# US 2021/0241560 A1 · Physical badge distribution > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241560 A1 - Document ID: US20210241560A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/163,322 - Filed: 2021-01-29 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-31 - Assignees: Zoho Corporation Private Limited - Applicants: Zoho Corporation Private Limited - Inventors: Manikanda Vignesh Soundararajan; Sridhar Pazhayannur Gopalakrishnan; Vijaykumar Rajendran; Anjana Venkatachalam; Punithavathi Palani; Sudheer A. Grandhi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241560A1 ## CPC - G07C 9/20: involving the use of a pass - G07C 9/22: in combination with an identity check of the pass holder - G06F 21/6254: {by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification} - G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events - G06Q 10/028: {for seating or spaces in a venue} - G07C 9/27: with central registration - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An effective strategy should result in reduced resource consumption in association with an event. Reducing time at a bottleneck in event check-in would be considered a positive result. However, it is desirable to maintain privacy policy compliance. Utilizing the techniques described in this paper reduces time at check-in related to physical badge preparation and distribution while maintaining privacy policy compliance. The system and method can include pre-event activities, event-concurrent activities, and post-event activities related to accuracy, precision, aesthetics, coordination, and learning in association with badge preparation and distribution. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 A method comprising: obtaining adjacent seating profile preference parameters for a first attendee; matching the adjacent seating profile preference parameters to a profile of a second attendee; making available to the second attendee an indication of interest by the first attendee in adjacent seating; obtaining an indication of consent by the second attendee to be seated adjacent to the first attendee; selecting available adjacent seats for the first attendee and the second attendee in accordance with the adjacent seating profile preference parameters; blocking the selected available adjacent seats for the first attendee and the second attendee, wherein the blocking of the selected available adjacent seats makes the seats unavailable to third attendees. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, comprising prompting the first attendee to provide the adjacent seating profile preference parameters. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, comprising facilitating selection of the second attendee by the first attendee when matching the adjacent seating profile preference parameters to the profile of the second attendee. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, comprising generating an acceptance request for the second attendee, wherein the acceptance request includes an indication of interest by the first attendee in adjacent seating. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, comprising sending an acceptance request to the second attendee, wherein the acceptance request includes an indication of interest by the first attendee in adjacent seating. ### Claim 26 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, comprising receiving from the second attendee a response to an acceptance request, wherein the acceptance request includes an indication of interest by the first attendee in adjacent seating and the response includes an indication of consent to be seated adjacent to the first attendee. ### Claim 27 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, comprising: preparing a privacy policy compliant badge for the first event; conducting a privacy policy compliant badge delivery requisition for the first event; distributing a first badge to the first attendee; distributing a second badge to the second attendee. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, comprising using persona-agnostic badge components and attendee data when preparing the privacy policy compliant badge for the first event. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein the persona-agnostic badge components include upcoming event data, badge material data, and badge size data. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein attendee data includes non-confidential profile data and confidential profile data. ### Claim 31 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, comprising creating persona-agnostic physical badge components using a persona-agnostic event badge background image and a persona-agnostic event badge static data image, wherein the privacy policy compliant badge includes the persona-agnostic physical badge components. ### Claim 32 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, comprising creating persona-specific physical badge components using a persona-agnostic event badge component and a dynamic data image, wherein the privacy policy compliant badge includes the persona-agnostic event badge component and the dynamic data image. ### Claim 33 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, comprising: receiving a dynamic data image associated with the second attendee; merging the dynamic data image with a static data image; printing the dynamic data image onto the second badge. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, comprising printing the dynamic data image and the static data image onto the second badge. ### Claim 35 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, wherein the second badge is a pre-printed badge. ### Claim 36 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, comprising: resolving a badge type request; determining privacy compliance for the badge type; specifying a compliant dataset that is privacy policy compliant in accordance with the privacy compliance determination; preparing the second badge as a persona-specific badge using the compliant dataset specification. ### Claim 37 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, comprising: determining the first attendee and the second attendee are part of a group; generating a group identifier for the first attendee and the second attendee; assigning group seating for the first attendee and the second attendee; checking in the first attendee in accordance with the group seating assignment. ### Claim 38 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, comprising: receiving a request for group seating of the second attendee; checking in the second attendee in accordance with the group seating assignment. ### Claim 39 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, comprising: determining a time from a parking location to a check-in location; sending a push notification to the second attendee providing proximate time for check-in using a priority check-in procedure; checking in the second attendee in accordance with the priority check-in procedure. ### Claim 40 A system comprising: means for obtaining adjacent seating profile preference parameters for a first attendee; means for matching the adjacent seating profile preference parameters to a profile of a second attendee; means for making available to the second attendee an indication of interest by the first attendee in adjacent seating; means for obtaining an indication of consent by the second attendee to be seated adjacent to the first attendee; means for selecting available adjacent seats for the first attendee and the second attendee in accordance with the adjacent seating profile preference parameters; means for blocking the selected available adjacent seats for the first attendee and the second attendee, wherein the blocking of the selected available adjacent seats makes the seats unavailable to third attendees.