Back to results
US 11,884,205 B2Granted
Messaging system
AssigneeMOD Worldwide, LLC
InventorsJohn Stanley, Nina Stanley, Harsha Venna, Matthew Healy, Harshit Aggarwal
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A messaging system includes a message board and a remote communicatively coupled to the message board and configured for receiving a user input. In the system, the remote is configured to transmit a message to the message board with instructions for displaying a message based on the user input. In some configurations, the messaging system can be installed in a vehicle. In such configuration, the message board can be communicatively coupled to an on-board diagnostics port of the vehicle.
Claims20
A messaging system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a remote removably positionable within the vehicle and configured to:
- receive user input, wherein the user input has at least a verbal portion;
- determine, based on the verbal portion, content of the user input;
- in response to determining that the content of the user input is escalatory, select, based on the content of the user input, a de-escalating phrase that corresponds to the escalatory content of the user input;
- cause a message board to display the de-escalating phrase;
- in response to determining that the content of the user input is not escalatory, select, based on the content of the user input, a predefined message from a database of predefined messages, wherein the predefined message matches the content of the user input;
- generate, based on the predefined message, a display message;
- and
- cause the message board to display the display message;
- the message board, wherein the message board is removably positionable within the vehicle, wherein the message board is spaced apart from the remote, and wherein the message board is communicatively coupled to the remote to receive the display message and present the display message to be viewed from outside the vehicle;
- and
- a display device positionable within the vehicle to be viewed by a user within the vehicle, wherein the display device is spaced apart from the message board and the remote, and wherein the display device is communicatively coupled to the remote to receive the display message and present the display message to be viewed by the user within the vehicle.
9 more elements
A method of operating a messaging system for a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving user data from a sensor selected from the group consisting of a heart rate monitor, a respiratory rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, and combinations thereof;
- receiving verbal input via a voice recognition system in the vehicle;
- in response to determining that content of the verbal input is escalatory, selecting, based on the content of the verbal input, a de-escalating phrase that corresponds to the escalatory content of the verbal input;
- causing the de-escalating phrase to be displayed on a message board and a display device;
- in response to determining that the content of the verbal input is not escalatory, selecting a predefined message from a database of predefined messages based on the content of the verbal input, wherein the predefined message matches the content of the verbal input;
- generating, based on the predefined message and the user data, a display message;
- and
- causing, automatically, the display message to be displayed on the message board and the display device, wherein the message board is configured to display the display message facing an exterior of the vehicle, wherein the display device is configured to display the display message to a user within the vehicle, wherein the display device is spaced apart from the message board, and wherein causing the display message to be displayed automatically on the message board and the display device, comprises:
- wirelessly transmitting the display message from a remote that is removably couplable to the vehicle at a position spaced apart from the display device and the message board;
- causing the display message to be automatically displayed on the message board in response to transmitting the display message from the remote;
- and
- causing the display message to be automatically displayed on the display device in response to transmitting the display message from the remote.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.