Patent Publication Number: US-2022214847-A1

Title: Electronic wearable device for displaying information

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This non-provisional patent application claims priority benefit, with regard to all common subject matter, of earlier-filed U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/133,618 filed Jan. 4, 2021 and entitled WEARABLE DISPLAY FOR DISPLAYING COMPANY INFORMATION. The identified earlier-filed provisional patent application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety into the present application. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     1. Field 
     Embodiments of the invention relate to displaying information by a wearable device. More specifically, embodiments of the disclosure relate to a wearable device that displays information received by short-range communication. 
     2. Related Art 
     Many people wear badges and/or tags for displaying various information such as information indicative of the person&#39;s identity, a company logo associated with the person, promotional content associated with the person or company, or the like. These badges may be worn by workers in restaurants, entertainment, delivery drivers, people attending gatherings such as, for example, conferences, classes, and the like. These badges are important to identify people, companies, and authenticate people. However, identity badges are typically printed, engraved, or otherwise display fixed information. Where badges that display changing or otherwise temporary information are desired, temporary badges are employed, which provide a one-time use and must simply be discarded when finished. 
     Complicating the use of badges, some workers perform contract work for a number of different companies in quick succession. As such, many badges may be necessary to represent the many companies for which the person may be performing work. The person may be required to carry a badge for each company and remember to change to the appropriate badge when accepting or beginning a new contract. For example, automobile companies transport new vehicles to lots, used vehicles between lots, and rental vehicles to various locations for customers. Further examples include transporting individual vehicles to and from locations such as auction houses, dealer lots, inspection stations, etc. The drivers for transport of the vehicles may be obtained from third-party companies specializing in providing transport services. As such, when the driver arrives at the contracting company to transport the vehicles, the driver is not typically dressed to represent the contracting company. The driver may need to change clothes or may receive a badge or hat that has the company logo. This process is not efficient and requires the contracting company, or the driver, to keep the company clothing with the logo on hand. As such, the badges and clothing may be transported with the vehicles and may become lost. 
     Furthermore, some companies require that badges be worn on site for personnel authentication and identification. For example, service personnel wear badges as a form of identification. Alternatively, personnel that work in secure buildings carry badges, or cards, that comprise authentication and identification information for accessing the secure facilities. These badges with identification and authorization information periodically need updating. In some cases, these changes may be made daily. As such, the personnel using these badges may need to exchange the badges for new ones or receive updates to the badges. 
     As such, what is needed is a wearable device for generating a digital display that can be worn by a user and change between various display information responsive to information received via a communication device of the user. 
     SUMMARY 
     Embodiments of the invention solve the above-described problems and provide a distinct advance in the art by providing programs, methods, and systems for displaying data communicated from a mobile device on an electronic wearable display. A first embodiment comprises a system for communicating data and displaying display information by a user. The system comprises a wearable device for receiving the data indicative of the display information and displaying the display information, a receiver disposed on the wearable device and configured to communicate over short-range communication to receive the data indicative of the display information, wherein the data is received from a communication device, a display disposed on the wearable device displaying the display information, and an attachment for attaching the wearable device to an article of clothing of the user. 
     A second embodiment comprises a method for communicating data and displaying display information by a user. The method comprises receiving, by a wearable device, the data indicative of the display information, receiving, by a receiver disposed on the wearable device, the data indicative of the display information, wherein the data is received from a communication device, displaying the display information by the wearable device, and attaching, by an attachment, the wearable device to an article of clothing of the user. 
     A third embodiment comprises a system for communicating data and displaying display information by a user. The system comprises a wearable device for receiving the data indicative of the display information, a receiver disposed on the wearable device and configured to communicate over short-range communication to receive the data indicative of the display information, a processor disposed on the wearable device, an attachment for attaching the wearable device to an article of clothing of the user, and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform a method of receiving the data and displaying the display information by the wearable device. The method comprises receiving, by the wearable device, the data indicative of the display information, receiving, by the receiver disposed on the wearable device, the data indicative of the display information, wherein the data is received from a communication device, and displaying the display information by the wearable device. 
     This summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter. Other aspects and advantages of the current invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the embodiments and the accompanying drawing figures. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING FIGURES 
       Embodiments of the invention are described in detail below with reference to the attached drawing figures, wherein: 
         FIG. 1  depicts an exemplary hardware platform that for certain embodiments of the invention; 
         FIG. 2  depicts an embodiment of a system comprising a communication device and a wearable device; 
         FIG. 3  depicts an embodiment of the wearable device attached to articles of clothing; 
         FIG. 4  depicts an embodiment of the system in a first exemplary work environment; 
         FIG. 5  depicts an embodiment of the system in a second exemplary work environment; 
         FIG. 6  depicts an embodiment of the system in a third exemplary work environment; and 
         FIG. 7  depicts an embodiment of a method of obtaining data and displaying information by the system. 
     
    
    
     The drawing figures do not limit the invention to the specific embodiments disclosed and described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the invention. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The following description of embodiments of the invention references the accompanying illustrations that illustrate specific embodiments in which the invention can be practiced. The embodiments are intended to describe aspects of the invention in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. Other embodiments can be utilized, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense. 
     In this description, references to “one embodiment”, “an embodiment”, “embodiments”, “various embodiments”, “certain embodiments”, “some embodiments”, or “other embodiments” mean that the feature or features being referred to are included in at least one embodiment of the technology. Separate references to “one embodiment”, “an embodiment”, “embodiments”, “various embodiments”, “certain embodiments”, “some embodiments”, or “other embodiments” in this description do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment and are also not mutually exclusive unless so stated and/or except as will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the description. For example, a feature, structure, act, etc. described in one embodiment may also be included in other embodiments but is not necessarily included. Thus, the current technology can include a variety of combinations and/or integrations of the embodiments described herein. 
     Generally, embodiments of the invention solve the above-described problems and provide a distinct advance in the art by providing programs, methods, and systems for displaying data communicated to the wearable device by short-range communication and displayable by a display on the wearable device. In some embodiments, the data may be indicative of identification, authentication, or promotion. A communication device may transmit the data to the wearable device via short-range wireless communication. The wearable device may receive the communication and display the information on the display of the wearable device. Any data indicative of any information may be transmitted to the wearable device for display. In some embodiments, the display information may be indicative of a work contract and the user wearing the wearable device may be the contracted. 
     Turning first to  FIG. 1 , an exemplary hardware platform that can form one element of certain embodiments of the invention is depicted. Computer  102  can be a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a server computer, a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet, or any other form factor of general- or special-purpose computing device. Depicted with computer  102  are several components, for illustrative purposes. In some embodiments, certain components may be arranged differently or absent. Additional components may also be present. Included in computer  102  is system bus  104 , whereby other components of computer  102  can communicate with each other. In certain embodiments, there may be multiple busses or components may communicate with each other directly. Connected to system bus  104  is central processing unit (CPU)  106 . Also attached to system bus  104  are one or more random-access memory (RAM) modules  108 . Also attached to system bus  104  is graphics card  110 . In some embodiments, graphics card  110  may not be a physically separate card, but rather may be integrated into the motherboard or the CPU  106 . In some embodiments, graphics card  110  has a separate graphics-processing unit (GPU)  112 , which can be used for graphics processing or for general purpose computing (GPGPU). Also on graphics card  110  is GPU memory  114 . Connected (directly or indirectly) to graphics card  110  is display  116  for user interaction. In some embodiments no display is present, while in others it is integrated into computer  102 . Similarly, peripherals such as keyboard  118  and mouse  120  are connected to system bus  104 . Like display  116 , these peripherals may be integrated into computer  102  or absent. Also connected to system bus  104  is local storage  122 , which may be any form of computer-readable media and may be internally installed in computer  102  or externally and removably attached. 
     Computer-readable media include both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and nonremovable media, and contemplate media readable by a database. For example, computer-readable media include (but are not limited to) RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD-ROM, digital versatile discs (DVD), holographic media or other optical disc storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage, and other magnetic storage devices. These technologies can store data temporarily or permanently. However, unless explicitly specified otherwise, the term “computer-readable media” should not be construed to include physical, but transitory, forms of signal transmission such as radio broadcasts, electrical signals through a wire, or light pulses through a fiber-optic cable. Examples of stored information include computer-usable instructions, data structures, program modules, and other data representations. 
     Finally, network interface card (NIC)  124  is also attached to system bus  104  and allows computer  102  to communicate over a network such as network  126 . NIC  124  can be any form of network interface known in the art, such as Ethernet, ATM, fiber, BLUETOOTH, or Wi-Fi (i.e., the IEEE 802.11 family of standards). NIC  124  connects computer  102  to local network  126 , which may also include one or more other computers, such as computer  128 , and network storage, such as data store  130 . Generally, a data store such as data store  130  may be any repository from which information can be stored and retrieved as needed. Examples of data stores include relational or object-oriented databases, spreadsheets, file systems, flat files, directory services such as LDAP and Active Directory, or email storage systems. A data store may be accessible via a complex API (such as, for example, Structured Query Language), a simple API providing only read, write and seek operations, or any level of complexity in between. Some data stores may additionally provide management functions for data sets stored therein such as backup or versioning. Data stores can be local to a single computer such as computer  128 , accessible on a local network such as local network  126 , or remotely accessible over Internet  132 . Local network  126  is in turn connected to Internet  132 , which connects many networks such as local network  126 , remote network  134  or directly attached computers such as computer  136 . In some embodiments, computer  102  can itself be directly connected to Internet  132 . 
     In some embodiments, an application may run on computer  102  which, in some embodiments, may be communication device  204  or wearable device  202  as described in embodiments herein and depicted in  FIG. 2 . In some embodiments, the application may be accessed via computer  102  and run in a cloud-based or web-based environment from the recipient&#39;s web browser. The web-based environment may store data such that it is not required for computer  102  to have downloaded and stored large amounts of data for the application. The application may access data such as object databases, user profiles, third party vendors, or any other online service or website that is available over Internet  132 . 
     Embodiments of the invention allow for a user to interact with communication and display system  200 . The user may have an account or profile associated with an application provided by communication device  204  which may be remotely communicatively connected to wearable device  202 .  FIG. 2  depicts exemplary communication and display system  200  in accordance with embodiments of the invention. In some embodiments, communication and display system  200  comprises wearable device  202  in communication with communication device  204 . Communication device  204  and wearable device  202  may be configured for wireless communication  206 . Wireless communication  206  may be in the form of short-range communication such as, for example, BLUETOOTH, radio frequency (RF), or any other communication. 
     In some embodiments, communication device  204  may be any computing device such as, for example, a computer, a mobile device, a vehicle computing system or any data store, processor, and transmitter combination, and wearable device  202  may communicate directly with communication device  204 . In some embodiments, communication device  204  may be a computing system at a company that transmits data by short-range communication to wearable devices of employees such that information is displayed by wearable device  202  when the employee wearing wearable device  202  is in range of the short-range communication. In some embodiments, communication device  204  is on the body of a person wearing wearable device  202  such that communication device  204  communicates data directly to wearable device  202 . As such, any combination of data transmission between Internet  132 , local network  126 , communication device  204 , and wearable device  202  can occur. 
     In an exemplary embodiment, a user of communication and display system  200  may receive a contract offer for work by communication device  204  which, in some embodiments, is a mobile device. The communication may be received by a contracting application provided on a smartphone of the user. Alternatively, the communication may be at least one of an email, a text message, an SMS, an MMS, a link to an interactive webpage, and any other form of communication. In some embodiments, the communication may comprise a link to a website or to a digital document for downloading information to communication device  204 . The data transmitted to communication device  204  may also comprise data to be transmitted to wearable device  202  for display while the work is performed. The data may comprise identification or authorization information for the company or the user or any promotional information. Once the data is downloaded, received, or obtained, the user may provide an input to accept the work contract and the user may then receive data to be transmitted to wearable device  202  and displayed by display  208  on wearable device  202 . 
     In some embodiments, the communication data may comprise an offer for work. The offer may be a temporary contractual position. For example, the contracting company may be a vehicle rental company, a delivery company, a warehouse, a distribution center, a transportation company, a secure facility, a presentation event or social gathering, or any other event where a person may wear a name tag, data tag, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, company logo, promotional display, or any other type of tag for display any information. 
     Wearable device  202  may be configured with a receiver for receiving communication from communication device  204 . In some embodiments, wearable device  202  comprises the computer  102  described above. Wearable device  202  may comprise one or more non-transitory computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, display the information received from the receiver of wearable device  202 . 
     In some embodiments, the user may initiate display of the information by wearable device  202 . The user may select inputs on wearable device  202  to control features of wearable device  202  such as power, screen display functions, and display control functions. For example, the user may turn wearable device  202  on and off, control the brightness, contrast, and color of the display, and may control how the information is displayed (e.g., scrolling, flashing, and animated). In some embodiments, the user may input directly onto a touchscreen of wearable device  202 . In some embodiments, the user may select the information to be displayed. 
     In some embodiments, display  208  of wearable device  202  may be a low-power light-weight display that may be integrated into clothing or may be attached to clothing of the driver. For example, display  208  may be a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), electrophoretic ink (E-INK) display, or any other light-weight low-power display. Wearable device  202  may include a power source for powering the electrical components of wearable device  202 . In other embodiments, display  208  may be entirely passive. In particular, E-INK displays require power only when updating the display, and this power can be provided, for example via the passive power obtained from near field communication (NFC). In such embodiments, wearable device  202  may be powered entirely via NFC, inductive power, and/or one or more contact pins for providing a temporary power supply. 
       FIG. 3  depicts exemplary embodiments of wearable device  202  attached to exemplary clothing  300 . In some embodiments, wearable device  202  may be integrated, or sewn into, the clothing  300 . For example, hat  302  includes wearable device  202 . Hat  302  may be worn by any user to display identification, authorization, or promotional information. Furthermore, shirt  304  may comprise wearable device  302  or wearable device  302  may otherwise be attached to shirt  304 . For example, driver  404  in  FIG. 4  may accept a work request or initiate transmission of a signal comprising the data indicative of a company logo to wearable device  202 . Wearable device  202  may receive the data and display the company logo via display  208 . 
     In some embodiments, wearable device  202  may be sewn into, or otherwise integrated into, the clothing  300 . Wearable device  202  may be glued or sewn into the clothing  300  such that wearable device  202  is not removable. However, wearable device  202  may provide access to a battery on a side that is not attached to the clothing  300  such that the battery may be replaced without removing wearable device  202  from the clothing  300 . Alternatively, as discussed above, one or more contact pins for providing a temporary power supply may be present on an exposed portion of the tag for providing temporary power. Further, any user inputs for controlling wearable device  202  may be presented such that the user may access the inputs without removing wearable device  202  from the clothing  300 . In some embodiments, display  208  may be washable such that it need not be removed from clothing before washing. 
     In some embodiments, wearable device  202  is selectively attached to clothing  300  such that it may be added while working and removed when the work is complete. Wearable device  202  may be attached by hook and loop fasteners (e.g., VELCRO™), clips, buttons, snaps, or an attachment bracket that may attach to various attachment devices. In some embodiments, wearable device  202  may slide into an attachment that is clipped to the clothing  300 . In some embodiments, wearable device  202  may comprise a permanent attachment that attaches to a clip, button, or snap that is attached to clothing  300 . In some embodiments, wearable device  202  may be provided as a lanyard, bracelet, watch, and may attach to clothing  300  of the user such that it may be easily removed. Any manner of attachment may be imagined for attaching wearable device  202  to clothing  300  of the user. 
     In another exemplary embodiment where a user is contracted to perform work, vehicle  402  may need to be transported from a first location to a second location for a customer as depicted in the exemplary vehicle scenario  400  in  FIG. 4 . In this scenario, the user may be driver  404  that may be an independent contractor or may work for a driver contractor company. The contracting company may contact the contractor, or driver  404 , directly to request transport of vehicle  402 . Driver  404  may accept the work directly by communication device  204  by responding to the communication or by communicating with a vehicle communication system of vehicle  402  which may be communicatively connected to communication device  204 . 
     In some embodiments, driver  404  may accept the contract provided by the vehicle rental company. Information for display by wearable device  202  may be provided by the first communication or by a second communication after the driver has accepted the contract. In some embodiments, a database of information for various contracting companies may be stored such that, when driver  404  accepts the contract, the information is automatically accessed and transmitted to wearable device  202  for display by display  208 . 
     When driver  404  accepts the work contract, driver  404  may access and display the information indicative of the contracting company (e.g., the vehicle rental company) to be displayed. Communication device  204  may access the information from the communication provided by the contracting company, access an online database to obtain the information, or the information to be displayed may be stored locally on either communication device  204  or wearable device  202 . In any event, communication device  204  may obtain the data indicative of the information to be displayed. 
     In some embodiments, the information to be displayed may be stored on wearable device  202 . In some embodiments, a plurality of categorized data may be stored such that the transmitted data may be indicative of a category. For example, a plurality of categories may be indicative of a plurality of companies organized in, for example, numerical order. The contract may be associated with company 4, as such, the information for display associated with company 4 may be selected at communication device  204  and transmitted to wearable device  202 . Alternatively, the information may be stored at the wearable device  202  and data indicative of the number “4” may be transmitted to wearable device  202 . Upon receipt of the transmitted data, wearable device  202  may select the information associated with company 4 and display the information by display  208 . 
     In some embodiments, the information displayed may be a logo indicative of the contracting company. As shown in  FIG. 4  the logo reads “Smith&#39;s Rent-a-Car.” The logo may be transmitted to wearable device  202  for display by display  208  by short-range communication protocol such as, for example, BLUETOOTH, NFC, WiFi, and any other short-range communication. The logo may be text (as shown), graphics, animation, or any other form of displaying the company information by wearable device  202 . In some embodiments, the signal to display the logo may be transmitted from a central transmitter to a plurality of displays or from a plurality of transmitters. 
     Wearable device  202  may be configured to display any information for any contracting company. For example, driver  404  may be contracted by LYFT™ such that when driver  404  accepts a fare, communication device  202  transmits the appropriate logo to be displayed on display  208  of wearable device  202 . In some embodiments, driver  404  does not have to be contracted by the company and may be directly employed by the company. Further, wearable device  202  may be configured to display the branding of any employing, contracting, and subcontracting companies such as, for example, in the food delivery services. Driver  404  may receive a request from a subcontractor such as UBER EATS™ or DOORDASH™. In some embodiments, driver  404  may work for the company providing the delivery request such as in the case of DOMINOS™ pizza or JIMMY JOHNS™. Upon accepting the food delivery request, the logo, advertisement, and branding may be transmitted to wearable device  202  for display as described in embodiments herein. Any contracting company described in embodiments herein may be any gig-economy related work by a contractor, subcontractor, and any company that directly employs driver  404 . 
     In some embodiments, the logo may be displayed automatically. When driver  404  accepts the contract, the logo may automatically be obtained from the communication or from the stored database of communication device  204 . The logo may automatically be transmitted to wearable device  202  from communication device  204 . The logo may begin to be displayed when the user accepts the contract or based on geofencing when the user arrives at the job location. In some embodiments, wearable device  202  may be in a low-power mode with only a periodic transmission check. When the signal from communication device  204  is detected, wearable device  202  may fully activate and display the logo automatically. In some embodiments, the driver activates wearable device  202  by the user inputs. In some embodiments, communication device  204  further communicates with wearable device  202  upon the completion of the contracted or assigned work to cause the information to no longer be displayed. Continuing the Example above, once the fare is dropped off, wearable device  202  may automatically blank or otherwise cease displaying the LYFT™ logo. 
     In some embodiments, communication device  204  may be a mobile device or a vehicle communication device comprising GPS. As such, transmission and display of data may depend on the location of communication device  204 . Communication device  204  may communicate with wearable device  202  by short-range communication. As such, wearable device  202 , displaying the data, may be in approximately the same location as communication device  204 . For example, driver  404  may be delivering a product to a house or a company. To save energy, wearable device  202  may be in a sleep mode only checking location with communication device  204  periodically. When communication device  204  is within a distance to the house or company, wearable device  202  may begin to display the information. 
     In some embodiments, as shown in  FIG. 5  wearable device  202  may display any information that may be useful for providing company information, customer information, or user identification information in a service setting. For example, wearable device  202  may be worn by movie theater workers, concert or theater ushers, concessions workers, sports venue vendors, or any other type of user. At any location, wearable device  202  may communicate with communication device  204  which may be a short-range transmitter transmitting data indicative of information to wearable device  202  to be displayed. 
       FIG. 5  depicts an exemplary work environment generally referenced by numeral  500 . The exemplary work environment may be any service environment such as, for example, restaurant, fast food, vehicle rental, vehicle maintenance and sales, and any other service department where service personnel  502  associate with customers. In some embodiments, the information that may be received and displayed on wearable device  202  may be any information that the company wants seen by the customers for promotion or efficient service. For example, a movie theater usher may wear wearable device  202 . For the movie theater, highly profitable items are the concessions. Popcorn, soda, candy, and other items as well as prices may be displayed on wearable device  202 . In another example, wearable device  202  may be worn by a sporting event vendor. The vendor may walk through the crowd at a concert or a sporting event selling snacks and beverages. Again, the snack inventory and the prices may be displayed on wearable device  202 . 
     In some embodiments, wearable device  202  may be programmable to display a stationary image such as a company logo, menu items, and a number, or name, associated with the customer such that the customer can see which of service personnel  502  is ready for the customer. In some embodiments, wearable device  202  may be programmable to display various items for a short time period or scroll vertically, horizontally, or other direction. In some embodiments, the displayed information may flash. Further, any animation may be programmed and displayed by wearable device  202 . In some embodiments, wearable device  202  may provide an interface such that the user may program display of the information. In some embodiments, the program instructions are included with the information transmitted from communication device  204 . 
       FIG. 6  depicts an exemplary embodiment where a user may be authorized by transmission of short-range communication by wearable device  202 . In some embodiments, a user&#39;s authorization credentials may be updated by communication device  204  when authorization codes are changed at, for example, secure facility  600  as depicted in  FIG. 6 . In some embodiments, the data transferred to communication device  204  and to wearable device  202 , may be digital data indicative of user identity, user authorization, or the like. The data may be stored on wearable device  202  and wearable device  202  may comprise a transmitter for transmitting short-range communication. For example, an authorization code may be transmitted by RFID from wearable device to sensor  602  for detecting when wearable device  202  is in proximity to the sensor. When the authorization code is detected by sensor  602 , the user, wearing wearable device  202 , may be allowed entry into secure facility  600 . 
     In some embodiments, communication device  204  may be a local stationary transmitter connected to a local network associated with secure facility  600 . Communication device  204  may communicate authorization codes associated with an identity of the user such that wearable device  202  may transmit the authorization code to sensor  602 . Sensor  602  may communicate with an electromagnetic actuator to unlock door  604 . In some embodiments, wearable device  202  may transmit any short-range communication that may not be limited to authorization codes. 
       FIG. 7  presents an exemplary process generally referenced by numeral  700 . At step  702 , the user may receive an update to display new information. In some embodiments, the update may be a request for work. The request for work may be a contract and may be sent electronically via a messaging application, email, or online electronic signature application as described above. In some embodiments, information to be displayed by wearable device  202  may be included in the work contract communication or sent upon user acceptance of the work contract. In some embodiments, an update to the information displayed by wearable device  202  may be obtained by wearable device  202  or by communication device  204 . The update information may be obtained from an outside source such as a client device from a company for providing authentication and identification information. 
     At step  704 , the user may accept the update via communication device  204 . For example, the user may accept the work by replying to the request by any of the above-mentioned communication methods. When the user accepts the work the information for display by wearable device  202  may be stored, transmitted, and accessed by the user. The information to be displayed may be received with the work contract or may be transmitted upon acceptance of the work contract or acceptance of the data update. 
     At step  706 , the information to be displayed by wearable device  202  may be obtained. The user may obtain the information to be displayed from the work request communication, from a database of stored information, or from a previous communication or work that has been performed. In some embodiments, communication device  204  may obtain the information from the company or the information may be stored locally and obtained based on acceptance of the contract through the application on communication device  204 . In some embodiments, the information may be a logo, company name, company character, company or user identification information, user authentication information, or any information that may be associated with the company or user. In some embodiments, the information may be promotion of goods and services as described in embodiments above. 
     At step  708 , the information to be displayed is transmitted to wearable device  202  for display. In some embodiments, wearable device  202  comprises a receiver, a data store, and at least one processor for processing computer-executable instructions. The information to be displayed may be transmitted by wire or wirelessly by any short-range communication as described in embodiments above. 
     At step  710 , wearable device  202  may receive the information to be displayed and display the information to be displayed. The computer-executable instructions may be programmed by the user or programmed by a file that is uploaded to communication device  204  with the information from the contracting company then transmitted to wearable device  202 . The information may be displayed in any way including flashing and scrolling in any direction across the screen. Wearable device  202  may also be configured to animate the information on the display  208 . The information may be displayed in any way as described in embodiments above. In some embodiments, at step  710 , the information is transmitted to a receiver. The information may be indicative of a user identity or user authentication information and be sent to a sensor validating the information or allowing the user access based on the authentication as described in embodiments above. 
     Although the invention has been described with reference to the embodiments illustrated in the attached drawing figures, it is noted that equivalents may be employed, and substitutions made herein without departing from the scope of the invention.