Display system for transportation networks
AssigneetDisp Inc.
InventorsMokhtar Mansour Sadok, Samia Mhadheb Sadok
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Abstract
A display device controlled via a smart phone (preferably using an TNC App) to display content selected by a requesting rider (e.g., code, symbol, the rider name, or a photo) in a clear and visible way to the waiting rider is a convenient method to identify the rider's designated vehicle instead of trying to search through model, color, and license plates of approaching vehicles as they enter a pickup area (e.g., airport designated area). The selected content is displayed on a display unit on the designated vehicle, and is transmitted to the display unit via a server associated with the designated vehicle using a secure protocol.
Claims9
1-4. (canceled)
A system for displaying individualized user information on a designated vehicle, the system comprising:
- a user interface, wherein a prospective rider enters a ride request and a display content into the user interface, and wherein the display content is associated with and specific to the prospective rider and the ride request;
- a display device on the designated vehicle, the display device having a unique identification number;
- a server associated with the designated vehicle;
- and
- a client associated with the display device, wherein the server is in communication with the client,
- wherein, when the ride request results in the designated vehicle being selected and accepted to fulfill the ride request, the client receives the display content and requests the display device to display the display content,
- wherein the display device, upon receiving the request, sends the client a challenge including the unique identification number to match, and
- wherein, if the client matches the challenge, the display device displays the display content such that the display content is viewable from outside the designated vehicle for at least a portion of a time period between when the ride request is entered and when the ride request is fulfilled, wherein the display device includes a HUD and a mirror configured to reflect the content from the HUD such that the content is visible to and oriented properly for observers outside the designated vehicle.
6-12. (canceled)
A system for displaying information from a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a display device attached to a designated vehicle, wherein information displayed on the display device is visible to observers outside the designated vehicle;
- a transportation application linked to the display device, the transportation application including a set of instructions for:
- receiving a ride request from a user;
- receiving content for display from the user, wherein the content is
- associated with and specific to the user and the ride request;
- selecting the designated vehicle to fulfill the ride request based on the ride request;
- and
- displaying the content on the display device of the selected designated vehicle for at least a portion of a time period between the receiving of the ride request and fulfilling the ride request, wherein the display device includes a HUD and a mirror configured to reflect the content from the HUD such that the content is visible to and oriented properly for observers outside the designated vehicle.
14-17. (canceled)
A system for displaying individualized user information on a designated vehicle, the system comprising:
- a user interface, wherein a prospective rider enters a ride request and a display content into the user interface, and wherein the display content is associated with and specific to the prospective rider and the ride request;
- and
- a display device on the designated vehicle, wherein, when the ride request results in the designated vehicle being selected and accepted to fulfill the ride request, the display device displays the display content such that the display content is viewable from outside the designated vehicle for at least a portion of a time period between when the ride request is entered and when the ride request is fulfilled, wherein the display device includes a HUD and a mirror configured to reflect the display content from the HUD such that the display content is oriented properly for observers outside the designated vehicle.
19-25. (canceled)
A system for displaying individualized user information on a designated vehicle, the system comprising:
- a user interface, wherein a prospective rider enters a ride request and a display content into the user interface, and wherein the display content is associated with and specific to the prospective rider and the ride request;
- and
- a display device on the designated vehicle, wherein, when the ride request results in the designated vehicle being selected and accepted to fulfill the ride request, the display device displays the display content such that the display content is viewable from outside the designated vehicle for at least a portion of a time period between when the ride request is entered and when the ride request is fulfilled, wherein the display device further displays maintenance and distress information about other vehicles in a network of vehicles associated with a transportation network company, wherein the maintenance and distress information is broadcast by the transportation network company to selected vehicles to inform personnel to take actions regarding a distressed vehicle, and wherein some of the maintenance and distress information includes distressed car model, color, license plate number, current location, and distress type.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.