System and method for event registration

• US 9,367,552 B1
• Filed: 07/11/2014
• Issued: 06/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joel Robert Williams
• Original Assignee: Joel Robert Williams
• Inventors: Williams, Joel Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Dulaney, Benjamin O
• Application Number:
  US14/328,835
• Time in Patent Office: 704 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1243 Variable data printing, e.g. document forms, templates, labels, coupons, advertisements, logos, watermarks, transactional printing, fixed content versioning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1268 Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself

Abstract

A self-contained multi-station registration system for registering users at a point of registration is disclosed. The registration system provides a registration web page to registration stations at the point of registration. The registration system further receives registration information from the registration stations, wherein the registration information is associated with the users. The registration system then prints the registration information at the point of registration and saves the registration information for later use. Also, the registration system requires no access to public or corporate networks.

Claims

1. A method for registering a plurality of users at an event, comprising:

providing, by at least one web server coupled to an isolated wireless local area network, at least one registration web page to a plurality of unmodified registration stations at a point of registration;

receiving registration information from the plurality of unmodified registration stations, wherein the registration information is associated with the plurality of users; and

printing at least one of the registration information on at least one printing device coupled to the at least one web server, wherein the registration information is provided by the at least one web server,

wherein the at least one web server and the registration stations are not connected to any other network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the registration information received in at least one registration database.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

exporting the stored registration information to a removable flash memory drive coupled to the at least one registration database.

4. A method of claim 1, wherein the registration information is printed based on at least one predefined badge template.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein zero configuration of the at least one server is required to register the plurality of users and print a plurality of print name badges.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the predefined badge template is customized based on the registration information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the registration information is received over a wired interface in an isolated wired local area network, not connected to any other network, at the event.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing at least one configuration web page for configuring the registration system.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

resolving one or more unexpected web addresses from the plurality of unmodified registration stations to an IP address of the web server provide the registration web page.

10. A self-contained multi-station registration system for registering a plurality of users at an event, comprising:

at least one printing device;

a processor; and

a memory, coupled to the processor, the memory comprising at least one instruction executable by the processor, wherein the instruction comprising;

providing, by at least one web server coupled to an isolated wireless local area network, at least one registration web page to a plurality of unmodified registration stations at a point of registration;

receiving registration information from the plurality of unmodified registration stations, wherein the registration information is associated with the plurality of users; and

printing at least one of the registration information on at least one printing device coupled to at least one web server,

wherein the registration information is provided by the at least one web server and the at least one web server and the registration stations are not connected to any other network.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the instruction further comprising:

storing the registration information received in at least one registration database.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the instruction further comprising:

exporting the stored registration information to a removable flash memory drive coupled to the at least one registration database.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the registration information is printed based on at least one predefined badge template.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the registration information is received over a wired interface in an isolated wired local area network, not connected to any other network, at the event.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the predefined badge template is customized based on the registration information.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the instruction further comprising:

providing at least one configuration web page for configuring the registration system.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the instruction further comprising:

resolving one or more unexpected web addresses from the plurality of unmodified registration stations to an IP address of the web server provide the registration web page.

18. A method for registering a plurality of users at an event, comprising:

providing, by at least one web server in an isolated wireless local area network, at least one registration web page to a plurality of unmodified registration stations at a point of registration;

receiving registration information from the unmodified registration stations, wherein the registration information is associated with the users;

storing the registration information received in at least one registration database; and

printing at least one of the registration information on at least one printing device coupled to at least one web server,

wherein the registration information is provided by the at least one web server and the at least one web server and the registration stations are not connected to any other network.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the registration information is received over a wired interface in an isolated wired local area network, not connected to any other network, at the event.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

resolving one or more unexpected web addresses from the plurality of unmodified registration stations to an IP address of the web server provide the registration web page.