Patent ID: 6937154
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating personal attention at an event site comprising: providing each of a plurality of event hosts with a respective portable handheld display device; assigning each host a respective guest to locate and contact at said event site; providing a plurality of event guests with a radio frequency identification (RFID) card; each respective card being encoded with a different identification code, each code uniquely identifying one of said guests; each respective code further comprising a code for use in accessing a database entry containing information regarding the guest identified by that respective code; detecting one of said codes in response to appearance of a first guest; and responding to detection of said one of said codes to wirelessly signal the handheld display device of the host assigned to said first guest that said first guest is present at said event, wherein said portable display device comprises a digital processor and a client application running on said processor, said client application employing a polling mechanism to determine if an event has occurred, said event comprising detection of one of said codes.