Public Signage
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsHisao M. Chang, Dimitrios Dimitriadis, Bernard S. Renger, Eric Zavesky
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Abstract
A network of intelligent electronic public signs interacts with one or many devices. A central server manages the electronic public signs and determines which one of the electronic public signs should display content related to a device. The central server may thus pair devices to electronic public signs for public display of individual content requests. Should any interaction involve personal or private information, the central server may exclude the corresponding response from public display. Any personal or private interactions may, instead, be privately conducted to prevent public display.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a server, queries sent from a plurality of mobile devices;
- retrieving responses to the queries;
- determining an electronic public sign that is common to the queries;
- retrieving a network address associated with the electronic public sign;
- sending the responses from the server to the network address associated with the electronic public sign;
- and
- sending a display instruction from the server to the network address to display the responses on the electronic public sign.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving queries sent from a plurality of mobile devices;
- retrieving responses to the queries;
- determining an electronic public sign that is common to the queries;
- retrieving a network address associated with the electronic public sign;
- sending the responses to the network address associated with the electronic public sign;
- and
- sending a display instruction to the network address to display the responses on the electronic public sign.
A memory storing instructions that when execute cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, at a server, a query sent from a mobile device;
- retrieving a response to the query;
- dual-formatting the response to generate a public response and a private response for different destinations;
- retrieving a network address of an electronic public sign that is associated with the network address of the mobile device;
- sending the public response from the server to the network address associated with the electronic public sign for public display;
- and
- sending the private response from the server to the network address of the mobile device for private consumption.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.