Digital kiosk

• US 9,418,360 B1
• Filed: 07/13/2015
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Prosports Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Cronin, John E., Reasner, Nick
• Primary Examiner(s): Chein, Allen
• Application Number:
  US14/798,262
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/209 Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/26 for printing, stamping, franking, typing or teleprinting apparatus ticket printing or the like apparatus G07F17/42

Abstract

The present invention includes systems and methods for operating a fan kiosk. A graphical user interface at a kiosk provides a user with an option to select a player. One or more displays at the kiosk display one or more life-size representations and one or more sponsor identifiers of one or more sponsors of the selected player. The kiosk also uses information from a database to generate the displays. The kiosk can provide an image of the selected player superimposed on an image of the user. The kiosk saves user information and synchronizes saved data with the database.

Claims

1. A method for operating a kiosk, the method comprising:

receiving sponsorship information sent over a communication network from a controller, the sponsorship information identifying a set of one or more sponsors of a plurality of players, each player associated with a different set of one or more sponsors;

displaying the plurality of players and a photo option for selection on a graphical user interface;

receiving a player selection from a user through the graphical user interface;

displaying one or more life-size representations of the selected player on a floor display and a vertical display, wherein the vertical display is upright in relation to the floor display;

displaying a sponsor image on a sponsor display, the sponsor image associated with one of the one or more sponsors, wherein the associated sponsor is selected from the set of sponsors associated with the selected player;

capturing an image of the user and requesting payment from the user when the user selects the photo option; and

providing a photo to the user, wherein the photo includes the user and the selected player.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein information associated with the user is stored in a database.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the statistics associated with the selected player are displayed on the floor display and on the vertical display.

4. A system for operating a kiosk, the system comprising:

a floor display;

a vertical display; and

a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor;

receives sponsorship information sent over a communication network from a controller, the sponsorship information identifying a set of one or more sponsors of a plurality of players, each player associated with a different set of one or more sponsors,

displays the plurality of players and a photo option for selection on a graphical user interface,

receives a player selection from a user through the graphical user interface,

displays one or more life-size representations of the selected player on a floor display and a vertical display, wherein the vertical display is upright in relation to the floor display,

displays a sponsor image on a sponsor display, the sponsor image associated with one of the one or more sponsors, wherein the associated sponsor is selected from the set of sponsors associated with the selected player,

captures an image of the user and requests payment from the user when the user selects the photo option, and

provides a photo to the user, wherein the photo includes the user and the selected player.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein information associated with the user is stored in a database.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the statistics associated with the selected player are displayed on the floor display and on the vertical display.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for operating a kiosk, the method comprising:

receiving sponsorship information sent over a communication network from a controller, the sponsorship information identifying a set of one or more sponsors of a plurality of players, each player associated with a different set of one or more sponsors;

displaying the plurality of players and a photo option for selection on a graphical user interface;

receiving a player selection from a user through the graphical user interface;

displaying one or more life-size representations of the selected player on a floor display and a vertical display, wherein the vertical display is upright in relation to the floor display;

displaying a sponsor image on a sponsor display, the sponsor image associated with one of the one or more sponsors, wherein the associated sponsor is selected from the set of sponsors associated with the selected player;

capturing an image of the user and requesting payment from the user when the user selects the photo option;

providing a photo to the user, wherein the photo includes the user and the selected player.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the statistics associated with the selected player are displayed on the floor display and on the vertical display.