US 11,861,576 B2
Smart card with active directional indicia and methods of use thereof
Daniel Herrington, New York, NY (US); Stephen Robert Schneider, Midlothian, VA (US); Tyler Maiman, Melville, NY (US); and Charles Moore, Washington, DC (US)
Assigned to Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/952,944.
Application 17/952,944 is a continuation of application No. 17/094,183, filed on Nov. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,461,749, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0016372 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/10 (2012.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 20/1085 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10297 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smart card comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of display devices disposed on an outside surface of the housing;
a circuitry disposed within the housing and configured to:
continuously assess a geographic distance from the smart card to a fixed position of at least one computing device within a geographic region around the smart card using a plurality of communication signals from the at least one computing device; and
continuously activate or deactivate the plurality of display devices based on the geographic distance from the smart card to the fixed position of the at least one computing device in the geographic region and provide a directional indication, a distance indication, or both to the at least one computing device in the geographic region.