Li-Fi communications for selecting content for distribution across a sequence of displays along a vehicle pathway

A mobile gateway node transportable by a vehicle for controlling distribution of content to display devices which are arranged in a spaced apart sequence along a pathway of the vehicle for display to passengers of the vehicle, the mobile gateway node comprising:

• a Light Fidelity, Li-Fi, access point circuit configured to transmit Li-Fi signaling of messages to a content distribution node that is not transported by the vehicle;
• at least one processor connected to the Li-Fi access point circuit;
• and
• at least one memory circuit storing program code that is executed by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining profile information related to the vehicle;
• generating a profile message containing the profile information;
• and
• transmitting the profile message through the Li-Fi access point circuit for receipt by the content distribution node to control distribution of content by the content distribution node to the display devices that are being approached by the vehicle.

A method of operating a content distribution node for distributing content to display devices which are arranged in a spaced apart sequence along a pathway of vehicles for display to passengers of the vehicles, the method comprising:

• receiving from a mobile gateway node of a vehicle, through a Light Fidelity, Li-Fi, signal receiver circuit of the content distribution node, a profile message containing profile information related to the vehicle that is approaching the display devices;
• selecting, from among content files available in a content repository, a set of video frames of one of the content files for distribution to the display devices based on the profile information;
• and
• distributing different video frames among the set of video frames to different ones of the display devices with a timing of the distribution that allows the video frames among the set to be displayed on respective ones of the display devices in the sequence before arrival of the vehicle within a field-of-view of at least one of the display devices.

A method of operating a mobile gateway node transportable by a vehicle for controlling distribution of content to display devices which are arranged in a spaced apart sequence along a pathway of the vehicle for display to passengers of the vehicle, the method comprising:

• obtaining profile information related to the vehicle;
• generating a profile message containing the profile information;
• and
• transmitting the profile message, as Li-Fi signaling through a Light Fidelity, Li-Fi, access point circuit of the mobile gateway node, for receipt by a content distribution node to control distribution of content by the content distribution node to the display devices that are being approached by the vehicle.