Systems and Methods for Electronic Ticketing, Monitoring, and Indicating Permissive Use of Facilities

A networked arrangement of devices comprising

• a plurality of wearable electronic devices, where each of the plurality of wearable electronic devices comprises a wireless network adapter, a visual indicator having a state, an accelerometer and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag, and one or more processors executing programming logic;
• a plurality of terminals, where each of the plurality of terminals comprises a visual display, a user interface, an RFID reader, a network adapter, and one or more processors executing programming logic;
• a server system comprising a network adapter and one or more processors executing programming logic;
• a primary network;
• and
• a secondary network, where the secondary network is a wireless network;
• where the wireless network adapter of each of the plurality of wearable electronic devices communicates with the secondary network, where the network adapter of each of the plurality of terminals communicates with the primary network;
• where the programming logic of each of the plurality of terminals is configured to:
• receive RFID data from the RFID reader;
• receive user input data from the user interface;
• send the RFID data and user input data to the server system via the network adapter;
• receive transaction data from the server system via the network adapter;
• and
• display a message through the visual display;
• where the programming logic of the server is configured to:
• receive the RFID data and the user input data from one of the plurality of terminals via the network adapter of the server system;
• determine an account associated with the RFID data;
• process a transaction utilizing the user input data;
• send the transaction data to the one of the plurality of terminals via the network adapter of the server system;
• send status data to the wearable device via the network adapter of the server system;
• where the programming logic of each of the plurality of wearable devices is configured to:
• receive status data from the server system via the respective network adapter of the respective wearable device;
• and
• wait a period of time specified by the status data and then alter the state of the visual indicator;
• receive movement data from the accelerometer;
• and
• send the movement data to the server system via the network adapter of the respective wearable device.

A method of providing visual indication of permission for a user to access an area comprising the steps of:

• reading identification data from a wearable device secured to a user;
• receiving user input data from a user interface of a terminal;
• sending the identification data and user input data from the terminal to a server system over a primary network;
• determining an account associated with the identification data;
• processing a transaction utilizing the user input data and the account;
• sending status data to the wearable device over a secondary wireless network;
• and
• altering a visual indicator of the wearable device to indicate permission to access an area.