Patent ID: 7114647

Claim:
A method of communication for a facility comprising: locating monitoring equipment in each of a plurality of zones covering substantially the entire facility; receiving personal identification information of a plurality of guests into at least one of a set of stations distributed throughout the entire facility; receiving demographic information regarding the registered guests; continually monitoring movement of the guests over time within the entire facility as they pass through the zones; determining at any time locations within the entire facility of all members of a group; displaying the locations of all members of the group to any of the members of the group, the group inducing at least two of the plurality of guests, storing guest movement infiltration; creating reports on the demographics and continuous movements of the guests as they move about the entire facility; determining guest common traffic patterns anywhere throughout the entire facility at any time based on the continuous movements of the guests throughout the entire facility; and analyzing the traffic patterns of the guests to determine timing and location of amenities within the entire facility.