Identification and tracking system
OwnerAndrew Brooksinventor
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Abstract
A system for tracking a plurality of recreational items for sliding on snow-covered surfaces of a hill. The system comprises, for each item in the plurality of recreational items, an associated integral ID storing device for storing an associated item ID, the associated item ID being electronically readable from the associated integral ID storing device. The system also comprises an interrogator for reading the associated item ID stored on the associated integral ID storing device for each item in the plurality of recreational items.
Claims13
A system for tracking a plurality of recreational items for sliding on snow-covered surfaces of a hill, the system comprising:
- (a) for each item in the plurality of recreational items, an associated integral ID storing means including a transponder for storing a unique associated item ID, the associated item ID being electronically readable from the transponder;
- and,
- (b) an interrogator means for reading the associated item ID stored on the transponder for each item in the plurality of recreational items, wherein
- the hill has an associated user transport means for transporting a plurality of users and the plurality of recreational items;
- and,
- the interrogator means for the hill is associated with the user transport means to read the transponder of each item in the plurality of recreational items.
A system for tracking a plurality of recreational items for sliding on snow-covered surfaces at a plurality of locations, each location in the plurality of locations having an associated user transport means for transporting an associated set of users of an associated set of recreational items in the plurality of recreational items, the system comprising:
- (a) for each item in the plurality of recreational items,
- (i) an associated transponder for unchangeably storing an associated item ID, the associated item ID being electronically readable from the associated transponder, and
- (ii) an associated card having a magnetic strip for electronically storing the associated item ID for the item;
- (b) for each location in the plurality of locations,
- (i) an associated interrogator means for reading the associated item ID stored on the associated transponder for each item in the associated set of recreational items, the associated interrogator means being located within a reading range of the user transport means,
- (ii) a card reading means for reading the associated item ID from the magnetic strip of the card for a recreational item in the plurality of recreational items,
- (c) a server for storing a list of item IDs, the server being linked to the associated interrogator means for each location in the plurality of locations and to the associated card reading means for each location in the plurality of locations;
- (d) ID verification means for checking each associated item ID read by the associated interrogator means for each location in the plurality of locations against the list of item IDs stored on the server;
- and,
- (e) alarm means for indicating when the associated item ID read by the associated interrogator means for each location in the plurality of locations corresponds to an item ID stored in the list of item IDs.
A method for tracking a plurality of recreational items for sliding on snow-covered surfaces of a hill having an associated user transport means for transporting a plurality of users and the plurality of recreational items, the recreational items each having an associated integral ID storing means for storing an associated item ID, the associated item ID being electronically readable from the associated integral ID storing means, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing interrogator means that are associated with the user transport means;
- and
- (b) causing the interrogator means to read the associated item ID of the recreational items that are transported by the user transport means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.