Networked Loyalty Cards
AssigneeVisible Assets, Inc.
InventorsJason August, James Cassidy, Robert Griffin, John K. Stevens
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Abstract
A networked card for identifying and tracking animate and inanimate objects and personnel, the card including: a radio frequency modem operable at a low radio frequency not exceeding one megahertz, the modem including a full duplex transmitter and receiver; a loop antenna operatively coupled with the radio frequency modem, the antenna operable within a range of hundreds of feet; a programmable microprocessor operatively coupled with the radio frequency modem and fully programmable within a network; a memory operatively coupled with the programmable microprocessor, the memory holding identification data; and a battery for providing power to the microprocessor.
Claims22
A networked card for identifying and tracking animate and inanimate objects and personnel, said card comprising:
- a radio frequency modem operable at a low radio frequency not exceeding one megahertz, said radio frequency modem comprising a full duplex transmitter and receiver;
- a loop antenna operatively coupled with the radio frequency modem, said antenna operable within a range of hundreds of feet;
- a programmable microprocessor operatively coupled with the radio frequency modem, wherein said programmable microprocessor is fully programmable within a network;
- a memory operatively coupled with the programmable microprocessor, said memory comprising identification data for identifying the animate and inanimate objects and personnel;
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- a battery for providing power to the microprocessor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.