Method and apparatus for facilitating personal attention via wireless links

US6937154B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tabula Rasa, Inc.

Inventors

• Rob Zeps · San Diego, US
• John D. Moores · Concord, US
• Pertti Visuri · Fallbrook, US
• Rebecca Kramer · San Diego, US
• Mark James · Edmond, US
• Martin Franklin · San Diego, US
• Kurt Kremer · Irvine, US
• Nashina Asaria · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 21, 2001
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2005
• Expiry date: Aug 21, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C2011/04
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and system for identifying individuals, accessing and updating background information and directing appropriate personal interactions through use of an automatically readable tag, such as an RFID tag. Information encoded on the tag is communicated to a computer system that has a database, wherein identification information encoded on the tag is used as a key to retrieve the relevant background information and communicate that information to a portable display device. The system also takes a photograph of the individual being identified and automatically sends the photograph to the portable display device.