Patent ID: 6976032
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A visitor information gathering apparatus for a facility, comprising: a display; one or more input devices; a storage; a processor; and one or more sensors; wherein said processor is configured to gather information provided by a visitor to the facility using at least one input device from said one or more input devices responsive to prompts provided by said processor through said display; wherein said processor is configured to substantially contemporaneously gather information about said visitor using at least one sensor from said one or more sensors; wherein said processor is configured to store said information about said visitor gathered from said at least one input device and said at least one sensor into said storage; and wherein the processor is configured to communicate at least a portion of the information provided by the visitor using the at least one input device and the information about the visitor gathered by the at least one sensor to one or more appliances located within the facility wherein an appliance from the one or more appliances uses the information received from the processor to determine whether the visitor is permitted to use the appliance.