Patent ID: 7979430
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of controlled electronic delivery of specialized content at an event, comprising: defining a user group comprising a plurality of content providers and a plurality of content receivers, each of the content providers having a booth at the event, the plurality of content receivers comprising a first group and a second group; providing a plurality of first portable electronic storage devices, each having a first profile stored thereon; distributing one of the first portable electronic storage devices to each member of the first group of the content receivers; providing a plurality of second portable electronic storage devices, each having a second profile stored thereon to each member of the second group of the content receivers; providing an administrator system; a content provider submitting proposed electronic files to the administrator system; the administrator system evaluating whether each proposed electronic file satisfies a format criteria, and the administrator system configuring each proposed electronic file that satisfies the format criteria with a code, wherein a proposed electronic file becomes a designated electronic file upon being configured with a code; wherein the administrator system determines the profiles for the portable electronic storage devices and the codes for the designated electronic files; wherein each content receiver provides information to the administrator system prior to receiving a portable electronic storage device, and wherein the administrator system determines whether the content receiver will receive a portable electronic storage device with the first or the second profile based upon information provided to the administrator system by the content receiver; providing a computer to each of the content providers, at least one of the computers having a first designated electronic file and a second designated electronic file stored thereon prior to being provided to the associated content provider, the computer being electronically connected to an interface port; the computer being placed in the associated content provider's booth; wherein one of the content receivers may selectively engage their portable electronic storage device with the interface port when the content receiver is at the content provider's booth; the computer electronically monitoring the interface port to determine when one of the portable electronic storage devices is engaged with the port; when a portable electronic storage device is determined to be engaged with the port, reading the portable electronic storage device to detect whether it has the first profile or the second profile stored thereon; without further input from the content provider or the content receiver, the computer selecting the first designated electronic file if the first profile is detected on the portable electronic storage device engaged with the port; without further input from the content provider or the content receiver, the computer selecting the second designated electronic file if the second profile is detected on the portable electronic storage device engaged with the port; and without further input from the content provider or the content receiver, the computer uploading the selected designated electronic file to the portable electronic storage device engaged with the port.