Thematic content delivery systems and methods

A method of providing thematic content to a customer, comprising:

• receiving an identifier from a portable device via a wireless transceiver communicably coupled to thematic content delivery circuitry, wherein the identifier includes electronic data representing a first theme corresponding to the identifier;
• determining the first theme corresponding to the identifier from the electronic data;
• receiving a second identifier from a second portable device via the wireless transceiver, wherein the second identifier includes electronic data representing a second theme corresponding to the second identifier;
• determining a second theme corresponding to the second identifier from the electronic data representing the second theme;
• retrieving, by the thematic content delivery circuitry, information representative of the first theme associated with the received identifier from the electronic data;
• retrieving, by the thematic content delivery circuitry information representative of the second theme associated with the received second identifier from the electronic data;
• converting, by the thematic content delivery circuitry, one or more content elements presented by an output device communicably coupled to the thematic content delivery circuitry to one or more corresponding thematic content elements, wherein the one or more content elements are converted to the one or more thematic content elements using the information representative of the first theme associated with the received identifier, the second theme associated with the received second identifier, and electronic data from one or more sources separate from the portable device and the second portable device, the one or more sources containing content associated with at least one of the first theme or the second theme, and wherein the one or more sources are connected to a storage device communicatively coupled to the thematic content delivery circuitry via a network connection;
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• displaying, on the output device, the portable device, and the second portable device, the thematic content elements, wherein the thematic content elements are displayed in at least one of:
• an audio format, a video format, or a haptic format, wherein the thematic content elements are displayed for a period of time, and wherein the thematic content elements are displayed only while the output device is within a defined radius of the portable device and the second portable device, and wherein the portable device, the second portable device, and the output device simultaneously rotate through a plurality of thematic content elements corresponding to the first theme and the second theme, wherein a first portion of the thematic content elements are displayed on the portable device, a second portion of the thematic content elements are displayed on the second portable device, and a third portion of the thematic content elements are displayed on the output device, wherein the first portion of the thematic content elements, the second portion of the thematic content elements, and the third portion of the thematic content elements are different portions of the plurality of thematic content elements, wherein the thematic content delivery circuitry transmits the first portion of the thematic content elements to the portable device and transmits the second portion of the thematic content elements to the second portable device.

A portable device, comprising:

• an active emitter that generates at least one radio frequency (RF) output signal that includes information representative of a unique identifier that, when received by thematic content delivery circuitry, causes the thematic content delivery circuitry to:
• retrieve information representative of a theme associated with the received unique identifier, wherein the received unique identifier includes electronic data representing the theme associated with the received unique identifier;
• determine the theme associated with the received unique identifier from the electronic data;
• convert one or more content elements presented by an output device communicably coupled to the thematic content delivery circuitry to one or more corresponding thematic content elements, wherein the one or more content elements are converted to the one or more corresponding thematic content elements using the information representative of the theme associated with the received unique identifier and electronic data from one or more sources separate from the portable device, the one or more sources containing content associated with the theme, and wherein the one or more sources are connected to a storage device communicatively coupled to the thematic content delivery circuitry via a network connection;
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• cause the communicably coupled output device to present the one or more corresponding thematic content elements, wherein the thematic content elements are presented in at least one of:
• an audio format, a video format, or a haptic format, wherein the thematic content elements are displayed for a period of time, and wherein the thematic content elements are displayed only while the output device is within a defined radius of the portable device, and wherein the thematic content elements are caused to be simultaneously rotated as a part of a plurality of thematic content elements corresponding to the theme and a second theme on the output device, the portable device, and a second portable device, wherein a first portion of the thematic content elements are displayed on the portable device, a second portion of the thematic content elements are displayed on the second portable device, and a third portion of the thematic content elements are displayed on the output device, wherein the first portion of the thematic content elements, the second portion of the thematic content elements, and the third portion of the thematic content elements are different portions of the plurality of thematic content elements.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that includes machine-executable instructions, that when executed by control circuitry, cause the control circuitry to provide thematic content delivery circuitry, the thematic content delivery circuitry to:

• receive a unique identifier from a portable device via a wireless transceiver communicably coupled to thematic content delivery circuitry, wherein the unique identifier includes electronic data representing a first theme corresponding to the unique identifier;
• determine the first theme corresponding to the unique identifier from the electronic data;
• receive a second unique identifier from a second portable device via the wireless transceiver, wherein the second unique identifier includes electronic data representing a second theme corresponding to the second unique identifier;
• determine a second theme corresponding to the second unique identifier from the electronic data representing the second theme;
• retrieve information representative of the first theme associated with the received unique identifier;
• retrieve information representative of the second theme associated with the received second unique identifier;
• convert one or more content elements presented by an output device communicably coupled to the thematic content delivery circuitry to one or more corresponding thematic content elements, wherein the one or more content elements are converted to the one or more corresponding thematic content elements using the information representative of the first theme associated with the received unique identifier, the information representative of the second theme associated with the received second unique identifier, and electronic data from one or more sources separate from the portable device and the second portable device, the one or more sources containing content associated with at least one of the first theme or the second theme, and wherein the one or more sources are connected to a storage device communicatively coupled to the thematic content delivery circuitry via a network connection;
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• display, on the output device, the thematic content elements, wherein the thematic content elements are displayed in at least one of:
• an audio format, a video format, or a haptic format, wherein the thematic content elements are displayed for a period of time, and wherein the thematic content elements are displayed only while the output device is within a defined radius of the portable device and the second portable device, and wherein the portable device, the second portable device, and the output device simultaneously rotate through a plurality of thematic content elements corresponding to the first theme and the second theme, wherein a first portion of the thematic content elements are displayed on the portable device, a second portion of the thematic content elements are displayed on the second portable device, and a third portion of the thematic content elements are displayed on the output device, wherein the first portion of the thematic content elements, the second portion of the thematic content elements, and the third portion of the thematic content elements are different portions of the plurality of thematic content elements, and wherein the thematic content delivery circuitry transmits the first portion of the thematic content elements to the portable device and transmits the second portion of the thematic content elements to the second portable device.