Wireless tag communication applications for a venue

Abstract

A system for delivering information to a venue guest includes a wireless tag within the venue and having a Universal Resource Locator (URL) stored therein, and a server for providing the information through a web page addressable by the URL. The web page displays the information to any portable media device that interfaces with the wireless tag. A system for delivering location specific information of a venue to a guest at the venue includes a venue app that contains the information and downloadable, machine readable, instructions that are compatible with a portable media device, and a wireless tag having a location indicator is associated with a location of the tag within the venue. If the venue app is executed by the portable media device, and receives the location indicator from the wireless tag, the venue app displays the information, based upon the location indicator, on the portable media device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for delivering digital content to a guest at a resort, comprising:
 a wireless interface positioned at a ski map on a chairlift or gondola of the resort, the wireless interface configured to provide the digital content to a portable media device (PMD) in response to scanning of the wireless interface by the portable media device.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , the wireless interface comprising a near-field communication tag, a RFID tag, or a Bluetooth device. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , the ski map being located on a restraint bar of the chairlift. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , the digital content including a Universal Resource Locator (URL) stored within the wireless tag such that the PMD retrieves additional content from the URL in response transmission of the URL from the wireless interface to the PMD. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , the digital content including one or more of slope grooming information, ski lift openings, ski lift closures, ski lift wait times, terrain information, and an advertisement. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , the digital content including location specific information defining a location of the wireless tag within the resort. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , the location specific information including a chairlift name and number. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , the wireless interface comprising multiple wireless interfaces on the chairlift or gondola. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , the multiple wireless interfaces each being associated with information on the ski map proximate the respective wireless interface. 
     
     
         10 . A method for delivering digital content to a guest at a resort, comprising:
 reading, from a wireless interface positioned at a ski map on a chairlift or gondola at the resort, digital content about the resort; and,   displaying the digital content on a portable media device (PMD).   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , the wireless interface comprising a near-field communication tag, a RFID tag, or a Bluetooth device. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , the digital content including a Universal Resource Locator (URL); the method further including accessing, from the PMD, the URL to obtain additional digital content. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , the digital content including one or more of slope grooming information, ski lift openings, ski lift closures, ski lift wait times, terrain information, and an advertisement. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 10 , the digital content including location specific information defining a location of the wireless tag within the resort. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14  the location specific information including a chairlift name and number. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising tracking utilization information regarding a number of times the PMD scans a wireless interface.