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US 2023/0144734 A1Published application
Bicycle Mobility Subsidized by Live Digital Advertising System
OwnerHector German, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
System and method for subsidizing the operation of a bicycle mobility network through targeted digital advertising on both the base stations and the bicycles in connection with the usage of the bicycles and their location and/or energy involved in their usage. The ability to target specific locations based on the route taken by the bicycle rider avails both riders and system operators with new revenue sources.
Claims18
A bicycle-based mobile display transportation system comprising:
- a central computer control system equipped with at least one processor, at least one memory module, at least one database and internet communication components, so that an application interface hosted on said computer control system allows a bicycle user to register with the transportation system to separate a bicycle for use;
- one or more bicycle dock stations, each said bike dock station equipped with a dock station control system equipped with at least one processor, at least one memory module, at least one database and internet communication components capable of connecting to said central computer control system as well as to each said bicycle on each said bike dock lock as well as to one or more dock stations displays;
- one or more bicycles, each said bicycle equipped with two or more displays, said displays placed significantly parallel to one or more of said bicycles wheel's;
- wherein each said bicycle is equipped with a bicycle computer control system equipped with at least one processor, at least one memory module, at least one database, and bicycle location awareness components, so that the images shown on said one or more displays are based on one or more of said bicycle's location parameters;
- an application interface hosted by said central computer control system that provides an advertising user the ability to register and upload both the advertising content of one or more advertisements as well as the rules of when said advertising is to be displayed on one or more of said bicycle's displays according to specific advertisement display rules;
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- wherein said bike dock locks are capable of charging the batteries on said bicycles and interconnecting with said bicycles computer components.
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A bicycle-based mobile display transportation method comprising:
- providing a central computer control system equipped with at least one processor, at least one memory module, at least one database and internet communication components, so that an application interface hosted on said computer control system allows a bicycle user to register with the transportation system to separate a bicycle for use;
- providing one or more bicycle dock stations, each said bike dock station equipped with a dock station control system equipped with at least one processor, at least one memory module, at least one database and internet communication components capable of connecting to said central computer control system as well as to each said bicycle on each said bike dock lock as well as to one or more dock stations displays;
- providing one or more bicycles, each said bicycle equipped with two or more displays, said displays placed significantly parallel to one or more of said bicycles wheel's;
- wherein each said bicycle is equipped with a bicycle computer control system equipped with at least one processor, at least one memory module, at least one database, and bicycle location awareness components, so that the images shown on said one or more displays are based on one or more of said bicycle's location parameters;
- providing an application interface hosted by said central computer control system that provides an advertising user the ability to register and upload both the advertising content of one or more advertisements as well as the rules of when said advertising is to be displayed on one or more of said bicycle's displays according to specific advertisement display rules;
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- wherein said bike dock locks are capable of charging the batteries on said bicycles and interconnecting with said bicycles computer components.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying a program executable by at least one computing device, the program when executed causing said at least one computing device to implement a method for a bicycle-based mobile display transportation method comprising:
- providing a central computer control system equipped with at least one processor, at least one memory module, at least one database and internet communication components, so that an application interface hosted on said computer control system allows a bicycle user to register with the transportation system to separate a bicycle for use;
- providing one or more bicycle dock stations, each said bike dock station equipped with a dock station control system equipped with at least one processor, at least one memory module, at least one database and internet communication components capable of connecting to said central computer control system as well as to each said bicycle on each said bike dock lock as well as to one or more dock stations displays;
- providing one or more bicycles, each said bicycle equipped with two or more displays, said displays placed significantly parallel to one or more of said bicycles wheel's;
- wherein each said bicycle is equipped with a bicycle computer control system equipped with at least one processor, at least one memory module, at least one database, and bicycle location awareness components, so that the images shown on said one or more displays are based on one or more of said bicycle's location parameters;
- providing an application interface hosted by said central computer control system that provides an advertising user the ability to register and upload both the advertising content of one or more advertisements as well as the rules of when said advertising is to be displayed on one or more of said bicycle's displays according to specific advertisement display rules;
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- wherein said bike dock locks are capable of charging the batteries on said bicycles and interconnecting with said bicycles computer components.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.