Interactive sports apparel
AssigneeFabZing Pty Ltd.
InventorFrank Shaffer
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Abstract
An interactive sports apparel that includes a scannable code forming part of the apparel, and a server configured to simultaneously deliver static media content and streaming media content to content placeholders residing on a scanner that scans the code on the apparel. The static and streaming media each have content based on proximity of the scanner to the apparel, and a user profile associated with the scanner.
Claims8
A system adapted to provide a connection from a portable physical object to a network location, wherein the portable physical object includes an associated readable code, the system comprising:
- at least one portable computing device adapted to read the code and adapted to connect to the network location, and
- a server associated with the network location,
- wherein the code, when read by the at least one portable computing device, defines a link to the network location,
- wherein a plurality of viewer groups are predefined for the code, each of the at least one portable computing device being associated with at least one of the plurality of viewer groups, the server is adapted to selectively provide one of a plurality of different communications defined for the code to the at least one portable computing device, at least some of the plurality of different communications containing information specific to the portable physical object, and at least some of the plurality of communications being associated with at least some of the plurality of viewer groups,
- wherein a selected communication of the plurality of different communications associated with a selected viewer group of the plurality of viewer groups is transmitted to a selected portable computing device of the at least one portable computing device, if the selected portable computing device is associated with the selected viewer group;
- wherein additional material may be added to the server, so as to personalise or augment one or more of the plurality of different communications specific to the at least one portable physical object, wherein the one or more of the plurality of different communications augmented by the additional material is associated with certain of the plurality of viewer groups;
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- wherein the portable physical object is one or more of a fashion item, collectable, art object, limited edition or other specialised item, and reading the code by the at least one portable computing device allows access to information to assist in authenticating the portable physical object.
A method for providing a connection from at least one portable physical object to a network location, wherein the at least one portable physical object includes an associated readable code, wherein the portable physical object is one or more of a fashion item, collectable, art object, limited edition or other specialised item, in a system comprising at least one portable computing device adapted to read the code and adapted to connect to the network location and a server associated with the network location, wherein a plurality of viewer groups are predefined for the code, each of the at least one portable computing device being associated with at least one of the plurality of viewer groups, the server is adapted to selectively provide one of a plurality of different communications defined for the code to the at least one portable computing device, at least some of the communications of the plurality of different communications containing information specific to the at least one portable physical object, at least some of the plurality of communications being associated with at least some of the plurality of viewer groups, and wherein an owner of the at least one portable physical object or other authorised person may add additional material to the server, so as to personalise or augment one or more of the communications of the plurality of different communications specific to the at least one portable physical object, wherein the one or more of the plurality of different communications augmented by the additional material is associated with certain of the plurality of predefined viewer groups;
- the method including at least the steps of:
- (a) reading the code, at the selected portable computing device, to allow access to information to assist in authenticating the portable physical object;
- (b) generating, at the selected portable computing device, a request based on the code, and sending the request to the server;
- (c) receiving the request, at the server;
- (d) determining, at the server, whether the selected portable computing device is associated with a selected viewer group of the one or more of the plurality of predefined viewer groups;
- (e) identifying a selected communication, of the plurality of communications, associated with the selected viewer group and the selected portable computing device;
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- (e) in response to the identification, transmitting the selected communication to the selected portable computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.