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System and method for allocating access at events

  • US 9,019,074 B1
  • Filed: 08/02/2011
  • Issued: 04/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • responsive to operation of a credential management system to store an event descriptor and a first access level descriptor applicable to a first group of individuals eligible to attend an event identified by the event descriptor,receiving, via a communication interface of a first reusable badge having a memory, a processor and an electronic display, information representative of the event descriptor and the first access level descriptor, the first reusable badge being wearable by a first member of the first group of individuals;

    in a first displaying step, displaying on the display of the first reusable badge, a visible image containing indicia representative of the event descriptor and the first access level descriptor while the first reusable badge is being one of carried or worn by the first member of the first group of individuals;

    in a second displaying step, displaying on the display of the first reusable badge, a first supplemental indicia for the duration of an initial interval of time; and

    in a third displaying step, displaying on the display of the first reusable badge, a second supplemental indicia, replacing the first supplemental indicia, for the duration of an interval of time subsequent to the initial interval, wherein each of the first and second supplemental indicia comprises a respective UPC code for which an association exists, in the credential management system, with both an event and the first member for a respectively different time interval coincident with an event identified by the event descriptor.

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