Wearable device
A wearable device associated with a guest in a venue stores a unique identification code. The unique identification code may correspond to guest information stored at one or more guest information servers. The guest information may include ticket information, room entitlements, vouchers, payment information, credit card information, or folio information. The wearable device transmits unique identification code to a venue scanner associated with a venue device. The venue device may obtain access to at least some of the guest information based on receipt of the unique identification code. The wearable device also includes a light source that may indicate a status of the guest or of the wearable device based on the colors and/or the blinking patterns emitted by the light source. The light source may, for example, indicate a guest's access permissions to portions of the venue.
1. A system for venue guest interactivity, the system comprising:
one or more guest information servers storing guest information that indicates that a guest corresponding to a unique identification code has a ticket authorizing access to a physical locale within a venue; and
a wearable device corresponding to the guest, the wearable device comprising:
a memory storing instructions and the unique identification code, wherein the unique identification code corresponds to the guest information stored at the one or more guest information servers,
a wireless communication interface that provides the unique identification code to a venue terminal located within the venue, and receives from the venue terminal a status of the wearable device indicating that the guest has the ticket authorizing access to the physical locale within the venue,
a processor that, upon execution of the instructions, detects a removal of a second device from a proximity of the wearable device via the wireless communications interface and updates the status of the wearable device to terminate access to the physical locale within the venue in response to detecting the removal of the second device from the proximity of the wearable device, and
a light source that emits a first visual effect that indicates authorization to access the physical locale within the venue, wherein the light source later emits a second visual effect that indicates termination of access to the physical locale within the venue in response to the processor updating the status of the wearable device to terminate access to the physical locale within the venue.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the light source includes more than one light.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more guest information servers generate a map, the map including an icon corresponding to at least a location of the wearable device and the status of the wearable device.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor of the wearable device also terminates access to funds corresponding to a credit card in response to detecting the removal of the second device from the proximity of the wearable device.
5. A wearable device for venue guest interactivity, the wearable device comprising:
a memory storing instructions and a unique identification code that corresponds to guest information, the guest information indicating that a guest corresponding to the unique identification code has a ticket authorizing access to a physical locale within a venue;
a wireless communication interface that detects a removal of a second device from a proximity of the wearable device;
a processor that, upon execution of the instructions, updates a status of the wearable device from indicating access to the physical locale within the venue to terminate access to the physical locale within the venue in response to detecting the removal of the second device from the proximity of the wearable device; and
a light source that emits a first visual effect that indicates authorization to access the physical locale within the venue, wherein the light source later emits a second visual effect that indicates termination of access to the physical locale within the venue in response to the processor updating the status of the wearable device to terminate access to the physical locale within the venue.
6. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the wireless communication interface includes a near-field communication (NFC) wireless communication interface.
7. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the wireless communication interface includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) wireless communication interface.
8. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the wireless communication interface includes a Bluetooth® wireless communication interface.
9. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the light source emitting the first visual effect includes the light source emitting a first color, and wherein the light source emitting the second visual effect includes the light source emitting a second color.
10. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the light source emitting the first visual effect includes the light source emitting a first blinking pattern, and wherein the light source emitting the second visual effect includes the light source emitting a second blinking pattern.
11. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the second device is a mobile phone device corresponding to the guest.
12. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the second device corresponds to a friend of the guest.
13. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the second device corresponds to a family member of the guest.
14. The wearable device of claim 5 , further comprising a biometric sensor, wherein the light source emits the second visual effect in response to the biometric sensor determining that the wearable device is worn by someone other than the guest corresponding to the unique identification code.
15. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the wearable device enables emission of light at the light source in response to detection by the wireless communication interface that the wearable device is within wireless communicative range of a venue wearable device reader within the venue.
16. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the wearable device disables emission of light via the light source in response to detection, using the wireless communication interface, that the wearable device has not been within wireless communicative range of a venue wearable device reader within the venue for at least a predetermined threshold period of time.
17. The wearable device of claim 5 , further comprising a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver that identifies a location of the wearable device.
18. The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the light source emits a third visual effect to indicate that the guest has a specific allergy.
19. A method of venue guest interactivity, the method comprising:
storing a unique identification code within a memory of a wearable device associated with a guest, wherein the unique identification code corresponds to guest information stored at one or more guest information servers that indicates that the guest has a ticket authorizing access to a physical locale within a venue;
emitting a first visual effect via a light source of the wearable device, the first visual effect indicating a status of the wearable device corresponding to authorization to access the physical locale within the venue;
detecting a removal of a second device from a proximity of the wearable device via a wireless communications interface of the wearable device;
updating the status of the wearable device to terminate access to the physical locale within the venue in response to detecting the removal of the second device from the proximity of the wearable device; and
emitting a second visual effect via the light source of the wearable device in response to updating the status of the wearable device to terminate access to the physical locale within the venue, the second visual effect indicating the status of the wearable device corresponding to termination of access to the physical locale within the venue.
20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising providing the unique identification code from the wearable device to a venue terminal via the wireless communications interface of the wearable device.