Communication system for a wearable interactive id badge

A system, comprising:

• one or more smart badges that include a control circuit, a display device, and a location finding circuit configured to interact with a remote location finding system to determine a location of the smart badge;
• a management system that includes one or more processors of one or more computers, the management system in communication with the one or more smart badges via one or more communication links between the management system and the smart badges;
• wherein the one or more smart badges are configured to provide badge location information to the management system indicating the location of a first badge of the one or more smart badges via the one or more communication links;
• wherein the management system is configured to:
• receive event location information indicating the location of an event;
• use the badge location information and the event location information to determine a distance between the first badge and the event;
• send an alert to the first badge when the badge location information of the first badge matches predetermined criteria maintained by the management system;
• and
• wherein the one or more smart badges are configured to display the alert using the display device.