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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gabriele Barboni, Rome, IT;
Alessandro Baroni, Pratola Peligna, IT;
Emilio Spatola, Salerno, IT;
Marta Usai, Villacidro, IT;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A seating area system for use in a seating area where the seats have respectively associated radiation emitting devices (for example, infrared light emitting diodes) to help people find their seats through a camera type display on their mobile devices. Upon request from an end user, a server system turns on the radiation emitting device, associated with the end user's request, for a limited time.