Smart seat that can receive payments
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsMichael Mossoba, Joshua Edwards, Salik Shah, Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira
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Abstract
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for controlling access to a seat based on payments. The method can include: reading, at a card reader located at a seat, payment information from a payment card; validating the payment information; sending a control signal to a locking device to unlock the seat; detecting that an occupant left the seat; and in response to detecting that the occupant left the seat, sending a control signal the locking device to lock the seat.
Claims18
A method for controlling access to a seat based on payments, the method comprising:
- reading, at a card reader located at a seat, first payment information from a first payment card;
- validating, by a controller located in the seat, the controller in communication with the card reader, the first payment information;
- sending, by the controller, a first control signal to a locking device to unlock the seat;
- detecting, by the controller, that an occupant left the seat;
- and in response to detecting that the occupant left the seat, sending, by the controller, a second control signal to the locking device to lock the seat;
- determining, by the controller, that a first event is scheduled to end by receiving a notification from a remote server device;
- in response to determining that the first event is scheduled to end, changing, by the controller, the state of the seat to a waiting state, wherein the seat is locked and unavailable while in the waiting state;
- determining, by the controller, that a second event is scheduled to start by receiving a further notification from the remote server device;
- and
- in response to determining that the second event is scheduled to start, changing, by the controller, the state of the seat to an available state.
A method for controlling access to a seat based on payments, the method comprising:
- setting, by a controller located in the seat, a state of the seat to an available state;
- reading, at a card reader located at the seat, the card reader in communication with the controller, payment information from a payment card;
- validating, by the controller, the payment information;
- in response to validating the payment information, changing, by the controller, the state of the seat to an occupied state;
- detecting, by the controller, that an occupant left the seat;
- in response to detecting that the occupant left the seat, changing, by the controller, the state of the seat to a reserved state;
- determining, by the controller, that a first event is scheduled to end by receiving a notification from a remote server device;
- in response to determining that the first event is scheduled to end, changing, by the controller, the state of the seat to a waiting state, wherein the seat is locked and unavailable in the waiting state;
- determining, by the controller, that a second event is scheduled to start by receiving a further notification from the remote server device;
- and
- in response to determining that the second event is scheduled to start, changing, by the controller, the state of the seat to the available state.
A system for controlling access to a seat based on payments, the system comprising:
- a card reader attached to a seat, the card reader configured to read payment information from payment cards;
- a locking device configured to lock the seat;
- a sensor configured to detect when the seat is occupied;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive first payment card information from the card reader;
- validate the first payment information;
- send a first control signal to the locking device to unlock the seat;
- detect, using the sensor, that an occupant left the seat;
- in response to detecting that the occupant left the seat, sending a second control signal to the locking device to lock the seat;
- determine that a first event is scheduled to end by receiving a notification from a remote server device;
- in response to determining that the first event is scheduled to end, change the state of the seat to a waiting state, wherein the seat is locked and unavailable in the waiting state;
- determine that a second event is scheduled to start by receiving a further notification from the remote server device;
- and
- in response to determining that the second event is scheduled to start, change the state of the seat to the available state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.