Patent ID: 8669845
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G01C,G06K,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An RFID skier monitoring system, comprising: a plurality of lift access products for customers of a ski resort, each lift access product having a unique identifier; at least one RFID scanner located at a boarding location of one or more ski lifts, the at least one RFID scanner configured to read the unique identifier of each lift access product as customers board the one or more ski lifts, the at least one RFID scanner configured to generate a scan record comprising the unique identifier, a scanner ID, and a time stamp for each unique identifier read; a location event generator configured to generate a location event record for each scan record; a location database configured to store the location event record; a service application configured to process the location database to determine a profile of a skier using the lift access product, wherein the profile of the skier using the lift access product includes suggested terrain areas commensurate with terrain areas previously taken by the skier; and a display configured to convey the suggested terrain areas to the skier.