Abstract: A method and apparatus enables users to view, lease, purchase and try art in their homes all via an application designed to operate on a portable computing device. An exemplary embodiment of a system for interacting with a purchaser of art includes a communications device that is programmed to gather, organize, and share information between a dedicated platform and end users. The architecture of an exemplary embodiment incorporates three components—an indoor positioning system (termed an art beacon), an Application (“app”), and a platform. The indoor positioning system communicates with mobile devices (Applications) via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology or similar communications system. The signal strength and amplitude of each art beacon can be adjusted to cover a wide or narrow field to avoid interference with the signals from other nearby art beacons given the space requirements of each participating business.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 29, 2017
Assignee:
ART B CO, LLC
Inventors:
Victor Ernesto Navarro, Pablo Duarte-Hinterholzer, Andrea Ximena Devoto
Abstract: A method and apparatus enables users to view, lease, purchase and try art in their homes all via an application designed to operate on a portable computing device. An exemplary embodiment of a system for interacting with a purchaser of art includes a communications device that is programmed to gather, organize, and share information between a dedicated platform and end users. The architecture of an exemplary embodiment incorporates three components—an indoor positioning system (termed an art beacon), an Application (“app”), and a platform. The indoor positioning system communicates with mobile devices (Applications) via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology or similar communications system. The signal strength and amplitude of each art beacon can be adjusted to cover a wide or narrow field to avoid interference with the signals from other nearby art beacons given the space requirements of each participating business.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 17, 2016
Publication date:
November 10, 2016
Applicant:
Art B Co, LLC
Inventors:
Victor Ernesto Navarro, Pablo Duarte-Hinterholzer, Andrea Ximena Devoto