Video display cap for parking pay station
AssigneeIps Group Inc.
InventorsDavid William KING, Alexander SCHWARZ, Chad P. RANDALL
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Abstract
Disclosed are parking pay stations, media display caps for parking pay stations, parking pay station advertising platforms including a housing, wherein at least one side of the housing comprises at least one transparent window and at least one media display screen visible through the window, wherein the media display screen is configured to display media to parking users and others, including pedestrians. Also disclosed are methods of retrofitting existing parking pay stations to upgrade them to include media display capability.
Claims20
A parking pay station media display cap comprising:
- a) a housing comprising a top and four sides forming an interior open at the bottom, at least one side of the housing comprising at least one transparent window;
- b) a network communications element configured to receive media via the network;
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- c) at least one media display screen positioned in the interior and visible through the window, the media display screen configured to display the media received via the network.
A parking pay station comprising:
- a) a network communications element configured to receive media via the network;
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- b) a media display cap comprising:
- i) a housing comprising a top and four sides forming an interior, at least one side of the housing comprising at least one transparent window;
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- ii) at least one media display screen positioned in the interior and visible through the window, the media display screen configured to display the media received via the network.
A parking pay station advertising platform comprising:
- a) a plurality of parking pay stations, each parking pay station comprising:
- i) a network communications element configured to receive at least first media and second media via the network;
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- ii) a media display cap comprising:
- 1) a housing comprising:
- a top and four sides forming an interior;
- a first transparent window in a first side of the housing;
- and a second transparent window in a second side of the housing;
- 2) a first media display screen positioned in the interior and visible through the first window, the first media display screen configured to display the first media received via the network;
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- 3) a second media display screen positioned in the interior and visible through the second window, the second media display screen configured to display the second media received via the network;
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- b) a server processor configured to provide a centralized advertising application comprising:
- i) a software module identifying a parking user engaged with one of the parking pay stations;
- ii) a software module determining the first media based on at least the identity of the parking user and transmitting the first media via the network to the parking pay station;
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- iii) a software module determining the second media based on at least the location of the pay station and transmitting the first media via the network to the parking pay station.
A method of upgrading a parking pay station, the method comprising:
- a) disengaging an upper portion of an existing parking pay station;
- b) removing the upper portion;
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- c) replacing the upper portion with a media display cap comprising:
- i) a housing comprising a top and four sides forming an interior open at the bottom, at least one side of the housing comprising at least one transparent window;
- ii) a network communications element configured to receive media via the network;
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- iii) at least one media display screen positioned in the interior and visible through the window, the media display screen configured to display the media received via the network;
- thereby upgrading the existing parking pay station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.