5, further comprising a geo-location sensor to identify a location of the wearable device.

18. The wearable device of claim 5, wherein the light source emits a special color to indicate that the guest has a specific allergy.

19. A method of interactivity with a guest in a venue, the method comprising:

storing a unique identification code within a memory of a wearable device associated with the guest, wherein the unique identification code corresponds to guest information stored at one or more guest information servers;

providing the unique identification code from the wearable device to a venue sensor via a wireless communication interface of the wearable device, thereby providing a venue device with access to the guest information stored at the one or more guest information servers, the venue device communicatively coupled to the venue sensor; and

emitting light from a light source, the light indicating a status of the wearable device.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the wearable device provides the unique identification code to the venue sensor via at least one of a near-field communication (NFC) wireless communication, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) wireless communication, or a Bluetooth wireless communication.