Communications: electrical – Selective – Interrogation response
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-10
2009-08-04
Zimmerman, Brian A (Department: 2612)
Communications: electrical
Selective
Interrogation response
C340S870030, C340S010420, C340S870030, C340S010100, C705S006000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07570151
ABSTRACT:
A reservation system includes a database configured to store information identifying customers who have purchased tickets for an event, information about the scheduled time for the event, and information identifying customers who have arrived; a controller configured to operate on the database; and an interrogator in communication with the controller, and an antenna coupled to the interrogator, the interrogator being configured to send wireless commands requesting wireless responses from portable identification devices, the portable identification devices being configured to transmit identifying data in response to receiving a command, the interrogator having a predetermined communications range and being configured to communicate with portable identification devices within the predetermined communications range, the controller being configured to modify the database to indicate that one of the customers who purchased a ticket has arrived, responsive to the interrogator receiving a response from the portable identification device associated with that customer, which response includes identifying data for that customer.
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Greenberg & Traurig, LLP
Keystone Technology Solutions, LLC
Khan Omer S
Zimmerman Brian A
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