Tracking apparatus and method, as for an exhibition
First Claim
1. A method for conducting an exhibition wherein a visitor having a smart tag visits a plurality of stations each including a smart tag reader, the method comprising:
- registering a visitor including storing in a registration database visitor information relating to the visitor;
issuing a visitor smart tag having information stored therein in a smart tag format, wherein the stored information relates to at least the visitor information;
whereby information can be communicated between the visitor smart tag and the smart tag reader of the station when the visitor smart tag is proximate the station;
communicating information between the visitor smart tag and the smart tag reader of a particular station when the visitor smart tag is proximate that particular station, wherein information from the visitor smart tag is stored in a memory associated with the particular station;
collecting from one or more of the plurality of stations the information communicated from the visitor smart tag after one or more visitor smart tags have communicated with the smart tag reader of the one or more of the plurality of stations;
processing the information collected from the one or more of the plurality of stations in relation to visitor information stored in the registration database; and
providing a report including processed information relating to the visitor, to the smart tag or to the visitor and the smart tag, that was proximate a particular station.
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Abstract
A method and system for conducting an exhibition wherein a visitor having a visitor smart tag visits a plurality of stations comprises a plurality of stations each having a smart tag reader and an electronic memory associated therewith for storing information, e.g., identification information, therein. A visitor smart tag may have visitor information stored therein. Information is communicated between the visitor smart tag and a particular station, and a processor responds to information from the electronic memory of the visitor smart tag and/or from the electronic memory of at least one station for providing a report.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for conducting an exhibition wherein a visitor having a smart tag visits a plurality of stations each including a smart tag reader, the method comprising:
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registering a visitor including storing in a registration database visitor information relating to the visitor; issuing a visitor smart tag having information stored therein in a smart tag format, wherein the stored information relates to at least the visitor information; whereby information can be communicated between the visitor smart tag and the smart tag reader of the station when the visitor smart tag is proximate the station; communicating information between the visitor smart tag and the smart tag reader of a particular station when the visitor smart tag is proximate that particular station, wherein information from the visitor smart tag is stored in a memory associated with the particular station; collecting from one or more of the plurality of stations the information communicated from the visitor smart tag after one or more visitor smart tags have communicated with the smart tag reader of the one or more of the plurality of stations; processing the information collected from the one or more of the plurality of stations in relation to visitor information stored in the registration database; and providing a report including processed information relating to the visitor, to the smart tag or to the visitor and the smart tag, that was proximate a particular station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for conducting an exhibition wherein a visitor having a visitor smart tag visits a plurality of stations, the system comprising:
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a plurality of stations; each of said plurality of stations having a smart tag reader associated therewith for providing and/or receiving information-bearing electrical signals in a smart tag format; each of said plurality of stations having an electronic memory associated therewith for storing identification information therein; a visitor smart tag for providing and/or receiving information-bearing electrical signals in the smart tag format, and including an electronic memory for storing information; whereby information-bearing electrical signals communicate information between the visitor smart tag and the smart tag reader when the visitor smart tag is proximate the smart tag reader; wherein information communicated by the visitor smart tag is stored in the electronic memory associated with a particular station and information communicated from the electronic memory of the particular station is stored in the electronic memory of the visitor smart tag; and a processor responsive to information from the electronic memory of the visitor smart tag, from the electronic memory of at least one of the plurality of stations, or from the electronic memories of both the visitor smart tag and the at least one of the plurality of stations, for providing a report thereof. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for conducting an exhibition wherein a visitor having a visitor smart tag visits a plurality of stations, the method comprising:
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associating a smart tag reader with each one of a plurality of stations for providing and/or receiving information-bearing electrical signals in a smart tag format; storing identification information in an electronic memory associated with a station; issuing a visitor smart tag including an electronic memory for providing and/or receiving information-bearing electrical signals in the smart tag format; whereby information-bearing electrical signals communicate information between the visitor smart tag and the smart tag reader when the visitor smart tag is proximate the smart tag reader; storing information communicated by the visitor smart tag in the electronic memory associated with a particular station and/or storing identification information communicated from the electronic memory of the particular station in the electronic memory of the visitor smart tag; and processing information from the electronic memory of the visitor smart tag, from the electronic memory of at least one of the plurality of stations, or from the electronic memories of both the visitor smart tag and the at least one of the plurality of stations, for providing a report thereof. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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