Patent ID: 9542706
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A43B,G06Q,G07C,G08B,G16Y,H04Q

Claim:
1. A data transfer method, comprising: activating a data transmission system releasably engaged with an article of footwear; transmitting data from the article of footwear to a remote system, the data including at least user identification data and footwear usage information associated with the article of footwear; determining, by a processor, a first location of a user of the article of footwear based on data transmitted by the data transmission system; confirming a presence of the user of the article of footwear at a second specific location based on the user identification data and the first location; and displaying, on a display device, information to the user of the article of footwear based, at least in part, on the data transmitted by the data transmission system.