Patent ID: 7789520
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. An article comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate, each of said substrates having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a perimeter edge surface at least a portion of said first substrate being positioned over a portion of said second substrate such that said bottom surface of said first substrate contacts at least a portion of said top surface of said second substrate, said article further comprising an electroluminescent strip, said strip being positioned such that an outer surface of said strip contacts at least a portion of said first substrate, said electroluminescent strip comprising one or more of a fabric and a wire, said electroluminescent strip being operatively connected to a power source and a switch for activating said strip, said article further comprising a mobile computing device using wireless local area networks, said computing device being capable of storing personal data and creating a profile of said user, said profile comprising one or more of music, food, and movies, and wherein when said article is within a certain range of a second article, with said second article having its own profile, said mobile computing device of each article causing respective computing devices to exchange at least a portion of said data in said profile of each article, and signal that said profile is being exchanged.