US 12,254,441 B2
Systems and methods for controlling operation of an article based on detection of an interaction event
Vimal Bhalodia, East Hanover, NJ (US); Robb Walters, San Francisco, CA (US); and Stuart Alexander Jacobson, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to InstrumentMail, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by InstrumentMail, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/492,109.
Application 18/492,109 is a continuation of application No. 16/841,607, filed on Apr. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,829,930.
Application 16/841,607 is a continuation of application No. 14/639,983, filed on Mar. 5, 2015, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/949,935, filed on Mar. 7, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/040,966, filed on Aug. 22, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0273455 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0833 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 30/06 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 4/23 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0833 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G06Q 20/14 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2013.01); G06Q 30/06 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0605 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); G08C 2201/20 (2013.01); G08C 2201/60 (2013.01); H04W 4/23 (2018.02); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling operation of an article, the method comprising:
receiving, from the article, a communication including an identifier of the article and a first set of credentials associated with a first user, wherein the article includes an antenna and a sensor for detecting at least one interaction event;
authenticating the article based on the identifier;
granting, based on the credentials, authority to enable the first user to control the operation of the article;
receiving, from a second device, a request and a second set of credentials of a second user;
granting the second user authority to remotely control the operation of the article, wherein the remotely controlling the article comprises tracking an interaction of the first user with the article; and
in response to the at least one interaction event caused by the interaction of the first user with the article, initiating at least one transactional event between the first user and the second user.